~~~ May 16, 2009 ~~~ Western Magic ~~~

[Tink113]

I think 30mins - 1hour for the tour. Not too sure...

[tigger2002]

I was looking around at other websites :scared1: for info about Cozumel and Grand Cayman. This site has some pretty good forum information about where all we are going.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/

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[suezyq50]

I love cruise critic. Lots of good info.

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

Oh, good news!! I found our passports! They were at the bank. The reason I didn't remember taking them there is because Justin did it--not me! At least they are now at home where I KNOW where they're at. Whew!

Has anyone gotten a credit from DCL for possibly the fuel surcharge? I saw a credit on my credit card when I was looking for my DCL insurance refund, but there was also an extra $200+ for some reason. When I booked in Dec 2007, they hadn't started the fuel surcharge yet, so I wasn't charged for it initially, but I wonder why they would give the credit...unless it's for something else. :confused3

Amanda--great invitations/websites! :thumbsup2

Crystal and Kym--GREAT family pics!!! :goodvibes

Val -- did you get in touch with your uncle?

Not yet, but I will! I'm anxious to find out for sure, too. I never think of it to call him in the evenings, and I assume he's at work during the day when I do think of it.

How do I send one to Val to post on page 1? Thanks :)! ~ Kathy
If you get a photobucket acct set up using the link posted before, you can either PM it to me or post it regularly, and I'll just copy & paste to #1&2. Let me know if you need more help! :goodvibes


Indigo--we obviously all completely understand your anonimity now. I know we would all do the same to keep our families safe. :grouphug:

I have a question for everyone, for all those people that have signed up as being on the cruise but haven't checked in lately, should we PM them to let them know about the FE and bracelete deadlines?
I had been thinking the exact same thing!! I hope they have at least been lurking. Maybe a quick reminder will get them back into the group.

Mati - will you be linking everyone's dinning reservations or only the early dinning group? Do you need us to send our confirmation numbers? BTW - we are childless but don't mind kids.
I just went back to my old cruise thread because I remembered the timeframe being mentioned, and a VERY seasoned cruiser said they do seating arrangements 4-6 weeks ahead, so we might be pushing it with April 1st. Mati, if you're going to do the linking, I'll PM you my reservation #'s ASAP so they're ready to go at cutoff time.

I remember Val mentioning changing the size in photobucket but I'm not finding that! THanks!
If you click "edit" above the picture you want to resize, it'll take you to an area where you can pick a preset size or make it your own size. For most post pics, I usually choose "Large" and click apply. HTH! BTW, your girls are so pretty!

Better start Idol voting so I don't run out of time! :scared:

[2_Eagle_Mom]

They were pretty firm . . . not stale-firm . . . firm on the outside so you can get a good bite, then nice and squishy in the middle!Cool! They are added to my list of MUST trys!

I was looking around at other websites :scared1: for info about Cozumel and Grand Cayman. This site has some pretty good forum information about where all we are going.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/

<Thanks for the link - I'm going to check it out!

Oh, good news!! I found our passports! They were at the bank. The reason I didn't remember taking them there is because Justin did it--not me! At least they are now at home where I KNOW where they're at. Whew! FANTASTIC NEWS - Now we all can stop worrying. A tip that I heard was to make a color copy of your passport and keep take it with you on the trip (but don't store it with your passport) if you should lose your original one, it will make it much easier to get a replacement.

Has anyone gotten a credit from DCL for possibly the fuel surcharge? I saw a credit on my credit card when I was looking for my DCL insurance refund, but there was also an extra $200+ for some reason. When I booked in Dec 2007, they hadn't started the fuel surcharge yet, so I wasn't charged for it initially, but I wonder why they would give the credit...unless it's for something else. :confused3 We haven't gotten a credit back (and we did pay the fuel surcharge) I thought I heard that it would be a shipboard credit.


I had been thinking the exact same thing!! I hope they have at least been lurking. Maybe a quick reminder will get them back into the group.
I've just sent an email to everyone that hadn't signed up for the FE group (or those that have signed up for it, but we haven't heard from in a long time). Hopefully they don't feel I've pressured them (if you are lurking - I really only don't want anyone to be left out because we didn't invite you to join) really no pressure at all. I'll forward any responses about the bands to Amanda.

Now, I'm GOT to watch my recording of AI...I hope it was a good show tonight.

Jane

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

Morning all!

Is there somewhere to buy toiletries on board . . . I'm worried that I may run out of conditioner before the end of the trip!!

[nokidz]

Morning all!
Is there somewhere to buy toiletries on board . . . I'm worried that I may run out of conditioner before the end of the trip!!
Hi All!!
I am AUSTIN77's dad, just browsing and thought I would answer the above question, if it is alright...
Just ask your stateroom host for more. In your stateroom there will be a small tube of shampoo, conditioner and body butter. My wife, Ashley and my daughter love the stuff. Just ask your stateroom host for a new set every couple of days.......Austin77's sister must have flirted with the stateroom host as she left the ship with about 6 tubes of each.........LOL!
Plus up at the shops they have limited toiletries.

[texfinn]

Hi Everyone! Have to run into the office this morning so just taking a quick moment to say Good Morning AND to ask everyone who is linking dinner reservations to PM me their DCL reservation number.

Jane -- I will call you and Andy in (the only 2 I have linked in late dining right now) if they let me.

I will call tonight if possible, tomorrow if I don't have enough numbers from everyone.

Have a good day!
Mati

[DevinDemi2]

Hi Everyone...

I am so excited that the cruise is getting closer... I actually started packing yesterday. I read somewhere that it is easier to put your kids individual outfits in big Ziploc bags.. that way everything is together.. I labeled them dinner clothes, Key West clothes, kids club clothes etc... I think it is going to work out well. My daughter has to have her matching headbands and earrings so I can put them all together and not worry..

Crystal and Kim - I LOVE LOVE LOVE your Family pics.... so cute!!

TazGirl and Val- you are both in my prayers.... Val I hope your procedure goes well :flower3:..

I am always reading posts but you guys are wayyy to fast for me... I can hardly keep up... :upsidedow

OH... my screen name is DevinDemi2 - My son's name is Devin and my daughter's name is Demi and I have 2 kids... ha

Also my SIL and I are all done with our FE gifts... I got a few extra just in case more people join...

Have a good day...

Demetris

[tigger2002]

Morning all!

Is there somewhere to buy toiletries on board . . . I'm worried that I may run out of conditioner before the end of the trip!!

Thread with shampoo and other questions

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=30877395



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[Hudson5&Lennon3]

Quickly before I leave...

Is there somewhere to buy toiletries on board . . . I'm worried that I may run out of conditioner before the end of the trip!!
Ditto on the stuff provided!! I'm VERY picky about what I use on my hair, but I took a chance and decided to leave mine at home and use the H20+ and LOVED it! I figured if I didn't like it, I could get my regular stuff in KW on Sunday. Didn't need to...other than my mousse can leaked during the flight (all over my clothes!!!), so I had to go buy more. (Yes, I thought I had it protected well enough in a Ziploc bag, but of course, it was the one bag that got a hole in it from a sharp corner on my body wash.) :sad2:

I am AUSTIN77's dad
Glad you're lurking here, but really..."nokidz?" Isn't that like my comment the other day about my parents being childless? :rotfl2:

[DevinDemi2]

Hi Crystal... thanks for the PM.. I can not PM you until I have 10 post... I am going to try to get there now... :) sorry everyone but i have got to get to 10 post... this is driving me crazy!

[DevinDemi2]

I am so ready for the CRUISE!!!!

[DevinDemi2]

This is my 10th post hurrrraaayy :banana:

[tinkattude6]

Demetris,
Congrats on your 10 post!:banana::cheer2:

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

Oh, good news!! I found our passports!

Has anyone gotten a credit from DCL for possibly the fuel surcharge? I saw a credit on my credit card when I was looking for my DCL insurance refund, but there was also an extra $200+ for some reason. When I booked in Dec 2007, they hadn't started the fuel surcharge yet, so I wasn't charged for it initially, but I wonder why they would give the credit...unless it's for something else. :confused3

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Woo hoo!! Val is comin' cruising!!!!!:cool1:

Nope, haven't had a credit . . . but can't complain, my travel agent has refunded me the money for our two 21 day Disney ultimate tickets - thats about $700 total (well it was a year ago, I dont understand the exchange rate these days!!!!!!!!!!) - yet is still showing us as going to get the tickets!! I am holding my breath waiting for them to send the tickets out before they notice their error!! And I have been honest - I pointed the error out to them TWICE but they are insisting there was an offer on when I booked. There Soooooooo wasn't!!!!

Hi All!!
I am AUSTIN77's dad, just browsing and thought I would answer the above question, if it is alright...
Just ask your stateroom host for more. In your stateroom there will be a small tube of shampoo, conditioner and body butter. My wife, Ashley and my daughter love the stuff. Just ask your stateroom host for a new set every couple of days.......Austin77's sister must have flirted with the stateroom host as she left the ship with about 6 tubes of each.........LOL!
Plus up at the shops they have limited toiletries.

Hello Austins dad!!! Thank you for your answer! I did not know we got either conditioner OR body butter - I am very impressed!!!

Thread with shampoo and other questions

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=30877395


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Thank you kindly! Will read now.

Quickly before I leave...


Ditto on the stuff provided!! I'm VERY picky about what I use on my hair, but I took a chance and decided to leave mine at home and use the H20+ and LOVED it! I figured if I didn't like it, I could get my regular stuff in KW on Sunday. Didn't need to...other than my mousse can leaked during the flight (all over my clothes!!!), so I had to go buy more. (Yes, I thought I had it protected well enough in a Ziploc bag, but of course, it was the one bag that got a hole in it from a sharp corner on my body wash.) :sad2:

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I will definitely give it a try if all the girls like it!

This is my 10th post hurrrraaayy :banana:

Yey!!!!!!!! :banana:

[tinkattude6]

Hello everyone! I finally made our reservation for the Radisson.I really didn't think it was a deal or anything ,but atleast parking is free for the wk of the cruise. So is anyone else staying the 15-16? I'm so behind on everything lol. It's like i'm in slow motion.Crystal,

[shasess]

Hello everyone! I finally made our reservation for the Radisson.I really didn't think it was a deal or anything ,but atleast parking is free for the wk of the cruise. So is anyone else staying the 15-16? I'm so behind on everything lol. It's like i'm in slow motion.Crystal,

We are!!!!!:cool1:
I think there's quite a few of us staying at the Radisson the night before the cruise!

[austin77]

Hi All!!
I am AUSTIN77's dad...

Hey DADDY-O!!! His name is "NOKIDS" because he doesn't want any of us!!!:laughing:

[texfinn]

Ok, got reservation numbers from Val and Tiffany. Still missing numbers from Sara, Kym & Crystal. Let me know if you still want to link dinner reservation numbers so I can call them in.

On another note -- remind me to NEVER order swimsuits from Disney.com. Got them today -- black one was HUGE! Not even close in size -- not even something that could be adjusted with those cover up pants. The red one fit but talk about racy! Either the neckline plunges down down down down or the legs are high high high! Both are going back. I hope they don't give me a hassle. I am going to return them to the store.

Still working on a project for work so this is short -- hopefully will get done and can enjoy reading later!!!!

[lucyddr]

Hello everyone! I finally made our reservation for the Radisson.I really didn't think it was a deal or anything ,but atleast parking is free for the wk of the cruise. So is anyone else staying the 15-16? I'm so behind on everything lol. It's like i'm in slow motion.Crystal,

We'll be there! We may not get there until late that evening, but if we get there in time you'll be able to find us at the pool!

On another note -- remind me to NEVER order swimsuits from Disney.com. Got them today -- black one was HUGE! Not even close in size -- not even something that could be adjusted with those cover up pants. The red one fit but talk about racy! Either the neckline plunges down down down down or the legs are high high high! Both are going back. I hope they don't give me a hassle. I am going to return them to the store.

Still working on a project for work so this is short -- hopefully will get done and can enjoy reading later!!!!

Mati: I feel your pain. My LandsEnd swimsuits are too big (as is my new rashguard)! I'm going to wait until everything arrives, then ship it back for a smaller size. I guess I should be thankful it wasn't too small...:eek:

[Disgirl83]

Hey DADDY-O!!! His name is "NOKIDS" because he doesn't want any of us!!!:laughing:

You're too funny! Maybe it's just wishful thinking.... :rotfl:

[QUOTE=texfinn;31022676] On another note -- remind me to NEVER order swimsuits from Disney.com. [QUOTE]


I feel your pain. I always see clothes I like online or in catalogs but I'm soo hesitant to order anything. I'm not really proportionate so I may wearwear an XS on top and an XL on the bottom. It's so crazy! :confused3 I did order the mary jane water shoes for Lands End. I'm sooo hoping they will fit!!!

[SpeedFigure]

Ok, got reservation numbers from Val and Tiffany. Still missing numbers from Sara, Kym & Crystal. Let me know if you still want to link dinner reservation numbers so I can call them in.

On another note -- remind me to NEVER order swimsuits from Disney.com. Got them today -- black one was HUGE! Not even close in size -- not even something that could be adjusted with those cover up pants. The red one fit but talk about racy! Either the neckline plunges down down down down or the legs are high high high! Both are going back. I hope they don't give me a hassle. I am going to return them to the store.

Still working on a project for work so this is short -- hopefully will get done and can enjoy reading later!!!!


Story of my work life! :P I feel your pain. I'm sorry they didn't work out!! Such a bummer

[DevinDemi2]

Wow Mati...

Thanks for taking one for the team... After hearing that I am certainly not going to waste my time ordering the swimsuits from Disney.com... and just think I was excited about being twinkies...
Trust me I am doing everyone a favor, you would not want to see me in a racy swimsuit!:scared1:

[princessljw]

Im not sure what to write about us. Im 37 dh is 42 dd is 14. we have been married 15 yrs we both work at a resturaunt called Hoss's I've been there for 19yrs he has been there for 15 yrs. he's a cook and I'm a waitress and yes he does all the cooking at home too arent I lucky. Our daughter has arthritis she has had since she was a year old. We have a cat her name of course is princess. I dont know what else to write if you have any questions about us we'll be happy to answer them

[SpeedFigure]

Im not sure what to write about us. Im 37 dh is 42 dd is 14. we have been married 15 yrs we both work at a resturaunt called Hoss's I've been there for 19yrs he has been there for 15 yrs. he's a cook and I'm a waitress and yes he does all the cooking at home too arent I lucky. Our daughter has arthritis she has had since she was a year old. We have a cat her name of course is princess. I dont know what else to write if you have any questions about us we'll be happy to answer them

WELCOME!!!!! Happy to have you on the cruise! Sorry your daughter has arthritis, ouchy! I have Fibromyalgia, so I can some what understand her pain.

If you know anything about FE's. We have a cutoff date to join the group by April 1st. We are also purchasing wristbands to wear so we can identify each other on the cruise. They are Green, glow in the dark and say our cruising name "Key Lime PIE-rates" with the cruise date. Deadline for that is April 1st.

[DevinDemi2]

will post another pic...

[DevinDemi2]

OH MY GOD! Sorry Guys I am trying to get the hang of posting a photo... sorry... please ignore this embarrassing mistake :rolleyes1

[indigodisney]

Did anyone watch American Idol last night? Adam Lambert was amazing!!!!! I am not shocked about who went home tonight.

why can't I stick to my diet? I have been eating like a maniac the past few days. this talk about bathing suits makes me realize I better get my act together!!!

[princessljw]

who want home on idol im in a poll at work but dont watch the show i have allison

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Val - I'll be thinking about you tomorrow and wishing you a speedy recovery!!

Sonya - I think I've heard that you can go up to the spa or fitness center and use the showers up there and they have product to use as well. And much larger shower stalls.

Im not sure what to write about us. Im 37 dh is 42 dd is 14. we have been married 15 yrs we both work at a resturaunt called Hoss's I've been there for 19yrs he has been there for 15 yrs. he's a cook and I'm a waitress and yes he does all the cooking at home too arent I lucky. Our daughter has arthritis she has had since she was a year old. We have a cat her name of course is princess. I dont know what else to write if you have any questions about us we'll be happy to answer themWelcome to the thread - princesssljw was one of the folks that I sent a PM to tell about the FE and wrist bands. I suggested she come out of lurkdom and get to know everyone. Here are some questions for you: Will you be doing any excursions during the trip? Have you ever cruised before? If so, where and on what line? A lot of us are trying to match names with people, if you feel comfortable what are your real names? What are you all looking forward to the most? Ok don't want to overwhelm you...

Princessljw and YanJan responded to my PM with a question about the wrist bands that I couldn't answer. How will we be paying for them? Amanda? How would you like us to pay you for them? Also, when will you be distributing them? Sounds like we better get some definate meets scheduled.

Did anyone watch American Idol last night? Adam Lambert was amazing!!!!! I am not shocked about who went home tonight. [\QUOTE] I was shocked at his performance! I LOVED it. I was so afraid that he was going to do a screaming rocker version. Boy what a surprise. I can hardly wait to see who gets bumped (please let it be Megan)

[QUOTE=indigodisney;31024851]why can't I stick to my diet? I have been eating like a maniac the past few days. this talk about bathing suits makes me realize I better get my act together!!! I feel your pain. I do really well for a while and then WHAM its like I haven't ever eaten before. As my WW leader will say, just try and make the best choices and remember each day is a new beginning.

I'm off to eat dinner and then AI!!

J

[Bellamickey]

WOW!! I'm away from the boards for a couple days and you girls have been busy little bees!!!:surfweb:

It's been a busy week here! I've missed my DIS friends!!!;) I'll do my best to try and catch up.

Hope all is well with everyone!! We're getting so close!
ONLY 50 MORE DAYS!!!:cheer2:



Okay, so I got a little distracted from work for a sec. I happened to come across these articles and thought I'd share for anyone who is also doing WDW

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29761000/

and/or KSC

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29660727/

Hey Val!!
Thanks for sharing those links! Will go check those out.

Also, wanted to let you know that I hope your procedure goes well. Your in our thoughts and prayers:grouphug: We love our Val!


Unfortunantly Im not sure how long I can fight off my part of getting sick. I am trying to take it slow and not push myself for fear that my immune system would get worn out and I would get it for sure. I do have a sore throat today but I am crossing my fingers that I can keep it fought off :laughing:



I hope your doing ok with fighting off getting sick! We want you up and well our cruise! Here's a cyberhug to help you along:hug:

Hi All!!
I am AUSTIN77's dad, just browsing and thought I would answer the above question, if it is alright...
Just ask your stateroom host for more. In your stateroom there will be a small tube of shampoo, conditioner and body butter. My wife, Ashley and my daughter love the stuff. Just ask your stateroom host for a new set every couple of days.......Austin77's sister must have flirted with the stateroom host as she left the ship with about 6 tubes of each.........LOL!
Plus up at the shops they have limited toiletries.

:welcome: AUSTIN77'S dad!!!


On another note -- remind me to NEVER order swimsuits from Disney.com. Got them today -- black one was HUGE! Not even close in size -- not even something that could be adjusted with those cover up pants. The red one fit but talk about racy! Either the neckline plunges down down down down or the legs are high high high! Both are going back. I hope they don't give me a hassle. I am going to return them to the store.

Still working on a project for work so this is short -- hopefully will get done and can enjoy reading later!!!!

Hey Mati! I'm sorry about your swimsuits.. I know your going to find something great!!!!

Oh hey, We are going to be in WDW the night before, the only park we bought tickets for is EPCOT!!! I might have to hunt you down to do a jager shot with me in Germany!!!! :drinking1: :rotfl:
I've always wanted to try those!!!

Im not sure what to write about us. Im 37 dh is 42 dd is 14. we have been married 15 yrs we both work at a resturaunt called Hoss's I've been there for 19yrs he has been there for 15 yrs. he's a cook and I'm a waitress and yes he does all the cooking at home too arent I lucky. Our daughter has arthritis she has had since she was a year old. We have a cat her name of course is princess. I dont know what else to write if you have any questions about us we'll be happy to answer them

:welcome: this is such an awesome group!! Glad to have you with us!!!!:)

Did anyone watch American Idol last night? Adam Lambert was amazing!!!!! I am not shocked about who went home tonight.



Adam was AMAZING!! He is my hubby's favorite. He did a very good job!!:thumbsup2

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Amanda- the invitations are great!! You did a wonderful job! I love them!!:thumbsup2

Crystal and kim- The family picutres are beautiful!!! You both have very beautiful families!! Can't wait to meet everyone in person!!!;)

Val- sending you somemore warm wishes and thinkin' of ya!:hug:

[indigodisney]

I lost most of my weight through WW and have kept it off, but then I bounced back with 5 lbs on top of the other 5-10 that I had left to lose....

I think that the training for the half marathon will help.

AMerican Idol SPoiler below....

:dance3::dance3::dance3::dance3::dance3::dance3:

Michael Sarver was sent home.

He seems like a nice guy....

[nokidz]

Hey DADDY-O!!! His name is "NOKIDS" because he doesn't want any of us!!!:laughing:

just wishful thinking, sometimes!!! :rotfl2:

[NoodlesMom]

why can't I stick to my diet? I have been eating like a maniac the past few days. this talk about bathing suits makes me realize I better get my act together!!!

Me too! I am ready to give up. I'm sure I'll gain 20lbs on the cruise anyway.

[DevinDemi2]

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[texfinn]

UGH -- almost made it all the way through without spoiling AI. (watching yesterday's show right now) Let's pretend I didn't read any of it and I'll act surprised when I see the elmination show. :thumbsup2

I have added etsy.com to the list of my online addictions. If you haven't checked it out, you should. .....
Anyone planning to do the walking tour of the ship on day 1.

Amanda -- thanks for the tip on etsy! I'll go check it out. I think we will skip the walking tour -- taking the kids to the Mickey pool after lunch BUT now I know who will know where everything is! Our own personal tour guide -- Amanda :thumbsup2

I always read the new posts but just don't take the time to post right away. :sad2: Maybe later today...or tomorrow. I'll probably be vegging on the couch tomorrow afternoon since my procedure got moved up a day.

Val -- was surprised to see you posted earlier. When you are up to it, let us know how it went! I have been thinking about you all day and sure it all went well!

Have fun in Vegas!!! Our next adult only vacation will be in Vegas. We have never been and I really want to go!!!! Hopefully we will get the chance to go sometime next year!!!

Shawan -- I grew up going to Las Vegas. My parents LOVE LOVE LOVE to gamble (not like addicts :rotfl: but they do have fun). I have been a billion times and it is definitely a sight to be seen -- that is why we are going with my MIL and her DH. I am NOT a gambler so now I look at Vegas as a pool vacation! We leave a week from Saturday and I can't wait to relax!

Unfortunantly Im not sure how long I can fight off my part of getting sick. I am trying to take it slow and not push myself for fear that my immune system would get worn out and I would get it for sure. I do have a sore throat today but I am crossing my fingers that I can keep it fought off :laughing:

Crystal -- I hope you can fight it. Try Emergen-C. Love the stuff (it is also a great hangover remedy :) ). Don't forget to PM me your reservation number if you want to link up for dinner!

I was looking around at other websites :scared1: for info about Cozumel and Grand Cayman. This site has some pretty good forum information about where all we are going.

Thanks Tigger! Will check it out!

Oh, good news!! I found our passports! They were at the bank.

Whew! You had me worried. I am worried about Yoni now. He applied for his passport on Tuesday and for some odd reason did not feel the need to expedite it -- it will be close! :scared1:

Is there somewhere to buy toiletries on board . . . I'm worried that I may run out of conditioner before the end of the trip!!

Sonya -- I hear you -- I am funny like that. I always carry enough conditioner wherever I go. I even take a full size to Finland when we go visit. I have heard the H2O products are fantastic so can't wait to try them!

Hi All!!
I am AUSTIN77's dad, just browsing and thought I would answer the above question, if it is alright...

Hi Andy's Dad!

I am so excited that the cruise is getting closer... I actually started packing yesterday. I read somewhere that it is easier to put your kids individual outfits in big Ziploc bags.. that way everything is together.. I labeled them dinner clothes, Key West clothes, kids club clothes etc... I think it is going to work out well. My daughter has to have her matching headbands and earrings so I can put them all together and not worry.. ......Also my SIL and I are all done with our FE gifts... I got a few extra just in case more people join...

Demetris -- I need to start packing too! I have a stack of stuff in my closet that is growing in size. I added to it today (pop up hamper and the mickey soft cooler) and thought -- uh oh, going to be hard when it comes time to actually pack!

I can't believe you guys are done with FE gifts! I still have a lot to do but won't stress until after my MIL leaves....

Mati: I feel your pain. My LandsEnd swimsuits are too big (as is my new rashguard)! I'm going to wait until everything arrives, then ship it back for a smaller size. I guess I should be thankful it wasn't too small...:eek:

Cinda -- yup, thought that. I was going to order LandsEnd suits next -- wonder if I should go down a size....hmmmmmmm....

Thanks for taking one for the team... After hearing that I am certainly not going to waste my time ordering the swimsuits from Disney.com... and just think I was excited about being twinkies...
Trust me I am doing everyone a favor, you would not want to see me in a racy swimsuit!:scared1:

Demetris -- those pants were so big -- you would have died laughing (I did!). :rotfl2: and yes, that red swimsuit -- what were they thinking?????

Im not sure what to write about us. Im 37 dh is 42 dd is 14. we have been married 15 yrs we both work at a resturaunt called Hoss's I've been there for 19yrs he has been there for 15 yrs. he's a cook and I'm a waitress and yes he does all the cooking at home too arent I lucky. Our daughter has arthritis she has had since she was a year old. We have a cat her name of course is princess. I dont know what else to write if you have any questions about us we'll be happy to answer them

Glad you shared! Feel badly for your daughter. I have 2 neighbors that have dealt with that for quite some time (both are in their 30s) so know the toll that can take on a body.

OH MY GOD! Sorry Guys I am trying to get the hang of posting a photo... sorry... please ignore this embarrassing mistake :rolleyes1

Don't be -- did the same thing only I edited it when I realized I goofed! :lmao:

Did anyone watch American Idol last night? Adam Lambert was amazing!!!!! I am not shocked about who went home tonight.

why can't I stick to my diet? I have been eating like a maniac the past few days. this talk about bathing suits makes me realize I better get my act together!!!

La la la la la (that is me with my fingers in my ears pretending not to hear the AI chatter!) :rotfl: I am having trouble with my diet too. I don't think it will get that much better until after MIL leaves. That only leaves me 4 or 5 weeks until the cruise -- EEP! :scared:

Also, wanted to let you know that I hope your procedure goes well. Your in our thoughts and prayers:grouphug: We love our Val!

Oh hey, We are going to be in WDW the night before, the only park we bought tickets for is EPCOT!!! I might have to hunt you down to do a jager shot with me in Germany!!!! :drinking1: :rotfl:
I've always wanted to try those!!!


Belinda -- I am game! Will PM you our cell number -- that would be fun! We will be in the park in the AM, then leaving late afternoon and coming back after dinner (at least that is the plan). I do know I have to try the Samantha Brown drink -- Grand Marnier Slush -- YUMMMMMMMMMM......

[DevinDemi2]

Can't wait

[indigodisney]

Oh no!!! won't post a spoiler on here again, I promise!! Actually after you see all the performances the exit won't be surprising. One person in the bottom three was a shocker to me...

Have fun tonight!!

[DevinDemi2]

Mati.. How do you like the Mickey soft cooler... I was thinking about getting that for bottled water?

[DevinDemi2]

Welcome to all the new cruisers!! :)

[princessljw]

our names are carrie gordon and lacy. we cruised 2 years ago with disney a 4 day. in key west we are doing the gps walk, in grand caymen nautilus undersea tour and reef snorkel, cozumel dolphin discovery, and cc snorkeling.we cant wait to just get on the boat we love everything disney. we are also cruising with my mom helen dad chuck and nephew alex.

[mother_hen]

Hi everybody! Can't believe we are getting so close to the cruise now!

Please put me down for 2 adult wristbands and 1 children's wristband. Let me know who/when/how much to pay and thanks so much for doing this! If we can only get adult, I'll be happy with just the 2.

It's been a bit crazy here. Just planned/ booked ADRs for my June trip to WDW. My friend thinks a Disney trip takes more planning than the Shuttle launch! ROFL!

[Bellamickey]

Hey Sara!!

Glad to see you back! Been wondering where you've been hiding:)

Have you looked at the boatswains website? I hope it's a good as it looks in the pictures!! We're really excited about that excursion. It seems that have lots to see and do!!!:)

[SpeedFigure]

I had an idea about payment for the wristbands... However Amanda decides to receive payments, we should send enough to cover postage. Most will be fine sending in a regular envelope, but to cover all the postage will add up. I think stamps now are like .49 cents?? So an extra .50 cents to a dollar or so to cover. Does that make sense??

Val good luck tomorrow!!!!

[texfinn]

:cool1::cool1:Have everyone's reservation numbers for Early Dining except Kym! :cool1::cool1:

Kym -- email or PM me your reservation number.

If I need last names, I will PM you. If anyone else wants to link up dining reservations for early dining, please let me know ASAP. I am going to ask for 6pm seating if that is ok with everyone. I have no idea what the rotation is but am thinking the later dining might be easier?

Andy -- have Jane's reservation number. If you send me yours I can call you guys in for too. Jane, I am sorry we won't be joining you after all at dinner now that we are main dining. We will miss you at dinner (and am hoping like crazy we made the right decision to switch to main dining).

Cinda, JorDan, Lynsey -- I am assuming someone in your group has linked you guys up? If not and you want me to call it in, let me know....

Anyone else want to join in a late or early dining group????

JorDan -- how are you feeling? Like the payment idea for Amanda. You are so thoughtful! I hope you are back to normal! BTW, think Val had her procedure today. It got bumped up a day.

Indigo -- no worries on the spoiler. I am not that diehard of an AI watcher and no, was not surprised. It was fun to watch even though I was a day late.

Demetrus -- oh gosh, worried I am misspelling your name. I may have to start calling you D or something just to get it right! The cooler looks nice but is still in plastic. It looks much bigger than I thought it would be. We will bring some water but after reading boards, plan on just buying it in Key West. I will bring some beer and wine with us though! :thumbsup2

Carrie -- it is good to put a name with the DIS-tag! It sounds like you have some great excursions. There are others doing the dolphin thing in Coz too just not sure if it is via DCL or not.

Ok, I am TIRED! Have a major presentation review with my VP tomorrow morning and not ready at all. I have to get up early and try to finish it up. After that, I can focus on the next stress -- MIL's visit :scared1:. At least it is only about 1 week until we go to Vegas!!! Have good night everyone!

[2_Eagle_Mom]

I had an idea about payment for the wristbands... However Amanda decides to receive payments, we should send enough to cover postage. Most will be fine sending in a regular envelope, but to cover all the postage will add up. I think stamps now are like .49 cents?? So an extra .50 cents to a dollar or so to cover. Does that make sense??

Val good luck tomorrow!!!!Sounds like a fantastic idea. I have some Disney Dollars floating around I could always send you some of those to cover the cost (plus a pre-stamped pre-addressed envelope).


Andy -- have Jane's reservation number. If you send me yours I can call you guys in for too. Jane, I am sorry we won't be joining you after all at dinner now that we are main dining. We will miss you at dinner (and am hoping like crazy we made the right decision to switch to main dining). It sounds like you guys are going to have a great group. I think we had requested 8:00pm dinning if they ask you for a specific time.

Ok, I'm watching the elimination show right now and was it just me or did it look like they were lipsyncing the opening number???

[SpeedFigure]

Cinda, JorDan, Lynsey -- I am assuming someone in your group has linked you guys up? If not and you want me to call it in, let me know....

Anyone else want to join in a late or early dining group????

JorDan -- how are you feeling? Like the payment idea for Amanda. You are so thoughtful! I hope you are back to normal! BTW, think Val had her procedure today. It got bumped up a day.

Ok, I am TIRED! Have a major presentation review with my VP tomorrow morning and not ready at all. I have to get up early and try to finish it up. After that, I can focus on the next stress -- MIL's visit :scared1:. At least it is only about 1 week until we go to Vegas!!! Have good night everyone!


Lynsey linked up our reservations to have the same table, so I think we are ok???
I'm feeling ok, it's a deep chest cold that won't decide if it's going to come or go. I think coaching for 4 hrs on Wednesday was NOT good. Plus doesn't help that the weather has turned back to winter. I'll survive, just wish it would come or go.

Good luck on your presentation tomorrow!!! At least you have a few things to keep you busy before the cruise. The days are slowing down for me....only 50??? So long, yet so close.

Sounds like a fantastic idea. I have some Disney Dollars floating around I could always send you some of those to cover the cost (plus a pre-stamped pre-addressed envelope).

I like the pre-stamped pre-addressed envelope idea!!! I think we'll just have to wait to decide next week at the deadline.

Ok my cold medicine is kicking in.........:sick:

[Tink113sMom]

Hi guys... I am pretty sure Amanda meant to just hand the wrist bands out at the dock and on board. My main concern was to be sure to get them dispersed by Sunday morning... I will check with her in the morning to be sure that was her plan. Mailing them could get really complicated... I would worry if they would get to everyone!

Mati... (I also had it in my head that your name was pronounced differently than you said... My grandmother's name was Maude so maybe that will help.)I know our family would take up an entire table but we could possibly sit in the same area. I will have to get Amanda to PM the reservation #s if she wants to try... If it doesn't show up, don't worry about it. Sure hope your presentation went well! :flower3:

Val... You are in my thoughts and prayers. :angel:

As far as toiletries go Sonya, that was another thing I totally over packed last time! Someone told me if you could find them at all, they were ridiculously over priced on the ship. Another bum steer... They had all the necessities and were relatively reasonably priced.

Glad to see all the action on the board. Welcome to all that are here!

Carole

[yanjan]

alright got a ?

do we have a meeting set up somewhere? i dont know since im a late comer to the boards.

also we have early dinning and read about rezzie being linked. what is that for? setup a big table?

im at work right now and just found out im going to play army stuff for a couple of weeks. great cold,mud and all other things that come with spring.
at least no bugs.

nick

[lillygator]

can we link to early dining as well? and who are you in contact with at DCl? the gal I called said they weren't taking that info anymore

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

Wow! What busy beavers you were while I was in LaLa Land yesterday! :rotfl2:

Hello everyone! I finally made our reservation for the Radisson.I really didn't think it was a deal or anything ,but atleast parking is free for the wk of the cruise. So is anyone else staying the 15-16? I'm so behind on everything lol. It's like i'm in slow motion.Crystal,
There are quite a few of us staying at the Radisson--US INCLUDED!! We almost have the 10 AM shuttle filled, too, so if you wanted to ride with the rest of us, maybe check ASAP to see if there's still room for all 5 of you. I know I had a head count at one time, but I can't remember what we were up to--maybe at least 20 (I think I heard it holds 30). I think I tried to post it to #1 as the info was being posted.

Hey DADDY-O!!! His name is "NOKIDS" because he doesn't want any of us!!!:laughing:
:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

Ok, got reservation numbers from Val and Tiffany.
:yay:




Adam Lambert was amazing!!!!!
Oh, yeah, baby! I thought he was FANTASTIC!!

Also, wanted to let you know that I hope your procedure goes well. Your in our thoughts and prayers:grouphug: We love our Val!
Awwwww...all you guys are so sweet!! :hug:

I had it done yesterday, and everything went fine! It was a little more uncomfortable than I was hoping for--just some moderate pain for 63 seconds (they had to time the actual ablation process). And then it was all done! I was all hopped up on Valium & Vicodin, so I was really loopy. :laughing: I was asked to rate my pain during the procedure, and I definitely thought my kidney stones were A LOT more painful than that was! When we got home, I fell asleep at the table eating lunch, so I went to bed and woke up at 5:30!! I felt okay, so Lennon & I went to his preschool's Mother-Child Night (my BFF drove us), but then I was still really tired. I tried to watch Idol results, but I slept through most of it. I woke up briefly for each of the bottom three announcements (I think?). I'm still pretty groggy this morning, too, so I might need another nap. I'm so glad I didn't have to do general anesthesia, which she usually does for this. I just hope the final result of the procedure is what I'm wanting it to be. I may not know by cruise time, though. :scared:

Speaking of kidney stones, though, Indigo, how did your kidney problems ever turn out (from a long time ago...)?


I might have to hunt you down to do a jager shot with me in Germany!!!! :drinking1: :rotfl:
I've always wanted to try those!!!
Eeeeewwwww!! You've never had Jag?!?! I'm not so sure I'd be that excited about it. Blech! :laughing:

And speaking of Jag (of course, pronounced Yag) and Joni (pronounced Yoni), I was in the doctor's office yesterday waiting, and the nurse called for "Jody," assuming it was a woman. But it was a man! Even the nurse was surprised! I instantly thought of Joni/Yoni and how he has to be in the same situation as this guy!

One person in the bottom three was a shocker to me...
I was SO surprised by Matt being in the bottom 3! I think I slept through that one, though, because I woke up & saw him & Michael standing there and COULDN'T BELIEVE IT!!!! There's NO WAY Megan did that much better than Matt and Scott (although I wasn't too impressed with Scott anyway, but I definitely think Megan should be GONE!).

our names are carrie gordon and lacy. we cruised 2 years ago with disney a 4 day. in key west we are doing the gps walk, in grand caymen nautilus undersea tour and reef snorkel, cozumel dolphin discovery, and cc snorkeling.we cant wait to just get on the boat we love everything disney. we are also cruising with my mom helen dad chuck and nephew alex.
:welcome: back Carrie! It's been awhile! I'll update all your info on posts #1&2!.

Our daughter has arthritis she has had since she was a year old.
Carrie & JorDan--I type for a rheumatologist, so I know ALL about JRA & fibromyalgia. They can be difficult to control, so I hope you have great docs!

I am going to ask for 6pm seating if that is ok with everyone. I have no idea what the rotation is but am thinking the later dining might be easier?
That should be the APLLAPL rotation for 6:00 (main) & 8:30 (late). :banana: That's my first choice! Thank you so much!! :goodvibes

The others are:
PLAAPLA @ 5:30 (main) & 8:00 (late)
LAPPLAP @ 5:45 (main) & 8:15 (late)



a pre-stamped pre-addressed envelope
This sounds like a great idea if Amanda is wanting to mail them ahead of time instaed of passing them out. If we all include a SASE & the $ for the bracelets, then all she would have to do is stuff the envelopes & stick them in the mail w/o having to address & stamp all of them! Great idea, Jane!! :thumbsup2


Ok, I'm watching the elimination show right now and was it just me or did it look like they were lipsyncing the opening number???
I thought so too, but again, I was pretty loopy last night! :laughing:

[texfinn]

alright got a ?

do we have a meeting set up somewhere? i dont know since im a late comer to the boards.

also we have early dinning and read about rezzie being linked. what is that for? setup a big table?

im at work right now and just found out im going to play army stuff for a couple of weeks. great cold,mud and all other things that come with spring.
at least no bugs.

nick

Hi Nick! Army stuff -- hmmm. Hope you stay healthy and try to have fun! I am hoping to link up dinner reservations for early dining so we can all sit in the same area but after reading V's post, kind of worried! I will still give it a shot after my meeting this morning so if you want in, PM me your reservation number and I'll do my best!

can we link to early dining as well? and who are you in contact with at DCl? the gal I called said they weren't taking that info anymore

:scared1:I hope that isn't true:scared1: I will call today. PM me your reservation numbers just in case.....

I had it done yesterday, and everything went fine! It was a little more uncomfortable than I was hoping for--just some moderate pain for 63 seconds (they had to time the actual ablation process). And then it was all done! I was all hopped up on Valium & Vicodin, so I was really loopy. :laughing: I was asked to rate my pain during the procedure, and I definitely thought my kidney stones were A LOT more painful than that was! When we got home, I fell asleep at the table eating lunch, so I went to bed and woke up at 5:30!! I felt okay, so Lennon & I went to his preschool's Mother-Child Night (my BFF drove us), but then I was still really tired. I tried to watch Idol results, but I slept through most of it. I woke up briefly for each of the bottom three announcements (I think?). I'm still pretty groggy this morning, too, so I might need another nap. I'm so glad I didn't have to do general anesthesia, which she usually does for this. I just hope the final result of the procedure is what I'm wanting it to be. I may not know by cruise time, though. :scared:

Val -- gald it went well. Hope you heal quickly and the results are what you want them to be!


Eeeeewwwww!! You've never had Jag?!?! I'm not so sure I'd be that excited about it. Blech! :laughing:

Hmmm...Belinda -- we may have to skip the Jag and go for Tequila or something instead!

And speaking of Jag (of course, pronounced Yag) and Joni (pronounced Yoni), I was in the doctor's office yesterday waiting, and the nurse called for "Jody," assuming it was a woman. But it was a man! Even the nurse was surprised! I instantly thought of Joni/Yoni and how he has to be in the same situation as this guy!

Yup -- that happens and then with my name, they think I am a "he" so everyone is always mixed up. Just makes us a little more wacky! :rotfl:

That should be the APLLAPL rotation for 6:00 (main) & 8:30 (late). :banana: That's my first choice! Thank you so much!! :goodvibes

don't thank me yet -- from V's post above, it may be too late! I'll give it a shot though....wonder if my TA can help....hmmmmmmm

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

alright got a ?

do we have a meeting set up somewhere? i dont know since im a late comer to the boards.


nick

I think we are all meeting at 3pm on the Saturday in the Promenade Lounge - is that what we decided?! Mainly to make any changes to cabin numbers on the fish extender list. Then there are mini-groups meeting for various booze tastings, and Cove Cafe scoffings!! Not sure if we decided on days for those!

[yanjan]

booze tasting he. im in for that.

[SpeedFigure]

Disney Cruise Shuttle.....I'm confused

So I just called DCL to book our shuttle transfers, but they said since I booked my cruise through Travelocity that I had to call them to book it. I called Travelocity and paid for a one way transfer to DCL.
Now here's the weird part. I couldn't schedule a time for a shuttle. The lady said I would just have to make it to the airport around 10 and see what time they can put us on one!
She said I can't schedule a time because we are not flying in that morning (that would be a crappy flight) or staying at the Hyatt.
Were any of you able to book a time for the shuttle??? I want to take one of the first ones out because I want to make it to lunch and stuff!
Should I call Disney next week after the payment goes through? I'm so confused.
HELP!!!

[lillygator]

we're hoping for 6pm as well.

[Tink113]

Sorry for missing all the posts, I checked last night (kinda early) then mom called me this morning! :worship: I promise to be better! :worship:

Wristband info

I think it's probably just best to pay via paypal or mail a check??? (I don't want to be standing in the promenade taking cash from people & have Disney asking questions) :upsidedow
What do you think. Since the cut off is April 1st, I should have a final price for everyone - April 2nd!
I think it's best to just hand them out at our first meet. I have so much going on, I think mailing them might get a bit too crazy.
How does that sound?
Here is the most current list. Let me know if I need to make any corrections!

DIS NAME(s) Adult Wristbands/ Youth Wristbands
2 Eagle Scout 2
austin77
BellaMickey
briarroselynn
Disgirl83 2
Faith&Hope 1
Hudson5&Lennon3 1/3
indigodisney
jhart901 2/3
krishouse
lillygator 4/2
lucyddr 2
minniemmom
Noodlesmom 2/2
Pooh's-Honey-Pot 2
pwoodson
SpeedFigure 2
Texfinn 2/2
tigger2002
Tink113 8/2


adedward
Albertofreitas
cruisinmama22
DisneyTripReports
Dizneyholic
dznyacct 4
Hudson5&Lennon3
ilovedale3
indigodisney
JohnathanS
mambrose
modomo
Mother_Hen 2/1
princessljw
sarasotamom
sfrasc2000
shasess 2
starlawyermom
suezyq50
tigger2002
Tinkattude6 4/1
tsarina13 2/3
zeppelin
Tazgirl1981 2
TOTALS 46/19

We are still under 100 total, so what would you guys like to do? Since we need to order 100 each (adult & kids) that may leave tons extra....
Just let me know!


VAL- glad to hear you're back in the game! :hug:
~Amanda~

[Tink113]

Sorry for missing all the posts, I checked last night (kinda early) then mom called me this morning! :worship: I promise to be better! :worship:

Wristband info

I think it's probably just best to pay via paypal or mail a check??? (I don't want to be standing in the promenade taking cash from people & have Disney asking questions) :upsidedow
What do you think. Since the cut off is April 1st, I should have a final price for everyone - April 2nd!
I think it's best to just hand them out at our first meet. I have so much going on, I think mailing them might get a bit too crazy.
How does that sound?
Here is the most current list. Let me know if I need to make any corrections!

DIS NAME(s) Adult Wristbands/ Youth Wristbands
2 Eagle Scout 2
austin77
BellaMickey
briarroselynn
Disgirl83 2
Faith&Hope 1
Hudson5&Lennon3 1/3
indigodisney
jhart901 2/3
krishouse
lillygator 4/2
lucyddr 2
minniemmom
Noodlesmom 2/2
Pooh's-Honey-Pot 2
pwoodson
SpeedFigure 2
Texfinn 2/2
tigger2002
Tink113 8/2


adedward
Albertofreitas
cruisinmama22
DisneyTripReports
Dizneyholic
dznyacct 4
Hudson5&Lennon3
ilovedale3
indigodisney
JohnathanS
mambrose
modomo
Mother_Hen 2/1
princessljw
sarasotamom
sfrasc2000
shasess 2
starlawyermom
suezyq50
tigger2002
Tinkattude6 4/1
tsarina13 2/3
zeppelin
Tazgirl1981 2
TOTALS 46/19

We are still under 100 total, so what would you guys like to do? Since we need to order 100 each (adult & kids) that may leave tons extra....
Just let me know!


VAL- glad to hear you're back in the game! :hug:
~Amanda~

JANE - I just saw you're PM. My PM is not popping up like it used to....

Make that 48 ADULTS!

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

Sorry for missing all the posts, I checked last night (kinda early) then mom called me this morning! :worship: I promise to be better! :worship:

Wristband info

I think it's probably just best to pay via paypal or mail a check??? (I don't want to be standing in the promenade taking cash from people & have Disney asking questions) :upsidedow
What do you think. Since the cut off is April 1st, I should have a final price for everyone - April 2nd!
I think it's best to just hand them out at our first meet. I have so much going on, I think mailing them might get a bit too crazy.
How does that sound?
Here is the most current list. Let me know if I need to make any corrections!

We are still under 100 total, so what would you guys like to do? Since we need to order 100 each (adult & kids) that may leave tons extra....
Just let me know!


~Amanda~

I am happy to pay you by paypal! And I certainly don't expect you to post it to me!! I don't mind paying for an extra one, or just hand all the spares out to the children - I will fit in with whatever is decided!

Thanks for organising this!

[Tink113]

46 Adult / 21 Youth

The youth are gaining!!! lol

[texfinn]

:dance3: Woo Hoo :dance3:

I called in the early dinner link and was able to link up 10 reservation numbers! I already had the 6pm seating (thanks to Walt, my TA) so we are all now on that rotation!

Here is who is linked up with us:

Kym & Dempsey + 2 kids
Sara & Dennis + 1 kid
Tiffany & Adrian + 2 kids
Val & Justin + 2 kids
Pat & John
Crystal & Darrin + 1 kid
Crystal's family
V & John + 2 kids
V's Mom & Sister

I was unable to setup sublinks but we can always play musical chairs in the dining room once we are settled.

If anyone else wants to join in the fun, let me know and I can call back and add you!

Amanda -- however you prefer, I can pay via check, etc. Am also ok paying more for extras -- sure we can find creative uses for them...hmmmmm.....

Ok, back to work and cleaning for MIL!

[lucyddr]

Val: Glad you did great with the procedure! Sorry I didn't wish you well before it, but things have been a little busy and I just totally missed the post...:confused3 It's definitely a procedure I'd have, but by the time we get kids I'll be going into menopause anyway!:scared1: Hope you are feeling good today!

Mati: Jordan, Lyndsay, and I are all linked. DCL even asked if I wanted to give them charging privileges on my credit card...:eek: (Sorry, but I don't think so...) I wouldn't mind being "sublinked" with your big group though! I'd love for us to all be in the same section of the dining room, but I don't know if this is logistically possible. Come to think of it... I once ordered some swimsuits from Disney shopping (when I was skinnier), and they did NOT fit appropriately either! (That was 2 years ago, so they still haven't gotten it right!)

Tink: Let me know how you'd like us to pay. Any way is fine with us. I'm happy to pay $5 or so for the 2 (more if needed) to help defray the expense of ordering too many.

As we get closer, it might be helpful for make a "meet" calendar for Dis activities. I might be interested in the Cove Cafe meet-up and other events, but I'd like an "itinerary." That way, I know where I'm supposed to be!

Welcome to our new members!!! Glad you all came out of "lurk-land.":welcome:

[NoodlesMom]

Mati: Thanks for linking the dinner reservations!

Tink: Paypal sounds like good idea to me. That way, you will get the payments faster than by mail. Either way is fine with us. Are you ordering one size or kids and adult sizes? I vote for which ever is easier.

[yanjan]

you can put me down for 4 adults also

nick

[texfinn]

Cinda -- are you guys on the 6pm rotation too? I asked about sublinking and she told me that wasn't possible. We have 10 reservations with at least 32 people right now so would imagine we will be easy to spot!

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

:dance3: Woo Hoo :dance3:

I called in the early dinner link and was able to link up 10 reservation numbers! I already had the 6pm seating (thanks to Walt, my TA) so we are all now on that rotation!

Here is who is linked up with us:

Kym & Dempsey + 2 kids
Sara & Dennis + 1 kid
Tiffany & Adrian + 2 kids
Val & Justin + 2 kids
Pat & John
Crystal & Darrin + 1 kid
Crystal's family
V & John + 2 kids
V's Mom & Sister

I was unable to setup sublinks but we can always play musical chairs in the dining room once we are settled.

Once we get checked in at the terminal, we can compare our KTTW cards and see our rotation & table # to compare with each other. For anyone getting to the terminal later than the first boarding time, we can just compare at a DIS meet somewhere around the ship.

Mati--thanks so much for doing this!!!!! :grouphug:

[lillygator]

WOW - thanks Texfinn I am so relieved....I wanted that 6pm!! :)

[lillygator]

how much extra is needed for the bracelets $$ wise? I would be willing to kick in a donation.

[texfinn]

:)No problem guys.

V -- you could probably get the 6pm rotation just by asking so if you decide you and your Mom/Sis would rather have a table of your own, let me know! I am sure they can still change it and I don't think anyone would be offended -- I know we all need a little space sometimes!!!;) I tried to PM you a reply but your PM-box is full. You are one popular girl! :)

[shasess]

Drum roll please...............


:dance3: :dance3: :dance3: :dance3: :dance3:
7 Weeks
Until We Take The West
:dance3: :dance3: :dance3: :dance3: :dance3:

[mother_hen]

Hey! I've been checking in almost daily. Just didn't have much to add to the conversation, I guess :) heee!

No, I haven't looked at the website, but I am REALLY excited about that tour! I think we'll get awesome photos and it looks like a really fun one. I can hardly wait!
I have been wanting to do a Disney Cruise for SOOO LONG!

I am so glad you are going to be on the tour with us! It's going to be great to "know" someone else!

Are you getting snow today? Looks like this storm is headed your way! Stay warm!

Hey Sara!!

Glad to see you back! Been wondering where you've been hiding:)

Have you looked at the boatswains website? I hope it's a good as it looks in the pictures!! We're really excited about that excursion. It seems that have lots to see and do!!!:)

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

WOW - thanks Texfinn I am so relieved....I wanted that 6pm!! :)

Me, too!! :yay:

[SpeedFigure]

Mati: Jordan, Lyndsay, and I are all linked. DCL even asked if I wanted to give them charging privileges on my credit card...:eek: (Sorry, but I don't think so...) I wouldn't mind being "sublinked" with your big group though! I'd love for us to all be in the same section of the dining room, but I don't know if this is logistically possible.

Haha too funny. When I booked our ground transfers they asked if I wanted to book for everyone in our group! Thank goodness they are asking us and not just assuming! :P
I'd be buying transfers and we'd be charging your card... UGH!

I don't know what dining we got, but I'll be calling Disney on Monday and I can hopefully find out then....

EEK!! I can't believe was have 7 weeks! When I called DCL today they were like "Ohhh your cruise is in 50 days! I bet you are getting so excited". *sigh * I love Disney and their happy workers! :D

[tinkattude6]

If anyone has a ressie at Palo for brunch on a sea day. I think Monday or Thursday. Could you add me to your reservation. I really won't be much of a bother. I don't eat much lol. Crystal,

[mother_hen]

:dance3: Woo Hoo :dance3:

I called in the early dinner link and was able to link up 10 reservation numbers! I already had the 6pm seating (thanks to Walt, my TA) so we are all now on that rotation!

Here is who is linked up with us:

Kym & Dempsey + 2 kids
Sara & Dennis + 1 kid
Tiffany & Adrian + 2 kids
Val & Justin + 2 kids
Pat & John
Crystal & Darrin + 1 kid
Crystal's family
V & John + 2 kids
V's Mom & Sister

I was unable to setup sublinks but we can always play musical chairs in the dining room once we are settled.

If anyone else wants to join in the fun, let me know and I can call back and add you!

Amanda -- however you prefer, I can pay via check, etc. Am also ok paying more for extras -- sure we can find creative uses for them...hmmmmm.....

Ok, back to work and cleaning for MIL!

OH MY GOSH, you totally ROCK! Thank you SO MUCH for doing this! I am so excited!
So, do we know our rotation then?

Val, I'm so glad your procedure went well! You'll be back up and running in no time!

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

who are you in contact with at DCl? the gal I called said they weren't taking that info anymore
I'm on hold right now with DCL because the one I'm talking to says we can't request a specific rotation, but she's checking. Stay tuned...


I guess I should back up a bit and say that I PM'ed Mati about if she specifically requested APLLAPL @ 6 PM since I thought I had read on the main board awhile ago that they consider ALL main to be 6 PM and ALL late to be 8:30 PM until the 4-6 wks before sailing when they subdivide them into 5:30, 5:45, and 6:00 for main and then 8:00, 8:15, and 8:30 for late. So I called DCL myself to request the APLLAPL for our group and got the response below.

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

Welllllllllllllll, she ended up putting in a request for APLLAPL @ 6PM but then noticed I have a TA and says she will have to take that request out, so now my TA will have to call it in. GRRRR!! I had the same TA 2 years ago and had links & requests done by a DISer without having my TA involved. So the DCL CM told me that everyone who is linked with us (10 total?) and is using a TA will need to have their TA do the rotation request.

[Tink113sMom]

I found this the other day for what it is worth...

Kermit's Key Lime

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We have been on the DCL Western cruise a few times and tried both the Blond Giraffe and Kermit's and a few more. My wife considers herself a Key Lime Pie connoisseur and I am one in training. We both vote hands down for Kermit's. Also, Try their Key Lime cookies. Their Key Lime juice and cookbooks make great gifts. pirate:

Carole

[Disgirl83]

I really wish I could keep up all day long with this board, darn work!!!

Did anyone watch American Idol last night? Adam Lambert was amazing!!!!! I am not shocked about who went home tonight.

Yes he was amazing! And I loved the new look. I'm definately over Meagan and can't beleive that she wasn't even in the bottom 3! :confused3

Wow! What busy beavers you were while I was in LaLa Land yesterday! :rotfl2:

So glad to hear that everything went well!

I think it's probably just best to pay via paypal or mail a check???

Paypal would be fine by me! And if we needed to order one to two extra that would be fine to. Maybe we could set up an area in the cruise terminal that for all of us to try and congregate. Just a thought!

Mati: Jordan, Lyndsay, and I are all linked. DCL even asked if I wanted to give them charging privileges on my credit card...:eek: (Sorry, but I don't think so...)

As we get closer, it might be helpful for make a "meet" calendar for Dis activities. I might be interested in the Cove Cafe meet-up and other events, but I'd like an "itinerary." That way, I know where I'm supposed to be!

What Cinda, you mean that you want pay for everything I do onboard! :rotfl2: Too funny, they didn't even ask me this and I was the one that linked the ressies. So you, JorDan, and I are all linked and I did request the 6 pm rotation. DCL told me that they put the request down for the specific rotation but that it cannot be guaranteed. They also asked that Cinda and JorDan also call their TA and have them request the 6 pm rotation too for the best chance. We booked directly through DCL so there wasn't a problem. It would be nice being near everyone else.... maybe since we all requested the same rotation we may just get lucky. :thumbsup2 I told my DH that this will be great because our table mates hopefully won't look at me like I'm crazy when I want to take pictures of our meals (I said they're from the disboard, they get it). He thought I was absolutely crazy everytime I wanted to take food pics on our disneymoon!

EEK!! I can't believe was have 7 weeks! When I called DCL today they were like "Ohhh your cruise is in 50 days! I bet you are getting so excited". *sigh * I love Disney and their happy workers! :D

I agree, I think in all my years of talking to them I've only got one "grumpy" castmember. Lol, I guess on that certain day they were representing the 7 dwarfs. I wish that eveytime I talked to someone on the phone they wished me a magical day! :wizard:

Oh, all this talk about loosing weight I my DH just went out to pick us up blizzards! :rotfl: Let's see I did go to the gym after work and did the elliptical for 65 minutes soooo that will offset it!!! :rolleyes1

Cinda, I think that would be a great idea to get all the meets posted together in one place. We could have like our own group's mini Navigator!! :banana: I'd be happy to put all the meet time togethers and e-mail it to everyone, but I'll need to know what we want to do first. I'm also thinking that we should have "unofficial" meets like the Cove Cafe and try to pick areas of the ship so we can be in the same areas for some of the deck parties, or sit in the same areas during the shows, or even on Castaway Cay. Val - I think you mentioned a few of these many many posts ago so you probably even have some better ideas!

[aimathy]

I'm a bit overwhelmed with this board right now. I just found it and I'm sooo happy that I did! We are on this cruisea and I'm so happy to "meet" some others who are on it as well. It'll be my husband, myself, DD (12), DS (9, his birthday is the day we sail) and DD (10 months). We're excited and I can't wait! Any help or info you may have for me would be hugely appreciated. In the meantime, I'll poke around and see what I can find out for myself! Thanks!

[SpeedFigure]

I really wish I could keep up all day long with this board, darn work!!!

What Cinda, you mean that you want pay for everything I do onboard! :rotfl2: Too funny, they didn't even ask me this and I was the one that linked the ressies. So you, JorDan, and I are all linked and I did request the 6 pm rotation. DCL told me that they put the request down for the specific rotation but that it cannot be guaranteed. They also asked that Cinda and JorDan also call their TA and have them request the 6 pm rotation too for the best chance. We booked directly through DCL so there wasn't a problem. It would be nice being near everyone else.... maybe since we all requested the same rotation we may just get lucky. :thumbsup2 I told my DH that this will be great because our table mates hopefully won't look at me like I'm crazy when I want to take pictures of our meals (I said they're from the disboard, they get it). He thought I was absolutely crazy everytime I wanted to take food pics on our disneymoon!



Cinda, I think that would be a great idea to get all the meets posted together in one place. We could have like our own group's mini Navigator!! :banana: I'd be happy to put all the meet time togethers and e-mail it to everyone, but I'll need to know what we want to do first. I'm also thinking that we should have "unofficial" meets like the Cove Cafe and try to pick areas of the ship so we can be in the same areas for some of the deck parties, or sit in the same areas during the shows, or even on Castaway Cay. Val - I think you mentioned a few of these many many posts ago so you probably even have some better ideas!

I will be calling Disney on Monday to talk about my ground transportation. Since I booked through Travelocity, I'm my own TA. So I'll put in a request for 6 PM as well. :D

Great idea about having our own mini navigator!!
From what I remember at the deck parties...a great place to meet up would be at the back of the pool between the hot tubs. Then those that want to dance can and those that don't can mingle or go up top.
I know for me, once I'm done stuffing myself at Dinner, I'll go straight to the theater and stand in line to get seats. I always LOVE sitting a few rows from the front in the center (like 8-12 rows back). So anyone that wants to join me in line is more than welcome! :D I think we can save a few seats, but I can't save them all!!!
Oh and no worries about taking food pictures, I do the same thing. Plus my family will want to know the details...
As for the meets, maybe we should choose a few places some of us know we'll be at to put on the mini navigator...Like if you are going to do Bingo on one of the Day at Seas? Or tastings? Those who NEED their morning java fix, what times do you expect to be up at the Cove??

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

I'm a bit overwhelmed with this board right now. I just found it and I'm sooo happy that I did! We are on this cruisea and I'm so happy to "meet" some others who are on it as well. It'll be my husband, myself, DD (12), DS (9, his birthday is the day we sail) and DD (10 months). We're excited and I can't wait! Any help or info you may have for me would be hugely appreciated. In the meantime, I'll poke around and see what I can find out for myself! Thanks!
:welcome: to our cruise thread!!! I'll add your info (and anything else you want me to put--pics, excursions, etc.) to posts #1&2!



So here's what I've posted before about some of the previous DIS meets for me (anyone else with different meets, PLEASE post those, too, so we can decide!). :goodvibes

And just because it's set up as a "DIS meet," don't feel like you have to be at every single one of them either. We kinda hit & missed the ones last time. Here's some that were set up for our group last time, as well as some we've already talked about:

SATURDAY
***In the terminal. Most of us arrived right at 10:00, so we had quite a bit of time to meet & greet with everyone. The photos we all posted beforehand really helped us recognize each other from across the room!!
***The Mickey Pool (for those of us with younger kids) right after embarkation. I'm sure there may have been something going on at the Goofy Pool, too, for those with older kids but we weren't part of that.
***Walking Ship Tour 2:30-3:15 per Navigator
***3:00 in the Promenade Lounge. I forgot about this one, so we didn't attend. Oops!
***Deck 10 for the Sailaway Party. We did have trouble finding everyone, though, so there may have been several small groups of us spread out. We had just a few others DIS'ers right around us.

SUNDAY
***FKLP Tour. We don't have to do this as a group, but I think a few people are interested in doing this, so maybe we could meet up somewhere along the way to compare our favorites and "ooooh" and "aaaaaah" over them!

FRIDAY
***CC--far end of family beach.
***'Til We Meet Again (character show) in the lobby Friday night. As an impromptu meeting that was set up just hours earlier, we did end up with quite a group and probably ended up being the largest meet that I attended.

VARIOUS
***All the tastings had groups in it. Wine, margarita/tequila, martini, and beer.
***Palo brunch, tea, or dinner, if you want to do this with a fellow DISer.
***Bingo
***Galley tour (I know we want to do this!)
***Karaoke

[Bellamickey]

I think it's great that everyone is getting so excited at our 50 day mark!

I know most everyone is linked up for dinner.
We're not linked with anyone for the "late" dinner seating. I just hope and want everyone to know that I look forward to meeting all of you on the dis meets!! :)

Val- I'm glad everything went well:hug:

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

I guess I started this post on a different computer and then moved upstairs to post the DIS meets. Sorry!


We have been on the DCL Western cruise a few times and tried both the Blond Giraffe and Kermit's and a few more. My wife considers herself a Key Lime Pie connoisseur and I am one in training. We both vote hands down for Kermit's. Also, Try their Key Lime cookies. Their Key Lime juice and cookbooks make great gifts. pirate:
Kermit's is the one I tried!! It's also called Key West Lime Shoppe This is the sign that was at the ice cream shop where I had mine.

http://www.keylimeshop.com/assets/images/Kermit-Shoppe1.gif


Paypal would be fine by me!
Paypal is fine with me, too.

Maybe we could set up an area in the cruise terminal that for all of us to try and congregate. Just a thought!
I think that sounds good, too, BUT it sounds like anyone taking the DCL transfer bus won't be there until later. I know I'll be heading straight to the Mickey Pool when they call my boarding # (hopefully 2 or 3!), so I'd hate to have someone miss out on getting onboard early because they're waiting in the terminal for others to show up. :confused3

DCL told me that they put the request down for the specific rotation but that it cannot be guaranteed. They also asked that Cinda and JorDan also call their TA and have them request the 6 pm rotation too for the best chance.
I'm glad we were told the same thing! DCL CM was going to go through all 10 reservations and request it, but once she was seeing TA's involved, she stopped and said the TA would have to call.

So out of the 10 that Mati linked, who all has a TA? My parents & I do, and Mati obviously does. Who else? If you don't have a TA, apparently you can just call and request the 6:00 APLLAPL seating. I'll see if my TA is in the office tomorrow. Otherwise, I'll call on Monday morning.

I told my DH that this will be great because our table mates hopefully won't look at me like I'm crazy when I want to take pictures of our meals (I said they're from the disboard, they get it). He thought I was absolutely crazy everytime I wanted to take food pics on our disneymoon!
:rotfl2: I know I've gotten some funny looks before, too!


Cinda, I think that would be a great idea to get all the meets posted together in one place. We could have like our own group's mini Navigator!! :banana: I'd be happy to put all the meet time togethers and e-mail it to everyone, but I'll need to know what we want to do first.
Wonderful idea!! Thanks for offering to do this! Once it's finalized, I can post on #1 also so it's all handy for future quick reference, too.

So what is everyone else thinking? Here's what I've posted in the past. If you want to copy & state your opinion on these, you can and maybe even add some extra ideas for us to comment on.

[Bellamickey]

I was wondering......There are quite a few people that Val has listed on page one that we really don't see on the boards much anymore.

Are we going to somehow reconfirm with them that they are "still" participating in the FE exchange.

I would just hate for everyone to bring all this extra stuff, being the luggage laws now, and then them changing their mind and not participating.

Just a thought......

[lucyddr]

If anyone has a ressie at Palo for brunch on a sea day. I think Monday or Thursday. Could you add me to your reservation. I really won't be much of a bother. I don't eat much lol. Crystal,

If you are serious, just PM me! I don't know of it will let me online, but I could probably call and see about adding you!

I'm a bit overwhelmed with this board right now. I just found it and I'm sooo happy that I did! We are on this cruisea and I'm so happy to "meet" some others who are on it as well. It'll be my husband, myself, DD (12), DS (9, his birthday is the day we sail) and DD (10 months). We're excited and I can't wait! Any help or info you may have for me would be hugely appreciated. In the meantime, I'll poke around and see what I can find out for myself! Thanks!


Welcome! Your son and I have the same birthday (only I'm 22 years older)! It will definitely be a great day!

Lyndsay and Jordan: You'll see the credit card link-up option when you do your paperwork online. Yes...I've already done ours because I know I'm going to be on call the weekend before we leave and the Wed. night before we leave on Sunday. So, I can't afford to procrastinate...Plus, I'm excited!:banana:

Belinda: I agree. It would be nice to know for sure as it would help with packing!

[texfinn]

Wow -- just goes to show -- I know SQUAT about this cruising stuff!

Val, will email Walt (my TA) and request the 6:00 APLLAPL seating. I know he already requested the 6:00 seating but it sounds like that doesn't make much difference without the letters next to it! I can email Kym about it too.

I am good with whatever meets y'all decide. I do know we are planning on using car service (anyone at Swan area on the 16th and want to share?) and plan on being at the port by 10 so hopefully will be on board early, eat and see you at the Mickey pool.

I will post the tasting info again next week. Still scrambling to get the house ready for MIL.:scared:

[Bellamickey]

Mati- I hope your presentation went well this morning! I sent you a text at 5am:)

Val- I think your dis meets that you have lined up are great! We're up for anything as well.

I don't think that we will arrive at the port until well after 1:30 since POFQ wont be picking us up until 12:05pm!!!!!!
Hopefully I will get to see you guys at the sail away party or the mickey pool! I'd love to see my hubby try and go down that slide!!! kidding!! LOLOLOL

[NoodlesMom]

So out of the 10 that Mati linked, who all has a TA? My parents & I do, and Mati obviously does. Who else? If you don't have a TA, apparently you can just call and request the 6:00 APLLAPL seating. I'll see if my TA is in the office tomorrow. Otherwise, I'll call on Monday morning.





We are using a TA as well so I will give them a call Monday.

[2_Eagle_Mom]

I had it done yesterday, and everything went fine! I was SO surprised by Matt being in the bottom 3! I think I slept through that one, though, because I woke up & saw him & Michael standing there and COULDN'T BELIEVE IT!!!! There's NO WAY Megan did that much better than Matt and Scott (although I wasn't too impressed with Scott anyway, but I definitely think Megan should be GONE!).

Val - so glad you are feeling better and everything went well - hoping the results comeback quickly and are EXACTLY what you want.

I totally agree with you. Megan should have been gone last week. Her performance was TERRIBLE this week. I was shocked with Matt being in the bottom three. Maybe people thought he was safe and didn't vote for him. I'm SURE that if he was in the bottom that the judges would have used their save.

I'm a bit overwhelmed with this board right now. I just found it and I'm sooo happy that I did! We are on this cruisea and I'm so happy to "meet" some others who are on it as well. It'll be my husband, myself, DD (12), DS (9, his birthday is the day we sail) and DD (10 months). We're excited and I can't wait! Any help or info you may have for me would be hugely appreciated. In the meantime, I'll poke around and see what I can find out for myself! Thanks! Welcome aimathy!! I've sent you a PM (private message) to tell you all about the FE and wrist bands that we mention on the boards. You will need to post at least 10 times to be able to PM back (forgot about that when I sent you the message). Just post to the boards if you would like to be added to either of those groups by 4/1.

So here's what I've posted before about some of the previous DIS meets for me (anyone else with different meets, PLEASE post those, too, so we can decide!). :goodvibes

And just because it's set up as a "DIS meet," don't feel like you have to be at every single one of them either. We kinda hit & missed the ones last time. Here's some that were set up for our group last time, as well as some we've already talked about:

SATURDAY
***In the terminal. Most of us arrived right at 10:00, so we had quite a bit of time to meet & greet with everyone. The photos we all posted beforehand really helped us recognize each other from across the room!!
***The Mickey Pool (for those of us with younger kids) right after embarkation. I'm sure there may have been something going on at the Goofy Pool, too, for those with older kids but we weren't part of that.
***Walking Ship Tour 2:30-3:15 per Navigator
***3:00 in the Promenade Lounge. I forgot about this one, so we didn't attend. Oops!
***Deck 10 for the Sailaway Party. We did have trouble finding everyone, though, so there may have been several small groups of us spread out. We had just a few others DIS'ers right around us. I think the location that JorDan suggested is a great one.

SUNDAY
***FKLP Tour. We don't have to do this as a group, but I think a few people are interested in doing this, so maybe we could meet up somewhere along the way to compare our favorites and "ooooh" and "aaaaaah" over them! We need to decide on a specific start time, if the ship docks at 12:30 would a 1:00pm meet be too early?

FRIDAY
***CC--far end of family beach. We'll be heading over to Serenity Bay most of the day - Adults on the loose join us there!
***'Til We Meet Again (character show) in the lobby Friday night. As an impromptu meeting that was set up just hours earlier, we did end up with quite a group and probably ended up being the largest meet that I attended.
****How about the Farewell Party?

VARIOUS
***All the tastings had groups in it. Wine, margarita/tequila, martini, and beer.
***Palo brunch, tea, or dinner, if you want to do this with a fellow DISer.
***Bingo
***Galley tour (I know we want to do this!)
***Karaoke

The activities that I/we are planning on are:

Sunday
Spa Jackpot Bingo @ 7:15pm

Monday
The Art of Entertaining on Monday (@ 10:15am on an old Navigator)Making of the Magic @ 1:00pm
3:00pm High Tea (we can try and add more once we are on the ship)

Tuesday
So You Think You Know Your Music @ 10:30pm

Wednesday
Pirate Party - would the location between the hot tubs be a good place to meet for this party?

Thursday
Final Jackpot BINGO @ 3:30pm

Friday
I might try the Yoga on the Beach (Serenity Bay)

I'm going to try and hit the gym as much as possible. If I wake up early I'll do it first thing in the morning (get it done early)
Cove Cafe - if we don't have anything to do, we'll probably check this out in the late afternoon to see what nibbles are there and play some games.

[quote=Bellamickey;31043994]I think it's great that everyone is getting so excited at our 50 day mark!

I know most everyone is linked up for dinner.
We're not linked with anyone for the "late" dinner seating. I just hope and want everyone to know that I look forward to meeting all of you on the dis meets!! :)[\quote] Hey Belinda - We'd be happy to link for dinner with you. I can try and call link us up if you want to PM me your confirmation number. I was hoping to shoot for 8:00pm if that works for you. Any others want to join?

I brought home a big foam core poster from work tonight. I think I'm going to put together a countdown calendar. I'm getting SO excited!!!

Jane

[texfinn]

Mati- I hope your presentation went well this morning! I sent you a text at 5am:)

Val- I think your dis meets that you have lined up are great! We're up for anything as well.

I don't think that we will arrive at the port until well after 1:30 since POFQ wont be picking us up until 12:05pm!!!!!!
Hopefully I will get to see you guys at the sail away party or the mickey pool! I'd love to see my hubby try and go down that slide!!! kidding!! LOLOLOL

Hmmmmm...,didn't get the text. I just texted you -- let's see if it worked! If it did, will program the # into the cell so I can track you down in Epcot! I will need a drinking buddy!

Welcome aimathy!!!! We are glad to have you join us! Important deadlines coming up on April 1. FE if you want to participate in the FE exchange, bracelets if you want one to identify you as part of the DIS and we are linking dinner ressies if you want to do that. It is overwhelming but exciting!!!

It is getting closer and closer!!!

Ok -- text worked. Saving your number. Time for bed -- shouldn't really be drinking the night before MIL arrives should I? well....making me sleepy -- off to bed! Good night everyone!

[Bellamickey]

Hey! I've been checking in almost daily. Just didn't have much to add to the conversation, I guess :) heee!

No, I haven't looked at the website, but I am REALLY excited about that tour! I think we'll get awesome photos and it looks like a really fun one. I can hardly wait!
I have been wanting to do a Disney Cruise for SOOO LONG!

I am so glad you are going to be on the tour with us! It's going to be great to "know" someone else!

Are you getting snow today? Looks like this storm is headed your way! Stay warm!

I'm glad to have someone on the tour that I "Know" as well! I think its going to be a lot of fun!!!:cool1:

No snow yet, just very light sleet! I'm hoping it doens't get to bad overnight. I hate driving in that stuff!!

[texfinn]

Almost forgot -- presentation went well -- THANKS for asking!!!!:thumbsup2

[shasess]

I think it's probably just best to pay via paypal or mail a check??? (I don't want to be standing in the promenade taking cash from people & have Disney asking questions) :upsidedow
Paypal works fine with me!!!!!

I'm a bit overwhelmed with this board right now. I just found it and I'm sooo happy that I did! We are on this cruisea and I'm so happy to "meet" some others who are on it as well. It'll be my husband, myself, DD (12), DS (9, his birthday is the day we sail) and DD (10 months). We're excited and I can't wait! Any help or info you may have for me would be hugely appreciated. In the meantime, I'll poke around and see what I can find out for myself! Thanks!

Welcome Aimathy!!!!!

[dznyacct]

OK guys, here's my attempt at posting a family photo (from last years Flower and Garden Festival at Epcot) :


http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss95/dznynut39/image0260.jpg

Val ~ please move this to page one whenever you have time. I hope you are taking it easy today :). ~ Kathy

[2_Eagle_Mom]

I was wondering......There are quite a few people that Val has listed on page one that we really don't see on the boards much anymore.

Are we going to somehow reconfirm with them that they are "still" participating in the FE exchange.

I would just hate for everyone to bring all this extra stuff, being the luggage laws now, and then them changing their mind and not participating.

Just a thought......

I totally agree! I've PM'd everyone that I didn't have an email address for and to let them know about the 4/1 deadline. I'll send another message on Sunday just to make sure. There are only 2 cabins that originally signed up for the FE list that I don't have an email address for that haven't posted on the boards lately.

Just in case anyone is lurking the total numbers as of right now are:

Total # of cabins: 32
Total # of People: 93
Men: 34
Women: 36
Girls (under 18): 9
Boys (under 18): 14

The list includes:
2 Eagle Scout
austin77
BellaMickey
briarroselynn
DevinDemi2
DevinDemi2
Disgirl83
dznyacct
dznyacct
Faith&Hope
Hudson5&Lennon3
indigodisney
jhart901
jhart901
krishouse
lillygator
lillygator
lucyddr
minniemmom
Noodlesmom
Pooh's-Honey-Pot
pwoodson
shasess
SpeedFigure
Texfinn
tigger2002
Tink113
Tink113
Tink113
Tink113sMom
Tinkattude6
yanjan

The deadline for adding to the group is 4/1.

[2_Eagle_Mom]

OK guys, here's my attempt at posting a family photo (from last years Flower and Garden Festival at Epcot) :


Val ~ please move this to page one whenever you have time. I hope you are taking it easy today :). ~ Kathy

GREAT Picture - can hardly wait to see all the great topiaries in May!

[shasess]

OK guys, here's my attempt at posting a family photo (from last years Flower and Garden Festival at Epcot) :


http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss95/dznynut39/image0260.jpg

Val ~ please move this to page one whenever you have time. I hope you are taking it easy today :). ~ Kathy

Lovely family!!!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!

[Bellamickey]

Hmmmmm...,didn't get the text. I just texted you -- let's see if it worked! If it did, will program the # into the cell so I can track you down in Epcot! I will need a drinking buddy!



YEA!! Me too!! I'll be your buddy!!!:hug:

We are flying from DFW and land at around 11am. We probably won't get to Epcot till late afternoon. BUT, its open for extra magic hours that Friday night!!:woohoo: (we just gotta get up early, darn)

OK guys, here's my attempt at posting a family photo (from last years Flower and Garden Festival at Epcot) :


http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss95/dznynut39/image0260.jpg




Kathy, Thats a great photo!!! Makes me so excited for the flower festival this year!!! Thanks for sharing.

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

We need to decide on a specific start time, if the ship docks at 12:30 would a 1:00pm meet be too early?
I'll probably be pushing & shoving my way off the boat just to get to the KLP ASAP!! :rotfl2:

****How about the Farewell Party?
Is that the same as the "Til We Meet Again" when the characters are all in the atrium or are you thinking of something besides that?


Wednesday
Pirate Party - would the location between the hot tubs be a good place to meet for this party?
We had a PERFECT view of the fireworks from where we were--deck 10 starboard side clear to the back (right at the point where they rope off where they light the fireworksfrom --as close as you could get!). I think if you're on deck 9, you probably won't be able to see the fireworks as well. Personally, I'd rather see the fireworks than the dancing & characters, but that's just me...

Cove Cafe - if we don't have anything to do, we'll probably check this out in the late afternoon to see what nibbles are there and play some games.
I'd be more up for this as an afternoon treat, too. I saw martinis on their menu, so I'd probably be sipping those instead of coffee--and gobbling up the free treats, too!! I'm not a coffee drinker, so I won't be spending any mornings there "getting a fix." Plan on me in the afternoons, though! :drinking1

OK guys, here's my attempt at posting a family photo (from last years Flower and Garden Festival at Epcot) :

Val ~ please move this to page one whenever you have time. I hope you are taking it easy today :). ~ Kathy
GREAT PIC!!! Gotcha taken care of! :goodvibes

As much as I've slept in the last two days, can you believe I'm still tired & ready to go to bed?!?! VERY rarely am I in bed before midnight, but it looks like I'm headed there tonight! "See" ya in the morning!

Oh, Mati--I hope your MIL's visit is fun! (And don't let her keep you away from us too much!) :rotfl2:

[dznyacct]

Just checked our cruise on the DCL website. They are showing availability for cat 12, although the price (for 2 adults) is ~ $600 more than we paid. I think there are going to be a lot of free upgrades from all those cat 12 cabins they are selling :)!

[Faith&Hope]

Hi guys! I'm just doing a quick checkin! One of these days, I am going to be able to log on and finally have the time to respond to everyone! Just a few responses-

Mati & Val - Yes, I transferred my ressie to Dreams Unlimites so I will email them about the request as well

Val - glad you're up and moving around! Just try to relax this weekend!

JorDan-glad you're feeling better! I have come down with a cold a few days ago . I have one of those darn coughs that I know will last forever (I hadthis a few months ago too). Not too fun! Hang in there!

If we pay for the bracelets by paypal, isn't there a fee for paypal? Also, if they are passed out at our first meetup (which seems to be at 3pm), what about people who aren't there? If we mail a check and SASE, could that work? I remember reading a few pages back but can't keep everything straight! For those that don't pay by mail, they can pick them up at the first meet. Just trying to avoid crazy fees for each paypal transaction!


I looked up the space shuttle schedule. There are 2 different shuttles scheduled on the 12th and the 15th. They are the same launch pad but different shuttles with different missions. Anyone heard or read anything about this really happening? Also, where is the best spot to see the launch? Do you have to purchase tickets to see it? I mean,I know you can see it in the air but how can you get closer without paying to be at Kennedy Space Center?

I just checked Radisson and there are no rates available for Thurs or Friday. :eek: We are still up in the air. If the launch isn't happening, we'll stay closer to Disney. If it is, we might stay at the port. When do they know exactly when it is a go or not?

I am trying to get all of these reservations in place (no, we haven't booked anything besides the cruise):upsidedow. I can't seem to get anywhere. Car rental before and after, hotel before and after, airfare. I'm so confused and this is the 4th time we've done it. :sad2: THat's really sad! I know there's a few things that we would like to do-TREX, Beaches & Cream and the Goofy's treat place. Is the Goofy's place at DTD? I can't seem to find them on the site with eaterries at DTD. Beaches & Cream is located where? I remember someone saying by Boardwalk. I haven't been in that area.

Alright, I have to get up early so I am off to bed! There's so much that i want to respond back to!

Kym

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

Mati & Val - Yes, I transferred my ressie to Dreams Unlimites so I will email them about the request as well
I've sent a PM to the gal that linked our reservations last time to see how she did it. I'm wondering if one (non-TA) reservation is requesting APLLAPL then maybe all the other linked ones will get that, too. Not sure, though. I hope to hear from her soon!!! I'll let everyone know ASAP!!

If we pay for the bracelets by paypal, isn't there a fee for paypal? Also, if they are passed out at our first meetup (which seems to be at 3pm), what about people who aren't there? If we mail a check and SASE, could that work? I remember reading a few pages back but can't keep everything straight! For those that don't pay by mail, they can pick them up at the first meet. Just trying to avoid crazy fees for each paypal transaction!
Justin is the paypal pro at our house, so I'm not sure, but I think the seller incurs the charges, not the buyer, so Amanda would get dinged for it. I'm on board with a check & SASE, too, or whatever Amanda prefers.


I looked up the space shuttle schedule. There are 2 different shuttles scheduled on the 12th and the 15th. They are the same launch pad but different shuttles with different missions. Anyone heard or read anything about this really happening? Also, where is the best spot to see the launch? Do you have to purchase tickets to see it? I mean,I know you can see it in the air but how can you get closer without paying to be at Kennedy Space Center?
Calling my uncle is on my to-do list today!!!! I've been procrastinating doing it--I've only seen him probably 4 times in the last 25 years--but I can't put it off any longer! I'll find out ALL the info that I can to let everyone here know the "inside scoop!"

I just checked Radisson and there are no rates available for Thurs or Friday. :eek: We are still up in the air. If the launch isn't happening, we'll stay closer to Disney. If it is, we might stay at the port. When do they know exactly when it is a go or not?
BUMMER on no openings at Radisson! We wanted more of our cruise thread there!! I think the shuttle launch depends mostly on the weather, so if the conditions aren't favorable that day, they'll reschedule it for when it seems right. There are others here that probably know more about it than I do.

[tigger2002]

I looked up the space shuttle schedule. There are 2 different shuttles scheduled on the 12th and the 15th. They are the same launch pad but different shuttles with different missions. Anyone heard or read anything about this really happening? Also, where is the best spot to see the launch? Do you have to purchase tickets to see it? I mean,I know you can see it in the air but how can you get closer without paying to be at Kennedy Space Center?

I just checked Radisson and there are no rates available for Thurs or Friday. :eek: We are still up in the air. If the launch isn't happening, we'll stay closer to Disney. If it is, we might stay at the port. When do they know exactly when it is a go or not?

Good site for watching the Space Shuttle. The launch is always unpredictable. It looks like the May 12th Shuttle launch is still a GO but the one for May 15th has been moved to June 13th ( Delayed from May 15 to give launch slot to STS-125.)

http://www.launchphotography.com/Shuttle_Launch_Viewing.html

I am trying to get all of these reservations in place (no, we haven't booked anything besides the cruise):upsidedow. I can't seem to get anywhere. Car rental before and after, hotel before and after, airfare. I'm so confused and this is the 4th time we've done it. :sad2: THat's really sad! I know there's a few things that we would like to do-TREX, Beaches & Cream and the Goofy's treat place. Is the Goofy's place at DTD? I can't seem to find them on the site with eaterries at DTD. Beaches & Cream is located where? I remember someone saying by Boardwalk. I haven't been in that area.

Alright, I have to get up early so I am off to bed! There's so much that i want to respond back to!

Kym

Beaches and Cream is right beside the Beach Club, right across from the Boardwalk. You can get to it by taking the International Gateway at the back of EPCOT, it is only about a five minute walk from EPCOT. I would recommend walking around the Boardwalk area if you have never been there. You can also catch a boat from EPCOT or the Boardwalk to MGM.

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[texfinn]

Good Morning Everyone! It is 9am here -- driking my coffee :surfweb: and enjyoing the calm before the "storm". My MIL arrives at 8pm tonight and we still have to clean up and get to the grocery store (not to mention swim lessons for the kids!). I thought I would do my best to respond .... not sure how things will go over the next two weeks while MIL and her DH are here -- I may not be online much at all OR I may be online all the time hiding from our company! :rotfl:

OK guys, here's my attempt at posting a family photo (from last years Flower and Garden Festival at Epcot) ~ Kathy

Kathy -- GREAT Picture! Love the Stitch topiary too! It will be fun to see all the flowers in May!

Just in case anyone is lurking the total numbers as of right now are:

Total # of cabins: 32
Total # of People: 93
Men: 34
Women: 36
Girls (under 18): 9
Boys (under 18): 14



WOW!!!! :woohoo: We have a good group! Thanks for tracking this Jane! I better get serious about my FE gifts soon (and do a count on the kids stuff I have bought so far!)

YEA!! Me too!! I'll be your buddy!!!:hug:

Awwww........it is good to have a buddy! :hug:

We are flying from DFW and land at around 11am. We probably won't get to Epcot till late afternoon. BUT, its open for extra magic hours that Friday night!!:woohoo: (we just gotta get up early, darn)

Yup -- we plan on heading back for EMH but I guess it depends on how tired the kids are. We are getting car service in the AM so at least we don't have to drive!!!! Now, better book that car service -- any ideas on what time to head out to be there by 10 and include a stop at the grocery store?

I'll probably be pushing & shoving my way off the boat just to get to the KLP ASAP!! :rotfl2:

Val -- we have brunch at 11 on KW day. Imagine we will be too full for awhile for KLP? I still want to try it but not sure if I can join your "tour" quite that soon afer Palo!

We had a PERFECT view of the fireworks from where we were--deck 10 starboard side clear to the back (right at the point where they rope off where they light the fireworksfrom --as close as you could get!). I think if you're on deck 9, you probably won't be able to see the fireworks as well. Personally, I'd rather see the fireworks than the dancing & characters, but that's just me...

I agree with you! I guess it depends too on how the kids react to the sailaway party. Kai can be a dancing fool when he decides he isn't feeling shy so, if he gets into the dancing thing, we may have to go with the characters. I have this lovely vision of chilling out with the kids, watching the fireworks, sipping wine.....ahhhhh, me and my lovely visions. Somehow, they never work out the way I plan.:laughing:

Oh, Mati--I hope your MIL's visit is fun! (And don't let her keep you away from us too much!) :rotfl2:

I hope it is fun too. I like her but she is still Yoni's Mom and sometimes, well, it can be a bit odd -- especially with the language but her English has gotten quite good. I'll post pictures -- promise!

Just checked our cruise on the DCL website. They are showing availability for cat 12, although the price (for 2 adults) is ~ $600 more than we paid. I think there are going to be a lot of free upgrades from all those cat 12 cabins they are selling :)!

Hmmm....maybe one of you will end up next to us! We have a connecting room and I am a bit nervous about it....

Hi guys! I'm just doing a quick checkin! One of these days, I am going to be able to log on and finally have the time to respond to everyone!

Kym -- hope everyone is feeling better and hope you had fun at DL!

I just checked Radisson and there are no rates available for Thurs or Friday. :eek: We are still up in the air. If the launch isn't happening, we'll stay closer to Disney. If it is, we might stay at the port. When do they know exactly when it is a go or not?

Hmmm.....or you could stay at the Swan and share a car with us ;););)

I am trying to get all of these reservations in place (no, we haven't booked anything besides the cruise):upsidedow. I can't seem to get anywhere. Car rental before and after, hotel before and after, airfare. I'm so confused and this is the 4th time we've done it. :sad2: THat's really sad! I know there's a few things that we would like to do-TREX, Beaches & Cream and the Goofy's treat place. Is the Goofy's place at DTD? I can't seem to find them on the site with eaterries at DTD. Beaches & Cream is located where? I remember someone saying by Boardwalk. I haven't been in that area.

One thing that I noticed the other day when I was on SWA online system looking at Vegas flights -- if you have 4 people flying, try looking up reservations for 1 first. Sometimes they have low low discounted fares for 1-3 people and not the fourth but won't show them if you put in 4. Make sense?

I've sent a PM to the gal that linked our reservations last time to see how she did it. I'm wondering if one (non-TA) reservation is requesting APLLAPL then maybe all the other linked ones will get that, too. Not sure, though. I hope to hear from her soon!!! I'll let everyone know ASAP!!

Cool -- Val, thanks for doing this!

Beaches and Cream is right beside the Beach Club, right across from the Boardwalk. You can get to it by taking the International Gateway at the back of EPCOT, it is only about a five minute walk from EPCOT. I would recommend walking around the Boardwalk area if you have never been there. You can also catch a boat from EPCOT or the Boardwalk to MGM.<

I am hoping to take the kids to B&C after we leave Epcot. I showed Sabrina Sonya's pictures and she is super excited. Sabrina has Sonya's appetite (and tiny build) -- Amazing -- they aren't even related! :laughing:

Ok, off to get cleaning. Have a great day everyone!

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

Has anyone been following the thread about the new menus? I really don't want to scour through all the pages just to find them, so I'm just curious if anyone else knows the scoop! Is it all 7 nights of new menus, just rotational menus, etc.? Does Palo have a new menu, too?

If no one knows, that's fine, too. I'll just have to check it out myself! :laughing:

[mother_hen]

We may be out of luck on this, then. We booked through American Airlines and they are useless. We still haven't received our fuel surcharge refund nor the transportation refund. :confused3
I'll call Monday, but not holding my breath now.

We are using a TA as well so I will give them a call Monday.

[SpeedFigure]

Has anyone been following the thread about the new menus? I really don't want to scour through all the pages just to find them, so I'm just curious if anyone else knows the scoop! Is it all 7 nights of new menus, just rotational menus, etc.? Does Palo have a new menu, too?

If no one knows, that's fine, too. I'll just have to check it out myself! :laughing:

I looked through the new menus thread. It seemed to be for the Wonder, cause they were talking about Tritons alot. There were only 2 menus mentioned- Animators Palate and Tritons.

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

I looked through the new menus thread. It seemed to be for the Wonder, cause they were talking about Tritons alot. There were only 2 menus mentioned- Animators Palate and Tritons.

Oh, thank you! :goodvibes Hopefully the Magic's won't change before we get on...I scheduled Palo around the current menus! :laughing:



Has anyone tried MotionEaze for motion sickness? http://www.motioneaze.com It's an oil that is placed behind the ear and is supposed to work almost immediately. My mom says it worked for motion sickness (on land, though), but I'm wondering if anyone here has tried it for sea sickness or air sickness. Lennon got sick on the plane last time, so I really want to have something handy for him. I'll try this, but I'm scared of what I'll do if it doesn't work! :scared:

[shasess]

I am soooooo excited!!!!!

My fish extender arrived by UPS today! I love it!!!!

and

My fisher extender gifts for the little ones arrived in the mail today! :cool1: Everything is all coming together!!!! The cruise will be here before we know it. :dance3:

[Disgirl83]

Here's just a short post to check in! I have to do some errands and we have an engagement party to go to tonight for some friends. I'm planning on sitting down and printing out the meet options so I can put them all in one place! It will be a start anyways.

I'm a bit overwhelmed with this board right now. Welcome!! :cool1:

OK guys, here's my attempt at posting a family photo (from last years Flower and Garden Festival at Epcot)

Great family photo!!!

I am soooooo excited!!!!!

My fish extender arrived by UPS today! I love it!!!!

Yay! Isn't all the planning soo exciting!

See, I told you all it would be quick. I'm getting so anxious to see when they start assigning room numbers for use gty 12 folks!

[lillygator]

:)No problem guys.

V -- you could probably get the 6pm rotation just by asking so if you decide you and your Mom/Sis would rather have a table of your own, let me know! I am sure they can still change it and I don't think anyone would be offended -- I know we all need a little space sometimes!!!;) I tried to PM you a reply but your PM-box is full. You are one popular girl! :)
NOOOO
want to be with everyone if ya'll will have me!:thumbsup2

[aimathy]

I'm trying to send a private message to answer the questions about joining the fish extender group and bracelet info. It says I can't send a pm until I have 10 posts. Do I really need to post 10 to do this? I don't want to post "hi" 9 times just to get this out! :) Please let me know if there's a way around that! Thanks.

[tinkattude6]

I'm trying to send a private message to answer the questions about joining the fish extender group and bracelet info. It says I can't send a pm until I have 10 posts. Do I really need to post 10 to do this? I don't want to post "hi" 9 times just to get this out! :) Please let me know if there's a way around that! Thanks.

Yes you must have ten post first. If you ask ? on the board someone will get back to you.Just post 9 sayings like . Celebrate Disney Cruise..Noone cares we do it to get what we need. BTW WELCOME! if you need anything let me know. Crystal,

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

I just talked to my uncle (he was very surprised to hear from me!), and I asked about the May 15th shuttle launch. He wasn't sure because he apparently hasn't looked that far ahead on the calendar, but he's going to do some checking tomorrow and let me know. Since the last launch had problems, he wasn't sure if it was pushing everything back a bit or not. I'll update as soon as I hear back from him!

[lucyddr]

I looked up the space shuttle schedule. There are 2 different shuttles scheduled on the 12th and the 15th. They are the same launch pad but different shuttles with different missions. Anyone heard or read anything about this really happening? Also, where is the best spot to see the launch? Do you have to purchase tickets to see it? I mean,I know you can see it in the air but how can you get closer without paying to be at Kennedy Space Center?

I just checked Radisson and there are no rates available for Thurs or Friday. :eek: We are still up in the air. If the launch isn't happening, we'll stay closer to Disney. If it is, we might stay at the port. When do they know exactly when it is a go or not?

Beaches & Cream is located where? I remember someone saying by Boardwalk. I haven't been in that area.
Kym

Kym: First off, a shuttle launch can cancel literally minutes before take-off. Usually, they are "stable" once the weather patterns are well-known for the launch area. I wouldn't make too many plans around it just because they are totally unpredictable! Just so you know, if you found an "open" area near WDW, you might actually see a little of it. We used to be able to see parts of it from Jacksonville, which is 2.5 hours away!

Secondly: Beaches and Cream can be a littel tricky to find. It sits between the Beach and Yacht (sorry, can't spell) Clubs kind of "behind" the pool. It's definitely worth finding though!

Good site for watching the Space Shuttle. The launch is always unpredictable. It looks like the May 12th Shuttle launch is still a GO but the one for May 15th has been moved to June 13th ( Delayed from May 15 to give launch slot to STS-125.)

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I'm confused though... This site says it has moved, but NASA's site still has it scheduled... I agree that it's highly unlikely that both will be launched within 3 days of each other, but why hasn't NASA themselves changed their website?

[minniemmom]

Hi everyone! Sorry (I'm always coming on here apologizing because of my stupid computer!) but the computer thing is getting to me! It keeps booting me off-line and then all of a sudden it's back! It's only 16 months old; very frustrating!:surfweb:

I'm trying to catch up on old posts. We are still interested in FE and would like 1-bracelet (youth size if we are sizing; haven't gotten that far yet in the posts!).

If there is anything else I signed up for please let me know!:confused3

[minniemmom]

Sorry for missing all the posts, I checked last night (kinda early) then mom called me this morning! :worship: I promise to be better! :worship:

Wristband info

I think it's probably just best to pay via paypal or mail a check??? (I don't want to be standing in the promenade taking cash from people & have Disney asking questions) :upsidedow
What do you think. Since the cut off is April 1st, I should have a final price for everyone - April 2nd!
I think it's best to just hand them out at our first meet. I have so much going on, I think mailing them might get a bit too crazy.
How does that sound?
Here is the most current list. Let me know if I need to make any corrections!

DIS NAME(s) Adult Wristbands/ Youth Wristbands
2 Eagle Scout 2
austin77
BellaMickey
briarroselynn
Disgirl83 2
Faith&Hope 1
Hudson5&Lennon3 1/3
indigodisney
jhart901 2/3
krishouse
lillygator 4/2
lucyddr 2
minniemmom
Noodlesmom 2/2
Pooh's-Honey-Pot 2
pwoodson
SpeedFigure 2
Texfinn 2/2
tigger2002
Tink113 8/2


adedward
Albertofreitas
cruisinmama22
DisneyTripReports
Dizneyholic
dznyacct 4
Hudson5&Lennon3
ilovedale3
indigodisney
JohnathanS
mambrose
modomo
Mother_Hen 2/1
princessljw
sarasotamom
sfrasc2000
shasess 2
starlawyermom
suezyq50
tigger2002
Tinkattude6 4/1
tsarina13 2/3
zeppelin
Tazgirl1981 2
TOTALS 46/19

We are still under 100 total, so what would you guys like to do? Since we need to order 100 each (adult & kids) that may leave tons extra....
Just let me know!


VAL- glad to hear you're back in the game! :hug:
~Amanda~

You can add 3 adult to mine; that would make 1-youth & 3-adult. I'm reading posts backwards so this is the latest total for me. (I had just posted only 1 youth bracelet; I'll make the "males" in my household wear one!!!) I'll be happy to pay anyway you want; I really appreciate you doing this!:worship::

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

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Oh, all this talk about loosing weight I my DH just went out to pick us up blizzards! :rotfl: Let's see I did go to the gym after work and did the elliptical for 65 minutes soooo that will offset it!!! :rolleyes1

Cinda, I think that would be a great idea to get all the meets posted together in one place. We could have like our own group's mini Navigator!! :banana: I'd be happy to put all the meet time togethers and e-mail it to everyone, but I'll need to know what we want to do first. I'm also thinking that we should have "unofficial" meets like the Cove Cafe and try to pick areas of the ship so we can be in the same areas for some of the deck parties, or sit in the same areas during the shows, or even on Castaway Cay. Val - I think you mentioned a few of these many many posts ago so you probably even have some better ideas!


I don't know what blizzards are, but I do like the sound of them!!

That's really kind of you to do us all our own "navigator" - I love that idea!!!

I'm a bit overwhelmed with this board right now. I just found it and I'm sooo happy that I did! We are on this cruisea and I'm so happy to "meet" some others who are on it as well. It'll be my husband, myself, DD (12), DS (9, his birthday is the day we sail) and DD (10 months). We're excited and I can't wait! Any help or info you may have for me would be hugely appreciated. In the meantime, I'll poke around and see what I can find out for myself! Thanks!

Welcome!!!:cool1:You will find loads of help here - everyone has been so helpful and friendly to me!!

OK guys, here's my attempt at posting a family photo (from last years Flower and Garden Festival at Epcot) :


http://i565.photobucket.com/albums/ss95/dznynut39/image0260.jpg



I would kill for your legs. Seriously.:goodvibes

that?

I'd be more up for this as an afternoon treat, too. I saw martinis on their menu, so I'd probably be sipping those instead of coffee--and gobbling up the free treats, too!! I'm not a coffee drinker, so I won't be spending any mornings there "getting a fix." Plan on me in the afternoons, though! :drinking1

:

I'll be there with you!:thumbsup2

Glad you're feeling better!:goodvibes



I know there's a few things that we would like to do-TREX, Beaches & Cream and the Goofy's treat place. Is the Goofy's place at DTD? I can't seem to find them on the site with eaterries at DTD. Beaches & Cream is located where? I remember someone saying by Boardwalk. I haven't been in that area.

Alright, I have to get up early so I am off to bed! There's so much that i want to respond back to!

Kym

OK . . . Goofy's is at DTD, very close to Rainforest Cafe. Its more a shop than restaurant so probably wouldn't show up with the restaurant list. Beaches n Cream is at the Beach Club, over looking the pool. T-Rex - if you are thinking of making an ADR you need to do it directly with the restaurant - Disney don't make them for T-Rex. All get big YUMS from me!!

Good Morning Everyone! It is 9am here -- driking my coffee :surfweb: and enjyoing the calm before the "storm". My MIL arrives at 8pm tonight and we still have to clean up and get to the grocery store (not to mention swim lessons for the kids!). I thought I would do my best to respond .... not sure how things will go over the next two weeks while MIL and her DH are here -- I may not be online much at all OR I may be online all the time hiding from our company! :rotfl:

I am hoping to take the kids to B&C after we leave Epcot. I showed Sabrina Sonya's pictures and she is super excited. Sabrina has Sonya's appetite (and tiny build) -- Amazing -- they aren't even related! :laughing:

Ok, off to get cleaning. Have a great day everyone!

Good luck with MIL!!!

Sabrina and I will have to share some quality eating time together on board!! We will show you amateurs how its done!! Send her my way when she needs an eating buddy!

Has anyone been following the thread about the new menus? I really don't want to scour through all the pages just to find them, so I'm just curious if anyone else knows the scoop! Is it all 7 nights of new menus, just rotational menus, etc.? Does Palo have a new menu, too?
:

I haven't seen any new ones for the Magic yet - am keeping my eyes peeled!

I just talked to my uncle (he was very surprised to hear from me!), and I asked about the May 15th shuttle launch. He wasn't sure because he apparently hasn't looked that far ahead on the calendar, but he's going to do some checking tomorrow and let me know. Since the last launch had problems, he wasn't sure if it was pushing everything back a bit or not. I'll update as soon as I hear back from him!

Oh that's interesting . . . I bet Tony would like to see that. Maybe I won't mention it!!!!!!1:rotfl::rotfl2:

Does anyone know what time of day they run the aerobic classes in the fitness centres? I love aerobics / step and would love to catch a couple!

[ottermouse]

Hey everyone,

It is getting closer for our cruise, just over 6 weeks to go. We are excited and can't wait. The kids are watching the DCL dvd so much I think it is getting worn out...lol....This is our second cruise and we are even more excited. In a few weeks we will be finishing our "Cruise attire" shopping. To help with the countdown, we decided to wait until mid April to finish shopping for what we need.

Is anyone else doing anything to help with the countdown or make the time go faster? Also, on May 17th, it is our 12th wedding anniversary and we will be celebrarting it with reservations at Rasul Spa and Palo. Has anyone experienced the Rasul Spa and if so, how was it?

[indigodisney]

Happy Saturday everyone!

I think I need to get my act in gear re: fish extenders....I think I am signed up for this, correct? can someone email me the list? ALso, let me know what information you need from me and I can get this organized and I can also send our cabin number as it has changed.

I think I am going to just use a canvas bag or something like that maybe with indigodisney on it or something like that.

I think for dining we will just stick with a table with my parents and us....smaller group is better but looking forward to meeting everyone at one of the meets - definitely!

have a great day!!

Indigo

P.S - Val, you are so sweet to remember about my kidney stones, they are still in there - close to 50 of them according to the last xray that I had....they are monitoring right now. Surgery hasn't been ruled out....but it is very doubtful that I will pass them so hopefully that means I can wait on it. I must say I was relieved it was stones and not a tumour like they originally thought! Thanks again and I hope you are feeling much better today. :lovestruc

[dznyacct]

I would kill for your legs. Seriously.:goodvibes







Sonya ~ I have a feeling I am going to like you a lot :)! Thanks for the nice compliment. ~ Kathy

[austin77]

Im just touching base!!!

Jane, i will let you know later tonight if we will link, ( I have to confirm with the Boss{ash} lol) I hope thats ok?


I hope we get a shuttle launch, But it does seem to be very unorganized...lol:rotfl:

WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS....We are growing like crazy!!! Its getting to the point where if when we all meet on the ship, it might just flip over to one side!!!! lol

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Im just touching base!!!

Jane, i will let you know later tonight if we will link, ( I have to confirm with the Boss{ash} lol) I hope thats ok?


I hope we get a shuttle launch, But it does seem to be very unorganized...lol:rotfl:

WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS....We are growing like crazy!!! Its getting to the point where if when we all meet on the ship, it might just flip over to one side!!!! lol

That's fine. If you decide to just PM me your confirmation number and last name. If you went through a Travel Agent, you may need to call them to link us. Just let me know and I'll send your our info (and Belinda's).

J

[SpeedFigure]

Is anyone doing the DCL Shuttle from MCO Hyatt?? If so, did you have to reserve your time?

[Bellamickey]

Just checked our cruise on the DCL website. They are showing availability for cat 12, although the price (for 2 adults) is ~ $600 more than we paid. I think there are going to be a lot of free upgrades from all those cat 12 cabins they are selling :)!


WOO-HOO!! That's good news right:goodvibes Let's keep our fingers crossed!



Has anyone tried MotionEaze for motion sickness? http://www.motioneaze.com It's an oil that is placed behind the ear and is supposed to work almost immediately. My mom says it worked for motion sickness (on land, though), but I'm wondering if anyone here has tried it for sea sickness or air sickness. Lennon got sick on the plane last time, so I really want to have something handy for him. I'll try this, but I'm scared of what I'll do if it doesn't work! :scared:

I'm with you Val. Shawn got so sick the last time we took the eastern. He never took anything. Just slept it off. We've never used motion sickness medicane so I'm up in the air on what to take with us?
If you find anything good or get some good reviews, let me know;) pleezzz.

I am soooooo excited!!!!!

My fish extender arrived by UPS today! I love it!!!!

and

My fisher extender gifts for the little ones arrived in the mail today! :cool1: Everything is all coming together!!!! The cruise will be here before we know it. :dance3:

Hey you!! Yea! On getting your FE!! It's getting so close. I look foward to your weekly countdown! It keeps me on my toes!!!:flower3:
Everytime I see it, I stop, drop and bust a move!!!:banana::dance3: literelly!!! :rotfl: I'm a nut!

Here's just a short post to check in! I have to do some errands and we have an engagement party to go to tonight for some friends. I'm planning on sitting down and printing out the meet options so I can put them all in one place! It will be a start anyways.

so anxious to see when they start assigning room numbers for use gty 12 folks!

Lysney, thank you for taking to time to do the meet options. I know we all appreciate it. Very nice of you.:flower3:

I know, I keep checking the website every day for a stateroom number. Be sure to post when you get yours and I will too!! Hopefully it will be soon.

I just talked to my uncle (he was very surprised to hear from me!), and I asked about the May 15th shuttle launch. He wasn't sure because he apparently hasn't looked that far ahead on the calendar, but he's going to do some checking tomorrow and let me know. Since the last launch had problems, he wasn't sure if it was pushing everything back a bit or not. I'll update as soon as I hear back from him!

Thank you Val!! That would an awesome sight to see. Thank you for keeping us posted.

Im just touching base!!!

Jane, i will let you know later tonight if we will link, ( I have to confirm with the Boss{ash} lol) I hope thats ok?




Aww... I hope you and Ash decide to join us! I think we'd have a great table group!!!:grouphug:

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Hey everyone,

It is getting closer for our cruise, just over 6 weeks to go. We are excited and can't wait. The kids are watching the DCL dvd so much I think it is getting worn out...lol....This is our second cruise and we are even more excited. In a few weeks we will be finishing our "Cruise attire" shopping. To help with the countdown, we decided to wait until mid April to finish shopping for what we need.

Is anyone else doing anything to help with the countdown or make the time go faster? Also, on May 17th, it is our 12th wedding anniversary and we will be celebrarting it with reservations at Rasul Spa and Palo. Has anyone experienced the Rasul Spa and if so, how was it? There seems to be a lot of annivesary celebrations on this cruise!! Congratulations. I've read about the Rasul Spa but haven't experienced it. We are going to try Palo for brunch this time as everything that I've heard about it is amazing.

I don't know what blizzards are, but I do like the sound of them. From reading your food report you would proabably love them. I've only seen comercials as there isn't a Dairy Queen anywhere near us, but I think it is soft serve ice cream blended with a mix in (M&M's, Oreo's, etc).

Mati - we are going to be driving to the port and I want to get there about 10 - 10:30. From what I understand it takes about an hour. We'll probably be so excited we'll leave around 8:30 - 9:00am.

I guess the trip is now sufficiantly close enought for Jim to get excited. I've been talking about everyone on this thread since I joined last July. Yesterday I mentioned he should check it out and he opened a DIS account and has been reading the tread from the beginning to get to know everyone! He will most likely just lurk, but now I can tell he's getting excited. I'm not alone anymore in my constant thoughts about the trip!! He's just on page 80 or so right now - Hey Jim, post when you catch up to date!

Jane

[Bellamickey]

There seems to be a lot of annivesary celebrations on this cruise!! Congratulations. I've read about the Rasul Spa but haven't experienced it. We are going to try Palo for brunch this time as everything that I've heard about it is amazing.

Jane

Wow! There sure are. That's so great! Congrats to everyone. I think it's gonna be the DCL/LOVE boat:lovestruc

That raised a question? Does DCL have annivesary and birthday buttons like WDW does?

With all of us that are celebrating something special, it would be a nice keepsake!!:)

[SpeedFigure]

Wow! There sure are. That's so great! Congrats to everyone. I think it's gonna be the DCL/LOVE boat:lovestruck

We could almost remain the group from Key Lime Pie-rates to the Happily Ever After Cruise! haha

That raised a question? Does DCL have annivesary and birthday buttons like WDW does?

With all of us that are celebrating something special, it would be a nice keepsake!!:)

Good Question!! I'm not sure about buttons, but I know you can call DCL and request a birthday cake OR an anniversary cake. They'll deliver it to your table when you celebrate your special occasion....and it's FREE!!! :yay:

For my table mates...we are having anniverary cake for us on our first night (since our anniversary is on the 14th). We all can share it! :cutie:
(PS My hubby doesn't know ;) )

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

I think I am going to just use a canvas bag or something like that maybe with indigodisney on it or something like that.
That's probably all I'll do, too. Nothing fancy for me! :laughing: My mom already thinks I'm crazy for having cyberfriends! :rolleyes2 She'll probably $h!t a brick when she finds out about the FE!! :rotfl2:


P.S - Val, you are so sweet to remember about my kidney stones, they are still in there - close to 50 of them according to the last xray that I had....they are monitoring right now. Surgery hasn't been ruled out....but it is very doubtful that I will pass them so hopefully that means I can wait on it. I must say I was relieved it was stones and not a tumour like they originally thought! Thanks again and I hope you are feeling much better today. :lovestruc
Holy buckets!!! 50?!?! Wow...hopefully you won't be passing them. I'd be out of my mind passing that many. Passing one was more than enough for me! :scared: (I've had 3 but only passed one.) Keep us updated on what happens. Would surgery be before the cruise?

Its getting to the point where if when we all meet on the ship, it might just flip over to one side!!!! lol
:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2: LET'S DO IT!!!

I've only seen comercials as there isn't a Dairy Queen anywhere near us, but I think it is soft serve ice cream blended with a mix in (M&M's, Oreo's, etc).
WHAT?!?! No Blizzards for either of you?!?! Boy, oh boy, are you missing out!!! In the summer, we usually make a nightly trip to Dairy Queen! :blush: My new favorite is Mint Oreo with chocolate ice cream! Slurp! Or cookie dough with chocolate...or the limited edition cotton candy (that one with vanilla, though!). It's weird how even their most chocolateyist, ooeyist, gooeyist (like Chocolate Extreme) comes with vanilla ice cream! You have to specifically request chocolate even if it has a name like that! :rolleyes:


I guess the trip is now sufficiantly close enought for Jim to get excited. I've been talking about everyone on this thread since I joined last July. Yesterday I mentioned he should check it out and he opened a DIS account and has been reading the tread from the beginning to get to know everyone! He will most likely just lurk, but now I can tell he's getting excited. I'm not alone anymore in my constant thoughts about the trip!! He's just on page 80 or so right now - Hey Jim, post when you catch up to date!
:welcome: TO OUR CRUISE THREAD, JIM!!! You'll have to pop in & post once in awhile! I'm not sure I could get Justin to even look at it. :rolleyes2 He has his own forums that he goes to (motorcycle or music related), so he's on those all the time. He'd probably keel over at all the info I've shared over the last 1 1/2 yrs! :rotfl: He is getting SUPER excited, though, too!! I think it's about time to pop in the DCL DVD again and get everyone's excitement up to the next level :hyper: (it's already up there, but since it's getting so close, I think we need a bit more excitement!) Seriously, it's ALL I think about all day long!! And meeting you guys, too!! :grouphug: I CAN'T WAIT!!!

[ottermouse]

There seems to be a lot of annivesary celebrations on this cruise!! Congratulations. I've read about the Rasul Spa but haven't experienced it. We are going to try Palo for brunch this time as everything that I've heard about it is amazing.
Jane

I think Palo is amazing no matter when you do it. So who else is celebrating their anniversary? We celebrated my sons birthday on a November 2008 cruise and the castmembers were great. I read in the Passporter book to call DCL three weeks prior to let them know the occassion and they will have the surprise waiting for you. We are excited about Rasul. DW and I have not spoiled ourselves to anytype of spa treatments. :woohoo:

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

So who else is celebrating their anniversary?
I've tried to list every cruiser's info on posts #1&2 with specifics on birthdays, anniversaries, etc. Check it out! You'll find we have lots of celebrations!!

I read in the Passporter book to call DCL three weeks prior to let them know the occassion and they will have the surprise waiting for you.
This is what we got last time when we celebrated our 10th anniversary!
http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t23/pfenningv/DSC_0145.jpg

Of course, they brought this to us after we had already ordered two desserts each, so we barely even touched it. :rolleyes:

[adedward]

We are very excited about the cruise and all the wonderful folks onboard, but do not need wristbands for the cruise, so you can remove us from that list. Thank you though!

[indigodisney]

That's probably all I'll do, too. Nothing fancy for me! :laughing: My mom already thinks I'm crazy for having cyberfriends! :rolleyes2 She'll probably $h!t a brick when she finds out about the FE!! :rotfl2:

Holy buckets!!! 50?!?! Wow...hopefully you won't be passing them. I'd be out of my mind passing that many. Passing one was more than enough for me! :scared: (I've had 3 but only passed one.) Keep us updated on what happens. Would surgery be before the cruise?

Hi Val!

LOL!! :rotfl2: My mom is the same way, I am going to break it to her today when she is over for a visit. Maybe I can recruit her to help me get them ready....I have some ideas of what I am going to do. I think a canvas bag is more my style rather than a full FE, but I do like to admire everyone else's:)

I think the surgery discussion will wait until I have my next follow up appointment in June....my family doctor told me that if it was her she wouldn't have the surgery as it is too invasive. The resident who was with the urologist looked like she was going to have kittens she was so excited to be dealing with my weird case. :rotfl:

We started training for the half marathon yesterday and wiped ourselves out - no one can walk around here today!! Then whatever good I did while out exercising, I undid when I had half a bag of licorice last night. :eek:

Happy Sunday everyone!!

[texfinn]

Just popping in real quick to comment on a couple things. I will be lurking when I can -- just can't hid as much as I am used to...

Has anyone been following the thread about the new menus? I really don't want to scour through all the pages just to find them, so I'm just curious if anyone else knows the scoop! Is it all 7 nights of new menus, just rotational menus, etc.? Does Palo have a new menu, too?

Hi Val! I read that the new menus don't start until June on the Magic. I think that is a good thing right???

NOOOO
want to be with everyone if ya'll will have me!:thumbsup2

:cheer2:V -- we would love to have you sit with us! After reading your TR -- I think you would be a BLAST to sit around at dinner! :cheer2:

Jane -- think it is awesome that Jim is checking us out! Welcome!!!

Thanks for the tip on driving -- guess we will have the car pick us up at 8:30 so we have time to stop off at the grocery store.:thumbsup2

Shawan -- I can't wait to get my FE so you must be THRILLED! How exciting!

JorDan -- thanks for the tip. Need to make sure I order Yoni a birthday cake. We will be at Palo that night but might still be a nice gesture.

D -- I finally took the cooler out of the package -- it is NICE! A lot bigger than I thought!

Indigo -- 50 kidney stones --- EEP! I hope you don't have to pass them!

Ok, gotta run again. Have a good day everyone!

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

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I guess the trip is now sufficiantly close enought for Jim to get excited. I've been talking about everyone on this thread since I joined last July. Yesterday I mentioned he should check it out and he opened a DIS account and has been reading the tread from the beginning to get to know everyone! He will most likely just lurk, but now I can tell he's getting excited. I'm not alone anymore in my constant thoughts about the trip!! He's just on page 80 or so right now - Hey Jim, post when you catch up to date!

Jane


Hi Jim!!! Thats so great that he is reading! Try get him to join our Facebook group, I think Tony is the only man at the minute!:rotfl2:

That's probably all I'll do, too. Nothing fancy for me! :laughing: My mom already thinks I'm crazy for having cyberfriends! :rolleyes2 She'll probably $h!t a brick when she finds out about the FE!! :rotfl2:

WHAT?!?! No Blizzards for either of you?!?! Boy, oh boy, are you missing out!!! In the summer, we usually make a nightly trip to Dairy Queen! :blush: My new favorite is Mint Oreo with chocolate ice cream! Slurp! Or cookie dough with chocolate...or the limited edition cotton candy (that one with vanilla, though!). It's weird how even their most chocolateyist, ooeyist, gooeyist (like Chocolate Extreme) comes with vanilla ice cream! You have to specifically request chocolate even if it has a name like that! :rolleyes:

!!!

Oh I think I had one in Vegas at Christmas!! It was mint choc chip icecream with oreas crumbled on it - it was superb!

On the "cyber friends" thing, tell me about it! The friends we are cruising with (and Tony!!!) think I am a complete geek for being on this site all the time, so I haven't even told them about Fish Extenders - when they see them I hope they will be suitable jealous! They could have joined in if they hadn't mocked me so hard!!:lmao:

Thanks everyone for the heads up about dinner times - I didn't realise that the "late" seating was then split again in to three more times! Have asked my travel agent to request 8pm!

[indigodisney]

woohoo! I just saved $400 switching from CBR - pirate room to Port Orleans - Riverside - amazing!! Has anyone stayed at POR? It looks really nice from the website....and since we are only there 3 nights before leaving on the cruise, I am thinking no one will miss the pirate theming....Now I have that $400 that I budgeted to spend on something else - :thumbsup2

texfinn - good luck with MIL!!!

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

woohoo! I just saved $400 switching from CBR - pirate room to Port Orleans - Riverside - amazing!! Has anyone stayed at POR? It looks really nice from the website....and since we are only there 3 nights before leaving on the cruise, I am thinking no one will miss the pirate theming....Now I have that $400 that I budgeted to spend on something else - :thumbsup2

texfinn - good luck with MIL!!!

Thats where we will be for 14 nights before the cruise, so see you there!

We stayed at PO French Quarter last year, so we're trying the Riverside part this year. You will love it - it is a gorgeous, peaceful resort. AND the foodcourt sell Magic Cookie Bars - to die for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[indigodisney]

Thats where we will be for 14 nights before the cruise, so see you there!

We stayed at PO French Quarter last year, so we're trying the Riverside part this year. You will love it - it is a gorgeous, peaceful resort. AND the foodcourt sell Magic Cookie Bars - to die for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is so great that you will be there too!! :woohoo: I like the sound of the resort - gorgeous and peaceful are just what we need! We have stayed at ASM, Pop, AKL so far and I am hell bent on trying them all!

I just finished booking our ADR's and making the rest of the plans for the trip today.

Please tell me what the Magic Cookie Bars are - they sound good...must go and look at your trip report.

2 weeks at Disney - I would be in heaven - very lucky!!

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

That is so great that you will be there too!! :woohoo: I like the sound of the resort - gorgeous and peaceful are just what we need! We have stayed at ASM, Pop, AKL so far and I am hell bent on trying them all!

I just finished booking our ADR's and making the rest of the plans for the trip today.

Please tell me what the Magic Cookie Bars are - they sound good...must go and look at your trip report.

2 weeks at Disney - I would be in heaven - very lucky!!

Oh, which ADR's have you gone for? Sorry - I am food obsessed!!:rotfl:

If you click on the food report in my signature, magic cookie bars are on the first page - POR is one of only two resorts in the whole of WDW where you can get them :thumbsup2 They are the main reason I talked Tony into upgrading there from Pop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is there a picture of you on page one - I will go check . . that way I can keep an eye out!!

[indigodisney]

Oh, which ADR's have you gone for? Sorry - I am food obsessed!!:rotfl:

If you click on the food report in my signature, magic cookie bars are on the first page - POR is one of only two resorts in the whole of WDW where you can get them :thumbsup2 They are the main reason I talked Tony into upgrading there from Pop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is there a picture of you on page one - I will go check . . that way I can keep an eye out!!

I am going to your food report right now! I love that you talked Tony into moving because of the magic cookie bars - :lmao: That's awesome!!

We have Prime Time Cafe for dinner and Tony's for dinner as well (dinner is supper in this part of the world) We did have a breakfast reservation at CRT but it was pretty expensive and I thought she would see enough princesses on the cruise.

I love counterservice at DHS - the backlot express and I love pinocchio's salad...the best.

What do you have booked? If you are on the DP, you must have lots booked...so exciting, it is not that far away now!!

[tigger2002]

woohoo! I just saved $400 switching from CBR - pirate room to Port Orleans - Riverside - amazing!! Has anyone stayed at POR? It looks really nice from the website....and since we are only there 3 nights before leaving on the cruise, I am thinking no one will miss the pirate theming....Now I have that $400 that I budgeted to spend on something else - :thumbsup2

texfinn - good luck with MIL!!!

We have stayed at POR. It has been a few years ago. One of the best things that my kids liked was the boat ride down to Downtown Disney. We would go there in the evening after going to the parks.

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[Disgirl83]

That's really kind of you to do us all our own "navigator" - I love that idea!!!

I've been peeking in on a few other cruise meets and trying to get a few ideas so I'll see what I can come up with!

I know, I keep checking the website every day for a stateroom number. Be sure to post when you get yours and I will too!! Hopefully it will be soon.

Me too! I was doing so good until just a few days ago and now i'm addicted to checking!

My new favorite is Mint Oreo with chocolate ice cream! Slurp!

Yum-o! That's the one I had the other night and it was wonderful. I'm a sucker for anything that's chocolate and mint. (Plus of the small sized blizzards it's actually one of the better options as it as much less calories than the reece's or cookie dough.) Yes Sonya they do make one with reeces cups or reeces pieces mixed into the ice cream!!!

Hi Jim!!! Thats so great that he is reading! Try get him to join our Facebook group, I think Tony is the only man at the minute!:rotfl2:

I think my DH finally joined our pie-rates facebook page so the men are starting to grow!

woohoo! I just saved $400 switching from CBR - pirate room to Port Orleans - Riverside - amazing!! That's wonderful. Jason and I stayed at POR for our honeymoon a few years ago and loved it. I posted a few pics awhile back on the resort board. Here's the link if you are interested:http://http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=396424&page=101

[lillygator]

hey all just checking in. What did we decide on the bracelets?

[indigodisney]

We have stayed at POR. It has been a few years ago. One of the best things that my kids liked was the boat ride down to Downtown Disney. We would go there in the evening after going to the parks.

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Cool!! I didn't realize there was a boat from the resort to Downtown Disney - that will be a lot of fun:cool1:

[austin77]

Aww... I hope you and Ash decide to join us! I think we'd have a great table group!!!:grouphug:

we have decided To!!! I think your right! We will have a great table!!! and no one has 7 children!!! LOL:rotfl:

Jane can you conferm you got the post??? Thanks :hippie:

[ottermouse]

I've tried to list every cruiser's info on posts #1&2 with specifics on birthdays, anniversaries, etc. Check it out! You'll find we have lots of celebrations!!



Of course, they brought this to us after we had already ordered two desserts each, so we barely even touched it. :rolleyes:

Thanks for the picture of the cake and the heads up not to order desert which is the same thing that happened for my son's birthday.

[shasess]

woohoo! I just saved $400 switching from CBR - pirate room to Port Orleans - Riverside - amazing!! Has anyone stayed at POR? It looks really nice from the website....and since we are only there 3 nights before leaving on the cruise, I am thinking no one will miss the pirate theming....Now I have that $400 that I budgeted to spend on something else - :thumbsup2

DH and I stayed at Port Orleans for our honeymoon last May. We loved it!!!!!

Me too! I was doing so good until just a few days ago and now i'm addicted to checking!


I thought that I was the only person who checked on a regular basis!!!!:lmao: I can't wait to find out our room number.



It was such a pretty spring day here today that we decided to have our first barbeque cookout of the season. John makes the most wonderful fresh corn on the grill that he calls "drunken corn". I am sooo stuffed. I have completed screwed up my pre cruise diet. I guess I'll have to work twice as hard on the elliptical on Monday.

[2_Eagle_Mom]

WHAT?!?! No Blizzards for either of you?!?! Boy, oh boy, are you missing out!!! In the summer, we usually make a nightly trip to Dairy Queen! :blush: My new favorite is Mint Oreo with chocolate ice cream! Slurp! Or cookie dough with chocolate...or the limited edition cotton candy (that one with vanilla, though!). It's weird how even their most chocolateyist, ooeyist, gooeyist (like Chocolate Extreme) comes with vanilla ice cream! You have to specifically request chocolate even if it has a name like that! :rolleyes:

:welcome: TO OUR CRUISE THREAD, JIM!!! You'll have to pop in & post once in awhile! I'm not sure I could get Justin to even look at it. :rolleyes2 He has his own forums that he goes to (motorcycle or music related), so he's on those all the time. He'd probably keel over at all the info I've shared over the last 1 1/2 yrs! :rotfl: He is getting SUPER excited, though, too!! I think it's about time to pop in the DCL DVD again and get everyone's excitement up to the next level :hyper: (it's already up there, but since it's getting so close, I think we need a bit more excitement!) Seriously, it's ALL I think about all day long!! And meeting you guys, too!! :grouphug: I CAN'T WAIT!!!
Ok, is there a Dairy Queen near WDW or on the way to the port? Those sound SO good. I love chocolate and mint stuff (and the best part about that is no one else in the family does, so if I order it ITS ALL MINE!!!

He's been reading it all day still hasn't caught up yet. He isn't on FB but I'll have to be better about checking out the group site and letting him look over my shoulder.

I think Palo is amazing no matter when you do it. So who else is celebrating their anniversary? We celebrated my sons birthday on a November 2008 cruise and the castmembers were great. I read in the Passporter book to call DCL three weeks prior to let them know the occassion and they will have the surprise waiting for you. We are excited about Rasul. DW and I have not spoiled ourselves to anytype of spa treatments. :woohoo:

Quick reference for anniversaries:

SpeedFigure 5th Anniversary on May 14th
Tazgirl1981 10th Anniversary
krishouse 12th Anniversary on 5/17
ottermouse 12th Anniversary on 5/17
shasess 1st Anniversary on 5/17
DisneyTripReports 20th Anniversary on 5/20
2 Eagle Scout 25th Anniversary
Mother_Hen 25th Anniversary


LOL!! :rotfl2: My mom is the same way, I am going to break it to her today when she is over for a visit. Maybe I can recruit her to help me get them ready....I have some ideas of what I am going to do. I think a canvas bag is more my style rather than a full FE, but I do like to admire everyone else's:)

We started training for the half marathon yesterday and wiped ourselves out - no one can walk around here today!! Then whatever good I did while out exercising, I undid when I had half a bag of licorice last night. :eek:

Happy Sunday everyone!!I haven't mentioned any of the cruise/DIS boards/FE stuff to my mom. She doesn't understand how the whole internet stuff works and thinks we are crazy for going to the same place every vacation. Some people just don't get it and never will...:confused3

woohoo! I just saved $400 switching from CBR - pirate room to Port Orleans - Riverside - amazing!! Has anyone stayed at POR? It looks really nice from the website....and since we are only there 3 nights before leaving on the cruise, I am thinking no one will miss the pirate theming....Now I have that $400 that I budgeted to spend on something else SWEET! I'm hoping that we get the gas surcharge back so we can use that to pay for some of our food at WDW!

We have stayed at POR. It has been a few years ago. One of the best things that my kids liked was the boat ride down to Downtown Disney. We would go there in the evening after going to the parks.< If you take the boat you'll be passing right by Old Key West! We LOVE the ride to DTD - Jim said that would be his dream Disney job. Just driving the boat back and forth and getting to talk to vacationers.

we have decided To!!! I think your right! We will have a great table!!! and no one has 7 children!!! LOL:rotfl:

Jane can you conferm you got the post??? Thanks :hippie:Got it! I'll call in the morning.

We took the dog on a 4 mile walk today (getting in shape for all the walking at WDW) I'm amazed at anyone that is training for marathons. I could probably walk it, but I don't do the running thing.

When we got back home I returned to working on our FE. Ours will have more of a knapsack type of feel instead of the pocket type. I've finally finished the actual bags (I was able to find some cloth bags at the dollar store, but they had this weird decoration on the flap and were really thin. I bought extra bags, ripped off the flap, created a lining and re-created the flap. Once I'm done with the decorations, I'll post a picture. Can anyone tell me what is the distance from the top of the hanger to the top of the pocket? I've sewed a strap on mine, so I hope I guessed right on the lenght.

I was going to work on the countdown calendar poster, but that just didn't happen this weekend... Where is the time going? Not that I'm complaining, but there is so much to do before we leave...

Hope everyone had a great weekend. I'll be sending out the updated FE/Cruisers list tonight. I've formatted it so it should print out easier to read. If you haven't been recieving the list and would like to just PM me your email address and I'll add you to the group distribution.

Not to keep bugging anyone, but if you want to joing the FE group or would like to have the wrist bands, the deadline is April 1. Just post your request and we will add you.

Jane

[Bellamickey]

Thats where we will be for 14 nights before the cruise, so see you there!



That is so great that you will be there too!! :woohoo: I like the sound of the resort - gorgeous and peaceful are just what we need! We have stayed at ASM, Pop, AKL so far and I am hell bent on trying them all!




Wow!!! You guys will practically be our neighbors!!! We will be at POFQ:woohoo:

And now you got me really wondering about these magic cookie bars!!! Sounds YUMMMMM!!!:cloud9:

we have decided To!!! I think your right! We will have a great table!!! and no one has 7 children!!! LOL:rotfl:



YEA!!!!!!!:yay::yay::yay::yay::yay:That made my day! It's going to be a blast! We can't wait!!

[Bellamickey]

Quick reference for anniversaries:

SpeedFigure 5th Anniversary on May 14th
Tazgirl1981 10th Anniversary
krishouse 12th Anniversary on 5/17
ottermouse 12th Anniversary on 5/17
shasess 1st Anniversary on 5/17
DisneyTripReports 20th Anniversary on 5/20
2 Eagle Scout 25th Anniversary
Mother_Hen 25th Anniversary


Jane

Please add us too. We are celebrating our 10 year annivesary with the vow renewal on Thursday, our last sea day.:lovestruc

:love::love:THERE'S GOING TO BE SO MUCH LOVE ON THIS SHIP:love::love:

:lovestrucPERFECT:lovestruc

[lillygator]

what is the total on the FE? (as in # of people) I want to order my gifts......

[Bellamickey]

It was such a pretty spring day here today that we decided to have our first barbeque cookout of the season. John makes the most wonderful fresh corn on the grill that he calls "drunken corn". I am sooo stuffed. I have completed screwed up my pre cruise diet. I guess I'll have to work twice as hard on the elliptical on Monday.


Ok girly, I have to ask, What's "drunken corn"?:goodvibes

[Bellamickey]

When we got back home I returned to working on our FE. Ours will have more of a knapsack type of feel instead of the pocket type. I've finally finished the actual bags (I was able to find some cloth bags at the dollar store, but they had this weird decoration on the flap and were really thin. I bought extra bags, ripped off the flap, created a lining and re-created the flap. Once I'm done with the decorations, I'll post a picture. Can anyone tell me what is the distance from the top of the hanger to the top of the pocket? I've sewed a strap on mine, so I hope I guessed right on the lenght.

I was going to work on the countdown calendar poster, but that just didn't happen this weekend... Where is the time going? Not that I'm complaining, but there is so much to do before we leave...

Hope everyone had a great weekend. I'll be sending out the updated FE/Cruisers list tonight. I've formatted it so it should print out easier to read. If you haven't been recieving the list and would like to just PM me your email address and I'll add you to the group distribution.

Not to keep bugging anyone, but if you want to joing the FE group or would like to have the wrist bands, the deadline is April 1. Just post your request and we will add you.

Jane


Wow Jane. It sounds like you had a busy day! I can't wait to see a picture of your FE! It sounds perfect. I love things that are hand made and original. It makes it that much more special:)

I know, the time seems to be slipping away! Before you know it, we will all be on the ship talking face to face rather than in far away places on the computer!! WOOO-HOOO:cool1::banana::cool1::banana:

Shawn and I are so excited to join you and Jim for dinner! It's going to be an awesome vacation!!


Oh, and before I forget (can't believe I kept forgetting) We want 2 wristbands!!:thumbsup2

[shasess]

Ok girly, I have to ask, What's "drunken corn"?:goodvibes

:rotfl:
He takes fresh corn (still in the husk), cuts a slit in the husk, put a few slices of butter in the husk, adds a few spices, pours a little Budweiser beer in the husk, wraps it in aluminum foil, and slowly cooks it on the grill.....

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Please add us too. We are celebrating our 10 year annivesary with the vow renewal on Thursday, our last sea day.:lovestruc

:love::love:THERE'S GOING TO BE SO MUCH LOVE ON THIS SHIP:love::love:

:lovestrucPERFECT:lovestruc

I'm so sorry I missed you!!!

what is the total on the FE? (as in # of people) I want to order my gifts......

As of right now we are at:

Total # of Cabins: 35
Total # of People: 104

Breakdown:
Men: 37
Women: 39
Girls (under 18): 12
Boys (under 18): 16

The deadline is April 1 so there is a chance that there will be some additions.

I'm prepping the spreadsheet update...

Jane

[indigodisney]

SWEET! I'm hoping that we get the gas surcharge back so we can use that to pay for some of our food at WDW!

We took the dog on a 4 mile walk today (getting in shape for all the walking at WDW) I'm amazed at anyone that is training for marathons. I could probably walk it, but I don't do the running thing.

When we got back home I returned to working on our FE. Ours will have more of a knapsack type of feel instead of the pocket type. I've finally finished the actual bags (I was able to find some cloth bags at the dollar store, but they had this weird decoration on the flap and were really thin. I bought extra bags, ripped off the flap, created a lining and re-created the flap. Once I'm done with the decorations, I'll post a picture. Can anyone tell me what is the distance from the top of the hanger to the top of the pocket? I've sewed a strap on mine, so I hope I guessed right on the lenght.
Jane

Jane (and anyone else who paid the fuel surcharge) - there was a note on my reservation online (I booked with Disney direct) that this amount has been credited back to my account as an onboard, fully refundable credit....which just rocks!! $133....coming back to me.

Your FE sounds great, I can't wait to see it.

a 4 mile walk sounds impressive to me....add another 9 miles and you have a half marathon :lmao: I know it is insane to do it, I just hope to finish

:rotfl:
He takes fresh corn (still in the husk), cuts a slit in the husk, put a few slices of butter in the husk, adds a few spices, pours a little Budweiser beer in the husk, wraps it in aluminum foil, and slowly cooks it on the grill.....


This sounds amazing!! I bet you feel stuffed right now!!

:banana:

[indigodisney]

I'm so sorry I missed you!!!



As of right now we are at:

Total # of Cabins: 35
Total # of People: 104

Breakdown:
Men: 37
Women: 39
Girls (under 18): 12
Boys (under 18): 16

The deadline is April 1 so there is a chance that there will be some additions.

I'm prepping the spreadsheet update...

Jane

Jane, thanks for this information! Not to sound like a dummy, but do most people give for each person or each cabin or each cabin with extra for the children? I have some ideas of what I am going to do...but before I get too far I am curious about how it works....

[Dizneyholic]

Quick reference for anniversaries:

SpeedFigure 5th Anniversary on May 14th
Tazgirl1981 10th Anniversary
krishouse 12th Anniversary on 5/17
ottermouse 12th Anniversary on 5/17
shasess 1st Anniversary on 5/17
DisneyTripReports 20th Anniversary on 5/20
2 Eagle Scout 25th Anniversary
Mother_Hen 25th Anniversary



Us too!! 10th Anniversary on May 12th! We'll be at the Boardwalk then!

[lillygator]

TY Jane......I was thinking 100.....will hold out untin 4/1!

[SpeedFigure]

Oh, which ADR's have you gone for? Sorry - I am food obsessed!!:rotfl:

If you click on the food report in my signature, magic cookie bars are on the first page - POR is one of only two resorts in the whole of WDW where you can get them :thumbsup2 They are the main reason I talked Tony into upgrading there from Pop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is there a picture of you on page one - I will go check . . that way I can keep an eye out!!

Ohh yummy the Magic Cookie Bars!!! There is a ski resort here- Sundance- that sells them. I don't like to ski there, but I only do it for those bars and their Chili! haha
Also here in Utah, you can buy a boxed ingredients at the store and make them. It's by Eagle Brand, here is the site: http://www.eaglebrand.com/detail.asp?rid=650
(again Sonya it involves Graham crackers! You guys need those over there!!)

Wow our FE group is growing! That's fantastic!!! I'll be starting my FE gifts once we get the final numbers in.

I've tried to convince my hubby to join the boards, but he'd be sooo lost. So if he gets all your names/interests/children/work wrong then I'm sorry! haha He only half listens when I blab on...

[tsarina13]

Is anyone doing the DCL Shuttle from MCO Hyatt?? If so, did you have to reserve your time?

I called and was told that it's first come, first serve, and they start around 10am. They don't assign transfer times.

Does anyone know different?

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

I am going to your food report right now! I love that you talked Tony into moving because of the magic cookie bars - :lmao: That's awesome!!

We have Prime Time Cafe for dinner and Tony's for dinner as well (dinner is supper in this part of the world) We did have a breakfast reservation at CRT but it was pretty expensive and I thought she would see enough princesses on the cruise.

I love counterservice at DHS - the backlot express and I love pinocchio's salad...the best.

What do you have booked? If you are on the DP, you must have lots booked...so exciting, it is not that far away now!!


Oh I love 50's PT!! We are going there as well! We have loads of ADR's booked, the one I am most excited about is California Grill as we have never been there! I have arranged for a cake to be brought out as a surprise - our anniversary is in June but we always pick a day to celebrate it in Florida, as we got married there!

Ok, is there a Dairy Queen near WDW or on the way to the port? Those sound SO good. I love chocolate and mint stuff (and the best part about that is no one else in the family does, so if I order it ITS ALL MINE!!!


Jane

Ohh dont forget Ghiredellis do a superb mint choc chip sundea :thumbsup2

:rotfl:
He takes fresh corn (still in the husk), cuts a slit in the husk, put a few slices of butter in the husk, adds a few spices, pours a little Budweiser beer in the husk, wraps it in aluminum foil, and slowly cooks it on the grill.....

Does anyone with a verrandah (nope, cant spell that word!) have room for a disposable bar-b-q in their luggage, because I need him to make this for me!!!!!!!!!!:rotfl:

Ohh yummy the Magic Cookie Bars!!! There is a ski resort here- Sundance- that sells them. I don't like to ski there, but I only do it for those bars and their Chili! haha
Also here in Utah, you can buy a boxed ingredients at the store and make them. It's by Eagle Brand, here is the site: http://www.eaglebrand.com/detail.asp?rid=650
(again Sonya it involves Graham crackers! You guys need those over there!!)

...

Oh thank you for that! Disney sent me the recipe last year but it came out bad, very very bad, so I shall look for this pack while we are over there!

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

Just called DCL and arranged for the "Romantic Encounter" to be in our stateroom when we embark! Hoepfully I can keep it a surprise from TG! I really want to spoil him, he does so much for me!

I want to order him the refillable beer glass as well, but am scared he will feel the need to really get his moneys worth from it!!:rotfl:

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Andy and Belinda - Called DVC this morning and linked our dinning - I requested the 8:00pm seating. One more thing off the checklist:cool1:

Jane, thanks for this information! Not to sound like a dummy, but do most people give for each person or each cabin or each cabin with extra for the children? I have some ideas of what I am going to do...but before I get too far I am curious about how it works....It's totally a personal choice. I'm doing one item per cabin, but it sounds like some others are doing one per person. Really its whatever you decide. It really is the thought that counts (and being able to come back to your cabin and finding surprises in your FE!)

Us too!! 10th Anniversary on May 12th! We'll be at the Boardwalk then! Great date! Same as ours. We'll be having dinner at Narcoosees (can't spell it) that night and hope to get great seats for the fireworks.

Ohh dont forget Ghiredellis do a superb mint choc chip sundea :thumbsup2 That is a definate stop for us as well, I had it first in SF as we live about 40 miles east of the original Ghiredellis (not that we ever go to the city - too crowded). It's my absolute favorite thing (ok, actually the only thing) that I ever order.

Got to run to work!
Jane

[ottermouse]

Just called DCL and arranged for the "Romantic Encounter" to be in our stateroom when we embark! Hoepfully I can keep it a surprise from TG! I really want to spoil him, he does so much for me!

I want to order him the refillable beer glass as well, but am scared he will feel the need to really get his moneys worth from it!!:rotfl:


We were thinking about the Romantic Encounter too but not too sure yet. I had the refillable beer glass last cruise and it is well worth it. I read some where that you can take the beer glass from a previous cruise. So needless to say, I am packing my beer mug from the last cruise.

I also read that DCL is giving cruisers stateroom credit for fuel surcharge. I guess it is month by month but depending on the rate of gas will depend on how much ship credit you will receive. Does anyone have additional information on this?

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

We were thinking about the Romantic Encounter too but not too sure yet. I had the refillable beer glass last cruise and it is well worth it. I read some where that you can take the beer glass from a previous cruise. So needless to say, I am packing my beer mug from the last cruise.


Really? Oh that's interesting . . . maybe I will get it for him then if we can use it again next year. Can you take it into the restaurants for dinner at night, or is that a bit frowned upon? Does the glass have a DCL logo on it, or is it plain - its hard to tell on their website.

[yanjan]

well with all the planning for this cruise, got sucked in and booked free dining
for 19-27 sept staying at AS MOVIES. my goal is to do all resort so this is another notch in there.

btw does anybody have a picture of the bracelets?

[Tink113]

I checked into a few companies online that do not require min of 100 orders. Non of them offered great prices, most were $2.50 and up, plus no walt font, limited color options, etc.......so...

I CALLED the company that I had been looking at using & they told me that they would be willing to do our "Small order" for us with the following options...

We currently have 60 adult bands & 20 youth so.. 80 total

Neon Green Bands with glow in the dark option
Debossed - but not printed in color as those must have a 100 min
Walt font
Front Debossing with 22 character max (including spaces) with Skull logo
Back Debossing with 22 character max (including spaces)

Drum roll please.......:cool1::cool1::cool1:

PRICE about $1.45 with front deboss only
about $1.75 with front & rear

I believe we had talked about the "phase" before as something like
Front: DIS KEY LIME PIE-RATES
BACK: DCL MAGIC MAY 16, 2009 -OR- MAY 16th Disney Magic

Correct me if that's wrong!

So, what do you all think???

I think the best thing to do is hand them out at the first cruise meet. We should be there... just might be a tad late since we are doing the walking ship tour.

****IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE AT THE 1st MEET, I will bring a few envelopes with me & leave your bracelets in my FE after the cruise meet. As soon as I know what the room is, I'll post it. Come by and pick up your envelope. **** This way, I wont have to hunt down everyone.

I think it is best to have a check mailed to me & I will PM that info as soon as APRIL 1st comes.

Does this work for everyone???

BELOW IS THE CURRENT LIST I HAVE - let me know if any changes need to be made. I feel like some might be missing.

AUSTIN??? Didn't you guys want in?

DIS NAME(s) Adult Wristbands/ Youth Wristbands
2 Eagle Scout 2
briarroselynn 2
Disgirl83 2
Faith&Hope 1
Hudson5&Lennon3 1/3
jhart901 2/3
lillygator 4/2
lucyddr 2
Noodlesmom 2/2
Pooh's-Honey-Pot 2
peedFigure 1/1
Texfinn 2/2
Tink113 7/3
YanJan 4
aimathy 3/1
dznyacct 4
Mother_Hen 2/1
princessljw 6
shasess 2
Tinkattude6 4/1
tsarina13 3/1
Tazgirl1981 2

TOTAL 60/20

[Tink113]

well with all the planning for this cruise, got sucked in and booked free dining
for 19-27 sept staying at AS MOVIES. my goal is to do all resort so this is another notch in there.

btw does anybody have a picture of the bracelets?

Here's a photo of what they should look like. Ours will not have color filled if we order less than 100 adult & 100 youth...

http://inlinethumb44.webshots.com/44971/2814713990102163949S600x600Q85.jpg (http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2814713990102163949sYzAmW)

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

I checked into a few companies online that do not require min of 100 orders. Non of them offered great prices, most were $2.50 and up, plus no walt font, limited color options, etc.......so...

I CALLED the company that I had been looking at using & they told me that they would be willing to do our "Small order" for us with the following options...

We currently have 60 adult bands & 20 youth so.. 80 total

Neon Green Bands with glow in the dark option
Debossed - but not printed in color as those must have a 100 min
Walt font
Front Debossing with 22 character max (including spaces) with Skull logo
Back Debossing with 22 character max (including spaces)

Drum roll please.......:cool1::cool1::cool1:

PRICE about $1.45 with front deboss only
about $1.75 with front & rear

I believe we had talked about the "phase" before as something like
Front: DIS KEY LIME PIE-RATES
BACK: DCL MAGIC MAY 16, 2009 -OR- MAY 16th Disney Magic

Correct me if that's wrong!

So, what do you all think???

I think the best thing to do is hand them out at the first cruise meet. We should be there... just might be a tad late since we are doing the walking ship tour.

****IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE AT THE 1st MEET, I will bring a few envelopes with me & leave your bracelets in my FE after the cruise meet. As soon as I know what the room is, I'll post it. Come by and pick up your envelope. **** This way, I wont have to hunt down everyone.

I think it is best to have a check mailed to me & I will PM that info as soon as APRIL 1st comes.

Does this work for everyone???



The price and design works fine for me . . . but I don't think US banks will take UK checks (correct me if I'm wrong), so I will probably have to drop out. Sorry! Hopefully you can still get the great price without my 2 bracelets!

[Tink113]

Do we have the most updated cruise meet schedule? If I get a min, I may try to make our Nav...

[Tink113]

The price and design works fine for me . . . but I don't think US banks will take UK checks (correct me if I'm wrong), so I will probably have to drop out. Sorry! Hopefully you can still get the great price without my 2 bracelets!

No worries. You can send it to me via paypal or give it to me on the ship if that works. For paypal I may have to add a bit extra. I think paypal fees add like 3% or something.

Sonya, we're not going to let you drop out that easy! ;) :hug:

[tsarina13]

Does this work for everyone???

BELOW IS THE CURRENT LIST I HAVE - let me know if any changes need to be made. I feel like some might be missing.



Works for me!

[texfinn]

Amanda -- Sounds GREAT!!!!

Let me know how much and I will get the check posted and in the mail. PM or FB me your address.

Sonya -- I will pay for yours.....no worries about paypal or such. Consider it my gift to you for writing such a FABULOUS food report! (really, truly, it is worth the $3/4 or so for the day's worth of entertainment!)

Amanda -- will you guys be a the port early? I think a ton of us are hoping to be there by 10 so that may be a good place to distribute since we will be sitting around waiting to board.

Ottermouse -- Congrats on the new reservations! I wonder if I can convince Yoni to go back for the Epcot food & wine festival....hmmmmmmm Can't help on the fuel surcharge -- they didn't have it anymore when I booked.

Ok everyone, back to work (and cleaning up while MIL and her DH are at the store).

[Disneynut25]

ooopsie....wrong meet thread!
Have a great cruise! We're cruising in May as well!

[Tink113]

Amanda -- Sounds GREAT!!!!

Let me know how much and I will get the check posted and in the mail. PM or FB me your address.

Sonya -- I will pay for yours.....no worries about paypal or such. Consider it my gift to you for writing such a FABULOUS food report! (really, truly, it is worth the $3/4 or so for the day's worth of entertainment!)

Amanda -- will you guys be a the port early? I think a ton of us are hoping to be there by 10 so that may be a good place to distribute since we will be sitting around waiting to board.

Ottermouse -- Congrats on the new reservations! I wonder if I can convince Yoni to go back for the Epcot food & wine festival....hmmmmmmm Can't help on the fuel surcharge -- they didn't have it anymore when I booked.

Ok everyone, back to work (and cleaning up while MIL and her DH are at the store).

Mati- GREAT point. We will be at port early so that would be a good place as well. Mom & I keep saying that we will be at port BY 10am even if we have to leave everyone else behind! :rotfl2:

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

No worries. You can send it to me via paypal or give it to me on the ship if that works. For paypal I may have to add a bit extra. I think paypal fees add like 3% or something.

Sonya, we're not going to let you drop out that easy! ;) :hug:

Ah if you're sure, I can do either of those. PM me your paypal details and I will do it that way with the extra 3%, that way you will have it before the cruise! Thanks :thumbsup2 I really want a nice green bracelet! And so does Tony, he just doesn't know it!


Sonya -- I will pay for yours.....no worries about paypal or such. Consider it my gift to you for writing such a FABULOUS food report! (really, truly, it is worth the $3/4 or so for the day's worth of entertainment!)

).

That is such a lovely offer, thank you SO, So much :goodvibes. People on this thread are so kind :hug: I am happy to pay the 3% though, as long as Tink (Amanda??! I am trying with the names!!) is happy with that. :)

[shasess]

I CALLED the company that I had been looking at using & they told me that they would be willing to do our "Small order" for us with the following options...
PRICE about $1.45 with front deboss only
about $1.75 with front & rear
So, what do you all think???

Sounds great to me :thumbsup2

[shasess]

Someone mentioned that they were going to make a Navigator for our cruise...
I have been using this excel sheet that I copied from another cruise meet thread. It may help with the details for your Navigator. I copied all the information from the most recent Navigators that I have (which is January) so I'm hoping that this info in accurate. It may need to be changed once the new Navigators come out.

May 16 2009 Cruise.xls (http://www.4shared.com/file/95859461/6362cba2/May_16_2009_Cruise.html)

[yanjan]

im in the same boat (:laughing:)

being canadian and all. if ya can take the money on board that would be great

[Faith&Hope]

Hi guys! Just popping in for a quick second!

I checked into a few companies online that do not require min of 100 orders. Non of them offered great prices, most were $2.50 and up, plus no walt font, limited color options, etc.......so...

I CALLED the company that I had been looking at using & they told me that they would be willing to do our "Small order" for us with the following options...

We currently have 60 adult bands & 20 youth so.. 80 total

Neon Green Bands with glow in the dark option
Debossed - but not printed in color as those must have a 100 min
Walt font
Front Debossing with 22 character max (including spaces) with Skull logo
Back Debossing with 22 character max (including spaces)

Drum roll please.......:cool1::cool1::cool1:

PRICE about $1.45 with front deboss only
about $1.75 with front & rear

I believe we had talked about the "phase" before as something like
Front: DIS KEY LIME PIE-RATES
BACK: DCL MAGIC MAY 16, 2009 -OR- MAY 16th Disney Magic

Correct me if that's wrong!

So, what do you all think???

I think the best thing to do is hand them out at the first cruise meet. We should be there... just might be a tad late since we are doing the walking ship tour.

****IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE AT THE 1st MEET, I will bring a few envelopes with me & leave your bracelets in my FE after the cruise meet. As soon as I know what the room is, I'll post it. Come by and pick up your envelope. **** This way, I wont have to hunt down everyone.

I think it is best to have a check mailed to me & I will PM that info as soon as APRIL 1st comes.

Does this work for everyone???



Thanks Amanda for getting this info together! One thought about dispersing these bracelets. I believe the walking tour is from 2:30-3:30. If we have a meet at 3:00, some people will miss you because some people come and leave. Also, there is a safety drill (I think at 4:00). I don't have a navigator in front of me but I remember it being at that time for some reason. Then, sailaway and dinner. I guess I am thinking that after the walking tour, you won't catch many of us because we have to get to the safety drill. Anyone have a time for the safety drill?
Just an idea...I know you've done all the work with these bracelets, but would you like me to help you? I was thinking that if you wanted them to be mailed to me, I don't mind people sending me a self-addressed stamped envelope for me to send them back to them. To me, that kind of takes the load off you packing them and trying to pass them out. I would want to get rid of as much of my luggage before leaving!! If I can help you out, please let me know! I was just thinking of a way to make it easier! That first meet is quick and a lot of people are in awe with the ship and don't make it. Of course, you could wear all of those bracelets up your arm and pass them out as people run into you!!:rotfl2: You'd surely be glowing in the dark!!

Amanda -- will you guys be a the port early? I think a ton of us are hoping to be there by 10 so that may be a good place to distribute since we will be sitting around waiting to board.


Good idea also...just have to try to find everyone! That time in the port also goes fast! Get in at 10, check-in, check the kids in and get pager, take pics with Mickey, Minnie, etc. Then........"Group 2 boarding!!"

Mati- hope your MIL's stay is low key so far!

Ok, is there a Dairy Queen near WDW or on the way to the port? Those sound SO good. I love chocolate and mint stuff (and the best part about that is no one else in the family does, so if I order it ITS ALL MINE!!!
When we got back home I returned to working on our FE. Ours will have more of a knapsack type of feel instead of the pocket type. I've finally finished the actual bags (I was able to find some cloth bags at the dollar store, but they had this weird decoration on the flap and were really thin. I bought extra bags, ripped off the flap, created a lining and re-created the flap. Once I'm done with the decorations, I'll post a picture. Can anyone tell me what is the distance from the top of the hanger to the top of the pocket? I've sewed a strap on mine, so I hope I guessed right on the lenght.
Jane

Hi Jane! Blizzards from Dairy Queen are like Blizzards that some McDonalds have. Our McDonalds (but not all of them) have oreo, snickers and M&M. Check your local McD's!

I can't wait to see your FE! I love creativity!!


Jane, thanks for this information! Not to sound like a dummy, but do most people give for each person or each cabin or each cabin with extra for the children? I have some ideas of what I am going to do...but before I get too far I am curious about how it works....



I have always given one item (my handmade item) to the adults (1 per cabin) and then something extra for the kids. The kids love to come back to the room and check their FE pockets! The kids don't really want a recipe card, a bottle of booze, or something for adults! They would be happy with a package of skittles! Know what I mean!?!?!

Hi Val! I read that the new menus don't start until June on the Magic. I think that is a good thing right???

I'm happy with the current menus so am happy if they stay the same! I'm a picky eater so I don't want them to change!!

:cheer2:V -- we would love to have you sit with us! After reading your TR -- I think you would be a BLAST to sit around at dinner! :cheer2:
THe more the merrier!!:cool1: The kids will LOVE coming to dinner! As most of you know, eating a long dinner with small children is not really a great experience! Having other kids will surely help!

Shawan -- I can't wait to get my FE so you must be THRILLED! How exciting!

Congrats on getting it! Mati...yours will be there soon!!

I've been peeking in on a few other cruise meets and trying to get a few ideas so I'll see what I can come up with!

:http://http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=396424&page=101

You are so funny! Sneaky little girl! Share what you learn!

I can't get the link to work.


We are trying to figure out our hotel ressies now! Swan & Dolphin have Disney transportation, right? If I remember, they just don' thave the Magical Express from the airport. I need to find a map because not sure how you get to Epcot, Downtown Disney, etc. We've only taken the buses before so not sure about the monorail and the boat.

I was lucky to book our airfare! I was sharing with Mati that I've been holding out because it was running us almost $2000 for the 4 of us. :scared1: THe only airlines that go straight through is American Airlines and Delta. I lucked out and got all 4 tickets for $244 each! Yeah! I saved $1000! :cool1::banana: Just by luck because the next day (like 10 hours after I booked), they went back up to $455!

We made a countdown calendar this weekend! :cool1:I have always done it at 30 days but needed more of a visual reminder! Also, my girls are driving me crazy asking me everyday! I will take a picture tonight and post it ! If you have made a countdown calendar, share them with us!!

Mati - Faith emailed Sabrina last night!

Hope everyone is well and healthy!

Kym

[indigodisney]

It's totally a personal choice. I'm doing one item per cabin, but it sounds like some others are doing one per person. Really its whatever you decide. It really is the thought that counts (and being able to come back to your cabin and finding surprises in your FE!)


Thanks Jane! This helps a lot!

We were thinking about the Romantic Encounter too but not too sure yet. I had the refillable beer glass last cruise and it is well worth it. I read some where that you can take the beer glass from a previous cruise. So needless to say, I am packing my beer mug from the last cruise.

I also read that DCL is giving cruisers stateroom credit for fuel surcharge. I guess it is month by month but depending on the rate of gas will depend on how much ship credit you will receive. Does anyone have additional information on this?

We did the Romantic Escape/Encounter last time and it was great. We just received the online credit for fuel surcharge a few days ago (we booked direct with Disney) so I am sure that everyone who paid it will have it refunded to them/onboard credit.:banana:


I have always given one item (my handmade item) to the adults (1 per cabin) and then something extra for the kids. The kids love to come back to the room and check their FE pockets! The kids don't really want a recipe card, a bottle of booze, or something for adults! They would be happy with a package of skittles! Know what I mean!?!?!

Kym

Thanks Kym - I appreciate it, I think I may do this as well....just forming ideas in my head right now. :goodvibes

[SpeedFigure]

I checked into a few companies online that do not require min of 100 orders. Non of them offered great prices, most were $2.50 and up, plus no walt font, limited color options, etc.......so...

I CALLED the company that I had been looking at using & they told me that they would be willing to do our "Small order" for us with the following options...

We currently have 60 adult bands & 20 youth so.. 80 total

Neon Green Bands with glow in the dark option
Debossed - but not printed in color as those must have a 100 min
Walt font
Front Debossing with 22 character max (including spaces) with Skull logo
Back Debossing with 22 character max (including spaces)

Drum roll please.......:cool1::cool1::cool1:

PRICE about $1.45 with front deboss only
about $1.75 with front & rear

I believe we had talked about the "phase" before as something like
Front: DIS KEY LIME PIE-RATES
BACK: DCL MAGIC MAY 16, 2009 -OR- MAY 16th Disney Magic

Correct me if that's wrong!

So, what do you all think???

I think the best thing to do is hand them out at the first cruise meet. We should be there... just might be a tad late since we are doing the walking ship tour.

****IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE AT THE 1st MEET, I will bring a few envelopes with me & leave your bracelets in my FE after the cruise meet. As soon as I know what the room is, I'll post it. Come by and pick up your envelope. **** This way, I wont have to hunt down everyone.

I think it is best to have a check mailed to me & I will PM that info as soon as APRIL 1st comes.

Does this work for everyone???

BELOW IS THE CURRENT LIST I HAVE - let me know if any changes need to be made. I feel like some might be missing.

AUSTIN??? Didn't you guys want in?

DIS NAME(s) Adult Wristbands/ Youth Wristbands
2 Eagle Scout 2
briarroselynn 2
Disgirl83 2
Faith&Hope 1
Hudson5&Lennon3 1/3
jhart901 2/3
lillygator 4/2
lucyddr 2
Noodlesmom 2/2
Pooh's-Honey-Pot 2
peedFigure 1/1
Texfinn 2/2
Tink113 7/3
YanJan 4
aimathy 3/1
dznyacct 4
Mother_Hen 2/1
princessljw 6
shasess 2
Tinkattude6 4/1
tsarina13 3/1
Tazgirl1981 2

TOTAL 60/20

Sounds perfect!!! I'm up for it. Just let me know however you'd like us to pay.
We will try to be getting to the port early, I'm hoping for the first shuttle there!!! We also will be at the meet at 3 PM.

ATTENTION ABOUT DINING!!
Make sure you ALL check your dining requests when linking up for dining.
Lysney & Cinda, I just checked and they said we had linked reservations, BUT my dining still had me as a private party of 2. We would have our own table and not be seated with you guys!! PHEW! That would have been horrible.
I also put in a 2nd request for the 6 PM dining of APLLAPL. Keep your fingers crossed.

As for the GTY #12, I found out that in 2 weeks, we SHOULD see our 2 numbers!! She said they are usually 30 days out and we only have 15 days until the 30 day mark. I'm sooo impatient! :D

[ottermouse]

Really? Oh that's interesting . . . maybe I will get it for him then if we can use it again next year. Can you take it into the restaurants for dinner at night, or is that a bit frowned upon? Does the glass have a DCL logo on it, or is it plain - its hard to tell on their website.

I am not too sure about the dinning rooms. There is the DCL logo on the front of the mug.

[ottermouse]

Thanks Jane! This helps a lot!



We did the Romantic Escape/Encounter last time and it was great. We just received the online credit for fuel surcharge a few days ago (we booked direct with Disney) so I am sure that everyone who paid it will have it refunded to them/onboard credit.:banana:



How did you know you received the credit? What is on the disney cruise webiste account?

[Disgirl83]

It was such a pretty spring day here today that we decided to have our first barbeque cookout of the season.

Sounds delicous, I love BBQ!

Do we have the most updated cruise meet schedule? If I get a min, I may try to make our Nav...

I've starting looking through some info today. I'm not sure how detailed we want to get on the meets since there are so many options. My first thought (based on what I've seen some other cruise groups do and the info Val posted) is to maybe hand out our mini navigators at the first official meet at 3:00 pm in the Promenade Lounge. I thought of putting something together using the wonderful :cutie: file Jane has already put together so we will have a list of all the cruisers including the FE info. I though I would also use the ship layout and mark everyone's room for easy FE finding. We would also include a few other meets like a designated location to meet for the Adventures Away Party, Pirates in the Caribbean Party, and Castaway Cay for those that would be interested. Also maybe put a time for Cove Cafe on sea days (2 or 3??). Let me know what you all think or what you would like to see! I'm all ears.::MickeyMo

You are so funny! Sneaky little girl!

One really cool thing I read (I think it was from a DVC cruise) is that they set up a time and a few members volunteered to use their rooms for tours. So basically the group met at say 1 pm and went through each stateroom category! Sooo if anyone out there has the Walt or Roy Disney suite I would love to see your room! :)

I found out at work that I'm not going to be able to go to the conference at the end of April at the Boardwalk Resort :sad2: But.... I got it rescheduled for the end of June at the Beach & Yacht Club :woohoo: I guess I can't be too upset about that. I'm pretty excited about using spending some time at the Beach Club's pool!

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

Hi guys! Just popping in for a quick second!



We made a countdown calendar this weekend! :cool1:I have always done it at 30 days but needed more of a visual reminder! Also, my girls are driving me crazy asking me everyday! I will take a picture tonight and post it ! If you have made a countdown calendar, share them with us!!


Kym

I would love to see a picture!! I would love to make a countdown, but am incredibly uncreative!!!

[Tink113]

Sounds delicous, I love BBQ!



I've starting looking through some info today. I'm not sure how detailed we want to get on the meets since there are so many options. My first thought (based on what I've seen some other cruise groups do and the info Val posted) is to maybe hand out our mini navigators at the first official meet at 3:00 pm in the Promenade Lounge. I thought of putting something together using the wonderful :cutie: file Jane has already put together so we will have a list of all the cruisers including the FE info. I though I would also use the ship layout and mark everyone's room for easy FE finding. We would also include a few other meets like a designated location to meet for the Adventures Away Party, Pirates in the Caribbean Party, and Castaway Cay for those that would be interested. Also maybe put a time for Cove Cafe on sea days (2 or 3??). Let me know what you all think or what you would like to see! I'm all ears.::MickeyMo





I LOVE you ideas! Sounds great to me. Are you planning on making the nav or do you want help? Either way is totally fine with me.

[2_Eagle_Mom]

I think it is best to have a check mailed to me & I will PM that info as soon as APRIL 1st comes.

Does this work for everyone???


Works for us....

Just jumped on to quickly check in as the boards were down last night when I got home. I have to run make lunch and then get off to work...

Have a great day everyone!

Jane

[indigodisney]

How did you know you received the credit? What is on the disney cruise webiste account?

Hi there, this is what it says under invoice information - and this just recently appeared in the last few days:

Balance Due: $ 0.00
Included in Price: None Selected
Fuel Supplement Onboard Credit: The cost of the fuel supplement charge has been applied as a refundable Onboard Credit to this reservation

Hope this helps!

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

Sounds delicous, I love BBQ!

. I though I would also use the ship layout and mark everyone's room for easy FE finding. !

Ohhh I like it!!! :thumbsup2

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

I was actually following along with all the posts yesterday but was too busy to post anything myself. Then when I do finally get time to do it, the boards are down again!! Sheesh! :lmao: I'm sorry for all these "old" replys from yesterday!


Also here in Utah, you can buy a boxed ingredients at the store and make them. It's by Eagle Brand, here is the site: http://www.eaglebrand.com/detail.asp?rid=650
OMG!! These are Justin's favorite cookies! But we call them "7-layer bars," and there's butterscotch chips also (the link only has six ingredients w/o the butterscotch). His mom is the only one that can make them for him, though. I've tried & failed... :sad2: (Everything else, though, he says I make better! :lovestruc )

I want to order him the refillable beer glass as well, but am scared he will feel the need to really get his moneys worth from it!!:rotfl:
Well, you can always get your money's worth by bringing it on your next cruise! That's what we'll be doing! I don't think Justin was able to justify it last time (that was a surprise!), but he really wanted the mug, so after 2 cruises, I'm sure he'll justify it!

Someone mentioned that they were going to make a Navigator for our cruise...
I have been using this excel sheet that I copied from another cruise meet thread. It may help with the details for your Navigator. I copied all the information from the most recent Navigators that I have (which is January) so I'm hoping that this info in accurate. It may need to be changed once the new Navigators come out.

May 16 2009 Cruise.xls (http://www.4shared.com/file/95859461/6362cba2/May_16_2009_Cruise.html)
OMG! This is wonderful!! This is just like what I've been doing but not on a spreadsheet. (I actually downloaded a free "viewer" version of Excel, so now I can view but not modify files.) Now I don't need all my handwritten notes (except to change your "notes." I'm sure you don't want me showing up for your Rasul on Thursday!) :rotfl2:

Anyone have a time for the safety drill?
Yes, it's at 4 PM.

That time in the port also goes fast! Get in at 10, check-in, check the kids in and get pager, take pics with Mickey, Minnie, etc. Then........"Group 2 boarding!!"
I agree!! It does go fast! I was wondering what in the world we would be doing for 2 hours before boarding last time, but we almost didn't have enough time to do everything before our boarding # was called (we were #3!) :banana:

I'm happy with the current menus so am happy if they stay the same! I'm a picky eater so I don't want them to change!!
Same here! I know they took away my favorite dish from the Palo menu, but I'm going to beg & plead that they make one just special for me! :laughing: Since I pretty much have my food already picked out for each dinner, I'm hoping they stay the same! :lmao:

I was lucky to book our airfare! I was sharing with Mati that I've been holding out because it was running us almost $2000 for the 4 of us. :scared1: THe only airlines that go straight through is American Airlines and Delta. I lucked out and got all 4 tickets for $244 each! Yeah! I saved $1000! :cool1::banana: Just by luck because the next day (like 10 hours after I booked), they went back up to $455!
WTG! :thumbsup2 We booked ours for the same price when one day in January they went super cheap all of a sudden! Now we'll need to tack on luggage charges, though. :sad2:

ATTENTION ABOUT DINING!!
Make sure you ALL check your dining requests when linking up for dining.
Lysney & Cinda, I just checked and they said we had linked reservations, BUT my dining still had me as a private party of 2. We would have our own table and not be seated with you guys!! PHEW! That would have been horrible.
I also put in a 2nd request for the 6 PM dining of APLLAPL. Keep your fingers crossed.
When I called DCL on Saturday (I think) to request the APLLAPL rotation, the CM I talked to asked if the other 9 reservations wanted to request that also. When I said, "Yes!" is when she noticed that some of us had a TA and said that the TA had to call to request. So, I had my TA call yesterday, and she said she got it done for me & my parents. :banana: Hopefully that will keep all of us "with kids/main dining" group linked together for the same rotation. If you can, though, I'm sure it would help if everyone in each group requested the same rotation--just to be sure! I'm looking on our reservation, though, and don't see where it shows linked reservations. I remember seeing it 2 years ago, but I can't remember where to look for it now. Hmmm...

I am not too sure about the dinning rooms. There is the DCL logo on the front of the mug.
I think you can bring your filled mug into the dining rooms but you can't order the refill there (not 100% positive, though). I think that's why Justin didn't use it as much as he thought he would because then he would have to fill it before dinner and go out to refill it if he needed more. But I know other alcohol is served in the dining rooms, so I'm not sure how that's any different. :confused3

Sounds delicous, I love BBQ!
So do we!! Justin has gotten pretty good at "low 'n slow." We're actually going to do some pork butts for the Old West murder mystery party that we're invited to on Saturday! YUM!

I though I would also use the ship layout and mark everyone's room for easy FE finding. We would also include a few other meets like a designated location to meet for the Adventures Away Party, Pirates in the Caribbean Party, and Castaway Cay for those that would be interested. Also maybe put a time for Cove Cafe on sea days (2 or 3??). Let me know what you all think or what you would like to see! I'm all ears.::MickeyMo
Sounds like a GREAT idea!!


Sooo if anyone out there has the Walt or Roy Disney suite I would love to see your room! :)
No kidding! :rotfl:

I'm not sure yet, but I think the "extra" refund I got from DCL might be for my parents' insurance cancellation when we changed to Access America. I used my credit card initially to pay their deposit, so the ins refund may have been credited to my acct instead of theirs, but it's not the exact amt of the ins (close but not quite). I seriously doubt I got a refund for the fuel surcharge like I was originally thinking just because a) I believe it is supposed to be an OBC and not a refund, and b) I never even paid the fuel surcharge since it wasn't in place when I booked. Now I suppose I have to give my mom her money back! Snap! :laughing:

We're having a yucky, snowy, windy day today. Blech. :cold: I don't think spring is EVER going to get here!! At least I have some nice, sunny, warm days in the Caribbean to look forward to! :beach:

[ottermouse]

Hi there, this is what it says under invoice information - and this just recently appeared in the last few days:

Balance Due: $ 0.00
Included in Price: None Selected
Fuel Supplement Onboard Credit: The cost of the fuel supplement charge has been applied as a refundable Onboard Credit to this reservation

Hope this helps!

Thanks, I will keep checking.

[tazgirl1981]

Hey everyone,

About the bracelets, I would be happy to pay the extra cost to send the money via paypal (if thats ok).

I think I might have to make a countdown calender as well as my son keeps asking when are we going on the Disney Boat LOL he doesnt understand the concept of weeks or months LOL So I think the visual calender will help him out :goodvibes IF I make one I will take a pic and post it.

Anyone here go to see the Disney on Ice? We went this past weekend and my son and us LOVED it!! It was great. :thumbsup2

Well I am off for now, I am planning on doing the Disney in home celebration this weekend (from the Mickey Moms club) and have to get things ready. I will let you all know how it goes (and hopefully also post some pics if you all want, when Its over)

Hope everyone is having a good day :grouphug: Be back on later

[ottermouse]

We have a little different countdown calendar. I think I mentioned it once before we count Friday's wince we will be in Port Canaveral the night before. We copied and pasted a picture of the Magic and typed numbers at the bottom of the picture. I can't remember what number we started with but for example it looks like this; 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, and etc. As the Fridays come, my kids cross out a number which indicats how many more Fridays until we start the voyage. My Son and My daughter have their own countdown and they look forward to every friday morning crossing out a number, :banana::yay::woohoo:

[Tink113sMom]

As it turns out... the Paypal fee for the wristbands would be less than the current 42 cent postage rate... It should be around 6 cents per wristband! So unless you have as big a family as ours, it would be slightly cheaper to use Paypal, not to mention easier. ;)

Bob and I are celebrating our 40th Wedding Anniversary this year. Please add us to the list. :groom::bride:

Our whole family has also been changed to main dining.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JorDan! :bday: :cake:

Carole

[shasess]

As of tomorrow our group will be able to say that we are cruising NEXT MONTH!!!!!!! Isn't it awesome? Can you tell that I am just a little excited????

What are your plans for getting to Florida? Plane, car, bus.... is anyone else driving to Florida?

DH and I will be driving from North Carolina so we expect ~ a 10 hour drive. We plan on leaving NC at 4AM or 5AM. I am going to start off driving until I get tired (probably about 30 minutes :lmao:) and then DH will do the rest of the driving. We plan on stopping at one of our favorite restaurants in GA for lunch which would be about half way. I am actually looking forward to the drive down. We both feel as if our vacation starts as soon as we pull out of our driveway :yay:.
Soooo let's hear your "travel to Florida" plans......

[Tink113]

As of tomorrow our group will be able to say that we are cruising NEXT MONTH!!!!!!! Isn't it awesome? Can you tell that I am just a little excited????

What are your plans for getting to Florida? Plane, car, bus.... is anyone else driving to Florida?

DH and I will be driving from North Carolina so we expect ~ a 10 hour drive. We plan on leaving NC at 4AM or 5AM. I am going to start off driving until I get tired (probably about 30 minutes :lmao:) and then DH will do the rest of the driving. We plan on stopping at one of our favorite restaurants in GA for lunch which would be about half way. I am actually looking forward to the drive down. We both feel as if our vacation starts as soon as we pull out of our driveway :yay:.
Soooo let's hear your "travel to Florida" plans......

We are driving from Virginia (close to DC). I think it's like 13 hours for us. No big thing, we've done this before! ;) Vacation starts the min I'm off work, headed home to get ready to leave! I think we are leaving sometime Thursday afternoon/evening!

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

As of tomorrow our group will be able to say that we are cruising NEXT MONTH!!!!!!! Isn't it awesome? Can you tell that I am just a little excited????

What are your plans for getting to Florida? Plane, car, bus.... is anyone else driving to Florida?

DH and I will be driving from North Carolina so we expect ~ a 10 hour drive. We plan on leaving NC at 4AM or 5AM. I am going to start off driving until I get tired (probably about 30 minutes :lmao:) and then DH will do the rest of the driving. We plan on stopping at one of our favorite restaurants in GA for lunch which would be about half way. I am actually looking forward to the drive down. We both feel as if our vacation starts as soon as we pull out of our driveway :yay:.
Soooo let's hear your "travel to Florida" plans......

I know what you mean, the second we get on the road that is vacation time!

We will both be working on the Friday, then dropping the dogs off at the kennels :sad1: about 5pm. Then its about a 2.5 hour drive to Gatwick airport in London. We are going to stop at TGI Friday's on the way for wings and an oreo milkshake to get that "American" feeling started! We stay overnight at a B&B next to the airport . . . the next morning despite the fact we don't need to check in until 8.15am (at the latest) I will have us up at 5.30am (for the 10 minute drive to the terminal :rotfl2:!!) Tony never appreciates that part! Last year we were first to check in for our flight and they had to load it on to the computer especially!!!!!! :sad2: Better safe than sorry time-wise though! :rotfl: Plane takes off at 11.15am, and 8 or 9 hours later we should land about 3.30pm!! Then it is a matter of trying to stay up as late as possible - I usually manage about 9pm the first night (so 2am UK time) before I am uttering delirious ramblings.

I am so excited now I am thinking about all this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DevinDemi2]

Hi...

We are flying in on Thursday morning and staying at the Hilton Grand Vacation Club on international drive. We plan to go to MK on Thursday and Dsicovery Cove on Friday... We have rented a car so we will leave first thing Saturday morning. :banana:

Thanks for asking about our travel plans its getting me super excited!!:yay:

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

Soooo let's hear your "travel to Florida" plans......
We're leaving our house Thurs PM (sometime after school) to drive 2 hrs to Omaha and stay near the airport since we fly out at 6 AM on Friday!!! :eek: We'll land in Orlando ~12:30 PM (short layover in Houston). Car service will pick us up & take us straight to PC!!! :banana::banana: I hope the Radisson will let us check in a little early. :rolleyes1 Then we'll need to find somewhere to eat supper--probably within walking distance since we won't have transportation. (Friday evening plans depend on the shuttle launch, though--BTW, I haven't heard back from my uncle yet...)

[tinkattude6]

As of tomorrow our group will be able to say that we are cruising NEXT MONTH!!!!!!! Isn't it awesome? Can you tell that I am just a little excited????

What are your plans for getting to Florida? Plane, car, bus.... is anyone else driving to Florida?

DH and I will be driving from North Carolina so we expect ~ a 10 hour drive. We plan on leaving NC at 4AM or 5AM. I am going to start off driving until I get tired (probably about 30 minutes :lmao:) and then DH will do the rest of the driving. We plan on stopping at one of our favorite restaurants in GA for lunch which would be about half way. I am actually looking forward to the drive down. We both feel as if our vacation starts as soon as we pull out of our driveway :yay:.
Soooo let's hear your "travel to Florida" plans......

Shases, We are driving but all the way from PA. I dread it,but it saves us alot of $ w/a family of five. I also feel like as soon as we leave our vacation starts. We love to stop at a few places to eat ,and shop on the way. I can't wait, i'm more excited this time and it's our fourth Disney cruise. I think it's because i can't wait to meet eveyone on the board. :banana:

[adedward]

Checking in for a hello and to add ourselves to the list of those driving down from NC. We are so far out on the coast that it takes us 3+ hours to reach interstate 95, so we will be on the road close to 13.5 hours. We are driving down on Friday and spending the night at the Radisson. We also are getting very excited, and can't wait to find out our room number. Some of you have mentioned seeing your invoice on the disney web site. Where do you go to see that? I can find our reservation details that give our names, room (GTY right now), etc. but don't see anything that shows on board credits, etc. Thanks.

[austin77]

Hello all...

Andy and Belinda - Called DVC this morning and linked our dinning - I requested the 8:00pm seating. One more thing off the checklist:cool1:

Thanks so much!! I know were all going to have a blast!!! :banana:

AUSTIN??? Didn't you guys want in?

YES WE DO WANT IN!! we would like 3 please!! About the money, Were up in Canada. Would you mind if we gave you the cash when we have our 1st meeting on the ship? (It would :laughing:"Less":laughing: Complicate things if we could!!)

(Sorry about the Long time to answer, Work has been holding me hostage!!!:worship:)

Cruising in ONE MONTH... :eek: UNBELIEVABLE! :eek:

We can't wait to meet you all!!:grouphug:

[tigger2002]

Did you guys see this


http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2136050


Mike Super on 5-16 Magic

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[Dizneyholic]

Speaking of magic...here's a Gus & Chas fun fact for those of you who get a kick out of closeup magic. Gus is quite the magician himself! A few years back I bought him some magic classes at the Hollywood Magic Castle and he loved it so much he tried out to become a magican member and is now a member of the academy of magical arts!! He always has his cards with him so when you see us around be sure to ask him to do something for you. He'll love it!

PS I like to tease him and call him The Great Gusdini!! :rotfl:

[Disgirl83]

I LOVE you ideas! Sounds great to me. Are you planning on making the nav or do you want help? Either way is totally fine with me.

I'm beginning to put some things together but if you don't mind I may use you as my "proof reader" closer to time. I'm a horrible speller and don't want to make any embarrasing mistakes, lol!

Since I pretty much have my food already picked out for each dinner, I'm hoping they stay the same!

I should really be doing this. I'm one of those people at restaurants that takes forever to choose but always seem to get the same thing. Maybe I can at least have a game plan.

What are your plans for getting to Florida? Plane, car, bus.... is anyone else driving to Florida?

DH (Jason) and I will be leaving early Friday morning and driving to St. Augustine, FL. Since we are in southern WV that's just a little over 10 hours. We'll spend Friday evening walking the streets of St. Augustine. Then on Saturday morning we'll drive to the port (I think it's about an hour and a half). We are looking forward to driving too! The past few times we've flown, but when I was little we ALWAYS drove since my mom had this preconceived idea that she would be terrified by airplanes. (Although once we finally got her on a place to Las Vegas she loves flying now). Usually DH is the designated driver but since it is such a long haul I'd say we'll switch off at least once or twice. (I just don't want to drive through Jacksonville - ugh, too congested - or at least the last few times we were through there). We sure hope construction isn't too bad.

[Disgirl83]

Me again, I didn't post everything on my mind the first time around so here's a little more.

As far as the FKLP excursion what do we have in mind? Are we wanting to meet at a specific time and walk around to a few different stores for tasting OR do we just want to pic a specific time for a specific store? Just wondering so I can add this to our mini-navigator.

[NoodlesMom]

I love the disboards but I’ll occasionally jump over to cruise critic to see what’s going on. Actually I went there first when I booked the cruise to find a cruise meet for this cruise but there was nothing. Luckily I found DisBoards. Anyway, I came across this post.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=956470

This person is looking for us but they don't know the website. I tried to help them out by telling them to do a Google search for Disney Cruise Boards but cruise critic deleted it! Hopefully they will find their way to us.

Also, we are driving from houston. It's a 15 hour drive and we plan on leaving on Thursday. We will stay over in Jacksonville and drive the rest of the way Friday morning. We really enjoy the road trip. We drove to WDW in 2007 and Destin, FL in 2008.

[shasess]

I love the disboards but I’ll occasionally jump over to cruise critic to see what’s going on. Actually I went there first when I booked the cruise to find a cruise meet for this cruise but there was nothing. Luckily I found DisBoards. Anyway, I came across this post.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=956470

This person is looking for us but they don't know the website. I tried to help them out by telling them to do a Google search for Disney Cruise Boards but cruise critic deleted it! Hopefully they will find their way to us.


Oh No!!! Poor thing! I just want to yell and say "over here, over here!!! :yay::yay:

[Faith&Hope]

I love the disboards but I’ll occasionally jump over to cruise critic to see what’s going on. Actually I went there first when I booked the cruise to find a cruise meet for this cruise but there was nothing. Luckily I found DisBoards. Anyway, I came across this post.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=956470

This person is looking for us but they don't know the website. I tried to help them out by telling them to do a Google search for Disney Cruise Boards but cruise critic deleted it! Hopefully they will find their way to us.


Guess what?!?! I just looked her up and realized that you can't PM on cruise critic so asked her to be my friend (like on facebook). I just realized that she is actually on our board now!! She checked in a few days ago and is on page 1! Yeah....she found us!!:cool1: Congrats!!:banana:

[ottermouse]

We are driving to Port Canaveral the night before from Panama City, FL. It is only about a seven hour drive but we want to get there the night before so we can get to the terminal early on the 16th. Next Month we are on the voyage. :banana:

[2_Eagle_Mom]

Mati- GREAT point. We will be at port early so that would be a good place as well. Mom & I keep saying that we will be at port BY 10am even if we have to leave everyone else behind! :rotfl2: I think thats a great idea. We'll probably be there early too - as I'm sure that we will be too excited to sleep late.

Someone mentioned that they were going to make a Navigator for our cruise...
I have been using this excel sheet that I copied from another cruise meet thread. It may help with the details for your Navigator. I copied all the information from the most recent Navigators that I have (which is January) so I'm hoping that this info in accurate. It may need to be changed once the new Navigators come out. Very cool spreadsheet!

Hi Jane! Blizzards from Dairy Queen are like Blizzards that some McDonalds have. Our McDonalds (but not all of them) have oreo, snickers and M&M. Check your local McD's!

I was lucky to book our airfare! I was sharing with Mati that I've been holding out because it was running us almost $2000 for the 4 of us. :scared1: THe only airlines that go straight through is American Airlines and Delta. I lucked out and got all 4 tickets for $244 each! Yeah! I saved $1000! :cool1::banana: Just by luck because the next day (like 10 hours after I booked), they went back up to $455!

KymCongratulations on the savings!!!

ATTENTION ABOUT DINING!!
Make sure you ALL check your dining requests when linking up for dining.
Lysney & Cinda, I just checked and they said we had linked reservations, BUT my dining still had me as a private party of 2. We would have our own table and not be seated with you guys!! PHEW! That would have been horrible.
I also put in a 2nd request for the 6 PM dining of APLLAPL. Keep your fingers crossed.

As for the GTY #12, I found out that in 2 weeks, we SHOULD see our 2 numbers!! She said they are usually 30 days out and we only have 15 days until the 30 day mark. I'm sooo impatient! :D

Belinda & Andy - I'm going to PM you all our confirmation numbers in case you want to call and confirm as well.

I have a question for you repeat cruisers - how often are cabins upgraded upon check-in? I was just wondering if there might be a lot of last minute updates or changes to rooms (for the FE list).

I've starting looking through some info today. I'm not sure how detailed we want to get on the meets since there are so many options. My first thought (based on what I've seen some other cruise groups do and the info Val posted) is to maybe hand out our mini navigators at the first official meet at 3:00 pm in the Promenade Lounge. I thought of putting something together using the wonderful :cutie: file Jane has already put together so we will have a list of all the cruisers including the FE info. I though I would also use the ship layout and mark everyone's room for easy FE finding. We would also include a few other meets like a designated location to meet for the Adventures Away Party, Pirates in the Caribbean Party, and Castaway Cay for those that would be interested. Also maybe put a time for Cove Cafe on sea days (2 or 3??). Let me know what you all think or what you would like to see! I'm all ears.::MickeyMo I was going to put together a FE list, but if it will be included in yours I'll hold off.

I found out at work that I'm not going to be able to go to the conference at the end of April at the Boardwalk Resort :sad2: But.... I got it rescheduled for the end of June at the Beach & Yacht Club :woohoo: I guess I can't be too upset about that. I'm pretty excited about using spending some time at the Beach Club's pool!Actually I like the Beach & Yacht Club better (you'll be able to use Stormalong Bay and you are SO much closer to Beaches & Cream and EPCOT). The Boardwalk Resort is cool, but the hallways can be miles long at the end of a day.

Well I am off for now, I am planning on doing the Disney in home celebration this weekend (from the Mickey Moms club) and have to get things ready. I will let you all know how it goes (and hopefully also post some pics if you all want, when Its over)

Hope everyone is having a good day :grouphug: Be back on laterI've seen a couple of mentions on the boards about this, but want to hear all about it!

As it turns out... the Paypal fee for the wristbands would be less than the current 42 cent postage rate... It should be around 6 cents per wristband! So unless you have as big a family as ours, it would be slightly cheaper to use Paypal, not to mention easier. ;)

Bob and I are celebrating our 40th Wedding Anniversary this year. Please add us to the list. :groom::bride:

Our whole family has also been changed to main dining.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JorDan! :bday: :cake:

CaroleSounds like PayPal is the way to go! Just let us know exactly how much.

I've updated your anniversary (Congratulations!!!) and the dining.

Happy Birthday JorDan!!!

What are your plans for getting to Florida? Plane, car, bus.... is anyone else driving to Florida?
Soooo let's hear your "travel to Florida" plans...... We'll be leaving in 38 days!!! I consider our vacation starting as soon as I pick up the rental car that we'll be using to get to the airport on Friday. Our flight is at 6:00am so we'll leave home around 4:30am (YIKES) drop off the rental at the airport (so much cheaper than parking or getting a car service). We'll arrive in Orlando at 4:12pm!!!
:woohoo:

[texfinn]

It's been a busy day but thought I would pop in quickly just to say "HAPPY Birthday JorDan!!!!!!!" I hope you had a wonderful day!!!!

Tomorrow should be easier since I wfh and hopefully I can catch up. Will also post some food porn from our dinner out tonight (if you are into that sort of thing) along with a fabulous view of the sunset (who said Texas was flat?).

Hope you guys are all doing well! Good Night!

[lillygator]

hi all --------------!

we are in FL, so that Friday, we will head over to pc around noon. Check in and go eat and get the PARTY started!

[lillygator]

anyone who did the hotdeal with the hotel - did they ever deduct the money??

[indigodisney]

I must say I love the countdowns - love it!!

Our vacation starts on May 13th when we head to the airport and then are in Port Orleans - Riverside for a few days before the cruise. :cool1:

so exciting!!

Happy Birthday JorDan!!

Good night everyone

[SpeedFigure]

HI everyone and Thank you for the birthday wishes!!!!
I had a great day, included shopping and lunch at the CHEESECAKE FACTORY!!! But we had a jerk for our server and he didn't do anything special for me. (Usually if you say it's your birthday you get a free piece of cheesecake and they decorate the plate, put a candle on it and sing). We got nothing AND charged for our cheesecake. RUDE!!
I got a new camera for my birthday! WOO HOO!!!!!
I'm sooooo excited to have it in time for the cruise. So I'll be taking lots of photo's!

As for arriving in FL, we'll be flying. Can't imagine a car ride from Utah! UGH!!
We are planning on trying to take the first shuttle out to the port. It leaves at 10AM and takes around an hour maybe. So save us a spot in line! :P jk!
Can't wait for tomorrow so we can say NEXT month we cruise!:banana:

[Faith&Hope]

Hi guys! Sorry to keep you waiting for the countdown! Photobucket keeps crashing my AOL (8 times and counting):mad:

So here it is! We have always done one from 30 days and counting but couldn't help ourselves this year!! :cool1: My older daughter helped the most with it. THe Mickey heads are paint chips from Home Depot that she put in the order she wanted them in and then she wrote the numbers on them. They are held on with repositionable adhesive. The letters and characters are cut out of my cricut (scrapbooking machine).

You can write a title or use stickers! Have fun! Hopefully Home Depot won't catch onto our little secret!!:rolleyes1

http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww116/FaithandHope/P3300164-1.jpg

I think we took off 45 tonight!! We always take one off before going to bed!

Have a great night!
Kym

[mother_hen]

Kym, that is SO ADORABLE!
great job :thumbsup2 you are too clever!

[Marcy Mouse]

I didn't have a chance to read the whole thread. I will try to catch up.

Meanwhile, I will introduce myself.

Marcy 34
Dh - Chris 36

We are from Canada. We live in Ontario for six months (spring til fall) and then PEI for fall to spring. We will be driving down from Ontario (22 hours) to the port.

I booked the cruise a couple of months ago. I got one of those sweet deals on a cat 12. My father and his family were supose to join us but they had to opt out. So, it will be just the two of us; however, we do have a 15 year old son who won't be joining us. He is in school and he really didn't want to come. Go figure!

I have booked the Grand Caymen city tour and the Zip Line and Sknorkle for Mexico. I think we are just going to walk around and check out Key West. The Zip Line sounded like fun and I booked the tour so that we would have something to do. Maybe we can find a nice beach afterwards.

Anyway, I hope you don't mind one more joining in eventhough it is a little late.

Marcy

[tsarina13]

We have one of those countdown clocks left over from the new millenium. I've been using it ever since! I use it to count down to every vacation I have, and sometimes even for family visits. I've only had to replace the battery once in 9 years! I think because we've always used it Carissa has a pretty good sense of time, and it doesn't bother her too much to see 365 days on the countdown clock. She knows that sooner or later it will be down to 1.

We're flying in from NJ to Orlando on Friday the 15th and staying at the Hyatt. I belong to mypoints.com and I've been able to get gift certificates to the Hyatt so it really it won't cost us much of anything to stay there. We usually fly on Spirit out of Atlantic City. Cheap flights and a much better airport than Newark!

[tinkattude6]

I didn't have a chance to read the whole thread. I will try to catch up.

Meanwhile, I will introduce myself.

Marcy 34
Dh - Chris 36

We are from Canada. We live in Ontario for six months (spring til fall) and then PEI for fall to spring. We will be driving down from Ontario (22 hours) to the port.

I booked the cruise a couple of months ago. I got one of those sweet deals on a cat 12. My father and his family were supose to join us but they had to opt out. So, it will be just the two of us; however, we do have a 15 year old son who won't be joining us. He is in school and he really didn't want to come. Go figure!

I have booked the Grand Caymen city tour and the Zip Line and Sknorkle for Mexico. I think we are just going to walk around and check out Key West. The Zip Line sounded like fun and I booked the tour so that we would have something to do. Maybe we can find a nice beach afterwards.

Anyway, I hope you don't mind one more joining in eventhough it is a little late.

Marcy

Welcome Marcy & Chris,:cool1:

[tinkattude6]

Hi guys! Sorry to keep you waiting for the countdown! Photobucket keeps crashing my AOL (8 times and counting):mad:

So here it is! We have always done one from 30 days and counting but couldn't help ourselves this year!! :cool1: My older daughter helped the most with it. THe Mickey heads are paint chips from Home Depot that she put in the order she wanted them in and then she wrote the numbers on them. They are held on with repositionable adhesive. The letters and characters are cut out of my cricut (scrapbooking machine).

You can write a title or use stickers! Have fun! Hopefully Home Depot won't catch onto our little secret!!:rolleyes1

http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww116/FaithandHope/P3300164-1.jpg

I think we took off 45 tonight!! We always take one off before going to bed!

Have a great night!
Kym

Kim, That is so cute. :love: My family does the chain link countdown. Thanks for sharing. Crystal,

[shasess]

I didn't have a chance to read the whole thread. I will try to catch up.

Meanwhile, I will introduce myself.

Marcy 34
Dh - Chris 36

We are from Canada. We live in Ontario for six months (spring til fall) and then PEI for fall to spring. We will be driving down from Ontario (22 hours) to the port.

I booked the cruise a couple of months ago. I got one of those sweet deals on a cat 12. My father and his family were supose to join us but they had to opt out. So, it will be just the two of us; however, we do have a 15 year old son who won't be joining us. He is in school and he really didn't want to come. Go figure!

I have booked the Grand Caymen city tour and the Zip Line and Sknorkle for Mexico. I think we are just going to walk around and check out Key West. The Zip Line sounded like fun and I booked the tour so that we would have something to do. Maybe we can find a nice beach afterwards.

Anyway, I hope you don't mind one more joining in eventhough it is a little late.

Marcy

party::welcome: Welcome Marcy Mouse!!!

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

Marcy 34
Dh - Chris 36
:welcome: to our cruise thread!!! I'll put all your info on post #2! (Any pics to share so we can recognize you?!?!) :goodvibes

Here's a belated :bday: to JorDan!!! Sorry I didn't get it posted yesterday!!

[Tink113]

Just wanted to remind everyone that today is the cut off date for wristbands!
I'm ordering tomorrow!

Faith&Hope - Thanks for the offer to help out, but I think we are good to go! You are too sweet.

Pickup times & locations
10am until time to board -----PC Cruise Terminal
3pm ------------------------1st cruise meet (Mom will be there at 3!)

For anyone who still hasn't gotten their wristband, I will put them in my FE outside my stateroom for you to pick up. (Will post the stateroom as soon a "I" know) :rotfl:

I'll give everyone a total when I order, but it should be really close to what I posted the other day: $1.75 each

Austin - I gotcha on the list

Please see below to confirm that you have been added

DIS NAME(s) Adult Wristbands/Youth Wristbands
2 Eagle Scout 2
austin77 3
briarroselynn 2
Disgirl83 2
Faith&Hope 1
Hudson5&Lennon3 1/3
jhart901 2/3
lillygator 4/2
lucyddr 2
Noodlesmom 2/2
Pooh's-Honey-Pot 2
SpeedFigure 1/1
Texfinn 2/2
Tink113 7/3
YanJan 4
aimathy 3/1
dznyacct 4
Mother_Hen 2/1
princessljw 6
shasess 2
Tinkattude6 4/1
tsarina13 3/1
Tazgirl1981 2
TOTALS 63/20

[DevinDemi2]

Welcome Marcy and Chris!! :thumbsup2


Kym I love the countdown calendar!!! I am going to home depot today to get those mickey paint chips... keep your fingers crossed for me :laughing:

Happy Belated Birthday Jordyn.. I love The Cheesecake Factory.. too bad there aren't any in MI.
Sorry about the bad service.. :mad:

We will be cruising next month.. hooorraayy!!:cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:

[texfinn]

Ok -- whew. A few minutes of quiet time between work and MIL/MILDH being here. Let's see if I can catch up first. For the sake of length -- not going to quote unless I think I need to.

Val -- Thanks for sharing your experiences on the mug. I know Yoni prefers drafts but when the glass is too big, and he doesn't chug it down (which I hate it when he does that) the beer can get warm so we were on the fence on buying it.

Shawan -- the Excel is AWESOME! I will definitely use that. Thanks for sharing!

Val -- called my TA and he put in my dining request. Hopefully it will work out and we will all stay linked and have that 6pm dinner time!

Shauna -- what is a Disney in Home Celebration? Never heard of that....

Ottermouse -- love the countdown calendar idea -- it sounds like something I could actually pull off unlike...

Kym -- your countdown is FABULOUS! I am not creative at all and have NEVER created a scrapbook so, don't think I could even try.....although the Home Depot paint chips are pretty darn cute!

Carole -- thanks for looking into the paypal option for the wristbands! Sounds like that will work!

Shawan --We cruise NEXT Month! Yes, I like the way that rolls off my tongue too!!! Woo Hoo!!!

Ok -- so our plans for getting to Florida. We are coming from Austin and will fly with Southwest. Sabrina has an early release from school that day and technically, Yoni and I are working so we will probably head out to the airport @3:30 and still check email/etc from there. Once I set foot on that plane, our vacation starts! We arrive late in Orlando via Houston (@10:45pm) and will have a car service pick us up and take us to the Swan. Then we get to visit Epcot in the morning! Woo Hoo! Just has me excited thinking about it!

Sonya -- we are leaving Cuervo with a friend instead of a kennel. We are bit nervous about it but will try it first this weekend when we head to Vegas. Hopefully that works out otherwise, we will have to do the same thing....

Tigger -- had no clue who Mike Super was until you posted the thread and info! Thanks for sharing. Told Yoni and he was excited!!!! It looks like a cool show!!!

Chasity -- LOVE LOVE LOVE the magic fact on Gus! The kids love magic so it would be great to have him do some for us and the kids! We will ask him and of course, call him the Great Gusdini!!!

Lynsey -- you are so awesome for putting together navigators for us. Thank you for doing that!!!!!

Kym, Shawan, Tiffany -- you guys are so awesome with trying to get the gal on Cruise Critic over with us. Glad it worked out but just warmed my heart as to how sweet and welcoming you guys are. :hug:

JorDan -- I am glad you had a wonderful birthday! I love the CF. It is a bummer that the guy blew off your birthday. Obviously he didn't realize you were a PRINCESS!!!! princess: I am glad you still go your cheesecake and I hope you enjoyed it!!!

Marcy -- WELCOME! This is a GREAT group and I am so glad you are joining us!!! The first entry is a good summary of who we are with some pictures too! Post one or two when you can so we can recognize you at the port!

BTW ---- ummmmm....where is PEI? Sorry, didn't understand that....:confused:

Tammy -- love the countdown clock idea! I wish I had one! I never thought to use it for other things!

Amanda -- thanks again for organizing the wristbands! I think it is so great that we will all have a way to identify each other!

Ok -- back to work. Will try to post pictures from MIL visit (in case you guys are interested) later tonight.... Only 2 more days and we go to Vegas! Woo Hoo!

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

Cinda?!?!
Belinda?!?!
Jamie?!?!

Where have you guys been? We're missing you!!! :grouphug:

[SpeedFigure]

Real quick, thought I'd share my awesom birthday cakes my mom and sister made. One is Cruise ears and the other is the Cruise room number plaque. Loved them!! :D
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[Hudson5&Lennon3]

Real quick, thought I'd share my awesom birthday cakes my mom and sister made. One is Cruise ears and the other is the Cruise room number plaque. Loved them!! :D

I want to see them, but they're not showing up!!!

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

Quick question . . . is there a "Diversions" on the Magic? Apparently I can get excellent chicken wings there! I love me some wings!

[ottermouse]

Hi everyone! I hope this messages finds everyone doing well. I am off today because of a promotion test tomorrow. I am taking today to review, relax, and surf about DCL online. We are excited say we are cruising next month. :woohoo: We booked our cruise on 2 Dec 08 and the time flew by. I think this month will be gone in no time since it will be busy for us. Saturday we are going to do more cruise attire shoping with our friends that will be cruising with us. DW and DD are more excited about saturday then me and DS, i guess it is a lady thing. :cheer2: By any chance did anyone experience the Pirate Encounter at Grand Cayman? If so, how was it? Well I am going to get going, I will check back later.

[SpeedFigure]

Ok let me try the pictures again
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[Hudson5&Lennon3]

Quick question . . . is there a "Diversions" on the Magic? Apparently I can get excellent chicken wings there! I love me some wings!

Yes! It's one of the bars. I think that's where the margarita/tequila tasting was at.

[aimathy]

I feel almost famous! I saw that someone found my post on cruise critic when I was trying to find this board. :) I'm here! Hooray! Thanks for caring though and I'm glad that I finally found this board. We're really excited that the cruise is next month. We'll be flying out of Newark, NJ on the 15th and staying overnight at the Residence Inn Marriott. I'm a bit nervous about flying with our then 10 month old...but hopefully it will work out. We can't wait!

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

GREAT CAKES, JORDAN!!! :thumbsup2

Is there any left to share with us? :laughing:

[ottermouse]

Quick question . . . is there a "Diversions" on the Magic? Apparently I can get excellent chicken wings there! I love me some wings!

I love chicken wings too. I was born in Buffalo, NY which means I have to love wings. During football season I make homemade sauce and wings almost every Sunday. I checked our 2008 Passporter book and there is a Diversions on the Magic. Wings here we come. :worship:

Wow, that cake looks yummy Jordan!

[Tink113]

Hi everyone! I hope this messages finds everyone doing well. I am off today because of a promotion test tomorrow. I am taking today to review, relax, and surf about DCL online. We are excited say we are cruising next month. :woohoo: We booked our cruise on 2 Dec 08 and the time flew by. I think this month will be gone in no time since it will be busy for us. Saturday we are going to do more cruise attire shoping with our friends that will be cruising with us. DW and DD are more excited about saturday then me and DS, i guess it is a lady thing. :cheer2: By any chance did anyone experience the Pirate Encounter at Grand Cayman? If so, how was it? Well I am going to get going, I will check back later.

We did the pirate encounter the last time we cruise (Dec 08) and it was a lot of fun. They make the kids scrub the deck & even punished a poor dad by poring ice water over him. He was a good sport! They give you a change to "walk the plank" and jump into the amazing water below before turnign the ship around and heading back. Lots of fun.

[ottermouse]

We did the pirate encounter the last time we cruise (Dec 08) and it was a lot of fun. They make the kids scrub the deck & even punished a poor dad by poring ice water over him. He was a good sport! They give you a change to "walk the plank" and jump into the amazing water below before turnign the ship around and heading back. Lots of fun.

Thanks for the info on the Pirate Encounter, it sounds like it is going to be a blast. We have it booked. How much time do you have on the Seven Mile Beach with the encounter?

[texfinn]

YUM -- JorDan -- the cakes look amazing!

Sonya -- Yoni LOVES wings. When I told him they had them on the ship, he got very excited. Ottermouse -- if you MAKE a hot sauce, you will definitely need to share. I have trained Yoni well and he LOVES hot hot hot sauce.

Also -- we are booked for the Pirate Encounter and so is Tammy (tsarina) and her family. It is just me and the kids -- Yoni is going diving. We are doing the earlier time. I am hopeful that we will have time at the beach and that Kai won't freak out in the water. It should be fun!

Val -- was wondering the same thing. I know Jamie is swamped with work and in "love" so pretty distracted and Cinda had a busy week but not sure where sweet Belinda has gone off to. I'll text her and make sure she is ok....

I am having trouble working today which isn't a good thing. The weather here is PERFECT. I opened the windows and am sitting her looking at a clear blue sky. I wish the pool was warmer, I think I would jump in if I could!

I was reading a TR from a guy's first 3 day cruise last Dec. He made me realize how crazy the first day will be with all of the activities going on. I need to prepare myself (and Yoni) for a bit of chaos!

[austin77]

Ok let me try the pictures again
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Awesome cakes!! Very Cool!:wizard:

[Pooh's-Honey-Pot]

Ok let me try the pictures again
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WOW! They look great!! Hope you had a great day! You are very pretty . . . there are so many people I am going to be bitter and jealous over once we all meet!!! :goodvibes

Yes! It's one of the bars. I think that's where the margarita/tequila tasting was at.

Woo hoo!!!! Get me to the wings, peeps!

I feel almost famous! I saw that someone found my post on cruise critic when I was trying to find this board. :) I'm here! Hooray! Thanks for caring though and I'm glad that I finally found this board. We're really excited that the cruise is next month. We'll be flying out of Newark, NJ on the 15th and staying overnight at the Residence Inn Marriott. I'm a bit nervous about flying with our then 10 month old...but hopefully it will work out. We can't wait!

I can't remember if I have said welcome, so :welcome: :banana:

[Tink113]

Thanks for the info on the Pirate Encounter, it sounds like it is going to be a blast. We have it booked. How much time do you have on the Seven Mile Beach with the encounter?

We never actually went to the beach. The boat drops anchor off the coast, but not at the beach.

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Awww! Lovely cakes!!!

I feel almost famous! I saw that someone found my post on cruise critic when I was trying to find this board. :) I'm here! Hooray! Thanks for caring though and I'm glad that I finally found this board. We're really excited that the cruise is next month. We'll be flying out of Newark, NJ on the 15th and staying overnight at the Residence Inn Marriott. I'm a bit nervous about flying with our then 10 month old...but hopefully it will work out. We can't wait!
I'm glad you made it over!!!!


I received an email from the Kennedy Space Center regarding tickets being on sale for the May 12th launch. I guess it's not looking so hot for a launch on May 15th as well...Oh well, I guess we'll have to wait and see.....

"STS-125 Space Shuttle Atlantis Launch Tickets On Sale This Friday
Mission: STS-125 Space Shuttle Atlantis
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Time: TBD

Launch tickets go on sale Friday, April 3, 2009 at 9:00 A.M. ET. Don't miss this historic mission as Navy Captain Scott D. Altman commands the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission to push the boundaries of how deep into space and how far back in time humanity can look. This is a rare opportunity to view a launch from Kennedy Space Center.
Call 321-449-4400 for more information.

*Due to the launch date change, a limited number of tickets have already been sold. ""


Also for those who booked the Radisson for May 15th in advance, I checked the Radisson website and it looks like the prices have gone up. I'm really glad that we decided to go ahead and book early. I guess it pays to be an obsessive-compulsive planner :lmao:

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Is it really only 44 days? That means cabin assignments in about 12 days, right?:woohoo:

[ottermouse]

We never actually went to the beach. The boat drops anchor off the coast, but not at the beach.

Thanks for the info. It must have changed because the 2008 Passporter mentions the Pirate shipping going to the beach...hmmmm:confused3

Does anyone know if we can bring our own champagne bottle (already opened by us) to Palo. We are brining our own bottle and plan on opening it in the room but was not sure if Palo will allow us to bring it.