Thanksgiving 2007!!!

[DOOGIERUNNER]

:cool1: :rotfl2:

Who's coming with us? Cruise with the most dynamic/diverse/fun group of folks on the boards :)

See our trip report from 2005: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=961628

Doogie

[Buddy Bear]

Not only did we have a great time on the cruise, but we went to WDW for 3 days after and for the first time saw the Osborne lights. The holidays are a great time to be on Magic and in WDW so I will be looking to go back.

[winnyis]

I will be traveling with my DH, DD(12) and DS (9)
and my best friend and her DH , DS(10) and DD (6) and her DH's brother. This will be our 5th (or 6th if we keep our ressie for the 9/7/06 cruise) DCL cruise and my best friends 1st.

I booked the first day it opened up and was lucky enough to get an SPR.

[OurDogCisco]

We are going Thanksgiving 2007!!! I can't wait. Booked the first day in a Category 6. It will be me & dh plus our dd10 & dd6.

:cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

[Buddy Bear]

We are going Thanksgiving 2007!!! I can't wait. Booked the first day in a Category 6. It will be me & dh plus our dd10 & dd6.

:cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

If you don't mind me asking, what did you pay? The current rate for a Cat 6 through DCL is over $7k for a family of 4, which is much more than we have ever paid. I am curious to see if the rates have increased that much in the last week or so since the dates were released.

[OurDogCisco]

If you don't mind me asking, what did you pay? The current rate for a Cat 6 through DCL is over $7k for a family of 4, which is much more than we have ever paid. I am curious to see if the rates have increased that much in the last week or so since the dates were released.

Nope, our quote was 7000 too. Yikes... We really want to do one more cruise so I guess we'll have to pay the price. I did compare our May 2004 cruise price to May 2007. We paid $2800 for our May cruise in 2004. The same cruise which is the last cruise before the repo cruise is $6000. So, I'm not sure if the repo part drove the price up. But I'd say cruising prices have doubled. I've noticed the increase with other lines as well....

GL,,,

[WMILLER86]

...we went to WDW for 3 days after and for the first time saw the Osborne lights...


Jeff, Aren't the lights awesome? We have not been at Christmas in a few years, but one of my favorite things is taking a walk and looking at all of the lights. Of course, when we went, the lights were in the back on the fronts of all of the fake house fronts, where they used to shoot TV shows. I think I read where they put them in the New York area of Disney/MGM Studios?

Willie

[WMILLER86]

We are not booked yet for Thanksgiving Turkey Cruise 2007. But are looking really hard. If our great Turkey friends of the past sign on, we would be REALLY interested!

I assume that this is still Western? In 2005 we were supposed to be Western, but only had CC X 2, and Costa Maya. Not the best lineup. I would love to return to Grand Cayman and Cozumel.

Willie

[favoriteslave]

We too are REALLY looking into it. We will let you know.

[Trey]

Greetings all!

As Tonya said, we're looking into this one. We'll give it FAR more consideration if the Turkey Clan is willing to make a "stab" at this cruise.

We had originally planned to go to WDW and use our DVC points (that we've banked from last year, will bank this year, and borrow from '07) on a big "family" get-together. We provide the place to stay, they are responsible for park tickets, transportation & food kinda thing.

Doogie, if things work out and everyone (a "flock" of Turkeys) commit to this trip, we may require your expert advise as to the renting of more DVC points to defray some of the cost for this trip.

I am in agreement w/ Willie, I would really like the opportunity to see Grand Caymen (again - went in '84) and Couzmel. I know there is no guarantee w/ the weather, but I'd prefer not to go to Costa Maya again and depending on whether or not the boat races are happening again in Key West, that would be a nice stop (I was stationed there w/ the Army for a year and a half).

Otherwise, I hope everyone is happy & healthy!!

Trey

[Scorpio1112]

Hey All!

Lottery Update --- Nadda... When I priced this one out I think it was about 2K more than my April 2007 cruise.... boy I'd love to join ya's!!! :sunny:

But I just don't think I could justify that much more!! But I can just keep on playing and perhaps my horse will come in!

Sherri

[LAMPSKIES]

O.K., O.k. it IS a long way away but I must say.......we will have to do this one also.....Turkeyday cruisers again!!

[WMILLER86]

Hopefully in 2007 my aged old back will still be able to boogie as a Bon Jovi!
I guess that gives me reason to keep in shape!


W

[LAMPSKIES]

Ya know as we get farther away from the last sailing....and the good times I keep wishing for it to happen all over again!!

[LAMPSKIES]

Looks like to book now it's a little less than 05........only costs 1000.00 to lock in the price......

[DOOGIERUNNER]

mmmmmm.... I wish it were an Eastern! Maybe we should get a HUGE group of repeaters on these boards that we could convice Disney to do a special T-day sailing!! :cool1: Pikey will help us. I'm sure the Capt'n know's that we buy enough booze to pay the overhead on the ship for another week... and the crew LOVED Ronnie!

[DOOGIERUNNER]

Looks like to book now it's a little less than 05........only costs 1000.00 to lock in the price......

The price isn't that bad. It's only $300 more than we paid last year.

[WMILLER86]

The price isn't that bad. It's only $300 more than we paid last year.
Where did you get a quote?
W

[favoriteslave]

Willie

I got my quote from Mouseear Vacations. (PM me for their number) It was about 200-300 less than what I paid for the last t-day cruise. Even though they are the same price as the web cite, you get a few perks that makes it way worth going through a travel agent.

[Trey]

Willie,

Our travel agent quoted us the following:

CENSORED - please PM and I will disclose :sad2:

This is right in step w/ the DCL site. Tonya seems to think that this is about 300 less than we paid last year as well.

Trey

[DOOGIERUNNER]

Hey Trey and Tonya!!!

Jackie and I were talking about you guys last night after I'd read one of your posts. Glad to see you're posting!!! Soocer season starts here next week! We've had our daughter getting 3 touches a week since T-day with some other clubs in the area. Hopefully she'll be better prepared than some others when the season starts.

I was surprised at the price. I got my quote right off Disney's site. I saw a post somewhere this morning that Disney is not going to allow the travel agents to offer discounts. Generally the agents reduce price by giving back commission. Send me your email address via a PM, I found a pic of you.

Lincoln and I were just looking through pictures and he swore we had a picture of Hunter. We can't find it. As we were looking he said, "Hey, there's a picture of Lamps without a beer in his hand... that's rare." :rotfl2:

[Trey]

Greetings all!

First, my humblest apologies for posting prices. Tonya informed me that it's a BIG "no-no" on the boards. I'm waiting for the board police to spank me.

Second, yes, soccer season is upon us. Fortunately, Springfield (MO) has an indoor facility w/ two fields. One is walled, in the traditional indoor soccer sense, and the other is a futsal field. No walls, small field, size 3 ball - heavier than normal, played 5v5, and all about speed, touch, and finesse. I suppose I should say that we are lucky to have the facility since it's been paying my bills since outdoor ended in November.

Finally, that is rather disappointing that Disney isn't going to allow travel agents to offer discounts. I can understand Disney's reasoning though.

Hope everyone is happy and healthy!
Trey :surfweb:

[WMILLER86]

I dunno if I just got a great deal last year or what. But I quoted a cat 8 and cat 11 like I had before, and it is about $1400 more than I paid. Take off the 10% discount for booking onboard, and it is still about $700 more. We had rebooked while on the 2004 Thanksgiving cruise for 2005. this was at the DCL site. Maybe I did something different.

I did not know it was not polite to post about prices on the DIS? I thought that kind of stuff was what these boards are about. Oh, yeah, and to post pics of sauced up old guys acting like Bon Jovi!

[WMILLER86]

Think I figured it out. My girls were ages 10 and 15 last cruise. In 2007 they will be 12 and 17. I think the older age puts one or more of them in a higher category.

W

[WMILLER86]

Some of us will need a guarantee from Doogie that he will set up the private charter to Rum Point Beach that we had to MISS!

I tell ya that was gonna be the highlight of the trip. It will be worth returning to Grand Cayman just to make that trip.


W

[Buddy Bear]

First, my humblest apologies for posting prices. Tonya informed me that it's a BIG "no-no" on the boards. I'm waiting for the board police to spank me.



I have never heard that before and I have been lurking/posting for almost 4 years. I was looking at a cat 6 for our family of 4 and the price was in the low $7,000 range which is almost $2,000 more than an end of August cruise when we normally go.

[DOOGIERUNNER]

Think I figured it out. My girls were ages 10 and 15 last cruise. In 2007 they will be 12 and 17. I think the older age puts one or more of them in a higher category.

W

Yes, Willie, that's what's going on. Lincoln hit the high cat. also. raised our price a bit, but not much. I admit; I'm cheap.. cat 10 & 11's. We're never in our room other than to change and sleep.

Doug

[WMILLER86]

First cruise in 2004, we had a balcony cat 6 for kelli and I, and an 11 for the girls across the hall. We did not use the balcony much. It let too much warm air and humidity into the stateroom.

For the 10 day Holiday cruise, we are going with the "cheapest" route. Two cat 12 guaranty rooms. Hoping for maybe a slight upgrade. Even going this route, the cruise is costing nearly 10 grand. Nothing "cheap" about the DCL!
But, I sailed once on an old Carnival ship, and never again with kids. OK for a party cruise with the wife, but not much for kids. And really, the cruise was cheap, but the drinks, etc were higher than DCL.

[Scorpio1112]

I tell ya that was gonna be the highlight of the trip. It will be worth returning to Grand Cayman just to make that trip.


I agree with that and was so sad :sad: we missed it... I'm still playing with prices but my kiddos think we are doing 04/07 and I know we can't do both, not sure how :sad: they'd be if we postponed for that much longer... one problem being we aren't cruising in '06!! We have a trip to Mexico planned but of course - ain't the same thang!

Sherri

[DOOGIERUNNER]

We might try another cruise line prior to T-day 07... Royal something? :teeth: They have an eastern next spring break. Our summer vacations are becoming very limited due to kid's schedules. I already told J. we're going somewhere next spring break!!!!

[Mickeyhugger]

I just posted a RCCL trip report on the 11/19 turkey day thread.

We haven't booked yet, but we're most likely going to book spring break 2007 next March 17th out of Miami. It's the eastern, on Voyager of the Seas. Think we could all manage TWO cruises next year? Come on Turkey cruisers! Think of all of the fun to be had! :)

[ICEMANPAD]

Hi Turkeys!! We are booked for T-day 2007!! We prebooked while stilll on board this past t-day and received confirmation of our cabin and dates a few weeks ago!! :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

C'mon all you 2004 and 2005 Turkeys--let's all sail together in 2007!! :cool1:

For all you new turkeys--Hi!!! We look forward to meeting ya'all!! We will be sailing w/ our DS Mason who will be 7 at the time of sailing.


Chuck and Lisa

[princessmomma]

For all you new turkeys--Hi!!! We look forward to meeting ya'all!! We will be sailing w/ our DS Mason who will be 7 at the time of sailing.


Chuck and Lisa

Woohoo!! :cheer2: That's us! New turkey day cruisers. :thumbsup2

Very excited! Yes, Nov. 2007 is a long way off! Can't wait to meet everyone. :wave2:

Colleen

[the5J's]

OK OK
Julia and i read this thread
and...............
We are VERBALY COMMITTED!
But would still prefer an Eastern

Hey Lampy
Tell Kim we are coming up to Hang with you on the Boat/House this summer and the Turkey gang is invited
She should be happy
We are calmer than the other cross dressers you hang out with. :cool1: :grouphug: :rotfl2:

We would like to do a "visit" with everyone this summer

Our DD15 Jessica wants to go to Chicago to be w/ a friend she met on the '05
i forget her Parents screen name but anyone want to meet in Chicago in April?

John

[the5J's]

OK, after this i am going to turn off the DIS
I have work to do!

I wonder if we can book for four- Jeff sleeps around!
The deck and where else, we have no idea :confused3
Chuck, only skied once this year
The whole month of January i worked in California

See ya soon all you Turkeys!
John

[Mickeyhugger]

OK OK
Julia and i read this thread
and...............
We are VERBALY COMMITTED!
But would still prefer an Eastern


We would like to do a "visit" with everyone this summer

Our DD15 Jessica wants to go to Chicago to be w/ a friend she met on the '05
i forget her Parents screen name but anyone want to meet in Chicago in April?

John

I think we'd all prefer an eastern for another turkey day sailing. ::yes:: (Hey DCL, are you reading? Time to switch itineraries.)

A visit would be great this summer! Unfortunately, Rob's not able to take much time off then :sad2: and what few days he has, we've saved for NYC! Anyone ready for four days in Times Square? I'm taking Rachel and her best friend to American Girl Place. Come meet us in the evenings, and we can hunt down the world's best delis and pizzerias! (We're also hoping to get in to see David Letterman. HOPING.)

Princessmomma, welcome! :) You're sailing with a 'fun bunch,' here! ;)

Priscilla

[Moonbeams]

We were on the 2004 Turkey double-dip, but back then we didn't know about the DIS board, so we didn't get to meet any of y'all. But since we were on the boat back then, can we still be considered Turkeys too?

We missed '05 thanks to family visits. :rolleyes2 We won't let that happen again! :sad2: We will SO be on the '06 and the '07 Turkey Cruises! Count us in! :yay:

Speaking of which, is there a thread for the '06 Turkey on here somewhere?

Go Turkeys! :banana:

[Trey]

Moonbeam(s),

I'm not sure if there is a Turkey 06 board (yet). We (DW, DS) are going on the 06 post-Turkey, pre-Ham (Turkey & Ham Sandwich Cruise) Nov 25-Dec 02. (!!11/25/06!! is the board).

Welcome and you're in for a GRAND time w/ a fantastic group of people!!

Trey :surfweb:

[LAMPSKIES]

OK OK
Julia and i read this thread
and...............
We are VERBALY COMMITTED!
But would still prefer an Eastern

Hey Lampy
Tell Kim we are coming up to Hang with you on the Boat/House this summer and the Turkey gang is invited
She should be happy
We are calmer than the other cross dressers you hang out with. :cool1: :grouphug: :rotfl2:

We would like to do a "visit" with everyone this summer

Our DD15 Jessica wants to go to Chicago to be w/ a friend she met on the '05
i forget her Parents screen name but anyone want to meet in Chicago in April?

John

Hey John we are just about an hour from downtown.....the "girls" are going somewhere in Shaumberg and the adults are going to stay at a hotel while they go out...I think that is it for April!!
We will be at Cedar Point Memorial weekend I'll be at the campground "watching tye dog" while they hurry up and stand in line!! :lmao:

[LAMPSKIES]

We were on the 2004 Turkey double-dip, but back then we didn't know about the DIS board, so we didn't get to meet any of y'all. But since we were on the boat back then, can we still be considered Turkeys too?

We missed '05 thanks to family visits. :rolleyes2 We won't let that happen again! :sad2: We will SO be on the '06 and the '07 Turkey Cruises! Count us in! :yay:

Speaking of which, is there a thread for the '06 Turkey on here somewhere?

Go Turkeys! :banana:

Us, Willie and the 5cjs were on the 04 sailing along with the Iceman family and others....

[princessmomma]

Princessmomma, welcome! :) You're sailing with a 'fun bunch,' here! ;)

Priscilla


Thanks Priscilla! I read some of the goings on for the 2005 Turkey Cruisers. Yes, you all were CRAZY! Gotta love it!

We rebooked while onboard our Dec. 17, 2005 cruise and then switch it to Turkey cruise 2007 when the prices were released.

Should be a great time! :banana:

Colleen

[neverlandclub]

We are booked for our 2nd T-day cruise. We did the 2005, and are doing 2007 because the Med prices were so high and kids could care less about going. They want Castaway Cay. Do we get the double dip or not? The site shows Key West but I thought they had a regatta every year and closed the port. Anybody know???

[bfosbenner]

Hello All!!!

Hmmmm.... got me thinking.

What would it be like with a 2 year old?

Bill

[WMILLER86]

Hello All!!!

Hmmmm.... got me thinking.

What would it be like with a 2 year old?

Bill


If anyone can do DCL with a 2 YO, then the Fosbenners can! You guys are the "can do" sort!


My situation regarding the 2007 Turkeyday Reunion cruise.....

Right now, we are planned to do WDW that week, and stay at the Boardwalk Villas with DVC points. We have 10 family members that say they are joining us, but they are not very reliable when it comes to vacations. They have backed out on us a time or two.
I will have to do some work on Kelli between now and the Christmas cruise we are on, so that we can rebook onboard!

Any help from my Turkey pals is appreciated!


Willie

[Mickeyhugger]

We are booked for our 2nd T-day cruise. We did the 2005, and are doing 2007 because the Med prices were so high and kids could care less about going. They want Castaway Cay. Do we get the double dip or not? The site shows Key West but I thought they had a regatta every year and closed the port. Anybody know???

Neverlandclub, welcome! Sorry we missed you on the 2005. :guilty: I'm pretty sure that every Thanksgiving week no ships dock in Key West because of the regatta, and they just haven't updated the DCL site. :confused3

What are your children's ages? Our 11 year-old DD wouldn't really appreciate a Med cruise yet. (Not to mention the airfare is way too high for us.)

Willie, here's to hoping you'll be able to cruise with us. Think you'd be able to convince your 10 family members to go on this cruise instead? That's a tough one, though. WDW is a tempting vacation too. Don't know if we're going to get back there anytime soon.

Priscilla

[ICEMANPAD]

Willie-I agree w/ Priscilla--have the 10 family members book the Turkey Cruise instead!! Trust me, we have been to WDW over Thanksgiving in the past, including our Disney Wedding. It's very, very crowded. The cruise is much more relaxing!! Think Castaway Cay, Palo, etc!!

John-That's great that you and Julia are "verbally" committed!! :thumbsup2

We are looking forward to a Turkey reunion!! :cool1: :cool1:

Lisa

[LAMPSKIES]

Hello All!!!

Hmmmm.... got me thinking.

What would it be like with a 2 year old?

Bill

Hey Willie......do ya think he's talking about us? :rotfl2:

[WMILLER86]

Dubya here, checking in. They cancelled the 2005 Turkey Day thread. Too skeered, I guess!
I figured it would get some attention on there when we started the ranting about the "gender challenged". That seems to be a "touchy" subject these days! :rotfl2:

Oh well. I have some work to do convincing my family to do the Magic instead of WDW. The trouble is that my nephews have little ones that want to do the parks.


W

[WMILLER86]

Hey Willie......do ya think he's talking about us? :rotfl2:

OR TWO of em? :rotfl2:

[Mickeyhugger]

Oh well. I have some work to do convincing my family to do the Magic instead of WDW. The trouble is that my nephews have little ones that want to do the parks.


W

W, (or do you still go by 'Willie?) I hope you can convince your family for the Magic. But little kiddies wanting to do the parks, that's hard too, 'cause we know how fast they grow up and want to do the thrill rides at Six Flags and Universal instead.

Also, (shh, don't tell anyone..I visit the cruisecritic boards too..) the official announcement came through yesterday that RCCL's Voyager of the Seas will start sailing from GALVESTON in 2007! YIPPEE! :Pinkbounc Not during the summer mos. though. Still, it's only a 5 hour drive from Dallas (much shorter for you!), and if anyone here would ever want to do a 'week after Christmas' or spring break cruise, let me tell you..this would be a blast! It doesn't hold a candle to DCL, but the prices are lower, there are several bars/nightclubs, rock-climbing walls, a huge casino and an even better teen hangout. Grit your teeth too..it's only sailing the Western! :lmao: But still, something to think about for future cruises! :earsgirl:

Priscilla

[bfosbenner]

OR TWO of em? :rotfl2:


At least you guys are potty trained..... I think! :rotfl2:

[LAMPSKIES]

At least you guys are potty trained..... I think! :rotfl2:


Ya think?????? :rotfl2:

[DOOGIERUNNER]

W, (or do you still go by 'Willie?) I hope you can convince your family for the Magic. But little kiddies wanting to do the parks, that's hard too, 'cause we know how fast they grow up and want to do the thrill rides at Six Flags and Universal instead.

Also, (shh, don't tell anyone..I visit the cruisecritic boards too..) the official announcement came through yesterday that RCCL's Voyager of the Seas will start sailing from GALVESTON in 2007! YIPPEE! :Pinkbounc Not during the summer mos. though. Still, it's only a 5 hour drive from Dallas (much shorter for you!), and if anyone here would ever want to do a 'week after Christmas' or spring break cruise, let me tell you..this would be a blast! It doesn't hold a candle to DCL, but the prices are lower, there are several bars/nightclubs, rock-climbing walls, a huge casino and an even better teen hangout. Grit your teeth too..it's only sailing the Western! :lmao: But still, something to think about for future cruises! :earsgirl:

Priscilla

ooooooooooooooooo....... I want to try RCCL.. just once for comparison purposes.

[WMILLER86]

ooooooooooooooooo....... I want to try RCCL.. just once for comparison purposes.


We will most likely try the RCCL out of Galveston some time. It is only an hour and 15 minutes away.

I don't know too much about their ships, though.


Willie

[WMILLER86]

W, (or do you still go by 'Willie?) I hope you can convince your family for the Magic. But little kiddies wanting to do the parks, that's hard too, 'cause we know how fast they grow up and want to do the thrill rides at Six Flags and Universal instead.

Also, (shh, don't tell anyone..I visit the cruisecritic boards too..) the official announcement came through yesterday that RCCL's Voyager of the Seas will start sailing from GALVESTON in 2007! YIPPEE! :Pinkbounc Not during the summer mos. though. Still, it's only a 5 hour drive from Dallas (much shorter for you!), and if anyone here would ever want to do a 'week after Christmas' or spring break cruise, let me tell you..this would be a blast! It doesn't hold a candle to DCL, but the prices are lower, there are several bars/nightclubs, rock-climbing walls, a huge casino and an even better teen hangout. Grit your teeth too..it's only sailing the Western! :lmao: But still, something to think about for future cruises! :earsgirl:

Priscilla

Sometimes I am lazy and sign my name with just a W. So it kinda carried over to here, I just hit the W key.

Is Voyager of the Seas one of the better RCCL ships?


Willie

[Mickeyhugger]

Is Voyager of the Seas one of the better RCCL ships?
Willie

Oh yes! :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc Until Freedom of the Seas soon sails, it's still amongst their largest ships. Holds over 3100 passengers, and is almost identical to Mariner of the Seas. (Except Mariner has wine bar/lounge.) So much for a kid to do, too. Ice skating, in-line skating, mini-golf and a humongous basketball court. Rachel likes RCCL now better than DCL. :sad1: But we all agreed that the dining room food is just okay, nothing like DCL. The casinos are a lot of fun, as we all know! I enjoyed watching others. (Just give me the .25 five-card-draw slots.)

I'm serious folks. If we ever all wanted to sail together again sooner, or more often, this would be a less expensive way. But of course, still have our 'Magic reunion cruises.' :rotfl2:

I didn't think I'd see a RCCL Voyager class ship come to Galveston so soon!

[DOOGIERUNNER]

Mickeyhugger... you are correct. RCCL's price sure is attractive.

[ICEMANPAD]

We have priced Navigator of the Seas--it is the same as Mariner of the Seas, but sails out of Miami--very close to home. For the same category type and same time period that we like to travel--school vacations, the price wasn't much different than DCL. In a few years--when Mason is older--we may try a RCL ship, but for now we are hooked on the Magic!! :thumbsup2

[Mickeyhugger]

We have priced Navigator of the Seas--it is the same as Mariner of the Seas, but sails out of Miami--very close to home. For the same category type and same time period that we like to travel--school vacations, the price wasn't much different than DCL. In a few years--when Mason is older--we may try a RCL ship, but for now we are hooked on the Magic!! :thumbsup2

I agree. For certain time periods the pricing isn't very much lower than DCL, once you figure in the 10% onboard discount. (Which other cruise lines don't do. If you rebook while onboard RCCL, you only get a 100.00 room credit for a 7-day, and must sail 10 days or more for a 200.00 credit. :rolleyes2 )

Doogie, are you still planning on St. Thomas for spring break 2007?

[Mickeyhugger]

I was just laughing at the thought of the Turkey Day gang on a RCCL ship. :lmao:

You guys who performed on stage at Pirate night and Rockin' Bar D would have to show everybody what real cruise deck parties are like! Their answer to pirate night was 'Caribbean night' which consisted of a band playing a few songs (can't even remember.) 'WHAT? No Y M C A, no Macarena, no chicken dance?' No funny guys wearing the 80's wigs and the Dolly Parton bras?' Rachel finally looked up at me (she'd been 'waiting' for the party to really begin?) and said, this ISN'T a deck party,' to which I said (sadly) we're not on DCL, let's make the best of it. (yeah, right.) :rolleyes:

Wow, here I've been suggesting we sail RCCL and I've probably discouraged everyone. :rotfl: We really did have a great time, though.

[WMILLER86]

I was just laughing at the thought of the Turkey Day gang on a RCCL ship. :lmao:

You guys who performed on stage at Pirate night and Rockin' Bar D would have to show everybody what real cruise deck parties are like! Their answer to pirate night was 'Caribbean night' which consisted of a band playing a few songs (can't even remember.) 'WHAT? No Y M C A, no Macarena, no chicken dance?' No funny guys wearing the 80's wigs and the Dolly Parton bras?' Rachel finally looked up at me (she'd been 'waiting' for the party to really begin?) and said, this ISN'T a deck party,' to which I said (sadly) we're not on DCL, let's make the best of it. (yeah, right.) :rolleyes:

Wow, here I've been suggesting we sail RCCL and I've probably discouraged everyone. :rotfl: We really did have a great time, though.

Pris, you probably had a great time on RCCL due to the fact that you were with family and great friends. That is why the Turkey Day gang is fun to sail with. Good folks.
I have always believed the destination is not as important as the trip to get there.

Willie

P.S.

YALL HAVE A GREAT EASTER HOLIDAY AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

[LAMPSKIES]

Hey all, 80 degrees here today and I got a GREAT one......so, I back the vette out of the garage and put the top down and and get ready to head to the marina and get the oil for the boat......The sun was shining and I had "Willies beach tunes" in the c.d. When I thought.....where is my tanning oil.....yep, found it with CC beach sand still on it......how depressing!!!! 7 more months.........

[DOOGIERUNNER]

Doogie, are you still planning on St. Thomas for spring break 2007?

Yeah, so far, that or a cruise, the week of March 17th... Like Willie said, the company makes all the difference!!! We probably won't make any plans until later this summer but those seem to be the top two choices now.

[DOOGIERUNNER]

When I thought.....where is my tanning oil.....yep, found it with CC beach sand still on it......how depressing!!!! 7 more months.........

Yeah Lamps I had a similar experience. I looked under my sink and Lincoln had been stowing away the little packets of DCL shampoo. I picked one up Sunday and took it in the shower and washed my hair... the smell of DCL shampoo; wishing I was showering in a shower smaller than a tin can after spending the day on CC.

[LAMPSKIES]

How funny Doogie......we actually have a huge zip lock full of DCL shampoo.....Jessica asked to room steward for some extras because of her long hair and he gave her about 50 bottles....so whwn I get me camper out of storage I'll take a shower in there....that will feel like the ship!! LOL

[Mickeyhugger]

Rob, Rachel and I would like to wish everyone here a very Happy Easter. :earsgirl:

I wish, though, that we were attending church services on the Magic, and finishing with Palo brunch. :sunny:

Happy Easter!

Priscilla

[LAMPSKIES]

I Need A Vacation!!!!!!!!!! bad 'nuff Said............

[WMILLER86]

I Need A Vacation!!!!!!!!!! bad 'nuff Said............

I made a reservation at the Paris Las Vegas for Sept 1-4(Labor Day weekend)I am going to take Kelli there for her birthday. It will be a surprise trip, if I can keep the secret! If you can wait that long, why don't you come along and bring Kim?
And this invite goes to all of our DIS buddies!

Can you say Vegas Reunion?

Willie

[LAMPSKIES]

Thanks Willie......Kim and I have only been to Vegas once together once....for a wedding that my girls (all 3) stood up in. Kim goes in May for a "girls weekend" every year. The inlaws are taking the girls to the wisconsin dells area (that side of the family has cottages in briggsville just outside the dells) the first weekend in May. I'm thinking of a vette ride south....tennesse or missouri that weekend.
The inlaws anniversary (40) is next year and they wanted to do a med cruise but Kims sister (her only sibling) is making every excuss in the book and kind of firing Kim up. I told them to make a decision, because I AM doing something for spring break.......St. Thomas sounds GREAT!!! Doogie?!?!?

[WMILLER86]

You know I usually go for a "boys weekend" each year. But I have been 4 or five times without Kelli, and I figure I had better take her next trip!

You and Kim deserve a weekend away!


Bring the Vette to East Texas. I have never rode in one.

Tell John to follow you in the 'Stang. If he can keep up.


W

[LAMPSKIES]

You know I usually go for a "boys weekend" each year. But I have been 4 or five times without Kelli, and I figure I had better take her next trip!

You and Kim deserve a weekend away!


Bring the Vette to East Texas. I have never rode in one.

Tell John to follow you in the 'Stang. If he can keep up.


W

:rotfl2: @ Willie......Maybe I'll give him a hollar, haven't heard from him in a while....I think he is still working in California!

[ICEMANPAD]

Willie-
That is so sweet of you to take Kelli to Vegas for a surprise birthday trip!! :thumbsup2 Chuck and I love the Paris hotel. They have a wonderful buffet restaurant there!! I wish that we could join ya'all in Vegas. Right now the only thing we have planned is a long weekend in New York in June for Chuck's cousin's wedding.


Lisa

[Mickeyhugger]

Willie, that Vegas weekend looks very tempting. I just checked AA's vacation website (expecting the cost to be a small fortune,) and for that holiday weekend, it's HALF of what it's costing us to go to NYC in early August! (We're taking Rachel's friend along, but it's the hotel rate that's killing us.) :scared1:

And Lampy? St Thomas? I think Doogie is leaning towards that one.

Hey guys, not that I'm trying to sway your decision, (yeah right.) I have some younger friends who honeymooned in St. Thomas, and they said as beautiful as it is during the day, the city closes very early and that there's not much to do at night. I guess an all-inclusive package is much better though. (How would honeymooners know very much about there 'outside' surroundings anyway? :rotfl: ) The ideal way to see St. Thomas would be on a cruise, with an overnight dock. Wouldn't that be great?

[WMILLER86]

Lisa and Priscilla, you guys can meet us in Vegas for Kelli's birthday! Lisa is right. The Paris is very nice.

Willie

[Trey]

Thanks Willie......Kim and I have only been to Vegas once together once....for a wedding that my girls (all 3) stood up in. Kim goes in May for a "girls weekend" every year. The inlaws are taking the girls to the wisconsin dells area (that side of the family has cottages in briggsville just outside the dells) the first weekend in May. I'm thinking of a vette ride south....tennesse or missouri that weekend.
The inlaws anniversary (40) is next year and they wanted to do a med cruise but Kims sister (her only sibling) is making every excuss in the book and kind of firing Kim up. I told them to make a decision, because I AM doing something for spring break.......St. Thomas sounds GREAT!!! Doogie?!?!?

Ron,

Be sure to stop in Springfield, MO on your way through to East Texas. . . Unlike Willie, I have not only ridden in a vette, I've driven one (at the ripe age of 16). Zero to "OMG that's fast" in 0.4 seconds. :moped:

You know. . . You both (and the rest of ya) could just meet here. . . go to the "real" Pro Bass (bass pro) store. . . . Silver Dollar City, White Water, Celebration City, more live music performances than you can shake a stick at. . . 4-5 different lakes w/i spitting distance. . .plenty of miller lite for all. . . :crazy:

Later,
Trey

[WMILLER86]

And so! Mr Doogie! Just when was the last time you took Jackie to Vegas? Welllll, thats a might too long!

Trey? Score some points with the resident slave?

[zeke11]

Las Vegas fans!

I'm accompanying my dh who will be conventioning in Vegas in June. We'll be staying at the Paris. It has been 7 years since we've been to Vegas and I know there are probably lots of changes.

Any tips about best buffets, restaurants, etc.?

Fellow Turkey Day Cruiser,
Kris

[Mickeyhugger]

Hey Kris!:wave:

Welcome back to the Turkey Day cruisers thread. (Any chance you'll join us again in 2007?)

I can't advise on deals in Vegas. (I haven't been there since 1987! It HAS been too long.) Neither Rob, nor I, have ever been lucky there when it comes to winning. (Except when I played a slot for my parents, and won $20.00.) I DO love the sounds of those slots and bells!

Priscilla

[DOOGIERUNNER]

And so! Mr Doogie! Just when was the last time you took Jackie to Vegas? Welllll, thats a might too long!

Trey? Score some points with the resident slave?

W, it's been a long time. J,s been a few times w/out me!!!

All, here's a link I found to an all inclusive in St. Thomas... it's about the same price as a cruise. http://www.wyndham.com/hotels/STTSB/main.wnt

Also looking at rentals on: http://www.vrbo.com/

VRBO is one of the reasons I decided to sell (not all) most of my DVC. If I want to exchange, it's more affordable to rent.

[WMILLER86]

Kris,
The Paris buffet is pretty good, but the line to get in can be long. Also try the Bellagio breakfast buffet.

For a fancy dinner out, try the Eiffel Tower restaurant at Paris. I have not dined there, but a good friend has been several times and he says it is the best dining experience in Vegas. The views are supposed to be fantastic.



Willie

[LAMPSKIES]

Willie, my father in law and I sat at the Strarusphere and watched football on Sat. afternoon and drank a few millers....that was pretty nice. We stayed at the Monte Carlo.....Had lunch at the NASCAR cafe with my hillbilly girls, and yes, made it to Cyotee ugly in New York New York!!!

A pic of New York from our room

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y134/lampskies/vegas007.jpg

I do believe this is a pic from "Paris"

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y134/lampskies/vegas148.jpg

[LAMPSKIES]

Trey, Kim I think wants to "roadtrip" to Branson........see you all think have a Corvette is and extravagant thing......just another expence.......do you all know how much money I SAVE every time we take it somewhere.....there is NO possible was she can shop for ANYTHING!!! No room!!!!! :rotfl2:

[favoriteslave]

Just let us know when you will be there, we will meet you for dinner or lunch.

[WMILLER86]

Ron, it looks like the 2nd pic was taken maybe from the Stratosphere. I can see the Sahara right below it.

So, are you bringing Kim to Kelli's birthday party at the Paris?


Willie

[ICEMANPAD]

Kris-If you like seafood, there is a wonderful seafood buffet at the Rio Hotel. It is Chuck's favorite restaurant anywhere. They have crab legs, shrimp, oysters, lobster and much much more. It is a very interesting hotel w/ a Mardi Gras theme. We also like to visit the shops at the forum (Ceasars Palace) and the shops at the Aladdan. I miss Vegas!! We used to go there all the time because my parents had a home there. Unfortunately, after my mom passed away it became too difficult for my dad to maintain. My dad sold the home. As a result, it's been 2 years since we were in Vegas.


Lisa

[LAMPSKIES]

Ron, it looks like the 2nd pic was taken maybe from the Stratosphere. I can see the Sahara right below it.

So, are you bringing Kim to Kelli's birthday party at the Paris?


Willie


you are right Willie.....can't find the paris pics!!

My favorite vegas story...............My DDs and myself were sitting around the pool at the Monte Carlo and I went iside to the brewery to get a beer....I got a bottle of my favorite (miller lite) and I asked "can I bring this outside"? Just meaning the glass bottle by the pool.....and the bar tender told me "sir this is Vegas, you can bring that to church if you like"! That's when I decided I LOVED it there.... :rotfl2:

[WMILLER86]

Anybody heard from TCD?

No posts since 4-10-06 on the Thanksgiving report thread. I sent him a PM and no reply. He must be off of the DIS for a while.

Oh well, if I don't hear from him soon, I will call him and play some sort of joke on him. pirate:

Willie

[DOOGIERUNNER]

Things have slowed down since they closed the best DIS trip report thread!

[Mickeyhugger]

Things have slowed down since they closed the best DIS trip report thread!


But I'm willing to bet this thread will run a close second to the other thread as it moves closer to Thanksgiving 2007. (Hey, look how fast time goes by. We've been posting for 5 months now AFTER the Turkey cruise.)

What are everyone's plans for July 4th? :)

Priscilla

[WMILLER86]

But I'm willing to bet this thread will run a close second to the other thread as it moves closer to Thanksgiving 2007. (Hey, look how fast time goes by. We've been posting for 5 months now AFTER the Turkey cruise.)

What are everyone's plans for July 4th? :)

Priscilla
The Millers will be hanging out for a week at The Beach Club in Gulf Shores. Alabama. It is a great resort for the kids.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid200/pedf58f52955fff4239a9334a37295852/f0534c43.jpg

Erin in the sand at The Beach Club 2004

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid200/p650b4887de75a909b6be8fa9e3424b8e/f0534736.jpg

Skim boarding at the Beach Club


AND... EATING at Lulu's at Gulf Shores. Only Key Lime Pie can get that big of a smile out of me!

LuLu Buffet is Jimmy's sister. Her restaurant is what Margaritaville OUGHT to be! On the BEACH!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid200/pd93eacd0dbbd0a6f4b4d7584a1e04283/f0534ce5.jpg

[ICEMANPAD]

I wish we had plans for July 4th. Unfortunately, with it being on a tuesday this year, we have to work on monday. :confused3 Oh well!! We are looking forward to our long weekend in NYC (June 22-26) for Chuck's cousin's wedding. :sunny: We told Mason that we will be taking him to the Empire State Building and he asked if we can meet King Kong??? Also, I don't know if any of you saw the new Disney movie The Wild. We saw it and now he keeps talking about the woman with the spikey hair a/k/a the Statue of Liberty!! :rotfl2:

[Scorpio1112]

What are everyone's plans for July 4th? :)

Priscilla

Hi All! Hope all is well with each and every one of you!!

We'll be at the Iberostar Tucan in Riviera Maya!!! Not quite Disney but hopefully it'll hold us over until April '07...

a question for the gang (even tho I know unless I fall into some $ I won't be joining y'all turkeys)... I'm pretty set on doing the disney transfers this time but coming in the night before we'll be staying at the Hyatt at the airport... here is the tough one!!! anyone know how we fill up our softsided coolers??? is there a beverage facility anywhere near the airport?? yikes... I know the disney bus won't be stopping for us like our limo did :rotfl2: might be a deal breaker :lmao:

Sherri

[WMILLER86]

Hey Sherri, I have a friend who went to one of the Iberostar resorts on the Riviera Maya and loved it. Kelli and I have been wanting to try one of them. Make sure you let us know how it went with a trip report back here!

Willie

[Scorpio1112]

Make sure you let us know how it went with a trip report back here!


Willie, I certainly will BUT I certainly thought you'd have some insight on the beer dilemma :rotfl2:

Sherri

[WMILLER86]

Willie, I certainly will BUT I certainly thought you'd have some insight on the beer dilemma :rotfl2:

Sherri
Lampy can help you.

W

[LAMPSKIES]

But I'm willing to bet this thread will run a close second to the other thread as it moves closer to Thanksgiving 2007. (Hey, look how fast time goes by. We've been posting for 5 months now AFTER the Turkey cruise.)

What are everyone's plans for July 4th? :)

Priscilla
4th of JULY?? Well, that is our subdivisions holiday.....I starts out with a venician sp? boat parade around the lake on the 3rd then a parade down Lakeshore Drive (my street) on the 4th which usually ends up in a water fight with some of the "boys" on floats. Yes, we usually have about 60 people over for the parade with a few drinks and water fight.....then a cruise to the club house on the golf carts and coolers. There are bands and beer gardens down there......somewhere between then and the fireworks at sundown some bean bags will be tossed, some water skiing and of course a few things on the grill.....RED, WHITE and BLUE jellow shots!!!!

[LAMPSKIES]

Willie, I certainly will BUT I certainly thought you'd have some insight on the beer dilemma :rotfl2:

Sherri

No dilemma.......pack all your beer in a carryon suitcase......put your collapsable cooler in the suit case, when you want it fill it with your beer and ice or.......get a bucket and have "beer boy" aka Willie/Dubya carry it around for you!!! :rotfl2:

[WMILLER86]

No dilemma.......pack all your beer in a carryon suitcase......put your collapsable cooler in the suit case, when you want it fill it with your beer and ice or.......get a bucket and have "beer boy" aka Willie/Dubya carry it around for you!!! :rotfl2:

Some of my fondest memories have begun with, "Hey! beer man!"


W

[ICEMANPAD]

Hey Turkeys--this thread was buried at the end of page 2. We cannot allow that to happen!! :bounce: :bounce: Happy "hump day"!!! :cool1:


Lisa

[zeke11]

You folks are talking 4th of July plans? I just finalized our New Year's plans - LOL! Actually just after New Years....I booked a Western Caribbean on Carnival. I'm so excited because we're getting balcony cabins, something we could not afford on Disney. the balcony cabins have a removeable divider between them, so we'll have one very large balcony.

And we're doing the western because as you all may or may not remember, our Turkey Day Cruise 05 ended up being so modified that none of the western ports were included! So, we'll give it another shot.

As of 4th of July....we'll be in Michigan celebrating at the lake with a weeklong family reunion.

hope all is well with all --
Kris

[KennyK]

Hello everyone,

Just wanted to pop in here and say Hello. We are still in New York, We now own a home in Lakeland, Florida. Still planning on building our Dome home starting end of this year.

Our March Cruise was quiet but met alot of cast members on that cruise.

Hope to move to Florida sometime end of July/August.

Enjoy your upcoming cruises. We are taking a break for awhile until we relocate and change jobs and get settled.


If anyone is going to be down in the Orlando/Disney area between June 7 & 12, we'll be down then unpacking our "POD" which is getting sent down on May 18th.


Love to all :wave: :wave2: :love:

KennyK

[WMILLER86]

HEY Kenny!

That sounds like your dreams are working out just right!


Willie

[DOOGIERUNNER]

Hey gang!

I've been trying to convince my brother to cruise. He called me up last night and said the Indy Racing League is chartering the Wonder on Nov. 2nd. Since he's a sponsor he wanted to know if we would join him as a guest. We checked our schedule and the answer is yes!! It's only a 3 night, but hey I'll take it! He was going to send in his deposit today. :banana:

Willie, I'm down in your neck of the woods now. Visiting my brother in Dallas. Where's the sun??!!!

[WMILLER86]

Doogs, we have been in somewhat of a drought. So Big D is probably glad to have some wet stuff. Looks like several days worth coming here.

That is cool about the Wonder trip.



Willie

[WMILLER86]

bump

Where the heck is TCD and his multiple posts? You new Turkeys had better get with it here! I know it is a long way til 11/2007, but we need to keep this thread going.

Willie

[LAMPSKIES]

I ws thinking the same thing Willie....all the way down the page.....I guess once our 05 thread got stopped some lost interest. Summer is here!!!! 75 yesterday and again today.....My CC tan is BACK!!! :banana:

[Mickeyhugger]

Andrew, where are you?

Believe it or not, I've been on a 'political' message board lately. Well, not even really associated with any party. Rob and Rachel have been showing an interest in skeet shooting. (it's how I stumbled across the message board.) My father is in 'hog heaven.' He won trophies in his younger years. Rob's shot before, (enjoys it) and now Rachel wants to learn. I talk more about hobbies though, on their 'general' forum, as I'm not too articulate when it comes to politics. :confused3

Priscilla

[WMILLER86]

I am putting together another beach music CD. This time it has lots of holiday beach songs.


Willie

[DOOGIERUNNER]

I just sent Andrew and email. We'll see if he show's up. Those lawyers...

[Mickeyhugger]

Rachel also chats with Libby (Andrew's DD, one of the twins) sometimes on IM. I'll ask her to try to get in touch with her and tell her that we miss her dad on the DISboards. I wonder if he knows about this thread? :confused3

[DOOGIERUNNER]

Rachel also chats with Libby (Andrew's DD, one of the twins) sometimes on IM. I'll ask her to try to get in touch with her and tell her that we miss her dad on the DISboards. I wonder if he knows about this thread? :confused3

I spoke w/ him today via email. He's taking a break until his next cruise. I think he felt he was spending too much time on the boards!! :confused3

[WMILLER86]

I spoke w/ him today via email. He's taking a break until his next cruise. I think he felt he was spending too much time on the boards!! :confused3
Andrew is a DIS addict. He can't drop by and post once every now and then, or he will go berserk and begin posting "cut and paste" photoshop pics that besmirch the good name of his sailing compadres! :lmao:
Willie

[Scorpio1112]

Greetings All! Just popped by to talk Spring Break 2008 -- yeah I know :rolleyes: Well I just put a deposit on an RCI out of Jersey for a 5 day Bermunda on Explorer.... just keepin' ya'll up to date :wave2: Hope everyone is well!

Sherri

[DOOGIERUNNER]

Sherri,

2008!! Now that's some planning. Folks think I'm crazy for making plans more than 6 mos out!!

We're not addicted to the Dis Boards... just addicted to great vacations :cool1:

[Buddy Bear]

Sherri,

2008!! Now that's some planning. Folks think I'm crazy for making plans more than 6 mos out!!

We're not addicted to the Dis Boards... just addicted to great vacations :cool1:

Shoot... the 08/19/2006 cruise I booked on 09/28/04 (23 months in advance). Since the Magic will be away over the summer of 2007 we are doing a 4 day Wonder on 08/19/2007 which I just booked a couple of days ago (kind of last minute for me). :rotfl2:

[ICEMANPAD]

I just sent Andrew and email. We'll see if he show's up. Those lawyers...



Hey Doogie---

We resemble that comment!!! :rotfl2:

Chuck and Lisa

[Scorpio1112]

Well... everytime i look at RCI for times when the kiddos are off (and a port w/o airfare) all the suites are booked and if i'm going to go RCI, I'm going with a nice big room and balcony!!! We had a balcony Turkey Cruise but when the four of us got on it it wasn't that cool :sad2:

So... we booked! and yes we are still booked for 4/21 Magic if anyone wants to join in on the fun... :goodvibes

Buddy... are you anywhere near that terminal? If so, how congested an area is it ... (i'm trying to convince my sis to go but she said "I ain't driving up to NYC and all that stress of a ride-- she read it is about 4 miles from NYC)... one of the reasons I selected was because she refuses to fly and I had hoped her and my mom would join us...

so yes I have my next 3 vacations planned... that is kinda boring tho in a way but i drilled the rci folks about transferring, cancelling, etc.. and i can cancel up to 2/08 w/o penalty so.... with only $400 down it aint' no big deal! and if the price goes down (as it does for rci) I can get the savings!

Wishin' i'd be an 07 turkey!

Sherri

P.S. So Doogie you are 100% correcto!! :)

[LAMPSKIES]

Hey Willie, I though you and all the "anglers" here would like this......a neighbor kid caught this on "my lake" last week.....

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y134/lampskies/bigfish.jpg


Here is the link to the story..... http://www.lofs.org/bigfish.htm

[WMILLER86]

It figures that Lampy would live on

"Lake Holiday" :lmao: :rotfl2: :lmao:

[LAMPSKIES]

It figures that Lampy would live on

"Lake Holiday" :lmao: :rotfl2: :lmao:

:rotfl2: I didn't even think about it before Willie!!!! But now I'm going to yuk it up.....

[Mickeyhugger]

A very Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms here! :sunny:

Wish we were all celebrating on the Magic right now. :Pinkbounc

Priscilla

[the5J's]

Hi All
it has been a long time
So ya think you all ARE doin the 07 Turkey cruise?

Been a busy year so far
Personally, i have lost weight, inches, and added muscle
i have about a month left of a "plan" i purchased
A personal trainer is the only way to go!

On a MICKEY Note
DD's and i are going to the Disney World June 4th - 9th
Ya know, Been there, done that....about 21 times, I just can't get enough!
Staying at SSR(short notice, could not get my home, BC)

Then the family will be at HH for July 4th week
So these two trips and i still have some points left
Anyone want to do a couples weekend?
Hope all of your families are doing well

Miss you all :grouphug:
John

[WMILLER86]

Hey John!

Great to hear from y'all!

You know I am always up for a couples weekend. Just pick A time and place. I don't know how our DVC points are this year, though. I think we are banked. I will be taking Kelli to Vegas Labor Day weekend. (This is your invite to join us.)

Tell your girls that Erin still talks about Jessica and Jenna often. She has been bugging the heck out of me to see if you guys are still sailing at Christmas. We are "halfway" paid up. (one stateroom) And working on the second cabin. Erin says that she won't go without either the 5J's or Bailey. (The hard headed little toot. )

Glad to hear you are dropping some lb's. I am back on my low carb. It seems to be all that I can discipline myself to. Congrats on your success.

Stay in touch, buddy.

Willie

[DOOGIERUNNER]

Hey John... Ditto on the sentiments from Wille.

We're going to be @ WDW the same time as you!! We're coming in LATE on the 8th... and planning on hitting AK early on the 9th to ride Everest ALL DAY :cool1: . What time are you heading out on the 9th? We're staying at Saratoga then moving to BWV... then 10 days later off to Atlantis for the week. :banana: Wish w'all could go together!

Bailey is also hard headed, she won't cruise on anything but Disney and only if the rest of the gang goes . I'd like to try RCL just once.

Doog

[the5J's]

Hey Doogie!
You know, when we left the boat last time, or was it the time before. i don't know, after three cruises the only thing different is that the kids are getting taller, older, MOUTH-y-er. But the fun is the same :grouphug: :cheer2: :grouphug:
Anyway i thought we were all going to try to co-ordinate a summer(MIDNIGHT) rendezvous? Willie, we did Gulf Shores- had a great time and great golf, Could of done that. Doogie, you may know, that week WDW is Slow, by summer standards. I would change our plans, but i do not want to compete with the droves of people that will be coming in the weekend of the 10th.

I'll ,make a call and see if we can get one more night at SSR, i will plan now to get a 5 day flex tikxx for the Girls and i, besides that, i think i owe you a BOTTLE OF WINE??!!! One bottle- B/C i will have to drive home saturday...unless you get in early enough on thursday to have our first bottle!
So guys, Julia has a trade show in Chicago in July. But we were talking last night doing a "Museum Trip" in Chicago sometime this summer.

I have found, that if we talk about side trips- November 2007 will come faster!
John

[Mickeyhugger]

Hey Lampy (and all other Turkey Day '05 cruisers..) has anyone seen this?

70,000 Beer Cans Found in Ogden Townhouse
May 17th, 2006 @ 9:38pm

John Hollenhorst reporting

A seemingly unbelievable mess discovered last year in an Ogden townhouse has suddenly become an Internet legend.

It's all TRUE!


You know how some people, after they use something, just can't bear to throw it away. That might make sense if it's magazines or clothes. But what if it's empty beer cans? In astounding numbers?

When property manager Ryan Froerer got a call from a realtor last year to check on a townhouse, he knew something was up.

Ryan Froerer, Century 21: "Said it was the sickest thing he's ever seen. Just unimaginable that someone could live in that."

He couldn't even open the front door. It was blocked from inside.


Ryan Froerer, Century 21: "There was beer cans I would say probably this high up on the door."

The realtor had forewarned him about the smell.

Ryan Froerer, Century 21: "He poked his head in, the smell was so awful he couldn't go in. "

At the back door, Froerer was astounded by what he saw in the kitchen.

Ryan Froerer, Century 21: "As we approached the door, there were beer boxes, all the way up to the ceiling."

Inside, he took just a few snapshots to document the scene. Beer cans by the tens of thousands. Mountains of cans burying the furniture. The water and heat were shut off, apparently on purpose by the tenant, who evidently drank Coors Light beer exclusively for the eight years he lived there.


Ryan Froerer, Century 21: "It's just unbelievable that a human being could live like that. "

To all outward appearances, the person who lived in the townhouse was the perfect tenant. He always paid on time and he never complained. He kept a low profile in the neighborhood.

Kirk Martin, Letter Carrier: : "Yeah I never delivered any mail there at all. I thought the apartment was vacant."

The cans were recycled for 800 dollars, an estimated 70,000 cans: 24 beers a day for 8 years.

Froerer e-mailed his photos to a couple of friends, who sent them to friends. Now he's getting calls from faraway places


Ryan Froerer, Century 21: "It's amazing how the internet can have the effect and get around. I'm sure it's been around the world. "

The townhouse was cleaned up last year and it's just fine today.

The man who lived there seems to be back on his feet. We spoke to him today and he says he's completely stopped drinking. He was welcomed back to his old job a few months ago, and his co-workers speak highly of him.
************************************************** ******
I knew it couldn't be Lampy, as this guy drank Coors! :rotfl2: But also, you're too much of a family man!

[WMILLER86]

No way that could be Lampy. Not near enough cans there.

He would never ruin his rep with such a pitiful per day number as 24.


W

[DOOGIERUNNER]

Hey John,

I would be great if you could add another day. Let me know. Only thing, we won't be at SSR until 10:30pm or so on Thurs, then we want to head over to AK on Friday at opening so we can ride Everest a few times. Saturday my brother is coming in with his kids so we'll be moving to BWV then.

Doug

[the5J's]

Doug
No Problem
You have to remember
I am(and Family) a professional WDW Park experts
It has taken years of trips ( 5 of our trips have been ten days each)to develope such a strategic plan. :woohoo:
If you want to "hang" with us, you'll need to bring oxygen!
We will leave Saturday morning, Are you doing flex tixx?
Call or email this week, and you know we can do a conference call and bug someone else!

Willie- Julia was looking up rooms the other day
Email or call so we can figure out what to do, i have free flights for the two of us. We want to go only if we can see enough shows :cheer2:

Then after these trips we will be a few months closer to Nov 2007!
John

[ICEMANPAD]

John-

We will be at WDW from June 1-June 4...staying at SSR (our home resort). It is our first time using our DVC points that we purchased on board the Magic. Mason has a few days b/w the end of school and the beginning of camp. To us that means just enough time for a short trip to WDW!! :thumbsup2 When are ya'all getting in on the 4th?


Lisa

[DOOGIERUNNER]

John,

PM me your email address and phone. Is it the whole gang or just you and the girls? We're definately interested in hooking up on Friday. Save AK for your last day!!! What do you mean by flex tics? We have APs.

We don't need oxygen, we move light, fast and agile :moped: and don't wait in lines longer than 20min. Bailey is excited to see Jen & Jessica.

I'd love to do labor day also with Willie.. but jury is still out. We're taking a quckie Wonder cruise in November.

Doug

[the5J's]

HI LISA!
i hope to get in at around noon
I will leave Cincinnati around noon on Saturday
spend the night in Gainsville
Be fresh on the 4th

Doug
Flex is Park Hopper(whats in a name?)
We typ do AK in the morning to early afternoon then another park in the evening. Since we have been there so much. We only ride/see the stuff that we like and do not waist time on other stuff, However, since it is only me and the girls we may do some of the things we have not done in a while like MICKEY TOONTOWN!

We ALWAYS go to MK and straight to "IT'S A SMALL WORLD", First.
It is my rule and the family Knows it, and you know what?- they don't complain

See ya!
John

[DOOGIERUNNER]

Doug

We typ do AK in the morning to early afternoon then another park in the evening. Since we have been there so much. We only ride/see the stuff that we like and do not waist time on other stuff,

See ya!
John

Ditto on the quote above. We almost never hang around in the park in the mid afternoon in the summers. Up until T-day 04, 3 of our trips were tied in with a Magic cruise. One year we did cruise, 10 days at WDW and 4 at Vero.

I think it's going to be crowded the week after we leave this year... they aren't offering any AP discounts on lodging and MK hours are until midnight.

Would you be up for hitting AK early Friday, head somewhere to grab some lunch, some pool time, then head somewhere else in the evening?

[ICEMANPAD]

John-

Are ya'all planning on visiting any parks on the 4th? We have 12pm reservations at the CP restaurant in MK. Mason and I are big fans of Pooh and friends. It's the one character meal that Chuck will agree to go to!! :cool1: :thumbsup2


Lisa

[the5J's]

John-

Are ya'all planning on visiting any parks on the 4th? We have 12pm reservations at the CP restaurant in MK. Mason and I are big fans of Pooh and friends. It's the one character meal that Chuck will agree to go to!! :cool1: :thumbsup2


Lisa


Hey Lisa!!! :wave2:

It's Julia, here :yay:

John is in NY now for a seminar. When John gets back home, I tell him the message. You mentioned CP...uh, what's that stand for?...to lazy to figure it out. :guilty:

Anyway, are all of you doing okay? Hope everything is well. My DS (17) and I will be home while John takes the girls with him to WDW. I have enough of that right now and Jeff is not too excited to go anyway...now that he's seventeen. We will probably do some little road trips, haven't decided yet.

I miss the cruise trip very much....and all the people we hung around with...that's so much fun...one week on a cruise is not enough!!!!

I can't wait to vacation down in Hilton Head...we have a few days at the DW resort and another few days at a rental house...during 4th of July week.

We will try to keep in touch...

Hope to see you all soon,

Julia ::MinnieMo

[ICEMANPAD]

Julia-

Hi!! It's great to hear from you!! We miss ya'all! Are you sure you don't want to join John at WDW for a few days?? Hilton Head sounds great, though!! :sunny:

We miss being on the Magic and the great people we have met!! Are you still going on the 10 day cruise this december? We are still trying to get the time off at work--it's been difficult. :badpc:

CP= Crystal Palace. It's a Winnie the Pooh and friends buffet restaurant at the very end of main street in WDW--near Adventureland.

Take Care!!

Lisa

[the5J's]

Lisa~

John wanted to spend time with the girls since they are still excited about the WDW park. :woohoo: It won't be long before they decide they feel they are too old to go.

We did signed up for the 10 day Christmas cruise, but then we dropped out. It's too risky right now that we have expenses to pay...too many things are popping up at the same time. We are in the process of replacing our air conditioner and furnace...ugh :crazy: Maybe we will do '07 Thanksgiving...but the problem is I would like to go Eastern...have not been there yet.

Julia :thumbsup2

[WMILLER86]

John/Doogs/and all

Here is what I have booked for the Vegas weekend. Like I said before, I am not telling Kelli about this til the last possible minute. It is a surprise trip for her birthday. To have friends meet us there would only make the surprise better.

Arriving Vegas at 10:30 Friday night, Sept 1

(Staying at Caesars Palace, it is a resort destination by itself)

Sat morn- Spa reservation for Kelli, walk the strip, hang by the pool

Sat Night- see a show (Celine, Cirque, Barry Manilow, not sure yet)

Sun- hang by pool -And Kelli is a Star Trek fan, so we may do the Star Trek Experience at the Hilton.

Sun night- see another show, or have dinner somewhere nice, or do BOTH


Mon- fly out Monday morning Sept 4th

As you guys know, I need to make up some brownie points for missing "Romantic Turndown" on the Magic. (two years in a row) :blush: oops.

This is my tenative schedule, but, I am open for suggestions for fun things to see in Vegas.

I hope you join us!


Willie

[LAMPSKIES]

Hey Doogie!
You know, when we left the boat last time, or was it the time before. i don't know, after three cruises the only thing different is that the kids are getting taller, older, MOUTH-y-er. But the fun is the same :grouphug: :cheer2: :grouphug:
Anyway i thought we were all going to try to co-ordinate a summer(MIDNIGHT) rendezvous? Willie, we did Gulf Shores- had a great time and great golf, Could of done that. Doogie, you may know, that week WDW is Slow, by summer standards. I would change our plans, but i do not want to compete with the droves of people that will be coming in the weekend of the 10th.

I'll ,make a call and see if we can get one more night at SSR, i will plan now to get a 5 day flex tikxx for the Girls and i, besides that, i think i owe you a BOTTLE OF WINE??!!! One bottle- B/C i will have to drive home saturday...unless you get in early enough on thursday to have our first bottle!
So guys, Julia has a trade show in Chicago in July. But we were talking last night doing a "Museum Trip" in Chicago sometime this summer.

I have found, that if we talk about side trips- November 2007 will come faster!
John


Hey John and Julia.....when R U going to be in Chicago?? downtown is only about a 1 hour ride from us! We are planning a week in Southern Indiana boating the week before the 4th and I think Kim is planning a ride to 6 flags Kentucky sometime in July....

[LAMPSKIES]

Lisa~

John wanted to spend time with the girls since they are still excited about the WDW park. :woohoo: It won't be long before they decide they feel they are too old to go.

We did signed up for the 10 day Christmas cruise, but then we dropped out. It's too risky right now that we have expenses to pay...too many things are popping up at the same time. We are in the process of replacing our air conditioner and furnace...ugh :crazy: Maybe we will do '07 Thanksgiving...but the problem is I would like to go Eastern...have not been there yet.

Julia :thumbsup2

Looks like we've switched to the Eastern the week after Thanksgiving this year!! The girls have tests....we think......It's also half the price of last years Turkeyday.....

And Willie, Kim actually said she'd love to go....look like our "rental" is going to sell :banana: NO MORE "Landlording" for me!!

[Mickeyhugger]

As you guys know, I need to make up some brownie points for missing "Romantic Turndown" on the Magic. (two years in a row) :blush: oops.
Willie

Oh yes. I remember now. It seems there were more of us who also had problems(?) with the romantic turndown? Ours was that the rose petals in the bathtub and the romantic 'swans' didn't appear until the night AFTER we dined at Palo.

I'm envious reading about some of you possibly getting together before the next Turkey Day cruise. After our NYC trip in August, Rob won't be able to take much time off to make until Thanksgiving and Christmas, and even then, not long enough for a cruise (which is what we'd love to do again.)

Julia, we like the eastern itinerary better than the western, but if given a choice, I'd sail the western REPEATEDLY with the Turkey Gang :crazy: before I'd sail the eastern. I'll bet others here who've done the eastern will agree. But of course, I'm not trying to sway your decision. :rolleyes1 (Hey, maybe we can be next-door neighbors again!)

Priscilla

[WMILLER86]

Doogie, and John,

tell me again the dates and where you guys will be at WDW in June? I have been asked by Hayley, Erin, and Kaila to take them to WDW somewhere in that time period.

Erin has a basketball tourney in Lubbock June 6-9, but she may not be able to play. She has a foot injury.

I may be driving down, if I can get a room somewhere on DVC points. We already have park passes.

Willie

[the5J's]

Ron
I have a trade show June 12th -14th at the Merchandise Mart. I was going to go early in the morning and then drive back that evening. If you are available, i could drive up spend the night close by or on my return spend the night(i have a feeling i would be slow to get up in the morning after a visit with YOU! :crazy: )

and Julia -July 17th -22nd She would be there all week as she will be in a Booth for her PAINT show, I was thinking on visiting with kids???? See some of the musuems

John

[Scorpio1112]

Greetings All!

Previously I had posted my Spring Break '08 plans involving Bayonne and Bermuda... well forget all that... I was looking at Orthodox Easter :confused3 anyway had to start over and Easter '08 is REALLY early - March 23rd. So... nothing going on up here so back to Florida to start the journey..

I picked RCI Radiance of the Seas for an 8 day eastern:

Date Port Arrive Depart Activity


15-Mar Fort Lauderdale, Florida 5:00 PM Boarding


16-Mar Cruising Cruising


17-Mar San Juan, Puerto Rico 2:00 PM 8:00 PM Docked


18-Mar Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas 7:00 AM 6:00 PM Docked


19-Mar St. Johns, Antigua 8:00 AM 5:00 PM Docked


20-Mar Philipsburg, St. Maarten 7:00 AM 4:00 PM Docked


21-Mar Cruising Cruising


22-Mar Nassau, Bahamas 1:00 PM 6:00 PM Docked


23-Mar Fort Lauderdale, Florida 7:00 AM Departure


Anyone have anything to share about the Radiance or these ports? I am a bit disappointed to be giving up the Explorer of the Seas and the flightless trip but I'm sure it'll be fine!

Hope everyone is doing fine!

Sherri :wave:

[WMILLER86]

We just got our school schedule for 2006-2007. The dates are different for Christmas Holiday this year. The 10 Day Holiday is 12/16/2006 til the 26th.
DD's will have school on Monday-Wed the 18thto 20th. With Hayley maybe having exams those days. She is usually exempt from exams because she has an "A" average and good attendance. But there is no guarantee.

So, the ten day is looking kinda shaky for us. Kelli and the girls were really wanting that cruise more than me.


W

[Mickeyhugger]

We just got our school schedule for 2006-2007. The dates are different for Christmas Holiday this year. The 10 Day Holiday is 12/16/2006 til the 26th.
DD's will have school on Monday-Wed the 18thto 20th. With Hayley maybe having exams those days. She is usually exempt from exams because she has an "A" average and good attendance. But there is no guarantee.

So, the ten day is looking kinda shaky for us. Kelli and the girls were really wanting that cruise more than me.
W

Seems as if most Turkey Day cruisers who originally booked that cruise are having to cancel. :guilty: Just more reason for everyone to book Thanksgiving 2007! :teeth: Now, what are everyone's plans for spring break 2007? We still have a deposit for the eastern on the Magic! I'll have to check the dates again. As much as I went on and on about RCCL, I'd still prefer to sail DCL again, TWICE in one year! Don't know if Rob and Rachel would go for it though. RCCL is quickly becoming a fading memory for me. Why don't we all come up with another trip idea of some sort between now and November 2007? (Even though most of us are already committed to other plans for this summer.) What about NEXT summer, LOL!

[Scorpio1112]

Not quite doing Spring Break... to much $$$ But doing April 21st 07 Western Magic!!! Finally will get to do the real Western (hopefully)!!! :thumbsup2

Sherri

[the5J's]

Hi DIS'ers
Julia and My 21st WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Today!
So much for my diet!
We have been on a perpetual date for the last few days!
See ya!
John

[ICEMANPAD]

Julia and John-

Happy Anniversary!! :thumbsup2 :love: Enjoy!! :love:

Lisa and Chuck

[Disneyfan37]

Happy Anniversary Julia and John! :yay:

I just finished transferring our cruise from this Thanksgiving to next year's. Charlie got lay-off a month ago.His job as everyone else's was turned over to the county.13 years he was there.Our great FL governor has caused this in many counties around FL.The good thing about this is that you all will be there next Thanksgiving.

Lets keep this thread alive my friends. :Pinkbounc

Maria

[Mickeyhugger]

Hi Maria! So good to hear from you. :Pinkbounc

After reading the the posts on this thread (which, by the way, I don't think we'll have ANY problems in the least, keeping it alive) it looks as if 2006 is not a good year for most of the Turkey Day gang.

I'm sorry to read about Charlie's lay-off. If it's any consolation, Rob and I have been down that road many times. He and I 'took turns' working for companies which kept downsizing or closing altogether. As a result, we went for 8 years without vacationing anywhere.

I'll keep you and Charlie in my prayers. :) If anything good has come from this, it's for the Turkey Day gang in that you will be together with us NEXT Thanksgiving. Hang in there.

Priscilla

[Disneyfan37]

Hi Maria! So good to hear from you. :Pinkbounc

After reading the the posts on this thread (which, by the way, I don't think we'll have ANY problems in the least, keeping it alive) it looks as if 2006 is not a good year for most of the Turkey Day gang.

I'm sorry to read about Charlie's lay-off. If it's any consolation, Rob and I have been down that road many times. He and I 'took turns' working for companies which kept downsizing or closing altogether. As a result, we went for 8 years without vacationing anywhere.

I'll keep you and Charlie in my prayers. :) If anything good has come from this, it's for the Turkey Day gang in that you will be together with us NEXT Thanksgiving. Hang in there.

Priscilla

Thanks Priscilla!It is good to hear that we aren't alone.I did the hardest part today which was cancelling this year's cruise.I agree 2006 hasn't been a great year for us turkeys.2007 will be a better year for all of us.We could surely use some prayers.Thank you!

Maria

[WMILLER86]

Hey Maria,

Sorry to hear about Charlies job. I had my share of lost jobs. I am too hard headed to work for someone else, so I started my own business.

Charlie is such a good guy that I am sure he will bounce back.



We are very close to cancelling the 10 Day Holiday due to our school changed holiday dates. Now Hayley will have exams.

I may not be able to wait til Thanksgiving 2007. I wanted to sail next summer, but the Magic will be overseas giving tourist dollars to the Europeans. :sad2:

I have been looking at going to the "DARK SIDE" and maybe doing RCCL Adventure of the Seas 7 day Eastern out of San Juan Puerto Rico. It is a huge ship and the price is good. Hits 6 ports, plus San Juan. Two adults in a balcony is $2904. total.
Doogie is eyeing it also. Take a look folks, at RCCL Adventure of the Seas sailing July 4th week departs on July 1.

We would have to start a new cruise thread on CC boards!


Willie

[ICEMANPAD]

Maria-

We are sorry to hear about Charlie's job. You and Charlie are wonderful people and deserve good luck!! :wizard:


Willie-

We may have to cancel the 10 day cruise as well. Since Chuck and I work at the same office it doesn't look like we will be able to get that much time off together, but we are still hoping. :sunny:


We just returned last night from Busch Gardens. It was Mason's first time there. We had a great time!! Mason was tall enough for 1 of the roller coasters w/ a 360 loop--he rode hands up in the first row!! :thumbsup2
Lampskie and Willie would love Busch Gardens--free beer!! However, no Miller Light--sorry!!

We are now home and at work for a few days and then we will be at WDW!! :cool1:


Lisa

[Mickeyhugger]

I have been looking at going to the "DARK SIDE" and maybe doing RCCL Adventure of the Seas 7 day Eastern out of San Juan Puerto Rico. It is a huge ship and the price is good. Hits 6 ports, plus San Juan. Two adults in a balcony is $2904. total.
Doogie is eyeing it also. Take a look folks, at RCCL Adventure of the Seas sailing July 4th week departs on July 1.

We would have to start a new cruise thread on CC boards!


Willie

Willie, you and Doogie DEFINITELY keep us posted! :Pinkbounc I don't know if we're going to sail next spring break (might just relax at home for a change) but we'll have our bags packed and waiting at the door if any of you Turkies commit to a date. I originally was apprehensive about cruising during summertime because of hurricanes, but realized it's the westerns which are usually hit. That would be great! How receptive would RCCL be to DISer families telling other cruisers "you should sail DCL. Their pirate night is incredible. Their Palo brunch is in a category all by itself, etc" LOL! Okay, maybe we wouldn't go that far (out loud anyway) but we can proudly wear our Castaway Cay shirts and DCL lanyards. :yay:

Priscilla

[WMILLER86]

Lampskie and Willie would love Busch Gardens--free beer!! However, no Miller Light--sorry!!
Lisa


HMMMMM. May have to check this place out next trip down! :Pinkbounc :yay: :banana: :bounce: :bounce: :woohoo:

[Disneyfan37]

Willie and Lisa your words mean a whole lot.I will print these out,and give them to Charlie.It will cheer him up.Thank you!!Willie,I fully understand what you mean about not havng a boss.I love being my own boss.Hopefully,things will start looking up soon.Charlie's old boss called today,and she hasn't found anything either.She is like I was hoping to hear some good news.I told her not yet.

Willie-Eastern Cruise sounds good right about now.I love San Juan and the Eastern Itinerary.It so beautiful.If you decide to go,you must take tons of photos and post them.Yes,you will have to go to Busch Gardens-Free Beer!It is surely worth the ride if you like roller coasters as they have quite a few there.

Lisa-I hope you,Chuck and Mason get to go on the 10 day cruise.I know it must be really hard working in the same office as far as time off goes.It sounds like Mason had a great time at Busch Gardens.Charlie's favorite place besides Disney.He love the Montu.I haven't dared to ride it.

Maria

[the5J's]

Hey, Maria and Charlie!!!!!!!

Hey, I missed you guys. :Pinkbounc

I'm sorry to hear about Charlie's job. I hate to hear things like that...it's not fair. We are so ready as always to go cruising...but we have to see about dates and of course the $$$$. Wille, I like to see about RCCL...it's cheaper but I hear it's pretty good. I think my nephew just went on RCCL during Easter and he loved it. He went to the Eastern Carribean.

John and I are trying to get the new business going and hopefully we can plan a cruise next year.

Let's see....um, LAMPY!!!! You said, you and/or Kim are going to KY in July...maybe you guys like to stop by for a visit...let us know.

Gotta go, run kids to places.

Julia :thumbsup2

[Disneyfan37]

Hey, Maria and Charlie!!!!!!!

Hey, I missed you guys. :Pinkbounc

I'm sorry to hear about Charlie's job. I hate to hear things like that...it's not fair. We are so ready as always to go cruising...but we have to see about dates and of course the $$$$. Wille, I like to see about RCCL...it's cheaper but I hear it's pretty good. I think my nephew just went on RCCL during Easter and he loved it. He went to the Eastern Carribean.

John and I are trying to get the new business going and hopefully we can plan a cruise next year.

Let's see....um, LAMPY!!!! You said, you and/or Kim are going to KY in July...maybe you guys like to stop by for a visit...let us know.

Gotta go, run kids to places.

Julia :thumbsup2

We miss you all as well as the others.We need to cruise again together.Thanks Julia for your kind words!No,it isn't fair.Some of his excoworkers called today to see how he was,and if he had any luck.They haven't found anything either.Time shall tell!Congrats on starting a new business.I am sure it will go well.Keep us posted.

When I talked the cm this weekend about Thanksgiving 2007,they informed me that it would be going to Key West which I finally hard to belief as they usually don't do some of boat race there.Have you all heard anything about that?THanks!

Maria

[the5J's]

What??!! :furious: They are not going to do the Castaway twice during Thanksgiving 07? Maria, did they mentioned that Key West will not have their boat race anymore or just that time? John and I would really like to go Eastern, only because we have not been there so we have a lot of thinking to do and save money. :rolleyes2

Mickeyhugger: I haven't talked to you in awhile...what's up?! :) Are you planning on going to any Disney Adventures...cruises, WDW, etc? I have not been reading the beginning of this thread...so I haven't been able to know what's happening to everyone. How is everyone in your family?

Gotta go....need to go outside to do more yard work. John has a great excuse for not joining with me....he is HIGHLY allergic to poison ivy...ssoooo, I get my work out doing yard work.

See ya all later.

Julia princess:

[WMILLER86]

I am booked on the RCCL Adventure of the Seas for July 1-8 of 2007, and Doogie is THIS close!

The ports look awesome.

Could use some more Turkeys.

I started a "meet and greet" thread on Cruise Critic boards.


Willie

[Disneyfan37]

What??!! :furious: They are not going to do the Castaway twice during Thanksgiving 07? Maria, did they mentioned that Key West will not have their boat race anymore or just that time? John and I would really like to go Eastern, only because we have not been there so we have a lot of thinking to do and save money. :rolleyes2

Mickeyhugger: I haven't talked to you in awhile...what's up?! :) Are you planning on going to any Disney Adventures...cruises, WDW, etc? I have not been reading the beginning of this thread...so I haven't been able to know what's happening to everyone. How is everyone in your family?

Gotta go....need to go outside to do more yard work. John has a great excuse for not joining with me....he is HIGHLY allergic to poison ivy...ssoooo, I get my work out doing yard work.

See ya all later.

Julia princess:

Julia-I questioned the CM twice,and both times they insisted on it being Key West instead of CC.I find it hard to belief,so I was wondering if you all had heard anything else about that.Charlie and I loved the Eastern itinerary on the Disney Magic.It was great.We haven't gotten to do the Western per say as you know the only port we hit was Costa Maya,but form the looks of it I would say the Eastern is my favorite.I am allergic to poison ivy too as well as many other plants.Charlie gets to do the outdoors as I can't as far as that goes.That is definitely a workout.

Willie-That is great!I can't wait to hear what you have to say about RCCL.That may convince Charlie to try it.What ports does it go to?I need a cruise right about now!I need to get away form all of this! :sad2:

Maria

[Mickeyhugger]

Julia, Hi! :wave: I was thinking of you just the other day, (wishing you lived closer) as I'm tired of the boring, 'off-white' walls in some of our rooms of our house. :sad2: I remembered your beautiful faux-finishes! Unfortunately, we don't have any Disney trips scheduled anytime soon. We used to take Rachel out of school to visit WDW off-season (rates at GF and Polynesian were same as 'moderate' resorts at peak season!) but she'll be in sixth-grade this year, and I know it'll be tough to make-up what she missed in class.

Willie, I'm going to visit the Cruise Critic 'meets' thread. :) Is your USER ID the same? BTW, we're 'Disneycruisers.' Does booking this cruise mean you won't be going Thanksgiving 2007? I'm curious, because the school calendar is drastically changing August 2007, and I don't think we'll have the entire Thanksgiving week anymore. I think it's all of Texas, but I'm not positive. :confused3 I will admit, I'm more eager to sail with all of you Turkies again than I am about the Western itinerary, LOL! Rachel felt 'cheated' that she didn't have 'cornbread dressing and sweet potatoes' Thanksgiving Day (I promised her a 'traditonial' Thanksgiving dinner before we sail this time!) Rob could've cared less, he LOVED the lobster!

Calling all turkies..let's go check out the cruise critic thread! :yay:

[favoriteslave]

Pricilla

Where is the board on cruise critic? I looked under rhapsody of the seas and I couldn't find it. We will talk about going. That would be on my birthday (rather than DH or DS's) So that would be a nice for me. :)

[Mickeyhugger]

Hi Tonya! :wave:

I've tried to provide a link to no avail. :confused3

First, go to www.rccl.com

Then (under 'quick vacation search') select dates (July 2007,) departure port (San Juan,) itinerary (Caribbean) and ship (Adventure of the Seas.) Be sure you select 01 July as there are two completely different itinerarires for Southern Caribbean. This one has only one day at sea.

This would be great if we can get the whole bunch of us to sail! :Pinkbounc We'll show RCCL how a group of cruisers REALLY have fun! (What will we call ourselves now? Firecrackers? :rotfl2: )

[Mickeyhugger]

Am I taking a risk by providing this link? :eek:
http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?p=6778166&posted=1#post6778166

[WMILLER86]

Pris,

Technically, I am booked for two cabins on the Thanksgiving sailing 2007. When I cancelled my 10 day, I just changed the date to that sailing, so I could keep my onboard cabin credit, and get 10% off my next 7 day DCL cruise. But I don't know if I will actually be sailing Turkey Day or not, since I am booked on the AOS July 1, 2007.
I may end up picking anothe DCL cruise for 2008. It would most likely be Thanksgiving that year. Or, maybe a summer cruise.
But I get to keep my discounts I got for rebooking onboard.


Willie

[LAMPSKIES]

O.K., O.K. I am still alive!!!!!! Got a call from Willie and he filled me in on the RCCL thing......we ARE still booked on the Eastern after Thanksgiving this year and the in-laws still want to sail in the spring of 07 for their anniversary....Hope all is good!

[Disneyfan37]

O.K., O.K. I am still alive!!!!!! Got a call from Willie and he filled me in on the RCCL thing......we ARE still booked on the Eastern after Thanksgiving this year and the in-laws still want to sail in the spring of 07 for their anniversary....Hope all is good!

We were wondering what had happen to Lampy?Good to see you.That RCCL cruise sounds mighty good.DCL Eastern cruise sounds great right about now.

Maria

[the5J's]

SIZE=5]HELLO MY NEIGHBOR, TAYLOR!!!![/SIZE] :wave:

How have you been?!! I so miss everyone and how much we had fun...(consider we had to deal with our son). How's your family? I am finally getting on this discussion forum to keep in touch and boy do I need to stay in touch...everybody is going to places :cool1: such as Turkey week, RCCL trip, etc. Let me know what you guys are planning(you are doing a week after Turkey, right?)...hopefully we can be there :yay:

John is now in Florida to DWD with our DD's and will be meeting with Iceman and Doogie! I'm here at home with my seventeen year old and so far it's good... :woohoo:

Hey, WILLIE...John wanted me to tell you that he misses you and your family...and it's a shame you will not be able to see him at WDW.

DisneyFan...you and I both need to get away from what ever it's stressing us out...hopefully we can in the near future see everyone on a trip...any trip would be fine with me as long as I can leave my DS at home.

Mickeyhugger....Say, let me know if you need help how to do faux :artist: painting...or I can come down. I know what you mean about how hard is to plan a trip when there's kids invovled and school and activities. I hope someday we can see everyone again. I so wish I could win a lottery and everybody can go on a cruise together...wouldn't that be great!!!! :yay:

[ICEMANPAD]

Hi everyone!! We just returned from our long weekend at WDW!! :sunny: This afternoon, we met John, Jenna and Jessica for lunch and spoke to Julia on the telephone (4 of the 5 Js) :thumbsup2 It was great to see John and the girls!! We missed seeing you, Julia!!


Later this week John and the girls will be spending a day w/ Doogie and his family and then Doogie will be seeing Willie, from what we heard :thumbsup2

The Turkeys live on!! :sunny:


Chuck and Lisa

[the5J's]

Hi everyone!! We just returned from our long weekend at WDW!! :sunny: This afternoon, we met John, Jenna and Jessica for lunch and spoke to Julia on the telephone (4 of the 5 Js) :thumbsup2 It was great to see John and the girls!! We missed seeing you, Julia!!


Later this week John and the girls will be spending a day w/ Doogie and his family and then Doogie will be seeing Willie, from what we heard :thumbsup2

The Turkeys live on!! :sunny:


Chuck and Lisa


It felt weird that Jeff and I were not there with John and my DD's, but John wanted to spend time with the girls... :confused3 John just can't make up his mind...hmmm? Anyway, it was great hearing from you, Lisa and I hope we meet for a longer visit. Oh BTW, I didn't think you would find John...25 pounds lighter...I just hope he doesn't eat a lot of those Mickey bars. :teeth:

Well, I'm off to start my day again with mulching the yard, ugh...it takes forever...don't ever buy house on corner lot. :sad2:

Later,

Julia princess:

[Mickeyhugger]

Update here..

We now have three Turkey Day families confirmed on the (ahem, cough) RCCL AOS sailing (July 1, 2007.) For those of you who haven't checked it out, it departs San Juan, and sails to Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Maarten and St. Thomas. There is only one day at sea, and the ship docks at ALL ports, no tendering!

Like Willie, we're keeping our Thanksgiving 2007 booking to not lose the 10% discount (so we may rebook a later DCL date.) I know Thanksgiving might be a problem for some, (don't think we'll have the whole week anymore) but figured most would have more flexibility in the summer.

Hey Lampy, how receptive would your in-laws be to celebrating their anniversary just a couple of months later on another cruise line? Not that we're trying to influence your decision :rolleyes1 .

[WMILLER86]

SIZE=5]HELLO MY NEIGHBOR, TAYLOR!!!![/SIZE] :wave:


Hey, WILLIE...John wanted me to tell you that he misses you and your family...and it's a shame you will not be able to see him at WDW.

:yay:

Yes, we talk about our DIS buddies often here!

W

[ICEMANPAD]

Julia-

Chuck and I both commented that John's weight loss was great!! :thumbsup2


Priscilla and Willie-

We checked out the RCL web site, but for us it gets too costly to fly to San Juan when there are so many RCL ships that set sail from Florida. Also, for us Thanksgiving is actually a better time to get away than in the summer--it's the only time of the year that our office is closed 2 days in a row. Sorry--we won't be able to join you next summer. :guilty:


Lisa and Chuck

[Mickeyhugger]

Lisa and Chuck, if we lived in sunny Florida :beach: (I'd be very happy :teeth: .)

No, seriously, I couldn't fathom paying airfare if I had all of the major cruise lines in my own backyard.

And we'll all still sail DCL again. There's no way I'm canceling our Thanksgiving 2007 until the last possible moment. (I canceled our Thanksgiving 2005 booking in late February, said good-bye to everyone on the thread, and, in April, ended up rebooking to the tune of 1200.00 more at the new rate!)

Who else out there is going to join us on RCCL?

[WMILLER86]

Julia-

Chuck and I both commented that John's weight loss was great!! :thumbsup2


Priscilla and Willie-

We checked out the RCL web site, but for us it gets too costly to fly to San Juan when there are so many RCL ships that set sail from Florida. Also, for us Thanksgiving is actually a better time to get away than in the summer--it's the only time of the year that our office is closed 2 days in a row. Sorry--we won't be able to join you next summer. :guilty:


Lisa and Chuck

Don't worry Lisa! One day the Turkeys will reunite at Thanksgiving and rock the ship again! that is why we all keep our bookings, so we can sail DCL again. It is the best! I just don't know if ours will be 2007, or 2008.
Kelli is set on seeing the Eastern Ports.
Me, I don't care about where I go, as long as it is hot, sandy, and has clear water! Oh yes, and the company I sail with is very important. But ports? Who cares? They are all good to me. I feel blessed beyond belief just to be able to sail now and again! As a boy, I never dreamed I would have the chance to see the beautiful places I have seen.

On a recent thread on the main board they were asking what was your favorite thing about your Disney Cruise(s). My reply was the DIS friends that I have met on my two sailings.
Willie

[the5J's]

Hi All!

I'm going to wait until John gets back from WDW and we can go online to look at RCCL. We will see. I don't want to stay home if I knew my DIS friends :grouphug: are going...no way. :goodvibes

Willie, did you say 7-day the first week of July??? John is sadden to miss you at WDW. BTW, he did mentioned that the new ride "Everest" is great!!! Hope you will have the chance to ride on that.

Gotta go, more office work to do at home.

Talk to ya soon,

Julia princess:

[WMILLER86]

Hi All!

I'm going to wait until John gets back from WDW and we can go online to look at RCCL. We will see. I don't want to stay home if I knew my DIS friends :grouphug: are going...no way. :goodvibes

Willie, did you say 7-day the first week of July???

Julia princess:


Julia,
It is The RCCL Adventure of the Seas sailing July 1-8 (Sunday-Sunday) 2007, out of San Juan PR. The air there is a little more than flying to MCO, but the savings on the cruise more than make up for it. The big seller for Kelli was the 7 different ports, and the ship looks terrific. On C.C. boards the reviews are pretty good from C.C. members that have sailed her.
We were able to get two verandah cabins for about half what two insides were gonna cost me on the 10 Day Holiday. It is not the Magic, but hey the Magic is fooling around on me, by leaving next summer for the Med. If she were on her usual route, we would most likely be sailing her.
I hope many Turkeys can join us.
W

[Mickeyhugger]

J
It is not the Magic, but hey the Magic is fooling around on me, by leaving next summer for the Med. If she were on her usual route, we would most likely be sailing her.
I hope many Turkeys can join us.
W

Same here. I'm very sad at the thought of not sailing the Magic for what will (probably) be two years. :sad2 There WERE diasppointing moments on RCCL for us. (Saying this only to give time to mentally prepare yourselves.) Their horn is just a horn. (annoying, actually.) Don't anticipate any excitement or surprises at their sailaway party. And their 'caribbean night?' (I think that's what it's called, I've already forgotten) Just pretend it never happened. It's their answer to DCL's Pirate night. pirate: It's one time I actually came close to crying. (No, seeing the DCL ship dock the morning we were in Costa Maya was! And hearing DCL's horn.) :sad:

However, the great times we had on RCCL outnumbered the 'DCL moments,' and we couldn't wait to rebook! :Pinkbounc And, for the many of you who have teenagers, this most likely will be their favorite cruise. Our tablemates had a 16 year-old son whom we didn't meet until 2nd formal night (at their insistance, he came to the dining room that night.) We were awestruck when we first set foot on the ship and saw the promenade level. (Okay, enough
'rambling' here. I'm just getting excited again, even though it's more than a year away, LOL!)

[ICEMANPAD]

Hey Turkeys-this thread was on page 3!! :guilty: We cannot allow that to happen!! I hope that everyone is enjoying their summer. :sunny: For thanksgiving this year we are thinking about the 4 day wonder--it is from thurs to sun. Anyone interested?


Lisa

[mnemsmommy]

Hello everyone!!!

I am writing just hours after my return from our 1st DCL Eastern Magic trip this week (6/10-6/17). We are planning on cruising with the group on the 11/07 cruise. We have re-booked and look forward to meeting more wonderful friends from the DISboards. My family is made up of dh (John), Me (Marion), dd (Maura -7/16/98) & dd (Emme-11/16/00). We were just talking with my in-laws and they may join us also. We are also thinking of seeing if others our extended family would like to join us for a reunion. Time will tell as we get further along. Talk to you more later!

[ICEMANPAD]

Marion-

Hi! We welcome you and your family to this group of "turkeys" :thumbsup2


We hope that all of you Turkey Dads are having a great Father's Day today!! :sunny: :thumbsup2 :sunny: :thumbsup2


Lisa and Chuck

[Mickeyhugger]

Marion, welcome! :wave:

Lisa, I was interested in possibly booking the Wonder after you mentioned you and Chuck were (as we all have that time available too) and then I checked the airfare. :scared1: :faint:

We enjoyed the Turkey Day cruise so much, it's hard to imagine spending at home this year, but I'll continue to watch just in case AA adds any flights or promo fares :surfweb: (though I don't anticipate any for that week, but some travelers do cancel.)

A very Happy Father's Day to all! Thank you all so much for help making it possible to take your family on Disney Cruises! :sunny:
Priscilla

[GreatDaneMom]

We're booked!!! :Pinkbounc Looks like we'll be joining you for the 2007 Thanksgiving cruise. We've been struggling to find a cruise for our DD (13 at cruise time) that would work around her school schedule. She really wants to do another Disney so here we are. :banana: We're looking forward to getting to know you all.

Cheryl

[LAMPSKIES]

Hey all!!!! Just got our accepted counter offer on one of our rental properties!!!!! :cool1: Closing date July 14th!!! Hope all has been good with all your vacations! Willie and Doogie calling me from the pool at WDW sipping on a miller lite!!!

[mnemsmommy]

We have talked my mil and fil to join us on this turkey day cruise. I can hardly wait. Looking forward to getting to know everyone. My dh is very excited about the ports. He is even thinking about taking scuba diving lessons before we go. Take care.

[LAMPSKIES]

We have talked my mil and fil to join us on this turkey day cruise. I can hardly wait. Looking forward to getting to know everyone. My dh is very excited about the ports. He is even thinking about taking scuba diving lessons before we go. Take care.

No need to scuba....just get ready for snorkeling with Doogie, Willie and Iceman with some cheeze wiz.....oh ya, don't forget about Trey1 :rotfl2:

[WMILLER86]

No need to scuba....just get ready for snorkeling with Doogie, Willie and Iceman with some cheeze wiz.....oh ya, don't forget about Trey1 :rotfl2:


And don't forget the chips to go with the cheese wiz. IF you can get Doogie to remove them from his swim trunks. Or maybe the fish will do it for him. Again. :lmao:

Willie

[WMILLER86]

Hey Lamps,

Kelli has been trading emails with Kim. Kim said you guys most likely won't be on the AOS sailing with us next year because y'all have your neighborhood July 4th party that week.
Why don't you invite your neighborhood to sail with us? You can start getting those guys interested in cruising at this years July 4th party about next year having the party onboard a cruise ship!

See, there is always an angle.

W

[LAMPSKIES]

I think if we got the Turkeyday cruisers and our neighborhood friends together "mickey" would have an everlasting "twitch" :rotfl2: And I KNOW there is NO WAY that ship could hold that many miller lites! :rotfl2: The 4th of July is like Christmas in our neighborhood, absolute craziness. The parade passes our house and we had about 60 people over last year. Then down to the beer garden at the club house......

[LAMPSKIES]

Hey guys, looks like Pikey has a My Space account.....I found this on another post...

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=15985728&Mytoken=B421759E-7145-448E-8D8FB293DDB15F97161398937

[favoriteslave]

Lampy, checked the site about pikey. Looks like him. Wonder if he will be on our cruise this year? Should we tell him to put more Miller Lite on the boat for us?

Thanks for keeping us 'posted'

See ya soon

[Mickeyhugger]

Hi Lampy and Tonya! :wave:

Come by and visit other Turkey Day cruisers on the RCCL thread:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?p=6778166&posted=1#post6778166

[Mickeyhugger]

We're definitely planning the RCCL trip next summer, and are trying too, to take this cruise as well!

Anyone else willing to take TWO cruises? :cool1:

[ICEMANPAD]

Unfortunately we will not be able to take 2 cruises in 2007. We are planning on taking the 2007 Turkey Magic!! We hope that there will be a lot of Turkey Alumni and we are also looking forward to meeting new Turkeys!! :thumbsup2 :sunny:


Lisa and Chuck

[the5J's]

Hi Lampy and Tonya! :wave:

Come by and visit other Turkey Day cruisers on the RCCL thread:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?p=6778166&posted=1#post6778166

Hey Tonya! :wave2: Which cruise are you going on or both? We would probably won't know until last minute :hourglass . This month has been nothing but putting out too much money on new van,(my poor old van will be missed) and new furnance and air conditioner, and still finishing our family room and office (redecorating). We are in need for new windows, but that has to wait.

Since we haven't been on this thread in the last week or so, I hope everyone else is doing fine. We are leaving this Saturday night to Hilton Head. We will spend a few days at rental house and then a few day at Disney's Resort. (looking forward to that.)

If John brings his lap top to Hilton Head....we will try to keep you posted.

Julia princess:

[ICEMANPAD]

Hi Julia-

We hope that you, John and the rest of your family enjoy your time at Hilton Head!! :sunny:


We hope that everyone enjoys their 4th of July celebrations!! :sunny: Lampksie will probably have the most interesting pix and stories to share :thumbsup2


Lisa and Chuck

[LAMPSKIES]

Hi Julia-

We hope that you, John and the rest of your family enjoy your time at Hilton Head!! :sunny:


We hope that everyone enjoys their 4th of July celebrations!! :sunny: Lampksie will probably have the most interesting pix and stories to share :thumbsup2


Lisa and Chuck

:cool1: I'll work on it!! :banana:

[LAMPSKIES]

All right you asked for it........

As the sun went down..........

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y134/lampskies/DSC08815.jpg

[LAMPSKIES]

Yes those are MY "coconuts"!

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y134/lampskies/DSC08816.jpg

[LAMPSKIES]

A little blurry but yes, it was a hawiian theme......

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y134/lampskies/DSC08810.jpg

[LAMPSKIES]

So my neighbor had 45 of his family over kids, grand kids and great grandkids, shooting off fireworks and having a good time when I came up from the lake and introduced myself to all the family I haven't met yet....think I made an impression?

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y134/lampskies/DSC08821.jpg

[favoriteslave]

Julia:

We haven't decided. Its almost impossible to get my step daughter on a cruise, due to time contraints (this years included). I would love to go on the July 4th cruise, but we have a special holiday event at my moms, I have never missed one yet. (Yes, I would love for them to come along, but its like pulling teeth getting them to leave the state, let alone the country). As far as Thanksgiving 2007 is concerned, we haven't decided, I know we need to so we can get a better price, but, I would have to decide if the cruise is worth my sanity when dealing with my second job. (I had pretty much decided to quit). But who knows. Which one have you decided on?

We miss you. Hunter keeps asking if you have decided to come on the cruise with us. (We (parents) would like it too).

Take care and have a great time at Hilton Head. You will have to tell us all about it.

[ICEMANPAD]

Lampy-

You definitely did not disappoint!! :thumbsup2 :sunny: Looks like quite a 4th of July!! :thumbsup2 :sunny: :thumbsup2 :sunny:

We hope that everyone had a great 4th of July!! We had to work on the 3rd and today so it wasn't much of a holiday for us! :confused3 But it's always great to celebrate the birthday of our great country!! :cool1:

Ok, we just found out definitely that we will not be able to do the 10 day cruise this year--cannot take the time from work. However, we can take the week of thanksgiving (it's a great week for us to be away b/c it only affects 3 working days). Soo....are there any turkeys going on the Magic this thanksgiving? Please let us know.


Chuck and Lisa

[favoriteslave]

We are going the week after thanksgiving. We will have to waive as we have the changing of the guard.

[ICEMANPAD]

Hi Tonya--

We will try not to cause too much damage to the ship!! :rotfl: :rotfl: We will wave to ya'all!! :sunny: :thumbsup2


Lisa

[ICEMANPAD]

I tried to instigate some conversation on the 2006 Turkey Day thread...feel free to chip in.

chuck

[WMILLER86]

That Lampy is a sharp dresser, now ain't he? I especially like the bobber cooler to hold the Millers in. Very cool.

:lmao:


W

[LAMPSKIES]

Thanks Willie...you think that it will be too much for pirate night?

[ICEMANPAD]

Lampy-for you nothing is too wild for pirate night!! :rotfl: :rotfl: We will miss seeing you up on stage!!


Lisa

[WMILLER86]

Maybe a bit understated for the Lampster.

[LAMPSKIES]

And where has Andrew been????????

[WMILLER86]

And where has Andrew been????????

I got a PM from him a few months ago when he last posted. He was worried that he was spending too much time on the DIS Boards. (Go figure!)

He said when he books another Disney cruise he will get involved online again.

I miss his jokes, too.

Willie

[Mickeyhugger]

I'm hoping we can recruit him to join us on the RCCL cruise next summer. Being a Floridian though, he might not want to spring for five airfares to SJU when he has most major cruise lines in his own backyard. :worried: It's worth trying to convince him though! :banana: (Especially with a lot of other fellow turkies-turned-fun-bunch cruisers.)

[triplefigs]

We're booked on the Turkey Day 07! Will be me, DH, and our BBG triplets who will be 7. We have Cat 10 Connecting on Deck 2 midship. We're very excited!

[GreatDaneMom]

We're booked on the Turkey Day 07! Will be me, DH, and our BBG triplets who will be 7. We have Cat 10 Connecting on Deck 2 midship. We're very excited!

Welcome triplefigs! What a beautiful family you must have with three youngsters!! We'll be with you on the cruise with our DD (12 almost 13 by then.)

Cheryl

[triplefigs]

Welcome triplefigs! What a beautiful family you must have with three youngsters!! We'll be with you on the cruise with our DD (12 almost 13 by then.)

Cheryl

Thanks! We are so excited to sail for Thanksgiving. Can't wait to meet all my fellow DISers on board.

[Marypoppinsiam]

We are also sailing with you. It will be DH, me, & DS7. Is it true that this cruise may become a double dip to CC? :confused3

[ICEMANPAD]

Welcome to all the new families!! :thumbsup2 :sunny:

We have sailed the Turkey Magic 2004, 2005, and we are booked for 2006 and 2007!! :thumbsup2 Do you think we enjoy spending Thanksgiving on the Magic??? In 2007 it will be my DH (Chuck), me (Lisa) and our DS (Mason) who will be 8.

Each of the trips we have taken prior to 2007 have/will be a double dip at CC because of a race at Key West that weekend. However, from what we have heard, the race will not be taking place in 2007 so it looks like the Magic will be going to Key West.

[triplefigs]

Ok, for all you Thanksgiving vets. DH has a question. The day we sail will be a major college football game day for us. Alabama vs Auburn play that day (we're Bama Alumni). Do they show the college games anywhere? or are we out of luck? DH may literally make me change dates if he can't watch the game!

[ICEMANPAD]

They show the college games in Diversions. No need to worry!! :thumbsup2

[Mickeyhugger]

It's official. We've changed our booking from spring break 2007 to Thanksgiving 2007! :Pinkbounc

Also booked for RCCL in July, and figured we'll (hopefully) have enough time to budget for both cruises next year. :banana:

Still, it's not soon enough for another Disney cruise. :guilty:

Where's Doogie these days?

Priscilla

[ICEMANPAD]

Priscilla- Great!! :cheer2: We are very happy that you and your family will be part of the "Turkey" Magic again in 2007!! :thumbsup2

Lisa

[LAMPSKIES]

Welcome to all the new families!! :thumbsup2 :sunny:

We have sailed the Turkey Magic 2004, 2005, and we are booked for 2006 and 2007!! :thumbsup2 Do you think we enjoy spending Thanksgiving on the Magic??? In 2007 it will be my DH (Chuck), me (Lisa) and our DS (Mason) who will be 8.

Each of the trips we have taken prior to 2007 have/will be a double dip at CC because of a race at Key West that weekend. However, from what we have heard, the race will not be taking place in 2007 so it looks like the Magic will be going to Key West.

Iceman........rumor has it that it WILL be a double stop at CC in 2007.......I saw somewhere that there will be a rece that weekend....I think it is the 25th anniversary.....and DCL isn't going to change that sailing.....too many people book for THAT reason. I'll be hearing from my "girlfriend" in the next couple of days....I'll see what she knows.......

[WMILLER86]

Ok, for all you Thanksgiving vets. DH has a question. The day we sail will be a major college football game day for us. Alabama vs Auburn play that day (we're Bama Alumni). Do they show the college games anywhere? or are we out of luck? DH may literally make me change dates if he can't watch the game!

Don't worry, Figs, they will certainly show the Iron Bowl.

Willie

Hook EM HORNS! National Champs!

[triplefigs]

Don't worry, Figs, they will certainly show the Iron Bowl.

Willie

Hook EM HORNS! National Champs!

Thanks! We'll have to wear our Bama stuff on board for Embarkation.

Denise

[ICEMANPAD]

Iceman........rumor has it that it WILL be a double stop at CC in 2007.......I saw somewhere that there will be a rece that weekend....I think it is the 25th anniversary.....and DCL isn't going to change that sailing.....too many people book for THAT reason. I'll be hearing from my "girlfriend" in the next couple of days....I'll see what she knows.......



Lampy-
Thanks for the update!! Please let us know as soon as you hear from your "girlfriend"!! We love the 2 stops at CC!! :thumbsup2

[LAMPSKIES]

Page 3?????????

[Marypoppinsiam]

opps... :confused3

[triplefigs]

Just wanted to let everyone know we will not be sailing on Thanksgiving. My DH really didn't want to. I wish you all a Magical Voyage!

[Marypoppinsiam]

Sorry to hear that. I wish you a magical journey when ever you decide to set sail. :wave2:

[GreatDaneMom]

Just wanted to let everyone know we will not be sailing on Thanksgiving. My DH really didn't want to. I wish you all a Magical Voyage!

Triplefigs, we're really sorry you won't be joining us. Hopefully we'll get to meet you on a future cruise. :thumbsup2

See you on the boards!! :wave2:

Cheryl

[GreatDaneMom]

We are also sailing with you. It will be DH, me, & DS7. Is it true that this cruise may become a double dip to CC? :confused3

Mary, I just realized I missed welcoming you to this thread. Sorry! :guilty: It's great to have you with us. We'll have our DD (then 12) with us. Her name is Mary, too. Welcome!!! :wave2:

Cheryl

[ICEMANPAD]

Where is everone??? On wed. I broke my right arm. :sad2: Of course, as luck would have it, I'm a rightie!! I am learning how to do thins w/ my left hand. It is hard!!!! I hope the rest of you are having a better summer!!

lisa

[GreatDaneMom]

:eek: Oh my! Lisa, that's just awful. Take care of yourself and heal quickly. Hugs from our gang...

Cheryl

[ICEMANPAD]

:eek: Oh my! Lisa, that's just awful. Take care of yourself and heal quickly. Hugs from our gang...

Cheryl


Thanks for the hugs, Cheryl! :sunny:


Lisa

[Marypoppinsiam]

So sorry to hear that Lisa. I hope you are doing better and your poor arm heals quickly. :goodvibes

Well only 5 days to go until we are off sailing on the Magic. :cheer2: :cheer2: I am thinking of getting the internet package while on board. Has anyone done this? I need to email my DS while we are gone.

[WMILLER86]

Lisa, now you will have to slap Chuck around with your left hand! What a break for him!

Actually, I know that he will offer to do all of the housework for you now, and do extra help with Mason, do all the cooking, etc, right?


Well, OK, maybe not ALL of the housework? And eating out sounds good. :rotfl:


Anyway, tell us the story. HOW did you manage to break your arm?

[ICEMANPAD]

Lisa, now you will have to slap Chuck around with your left hand! What a break for him!

Actually, I know that he will offer to do all of the housework for you now, and do extra help with Mason, do all the cooking, etc, right?


Well, OK, maybe not ALL of the housework? And eating out sounds good. :rotfl:


Anyway, tell us the story. HOW did you manage to break your arm?

Willie--you are too funny!! :rotfl: Chuck...housework!!! :rotfl: :rotfl:
Actually, Mason has been very helpful. He has been making his bed and helping w/ the chores. We could use the Magic!!

Here's the story--I was crossing the street in a crosswalk in front of the courthouse to go to a hearing. A car didn't see me and almost hit me. I jumped out of the way and not being the most graceful person, fell on my arm carrying my file. The driver didn't get out--just drove away after I got my stuff and got up. Also, nobody stopped to help--not even to give me a card!! Yep, I went into the courthouse, got an icepack from the bailiff, had the hearing and then went to the emergency room.

Lisa

[ICEMANPAD]

So sorry to hear that Lisa. I hope you are doing better and your poor arm heals quickly. :goodvibes

Well only 5 days to go until we are off sailing on the Magic. :cheer2: :cheer2: I am thinking of getting the internet package while on board. Has anyone done this? I need to email my DS while we are gone.


Mary-thanks for the good wishes!! Enjoy the Magic!! We always get the internet package on board--works great! :thumbsup2

Lisa

[Mickeyhugger]

Oh Lisa! OWWWWWW! I can't believe that people just went on about their business. What happened to common courtesy, and helping others? :sad2: Any ideas as to how long before you'll be able to use your arm again? I'm sure it's frustrating for you at times. Mason sounds as if he's enjoying showing how he can be a helper. Just keep thinking ahead to your Wonder Thanksgiving cruise.

Wish we were sailing with your family this Thanksgiving, but the airfare's too high right now.

Keep us posted on your progress. Sprinkling some pixie dust your way! pixiedust:

Priscilla

[ICEMANPAD]

Oh Lisa! OWWWWWW! I can't believe that people just went on about their business. What happened to common courtesy, and helping others? :sad2: Any ideas as to how long before you'll be able to use your arm again? I'm sure it's frustrating for you at times. Mason sounds as if he's enjoying showing how he can be a helper. Just keep thinking ahead to your Wonder Thanksgiving cruise.

Wish we were sailing with your family this Thanksgiving, but the airfare's too high right now.

Keep us posted on your progress. Sprinkling some pixie dust your way! pixiedust:

Priscilla


Priscilla-Thanks for the pixie dust!! The Dr. won't give me any predictions. He wants to "wait and see". Mason is being a great helper!! :thumbsup2


Lisa

[WMILLER86]

Lisa, you went to work after you broke your arm, THEN went to get it checked out AFTER the hearing? You are one tough gal! Are you sure your not from Texas? :rotfl2:

Tell Chuck that REAL MEN are not afraid to load and unload the dishwasher! That is what Kelli has been telling me, anyhow..... :rolleyes1


Anyhoo, I hope your arm is not too painful. Get well soon!
At least you can lift that Bahama Mama with your other hand.

[Mickeyhugger]

Lisa, you went to work after you broke your arm, THEN went to get it checked out AFTER the hearing? You are one tough gal! Are you sure your not from Texas? :rotfl2:



Willie, I laughed out LOUD when I read that. :lmao: It's so true! Rob's parents were originally from Connecticut, and you should have seen his reaction the first time he attended a family reunion (my mother's side) in Tyler! Definitely, uh, strong women. (Vocally, and physically as well. Similar to the matriarch in the movie 'Giant', if you ever saw that.) I tell you, the 75 year-old woman who coordinated the reunion every year went home at the end of the day and pushed a lawnmower! (This was in June, 85 degree heat.) :sunny:

[Mickeyhugger]

Lisa, I meant to ask, didn't you, Chuck and Mason go to NY recently? How was it? :)

Priscilla

[WMILLER86]

I hired some guys from out of state to help me finish off all of my remaining damaged trees from Hurricane Rita a few weeks ago. While they were here, Kelli and I were working in the yard. Mowing, weeding flower beds, moving the flowere beds around, etc. When I was paying the guys, they were amazed that my wife would be out in the yard in 95 degree heat working her tail off right beside me.
I told that I still help in the kitchen and she still helps me in the yard. I got the better deal!


Willie

[ICEMANPAD]

Willie and Priscilla-I guess we all have to be "strong" to live in the South--w/ the heat and the storms!! :sunny: :thumbsup2 I was raised by very strong parents--they rarely complained about anything. I try to learn from them!! Chuck actually helped my w/ the laundry and the dishes this past week!! Shhh...don't tell him I told you!!

We did visit NYC last month (luckily b/f the injury)!! It was wonderful!! We went to Times Square, Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Empire State Building, Macys, etc...We also took Mason to his first B'way show-Tarzan (of course a disney show!!) He loved it!!! :thumbsup2 Thanks for asking!!


Lisa

[ICEMANPAD]

Today I had a good luck day!! :cool1: As you know, we were booked on the 10 holiday cruise this year. Then, we learned that we could not get the time off from work so we had to cancel. We then rebooked for the Thanksgiving Magic. Since we booked so late we needed to book a cat 11 to save some $$$. Today, I stayed home from work to give my arm a rest. I went on the DCL website...one of the cat 10 secret porthole cabins was available!! :thumbsup2 Sure enough, we booked it!! :cheer2: I hope ya'all had good luck today too!!!


Lisa

[Marypoppinsiam]

Congrats Lisa! :cheer2: :cheer2: It is the little things in life that make us oh so happy. :goodvibes