4/26/03 ....who is going?

[Jillie]

We are booked on the 4/26/03 Western and wonder who will be with us? We are a family of 4....me, dh, dd14 and dd11. We are going with 4 other families, who, like us cannot wait. Three of us families did the Eastern this year and had a great time. So, who is going????

[softfluff]

We are going. Our party includes DH, myself, DD 4 and my sister 37 will be joining us.

[saturday97]

We are!!! Me, DH, DS 5, and possibly my mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and some other friends. I'm soooo excited!!!:Pinkbounc

[rcostello1]

my partner and I are going on 4/26/03...maybe by then we'll have added more to our party :) last year mom, dad, and sis came too!

[beschultz]

:p
We are going on that cruise too - have had it booked since February and I can't believe we are now "only" 283 days from getting on board. It will be DH, DD6, DD5 and me!

Glad to hear that there are more of us "DIS"ers going!

Beth

[plutospup]

We did the Eastern (Fire Cruise) this year, and are looking forward to next year's Western. DW, DD5, and me...Can't wait!

[Noris]

We'll be there with our DS4 as well as another couple, traveling with us, with their DD4. Our first Disney Cruise :bounce:

[Tiggeriffic]

Myself, DW, DS10, and DD6 will all be going on this as our first cruise. I'm definitely looking forward to it. I'm not so sure about my wife, but the kids wanted to go, so we're going!!!

[beschultz]

:Pinkbounc

It looks like the Club will be busy with 4-6 year olds that week!!

Beth

[Jillie]

Come on....there must be more of us going on the 4/26/03 Western cruise! Let us know..

[PennyNH]

Hi!
We will be joining you all on the 4/26/03 cruise. This will be our second cruise....last went on the Eastern cruise of 4/2001.

My hubby and I will be traveling with our 14 yo (will turn 15 3 weeks before the cruise) daughter and friends that will be bringing their daughters approx. ages 13 and 16.

Glad you've started this roll call list!

Penny in NH

[angelaj]

It'll be me (37), my sister (35) and brother-in-law (29). Our first cruise ever! We'll have our lime green ribbons on. Can't wait!

[Jillie]

PennyNH

We have 5 families going from Nashua with 6 girls between the ages of 12 and 15, 2 girls aged 9 and 11, and one boy aged 15. Maybe they will all meet up in Common Grounds.

[angelaj]

How many of you booked through Dreams Unlimited? Maybe there'll be enough that we'll all get the welcome aboard basket!

[PennyNH]

Hey that's great. I'm sure they'll all meet up. Nicole came home with so many new friends from the last cruise that it's hard to keep track of them! The girls really loved the teen program last time even though they were on the much younger side of it. Our friends are from Merrimack, so NH will be well represented! <smile>

Do you know if any of the teens will be doing any of the teen excursions? We didn't last time, but she is tempted to this time.

Penny

[Jillie]

Penny

I think some of the teens were thinking of the teen catamaran cruise in Cozumel. On our last ruise this past April our kids did not do any teen excursions....they were pretty content to just hang with us old folks!!

[plutospup]

We made our airline reservations yesterday! We used our free travel vouchers (We were bumped on a flight earlier this year). I was surprised how far ahead FF or "free" seats are booked! Fortunately, the agent was creative and got us to and from MCO on the dates we wanted. ...Only 9 more months!

[beschultz]

We are still deciding whether we will fly or drive down. The main consideration is pulling the kids from school for the extra days required to drive. I would want to take a day or two each way!

We are flying to St. Louis for Thanksgiving and I am hoping we will all be bumped on the return flight. It leaves at 6pm from St. Louis to our connection in Atlanta on the Sunday after Thanksgiving! I was shocked when I found out that Priceline had gotten us tickets leaving then. I keep hoping!

Beth

[Jillie]

Has anyone thought about the excursions they plan on doing? Personally, I would be pretty happy to spent most of my time on the ship.....although we do have a few excursions in mind.

The jet skiing in Key West sounds like fun as does the Stingray City tour in Grand Cayman. i am not sure my daughters are too excited about the stingrays though.

[stiebermom]

:p :p
Count us in too! Me (turning 40 on April 27), dh, and dd (7) and dd (3). See everyone there!

[disneylandfamily]

We'll be there too on the 4/26/2003 Western! It will be me, DH, DD (13), DD (11) and DS (8). We have done 2 other disney cruises. We did the 4 day in 1998 and the 7 day Eastern in 2001. We can't wait. (I say we....but we are suprising the kids with this one!!!). Can't wait to see you all there.

[Jillie]

Ok...with only 255 days until we cruise (is it really that long?) there must be more than 20 of us going. Let us know so we can all get excited about our "Magical Cruise" together!!!

[beschultz]

Has anyone thought about the excursions they plan on doing?

Our thoughts are going towards spending those port hours lounging by the pool on board!! I guess we will HAVE to set foot on each dock at least - to say we were there!! ;)

I think we may try to see the turtle farm and perhaps do a tram or something in Key West. But I think we will wait to make any decisions until we can see what the weather is going to be at each port!

Beth

[beschultz]

:jester: My Mom called today to let me know that she has sent dresses for the girls to wear for formal night! I had mailed her a pattern for Belle, Cinderella and Snow White dresses! She sounds like she had a ball finding material and sewing them. I can't wait to see them!

Of course, now that she has had a "dry run" she saw improvements she can make "next time!":D She is ready to try again! She's 85 years old! WOW, I hope I have half her energy when I reach 50!!

Beth:crazy: :crazy:

[Jillie]

Beth....I will be looking for you and your girls in their dresses on formal night. The dresses sound adorable as I am sure your girls are. You are so lucky to still have such an active and involved mom. I lost my mom last year when she was only 64yo....so saddens me to know my two girls did not have much time with her.
I would be very content to stay on board the ship in port....just love the quiet time.

[plutospup]

What a great idea for formal night! Just last night we bought a "Belle" dress for DD4 (Christmas shopping has begun!). I believe DW also bought the white gloves for her, too!

Excursions: Hmmm. Last year we really didn't do any excursions, except a trip to Magens Bay on our own. Does anyone have any suggestions that would include DD5?

Right now it's so hot in the Northeast that all I can think about is a cool, refreshing "Konk Cooler"!:cool:

[Jillie]

Sounds like your little "Belle" will be adorable, especially with her gloves! Sometimes wish my DD14 and DD11 were still little and could/would wear those cute little costumes.

Think a Konk Kooler sounds perfect right about now...the Northeast is like a sauna right now!

[beschultz]

;) Hey Jillie, Maybe you could get them to dress up as Sully and Mike from Monsters, Inc. There are some great adult costumes!!

And you are so right about the heat wave - I am ready for a couple of feet of snow about now!

Beth

[johnf]

Count us in too!

We were also on the Magic Fire Cruise this past March 9th with Pluto's Pup. Myself (DH 41), DW (36) and DS (6) will be there ready to party hard!

Anyone else besides Pluto's Pup on the Fire Cruise too?


Johnf
Palm Harbor, FL
:smooth:

[wenabre]

Hi Everyone !!

We will also be on the 26/4/03 Magic Cruise. We, includes myself and my Mother, my DD age 18 and my DBM ( Daughter by marriage) age29. My DBM has only been once to Disneyland when she was 6 so this will be her first time at WDW and the Cruise and she is already so excited. We did the last Disney cruise in April this year and we held a DIS meet on the Sunday afternoon and had a great time getting to know people. It was very nice after the meet to be able to wave and talk to people you met, later on during the week.
Hope to meet some of you on board!:D
Wenabre

[plutospup]

Only 8 months from today we'll be on our way!:smooth:

johnf...Did you book another veranda cabin? We booked the same cabin as last time 6512 (cat 8/porthole).

[Jillie]

Okay....we are at 223 days and counting....who else is going?? I was watching "A Wedding Story" yesterday and a couple was on another cruise line but when they were in port you could see the Magic right next to it! That got me wishing I was on board right now!

[johnf]

Pluto's Pup,

Yes...We booked the same cabin as last time - 6600. After the last cruise, we would NEVER book again without the verandah. We all really loved having coffee and early breakfast out there before going to the REAL breakfast.

The one down side to this trip is that we already know the ship, and what goes on. It won't be as new and exciting. At least it will be all new ports, DS 6 will be a year older (and hopefully better behaved and more excited about the kid's club).

We are all looking forward to it! This time though, we are planning on doing Discovery Cove the day before in Orlando so that we can REALLY be in the mood!

Can't wait!

Johnf
Palm Harbor, FL

:smooth:

[plutospup]

Before you know it we'll be on the high seas!:smooth:

[Jillie]

I cannot wait until we are under 200 days....I am really looking forward to this cruise!! We were not able to book the same cabin as last year so we are in 8052 this time. I hope it is as great as 8558 was last year.

[Jillie]

Come on people....we are now under 200 days (197 to be exact) until we leave on our "MAGICAL" vacation and I know there must be more of us out there...so let us know who you are, where you are from, etc.

[Jillie]

We are getting buried way back in the posts. Lets get some excitement going here...we are only 178 days from sailing off on our "MAGICAL" adventure!! Is there anyone else going with us? Let us know who you are!!

[saturday97]

I already posted, but I'll contribute to drumming up some excitement!! We now have some friends joining us as well. I can't wait for this cruise, it's a dream come true!:Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc

[plutospup]

As I watch our first snowfall of the season, I can dream of a warm sandy beach, plenty of sunshine, and a Konk Cooler by my side. ...and it will come true in less than 6 months!

[ncmvp]

We'll be joining you on the 4/26/03 western. It will be Me, DH, DD 15, DS 13, DB and DSIL. My DB and DSIL just got back last week from a Disney Land and Sea Honeymoon. We were on the Magic November 2001 for the Eastern. We are all so excited. Can't wait, I don't know what I would do if I could not get my Disney fix everyday on the dis boards.

[softfluff]

Our party has increased. We will now have 5 adults. A four year girl and a 3 year old boy.

We are all really exicted. I am thinking of booking Captian Marvin's privately for stingray city. My daughter really wants to go.

[Jillie]

Glad to see some more posts about our cruise. NCMVP....glad to hear you are joining us! This should be a great cruise. The group we are traveling with from NH has grown to 6 families with a total of 12 adults and 12 kids. We are all really looking forward to this. Lets keep posting!!

[plutospup]

...Do you know where we'll be in LESS THAN 6 Months??? This will be our gift for making it through the cold, gray winter.

Jillie: We're now under the 150 day mark! I remember when you couldn't wait until it was only 200 days.

Anyone else with us?

[stiebermom]

We are going too and are very excited...I can't believe it is almost here. December will fly by due to the holidays and then it will be only 4 months. My family includes my dh, dd (7), and dd (3). DD7 is really looking forward to the club, and we are hoping DD3 will be for at least 4 hours so dh and I can snorkle together on Key West.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

:bounce: :Pinkbounc :wave:

[Jillie]

Plutospup: You are right about that...now less than 150 days and counting. Our group of 6 families is getting together tonight to look at our videos from last Aprils Magic cruise to show the 3 new families just what it is all about. I am sure this will get everyone even more excited to go.

[plutospup]

I'm dreaming of ........our WESTERN CRUISE! ...in only 4 months! Our "white Christmas" today was nice, but I'm very much looking forward to warm, sunny weather. I hope everyone had a nice holiday.

[Jillie]

You are right, plutospup, I just realized 4 months fromnow we will be on that great ship. I cannot wait after we just got dumped with about 20 inches of snow yesterdAY! Has anyone started thinking about their excursions?

[stiebermom]

I have been thinking a lot about excursions. I would like to snorkel in Key West, snorkel in Grand Cayman, snorkel in Cozumel, and snorkel at Castaway Cay!! Can you tell I love to snorkel??

More specifically, I have been considering renting a car in both Cozumel and Grand Cayman and doing some exploring on our own. Alternatives include a trip to San Gervasio and Chankaab Park from Shoretrips.com in Cozumel and just taking a taxi to Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman.

We have nothing definite yet, but I am always planning, planning, planning.

Any ideas?:Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc

[Jillie]

When we went last year their were 3 families with 12 of us altogether and we did our excursions all together. This trip we will be 6 families with 24 of us so I do not think we will all do the same excursions.
We are thinking of Stingray City in Grand Cayman, the Jeep Safari in Cozumel and maybe renting jet skis in Key West. Whatever we do I know it will be a blast!

[Jillie]

bump

we keep getting lost!!

[plutospup]

Jillie...We're lost in all of this snow! I'm forced to use my "Island Mango" air freshener in my car to remind me of our reward for making it through this snowy winter! Before you know it we'll be on the high seas where it's warm and sunny!

[saturday97]

I shouldn't complain but we've had enough rain here in Arizona to make me reeeeeally wish April would hurry up and get here!! I'm so excited!!!

[Jillie]

We, too, continue to get buried in snow and are expecting more the next three days in a row! Oh, what i wouldn't give to be sitting at the quiet cove pool with a "drink of the day" right now!

[Jillie]

WooHoo!!!! We are now at 100 days from our MAGICal cruise!! I cannot wait...we are having a SuperBowl Party on the 26th for the six families we are traveling with on this cruise. It will be 3 months from that day so figured it was a good time to start getting the 3 new cruising families more into what actually goes on during the cruise.
We are going to try to figure out our excursions, what to do the day prior to sailing as we are all flying in to MCO a day early. Last year we spent the day at the Magic Kingdom..not sure what to do this year??
Has anyone started shopping for their cruise yet?:bounce:

[beschultz]

:Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce:

My birthday was Monday and my husband surprised me with a check to pay off the cruise!! I just need to be able to get to the bank and deposit it!

We have had about 8 inches of snow in the last 3 hours and it doesn't look like it will end soon. :eek:

What a great way to celebrate the 100 day countdown!

WE'RE REALLY GOING! I can't believe it! :wave: See you at the Port!

Beth

3:30 pm snow total - 28 inches and they have predicted 24 more before it ends!!

[angelaj]

I've already got my dress for formal and semi-formal nights. I bought it for my company Christmas party, but it's short sleeved, so I'm planning to wear it on the cruise. And it was only $30 at Ross!

We booked this cruise in January 2002 - I can't believe a whole year has gone by! April 26 will be here before we know it! Woo hoo!

[plutospup]

Three months from today we'll be on our way!!!!

Jillie: Have a great time with your Super Bowl Party. (It would have been better with the Phila. Eagles...grrrrrr...grumble, grumble)

[johnf]

Sorry about your Eagles Plutospup....Heh heh heh.
Let's go BUCS!!!!

We can't wait until our cruise! We recently slummed and took Norwegian Cruise Lines "Norwegian Sea" from Miami to Key West and Nassau on 1/2. LOVE the freestyle cruising part, but other than that, it was pretty third rate. Tiny cabin, HORRIBLE kid's program, mediocre food, and terrible room service food. The only good thing was that we got to go to Key West, do the train/trolley tour and get a feeling for what to do on our Disney cruise. Weather was terrible (cold and windy) and since there was NO kid's program in port, we were very limited in what we could do with our DS 6.

3 months to go!!!!!

Johnf
Tampa Bay, FL (the BEST place to live anywhere!)
GO BUCS!!!:cool:

[plutospup]

What do you suggest seeing/doing with a 5 yr old in Key West?

BTW, after the Bucs spanked the Eagles last week, I certainly wouldn't bet against Tampa Bay today!

[saturday97]

Plutospup, we have a DS5 and for Key West, we are just going to walk around, maybe do the conch train tour. We are just winging it in Key West but will probably do excursions in the other prots.

[wenabre]

Up till now I have looking forward to the cruise but not too excited as I was facing some surgery, but ...NOW...that its over, and I am on the mend I can focus my energies on our trip to WDW and our cruise. We were at the Disney store today and picked up some pins on sale which we will use to teach my DD ( the 29 yr old) the art of pin trading. As it is her first trip to both WDW and the cruise, its going to be some much fun seeing it all new again through her eyes.:Pinkbounc
By the way, anyone bringing pins to the meet on the ship? Hope to see you there!:D

[Dragon Lady]

Hi all !!

I am Wenabre's DD (the 29 year old...no .. 30 can't be just around the corner... please stop the aging process....). I have been reading the DIS board with much excitement, as this will be my first trip to WDW and on a Disney Cruise. I can just hear me now - "Whoo Hoo... look there's Mickey.... hey, how much shrimp can I eat ..... where's the pool.... cool... look at all the chocolate.... fine, the diet starts again when I get back home ... i didn't know you could do that with a towel ..." and then in typical fashion, I'll crash just like a seven year old. :bounce:

Looking forward to meeting everyone on the ship. :sunny:

Does anyone else have trouble deciding what outfits to bring for formal and semi-formal? I have about 7 different outfits in my head and knowing me ... I'll try to bring all of them!! :crazy:

Can't wait to go,
D.

[Dragon Lady]

Bump:bounce: :Pinkbounc

[Jillie]

Hi Dragon Lady....I don't have too much trouble deciding what to bring as I like to be pretty casual. Even on formal night i wore a long skirt and knit top or a long sundress. I way overpacked for our last cruise and will try to do better this time (yeah right!!).

[angelaj]

Hi Dragonlady! I understand your excitement. This will be my first cruise ever. I'm so excited, but a little bit nervous. Will you be at the DIS meet? It's at 2:00 on Monday in the Promenade Lounge on Deck 3 next to the Internet computers. Those of us who are pin traders are going to bring our pins. We're also going to bring postcards from our home city to trade with everyone. Hope you'll be there. I can't wait to meet some fellow DIS'ers!

ONLY 74 MORE DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :Pinkbounc

[wenabre]

Welcome to the Boards, my Dragon Lady DD.....
in answer to your questions:
1) don't worry about packing too much, your Sister always does!!
2) don't worry about eating too many chocolate desserts, you can get up real early and come swimming with me.
3) yes, you can do that with a towel.....but you can't do that with a towel to your Sister...
4) all discussions about 'clothes sharing' with you Sister will be discussed out on the verandah, with the door shut!!!!!
5) there will be no crashing like a seven year old, I already have you Nana to deal with when it comes to Super Snoozes!!

Your Loving DM :D

[Dragon Lady]

In Response.....

1. Well apparently now I'll have to pack even more now that my sis will be pilfering by suitcase. I wonder if you can get an electric shocker for a suitcase, set to cattle prod strength.

2. Is the pool set to bath temperature? Cause you know what us girls are like, we completely admit to being cold water wimps, unless of course there are dolphins, manatees or other cool animals and fishes (speaking of which, the snails in my fish tank had babies yesterday).

3. Ahhhh come on, a welt or two won't deter from her cuteness.

4. Are you sure we should be on the veranda, it's pretty high up from the water if the "discussions" get heated. Maybe the bathroom would be safer....

5. Okay, caffeine will be my friend.

Found two need wraps (shawls) at Walmart the other day for $7, one for the day (matches the bikini) and the burgandy one for the evening, matches my long black dress.

Also, saw a really pretty light blue short length dress the other day that I am debating over, but will likely wait till I go to Calgary in March to do any pre-trip shopping.


Love ya both,
D.

[angelaj]

Wenabre - I just sent you a PM!

[wenabre]

Hi Angelaj, there is an email on its way to you....
and
Hi Disneylandfamily, there is a pm for you......

Hope to hear from you both soon !!

Wenabre

[Dragon Lady]

bump.....

for those who haven't seen the pin trade and dis meet discussion from the other April 26 thread.... Tap & Dap have set up a dis meet and greet with pin trading and a post card swap on board.

Monday April 28 (first sea day)
2:00
Promenade Lounge, Deck 3, next to the computer terminals.

I just did a rough addition of the two threads, and it looks like we have 63 adults and 34 kidlets or teenagers coming from the boards!!!! WOW

Looking forward to meeting everyone there. :Pinkbounc

DL

[angelaj]

Hi Dragon Lady! I'm so excited that we're going to be tablemates for dinner. I'm looking forward to meeting you and the rest of your family. Did your mom tell you she and I are going to have a talented toes contest? Ha ha! We're going to be right down the hall from you in cabin 8042, so if you and your sister have a big argument and end up using those towels on each other, you can seek refuge with us for a while!

Only 61 days to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Angela Johnson

[Dragon Lady]

Hi there,

I got a phone call yesterday about our new and multi-talented table mates. Sounds like it will be alot of fun!! The thought of picking stuff up with toes makes me cringe, I am envisioning toe cramps. Picking up stuff with my toes is not one of my strengths, but I do have lots of crazy toe socks, so i'll bring a few pairs of those to the toe party!

Looking forward to meeting you all, and Kaighley and I don't usually fight (we live so far apart), our "bickering" consists of good natured sarcastic "burns".

I ended up buying the light blue dress that I was admiring up here in the North, and Kaighley will be happy because it's a 5/6 so it will fit her as well.

Only two more months.....

Talk to you soon.
Danielle

[Katdb]

Wait a minute here.... how come DragonLady (note the name) is being offed (oops, freudian slip hee hee) I mean offered refuge whilst I, the sweet, kind younger sibling am being overlooked???
Might I also add that it was DragonLady who first came up with the towel threat???? But then again, if she has to run for refuge, she won't have time to pack and I will get free reign of her clothes!!!!! :) :bounce: I think I am beginning to like this idea..... TOWEL FIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:jester:

On another note, I can't wait for the cruise and meeting our tablemates... I may not excel at talented toes contests... but I am sure I can excel at a chocolate eating contest.

[angelaj]

Kaighley, you crack me up! You sound just like my younger sister! You and Susan should get along great! Danielle, we older sisters have to stick together and show the young'uns how to treat us with respect. And if you do have to run to our cabin for refuge, be sure to bring your suitcase with you so that the "sweet, kind, younger" one won't pillage your wardrobe! If she tries to come after you, I'll protect you with my warrior toes.

As for the suggested chocolate eating contest, I'll be there wearing my elastic waist pants with no belt (which is also the suggested attire for all those big buffets). Bring it on!!!

Angela

[plutospup]

...our cruise is only 2 months away!!! No more snow, no more cold weather! Only sun, sand, warm skies...oh and maybe a Konk Kooler or two!

[softfluff]

I am so exicted. We get to book excursions soon!

[softfluff]

I called and booked some of the excursions yesterday. They were already filling up. We are traveling in a party of 7. 5 adults and a 3 year old boy and 4 year old girl.

[wendilyn]

Hi! we're going on the 4/26 cruise too! me and hubby, DS16, DD 13, DD 10 from freezing NH too! Can't wait this will be are 3rd cruise 1st western. Anyone going riding or on waverunners not through disney? Let me know how to book wave runners please.
See you on board:cool:

[Dragon Lady]

Added you to the DIS meet and greet posting. We are up to:

67 adults,
37 youth,
20 DIS identities and
32 Families or attachments!!!!

See you on board
DL

[plutospup]

Just made reservations for Parasailing at Castaway Cay!!! I have wanted to do this for almost 15 yrs. At 1:30 I'll be at the dock ready to fly! Anyone else planning on parasailing?

[Jillie]

Hi Everyone....i have been having withdrawals as i have not been able to access the Disboards for over 2 weeks(don't know why). I have alot of reading to catch up on!!

We booked our excursions: Jetskis in Key West; Stingray City in Grand Cayman; Jeep Tour in Cozumel and Banana Boats and parasailing on Castaway Cay.

We just returned from 3 days skiing in Maine and i can't wait for a real vacation in warm weather, not lugging ski boots and skis, crying kid who wants to keep up with the older kids but can't!! oh, that konk kooler sounds really good!

[wendilyn]

Jillie,
How did you book jet skis in Key West? I did not see that excursion offered.
Thanks

[Jillie]

Wendilyn

I received info from Shirley NelsonBrown in Key West. She recommended Key Cat's at Mallory Square. I called and spoke with Shelly. Her number is 305-294-4515. They were very nice. It was $95 for one hour with 10% discount for DCL passengers.

Hope this helps. Where in NH are you from? We live in Nashua.

[wendilyn]

Jillie,
Thanks for the info. I will give her a call. Were there only jet skis or did they have wave runners too? I just reserved for banana boats at Castaway and they're booking fast so call if you want to do them. We live in Derry.
-Wen

[Jillie]

Wendilyn

I am not sure about waverunners as I did not ask. We spend some time in Derry at the Sportzone as my daughter plays AAU basketball and plays in some tournaments there.

[softfluff]

I really wanted to do the jeep tour in Couzemel. However, my group wants to do the dolphins.

My sister is doing the parasailing in the am.

I am booking captain marvins for stingray city. My little girl will be 4 on the cruise so can't go on the disney excursion.

[Jillie]

Our group of 24 planned on the Jeep Tour but one girl is only 9 and Disney would not allow her to be part of this excursion so we all are going to Mr. Sanchos Beach instead.

It is so cold here in NH that I really cannot wait to get to some warm weather!!!

[Dragon Lady]

you just forgot to include innocent and better looking to make it truly laughable......

Now I notice that the "sweet, kind" one has subliminally threated my life and proclaimed her character in the same sentence..... see below.....

how come DragonLady (note the name) is being offed (oops, freudian slip hee hee) I mean offered refuge whilst I, the sweet, kind younger sibling am being overlooked???

In my own defence, I never came up with the towel threat. My reference to towels was strictly in regards to the towel animals. But since we are on the subject, dipping the tip of the towel in water makes it even more painful!

Angela - thanks for your offer of refuge, support and defense by your now infamous warrior toes. Also, baggey summer dresses work really well for chocolate eating contests.

Not too many more sleeps to go,
DL

[wenabre]

Now, girls....play nice or I'll hand you over to Nana!!!
And by the way Dragon Lady Dear...aren't you supposed to be at work?
If you two don't want to be grounded for the week ( and yes I still can do that!!!) , I suggest you called a truce or you'll be snorkeling with the stingrays as CHUM!!
Love Mom Wenabre:rolleyes:

[Katdb]

[Quote]In my own defence, I never came up with the towel threat. My reference to towels was strictly in regards to the towel animals[Quote]


Hmmm, let me refresh your memory, oh old one who forget to reread what she wrote...

Mom wrote 3) yes, you can do that with a towel.....but you can't do that with a towel to your Sister... and you answered.....

Originally posted by Dragon Lady
In Response.....

3. Ahhhh come on, a welt or two won't deter from her cuteness.



I see no mention here of animals and the welts part certainly sounds like a threat to me. Just remember, I have less surface area to hit!!!!!!

BTW mom...... SHE STARTED IT

[Dragon Lady]

I responded about the welts only after Mom alluded to "not doing that with a towel to your sister". My intention was only sheer joy and excitement about the cruise and what I would see. But of course once the topic was raised i couldn't resist.

Practical jokes are never fun when someone gets hurt. Now tipping the room steward to short sheet your bed, that is another story............

Let the games begin!!! We can "Chum" together (hahaha).

TeeHee
DL

[Jillie]

Hey everyone...we are at 50 days and counting!! I can almost here "When You Wish Upon a Star" right now! Has anyone started shopping/packing for this trip? My daughter and I are going shopping this afternoon...she is looking for bathing suits and a dress for her school semi-formal/formal night on the cruise.

We had snow here last night which really makes me long for some nice warm weather and tropical breezes.

[softfluff]

I went shopping in my smaller clothes bag in my closet today. Does that count...LOL Gucess what I fit...yeah!!!

I also have done shopping for my little girl and my DH. Only at the store.

[Vivig]

:D
We are also sailing on the same cruise. Myself, DH and our DS 5.
Getting quite excited:bounce: :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce:
The snow is just not stopping and we are anxiously awaiting for some nice warm air:D ::p

[beschultz]

Together we decided a Disney Cruise would be awesome. We booked the cruise in 2/02. I found the DIS boards shortly after we booked our cruise last year. I was sooo excited:Pinkbounc I would print out reports and navigators and pictures, etc. My husband would blandly look them over. Eventually he told me that the cruise was just too far off to get that excited about it.:rolleyes:

Well, yesterday he asked if I had the navigators so he could start looking them over - oh, and while I was at it, how about a few trip reports. I happily handed them over.

I'm no longer alone in the details planning this trip!! He's started counting down the days! I think I started at 435 or something like that!

Looking forward to meeting all of you on the cruise!

Beth, Steve, Stephanie (6) and Gretchen (5 on 4/27)
:wave: :wave: :earsgirl: :earsgirl:

[saturday97]

We've started shopping for DS and for DH, I'm always last minute! DH started to get excited when we booked the shore excursions. Can you believe that he has never been any further East than ARIZONA???

[Stewy]

We would like to be added to your list. Cruised in January for the first time on the 3 day Annual Passholder Cruise and liked it so much we thought we would try a 7 day. Our names are Cheryl, DH David, and DS Lakewood (5).

[Jillie]

Welcome Stewy.....I am sure you will all love this cruise....it is the BEST! Have you decided on any excursions?

[Dragon Lady]

Hi Stewy and Vivig,

consider yourself added...... we are now up to 71 Adults, 39 youths, 22 DIS identities and 34 groups!!!!!

Jillie - my shopping has been proceeding a bit at a time, got some new quick dry shorts and a few t-shirts on the weekend as well as some cheap sunglasses at Wal-mart (I love being able to buy kids sunglasses). I'll be heading to Calgary Alberta next week for some meetings and I hope to get a much needed bathing suit for the cruise. Hopefully Old Navy has out their spring/summer lines 'cause this will be the last time I get to a big city before the trip. Planning on getting some more cheap pins at the Disney Store as well, they had them on sale for 75% off last month (0.88 and 1.88 CAD per pin). Yay.. Happy Shopping Times!!

Talk to you all soon,
DL

[Stewy]

Jillie and Dragon Lady, Thanks for the warm welcome. Jillie, to answer your question about excursions. We have not booked anything yet. We planned to do an Eastern due to existing hotel reservations but DH did not like the idea of extra day at sea, wanted to see as much as he could so we managed to change the dates of our hotel and booked the Western. We are just starting the research on excursions for the Western.

I am really excited to be cruising again. Looking forward to doing all the things we missed. Our 3 day in January was too short and too cold. The temps were never very high. Looking forward to some nice, warm weather and being able to swim at Castaway.:smooth:

[Jillie]

This is the winter that won't end here in NH...enough already!! Can you all believe that we are only 42 days away!! Yippee!! Went shopping today and got some shirts for my almost 14yo daughter and swim trunks for my husband...hey..what about me and the 11yo daughter??!!

[Vivig]

HI there

Just wanted to Thank You for adding us onto the list!

One question, would anyone know how full the Cruise ship is for our sailing or where I can find this information?

My DH and I are keeping the cruise a total secret from our son. We are going to surprise him at the airport. ( That is if I can keep my mouth from blabbing it to him :p)

You all sound very friendly:)
Looking forward to meeting everyone:)

[Jillie]

my sister just booked another cabin...her two older boys 17 and 19 are now coming. There were still rooms available in cat 5 thru 11....not sure how many though.

[Stewy]

I posted this on another thread but I had to come and share my good fortune with my fellow cruisers. I just received word from DU that DCL assigned a stateroom to us and upgraded us to a Cat 8. Now I can relax. I was a little worried about having a GTY room and the location I could wind up with. :D

[daveinjersey]

Hello fellow cruisers.
My wife & I were 1st time cruisers last may to eastern Caribbean.As a result we are hooked. We are planning a vow renewal onboard to celebrate 22 yrs of marriage.Keep an eye out for the couple w/ groom Mickey hat & bride Minnie headband.Our group of 19 adults & 8 children will have blue T-shirts advertizing the cruise. Dreams do come true!!!

[Jillie]

Congrats DaveinJersey...hope you all have a magical time. What a great way to renew your vows!! Your group has us beat by one...we are 12 adults and 14 kids!!

[Dragon Lady]

daveinjersey - congratulations and best wishes. Can't wait to look for your hat and headband, and of course the blue t-shirts. I've added your super-sized group to the list. One question though, as we are trying to bring postcards to the DIS meet, how many families would be in your group?

jillie, I added your two guys to the list.

Here's the grand total (for now) including Toothfairy and daveinjersey and jillie's nephews.....

93 Adults
49 Youth
24 DIS Identities and
35 Families (not including a daveinjersey yet)

That's 142 people!!!!!!! :eek:

Later,
DL

[angelaj]

Hear this???

1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2

That's me exercising my toes in preparation for the talented toes contest! I sit behind a desk all day, which gives me lots of work-out time. Watch out, Wendy!

As for the two sparring sisters:

Being a sister myself (albeit the smarter, more clever one - just kidding, Susan!), I can say you'd better behave yourselves or Susan and I will embarrass you at dinner with our VERY LOUD impressions of the Crocodile Hunter ("Crikey!") and Clair Odoms from Ally McBeal ("I LOVE that"). And for good measure, Susan will do her Shrek-Roger Rabbit dance while I perform the shopping cart and lawn mower dances.

Seriously, I can't wait to meet you guys and all you DISers out there who'll be on this cruise. It's going to be a BLAST!!!

[wenabre]

An amateur might exercise their toes in the 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2 fashion, but an expert always exercises left 1-2-3-4-5, right 1-2-3-4-5, then repeat. After all, you don't want toes 3, 4 and 5 to get atrophied for you are going to need them for the reef knot tying and napkin folding parts of the contest.:eek:

What day should we plan for this contest? How is the first night? (while in the Gulf Stream's gentle tsunamic waves, hehehe::)

As for the girls, they have promised to be on their best behaviour, but that in itself can be scary!!!!!
Hope to hear from you soon, and not too loudly.

Wendy

[Jillie]

Hi everyone.....our cruise is getting closer and finally our weather here in Nh is starting to feel a little moe spring-like. I just started stocking up on sun-block...we are family with very pale skin who sunburn easily. Have you all started packing...what are the essentials you must not cruise without?? For me, it is sunblock(and plenty of it), over the door shoe holder and my cameras for lots of pictures so I can scrapbook later.

[scott62]

Better late than never!

My wife, 7 year old daughter, and I are also booked on this cruise! This is our first Disney cruise, and I must say that we are a little overwhelmed by all of the planning that we can do ahead of time. I guess all of this research does help us pass the time as we anxiously await our departure!

See you all there!

:earsboy: :earsgirl: :earsgirl:

[Jillie]

Welcome to you Scott62, your wife and daughter!! How exciting to be getting ready for your first cruise. We went on our first cruise last April and it was by far the best vacation we have ever been on!!This board is full of great tips so keep reading and planning.

Our group has grown again....we were six families with 12 adults and 14 kids/teens but we just added another family. We are now up to 7 families...13 adults and 16 kids/teens!! look for a group with alot of tall girls .....basketball players!! i cannot wait.

[plutospup]

Our Docs arrived today! Before you know it we'll be packing, and be on our way!

[Jillie]

Plutospup....lucky you!!! I hope our docs come soon. Today is DD's 14th birthday...big day for her!! Is it really possible our cruise is only 36 days away? We rebooked while on the 4/20/02 cruise so I have been looking forward to this for a long time. Went to Kohl's yesterday and found great Speedo T-shirts for DH and cute bathing suit for DD (11yo).
Well, heres hoping our docs come soon!!

[beschultz]

We just got the new suitcases I ordered for our girls, they are Disney and light up! They are so excited. I decided I may as well start filling the suitcases. We won't need summer clothes here in upstate NY for another 3-4 months!!

I also got a call from our TA yesterday. She has our documents and is sending them. They should be here early next week.

:bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc

I'm starting to believe that our first cruise will become a reality!

[Stewy]

Our docs came today!! Now I just need to start packing. We are doing a week in Disney before the cruise so I only have 28 days until we leave. I can't believe it is almost time to go!

[wendilyn]

We got our documents on Tuesday! They made my week! Snow is finally melting here in southern NH. We'll start packing soon too. Anyone renting tuxes? My DH and his dad are thinking of doing that again this year but it seems like dress codes have relazed a little. We are now a party of 7 adults, my DS16, DD 13, and DD 10.
#6 more days!!!
:bounce: :cool:

[plutospup]

I'm thinking about taking my tux for formal night. About the only time it's worn anymore is when we're cruising. Anyone else planning on wearing a tux?

[BunnyV]

Yeah, I can finally post. I haev been lurking for 3 weeks now and finally got activated.
We are booked for this cruise too.
Got out Documents yesterday and can't wait.
We are from Central Ohio, my husband, 3 1/2 year old -DD and I are going. This will be the longest she will be away from my Mom and Dad but she can't wait to be in the "Kids room".
She told me she wanted to stay til midnight every night! This is the child that loves preschool but doesn't want to go to Sunday School unless the teacher is one of her friends parents!
Any tips anyone can give would be great. This is my first cruise ever and my husband's second.
Thanks and excited to possibly meet up with you all.
Bunny
p.s. Jillie, my daughter's name is Jillian and we call her Jilly all the time :)

[Jillie]

Welcome Bunny....glad to have you, DH and Jillian along with us. I am a Jill Ann but my Dad always called me Jillie. You will love this cruise....Disney does everything first class. My girls are older 14 and 11 but they love this cruise, too.

I still have not received our docs...maybe today!!

[wenabre]

:Pinkbounc I'm so excited! Our cruise docs arrived today, so now our trip feels like more of a reality.

So my Dear Daughters Katdb and DragonLady take note: I hold your tickets in a safe and secure place known only to me. Let the buttering up begin!!!:)

Angela, re the talented toes contest; how do you feel about making a reef knot out of a piece of wet spaghetti?

[daveinjersey]

Sorry about the delay in getting back to you,Dragon Lady, on how many families? Not quite sure how to answer,but here goes. My wife & I are 1 family.There is a father & daughter. The rest of group are all related(sis,bro,aunt,uncle......). We've been busy with shopping for cruise,pre-tanning at spa & so on... Everyone in group will be arriving & converging together at the Radisson at the Cape the night before. The excitement is becoming unbearable as the countdown comes closer.Thinking of seeing the ship again sends tingles up my spine. Looking forward to meeting everyone from DIS on board.

[Jillie]

Still no cruise docs for us....waaah!! We really are getting close...can make our flight arrangements this week!! Only 33 more days!!

[beschultz]

daveinjersey - our family has reservations at the Raddison as well. We will be driving there from NY.

Anyone else staying there?

[Jillie]

Not us...we are all staying at the airport Hyatt.

[wendilyn]

We're staying at the airport Hyatt too. We arrive late on Fri. night. Can't wait:cool:

[johnf]

Hi Fellow 4/26 Magic Cruisers,

Well, we received our travel docs last week and just made reservations for the Radisson on Friday night. We were just going to drive from Tampa on Saturday morning, but decided to come all the way the night before so we can relax in the morning. You cannot beat this $109 per night at the Radisson with free parking for the entire cruise and free shuttle bus back and forth.

Myself (DH 41), DW 35 and DS 6 can't wait until our second Magic cruise (1st was the "Fire" cruise last March 9th). We'll be in the same room we stayed in last year (6600) and we all look forward to meeting everyone from the DIS Board and seeing old friends again (I'm talking about YOU Plutospup!).

Anyone else staying at the Radisson the night before want to have a pre-cruise get together?

See you all soon!

Johnf:smooth:

[plutospup]

Hi Johnf! We look forward to seeing you and your family again (hopefully not on deck at 5 a.m in life jackets). We'll be at the Radisson Friday night, too. We're also in the same the same cabin aboard the Magic as last year. 6512 (Cat 8) is the "Pup's Suite"...quiet, and our home away from home. We look forward to seeing everyone in just a few more weeks.

[Dragon Lady]

4 weeks and 1 day from now I board the plane!!!!!!! :bounce:

Hello to all the recent additions, I will add the numbers up again tomorrow and post an update then.

wenabre - just got back from Calgary last night, and I have a little something from a place that starts with a "P" and ends with an " 's ". Would that constitute "buttering up"?

I now have all my purchases made, funky new GAP stretch khakies, new bikini, new linen shirt from Old Navy, new hair colour...... man I like going to the big city.

Time to start tanning, so I don't cook my pale white northern skin.

:smooth: :Pinkbounc :smooth: :Pinkbounc :smooth:

Next - start packing and repacking.

DL

[plutospup]

Only 1 month from today...and we'll be on our way!

[angelaj]

We're staying at the Radisson the night before. Sounds like a lot of us DIS'ers will be there. I'm going to Home Depot tonight to get the lime green Mickey stickers so hopefully you will recognize us.

Wenabre - a reef knot out of wet spaghetti? Oh please, I can do that with one foot tied behind my back! Can't you come up with anything DIFFICULT??? :) By the way, I sent you an e-mail Friday. Did you get it? I know Kayleigh was getting ready to wipe your computer clean, so I hope so!

I can't believe we're down to one month! How exciting!!!!!!!! I've got my Atlanta postcards for the meet. Can someone tell me what all information I'm supposed to put on them?

Can't wait to meet everyone!

[Dragon Lady]

I finally made a spreadsheet for our DISmeet list, it was getting too messy!

We have:

88 Adults
53 Youth
141 People
27 DIS Identities
and 47 Families/Identities (dave in jersey is currently roughed in at 9 families, will update later).

That's a lot of postcards!!!!!

See you all so very soon,

DL

[BunnyV]

Hi, I joined late, did I miss something???
Post cards, Green Mickey stickers
What do I need to know to meet at the cruise. We would love to put faces with all of you.
Thanks for the info.
Bunny

[beschultz]

They are here! They are here! We are in cabin #6050, late seating.

DH says it feels official now! I'll feel better when we arrive at the Radisson, best when we wake up and see the Magic sitting there, just waiting for us!

Postcards - uh oh - better go back to the store - I only bought 35! I was surprised to find a selection - there are only 1500 people in the village! Do I remember correctly - we are putting on our names, addresses, e-mails, etc.? Thanks Dragonlady for keeping track of the numbers.

DIS meet on Monday, 2pm, near the internet cafe?
How about gathering by the pool at the Radisson on Friday night? Say, around 7pm? I hope we will be there by then!

I'm in the middle of getting a series of nerve block injections and lose use of one hand and arm for 2 days each week! Boy, is the pressure on to get a lot done those other 5 days. I get two weeks off for the cruise. Can't risk feeling crappy then. This trip has been planned for WAAAYYYY too long!

[angelaj]

We're having a DIS meet on Monday at 2:00 at the Promenade Lounge on deck 3 next to the Internet computers. If you'd like, you can bring postcards from your hometown with your information written on the back so we can all keep in touch.

The Mickey stickers are an idea I saw on another thread. Home Depot carries Disney paint, and their paint chips are in the shape of Mickey heads. Lime green is the "identifying" color of DIS'ers, and there's a paint chip in a color called Alien Green that is actually lime green. I picked up several of them last night. I'm going to write "DIS" on them and attached them to various things so people can identify me as a DIS'er. Lime green ribbon is the other way we identify each other. Tie a ribbon in your hair, around the strap of your purse or backpack, or whatever!

Can anyone tell me for sure what information I should include on the postcard? I'm thinking: Name, address, DIS name, e-mail address, cabin number, and the names of the other people in my cabin. Anything else???

[Dragon Lady]

I'm planning to put the same info on mine. But with the huge number, I'm going to use mailing labels and just type the info on the computer and print it off. I will still use funky fonts and colours, just going to save some time and strain on my writing hand.

Talk to you soon,
Danielle

[angelaj]

Hi Danielle! I was planning to print out stickers too. I've been exercising my toes, but not my fingers - ha ha! Can't wait to meet you at dinner if we don't run into you before then!

[Jillie]

I am so excited...we got our flight information today. It will be a very early day for us....flight at 6:45am!!! Guess i better take a nap on the flight down. We will be flying down on the same flight as 3 (of the 6) other families we are traveling with so it should be alot of fun. It is starting to feel real...we will be there before we know it!!

[angelaj]

Anyone else besides me not gotten their cruise docs yet? I'm beginning to worry. I checked with DU the other day to make sure my address change had gone through, and they said it had. Why is everyone but us getting their docs??? :confused:

[Jillie]

Angelaj....I don't have my cruise docs yet either:confused: . hoping to get them this weekend. Going shopping Saturday with DD14 and one other cruise mom and her DD.....should be fun and really get us excited for this cruise!!

Has anyone decided to do Palo for dinner? We liked it so much last year we want to eat there twice this year!!!:bounce:

[beschultz]

:D From what I have seen, I think I would like to do Palo for brunch. It sure looks and sounds yummy. I think it would be great to be up there when the sun is up!

Anyone else interested in doing that? We still haven't decided on whether we want to do Palo for dinner.

[Noris]

We too are going on this cruise with our son who will be turning 4 years old on that Monday.

My son's preschool class mascot is the Dolphin so we had hopes of trying the Swim with Dolphins excursions but you need to be at least 8 years old. We also thought about the Dolphin Encounter but it doesn't appear they do anything on Wednesdays which is when we'll be in Cozumel.

Alternatively, we had considered the Submarine trip with Shoretrips.com but minimum age is 5 :(

Can anyone highly recommend a fun excursion for a 4 year old?

Thanks - we'd appreciate anything we may want to consider in advance so that we can book early!

[daveinjersey]

noris...just checked Cozumel excursions,& Dolphin Discovery Cozumel(3-3.5 hours) under childs price says ages 3-9.This leads me to believe ages as low as 3 are permitted.I would also think with adult supervising/holding child;leniency will be given. I still haven't received ours cruise doc's.grrrrrrr...I think I'm becoming my travel agents worst nightmare.One phone call a day whether she likes it or not;but still keeping upbeat.I just keep thinking about the end result-the big picture-the light at the end the tunnel.Heh,how about a little help here?!?!?

[stiebermom]

Hello everyone!!
We too, have not yet received our documents. Anxiously awaiting them....
Sounds like we have a good group of DISers going and am looking forward to the DIS meet,

[plutojudy]

wenabre and Katdb, are you planning to cruise again next year? We would like to meet up with you again.

[beschultz]

Four short weeks left!

I feel like the "Little Engine That Could"
I'm on my way up that last "mountain" of days-

I think I can
I think I can
I think I can
I think I can

Four whole weeks - I don't know if I can make it.
:crazy:

[Jillie]

I still have not received our cruise docs...none of the seven families we are traveling with have received them either!!
It is a rainy(soon to be snowy) day here in NH...makes me long for those warm, tropical days onboard the Magic....less than four weeks to go now!:earsgirl:

[plutospup]

Despite today's snow, I started getting my short sleeve shirts out of winter storage. The suitcases will soon need to be filled!

[wenabre]

Hi,:wave:

Is everyone starting to pack or plan , are the lists hung on the fridge with care, are the stick up notes all over the house reminding you what you need to use now but also take with you, is your purse full of bits or paper with last minute ideas?.......Ok then you are still in stages 1&2 of the pre cruise state. In case you are wondering stage one is all the above and stage two is with added anxiety attacks:eek: !!

Katdb and I are in Stage 2, but with the help of zantac, we are doing OK so far. Before we can even pull out the suitcases and start actually putting things in them, we will be having house guests for a week. We have two teenage girls on exchange from New Brunswick on a Senior Band Trip and its going to be interesting with three girls in one bathroom in the a.m.:rolleyes: , but no one uses mine!! Should be a fun week, if not long.

To PlutoJudy : As Kaighley will be attending University this autumn, I am not sure what our plans will be for next year. We will be going to WDW this summer for the first two weeks in August before she leaves for U of G. My Mom and I are contemplating a Princess cruise in Jan as a friend is trying to organize a group and get a really good price, but nothing definite yet. When are you thinking of going again?

To Dragon Lady: I definitly think your P----'s plan is definitly a start in the right direction re the 'buttering up' situation, but another good idea is the printing of stickers for other family members whose computer is acting up( just a thought)!

To AngelaJ: So you think you can do it with one foot tied behind your back, well bring it on, oh and by the way, ...you First!!
Tell me what are some of your ideas, if you will?!? You aren't by any chance using this " Docs haven't arrived " has a way to get out of this contest are you?? Because if you wish to admit "de-feet" now, I'll understand and let you off..;) ;) , nudge nudge!!

Well its back to scrubbing the Bar-b-que in between snow flurries. I am determinded that I will either bar-b-que tonight or we eat the meat raw.

In two more days we can say "we are cruising this month"
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[Jillie]

I went thru all of the summer clothes with both DD's and then went shopping yesterday with another Mom and her 14yo DD. We found some great summer clothes ON SALE for them. All in all it was a successful shopping excursion....I can't wait for the real "excusions" though. Also found polo type shirts for mu DH on sale and one Hawaiian print shirt for him too...also on sale!!:smooth:

[crushonjessica]

We also will be going on the 26th. My wife and myself. We are planning on doing the ruins tour in Cozumel. I also found out last Tuesday that the bannana boat is sold out.

We were also on the fire cruise last year. Nothing like being woken up early to put life vests on.:eek:

[johnf]

That's the nice thing about living here in Florida....It is ALWAYS in season for Hawaiian shirts and other "summer" clothes!

Johnf
:cool:

[Jillie]

Welcome Crushonjessica...hope you and your wife enjoy the cruise. HOPEFULLY NO FIRES THIS TIME!!!

John....we are wearing ski jackets and mittens today here in NH..snow last night and only in the low 30's and windy today. I am really ready for a Konk Kooler today!!!!
:teeth:

[Dragon Lady]

till I board the plane!!!!!!

I started to make my piles of stuff to bring. It includes two pillowcases for one of my colleagues two little girls. It was pretty cool to see a forty+ guy get sooo excited about getting disney characters to sign pillowcases for his girls, we had to run out and get colour coordinating cases as soon as I mentioned it!

Wenabre - labels are not a problem. Just e-mail me with Nana's address as well, and I'll take care of it. I was thinking of putting Disney Characters on them so I need Nana's favorite character.

Time to go tan, talk to you all later,

DL

[johnf]

Jillie, where in NH? I went to prep school WAY up north in Littleton...

Johnf:cool:

[Jillie]

We live in Nashua. My grandparents and aunt and uncle live in Littleton.

[Jillie]

Woo Hoo!!!!!! My docs just arrived!! I am so excited..this trip will be here before we know it!! i cannot wait to look around the ship again...feel like there is so much more i want to do and see this time around.:smooth:

[angelaj]

Still no docs for me. Wenabre, you may win the toe contest by default!

[scott62]

:bounce: :Pinkbounc

Our documents arrived yesterday! DW did not open the package since she thought it was a duplicate DCL promotional video. She was certainly surprised when she realized what the package really contained! This is seems more and more real everyday! We can't wait!

23 days to go!!

Scott, Karen & Christine
:earsboy: :earsgirl: :earsgirl:

[wenabre]

AngelaJ, I don't want to win it by default, more by de-feet!! But if thats the case, shall I have Disney send you the bill for the pin??:rolleyes:
Now have you been on the phone with your TA and double checked with them lately?? After all we do have dinner plans, don't we? Poor Dragon Lady !! I was talking to her last night and they got a foot of snow this weekend !! Did your Sister's docs come? Maybe we can smuggle you on board, how good are you at squishing down small?:eek:
Talk to you soon!
Wenabre

[angelaj]

Wenabre - If I don't get my documents soon, I WILL have to admit "de-feet"! Disney can try sending me the bill for your pin, but if they can't get my documents to me, hopefully they can't get a bill to me! I double checked with my TA to make sure my new address is on record, and it is. All three of us are supposed to have our documents delivered to my address, so Susan and Robert are waiting right along with me! In the wishful thinking department - we're hoping our documents are so late because they're going to upgrade us. Dream on, right???!!!

Poor Dragon Lady. All that snow! Well, that'll make her appreciate the cruise that much more, right? We're in the high 70's here in Atlanta. It feels wonderful, but the pollen is about to kill us all! My car has gone from white to yellow. Yuck!

As for sneaking me onboard in your suitcase, you're gonna need a steamer trunk if I'm gonna fit! Do you have one of those? :)

[Jillie]

Wenabre, AngelaJ and Dragon Lady......your conversations are too funny!!! I aleays look forward to your next posts.
We are experiencing sleet and freezing rain right now..Yuck!! It is spring, isn't it??
My sister still has not received her docs yet either.
Heading to Connecticut for 14yo DD's basketball tournament this weekend...I would rather be heading for Orlando and the cruise!
:jester:

[ncmvp]

For those of you who got their documents.

Did they come reular mail or UPS? We are so anxious about getting them.

[Jillie]

ncmvp....mine came by UPS on Tuesday

[ncmvp]

Thanks Jillie!

I guess I'll start stalking the UPS guy now.

[disneylandfamily]

Yea!!!! I picked up our documents from the travel agent today. Can't wait to see you all there!!!!!!

[Jillie]

I cannot believe the weather here in NH....woke up at 5:30am, took my shower , heard DD14yo get up and into the bathroom to get ready for school. Well I put on the TV and found out school was CANCELLED due to snow!!!!! It is APRIL 4th!!! It looks like a winter wonderland outside...I would much prefer a tropical paradise...well that is only 3 weeks from today ( flight down)!!! Have a great weekend everyone!:smooth:

[Dragon Lady]

I am ready to board the Magic at any time now!!! We got 4" of snow on saturday, sunday it warm up and I had to pump melt water out of the back yard, then it got cold again and snowed a foot on Tuesday, with a couple of inches both Wednesday and Thursday!

I NEEEEEEEED my vacation now!!!!


DL

[wenabre]

Believe me when DragonLady says she needs her vacation now.....don't get in her way:eek: its not pretty ( Been there, seen that ). By the way Dear ' Dragie ', just to let you know that your Sister has seen the cruise line list and more importantly your name on it....catch my drift....look out in TO, when we land!!

Jillie, you should see us when we get together!! Looking forward to meeting with you on board.

Oh AngelaJ, don't worry I checked with Disney re the pin and they assured me that they can always find you for the bill:rolleyes:
I called last night but you where out, your Dad sounds nice.

Oh and by the way we are in the midst of a major snowstorm here in Ottawa with snow, freezing rain and did I mention SNOW!!
I was so hoping for a parting of the ways between me and my snowblower, but alas it was not to be:( And later I have to go to the Doggy hospital and visit my ' next cruise ' as he recovers from surgery for a ruptured disc. while he is in the ICU. I hope he forgives me for taking him to surgery but I just couldn't stand to lose him. I am pretty sure it will be awhile before he forgives me for the indwelling catheter though. :eek:
Well time to snowblow the driveway, bye for now........

:D :D :D :) :) :D ;) :mad: :D

[crushonjessica]

Just so everyone knows: It is 84 degree's and Sunny in Central Florida right now.:cool: :smooth:

[Jillie]

Hi everyone....just back from Connecticut where 14yoDD's basketball team WON the New England CYO Basketball Championship!! But here we go again......SNOW!! Expecting 3-5" tonight and tomorrow. Enouigh already.

CrushonJessica.....how lucky you are with such great weather. Keep it going til we get there in 18 days!!

Wenabre and DragonLady...we are in the same "boat" with all this snow....well definetly not the "boat" we want to be on...only 19 days to go!!
:smooth:

[angelaj]

Haven't been on these boards in a few days, so I'm trying to respond to everyone now.

Wenabre, I'm so disappointed I missed your phone calls. Last weekend was super-busy. I closed on my new house Friday, went shopping ALL DAY with my mom Saturday, and spent most of the rest of the time at my new house coming up with decorating ideas. A new house and a cruise all in one month - I'm about to faint from the excitement! Hope my dad didn't sound too crazy the first time you called. He heard "Wendy from Ottawa" and "did she get her documents yet" and thought you were a mortgage or insurance person calling about my house!!! How funny! Anyway, I set him straight, so he knew who you were the 2nd time you called. I still haven't received my documents. Do you have 3 steamer trunks so you can smuggle Susan and Robert on the ship along with me? If you can get me on the ship, I'll concede the toe contest to you and buy you TWO pins!

Jillie, I'm glad Wenabre, Dragon Lady, and I are keeping you so entertained with our posts. We all have yet to meet each other in person, but we've linked our ressies so we can be tablemates at dinner and I feel like I've already made great friends. I can't wait to meet you at the meet on the 28th and all the other DIS'ers who'll be there. Aren't these boards the best?

Well, I'll see if my documents come today. When they do, you'll all be getting a huge, loud announcement from me with trumpets blaring!

[Dragon Lady]

Angela,

Congrats on the new home! You'll have to bring some pictures of it for us to see. We are bringing down some small albums with pictures of where we live, the countryside, our pets, etc. I always get so many questions about northern Canada, and pictures are so much better than words (believe me you will be suprised at what you see). I have only been through Atlanta on my way to N Carolina, but your airport seemed nice!

I managed to get 3 tanning sessions in this weekend, and have started to get a good base. Unfortunately I am so pale to begin with, that today one of my co-workers asked we when I am going to start tanning (I have already gone 6 or 7 times!!!!! sheeesh).

Take Care and talk to you soon!!!

Danielle

[Coz_Minigolf_Sally]

Greetings to all you "April 26-ers"! Your cruise is coming right up so I just spent some time reading this entire post and getting acquainted. We hope to see some of you here at the Cozumel Putting Course, although there's so much to choose from in Cozumel... well, we know it's a tough choice!

If you have any questions about Cozumel, please see the Cozumel thread that began a couple of months ago. There's a wealth of information there.

Welcome, in advance, to Cozumel!

Minigolf Sally
Cozumel Putting Course

[PennyNH]

Got a HUGE surprise today!!!!!!

We are staying in the Walt Disney Suite!!

Cannot believe it, this will be such an awesome once-in-a-lifetime thing! We were booked into a cat. 2 with our friends in the other and the travel agent called our friends to let them know they had it become avail and our friends called my hubby (away in TX on the business-trip-from-he**)and offered to flip a coin for it, long story short they flipped and told my hubby we got it!

What a Disney dream day! lol

No idea what we will do with all that room! Dinner party anyone?? lol
See you all soon, This NH weather is just atrocious! Can't wait!

PENNY IN NH:Pinkbounc

[wenabre]

Hi Penny,
I am wenabre and my DD who plays piano has a favour to ask of you!!!

Please can she come and play one song on the piano. We are in the cabin two down from you 8026 and I am very pleased and happy for you to get the WD Suite. Which suite had you been booked in?
Hope to see you onboard and at the Dis meet.:D

[PennyNH]

Hi Wenabre

Sure you daughter can come play the piano! Seeing as none of us play it, we would love to have someone to enjoy it. Is she booked evenings? hehehehe Maybe we could hire her to play us to sleep, LOL!

We were going to originally be in 8516.

see you soon!

[MrsPotatoHead]

Hi everyone!! I can't believe we leave 2 weeks from Friday!! I am so excited I can't stand it! My DH (Robert) and I will be sharing a room with my sister, who is angelaj here on the DIS. We're really looking forward to meeting everyone at the DIS meet on Monday. The internet truly is an amazing thing, to be able to bring people together so we feel as if we've already made new friends before we even set foot on the ship. :) It'll be fun to finally put names with faces.

To Wendy, Danielle and Kaighley.. my DH and I do NOT have talented toes, so we'll be unable to participate in the toe contests(we'd probably suffer from foot cramps or some other unfortunate malady), but would be happy to challenge anyone to a chocolate-eating contest...? Tee hee!! I'm just a wee bit of a chocoholic.

We're really looking forward to meeting everyone!! I can't believe it's almost here! :)

Susan

[Jillie]

Well....I just came back in from shoveling/snowblowing another 3" of snow from my driveway. This is getting ridiculous!!

I have been going to the tanning salon but you would never know it....I am so white to begin with. Just want to get some kind of base so I do not burn on the cruise.

Two weeks from Friday and we will escape the frozen Northeast!!!

[angelaj]

Trumpets, please: My documents have arrived! Wenabre, put the steamer trunks away - we won't be needing them after all now that we're "legal"!

Dragon Lady - thanks for the congrats on the house. I'm so excited, although I don't get to move in until June 7 because one of the former homeowners is a teacher and they can't move until school's out. But they're out of town this week for spring break, so I can take lots of pictures! I'll be sure to bring some. Funny story you had about your tanning. Susan and I are really pale too. No amount of tanning is going to change that for us. I just use the tanning creams.

Coz Minigolf Sally - I've been reading the thread with your answers to everyone's questions. Thanks for being so helpful! We're going to Mr. Sancho's for a while, but I'm really hoping we have time for a round of minigolf. It would be so much fun!

Penny - I'm so excited for you! I can't belive you got the Walt Suite! What a dream come true! I think we should move the DIS meet on Monday to your room - ha ha! We'll be down the hall from you in 8042 - look for the lime green ribbon and Mickey paint chip on our door. Feel free to stop by and introduce yourselves. And that goes for all you DIS friends-to-be out there. Don't be shy about dropping by to see us!

See you all in a couple of weeks! :Pinkbounc

[Jillie]

AngelaJ, Wenabre and Penny...looks like we are all in the same area on the ship...we will be in 8052. See you there!!

[tap & dap]

Just in case you have not seen the other thread about pin trading, a group of us will be getting together on:

Monday April 28th at 2:00 pm we'll meet in the Promenade Lounge Deck 3 next to the Internet Computers side of the Lounge.

Remember to bring post cards from your home town with your name and address and cabin numbers so everybody knows who everyone is.

Just wanted to post on this thread also, so everyone was aware of the get together.

[angelaj]

Hi Jillie - how fun that so many DISers will be rooming so close together. We're gonna paint the town lime green!

[beschultz]

I am willing to put together a list of cabin numbers, names, ages, home towns, celebrations, e-mail addresses, etc. for our cruise if anyone is interested.

Just e-mail me with any info that you are willing to share with all the others and just before we leave home (23rd) I will e-mail what I have to anyone who has let me know their info. Then I can print a bunch of copies and bring them to the meet.

My e-mail address is: beschultz@aol.com

[Dragon Lady]

Hi Beth,

I just emailed you the list I had started. Hope it helps for a starting point. Thanks for doing the list.

14 more sleeps till I leave for WDW!!!!

DL

[wendilyn]

Wow Penny that is so cool! I called and tried to see if we could upgrade to a cat 3 (currently in 8012) and they said cabin 802 was empty but it would cost $2500 to upgrade , so I guess we're staying put! Oh, well! Can't wait the snow here is miserable:(
See you
Wen:smooth:

[plutojudy]

wenabre, I am sending you a pm.

[beschultz]

Thank you to everyone who has already e-mailed me with their info for the cruise, especially DragonLady who shared all her research of this thread!

I've had people include their names, ages, relationships to others who will be on board, dinner seating times, room numbers, e-mail addresses, planned celebrations, home towns... Keep those e-mails coming - and feel free to add any info to what you have already submitted!! ( beschultz@aol.com )

Copies of all this will be available at the DISmeet on 4/28! Is it still in the Promenade Lounge or has Penny consented to letting us invade the Walt Disney Suite???:teeth:

[Jillie]

bumping us up...we were back on page 3!!:(

[beschultz]

I've just been updating DragonLady's wonderful chart for the cruise and have a current tally-

155 total people, which includes:

96 Adults (18y-52Y for those who have admitted their ages!)
My DH is the 52 year old - he doesn't admit it, but I do for him.

59 Kids (2 1/2 - 16)

28 separate DIS identities

49 families

Celebrating - 1 Vow Renewal
1 Anniversary
4 Birthdays

[wenabre]

Hi everybody:wave:

Sorry to be so long in writing back but with a dog on bed rest with 26 staples down his back, two extra teenagers in the house ( band exchange ) and the little things like work and taxes, I have been a little busy...to say the least. Now what I really need is a genie to come and do my packing,organizing and oh yes an extra brave one to get Mom up at 4:30am on the day of the flight!!
Pluto judy, thanks for the pm, I am glad you are booked again will you be doing a cruise report from this trip?
Beschultz, thanks for the email. Dragon Lady is a very organized and neat person, ( but you should have seen her as a teenager!:eek: )
At the moment I am thinking very highly of my youngest DD whose room looks like a palace compared to my quest room which is now been occupied by 2 other girl teenagers, but its all part of life, I quess. But heed me now DL and KatDB, the cabin will be holding 4 women so think NEAT!! maybe it will rub off on Nana:rolleyes:
Angelaj, I am glad you finally got your docs, as I only have one old steamer trunk and its not on wheels so its not coming. My offer of 'the sneak you on' was via a line over the side!:p :)
While I have been sitting and watching the dog, I have been practicing with the toes, when and where are we going to have this contest? Also you haven't sent me your list, we don't want to copy each other, now do we?
PennyNH, DD says thanks re the piano, I would love to take a photo of her sitting at it. One of the two music teachers / conductors at her school is also Disney nuts and has done the cruise once ( inside cabin) so he would get such a kick to see Kaighley at the piano in the WD suite. Looking forward to meeting you on the ship!!
Time to close for a bit, oh and if anyone is interested my 'old puppy' is recouperating nicely from his back surgery and is able to walk again! But he is still a brat re pill taking!!
See you all soon.....
Wendy

[dtheboys]

1st of all...LOVE my kids!!!!

OK, now that I said that......


NO KIDS!!! YAAAAA!!!!!!

Just my wife and I are going on this cruise!!!
We will be celebrating our 20th anniversery!!

Can't wait...........Our first big trip away from the kids....that will be tough, but....HEY!! This is our anniv. cruise!!!

See ya on the boat!!!!

Betsy and Doug......NO kids, did I mention that? ya baby!:smooth:

[telequ]

Hey...I am so excited...I guess I have been lurking in all the wrong places to see who is going.... Boy am I surprised to see a family not to far from me is going too!
We are also counting the days down...and beginning the packing process this weekend.
My family of 2 children include... my DH -529( my oldest son), and my DPS... is 11, and myself... 44 We are so tired of snow, ice and now mud.. that sun sand and beach are just too much to imagine at the moment!!! But I guess I 'll try !!!
So... hold on your pants... WE are almost there!!!! :earsboy:

[beschultz]

:bounce:

DH surprised me yesterday and went to Sears and got measured for a tux rental! I can't wait to see my handsome dude!

Thankfully he hasn't opted for the tophat and cane option, but he keeps bringing it up! He was told he should have "tails" for that. I'm surprised he hasn't suggested pinning a "mouse" tail onto his jacket!:rolleyes:

[crushonjessica]

Just giving everyone a weather update. After a bit of a cold snap, we are again back into the 80's here in central florida.
See you on board.

[Jillie]

Only 10 days til we fly down to Fl...can't believe it will be here so soon!!! We are actually going to have a day here in the high 70's maybe even hit 80 degrees!! Sounds like Florida! But then back to cold and rainy tomorrow.

I am getting all of us packed and our group of 29 cruisers are all getting together this Saturday for our own Bon Voyage party.:smooth:

[softfluff]

I am so exicted! I am sleeping less every night.

I have decided to drive down, with my 4 yr old flying down with Daddy on friday. We are staying at the Radisson the night before.

Sherri

[tap & dap]

We leave next Wednesday only 7 days and then off to Disney:bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc

[Stewy]

Just doing a quick check of Expedia to see what is still available for our cruise and they are showing Stateroom 5520 (secret porthole room) as available.

[Dragon Lady]

Only 6 more sleeps left till I leave, and only 1 more full day of work!!!!!! Yay!!!!


See you all soon,
Dragon Lady

[wenabre]

Hi there Dear Dragin' Lady....are you as tired as I am? I too only have more day to work but mine's Monday. Oh by the way your Sister has a message for you....but I can't tell you.

AngelaJ, we might see you if you are at Epcot on friday shall we plan a place?

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Dragon Lady]

her butt right now.

I am very glad to have 5 days off prior to our vacation. Lots of time to rest, get my gardens in order, pack, tan, clean house, etc, etc.

Hmmmmm, what message could my evil sister have for me, a thinly veiled threat perchance? Tee Hee.

Picked up an underwater camera yesterday at Walmart, only $12.

Talk to you all later,
DL

[daveinjersey]

Hello fellow cruiser short timers. Sounds like everybody's gearing up & finishing last minute details & home chores;including myself. With all my lists & reminders,why do I always feel like I'm forgetting something?! Part of my group leaves tomorrow(4/17) for WDW before the cruise & I wish I was going with him. I'm not getting there till wed(4/23) & will do EPCOT thurs. Looks like several DIS'ers are doing the parks before the cruise;can never get enough,I'm sure!! Picked up some lime green Mickeys at Home Depot & then realized I needed to also get double-sided tape,Now I'm set.I'll be looking for lime green ribbons or Mickeys at the port check-in & on board. Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho, it's on the cruise we go.

[Dragon Lady]

I am now down to five more sleeps till I leave for the sunny south.

DL

[plutospup]

When you started this thread we had about 280 days to go. Now in less than a week we'll be on our way!!!!!!!!! Hmmm...I better start packing.

[Jillie]

Plutospup....i wasjust thinking about that myself....those 280 days flew by!! Can't believe that 1 week from today we will be flying down to sunny and warm(ihope) Florida!!
Our group of 29 are getting to gether tomorrow night...I am sure there will be alot of excitement!
I am kicking into high gear today about packing, picking up last minute things etc.
Hope everyone has a great day:smooth: :smooth:

[Coz_Minigolf_Sally]

Well, the Magic just sailed away from Cozumel Wednesday... which means you guys are next! Looking forward to meeting some of you in person, and if you have any questions about Cozumel, check out the Cozumel thread or feel free to email me directly.

Very soon now...

Minigolf Sally
Cozumel Putting Course

[beschultz]

Sally, Thanks for the warm welcoming note! We are looking forward to meeting you in VERY soon!:Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce:

WOW! Just noticed that the countdown says "7" days (23hrs!) Only 5 days to finish packing!

[crushonjessica]

:smooth: :smooth: :smooth: :smooth: :smooth: :smooth: :smooth:

84 and sunny in central Florida. Come on down quickly or I will keep it all for myself

[beschultz]

A while back Dragon Lady mentioned that she is "bringing down some small albums with pictures of where we live, the countryside, our pets, etc."

I would like to suggest that everyone bring a few pictures from home (as well as their postcards.) Once we start talking to each other (and maybe even to OTHER, non DIS cruisemates?) we may find that, as they say, "a picture is worth a thousand words"

We are now up to 164 cruisers, 102 adults, 62 youth, 30 DIS identities and 36 (& 11 "traveling with") families! Is the Promenade Lounge big enough? :confused: :teeth:

Any of you who haven't e-mailed me yet with regards to the list I am doing, it's not too late! I'll bring along plenty of copies for one and all!

[Dragon Lady]

I really can't believe that it is almost here. :bounce: :Pinkbounc

Dragon Lady

PS - Thanks Beth, I got your card but seem to be having trouble opening it (Hallmark issues). Can't wait to see it! Take Care

:bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc

[wenabre]

Hi Everyone....
I quess if I was to say I would like the next three days to actually become four days as I am a little behind schedule on my packing, organizing the animals, getting me ready and did I mention packing?.....that you would all be a little annoyed with me:confused:
I'm sorry but I just can't seem to get my act together this year, its this working for a living thats making a mess of my social and fun times!
Oh by the way DL, your Sister is getting over a cold and everytime she blows her nose, geese land on the roof!! The poor dog is trying to get over his surgery and he is hiding in the closet from the noise and the cat is quite happy to remain outdoors!!

Beth, we may have to move this meet somewhere midship as we may cause quite a list if we all end up on one side.:eek:

Must go now, must iron something, must fold something must find a suitcase to put it in...oh to heck with it...I'm going for a nap:rolleyes:

See you all soon....
Wenabre

[johnf]

Greetings all,

I just thought I'd check in and wish everyone a Happy Easter. I can't believe that it's only one week away! I just received a new DCL video yesterday and I think I've watched it a dozen times :)

It's in the mid 80's today and gorgeous in central Florida. Would you believe that I haven't started packing yet at all? Luckily I am taking next Friday off and DW and I will be spending the morning packing and taking our dogs to various friends and family for the week. We'll be driving to Port Canaveral by 1:00 p.m. and stopping in Orlando to spend an hour or two with my brother before we continue to the Radisson.

All of us are looking forward to meeting all of you and seeing old friends again. I really think that we need to pick a new place to meet on the ship though. It sounds like we've got quite a large group.

Anyone up for a little get together at the Radisson on Friday night?

We'll see you all soon and let's get ready to party!

johnf
Palm Harbor, FL

[Dragon Lady]

The Magic headed out today for the eastern cruise.

The next time it docks at PC, it will be us getting on the ship!!!!!

YAY
DL

[angelaj]

Hi everyone and Happy Easter! Can you believe this is the week? I've been packing this weekend. Do you think DCL will allow me to bring 27 suitcases? Hee hee!

Dragon Lady - you're lucky you have some time off beforehand. I'm working through Thursday, so I'm trying to get as much done as I can this weekend. So much to do! I've started tanning today (tanning cream) so I won't be dreadfully white. I don't want to scare everyone off the ship!

Wenabre - I sent you an e-mail the other day. Did you get it? I haven't heard from you. You're probably super busy like the rest of us. It's funny how time sneaks up on you. It seems like we had so much time, and now we're all going crazy trying to get everything done. I've decided not to do Epcot Friday, but thanks for the offer to meet up. That would've been fun! I may go to Downtown Disney for a while before I have to pick Susan and Robert up at the airport, but I'm not even sure about that. I'm just going to play everything by ear this week.

Well, we'll see everyone either at the Radisson, the port, or the ship. We'll have our lime green Mickey heads on. And anyone who walks by our cabin (#8042) will have no doubt we're DISers when they see our door decorations! See you all next week!!!!

Angela

[angelaj]

I just painted my toenails a bright red color. Good for the intimidation factor during the contest. Are you scared yet????????

[wenabre]

OH Angelaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.....J,

My Toes laugh at your toes....
My Toes Scoff at your toes.....
My Toes have no fear of your wanton woman red painted toes.....
My Toes say to your toes...
BRING IT ON !!!!

Oh and by the way Dragon Lady....toes massages are mandatory from Wednesday till Toe Contest time, all part of the buttering up that will be expected!!!:eek:

[angelaj]

I scoff at your claims of no fear. I know you're trembling deep down inside! Bwahahahahahaha!

I spent some time yesterday coming up with ideas for the contest. Be prepared: I only came up with four, but they are doozies! Most of there are two-parters: You must pick the item up, then do something with it. I won't give you any more details until contest time.

One question: Are we performing our own stunts plus the other person's? Or just the other person's? In other words, will I be doing the ideas I came up with along with your ideas? I need to know how much to practice!!!!

Have a great time at WDW this week. I know you all will have so much fun!!! Ride Rock n Roller Coaster 20 times in a row for me!

[plutospup]

Does anyone know if the NFL Draft will be airing in the ESPN club? What could be better...Football & Cruising at the same time!

[crushonjessica]

Hello everyone Sonny Daze here with your weather report.

LOkks like it is Sunny and in the low 80"s just right for cruising!:smooth:

[Dragon Lady]

:bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce:

Yippeeeeee......

I fly out tonight (red eye from Vancouver to Toronto), meet up with Wenabre, Katdb and our Nana tommorrow morning for our flight to Orlando.

See you all soon,
Dragon Lady

[Jillie]

Can you believe it?? Just 2 more days and then we will be off...is everyone packed and ready to go? I am pretty well set and very excited. See you all there!

[beschultz]

I'm 99% packed - good thing - we leave this afternoon when school gets out! And we have the BEST weather for leaving - it's SNOWING!

We have a lot of driving ahead of us, but we are heading to WARMTH and the Magic.

Lists are being e-mailed out today, so "watch your mailbox."

See you on Saturday - we will be the pale, pale crew decked out in green!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[plutospup]

Only one more day at work, and then we're on our way!

[johnf]

I guess that I should pack now huh?

Last day at work and I am SO excited I will definitely have a hard time keeping focused today.

I'll see you all soon!

johnf:cool:

[Snoopyto]

Well having been working 7 day weeks since Valentines. I and wife (36) just booked on the 4/26 cruise. Yippee

Being normal fans from the world, this is the best way we can get Disney and not not get paged or called etc.

It is so nice to see so many other Motivated Disney people on here.


David

[plutospup]

Welcome aboard Snoopyto! Won't it be great! No pagers, no cell phone calls, no phone calls period! No ER calling in the middle of the night!!!!!!
...I'd like another Konk Kooler, please.

[angelaj]

I'm down to my last 2 1/2 hours at work! I'm leaving at 3:00 to drive to Valdosta where I'll stay the night, then drive to Orlando tomorrow where I'll spend a few hours at Downtown Disney for a few hours tomorrow before I pick up the rest of the crew at the airport. My bags are packed (and packed, and packed - I brought too much stuff!) and in my trunk.

See you all soon. Woo hoo!!!!!