Spring Break 2011 on the DREAM

[chernabogfamily]

I'm trying to figure out how I am going to pack the FE and all the gifts in my luggage and get them to the ship. Hmmm...maybe I'll just have to purchase a souvenir bag to get it all back home. Darn!

 

[esbrick]

I am excited about trying the 5K even tho I am not a runner at all! Only when chased... I will let you guys know how it goes in November.

I have been lurking on the FE threads to poach a good idea or two. Esbrick, do you have a current head count for the FE list to give me an idea of how many people are participating? If you have already posted this, I apologize, I haven't looked back on past posts recently.

Off topic, but my oldest daughter turned 13 yesterday, and we let her go on Facebook, with her father and I as friends. We will keep close tabs on her activity. So far it has been great, she likes to chat with me if we are on at the same time! She does much better with this than face to face conversations, so I am actually having better conversations with her now . Have a great week everyone!

Melody

Melody ~

OK we have:

34 Children, 22 DDs & 12DSs
41 Adults
Hope this helps!
E

 

[Mean Queen]

Melody ~

OK we have:

34 Children, 22 DDs & 12DSs
41 Adults
Hope this helps!
E

There are lots of girls in our group! My DD4 is having a hard time understanding that the friend she met on her last cruise won't be there and that friends she makes in the first half of our trip won't be there the second half. But she's very social and won't have trouble making new friends. My oldest on the other hand, we're lucky her two BFF's (plus mine) are coming with us.

 

[chernabogfamily]

Melody ~

OK we have:

34 Children, 22 DDs & 12DSs
41 Adults
Hope this helps!
E

So, what are the age ranges of all the girls? My daughter will be 7 on the cruise. How many are younger than 10 and older than 10?

How about the boys? Any around 10-12 yrs old?

 

[misha-ginger]

So, what are the age ranges of all the girls? My daughter will be 7 on the cruise. How many are younger than 10 and older than 10?

How about the boys? Any around 10-12 yrs old?

My daughter will be 9 and my son turns 12 on the cruise

 

[scrapbookjulie]

We're not in the FE group, but my dd will have just turned 9 before the cruise, and I know she'll be anxious to meet new friends in the kids club!

Julie

 

[chernabogfamily]

My daughter will be 9 and my son turns 12 on the cruise

We're not in the FE group, but my dd will have just turned 9 before the cruise, and I know she'll be anxious to meet new friends in the kids club!

Julie

Awesome! My daughter is a social butterfly (she'll be turning 8 ) and loves to meet new people and really wants to meet some kids on the cruise.

My son will be 11 on the cruise and is more shy, but really wants to go to the new Tween club (to be on "his own cruise" as he said). That would be great for him to find a few other boys.

 

[JackNMel]

My three girls will be 13, 11, and 8 at cruise time. Not sure how social any of them will be outside of our traveling group!! I can always hope though. Sounds like a big group. I better get my thinking/crafty cap on.

But first, I am less than 3 weeks away from my Thanksgiving cruise with my dear family for my parent's 50th anniversary!!

I am wanting to turn in a picture mat to have the characters sign for them. I was wondering if Mickey has ever written anything like "Happy 50th Anniversary" or "50 magical years"? Or do they do names/autographs only? Has anyone heard or seen anything like this? Just wondering...

 

[Mean Queen]

Mel - I had the photo mat done on our last cruise. There is a spot on the paper for special requests, so maybe you can ask there.

My girls will be 11 and 5 (by a week) on the cruise. Though DD11 will have her 2 besties on board, she will probably be happy to add more to her entourage. My 5 year old is definitely looking for friends her age.

 

[esbrick]

OK group here are the age ranges of children:

DD's Age #
5yrs - 3
7yrs - 2
8yrs - 1
9yrs - 4
10yrs - 1
11yrs - 5
12yrs - 2
13yrs - 3
14yrs - 1

DS's
Age #
11mths - 1
4yrs - 2
6yrs - 1
7yrs - 1
8yrs - 1
9yrs -1
10yrs - 1
11yrs - 1
12yrs - 1
14yrs - 1
15yrs - 1

My boss is out today so I was able to do this!

My daughter and our family friend are among the DD13 and DD12 girls.

Mel ~ You must be so excited for your cruise! Shoot I'm excited just to get my Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations out. This weekend all the Halloween stuff gets put away. If I didn't work it would be down and we'd be halling our holiday decorations out of the crawl space already!

 

[ppiew]

do you have cabin #'s to go with these?

 

[esbrick]

do you have cabin #'s to go with these?

For the most part. I am missing 7 cabin numbers as some havent received their cabin #s yet.

 

[rachelsmom97]

Thanks for the update with the age breakdown of the kids. That helps so much in planning our FE!

 

[JackNMel]

Yes, esbrick, thank you for the breakdown! I am starting to get excited! I am also going to Epcot this weekend with my 2 girlfriends (MeanQueen included) for the Food and Wine Festival. An annual treat that I have come to depend on!! So looking forward to it. And I love decorating the house for the holidays, I just never seem to have enough time to do everything I want to do. Anyone else have this problem?

 

[LuvDisney09]

Just stopping in to say HI .. I hope everyone is well. Well we came back from Disney a few weeks ago and are now on countdown to the Dream. We were planning to go to WDW a few days before but due to finances we are just doing the cruise. Which is totally fine. I am trying to find a cheap way to get us to the port with out having to pay Disney the 70 $ R/T per person. Anyone have any good ideas? Since we are going in March and you never know the weather in NJ we will be flying in the night before. So I am also trying to figure if it's better to stay in Orlando area the night before or just stay near to the port. Any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[chernabogfamily]

Just stopping in to say HI .. I hope everyone is well. Well we came back from Disney a few weeks ago and are now on countdown to the Dream. We were planning to go to WDW a few days before but due to finances we are just doing the cruise. Which is totally fine. I am trying to find a cheap way to get us to the port with out having to pay Disney the 70 $ R/T per person. Anyone have any good ideas? Since we are going in March and you never know the weather in NJ we will be flying in the night before. So I am also trying to figure if it's better to stay in Orlando area the night before or just stay near to the port. Any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Sorry, I don't have any good suggestions for you. We are also arriving the night before (you never know what weather can bring to MO in March). We had the same dilemma with where to stay. We finally decided to just stay near the airport since our flight doesn't get in until 8:30 pm. We don't want to worry about driving for another hour to get to the port that night (with the thought that there could be any sort of flight delays en route to Orlando). I don't know if this will help you in your decision or not.

We are very excited and can't wait for the cruise though!!!

 

[ppiew]

do you have first names/ages of the kids? I am thinking of a FE gift that requires a name so was just wondering.

 

[got2travel]

HI folks

I just switched a June reservation to this cruise. Gave up an extra day at Castaway Cay, but my son has summer school so it just wouldn't have worked for us. Still not sure we'll keep this date or I might decide to move it again.

It is DS15 and myself. I've been on 3 Disney (8 overall) cruises and DS has been on 2 Disney (3 overall). I have no idea how I'm going to handle such a short cruise because all my other DCL cruises have been 14+ days, but we are really excited about exploring the Dream. We do have a short 2 day cruise to nowhere on the Wonder in January. Couldn't pass up the chance to spend a weekend at sea for pertty much the same cost as a weekend at DL.

I'm interested in the FE, but won't officially sign up until I know for sure we will be sailing.

 

[JackNMel]

Ok, we are sailing in the morning on the Wonder!! I am so excited! I plan on doing the 5k with my parents, I will probably just walk it with my mom, while my dad will jog it. I will give a full report when I return. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving everybody!!

Melody

 

[chernabogfamily]

Ok, we are sailing in the morning on the Wonder!! I am so excited! I plan on doing the 5k with my parents, I will probably just walk it with my mom, while my dad will jog it. I will give a full report when I return. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving everybody!!

Melody

Have a magical time!!