Wonder 4 Night April 23rd 2006

[marv]

Hi Nixieh

Ime pleased youll get your cruise cocs i think Disney or virgin didn't leave enough time too send me mine..but i have all the necessary documents too see that i get on board. I have a letter form Virgin confirming where at the port i should collect the tickets.

Were all meeting at the Mickey pool at 3pm Nixieh...look forward to meeting you all.
Your kids will be so excited whet a lovely suprise for them..in away its better they dont know.. if their any thing like my kids they would have been driving you up th wall by now.

My eldest was singing in bed last night and all three of them were having a giggle with each other from their rooms. When i went too sort them out my eldest...was saying "i cant help it ime so excited"....they really are over excited.
Ill be glad when Sunday is here and we leave.. they may calm down abit.


Nixieh have a safe journey and a brilliant time in WDW before the cruise....and well see you on board.


best wishes


Marv

 

[conny264]

Hi everybody.

It´s not the Mickey Pool we meet at.The bar at the "Goofy Pool" is the meeting point.Hope you´ll see that before you go.
We did the Online Check-in,too.Just in case.No Documents yet.

Have a great trip and see you soon.
Conny

 

[marv]

Hi conny sorry i thought it was the Mickey pool...is there a mickey pool?

See you at the bar at the Goofy pool


Marv

 

[conny264]

Hi Marv,no problem,as long as we meet.
The Mickey Pool is the little Kids Poll with the slide,the Goofy Pool is the one in the middle for familys.That´s where the Sail away Party and Pirate Party will be.
Today it´s 3 more weeks for us and I can´t wait to finally go.

See you soon
Conny

 

[pepsiontherocks]

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?

Are you as exited as I am? I just can't wait. At least I have lots of stuff to do before then so maybe the 3 weeks until we leave is good. We are only doing the cruise.

What excursions are your family members doing? About half of my immediate family want to do the Dolphin excursion but it's full. I was told to wait and go to Guest Services as soon as we get onboard.

Do you know how to reserve Atlantis? Two of my kids want to swim at the pools and slides they saw online (at Atantis). Do I need to reserve them a room at Atlantis so they can use all the Atlantis facilities? (I'm paying for everything for my family.) If so, how do I go about doing that? Do I wait until we get there? Or is it too late? I would appreciate any advice you can give me on the Atlantis thing.

Oh my goodness, I just read where you are asking about Atlantis too. Please let me know what you find out. (This disboards.com site kind of confuses me. I do the best with it that I can.)

 

[pepsiontherocks]

Hi
We are all booked up for our first cruise next year. Will there be any one out there cruising with us.
Look forward to hearing from you.

Marv

Can you tell me how to go about doing whatever I have to do so that two of my grown children can use the facilities (slides mostly) at Atlantis?

 

[marv]

Hi Pepsiontherocks

Here is the Atlantis website http://www.atlantis.com/flash.aspx

I have come across posts on this and it appears if you want toi use the slides you would have to book a room at the hotel...Ime sorry that i cant give you any more info on it.
If i was in your shoes and wanted to do this i would reserve a room through the Hotel reservations on the web site for the day you are at Nassau.
Ime not sure but i think you should be able to get transport at Nassau Port too the Atlantis Hotel.

I hope this helps



Marv

 

[pepsiontherocks]

Hi Pepsiontherocks

Here is the Atlantis website http://www.atlantis.com/flash.aspx

I have come across posts on this and it appears if you want toi use the slides you would have to book a room at the hotel...Ime sorry that i cant give you any more info on it.
If i was in your shoes and wanted to do this i would reserve a room through the Hotel reservations on the web site for the day you are at Nassau.
Ime not sure but i think you should be able to get transport at Nassau Port too the Atlantis Hotel.

I hope this helps



Marv

This you for the information and advice. This will at least give me something to start with.

Have a good cruise. I can't wait for mine!

 

[conny264]

Hi

transport to Atlantis should not be a problem.As far as I know,there will be lots of Taxis directly at the port.Just negoiate the rate in advance.

Greetings from Germany and see you soon
Conny

 

[Kimmielee]

Can you tell me how to go about doing whatever I have to do so that two of my grown children can use the facilities (slides mostly) at Atlantis?

Hi there!! Sorry, it's been a very busy week! To use the slides/pools at Atlantis you have to book a room. I've read that the Comfort Suites is much cheaper and is across the street. That one was more like $225 with all the taxes, etc... which the room rate was only $175 or so. I'll do a search for Atlantis and find more information for you. Stay tuned.

I also have read that you can't book an Atlantis room in advance the way you can the Comfort Suites - that Atlantis offers "day rooms" for a reduced rate if they are not at full capacity. Being Spring Break and all, not sure if they will have any!!

Edited to add: I found a post that had a code to save on the Comfort Suites:


Have you looked into Comfort Suites across the street, it has all uses of the Atlantis resort and you can reserve it now.

check this link for a 20% savings!

http://www.smartertravel.com/hotel/...&ctid=i1417c3p3 Good luck!!!

 

[pepsiontherocks]

Hi

transport to Atlantis should not be a problem.As far as I know,there will be lots of Taxis directly at the port.Just negoiate the rate in advance.

Greetings from Germany and see you soon
Conny

You said "negotiate the rate in advance" - how do I do that? Do you know what a good rate would be? I have no earthly idea about this stuff. Have taken a taxi once in my 47 years of life. It seems like I read somewhere that the taxi will cost about $4 per person - maybe I was reading about taxis at another place so this price doesn't apply to Nassau taxis - I get so confused since I've read so much stuff.

 

[conny264]

Hi. haven´t done that either.
I think you just ask,how much it would be,then decide.
It might be a good idea to go to Guest services on the first day and ask them for advice,they are so helpful.I did that the last time about renting a car at St.Maarten and they gave me lots of good tips.
@Nixieh:thanks for asking about the luggage tags,I was wondering the same thing.

Take care
Conny

 

[pepsiontherocks]

Hi. haven´t done that either.
I think you just ask,how much it would be,then decide.
It might be a good idea to go to Guest services on the first day and ask them for advice,they are so helpful.I did that the last time about renting a car at St.Maarten and they gave me lots of good tips.
@Nixieh:thanks for asking about the luggage tags,I was wondering the same thing.

Take care
Conny

Okay, thanks for the advice. I'll see you at the Mickey pool at 3 p.m.

 

[perdidobay]

The taxi rate is 5 dollars per person, for the trip from the port in nassau to the comfort suites or Atlantis resort, confirm this rate upfront.the driver may also ask you to pay the bridge toll- $1. the taxis are vans that they will try to fill with people before they will leave.
if you don't want to wait, offer upfront to pay a little more to get there without waiting. that is what i did last time.


has anyone recieved their cruise doc's yet.....

 

[Kimmielee]

No cruise docs here We leave for WDW in 7 days!

 

[pepsiontherocks]

The taxi rate is 5 dollars per person, for the trip from the port in nassau to the comfort suites or Atlantis resort, confirm this rate upfront.the driver may also ask you to pay the bridge toll- $1. the taxis are vans that they will try to fill with people before they will leave.
if you don't want to wait, offer upfront to pay a little more to get there without waiting. that is what i did last time.


has anyone recieved their cruise doc's yet.....

Thank you for the advice about the Nassau taxi.

We have not received our cruise documents yet. I am so totally disgusted with our TA - have had lots of trouble getting her to do stuff. (My TA is in another state than I am in - my sister in Kansas got the travel agent to book the cruise for all of us from 4 different states.) Starting Monday, I will call my TA every day and push for her to mail us our documents. That's what Disney told me to do when I called and expressed my trouble with my TA.

 

[pepsiontherocks]

Are you cruising on the Wonder April 23-27, 2006?

 

[perdidobay]

Yes, I'll be there with my DH and also our best freinds.... I recieved ( finally!)
our cruise docs yesterday ( April 7).

Hoping for blue skies and emerald waters!!

 

[pepsiontherocks]

Yes, I'll be there with my DH and also our best freinds.... I recieved ( finally!)
our cruise docs yesterday ( April 7).

Hoping for blue skies and emerald waters!!

I wish we would receive our documents. I'm so worried about our TA holding on to the documents for days before she sends them on to us. Maybe I'm being too anxious. I had to force and threaten our TA to correct the spelling on one of our names - TA said it would not matter but Disney said it has to match the birth certificate exactly or else he will not be allowed to board the ship. Less than a week ago, called Disney had got the spelling correct. I don't know if this will delay us getting our documents or not.

We have 25 family members going on this cruise. Nine of them are my kids and grandkids. My two son-in-laws are both really big guys - both over 300 pounds and scared to death of water. They are dark skinned as one is Native American Indian and the other is Hispanic. I am a short, petite female with long, straight brown hair. We will all be wearing either our Disney Family Reunion t-shirts (made by Disney - I think they are white) or else our bathing suits. We are from Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and Virginia in the USA.

Where are you from and how will I recognize you?

I'll see you at the Mickey Pool at 3:00 p.m.

 

[Kimmielee]

We haven't rec'd our cruise docs yet either. We leave on FRIDAY!!! I'm going to call my TA on Monday to check for them.