The LONG wait is going to KILL ME! Anyone else waiting many months before they go?

[nuts4sn00py]

I started looking into the DCL in May/2001. I finally booked
it Aug/2001 for this Aug/2002. We will be doing the 4 night
Wonder, followed by 10 days @WDW. It will be the longest
vacation we have ever took & our 1st time on DCL. DH & I
are going to DL this March & I'm not nearly as excited about
that trip as I am about the August trip. It will be the 1st time
our kids cruise, & they too can't wait. That's why I love these
boards. I get to live vicariously through those who have
already been there & done that! After all, half the fun is the
planning & anticipating! Will be here & gone before
I know it! Kathy

 

[lUVTOGO]

We booked in January to sail in November! The kids have 2 days off the week of November 2nd to the 9th, so that is why we chose that week. Every day i come home from work and read the boards, so much that my family is complaining that theres no laundry, or when is dinner! I keep telling the i am gathering a lot of information to make their lives (and vacation) happy . Who cares about the laundry!!

 

[glindamood]

We booked the 12/14/02 sailing of the Magic while onboard our Magical Christmas Cruise last year. I read the boards daily and once and awhile try to put it out of my mind - but it never goes very far away. There are milestones in the wait, like booking airline tickets, hotel reservations and airport to port transportation. I am also perfecting my packing (or better overpacking) list.

Is it time to GO yet?????????

 

[Samsma]

Dear BeckyB, This will be our first Disney cruise, so I'm not exactly sure how things work. You will need about 150 for tips I think. Maybe a little more or less. We are also going cat 6 with verandah. When and where are you going? I just know from my trips to Disney World, that they give you so many choices, you can spend a lot of your time arguing and trying to decide if you don't have a plan. The shore excursions for the eastern trip are available to look somewhere on this board, but I think we might just do a taxi ride to a nice beach, with maybe a tour from the driver. This usually works out pretty good from what I understand.

 

[Samsma]

Dear Deannalew,
Which sailing are you on for June, 2003. We're on the 29th of June (eastern) I'm trying to find kids for my 10 year old boy, and my 4 year old girl to play with! We're actually thinking of switching to western caribbean instead of eastern. What have you found out about St. Thomas and St. Martin? I'm thinking the 4 ports instead of 3 might be better in case the kids are seasick? We've been to Grand Cayman on another cruise, and I know my girl would enjoy the turtle farms.

 

[deannalew]

Samsma,
We're going around June 15th Eastern. Although by that time our children will be 5 and 10, we are going to be taking this cruise just my hubby and I. We are going to be celebrating our 14th wedding anniversary! This is our first cruise ever and we are soooo excited! I know it is like a year and a half away.....but we are having so much fun planning for it!



For St Thomas we are looking into doing either "Snuba" diving (like scuba, but simpler and no experience necessary) with a visit to Coral World and Coki Beach (on our own, not thru DCL) or doing an intro to Scuba with the Coki Beach Dive Club (again, no experience necessary....'cause we have NO EXPERIENCE even with snorkeling! )

If we do the scuba diving, we may still visit Coral World. Who knows?

The Snuba includes admission to Coral World, but the Scuba with Coki Beach Club is a bit less expensive and includes transportation from the dock.


In St. Maarten, we are investigating doing the Butterfly farm on our own. I am still investigating taxi prices to see if we should just do this with DCL.

FUN FUN FUN!!!!

 

[BeckyB.]

To Samsma, We are doing 3 day disney/ 4 night cruise our vacation starts next Feb. 27th our son turns 13 the 28th of Feb. when were on vac. What a celebration huh? At Disney we are sparing no expense and staying at the Polyansian I've heard it's very very nice. I think we will have alot of choices there also. It's 6 minutes via monarail from Magic Kingdom. When and where are you going?? I'm on weight watchers cause I'm preparing for our trip and I turn 40 in April I don't have that much to go for my goal weight. I'm a little concerned however with our vacation with all the food choices. I've read on the boards how you avoid gaining 10 lbs. or more. I am WOMEN I can do this!!! nice to hear from you. Where do you live? Have you recieved any Disney vacation/cruise videos?? Big help lots of Imfo. BeckyB.

 

[Toad]

I just booked a September cruise. Only 216 days to go!!

 

[Samsma]

Dear BeckyB
I'm in Southern IL. Weather here is great today. Anyway, how in the world did you get away with not taking your kids. You must have promised something even better than Disney? Let me know about the Poly. I too have heard that its nice, and we will probably stay at Disney for one or two nights before our 7 day cruise. It would be so nice not to have those long bus rides, just the monorail. I did get the Cruise Video, it looks very nice, but have you read the trip report at www.yourweatherman.com/disney.html (I think?) Very good report, and lots about the day to day activities. I'll look for sure on that website, just saw it yesterday. My girl loves butterflys so let me know about the butterfly farm also.

Samsma

 

[Samsma]

BeckyB,

Sorry, got you confused with Deannalew. You've got the Birthday boy. I'm kinda new to this. We are going on the June 28, 2003 cruise (eastern) I can't wait. My husband it already sick of talking about it. He only has a year and a 1/2 left to put up with my planning and worrying over detail!!!

Samsma

 

[LisaFB]

My fiance and I also have to wait until November, 2002 for our first Disney cruise. It's going to be our honeymoon and we can't wait! After spending a week at Port Orleans, we'll be going on the 11/16 cruise. Thinking about how long we have to wait is killing us, especialy since we're getting married in August!

 

[Dodie]

I only have a couple of months to wait and I am already GOING CRAZY! We have done WDW so many times - it's always exciting - but you know what to expect. This will be totally new.

I can't wait.

 

[disneyholic family]

this is also the first cruise for us...
we've been to WDW every year since 1974....
some years more than once so i long ago ran out of fingers and toes to keep track....
but we still get excited each time we go....so you can imagine how we're jumping out of our skin in anticipation of the cruise...

 

[Mickey4Me]

The countdown clock on MyCorkboard screensaver says we've got 140 days to go until our June 29th cruise! The waiting is hard but I have an Orlando business trip planned in a couple of weeks and plan to stay a couple of extra days just to get my Disney fix... Come on June!

 

[kinlaw6450]

9 months? I wish! We have 19 months....

I travel for work ALOT and due to my upcoming travel schedule it was the only time we could book...and have an anniversary at the same time...

Yikes!

 

[disneychic]

7 MONTHS TO GO!! Just booked our 4 Day Wonder Cruise today for September 8th, 2002. I was beginning to think I booked too far in advance but now that I see alot of people are booked well into 2003, I don't feel too bad. Don't worry the time will fly.

 

[disneyholic family]

to tide me over during our wait i just received a shipment of about a gazillion books on WDW as well as one on cruises, from amazon UK......it should take me until we leave to read them all.....