hi moms! we're going on our 1st disney cruise in 10/10. we would love to dine at palo, but i don't want to miss out on other special evenings. i've heard about formal, semi-formal and pirate nights. how do i find when these are so i can schedule palo?
hi kim, i completely understand where you are coming from - i didn't want to miss a thing on my first cruise either! unfortunately the specific schedules are not officially released prior to sail dates. personally, i would suggest browsing a fan site such as www.disboards.com and checking out their disney cruise line message board. here you will be able to find reports from those that have sailed recently or during the same season that you are planning on sailing. although this won't be a guarantee of what will be offered during your voyage, it's a great place to start if you are going to try to estimate your plans. it also doesn't hurt to try contacting the cruise line directly with your question. simply fill out this form with your inquiry and maybe you can get a little more concrete information. in my experience this has been the way to get the most up-to-date information about a specific voyage. i hope this helps!
1) add a comment to your reservation that it a birthday is involved. 
2) email/call the gm or concierge and let them know take a cruise from san diego. holland america line travels to mexico for 7 - 10 days from san diego. great food, great prices, and lots of touring in each city they stop in. i just went on the 7-day and i loved it. i got to see puerto vallarta, mazatlan, and cabo. mazatlan was my favorite. so beautiful and cultural. don't go through a travel agent that is going to charge you for their services. most agents are paid from the company they book you with and should not be over charging you for the same thing you could book on your own. they will charge an extra fee for airline reservations just because the airlines do not pay them commissions anymore. if you go on a cruise you can call the company direclty. i'd say tuesday friday and saturday i've been to a few padres games at petco park. it's a pretty nice new ballpark, although it tries to create a feel of being a larger version of one of the old style ballparks with a brick building built into it (the western metal building was preserved and integrated into the stadium). the nosebleed seats... are pretty nosebleed, but the closer seats are pretty nice. the concessions are pretty standard, with a few san diego favorites. my favorite food is the garlic fries from gordon biersch. one nice aspect is that around the park's main walkways there are hd tvs showing the game while you're standing in line to get food, etc.

i think it's nicer than qualcomm stadium was for baseball. however, i'm still upset at some of the political manuevering that occured to get it built, using public tax money. its downtown location is great, and brings extra traffic to the bars and restaurants of the gaslamp quarter, and extra riders trying out san diego's transit options to avoid the high cost of parking downtown. im 14 2 so well first not all parents realise this i dunno if u do bt shes 14 not 4 no embarrasing stuff or anything! a dance well easy! the key: rly good loud music and lots of space to dance. have a table with drinks n food and maybe one or two chairs if people get tired, not to many or theyll all just sit down. u could get some disco type lights that'd b cool. my advice from experience i would but this in bold but cant repeat after this::::::: i will not under any circumstances embarrase my daughter in front of her friends, and i will stay 100 meters (or so) away from the dancing area at all times unless someone is dying or the food and drink has run out!:::::::: if you follow this i think it will be ok. so well food: finger food i dunno crisps (chips for the americans), emmmm i dont really know just ask your daughter what she likes and what will be good. decor: simple no happy birthday banners and clown hats. disco type lights would be good, emm make sure its cool in the room or people will boil to death! music: well the music in the charts and stuff go to a downloading program like www,limewire.com and download the songs you need, put them on a cd and play it on the stereo veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy loud! guests: make sure both guys and girls come if not it is no fun at all. as invites the coolest thing is just simple computer printed invites with the time, location and reason for the party. time: make sure its kinda late its no fun at 3! lets say 7-10 or so late is cool unless no parents allow that late so do 6-9 no 3-5 partys!!! so i hope that helped happy birthday 2 em and have fun with the party!!!!!! details  here please contact your local service provider as early as possible. the decorating season is short, and our schedules tend to fill up by mid-november. here are a few that i usually recommend: mayb if u stay in the "good" parts of town...but i woud seriously advise agaisnt it....its not really safe there....take a friend and if u do go out by urself do not go out by yourself after dark