9/24/09 3 Day Wonder - Cruise Meets, and FEs, and Goombays oh my!

[jenny105]

Hellllloooooo? Where is everybody?

[disney honeymooners]

im here i have just been really busy with work and spending my paycheck at our disney store since it will be closing feb 20th :sad1: they have all the adult tees on sale for $6 and pretty much the whole store is on sale we only spent $13 on 2 adult shirts, a journal, and one of those XL disney store bags.
I may have to go back before it closes and get my brother a birthday present
Jen what seating did yall do for the Hoop-dee do review? we are gonna try and see it and i think we are gonna try for the wednesday right before the cruise it was either that or the saturday night when we get in but i though saturday would be the hardest to get in.

[karentan]

hiya, sorry been a bit awol too, but there wasnt much going on here, where has everyone disappeared to???!!
$6 t-shirts sounds really cool, there's a couple of adult t-shirts at work that i quite like, but even with my discount, they come out at about $15, which is money i could do without spending at the mo. oh well, will just have to wait til they go on sale.
but i'll be getting my CM ID card soon, which although it doesnt really mean much at the mo (i can get my discount at other stores with it, and discounts at WDW (which i cant use til next year anyway)) i'm still looking forward to getting my CM ID in a really dorky geeky way :rotfl: means i'm a fully fledged CM!!

lainey, i'd heard that a load of the US disney stores were closing, i saw a list of which ones, and i saw one in georgia, and wondered if it was your one. i'm allowed on the cast boards on here, and there's a longish thread about the stores closing and all the people losing their jobs. its a horrible thing, especially as a lot of the cast say they've been there since their stores opened.

got a day off tomorrow, planning on not doing a huge amount! lol. might as well enjoy the time off while i can, i've managed to pick up quite a bit of overtime today over the next month or so. need money....... but i'm £32 (about $50) better off than i was before i started work today already, over christmas we had a few target "competition" type thingys between the stores in each area, we got points based on how much the guests spend, how many things they buy, how many actually buy stuff, and the more points we got, the more vouchers we would get. i got mine today and i've got about $50 worth of gift vouchers that are valid for loads of big stores over here. that was a nice cool thing to start my shift with :) free money/vouchers are always good!

[karentan]

hows everyone's weekend going?
i've been working all weekend, got a day off tomorrow, then back in for 5 days straight. its a good thing as it means i get some overtime, need all i can get at the mo!
i've just booked my flights for the holidays this year, we're not going anywhere fancy this year, so i'm off to spain (parents own a house out there) for a week in july and a week in september, it'll be nice to get some sun and warmth!
£111 (about $177) for 2 sets of return flights, just me at the mo, not gary (he's not got enough holiday days to take. darn good price i think!

[jenny105]

Hi girls!

Lainey, we sat in Cat 1 for the Hoop Dee Doo show. I don't know if you're familiar with the place but we were off to the side of the stage, right where the piano player is. Any seat in there is a good one because the actors interact so much with the crowd. They even when up to the balcony seats!

I've heard for awhile that the Disney store in NYC is closing. Any truth to that Karen?

My weekend was fun! I had a 3 day weekend because it was Joe's birthday on Friday so I took the day off. We went to Atlantic City on Friday night and stayed over. Then on Saturday we went to see Disney on ice: 100 years of Magic. That was my first time ever seeing one of those shows. Sooooo good, I loved it!!! I took some pictures so maybe I'll post them on here soon. Sunday I just relaxed and had dinner with Joe's family and surprisingly watched football. I usually check out the scores so I know what's going on but that was the first time other than the Super Bowl that I've watched an entire game start to finish. Go me! :rotfl:

[karentan]

atlantic city sounds fun, we saw disney on ice for the first time about 3 months ago, it was cool :) you'll have to show us some pics of when you went.
yeah the world of disney in NYC is closing, but they are opening a new one somewhere near times square. not sure when though.

[karentan]

jenny, just noticed your ticker, donald is ALMOST at all star movies!! not long to go now!

[jenny105]

I know!! Just a little over 3 weeks, I can't believe it!

Which Disney on Ice show did you see?

The WoD store isn't that far from Times Square. They're going to close just to move 10 blocks downtown??

[karentan]

we saw princess wishes, it was good, but i'd have preferred to have seen one of the general disney on ice shows, i'm not that all into the princesses. it was still really good though :)
totally jealous that you're going back in 3 weeks, we've gotta wait til the end of next year before we can get back, although i'm now all booked up for 2 trips to spain this year so at least i get some sun this year.......

got this off stitchkingdom.com about the new times square store:

The closing of 2009 saw the end of an era for New York City in that the World of Disney, located in the world-famous Fifth Avenue shopping area, shuttered its doors forever. A taste of the Disney Parks, the World of Disney store was a sister store to its Downtown Disney counterparts, offering NYC residents and tourists the opportunity to purchase theme park merchandise, Disney on Broadway merchandise and — of course — NYC branded merchandise, some of which eventually became available at Youse Guys Moichendise in Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

The location was a holdover from when the city was virtually covered by Disney Stores. When Disney began closing the stores, all of the New York City stores fell victim, but Disney kept and held on to the Fifth Avenue store (which was the flagship Disney Store at the time) and eventually transferred it over to Disney Parks and Resorts, re-opening it as the World of Disney in October of 2004 as the license to operate the regular Disney Store chain was famously transferred to The Children’s Place.

Believe it or not, since Disney closed all the Disney Stores in NYC, there have been no Disney Stores to pop up in Manhattan. It would be a while before New York City would even see its first Disney Store in the outer boros. Perhaps The Childrens Place couldn’t open one in Manhattan by the terms of the agreement, but as there was no real overlap between the two in terms of merchandise, there was a giant pothole in the hearts of those longing for a local Disney Store.

In 2010, that pothole will finally be filled as Disney announced plans to open a Disney Store in Manhattan, at the tragic cost of losing the World of Disney store. One saving grace, however, is just like most anything in New York City, the new Disney Store will no doubt be a hotbed of activity flaunting the latest and greatest in technological advances and the Disney difference, offering an experience you won’t find anywhere else.

The location of the Disney Store, scheduled to open in fall of 2010, will be located at 1540 Broadway, in the heart of Times Square, between 45th and 46th Street. Now you may not know that address by name (MTV has its home at 1515 Broadway), but you may know the former occupant of that space, Virgin Megastore (as seen in the background of many movies, most recently 2012). At the time, the 3 floor, 60,000 square foot retail location (which included its own multiplex movie theater), was the largest Virgin Megastore in the world. There’s no mention of how much space Disney will be taking over, but the location is beyond ideal, located next to the world’s largest toy store, Toys R Us, which itself features a two-story tall ferris wheel.

The new Disney Store will incorporate technologically advanced displays including an interactive Disney Princess castle to serve as one of many magical centerpieces at the new Times Square location. An all-new children’s theater will feature the latest Disney entertainment, classic animation, and continue Disney’s rich tradition of storytelling.

“Bringing Disney Store to the center of Times Square is a monumental achievement, and we have created a retail experience that complements the energy and innovation that Times Square inspires,” said Jim Fielding, president of Disney Stores Worldwide. “We’re focused on reinvigorating retail and providing a unique shopping destination to millions of families from all over the world who travel to New York for a magical experience.”

“Disney’s bold move to restore 42nd Street’s greatest landmark theater in the 1990s was THE turning point in Times Square’s recent history. We are thrilled that Disney is bringing its creative energies yet again to Times Square with this new Disney Store. An iconic brand is coming again to America’s most iconic place,” said Tim Tompkins, president of Times Square Alliance.

Renovations will begin soon at the Times Square location, designed to showcase a wide assortment of products inspired by iconic Disney characters and key entertainment properties. The newly-designed Disney Store will facilitate interactive play and imagination, host children’s activities, special events, and celebrity appearances. Over the next five years Disney Store plans to strategically balance its retail portfolio, enter new markets, and transform more than 300 locations across the US and Europe to feature the new design.

Update: 1/5/10 - Although Disney is not yet ready to discuss how much of the space will be used, sources have indicated it will be approximately 25,000 square feet, or nearly half of the existing space. By comparison, it’s estimated that the former World of Disney location consumed about 36,000 square feet.

[jenny105]

Thanks for posting that Karen. I know the exact location they're talking about. It's right in the middle of everything. That store is going to be huge!!!

[karentan]

if we do go to new york later in the year, i'm definately going to try and get there!

[jenny105]

If you come to NYC, you better let me know!!!

[karentan]

yeah in theory we're coming over in august for my 30th. not sure though, depends on if we actually have the money to do it.
any idea how far away newark airport is to NYC, which is better, newark or JFK? and is it easy to get to the city from either?
(sorry, if we do end up going, i'll probably be picking your brains for the next few months :))

[jenny105]

It's really easy to get to the city from Newark. You can take a cab or there is an air train that will take you to a NJ Transit Train. The train will take you right into NYC, at Penn Station with is 32nd and 33rd between 7th and 8th. It takes less than a half hour. The station is about 10 blocks from Times Square. With a cab you may hit traffic with the tunnels and it'll cost you more.

JFK is a nightmare. Just don't haha.

[karentan]

just seen your TR jenny, whats happened? are you ok?

[jenny105]

Yeah, I'm ok. Did you just try texting me cause it said I had an incoming text but it didn't come through. I just got sick of the drama and always being the bad guy. I feel bad that he's hurt and that I pretty much lost my best friend but it feels like a huge weight has been taken off my shoulders.

[karentan]

yeah i just texted you.
were you guys having a lot of problems then? sorry to hear that, hope you're both ok though :hug:

[jenny105]

We've been having problems for awhile. He's just not the right guy for me and I'm not the right girl for him, plain and simple.

[karentan]

fair enough. was just worried about you, as long as you're ok and happy, thats all that matters

[jenny105]

Yeah, I feel ok. I'm just trying to figure out what to do about the Feb trip.

[karentan]

Surely there must be someone who'd be able to go with you last minute? I'd say go regardless, not much point in losing all that money. Disney world is the one place on earth that I'd feel totally safe going on my own!

[disney honeymooners]

Jen im sorry about yall but as long as you are happy and feel good thats what matters. I would go with you to disney if we had the extra money to spend but we are going on vacation in march so we are trying to save for that.
Well i tried to make a thread for the cruise we are going on so we will see how that goes i have a feeling i will be alone on it for quite a while.

[karentan]

i'd volunteer, but the flights are too damn expensive.................

[jenny105]

One of my friends is thinking about going with me. She's currently in Las Vegas at the moment but she's going to let me know. Joe said he's still going. I don't know where he's staying. He paid for the flights and I paid for the hotel so it's certainly not going to be that hotel room! I wish you girls could go, that'd be so much fun!

[karentan]

yo'll have to try and come down september 2011, me and lainey are deffo going to try and meet up as we're both there at the same time, and donna's around too, so you should come down too!

[jenny105]

Still a long way off for me to be thinking about it. We'll see!

[karentan]

have you decided what you're doing about your trip this month?

[jenny105]

I asked my friend Katie and my cousin Adam (he's never been there) to go. They both told me they'd let me know. It's a little over two weeks away so I need to know soon! I would like to still go but if I can't find anyone else to go with me, I guess I'll just have to cancel. :guilty:

[karentan]

woul you lose a lot of money if you did? not sure how much money you put into this trip.

well i'm back from the stocktake, it wasnt as bad as i was expecting it to be actually, we got done a lot quicker than i thought we'd be, but then we had a load of waiting around til they figured it all out then we had to recount some stuff. just a bit weary now though.... early night i think

[jenny105]

The trip didn't cost much. I paid for the room portion which was around $330 with the travel agent rate. If I cancelled, I was lose some money but get most of it back. Still waiting on my friend Katie. She's my last hope. I guess I could go by myself but...I dunno. :confused3

[disney honeymooners]

I really wish i had the money to go with you I NEED A SMALL VACATION NOW!!! Work is so crazy. I hope your friend can go with you. I can't wait til sunday we are all getting together for a super bowl party at my moms its nice to be able to see all my family my team may not be in it but they have won 6 super bowls so i think its ok but i hope the saints win

[jenny105]

Lainey, I'll pick you up on the way down. I'm not taking no for an answer. :)

[disney honeymooners]

All right i will be waiting outside with my luggage and gas money LOL
;)

[karentan]

Roadtrip!!!! :)

[m_kasch]

Hey girls! Sorry to hear about you & Joe, Jenny...as long as it's what's best and you are happy...that's what's important :goodvibes

So, we are off to FL on Friday!! A few days at the GF with Tim's parents, and then off to see my Dad over by Sarasota for a few weeks...can't wait for the warmth!!

Then, in March...i'm off to Disneyland!! I can't wait for that trip, even though it's work, i'm going a couple days early to go to the park. :cool1:

[jenny105]

Lainey, expect me sometime around Thursday afternoon, the 18th! :rotfl:

Thanks Mary. :hug: Have fun in FL!

[karentan]

are you definately going to go with lainey then?

[jenny105]

I'm game if Lainey is! lol

[disney honeymooners]

hey u know if i had the money i would have been packed earlier this week and already have my stuff sitting by the door but i cant afford tickets or food :sad1::sad1::sad1:

[jenny105]

I wish you could go Lainey, that would have been fun. I canceled it. I did see that Disneyland is hosting a fam in March so I may register for that. I have until Tuesday to decide if I want to or not.

[karentan]

i'd say go for the fam, at least you get a bit of a disney fix that way. did you lose much money by cancelling?
how's everyone's week going anyway? i'm just so tired at the mo, doing quite a bit of overtime this week and not feeling too well anyway so its just taking its toll at the mo. i've got sunday and monday off, so only got 2 more days til some rest and relaxation.....

[jenny105]

I applied for the Disneyland fam this morning. I have to wait and see if I get approved. Fingers crossed ladies!

Is Gary ok? I saw your status update that you were worried about him.

[disney honeymooners]

I have my fingers crossed for you, Yeah karen is gary ok?
IM FREEZING!!!!!

[karentan]

he's physically ok, but he's having a lot of crap at work recently and its getting worse, he might end up quitting in the next month or so.
fingers crossed for the fam jenny!!

one more day at work then 2 whole days off! cant wait!! i've been so tired recently....

[jenny105]

How's it going ladies? How was the weekend? On Saturday we got hit with a snow storm so I spent a good part of the afternoon shoveling. Superbowl Sunday which basically meant I got to eat a lot. :rotfl:

Still no word on the Disney fam!

[disney honeymooners]

I spent Superbowl Sunday with my mom and the rest of my family we pigged out i was so stuffed when i got home my grandmother made her wonderful chicken salad :lovestruc It is the best and i got lucky she made some for me to take home.

[jenny105]

Care to share some of that? I'm starving! :rotfl:

[disney honeymooners]

maybe but then again i dont even share it with greg LOL but he wouldnt eat it anyway but my mom loves it just as much as i do and we wont share with each other if my grandmother gives either of us any. I know its sad

[karentan]

well i was working saturday, but been off yesterday and today :cloud9: just been enjoying some nice time being able to do absolutely nothing.
but (and thats a big but), my car went in for its annual service and MOT today, took it to a garage that i've never used before, but they were advertising an offer, so took it there. got a call to say it'd failed its MOT, apparently my headlights are too high up, the indicator lights on the side are the wrong color (??) and all 4 brakes need changing, brake pads and the shoes. the service and MOT should have cost £120, they wanted £520 to do the lot. not impressed.
luckily mum was out and about and took it round the corner to the place she takes her car, they said the brakes are ok and do not need changing, the headlights are easy to fix, and the indicators arent even on the MOT anyway.
bottom line, had to pay the robbing b**tards garage £120, then going to take the car back to the other garage on friday to get the couple of bits done and get it re tested.
expensive lesson. just going to stick to my normal garage next time.

[jenny105]

You can't trust mechanics!! They're constantly trying to rip you off. Take it from one who works with a whole bunch of them!! I won't even let these guys touch my car!! :rotfl2:

[m_kasch]

Hey now! Let's not take it out on all mechanics! Tim's a mechanic! Lol!

We are at disney now, out room at the gf has an awesome view...you cam see poly, the wilderness lodge, contemporary, and the magic kingdom, including the castle! We were surprised, since we only paid for lagoon view, not mk!

I watched the shuttle launch from my balcony this morning for a pic!

[karentan]

i saw your photo on facebook mary, we saw the one that launched in 2008, was amazing, shame they're stopping the shuttle programme.
i've got work this afternoon and got a stinking cold :(

[jenny105]

Mary, wave hi to WL for me! I miss it!

Still no word on whether or not I've been approved for the Disneyland fam. If I do, I hope we get to stay in the Grand Californian. It reminds me of WL. :love:

Karen, it seems like you've been sick all winter! Load up on vitamin C!!

[karentan]

i take vitamins every day and they never seem to do me any good....

[jenny105]

I do too but I've noticed I don't get sick half as much as I used to. But when I do get sick, it's for an extended period of time. :confused3

I've been away from DIS for two days and this was the only thread that was posted on during that time frame. Where is everybody?

[karentan]

i've been wondering where everyone was on here too!

[disney honeymooners]

im here i have just been working alot i found the website for the ship yard building the disney dream and they have a webcam and you can see the back of the dream.

[karentan]

yeah i saw a photo of it yesterday, looking good so far, and its nice to know that it still looks like a disney ship, not one of the big white boxes that all the other cruise lines sail. i think thats part of the reason i like DCL so much, their ships are sooooo much prettier than the other liners.

so whats everyone up to at the weekend? i'm working saturday like normal, then doing overtime sunday 11-3, gary's leaving for the airport at about midday (he's going to germany for 2 days on business), so on valentines day, we'll be lucky if we see each other for an hour or so in the morning, romantic eh!

[jenny105]

Hey girls. After work tonight, I'm going out for drinks with my co-workers. As for the rest of the weekend, who knows? Sucks that you won't get to see Gary on Valentine's Day. Lainey, do you have any plans? I was actually asked on a date for V-Day...

[disney honeymooners]

nope u dont have any plans greg will probably be working and so will i so i will be home alone so it is gonna suck. Thats cool are you gonna go out?

[karentan]

did you say yes jenny?

[disney honeymooners]

Well no work for me today we got about 5-7 inches of snow that isnt the reason im not going to work its the ice that my car and i have a problem with even with traction stability control on my new car doesnt prevent spinning out. I guess since its saturday the dot decided not to put salt and sand on the road around here they just decided to scrape the snow off. Oh well today isnt a day where i really want to get out.

[jenny105]

Yes, I accepted. It should be fun.

We got over a foot of snow on Tues and Wed. I must've gone outside to shovel 3 times. I'm so over snow. No more!

[karentan]

even i'm getting bored with it now, it snowed a bit on thursday, roll on spring and summer!!

[jenny105]

It's supposed to snow again tonight and into tomorrow. Ugh. I hope it's enough for at least a delayed opening, maybe even a closure. Last time they had a delayed opening, it was for 10 am which was the time I had to be here anyway! Not fair! I should have been allowed to come in at 12! :rotfl:

Still no word on the Disneyland fam yet. They extended the registration until tomorrow so I'm hoping I'll hear by Wednesday...

[karentan]

good luck!
yeah i know that feeling, the one day the shopping centre closed early, i was down for an early that day, so had already left by that point. and the next day it was snowing real bad and we had to stay open til our normal time. not fair!

day off today, and i feel like crap. this is starting to become an annoying trend.....

[jenny105]

Ugh. I hope you feel better soon, Karen.

I've been pricing out a trip to Disney World for my bday in Oct with a few of my friends. It's very quiet here today so it's giving me all the time in the world to do it. :rotfl: I'm thinking there will be 4 or 5 of us so instead of one room, I was looking at the family suite at ASMu, the FW Cabins, and OKW 2 BR Villa but unless I can get a break on that rate, OKW is out of reach!

[karentan]

how long are you thinking of going for? sounds like good fun!

[jenny105]

For about a week. I was originally looking at 4 nights but since 3 of the people interested in going have never been there before, that's a lot to cram in. So possibly 6 nights. Rather than getting two rooms, I was looking at suites and villas. I hope we can all go, it'd be a good time! Especially cause it's food and wine!! ;)

[jenny105]

Feeling any better today?

[disney honeymooners]

its snowing here again i am tired of this i want warm weather NOW!!!! Well i went to see Percy Jackson and the Olympians it was really good and it was the first time i have ever seen a movie by myself so that was new for me. And it was sold out.

[karentan]

it was snowing here again last night too. i'm getting bored of this cold weather now, stopped on the way home to get gas and was absolutely freezing on the forecourt. summer, where the hell are you......

feeling better today, just had really bad stomach yesterday,
work sucked today, i got stuck doing front of the store for 2 hours, plus there was a really wierd atmosphere because our assistant manager left today to go to another store, nothing specific but just a wierd feeling all shift. hoping tomorrow will be better :)

[jenny105]

Isn't Percy Jackson like Harry Potter, only with Greek gods? I'd probably like it.

[karentan]

i havent even heard of that.....
although i did hear that 95% of the cinemas over here are boycotting the new alice in wonderland fild because disney want to bring it out on dd quicker than normal.

[jenny105]

I can't wait to see Alice in Wonderland.

The Disneyland famn was cancelled. Lack of participation. :( It was rescheduled for the beginning of May so I think I'm gonna try again and see what happens.

I'm supposed to be in Disney World right now. :sad1:

[karentan]

thats gotta suck about should have been in disney now, but at least you're better off in the long run arent you? liking the new tickers though, how many times in total have you seen them so far?
hope they go ahead with the second fam, free holidays are always good. wish i had them :(

[jsalam]

is it a secret disney society?? It sounds so .....mysterious! :worship:
we r not worthy! J/K!!!

[jenny105]

Hopefully this trip in October will pan out. I need my Disney fix this year. The dates for the Disneyland fam in May aren't really great for me. They fall during my nephew's birthday. I'll think about it as it gets closer.

I've seen them 6 times since Sept 2008. :rotfl: These shows will be my 7th and 8th!

is it a secret disney society?? It sounds so .....mysterious! :worship:
we r not worthy! J/K!!!

Fish Extenders are like goody bags! You hang them outside and whoever is in on the fish extender group (usually people you meet through the DIS) will leave you presents! Some things are homemade, you get a lot of candy, and little odds and ends. It's fun coming back to your room to see everything you've gotten!

[m_kasch]

Hey girls!! Guess what?!?! I'm going on a cruise in April!! My little sister (Amy, you all met her) won the big prize on Let's Make a Deal...but they didn't have the prize here, so they gave her the money and she wants to go on a trip...so here we go!! We got a GTY 12 for only 299 each!! I'm so excited!! :cool1:

Jenny, I hear you are getting another big storm in the next couple of days...it's been snowing here since Saturday. I am SO over this winter.

How is everyone else?? :wizard:

[jenny105]

Ugh, don't remind me Mary. I am NOT looking forward to more snow. I can't wait until spring. Fingers crossed we're closed tomorrow so I don't have to drive in this craziness.

Awesome news about the cruise! So soon too!

[karentan]

yay for the cruise!
how's everyone been? work's been ok here, even though today dragged like a *****.

have you heard about the seaworld thing? one of the trainers has died, i think it only happened about an hour and a half ago.
http://www.wqad.com/news/nationworld/os-seaworld-orlando-shamu-injury-20100224,0,7095229.story

[m_kasch]

The roads were SO horrible here this morning, I was in I-80, right before I get on the toll road...and then the traffic was slowing, so everyone stopped. When you would go to stop, it was so icy your brakes would lock up. It was scary!! :scared1: My heart was going about 9 million beats a minute, but then after I got on the toll road, it was okay.

Work has been busy here, we have an audit going on, so that's a lot of work. But I did get promoted (yay!!) to Sr. Accountant, so that's good! :woohoo:

That is insane about the whale. There's very little information here...but apparently so guests could see it from the viewing area :scared1:

[jenny105]

The Sea World thing was all over the news. My question is, if it attacked and killed someone before, why was Sea World still holding on to it??

Congrats on your promotion, Mary!

I just tentatively put a hold on a 2 BR Villa at Saratoga Springs 10/4-10/9! :woohoo:

[karentan]

yay!! is that for your birthday trip!
congrats on the promotion mary!

i got my disney ID today, i feel more official now!!

[jenny105]

Yep, that's for the birthday trip! I just paid the deposit today! :) I'm so excited. Right now there are 6 of us on the reservation but I know 4 are definite. If the amount of people drops, we'll probably be switching resorts. I don't know anything about SSR! lol

[disney honeymooners]

Mary congrats on your promotion that is GREAT!!!
Karen congrats on getting your ID card and Jen that sounds fun I hope you have a great time but its disney you always have a good time.
Well nothing new to report here other than I'm sick which sucks i feel like crap and i think im gonna take some cough medicine and lay down maybe some more sleep will help me feel better.
Jen you would like the Percy Jackson movie we took my little brother to see it and he loved it it was funny bc while we were sitting in our seats waiting for the movie to start this family sat down in front of us and Jeremy said "Hello" and they didn't say anything back so then Jeremy assumes that they are ignoring him and he says "OH COME ON!!!" I couldn't quit laughing he is five and it sounded so funny coming out of his mouth.
Well i have one more week and i will be 25 I told greg what i really want is to go to Disney but that isnt happening so i decided on a DQ Ice Cream Cake i havent had one of them in a while. Well i had better get my sick butt back to bed i will talk to y'all later.

[karentan]

hope you feel better soon lainey. i've got the sniffles again, i think this weather isnt helping, its march now, time for the sucky weather to p*ss off now.

saratoga is lovely jenny, if you can, put in a request for congress park, downtown disney view, we had one of those rooms on our last night last year, and its great sitting on your balcony looking over at DTD, plus its a nice short walk over to the margharita bar!

nothing much to report here, been a bit awol on here lately, but havent really been up to much. i should hear back in the next few days about a work thing, i've been put forward for a 3 week placement at disney head office in london to help with the new till systems, doubt i'll get it, but they put my name down for it, and if i get it it means i get 3 weeks of guaranteed full time overtime (the one thing that sucks about disney is that i'm only part time, i cant get full time hours, but i've gotta try and get as much overtime as possible to try and make my hours up. i'm doing pretty well so far, but not sure how it'll go long term). not expecting to get it but keeping fingers crossed, t'll be good experience, plus i get to go see head office at disney which is cool

back to work tomorrow, my boss has put me down for overtime, and i've actually got a full 36 hour week this week. :)

[jenny105]

I was reading about the sections and I definitely want to put in a request for Congress Park. Is it within walking distance of DTD or do you have to take a boat over? How is the bussing from there? I know nothing of this resort lol. Who knows if we'll end of actually staying there, you know how many times I switched last trip, but if all 6 of us do end up going it will definitely be SSR.

I hope you feel better soon Lainey!

I can't wait for warm weather but it's supposed to snow again tonight into tomorrow ugh.

[karentan]

the walk from congress park is aout ten minutes if that. its a nice walk too along a well lit path. you come out at DTD marketplace, near the design a tee shop.
we were in the paddock the first half of the trip and even then, the walk is only about 15 mins.
there are 5 bus stops, they come regularly, we didnt have any issue at all with the buses. if you need to get to a resort, you can walk (or bus) to DTD then get a direct bus to the resort, instead of having to bus to a park then back out again.
its a great resort, we stayed there for the first time last year, we've done AKL twice and have both agreed that we're not that bothered about going back there, but we both want to go back to SSR

[jenny105]

That's what made me choose SSR over OKW, the location. I like that if I have an ADR at a resort, I can just walk over to DTD and catch a bus, rather than having to go to a park and then transfer. Thanks for all the info, Karen!

[disney honeymooners]

Well its snowing here once again I am use to cool weather close to my birthday but i am not use to SNOW this close to it. Oh i checked the werft meyer website and they have added the front smoke stack to the Disney Dream and now it is the only ship in that covered dock and it looks like they have started building the back half of the ship which is where our room is.
Ok greg and i cant decided where to stay when we get off the cruise next sept it is between ASMu and POP since some of the POP rooms have been updated but i dont really know its only for one night so we will be spending more time at the pool and around the resort and then going out to eat with Karen and Gary :cool1::cool1::cool1:
I love the way music looks and then i could go take pictures at the other 2 All Star Resorts luckily i have a while before we have to decide.
Thank you guys i am feeling much better a day of rest really helped.

[karentan]

when i was trying to decide (we were supposed to be staying at a value, then i swapped to SSR and AKV! :)) we chose music, the rooms just looked nicer to us, its the middle of the 3 all stars so easier to get round, and POP is just huge in comparison.
but yay for dinner plans! we need to choose where we want to go!

jenny, we had the same dilemma as you at first, OKW or SSR. the location was one of the main deciding factors for us, SSR is just so much closer and you have the option of walking to DTD, with OKW you'd need to get the boat first. plus gary had a round of golf during our trip and the course went through SSR and OKW. we just weren't sure about OKW after that, SSR have big buildings, but they're not too big, but the OKW buildings are tiny, there's a LOT of them, and it just all looked a bit disjointed. plus a lot of them back really on to the fairways of the golf course, so i'm not sure if i'd feel comfortable sitting on the balcony, knowing my luck i'd get knocked out by a stray golf ball!

[jenny105]

My vote is for POP. I've stayed there a bunch of times and have loved it. I never thought the resort was all that big. But then again I've never seen the All Star resorts. They must be tiny in comparison.

That was my fear at OKW too! :rotfl: I didn't like how the golf course seemed right on top of the rooms. I just kept thinking 'knowing my luck, I'll get hit with a golf ball.' Great minds, Karen. LOL.

[disney honeymooners]

As long as where we eat is at one of the resorts or at DTD since we probably wont have park tickets for that day b/c we want to relax at the pool for most of the day. As long as the restaurant has stuff greg will eat its good since he seems to be more of a picky eater than the rest of us.
I was leaning towards staying at the Music one but i couldnt make up my mind.

[karentan]

'knowing my luck, I'll get hit with a golf ball.'

as long as gary's not playing you should be ok........

we were hoping that no one was sunbathing on their treehouse villa balcony when he was playing, he launched a ball right into the middle of the THVs......

[karentan]

any place is ok with me lainey, i'm sure we can come up with something closer to the time.

well 2 days at work down for me so far, 2 more to go. this week has been doing my head in, apparently its world book day tomorrow so all the kids have to go to school in costume. naturally everyone has left it to the last minute, so they're all getting irate when we dont have what they want in the right size.
everyone else has left it to the last minute too moron, next time, plan ahead!

[jenny105]

as long as gary's not playing you should be ok........

we were hoping that no one was sunbathing on their treehouse villa balcony when he was playing, he launched a ball right into the middle of the THVs......

:rotfl2::lmao: Way to go, Gary! Remind me to steer clear of THV.


That's like people trying to get a costume the day before Halloween and getting mad when they can't find anything good. :sad2:

[karentan]

luckily i think we've had the last of the mad costume hunters in now. but we have managed to clear pretty much all the costumes out of our stockroom, even the stuff we've had in there for about 3 years :)
only one more day to go then weekend off. i need it, i didnt get home til after midnight last night and i'm due back in at 9am today. gotta set off in a minute as it takes me over an hour to get there this time of morning.....

[jenny105]

I have a 3 day weekend. Yay! I took Monday as my comp day for next week since that's my Saturday rotation so at 5 oclock tonight, I will be running out of this door as fast as I can! :rotfl:

[jenny105]

Is it too early to start a PTR? :)

[m_kasch]

Hi girls! I'm at disneyland, I love it here! Not as good as fl...but better than I thought it would be! Tim would LOVE the buzz ride here, its totally different than the disneyworld one. I saw captain eo yesterday...it was weird. Lol! But cool to see since I didn't see it when it used to be around. My room at the hyatt is nice and I have a view if the mountains!

I'm eating at the napa rose tonight...I hear its good!

Karen, ill be sure to look out for garys golf next time I'm in fl, lol! I would probably hurt someone if I ever try real golf vs mini. Did you guys see that there is going to be a mini golf course on the dream?

Karen I have to check out the webcam, I haven't seen it in a couple weeks...sounds like they have made some progress!

Talk to you ladies later!

[disney honeymooners]

mary the dream now has its froward funnel attached and the front half of the ship is pretty much finished now they are beginning on the back half of the ship since the celebrity ship is gone.
Only a few more days til my birthday :cool1: that means im closer to my VACATION!!!!!!!!!! Its sad i think im more excited about the vacation than my birthday 7 days away from work :banana::banana::banana:

I'm going to see Alice in Wonderland on monday for my birthday I hope its good.

[karentan]

:bday:happy birthday lainey!! :bday:
hope you're having a good day :banana:


how's everyone's weekend been? i went up to derby to meet with some of my college flatmates, havent seen them in about a year and a half, and it was nice to see them again, but (and i really dont mean this to sound horrible) i realised that we havent got a huge amount in common anymore. its been about 9 years since we graduated, and i've probably seen them no more than about 5/6 times since. for some reason i kept thinking "i should be at work right now", actually missed being at work (what the hell's with that??!!), and was a bit bored to be honest. part of me thinks it was nice to see them again, but the other half thinks that it cost me about $100 to go up there. i realise that probably makes me sound like an absolute b*tch but i didnt enjoy it all that much.
but back at home now, back to my own bed, and back at work, so back to the normality. i've been trying to figure out the best way to get into/out of london for my Muse gig in september. normally it wouldnt be a problem getting the train and the subway in, but i've gotta try and get out of the gig and on to the subway at the same time as about 90,000 other people (its a huge venue), and across london in time to get the last train home. i think i need to have a word with the other people i'm going with and see what they think.

[disney honeymooners]

THANK YOU KAREN!!! I had a great day with my mom and Alice in Wonderland was really good my mom even liked it :banana:
But now i have to get up at 5 to go to work tomorrow but then again im only there til 12 so it is a pretty short day for me and then i have the rest of the day off. I hope every one had a great weekend mine was pretty good but my back is killing me i tried to pick up a pretty heavy box at work by myself and i think i pulled a muscle but it should be ok. I will talk to y'all later.

[jenny105]

Hope you had a great birthday Lainey!

I had a 3 day weekend. I didn't do a whole lot really. Saw Alice in Wonderland. It was ok. I was expecting it to be better so I felt a little let down. Johnny Depp was brilliant though, as always. Last night I went out with a couple of my friends to a local bar that two of the NY Rangers were going to be at. They wanted like $45 for an autograph! :scared1: So I didn't see them lol. Just sat in the bar, ate, and had a few drinks. The one guy is only 19 so I was like 'send him out, we'll buy him a drink.' LOL. Still fun though.

I'm in a mood today. Not happy being back at work.

[karentan]

i've had a rubbish day at work today too. the dog jumped into the ditch in the park 40 mins before i was due to leave for work, so had to drag him out (with mum's help) and give him a bath before i could leave for work,
work was iffy, there's been some crap going on as my manager has been off for a week and the old manager has been coming in and trying to throw his weight around all the time, so my manager was in a 2 hour meeting all afternoon, and is a bit peeved off, so its been a really sh*tty atmosphere.
and to top it all off, got back home, stuck my dinner in the microwave, went to get it out, and have just been burnt by a bit of exploding pork. (you cant make that kind of crap up!)

[jenny105]

I just saw your fb status about the exploding pork. Immediately, I signed on the DIS lol. Sorry you had a bad day at work. I'm not having a bad day but I just do NOT feel like being here after having 3 days off. And some crazy lady just emailed me and said OKW isn't up to her standards but could I recommend some place off property that would be? If you don't like deluxe resorts in Disney, where am I going to put you??

[jenny105]

Hellooooooooooooooooo?

[disney honeymooners]

im here just been busy with work and getting laundry done and getting the house ready for our vacation so i dont have to clean up when we get back. How has every one been?

[karentan]

ditto, just been busy with work.
how's everyone's week been? i've just got to get through today then i get a slightly late weekend (sunday and monday off).

i was driving home last night, and got hit from behind when i stopped to let someone through. luckily neither of us got hurt, and the other car was braking hard (it was wet, and he just skidded) so it didnt hit me that hard. as much as i moan about my car sometimes, its damn tough, its the second time someone has gone into the back of me and not made a dent. this time its slightly scratched my back fender, but not dented it or anything. but his car was a lot worse off, he had to take off his front fender as it was hanging off, and he's totally caved in the front wing of his car.

[jenny105]

What kind of car do you have Karen? That's crazy your car was fine and his is all screwed up!

Work has been picking up a bit more lately. The days are going by faster than usual. Summer will probably be busy, busy, busy non-stop! I'm working today, have tomorrow off, and then work Monday-Friday next week. :( I like having the whole weekend off better!

[karentan]

i've got a citroen xsara, its similar to this picture, i think this might be a newer model though, but you get the idea
http://www.choice-rent.com/cars/citroen_xsara-1.jpg
its a lot more sturdy than i've been thinking it was!

i've just finished work, its been crazy busy all day, but i did all the cashing up, so got out of having to tidy a lot of the store up! now got 2 lovely days off, and back in 11am tuesday :)

[jenny105]

I hope you're enjoying your two days off! I had to work Saturday and we were busy which was surprising because it was like a monsoon outside. Sunday I did absolutely nothing but watch tv all day. I like the days where I can be a complete bum. :)

[karentan]

i totally agree, sometimes you just want to do absolutely nothing all day!
i would have thought that the crap weather would make you busier anyway, there's nothing like booking a holiday to somewhere nice and hot when its cold and raining outside.

i'm aching now, mum wanted help fixing the shed, some of the panels are rotting away (they have been for ages now, but its getting worse), so we had to take 6 planks off, and replace them. sounded like an easy job, but 3 hours later we finally finished, it took ages getting them off without braking the rest of the shed, we had to do a bit of bodging it, as some of the supports were starting to rot too, but finally done.
just rewarded myself with a glass of pepsi and a donut!
back to work tomorrow....

[jenny105]

It was really bad outside though. The wind was so strong, the rain was blowing sideways. But people just kept coming! Not complaining, I got quite a few bookings out of it. :thumbsup2

That doesn't sound like fun on a day off!!! At least you're finished with it now.

[karentan]

hopefully that'll help with your bookings targets?
yeah happy that its all over now, get to chill out for the rest of the evening!

[jenny105]

Yeah, every little bit helps.

So the Disney travel agents website has been having a DCL trivia contest. You can play 5 times a day, you compete for the highest score, and 1st place is a free 4 night cruise. They give prizes to the top 200 scores and currently I'm in 129th place. :woohoo:

[karentan]

yay!! if you need any help i'd be happy to try and help!

[jenny105]

Thanks Karen! Today is the last day though, I'm going to try to climb higher in the standings haha. I'm about to go play, I'll update you later!

[disney honeymooners]

good luck Jen i hope you do great!!!
I only have to work for 3 more days and then im off for a WEEK!!!! :cool1::cool1:

[karentan]

how'd you get on with the quiz jenny? i'm doing the quiz on the UK community board on here, and i think i'm doing quite well, its cruise themed so i know quite a few of the answers already!

are you up to anything on your week off lainey? or are you just having a nice quiet week?

work was really wierd yesterday, all the management team had a meeting with our area manager and there was a wierd atmosphere all day. from what i gather, our area manager has been told (by the person who was covering her while she was on holiday) that our management team are crap, so now we've got the manager of another store in 2 days a week to cover our manager's days off. theres a lot of wierd sh*t going on and all the staff arent liking it at all. its just a strange atmosphere all the time at the mo....

[jenny105]

I'm not sure where I placed. They didn't have the scores up yesterday because they were figuring out who the winners were going to be. Maybe they're up now. I haven't checked yet!

Hope everything's ok at your store! My sister has worked in retail for years and that kind of stuff happens often from what she tells me!

Are you doing anything with your week off Lainey? Or just relaxing?

[karentan]

good luck with the quiz results! i'll let you know if i win the quiz on here!

[karentan]

i'm supposed to finish work at 11pm tonight, then start again at 10-7 tomorrow. got a call about an hour ago, and it looks like i'm going to be finishing at 11pm, and back in at 6am. it takes me an hour in the car each way. if i'm lucky, i might get 4 and a bit hours sleep at the most. not looking forward to this.....

[jenny105]

That's not really fair of them to do to you. They should let you go home early tonight then or put you up in a hotel nearby.

[karentan]

luckily i managed to get out of the 6am start, they managed to get someone else to cover it. so got some very much appreciated sleep!!

[jenny105]

Good!

I still haven't found out if I placed in the DCL trivia contest! Hurry up Disney! :rolleyes1

[karentan]

just realised this has been quiet for 10 days! how the hell did we let that happen?

i've had a really busy week at work, not been feeling too well either so really havent been in the mood to work either. was supposed to have friday off, got a call at 4pm and started work at 7, was supposed to be off yesterday too, then got asked to help re-lay the store, so started at 5pm yesterday and worked all the way through til 6am this morning. so am a bit tired today. managed to swap to have today and tomorrow off though, so enjoying a bit of peace and quiet, and hoping that they dont end up calling me to come back in again.
then only got wednesday to get through at work, then got a long weekend off, its garys birthday on friday plus its easter weekend (2 bank holidays! yay!), so we're off up to scotland to see his parents and have a weekend away. will be nice to have some time off, it seems like all i've been doing lately is working and sleep (and not enough of that either!)

did you hear back about the quiz jenny? did you win? i've only got 3 more questions left to go on the community board quiz on here, hope i do well, i think i've got all but 1 question right so far :)

[disney honeymooners]

well greg and i are back from our vacation :sad1::sad1: we didnt want to come back vacations never last long enough. So how has everyone been doing?
This month is gonna suck all three of the tags for our cars are due before greg birthday and 2 of them are almost $200 :eek::eek:

[karentan]

i know that feeling, my road tax was due this month, and 6 months cost me £105 :( i dont get paid til wednesday and i'm already broke!

where'd you go on holiday?

[jenny105]

Hey ladies. We've been busy at work so I haven't been DIS-ing much lately. I have no idea if I won or not. They're still tabulating the scores and I should know by the end of this month/early next month. I think I won something. I would have rather the grand prize but hey, I'll take anything Disney.

Hope you're feeling better, Karen!

[disney honeymooners]

Tennessee to see my aunt and uncle and we went to pigeon forge while we were there it was nice and it wasnt that cold while we were there we drove go carts and i ran full speed into a wall so my whole body hurt and i broke my pinky toe.

[karentan]

ouch! you ok lainey? hoe'd you manage that?

[jenny105]

Lainey, I remember you warning us you were accident prone, but ouch!! What happened?? Hope you're ok!

[jenny105]

I won a prize in the trivia contest! It's not a 4 night cruise but it's still nice :)

http://www.dcltriviachallenge.com/games/DCL_Game/images/GP_80-99Large.jpg

The top 200 scores got prizes. I ranked 99th. Not bad considering thousands of people signed up!

[karentan]

can you still walk?

[karentan]

congrats on winning a prize jenny, a cruise would have been a great prize, but that clock's pretty sweet too :)

[jenny105]

Thanks. Now I just need to find a place to put it. :)

[karentan]

if you cant find anywhere, i'd be more than happy to donate a section of my wall to it :rotfl:

[disney honeymooners]

yeah i can walk since i dont bend it that much when i walk I was trying to turn around my go cart and the girl next to me that had spun out hadn't turned her car all the way so it was either hit her or hit the wall and i chose the wall and my left foot was under the brake pedal so when i hit it broke my little toe. It is feeling better but still sore to bend. yeah i am accident prone but this was just plain sad :sad2: we got to eat at the rainforest cafe at Opry Mills in Nashville now greg wants to eat at the one either in DTD or AK

[karentan]

do both!

[jenny105]

Do Rainforest at AK and TRex at DTD! The people that own Rainforest own TRex. That place is loud but it's a lot of fun! And the food is pretty good!

There's nothing you can really do for a broken toe, is there?

And Karen, I'm keeping my clock lol.

[karentan]

darn! oh well worth a try :)

[karentan]

got 5 days off now!! and off up to glasgow for the weekend. really should go pack....
and i've just done the last question for the community board quiz on here, so hoping i win a prize too :) fingers crossed!

have a great weekend everyone and happy easter :)

[jenny105]

Good luck with the contest! Happy Easter, have a great weekend!

[jenny105]

No posts in 4 days?? :scared1: How was everyone's Easter?

[karentan]

sorry, havent had any internet access since thursday (apart from my phone, but its a pain in the butt to reply on the disboards on my phone).
had a great weekend though, was nice to get away for a few days, we went up to glasgow to see gary's parents, plus it was his birthday on friday so we were celebrating that too. i didnt know what to buy him, so i ended up booking for us to go sledging at a big indoor ski slope up there, then i booked him a session in one of those flotation tanks/sensory deprivation tanks, he's always wanted to try one.
we went to TGI fridays :):):):):):) i love that place! especially the bar!, did some pin trading at the disney store (got the last pin in a cast set i was looking for), and met up with a friend who used to live down here but moved up there a few years back.
so had a good weekend. how about you?

[m_kasch]

Hey Girls!! It's been a while. I can't remember the last time I posted here...:confused3

So, my next cruise is in a little over 3 weeks!! I'm so excited. The cruise thread is not NEARLY as exciting as this one was (and is), and our FE has only 5 cabins participating. Oh well, it's still fun!!

I passed the 3rd section of my CPA, so now I have only 1 part left!! I'm sitting for it on May 27th. Hopefully then I will be done!!

How is everyone else doing?? Baseball started today...didn't go so well for my team. :sad2: Oh well, it's only one game!! Talk to you all later!!

[jenny105]

We really lucked out with this cruise thread. We had awesome people all around! :thumbsup2

Karen, I've never met anyone who loves TGIFridays more than you! There's one within walking distance of my office. If you ever come visit, I know where to take you! :rotfl2: Tell Gary happy belated birthday for me!

My weekend was good but busy. I went to Dave and Buster's in NYC on Friday night for a friend's birthday and Saturday was filled with running errands. My family was over on Sunday and my nephews had me running around. Those boys tire me out!

Mary, congrats on passing another part of the CPA! It'll be all over soon, good luck on the final part! And so jealous you get to cruise soon! I've been dying to go again. Been toying with the idea of adding a 3 night cruise on before my WDW stay!

[m_kasch]

If you think Karen loves TGIFridays, you should meet my brother in law!! We eat there ALL the time. He gets on a kick with a place, that that's the only place we ever eat when the family goes out together. It's MUCH better than his latest kick Buffalo Wild Wings. I DO like BWW, but it gets a little old after the 4th time in a row!! :goodvibes

The weather here is awful today, they had baseball sized hail in some places!! Luckily, we seemed to miss most of it, but that is nuts!!

Do they ever have TA rates on the 3 day cruises?? Ours was only $299, so if they have a TA rate it's probably awesome!! We paid for a 12 but got a 9 this time!! Yay for GTY rates!! :wizard:

[jenny105]

I've never tried BWW. I'd probably love it cause I loooove buffalo wings!

Sorry about the bad weather. It's gorgeous here. Supposed to be near the 80s all week! 88 tomorrow I think! Crazy!

The TA rates for cruises are weird. You can't call for them more than 90 days out. I think they go based on how full the ship is. There's no set rate. And occasionally they come around with those $25/nt deals but it seems like the only ones being offered lately are the European cruises!

[jenny105]

Hey guys, I started a PTR for my Oct trip if you want to follow along. :) http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=36138614#post36138614

[karentan]

its a shame you cant book TA rates for other people, we really wanted one of those european cruises but the CM discounts ran out by the time i called :(

mary, congrats on the next part of your CPA. only one more to go!

we've had really nice weather here today too, not that i saw too much of it because i was working all day but it seemed nice! it was throwing it down with rain when we left scotland yesterday and got progressively sunnier the further south we got.

i'm not that obsessed with TGIs really, its just that i only ever get to go once, maybe twice a year so i look forward to it. believe it or not we've never actually had a proper meal there, the only food we've had are the bar sharing platters, we mainly go for the bar! now that makes us sound bad....... oh well who cares!

[jenny105]

It doesn't make you sound bad. We are the goombay smash girls remember? Though I never actually had one...

[karentan]

i tasted it, that was enough! i think the strength of it did me in, it was a LOT stronger than i thought!

[disney honeymooners]

Hey y'all sorry i havent been on in a while i finally have a day off after working 8 days in a straight so i am really tired and i have to start back to class today :sad2: so it isnt really a day off. Congrats Mary on being one step closer to being a CPA I know my mom is also proud of you since she is a CPA.

My toe is almost healed it still hurts but atleast its not black and blue, Karen when ever we go to TGIFridays all we eat are the appetizers kinda sad but we love em'
I had a great easter we had my little brothers birthday party the saturday before easter so that was our easter celebration since all of my family was there i ended up getting silly stringed from HEAD TO TOE thanks to my brother and my husband.
We did get lucky with this cruise board the one for our Dream cruise has 3 or for families on it so far including me and greg but we havent made it passed one page yet. However all of the ones involved thus far want to do FE gift exchange and meet on the ship so that should be cool. I doubt we will get lucky and find someone who we would want to share dinner with like all of yall. I miss you all and i will talk to you later i have got to get ready for class.

[m_kasch]

Hey Lainey!! Toe injuries stink -- I broke my toe at camp once from stubbing on the stairs too much. Very painful!!

While my cruise this month has a low turnout here -- the Dream Maiden Voyage, on the other hand, is nuts!! I'm doing the linked late dining, so that should be a project!! Right now i'm working on a list for the FE stuff too, so far we have over 100 cabins!! :scared1::scared1: There were 101 on the list, but some of the people on the list put down more than one cabin, so there's even more than that. How in the world do you do a FE with THAT many people?? I think we will have to split it up or something. I'd have to bring a ginormus suitcase just for the FE stuff!! LOL!!

BWW is good, and I like it...but they don't have a huge selection if you don't like wings. There is a chili's right next door do that, I said that next time we go out I am not going to BWW, we have to go to chili's or something else. I know my BIL likes it because they have the two most important things to him: Beer & Sports!! HA!!

[jenny105]

100 cabins!!! :scared1: I think you guys may have to end up splitting that up into groups. That is just way too much stuff to buy, make, and bring on board. Figures the MV would be full of DISers! :) I've been dying to go on a cruise. Maybe next year...

[Lilo's Mom]

Hello Ladies! Sorry I've been away so long, but I had reconstructive surgery on my elbow, and finally feel well enough to spend time typing. I completely destroyed the tendons that connect to my elbow in a fall I had while working at my part time job. I had surgery in March to get everything back to working the way it is supposed to. I am finally back at my full time job, and I get to start physical therapy next week. We leave for Disney in three weeks, so I want to be ready to grip the safety bar on Everest :happytv:!

How are you all doing?!

[jenny105]

Ouch! That sounds painful! I'm glad everything is ok now and getting back to normal for you. Welcome back to our thread :) We all need to plan another cruise together soon! And I'm jealous you get to go to Disney so soon!

I've been good, keeping myself busy with work and friends mostly. Work is starting to pick up a bit since the weather is starting to turn and the summer is not too far away. I need more Disney trips to plan for people though, I only have 3 upcoming. Last year I think I had about 5 people traveling the same week in August alone. Disney keeps me busy! :) I've been busy planning my own trip in October, of course. ;)

Still waiting for my clock, Karen. Maybe they'll send me two by accident! :rotfl:

[karentan]

i'm waiting for my prize for coming second in the quiz on here too!

well the other cruise is up to you guys, me and donna are both on the october 1st 2011 western caribbean cruise, you guys soooo need to come too :)

[jenny105]

Oct 1st huh? Hmmm...sounds like a birthday cruise for me may be in order...especially if they offer that 25/nt per person deal!

[karentan]

and you've got a year and a half to save up for it!!
it'd be freaking awesome if we could all cruise together again, especially as this is a 7 nighter, so we've got more time to relax!

[jenny105]

I may have to book this! That's the time I usually go to Disney anyway so it makes sense. Hmmmm...:scratchin

[karentan]

go for it, at least you can put the deposit down on it and if you change your mind you can get your deposit back (as long as you dont do it in the penalty period), that way you can lock in the cheaper rates :) at the mo its only $1725 for a cat 11c for 2 people. its a darn good way to celebrate your 29th birthday!

come on lainey and mary, you guys too :)

[karentan]

how's everyone's weekend been? i had to get up at 6am to drive my parents to the airport, they've gone back to spain now for the summer, they're not back til october now.
but the 6am start means that its now 9.37pm and i want to go to bed! plus the fact that i'm on a 2pm-11pm shift tomorrow (getting home about midnight), and due to me messing up my rota, i'm back at work at 6am the day after. if i'm lucky i'll get 4 and a half hours sleep :( so its a week of sleep deprivation ahead for me!

[jenny105]

I'll look into the cruise more once I've got this upcoming trip sorted out. I still have to get airfare and a ticket. I'm hoping they come out with the TA deal they had last year so I can add on dining too. That was a steal cause everything was 50% off!

How do they do that to you with scheduling?? That doesn't seem fair at all!

[karentan]

its my own mistake, one of the CMs asked if i would swap shifts with them, i said yes without looking at my rota first, thought i finished at 6pm yesterday, but then realised i was on the close.
actually wasnt as bad as i thought, i'm surprisingly awake considering.....

[jenny105]

That usually happens with me too. When I think I'll get no sleep and be dragging, I somehow feel ok. Go figure.

[karentan]

yay i've got 2 days off! gotts take my car back to the garage tomorrow which is going to be a huge pain in the ***. it went in last week to get its brakes changed, and now there's a wierd noise and the brakes are still squeaking. :(
unfortunately it means i dont get a lie in, and have to either wait around all day for my car, or walk back into town (about 2 and a half miles) then get the bus back. either way its a pain. oh well.

[karentan]

gary went up to glasgow tuesday for a funeral yesterday, and was due to fly back this morning. not sure if you guys have heard yet but there's a volcano in iceland thats erupted, and the ash cloud is blowing this way, the whole of the UK airspace is closed right now. so he's stuck in glasgow.
so just me and the dog for the next few days til he can get back!

[jenny105]

Getting car work done is a pain. I need new front tires (badly) and I keep putting it off. I'm off next Monday so I need to get that done, plus an oil change. I think I'll throw in a haircut too because my hair is seriously getting on my nerves. Too long!

I didn't hear about the volcano. That's crazy! I didn't even know there were volcanoes on Iceland.

[karentan]

pretty much all of north west europe's airspace is closed. for the UK, the originally said it'd be closed from 12pm-6pm today, it then got moved back to midnight, and now its 7am tomorrow. garys going to get a coach back tomorrow night, but he's still got to get to the airport to go pick his car back up too. i dont think this is going to go away soon.

but i'm enjoying a day off and just chilling out :)

[jenny105]

Why do I feel like Gary is always getting stuck somewhere? :rotfl:

[karentan]

because he is!
if he's not stuck in a snow drift, he's stranded at the airport. you would have thought after all that he'd just give up travelling!

[jenny105]

I hope you guys never get stuck somewhere when traveling to Disney! :scared1:

[karentan]

there's going to be a load of people from the USA that will be flying to europe in the next week or so for the first of the DCL med cruises. not sure if all of them will make it :(

has anyone seen donna's facebook? so sad, hope they're ok.

[jenny105]

No, what happened??

[karentan]

i dont want to post too much about it out of respect, but as most of us have her on our FB, i'll re-post her status

Hold the people you love tight, don't let a single day go by without telling them just how much they mean to you, because they can be gone in a heartbeat. Fate took my Bob away from me today. My heart is broken beyond repair, it feels like the other half of me was ripped away.

although we didnt spend too much time with them on the cruise, from the little i did, he seemed a really lovely guy. thoughts are with donna and kelly and the family

[jenny105]

I can't log on to facebook at work so I didn't see it. Oh my god. I'm so sorry to hear that. That's terrible. I didn't get to meet them on the cruise but from talking with her on DIS, they all seemed like such nice people. :(

[karentan]

well gary's finally managed to get home, 48 hours or so after he was due home. he gave up waiting for a flight and got the bus back, which seems to have been the best idea, as airspace is closed til at least 1pm tomorrow, and will probably be later than that (they originally said it would only be closed for 6 hours, opening thursday at 6pm). a load of airlines have cancelled all flights til at least monday morning
a few people from the UK disboards are stuck in orlando at the mo and dont know when they'll get home. oh well, if i was going to get stuck anywhere, thats a pretty good place!

[jenny105]

Glad Gary got home ok. One of the women in another AAA office is stuck in Germany at the moment. They told her hopefully she'll be home by Friday! Luckily she has family there so at least she has a place to stay. I wouldn't mind being stuck in Orlando. I would've went right back to Disney lol.

[karentan]

and apparently seaworld are offering free entry to stranded passengers!
one of the women at work is stuck in portugal at the mo, and DCL have officially issued a statement about it, as the first of the med cruises is due to sail in 4 days!

[jenny105]

Then I would be spending all my time at Sea World! :rotfl: It's cleared up a bit hasn't it? I heard some of the airports have re-opened.

[karentan]

apparently disney have jumped on the bandwagon too and offered free entry. supposedly the airspace is due to reopen soon, so fingers crossed people will be able to make it home soon.

ooh, had to share, i won 20 disney pins on ebay for $7.90!!!!!!!! shame that any airmail will take ages because of this darn volcano!

[jenny105]

Yeah, I saw that announcement earlier. I think it said it was only for today and tomorrow. Still, that's great. I don't think I would mind being stuck in FL.

Awesome! I never got into pin trading. I have one Disney pin and thats from completing the travel agent program. I have TONS of Universal pins because when I went on the fam last year, they gave you a pin for every question you answered correctly. I have about 15 or 20 plus a jacket I won. :rotfl2:

[karentan]

cool! you must have loads of cool stuff from winning quizzes and stuff. i'm going to try and go through as much of the disney store training as poss, because normally, for every one you do, you get another pin.

[jenny105]

We had to take something called the Disney College of Knowledge. We got a pin and graduation cap mickey ears!

[karentan]

jealous! i want a hat! when i get asked to do it (a lot of people are being asked at the mo) i'm going to do the disney ambassador training.

need to stop looking at pins..... i've bid on a lot of 50 after just buying 20.

[jenny105]

Someone's addicted! :rotfl:

[karentan]

you think???!!

seriously, only just a little bit :)

[jenny105]

There's nothing wrong with that! ;) Kris though I was nuts because I was looking up tips on how to score extra points on buzz lightyear. :rotfl2: I was like "I have to beat all of you guys! Half of you have never been there before!"

[karentan]

you kicked our butts! then again i suck at that game so its not hard. a monkey could probably kick my butt at that game!

i dont think i'll win the second lot i've bid on, but then again i didnt think i'd win the first lot for the price i did! $0.39 per pin (plus shipping), not too shabby indeed!

[jenny105]

Buzz Lightyear is pure luck. There are times when I get 800k on that ride and the next time I can't even break 100k. TSM requires skill. Buzz is just point and shoot and hope you hit something! :rotfl:

[karentan]

plus it doesnt help when gary keeps spinning the damn car around just as i manage to line up a shot!!
saw your facebook, hope you're feeling better :)

[karentan]

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO fricking excited right now, Penn and Teller are coming to the UK, and i've just bought a ticket!!

15th July, yeah!!!!!!

[jenny105]

Not feeling great but better than the past couple days. My fever finally broke. I'm back at work because I think I've used up most of my sick time! If I feel worse later, I'll leave.

[karentan]

hope you feel better.

i've just had a huge argument with one of my college friends and am now 2 "friends" lighter. i feel surprisingly ok with it :) i dont need people like that in my life.

[jenny105]

Thanks. I'm feeling a little bit better. Just have a cough I can't seem to get rid of.

What happened?

[karentan]

started off with them bugging me about donating to a charity thing, i'd said that i was going to give them money at the end of the month when i got paid, then they started with the snide remarks about if i could afford the ticket to a show then i can afford to give them money. i didnt think that i needed to justify my spending to anyone, and one of them especially (she didnt speak to me for 5 years because she blamed me for her getting pregnant and needing an abortion).
it then ended up with me getting a load of stuff of my chest that's been there for about 9 years, which they didnt like so dont want to know me anymore. oh well, their loss, if they're going to be like that, they're not friends i want around anyway.

waiting for gary to finish getting changed then we're off to london to see Jeff Dunham!!!!!!!!!!! soooooo excited to see this show! i love his comedy central specials!

[jenny105]

That's so rude! They have no right to say anything about what you spend your money on. No one does! And how is it anybody else's fault if you get pregnant? What's the logic on that one? :confused3 You're better off without that person!

Have fun at the show! He's the guy with the puppets right?

[karentan]

i was getting really wound up about it on friday, but now i've decided i'm better off without those 3 in my life. their loss.

jeff dunham was SOOOOOOOOOOO good! yeah, he's the one with the puppets, achmed the dead terrorist was great, and i just love peanut and walter. and jose.... on a steeeek!

[karentan]

i know its a bit cheeky, but is there any chance one of you guys could do me a favour?
i wanted to get a jeff dunham tshirt yesterday but they'd run out of the one i wanted. i can get them off his website, but for a $30 shirt, they want $31 to ship it to the UK. but its only $6 to ship to the states. is there any chance i could send it to one of you guys, then give you some money to send it over to here?

[jenny105]

The post before this last one was gibberish to me! :rotfl2:

[karentan]

lainey knows who he is!

hows everyone's weekend been? we had a great one, LOVED jeff dunham, then sunday we drove up to silverstone race track because gary had bought me one of those driving experience thingys. got to drive a lambourghini gallardo, i think i got it to at least 120mph! it was good fun but way too short.i was just getting into it when i had to go back :(

[jenny105]

My weekend was good, considering I was sick all of last week! I had to work on Saturday but I went to Kris's afterward and on Sunday we went to Palisades Mall. It's huge, like 4 levels. They even have an ice skating rink! We had lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings, played in the arcade at Dave and Busters, and saw Oceans. It was nice to finally be out of the house!!

[karentan]

sounds like fun!
we had a great weekend and it was a bummer to have to go back to work yesterday :(

[jenny105]

Work always gets in the way of a good time!

Ugh. I just found out my SIL's mom is in the hospital. She had surgery and was due to come home today and now she's in ICU because she has a bloodclot in her lung. They're doing everything they can but if it moves...well, that's just not good. Keep her in your thoughts guys, thanks.

[karentan]

hope she gets better soon :hug:

[jenny105]

Thanks Karen.

[jenny105]

Soooooo...any plans for the weekend?

[karentan]

i'm working most of it. have been off work today, working tomorrow, off sunday and working monday. but monday is a bank holiday so its double pay :) so i dont mind doing it :rotfl:

how's your SIL's mum?

[jenny105]

I have tomorrow and Sunday off and it's supposed to be beautiful out. So my friend and I are heading to an outdoor bar tomorrow (they serve awesome sangria!) and on Sunday I'm supposed to have a family get together but I'm not sure what's going on with that.

Peggy (my SIL's mom) had another surgery to fix some of the complications. She's stable but not out of the woods yet.

[karentan]

so hows the sangria?!!
work was good tonight, busier than it has been recently so it made the time go quicker, but meant the store was a lot messier than it normally is, but we left not much after what time we should have done.
day off tomorrow, only thing we've got planned is to wash the cars (boring but necessary, my car is supposed to be white, it not at the mo) and i've gotta go drop my cell phone off to be repaired. its annoying the hell out of me at the mo.
working monday, its a bank holiday :( but its double pay :)

[jenny105]

The sangria was awesome! My friend and I split a pitcher and they didn't overload it with ice so it was about 4 glasses each. Yum! That was the first time I'd had dinner there too, their food is really good. Lots of seafood naturally. I had lobster bisque. YUM!

I need to get my carwashed. It's been a long time since the last one. It realllllly needs to be vacuumed!

[karentan]

i hoovered mine recently but just cant be bothered washing it!

garys getting WDW withdrawl, he's looking at cheap flights. it all started with him saying "we can fly out on thursday for £200"....

[jenny105]

:lmao: When, when? October?? :thumbsup2

[karentan]

this thursday!!
but that idea is now out the window.
i desperately need to find out tomorrow if i can get a week off work at the beginning of june, 5th to the 12th.
DCL is doing a 7 night barcelona to dover repo cruise. its showing on the DCL site as $1666 for a cat 12, cast discount $644 :scared1: :rotfl: hell yeah! all over that deal if i can the time off"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jenny105]

THIS Thursday??? :lmao: Oh Gary.

That's an awesome discount! That's actually one of the cruises being offered for that $25/nt deal I'm always talking about! Hope you can get the time off!

[karentan]

so do i!! its going to kill me if i cant get the time off! guessing you have to prove that you're a TA to get that price?!..... ;)

[jenny105]

Yes, you always have to fax in your IATA card. It's a photo id that proves your a TA. Disney always wants it within 48 hours, even if it's just a hold!

[karentan]

lol, was just wondering!
my manager wasnt in today, she was supposed to be but she was off on compassionate leave (her mum died last week) so i couldnt get my holiday approved. one of the senior cast members had a look and said that she doesnt see it being a problem, but i need to get it approved for definate. darn it!

[jenny105]

I hope you get it! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!

[karentan]

GOT IT!!!!!!!!!

booked on the 5th june magic repo cruise! exactly one month!

[jenny105]

AWESOME! :woohoo::banana: If the flights weren't crazy expensive from the US, I'd join you since it's a $25 deal! :rotfl:

[karentan]

now that you've said that, the guy on the phone said that the actual fare was $175, which does work out as $25 per person per day. neat deal!
annoying thing is that the flights from here to barcelona one way cost almost as much as the whole cruise!

[jenny105]

Airfare always works out to be that way! :sad2: I want to go to Disneyland and the package isn't bad until you add airfare and it tacks on almost an extra $1000 for two people!! :scared1:

Are we almost at the end of this thread? Don't they only go up to 250 pages?

[karentan]

yeah, we kinda need to swap threads soon! :rolleyes:

we were originally looking at a week in WDW, found a good deal, £300 for each of us for hotel and flights, but the park tickets added £230 to that!

its been one of those sucky days at work, had a really bad headache, and got a long string of really rude and ignorant guests. luckily it got better after that though, and back home relaxing now. start work at 6am though :(

[jenny105]

Park tickets are always the killer. People are shocked when I tell them the prices of Disney tickets. This ain't your local rinky dink amusement park people!

6am???

[karentan]

yeah, gotta get up at 4.45 :( going to try and go to bed soon. i'm really tired so hoping i can get to sleep early

[jenny105]

Ugh. Why so early? What time does that store open??

[karentan]

we open at 10, but there's always a shift in from 6am to put the delivery away, stock up, and clean. really should leave now or i'm going to be late! :rolleyes1:

[karentan]

i've just ordered the stuff for the FE exchange on the repo cruise in a month, i dont have enough time to make anything so was going for something cheap(ish) and light, because we've got limited luggage allowance.
so i've ordered 40 pins off ebay, and 20 lanyards. i'm going to put 2 pins on each lanyard and give them out as starter pin trading kits. what do you think?

[jenny105]

That's a cute idea, I think people will love it! I'm guessing you joined a thread for that cruise already? :)

[karentan]

yeah i'm over on that one too, but its no way near as fun and active as this one was :(
but it'll still be fun, i hope people like my gift, i only bought cheap lanyards though, as the way i see it is that most of the people will either get the castaway club lanyard or buy their own anyway, its just more of a token lanyard!

[jenny105]

I think we lucked out with this thread. We were a chatty bunch and everybody was so much fun. Though we seem to be the only two still active on it! :rotfl:

[karentan]

we're hardcore! not like these other lightweights!! ;) :rotfl:

[karentan]

right, we're on page 250, so time for a new thread:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=36599784#post36599784

can we all move over there?

[jilljill]

Closing this thread since you have started a new one.