Wild Turkeys and Dancing Banana Heads Cruise 11/25/06

[JanDave]

Kathy:

Gail (Glindamood) and Dave and family were on your cruise.

Just kidding when I say this -- when we booked through DVC two days ago, we couldn't get a SPH stateroom! Our fellow DIS cruisers have most or all of them!!! We've been in two SPHs -- 5520 and 5524. Great rooms. We chose a sideways rooms this time -- 5005.

On previous cruises, we've had the first DIS meet in the Promenade Lounge at 3pm -- after boarding and before the drill. On our September 2005 cruise, the parents had a pirate treasure hunt on Monday morning. All week, though, we ran into DISers.

Hard to believe that we will be cruising again in less than 11 months.

Heading to Morgantown, West Virginia today to spend the weekend with two of my five precious grandchildren.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Jan

 

[TiggerKing]

DisneeDiva: Happy Early Birthday! I hope you had a wonderful time last night!

And to all, A Happy New Year. Stay safe. I want to have the opportunity to meet all of you next year!

 

[disneediva]

Tiggerking thanks for the birthday wishes
Everyone have a safe and happy New Year tonight
Less than a year to we will be toasting our sailaway
wendy

 

[Dizma]

Looks like a great group, but I'm sorry to say that we had to jump ship due to kids school schedule. Bon Voyage!

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Dizma,
I'm sorry to hear your not going with us. I hope you will be able to book a different cruise in the near future. Best wishes,
mom x4,grandma x4

 

[favoriteslave]

Hello Everyone:

I wanted to say HI. We booked our cruise in December 2005. We are looking forward to getting to know you guys.

We were part of the Turkey Cruisers last year and had a great time.

We have son (10th birthday on 25th), daughter 9, Dad/Husband's ( XX birthday on 30th), and Mom/Wife. If any one has started a list let me know.

We are currently on deck two hoping for an upgrade, but we will be happy just being on the ship.

Heres to getting to know all of you.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Welcome Tonya and family,
It's so nice to have more people on this thread. I am looking forward to getting to know you over the next few months. We are cruising as a couple on this cruise, so no kids to get aquainted with your kids. We have done 10 DCL cruises so far. We just got back last month from the western cruise. I can't wait to go again!!!!
mom x4,grandma x4
kathy

 

[DutchsMommy]

Big to all that have recently joined. Hope everyone had a nice new year. I am really looking forward to the cruise - the weather here is miserable lately. We are going to WDW in Feb for a week though so that should help me get through the winter.

 

[grlzmom]

Hi,

We just made our deposits for this cruise today through Dreams Unlimited. This will be DCL number 7 for us and we had such a great time on the November 26th eastern this year we decided to do the same week for 2006.

It will be me, dh, dds ages 16, 15, 12, 10, 5, 3 and ds 3. We are currently booked in two connecting category fours and waitlisted for early dining.

This week works out really well for us since the kids only miss three days of school (couple of days off for hunting season).

I havent read the entire thread but hope there are others with some teens/tween girls for mine to hang out with. That has really been a highlight of our previous cruises.

Jeanne

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Welcome Jeanne and family.

Wow, that is quite a family you have. You should be easy to spot when we meet on board the ship.
Sorry no kids with us this time, but I'm sure there will be plenty for your kids to make friends with. Our last cruise the GK'S made lots of new friends before the cruise by posting and many more once they were on board. It is a great ice breaker for the kids.
We just got back from the Western last month, but i think overall we prefer the Eastern ports. Prices are lower and it seems like there were more excursions to choose from. But I wouldnt turn down a second western, especailly since we already have one booked.
Looking forward to getting to know you over the next few months.
mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy

 

[MelanieC]

Happy New Year Everyone,

Jeanne - Welcome to the thread! Wow- I'm impressed with how many daughters you have!!

I have a DD who will be 14 (almost 15) when we sail and a DS who will be 9.


Kathy- It sounds like you had a wonderful cruise!!

I've broken the news to DH that he HAS to attend a DIS meet. He was like - I have to do what?? He seems pretty cool with it though. He's pretty shy, but I think he'll be able to handle it!

Looking forward to the cruise!

 

[TiggerKing]

We were part of the Turkey Cruisers last year and had a great time.

From what I heard about this group, I don't know if we will be able to not pre-judge you and label you a troublemaker! Just kidding. Welcome to the cruise!

 

[favoriteslave]

TiggerKing

Please pre judge me. It was the best vacation I have ever taken. Since the Turkey Day Cruise Report Board is still toward the top of the list you can tell that we made some life long friends. It was wonderful always having people that you knew around you.

Speaking of the Turkey Day Cruisers. We all had matching t-shirts for the first day of the cruise. There were over 95 people that all looked the same. Is anyone up for it on this board?

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Melanie,
Your DH will do great at the Dis board meet.
Last month when we had ours, a lot of people started out being kind of shy and stood off to the side, not sure if we were the people they were looking for. So I just yelled over to them, come on over and say hello, Then I said who I was and introduced them to my Dh. After about 4 times my Dh started approching new comers and introducing himself too. He is not the type to start up a conversation with strangers either, but he truly enjoyed doing it.
It just takes one BIG mouth, like me to get it all started. We will keep him talking if you can get him to the meet. There were several men at our meet and some came without their families because the others were busy unpacking, but they introduced us to them later when we saw them on board.
I am excited to meet everyone, because it really adds a lot of enjoyment to the cruise when you keep seeing familiar people all over the ship and talk to them about all the neat things they have done.
mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy

 

[DutchsMommy]

Hi Jeanne,

Is your DS 3 now and will be 4 1/2 ish when we cruise? Our DS is turning 4 in Feb (next month) and it would be great if he had a 'buddy' in the Club around his age.

Favoriteslave - I'd be in for the shirts - sounds like fun!

 

[favoriteslave]

This is an example of the sea of Green shirts from the Turkey Cruise 05.

 

[favoriteslave]

Here are what the t-shirts look like. Hopefully you can see around the beer mug.

 

[disneediva]

Tonya
Great shirts count us in..
Wendy

 

[MelanieC]

I'd be up for the shirts too! Very nice and a great way to find us all in a crowd that first day!

Tonya- Did you get to meet Molli (Ohmom) & Bev (AlreadyExcitedGrammy) on the Turkey Day cruise? I met them both at the Disney Marathon last year. They both took me under there wing since I was by myself there.

 

[JanDave]

Tonya: Add DH and myself to the shirt list.

If a DIS list for our cruise has not been started, I volunteer to start one and can email it to all of you.

Looking forward to meeting all of you.

Jan