AndymanGA
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- May 25, 2008
A little over year ago my mom decided she wanted to do a family trip and a Disney Cruise at Christmas was decided upon. The original cruisers were my parents, myself and my wife, my sister, her husband, her son and daughter. Shortly after making the reservations, my wife and I learned that we were expecting our first child.
Tip #1 - A great way to tell your family you are expecting is to ask how hard it would be to increase the reservation by one and how hard it would be to get a pack and play put in your cabin
This was the first cruise of any kind for most of us which lead to us finding disboards and of course the Passporter. How can you do a Disney Cruise without either?
Last summer, before our son's birth, we started buying clothes that we thought he would wear on the cruise. Made sense to us that we should buy summer clothes in the summer.
Tip #2 - As first time parents we didnt realize that the size listed on baby's clothes, don't necessarily reflect the age of your child. Who knew? We had to make a mad dash right before our trip to find stuff for our DS to wear.
Our whole family got together and flew to Orlando the day before the Cruise. Tip #3 - If you have an elderly parent, get a wheelchair at the airport. You have no idea how quick you can get through security when a member of your traveling party is being pushed in a wheelchair.
We stayed in Cocoa Beach the night before the Cruise. I spent some time in Ron Jon's surf shop that day. I have lost 40 pounds since June and thought that I would have better luck finding a swimsuit in Florida then in Georgia in December. I was correct.
My next posting, I'll start with the Cruise so stay tuned
Tip #1 - A great way to tell your family you are expecting is to ask how hard it would be to increase the reservation by one and how hard it would be to get a pack and play put in your cabin
This was the first cruise of any kind for most of us which lead to us finding disboards and of course the Passporter. How can you do a Disney Cruise without either?
Last summer, before our son's birth, we started buying clothes that we thought he would wear on the cruise. Made sense to us that we should buy summer clothes in the summer.
Tip #2 - As first time parents we didnt realize that the size listed on baby's clothes, don't necessarily reflect the age of your child. Who knew? We had to make a mad dash right before our trip to find stuff for our DS to wear.
Our whole family got together and flew to Orlando the day before the Cruise. Tip #3 - If you have an elderly parent, get a wheelchair at the airport. You have no idea how quick you can get through security when a member of your traveling party is being pushed in a wheelchair.
We stayed in Cocoa Beach the night before the Cruise. I spent some time in Ron Jon's surf shop that day. I have lost 40 pounds since June and thought that I would have better luck finding a swimsuit in Florida then in Georgia in December. I was correct.
My next posting, I'll start with the Cruise so stay tuned