YEEEEAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!! 3 weeks left!!!!

[Joe Cool]

OHHHHH MAAAAAANNNN it feels SO good to have such little time left before the trip!

I have been incredibly swamped lately, and it never ends. School, work, school, work, girlfriend, school, girlfriend, work, eh...did i mention school? or work? Ahem. OK i don't know about y'all, but 3 weeks is like NOTHING. 3 weeks ago I went to Bucknell to stay with my friend Mindy for the weekend...wait a second, that seems like forever, but not much has changed. Hrmpf. Sorry, just talkin. I'm a little tired.

So...on Mar. 23, I'm leaving for 2 days at Universal (Portofino Bay), 3 at the GF, and muh first DCL trip on the Wonder! I really don't know what to expect on the cruise...it's just going to be my Mom and I (she's REALLY psyched...), this is like her congratulations trip for getting a position as an english professor at DeSales U. So...she's going to be lounging and getting spa treatments and swimming laps, and...eh...can y'all fill me in on what's all about the cruise? Like, stuff that goes beyond general information.

Will anyone be on the Mar. 28-31 3-night on the Disney Wonder? I don't know if they kind of separate the teenagers off on the cruises to give the quote-unquote "adults" their sense of a separate vacation (ech), but, I wouldn't usually categorize myself as either "teenager" OR "adult". Ha. Oh, and I can't dance...at all. That's why I play guitar. (LOL) Will i necessarily feel out of place on the ship, with the activities and all? I don't know, I carry my guitar everywhere with me anyway (not like I'll be playing out on deck but...), but do they have these big dance parties where Everyone Who Is Cool will be there? Hehe...alright, enough rambling. I got work to do out the wazoo. Catch y'all later,

JC

...and if you want to IM me, my handle is <b>koffeepothedd</b>. No "a", two "d"s.

 

[WDWfanatic288]

how cool!

i get the vacation planning video every year for the cruise line...but still havent been on one

i know for teens they have common grounds...a teen hangout only for teens

 

[Joe Cool]

Ok i sort of know the information about common grounds and what you're "supposed" to do...

...but here's the thing. I don't want to feel like I'm at camp. I mean being corralled into this program or pseudo-clique (JUST like...i don't wanna say it...<i>shudder</i>...high school!) with all these kids my own age. I hate summer camps...well, that's really biased, but the last time I went when i was an undergrown 8-year old with big glasses who got made fun of by the older kids. We all have our dorky stages, hehe...that was the same year I went to WDW for the first time (Disney kind of cured me of the "camp" thing). You know, I was reading that Ultimate Disney Cruise Guide you download from some site...I, uh, kind of got the impression that Disney promotes either the parents going off doing their thing and sending the kids off to do <i>their</i> thing, and then the teenagers go off and "hang out" and be "cool" and supposedly make friends, but that's assuming that most teenagers fit into this type-A or, type-B area. I mean i'm not saying I want to be antisocial...but...ok I went on a week-long mountain bike trip two summers ago in Utah and Idaho. It was mostly people over 30 (and 3 or 4 over 50)...but there were 3 teenagers and 1 10-year old. The thing I liked about that was that <i>they didn't assume the position that people get along best in the same age group.</i> And we had a great time! Hm. I think this all is coming out of me because I'm realizing I've never really been herded into one specific age group, and I don't go go high school. I guess I'm going on the cruise to get away from life as I know it. Just...could somebody please give me some personal accounts of what it's like once you actually get on the ship? i mean, with the people and stuff? I am really dreading "doing my own thing" and feeling uh...left out for it? LoL. When I first heard and read about the Disney Cruise, I was like "ooh, ooh, wow! look at this...euh...uh-oh.". The uh-oh came when I read about Common Grounds. <i>'Oh, gee'</i>, I thought. <i>'A cool-looking coffee house place with cool-looking people in it communicating, hey! we're late-20th century type-A uppermiddle class teenagers perpetrating everything that this corporation believes late-20th century type-A uppermiddle class teenagers think is cool! God forbid we should take them away from their native habitat, where you supposedly hang with your friends and flirt and...'</i> GAAAAAAH! So, then I thought, ok, when in Rome, wear sandals. It's all good. For them. And i kept the Disney Cruise in the back of my mind, assuming I'd probably go on one when I'd passed the age where fitting into some prepackaged yet quote-unquote "individual" persona was expected of me. I love coffeehouses. I really do...I love meeting my friends there but...not meeting <i>new</i> friends there. Ever think of all those people who go to coffeehouses, and on cruises, to meet people? Like girlfriends, or boyfriends, etc? They're everywhere! I say, way to go for doing your thing...but I'm attached. Sometimes it feels kind of weird being the only one under 19 i know who's in a long-term relationship...and unfortunately I tend to be one of those guys who can't tell whether someone is flirting...or <i>thinks I am trying to</i>. Ya. So, at times I guess I look at generic high school kids around here like 'children' (mostly guys...there are these 10 guys who park their cars in front of my house, I live right near the high school, and they act like 12-year olds. But they think they're all hot and mature and make the other, smarter kids who are STILL in their gawky big-glasses stage feel like !@#%&. My friends at the school i <i>do</i> go to can be like that too, and I've had moments where I've reluctantantly made fun of whoever for whatever reason, mostly to make myself feel good and jive with the group. This is MAJORLY out of character for me to say on here (especially here...gawd, look at my screen name! Joe Cool!? LOL), but lately I seem to be speaking my mind even if I look back half a week later and think, oh my God, i actually SAID that crap? Heh...so you guys are great, just for listening (eh...reading?). So if you want to respond about the Disney Cruise, that'd be awesome. Or...drop me an IM or an email at <b>koffeepothead@koffeemail.com</b>. I posted my screen name up there. Adios amigos,

JC

 

[Dreamin' Disney]

Hey Joe Cool! Sorry to interrupt ...

Just wondering if you know what's going on with the "This is the NEW Yacht and Beach Club..." Thread?

No one's posted since Feb 28 and I've been trying to post with no success.

It's such a great thread ... I hope you haven't abandoned it!

 

[AFgirl325]

Personally, I think you'll have a great time- one of the best times of my life seriously was my last cruise. And if you don't like it, that's alright, but it doesn't hurt to check it out!

 

[Joe Cool]

Hey, DD & Katie,

Aiight...the Yacht & Beach Club forum is one of my IE5 "links" up top, but lately the link hasn't worked. No one's posted since 2/28? That's...expected. I haven't updated it yet this year! Life has been SO crazy, that I am trying to plan what TO do about it. I wanted it to last 6 months in its current form...euh...it's already been 9, almost 10.

So, come April, I'm completely redoing it. Same info, new format, more pictures, better floor plans, and quotes from DIS'ers in a new section. Plus, I'm going to snoop around the Beach Club Villas and bring back pics and an info section. This is all happening in about a month or so. Meanwhile, I'm probably going to start the new thread this week, and add information to it as I can. Thing is, I hate incomplete posts...last year I ended up staying up til' 3 a.m. to get it done in 2 nights. So, I haven't abandoned it...I didn't forget either, I've just been really, really, uh, what's the word? Swampified? Ya.

OK, so thanks y'all for replying to my yada yada post, I'd still really like to hear anything about experiences on the Disney Wonder.

JC