Spring starts 1/30/2010. Punxsutawney Phil can kiss my...

[platamama]

Hi all,

Well, I ended up being a wimp and changed our cruise dates for sometime in the fall instead in hopes of warmer water temperatures. It's a little bit of a bummer because I was going to celebrate my birthday on this cruise but in the end we decided that for us spending money on a cruise was a splurge and we need it to be as worthwhile a splurge as possible. Hope everyone has a fantastic time!

 

[Virginia_Native]

My family and extended family will be on this cruise. This will be our 5th cruise, first for my daughter and 1st on Disney.

So far it's me, wife, daughter, MIL, FIL, brother-in-law and GF. Also aunt, uncle and 2 cousins who have been on about 5 disney cruises. So about 10 of us in total.

 

[JanDave]

Welcome Virginia Native and Family!!!

Spring can't come soon enough in mid-Michigan. Several inches of snow fell today.

Can't wait to cheer the MSU Spartans to victory tonight!

Jan

 

[Virginia_Native]

Welcome Virginia Native and Family!!!

Spring can't come soon enough in mid-Michigan. Several inches of snow fell today.

Can't wait to cheer the MSU Spartans to victory tonight!

Jan

Sorry about your Spartans, I hate UNC with a passion but they had a great season this year.

My wife has been all over these fish extenders she is going to make 2 or 3 of them I'm sure. She has never been this excited about a cruise, think because it's Disney and our 3 year old daughter is going with us this time.

 

[Duckfan-in-Chicago]

My family and extended family will be on this cruise. This will be our 5th cruise, first for my daughter and 1st on Disney.

So far it's me, wife, daughter, MIL, FIL, brother-in-law and GF. Also aunt, uncle and 2 cousins who have been on about 5 disney cruises. So about 10 of us in total.

OK...I'll put you up in the total in the OP. I'm getting 11, but it's late here? How many are kids and what are the ages?

We're going to have four cabins for the three families in our group. We'll prob. have FE on at least 3 of the doors and a bunch of magnets.

 

[Virginia_Native]

OK...I'll put you up in the total in the OP. I'm getting 11, but it's late here? How many are kids and what are the ages?

We're going to have four cabins for the three families in our group. We'll prob. have FE on at least 3 of the doors and a bunch of magnets.

Only 2 kids, my daughter will be 3 in October, so we have to get her potty trained in order to get into the camp. The other kid is my cousin he's 15 and has been on about 5 disney cruises.

 

[Go Cyclones]

Hiya,
This will be our second disney cruise, we went this past January and it was unbelievable...our server even fed me dinner!! Long story..
We are:
Vince (dad)
Wendy (mom) and..
Brooke (4 at sailing)

Look forward to seeing all of you soon!
Vince

 

[JanDave]

Welcome Vince, Wendy and Brooke!!!

When did you cruise in January? I was on the January 10 Magic.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Jan

 

[Duckfan-in-Chicago]

Hiya,
This will be our second disney cruise, we went this past January and it was unbelievable...our server even fed me dinner!! Long story..
We are:
Vince (dad)
Wendy (mom) and..
Brooke (4 at sailing)

Look forward to seeing all of you soon!
Vince

I updated the OP and you're in the club.

 

[Virginia_Native]

Hiya,
This will be our second disney cruise, we went this past January and it was unbelievable...our server even fed me dinner!! Long story..
We are:
Vince (dad)
Wendy (mom) and..
Brooke (4 at sailing)

Look forward to seeing all of you soon!
Vince

Welcome Vince, It sounds like your daughter took her first cruise the same age as mine will be. What type of activities did she like the best, what ship and itinerary did you guys do in January?

 

[Go Cyclones]

We went on the Wonder on Jan 22 for 4 days. We loved it, we had been carnival customers in the past, but after ..i dunno, 10 minutes, we were hooked on disney!

Brooke loved the outdoors, we literally almost couldn't get her out of the pool/waterslide. She also liked the shows...a 3 year old paid attention for 1/2 hour! The only thing she didn't like was when the picture of Cruella DeVille lit upo the first night in Animator's Palate..she wan't tooo happy about that!

 

[Virginia_Native]

Wow, I can't believe a month has gone by since someone has posted on this thread. We are booked! 8 more months we will be on vacation! It will be here before you know it!

 

[Duckfan-in-Chicago]

Wow, I can't believe a month has gone by since someone has posted on this thread. We are booked! 8 more months we will be on vacation! It will be here before you know it!

I actually updated the OP a little over a week ago because we've gone from for sure going to book to booked, but didn't get a chance to post since then. We have four confirmed cabins now. Two connecting for my brother and his family, Cat. 8 I believe, and two Cat. 6-one for my parents and one for my family. We're all on the 6th floor.

 

[CanadianDisneyDad]

Whoot....countdown is on

our second cruise...first one was Jan this year and before we debarked we rebooked

cheers see you in the Carib!

 

[mousecruzer]

Hello everyone!

Sorry I haven't checked back in for awhile. Does anyone have any plans or heard any feedback about any excursions? I would like to start researching some now while I have the time.

We have first dinning option. I did the FE on our last cruise. It was fun but ALOT OF PLANNING!!! Depending on how many kids you have it can be alot of space in a suitcase unless you have a rental and can carry stuff onboard in a carry-on case after you buy it down in Florida.

Is Summer here in Michigan?

 

[Duckfan-in-Chicago]

Whoot....countdown is on

our second cruise...first one was Jan this year and before we debarked we rebooked

cheers see you in the Carib!

Who's in your group? I can add you to the OP.

Hello everyone!

Sorry I haven't checked back in for awhile. Does anyone have any plans or heard any feedback about any excursions? I would like to start researching some now while I have the time.

We have first dinning option. I did the FE on our last cruise. It was fun but ALOT OF PLANNING!!! Depending on how many kids you have it can be alot of space in a suitcase unless you have a rental and can carry stuff onboard in a carry-on case after you buy it down in Florida.

Is Summer here in Michigan?

There are a few sites that list the excursions. They don't seem to change much from year to year. The plus to doing any cruise ship excursions is you know you'll get back on the ship. The down side is they're limited and over priced. We're prob. going to Coral World in St. Thomas and maybe the cable car up the island if we have time then stick near the boat in St. Maarten and maybe do a little shopping and walk around a little. On the private island we'll prob. try to do as much as possible.

I'm not complaining much about summer. If I can go for a few months with no furnace or AC I'm all for it. It may be a shock to the system when we haven't had a day over low 80's here and we go to WDW next month and every day is mid 90's but I hear they have a lot of ice cream.

 

[JanDave]

Whoot....countdown is on

our second cruise...first one was Jan this year and before we debarked we rebooked

cheers see you in the Carib!

CanadianDisneyDad: Did you cruise the Magic on 1/10/09? Your screen name is familiar to me. I cruised in January with Carla, my DD's m-i-l.

Great day today - I am at the 90 day mark today for our 9/19/09 Magic cruise!!! Booked Palo brunch and dinner; excursions at Grand Cayman and fishing for my DH on CC.

Jan

 

[Lucille1963]

I am wishing, hoping and dreaming of this cruise!

IF we go it will be our first cruise ever and will be booked with DVC points (our 3rd DVC trip, none of which has ever been at a dvc resort). We'll be a party of 3 from Chicago, DH and DS who will be 2.

Any spare pixie dust would be wonderful.

 

[allears]

Subscribing and sailing on 1/30/10! Number 9 here we come!

There will be three of us, DH, DW and my DW's DGod Mother. We will also be on board with our good friend from Canada! Pretty much the reason we booked this trip rather than skip the year as we had planned.

 

[Duckfan-in-Chicago]

Subscribing and sailing on 1/30/10! Number 9 here we come!

There will be three of us, DH, DW and my DW's DGod Mother. We will also be on board with our good friend from Canada! Pretty much the reason we booked this trip rather than skip the year as we had planned.

OK...added you to the OP.