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Aisling

01-31-2007, 11:38 PM

I just booked for New Year's Eve 2008! Let the countdown begin!

Who's coming with us?:yay:

The ages listed, I believe, are the ages at the time of cruising.
Dis-names are italicized.

Aisling: Aisling 46,
DH Mel 47
DS Wick: Chad 23
DSsGF BellaNotte: Louise 24
DS Aladdin's Clone: Jesse 16
DNeph Gamerboy: Cory 14
Late Seating
Staterooms 6540 and 6541
From New York

Tiggerwannabe:Colleen
DH John
DD Brittany 19
DS Adrian 22
DSsGF Cate 22
DM: Trinibjill: Jill 61
Late Seating
From New Jersey

Nskjerven: Nan 44
DH Chickeninthecupboard: Paul 45
DD Molly 12
DS Wilson 8
Late Seating
From California

DDeb4evr formerly known as Bride2007: Debbie 48
DH Jeff 49
DS Aaron 17
Late Seating
From California

Ohioworkingmom: Robin 45
DH Chris
DD Bailey 13
DD Morgan 15
From Ohio

CADZNYCHC formerly known as bstsuda: Brenda 50
DS Ryan 17
Late Seating
From California

Michelle (Chel)
Rus
Friends of bstsuda

MWStar: Irene
DH Andy
DD Maddison 14
DD Meisi 5
DD Myka 3
DS Max 3
From Florida

WeLoveTheMouse: Ami
DH Dave
DD 8
DS 5
Traveling with friends: Cindi
DH Tim
DS 8
DD 5
From New York

Happyfeet: Sue
DS Max 16
From the UK, living in Spain

valeriejbeck@hotmail: Valerie 36
DH Dion 38
DD Kennedy 8
DS Carter 6

STEAMBOAT209: Cal 60
DW LUVMICKEY: Michele 57
Traveling with friends Drew and Colleen
From New Jersey

Cinderella1001:Celinda 41
DH John 42
DD 15 Jessica
From Virginia

oklamomof4boys : Carol
DH David
DS Tucker 16
DS William 13
DS Samuel 12
DS Nathan 10
From Oklahoma

disneykelly73:Kelly 35
DH Brian 34
Late Seating
From Massachusetts

Silmarg: Sil 39
DW Margaret Ann 43
DD Lauren 8
DD Rosie 5
Late Seating
From New York

Anjelica: Anjelica 31
DH Shannon 35
DD Sydney 5
DS Sean 2
From Illinois

Cindy18 : Cindy 43
DH Matt 44
DD Samantha 12
DD Charlotte 10
Early Seating
From New York

bellelinus: Julie
DD Elizabeth 16
DD Katherine 14
DD Meredith 11
Late Seating
From New York

Marla Hellwig: Marla
DD Kara 17
Late Seating
From Ohio

Artman: Artie 41
DW Claudia 34
DS Owen 8
Late Seating (Waitlisted for Early)
From Nova Scotia, Canada

krdisneybound: Kay
Disfriend Seaulater: Linda
Early Seating
Stateroom 7631
From Florida

happyfeet

02-01-2007, 05:57 PM

I just booked for New Year's Eve 2008! Let the countdown begin!

Me Aisling
DH Mel
DS Chad, who'll be 23 by then
DS Jesse, who'll be 16 by then
and Chad's DGF Louise, who'll be 24

Who's coming with us?:yay:

:cool1: :cool1: We are,we are,DS Max will be 15,really looking forward to it,
sue:coffee:

Aisling

02-01-2007, 06:56 PM

Nice to meet you, Sue!

Only 2 years to go!:rotfl:

suzynuprin

02-03-2007, 08:26 AM

Alright, we just got back from the NYE Magic and want to go on the 12/27/08...see my notes below.

I finally had some time yesterday to think about forkin over my hard earned bucks into Mickey's back pocket for the 12/27/08 cruise...and egads, my SPH rooms are gone! Boo-hoo...(when we booked for this cruise before, we booked 20 months out and got the rooms, I know...should have gotten up early on the 31st).

I digress - here's the pricing I received in case anyone is interested. We find Costco Travel to have the best prices - about 10% less than Disney plus a Costco Gift Card. (noted in parenthesis is the amount of the Costco Gift Card)

Here's my question - anyone ever book a Cat 10 Gty on a full-capacity cruise and actually got an upgrade? (we need two connecting rooms) We've never stayed below Deck 5 - what about 2 Cat 10's on deck 2 or would you prefer 2 Cat 11's on a higher floor?

1 Adult/1 Child (age 9)

11: $3,162 ($275)
10: $3,272 ($275)
09: $3,645 ($275)
08: $3,944 ($350)

1 Adult/2 Children (ages 4 and 6)

11: $4,408 ($350)
10: $4,518 ($350)
09: $4,954 ($425)
08: $5,390 ($425)

2 Adult/2 Children (ages 5 and 10)

11: $5,569 ($500)
10: $5,779 ($500)
09: $6,315 ($500)
08: $6,851 ($575)

Aisling

02-04-2007, 06:17 PM

Here's my question - anyone ever book a Cat 10 Gty on a full-capacity cruise and actually got an upgrade? (we need two connecting rooms) We've never stayed below Deck 5 - what about 2 Cat 10's on deck 2 or would you prefer 2 Cat 11's on a higher floor?

Hi,

we also used Costco, twice, and got great deals, too.

I wish I could answer your questions, but I have no experience with Gtys or staying below deck 5. If I were booking, having no experience with 10s or 11s, I'd still go with two cat 11s on the higher floor. This is just from reading these boards.

Please post what you decide to do, and good luck!

luvcruising

02-06-2007, 10:40 AM

Count us in !! New Years will be new for us. In the past we cruised in June or early July. We are excited about this cruise! We go with 3 other families and we have 4 rooms in a row. I'm checking out the cruise reports from this past New Years. They had a great time!

suzynuprin

02-06-2007, 11:16 AM

I'm insanely jealous of all of you...we could not get two connecting rooms in the category that we wanted for the NYE cruise (who knew that EVERYONE wanted to book on the 31st). You will all have a wonderful time - we LOVED the NYE cruise, very festive, very fun - read my TR and you'll get the picture.

I just booked the Double Dip Thanksgiving Cruise (11/22/08) - 2 connecting rooms popped up this morning, so I forked it all over to the four fingered mouse.

If any of you have specific questions about NYE, drop me a line. Have fun...now I have to go find the 11/22/08 thread and wreak some havoc on that board.

Aisling

02-09-2007, 09:10 AM

birkner

02-09-2007, 01:05 PM

Another congrats to all booked. Our family is doing the 2007 NYE cruise on the Magic in the Walt. We are really looking forward to a special NYE this year!!

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Aisling

02-11-2007, 07:29 PM

Bumping us back to the first page.

My planning has already begun, just checking out the ports. I've never been :thumbsup2

Aisling

02-12-2007, 10:09 AM

I know this thread is going to keep ending up down low in the pile of meet threads since our cruise is so far off, but I'll keep giving us a bump up to keep this thread alive!

grimgrinnin

02-12-2007, 02:09 PM

Aisling

02-12-2007, 04:38 PM

Well, I just booked.

Not sure if we'll actually make it, but we're booked. I'm a little hesitant because our daughter will be 2 years old. We are being coerced into this cruise by TWWRN (those who will remain nameless) :dancer:

If anyone's cruised with a 2-year old, feel free to offer advice :teeth:

It will be me 36, DW 36, DD 5 months. We've been on 2 previous Disney Cruises. We booked the same cat 9 cabin we had on our last cruise (Christmas 2005).

Hey, only
1 year
10 months
14 days
23 hours
56 minutes
to go!

grim pirate:

Woo Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:cool1: :cloud9: :woohoo: :yay: :dance3: :cheer2: :grouphug: pixiedust: :hyper: :worship: :love1: :rockband: :boat:
Can you tell I'm happy????????????

Piper is going to LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

trinibjill

02-12-2007, 05:45 PM

I found you guys. I guess I'm going to have to go make my deposit. Colleen wants to wait until later after Calif trip.
Aisling, what did the post in Xmas Cruisin to Nan mean?
Also, I like the Western ports better than the Eastern ones.
Jill

nskjerven

02-12-2007, 06:23 PM

It meant that I BADGERed our dear friend Grim into booking :lmao:

Ya right,,,,, it was all my doing....he did not have the pull himself.....

I want to badger tigg too as I fear the rooms will not be plum picking the longer one waits to book, but she alas tells me she is replentishing her pockets prior to booking...(fair enough)

Thanks Grim!!!! And are you kidding about what to do with the Piper gal. First off, we being the closest in age range of our kids to you and well beyond having them ourselve again that young, will take her off your hands when ever you need a break. We sooooooo know what it's like to not have that break. I think when we visit in May and you see that lots a hands want that girl you'll be happy as a clam crusing with us all when she's 2. Oh my gosh, that means we can get her princess cothes for that cruise!!!!! Oh my mind just went into over drive. See I'm not much for baby clothes, but LITTLE GIRL clothes that's another story. And Miss Molly will be the ripe old age of 12 by then, you know that's the offical age of the babysitter in my family (which means she does the heavey lifting of keeping Piper smiling and laughing all the time and mom & dad are in the back ground watching out just in case we're needed)

Must get into the night of COOOKIES!!!! Paul is off picking up the 1896 boxes of cookies for our troop. Not to worry only 586 of them are Molly's (so far)....

N

p.s. Hi Noel, Are booked here too???? I saw you had 2007 NYE on your list, but 2 in a row, ahhhhh what a life :goodvibes

trinibjill

02-12-2007, 07:19 PM

Yaay for the "badgering"

tiggerwannabe

02-12-2007, 08:46 PM

It's up to you if you do not want to wait Mom...

I am not waiting til after Cali, I was waiting til after I got my airfare for Cali...I actually put in for a quote to see what the price is if I booked the six of us under one reservation and telling them you are retired military.

trinibjill

02-12-2007, 09:03 PM

sounds good to me. See if being in the castaway club gets us a discount. I don't think retired military cuts any mustard.

tiggerwannabe

02-12-2007, 09:17 PM

CC doesn't usually includes discounts, just perks like free bags and towels...

do you have your number?

Aisling

02-12-2007, 10:28 PM

trinibjill

02-13-2007, 10:54 AM

CC doesn't usually includes discounts, just perks like free bags and towels...

do you have your number?

I should have all 3 of our numbers somewhere. I just have to go look in somewhere:)

Oh, Hi to happy feet & luvcruising.

nskjerven

02-13-2007, 11:01 AM

I didn't need m=our CC#'s to book online and I called the other day to add insurance and they had me listed as CC member.

FYI...

ALSO, was told by CM that NEW CC Cards are in the process of being mailed....she could not tell me when they started or when they planned on ending, but that she was an initial sailer on the Magic with a C starting her last name and she didn't have her card yet.

ohioworkingmom

02-13-2007, 11:31 AM

We will be joining you all for NYE. This is our second time for a NYE cruise, last time was the Eastern. So excited, but so far away!! Anyone have any teens on this one? My two DDs will be 13 and 15 at the time, but they really wanted to do Disney again, so here we go for the third time:cool1:

Aisling

02-13-2007, 07:26 PM

ohioworkingmom

02-14-2007, 06:08 AM

What do you want to know? They had a wonderful NYE celebration in the Atrium with champagne toast at midnight, big screen TV showing the countdown, balloon drop and beautiful. When we got back to our rooms that evening they also had some "special" chocolate left, not the usual - it was a beautiful depiction of the Disney ship in white/milk chocolate, too pretty to eat, but to fragile to keep, so we ate it!! Then we also received a special limited edition print of the disney characters celebrating and I think it says Happy New Year. They also switched around "formal" night so that it was on NYE, made the whole evening very enjoyable. Other than than evening, I think the trip was pretty close to what you will get on any other 7 nighter. Let me know if you have any other specific questions.

trinibjill

02-14-2007, 06:11 AM

Thanks & hi to Ohioworking Mom.

Isn't that big screen the bomb?:cool1:

ohioworkingmom

02-14-2007, 06:23 AM

Actually they did not have the jumbotron when we did our first, but they did bring in one for this event. I can't wait to hear the improvements they will do to the Magic when it goes inot drydock in Sept. 08. Seems like we keep missing all the "new stuff", this time I know we won't:banana:

trinibjill

02-14-2007, 06:51 AM

OK, first of all my name is Jill.
On my first cruise the big screen wasn't there. (It was the 7 turned 10 day((Hurricane)) Western). But we really enjoyed it. Especially when it's almost like simulcast on a night like pirates night.
I forgot it was going to drydock. You're right, they will probably make good changes.:woohoo:

ohioworkingmom

02-14-2007, 07:43 AM

Thanks Jill!! My name is Robin. We are excited about this one, as we have not done a Western yet. Any good not to miss things in any of the ports? It just feels like it is sooooooooooooooooooooo far away yet.

grimgrinnin

02-14-2007, 08:21 AM

They had a wonderful NYE celebration in the Atrium with champagne toast at midnight, big screen TV showing the countdown, balloon drop and beautiful.

As we were getting off of the Magic after our Christmas Cruise, the crew was setting up for NYE in the atrium. It was beautiful. It was so depressing thinking of all the fun the new kids were going to have that day (week). Nice to know we get to be apart of it (if not a little late...).

grim pirate:

grimgrinnin

02-14-2007, 08:24 AM

we LOVED the NYE cruise, very festive, very fun - read my TR and you'll get the picture.

I'm reading your TR now. Sorry you won't be sailing with us!

grim pirate:

trinibjill

02-14-2007, 08:31 AM

Hi Robin
In Grand Caymen we did the Stingray sail & snorkel, In Cozumel we did the archealological park. & kayaked in Castaway Cay.Because of the hurricane we didn't do Key West. We hit Costa Maya and Galveston instead. We had to get off in Miami but that was cool cause we docked right next to the Wonder.
One of the main differences I liked was the choice of stores & lack of all of those diamonds stores. The towns are a bit bigger.
Last cruise I scheduled to parasail but the weather was bad. I would really like to do that.
We met some really great people on the last cruise. The way it stands now it's going to be like a reunion because they are going again. And this time Aisling & my daughter are bringing their husbands & my daughter is also bringing My Grandson & his Girlfriend. & Grim is bringing his new baby. I think there were 14 of us & we grouped together & all sat at the same table. I think we will need two tables this time. We were like family. We have been commuincating since then. (Christmas Cruisin 2005).
Jill

trinibjill

02-14-2007, 08:34 AM

Hi Grim
We are getting ready to do our deposit thing for the cruise as we speak. Isn't it exciting. Tigg has booked adjoining rooms on deck 7.
Jill

Aisling

02-14-2007, 10:18 AM

my daughter is also bringing My Grandson & his Girlfriend

Chad's bringing his girlfriend, too, Louise.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/DisneyAisling/cadlouiseaklbridge.jpg

And this is my Jesse. He's 14 now, and will be 16 when we cruise. I can't believe my baby will be 16!:faint:
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/DisneyAisling/jesseonplane.jpg

trinibjill

02-14-2007, 10:31 AM

Hi Aisling
Niiiice

Aisling

02-14-2007, 10:35 AM

Isn't it exciting. Tigg has booked adjoining rooms on deck 7.

Tig and Jill, did you get 2 verandah rooms? Do you mind if I ask about your sleeping arrangements? The reason I'm asking is because I have a cat. 6 on deck 6, and a cat 11 right across the hall. There's no way I can afford 2 cat. 6s on deck 6. Can you give me some advice about deck 7?

Edited: I retract the sleeping arrangements question. I just spoke to Chad, and he and Louise will be getting their own room. I originally planned on the cat. 11 being a "girls room", but it was a very unpopular plan. So we're settled !

tiggerwannabe

02-14-2007, 12:21 PM

Just so you know...

My Mom and son and his girlfriend are sharing and my husband, daughter and I are sharing.

My quote came in for two adjoining rooms on 7 with navigator verandahs but Mom knows about some deck 7 rooms with open verandahs. I am awaiting a reply from Dreams Unlimited to see if the "special" rooms are available.

nskjerven

02-14-2007, 12:47 PM

Hey Robin:

I'm another one of those Xmas 2005 cruisers and I have a DD who will be 12 on NYE 2008 cruise. I hope our girls can chat before the trip and maybe get to know each other. It's gotta be hard to be a kid on these cruises and have to make friends so quick. What am I saying, it can't be hard being a kid and going on a cruise.....:lmao:

We also have a DS who will be almost 8 at time of cruise.

Looking forward people plans are in place now.....only time until we meet again. Didn't that sound melodramatic.

Do we picture Mel, Mr. Tigg (I can't remember his name...is it John too?) & Paul wandering off and leaving us girls to our own devices???? Oh my we could get into some serious trouble. Oh yeah, Jill & Molly will keep us in line. and John & Dede & little piper can laugh at our adventures.....or misadventures.....can you say fancy hair for New Year's Eve???? Thank heavens I have that $40 clip, I better find it to bring, huh.:lmao:

tiggerwannabe

02-14-2007, 01:15 PM

I still have my $40 hair clip!

Sits right in the top of my jewelry box...:teeth:

I'm thinking Mel, John and Paul and even Grim (Dede's John) will have a ball together...

Us ladies can handle Piper together~she can shop and go to shows and shop some more with us right?

Brittany will most likely be hanging with Chad, Louise, Cate and Adrian & Jesse...Brittany'll be 19.5 at the time of cruising. Too old for the Stack but old enough to get into a couple of the clubs.
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Here's the reunion crew list~

Aisling, Mel, Chad, Louise, Jesse
Me (Colleen), John, Jill (Mom), Adrian, Cate & Brittany
Nan, Paul, Molly & Wilson
Grim (John), Dede & Piper

and that's just our crew...

new to us so far...

happyfeet - Sue & Max
luvcruising - Mom, Dad, Jason, Melanie & Chandler
ohioworkingmom - Robin & two DDs

Who all are going with you and what are your names?

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Judging by the ages of some of your teens Jesse is going to have lotsa company in the stack~

Aisling

02-14-2007, 08:34 PM

I have 2 events to enjoy first, and then I can focus obsessively on this cruise: Chad's and Lou's WDW trip next month (I'm not going, but I'm still feeling the excitement), and then the Disneyland trip in May. Oh wait, something else, the Dis meet (MagicMeets) in July.

And then it'll be almost Christmas, then New Year's, and then the one year countdown!

Some of you know I have a very close friend, my best friend, Fr. Casey, who is a priest suffering with Parkinson's disease and diabetes. Please send some good thoughts his way, he's doing ok, but sometimes I worry a lot about him. I guess I'm really asking for good thoughts sent my way, that I won't worry about him so much. As I plan this cruise, 2 years out, I have a touch of anxiety about how his health will be 2 years from now. I would never be able to go cruise and be having fun if anything happens to Casey. Sorry to get so serious, especially sorry to our new cruise friends, but I just felt like sharing. Thanks for listening, I feel better now.

And now for your viewing pleasure, a dancing banana!:banana:

trinibjill

02-14-2007, 08:52 PM

It is always good to be serious & a little down. Then you have a new high to strive for. We are here for you.
My only Disney holdover will be in July. Allyssa (my other Granddaughter) & I are going to celebrate her cheerleading & my skating.
Can't we start our countdown now?

tiggerwannabe

02-14-2007, 09:10 PM

Fr Casey always has my prayers with him :hug:

Well, we are one step closer to being official...

We got one of the cabins Mom wanted so it looks like we'll be in 7620 and 7622 as of tomorrow~:woohoo:

I have fortunately got DL in May and WDW in December but then I'll be on a Disney Fast so I can get the cruise paid off in October 2008...

Nan and I are over on my pre-trip thread hammering out the details of Brittany and my arrival on the 24th of May in San Jose~

and, of course, I'll be at the Disney Fans Gathering July at Camp Hill!

and yes Mom, you can startyour countdown for July, want me to make you a ticker? Just tell me what colors front and back...

ohioworkingmom

02-15-2007, 06:04 AM

Some prayers from Ohio for Father Casey and some pixie dust too pixiedust:

We Love the Mouse!

02-15-2007, 06:06 AM

Hi,

We are joining you on the NYE cruise. This will be our 4th NYE cruise. We sailed in 02-03, 03-04 and 06-07. For the first time we will be having another family join us. I am looking forward to sharing all the wonderful things about the cruise with them. We are on deck 7 this time too. It sure seems like a long way off but half the fun is in the planning.

Our crew
Myself - Ami
DH Dave
DD who will be 8 when we cruise ( I can't believe how old my kids will be by the next tiem we sail)
Ds will be 5

Our Friends
Cindi and Tim
Their DS 8 and DD 6

It looks like this will be a little bigger DIs group. In the past it seems like the Dissers aren't as active on the NYE sailings

Ami

Aisling

02-15-2007, 07:42 AM

Hi Ami, welcome to the Really Excited Cruisers New Year's Eve thread!
It's going to be fun to have you all these next two years to share the planning and excitement with.

Jill, Tig, and Robin, thank you sincerely for the prayers. I can't say anymore about it right now, or else I'll get all emotional! :grouphug:

Tiggie, is the July Meet called Magic Meets? I think I made a mistake calling it that in my last post.

Did you get the deck 7 obstructed verandah troom hat's basically a "cat. 6 for a cat. 7 price"? If so, congratulations! Those are as hard to get as the secret porthole rooms!

Ami, how are you handling all the snow? My mother lives in Rome, NY, and she says it's pretty bad.

tiggerwannabe

02-15-2007, 10:12 AM

Yes ma'am we did ::yes::

Mom knew the numbers and I only had to ask if the room could be changed...and they did :teeth:

nskjerven

02-15-2007, 11:21 AM

Aisling:

Thoughts and prayers to you & Father Casey.

Hindsight....I'm glad I made the cruise when I did (right before my dad passed) as I told you guys back then the support when I got home and continuing supporty from you my dear friends is what helped get me thru the really rough patches.

I know I don't need to say it, but enjoy the time you have as you never know when or what will call us home.

Ok :banana: back at ya!

LYMI,

N

p.s. off topic....one of our dear friends from the "playgroup" is trying to get on the now sold out WB repo. I'm so jazzed send them pixie dust.

Aisling

02-15-2007, 11:48 AM

Thanks Nan.:goodvibes

To all the NYE 2008 cruisers/lurkers: 4 families posting here all know eachother from meeting on our last cruise, the Christmas 2005, so there is a lot of familiar chit chat going on. But PLEASE don't feel left out of the loop, post and let's become friends. We're all in the same boat :lmao: afterall! There's no obligation for us to be stuck together like glue on the cruise if you don't want to (Nan, would you please let go of my leg!!), but we all have the freedom/option to get together as much or as little as we feel.

I just don't want you to feel like "OMG if I start posting, these people will never leave me alone on the cruise!"

And now for my daily exercise.:yay:

nskjerven

02-15-2007, 11:54 AM

but I like your leg....did you just get waxed? :lmao: :rotfl2: :rotfl: (chad overt your eyes):scared1:

now time to get our hair done...okay we can stop for a shot on the way...okay 2 but that's my limit....unless there's rummmmmmm yummmmmm.

isn't it too early in the morning for this kind of chatter from me.

but seriously folks....we don't bite and we love to have a party, so join in :banana:

grimgrinnin

02-15-2007, 01:21 PM

As far as countdowns, we have:
Disneyland in May
WDW at BCV this Christmas with the inlaws
WDW at AKV Spring or Summer 2008 (possibly with my parents)
DCL on NYE 2008/2009

That's about 1 trip every 6 months, so the wait shouldn't be too bad...

Anyone a certified scuba diver? I'm thinking about getting certified for this cruise.

grim pirate:

tiggerwannabe

02-15-2007, 01:38 PM

I have a friend who is certified, but I alas am not~

I've thought about it but never "took the plunge."

(today must be pun day)

I hear you can get certified at your local Y~

Shots??? Do I hear shots???? I'm in!!!

I may even let the hairdresser do my hair this time instead of just having them fix what I do to it ;)

My son's girlfriend (Cate) or Chad's girlfriend Louise will probably want to do Molly's hair for her this time. I have a feeling Molly is going to cling to those two like she did my Mom the last cruise princess:

nskjerven

02-15-2007, 03:32 PM

do you think Louise and Cate can hang with that idea???? You and Jill were and are oh so paitent with my little cliggy girl....you had practice with your own...I hate to have her overwhelm the girl friends...and remember Miss Piper I think will be a bit of a captivation too....

trinibjill

02-15-2007, 04:26 PM

Cate is a sweetheart & I'm absolutely sure she would be great with the kids.

Oh, by the way people think my humour is KORNY. Y'all have me topped for the day.:rotfl:

tiggerwannabe

02-15-2007, 04:53 PM

I absolutely KNOW Cate will be great with all the kids ::yes::

And Louise is a teacher...how can you be a teacher and not like kids ;)

It's always easier for us, cause as you know-at the end of the day, they go home with YOU! :lmao:

Well, our deposit has been submitted :woohoo:

No confirmation just yet but we are paid~~~

Sailin, sailin, over the ocean blue...:boat:

tiggerwannabe

02-15-2007, 04:54 PM

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Aisling

02-15-2007, 05:01 PM

Shots??? Do I hear shots???? I'm in!!!

I'm bringing a friend on this cruise...she loves to drink!:rotfl:
http://us.movies1.yimg.com/movies.yahoo.com/images/hv/photo/movie_pix/universal_focus/rat/rat.jpg

trinibjill

02-15-2007, 05:08 PM

You dirty rat:rotfl2: (James Cagney)

Aisling

02-15-2007, 05:15 PM

You dirty rat:rotfl2: (James Cagney)

:rotfl:

Hey, my friend resents that remark, she had a bath in the toilet this morning! OMG I have to stop!

trinibjill

02-15-2007, 05:17 PM

:rotfl:

Hey, my friend resents that remark, she had a bath in the toilet this morning! OMG I have to stop!

ha ha ha ha:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

nskjerven

02-15-2007, 05:41 PM

IS THAT RAT REALLY YOURS??????

EWWWWWW GROSS!!!!!!

okay, more rats to go around. That friend that I told you who wants to book the repo, they also have rats. They thought a boy and a boy, but no the 2nd one is a girl and now my friend is planning on fixing the boy so they don't have baby rats. Mind you these things sell for 7.99-9.99 each. Can't even begin to think what fixing a rat might cost. She'll get along great with us don'tchathink????:lmao:

tiggerwannabe

02-15-2007, 10:03 PM

Hi Ladies!

Deposit sent, receive and CONFIRMED!!!!!!!!!!!

We are IN people!!!

You bringing LIVE ones this time Aisling? :lmao:

I think we scared everybody away ... :crazy:

Aisling

02-15-2007, 10:09 PM

If a real rat ever came near me, I'd die of a heart attack. I used to see them all the time down on the subway train tracks. Freaked me out badly. Good ole NYC!

Congratulations Tig on having your bookings done and official!:thumbsup2

tiggerwannabe

02-15-2007, 10:14 PM

Thank you dahling :woohoo:

:hug: Thank you Mom~

Of course the first email I get from them is a reminder to go get everybody a passport :faint:

Mom, you got a passport?

Some of you smart people went and got them before the last cruise :rolleyes:

Aisling

02-15-2007, 10:20 PM

[b]

Of course the first email I get from them is a reminder to go get everybody a passport :faint:
Some of you smart people went and got them before the last cruise :rolleyes:

I knew the price was going up, so I got them last year and saved a few dollars.

Get the passports...this way, we can go with Nan to China! LOL

tiggerwannabe

02-15-2007, 10:24 PM

I have no choice this time...

by the time we sail it'll be mandatory~

I am not worried about the price...

I have to remember to give DU (Dreams Unlimited) the info after I get the passports~

nskjerven

02-15-2007, 10:26 PM

don't tease me...come to china, they have rum and rats there to ya know.

What email are you talking about I didn't get a stinking email when I booked.

tiggerwannabe

02-15-2007, 10:37 PM

I booked with the DIS' travel company Dreams Unlimited

and got FOUR emails as soon as the payment cleared ~~~

nskjerven

02-15-2007, 10:42 PM

shouldn't you be in bed now?

did ya get anything good from booking with DU?

I was so happy I booked the repo myself and just decided to book NYE that day too. I figure at some point I can transfer for credits and stuff.

tiggerwannabe

02-15-2007, 10:46 PM

We got $200 credit per stateroom and a quote about $1000 less than Disney had the cruise listed at.

and yes, I should be in bed...I'm sneezing my head off and doing a load of laundry and talking to you all tonight...

what are you up to?

nskjerven

02-15-2007, 10:47 PM

:artist: someone arty needs to craft us a logo....Aisling, whatyadoing?:banana: :rolleyes1

nskjerven

02-15-2007, 10:49 PM

what was your quote? Perhaps I should rebook?

I'm :happytv: csi las vegas baby

tiggerwannabe

02-15-2007, 10:54 PM

For 6 of us under Disney on deck 7 it was $15000-
for the same, thru DU, with Mom's military discount it was $14000.

nskjerven

02-15-2007, 11:01 PM

could the difference be because of the military discount only, as you can't do that on the web, you'd have to call for it.

tiggerwannabe

02-15-2007, 11:06 PM

probably...did you get any onboard credit?

nskjerven

02-15-2007, 11:09 PM

I should have $25 for using my disney visa, but like I said, I'm gonna move it and get some real bucks from somewhere, but thinking about Costco.

tiggerwannabe

02-15-2007, 11:13 PM

I thought about Costco...my BIL's a member

I guess we're ok and the quote I got is a good one?

I am a little out of the "know" since I didn't pay fr the last cruise

nskjerven

02-15-2007, 11:22 PM

i'd need to make a spreadsheet to tell....seems hard to really know. I was reading all the posts about west repo prices and seems that mine is a higher than first out, but what really kills me is that the same cruise as ours different week runs just less than 6K cheaper than the holiday rate. oh well, with the kids in school I'm really stuck unless we bail on school and that's not a great habit to get into imho.

tiggerwannabe

02-15-2007, 11:23 PM

stick a fork in me babeeee, i'm done for the night...besides, it's kinda hard to type with a shi'tzu on my arm :wave:

Goodnight New Year's Cruisers...

trinibjill

02-16-2007, 03:42 AM

Good morning
It's nice to wake up to such great news.:goodvibes
On the passport, I have the paperwork - just need to process it. (And of course find where I put it):confused3

Aisling

02-16-2007, 05:15 PM

Hi gang!

tiggerwannabe

02-16-2007, 05:24 PM

Hey Lady!

I have been talking to Cate and Brittany about this non-stop...the only issues they are having...

is how looooooooooooooong they have to wait for it to get here ;)

tiggerwannabe

02-16-2007, 05:32 PM

Oh yeah...and Brittany is kinda disappointed that she's too old to go to the Stack.

For those of you coming and wondering about the teen club, it's Fa-Bu-Lous! My daughter spent MOST of our cruise in the Stack and absolutely LOVED the counselors that work there.

ohioworkingmom

02-16-2007, 05:38 PM

I am hoping mine will. The past 2 times we have gone, neither of them spent any time at the clubs. Both will be able to go to the Stack in 08, so hoping they find it enjoyable.

tiggerwannabe

02-16-2007, 05:49 PM

I think Aisling's Jesse liked it as much as my Brittany did...

my DD's best friend didn't care for it, but that worked out well for me cause she and I went to the stage shows and a movie together and hung out by the pool together while Brittany was at the Stack.

nskjerven

02-16-2007, 06:29 PM

ok Tigg, that cracked me up...you bring Step along for Brit and you hog her the whole time :lmao: I have lately been thinking about your 3 girls as what they were like as littel ones like ours and I can totally see me in 10 years watching shows and hanging by the pool with one of my other ones. It is really great that you and Step have so much fun together too.....Now perhaps I should try to weasel the other two families of our little group to join us on this NYE trip....that would blow the girls away....

tiggerwannabe

02-16-2007, 09:11 PM

Actually, I think I spent as much timewith Stefanie as Brittany did :)

Doesn't Molly and Wilson have friends that are siblings?

That's how Rose and I wound up together in the first place. Our boys are the same age, we met when the boys were five and the girls were still the little sisters running around the sidelines at the boy's soccer games...then we became Girl Scout leaders together and soccer and softall coaches together...

I have known and spent time with Stefanie n her brother Dan almost as long as they've been alive. I am glad Brittany's friends are as comfortable with me as they are with each other, she's good company~

You are absolutely right, you and Molly's friends will be just as close, that's a REALLY good thing~

grimgrinnin

02-16-2007, 10:08 PM

RE: Different quotes

All this talk of cheaper quotes got me curious, as I thought Disney put a stop to travel agents discounting fares. I got 3 quotes each from Disney, DU, and Costco. All had identical prices. The only difference was in the 'credits'. Disney has none, DU has $100 - $300 shipboard credit, and Costco has $250 - $500 gift card (as previously mentioned).

I originally booked with DU. Hmmmm - what would be better - $100 worth of rum runners, or $250 worth of black olives :confused3

That $500 gift card makes the verandah look not so outrageous...

grim pirate:

grimgrinnin

02-16-2007, 10:29 PM

And passports still aren't a requirement:

http://www.dreamsunlimitedtravel.com/cruise/faq.htm#WHAT%20DOCUMENTATION%20DO%20I%20NEED%20TO% 20BRING?

Though it's probably a good idea in case you have to fly back due to an emergency (like in case the rum's all gone).

grim pirate:

nskjerven

02-17-2007, 02:03 AM

ya, but you have to have them to come to China with me....:lmao:

Tigg, the girls(& mamas) met at 6 months thru las madres, grassroots mothers group, they form every year word of mouth here in San Jose, and I assume there is a larger organization, but we decided that we liked ourselves enough to break free after one year and just stayed in our own little world...then we all had the boys one after another, sept, nov and mine in feb. it's the best friendship. molly is with the girls tonight for a sleepover. the cute thing about the girls is there is a redhead, blonde and brunette....the boys the same (wilson not as red as miss molly of course)

well, since it's 12:15am and wilson just brought his homework reading log into me I guess I should call it a night for both of us....

btw, we're going to Dland day after tomorrow, anyone need a fix on anything?

grimgrinnin

02-17-2007, 10:43 AM

btw, we're going to Dland day after tomorrow, anyone need a fix on anything?

One churro please...

grim pirate:

tiggerwannabe

02-17-2007, 11:25 AM

Hey Grim...are you guys getting a verandah this time?

What level did you book?

and YES!I absolutely think it's worth $500-is that onboard credit?

I only think ours was a hair cheaper because of a discount Nan said Disney does for retired military anyway, they do not put that discount online, they only give it if you call them and ask for it. I'm content with the $200 per cabin.

Thanx for the passpot info. I think I will get everyone their passports anyway, heaven forbid if any of us had to leave and couldn't because we didn't.

That's so cool about you and your friends Nan...

You should ABSOLUTELY try to convince one or both of them to sail with us! Molly and Wilson would appreciate that. Even tho Britt and Stef didn't spend the whole cruise together, they were both very grateful to have each other onboard.

Have a Great Time for us at DL Nan, I know you'll be calling me from traffic right?

grimgrinnin

02-17-2007, 11:57 AM

Hey Grim...are you guys getting a verandah this time?

What level did you book?

and YES!I absolutely think it's worth $500-is that onboard credit?

Depends on if I get a big fat raise or not :teeth:

We booked Cat 9 (Outside View), Deck 2 (Same cabin as Christmas).

The $500 from Costco is a Costco gift card.

I just pulled the biggest weed I've ever seen in my life. It tried to eat me. I hate these 72 degree winters....

grim pirate:

ohioworkingmom

02-17-2007, 12:19 PM

tiggerwannabe

02-17-2007, 12:32 PM

:lmao: Killer weeds?! That's too funny!

Did I tell you how much I LOVED that pic of you at the Corn Dog Palace? That was sooooo you!

Be safe Ohio Mom! We have cold and a little snow, but no where near what I am sure you are dealing with :cold:

I'm happy to see any snow...last year we had one "storm" the whole season, what that means here is mosquitos and ticks and weeds grow abundantly. We need the ice to kill of the excess...this allergy season coming will be alot milder because we got some real snow and cold weather.

grimgrinnin

02-17-2007, 12:38 PM

BOO HOO HOO - You don't have a clue, it is 26 degrees outside and snowing, another 1 -3 inches expected, on top of the 12 plus inches we had on Wednesday.

Gonna be 80 today :teeth:

tiggerwannabe

02-17-2007, 01:01 PM

I think we're gonna get up to 40!

nskjerven

02-17-2007, 05:00 PM

One churro please...

grim pirate:

Molly says "roger that"

Me no likey the churro I'll have a pinapple ice cream from the tiki room....and Molly says me too.

Talk to you later,,,and of course I'll call ya in traffic, but we are planning on leaving early so we are hoping for no traffic (now I'm cursed) we are stopping at the AG store on the way in and spending Sunday afternoon at DTD (the kids and Paul have Deluxe APs (which means Sunday they are blocked from the park, unless we want to spend $30 each, so depends on the day and our mood what we will decide) me I have a no limits bar I can go if I want on Sunday, hmmmm maybe mama is having a night to herself....:lmao:

ta ta,

N, P, M & W (did ya get that????) :banana:

tiggerwannabe

02-17-2007, 05:10 PM

Mmmmm, Pinapple Ice Cream...

You two are gonna hafta get me summa'dat! When I get there of course, please don't try to mail it ;)

Photography wise, I was hoping for a day or even a few hours, of just me and the parks and my camera. Disney is the only place I wake up at the crack-o-dawn. I may use that time, one morning, for my alone time...

Aisling

02-17-2007, 09:44 PM

BOO HOO HOO - You don't have a clue, it is 26 degrees outside and snowing, another 1 -3 inches expected, on top of the 12 plus inches we had on Wednesday. I'll take a 72 degree winter day anytime:lmao:

12 inches of snow? Ouch! I thought winter was over. Didn't the groundhog see his shadow??

Aisling

02-17-2007, 09:46 PM

About Costco, it was $400 less than DU and the DCL website, PLUS an $850 gift card. To me, that's as good as cash, since I shop at Costco all the time.

BeLLaNoTTe

02-18-2007, 10:16 AM

tiggerwannabe

02-18-2007, 10:32 AM

I happen to know in Ohio, winter (weatherwise) is on average a month earlier and lasts a month longer than on the coast where we are...

I see where my $200 per cabin onboard credit comes from, DU charged us that much more on our total to cover it :rolleyes:

No worries tho, it's as good as cash and that will come in handy when we sail...

I posted your valentines card Aisling...I put it n my TR thread for all to see~

Wow $850! That's alotta groceries!

tiggerwannabe

02-18-2007, 10:36 AM

Hi all :wave: This is Louise (Chad's girlfriend), I'm just stopping by to say i've heard a lot about all of you and i CANNOT WAIT until the cruise. From what i saw and heard you are all a ton of fun to be around!

And as for Molly, i can't wait to meet her! :cool1: I was reading the thread and i saw that u were afraid of Cate and I being overwhelmed...well i can tell you it won't be a problem for me...i teach 19 first graders so i think i can handle her...Bring it on! haha :banana:

Hi Louise!!!!

22 Posts already huh? Welcome to our world :hug:

I Love your user name, I recently bought some Disney music cd's and Bella Notte is officially m favorite Disney Movie theme song~

Cate is also wonderful with kids, I'm not sure but I think education is her major at college...I've seen her with all kinds of kids and she is great with people in general...Molly and Wilson are great kids too, so it'sll good~

tiggerwannabe

02-18-2007, 11:24 AM

For those who want to go the the Magicmeet in PA...

The payment window is supposed to opened REAL SOON! Probably this week....I'll post the details here when Fred makes them available to the public...

Aisling

02-18-2007, 09:52 PM

Well, I finally finalized the final decision on our rooms.

6536 and 6538, which are connecting rooms, for the 5 of us. Deposits have been transferred from DCL to Costco, got/will be getting the credits, and so now it's done.

ohioworkingmom

02-20-2007, 07:47 AM

Bumping us up, were did we all gi:confused3

Aisling

02-20-2007, 08:50 AM

Bumping us up, were did we all gi:confused3

Recovering from the 3-day weekend!:rotfl2:

I was at the bookstore looking at DCL guidebooks, and honestly I couldn't see spending the money when I can get more info right here. So I'm making my own Microsoft Works file with all the important info I need/want. I really love the planning part. I thought I'd want to see the Tulum ruins, but after reading about how long the bus ride is to get there, how very hot it is there, that people are no longer allowed to climb the steps of the pyramid, etc, I think I'll be looking into some other excursion while in Mexico.

I want to go to Hell! :lmao: My DH told me to "grow up"!:rotfl:

tiggerwannabe

02-20-2007, 02:28 PM

I should still have my Passporter Cruise Guide book...

I can send it to you when I find it~

It's an older one but most of the information will be worth reading.

The Passporter people will be at the Magicmeet and sell their books at a discount if you want to put some cash aside for that, it's the best price you'll get for their guidebooks.

Another option, I'll see how much of a discount my Barnes & Noble membership card would get for one of those. I prefer Birnbaums for the overview and passporter for the details and reviews of the details. The Passporter was invaluable when reading comments from people who have gone on the excursions.

...and regarding Mel telling you to grow up...

I would tell him he's grown up enough for both of you ;)

tiggerwannabe

02-20-2007, 02:33 PM

Barnes and Noble offers

Birnbaums 2007 Cruise Guide for $11.29 and The Passporter Cruise Guide for $15.34...Is that much better than what you found it for?

I also have gone to our county library and checked out these same books. It's not quite the same as owning but at least you get to read them~

trinibjill

02-20-2007, 06:39 PM

Hi everybody

We did the Xcaret ecological tour rather than the Tulim ruins.

When we went to Costa Maya (added because of the hurricane). We saw some ruins. On that tour we were allowed to go on them & the bus ride was interesting. When we came back the shopping was fun.

Jill

http://community.webshots.com/user/trinibjill

trinibjill

02-21-2007, 11:04 AM

COME OUT -COME OUT - WHEREVER YOU ARE :bored:

I am agreeing with Ohio working Mom - "Bumping us up, were did we all go :confused3
02-18-2007 10:52 PM "
:moped:

Aisling

02-21-2007, 11:18 AM

Hi Jill

I was reading trip reports and looking at photos, and I notice that there was a mariachi band in the atrium during embarkation. Is this what they do for western cruises? I remember the calypso-style bands on the eastern.

trinibjill

02-21-2007, 11:34 AM

Hi Aisling

I don't recall a mariachi band in the Atrium on embarkation.

It was pretty much like our trip. Except, on the Western we flew in so late by the time we got to check in darn near everybody was already on board.

For the sail away party we had the Charles Marshall Band.

Maybe Ohio Working Mom can tell us what was on her NYE cruise. I don't know if she had Eastern Or Western.

http://community.webshots.com/user/trinibjill

Jill

ohioworkingmom

02-21-2007, 12:30 PM

Our first NYE was an Eastern. I don't remember any band in the Atrium, but as that was our first ever Disney Cruise, it was all a bit overwhelming at that time:eek:

Aisling

02-21-2007, 08:25 PM

Bumping us up while I search for the photo of the mariachi band. :surfweb:

trinibjill

02-21-2007, 09:03 PM

Wednesday - Cozumel - Got off the ship in the morning and were undecided between Chankanab and La Cieba Hotel, so DH asked opinion of Taxi driver who suggested Mr. Sanchos Beach........so we took his advice and LOVED IT. Great atmosphere, good food, nice beach with sand (no rocks), live music, pool, watersports and it was free admission. Got back to ship about 4:30 and got ready for dinner. Arrived in lobby early to hear the mariachi band - they were great!! After dinner we played Bingo and then stayed for the game "So you think you know your TV songs". After that we headed to Deck 9 for the Deck party. That was fun. They also had the dessert buffet outside and also a taco bar with all the trimmings. Could not eat though, I was always stuffed after dinner!!!

Aisling
Is this the one you were looking for? It was May 2002

trinibjill

02-21-2007, 09:12 PM

Cast: Myself (Bruce-43), DW(Sandy-39), DD(Amanda-11), and DD(Jennifer-8).

That night was “Mexicalifragilisticexpialidocious” night, and we love to see the Mariachi Band. Even though the attire for this night is Causal – Tropical, I always were the most expensive shirt I own, an off-white with a palm tree print Tommy Bahama shirt. I love this shirt, but even living in Florida I have rare occasion to wear a $120 casual shirt that’s dry clean only. During the festivities at dinner (conga line, limbo) one of the servers walked the entire length of the restaurant on his hands, he had on a cap which made him look bald except for long white hair out the sides, and the old eyeglasses and large nose mask. After he walked on his hands he came over to our table and it was our “Straight-laced” efficient server Plamen. It was great to see him smile and having a good time, he had been working so hard to make everything right all week. We later learned from one of our former servers (Wes) that Plamen had been his assistant until recently when he was promoted to server. I thought Plamen was doing a good job, and as I said he was very efficient and polite, he just didn’t seem quite comfortable in his new role well enough to have that out going friendliness servers usually have. Or maybe he was just trying to be as formal as possible. Either way, he took good care of us, and our assistant server (Gabor) was very open, friendly, and full of cheer. They made an “Excellent” team.
Bruce

This is from 2004. This is what they had before Pirates night.

trinibjill

02-21-2007, 09:24 PM

I was thinking on pirates night there was a short period of time when a mariachi band played. In 2005 this was posted -
This is my first trip report here on the boards. It was my first ever cruise, and I had a GREAT time!

Wednesday, April 13th 2005

Back on the ship we showered and ordered room service lunch, then instead of having a live show that night, they just turned it into a movie theater and we saw “The Pacifier.” It was ok, but most of the funny parts were in the coming attractions. I hate that. Back at the room we got ready for dinner and when we got to our table, Gerry put Pirate bandanas on us and there was a Mariachi band and our menus were rolled up like treasure maps. After dinner everyone went up on the top deck for the “Pirates IN The Caribbean Party.” Captain Hook was there of course, and there were fireworks and everything. (Apparently DCL is the only cruise line that has fireworks on board.) Then there was a midnight dessert buffet, and we sailed away from Cozumel. We were in bed by 12:30, and had a towel snake in the room and chocolate coins on the bed.
THE END!

Aisling

02-21-2007, 09:27 PM

This is from 2004. This is what they had before Pirates night.

Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

Jill, you're a lot smarter than I am!:rotfl:
Duh, it didn't click in my head that this was before Pirate Night came about.

I was going NUTS trying to find the photo I saw. But now I don't have to, because the Mariachi Mystery is solved.

:thumbsup2

trinibjill

02-22-2007, 04:39 PM

Cruise News:
Disney Will Add Two New Ships in 2011 and 2012!

The Walt Disney Company today announced the long-awaited expansion of the Disney Cruise Line. In a press release, company President and CEO Bob Iger announced that the company has signed a letter of intent with Meyer Werft Shipyards of Germany to build two, 122,000-ton ships, each with room for 4,000 guests (Disney's current ships are each 83,000-ton/2,400 guests). The first of the two, as yet unnamed ships will be delivered in 2011, and the second will arrive in 2012.

Few additional details are available at this time. The ships will each have 1,250 staterooms (up from 877 -- a 40% increase), they'll be two decks taller, and Disney intends to follow the same design traditions as before -- gold scrollwork at the bow, the existing DCL color scheme, and "classic" ship style. Artist's renderings of the new ships look remarkably similar to the existing ships, with the addition of two more stateroom decks in the area between the lifeboat deck (deck 4) and the main recreation deck (deck 11) -- lots more rooms with verandahs! There is no word yet on proposed itineraries.

Aisling

02-22-2007, 05:02 PM

Cool!

I want to be on the maiden voyage of one of those ships!

trinibjill

02-22-2007, 05:07 PM

Yes, that would be awesome.

did you see Lynn & I answered your test question on the Xmas Kruisin site

Aisling

02-22-2007, 07:35 PM

Yes, that would be awesome.

did you see Lynn & I answered your test question on the Xmas Kruisin site

I sure did!:thumbsup2 Here's your prize: :drinking1

tiggerwannabe

02-23-2007, 12:13 PM

Looky what I made today....

http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/MousMManiac/WDisneyCruise05_06/?action=view&current=1172255252.pbw

Aisling

02-24-2007, 12:30 AM

Share your creative secrets, you photographic genius you!

Do u have any idea how I can make a slideshow of my pictures on a disc?

grimgrinnin

02-24-2007, 07:44 AM

Looky what I made today....

http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/MousMManiac/WDisneyCruise05_06/?action=view&current=1172255252.pbw

Neat! Thanks for sharing.

I'm up for a 2011 Maiden Voyage Reunion Reunion Cruise! My guess is they'll be sailing from CA.

grim pirate:

tiggerwannabe

02-24-2007, 09:49 AM

Grim would be the dvd slideshow guru...

If you use photobucket they can make dvd's for you but I doubt if they add music like Grim did.

A reunion reunion in 2011 in Cali!

Sounds like a plan to me~

trinibjill

02-24-2007, 03:16 PM

I have been making CD's & DVD's of my American Legions pictures that I found laying around in a closet at the Legion. For a grand total of 5100 pictures. I put them in albums that hold 300 each. Around 17 books . This has been quite a time consuming chore. :hourglass I only have one book left to do. :cool1: For each book I make a CD, a DVD w/o music & a DVD with music.

I have used media center to make slideshows on CD & DVD without music.
I have used windows movie maker & a program called muvee to make slideshows with music.
windows movie maker makes basic slideshows & you place your music where you want it.
muvee adds birds, flowers, black & white, santa claus & on & on. It will stretch, shorten or keep the pictures normal (how they are played) to the music.
The first two came with my computer the third one I purchased.

Then after you decide which one to use. Just follow the directions. It's easy.

I hope this helps.
Jill

tiggerwannabe

02-25-2007, 12:13 AM

This is what I saw tonight~

http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/MousMManiac/micks/?action=view&current=1172384367.pbw

Aisling

02-25-2007, 03:36 PM

Jill, thanks baby! U da bomb!

I'm so excited to get making my slideshow!

trinibjill

02-25-2007, 03:50 PM

Hey Aisling
If I can't help I know Tigg can.
LYMI

Aisling

02-27-2007, 08:36 AM

Hi cruisers,

Louise and I have decided to dress in gold for NYE formal night. So girls, do you have a nice gold dress in your closet, so that we can all match for a nice group picture?

tiggerwannabe

02-27-2007, 09:47 AM

Sounds like a plan Ladies!

They'll have to do our picture special this year...maybe on the stairwell since there will be so many of us...we're up to 17.5 on my last count, and that's just who wants to sit at dinner together :faint:

I have a feeling they will make us do 2 tables this time but I also think we can just switch up who sits where, like we did last time.

What else ya got planned Aisling?

ohioworkingmom

02-27-2007, 01:15 PM

I will be looking for all of you "gold"en ladies that evening:flower3:

nskjerven

02-27-2007, 02:03 PM

gold check....

you meant gold jewelry right ???? :lmao:

Lookie lookie I just made another reason for chicken to shop for me....ha hahahahaha

ok, gold dress...not my favorite color (I'm a black girl myself) not sure who it will look on Miss Molly...red hair gold dress?????

Perhaps I will be the odd woman out???? I'll see what I can find in Black and Gold....hey those are my high school colors....Go Dons!!! (don't ask) (yes that was our mascot) ok going to find a picture of a Don.

Aisling

02-27-2007, 04:23 PM

I will be looking for all of you "gold"en ladies that evening:flower3:

Robin, are we nuts for thinking about dresses this early?:rotfl2: What did you wear to your formal night on your last cruise?

not sure who it will look on Miss Molly...red hair gold dress?????

Nan, are you kidding?????? Molly with her red hair would look like a Renaissance princess in a gold dress!!!!!!!!

What else ya got planned Aisling?
I'll post right away when I come up with more cruise ideas!

tiggerwannabe

02-27-2007, 04:31 PM

I was thinking Black with Gold as well...

We just gotta get out there and see what we can find now don't we?

ohioworkingmom

02-27-2007, 04:35 PM

I think you are all CRAZY for even thinking about dresses this early. Styles may change girls:lmao:

Seriously, no you are not crazy, but I don't have time to worry yet. I am a CPA and unfortunately until April 15, there is a thing called taxes keeping me very busy. Last time I wore a black tea length dress with white satin trim. Will probably bring that again, but I also have a black halter dress from a recent wedding that might be a bit fancier. DH will probably not wear a tux though, so we'll see.

Some gold jewelry or something might be good:) I have red hair too, not sure that too much gold would do this lady any good!!

tiggerwannabe

02-27-2007, 04:49 PM

I know my husband and son won't do tuxes...

Mine would do as Aisling's did, wear a nice dark suit for formal night and leave us ladies to wear whatever we choose :teeth:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/MousMManiac/WDisneyCruise05_06/th_ChristmasGroupShot.jpg (http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/MousMManiac/WDisneyCruise05_06/ChristmasGroupShot.jpg)

~the little picture is clickable if you'd like to see the full size picture~

nskjerven

02-27-2007, 10:58 PM

my boys will be in tuxes. I'll get one for Wilson for Panama Repo from ebay so I'll be glad to have him wear it a few times to make that investment pay off :lmao: okay they are $45 bucks not a huge investment....

Paul will most likey rent this next time, it was a pain bringing his all the way in the suit bag.

Aisling

02-28-2007, 08:57 AM

Good morning cruisers,

I have Jesse home sick today...just a cold, but it has him worn out. We've been lucky this winter, no colds, flu, nothing, but my poor baby picked up a bug just as the weather is getting nicer. I got him a flu shot to try to keep him well enough not to miss any school, so that I can take him out of school for 2 days for our Disneyland trip. So far he had perfect attendance, so it'll be ok.

Louise (for those who don't know, she's Chad's girlfriend), is so into planning for the cruise already. She's a real disney nut like us, so Chad knows how to pick'em!:lmao: Luv ya, Lou! By the way Lou, you should post here! Tell everyone about yours and Chad's upcoming spring break trip to WDW.

I have so much housework to do today, and I keep thinking of the bible quote "the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak". I just can't get motivated. But ever since I quit my job last summer, I have to at least look busy in the house! I'm still teaching religion on Wednesday afternoons, but I think this will be my last year. I say that every year, so who knows.

Anyway pals, have a good day, and I'll check in later.

tiggerwannabe

02-28-2007, 10:23 AM

Nan, have you tried that tux on Wilson lately?

I have a strong feeling he won't fit that tux when we cruise again ;)

Hugs to Jesse Aisling...and the rest of the fam :grouphug:

From what I've seen Louise is absolutely a keeper...

and yes, if she's such a nut she should join in with us other nutz...stop bein a lurker woman!

tiggerwannabe

02-28-2007, 02:17 PM

Hey Mom! Like my new avatar?!

My friend Donna sent it in an email today~

I put my Peace Love Mickey Mouse away, I'll use him again after POTC III comes out~then I can retire my Johnny~

Nice new Movie ya got there grim :lmao:

Aisling

02-28-2007, 02:24 PM

I know it's a long way off, but I think Mel is going to bail out of this cruise! When I talk to him about it, he says he thinks he'd rather stay home and relax. I always show him the pictures and he says everything looks great, but that it's not his thing. I told him I'd have no one to kiss at midnight NYE, and he said I can kiss Mickey! He wasn't being mean, just trying to be funny. I think he's trying to ease his way out without hurting my feelings!

nskjerven

02-28-2007, 02:29 PM

[QUOTE=nskjerven;17276592]my boys will be in tuxes. I'll get one for Wilson for Panama Repo from ebay so I'll be glad to have him wear it a few times to make that investment pay off :lmao: okay they are $45 bucks not a huge investment....
QUOTE]

[QUOTE=tiggerwannabe;17283210]Nan, have you tried that tux on Wilson lately?

I have a strong feeling he won't fit that tux when we cruise again ;)

QUOTE]

You are in another world today my dear.....read it again...I'll get one (a new one)

and believe it or not he still fits the old one...he isn't growing wider just a little taller these days, I'm sure by 5/08 & 12/08 he'll need the next size (or 3) up.

tiggerwannabe

02-28-2007, 02:42 PM

Aisling, don't let him back out!!! We've got lotsa Male Companionship for him, Paul, John AND John this time!!!

That's not even counting Adrian and Chad-
cause we all know those two sets will be like newlyweds on the cruise~

Insist he come, tell him he has no choice, relaxing, schmelaxing, he's going on a cruise if I gotta come up there and fly him down myself!!!

Nan, I am a total fartbrain lately...

I thought I read it right, I also thought I had the Senior dates right too~

Still looking for that headsmacking smiley...

trinibjill

02-28-2007, 06:26 PM

Boy have I missed a lot.

1 Gold dresses? Oh my God. Wow, I don't know. I would really have to think about that. Fortunately, I have a lot of time.

2 (Chanting) We Want Mel - We Want Mel. How can he do this.

3 Sooo Where is Louise?

4 Tuxes/suits. They will all look gorgeous.

5 Love the Avatar. You have such great taste.

6 We have another Red Head in the group. Quite the color.

7 Who is the guy in Grims siggie? If that's a film my action stuff isn't working what is the site to see it?

8 I have an accomplishment. I tried crocheting for the umteenth time. Finally finished something. A blanket (Queen Size) Think I'll go for something smaller, like a jacket.

grimgrinnin

02-28-2007, 09:01 PM

7 Who is the guy in Grims siggie? If that's a film my action stuff isn't working what is the site to see it?

It's a clip from Star Wars (slightly modified). It's just an animated GIF. If you can see your green sparkly mickey head, you should be able to see it.

And I am NOT wearing a gold dress - that would clash horribly with my pink hat.

grim pirate:

trinibjill

02-28-2007, 09:54 PM

Thanks Grim

I dare you to wear your pink hat NYE.

No, my giff hasn't moved since the forum designers changed whatever they changed.

Jill

OK, I right clicked on the picture & saw by the properties it's from your photo album & went & checked it out - Way cool!

Oh, in the picture album what is that green thing the cat is looking at?

grimgrinnin

03-01-2007, 08:28 AM

You know, I just don't think they'll be room in my lugage this time...

http://grimgrinnin.smugmug.com/photos/51650029-M.jpg

Oh, in the picture album what is that green thing the cat is looking at?

Heh - that's my computer.

grim pirate:

nskjerven

03-01-2007, 12:52 PM

that hat rolls up...it doesn't take that much room...you have to bring it....(dede, please pack his hat)

Molly & Wil are in the school play, Wizard of Oz. Molly, Dorothy. Wilson, Rascal the flying (evil) monkey. He wanted the Tin Man, but it went to a 4th grader. I'm in charge of having the kids make the yellow bricks outta paper during pratice (can you say "busy work")

I had my friends 8 month old daughter yesterday afternoon.(her mom was at the hospital with chest pains) Man babies are a lot of work. She was easy too. But they are just hard with the constant attention required. So glad mine are school aged now.

Trying to avoid my work, can ya tell? I have financials to complete for taxes, better go do them before I get yelled at my clients.....

popcorn:: rather be :happytv:

tiggerwannabe

03-02-2007, 08:38 PM

That's awesome of the kids!

Knock em dead you two~

I hope your friend is ok...

I heard from Rose today, she called me from Anima Kingdom!

(see, there are people in the world worse than me.)

She gave me the go for airfare from SJ to (which airport again?)

and we may be changing our hotel arrangements a little~seems she has some days available at her time share, which she said is free. (???) Can you blame me if I said ok? We still may end up spending the first night at the Best Western but then Rose says she got a condo for us til the 31st.

I'll know more details when she is done her current Disney trip~

grimgrinnin

03-03-2007, 07:41 AM

Man babies are a lot of work.

:rotfl: :lmao: :rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl:

Aisling

03-03-2007, 04:22 PM

Molly & Wil are in the school play, Wizard of Oz. Molly, Dorothy. Wilson, Rascal the flying (evil) monkey

Pictures, please!

Aisling

03-04-2007, 05:32 PM

:rotfl: :lmao: :rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl:

Babies are a lot of work? Yeah, I think you definitely qualify as the current experts, Grim and Dede. :thumbsup2

Dede, do you do scrapbooks?

mwstar

03-05-2007, 03:18 PM

Just moved our March 2008 7 day to the NYE 2008 cruise. Thought I would introduce our crew. My DH and I have four kiddo, DD 14, DD 5 and DD and DS almost 3. This will be our first NYE cruise. We will be on the 2007 Christmas Cruise and in 2 1/2 weeks the 3 day Wonder.

Looking forward to getting to know everyone!

trinibjill

03-05-2007, 03:33 PM

Glad to meet you. :thumbsup2
What is your name & your family names.
We have a great crew.:grouphug:

Jill

BeLLaNoTTe

03-05-2007, 03:43 PM

:wave2: Hi Everyone! This is Louise again (I've been MIA for a while)...been busy with work problems and such. Anywho Aisling is right, any free time i have i'm looking to see what excursions look exciting and what activities they have on the ship. It's just too bad its so far away. :sad1:

But for now i have a few things to look forward to..as do some of you :thumbsup2 So that will keep my mind off it for a while. As i'm sure Aisling told you Chad and I are heading down to WDW at the end of this month. We're staying at POP, POFQ and Poly (DelUxE GiRl right here :cool1: ). HAha anyway we're so looking forward to it. Chad planned out the activity portion since i did all the hotel and air ressies. The only thing i am worried about is that i have yet to receive a paper confirmation for the Poly...:confused3 But other then that we are both extreeemely excited.

B.T.W- About the gold dress situation...Chad almost made me buy one the other day....It was gorgeous and i was debating on whether or not to buy it so early but as luck would have it...they didn't have my size...but i have my dress in my head =)

Well i am off to do some work. Hope everyone is doing well.

P.S Grim and Dede i saw the picture of Piper...She is Beautiful!!

ohioworkingmom

03-05-2007, 03:46 PM

Welcome, are those the ages of the kiddos now, or in Dec. 2008. I will have a DD 13 and 15 at that time.

tiggerwannabe

03-05-2007, 04:36 PM

Welcome mwstar! We look forward to meeting all of you!

Sounds like we have a set of twins in our midst...

Hiya Louise! I am happy for the two of you, able to make this trip all by yourselves...Aisling is such a Mom with Chad, be sure to reassure her that you two will be fine without her, Ok?

I have to suggest tho that you call and confirm your reservations. Don't ever leave that big a deal to chance without a document saying it's all set. CALL!!!

and Have a Great Time!

Chad is too cool like that eh? So what kind of dress was it, describe please?

Knee length, mini length? Enquiring Minds live and lurk here every day ;)

mwstar

03-05-2007, 07:47 PM

I am Irene, DH is Andy. All the kiddo's ages are now...DD Maddison 14, DD Meisi just turned 5, and DD Myka turning 3 on the 12th of March and DS Max turning 3 on April 15. All three of the little ones are were born in China.
We live in Tampa....

They were pirates for Halloween and getting good use out of the costumes on Pirate night too!

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Aisling

03-05-2007, 09:37 PM

I am Irene, DH is Andy. All the kiddo's ages are now...DD Maddison 14, DD Meisi just turned 5, and DD Myka turning 3 on the 12th of March and DS Max turning 3 on April 15. All three of the little ones are were born in China.
We live in Tampa....

Hi Irene!

Your siggie pic is adorable! How do you pronounce your daughter's name, Meisi? Is it like May-see?

I see we're going to have a ton of Dis-kids on this cruise, how cool is that!

Robin, our teen kids are going to have lots of company.

Louise, hi baby! Finally a nice longish post from you. See, everyone, she's a Disney nut like us. Lou, I was so happy to see your post. And what's this about a gold dress? Details, please!

Aisling is such a Mom with Chad, be sure to reassure her that you two will be fine without her, Ok?

Tig, you know me well, my friend.;)

tiggerwannabe

03-06-2007, 06:40 AM

Morning All!

Ah, so no twins...that's ok, they are absolutely adorable. The converse's on all of them make the outfits!

and yes Aisling, I m proud to say I know you that well ;)

Make sure Louise follows up on that Poly ressie ok?

Just checking in before I go to work~

Have a great day all :wave:

Aisling

03-07-2007, 08:45 AM

Hi cruise gang,

my Chad has the flu! I just got back from the MDs with him. This is the third day with a fever, ranging from 101 to 103, and I thought this is more than just a cold. So I called the MD and he said bring him right in. My poor baby, his body is aching something awful. The doc said he'll be ok in 3 or 4 more days, but if the fever gets any higher than 102, I need to bring him back. I got Jesse a flu shot a few months ago when he was there for his regular physical, and the doc asked if I wanted the shot for him, so I said sure. Usually I never get my kids flu shots (Mel and I never get them, either), because we never have the flu. But from now on, flu shots every year. Doc also said if you have flu symptoms (fever, body aches), there's a shot called Tamaflu (spelling) that can cut the flu down to half it's length if taken on the first day of symptoms. So I'll remember that if Mel or I start feeling sick.
Anyway, he'll be ok with lots of TLC. I'm just counting my blessings that it's only the flu, and notpneumonia or worse. And I'm so grateful that he got this now, instead of next week or the next, because he and Louise are leaving for Disney on the 30th. If she catches it from him, she must have it in her system by now, and she'll also be done with it in time. He's 21 years old, but it still feels the same for me as when he was a baby. Tiggie, you know exactly what I mean.

Other than that, life is good, thank God.

Hope you all are well. {{{Hugs}}}

BeLLaNoTTe

03-07-2007, 08:14 PM

Good Evening all!

How is everyone doing on this frigid N.Y night?

Hi Irene! I'm new to this group as well...but i heard they are quite a bunch; so i am excited to get to know everyone a little bit better :cool1:

Aisling, i can't believe he has the flu... :sad2: But with a mom like you he will be back to normal in no time. Although, we both know he likes the attention, so he might not want to get beter too quick :rotfl2: Between me and you he really gets treated like a king =)

Tig, i have not called the poly yet but i def need to get on that..thanks for looking out :thumbsup2

As for the gold dress...it was a choppy knee length sparkley gold halter. It came to a slight V in the middle and had a cute clasp in the center...fitted up top and flowed at the waist...i am trying to search for a picture but no luck =(

tiggerwannabe

03-08-2007, 12:44 PM

It's sounds very pretty...

I'm sending prayers and pixie dust your baby gets better soon Aisling...and Louise, you called the attention part-they know how to suck it up when they get it don't they ;)

nskjerven

03-08-2007, 02:00 PM

I just looked up and saw my beer mugs DCL style....Right after sail away my Diser friend Tigg and I got ourselves a beer (in those big mugs) and wander the ship. It was heaven....no kids, no husband, just a girl friend wandering around this totally cool place we got to call home for a week.

Oh I can't wait.....14 months is too long....(you should come to panama with me....not wait another 6 months.....)

I think I need to find a filler cruise...maybe just me & Paul (or me and one of my girlfriends.....anyone anyone???) can sneak away....hmmm the kids might just kill me for thinking that outloud....

nskjerven

03-08-2007, 02:31 PM

Aisling....to Chad....feel better soon....do what your mama tells you....she is right....

tiggerwannabe

03-08-2007, 03:48 PM

bride2007

03-08-2007, 05:11 PM

tiggerwannabe

03-08-2007, 05:57 PM

I just tried to do a reservation on Disney's cruise site and it didn't say sold out...

:confused3

I am sure it will as the day gets closer tho...I am totally looking forward to cruising during the New Year's Holiday. Christmas was quite special and I am thinking New Year's will be even moreso~

Was your last cruise for your honeymoon bride2007?

Aisling

03-08-2007, 05:58 PM

Hi All,

My DH and I just got off of the Magic on 2/24/07 and will be joining all of you for the NYE cruise 12/27/08. We will be bringing our 16 yr old son and I am hoping that our 26 & 22 yr old sons will be joining us as well. We have stateroom 5024 with the blocked window but at least we are paying an inside rate and have some light coming through. We are very excited about the cruise and I'm sure this thread will keep me going until we cruise. Sounds like we have a great group of people going.

Does anyone know if there is still availabilty or if this cruise is already full?

Hi Debbie!

There are still staterooms available for this cruise.
We have sons around the same ages, I see! Did you book onboard? I think maybe you were having such a fantastic time, you probably couldn't help it but to book another cruise! Have you read through this whole thread yet? You're right about this being a great group of people.:thumbsup2

Tig and Nan, thanks for your well wishes to Chad. And by the way, don't tempt me with a cruise-before-the-cruise! I'm already poor-house bound as it is!

tiggerwannabe

03-08-2007, 06:02 PM

...

Tig and Nan, thanks for your well wishes to Chad. And by the way, don't tempt me with a cruise-before-the-cruise! I'm already poor-house bound as it is!

Sorry Aisling, but if I'm goin, you're going!!!

We can ride to the poor house together~

Just think, it'll only be for one person, and we won't do a holiday cruise-those two reasons alone should drop the cost dramatically :hug:

Aisling, I know this is off topic, but did you know you and DU are sitting together at the meet and you are both from Brooklyn?

bride2007

03-08-2007, 06:28 PM

Hi Debbie!

There are still staterooms available for this cruise.
We have sons around the same ages, I see! Did you book onboard? I think maybe you were having such a fantastic time, you probably couldn't help it but to book another cruise! Have you read through this whole thread yet? You're right about this being a great group of people.:thumbsup2

Tig and Nan, thanks for your well wishes to Chad. And by the way, don't tempt me with a cruise-before-the-cruise! I'm already poor-house bound as it is!
We did book on board. We were having a great time and we should have since it was our honeymoon. However, we did miss formal night because DH was sea sick. He promises that next time he will listen to his wife and take the Bonine before we board.

I just talked to our older son (mine) and he is very interested as long as I do all the leg work. That's OK as long as they go and we can spend some time together as a family.

The 16 yr old is my DH's and the two older boys are mine. I'm surrounded by men and would love to have a girl in the mix. The only way that will happen is if one of them gets married and I can wait for that!

tiggerwannabe

03-09-2007, 09:20 AM

We will have: (ages right now)

18yo DD
20yo DSsgirlfriend
21yo DS
Acts younger than she is Mom (my Mom)
Hubby and Me
:in our crew

My husband is afraid to get seasick and keeps telling us "he's not going!" I told the kids not to worry cause I will get him on that boat. If he can't handle it, as I said earlier, I will gladly fly him home. I want him to at least try to sail with us and not just bail out, out of fear of something that may happen.

There are alot of girls in the collective group cruising with you, I'm sure we can steal you away for some "girl time" during the cruise ;)

grimgrinnin

03-09-2007, 11:53 AM

P.S Grim and Dede i saw the picture of Piper...She is Beautiful!!

Hi BeLLa! (Nice of you name yourself after my motorcycle :teeth: )

Thanks! We like her :cloud9:

grim pirate:

grimgrinnin

03-09-2007, 11:55 AM

I am Irene, DH is Andy. All the kiddo's ages are now...DD Maddison 14, DD Meisi just turned 5, and DD Myka turning 3 on the 12th of March and DS Max turning 3 on April 15. All three of the little ones are were born in China.
We live in Tampa....

They were pirates for Halloween and getting good use out of the costumes on Pirate night too!

Thanks for the warm welcome!

Hi Irene! Welcome!

grim pirate:

grimgrinnin

03-09-2007, 11:57 AM

BeLLaNoTTe

03-11-2007, 09:47 AM

Hi BeLLa! (Nice of you name yourself after my motorcycle :teeth: )

Thanks! We like her :cloud9:

grim pirate:

Ahh... Grim what a B-E-A-UTIFUL name to give your bike :goodvibes

Well Good Morning all!! I woke up this morning and was super excited because i saw a commercial for WDW... and with our trip coming up (chad and i) it just made me start thinking how fast time flies...we will be on the ship in no time :cool1:

Yesterday i received my 2007-2008 DCL planning video in the mail...Can't wait to watch it!

Tig- I called Disney about the Poly papers and they said they don't know why i never received it, but she put in another request for one...She also told me that it is ok if i don't have the confirmation paper because my ressie is fine in their computers...should i trust her or keep pressing for a confirmation?? I'm not sure what to do.

tiggerwannabe

03-11-2007, 10:25 AM

nskjerven

03-11-2007, 01:28 PM

Yes! It sounds like your ressies are fine...

I saw Aisling had issues with her Cali confirmation but said she found BOTH copies in her junk mail pile. You are allowed to ask them to fax it to you if you don't get the latest copy they promised you before you go.

allowed? I'd just ask them anyways, why would they say no to that??? I've asked them many times to do that DCL and DLand, it was never questioned.

btw, I have to fix my DCL ressie as I'm Mr. Nanette Skjerven, can't imagin that would be good for me when I try to board eh?

tiggerwannabe

03-11-2007, 01:52 PM

Was it addressed to Mr Paul and Mr Nanette :lmao:

;) :duck:

don't split hairs Nanette...I didn't want to say "Tell them!" I meant if she's still leary, she could ask for it to be faxed to her...smart a@@!

nskjerven

03-11-2007, 02:07 PM

no I really thought you had heard them tell you no before and it sounded strange.

and yes, it was to Mr & Mr we are as you know just an hour south of SF :lmao:

tiggerwannabe

03-11-2007, 02:20 PM

really?

No, Disney's Guest Services has never told me no. I just insist on a manager if they do ;)

The SF thing is what I was thinking too :lmao:

Tinkified

03-11-2007, 03:44 PM

We just got off the 3/3 Eastern and had a great time. We rebooked and we are joining you for the NYE 12/08 cruise. I am soo excited to be planning again, but yet very disappointed to be home...keep looking to have someone come and ask me if I need anything...and disappointed that our next cruise is so far out.

We are:
Michelle, will be 38 time of cruise
DH, Michael, will be 42 time of cruise
DD, Emily, will be just shy of 8 on cruise...birthday in January!

And off the top of my head, we are deck 7 somewhere midship, inside.

Looking forward to "meeting" you all. We had a nice cruise meet thread going for our cruise last week and unfortunately our travel got very delayed arriving on day of embarkation and we missed the "get to know you" meet in the promenade lounge and kinda let ourselves get out of the loop and never really caught up with anyone during the week...we were just overwhelmed and soo busy with everything else going around that we never really met up with anyone...it was kind of a let down for me..after all the pre-cruise talk and such.

Anyway, like I said I am looking forward to getting to know all you guys...So,
if I dare ask...what is our cruise count down?

Take care all,
Michelle

trinibjill

03-11-2007, 06:13 PM

Hi Michelle
Ohioworkingmom seems to be the one with the countdown & it says 21 mos & 2 weeks.

tiggerwannabe

03-11-2007, 06:33 PM

Welcome Michelle!

I guess that's one of the beauties of the 7day...looooootsa time to get to meet...

My Mom learned from her first cruise that delays happen, we are absoluely flying in at least one day ahead of time so we literally don't miss the boat ::yes::

(Trinibjill is my Mom btw)

grimgrinnin

03-11-2007, 06:44 PM

So,
if I dare ask...what is our cruise count down?

Welcome!

It's:

1 year 9 months 15 days 23 hours 57 minutes 18 seconds or
93 weekends or
657 days or
15,767 hours (10,511 waking hours) or
946,077 minutes or
56,764,637 seconds

give or take...

grim pirate:

Tinkified

03-11-2007, 06:53 PM

Thanks Grim for putting it all in perspective! Still WAY TOOOO LONG for my liking....I am definately in shock here at home in cold NY having to do my own cooking, cleaning and entertaining!

Michelle

Aisling

03-11-2007, 07:23 PM

Hi Michelle,

Ok, you inspiried me to get myself a countdown clock or three!

tiggerwannabe

03-11-2007, 08:48 PM

Aisling, you scared me for a second!

Your second countdown should be for May my friend not April ;)

Wow! 656 Days til our next cruise :faint:

nskjerven

03-11-2007, 10:10 PM

I keep telling you guys come on the repo come on the repo :rolleyes1 pirate:

Aisling

03-11-2007, 10:59 PM

Aisling, you scared me for a second!

Your second countdown should be for May my friend not April ;)

Wow! 656 Days til our next cruise :faint:

Duh! I was neva good wit numbahs!

(Excuse me while I go fix my tickie.;) )

tiggerwannabe

03-12-2007, 07:12 AM

I keep telling you guys come on the repo come on the repo :rolleyes1 pirate:

Yay...that's much better Aisling ;)

and we keep telling you Nan...

headed to the poor house
headed to the poor house

:duck:

nskjerven

03-12-2007, 09:48 AM

ya but we'd be there together what better company....:rotfl2: :lmao:

bride2007

03-12-2007, 10:51 AM

Welcome!

It's:

1 year 9 months 15 days 23 hours 57 minutes 18 seconds or
93 weekends or
657 days or
15,767 hours (10,511 waking hours) or
946,077 minutes or
56,764,637 seconds

give or take...

grim pirate:
Good Morning All,

That is such a long time. My DH and I will definatly have to do a long weekend at Disneyland before our cruise. You all probably understand, but I go through withdrawls if I don't get my Dis fix at least once a year. When my son was stationed down in San Diego, there were years that I went 4 & 5 times a year. My DH and I are going to spend the week after the 12/27/08 cruise at WDW without the kids.

I have heard that we can transfer our ressies to AAA and get additional On Board Credits. Has anyone heard of or done this?

I am from Marin County (and yes, Husband not Wife!), which is 15 minutes north of San Francisco. Where is everyone else form?

ohioworkingmom

03-12-2007, 11:23 AM

From Ohio, like you couldn't tell:lmao: Welcome!!

grimgrinnin

03-12-2007, 12:38 PM

Where is everyone else form?

Surprise (Phoenix), AZ

5 hours from Mickey's first home.

grim pirate:

bride2007

03-12-2007, 12:50 PM

From Ohio, like you couldn't tell:lmao: Welcome!!
I know, I know, silly me. But not everyone is so obvious.

nskjerven

03-12-2007, 06:44 PM

I have heard that we can transfer our ressies to AAA and get additional On Board Credits. Has anyone heard of or done this?

I am from Marin County (and yes, Husband not Wife!), which is 15 minutes north of San Francisco. Where is everyone else form?

I've heard that you can transfer to Costco too, which is what my master plan is, but as most things I'm lazy and waiting to do this until later. My only fear with that is perhaps we will lose access to our DCL ressie online.

We are in San Jose, okay ya got that from my screen name too, huh? I always envision Marin as Mt Tamalpias (sp) and that is so pretty when we drive thru it. What area are you in?

Aisling

03-12-2007, 07:24 PM

We're in the borough of Brooklyn in good old New York City.

Nan, when we transferred to Costco we still had/have access to our DCL ressie online.

trinibjill

03-12-2007, 07:34 PM

nskjerven

03-12-2007, 08:57 PM

We're in the borough of Brooklyn in good old New York City.

Nan, when we transferred to Costco we still had/have access to our DCL ressie online.

okay you know me totally paranoid over planner type :scared: (oh yeah that's you too) :rolleyes1

Did you have it paid off when you transfered, or pay if off after and if so who did you pay to? Costco or DCL, and if Costco and you wanted to use your Disney VISA to get it for 6 months 0% interest can you? And will you take care of the rest of my lifes problems????:hug: :laughing:

Aisling

03-12-2007, 09:05 PM

My DH and I are going to spend the week after the 12/27/08 cruise at WDW without the kids.

Debbie, that sounds wonderful. I would love to be able to do that, but it's back to work and school for my crew right after the cruise.

When my son was stationed down in San Diego, there were years that I went 4 & 5 times a year.
A Navy man?
My brother and sis-in-law are active duty USAF (stationed in North Dakota), as is my 23 year old nephew (stationed in Germany), 2 brothers-in-law AF and Navy but both now out of the service and in civil service jobs, and who else...oh my sis was Army, and is now in active reserve in Rome, NY. And my son Chad was AF ROTC, but decided it wasn't for him. Phew!

About transferring to AAA and getting OBC, I don't have any info on that, but if you ask on the other board, I'm sure someone can help.

Hi Jill!!! Have you been riding your trike lately? The weather is getting nice for it, I think.:thumbsup2

Aisling

03-12-2007, 09:06 PM

okay you know me totally paranoid over planner type :scared: (oh yeah that's you too) :rolleyes1

Did you have it paid off when you transfered, or pay if off after and if so who did you pay to? Costco or DCL, and if Costco and you wanted to use your Disney VISA to get it for 6 months 0% interest can you? And will you take care of the rest of my lifes problems????:hug: :laughing:

Let me read this a few more times, and I'll get right back to you!

Aisling

03-12-2007, 09:12 PM

Ok,

I booked through DCL online. After a few weeks, I called Costco and they took over the ressie. I kept the same #, same rooms, same everything. I became entitled to a big fat Costco gift card. I was not paid in full, only had the downs paid. When it comes time to pay the balance, I will call Costco and make the payment through them. I may pay a few months early this time so to get my Disney Visa points. You get 6 months 0% interest when you use the card, and a $25 stateroom credit per room.

It's really very easy, and Costco is trustworthy.

Anything else I can help you with, dahling?

nskjerven

03-12-2007, 10:02 PM

Miss Piper....I did a little ebay shopping for you tonight....I hope my ebay seller will ship directly to you so it can arrive quickly (not that you will need it so quickly). I just had to tell you that I got something...it's so cute.

(for the rest of you run over to the west bound repo thread I posted a picture of it there)

Dede, John...stay away!!!

Aisling

03-12-2007, 10:58 PM

Nan, you got her a go-kart?????????

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a175/nskjerven/101_2493.jpg

grimgrinnin

03-12-2007, 11:33 PM

Nan, you got her a go-kart?????????

YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!

grim pirate:

grimgrinnin

03-12-2007, 11:36 PM

My brother and sis-in-law are active duty USAF (stationed in North Dakota)

Why not Minot.

I actually paid a classmate of mine $500 to trade me Minot AFB for Carswell AFB (Texas) in AF tech school. Man I bet he was kicking himself for the next 3 years....

grim pirate:

nskjerven

03-13-2007, 12:30 AM

Hi
Tiggerwannabe (my talented DD) & I are from NJ. We are between Camden & Trenton.

Nan, Since I want to retire in a few years & stay out of the poorhouse (& live in wonderful Orlando) the repo is not it the forseeable future.

Grim you are so clever.

Tigg, I promise to live up to not acting my age.

Lou nice to see you posting

Later

Jill

Jill, did you just say we can come and visit you in Orlando when you retire???? Man I can not only read between the lines but write between them too. I'm just giving ya grief about coming, believe me Paul would be much happier if I made a deposit into an IRA rather than this cruise, but alas, I'm living for today right now.

Ok,

I booked through DCL online. After a few weeks, I called Costco and they took over the ressie. I kept the same #, same rooms, same everything. I became entitled to a big fat Costco gift card. I was not paid in full, only had the downs paid. When it comes time to pay the balance, I will call Costco and make the payment through them. I may pay a few months early this time so to get my Disney Visa points. You get 6 months 0% interest when you use the card, and a $25 stateroom credit per room.

It's really very easy, and Costco is trustworthy.

Anything else I can help you with, dahling?

too fabulous for words. THe only last thing is that you need to cruise before you get the gift card right? I'd love to have that card to use towards a hot tub :dance3:

I did not buy her a go-kart, although I bet Paul would love to pass his down to her (he already has the next one being built)...don't tell me you really didn't see what I bought, it was cute huh?:cheer2:

bride2007

03-13-2007, 01:08 PM

Debbie, that sounds wonderful. I would love to be able to do that, but it's back to work and school for my crew right after the cruise.

A Navy man?
My brother and sis-in-law are active duty USAF (stationed in North Dakota), as is my 23 year old nephew (stationed in Germany), 2 brothers-in-law AF and Navy but both now out of the service and in civil service jobs, and who else...oh my sis was Army, and is now in active reserve in Rome, NY. And my son Chad was AF ROTC, but decided it wasn't for him. Phew!

About transferring to AAA and getting OBC, I don't have any info on that, but if you ask on the other board, I'm sure someone can help.

Hi Jill!!! Have you been riding your trike lately? The weather is getting nice for it, I think.:thumbsup2
We have the same problem, with my Stepson but he is old enough to fly back on his own and his mother will pick him up at the airport. We had all of the kids with us at WDW the week before our honeymoon cruise. We got married at the Sheraton Vistana Resort on February 14th.

There was a time that I could drag their little butts out of bed to be at the parks when they opened. Good luck doing that now!!!! We didn't get to the parks till 11am and they closed (depending on the park), by 7pm. Needless to say, I didn't get to do or ride everything. To top that off, they were all to tired to go out at night so I didn't get to Jelly Rolls or the Dance Hall down on the Boardwalk. I could have left them all but I didn't want to go alone and we only had 2 cars for 15 of us.

My older son was a Marine and served 2 tours in Iraq. He is now out and Is a Sheriff in Sonoma County. I don't know why he couldn't have found a job where guns aren't involved!!!!!!!! My Husband had heard that 2 Sonoma County Sheriff were wounded yesturday at 8:30am. My son works till 7am (graveyard shift) unless he is working OT. So it's possible he could have been involved. Of course, being the loving mother that I am, I kept calling his # till I woke him out of a deep sleep to make sure he was OK. I then proceeded to lecture him about calling me (like he did when he knew I would here something about his unit while in Iraq). He's a smart man and said "yes mom, I love you" and then he went back to sleep. Needless to say, I am very proud of him. My boys have given my a lot of grey hair. Count me in as a red head. The Miss Clairol kind, but still red.

I have written a novel. I better get back to work.

Have a good day all.

tiggerwannabe

03-13-2007, 03:17 PM

ya but we'd be there together what better company....:rotfl2: :lmao:

I LOVE YOU NAN!

;) :love: :hug: (we need a smilie of three hugging for you Aisling and Me-In the poorhouse-together)

tiggerwannabe

03-13-2007, 03:36 PM

After reading your mini-novel, I cannot wait to meet you!

Looks like we are going to have another FAHBULOUS crew for our next sailing!

We got rediculously lucky with our 2005 crew, Mom cruised with DISers the year before our trip and didn't have half the fun we had on ours...

For those who weren't there...

We all met up on deck 10 for sail away, a North Jersey DISer friend and her husband made us some awesome matching long sleeve t's so we knew each other right away. We had a mini swap meet in the promenade lounge before the drill too. Nan and I took a walk around to get our cruising beer mugs and met the Captain in the gift shop-All in one afternoon~

Here is the link to my photobucket for those who'd like to see pictures of all of us

http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/MousMManiac/WDisneyCruise05_06/?start=all

Aisling

03-13-2007, 07:43 PM

Why not Minot.

I actually paid a classmate of mine $500 to trade me Minot AFB for Carswell AFB (Texas) in AF tech school. Man I bet he was kicking himself for the next 3 years....

grim pirate:

Hold on here a second. Grim, you're Air Force???????????????

grimgrinnin

03-14-2007, 09:36 AM

Hold on here a second. Grim, you're Air Force???????????????

Yup - 1988 - 1991. Worked on B-52s.

grim pirate:

tiggerwannabe

03-14-2007, 12:24 PM

I'm an Army Brat, does that count?

:duck:

trinibjill

03-14-2007, 12:57 PM

nskjerven

03-14-2007, 01:15 PM

I LOVE YOU NAN!

;) :love: :hug: (we need a smilie of three hugging for you Aisling and Me-In the poorhouse-together)

:dance3: this is us isn't it???? we are dancing our way there or to the spa/salon either way we'll be broke when we're done! :lmao:

Yup - 1988 - 1991. Worked on B-52s.

Good group... Chicken and I have a little song by them...you may have heard it "Love Shack" yes we did have it as our first song at our wedding. Remember the Smash mouth pictures??? the guitar player in SM played in a local band The Gents who played their last gig at our wedding. We often hung out at the bar they played at early in our relationship where we coined "Love Shack" as our song. Now back to the regulary scheduled program

grim pirate:

Greg from Smash Mouth (previously in The Gents)

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a175/nskjerven/081505SmashMouth051.jpg

bride2007

03-14-2007, 04:30 PM

It absolutely counts to me!. Actually, you started out as a Navy brat. When we were stationed in Calif. that was the Navy. When I went to the reserves then the Guard - then you became Army brats.:goodvibes
Hi All,

My boys are Army Brats. My eldest was born in Germany and the youngest in San Antonio Texas. I happy that they were young when their dad and I divorced. I can't imagine pulling them out of school every 3 or 4 years. They grew up with the same friends that they still have.

My office is sending packages to Service personel in Iraq that don't get packages or letters. This is the 1st time since my son returned 2 years ago that I have done something like that. It's a good thing I have my own office because I was crying. I'm happy I did it but those emotions just came right back.

I was looking on the DCL web page to see if they have a Military Discount and they do but it is for Active Duty only. It would be nice if they would change that to include Reservists and retired as well. My son is in the reserves and my cousin is in the Army Reserves and was in Afganistan & Iraq.

I was looking at excursions for the Western cruise and there are a few that would be nice. Any suggestions?? Also if you were to skip going into port which port would you skip? I love spending time on the ship but don't want to miss something fantastic as well.

Aisling

03-14-2007, 04:53 PM

you may have heard it "Love Shack" yes we did have it as our first song at our wedding.

Love Shack was your wedding song??:rotfl2: You two are TOO COOL!

Sign says.. Woo... stay away fools,
'cause love rules at the Lo-o-ove Shack!
Well it's set way back in the middle of a field,
Just a funky old shack and I gotta get back

Glitter on the mattress
Glitter on the highway
Glitter on the front porch
Glitter on the hallway

The Love Shack is a little old place
where we can get together
Love Shack bay-bee! Love Shack baby!
Love Shack, that's where it's at!
Huggin' and a kissin', dancin' and a lovin',
wearin' next to nothing
Cause it's hot as an oven
The whole shack shimmies!
The whole shack shimmies when everybody's
Movin' around and around and around and around!
Everybody's movin', everybody's groovin' baby!
Folks linin' up outside just to get down
Everybody's movin', everybody's groovin' baby
Funky little shack! Funk-y little shack!

Bang bang bang on the door baby!
Knock a little louder baby!
Bang bang bang on the door baby!
I can't hear you
Bang bang on the door baby
Bang bang on the door
Bang bang on the door baby
Bang bang
You're what?... Tin roof, rusted!

Love Shack, baby Love Shack!
Love Shack, baby Love Shack!
Love baby, that's where it's at
Love Shack, baby Love Shack!
Love baby, that's where it's at
Huggin' and a kissin',
dancin' and a lovin' at the love shack

And I think it's cool that Grim knows how to fix B-52's! And I think it's cool that Tiggie is an Army Brat! And I think it's cool that Debbie is a new bride! And I think it's cool that Jill is Jill!

Nan, yes I saw the outfit. Very very cute. I don't want to say any more about it, because I know Grim didn't take a peek on your other cruise meet board, and I don't want to spoil the surprise.:rolleyes1

Debbie, I can understand the emotion with sending the packages to our troops. :hug:

By the way, your son the sheriff sounds like a doll, the way he answered your phone call and said "yes mom, I love you." :cloud9:

tiggerwannabe

03-14-2007, 05:34 PM

Hi All,

My boys are Army Brats. My eldest was born in Germany and the youngest in San Antonio Texas. I happy that they were young when their dad and I divorced. I can't imagine pulling them out of school every 3 or 4 years. They grew up with the same friends that they still have.

My office is sending packages to Service personel in Iraq that don't get packages or letters. This is the 1st time since my son returned 2 years ago that I have done something like that. It's a good thing I have my own office because I was crying. I'm happy I did it but those emotions just came right back.

I was looking on the DCL web page to see if they have a Military Discount and they do but it is for Active Duty only. It would be nice if they would change that to include Reservists and retired as well. My son is in the reserves and my cousin is in the Army Reserves and was in Afganistan & Iraq.

I was looking at excursions for the Western cruise and there are a few that would be nice. Any suggestions?? Also if you were to skip going into port which port would you skip? I love spending time on the ship but don't want to miss something fantastic as well.

That's so cool~

I believe DCL *does* have a retired military discount, I'm pretty sure we got our price down a hair with Dreams Unlimited because Mom is retired military. I could be wrong but it's worth a phone call right?

Mom (and my sister and niece) did a ruins tour and a snorkeling trip. They never got to see Key West, their cruise was rerouted due to a couple hurricanes that year. She said something a couple pages back, one of their Mexico stops was changed and they did Castaway Cay first instead of last.

If you do a ruins tour, you MUST pack yourself some bottled water. That seems to have been the only complaint I caught onto with people doing those excursions. "It's rediculously hot and there is nowhere to get yourself some water once you leave the ship."

tiggerwannabe

03-14-2007, 05:36 PM

:dance3: this is us isn't it???? we are dancing our way there or to the spa/salon either way we'll be broke when we're done! :lmao:

We can ABSOLUTELY use that for us...

Now to get some tall beer mugs in their hands while they dance :scratchin...

:lmao:

:dance3:

Aisling

03-14-2007, 07:17 PM

(we need a smilie of three hugging for you Aisling and Me-In the poorhouse-together)
:grouphug:
This is us, with Matthew McConaughy and Johnny Depp keeping us company.;)

nskjerven

03-14-2007, 07:32 PM

:lmao: We can ABSOLUTELY use that for us...

Now to get some tall beer mugs in their hands while they dance :scratchin...

:lmao:

:dance3:

oh yes we do :lmao:

:grouphug:
This is us, with Matthew McConaughy and Johnny Depp keeping us company.;)

I'm in blue, Johnny is green and Matthew is pink...mmmmm I'm in the sandwich. okay, I'll trade spots, ok we'll rotate so we can each be the meat in the sandwich :banana:

how did we get in the poorhouse with those handsome men???? never mind, don't give our secrets away :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

No Grim, she did not say "outfit" it is not an "outfit" it is a go-kart trust me :rolleyes1

Aisling

03-14-2007, 08:10 PM

I'm in blue, Johnny is green and Matthew is pink...mmmmm I'm in the sandwich. okay, I'll trade spots, ok we'll rotate so we can each be the meat in the sandwich

OMG Nan you're freaking hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nskjerven

03-14-2007, 08:26 PM

what ever happened during that competition you guys were in? WASPASIASBVKDBSUVHFICHSDKJB?

trinibjill

03-14-2007, 09:06 PM

And I think it's cool that Jill is Jill!

Awwwwwwwwwwww that's sweet.

"what ever happened during that competition you guys were in? WASPASIASBVKDBSUVHFICHSDKJB?"

I can't believe I figured that one out.

"I was looking at excursions for the Western cruise and there are a few that would be nice. Any suggestions?? Also if you were to skip going into port which port would you skip? I love spending time on the ship but don't want to miss something fantastic as well. "

Having been on a Western cruise. Even if you didn't want to do an excursion some of the ports have interesting towns to just walk around & sightsee in.

Aisling, I can't believe you wrote the whole song - WOW

Jill

Aisling

03-14-2007, 09:15 PM

what ever happened during that competition you guys were in? WASPASIASBVKDBSUVHFICHSDKJB?

We got the boot.
We were kicked out.
We were eliminated.
We were sent packing.
We were ejected.
We were rejected.
We were shown the door.
We lost.
We got the hook.
We underscored.
We died a graceful death.

It was fun, though, and difficult, and time-consuming. Also good for the brain. The competition was formidable, and the ones that made it all the way to the individual rounds have great staying power. Even though Tig's and my teams were eliminated, we still have the opportunity to participate in the audience challenges for real prizes, like a 2 night, 3 day stay at the Swan Dolphin.

WPASADI Let's see if I can remember: Wicked P____ A______ Survivor A______ Dis Idol.

Aisling

03-14-2007, 09:17 PM

Aisling, I can't believe you wrote the whole song - WOW

Jill, that Love Shack song brought back some funny memories for me. But now I'm going to forever associate it with Nan and Chicken as their wedding song!:lmao: Well, it sure beats Endless Love!:rotfl2:

nskjerven

03-14-2007, 10:19 PM

Jill, that Love Shack song brought back some funny memories for me. But now I'm going to forever associate it with Nan and Chicken as their wedding song!:lmao: Well, it sure beats Endless Love!:rotfl2:

brings back funny memories for me too :lmao:

tell me you didn't type all that from memory...you found them somewhere and copy and pasted right :surfweb: :confused3

who won the big old fat prize??? yes Tigg I'm asking for the link to the winners final page.

tiggerwannabe

03-15-2007, 10:39 AM

They are not done yet!

There is at least another month before we know who the big winner is...yes, I said month...

Wickedly Perfect Amazing Survivor Dis Idol

(I think :scratchin )

nskjerven

03-15-2007, 06:41 PM

any links to share the love with us?

tiggerwannabe

03-15-2007, 08:54 PM

sorry Nan, not really...I stopped going over there so much anymore...

I tried a couple audience challenges but was very disappointed in how things were progressing.

I've been keeping quite busy with work, the Magicmeet in July and our upcoming trip to see you~

nskjerven

03-15-2007, 09:25 PM

ok if you dropped out of even watching it I bet I wouldn't like it either. good to have you on the front end for me babe popcorn::

tiggerwannabe

03-15-2007, 09:28 PM

You got it Nan, Anytime!!!

I *can* share what picture I posted on the DCL pic a day thread...enjoy~

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/MousMManiac/WDisneyCruise05_06/CruiseVacaB196.jpg

nskjerven

03-15-2007, 09:36 PM

name that location....St Thomas Dr. Watson?

tiggerwannabe

03-16-2007, 07:34 AM

Ma'am, yes ma'am!

Morning Cruisers :wave:

bride2007

03-16-2007, 09:37 AM

Good Morning All,

THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!

I called AAA yesturday and was able to get quoting for my sons & a girlfriend. They were able to get the room next to us for around $5000 with taxes and Insurance. It worked out to be around $1700 each. I'm not sure if they will want to spend that much and if they decide not to go I'm going to request their room. We now have 5024 with a partially block window (more like very blocked), they have 5022 which is blocked only slightly. What's nice about these rooms is that we paid inside stateroom rates but get a window. I also love deck 5 because it is easy access to all of the adult areas and not very noisey.

Aisling

03-16-2007, 04:06 PM

tiggerwannabe

03-16-2007, 04:14 PM

Mom chose the rooms we got for almost the same reason...

Her room has a full verandah like the cat 7 but at a cat 6 price~

We tried to get the two they had but one was no longer availabe...Mom gets choice since she's the one who gave me this information when I booked~

Happy Sloshy Crappy Weather Friday all!!!

:wave:

trinibjill

03-16-2007, 04:35 PM

Isn't my tigger (Colleen) the absolute best?:cool1:

Aisling

03-16-2007, 05:05 PM

Isn't my tigger (Colleen) the absolute best?:cool1:

She sure is.:thumbsup2

tiggerwannabe

03-16-2007, 05:48 PM

Aww shucks :blush:

trinibjill

03-18-2007, 01:38 PM

I read an interesting article on the 16th about passports that I would like to share.

TRENTON - The process in issuing new passports has been slowed down by a new law requiring all U. S. vacationers to carry a passport - even in Mexico and Canada.
Due to the law, Mercer County Clerk Paula Sollami Covello said the National Passport Information Center is processing an enormous amount of passport requests these days.
She said the new law requires passports for trips to Central and south America, the Caribbean and Bermuda too.
According to a federal advisor, processing passports are now taking 10-to-12 weeks and expedited passports could take as long as six-to-eight weeks.
"Don't wait," sollami Covello said. "If you are traveling this summer outside the U.S,., or in the next year, apply now."
"My office is receiving an enormous amount of calls due to this delay, so I thought it was important to inform the public that we cannot help them if they do not apply early.":hourglass

Happy St Patty's day:thumbsup2

tiggerwannabe

03-18-2007, 02:19 PM

I'm not doing it immediately but we are definitely getting our passports this year...

I won't tell John that we booked the cruise for awhile, he's too nervous about sailing for me to tell him this early in the game.

I can fudge an excuse for him to get his passport, everybody else who's going knows that John is not to be told and that we HAVE to get passports in the meantime...

~It's all good~

trinibjill

03-18-2007, 02:53 PM

Boy, I'm sure glad you said something. I'd hate to be the one to let it slip. We are just going to have to convince him that the boat doesn't rock. Even Laurie who has a tender tummy didn't have to take anything until the day of the hurricane.

tiggerwannabe

03-18-2007, 03:16 PM

I'm going to give him the same thing I took...

1 24 hour pill every day starting with the day BEFORE we sail and not ending till we are done~

I thought I told you but am very glad to have reminded you ;)

How was your dinner last night?

John is making Ham and Cabbage for us right now~

trinibjill

03-18-2007, 04:12 PM

Whew - on the reminder

The dinner Tom made was for the Legion. I asked him if he would make it & they would pay him for it.

I went to Pittsburgh for a skating meet. I got a 4th place for the region & tied for 8th out of 26 for the skaters that came for all over the country. I was pleased with that because at the Pittsburgh contest I usually come in around 15th or 16th.:cool1:

Tommy is making Chicken Parm with Spaghetti tonight. Yummmm :goodvibes

I guess I'm not quite Irish enough for Ham & Cabbage. I must be Italian this year.:confused3

LYMI:wizard: