Disneygrl36
Happy DVC member!!!!
- Joined
- Jul 19, 2004
So this trip all started last year on our Dec 3-7, 2006 4 night Wonder cruise. We slipped the little paper requesting a quote in the box & voila a quote appeared in our fish. It was a good deal & we knew we would be saving money & getting a on-board ship credit too. We were looking for something special to do for my birthday as it is a big one this year
..the big 4-0 (just so you know right up front, I am not a woman afraid of that number at all, because most days I feel about 12 years old in my heart), We were enjoying the 4 night cruise so much that a 7 night seemed a great idea & there was an Eastern Caribbean that would be leaving 4 days before my birthday & to put the cherry on top of the cake, we would get to celebrate my Halloween birthday Disney style. So, we booked right then & there. That seems like forever ago
and in all reality it was 10 months ago.
This is why we had to book another cruise..........us back in port & getting ready to leave the ship & none to happy about it.
And I had to get another day on Castaway Cay.....as I have had 2 cruises & not one fully beautiful day there yet.
I came home from that cruise so excited to already have another trip in the making & popped on to my favorite Disney board & found the thread of DISers going on our cruise as well ..& the rest is history. I feel like I know some of these people really well already & cannot wait to meet them. They will be making many appearances in this report I am sure, because we have some fun things planned.
We decided as well, that we would head on down on Friday October 26th & do Mickeys Not So Scary Halloween party as a warm up to all our cruise fun. We have done the Halloween party twice in the past & it is such a great way to celebrate Halloween. We booked a night at Wilderness Lodge villas in a studio & got our party tickets & made our one little measly ADR for Liberty Tree Tavern before the party. We wont dress up in costumes for the party, but will wear Halloween t-shirts. We are most excited about seeing the revisions to the Haunted Mansion & the parade & fireworks are always spectacular.
A few Halloween pictures to get us all in the mood.......
A few parade shots
The details have all been sorted out .
Airline tickets were a challenge. We ended up with tickets out of Nashville TN which is about 3hrs from home, but saved over 300$ doing that, but had to compromise on flight time, so we wont be arriving until 5pm with just barely enough time to eat a quick bite & get to the party. So, we had to cancel our 1 little ADR.
Magical express is all arranged to get us to the Lodge & our packet came about 2 weeks ago ..isnt that always fun when stuff starts to arrive.
We are taking Tiffany Towncar service from the Wilderness Lodge to port, because last time DCL transfers did not get us there until 2 oclock & we were starved & felt really rushed to get on board, eat & then get to the drill & sail-away party. So we have a pick-up scheduled for 10:00am so we should be to port by 11:30. We will be taking DCL transfers back to the airport post cruise.
I made our cruise on-line reservations at 12:45am on July 28th right when I was supposed to & got everything we wanted without problems.
We are ready to go
More to come ..up next meet the characters & what kind of plans do we have.
This is why we had to book another cruise..........us back in port & getting ready to leave the ship & none to happy about it.
And I had to get another day on Castaway Cay.....as I have had 2 cruises & not one fully beautiful day there yet.
I came home from that cruise so excited to already have another trip in the making & popped on to my favorite Disney board & found the thread of DISers going on our cruise as well ..& the rest is history. I feel like I know some of these people really well already & cannot wait to meet them. They will be making many appearances in this report I am sure, because we have some fun things planned.
We decided as well, that we would head on down on Friday October 26th & do Mickeys Not So Scary Halloween party as a warm up to all our cruise fun. We have done the Halloween party twice in the past & it is such a great way to celebrate Halloween. We booked a night at Wilderness Lodge villas in a studio & got our party tickets & made our one little measly ADR for Liberty Tree Tavern before the party. We wont dress up in costumes for the party, but will wear Halloween t-shirts. We are most excited about seeing the revisions to the Haunted Mansion & the parade & fireworks are always spectacular.
A few Halloween pictures to get us all in the mood.......
A few parade shots
The details have all been sorted out .
Airline tickets were a challenge. We ended up with tickets out of Nashville TN which is about 3hrs from home, but saved over 300$ doing that, but had to compromise on flight time, so we wont be arriving until 5pm with just barely enough time to eat a quick bite & get to the party. So, we had to cancel our 1 little ADR.
Magical express is all arranged to get us to the Lodge & our packet came about 2 weeks ago ..isnt that always fun when stuff starts to arrive.
We are taking Tiffany Towncar service from the Wilderness Lodge to port, because last time DCL transfers did not get us there until 2 oclock & we were starved & felt really rushed to get on board, eat & then get to the drill & sail-away party. So we have a pick-up scheduled for 10:00am so we should be to port by 11:30. We will be taking DCL transfers back to the airport post cruise.
I made our cruise on-line reservations at 12:45am on July 28th right when I was supposed to & got everything we wanted without problems.
We are ready to go
More to come ..up next meet the characters & what kind of plans do we have.
Hi ya Babs.....one of my fellow cruisers. Thanks for reading. I am sure you will make a cameo appearance somewhere in this report. I can't wait to meet you 
( you know my DH's name is Bert 
another one of my fellow cruiser......I am so flattered that all of you are reading along. Sorry you won't get to be at MNSSHP. I just love it. I promise to take lots of pictures for you.
goes on. 
this year. We only did Pirate tshirts last year & I really wanted to get more into the spirit this year.
& let's me talk him into lots of things. He was a little leary of meeting all my DISboard friends in the beginning, but I think he is coming around now & he is even reading a few pages of our cruise thread every weekend now. 
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