LovableGluttons
See Ya REAL Soon!
- Joined
- Jan 12, 2007
Aaarrgghhh mateys! Welcome to a gluttonous trip report.
The Gluttons live in the boonies of central Montana. Montana + winter + travel = Uh Oh!
We even have this in our airport:
DH- aka "Chief Glutton", 38, a hottie, the cynical liberal originally from Massachusetts
Moi - aka "Obsessive Glutton", turned 40 on the trip, the idealistic conservative originally hailing from southern California
DS- aka "Prince Glutton", 10, a handsome, smart, funny, sensitive, amazing young dude
DD - aka "Princess Glutton", 8, gorgeous, smart, serious, and our baby!
I had been watching prices for Disney cruises for about six months. I didn't actully book the cruise until very late in January. Why book so late? I knew it would be a huge rip off, we'd all hate it, and cruising was for losers.
Or did I?
You believed that?
What was the REAL reason?
OK, it was all my fault! I wanted a 7 night cruise despite Chief Glutton's feeble protests about the cost and the sea sickness worries. I jumped on a deal without really telling the Chief. While I read the Disboards quite a bit, there were several items of interest I conveniently overlooked during my research. Shall I share?
I'm sharing anyway!
1. There is only one Disney Wonder and one Disney Magic. The Wonder cruises three and four night voyages, stopping at Nassau and Castaway Cay. The Magic generally heads to the Carribean, as well as some other special cruises.
Why am I sharing this with you? I told the travel agent I booked the cruise through that I wanted a 7 night cruise in March 2007, the earlier in the month the better. When she quoted me $1400 for a family of four in a category nine, I jumped on it. I surprised the Chief with it over dinner. I printed off my email confirmation which read.....
"This is to confirm your 7 night category nine cruise on the Disney Wonder leaving March 1st..."
Can you pick out what's wrong with the confirmation?
It took me over a week, almost two weeks to find the mistake. So now we're looking at the second week of February. Could we actually pull off this trip? ALL 7 nights on the Disney Wonder leaving the first of March?
How would we get there from the middle of nowhere?
Would snow keep us from our much anticipated cruise?
Would the beaches on Castaway Cay compare to Tunnels Beach on Kauai that we love so much?
Who gets sick?
Up next.....I smell Number Two!
Quick Links past the chatter to each segment:
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Four - Cont'd
Chapter 5
Chapters 6,7 and 8! Whew!
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Final Chapter
and our trip across country with a week in the world and free dining report (in progress)
and our trip across country with a week in the world and free dining report (in progress)
Thanks for sharing my adventure with me!
The Gluttons live in the boonies of central Montana. Montana + winter + travel = Uh Oh!
We even have this in our airport:
DH- aka "Chief Glutton", 38, a hottie, the cynical liberal originally from Massachusetts
Moi - aka "Obsessive Glutton", turned 40 on the trip, the idealistic conservative originally hailing from southern California
DS- aka "Prince Glutton", 10, a handsome, smart, funny, sensitive, amazing young dude
DD - aka "Princess Glutton", 8, gorgeous, smart, serious, and our baby!
I had been watching prices for Disney cruises for about six months. I didn't actully book the cruise until very late in January. Why book so late? I knew it would be a huge rip off, we'd all hate it, and cruising was for losers.
Or did I?
You believed that?
What was the REAL reason?
OK, it was all my fault! I wanted a 7 night cruise despite Chief Glutton's feeble protests about the cost and the sea sickness worries. I jumped on a deal without really telling the Chief. While I read the Disboards quite a bit, there were several items of interest I conveniently overlooked during my research. Shall I share?
I'm sharing anyway!
1. There is only one Disney Wonder and one Disney Magic. The Wonder cruises three and four night voyages, stopping at Nassau and Castaway Cay. The Magic generally heads to the Carribean, as well as some other special cruises.
Why am I sharing this with you? I told the travel agent I booked the cruise through that I wanted a 7 night cruise in March 2007, the earlier in the month the better. When she quoted me $1400 for a family of four in a category nine, I jumped on it. I surprised the Chief with it over dinner. I printed off my email confirmation which read.....
"This is to confirm your 7 night category nine cruise on the Disney Wonder leaving March 1st..."
Can you pick out what's wrong with the confirmation?
It took me over a week, almost two weeks to find the mistake. So now we're looking at the second week of February. Could we actually pull off this trip? ALL 7 nights on the Disney Wonder leaving the first of March?
How would we get there from the middle of nowhere?
Would snow keep us from our much anticipated cruise?
Would the beaches on Castaway Cay compare to Tunnels Beach on Kauai that we love so much?
Who gets sick?
Up next.....I smell Number Two!
Quick Links past the chatter to each segment:
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Four - Cont'd
Chapter 5
Chapters 6,7 and 8! Whew!
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Final Chapter
and our trip across country with a week in the world and free dining report (in progress)
and our trip across country with a week in the world and free dining report (in progress)
Thanks for sharing my adventure with me!