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We are also so excited!  Two weeks from right now we will be waiting in the Atlanta airport for our connection to Miami. 

Booked our excursion for Grand Cayman - the Allura Catamaran to Stingray City and hoping the kids will get in the water and feed them.  (I'm afraid that they will be afraid and won't go, maybe I'll have to throw them overboard! )

Hoping that the Camp Carnival and Circle C will have a good amount of kids in them - our boys are looking forward to making some new cruise friends.  Thinking that since school is still in that there might not be many kids on board. 

travelgal:

Booked our excursion for Grand Cayman - the Allura Catamaran to Stingray City and hoping the kids will get in the water and feed them.  (I'm afraid that they will be afraid and won't go, maybe I'll have to throw them overboard! )

We are doing a Dolphin Swim and Stingray City excursion! It is so funny that my Husband and my friends Husband are the ones worried about getting in with the rays! They keep referring to the Crocodile hunter thing. I just told them to get over it, plus they would be embarrassed once they got there and little kids where getting in and they were to scared! I will never let them live it down if they don't get in. I dont worry about the rays at all Im more afraid of sharks. To the point of nausium.

We are counting down the days until our cruise on 11-7-09. Carnival Liberty

This will be my 3rd cruise, my husbands 2nd and the 1st for our three kids. We also have a Matthew (9 yrs. old) .another son who is 15 and a daughter who is 12.

How are you going to keep up with your youngest son on this cruise ? I don't know how much freedom to give them. How safe they will be. That is my only concern.

Other than that, I'm ready to pack and soak in some Carribean sun!!

Bunnyette,

 

My husband will also be celebrating his BD on this cruise. His 40th. November 8th. I'm thinking of ordering him a cake but what else can you do that will make the day special?

Kayetta:

Bunnyette,

 

My husband will also be celebrating his BD on this cruise. His 40th. November 8th. I'm thinking of ordering him a cake but what else can you do that will make the day special?

I think you know the answer to that question! :-)

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Oh yeah....I think I have that one covered :) 

 

Kayetta

Kayetta:

This will be my 3rd cruise, my husbands 2nd and the 1st for our three kids. We also have a Matthew (9 yrs. old) .another son who is 15 and a daughter who is 12.

How are you going to keep up with your youngest son on this cruise ? I don't know how much freedom to give them. How safe they will be. That is my only concern.

They are actually my nephews - ages 12 and 8.   

Kids under 12 (or it might be 12 and under) have to wear these wrist bands which identify their muster station the entire cruise.  On our December cruise, my boyfriends son (who was 10 at the time) was given a paper-y one.  But we noticed that most other kids had these really nice plastic ones that looked a whole lot more comfortable.  I was told they got them from being registered for Camp Carnival (which we didn't do for him).  So we have pre-registered both boys for Camp Carnival/CircleC - not sure if this will get them the better wrist band, but hopefully it will.

My sister isn't too keen on giving either of them too much freedom - and my mother is having panic attacks thinking that they are going to climb up on the railings and fall overboard.  The younger one will probably not be permitted to wander off on his own at all, but I think they will be allowed to go together to places.  (maybe go to the water slide on their own, down to the game room, etc.)  I'm sure that it will be very limited - like "okay, you can go to the room and get XXXX, but come right back here." 

The younger one asked if he would meet kids he didn't know - he's really hoping to make a new friend or two.  II think he will want to do a lot of the Camp Carnival activities.  The older one is less inclined to hang out with people he doesn't know, so I'm not too sure how much time he will spend with CircleC, but I'm hoping he wants to enjoy some of the evening activities they have planned.

They are both SOOO excited, and "thankfully" the 12 year old already had H1N1 and is back in school and his brother did not get it from him (which has to be a good sign!) so I think we are in the clear!

 

You guys have put much thought into this and rightfully so. I spoke to my DH about our game plan. You have some very helpful ideas that I'm sure we will use. I feel like this is a "family vacation" and we should spend as much time together as possible. I also want them to make new friends and enjoy the programs that Carnival has to offer. We will try to balance the two so everyone has the time of their lives. It will be crazy because I will have a child in each of the programs. Planning and knowing the whereabouts of each one is critical.

 My 12 year old already had the H1N1 too. She is all better now... thank goodness. I pretty much had her stay in her room until the fever broke. So hopefully, the rest of the family is safe.

 Good to talk with you and thanks for all the good advice,

Kayetta

I am so embarrased! I accidently wrote on a different ship blog because of the date. Ooops. Oh well only a week left before we leave for florida! You have got be getting exited now.

Oh yes, very excited. A lot of last minute details to wrap up before leaving.It's a job making sure everyone has enough and the right outfits for the week. My sister and her boyfriend will also be on this cruise. They live in CO and it's been about 1 1/2 years since last seeing her. We are leaving WV early Saturday morning... the day of the cruise.( Nov.7th) I'm a bit nervous about that. I hope all goes well and we don't encounter any delays... we will be keeping our fingers crossed !!

 

 Happy and Safe Cruising.....

 I just booked my daughter and I on the “Rays, Reef, and Rum Point” tour with Native Way Watersports while in Grand Cayman. $62.50 each and they were the only one I found with a tour going to Rum Point that day, which I really wanted to do.

Yes Steve, we did too. It sounds like a really nice tour with lunch to boot!! Can't beat that. Looking forward to seeing you two on that one......in just a few short days. YES!!!

Kayetta

 That's great, Kayetta, looking forward to it. I assume your kids are going? That's great. My daughter, 18, will feel much more comfortable if there's some kids around than if it were all adults. She's still a kid herself and is great with younger ones.