October 27, 2007 - Cruising around the Moon - A Magical All Hallows Eve

[RAC]

Put our deposit down today for this cruise! :cool1: Any others out there? I know it is way early, but thought they may be some other early planners out there.
It is myself, DH, and DD (10) and my parents.
This will be our 5th Disney cruise. :teeth:

[RAC]

Bump!! :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc

[XLT800]

We booked last week when the rates came out. We hope to keep it but have to see how DS does this Oct with missing a week of high school. This will be our 8th Disney cruise. We have #6 coming up in May and #7 in October. It will be me, DW, DS (15) and DD (12 at time of cruise)

Dave

[RAC]

I know what you are saying! We hope that DD's teacher approves it when the time comes. You are going in May and October, I am so jealous!! We were on in Feb. and the weather was horrible.

[pjpoohbear]

I booked when the dates opened last week!!!!!! We are saving over $200.00 compared to 12/06 double dip, whose afraid of a possible hurricane, lol!!!!!!! October is Gulf of Mexico storm season, so we should be good on the Eastern.

Staying in "my" cabin, a cat 11 sideways, deck 6. Bringing Mom (59 at cruise time) with me on this cruise, she hasn't cruised since 01/04, she is so jonesing!!!!!!!!!

Will check in every so often, but will be a regular after the December double dip!

Penny

[pjpoohbear]

I get disney travel agent e-mails, doing Disney College of Knowledge, so there is news about new excursions. Something about a powerboat cruise through a lagoon on St. Maarten, sounds like the thing for me!!!

Talk about early planning, lol!!!!!!

Penny

Info:

Thriller Powerboat Tours (SM-25)
Climb aboard the exciting Thriller powerboat to tour beautiful Simpson Bay Lagoon and the charming French capital of Marigot. Then, enjoy the warm Carribbean waters off one of St. Maarten's most pristine beaches. Safe and fun for the whole family.
Activity Level: Mild
For Ages: 5 And Up
Adult Price: $65 (ages 10 and up)
Child Price: $48 (ages 5-9)
Duration: 3-3.5 hours

[RAC]

Bump!!!

[RAC]

Bumping Up!!

[XLT800]

Page 2 is bad enough but page 3???? I thought we totally dropped off the boards :rotfl:

[RAC]

We have got to try to stay on page 1 or at least 2. :teeth:
We are thinking we may have to go on a cruise this Fall to hold us over until next Oct. :bounce:

[XLT800]

We are thinking we may have to go on a cruise this Fall to hold us over until next Oct.

You need to go Oct 28th Halloween cruise. Then we can count the 2007 cruise as a reunion cruise :rotfl: We have had really good luck with the October weather.

Dave

[RAC]

Are you going on that sailing this year? We have also been looking at the Sept.2, 2006 sailing. My daughter would only have to miss 4 days of school. I have to the weekend to decide. :confused3

[XLT800]

Are you going on that sailing this year?

Yes we are on this cruise. It will be our 3rd October cruise.

[RAC]

Do you have to take your kids out for the whole week or do they have some days off during that time? What kind of special things do they have going on around the ship for Halloween?

[pjpoohbear]

Sailing 09/12/06 last offical double dip for '06! We don't even know if we are going to cozumel yet, no oneelse on the Magic has this year yet. Some think it is due to the number of ships in port on normal western Cozumel docking day. It might be fine for us as we are docking on a different day of the week.

Mom wont talk about the '06 cruise, because she can't go due to work schedules, ouch.

Penny

[tchrmom]

:wave2:

Hello!

I'm XLT's DW.............

Just popped in to say "Hi" to all!!!

Fran
:teacher:

[XLT800]

We take the kids out for 5 days and DW also since she is a teacher.

Not real sure about the Halloween activities as this is our 1st Halloween. We are planning a DIS trick or treating though.

Dave

[RAC]

That sounds like fun! :goodvibes We have found an agency that has group rates for the Sept.2, 2006 and it is about $400 cheaper than going on Oct.28. But, there is just something about spending Halloween on the high seas!! :teeth:

Hi tchrmom! Do you all have strict attendance rules in your area? So far this year my daughter has only missed four days and that was when we went on the Feb.11 cruise. I think her teacher was just as excited as she was to be going. But, we will have to wait to next year and see what the teacher says.

[XLT800]

Bump!!!

[XLT800]

Just giving us a bump.

Supposed to be another great weekend here ( 3rd in a row with no rain)

Have a great weekend

Dave

[tchrmom]

Do you all have strict attendance rules in your area?

I've never had any trouble taking my kids (or myself) out of school........I just approach it as "an educational experience".

Not everyone gets to view underwater sealife, visit Mayan ruins.......etc.

Fran
:teacher:

[pjpoohbear]

I know that the high schools in my area allow up to 15 days with parent approved absences. But there is no consideration for missed assignments, other than handing them in early and tests missed are missed.

And the lower level schools are about the same, days wise. I had missed up to 30 days in high school and still passed the year with a B average (i just was very bored during high school, still did all my work and made sure I was there for test days, involved in school activites.) As long, the child is doing the work and understanding the material, a happy child is more likely to want to be in school.

Penny

[XLT800]

Bump!!

[XLT800]

Bump!

[RAC]

Thanks for bumping this up! :goodvibes

[XLT800]

No one will find us on page 4

RAC....what did you decide about this October?

Dave

[RAC]

Hi Dave!

We are not going to be able to make it this Oct. I am suppose to start a job with the school district in Aug. So, I don't think I can swing taking a week off this Oct. DH and I are planning a Princess cruise in June, just the two of us. It will be fun to try something new. :teeth:

[XLT800]

Bump!

[pjpoohbear]

Are we going to do a trick or treat trail for the DIS kids, I would be willing to do maps and group organization for this event. Mom is looking forward to handing out candy to the little ones, as we live in a Condo and aren't allowed have door to door halloween here.

Penny

[XLT800]

Bump!!

[XLT800]

Anyone else going next year???????

[pjpoohbear]

Anyone else going next year???????

Going to what? LOL! :surfweb:

Penny

[*love*2*shop]

WE are going~ We went Last Oct 2005 over Halloween and Had a BLAST..we were booked for THIS halloween BUT couldnt get the suite we wanted and Couldnt see spending all that money on a room and not be happy..SO as soon as the Oct 2007 rates came out, our WONDERFUL DIS /Dreams Unlimitd travel agent Sueellen Grabbed us one of the suites we wanted....It will be Me (then 32, arghh, hubby will be 34, son kyle will be 8 and daughter madison will be 6 by then)
:teeth:

I CANT WAIT!!!! NOW , to just finish paying for it ,lol

[Kimmielee]

:rolleyes1 Just returned from the 4/23 Wonder 4 night cruise and LOVED, LOVED, LOVED it... :love: so I rebooked on the ship for the 7 Night Halloween 2007 cruise!

Just me, single mom of 44 and Noah who is 6 now but will have just turned 8 by then!

We paid only $400 more for a 7 night during this time of year vs. the 4 night at Easter! NEVER again during a holiday! We saved 10% and got a $200 room credit from Disney plus an add'l credit from our travel agent! Yippee! :banana:

I am soooo excited... can ya tell? Is it too early to start a roll call? :woohoo:

[pjpoohbear]

Welcome aboard Racheal and family!

Ahoy Kimmielee and family!

Only 543 days until Sail-a-way!

Penny

[*love*2*shop]

can you beliv we dont leave for a long time and I am SOO excited..Last time we Booked VERY late ( booked late august and went in oct) and that was bad..NOW its XXXX months away and im dying..How will i survive....Many Trips to THE WORLD in the meantime I Presume.... :rotfl2:

[pjpoohbear]

I am cruising on the double castaway cruise in December and our last cruise was in January 2004 (we bought DVC while on board the magic.) So the 220 days left is not so bad and then there are only 300 days until the Halloween cruise. We did 2005 at WDW and no cruises, very sad. I was very excited for this years cruise, then it died off and now the excitement is coming back!

Penny

PS. rachel, have always loved your tinkerbelle avatar!

[Kimmielee]

Thanks Penny!! Hi Rachel! Our son's will be the same age when we sail! :wave:

We booked our 4/23 4 night cruise at 300+ days and it FLEW by so I'm hoping that this will too! :hourglass When I told Noah about rebooking he asked how many days and I told him about 450... wow, was I WRONG!!!

I'm going to try hard to not talk about it so the time won't drag for him. He gauges time by how many sleeps.... not how many days... 543 sleeps to a 6 year old will seem like FOREVER!!!

Rachel, since you were on the Halloween cruise before.... how did DCL handle Halloween night?

[pjpoohbear]

here is a navigator from halloween 2005, http://www.dreamsunlimitedtravel.com/cruise/photos/personal-navigator/index.htm .

Last year the DIS group did their own halloween t&t trail from DIS member cabin to cabin. I would be up for organizing this, would only take about an 45 mins or so, then we could join into the ship activities.

Penny

[XLT800]

Welcome Rachel and Kimmielee

No way we can wait 17 months for a cruise. We leave in 3 weeks and then again in October. We are trying to get a T or T thing together for the October cruise.

Dave

[*love*2*shop]

here is a navigator from halloween 2005, http://www.dreamsunlimitedtravel.com/cruise/photos/personal-navigator/index.htm .

Last year the DIS group did their own halloween t&t trail from DIS member cabin to cabin. I would be up for organizing this, would only take about an 45 mins or so, then we could join into the ship activities.

Penny


We were on this Cruise and We did not do the dis trick or treat..Only reason, there is NO way I could fit another thing in our suitcase so there was NO way I was fitting LOADS of candy..Bahh humbug, BUT i will say WE thought the DISNEY Trick or Treat is VERY poorly done, very BORING..BUT we had a SUPERB time and GOt to meet soo many DIS'RS and set UP LOADS of Diff meetins where you could go or not go..We also had a HUGE PARTY in the WALT SUITE that one of the disrs was in..that was fun too...

[*love*2*shop]

Thanks Penny!! Hi Rachel! Our son's will be the same age when we sail! :wave:

Rachel, since you were on the Halloween cruise before.... how did DCL handle Halloween night?
YEs, we were JUST on this PAST halloweens Crusie as 1st time Cruisers....Disney Does it the best..We FELL In love the Minute we got onboard....I will say though the KIDS clubs on halloween do LOTS of greta stuff, BUT the TOT ONboard is DULL And left ALOT to be desired :(..So you aks why are we going AGAIN OVER halloween? Well OCt is a Big month..its MY bday on the 29th and OUR ANNIV oct 25th..also the kids are settled in to school by then to be able to yank them back out, lol.....

[Kimmielee]

Rachel,

Were you on the cruise with TenorSinging and Beano? I read that live report and laughed my you know what off.... What an amazing fun group to travel with!

October is a big month for you! Congrats on the anniversary! My son turns 8 on October 12. :woohoo:

I'm in the process of writing my trip report from our cruise last week and I can't even BEGIN to be in the same league as your sail mates..... :rolleyes:

[*love*2*shop]

Rachel,

Were you on the cruise with TenorSinging and Beano? I read that live report and laughed my you know what off.... What an amazing fun group to travel with!


YES< BEANO is the One who was in the Walt Suite and We had a HUGE party /DIS gathering in his room..NICEST BUNCH of PEOPLE !!...

[DisneyDmbNut]

WE are going~ We went Last Oct 2005 over Halloween and Had a BLAST..we were booked for THIS halloween BUT couldnt get the suite we wanted and Couldnt see spending all that money on a room and not be happy..SO as soon as the Oct 2007 rates came out, our WONDERFUL DIS /Dreams Unlimitd travel agent Sueellen Grabbed us one of the suites we wanted....It will be Me (then 32, arghh, hubby will be 34, son kyle will be 8 and daughter madison will be 6 by then)
:teeth:

I CANT WAIT!!!! NOW , to just finish paying for it ,lol
Rachel!!! No cruise this year!!!! Hope you have smooth seas this time!! :rotfl2:

[*love*2*shop]

lol, smooth seas here we come! NO, no cruise this october, we couldnt get the Suite we wanted/it was ALREADY booked..so Instead we are hitting WDW for 6 days ALONE and will do the cruise NEXT Halloween With the kids!

[Kimmielee]

I hope everyone has a wonderful Memorial Day. It's beautiful here in Michigan... actually, a little TOO hot. As usual we jumped from a chilly Spring to the heat of Summer with little temp variance in between! It's going to be 95 here today! :goodvibes

Only 515 days to go - I can't wait to celebrate Halloween on the Magic!!! :banana:

Well, back to doing laundry... aaaarrrrggghhhh - I HATE laundry! :lmao: Can someone please invent stainless clothes? :rolleyes:

[Kimmielee]

lol, smooth seas here we come! NO, no cruise this october, we couldnt get the Suite we wanted/it was ALREADY booked..so Instead we are hitting WDW for 6 days ALONE and will do the cruise NEXT Halloween With the kids!

How fun for you and Hubby!! Are you doing Victoria and Alberts to celebrate your anniversary??? :love:

[Kimmielee]

RAC - with her DH, DD (10) and parents
XLT800 & tchrmom with DS (15) and DD (12)
PJPoohbear & her Mom (59)
Love*2*Shop with DH, DS (Kyle - 8) and DD (Madison - 6) ***Celebrating Wedding Anniversary on 10/25 and Rachel's B-day on 10/29!!!
Kimmielee - with DS (Noah - 8)

Let me know if any of the other blanks need to be filled in!!!

[Hockeychic]

Hi Rachel :wave: We will once again meet on a October cruise....do you remember me???

We were going on the Christmas 07 cruise but DS was accepted in the university he wanted for Sept 07 so he won't be able to cruise at Christmas so DD and I will be going on this cruise as a girls only cruise.....yaaaaa DS and DH will be staying home :love:

DD is or will be 15 by the time we cruise......so looking forward to getting to know you all.

Kim

[pjpoohbear]

Hey Kim, I remember the thread about your son. This is a Mom and Daughter trip for us too. Now there are four Canuck ladies on board. And for once halloween won't require snow pants under the custome, lol.

Penny

[Kimmielee]

DD is or will be 15 by the time we cruise......so looking forward to getting to know you all.

Kim

Welcome Kim and DD!!

Updated Roster:

RAC - with her DH, DD (10) and parents
XLT800 & tchrmom with DS (15) and DD (12)
PJPoohbear & her Mom (59)
Love*2*Shop with DH, DS (Kyle - 8) and DD (Madison - 6) ***Celebrating Wedding Anniversary on 10/25 and Rachel's B-day on 10/29!!!
Kimmielee - with DS (Noah - 6)
Hockeychic - with DD (15)

[Hockeychic]

Thank you both for the welcome.

Hey there fellow Canadian!! We are just north of Toronto. Are you flying in??? We will be, not going to try driving by myself.

I cruised last halloween and it was alot of fun, first night very rough but after that it was amazing and now I am hooking on cruising.

Looking forward to chatting with you all.

Kim

[Kimmielee]

Kim - I'm hooked on cruising too! We took our first cruise in April and I did a 4 night then and it was WAY tooooo short. My son loved the clubs, I had time to read and relax. I can't wait for this cruise even if it is forever away!

I loved reading the live report about last year's Halloween Cruise. I'm thinking of shipping candy for our trick or treating ahead of time. Tell me, did you dress up on Halloween night?

[Hockeychic]

I know we didn't bring costumes specifically for halloween, by DH seems to think Halloween was on Pirates night and we did all dress up in pirate costumes which was fun. I honestly can't remember which day was which :confused3

We met alot of great people on the Halloween cruise in October 05.

I really like the jumbo tron they have on the top deck, it played alot of movies. I have a feeling DD will ditch me for the stack so I will be spending alot of time up there watching movies. This will be my first cruise without DH so I am a little nervous but I am sure it will be amazing and a little sad as DS won't be there either. But DD and I are looking forward to it.

Kim

[pjpoohbear]

Kim, we will be driving to Buffalo then flying from there. We really like JetBlue and have flown for as little as 190.00 Usd or 235.00 CAD$. This trip i am paying 226.00 USD, but then again with the price of fuel i expected that.

Others have flown with Southwest around 120.00-180.00 USD.

We are in North Scarborough. I work at the University of T.

Penny

[Hockeychic]

Good Morning!!!!

We will be flying southwest out of Buffalo, have done it many times. I like the fact that they have the direct flights to Orlando.

DH parents live in north Scarborough, around the Victoria Park and Ellesmere area.

I was born and raised in Scarborough but live north of Newmarket now.

Kim

[DisneyDmbNut]

Good Morning!!!!

We will be flying southwest out of Buffalo, have done it many times. I like the fact that they have the direct flights to Orlando.

DH parents live in north Scarborough, around the Victoria Park and Ellesmere area.

I was born and raised in Scarborough but live north of Newmarket now.

Kim
CHEATER!!!!


:rotfl:

[Hockeychic]

Hi %

long time no chat....how are you???

Cheater??? What did I do?

Kim

[DisneyDmbNut]

Cheating with this "other" thread!!

LOL...actually, my Dsis and Dbil will be on this cruise..XLT800 and tchrmom

I just saw your name and thought I would give you a hard time...We miss your morning posts!

[Hockeychic]

:rotfl:

Oh great, would love to get to know them. Any chance you, mom and Katie are coming along???

Kim

[DisneyDmbNut]

OH NO...
you don't want more than one set of us on a ship!

[Hockeychic]

Sure we would the more the merrier.

Kim

[Hockeychic]

Page 2 will never do :wave2:

How is everyone this morning.

Went over my ressie last night, picked my favorites to book in.....yikes lots of days...because we have done this itineray before we are just going up to Paradise Peak in St Thomas we missed that last time because we did a private tour that was amazing and Parasailing on Castaway Cay, what was cancelled last time we where there due to high winds so we will give it another go.

Gotta get my Palo ressies......lunch for 1.....

OK, think I am ready. :lmao:

Can we go now :dance3:

Kim

[pjpoohbear]

We Are Under 500 Days!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Hockeychic]

Yaaaaaaa :dance3: :woohoo: :beach: pixiedust: party: :boat: :rockband:

[Kimmielee]

:yay: :yay: :yay: :yay: :yay:
:dance3: :dance3: :dance3: :dance3:
:cheer2: :banana: :bounce: Less than 500 days is AWESOME!!!!

Anyone else cruising without a hubby, etc....that would like to hook up for Palo? I didn't get to go on our last cruise and I'd love to experience it... at least for Brunch!! :goodvibes

[pjpoohbear]

Ladies Brunch - DIS MEET!!!!!

Pj

[kimsue68]

Hi We just changed our May 5, 2007 Western to this cruise. Hopefully this one will stick, We have 10 of us altogether with 5 of them being kids 12 and under. :yay:

[Hockeychic]

Hi Kimsue :wave: Look forward to meeting you all.

OK, is that 3 of us now named Kim??? :lmao:

I am definatley in for Palo, we did brunch on our first cruise and it was worth every penny. I could only do the brunch as I will be traveling alone with DD and I wouldn't want to leave her alone at dinner.

Speaking of dinner, what do you all have? I reguested early dining, had late last time but I didn't like it we seemed to not be able to get seats in Rockin D etc for the adult shows. popcorn::

Hope you all have a awesome day

Kim

[pjpoohbear]

Kim2:
We have early dinner and there is Mom and myself.

Kim3: WELCOME, what would a halloween cruise be without kids?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kim1: Do you know if one of us can do the Palo Brunch booking for the group? Or can we only book for the number of persons in the cabin? I think Brunch with the Dis ladies would be a wonderful event! Besides, someone gets to have my champagne, as I chose not drink and Mom can only have one due to medication. :drinking: :sad2: .

Penny

[Kimmielee]

Kim2:
We have early dinner and there is Mom and myself.

Kim2 - We have late dinner but I could request a change. We had early on our Wonder cruise in April and I ate by myself so much of the time because DS (6) didn't want to leave the club! :rolleyes1

Kim3: WELCOME, what would a halloween cruise be without kids?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kim3 - Welcome!!! Take a minute, if you would and send me a PM with names/ages, etc.. and I'll add you all to the "Official" roster! I'm so glad that you are sailing with us! :wave:

Kim1: Do you know if one of us can do the Palo Brunch booking for the group? Or can we only book for the number of persons in the cabin? I think Brunch with the Dis ladies would be a wonderful event! Besides, someone gets to have my champagne, as I chose not drink and Mom can only have one due to medication. :drinking: :sad2: Penny

I think we can only book for the number of people in our room... so we'll have to coordinate between a few of us! However.... I'll do some research... only 409 days to find out before we need to start booking!!! :yay:

This is going to be a GREAT cruise with a lot of new friends... I'm so excited!!! :cool1:

[Kimmielee]

I assume I'm Kim1? :rotfl2: :lmao:

[Hockeychic]

I think you are Kim1, you where here first, then me I believe and then KimSue that is the way I read it as well.

Kim1, I am not sure if I read your count down correctly but if you have cruised disney before you can book at 120 days out.

On my dis cruise last year, 1 person set up a group for high tea, she does work for DU so not sure if that had something to do with it, and we had brunch with people from another room, but we where added to there ressie after we got on board so not quite sure how it all works.

I would love to have brunch with the group, even dining I think can be linked up if people want to be linked. Don't quite remember how it was done.

Kim2

[pjpoohbear]

120 days out is for Conceirge and REAS packages, 90 days out is for Castaway Cay members, 75 days out is for everyone who has paid their cruise in full. by the time we cruise we will have to be paid in full by 75 days out. In 2006 some of us are still on the old pay by of 60 days out.

Penny,

Ps, All kims have claimed the correct number, lol.

[Hockeychic]

Bummer, I thought we would be able to book at 120.......sorry. .....wrong info. Next time I will make sure I know what I am talking about before I post :lmao:

Kim

[DisneyDmbNut]

105 is Suites....


(kim..you will NEVER be rid of me!)

[pjpoohbear]

105 is Suites....


(kim..you will NEVER be rid of me!)


OPPS! Thought they got more time, lol.

[Hockeychic]

(kim..you will NEVER be rid of me!)[/QUOTE]

Thats OK, maybe we will convince you we are a fun group and you and the gang will join us.

[kimsue68]

Hi everybody!! This will be our 2nd Disney cruise and are counting the minutes!! :bounce: We are from NJ. We just did a May 2006 cruise and fell in love!! I hope that we have another totally awesome trip!! I am a little nervous thought because of my room 2534. I am scared!! It is right under Rockin Bar D :sad2:

[Hockeychic]

Good morning!!!!!

We don't have a assignment yet, we are in a cat 12 gty. But we may move up to a cat 11 just to get a assigned cabin. I don't like not knowing and the fact that we have over 400 days to wait....I don't know if I could take it. :lmao:

Kim

[Hockeychic]

OK, it is official I booked a cat 11. I wanted to know my room assignment.

I couldn't stand the suspense any longer.... :rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl:

Can we go now!!!! :woohoo: :dance3:

[Kimmielee]

Updated Roll Call! Our group is growing!! I can't wait to see how many Kim's we can get on the same cruise :lmao:

RAC - with her DH, DD (10) and parents
XLT800 & tchrmom with DS (15) and DD (12)
PJPoohbear & her Mom (59)
Love*2*Shop with DH, DS (Kyle - 8) and DD (Madison - 6) ***Celebrating Wedding Anniversary on 10/25 and Rachel's B-day on 10/29!!!
Kimmielee (aka Kim1)- with DS (Noah - 6)
Hockeychic (aka Kim2) - with DD (15)
KimSue68 (aka Kim3) - with her DH, DS (6) and DD (4)
***Mom (Babs417)
***KimSue68's Sister - with her DD (12), DS (8) and DS (4) and MIL too!

[Kimmielee]

OK, it is official I booked a cat 11. I wanted to know my room assignment.

I couldn't stand the suspense any longer.... :rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl:

Can we go now!!!! :woohoo: :dance3:

Good for you!! :thumbsup2 I am a control freak :rolleyes1 so I completely understand and could never wait either. I'm also very spoiled and can't live without a verandah.... so we are in 6078 for this cruise! I LOVE being able to sit out there with a cup of coffee while Noah sleeps in.... or when he's down for the night and I'm not sleepy yet. :cloud9:

We had 5622 on our 4 night cruise and thinking I might switch to that room due to only a 50% chance of a smoker due to the location... only one verandah to the right... since we are the first room in that section!
No offense to anyone who smokes, Noah can't take it due to asthma!

[Hockeychic]

Yaaa roll call is growing!!!!!

I will have my first balcony in October of this year. I would like to always have a balcony but my first disney cruise there was so much going on we where never in our room so couldn't see spending the extra...lots extra on a balcony but would sure like to have one :thumbsup2

I was in 6539 on Magic last time and we got the 6th floor again, I prefer to be lower on the ship so this worked out well.

Kim

[Babs417]

Hi! Im KimSues Mom.Do you all dress up for Haloween or just Pirate costumes? pirate: :cheer2: :clown: :hippie: :firefight I love these things

[pjpoohbear]

Hey, did you all know that we should be the first or second cruise after Magic's bi-annual refurb. I wonder what changes will be made to our ship before we get on? There will be lots of DISers watching our live reports, lol. I really hope that we are the second cruise after, as the frist cruise last year had lots of work still happening during their cruise.

Penny

[Hockeychic]

Hey Babs welcome :wave:

We did dress up for pirates night, it was alot of fun. I believe however that last year halloween and pirates night where the same night. Great deck party for pirates night.

Last October we where the 2 or 3rd cruise out after the refurbish. Everything was so nice. Because I had not cruised before I really don't know what changed except for the addition of the jumbo tron. That is awesome though how do you find the refurbish schedule?

Kim

[Kimmielee]

Hi! Im KimSues Mom.Do you all dress up for Haloween or just Pirate costumes? pirate: :cheer2: :clown: :hippie: :firefight I love these things

Welcome Babs!! We are going to bring pirate costumes for each of us and a separate Halloween costume (if he doesn't want to be a pirate for Halloween) pirate: in case they are on separate nights.

I've only done a 4 night cruise so I'm very excited to do the 7 night this time. I plan on shipping lots of candy for our DIS trick or treat ahead to the ship. :yay:

I love these things too..... :cloud9: They keep making up new ones that just seem to fit into our conversations.... :p

Again, Welcome Babs!!! :grouphug:

[Hockeychic]

I love the planning part as well, almost as much as the cruise. :woohoo:

[Kimmielee]

I love the planning part as well, almost as much as the cruise. :woohoo:

You are so right Kim2. If I hadn't rebooked this on board I don't know what I would have done with nothing to plan... I'm already waiting for Easter 2008 rates to come out so I can jump on those as well!

Noah's last day of school was yesterday so the fun of the summer starts! :yay: He is now, officially, a first grader and VERY proud of it! :woohoo:

I met his new teacher for next school year and she is adorable, young, perky and everyone seems to love her. I'm so very happy that he's doing so well and will be in another set of very good hands for next year!

I wish I could be off all summer too..... :rolleyes1

[pjpoohbear]

I am guessing that there will be a refurb in Oct 07, as that would follow the pervious pattern. Referbs every other year.

Pj

[Hockeychic]

So exciting the last day of school. My kids are much older. DS will be finishing grade 11 this year and only has one exam so last day of school is Tuesday then a exam next Monday then he is done.

DD is graduating grade 8 so we are fussing with dresses, hair, makeup, hopefully we have all this done by next Monday as that is grad day then she is suppose to go to school till Wed but we just told her to just go back Wed afternoon for her report card. We figured she could have a break, she going to be taking a course for the month of July so we let her take a break, weird kid wanted to do school in the summer :lovestruc

Penny: That would be really great if it where in reburbish.. the ship was in amazing shape when we cruised last year but I know like you said the first cruise out was still dealing with some issues but she sure was sparkly..

Well off to shop for last minute grad stuff, I am also going to look for a formal dress..we are going on a cruise this October and I have lost quite a bit of weight so nothing fits.....good excuse to shop :dance3:

Have a great weekend everyone

Kim

[Kimmielee]

Noah has a birthday party to go to this afternoon, but that's about the only reason we'll be out and about. Today is the 7 year anniversary of my Mom's passing. It makes me so sad that I'm too emotional to be with outsiders. I'll bust out in tears in public for no reason thinking about her and her last days, etc.... so, I'm sticking around home as much as possible.

I was pregnant with Noah when she passed (she had a rare form of Lupus, Scleroderma - they made a TV movie about it - Bob Saget's sister had it too) and had been suffering for years so it was a blessing, but truly the hardest thing I've had to deal with yet.

Sorry for the bummer post.... it helps to share.

[Hockeychic]

Noah has a birthday party to go to this afternoon, but that's about the only reason we'll be out and about. Today is the 7 year anniversary of my Mom's passing. It makes me so sad that I'm too emotional to be with outsiders. I'll bust out in tears in public for no reason thinking about her and her last days, etc.... so, I'm sticking around home as much as possible.

I was pregnant with Noah when she passed (she had a rare form of Lupus, Scleroderma - they made a TV movie about it - Bob Saget's sister had it too) and had been suffering for years so it was a blessing, but truly the hardest thing I've had to deal with yet.

Sorry for the bummer post.... it helps to share.

Please don't be sorry, it usually helps to share your feelings.
I totally understand, I lost my dad almost 19 years ago, right after I got married and then my mom 17 years ago and I was also pregnant with my first child so I understand. :grouphug:

Well, my shopping trip wasn't very successful. No formal dress that I liked. Oh well I have 4 and a bit months to find something.

Hope you are all having a great day.

Kim

[Kimmielee]

Ladies, I did some research and couldn't find our exact answer about how we can book a Ladies DISmeet Brunch.... so, I posted the question.

A few of us can book 4 at a time... however.... there is a private room that we can request about 30 days out that fits 12 or so.... My only concern would be not booking the individual ones and then not getting the private room! :confused3

I've never been to Palo yet... I had brunch reservations on my last cruise but didn't have anyone to go with. I invited another Mom that was on a solo trip with her son but he was very clingy and didn't like the club... so I gave them up.

I'm excited about doing this! We'll do a head count in about... oh... 365 days or more... :lmao: I know, I know... are we there yet????

[Hockeychic]

Great Kim1 thanks for the info. I am definatley in for a brunch. You will definatley not be disappointed with Palo.

Kim

[Babs417]

Hi Im KimSue s Mom Ill be going with all of you. It seems so far away.Happy fathers day to all the Dada out their. Have a greAT DAY.

[Hockeychic]

Hey Babs :wave2:

[Kimmielee]

Welcome Babs!! :grouphug:

[pjpoohbear]

Hi Babs!!!

[Babs417]

Hi again you all make me feel so good I hope we meet some of you. I guess we will be talking for a long time. :wave2:

[Hockeychic]

Oh no we where on page 2.

Yes we will be talking, for a long, long time...... :thumbsup2. I hope we will all get to meet. The disney cruise we did before we all met up for the sail away party and there was also a Dis party in the Walt Suite, it was alot of fun and met lots of great people. I was still a little sea sick but it was still alot of fun.

Kim

[Kimmielee]

Questions for all....

1. Will you be getting up at 3:00 a.m. EST to book your excursions, PALO, spa treatments, etc??? Yes for me!

2. Will you fly/drive in the night before our cruise leaves? We will fly in Friday night, staying at the Hyatt at the airport and taking the DCL bus.

3. Will you stay over Saturday night and go home on Sunday? Yes, we are planning on going to the Poly on Saturday and spending a little time at MK. Can't be that close and not see the castle. We are dying to try the Poly!

4. What is the most desired excursion that you want to do? Jury is out, I need to do some research on the beaches since DS will be 8 and I'm not sure what else he would enjoy!

[pjpoohbear]

1. Will you be getting up at 3:00 a.m. EST to book your excursions, PALO, spa treatments, etc???
Yes for me, too!

2. Will you fly/drive in the night before our cruise leaves?
We are flying in the Saturday before the cruise, will spend the week at WDW, not doing parks each day, but we will have a mother load of DVC points to use by then! Thinking about a deluxe resort, on points, during the week and DVC on weekend to save points. (never thought that would be my thought pattern, lol.)

3. Will you stay over Saturday night and go home on Sunday?
Will most likely fly home on Saturday, but may spend Saturday night in Buffalo and do some shopping before heading home, that is if we still have any money left.

4. What is the most desired excursion that you want to do?
The only one that is catching my eye at this point is the speed boat/lagoon, in st. marteen. maybe just a trip up the tram in st. thomas.

Pj

[Hockeychic]

1) Definatley getting up at 3AM for excursions and Palo

2) We will fly in Friday, not sure where we will stay yet, if we get a early enough flight we will spend Friday at WDW and stay at one of the values Friday and then drive to the Port Saturday morning. We will rent a car.

3) No we will fly home Saturday

4) Parasailing at CC, it was cancelled last time when we had it booked so DD and I really want to do it this time.

Kim

[LoriLuvsDisney]

(New to this board!) We will be on the cruise too! We are celebrating our 25th Wedding Anniversary (it's actually on the 23rd) and my daughter's 12th birthday on Halloween. Do you know if they do anything really special for Halloween on board? We are in stateroom 6050 right now.

We were in WDW at Easter Break staying at the Yacht Club and on the last day of our 8 days we bought DVC. I'm using some of the points for Disneyland in August but none for the cruise. We'll probably stay at Saratoga Springs after the cruise for a few days.

I'm in the same quandry of taking my two kids out of school. They'll be in Fifth and Sixth Grades and are in private school so there are no monies lost to the school if I take them out (only my monies). Hey, I only have a 25th Wedding Anniversary once Right?
:cool1: :cool1:

[Kimmielee]

(New to this board!) We will be on the cruise too! We are celebrating our 25th Wedding Anniversary (it's actually on the 23rd) and my daughter's 12th birthday on Halloween. Do you know if they do anything really special for Halloween on board? We are in stateroom 6050 right now.

We were in WDW at Easter Break staying at the Yacht Club and on the last day of our 8 days we bought DVC. I'm using some of the points for Disneyland in August but none for the cruise. We'll probably stay at Saratoga Springs after the cruise for a few days.

I'm in the same quandry of taking my two kids out of school. They'll be in Fifth and Sixth Grades and are in private school so there are no monies lost to the school if I take them out (only my monies). Hey, I only have a 25th Wedding Anniversary once Right?
:cool1: :cool1:

Welcome Lori and family!! Welcome to the DISboards and I'm so happy you are on the Halloween 2007 cruise! :grouphug: Also congrats on 25 years being married.... I'm humbled!

I'll add you to our roll call - but first.. I see your DD (12) has her birthday on Halloween and DS , will he be 10 or 11?

My son will be 8, in 2nd Grade then and I have no qualms taking him out of school. Since the prices during holidays and especially Spring Break (we were on the 4/23 4 night Wonder cruise) are soooo expensive and DS is a good student - so off we go!

The Halloween stuff is a bit lame, or so I've heard, but I, for one, will be shipping good Halloween treats to the ship in advance! We'll put together our own Trick or Treat for the kids!

This 7 night cruise was $400 more at Halloween vs. the 4 night cruise at Spring Break time.... and I got a total on board credit of $400 from DCL and my TA for rebooking on board... so... it's actually the same price for us! :thumbsup2 and three more nights, way more interesting ports... I can't wait! :dance3: We are in room 6078!

Welcome aboard! We all look forward to getting to know you!

[Hockeychic]

Welcome Lori :wave2: Yaaa more people.

We have a great group going here and I think it is going to be alot of fun. Sounds like quite a few of us on deck 6.

Look forward to chatting with you.

Kim

[ulittletinker]

Welcome Lori and family!! Welcome to the DISboards and I'm so happy you are on the Halloween 2007 cruise! :grouphug: Also congrats on 25 years being married.... I'm humbled!

I'll add you to our roll call - but first.. I see your DD (12) has her birthday on Halloween and DS , will he be 10 or 11?

My son will be 8, in 2nd Grade then and I have no qualms taking him out of school. Since the prices during holidays and especially Spring Break (we were on the 4/23 4 night Wonder cruise) are soooo expensive and DS is a good student - so off we go!

The Halloween stuff is a bit lame, or so I've heard, but I, for one, will be shipping good Halloween treats to the ship in advance! We'll put together our own Trick or Treat for the kids!

This 7 night cruise was $400 more at Halloween vs. the 4 night cruise at Spring Break time.... and I got a total on board credit of $400 from DCL and my TA for rebooking on board... so... it's actually the same price for us! :thumbsup2 and three more nights, way more interesting ports... I can't wait! :dance3: We are in room 6078!

Welcome aboard! We all look forward to getting to know you!

I have a question on rebooking and your board credit. Can you tell me if you dont mind how you received a total of 400 BC. I was on 4/29 and booked an 07 , 7 day cruise and received 200.00 but then had TA transfer to her. I looked up my ress and noticed I have 150.00.
thank you :sunny: :sunny:

[Kimmielee]

I have a question on rebooking and your board credit. Can you tell me if you dont mind how you received a total of 400 BC. I was on 4/29 and booked an 07 , 7 day cruise and received 200.00 but then had TA transfer to her. I looked up my ress and noticed I have 150.00.
thank you :sunny: :sunny:

Good Morning! I got the $200 OBC from DCL and another $200 from my TA. Not sure what it was all comprised of because in one of her emails, prior to my confirmation for the Halloween cruise she said I was also getting a $25 credit for referring business her way.... My confirmation says $200 DCL and $200 from her.

I've referred a couple of people so perhaps it was $150 and another $50 for referrals? :confused3 I'm not 100% sure!

[Hockeychic]

Hey everyone we where on page 2

Hope you are having a great day

Kim2

[Kimmielee]

Good job keeping us on the first page Kim2!!

I've been home the last two days with a sinus infection/pink eye.... grrrrrrr.

I've felt better today and got some cleaning done... now I'm ready to go make spaghetti for dinner! Yum!!!

Hope everyone has a great evening! :wave:

Kim1

[ulittletinker]

Good Morning! I got the $200 OBC from DCL and another $200 from my TA. Not sure what it was all comprised of because in one of her emails, prior to my confirmation for the Halloween cruise she said I was also getting a $25 credit for referring business her way.... My confirmation says $200 DCL and $200 from her.

I've referred a couple of people so perhaps it was $150 and another $50 for referrals? :confused3 I'm not 100% sure!

I sent you a Pm with additional question. thanks a bunch

[kimsue68]

HI all, I am just showing off my new ticker!!

[LoriLuvsDisney]

We'll it looks like we have a lot of early bookers like me. I thought I'd be the only crazy one booking 17 months out! It should be fun and look forward to meeting everyone on board. Let me give you some background. I'm from a town a little south of San Francisco. I mostly go to Disneyland at least once every two years, but you couldn't tell that from my house which is "tastefully" decorated with disney stuff. We went to WDW in April and stayed at the Yacht Club, at the end of the vacation I bought into DVC, oh well, hindsight... We have a short Disneyland trip coming up in August, but we are really looking forward to DCL in October. I like the idea of paying a bit each month so it doesn't hurt so much. My husband & I will be celebrating our 25th Anniversary (honeymooned in Disneyland!) on the cruise and my daughter will be turning 12 (6th grade) on Halloween. My son will be 10 (5th grade). We will probably add a day or two after for WDW. My kids normally make friends fairly easily so I'm not worried about them, in fact, I keep finding little snippets of things that they can do on board. I CAN'T WAIT!
:sunny: :sunny:

[Hockeychic]

Good Morning everyone!!!!

My kids made lots of friends when we cruised last October, many they still keep in touch with on MSN. There is so much to do they where never bored. We had to make them have dinner with us or we wouldn't have ever seen them.

Funny thing is I have 2 other cruises booked between now and next October and I spend most of my time on this board.. :woohoo:

Time to get ready for work, Have a great day all.

Kim

[Babs417]

I cant wait :laundy:

[pjpoohbear]

Babs417, some of us booked on the day the cruise went on sale back in the early spring, lol. I was on the phone at 10 am with DCL booking "my" stateroom 6515, sideways cat 11. Talk about booking early, I wanted to book at 3 am when the dates opened, but as my card was expiring at the end of the month, the website would not let me complete the booking, it kept saying that my card had already expired, agh!!!!!


Pj

[Hockeychic]

Looks like we are all on deck 6.

Wahoooooo :woohoo:

[Kimmielee]

Funny thing is I have 2 other cruises booked between now and next October and I spend most of my time on this board.. :woohoo:

Time to get ready for work, Have a great day all.

Kim

Ok you... rub it in.... 2 cruises before ours? You are the woman!!! :yay:

I went back to work today... and it was NUTS!! First day of summer and wouldn't you know it... Tornado Warnings already.... :scared1: So, I'm checking in to say Hello :wave: and if I disappear... look for us in Kansas, with Toto!

Hey, if I click my heels three times, will our time go by faster? :crazy:

[Babs417]

Kimmielee I picked the same ticker as you did. Does anyone know how many familys we have going? We booked on the May 20 cruise for May 5 2007 but my DGD dose gymnastic and might be in the nationals so we had to change to this cruise. Not that I dont want to go, I wantto go on both cruises! :dance3:

[Babs417]

Why didnt my ticker come on? I thought I did it right. :confused3

[Babs417]

My DD has to come over to get my ticker on I just cant do it :badpc:

[Kimmielee]

RAC - with her DH, DD (10) and parents
XLT800 & tchrmom with DS (15) and DD (12)
PJPoohbear & her Mom (59)
Love*2*Shop with DH, DS (Kyle - 8) and DD (Madison - 6) ***Celebrating Wedding Anniversary on 10/25 and Rachel's B-day on 10/29!!!
Kimmielee (aka Kim1)- with DS (Noah - 6)
Hockeychic (aka Kim2) - with DD (15)
KimSue68 (aka Kim3) - with her DH, DS (6) and DD (4)
Babs417 - KimSue's Mom!
***KimSue68's Sister - with her DD (12), DS (8) and DS (4) and MIL too!
LoriLuvsDisney - with her DH, DD (12) and DS (10) ***Celebrating 25th Wedding Anniversary and DD's birthday on Halloween night!!!


Whew - can you tell I can't sleep? :lmao: If I have anything incorrect or missing anyone... please let me know!

Wasn't sure if Ulittletinker has booked or not!

Have a great Thursday everyone! :wave:

[Kimmielee]

My DD has to come over to get my ticker on I just cant do it :badpc:

Don't give up.... you'll get it right! It took me a few times as well! :goodvibes

[Hockeychic]

Ok you... rub it in.... 2 cruises before ours? You are the woman!!! :yay:


I told you I was addicted.....The one this October is with the In-Laws. My DFIL wanted to see the ruins so we convinced them to come on a cruise. So glad we did. I really am hoping they enjoy it.

We are also going for March Break, we fit it in only because it will be the last once DS can do with us for a while due to school.....(like I needed a excuse.) :lmao:

I am most looking forward to this one....I love disney and it will be my first mother and daughter only trip so that will be fun until she ditches me for new friends.

Hopefully we can get the kids to start a teens and inbetweens thread.

Well off to work, have a great day all

Kim

[Hockeychic]

:scared1: Hey we where on page 2!!!!!!

I can't be the only one goofing off at work. OK I will dance party:

:tinker: Tink is my favorite character so thought I would put her in my post.

Kim

[Kimmielee]

Kim, you continue to crack me up.... I had to "work" work today... it was review time and I had to perform 6 performance reviews! It took up most of my day! That's all done, 3 promotions later and I have a happy staff!

Only 6 of the 23 people that report to me are regular employees. The others are contractors which makes my life much easier! I manage mortgage underwriters for a large wholesale client. Spend most of my day making sure that loans get approved when they go sideways!

Thanks for keeping us on page 1.... it's such a nice place to be! Have a great night.... :wave:

[Kimmielee]

Good Morning all! Hope you have a wonderful Friday! Storms seem to be done here in Michigan and we are supposed to have a beautiful weekend :sunny: Off to work! :wave:

[Hockeychic]

Good morning everyone!!!!

Congrats on happy employees Kim1, makes for a happy day!!!!

I am only working 1/2 a day today. I am volunteering tonight at our local Relay for Life cancer event, I am on duty from 5 - 9pm and 2 - 6 AM.....yikes...Haven't pulled a all nighter in a long time. So I thought I better try and catch a nap this afternoon. Last year alone I lost 3 friends to cancer, all between the ages of 37 - 44, and my little 4 year old neighbour was diagnosed with neo-blastoma (sp) but fortunatley, he is in remission and doing great!!!!!!

Sorry to be a downer on a Friday but it is going to be a tough night.

I will probably surf alot on here today, cause my mind won't be on my work. so hopefully someone pops by to chat.

Have a great day everyone!!!!

Kim

[Kimmielee]

Hey Kim,

What a wonderful selfless act to give of yourself tonight. I'm so sorry to hear of your losses and especially for the little boy. What is his first name? I'll add him to my prayer list.

To be honest... I've been living with the fear of my test results from my Dr. visit last week. I had to have a biopsy due to some pre-cancerous cells on my cervix.

Well, today... I GOT THE GREAT NEWS!!! It's not cancer!! The biopsy was negative, all is fine and I can breathe again. :yay: :yay: :yay:

So, Noah and I went to Build-a-Bear to celebrate and he built himself a Monkey named George!

I'm smiling and my heart is so full of joy. Life IS good!

Hey PM me your email address... I have a email that you might be intereseted in.

[Babs417]

Everybody have a great weekend.KimSue is having a suprise 40 birthday party for her DH.We are going to have a great time. :grouphug: party: :bday:

[Hockeychic]

Kim1 that is great news!!!! It is so scary waiting for test results. It seems to take so long. Glad to hear all is fine. :grouphug:

My neighbours son is Kyle and he is doing great!!!!!

Happy Birthday to Kim3's DH. Have a great time tonight :dance3: :dance3:

Today is a cleanning house day.....ugghhh. I have Monday off as well, DD is graduating from grade 8 and we still haven't decided on a hairstyle. Well she has till Monday to find a photo to take to the hair dresser.....

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Kim2

[Kimmielee]

Party party: Party party: Party party: Kim3 good luck with your surprise for DH.... Gosh... I remember turning 40.... :lmao:

Kim2 - :thanks: I hope all went well last night for you.... Today is cleaning day for me as well.... :laundy: but I'd rather be at the :beach:

Hey Babs... you made me look at my ticker the other day and I realized tat I had spelled Halloween wrong! :rolleyes: It's fixed now! :badpc:

Have an awesome weekend everyone!!

[Babs417]

Can you tell I go to bed late you all wake up early.

[Kimmielee]

Can you tell I go to bed late you all wake up early.
I changed my work schedule so I could get off at 4 (like THAT ever really happens) and have more time in the sun :sunny: with Noah... and all it did was allow me to work 10 hour days and be a zombie by midnight! :confused3

[Kimmielee]

We had flipped to page 2... so I thought I'd save us before I go to bed....

Today was a good day... rested, did some lawn work, made some cookies... GOT MY TAG!!!!! :lmao:

'Night my friends! :wave:

[Babs417]

when did you get your tag. Our party today was great.KimSue got my ticker on for me. Have a good day tomarrow

[Babs417]

OK my ticker worked how do you get the days on the post? :confused3

[Hockeychic]

Good morning everyone!!!!!.

Just jumping in to say HI :wave:

Didn't really get anything I wanted done yesterday done, so I have to do it all today. :crazy: . DD and I decided on a little shopping spree instead. That was fun, so today I have to clean everything cause IN Laws are coming for DD's grad tomorrow and I have to watch England play soccer today. I am not a big soccer fan but since my mom was from England I figured I would cheer for them.

Congrats on the tag!!!. I haven't had a new one in a long time!!! Tag fairy are you out there :love:

Have a great day everyone!!!

Kim

[pjpoohbear]

Babs look like the ticker is calculating that we are excatly 16 months away from sail a way!!!!!!!

Pj

[Babs417]

It seems so far away. What am I ti do? :rolleyes1 :hourglass

[pjpoohbear]

my other cruise thread does :laundy: and :surfweb: and :happytv: to pass the time, :rotfl2:

Pj

[Hockeychic]

Good morning!!!!

Grad day today for DD and DS has his one and only exam and they are done.....yaaaa.

PJ, if I recall you work in the school system, do you get the summer off? DH is a caretaker in the TDSB by he doesn't get the summer off.

Keeping fingers crossed that it doesn't rain today, my neighbour is driving DD to her grad in his convertible.....please no rain, no rain...... :wizard:

I have today off so hope to get some stuff done...but I will probably be here on also on my other cruise threads.....even though I should be doing laundry.... :rotfl2:

Have a great day.

Kim

[Babs417]

Bump!

[Hockeychic]

Yikes....page 2 again.

How is everyone today.

DD's grad was beautiful. They look so grown up. I have known most of the kids since kindergarten and now they are 13 and 14....wow.

DD was beautiful but I could be biased :love: Took an hour and a half to do her updo. But so worth it.

Hope you all have a great day.

Kim

[pjpoohbear]

Kim 2: I work at the university level, so no, no summers off. And as I am in retail divison, we began back to school promos last week, so the madness begins for us already. The textbook divison will start back to school in about four weeks.
Ps. I am sure DD was beautiful, if you have any pic you would like to post, please do so.

Get this, finally getting comfortable into a new job and one of my co-workers keeps suggesting that I go see his friend about putting my Travel degree to use part-time at her agency. I barely have time for :laundy: right now, lol. I am looking into doing some homebased TA work, but I can do that in my pj's, :woohoo: :surfweb: .

Pj

[Hockeychic]

Yikes....ya I guess all college and university age kids are getting ready....wow.

I will post a photo of her....when she is there to help me....a little computer illeriate....I can't even spell the word..... :rotfl:

I advise alot of friends on travel as well and have been told the same thing....that I should do it part time. I am an insurance broker, have been for over 15 years, don't know if I could change now. But it would be nice to get paid for the advice and guidance I give for free. :thumbsup2 But workin from the jammies...that I could handle :woohoo:

Kim2

[Hockeychic]

OK, I am going to try and post a photo of DD at grad last night with myself and DH.

[IMG]C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Pictures\Kodak Pictures\2006-06-27[IMG]

We will see if it works

Kim

[Hockeychic]

Bummer, it didn't work....does anyone know what I did wrong??

Kim

[pjpoohbear]

kim you need to host it on an online photo album, ie photobucket.com, every thing else you did was right. Photobucket will even put the and around the file name.

penny

[Hockeychic]

Thanks I will try.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h123/Mikenkim/100_1933.jpg

[Hockeychic]

Ya it worked.

THanks PJ

[Babs417]

What a nice family :grouphug:

[Hockeychic]

Thanks, my son decided he didn't want to be in the picture....lol

[pjpoohbear]

Thumbs Up KIM, great job on the pic and the family.

Pj

[Hockeychic]

Thanks.....

[Kimmielee]

Hi guys. Sorry, it's been a few days since I've posted. It's been really busy at work and tonight I found out that my town has lost it's first soldier in Iraq. His Grandmother was my bus driver. Two of his aunts work with my sister in law. He was high school friends with my niece. I'm so sad.

I'll be around more this weekend perhaps. I hope everyone is well.

[Hockeychic]

Hi Kim1, I was wondering why you had not posted for awhile.

Thoughts and prayers to you and your community. :grouphug:

Kim2

[Babs417]

Bump! :sad1:

[Kimmielee]

Hey everyone!! :wave:

Tough week is over... I have to work Monday but it's going to be sooo slow (I hope) that I'll get a lot of work done and spend time on here!

I have to update the list soon, we are bringing our sitter with us! She's in college and does so much for us and I can't wait to see how much she loves it! I told her it's a "treat"... no sitting... just relaxing! She's very excited and my son is thrilled!

I hope everyone has a Happy 4th! Fireworks on Sunday for us. Big BBQ at my Brothers and then we all walk into town. The fireworks are shot from barges in the lake (Lake Orion of course). I anticipate it will be a bit sad with lots of talk about our fallen hero - but celebrating the fact that without Men of his character the United States wouldn't be what it is today.

Enjoy the long weekend for those lucky souls that get all 4 days off! :banana:

[pjpoohbear]

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

I finally got my mother's wireless internet set up for the computer that I gave her, when I got my powerbook. So she is signed up on the DIS and is subscribed to this thread along with several of the pic of the day threads. So, maybe she will come on and say hi sometime. I named her something easier for her to remember, "pjpoohbearsmom" lol. She has an avatar and a signature countdown and picture already, lol. Took me months to get those things.


Pj

[Kimmielee]

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

I finally got my mother's wireless internet set up for the computer that I gave her, when I got my powerbook. So she is signed up on the DIS and is subscribed to this thread along with several of the pic of the day threads. So, maybe she will come on and say hi sometime. I named her something easier for her to remember, "pjpoohbearsmom" lol. She has an avatar and a signature countdown and picture already, lol. Took me months to get those things.


Pj

What a great daughter! :love: Now, how quickly can we get Mom a Tag from the Tag Fairy to make her DIS experience complete? :lmao:

[Hockeychic]

Good Morning all

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!!!!! :dance3:

Hi PJ's mom :wave: Welcome I look forward to getting to know you....we only have 4 hundred and ??? days :lmao:

Off to do housework, have a great day all.

Kim

[Kimmielee]

Happy Canada Day to our neighbors! I spent a 4th of July weekend in Toronto once. It was a blast!

Toronto and Chicago are my two favorite cities to visit. I love how clean and diversified Toronto is. I'm going to Chicago in about a month to meet a male friend. The museums, Shedd aquarium, Navy Pier.... I can't wait! :banana:

[pjpoohbear]

Hey I don't have a tag yet, lol.


HAPPY CANADA DAY!

Penny

[pjpoohbearsmom]

Hi All, Thanks for the welcome. Look forward to cruising next year. PJ's leaving me behind this year.

[pjpoohbear]

With a little coaching she did it, yeah mom!

Pj

[Kimmielee]

Hi All, Thanks for the welcome. Look forward to cruising next year. PJ's leaving me behind this year.


:welcome: We have an awesome group here! I'm so glad you have decided to join us! :wave:

[Kimmielee]

Hey I don't have a tag yet, lol.


HAPPY CANADA DAY!

Penny

Sorry Penny! Go hang on the Community Board... I got my tags just last week on that board... :rotfl:

[Hockeychic]

Hi Terry!!!

I have had my tags for a few years but I think I need new ones.

Kim

[Hockeychic]

Hey where is everyone!!!

Went to see Cars last night. It was cute, not one of my favorite disney movies but still cute.

Have a great day everyone.

Kim

[Kimmielee]

Hey where is everyone!!!

Went to see Cars last night. It was cute, not one of my favorite disney movies but still cute.

Have a great day everyone.

Kim

I'm at work today... uuugggghhhh... but as you can tell, it's slow and I'm here! :lmao:

Fireworks last night in our town, they were awesome!

On a sad note, I've heard there is some church in Kansas that disagrees with the war and is coming to the funeral for our fallen soldier to protest! :furious: This poor family has lost enough, why do they have to add to their grief?

[pjpoohbear]

Why do people do stuff like that, a funeral is for the family and friends of the departed, not an event to make a political point. That is just classless. I really don't see them as following the word of God/Christ by doing this, they should feel shame for their actions. A thought a governing principle of christen religion was forgiveness.


If they have a problem with the war, they should head to Pennsylvania Ave and shout their message there, that is where the decision was made.

Pj

[Hockeychic]

Hi Penny and Kim1 :wave:

I agree, isn't the family dealing with enough :furious: Leave them be and if you have a political point to make speak to your local political party don't harrass a family that has just lost a member of its family.

Kim2

[Kimmielee]

Well, more on the fallen soldier.... a Veteran Motorcycle group is coming too. They will line up in front of the protestors with their bikes and make enough noise that the protestors can't be heard.... and hold up a long, large banner in honor of the soldier so the family can't see the protestors signs.... How sad that it has to come to this. Let him be buried in peace.

[Hockeychic]

I have heard of that happening at other funerals for solders. We get alot of US news on CNN and have seen a few programs on this.

Hope all goes well for the family.

A early happy Independence Day to my American friends. My DS's 17 birthday is tomorrow and we always joke that millions of Americans celebrate his birthday with us. :woohoo:

Kim2

[Kimmielee]

:bday: I hope he has an awesome birthday!!! Wow - 17... my little guy will be 7 in October and I can't imagine 17!

Tell me.... does it seem like yesterday?

[Hockeychic]

Yup it certainly does. I can't believe how fast it went.

[Babs417]

You go BIKERS! You got to love them.Happy 4th to all who celebrate. :banana: :wave2:

[LoriLuvsDisney]

Just checking in. I happily found us on the first page! Hopefully more will join us! I've got Disneyland next month and I'm looking forward to it. Last time we were there we went with another family that wasn't as disney oriented as we were. In fact we went with the same family in April to WDW and they tired out very easily and wanted to go back to the hotel much earlier than we did.

We are going to go to Universal and SeaWorld too. My kids are old enough to appreciate both and won't get scared by the rides at Universal. Staying at the Disneyland Hotel which is so convenient to everything. ;) ;)

[Kimmielee]

Just checking in. I happily found us on the first page! Hopefully more will join us! I've got Disneyland next month and I'm looking forward to it. Last time we were there we went with another family that wasn't as disney oriented as we were. In fact we went with the same family in April to WDW and they tired out very easily and wanted to go back to the hotel much earlier than we did.

We are going to go to Universal and SeaWorld too. My kids are old enough to appreciate both and won't get scared by the rides at Universal. Staying at the Disneyland Hotel which is so convenient to everything. ;) ;)

:wave: Hey Lori... glad to see you post! I'm very envious of your upcoming trip. I have a long weekend planned for Chicago and perhaps a Non DCL :bitelip: girls only cruise at the end of next April in the works....

Tonight, I can't sleep :crazy: and it's making me :furious: DS, on the other hand is snoring... :lmao: I'm off to try again.... Happy 4th to everyone in America!

[Hockeychic]

Hey Lori!!!

Back to work today.....I love long weekends... :goodvibes

We are planning a day or two at WDW before our cruise this October, just depends what flight we get.

I wish SW would release there next round of dates :rolleyes1

Hope you all have a great day!!!

Kim

[Babs417]

Well Ive been off for 5 days back to work on Wednesday. :wave2: :sad:

[Kimmielee]

I'm off tomorrow.... having a procedure done in the a.m. then bed rest tomorrow during the day. I will go back to work on Thursday!

I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday weekend....our day today was very boring... :badpc:

[pjpoohbear]

Best wishes tomorrow Kim 1(?)!

Pj

[Kimmielee]

Best wishes tomorrow Kim 1(?)!

Pj

Thanks! Dr. is removing some lumps that I had a biopsy on ... but we already know it's not cancer it's just precautionary to remove them. I anticipate it being uncomfortable for a few days... I'll take uncomfortable over cancer any day! :cheer2:

[Hockeychic]

Hey Kim1

Good luck today :grouphug:

Kim

[Kimmielee]

I'm home, headed for bed rest... thanks for the well wishes! :cloud9:

I also went to Wal-Mart this morning before my procedure and bought a ton of American Flags, patriotic art, bows and ribbons to decorate my son's day care parking lot and to line the street. The funeral procession for our Fallen Hero will be driving by the day care center and my SIL will call the day care when the procession starts.

This way, all the school age kids (with parents permission of course) will line the road, waving flags and signs showing their respect and support for the family. Not a statement of support for the war, by any means, but a way for the kids to show the family that we mourn their loss too. Since I can't go to the funeral myself, I thought it would be a good way for me to do something.

My heart is still breaking...

[Kimmielee]

I slept quite a bit today, which is a good thing! :upsidedow

I posted this question on the CB, but thought you ladies can help me decide as well. I originally posted a few weeks ago, trying to decide between the Saturn Vue and the Toyota Highlander. I want to buy a new vehicle in September.

Well, today, I saw a bright red, VW Beetle convertible and fell in LOVE :lovestruc :love: Am I having a mid-life crisis? I had already decided on a Vue... have it all picked out, etc... but oh my, that bug really gave me a bug to own one.... Not nearly as practical but oh so cute! :drive:

Ladies... am I losing it? :lmao:

[pjpoohbear]

Had the Vue as a Rental in Orlando, would not buy it, it was too high. I don't enjoy crawling into the driver's seat, lol.

Pj

[Kimmielee]

Had the Vue as a Rental in Orlando, would not buy it, it was too high. I don't enjoy crawling into the driver's seat, lol.

Pj

I miss my SUV... my car I have now is low to the ground and I hate not being able to see when in heavy traffic.... The VW Beetle will keep me low to the ground again.... that's my ONLY hesitation... that and space for sports equipment for DS.... :confused3

[Hockeychic]

Hey Kim1 glad all went OK.

Little convertible love it. I went through the family vehicle phase when the kids where younger. Mini-van to carry the hockey gear. But now they are older and don't go that many places with us so we went back to smaller sportier vehicles....some day I will get my 68 Camaro SS....some day :wizard:

Kim

[Kimmielee]

:wave: I'll let y'all know when I get whatever I get..... now I'm coveting a car.... oh my. :cloud9:

Today I emailed my TA to have her find a cruise next late April/Early May for my two girlfriends and I. A GIRL's only cruise.... yee haa.... we have so much to celebrate! :banana:

One is turning 50 and the other has NEVER had a vacation without her kids. I can't wait to see what the TA comes up with! We want a newer ship (last 3-5 years old), a verandah and at least one of the ports has to be Cozumel!

Any of you ever done a Non-Disney cruise that you would recommend? :yay:

[Hockeychic]

I have cruised on Carnival in Feb, it was on Celebration but it is a much older ship. It was OK but it showed it's age.

This October I am going on Miracle which does western Caribbean out of Tampa and they go to Cozumel, Grand Caymen, Belize and Costa Maya. It was built in 2004 and is the same size was Magic. However, I can't tell you much else until after October.

Kim

[Babs417]

Ive been thinking why dont we have our colors insted of just green make our cruise green and orange. Then we would know each other? :thumbsup2 :bounce:

[Babs417]

Didnt anybody like that KimSue didnt you like that is everybody sleeping? :confused3 :confused3 :confused: :tigger: :hmghost:

[LoriLuvsDisney]

Ive been thinking why dont we have our colors insted of just green make our cruise green and orange. Then we would know each other? :thumbsup2 :bounce:


Sorry, what does this mean? Do we wear special tags or hats or flowers in our hair to recognize one another? :confused3

[Babs417]

people are awake. yes dis people wear it like a lime green but everybody wears that green now. So I thought we could wear green and orange.

[Hockeychic]

Didnt anybody like that KimSue didnt you like that is everybody sleeping? :confused3 :confused3 :confused: :tigger: :hmghost: Huh???? Sorry I don't understand.

Sure I am game for shirts, the disney cruise I was on last October had shirts made, they where really nice. We didn't get one because of the price conversion, shipping etc it was about $120 for 4 shirts I knew DH and DS would never wear again so we just got plain lime green, but I am game for whatever everyone else chooses....

PJ, do you have the live feeds for big brother??? I think it is going to be a interesting season.....

Kim

[Babs417]

Kim Im sorry KimSue is my DD.I thought she would reply.I also stay up late . I thought we could wear green and maybe orange bracelets. The last cruise everyone had green on.

[Hockeychic]

Sure, whatever everyone decides is good for us. I think I still have my mickey braclet that one of the families gave out last year.

Can't wait to go.....can I make Palo ressies yet? :rotfl:

Kim

[pjpoohbear]

no live feed for BB7 for me, I have to work, lol. I have done the free trial in the past, but not this year.

Pj

[kimsue68]

Didnt anybody like that KimSue didnt you like that is everybody sleeping? :confused3 :confused3 :confused: :tigger: :hmghost:

Sorry mom, I was asleep early last night. You know me, I vote for just green. :thumbsup2

[Kimmielee]

:wave: I'm open to anything.... the t-shirts sound nice but extremely high priced.... that was $30 a shirt if I am doing the math right... hold on, let me take off my shoes to count... yup, that's expensive!

I think I could find a shirt company to do them for much less.... if we could do T-shirts for around $10-$15 would anyone be interested? Edited to add: After posting this I went on line, found a custom T-shirt place that has a wide variety of sizes and put on the front of a LIME green shirt "The Official DIS Cruisers Haunted Halloween Cruise October 27, 2007 and you would not believe the price... it was less than $8 for shipping and everything. That was for 35 shirts.... I'm sure the price goes up with less shirts... I could send out the shirts once I get them through work... :rolleyes1 .. I think we could do this. Now, the wording... that was just off the top of my head. We could have names on the back of the shirts too... that's another $4.50 each... but not sure how we all feel about names, etc. So... let's talk!!

Well, our fallen soldier was buried yesterday. You couldn't even drive through town with a dry eye. There were almost 200 Patriot Riders and no one was protesting. The PR's each had a full size American flag and dismounted their bikes, stood shoulder to shoulder, lining the road leading to the high school and the high school parking lot. Over 1200 mourners came to pay their respects. I found it especially hard talking to my Brother after (he called me) because he kept saying "It could have been Kevin, it could have been Kevin"... his son, my nephew, that spent 8 months in Iraq last year.

The uncle of our fallen soldier is a local deputy and I don't know if they would have done this if there wasn't a police connection... but they closed both sides of I-75 down for the funeral procession to go to another town. It was about a 18 mile drive. All the on/off ramps were blocked by a police car and each police officer was saluting as the cars went by.

I can't describe this without tears rolling down my face... I wasn't even there. This is coming from my Brother and my niece. Imagine seeing it.

On a happier note :) .... I'm torn about taking DS (6) to see POC. pirate: Some have taken their younger children and are ok, others have seen it and said no way. He LOVED the first one, watches Spiderman, Star Wars, etc... If I'm there and need to block his eyes... that should be ok don't you think? :rolleyes1

Our TA found us a great price on the RCCL Freedom of the Seas for our girl trip next April.... We will probably book that at the end of this month! :dance3: Great ports!

Otherwise, for me... this weekend is about rest and cleaning.... Ladies, have a wonderful, relaxing weekend! I'm sure I'll pop on every now and then... :wave:

[Hockeychic]

Good Morning. It was pretty expensive but that included converting to US funds and shipping to Canada......I am in for whatever, but not sure I want my daugthers name on her shirt but wouldn't care if mine was on there. I now regret not getting at least one of the shirts, that would have been pretty cheap but when buying for 4.....yikes.....this time there is only the 2 of us.

What one of the families did last year was make up name tags for all the adults...using there screen names.....it was fun and helped put faces to the names.

Glad to hear the funeral didn't have any protests, my DS just turned 17 and it terrifies me that some of the kids over there fighting and giving the ultimate sacrifice are not much older then him.

I am going on Carnival Miracle in October of this year and we picked it also for the ports, and my first balcony :dance3:

Not sure what I am doing this weekend, really don't feel like doing anything :crazy: DS is at drivers training, DH is sealing the drive way and I have no idea what DD is doing....she is still sleeping.... princess: SO maybe I will just chill today and work on my packing list....not that I haven't been working on it since I booked last November :lmao:

Oh well, have a great weekend all, I am sure I will be back later.

Kim2

[Kimmielee]

Good Morning. It was pretty expensive but that included converting to US funds and shipping to Canada......I am in for whatever, but not sure I want my daugthers name on her shirt but wouldn't care if mine was on there. I now regret not getting at least one of the shirts, that would have been pretty cheap but when buying for 4.....yikes.....this time there is only the 2 of us.

What one of the families did last year was make up name tags for all the adults...using there screen names.....it was fun and helped put faces to the names. Kim2

Kim2 I think the names on the shirts is probably an added expense that we don't need. I really like the idea of the name tags with our screen names! :thumbsup2

Have fun with your first balcony.... (or as I call them verandah... dahling...) I've never cruised without one.... thought I would be seasick and want the fresh air... now I realize it's just cuz I'm spoiled! :cloud9:

My very first cruise was the Carnival Glory and I loved every minute of it!

I've been lazy today... one load of laundry washed, not yet in the dryer and I threw all the paper stuff laying about in the kitchen but didn't do the dishes... what's wrong with me? :confused3

[Kimmielee]

How is this for a design for our t-shirt?

Link to our T-Shirt design #1 (http://customink.com/cink/r.jsp?E=kimmielee%40comcast.net&F=kimmielee4)

I need to tweak the spacing, etc... but you get the general idea... as shown, if we order 35, it's only about all the shirts are between $7 and $10 a shirt to get them all sent to me, then postage to you guys but I can't imagine that's too expensive....

The site is customink.com. Anyone with a creative bone, have at it! I'm not the most creative person!

Ok, I'm bored... here are a few more.... if you double click on the shirt it makes it larger and gives you an option to zoom....

Link to our T-Shirt design #2 (http://customink.com/cink/r.jsp?E=kimmielee%40comcast.net&F=kimmielee5)

Link to our T-Shirt design #3 (http://customink.com/cink/r.jsp?E=kimmielee%40comcast.net&F=kimmielee6)

Link to our T-Shirt design #4 (http://customink.com/cink/r.jsp?E=kimmielee%40comcast.net&F=kimmielee7)

Link to our T-Shirt design #5 (http://customink.com/cink/r.jsp?E=kimmielee%40comcast.net&F=kimmielee9)

[RAC]

Hi Everyone!

I wanted to post and report that we are not going to be able to go on this sailing. :sad: I have taken a job at the one of the local middle schools and I am starting at the begining of the year.

I really hate that we are not going to be able to go, especially after seeing the neat shirts you all are doing.

I hope you all have a great time planning and preparing.

[Kimmielee]

Hi Everyone!

I wanted to post and report that we are not going to be able to go on this sailing. :sad: I have taken a job at the one of the local middle schools and I am starting at the begining of the year.

I really hate that we are not going to be able to go, especially after seeing the neat shirts you all are doing.

I hope you all have a great time planning and preparing.

We will miss you but congrats on the new job! :thumbsup2

[Kimmielee]

XLT800 & tchrmom with DS (15) and DD (12)
PJPoohbear & her Mom (59)
Love*2*Shop with DH, DS (Kyle - 8) and DD (Madison - 6) ***Celebrating Wedding Anniversary on 10/25 and Rachel's B-day on 10/29!!!
Kimmielee (aka Kim1)- with DS (Noah - 8) and Sarah (our sitter) ***Celebrating her 24th birthday on 10-24!
Hockeychic (aka Kim2) - with DD (15)
KimSue68 (aka Kim3) - with her DH, DS (6) and DD (4)
Babs417 - KimSue's Mom!
***KimSue68's Sister - with her DD (12), DS (8) and DS (4) and MIL too!
LoriLuvsDisney - with her DH, DD (12) and DS (10) ***Celebrating 25th Wedding Anniversary and DD's birthday on Halloween night!!!

[pjpoohbear]

I missed the whole Shirt thing, can someone post a link, pleassssse! Thanks.

Pj

[Kimmielee]

How is this for a design for our t-shirt?

Link to our T-Shirt design #1 (http://customink.com/cink/r.jsp?E=kimmielee%40comcast.net&F=kimmielee4)

I need to tweak the spacing, etc... but you get the general idea... as shown, if we order 35, it's only about all the shirts are between $7 and $10 a shirt to get them all sent to me, then postage to you guys but I can't imagine that's too expensive....

The site is customink.com. Anyone with a creative bone, have at it! I'm not the most creative person!

Ok, I'm bored... here are a few more.... if you double click on the shirt it makes it larger and gives you an option to zoom....

Link to our T-Shirt design #2 (http://customink.com/cink/r.jsp?E=kimmielee%40comcast.net&F=kimmielee5)

Link to our T-Shirt design #3 (http://customink.com/cink/r.jsp?E=kimmielee%40comcast.net&F=kimmielee6)

Link to our T-Shirt design #4 (http://customink.com/cink/r.jsp?E=kimmielee%40comcast.net&F=kimmielee7)

Link to our T-Shirt design #5 (http://customink.com/cink/r.jsp?E=kimmielee%40comcast.net&F=kimmielee9)

Here it is again... got lost on another page! :wave:

[pjpoohbear]

Was this where the topic of Orange and Green shirts came in? I saw that but thought it was for the 2006 cruise, lol.

Pj

[pjpoohbear]

I like the 4th design, but maybe with the front a small over the left chest version of what is already done for the front?

Pj

[Kimmielee]

I like the 4th design, but maybe with the front a small over the left chest version of what is already done for the front?

Pj

You mean like this?

Link to our T-Shirt design #6 (http://customink.com/cink/r.jsp?E=kimmielee%40comcast.net&F=kimmie1)

This is somewhat a result of the green/orange conversation... and I've seen some shirts on other meet threads so I thought I'd give it a try! pirate:

[pjpoohbear]

Very cool, another option.

Pj

[Hockeychic]

Shirts all look great....Can't wait.

[Kimmielee]

Shirts all look great....Can't wait.

Thanks! Perhaps someone will come up with something different! Not like we don't have a lot of time to decide. :rotfl2:

Hey, did you notice the new ticker in my signature? We booked Freedom of the Seas for our "Girls Cruise" next year. :banana:

[Hockeychic]

Congrats on booking your April cruise. I am so addicted now. :woohoo:

I changed my tickers as well, I like these better... :cheer2:

Well have to hit the grocery store today, getting ready for a world cup party.....I really don't care who wins as I was cheering for England...that is where my mom was born but I think I will cheer for France today.....they are the underdogs so to speak and plus I think everyone else at the party will be cheering for Italy so someone has to cheer for France :lmao:

Have a good day all.

Kim2

[pjpoohbear]

T-shirt option 7, lol. The front graphic was just a little too creepy for me, so tried this,

http://customink.com/cink/r.jsp?E=pennydegeer%40rogers.com&F=tshirt7


Pj

[Kimmielee]

T-shirt option 7, lol. The front graphic was just a little too creepy for me, so tried this,

http://customink.com/cink/r.jsp?E=pennydegeer%40rogers.com&F=tshirt7


Pj

I like it and still less than $10 a shirt.... :thumbsup2

[Hockeychic]

I like it as well......

[vital]

Can I join?~?~?

Let me introduce ourselves Me(35) DS6, will be 8 on cruise!

I'm planning a trip with just us 2 but have told friends and family they are more than welcome to join us. I use the same line I always use, "We are going with or without you. If you want to come then come. If you don't, we are going anyway!" They get the point. I don't like anyone to feel like they have to do something b/c I asked them to.

We've been on 2 cruises together so far. The first was on Celebrity when DS was 3 1/2. Eastern Carribean with my dad's family. Had a blast but DS was a little too young for me.
Second was Carnival Sensation out of New Orleans. DS was 5 1/2. We had a blast. I live in Mississippi so we were able to just drive to port and hop on boat. We had to dodge Tropical Storms Dennis and Cindy I believe while we were at sea. We missed Costa Maya and docked a day early in Cozumel and spent the night there. WOWZA! I'm glad it was just DS and I. We went for lunch at Senor Frogs and had a blast. If it'd been me and my girlfriends, I might not have been able to remember Senor Frogs. :smokin: DS got to dance on the dancefloor when they sprayed all the bubbles out. He thought it was great. Now, it was lunch time and there were other families there before y'all start thinking I'm a bad mom.

I'm looking forward to getting to know y'all and meeting up with you on the ship. Please let me know when to order the Tshirts. I kinda like the one with the pirate/skull on the front and the ship on the back. I know I'm new and my opinion doesn't mean much, just wanted to put my 2 cents in though :teeth:

[Hockeychic]

Welcome :wave: We have a great group forming here sounds like we will have a great time, and every opinion counts, also, not sure if you read but us girls are planning a Palo brunch....hope you can join us.

OK, how much a type A planner am I, I already picked up my Mickey heads from home depot for decorating our door :lmao:

Can we go now!!!!

[Kimmielee]

I'm looking forward to getting to know y'all and meeting up with you on the ship. Please let me know when to order the Tshirts. I kinda like the one with the pirate/skull on the front and the ship on the back. I know I'm new and my opinion doesn't mean much, just wanted to put my 2 cents in though :teeth:

:welcome: We are glad to have you join us!! My son will be 8 when we cruise too. It's him, myself (46 then OUCH) and our sitter who will be 24 when we sail. She's not coming to sit... she's coming to have fun!

Do you have early or late dining?

My DS and I went on the Wonder in April and he LOVED the clubs. I have named the Disney Cruise as the perfect single/solo Mom cruise ever. I read 3 books in 4 days. It rocked.

So, again... welcome, jump right in and of course your opinion counts! I'm going to keep updating the T-shirt choices since we have plenty of time. I'm hoping they come out with more graphics and trying to find out if I can find a Mickey Pirate graphic... and if they will print it if I do find one!

I'll update our group list after this post. :wave:

[Kimmielee]

XLT800 & tchrmom with DS (15) and DD (12)
PJPoohbear & her Mom (59)
Love*2*Shop with DH, DS (Kyle - 8) and DD (Madison - 6) ***Celebrating Wedding Anniversary on 10/25 and Rachel's B-day on 10/29!!!
Kimmielee (aka Kim1)- with DS (Noah - 8) and Sarah (our sitter) ***Celebrating her 24th birthday on 10-24!
Hockeychic (aka Kim2) - with DD (15)
KimSue68 (aka Kim3) - with her DH, DS (6) and DD (4)
Babs417 - KimSue's Mom!
***KimSue68's Sister - with her DD (12), DS (8) and DS (4) and MIL too!
LoriLuvsDisney - with her DH, DD (12) and DS (10) ***Celebrating 25th Wedding Anniversary and DD's birthday on Halloween night!!!
Vital (aka Paula) - with DS (8)


Hey everyone... check this list when you get a chance... I had Noah's age wrong (today's, not when we sail... ). If any other changes are needed, let me know!!

[kimsue68]

Welcome Vital!!! :goodvibes My sister has a son your son's age. :yay:

[Babs417]

Vital I like that one to no 4

[vital]

Thank y'all for the warm welcome! I'm going to try to check in daily or at least every other day! I just went to WDW for first time ever and spent a LOT of time on computer. Going to try to wean off of it (that means every other day)LOL!

I'm going to go for the late dining. I felt too rushed when we had the early dining last cruise!

This is going to be fun! If my friends don't go, then I'll have someone to hang out with! I must admit, I do enjoy a cold beer and a nice fruity drink now and then! :smokin: I have even been known to go dancing with my DS or alone! Maybe I can talk some of y'all into going dancing one night! :dance3:

[Hockeychic]

I am totally addicted to this and my other cruise sites. THis is part of the fun. Well, although I am not a beer drinker.... :sad2: I will always join in for a pina colada....yummmm foo foo drinks with umbrellas. I love dancing and I am sure DD will ditch me right after dinner each night so could always be talked into going to the Rockin Bar D...or is it Rockin D Bar...I always forget... :lmao:

[Babs417]

I did that wrong I like shirt 4 :dance3:

[Kimmielee]

I'm going to go for the late dining. I felt too rushed when we had the early dining last cruise!

This is going to be fun! If my friends don't go, then I'll have someone to hang out with! I must admit, I do enjoy a cold beer and a nice fruity drink now and then! :smokin: I have even been known to go dancing with my DS or alone! Maybe I can talk some of y'all into going dancing one night! :dance3:

Oh, oh... count me in... :yay: Not a beer drinker either (Kim2, you and I are in the same boat with the foo foo drinks... :drinking1)... I drank way too much beer in college and now I refuse to drink it... :rolleyes1

As for the dancing... even if your friends do decide to go... still count me in anyway! I'll invite myself to join your group so I don't have to dance alone! :dance3: However, I know NONE of the new dances... the last one I knew was the Hustle... BEFORE it had a comeback. :lmao: :rotfl2: :rotfl:

[vital]

Hi, my name is Paula and I'm a DIS board addict. Just checking in before we go to karate practice! I thought I'd be able to stay away but since I had a few minutes while DS was dressing I'd stop in! :sunny:

[Kimmielee]

Hi, my name is Paula and I'm a DIS board addict. Just checking in before we go to karate practice! I thought I'd be able to stay away but since I had a few minutes while DS was dressing I'd stop in! :sunny:

Paula - I'm an addict too. The only cure is more DISing and more Disney Cruises and more trips to WDW! We are each other's support group!

Hey - I'm thinking of getting Noah started in karate. He needs to get some good exercise cuz the only sport he's interested in is Football and he can't play that until he's 8! What does your little guy like most about it?

[Hockeychic]

Wahooo dancin on the Magic.

This is going to be fun.

[vital]

Hey - I'm thinking of getting Noah started in karate. He needs to get some good exercise cuz the only sport he's interested in is Football and he can't play that until he's 8! What does your little guy like most about it?[/QUOTE]

He likes the actual sparring part of it. He goes to tournaments and competes in kata and kumite. Kata is a series of moves like you are fighting an imaginary opponent. You are judged on stances, form and percision. Kumite is the sparring part. He likes to put the pads on and fight! They are very strict about where they can hit and kick each other. I don't get too nervous now b/c they are so young they don't hurt each other too much. There is a girl in his division that fights all the boys and never flinches. The boys that she's beaten usually cry b/c a girl beat them :rolleyes: . Thank goodness Ethan hasn't fought her yet. One of them has been eliminated before they have to fight! He's gotten 2nd place in kata several times and 3rd and 4th in kumite. My step-brother and step-dad are both black belts and Ethan has to show them what he's learned. Very cute.

[vital]

One more thing, do y'all have any particular excursions in mind? I'm leaning toward snorkling off a catamaran on St. John. I've been to St. Thomas 3 times and LOVE it. I've never been to Trunk Bay and snorkled. DS will be 8 then and that is the minimum age. exInlaws have pool so we will be practicing our skills there :fish: . We've also been to St Martin. I don't know why ppl don't like this island! We went to the beach right by the pier and hung out all day. We went on the jet-skies (that doesn't look right, but you know what I mean :p) and since we were the first customers of the day we got a discount and got to stay out a little longer. I think one of the guys was sweet :love: on me b/c he stopped us just to chat. Asking me where I was from and stuff with my DS3 1/2 at the time b/t my legs on the jet ski :blush: !
He finally let us finish our ride and gave us a little extra time! I let DS have the wheel and he knew 2 speeds- wide open and stop! We had a blast. I didn't do much shopping there as I usually go shopping in St Thomas. I know it's early, but you can never plan too far in advance! LOL! :hourglass

[Hockeychic]

Definatley doing Parasailing on Castaway Cay.....and the Paradise Tram in St Thomas. Last time we where there, we did a private tour in St Thomas, he was amazing it was called Sunny Liston Tours if anyone is interested. In St Marten, might just take the water taxi and do some shopping.

I can't wait till we can booked excursions, always nerve racking hoping to get what you want to do.

Kim

[Kimmielee]

Haven't decided on excursions yet... Noah is learning how to snorkel and is loving it. However, he hated the salt water at CC and whenever I bring up snorkeling on the cruise he asks if it's good water or bad water. :rolleyes:

I definately want to shop on St. Thomas.... I want a really nice tanzanite ring. I bought one at Marshall Fields and it is sooo pale in comparison. I think they had a purple lamp on it when I had it! :lmao:

Are we there yet? :yay: :yay: :yay:

[vital]

I bought a great Tanzanite, diamond and white gold ring in St Thomas last time we were there! Everyone comments on it when I wear it. I use it as my "right hand" ring. This time around I haven't decided what "the" item is. I know you can get some killer deals there. I may splurge on some diamond earrings. I'm also a bracelet person. I may check out the bracelets with semi-precious stones. I like diamonds, but I also like color!

[Hockeychic]

Good Morning,

Last time, I found a beautiful diamond and sapphire ring in St Marten...bartered down to what I was willing to pay then changed my mind thinking I would find something else in St Thomas...but didn't so I said to DH next time I get back to St Marten I will get it...so that will be my mission to go back and try and find "the ring" I am not big on jewellery but it was the one thing I really want.

I am not a fan of salt water either...I don't like it so I just lie on the beach :teeth:

Hey PJ Big Brother is on tonight!!!!! :woohoo:

Kim

[Hockeychic]

OK, apparently I am the only one goofing off at work today. Although I work Monday to Friday 9 - 4:30....thank goodness I have internet access and a office so I can check these boards all day so if anyone wants to chat I am here.

8hours 15 mins to Big Brother.....PJ where are ya.....

Kim2

[pjpoohbear]

Kim2 - I am at work, on the community computer. I will be watching tonight, it has been too long, lol. Saw you over there on the spoiler thread, did you see the poster who asked that spoilers be put in white type, hello "spoiler" thread.

I normally can do some posting, or at least reading, during the day at work, but right now, I got the bright idea to rearrange the whole store and build an Apple centre, what was I thinking, lol. Lot of moving product, shelves, and big fixtures, and lots of sweat, not so pretty on someone my size, but it is honest sweat.

Pj

[Hockeychic]

Really eh? What part of "Spoiler Thread" wasn't clear :rotfl:

I haven't gotten over there today but might in the last 20 mins I have to waste today.....lol

I hate when I do that, I think it is a great idea to take on this huge project and half way through convince DH to help :woohoo:

4 hours....it is on at 8PM right?

[vital]

OK, so I'm about to put down my down payment. I'm going to have to go with an inside room. I think it's gonna be on deck 7. Is that a bad area? I've only been in an oceanview room but since this trip is more $ I'm going inside :smooth: . I'm also going to stay at POP or All Star Movie resort for the night before. Have any of you done these resorts? If so, do you have a favorite? I've only stayed at POFQ and loved it. How do they compare?

[Hockeychic]

We have booked a inside cabin on this cruise we well. For the price difference and the amount of time I spent in the cabin on the last cruise I couldn't justify the addl cost. I think most if not all of us are on deck 6.

I have stayed at Movies and POP and both where fine. We haven't decided if we are going to stay at WDW before or just at the Radisson. I think we will stay at Music if we stay at WDW because it is the only value we haven't stayed at yet. :goodvibes. It is all going to depend on if we rent a car to go to port or do a town car. I think we will rent however....but haven't gotten that far yet. I do know we will fly in at least the night before.

Kim

[pjpoohbear]

vital, check to see is any of the deck 6 sideways cat 11s are still open. They are a great option, one enters the room across from the sofa. The bathroom/closet is on one side of the room, the bed/tv/desk on the other. But no long hallway to get down, you enter in to the middle of the stateroom. I am in 6515 "my" room, lol. How many people are in your group? I think most of us are mid ship and forward(?).

Penny

[LoriLuvsDisney]

Is anyone here a member of the Castaway Club and therefor gets to book excursion and Palo ahead of the 75 days?