Who else is on the May 10, 2003 Western?

[Mommypoohbear]

Snow Snow go away, dreaming of our cruise in May !

We are trying to decide on excursions, so far we have planned for:

Key West - Western Union Schooner (day not sunset)
Grand Cayman - Nautilus Undersea Tour
Cozumel - Cozumel Beach Break


We have two young children DD 4 (turns 5 during cruise) and DD 3 (just about 4) so many excursions are too old for them.

Any suggestions are more than welcome.

 

[goofytoo]

We arrive at MCO at 10:20
from Boston
We plan on going to the Tiki bar I think that is what it is called for lunch
We will be hanging out by the pool at the Raddison friday afternoon and night
maybe we could see some of you there.
or the sail away party
we are going to be making ressies for brunch and dinner at Palo

We are debating on a few excursions
SNOW? what SNOW??!!!!
I am so used to looking at it I forget it is here
It has been and unbelievable winter here in southern Maine
It has been so cold
except for today it is 32 degrees that is 32 degrees warmer that it was yesterday after we had 14 inches of snow
I need my shorts and a konk cooler!!!!!!!

this is what we have so far

Key west - trolly tour (on our own)
Grand Cayman the combo one stingray city hell and turtle farm
the one that meets at 7:30
Hopefully have time to see 7 mile beach- have to see that beach!

Cozumel- would love to do Mr Sanchos not sure if we will be beached out.
but that sounds like a fun place
also thinking of the sealion show DS 10 and friend would probably like that.
xcaret that sounds perfect but I am afraid of being that far from the boat
want to go to Carlos and Charlies and do some shopping.
Oh my gosh I will have to decide.

Oh yeah, Do we get to sign up for our excursions when we pay in full?
our money is due on the 11th of march.
We have had our trip booked since 2 months after getting back from the wonder in 2001
I can't believe we are getting close.

 

[rmbreset]

For our excursions we are planning to just do Old Key West on our own. At Grand Cayman we have already reserved a 9:30 horseback ride on the beach, if time permits after that we will do the turtle farm and hell. Cozumel , dolphin encounter or my family disowns me , we are also dinning at Palo on the 13th, DCL was kind enough to get us in ahead of time as it is our wedding anniversary. (typical above and beyond service from DCL)

 

[jeanelain]

my daughter is interested in finding out if anyone has a daughter her age that will be on the May 10th. She's 10 yrs. old. she chats through kids.com. her screename is chelsea

 

[Minnee]

Jeanelain,
I know that there's a couple girls close to you dd's age. I have a dd that is 9, and so does Bbgrizzle. If your dd would like to email my dd, just let me know.

Rmbreset,
Are you doing the Dolphin excursion thru Disney? Are you doing the Swim, or the encounter? This is something my dds Really want to do !

 

[rmbreset]

Minnee, we are going to do the dolphin encounter thru DCL, I would love to do the swim but one of my DD's is only 6 and we want to do it as a family.

Jeanelain, my other DD is 11 (she will be 12 in april) she would be more than happy to email your DD.

 

[goofytoo]

rmbreset
I tried to reply yesterday but I went in and changed my profile
so I had to re register.they sent the confirmation to my home E-mail

Do you know what happened to my thread?
I am either blind or it has dissapeared!
Thanks for the info I looked at the site it does have some good information
I want to do it all so it is hard to decide
yes, we are on this cruise too
I have a DS 10
and he is bringing a friend with him this is a surprise to him
I have it all worked out with the parents that way they won't drive us crazy.
People say we are crazy but I think it will be fun
I tried to do a search the other day but the search is down
I think it was titled something like
what do you think about bringing someone elses kid?
does anyone remember this thread?

How many days?????
I started to put some things in a pile this morning
LOOK OUT!!!!!

 

[TChrist05]

OK....let's start getting excited....we are now 11 weeks out....77 short days from midnight tonight....things are happening that is good...the snow is finally melting in New York...spring is 4 weeks from today....I booked my airfare the other day...$154 round trip on Delta from JFK......and I mailed my final payment yesterday(thank you Uncle Sam for my refund so quick)....so there are a lot of positives going on out there....does anyone know how crowded the ship might be....we still have no cabin number...just a guarantee of at least a category 6.....maybe they are going to surprise us and put us in a category 3....ya...I know....fat chance...but maybe they feel they owe me since we were part of the cancelled cruise on 11/30/02.....lots of luck I know....anyway all...looking forward to the DIS meet....lets get excited....have a good one....let's get some more action to this thread!
Tom

11 weeks and counting!!!

 

[somall]

Can't wait!

 

[Bbgrizzle]

TChrist05: Our cruise is full. When I called DCL about switching our dining to main seating, the CM said it was completely booked. But hey, you never know--maybe they'll upgrade you to Walt's suite.

Mommypoohbear: Since your DD is turning 5 on the cruise, will she be in the 3-4 year old group or the 5-7 year old group? I have a DD (5) who will be very close to 6 at time of cruise.

 

[Mommypoohbear]

Bbgrizzle,

My DD 4 (who will turn 5 during the cruise) will most likely go in the 3-4 group with my DD 3 (who will be four weeks shy of 4 at the time of the cruise).

Samantha, DD 4 loves to make friends, and may even try the 5-7 older group out if the older activities look more interesting.

Looks like we will be in late seating unless there are many cancellations at the sixty day mark. Lately I can't seem to get my girls to bed until LATE, TOO LATE. I read in a thread about how someone would keep there kids up late for the week prior to a late seating cruise to adjust their schedule.

It may work out ok for us, on our last trip to WDW I can remember my girls up very late, even playing until closing in Magic Kingdom one evening after dinner at Ohana's. That was one evening I will always treasure, The night was clear weather was perfect, my DH and I sat under the tree in the circle at the entrance while the girls played on the brass Walt Disney and Mickey bench. The park was almost deserted and the castle changed colors behind them. Another beautiful memory thanks to Disney.

 

[Minnee]

Mommypoohbear,
Even if you don't have any luck changing your late seating at the 60 day mark, you can always try as soon as you get onboard. I've heard that they have one of the night clubs set up for dinner changes. Maybe we should say we are all with the same group, and would really like to eat close together at the same seating.

Ok, Everybody, I know it's still kinda far off, but has anyone started packing? Or maybe just getting thing together and throwing them into a duffle bag? I'm pretty sure my DH would shoot be if I started this early, but I have been trying to buy little things we may need.
Shhhh .... he doesn't know... he won't start thinking about the trip until the end of April !

 

[TChrist05]

Hey all....we have not yet started to pack but we are starting to buy the shorts, tops etc. for the cruise....nice new stuff for the cruise.....and come on all...let's really start to get into it....we are now under 11 weeks away....and nothing will go wrong with this cruise....all is well....and we will make it to every place we are supposed to go to....like I have said....we were cancelled on 11/30 cruise....so lightning does not strike twice in the same place so we will have a totally awesome and "MAGICAL" cruise. It is kind of funny, but we usually spend 4 or 5 nights in Disney World after our cruise....so I need to bring about $800.00 of spending money for incidentals....but we are spending 2 nights in the World after the cruise....so I don't know how much money to bring with us....also we are on the western swing for the first time...don't know how much money we will spend off the ship since we have never been there.....are there any bargains out there? So anyway....let's get pumped.....booked the airfare, cruise is paid off....75 days away.....life is getting good...and the snow is melting in New York.....
Tom

 

[Minnee]

This our first 7 day, so we don't know anything about western ports, or excursions.
It's All New To Us !!

How dressy does everyone get???
Guys... are you wearing a Tux, or just a suit and tie?
Girls... Long evening gowns, or a nice short dress? What about the kids? My dd's love to dress up - but that will fill an other whole suitcase ! There I go.. thinking about packing again

Is everybody out there.......... cruise time is getting closer........
where are you.........

 

[gfolchick]

I was wondering about the tuxes too I think we may just buy hubby a new suit (his job is now 5 day casual). I bought him Mickey cufflinks for Christmas in anticipation for formal night. I found a double breasted suit on sale for DS3 at JCPenney. DD6 is wearing Garden Party dress from American Girl (not quite to the ankle) and me, well, I'm trying to be good until the cruise so I'll be buying my formal dress somewhat last minute for size reasons. (saving all those calories for the chocolate souffle at Palo and the Strawberry Shortcake at Animators, yum!) My kids tell me everyday now that they wish they were going on the cruise tomorrow. ME TOO!!!!

 

[rmbreset]

since I own a tux I will be wearing it at least one night, I doubt I would rent one and would just wear a suit if I did not have this. I enjoy wearing a tux once in a while, makes for a more memorable event., just my .02

 

[Bbgrizzle]

Hi Minnee! I would say that if you don't already have a formal dress, don't go out and get one! On our last cruise we really fretted about formal night, but I would say that I saw VERY few tuxes and gowns. I would recommend a suit for the men and a cocktail dress for the women. Most ladies I saw were wearing a church-type dress. My girls will just wear their Easter dresses they get for this year.

gfolchick: Miss Megan will look so cute in the American girl garden party dress! I'm with you, waiting till the last minute to purchase my frock in the hopes that I'll be in a smaller size!

 

[WDWLVR]

My DH rented a tux on our last 7 day cruise and we got some wonderful pictures all dressed up. I'd say only about 25% of the men on that cruise wore tuxes. This time he's going to wear a suit and I'll stick with a cocktail dress.

 

[Minnee]

Bbgrizzle.... I was thinking the same thing..... the girls can wear their Easter dresses!!! Now it's back to the mall for that!
DH will be happy about the suit, well not happy until the tie comes off after pictures and dinner, but he'll be relieved that I'm not renting him a tux!
As for me.. the only formal dresses I have are from my bridesmaid days... and I really don't want to see those awful things again I'll keep looking for me......

Now for packing....come on moms have you been stashing little things to keep the kids busy on the flight, or in the car? Maybe for a little surprise basket when you get on the ship? I've been thinking about it, but haven't found anything yet...

 

[kangaroodle]

Are anyone's little girls wearing "princess" dresses to formal night? My mom is going to make Kelly a Sleeping Beauty gown (pink). She can use it for dress up after the cruise. My mom was a seamstress when she was younger (still is in my opinion) so she enjoys sewing these things. I thought I had read somewhee that a lot of little girls do this.