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Glad you got the on-board activities you wanted! Sounds like a relaxing time ahead!
Me too! I didn't want us to do too much because I want to make sure we have time to relax and enjoy some of the other activities we missed on our last cruise.
Great itinerary! Congrats on getting what you wanted.
I couldn't believe everything I wanted including the times were still available. Part of why I like cruising in Sept (other than it's hurricane season), the boat isn't full since it's after Labor Day and most kids/families are back in school
We leave exactly 8 weeks from TODAY!!! I wish I could pull out the suitcases right now but I can't, still too early. I have started looking at the girls' wardrobes planning their outfits for dinners. My sister and I are two years apart and growing up we'd always dress a like, especially at Disney! I should find a pic and post it.
Now, I'm not as organized as Linnynad at WDW my girls do not match, but they might wear similar colors. I enjoy reading her PTR/TR as much as I do everyone else's! On our last cruise the girls wore the same color and had matching outfits on Pirate Night. It's fun whether you have all girls or girl/boy. I figured I might as well take advantage of it now while they're young because we all know they won't let me do this when they are 10 & 14.
I've been so busy at work and home that I haven't had a chance to be in 'cruise mode'. I know for formal night my husband needs to update his wardrobe. He's lost weight since he had pneumonia last March and was in the hospital. I'm thinking dress pants, button down shirt and tie. My dad will be in his tux looking sharp! I need to find a dress. I'm concerned about the packing. We'll be gone a total of 8 nights and with a 1 year old you never know how many outfits you might go through. I hope to be in our swimsuits most of this trip and just dress up for dinner. My goal is a relaxing, stress-free vacation! Just last night I told DH I can't wait to be on vacation with no cell phone. He was like "What??" Yes I'm attached to my phone when I'm not busy with the kids or doing household things, but it's just nice going on a cruise and having no connection to work and general life things. Where as at WDW I would be on my phone while waiting in line to get on the bus or a ride.
I have been reading someone else's Disney TR and they watch a movie every Friday and dinner is themed with it! Such a cute idea. What are some of your favorite countdowns to do before any vacation?
I like the idea of matching or similar outfits for dinner. It makes the photos look so nice! It's Kelly (Oh Toodles) who's doing the weekly themed dinner and movie nights for her countdown. I love that idea!
PTR - Cruising with the Perry's on the Fantasy updated 7/17/13
It's very strange that we have nothing to plan! If this were a WDW trip I would be mapping out our days with the park hours, shows, rides, dining, etc. So, I have looked into things on the Fantasy and ideas other families have done while preparing for their trip. One option is the FE. I have heard about it but always thought it was a lot of work. Then I thought, what gift could I leave everyone who signed up? We leave in a county that's known as the Kat-sup capital of the world and Horseradish. This is going to be tough. We do have an amazing home made chocolate store in our town, but chocolate doesn't travel well. Hmmm....
I tried going onto the Dis boards to get more info, but their site is currently down. I checked some of the customizable FE on Etsy. My question is, how do I hang this on our door? If the Dis boards ever come back up (love you PP) I'll look into it more.
For our last cruise I ordered off Etsy a personalized pillow cases for the girls to have the characters sign. My DD5 has seen so many characters that on our last trip to WDW she skipped almost all of them. I knew for our cruise last year that we wouldn't have time for characters with a new born so I decided on the pillow case. It's also a great keepsake! We dropped it off at guest services, picked it up on our last night and we weren't returned all of the markers, which was fine I just thought it was strange. Still debating if I want to do this for our upcoming cruise. I probably will but will choose different embroidery for each DD. I'll be sure to post pics!
PTR - Cruising with the Perry's on the Fantasy updated 7/30/13
You know you're getting close to a Disney vacation when this arrives
We are pumped!! I called my parents to see if they had received theirs. They hadn't but by the next day it came. My dad was very excited and opened it before my mom could get her hands on it. I called Disney Cruise today because since we're arriving the night before and staying at the Hyatt I wasn't sure when we had to be down stairs to catch the bus. The answer is the bus starts leaving at 10am and comes every 15-20 min. We're all set there!
This past weekend I took DD1 to have her passport picture taken. The first attempt was horrible so we went back 5 hours later and she didn't not like it. We got a picture and the post office thinks we'll be able to use it even though she's crying you can see her eye color which is the most important thing. We have an appointment at the post office on Thursday to turn in all paperwork. I realize I'm way behind. Last year I had our passports done in April and they arrived 2 weeks later. We debated on whether or not to get her one, but would rather be safe than sorry.
When I was looking through our cruise book I noticed under Port Adventures it didn't have DD's BBB appointment listed. It's under our cruise activities online, but not in the book.
Last week we went to the mall. DD5 is really into Sophia the First right now so I was hoping we could find a dress for the cruise. Well they didn't have her dress size, but they had her shoe size. She went crazy grabbing everything Sophia! She also picked out her school backpack and lunch bag. Of course it's Sophia!
I'm still working on the wardrobe. I need to find a dress for formal night and DH needs a nice suite. He's lost a lot of weight in the past year, but not on purpose. Must be nice! So his suite is too big.
It's raining and 65 today. I can't wait to be in the sunny Caribbean
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Hello I am popping in to read along! I love cruising so I'm excited to read along When we went on our Disney cruise (mind you we do not have children) I used a sailboat that I made that would sail from day to day and each weekend we watched something disney themed we DVR'd There is always a Disney special on and they have a Disney cruise line one now Ahhhh packing for cruise!!! I always over pack and take wayyyy more than I need! wow 65 degrees???? Its been like 90 here LOL welcome to the south where its not even our hottest month yet. August we will fry LOL
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I wish I could pull out the suitcases right now but I can't, still too early. I have started looking at the girls' wardrobes planning their outfits for dinners. My sister and I are two years apart and growing up we'd always dress a like, especially at Disney! I should find a pic and post it. 
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