Wonder 4 Night April 23rd 2006

[conny264]

For all of you who did a cruise before-today is the day you are able to make online reservations.
I went online shortly after 9 o´clock and managed to get Palo champagne brunch for my sister and me for the 26.4. and the caribbean Queen snorkel tour for me in Nassau without problems.
So,I´m all set.What about the rest of you.

Greetings from germany
Conny

 

[Kimmielee]

It's just myself and my DS (6). We will be staying at POFQ for 5 nights before the cruise... then 3 nights after... I can't wait.

Are there any children in the same club as my son?

We started with the 4/15 - 7 night, then switched to the 4/23 - 7 night and I figured out that the 4 night cruise + the 5 nights at POFQ was actually cheaper than the entire 7 night cruise... since I'm a "gotta pay cash" kinda gal I ended up going the more economical route...

I can't wait!!!

 

[conny264]

Hi Kimmielee
A big welcome from Germany.
You will love the POFQ,we stayed there during our first trip to WDW in 2000.
The pool and the boattrip to DTD are wonderful.
See you soon
conny

 

[marv]

Welcome Kimmielee

My children are 2 at 12 and 1 at 14, Ime sure your son will make lots of new friends on board.
My 12 yr old,s will be 13 in september and they will be the age for the Oceaner Club, the age range for that club goes upto 12 yr but i dont know where it starts. If its from 6yr then your son will meet my children and if my daughter meets him i know she,ll mother him.


Conny i have n't made any reservations yet i think were just going to get off at Nassue and look around the port then make the most of the ship while it's More or less empty.
I may book up some spa treatment on board.


See you both there

Marv

 

[nixieh]

Hi everyone,

Is everyone else getting really excited now??

Can anyone remind me what date we can call and make reservations for Palo, I can't remember if it is 70 or 75 days??

It's just myself and my DS (6). We will be staying at POFQ for 5 nights before the cruise... then 3 nights after... I can't wait.

Are there any children in the same club as my son?

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Hi Kimmielee

I have 3 DDs (3,6 and 9) but I think my 6 yr old will probably want to spend most of her time in the club with her younger sister, she would probably prefer to hang out with her sisters as she is quite shy but I think she will be too young to go to the Lab with my older DD.

Whatever happens, I am sure all the kids (and us adults too) will have a great time!

Nicola

 

[marv]

Hi Nixieh

Hi Nixieh dont no about Palo but ime able to make reservations and book Excursions i think from Febuary 3rd.

Were just going to wait untill we are on board and book a treatment in the spa and we decided that we will get of the ship at Nassau, have a look round then get back on board and make the most of the ship.

Ime getting very excited now, last night i decorated the kids pillowcases for the cruise. Ill hand them in on the cruise and hopefully they will come back all signed by the Disney Characters.

My to 12 year olds should be in the Oceaner lab but are on the edge of being a teenager so i dont know if they would be aloud in the Aloft, which is where thay want to go.

Any way look forward to seeing you on board

Marv

 

[conny264]

Hi Nixieh.

Yes we are getting more excited every day.
As a first time cruiser you are able to book Palo and everything else 75 days before sailing at midnight West coast time.But you have to do it online on the disneycruise website and the cruise has to be paid in full.Just log in and go to MY cruise with your reservation#.It´s eays,I have done it last Monday as a returning cruiser.
If you want to do it onboard,make sure you arrive early at Port Canaveral,they go quickly.

Take care and see you all in 81 days.
Conny

 

[Kimmielee]

Well, it's official.... after changing cruises 3 times...

I'm hoping to book Easter of 2007 for the 7 night and spend just 2 days at WDW before. That will give me plenty of time to plan again!

I'm debating about Nassau - with just my son and I. Perhaps we'll stay on the ship and see how he enjoys the pool when it's less crowded!

Has anyone ever done the Nassau excursions? If not, have you paid for a "day room" at the Atlantis Resort to have the run of thier property and the water park?

I'm so excited.... Only 77 days to go!!!

Nicola - do you have early seating for dinner? My DS (6) is very outgoing (just like his Momma) so perhaps the girls will take to him! He LOVES girls... I wish someone would have warned me that the whole "crush" thing with the little ones started so early. He came home with a little girl's phone number in his backpack the other day!

 

[conny264]

Hi Marv

I saw your posts at the UK and Cruiseline Forum.I too have the AmEx Debitcard and will use it for Hotels and rental car.If you are worried about your spending onboard you can go to Guestservice any time and they will print you a copy of what you have on your invoice.If your spending is over 500,-$ they will do that automatically.
As far as I know,you can put some traveller checks on your account at Guestservice,not sure about Check-in.You get a detailed Invoice at the end of the cruise and if you don´t put a creditcard on your KTTW cards,you have to go to Guestservices on the last evening to settle things.
I can´t remember if you travel with kids,there is also the way to limit the spending on their cards.
Hope.that helps a little.
See you all in April
Conny

 

[marv]

Yes thanks for your replys on the other post Conny.
I only want to be able to put spending on my card and husbands card if the kids want any thing they can come and ask me. I know the kids will want to play the arcades and you can buy the cards with money loaded on to them so that will keep them happy.
Ime so excited been out the weekend and got an out fit for the cruise getting things together slowly.
I will have to pack a gain for the cruise while over there but we have are own washing machine in the villa which will be great to get clothes clean and ready for the cruise.

See you very soon

Marv

 

[conny264]

My advice i learned from our last cruise:don´t take to much,you don´t need it.Last time we both had a large suitcase,this time we´ll go with a traveling bag.
See you soon
Conny

 

[marv]

Yes conny only plan to take what we will use. We will be in Florida 20 days before so ime going to leave cases in the car at the port, hope they will be safe.

Marv

 

[marv]

Hi to you all only six weeks now and ill be flying into Florida for 20 nights then hope to see you all on the Wonder.
Are you all excited, i know i am.
Look forward to seeing you all

Marv

 

[Kimmielee]

It's so close I can almost taste the Mickey Mouse ice cream bar
I still have to book our stay for the last three days. I bought an 8 night ticket for the first leg of our trip because it was so much cheaper to do the last three nights as "room only".

Marv - enjoy your holiday. I'm so envious of how long you get to stay. Our vacation's in the states are much shorter. This is the first 2 week vacation I've ever been able to take! I'd love to have our business world allow vacations the way yours does!

 

[conny264]

Hi everybody
We hit our 60 day mark today and can´t wait to go.Although the weather isn´t to bad this weekend.

Did anybody make up their mind about a little get together on the firdt day onboard.We did that on our last cruise and it was a lot of fun and it was nice to see familiar faces from time to time on the remaining days and chat.
If someone is interested i would suggest around 3 o´clock at the Bar at the GoofyPool,in case some Kids want to swim.That leaves enough time for Lunch and be on time for the safety drill.

Opinions please.

Lots of excited greetings from Germany
Conny

 

[marv]

Conny that sound a brilliant idea my family will see you at the pool at 3pm and yes my kids will proberly be in the pool any way.

Look forward to meeting you all this trip has been a long time coming and often sems abit sureal talking to you all here, so it will be lovely to finally get to meet you all.

Marv

 

[Kimmielee]

We'll be there at 3:00!!! Can't wait!

 

[marv]

Bump

 

[conny264]

Ok,I officialy start a list:

Conny and Silke
Marv and Family
Kimmielee and Family

Looking very much forward to meeting you all.Who else??

Take care
Conny

 

[Kimmielee]

It's getting closer!!!! Only 53 days before we leave and 58 days to the cruise!!

I've booked ADR's for our first 5 nights and the 3 nights after the cruise... I've made the ressies for the excursions, massage, nail appointments & Palo... All I have left to do is WAIT!!

One question to Marv and Conny - either of you thinking of getting a room at Atlantis or Comfort Suites to have access to all of the Atlantis resort?