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

[Dixielady908]

Thanks for the input on passports. I thought they sent the Birth Cert with...so I just wanted to double check. I will wait until we get back.


Have a great day

Denise

 

[PunkRockFruitLoop]

DH and I will be on the 11/25/06 Magic!
Since today is officially two years to go I thought it was time to start a thread!!!
Is anyone with us??

We are booked in SPH room 5020! We are going to be celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary on board!

off topic but, do you know a molly feenie by any chance?

 

[grlzmom]

Well Gang, count us out of this cruise. We have decided to reschedule for the October 14th double dip instead. Cant resist those two stops at Castaway.

We wish you all a wonderful cruise. The ship really is decorated beautifully in November.

 

[U2Pixies]

So, do any of our fellow cruisers own DVC? We (OK, me ) are looking into it and would love some first hand info. I've been patrolling the DVC boards but it is kinda confusing. I feel like I felt when I was planning our first WDW trip! LOL. Anyway, we are just in the dreaming stages right now but.....maybe there is hope.

We were also considering the DVC plan. We were hoping to get first hand info also.
Pat

 

[dkmjgal]

Basically in a nutshell the DVC works on a points basic. You buy "points" at a resort and you use those pts to purchase your stay. The amount of pts you need per stay depends on the time of year you are traveling...busy season costs more pts...less busy, less pts... and also the type of accomodations you are looking for - studio, 1 Bdrm, 2 Bdrm. The newer resorts costs more to stay at than the older resorts. If you purchase thru Disney you will be buying points at Saratoga Springs Resort - the newest resort. Disney is not a lifetime membership - again the different resorts are for a different length of years. I think when we purchased the Beach Club is was for 39 years, but Saratoga Springs is ours for I think 50 years.
Please feel free to PM me if you have specific questions you would like answered.

Kelly

 

[TIGGER41681]

Morning fellow cruisers:

Well it is a beautiful sunny day here in the Chicagoland area.....although today is supposed to be the best day out of the weekend, so I better take advantage of it today.

Question on passports. Our local post office is holding a passport fair. I know I have read where it is taking 3-5 months to get passports back. However, for an extra fee of 60.00 they will expedite them. My question, do they take and send the original birth certificate along or do you keep the birth certificate? I don't want to give it up then have nothing when we cruise. We are in the "thinking" stages of this. I tend to lean toward, we dont need it now, so wait until we get back then go and apply.

Well have a great day everyone, I have to get some work done now.

Later
Denise

Denise,
I checked with DCL and you don't need Passports for our cruise. As of 2006 you needed it for Mexico and Canada. As of 2007 you need it for to go anywhere. To help you feel better my sister when you Mexico for Spring break and got a Passport and got her BC back. It took 4 months to come after giving it on at the Post Office. All you need for our cruise is your BC and Photo ID. Hope this helps!! I looked into back in April.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Jeanne,
sorry to hear you are leaving us, but i'm sure you'll have a great cruise too.A double dip is a great cruise!!!
give us a report on how it goes for you,
kathy

 

[jd99]

We were also considering the DVC plan. We were hoping to get first hand info also.
Pat

We are also DVC at the Beach Club. We even used some of our points (that we were about to lose because I messed up on "banking" them for next year) for part of this cruise and it brought the cost down a good deal. We generally do a week at BCV in the Fall but this year we are going on the cruise instead, thus the banking. We bought a resale from one of the Timeshare resellers (but not the one that is promoted on the boards) Had a very good experience . It was quite easy.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Good morning everyone,
just checking in to keep us bumped up!!!
Another beautiful sunny day here, made apple cinnamon crepes with whipped topping for breakfast today.

Hope everyone has a good day today!!

Kathy

 

[dkmjgal]

Good Morning Everyone!

Well the sun has finally come out in full force here in NJ We have a local minor league baseball game/picnic to attend tonight and it looks the weather is going to coopeerate

Kathy - Mmmm - I can just smell those crepes now!

I hope everyone has a terrific day!

Kelly

 

[cruisemutt]

Mornin everyone....just got back from my trot and needed to see whats goin on here...(the crepes sound awesome Kathy, but I'm gonna have to pass this time...I need to save room for the chocolate souffle' (sp?) at Palo's). I always sucked at spelling.

Anyways...have a safe and wonderful Sunday and Labor day....
Enjoy~

 

[Dixielady908]

Happy sunny Sunday morning everyone.....

Well I am really getting excited about this trip..guess what I did this morning?? I went and pulled all my clothes and matched to make sure I have all my outfits for the ship and islands..... I then went and got all my shoes together. Then I made DH come up and went through his stuff. I love this part of the planning. Well just a few more things to buy for DH and you know all the new undergarmets for both and we are good to go.... So I am making up my list of the little things we need.

Kathy the creps sound wonderful...mmmm

Well going to go and finish my list and then do some grocery shopping.

Later
Denise

 

[lisalisa143]

Hello

Sure is hot here in Southwest Louisiana. Counting down the days till 11/25/06 Sure hope to meet some of ya'll on the cruise-put faces with names

 

[DutchsMommy]

Thanks for the info re: DVC jd and kelly. When I have a few minutes in the next couple of days I will PM you. We also really like the look of BCV and I've been looking throught eh DVC board and the re-sellers info (mostly Timeshare Store). Anyway, gotta run right now - will post more later!

 

[Dixielady908]

just a quick hello to bump us up.....


Have a good evening everyone


Denise

 

[runa00]

i can not hardly keep up with these posts! this week has been insane. the car crash on sunday, new internship on monday, school started wednesday, new car thursday, double shift on saturday and work the other days.

insane in the membrane!

i was thinking we could do a "secret banana"/ "secret turkey" (secret santa?) for the cruise what do you guys think? i could organize it for those interested.... pm or email me so i know who is interested!

off to bed at 830 pm b/c i just cant take it anymore! hope everyone has a un-labor filled labor day!

 

[J&C's Mom]

Hi everyone,
My family and I will be joining all you 'Wild Turkeys and Dancing Banana Heads' in November. It will be our second DCL trip. We went this exact time in '05. We loved it!! Re-booked in January-count down is getting close!!
Anyone with teens?? Mine are 16 & 14 can't wait!

 

[Dixielady908]

Welcome J&C mom & family......I dont know how much you have read but we are a wild "bunch" I hope we dont scare you away!!

We are a party of 9 and my great nice is 14. So maybe they can hook up at the dis-meet. Great to have you along.

Denise

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

J&C 'sand mom

Hey did you just post on another board under Okie Dokie????

i hope so because I just worte you back and hoped you would join us here, but on that board if you post the name of another board they will delete your post. I am so happy you found us here. I have been trting to figure out a way to tell you about us here without getting my post deleted.

If that was not you, then I will still try to get the other family to join us too.

Basically we are a pretty group here,
glad to have you with us!!!

kathy

P.S. Beware of the dancing bananas on this board, they can get a little wild!!

 

[cruisemutt]

Hi J & C....welcome aboard...glad you found us over here...
I left some breadcrumbs from that "other" place to here even thought I knew you had already posted... I'm a bad mutt....
Anyways...good to have ya here....we really are a fun bunch of folks...watch out for woogal...she's a scallywag (getting ready for POTC night---how'd I do?)