Magic Christmas Cruise 2010 (Dec 18th - 29th) - PART II

[mdargen]

Yes, everyone should be receiving their cruise documents. It could vary by a couple of days and if you booked through a TA, it might go to them first depending on the TA.

Thanks LeLani!


About us-

Myself, my husband, our 5 year old daughter, and my mom are going our first Disney cruise! We live in Vancouver and my mom lives outside of Denver, CO. I am a bakery owner that specializes in wedding, birthday, cupcakes, and cheesecakes. My husband is a software enginer, my daugter is a Legos engineer, and my mom is a retired teacher.

Exactly one year ago my mom had quadruple bypass open heart surgery. This trip is her "LOOK OUT WORLD! I'M STILL HERE!" celebration. She has worked hard her whole life and now it is my turn to treat her. We all wanted to do a trip of a lifetime and this is definitely going to be it. I still can't wrap my head around the fact that in a month we are going to be on an 11 night luxury cruise through paradise!

There was only one thing my mom wanted to do on the ship and it is the high tea. I was so bummed when we could get reservations and when I told her she cried. I checked the Palo site today just to look and I was able to get High Tea ressies!!!! It was so fun calling my mom today to tell her she's in!

I'm just so over the moon excited! I can't wait for daughter to see the ship and Mickey for the first time. Okay enough of my babbling!

~Michelle

 

[BBQMommy]

Michelle - That is so wonderful about the Palo High Tea ressie

Disney Rocks - Degus!!! So cute!

Caryn

 

[colkath2005]

In 3 weeks time we will be leaving for the airport!
Going to spend today packing and ironing and making the fish extender gifts that I didnt do last night as I was reading all the icebreakers on here
My parents are already packed but I want to make sure I am only taking what I need. I want to save room for all the shopping!
Colette

 

[itutorfortravel]

Good morning,

Does anyone know if you can check a plastic storage tub as one of your pieces of checked baggage? I'm having trouble fitting my FE's in a suitcase in a manner that will not damage them, so I was thinking maybe a plastic container would work...

Thanks!

 

[itutorfortravel]

Hey everyone,

My life story isn't that exciting, but here is it in a nutshell...

In my mind I am still in my 20's and hope to never get older than that!

I have a part-time math tutoring business that caters to students in middle school through college. I am also a part-time SAHM. I absolutely love both jobs!!!

I taught high school when I first graduated from college. During that time I earned my Master's degree and went on to work for a large publisher as an educational consultant, providing support services to schools throughout the southeast using computer-based instructional programs. Next I worked for a large manufacturing company as a training developer for IT systems, including SAP. When I had my DD, I decided to leave the workplace for awhile. We also moved when my DD was about 10 months old. Up until that time, I had been living in Charleston, SC, since I was 8 years old. We now live outside Charlotte, NC, and really enjoy it here, too. My DH is originally from NC so he is now "home" again.

DH is an IT guy. He is the director of data architecture for his company. In general, he's not into Disney as much as my DD and me, but he loves us so he keeps letting me book the vacations - LOL. However, once we get onboard, he begins to relax and have a great time. I tell him it's the perfect vacation for him because he is not attached to work with his computer and phone and gets some true relaxation. He has been more excited about this trip than the last 2 Disney cruises we have been on, so maybe I am converting him?!

I find that the cruises are a perfect vacation for me because I do not have to clean, cook, shop, etc. I think Disney cruises are truly a mom's paradise!

DH and I enjoy DCL because it is the one vacation we can go on and get some quality time as a couple. DD loves making friends onboard and going to the kids' clubs, so DH and I will typically go to Palo once or twice during a cruise. We have never been able to get to any of the adult shows because DD is an early to bed kind of kid, but we are hoping that we can do some of those this time.

Our DD does not know for sure we are going on this vacation. She knew we had been discussing it but we ended up telling her we were not going. When she thought we might go, she couldn't think of anything else. She LOVES her Disney cruises!!! As much as I love her enthusiasm, I need her to remain focused on other things right now - like school - so we decided to wait until the time is closer to tell her. She will be so excited when she finds out we are going. We are probably going to tell her in about 2 weeks. I would wait until the day we leave, but I don't want her to miss out on the couple weeks of constant nagging that she'll get from me about staying out of people's faces, washing hands, wearing her coat, etc. so that she doesn't get sick! (I hope I'm not the only one who does this.)

We are really looking forward to the trip and meeting everyone in the group!

 

[HFC1969]

31 days til vaca​

 

[itutorfortravel]

We got our docs yesterday too! I really love the booklet they came in...much nicer than what we have gotten on our last 2 cruises!

 

[3princessMommy]

So excited that folks are getting their docs already! That means ours should be here in a week or two. It always takes that long to get mail through our bureaucracy and across the pond to Africa!!!

 

[decked out]

Is that a thumbs up for NASCAR John? Only one more race this season then I go into NASCAR withdrawal and can watch the NFL on Sundays.

Sunday's race should be a good one! I'm getting a little tired of Jimmie Johnson so I'm rooting for Denny Hamlin in this one.

I wouldn't be considered a HUGE fan, but I really like NASCAR. It is great to get over to Daytona to be at the race. NFL season takes priority, so I have not been following NASCAR as much lately. I love that the Daytona 500 and NASCAR kick off just as the NFL ends.

 

[Liz Arjay]

Yes, everyone should be receiving their cruise documents. It could vary by a couple of days and if you booked through a TA, it might go to them first depending on the TA.

We still haven't gotten our docs, but hopefully today. The routing through the travel agent slows the process, I guess...

 

[3PrincessGrandma]

Michelle, where does your mom live? I graduated high school in Denver. My mom lives in Aurora, brother in Littleton and sister in Denver.

No docs yet Anxiously watching for the mail every day.

 

[Cam Fam luvs Dsny]

I run marathons including Disney 6 times with 4 Goofy Challenges and just qualified for Boston in 2011.

As a runner who is just behind you, Disney 4 times with 3 Goofy's, Congratulations on qualifying for Boston. Ask me on the cruise about my attempt to qualify last week, I will need a drink in my hand to tell you the story without crying!

Phil

 

[miatamel]

Am I the only person that had to google "degus?"

 

[BigHugsForEeyore]

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[kehonuamemano]

Our best DCL cruises were the Panama Canal cruise in May 2008 and the Northern European Cruise this past July 2010.

I'm so envious! Was the Baltic cruise as awesome as it looked on paper?

 

[disneydash]

As a runner who is just behind you, Disney 4 times with 3 Goofy's, Congratulations on qualifying for Boston. Ask me on the cruise about my attempt to qualify last week, I will need a drink in my hand to tell you the story without crying!

Phil

That does not sound good. Look forward to hearing it and commiserating with you because we have all been there. Going to run a cross country trail marathon this weekend for fun. After all the focus on qualifying I just wanted to go out, do a race and not worry about time. Plus it is a great way to keep down my weight before a cruise.

 

[HFC1969]

Am I the only person that had to google "degus?"

a small caviomorph rodent

 

[decked out]

This may be old news, but there are new Personal Navigators posted for 10/23/10 - 7 Day Disney Magic.

http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/cruise-new/cr-stateroom-navigator.htm

 

[BigHugsForEeyore]

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