Who else is on the May 10, 2003 Western?

[two4ruff]

I think deck 10 tends to be a lot less crowded, it should work out fine.

The lime green is so "out there" that we know we are members of the disboards - who else would want to wear one! Its also nice to see a familiar face during the cruise. After our last cruise, we ended up stuck in the airport with a couple we meet at the dismeet - made the time go a little quicker to have someone to chat with!

 

[Mommypoohbear]

Just booked our 1st Disney Cruise, very excited, we will also be on the May 10th Magic.

Nancy
Michael
DD - Sabrina (3) four weeks shy of 4 at time of cruise
DD - Samantha (5) will celebrate 5th birthday during cruise

I am glad that this board exists, it is wonderful to be able to plan our cruise with those who have been and enjoyed.

Thanks to All

 

[TChrist05]

Mommypoohbear....welcome to the group....you will have a great time on the cruise.....keep watching the boards for the count downs....it is down to 14 weeks..........
Tom(fellow New Yorker)

 

[Mommypoohbear]

Hello Tom,

Fellow New Yorker, or should we say neighbors, were in Lindenhurst.

I noticed in a previous post that you were watching the airfare rates before you booked. We booked this past week with Jet Blue, at a good rate $ 79 each way plus fees of course, total $ 700 round trip for 4 of us. Never flew with Jet Blue, but heard many great things about it, the TV's in each seat sound great for our two little ones, should keep them occupied for the 2 1/2 or so hours.

Arriving on Orlando at 10:50 am, from reading others posts, it seems this might make us arrive when the port is busy, I'm sure we will make the best of it considering the week we have in store for us.

We also have a GTY category 5, so we do not expect to know what cabin we will be in until a least two weeks prior.

Since we just booked, the first seating was full, so they put us in the second seating and on a waiting list for the first. Some families have posted that they prefer the late seating even with the kids, they feel there is more time for the days activities, and the children can eat with the club from 5:30 to 6:30. This option may get us some quiet dinners.

If anyone has an opinion on the late seating with children ages 4 an 3, please let me know.

 

[TChrist05]

We are neighbors....and we are getting real close to booking our airfare.....we usually fly Delta and the past couple of trips we flew round trip for $155. per person....it is currently $179.00 round trip...so we are gonna wait until the second week of February and if it does not come down just book it.....this is our replacement cruise from our cancelled sick cruise on 11/30/02...this will be our fourth cruise...we have cruised the last 3 years....the land and sea....the 7 day Magic eastern swing...the 4 day Wonder(in place of the 11/30 Magic sailing....it was OK...but not the 7 day) and coming up the western swing on May 10th....and by the way....my wife has flown Jet Blue and had absolutely no complaints....unfortunately for me....I cannot fly out the day before...I must fly out the day of the cruise...so if something goes wrong there is a possibility of missing the ship....but gotta have faith.....anyway...since you live in Lindenhurst I hope you shop at King Kullen...since it is the company I work for....we will talk again I am sure....14 weeks to go!
Tom

 

[Mommypoohbear]

Hello Gflochick,

I noticed in you posts that your son will be 4 on June 19th.
My daughter Sabrina will also be 4 on June 19th.

This is our first Disney Cruise, just the four of us are going;

Nancy (36)
DH - Michael (32)
DD - Samantha (5) will celebrate 5th birthday May 15th, 2003
DD - Sabrina (3)

My girls will probably stick together in the (3-4) group with your son, Samantha may try out the older group (5-7), but I don't think Sabrina will want to be without her.

 

[Minnee]

100 days !!!!!

 

[Bbgrizzle]

I noticed the same thing! Isn't it exciting? We finally told our kids about the cruise on Sunday. We made them a treasure hunt around the house, which they thought was great fun. They are so excited (it will be their first cruise) and now it is even more fun for us, being able to talk to them about it. Of course, to them 100 days is soooo far away.

Is anyone else doing a couple days at WDW before the cruise? If so, where are you staying?

 

[WDWLVR]

100 days may seem far away, but tomorrow we'll be in double digits!

Yeah!

 

[Minnee]

We'll be leaving on the 8th, we don't reservations anywhere yet. We were thinking on just staying at the Radisson both days, relaxing, and playing on the beach, going to Ron Jons.
We really don't know yet..... but we did upgrade our cabin.....
Sooo excited!!!

Bbgrizzle, I'm going to send you a PM.

What about excursions...... anyone have any good ideas?

 

[Bbgrizzle]

Can someone please tell me what the kids have to do in the "Discover the Magic" show on the last night? Do they sing, dance, or what? Is this something that we would regret missing?

gfolchick and Kangaroodle: Did you get my PM?

Minnie: Which category did you upgrade to? Do you have a stateroom number assigned to you?

 

[Minnee]

Bbgrizzle,
We changed from 8540, cat 4 to 8534, cat 3. We figure this is a once in a life time trip, and my dh knew that I really wanted a bigger room, and my b-day is while we are cruising, so I think it's like a really nice b-day present! Your just right across the hall aren't you?

 

[two4ruff]

bgrizzle-
At the Discover the Magic show, the kids are all up on stage and sing a couple songs with the staff and a few characters. They also show a slide show of all the activities during the week in the club/lab while they are singing. All the children who attend recieve a "I Discovered the Magic" t-shirt.

My older son (10) participated last year but my younger son (6) was to shy

Hope that helps in your decision!

 

[Bbgrizzle]

Minnie: Yeah, our room is pretty close to yours; we are in #8026. We'll probably run into each other a lot Wow, those category 3's look nice. Which day is your birthday?

gfolchick: I sent you a PM yesterday and forgot to let you know.

 

[somall]

TChrist05 and Mommy Poohbear -

Hi from another Long Islander! We'll be on board along with my parents. Can't wait to get away into the sunshine!

 

[gfolchick]

Hey Somall, Tchrist05 and Mommy Poohbear-we're just across the sound from you, a short ferry ride. We're leaving out of JFK on JetBlue Friday. See you onboard.

 

[kangaroodle]

Bbgrizzle....I finally read the pm you sent me! Sent you an e-mail in return. We will also be going to WDW for a few days before the cruise. I don't know where we're staying yet...waiting for the new price codes to come out. Hopefully we'll be at the Poly. We usually stay at OKW as DVC'rs but used up all our points for the cruise! Gfolchick...sent you a pm!

 

[rmbreset]

Sorry, saw the post that I'd had not been heard from for a while, well I paid off the balance yesterday and booked our flights out of Albany as well. Best I could get is a 11:00 arrival at MCO on 5/10. I hope that we can get to the ship in time to make Palo reservations for 5/13 (our wedding anniv). I'm thinking most will want reservations for Mothers Day. My kids have reached the "watch the cruise video daily" mode and my wife is already sorting clothes. So we will be more than ready in 90 days !! The meet sounds good, and we will try to make it (by the pool , right ?)

Roger
Debra
DD - Claire 6
DD - Allison 12

 

[TChrist05]

OK all.....only 13 short weeks to go until the "Magical" cruise....before ya know it we will be sunning it on the ship!

Tom

P.S. I am getting to hate snow!

 

[rmbreset]

Excitement is starting to set in, we reserved out first excursion today (non-dcl), horseback riding on grand cayman. Anyone else doing this or done it in the past ?