unofficial check-in for 3/9 magic UPDATED

Finally booked a hotel for Thursday and Friday night before the cruise for Portofino Hotel at Universal Studios. We have never been to Island of Adventures and decided to give it a try before the cruise.

Can't wait, it will be here before we know it.
 
Welcome aboard Pixiedust...Make sure to email your info to dizneykids so that it is added to the 3/9 check-in list.

All others...I saw somewhere on one of the boards a post about sea lice. All previous cruisers, is this something to be concerned with. When my dad was living, he was in N. Palm Beach and I remember seeing a warning of this at Jupiter beach. Needless to say, we did not go into the ocean (at the time I did not know what it was and did not want to find out). I have checked into what they are now, and still want no part of it. There is a product mentioned that you could use that kind of repels the sea lice. And I found out it is distributed out of none other than Wake Forest, NC. I was thinking of picking up a bottle (it is a lotion). Do you think I need it??? If anyone else has heard of this and would like a bottle, I would be glad to bring extras. It is $12.95 ea. and comes in spf 15,30, & 0. Anyway, previous cruisers, let me know your thoughts. Has there ever been an problem with this at any of the beaches on the cruise. From what I read the sea lice peak is April - Sept.
 

I don't remember even hearing about sea lice last time, hopefully it won't be a problem.
 
Documents finally came this morning!!! We are soooo excited.
Even though this is number 3 we are just excited as if it were number 1!!! 23 days until we leave...the countdown has begun...
 
Thanx for the sweater info! DW went shopping and now has everything for the cruise. ...is it too soon to get out the suitcases?
Txtara, you're right the countdown has begun! Everyday, DD4 gets to cut off another link of our countdown chain. She's almost as excited as Mommy & Daddy!
 
OK who is having a hard time concentrating on anything except their upcoming vacations?
 
i haven't been around the past couple days. two of my boys are cub scouts and we are getting ready for our blue & gold banquet. since my dh is assistant cubmaster (soon-to-be cubmaster), i'll been busy scrambling to get stuff ready.

pixie dust...welcome aboard! i'll update the list later this evening. we are planning a get together at the sailing away party, deck 10, prolly around 4:30. johnf came up with the interesting question as to how we will know each other. lime green is the color of choice for the DIS boarders, so a lime green ribbon will be a clue. i'll have my lime green DIS pin on my hat or lanyard (depends on how sunny it is!). BUT...to make things simple, i'll develop a sign that i will hold up at 4:30 on deck 10 directly above the goofy pool, which is mid-ships. if it gets too noisy there (as the sail away party gets cranking), we can move closer to the bow.

for those who've not sailed dcl before, you'll probably want to move closer to the bow as we push away from the dock. it is so cool to watch as we put to sea. on one of our trips out, we were actually accompanied by a school of dolphins...wonderful!

oh, for those of you with little ones, you might want to get a thing of bubbles. we did that on our last trip out and my boys had a blast!

and for txtara....is there anything ELSE we should think about now but the cruise? i'm struggling mightily, but i am having to deal with things non-disney! :mad:

3 weeks and counting!
 
Can you believe we only have 21 more days and we'll be on the Magic!! In some ways it seems that it won't be here quick enough and then I think about getting everything ready and I get worried I'll run out of time. My list keeps getting longer and longer. Everyone have a good weekend as we will be visiting family for birthdays. I'll catch up on Monday.
 
It sounds like our 7 year old girl is going to have lots of company but how about the 4 year old boy? I'd also like to take this oppurtunity to thank the good people in the USA who complained about the judging at the Olympics. Without the fury created in the US, there's no way they would have given those Canadian kids their gold medal. It does my heart good to our countries looking out for each other.
 
i, for one, was so pleased to see pelletier and sale win the gold. i just wish that they were able to give the silver they received to the rightful skaters...the russians. i don't think it fair that the canadians should have to share something that was rightfully theirs from the start.

i have been so impressed all week with how the canadian pair have handled themselves publically about this. their actions are truly a tribute to all canadians!

congratulations!

as far as your 4yo boy, mine is 3 plus (born in october), so he'll have at least one companion. they group the 3 & 4 yo together, and i believe there are several other 3 yo on the list.
 
Kume my daughter will be 3 the week after we return from the cruise. She'll be happy to play with anybody.
 
Hello everyone,

Dizneykids has already added me to the list, but I thought we'd say "hi" anyway.

Glad to see that everyone else is counting down the days -- I thought I was the only one going overboard. I've worked at WDW for 10 years, and we're so excited, you'd think we never get out much!

We're exploring St John on our own. We've done this once before, and it was a piece of cake. Jeep rentals are only $65, and driving on the left-hand side of the road isn't as hard as it sounds.

Anyone bringing their scuba gear?

20 days ...
 
glad to see you made it!

we're doing st. thomas/st. john on our own, but not bringing own scuba gear...we've only snorkeled, not scubaed(sp?). we booked the atlantis sub on our own (this way we can take our 3yo...the 5yo age limitation is disney's, not the atlantis people's) and then either coral world (though i'm hearing it is lame) or st. john for the beaches (we've never been there).

what are the rest of y'all doing on the islands?
 
We are actually doing as little as possible...In St Maarten we are
going to do some shopping and that is really about it...We did
Orient Beach last time...yes saw the nudity and all...but it did not
really bother us...we enjoyed the shopping in St Maarten more than in St Thomas....then in St Thomas we will do our jewelry
shopping and I am trying to talk the group into doing the tram
to the top...we shall see...really want to relax more than anything...cant wait...19 MORE DAYS.....
 
We're thinking we might do a little "anniversary" shopping in St. Martin. I'd like to go to Magen's Bay on St. Thomas, of course followed by some DW shopping. Several years ago we found the prices better in St. Martin than in St. Thomas. Does anyone know if that still holds true? There was a thread from Webmaster Pete about a coupon for a store in St. Thomas. Has anyone else seen this.
As for St. John beaches...they're spectacular. If you can find the time check them out.
 
I found the prices better in St Maarten than in St Thomas...especially on liqour and tobacco if you are in to that...
we are going to buy all of our liqour there and just pay the duty
on it....even with the duty it is still cheaper than in St Thomas...
 
We are considering taking the Paradise Tram to the top of the Mountain also. Otherwise we haven't decided what we will do.
 
we haven't decided what to do in st. maarten yet. maybe the beach, definitely not the shopping...our boys are not into shopping unless it involves toys r us :(

in st. thomas, as i think i've said, we're doing the atlantis sub, but aren't sure which is the best beach to go given what time we will have remaining. i'd love to go see st. john, but don't think we'll have time this trip...maybe on our next one. :D
 

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