MnkyGirl
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Feb 12, 2015
Let me start by saying any of you who are brave enough to read this, congratulations and welcome to a thread about planning by two compulsive planners! Please jump in with any comments or suggestions! We will definitely be asking questions here and on the main DCL board about our time in New York City.
Introductions
I'm the one in glasses. Behind me is @jennRR457 We travel together. A lot. A chance meeting at work made us lifelong friends and travel buddies. Even though we live in different states, we still manage to get a trip in just about every year.
Trips Together
I'm sure you'll find out more about us as we go along, but for now... let's get to the good stuff!
The Idea
I cruised a very similar itinerary to this when Disney first offered cruises out of New York in 2012. This was also less than a year after we met. Since then, @jennRR457 has wanted to go on a Disney cruise out of NYC. As soon as Disney announced that they would be sailing this itinerary again, we were in planning mode, but unfortunately some stuff came up. Between both of us changing jobs and moving to different states we knew that we couldn't do it in 2016 or 2017. So 2018 became the date! We decided on that almost 2 years ago, but we didn't really settle on a date and start planning until last month.
The Plan
So now that we have a date, the planning begins! Since @jennRR457 already has another cruise booked, we have decided to wait to book the cruise until she is on the boat and can get the discount. We have been watching prices very closely in case they go up, but for now, we wait. While waiting, we have decided to start the campaign with 2 of our friends to join us! Both have come to about 75% commitment. But we really want them to experience this so we keep working at it. Whether or not friends come will bring up a lot of questions on rooms. Should we all stay in one room? Should we get two rooms? What category rooms do we want to splurge on? It's all up in the air, but what we can work on is research about the weather, hotel rooms, and transportation. We have both been to NYC before but the other two haven't. We will also be flying in from 3 different states and staying one night before and one night after. It's going to be a lot of coordination to get everyone there at roughly the same time. But we are up to the challenge!
I'm sure @jennRR457 is going to chime in, and I've got a whole lot more to add, but for now, let's leave this brief introduction. I would love for this to be an asset for those planning NYC cruises, so we'll try to post our solid plans as they are made and our reasoning behind them. When we are done, we will definitely post a trip report!
Introductions
I'm the one in glasses. Behind me is @jennRR457 We travel together. A lot. A chance meeting at work made us lifelong friends and travel buddies. Even though we live in different states, we still manage to get a trip in just about every year.
Trips Together
- Germany and Rome
- 3 Night Halloween on the High Seas Bahamas
- 7 Night Western Caribbean
- New Orleans
- 3 Night Very Merrytime Bahamas
- Nashville
- Multiple WDW trips
- Williamsburg
I'm sure you'll find out more about us as we go along, but for now... let's get to the good stuff!
The Idea
I cruised a very similar itinerary to this when Disney first offered cruises out of New York in 2012. This was also less than a year after we met. Since then, @jennRR457 has wanted to go on a Disney cruise out of NYC. As soon as Disney announced that they would be sailing this itinerary again, we were in planning mode, but unfortunately some stuff came up. Between both of us changing jobs and moving to different states we knew that we couldn't do it in 2016 or 2017. So 2018 became the date! We decided on that almost 2 years ago, but we didn't really settle on a date and start planning until last month.
The Plan
So now that we have a date, the planning begins! Since @jennRR457 already has another cruise booked, we have decided to wait to book the cruise until she is on the boat and can get the discount. We have been watching prices very closely in case they go up, but for now, we wait. While waiting, we have decided to start the campaign with 2 of our friends to join us! Both have come to about 75% commitment. But we really want them to experience this so we keep working at it. Whether or not friends come will bring up a lot of questions on rooms. Should we all stay in one room? Should we get two rooms? What category rooms do we want to splurge on? It's all up in the air, but what we can work on is research about the weather, hotel rooms, and transportation. We have both been to NYC before but the other two haven't. We will also be flying in from 3 different states and staying one night before and one night after. It's going to be a lot of coordination to get everyone there at roughly the same time. But we are up to the challenge!
I'm sure @jennRR457 is going to chime in, and I've got a whole lot more to add, but for now, let's leave this brief introduction. I would love for this to be an asset for those planning NYC cruises, so we'll try to post our solid plans as they are made and our reasoning behind them. When we are done, we will definitely post a trip report!
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