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Just found this thread. This will be our 2nd Disney cruise. We have 2 daughters, who will be 14 and 11 at the time of the cruise. We are from Spring City, PA, which is near Phoenixville and Royersford. We are looking forward to getting to know some of you before the cruise.
Amy
Just found this thread. This will be our 2nd Disney cruise. We have 2 daughters, who will be 14 and 11 at the time of the cruise. We are from Spring City, PA, which is near Phoenixville and Royersford. We are looking forward to getting to know some of you before the cruise.
Amy
There are quite a few of us from SEPA! Looking forward to meeting you. Don't know if you'd be interested, but a few of us have kids of similar ages who are e-pal-ing. I have a DD 13 and a DS 10. 11 and 14 are popular ages in the group!
Yes, I was thinking the same thing! We seem to have lots of kids in this range. But kids of all ages (I'm looking at you Teri )
are going to have fun.
Thanks for the ideas Joe!
We have 156 days to go!
Thanks to getting a good bonus at work, over the weekend I did the following:
PIF for the cruise.
Prepaid my gratuities
Booked/paid for my DCL transfers
I currently have about $265 on my Disney Reward account that I plan to use as OBC. The next step is to start saving up for excursions and souvenirs, and photo package.
For those who have cruised before and done Disney excursions, about how much should I budget? In doing some quick math, it seemed that for 5 people, excursions were ranging from about $300-800 each. We booked a beach day in Cozumel at Nachi Cocom that is relatively cheap. I'm thinking about excursions in Grand Cayman and Falmouth. What would you suggest is a good amount to keep in reserve for those ports? On CC I plan to do bikes and snorkeling for the family, and I'm considering the stingray cove activity.
Does $2000 sound like enough? Is it too much?
Wow, that's sounds like a great bonus
$2,000.00 sounds like enough, especially since you have pre-paid gratuities. I can't tell you how much we spent on our last 7 night cruise because we paid cash every couple of days to Guest Services and my DW hid the final bill when the cruise was over
My mother on the other hand didn't do any excursions and had to go shopping on the last night to make sure that she used up her OBC. So it can go either way
It was a great bonus for me It wasn't for the whole cruise amount, but I was able to pay off early and add the transportation and tips. I'd like to have all the money put aside ahead of time so my credit card doesn't take a big hit while onboard.
Question: if you don't spend all of your OBC, do you get a refund? I don't know if I'd want to feel pressed to buy things just to even out the account. Perhaps we'll do as you did and add money as we go. I was thinking about buying gift cards to take with us, or maybe travelers cheques.
We have 156 days to go!
Thanks to getting a good bonus at work, over the weekend I did the following:
PIF for the cruise.
Prepaid my gratuities
Booked/paid for my DCL transfers
I currently have about $265 on my Disney Reward account that I plan to use as OBC. The next step is to start saving up for excursions and souvenirs, and photo package.
For those who have cruised before and done Disney excursions, about how much should I budget? In doing some quick math, it seemed that for 5 people, excursions were ranging from about $300-800 each. We booked a beach day in Cozumel at Nachi Cocom that is relatively cheap. I'm thinking about excursions in Grand Cayman and Falmouth. What would you suggest is a good amount to keep in reserve for those ports? On CC I plan to do bikes and snorkeling for the family, and I'm considering the stingray cove activity.
Does $2000 sound like enough? Is it too much?
That is awesome you were able to pay it off - I did mine when I booked it and it a huge relief
Anyway - $2K might be good - depends on the family. My husband loves to sit and relax at the pool and have a few drinks, and same with dinner or at a club...I'll have one here and there - then the pictures and shopping and excursions - we normally with tips are at @4-5K - my husband also gets a massage and we my daughter gets a pedi. So just base on what you know the family likes - drinks are pricey.
Hi friends,
So in 5 short months we will be leaving on a jet plane headed East. That means I only have 5 short months to do my FE gifts, OH MY, what will I do?? Funny you should ask, I want to do everything!! I have so many ideas in my head that I want to do it all. Did any of you get this way with your first FE?? As it is right now in my head, I think you should all pack an extra bag just for your gifts from me, LOL. Now ask about my door...well, I just printed out a lot of graphics to decorate, if we have a contest, I will win!! I will be having regular stuff, then on pirate day I will change them to fit the mood. Am I obsessed?? HA, I would say just a bit, LOL. OH, do we have a meet and greet on the ship so we can put faces to names??? Or should you just look for me on my scooter with my Mickey hats on????
I don't think that we have organized a meet and greet yet
Has anyone been on the Fantasy and had a successful meet and greet? Where did you meet and what day?
Most groups meet on the first day while others wait until the next day so that people can tour the ship and get settled in.
carolbeech said:Hi Teri,
I already have some of my FE gifts too! I still have to make my actual FE though.
I hope we do a meet up - is anyone in the Walt Disney suite? Ha!
We are getting another cold front and more snow this weekend.....thank goodness I have this to look forward to.
Hi friends,
So in 5 short months we will be leaving on a jet plane headed East. That means I only have 5 short months to do my FE gifts, OH MY, what will I do?? Funny you should ask, I want to do everything!! I have so many ideas in my head that I want to do it all. Did any of you get this way with your first FE?? As it is right now in my head, I think you should all pack an extra bag just for your gifts from me, LOL. Now ask about my door...well, I just printed out a lot of graphics to decorate, if we have a contest, I will win!! I will be having regular stuff, then on pirate day I will change them to fit the mood. Am I obsessed?? HA, I would say just a bit, LOL. OH, do we have a meet and greet on the ship so we can put faces to names??? Or should you just look for me on my scooter with my Mickey hats on????
Hi friends,
So in 5 short months we will be leaving on a jet plane headed East. That means I only have 5 short months to do my FE gifts, OH MY, what will I do?? Funny you should ask, I want to do everything!! I have so many ideas in my head that I want to do it all. Did any of you get this way with your first FE?? As it is right now in my head, I think you should all pack an extra bag just for your gifts from me, LOL. Now ask about my door...well, I just printed out a lot of graphics to decorate, if we have a contest, I will win!! I will be having regular stuff, then on pirate day I will change them to fit the mood. Am I obsessed?? HA, I would say just a bit, LOL. OH, do we have a meet and greet on the ship so we can put faces to names??? Or should you just look for me on my scooter with my Mickey hats on????
I got our FE from Etsy and it's cute as can be. I have not started our FE gifts yet. I've been looking at ideas though.
As far as a meet and greet, it sounds like a great idea!
I'd like to get the kids introduced to other kids their age also. How many folks are planning on doing the club open houses the first day?
I post a lot on the BC/YC thread, and somebody made buttons to wear so we could recognize each other. Anybody know how easy/hard that would be to do?
What is the BC/YC thread?? We can have a graphic made and we can make ourselves pins or just pin them on our shirt? You will recognize me because I will be the large lady on a scooter wearing a Mickey hat!! I think we will recognize Joe because he has 4 women with him!!!!I post a lot on the BC/YC thread, and somebody made buttons to wear so we could recognize each other. Anybody know how easy/hard that would be to do?
Terri,
If possible, make duplicates of your magnets that will be placed on your cabin door. On past cruises DIS'ers have had problems with people stealing some of their magnets
It doesn't happen often but I don't want you to be upset if you become the victim of rude people.
Joe