12/04/2010 - CHIP 'N' DALE's CRUISIN' NUTS Eastern MAGIC - Page 3 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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My husband and I will be on this cruise celebrating our anniversary. It's our first cruise. We are actually waiting two and a half weeks to celebrate as I wanted to be sure we were on a holiday decked out cruise.
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My husband and I will be on this cruise celebrating our anniversary. It's our first cruise. We are actually waiting two and a half weeks to celebrate as I wanted to be sure we were on a holiday decked out cruise.
Welcome, Rayven! We are happy to have you joining us!
My husband and I will be on this cruise celebrating our anniversary. It's our first cruise. We are actually waiting two and a half weeks to celebrate as I wanted to be sure we were on a holiday decked out cruise.
to Cruisin' Nuts! and your first cruise!
My first cruise was during Mousefest 2008 and I was solo. It was nice having others around to talk with if I was lonely.
Still bouncing off the walls for this cruise!
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Thanks for adding me to the list! I'm so excited. I'm reading the PassPorter Cruise Guide again ... and I've watched the cruise line promotional DVD quite a few times already. My husband thinks it's funny that I'm planning so early. To me, planning is part of the fun and excitement.
Hey Rayvn. My husband Chris (csharpwv) and I are from Fairmont, Wv and will be on the cruise. We are traveling with a couple from Charleston, WV as well. We hopeto share our Wv pride with the FE program
Maybe this will get some discussion going. Has anyone does this cruise before to these ports? What are the best excursions to do? Is it possible to just grab a taxi or walk to the beach i nstead of doing a formal excursion to the beach?
I've done this cruise and these ports, but I don't do excursions. If I did, although I know it's less expensive to do it on my own, I'd stick with DCL excursions - only for the peace of mind of knowing that if anything happened, the ship would not leave without me!
Hi Bluemoon, I'm still debating about the FE. My hubby isn't really that interested in participating but he would if I really want to do. Probably doesn't hurt that I'd do all the work for it and he'd get some surprises. I'll have to try and think up of some cool WV item that would work.
For excursions, my husband really wants to do one of the snorkeling ones, does anyone have a suggestion on which one listed in the Passporter is the best one? (He'd love to see some turtles along with fish)
Do you go out in the ports on your own or stay on the ship? I don't really want to pay money to go to a beach when I can get there on my own, but I also don't want to get lost lol
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Ravyn, the DH and I are already going FE crazy. It has been so fun to look for things and get ready to make items for the group. I'm still not really sure how to know how many items to make without over or under preparing lol....
bluemoon1070 - This time I may not even get off the ship except at CC. Not sure. Been there, done that, and enjoy relaxing on the ship (uncrowded) unless there is something I really want to see or do in port. I've never done excursions - just wander where I want to go on my own. I definitely will stay aboard in St. Thomas this time though. I'm solo and there's been a hike in crime there lately.
Regarding the FE - Have you looked at our cruiser list and checked the FE column to see how many staterooms are participating? Looks like about 23 definite so far (including you) plus 4 undecided. It will be updated as needed and then a final list provided to Val (Magic3forme), as she is the FE organizer for the Cruisin' Nuts.
In case there are some here who are not also on our Dis thread - Just want to check in again and remind you to visit our Chip 'n' Dale's Cruisin' Nuts website, check out our LONG list of our cruisers, and be sure to keep up with (especially) our News, Meets and Fun pages.
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I'm so excited. I'm reading the PassPorter Cruise Guide again ... and I've watched the cruise line promotional DVD quite a few times already. My husband thinks it's funny that I'm planning so early. To me, planning is part of the fun and excitement.
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