Any 10-16-04 cruisers yet?

[Zandy595]

All of those amounts I posted before are on page 63 of the Disney Cruise Line brochure/book. It also says:

For you convenience, a 15% gratuity is automatically added to bar, beverage, wine and deck service tabs. All gratuities can be charged to you room charge.

Tipping the Dining Manager and for Room Service is at your discretion.

Then there's also the guys who take your luggage at the port (we always tip $1 per bag) and the counselors in the Oceaneer Club and Lab. We've never really used the kids programs so I don't have a clue about that. Has anyone ever tipped the councelors?

[tevagirl]

Peg, I'll babysit....you can tip me.

[corrybaybe]

Boy every one has their price!!!!!!!!

[corrybaybe]

Zandy595
Thanks for all the info!!!! you were very helpful unlike others who are only looking for tips (Denise)

[Zandy595]

:teeth: You're welcome Peg!

[Zandy595]

We just added 2 more to our crew yesterday (my DM & DSF). Now we have total of 12.



Does everyone know about this? According to Jim (http://disneycruise.disney.go.com/disneycruiseline/special/specialIndex?id=AccordingToJim)

[Denine]

We are back from our WDW trip. We had a fantastic time!
Hope everyone here is doing well.

[vandawho]

Sandy, I didnt know about that According to Jim show, but thanks, now I will watch it!!

Denine.......How was the weather? My husband and I leave next thursday, (26th) :wave2: ......We are so excited! Glad you had fun.

Jill

[takemeaway]

Wow Denise, can we all say "drama queen?" Are you sure you don't need to up your medication? You will never be the "old lady that lived in the shoe" because that is not a Disney fairytale. Now, I think a good casting call for you would be the Evil Stepmother in Cinderella (I will be playing Cinderella, of course) or Grumpy the Dwarf ( I will be playing Snow White, of course).

Thanks for the "According to Jim" information. I knew they were on cruise but I didn't know it was going to air tonight. I am gonna check it out and see if I notice any new drinks to try.

Peg, I am so glad you have come over to the "evil" side. Please feel free to drop your kids off at Denise's cabin...right next to mine....and join all the fun people for baileys and coffee.

[tevagirl]

Welcome back, Denine, how was the Mouse? Did he ask about me?

Denise (aka the Drama Queen)

[corrybaybe]

Welcome back Denine!


Thanks for the invitation I love Baileys and coffee.

Denise thanks so much for offering to watch the kids so I can go next door with the fun people.

[Zandy595]

Actually the According to Jim episodes on the cruise start next Tuesday.

[takemeaway]

Thanks Sandy for setting me straight. This just confirms that I really have no idea what day it is or where I am going.

Jill, you are always going somewhere fun. Did you marry a millionaire? Does he have a brother? Does he have a father? How about grandpa? Grandpa must need some love.

Frank, my 7 year old, got the spiked hair-cut today. He looked in the mirror and said, "Yeah, now I am a man." OHhhhhhhh jeeez! I told my "man" he should go get a job and start paying rent.

Denine, welcome back. Denise has been whining a lot since you were gone. Don't worry, I was able to watch over the thread and make sure everyone was being sarcastic yet witty. Not an easy task with this bunch. Glad you are home safe.

[tevagirl]

Well I have a bid on ebay for the cutest dress for my granddaughter for the cruise but there's some lady trying to outbid me. It ends in 30 minutes so I have to kill some time before I can go to bed. I refuse to let her win! It's a matter of principal now. (The principal being that I want it!)

Tomorrow's friday!! Can't wait. It's felt like friday since tuesday.
Been a really long week. I don't think that'll happen when I start my other job. (Gum wrapper-picker-upper).

Have to go check and see what that ebay witch is up to...talk to you later.....Denise

[tevagirl]

She outbid me but it's not over yet.....I'll keep you posted!

[tevagirl]

It was a battle to the end but it's mine! Unfortunately I cannot afford the cruise now.

[vandawho]

Hello everyone.......

Hey mom, How come I dont hear you bidding on cute little boy outfits??? Huh?? I'll wait for the answer........


Rose......I'm like my mom, I love going away. I hope when I'm her age I get to go away for months at a time like she does!! When I went to the Poconos I took Alec but not the baby and this time to Disney it is just AJ (husband) and myself going, we are not brining our kids. The only reason they are going on the cruise with us is because my mom will be there to babysit!!!!!! whoopee!! What fun!.......Oh and if he was a millionaire, I'd be collecting alimony and child support on some tropical island somewhere! ::yes::

[Denine]

I need to check in here more frequently, I can't keep up with you guys!

We had a great time in WDW. The weather was warm most of the time and sunny! :sunny: Can't wait till our next trip in May and then it's the cruise.

In the mean time, it is back to reality which means I have to work this weekend.

[tevagirl]

If Andrew can fit in the dress he is more than welcome to wear it.
Make sure you take lots of pictures for his Daddy to see.

Hello Everyone!

[takemeaway]

Good morning from Rainy Southern CA. Denise, I love ebay. I actually sell a lot of stuff on ebay....besides the children.

I don't really have anything new to report. Hope you are all doing well. Jill have a great trip to DisneyWorld. You do know the true Disney is out here in California? Everything else is just imitation. How about you and hubby take a road-trip? Leave the kids with your mom!

Hello to everyone!

[vandawho]

Hello Everyone!

Rose, sorry it's raining in Cali. It's sunny here in NJ........I have never visited Disneyland, but would LOVE to come out and see it! I'll have to make arrangements with my mom! THANKS! I'm very excited about going tomorrow, but I am really sad about leaving my boys and I am REALLY nervous about flying......hate it. Well, talk to everyone later......I have to go pack.....Jill ::MickeyMo

[vandawho]

This isn't Jill, it's her Mom (Denise, aka tevagirl, or as other people on this board would have me be know....the official babysitter of the Disney Cruise Line.) I am at her house with Alec who did not get to go with his Mom and Dad to Disney World. The baby is at 'Nothermommom's house. (This is what Alec used to call his other Grandmom when he was very little.) Anyway, I thought I would let you all know that my darling daughter landed safely this morning...she called me while they were taxiing (is that how you spell that?) in to let me know she made it okay. It only took some major alcohol last night and a couple of Xanax this morning to get her to leave her children and get on the plane. She called me last night at 11pm, a little tipsy, and wanted my opinion whether I thought she'd make it to Florida alive. I said that yes, I thought she would. I was right. The last vacation we all took together involved flying also and I swore that I would never, EVER, go anywhere with her again if she had to get on a plane. She's a fruit loop. Anyway, guess what they promised Alec when they get back from DISNEY WORLD. He's getting.....are you ready for this???.....a dinner at an Outback restaurant! Isn't he just the luckiest kid ever? I informed him in my most grandmotherly way that he could get alot more out of them than some dinner at Outback. Don't you worry....I'm going to teach him a few things about the word guilt and how he can use it. Outback.....geez, cut me a break. Have to go see what he's doing....talk to you all later.....Denise

[corrybaybe]

HI Denise!!!
Glad to hear Jll had a safe landing she will have a magical time I am sure.


Peg

[Denine]

Glad to hear Jill made it safely to WDW. I wish I was back there. It is supposed to be decent this weekend though, plus, I DON'T have to work this weekend.

TGIF!

[tevagirl]

Hello Everyone,

I hope you enjoyed your weekend off, Denine. It was beautiful here, I opened my windows and aired out the house...it was great.

I just hung up from Jill. They were getting ready to leave for Fantasmic. They have never seen it so I hope they do tonight. She said the weather there yesterday and today was very nice but they froze on Thursday and Friday. Yesterday Magic Kingdom was mobbed but there was no one in Epcot. They were probably all in MK because they were having the Spectromagic parade. My DH is at Jill's house with Alec. He's going to stay there tonight since he doesn't have to go into work. Tomorrow after I get home from work I'll go over and "Nothermommom" will bring Andrew home. I've missed him....can't wait to get my hands on him. I'll stay there with the kids until Jill and AJ get home which should be around 8:30 or 9 o'clock. I hope she doesn't read this part...but I've missed her too. All I've had around me for the last four days have been fairly normal people. (Notice I said "fairly normal"....no one in my family is normal.) It's been quite boring.

Anyway, I guess I'll go get my shower and PJ's on and wait for the Academy Awards to come on. I imagine Rose is probably getting into her finest attire and getting ready to walk down the red carpet.....she must be up for the best actress award, don't you think? I mean no one could possibly be like that for real, could they? I'm rooting for you, Rose!

Denise

[vandawho]

Hello Everyone.

I made it....YAY!!!!! We had sooooooo much fun. It was great. One cold day and the rest were beautiful! I can't wait to go on that Disney Cruise! I want to go back to Disney next year and stay at Animal Kingdom Lodge with the boys......we took a tour yesterday and we liked it alot. Well, gotta go finish unpacking, talk later.......Jill

[Denine]

Jill: Glad to hear you had a nice time!

Nothing much going on here. Just trying to wait it out until spring is here. I do have to work this weekend.

[tevagirl]

Happy Friday!

Hope everyone has a nice weekend and I hope you don't have too bad of a one at work, Denine. I used to work in ICU (I was a unit clerk there) before I went to the department I'm in now and unless I was missing something fun at home I usually didn't mind the weekends. There were less Doctors in, less tests, less everything. I worked three thirteen hour shifts then and thats the only thing I miss about being there. I am still not used to working five days a week but I do like getting out at 4 o'clock. Can't have everything, right?

We are having our granddaughter's 3rd birthday party here on Sunday so I guess I'll be busy tomorrow.

Anyway, hello to everybody....we are now one day closer to our cruise!

Denise

[vandawho]

YES! TGIF!!! Thanks Denine......I wish I was going back in May again.........Do you guys stay in Disney when you go? This was my first time back since 2000 and now I am ready to go again next week. I cant wait for this cruise. I hope the time goes fast. In our room we had a pic of the disney cruise line at Castaway Cay. Made us even more excited! Oh well, It will be here soon enough......Everybody have a nice weekend! Talk to you soon.......Jill pirate: (i love the pirates of the caribbean)

[takemeaway]

WEll HElloooooooooo:

I am sorry I haven't written. I know you guys missed me terribly. I have no excuse except I have been enjoying the 80 degree temperatures here in San Diego. (thinks she might be rubbing it in and liking it).

We are heading to Legoland next weekend. I know, it isn't Disney but heck it is 10 minutes away. I can't stand those lego's though. The kids come home with these 1000 piece kits and then I have lego's all over my floor for weeks.

I hope everyone is good. Jill, glad you enjoyed your trip. Denise, I am sorry YOU didn't win for best dramatic actress on a board. Perhaps, you can be a little more dramatic next post. ;)

Hope everyone is well and safe.

[tevagirl]

I wanna go to Legoland too :mad: !

[WldWcnWmn]

Sorry, I started a new thread, I didn't see you here...

My daughter and I will be joining you on your cruise! This is our first time on the DCL and I am so excited, I can hardly contain it.
I am celebrating my daughter's 8th birthday on the ship. :crazy:

[tevagirl]

Hi :wave2:

Welcome....I'm so glad you joined us! What a great birthday present for your daughter!

[tevagirl]

HELLOOOOOOO.......any one out there? Once again I am obviously the only one that doesn't have a life. Just thought I'd post something and get us back on page one. Come on people.....a little help here would be nice...I feel so lonely.....I'd even talk to Rose!

Denise

[Zandy595]

Welcome WldWcnWmn! :D

My son will be almost 9 on the cruise. There are quite a few kids in that age group here, mostly boys though.

[tevagirl]

Hi Sandy :wave2:

[Zandy595]

Hi Denise :wave2:

I'm going nuts here. DS has an ear infection and has been home from school for two days. He's acting normal, but has a fever so I'm keeping him home. He's having a great time playing all day, but I can't get anything done. Can't wait for him to get better and go back to school.

[tevagirl]

Hope your DS is better and back in school tomorrow...for his sake and yours! I can certainly relate....my DH called in sick from work tonight and he's making me crazy. He's like a 3 year old with a boo-boo. Big old baby :(

[Denine]

I have been MIA again. It is hard to find enough computer time! I tried to get on the boards the other day, but couldn't. They must have been having problems.

Jill: We own DVC, a timeshare through Disney. Yes, we stay on site, most often at the Old Key West Resort. We love it there. We have a 1-bedroom for May. We can't wait, especially since we got a bunch of snow yesterday.

We made our after cruise ressies for OKW.

We have Chef Mickey PS for May for breakfast.

Denise: I work every other weekend and that is it. I used to work more, but decided to stay home and raise Kaleigh. Maybe I should say that I used to GO to work more. I think I actually WORK more now! ::yes:: It is a lot quieter on the weekends. I am pretty much my own boss. I get there at 6 AM, pull all of my meds and hand them out. I leave at 10 AM. Our place is too small to need 2 nurses all day. We just need 2 for the morning med pass. I just hate getting up so early and it only gives me 2 hours away from Kaleigh each day. Once I am there, I am fine.

[takemeaway]

WElllll hellooooooo Everyone!

I am heading out of town this weekend. A get-away with no husband, no kids, no nothing. Just me, me , me. Going to visit my high school girlfriend... (you guys know that I graduated from high school 10 years ago, right?).....and party like it is 1999! OH wait, 1999 has passed. Okay, I am gonna party like its 2099. Yeah, that works.

I am soooo looking forward to getting away. No one knocking on the bathroom door asking me what I am doing. NO one wanting me to get them something to eat. No one telling me that they need a hug. And, that is just the husband! Awwww, can you say heaven?

We had a great time at Legoland last weekend. Denise, anytime you want to visit California, let me know. Ohhhhh no, you can't stay here but I would be happy to find you and the family a nice hotel where you can take me out to dinner!

Have a great weekend everyone. Be SAfe

[corrybaybe]

I want to go toooooooooo. Dh left for Las Vegas today for oldest son bachelor party. When we got married(back in the stone age) you were lucky to get out to dinner, now Vegas!! I am home with the 2 little ones and more snow tomorrow can you say ugh!!
Calgon take me away!!!

Rose have a great time!

Gotta run time for aj's concert

[Denine]

Rose: Enjoy you weekend away. Sounds like fun!

Las Vegas for a bachelor party????????? Wow!

[Boardwalk4us]

Hi from Minnesota,

I have been MIA for quite a while. Spring is finally here. Had our first thunderstorms of the season today. The snow is almost gone from our back yard. It is looking kinda of dirty around here.

I am still trying to find a good airline pricing for our travel dates in October. If anyone from Minnesota has found anything let me know. Sun Country really came through for our December trip to WDW but still is at $300.00 round trip in October. Of course Northwest is way up there on the non-stops.

I was reading how bad the rip currents are in some areas of Florida right now.
The advice was if you can't swim don't go into the ocean above your ankles.

It brought me back to our last trip to St. Martin, we were at Orient Beach and my daughter and I were pulled under near shore. I hung on to her feet as we were both pulled under. That was the only memory from that cruise I didn't like. I don't think we will be going to Orient beach this time.

It is getting close to the magical 6 month point. That means it was 6 months from our last cruise. My DH took out his cruise pants (you know the ones with the stretchy waist band) the other day and joked how his is ready for his 21 buffets in a row. He also demonstrated to all who would watch how far his waist band can be stretched for the cruise. As we get closer to the cruise he does this more often. It is going to be a long 6 months.

Hope all is well with all signd up so far.


Nancy

[Zandy595]

Hi Nancy :wave:

LOL about your DH's cruise pants.

Yeah, the rip currents have been really bad down here. And it's been super windy the last few days. It was so windy last night that it must have downed some power lines. Our power was out from 4:30 am to around 7 am. I know this because my fan and sound spa went off and I couldn't sleep anymore. I have to remember to get batteries for the sound spa.
I think we might go to the beach today or tomorrow to check out the waves (no swimming). That must have been really scary when you and your DD got pulled under.

[Boardwalk4us]

Hi Sandy,

Can you eleborate on the rip-currents. Do the upper winds cause them or what? It was our very first experience with them as we are here in Minnesota so when we get to a ocean beach we love to experience it, but not that way. We once stayed in Hollywood (I think) Florida and enjoyed that area. Is that close to you??

Nancy

[Zandy595]

I didn't really know how to explain it so I found this. Rip Currents (http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/damg/rip.rxml)

We went to the beach yesterday to see the waves. The water was a beautiful turquoise. They had the warning flag up for dangerous conditions (and man-o-war). There was only one crazy women in the water and the life guard was watching her very closely.

Hollywood is about an hour and 45 minutes south of us. My uncle lives there.

[Denine]

Nancy: LOL about your DH's cruise pants!

We are trying to switch from late dining to early dining. We decided it would be easier with Kaleigh even though we do not like early dining.

Just counting down the days till our WDW trip in May. We are leaving 2 days earlier than the counter says and staying at Coronado Springs for 2 days, then we move over to OKW for the duration.

[tevagirl]

Hi All,

Hope everyone is well. My DH and I have been busy planning our next vacations. He has a Marine Corp reunion coming up in June that is being held in Las Vegas and I have my annual May trip to Myrtle Beach. Can't wait....that's one of my favorite vacations. My girlfriend and I go down for about two weeks. We rent a condo on the beach and do absolutely nothing but go to the beach and shop! Heaven. We are trying a different place to stay this year. It's a condo that is on the top floor of the building and it has two decks. One is covered and one isn't. We spend alot of time out on the deck. We have our coffee out there every morning and when we come off the beach we sit out there with a nice cold drink. (A blender is the first thing on our list to pack!) Hmmm...I can taste those drinks already! As a matter of fact....that's exactly what I plan on doing on our veranda in October! I think I see a pattern starting to develop here.

It's 9pm, DH just left for work and there's nothing on TV. I am a little bored. I could clean but I'm not. Maybe I'll just go to bed. So good night and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Denise

[Denine]

Wow! 2 weeks with just your friend to sit around and do nothing but shop and drink sounds heavenly!

It is so gray and yucky here I can't stand it. I really need some sunshine! :sunny:

[Boardwalk4us]

Denine,
We have sun here today, no wind 46 degrees and we are lovin it. The baby squirrels were playing yesterday in our trees. There were 4 of them. The chipmunks are busy and Mr. & Mrs. Duck (Mallards) who visit us every year at spring came back to eat under the bird feeder. It Is Official, It's SPRING!

Hopefully some sun shine will come your way.

Nancy

[Zandy595]

46°! Brrrrr! ;) It was 82° and sunny :sunny: here today. I love Florida! :lovestruc

Did everyone notice that we are finally under 200 days now? :jumping3:

[tevagirl]

My daughter noticed! I was over her house today and she mentioned it. My husband has also started his own count down. Every day I hear "you know there's only--fill in the blank--weeks left till the cruise....are we going to have enough money??" Every day. I think I might like to stuff him in Nancy's husband's cruise pants.

[WldWcnWmn]

Yup, Yup, Yup! We noticed! :wave2: We are sooo jazzed! Hey, anyone been on the Eastern before? I have a question about an excursion that's offered in St. John's - but I can't find it in the Disney info...... My daughter and I wanna' do the Dolphin/Stingray excursion...and I can't find it offered in the excursion sign up stuff. :( I know it exists, 'cause we've been to the web site for the company that offers it.... any help would be appreciated.

Also, what do you guys think about the little girls dressing up like princesses onboard? Is it "cheesy" and frowned upon, or is it accepted, and seen as cute? My DD 7 wants to.... but i dunno' I'm a little nervy about looking like a dumb tourist - but we're both Disney FREAKS so we could shine it on if we got a "thumbs up" or two... Whatcha' think? Thanks:rolleyes:

[tevagirl]

Here's a thumbs up.....how many times in your daughter's life can she dress up as a princess? Not too many...I say go for it!

[takemeaway]

Denise, What are you talking about? I dressed up like a princess last week to go to the grocery store. (puts on her crown).

WldWcnWmn, I think dressing your daughter in a princess outfit is a terrific idea. I see little girls in the princess costumes and think they always look adorable...not cheesy. As a matter of fact, I am going to dress up my 7 year old son in a Belle Costume. Poor kid doesn't know it yet!

[tevagirl]

Rose...that's because you ARE a princess.princess:

[WldWcnWmn]

That's it, we're costuming!:bounce: With you guys on board with me, I feel better now... if some old cranky geezer type shakes his head, I can point at you two and say you said it was o.k. Hehehehe. We are so giddy about the whole thing, I got the cruise video last night in the mail, and I actually cried when I watched it. Isn't that sad?!?! We're such Disnoids, I think it's in the DNA (or is that DIS-NA?) I am a single parent and I've been telling my daughter since she was a little-er kid that one day I'd take her, and we're actually going! I think I am more excited than she is. Oh well...better go check out the local Disney Store and see what kinda' deal I can get on princess dresses...too bad we're not going AFTER Halloween....hmmmm. Anyone know about the dolphin fantasy excursion supposedly avaiable on St. John's? You guys have a great day!

[WldWcnWmn]

everytime I post, my daughter wants the little green guy. She say's it's "her" excited about the trip. hmmmm dunno' why she relates to the green bouncy thing.......oh well.

[corrybaybe]

HI All
I know I have kinda been mia!! IT has been really crazy around here with all the wedding stuff going.Oldest son get married May 29th (thank god) oops did I say that out loud? We were finally able to pay a nice family to take him. I mean he finally found a nice girl.



WldWcnWmn I think it's a wonderful Idea for your daughter to wear a princess dress. I am hoping to wear mine from the wedding. I don't care if I have to sleep in it I will get to wear this dress again.

Well all have a great weekend and be safe.

Mother of the groom !!!! Will I ever just be Peg again??????????:bride: :groom: :scratchin

[tevagirl]

Well now if everyone is wearing a princess dress then I want one too! Maybe we can even get the old cranky geezer to wear one. And if not I could probably take him anyway. Once they hit a certain age they don't scare me any more. Peg will need to vent after the wedding so she can be my back up. Oh I just love planning things! We are going to have so much fun!

WldWcnWmn...I can relate with your daughter, sometimes I feel like a green bouncy thing and unfortunately I often look like one. By the way...congratulations on being able to take this cruise with your little girl, you deserve to be excited!

[vandawho]

Hi Everybody......

Dont ya just love daylight savings?? :mad: Takes 6 months to get a baby on schedule and then BAM! Change the clocks ahead, and then when you finally get them on schedule again....what do you know......Daylight savings ends!

Have a nice day....::MickeyMo

[corrybaybe]

Hi All


I am thinking maybe we should all bring our princess crowns.I would love to wear mine by the pool at dinner or just strolling around the deck. It can be our own little club. Since my daughter has the Queen position all tied up. I am going to get mine out and start polishing it up today!!!!!!!!!!!!!



I am gonna be a PRINCESS !!!!!!!!

[tevagirl]

You can't be a princess...you're the Mother of the groom.

[corrybaybe]

I can be anything I want with a little pixie dustprincess:

anyone have a little extra they can sprinkel my way?

and a whole lot of Grey Goose:crazy:

[tevagirl]

Just invited Libby from Australia to join us! She was wandering around out there all by herself. Hope she finds us! :wave2:

[Libby]

Hi,

I'll be joinging all of you on the cruise with my dh and 2 dds's who are 5 and 3. This will be our third cruise, but first with Disney. Since we're coming from Australia we'll be spending 2 weeks at WDW before the cruise. My dh is hoping that after being immersed in disney for 3 weeks I'll be sick of it. I think he's most hopeful indeed. This will be my dd5 4th Disney trip - 3rd to WDW.
Hmmm, what else...I'm a SAHM and spend most of my free time planning my next disney trip (as dh says I'm never happier than when I'm planning our next overseas holiday) or scrapbooking.

Libby

[tevagirl]

Libby Libby Libby...doesn't your husband realize that the more often you do Disney the more you want to do it? It doesn't have the effect that he's hoping for that's for sure. Hopefully he'll never realize that fact and you can just keep planning your Disney vacations! Where will you be staying before the cruise? My DH, my DGD (age 3), and I will be going down on the Tuesday before and staying at the Wilderness Lodge with some friends. The rest of our family will be meeting us on the ship.

Anyway...I have to go to work so welcome to the board. The people here are so nice, I can't wait to meet them. Some of them are a little delusional...they think someone on this cruise is going to be the official babysitter...but other than that they're okay.

Talk to you later, Denise

[Libby]

Hi Denise,

We will be arriving on Sunday 3rd and staying at the Carribean Beach, then transfering to the Wilderness Lodge the following Sunday for 6 nights. Then 2 nights at the Beach Club after the cruise. We stayed at WL last trip and really loved it. I'm very excited because we were orginally going next Jan but our new house has been delayed and we probably won't be moving into it until Dec so we moved our trip forward to October. The downside is I have less time to save spending money.

Libby

[corrybaybe]

Hi Libby and welcome!!

Let me be the first to tell you how much Denise loves children.She has so thoughtfully offered to watch all the kids that will be coming from this board isn't she wonderful:sunny: From what I hear she would be just miserable with out them. My two boys already refer to her a Aunt Denise hugs and kisses!!!!



Denise just trying to make sure you have a good time.

[WldWcnWmn]

I dunno' if we need to "burden" poor Denise, but didn't I read up there a while back that someone was bringing a blender? And weren't one of you in charge of the Rum? I for sure have the surge protector packed and ready...I am gonna' put a lot of faith into the hands of the Club Counselors (not to mention calling cards & tips) 'cause this "Queen" (DD says "mom, you're too old to be a princess" nice) is gonna' have a single parent's blast!!! Speaking of blast, I bought a Sleeping Beauty princess gown on Ebay for DD for Captain's Night (shhh don't tell DD) and I told her she could bring her Jasmine costume from last Halloween. We're gonna do WDW for a week before the trip, maybe I can hook up a crown or two at the park....too old to be a princess, I'll show her....you other Princesses just do the standard beauty queen/princess wave :wave: when you see us!!!(We'll be the two girls wearing the crowns!) I can't wait, I can't wait.....

[Denine]

It's me again. I love it when the girls dress up in their princess costumes. It is so cute. We have been on 5 Disney cruises and it is done all the time. DD who will be 2 on the cruise is bringing hers. I, of course, do have MY princess Aurora tiara.
I will be dressing up like a princess, at least as much as I can.

Has anyone looked into the Romance at sea package?

I will just be happy to drop Miss Kaleigh off at Flounders so we can go to Palo.

It's getting closer! :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc

[tevagirl]

Hi Denine,

We booked the Romance at Sea package. Not that I really want any romance but the rest of it looks good :) . One of the other couples that are going with us also booked one. It sounds like it's worth the money. Actually....for me not to have to stress about Palo reservations is worth it alone. Last year I had nightmares about getting them. Last year I was a little nutty about the whole trip. I am a tad bit better this time. At least I think I am :confused: .

And, WldWcnWmn, you can bet your sweet bippy (my God, I haven't said that since the 60's....what the heck is a bippy anyway?) that there will be a blender on board!

Talk to all you Princesses later....Denise

[takemeaway]

Lot of action on the board lately. And, I love to be part of the action.

We are gonna book the romance package too. Someone did a whole write up on one of the threads with pictures too. It looked really good. I am wondering if the package comes with a young, virile, rich stud. Ohhhhh, don't get me wrong. My husband is all those things and more (coughs uncontrolllably) but I think he might like to watch a baseball game. Will check the brochure on who is included.

Kids are in camp today. They have 11 more days off for Spring Break. HELP ME!!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!! SOMEONE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!

[tevagirl]

A. It doesn't come with the stud....I already asked.

B. How many days off do your kids get for spring break if they still have 11 left? Geez.

[Denine]

We've never had a problem getting Palo or brunch ressies, but we didn't have to make flounder's ressies either. How much romance could there be with a 2 year old in the room? I would love a massage. I already plan on getting a facial. If I booked it, I thought I might surprise DH since it will be our anniversary.

Can I have spring break too?????????

[WldWcnWmn]

Mekayla has decided she likes the purple bouncy thingy....:Pinkbounc .... have you guys decided on where the princess reunion/meet and greet should be? princess: I think all of us should have a little social of our own at the sail away party! We bought some really neat confetti for the party?!?!? Any takers?

[tevagirl]

Sounds like a good idea to me. We would all get to wear our princess hats!

[okwmeister]

Another MIA is back!

Denine: Christy and I are also looking into the romance package (it will be our 25th anniversary.......in fact, Jeff and Nancy are also celebrating the big 25!!) This could be quite the cruise!!!

I just hope I don't hear my name on the PA the time as the ship pulls from port (last year my card must not have registered as I re-boarded the ship in Cozumel and rumor had it that I was still jamming at Carlos and charlies...

Nancy: How are things going? Have you booked flights yet? Time to start the planning for another Minnesota cruise meet soon.

We booked Vero for one night after the cruise so don't have to rush to the airport (stretch the vacation out as long as possible).


Happy Easter all!

Doug

[corrybaybe]

count me in I can't wait to wear my princess hat. I was also at the dollar store and found princess wands. I think I am over the edge!!!!All you need is 2aa batteries and your ready to go. I think the sail away party would be the perfect place for the meet/greet.princess:

[WldWcnWmn]

Dollar Store huh? Great, I'm there! We are looking at all kinds of neat stuff for the cruise. Did you guys check out the paint chips at Home Depot? I know everyone already knows about them, but I just "found" them and they look like good door sign material to me! I am going to be broke before I even get my foot on the pier!:rolleyes:

Oh well, half of the fun (maybe a third of it:crazy: ) is the planning!!

I know passports aren't required, but is it worth having one? They are so spendy, but if it saves a lot of time and hassle I would consider it, do you other princesses have them? Thanks for letting me know.

[WldWcnWmn]

Back on page 21 didn't we all agree we were under 200 days? I just read my last post and I am in the 200's again. Is the clock moving backwards? I am not mentally stable enough to handle a set back! Wassup?:confused:

[tevagirl]

We won't be getting passports. We didn't have them last year and we didn't have any problems or delays. And, yes, I do believe you must be trippin' !

[Denine]

Doug: I never heard your name announced. That is funny! It will be number 13 for us.

We do have passports.

A meet at the sailaway sounds good to me.

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!!!!!!!! :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc

[Boardwalk4me]

Hi to all.

Doug,

All is well here. Wow 25 years for you and Christy too. We will have to look into the romance package. We have not booked our flights yet been checking everyday but not much under $300.00. Have you found any good deals? Matt has also been looking.

Vero Beach is a great idea. How far is that from the port? We are still not quite sure what day we are coming back. We are also going to WDW first week of December. Got a great deal from Sun Country at $134 round trip because we had 12 people.

Tell Christy she inspired me with painting the walls in the house with a little Disney magic after the visit to your house. Now the kitchen has little red mickeys with stars and the words to "When you wish upon a Star" on the walls. The kids say it fits me fine. I am still not brave enough to do the large paintings like Christy, so I will just stick to the simple stuff. Also Lia is now into scrap booking so she can hang out with Christy and Karol if they do any on the cruise.

Alisa is in traveling soccer and has been practicing since January. Lia is going to intern at our business this summer and go to school so she can take the fall semester off just to go on the cruise and our December trip. She is 21 and still wants to be around the mouse.

FYI - The commercial that was shot at our house last fall is now on the internet at Sunsetter.com. If you click on the information video, our house is the one with the host talking at it.

We are up for a pre-cruise meeting. There is another family in Mendota Heights "GeneralMax" booked for this cruise also. Haven't seen her on the board for a while but would be great to invite them also. After all we would still be strangers if it weren't for these boards.

Tell your family Hi and we will have to pre-plan our next Minnesota pre-cruise meet.

Are we going to plan on a Palo's brunch again??? Matt what do you think?

Happy Easter & Happy Spring to all of our fellow cruisers.

Nancy

[okwmeister]

Denine:

I was on this thread at the wee beginning but since then I got derailed a bit. Say Hi to Jerry and Kaleigh!! Can't wait to meet your little princess!

We have group photos from our first two cruises in our scrapbooks. I notice that Paul is going on the 10 day christmas cruise and Beano is cruising the western the week after we return.

It's that time of year when I need some cruise therapy real bad!

Doug

[wide awake]

Hello All,
I have been absent for some time, busy at work and we just returned from our first trip to Hawaii. I accomplished my vacation goal of not rebooking while I was there...I think I deserve quite a bit of praise for this, my DH doesn't...see if I book the REAS package !!! Last time I was on this thread there were lots of promises of Baileys and coffee, now I hear a blender is going to be on board ? How good can life be ? What do I need to contribute ? We are driving from Orlando, so will be making a stop for provisions. While we were on a whale watching cruise in Hawaii I heard great things about the Dubloon Sail and Snorkel excursion from another DCL person...we won't be doing that one, DH will do the scuba dive, and DS and myself will do the beach days...but the woman I talked to could not say enough good things about this excursion. See you all in 185 days !!!

[Denine]

I could use a cruise right now too. Luckily we are going to WDW soon. I need some warm temperatures and sunshine!

We saw Paul & Pam at Halloween in WDW and they said they were going on the 10 day Christmas cruise. That sounds like a lot of fun! Some people with cruised with 2 years ago will be on the cruise with Beano.

We are thinking of buiding a new home so we start painting tonight. It needs to be done if we move or not.

Can't wait to see some of you again and meet the rest of you!

[Mickey02]

Good Morning

I have not posted much since the beginning of the thread.
I am hoping to meet some of you on the cruise.

Any plans for a meeting place??

Barb

[Libby]

Just wondering if any of you can recommend some good shore excursions. We did a 10 night cruise with RCCL in Feb 2002 which included all the same ports (except of course Coco Cay). We did the stingrays in Grand Cayman and Xcaret in Cozumel. Didn't really care much for Key West but we had 2 sick kids in strollers that day which I'm sure didn't help. I had been thinking one of the kyaking (sp?) trips might be good. Any input much appreciated.

Libby

[tevagirl]

Sorry, Libby, I can't answer your question....just wanted to get the board back to page one.

Hope everyone has a great weekend! :sunny:

[WldWcnWmn]

I was wondering what you guys knew about attractions around Port Canaveral?!?! Our flight to Oregon doesn't leave MCO until 10:00pm on the 23rd and I don't want to sit around the airport after disembarking..... I was thinking about renting a car from the port and returning it to MCO around 7 or 8. Does anyone who's done a cruise out of Port Canaveral know if there's anything to do there? :confused:

We went to the mall today to get party stuff and dresses for the cruise. Mekayla's set for the trip! Went to Home Depot for the paint chips to make the door sign!! Anyone know what the room keys look like? We bought cast lanyards on Ebay hoping that would be a good way to move around the ship hands free, but now I am wondering if the keys are credit cards like hotels, or if they're something else... anyone know? Also, thinking about Palo's, but I am single...should I bother with a "nice, formal" dinner even though I'll be alone? Whatcha' think? We're six months ayway guys!!!!! We're gettin' there!:crazy:

[tevagirl]

You are more than welcome to eat with our group at Palo. The more the merrier!

Denise

[Zandy595]

WldWcnWmn ~ Have you thought about Kennedy Space Center (http://kennedyspacecenter.com/)? We were there a couple months ago with cub scouts. We only live two hours away.

The room keys or Key To The World cards are just like credit cards.

[WldWcnWmn]

Denise, you're a Doll!! We'll have to arrange when you guys are thinking about Palos, I would love to have a night out (like a real adult) so, if you have a party of three or more, I'd love to join! I don't want to intrude on a couple's thing...and I got the A-O.K. from Mekayla! ;) I will check out the Space center, who knows, there maybe something going on there...Mekayla is a girl scout, maybe they have a cool patch or something for her uniform.... Hmmmm:smooth: I am sure we'll be pretty beached out by the time the cruise is over, buy maybe CoCo beach is an option, too. Do you guys think boredom is a consequence of a 7 day cruise?? looking at the "at sea" days, makes me wonder if there's enough to do on the ship?!?! Whatcha' think?

[tevagirl]

You wouldn't be intruding at all. And since Mekayla says it's okay...than it's okay! We'll figure it out when it gets closer to the cruise.

Talk to you later....Denise

[Zandy595]

WldWcnWmn ~ There's so much to do during "at sea" days. On our first Disney cruise we didn't have any "at sea" days and we never got to do all the stuff I wanted to do. Have you checked out the threads about this topic or looked at the
Navigators (http://dcltribute.com/navigators/east_carib/daily.htm) on Dave's site?

There's the spa, movies, sitting in the sun by the pool, the exercise room, sitting in a comfy chair on deck 4 reading a book, bingo, classes, internet cafe, coffee bar, and probably a lot more that I can't think of right now.

[Denine]

I just read where someone we cruised with 2 years ago is moving to south Florida. Her DH got a promotion and a transfer. I am sooo jealous.

Haven't really thought about the cruise lately. Too much on our minds.

[takemeaway]

Kids are back in school.....Thank Goodness! This spring break was the longest 2 weeks of my life. Look at all the hair I pulled out of my head (shows everyone her bald spot). Summer is 7 weeks away. I am gonna send those children somewhere!

Denise, how come you didn't invite me to Palo? HUH? How come you invite other people but I never get invited anywhere? HUH? I probably wouldn't go but I would like to be invited! I just like the thought of people actually wanting me.

There are a lot of on-board ship acitivites. I think there is wine tasting and food preparation....anything with liquor or food , I am there!

Have a great week!

[Denine]

Woo hoo! We may be building a new house and we should be in it by September! :bounce: :Pinkbounc

Rose: Nice bald spot. It is quite becoming for a princess:

[tevagirl]

My goodness, Rose, have I not done enough for you? Did you forget about last Thanksgiving? Can you take that crown off your head once in a while and think of other people. Geez.

Congratulations, Denine, that is so exciting! I wish you luck.




:wave2: Hello to everyone

Denise

[tiggerfantoo]

Hi! I am getting so excited about the cruise. There are 11 of us doing a family reunion cruise and only two have cruised before. Those two "cruised" when they were in the Navy, so they did not have the luxuries that it sounds like we will have on the cruise. Do you mind answering a few questions for me? How expensive are the souvenier mugs, and do you recommend us buying them? I am looking forward to seeing you all in your princess outfits, waving your princess wands. My DGD will be 3 1/2 at cruise time, so I may need to take her shopping for a princess outfit. It sounds like the staff will be treating us like real princesses! Then reality hits when we come home . . . :-(

I guess the first thing we do when we get home is book our next Disney cruise, right? :-)

[tevagirl]

Hi and welcome! My DGD will also be 3 1/2 when we cruise. That's a good age to be a princess. Actually any age is a good age if you're a princess!

Are you talking about the unlimited soda package? We purchased it last year and for us it was worth it as we drink alot of soda. (I do believe I am a coke addict....diet coke that is). It was $35.00 a person for the week. We didn't get the mug though. I didn't really want to lug it all over the ship. We had a sticker put on our KTTW card and we just had to show that when we were getting our drinks.

Have to go.....Survivor's coming on...once again welcome and looking forward to getting to know you before our trip!

Denise

[tiggerfantoo]

Thanks for the info, Tevagirl. Iwill be buying soda stickers for my KTTW card also. I'm glad you mentioned the stickers ~ the mug thing wouldn't work out well for me. I can see it now ~ I'd want a soda and my mug would be back in the stateroom. I'd ask my DH to go get me the mug and he would probably tell me that I should have bought the sticker instead of the mug. :-(

I'm looking forward to meeting you on the cruise. Probably your DGD and my DGD will meet in the Oceaneers club. I've heard people say that the kids are upset when you go to pick them up because they are having a great time there. I sure hope so!

Gotta go get ready for work. Gotta earn some money so I can buy Disney Dollars and support "the mouse".

Gloria

[Zandy595]

Welcome to the DIS Boards tiggerfantoo! :wave2:

We're doing a family reunion cruise also (12 people). Are there any other kids going with you, besides your DGD? I have an 8 year old DS and a 20 month old DN going with us.


Denine ~ Congrats on the new house! We built our new house 2 years ago. It's very exciting and a little stressful.

[tiggerfantoo]

Hi, Zandy595! My DGD has a half-sister who will be 19 months old when we cruise. She will be too young for the Oceaneers club so she will probably spend alot of time poolside :-)

It sounds like there will be alot of family reunions on this cruise. It sounds like a really nice place for family reunions with something for everyone.

Tevagirl, I am also a diet Coke addict. I also have a fondness for chocolate ~ I've heard the desserts on cruises are unbelievable! Guess I'll need to go check out the gym as soon as I board.

I am so glad I found this link. It will be nice to meet people on the cruise after meeting them on this message board.

Gloria

[Denine]

Did you all see that DCL will probably announce west coast cruises next week? They will be starting in May 2005. I HAVE to be on the transitional cruise to Califronia through the Panama Canal. :hyper:

Gloria: Welcome Aboard!

We signed the papers on Saturday to build the new home. We are really excited!

[WldWcnWmn]

Being in the Pacific NorthWest, it will be a grand day indeed, when Mickey's Boat(s) come to California!!! I HATE the cross-country flight, but am willing to do it!!! I'll be so happy (and so poor) when they go west!!! Yeah, more cruises for us in the future!!!::yes::

[Lisa62064]

We will be joing you for the October 16, 2004 cruise too!!
These boards are soooooooo helpfull, too bad I took it upon myself to book it all myself with the help of the internet...
I am finding out so much more here and its so nice to have specific questions answered quickly!!! This will be our first (and prolly last) BIG adventure since my DD19 is in college...better late than never I say! We are counting the days as of now but hopefully we'll be counting hours soon !!! We look forward to meeting all of you soon!! (only 5 more months...ugh!)

:bounce: Brian :crazy: Lisa :earsgirl: Emily :earseek: Lydia

Talk to ya soon! Lisa:crazy:

[tevagirl]

Welcome, Lisa!!:wave:

[corrybaybe]

Welcome Lisa:wave:

[Zandy595]

Welcome Lisa! :wave: ( I'm a copycat :cat: )

Have you checked out Castaway Club (http://www.*****************./) and Dave's Disney Cruise Line Tribute Site (http://dcltribute.com/) yet? They both have a ton of helpful information.

[Denine]

Welcome aboard, Lisa!

[Lisa62064]

Thanks to all for the warm & fuzzy welcome!....Tevagirl, Peg, Sandy & Denine....Thanks for the Links, I surely will check them out! I need all the help I can find...Sure hope the next 5 months go quickly... My girls are older, 19 & 14, wont have any real little ones with us, well except for my DH LOL

Lisa:crazy:

[wildernessgirl]

Welcome aboard Lisa! I haven't been on much, just had my third child in January. This will be our family's 4th cruise with disney! It will be: Myself (Julie), DH- Garry, DD- Makenzie (5yrs), DS- Garry (3yrs) and DD- Brooke (age 3 1/2mo. : 9mo. when we cruise). YES WE ARE NUTS!!!! My 14yr old stepdaughter will not be able to go with us this time, so it will be just the 5 of us.

Hey, do you daughters like to babysit? LOL!!! We have been on 3 disney cruises and YET to have made it to Palo's!! This time WE ARE GOING!!!! (keep your fingers crossed). OH, wait a minute, did someone else volunteer to babysit the youngin's???:laughing: Or was that wishful thinking on my part?:genie:

Well anyways, hi there and welcome to a great bunch of people. I will be posting more and more as the time arrives. I have been lurking so I have been keeping up with the babysitters :hyper: right, Denise? For some reason, I can't seem to find the time to post. I wonder why?:scratchin :laughing:

Hope you all have a GREAT week! It is going to be a wet one here in Ohio. Denine and her family have become great friends since we met on the boards from our last cruise. Since then, we have remained close and see each other when we can. Scheduling is a problem with my hubby's job. But we will be getting together when they get back from Disney or my DD- Makenzie will be very mad at HER friends! (that's what she calls them, her friends, not ours LOL)

[Lisa62064]

Hi Julie! Congratulations on the birth of your 3rd child!
MY DD14, Lydia:earseek: said she would consider babysitting for a night at Palo's for a couple hours.......She has some babysitting experience and she loves kids.....She is also wondering if there will be alot of kids her age, she would like to make some new friends through here to break the ice....anyone ????

Lisa:crazy:


:jumping1: :jumping1: :jumping1: :jumping1:

[Denine]

So, we need a list of kids willing to babysit! I have an incredibly sweet daughter who will be 2 at the time of the cruise.

Leaving on Friday for WDW where it is warm and sunny! Just the opposite of home!

Julie: You have to figure out how to improve the weather while we are gone!

Makenzie is having her 5th birthday party on Saturday but we can't make it since we will be in WDW. We will think about you enjoying your party though!

Hopefully we will find out about the transitional cruise in the next couple of days.

[tevagirl]

Hi Everybody! I leave for vacation in two days so please don't post anything exciting for a couple of weeks. I don't want to miss anything!

Julie...I would love to babysit your darling children! My medication is kicking in, my tic is much better, and those annoying voices have almost completely stopped now! They'll be just fine.

Hope everyone has a good May!

Talk to you all later,

Denise :wave2:

[wildernessgirl]

Thanks Denise! You will LOVE my adorable blond blue eyed children!!! Don't pay attention to those devil horns sticking up!! Oh, those voices might start back up after you have watched me kiddos! LOL!!! Actually, it would be just the 9mo. since I HOPE the other two will stay in the club!!!!

[corrybaybe]

Hey Denise!!

Hope you have a great vacation.


And I would just like to wish all you mothers a happy day on Sunday.I hope all your hearts are filled with love and your wallets filled with cash:D

[Denine]

Denise: I can always count on your for a laugh! Enjoy your vacation!

We leave on Friday for WDW. I am so excitied to spend Mother's Day there!

Hoping to find out about the DCL Panama Cruise today!

[Denine]

Wooo HOOO!!!!!!!! :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc We booked the Aug 20th 2005 14 day cruise from CA to FL. We got a cat 6!

[theboysmom]

Count one more family in on the October 16th cruise. I didn't realize how far in advance people book cruises. I guess we are somewhat late. Better late than never I guess.

[tevagirl]

I'm packing but couldn't resist one more peak...I'm gonna miss you guys!!

OMG Denine, congrats on the August cruise!! Now that's exciting!!

Welcome to the board, theboysmom, keep an eye on these people, okay?

And Happy Mother's Day right back at you, Peg! (And to all you other Moms too!)

Now I really have to go, I'll be home on the the 25th...talk to you all then!

Denise:wave:

[wide awake]

Hi Denine,
We are on the CA-FL cruise also...cat 7..6636...I am a happy, happy, girl (okay, I am 42)!!! And we have the Oct cruise to look forward to, which is going to be fabulous.

[Zandy595]

Welcome theboysmom! :wave2: Glad you made it over here. How old are your kids? I have one 8 year old son, Brendan.

Congrats to Denine and "wide awake" on booking the repositioning cruise! :boat: I envy you both.

[Denine]

Denise: So where is vacation?

We leave tomorrow morning for WDW. This is a good week!

How long till 8-20-05?

Welcome aboard theboysmom!

[theboysmom]

My boys are slightly younger and will be in the young oceanears club. Oldest DS is almost 7 (at time of cruise) and youngest will be 3. From what I read on the boards they will spend some time together in the club but not all and that is perfect and enough to give the youngest some security, not that he needs it.

[WldWcnWmn]

Hello, all you fellow princesses! I need a little help. I can't figure out how to get to the port from MCO. It's just Me & Mekayla, so cheaper would be better.....:smooth: rental cars don't seem like the deal they should be, since it's only the two of us :crazy:

I know Mickey's bus will take you, but I can't find where to pre-purchase the transfers, and honestly I don't know if it's $50.00 per person each way, or if it's one way. Also, the only transportation information I could find didn't specify if Mickey's bus will take you to MCO after the cruise. It said that they go to the hotels (WDW) but we're doing our week at WDW before the 16th and flying out the 23rd at 2:30pm. :rolleyes:
We are returning our rental to MCO around 8am on the 16th, and I just haven't figured out how to get to the boat. I know you guys that do this vacation a lot have the answer...I'm sure it's even a simple one...but :bounce: Please help!

On the lighter side, I bought our Tiara's today!! So when you see us wearing them (yes, I said "us") at the sail away, just come up and say, "Hi, Thea & Mekayla" 'cause it will be us!!!princess:

[tiggerfantoo]

Hi, Denine and Wide Awake,

My hubby and I will also be on the CA to FL trip next August (2005). I can hardly wait, although since I have never cruised before, I really have no idea what is in store for me.

Is anyone on this thread taking orders for door signs for the 10/16/04 cruise? If you are, please let me know so that I can place my order.

I can't believe how fast the year is going so far. It seems like October 16th will never get here, but I know it will be here soon as summers always go by so fast.

It will be nice to meet you all on the cruise.

Gloria

[wide awake]

Hi tiggerfantoo,
My DH just gave me the okay to buy whatever repo cruise merchandise I thought necessary...I will be purchasing Verandah Man's magnetic door sign, T-shirts, and the flip-flops. I cannot wait !!! But back to our Oct cruise...I finally told my mom we're taking her with us...I'd bought the plane tickets, thought it was about time...that was a couple weeks ago, she has already bought great clothes...I'll be schlepping around in 4 year old capris, and she'll look great !!! Oh well, my own fault, I'm lazy and cheap. Talk to you all later, we only have about 160 days to go.
Leslie

[Zandy595]

Is anyone on this thread taking orders for door signs for the 10/16/04 cruise? If you are, please let me know so that I can place my order.

Not sure what you mean by "taking orders for door signs".

I made one for our 10/16/04 cruise. However, I may change it before we go. Here's a link to My Cabin Door Sign (http://community.webshots.com/s/image1/6/87/16/131868716DyKyGc_ph.jpg) I wish it hadn't turned out so big. It doesn't fit in the window.

[tiggerfantoo]

Zandy 595, Verandah Man has graciously offered to make personalized door signs for people who are taking the Ca - FL cruise in August 2005. The door signs are 8 1/2" by 11" and are magnetized to stick to the stateroom doors. If you want to see the door sign, you can go into the "August 20, 2005 Repositioning/Transitional CA - FLA" link. When you go into the link, go to page one. The first posting is by Grumbo, and has a link titled "Personalized 8 1/2" x 11" door magnets". That will show you the nice door sign that Verandah Man designed.

I was hoping that someone on this site had designed a door sign that we could purchase for the cruise. I am not too creative, and anything that I make would probably look like something a baby monkey created - no, I take that back. The baby monkey would do a better job than I would. :-)

Gloria

[takemeaway]

Hellooooooooooooo Everyone:

I haven't posted lately so I wanted to say "Hey, How are you, What's going on, How is it hanging , and of course, What's up?"

To all the new people, I would like to welcome you on board. We are going to have a great cruise. There are a couple people on the board that you need to steer clear of due to insaniety reasons, but if you want to email me, I will be happy to give names and social security numbers. I am one of the sanest people. The voices I am hearing will be gone as soon as I sell them on ebay.

Things are great. Can you believe we are getting close to double digits? I am getting excited. WE booked the romance package. I love having all the reservations made in advance. We even made "high tea" reservations. I don't really like tea and I am not sure I can sip tea with my pinky in the air but I am gonna do my best to pretend like I belong.

We are thinking about chartering a private boat from this guy in St John. He takes you to a private area for snorkeling and sunbathing. I thought it would be like Gilligan's Island and I could be Ginger. Okay, okay, maybe an older, fatter Mary Ann, but can't we dream here? HUH?

That's all for now. WElcome to everyone new. Many hugs to the old ones.

[Denine]

We are back from another wonderful WDW trip. I'll have to check into the door signs for the August cruise.

Our house goes on the market today. Wish us luck in selling it!

[Zandy595]

My link isn't working. :(

[Zandy595]

OK, let's see if this works. My cabin door sign (http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid117/p954465fea021c66b68524da7d5dbcee7/f896ccc7.jpg)

[takemeaway]

Great Sign Sandy! Thanks for sharing.

[tiggerfantoo]

Zandy595, That is a beautiful door sign! Will you have it on your door for the October cruise? Are you thinking of making any magnetic ones up to sell for the cruise?

Please let me know if you are. I need to find door signs for five stateroom doors. :-)

Gloria

[Zandy595]

Thanks. Yes, I plan on having a sign on my cabin door for our 10/16 cruise. I might change it before then, not sure if I want our last name on it. And then I also have to remember to pack it. :rolleyes: I'll be making 3 more signs for family members in other cabins.

I'd be more than happy to make others if anyone would like to reimburse me for expenses (shipping, magnetic paper, ink). How much is Verandah Man charging for his?

[wildernessgirl]

Sandy, GREAT sign!!! If the offer still stands, we would gladly pay you for a great door sign too! Just let me know how much and the exact info you need for the sign. You are just so talented!!!

[tiggerfantoo]

Zandy595, Verandah Man charged $5.00 for the sign, including mailing in a large envelope. He wrote "Please do not bend" on the front and back of the envelope. Unfortunately, I have a small post office box and they bent it when they shoved it into the post office box. The magnetic paper is thin, though, so I was able to straighten it out by putting a few heavy books onto it. It was well worth the $5 to buy it. What a lovely souvenir!

Someone on the other thread mentioned that they did not want their last name on the door sign. They were afraid that other people might have charges billed to their room since people would have their last name and room number.

I have never cruised before, but I thought you could only charge things to your room if you had your KTTW card with you.

Anyway, please let me know if you are going to take orders for these signs. I would like to order 5 signs if you are going to take orders.

Here is the link for the website that Verandah Man ordered the magnetic paper from.

http://www.decalpaper.com/magnetic-decalpaper.html

Gloria

[Denine]

Sandy: Great sign. If you are taking orders, we would like 1 sign.

Nothing new here. Hoping to get some lookers at our house after today. The ad was in the paper this morning.

[Zandy595]

I haven't actually tried printing a sign out on magnetic paper yet. The one I made was printed on plain paper. I need to get a package of magnetic paper and print my sign out to make sure my printer does a good job. If it works well (I have no reason to think that it won't) I'll take orders for the 10/16/04 cruise.

$5 seems like a reasonable price. Is Verandah Man using the same layout for all the signs and just changing the names?

[Denine]

Sandy: Yes, VM is using the same layout for each magnet and changing the names.

Not easy trying to keep up with 2 cruise threads!

[Mickey02]

Happy Monday!

Just thought I would pop in since I have not been posting on this thread for a while.

Wow we are getting pretty close to cruise time! I am going to try and read over the pages I have missed I feel so lost.

Barb

[Mickey02]

Hi Julie and Denine
Noticed a few pages back you were looking for babysitters.
Both my daughters will be on this cruise and the Aug 20 cruise
Not sure if you remember them from the Oct 16th cruise in 02.
But something to keep in mind if you get in a jam. They are 16 and 19.

Barb:smooth:

[tevagirl]

:Pinkbounc I'm back!!

I missed you guys! We had a great time and great weather. Sat on the beach and read (total of 6 books).

My little grandbaby is now crawling and waving bye-bye. (When I left he was just kind of lying around like Randy in the movie 'A Christmas Story'...."and Randy lay there like a slug".) Now he's all over the place! He's sooo cute....looks just like me. You'll see.

Hope everyone is doing well. I have to go unpack.

Bye! Denise

[Denine]

Denise: Welcome back. SOunds like you had a nice, relaxiong trip!

Barb: How could we remember your girls? You forgot about our meets! :earboy2:

[Mickey02]

Hey Hey now!! I am reformed since the last cruise:rolleyes:

Next wine party on the ship I am SO there! :teeth:

Barb

[wildernessgirl]

We shall see Barb, we shall see!:teeth: We might take you up on your offer with your daughter's IF they are willing to watch them. ( or any other eager sitters:hyper: ) We want to try to do the brunch and I don't know if the nursery will be open during bruch hours. I hoping the other two, we can toss into the club for that and for dinner at Palo's, we shall see!

Hi to everyone! We need to do another roll call soon! With names, ages, and stateroom numbers so we can get a list together and pass them out at the sail away party! That is if you guys are want to. We did that for our last cruise in 2002.

[Denine]

Our cruise director, Julie would be more than happy to be the keeper of the list! :teeth:

Barb: We shall see!

I need a babysitter for brunch! I have to go to Palo for brunch!

This is going to be soo weird, our first cruise with a child! No more adult pool and adult beach, now it is the Mickey Pool! ::MickeyMo We will actually have to remember to go to the character breakfast!

[corrybaybe]

Hello Everyone!!!
I know its been a while but alot going on here. Well tomorrow is the big day #1 son gets married. I get to wear my princess dress and everythingprincess: We are going to have beautiful weather 74 and sunny the day will be perfect. And then the next big event is the cruise. I wish it was next week I could use it.


I hope everyone has a magical weekend I know we will.


:bride: :groom:
Peg

[takemeaway]

Okay, I think the list of who is going is a GREAT idea. This way I know who to bum drinks off of when I am thirsty.

This is my crew:

Rose - Old enough to know better but young enough to do it anyway.

John - My handsdome , loving, kind husband...hope he reads this because I want to go shopping.

Frank- 7 years old and likes science and whining.

Mark - 5 years old and is adorable...just like his mom.

Our stateroom is 6054. Thank you for putting the list together.

[Mickey02]

Good Morning!

Happy Friday. I am on my way to my sisters house this afternoon for the weekend. Shopping and a barbeque.

Peg-Good luck with the wedding. Hope it is wonderful. Try not to cry it will run your makeup;)

Julie-I second the motion to make you keeper of the list. You are fantastic at doing it.

Denine-How is the house showings going??

Barb:earsgirl:

[tevagirl]

Here's my crew:
Cabin 6052 (OMG Rose....you really are right next door!) :
Denise - me - (no need to say more)
Joe - the husband (I already shopped.)

Cabin 6022:
Jill - my 30something daughter who could still beat Frank in the whining department.
AJ - Jill's husband (my one and only son-in-law)
Alec 12 - their oldest son (my first grandbaby)
Andrew 13 months (at time of cruise) and their SURPRISE! baby.

Cabin 6019:
Ted - my youngest son (who gave me all my gray hairs and added 10 years on to my life)
Mary - his wife (my first daughter-in-law....next year I get another one!)
Makayla 3 - their daughter (aka Angelica ..she was overheard telling Andrew "You're the baby but I'm the FIRST baby"...which, by the way, did not impress Andrew at all.)

Cabin 6050:
Our friends Julie and her husband Bob (and scattered around the rest of deck 6 is about 25 more of their friends and relatives.

Peg...have a wonderful wedding! Good luck and congrats!
Barb...have fun and happy shopping!

It is absolutely crazy already around here. It's a seashore area and the people are pouring in. When I left work this afternoon our Emergency room was already hopping. Thank goodness I do not work in that department.

Hope everyone has a safe weekend. We have a BBQ at the above mentioned Julie and Bob's house to go to on Sunday. I think tomorrow I'll unpack (still didn't do it) unless something better comes along!

Talk to ya later,


:wave2: Denise

[Zandy595]

This is us...

Cabin 2102
DH - Scott
Me - Sandy
DS(8) - Brendan

Cabin 2098
DSF - Paul
DM - Karen

Cabin 2104
FIL - Dave
MIL - Pat
GMIL - Helen

Cabin 2106
BIL - Ken
SIL - Elena
DN(20 months) - Hunter
SIL's DM - Robyn

[Denine]

Here is our small crew:

Denine
Jerry
Kaleigh (20 months)

cabin 6576

Peg: Hope the wedding went well!

[okwmeister]

Wow, Back again and 7 pages behind!!

Sandy, I would love to reimburse you for a sign also. Last year we were on the Cruisetoberfest and all Dis'ers had signs on doors (it was great help).

Denine: I am curious who it was that moved to south Florida from the 02 cruise? Last winter we hooked up with Maureen and Frank at there place while we were at WDW. Maureen is checking into Carnival for their next cruise.

We will once again join up with two other groups from Minnesota who are also fellow dis'ers "Matty204" and "boardwalk4me".

Our family includes:


Stateroom #7503
DW Christy
ME Doug
DS Connor 11
DD Cori 16

[wildernessgirl]

Here is our crew:

Stateroom 8018:

DH - Garry
ME - Julie
DD - Makenzie (5)
DS - Garry (A.K.A. The Big Guy) (3)
DD - Brooke (9mo. at cruise time)


Looking forward to meeting all of you!

[Zandy595]

okwmeister ~ I'm having a problem with my printer. Good thing we have a while before the cruise. I'll let you know when I get it fixed so I can start printing the signs and mailing them out.

[tevagirl]

Happy Memorial Day! :)

It's raining :umbrella:

Have to go unpack.......:wave2: , Bye!

[corrybaybe]

Hi Everyone!!

Back from the wedding it was beautiful. DS looked handsom and my DDL stunning. It was a great weekend . The weather was wonderful and the wedding went off with out a hitch. Thanks for all the warm wishes.

Now our little crew is
DH Bud
Me Peg
DS AJ 10
DS Eric 8

We are in cabin 2110

Peg

[corrybaybe]

Sandy
I would love one of the door signs too. Please let me know what it will cost including shipping and I will send you a check.

Thanks Peg

[Zandy595]

tiggerfantoo, wildernessgirl, Denine, okwmeister, and corrybaybe ~ I'm probably going to charge $5 (same as Verandah Man). It depends on how much the magnetic paper, shipping and ink is going to cost.

I have the design done, but I have 7 different pictures you can choose from, besides the one on the sign I already have done. I also need to know if you want your family's last name and home state on it? I haven't decided if I'm going to keep it on our's.

I hope I can get my printer fixed this week so I can start doing the signs. :D

[Mickey02]

Back from our trip to New Mexico. Had a really good time at my sister's house. We went to Lubbock shopping for the cruise!

Peg-Glad the wedding went well.

Sandy-Will the magnets be posted so we can look at the different designs?

Today is the Airforce Academy's graduation. The Thunderbirds always fly for it. I am directly right across from the statium with the mountains as a back drop. It was so cool watching them practice today. They flew right towards us then right over the top of the building.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful day:sunny:


Barb:smooth:

[Denine]

Doug: Kamy & Tim are moving to south Florida. Tim got a promotion and a transfer. They won't miss those Michigan winters!

Sandy: I'd also love to see the other pictures available! ::yes::

Peg: Glad the wedding went well!

We have another showing of our house tomorrow. We do have one couple that is pretty interested. We hope to hear soon. I hate trying to sell a house. I just want to concentrate on building the new one!

[Zandy595]

I'm uploading the pictures on ImageStation.com right now. As soon as they're done (it's taking forever) I'll post a link.


OK, here's the link. Please let me know if it works. <A HREF="http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4286691109"><IMG SRC="http://www.imagestation.com/images/is/community/this_album_button.gif" BORDER="0"></A>

[wildernessgirl]

Sandy, the link worked! I like all the pics so I will go with the majority. I really liked #7 (I think that was the one, but I will go with any one you decide). Thank you again for making these signs!

[Zandy595]

Julie ~ I'm going to keep the layout the same on all the signs, but everyone can pick the picture they like the best and I'll do that one for them. Or if someone is ordering more than one sign they can have a different picture for each one, if they want.

[corrybaybe]

Sandy Love the pictures I think I like #7 best too!!! I am not sure about putting last name on there or not. I would like to know what everone else is doing. It is kind of scary to have your last name and room# together. You just don"t know I will give that a little more thought. Thanks Peg

[Denine]

Sandy: I really like #2. I just want our first names on the magnet. No last name.

Denine
Jerry
Kaleigh

Ohio

This is making the cruise seem closer!

[Zandy595]

Denine ~ So in place of "The Blank Family" you want "Denine, Jerry & Kaleigh"?
Do you want it to say "of Ohio" or "from Ohio"? I had "from" on the original sign, but most people said "of" sounded better.

[tevagirl]

Hello everyone....

That's very nice of you, Sandy, to make all the signs. And yes, Denine, it really does make it seem closer. In fact, it is closer....I now have only 10 pay days until the cruise! Uh oh. Any bites on the house yet? I hope it's already sold. Good luck.

My husband left for Las Vegas this morning for his Marine Corp reunion. He was like a little kid, he was so excited. He'll be home on Monday. I hope he has a great time.

Well, Peg, have you hung up your princess dress and tiarra and come back to reality yet? My son and his fiance aren't getting married until October of 2005. My youngest grandson, Andrew, is going to be the ring bearer and he will be pushed down the aisle on a ride-on toy fire truck. (Sound familiar?) My son belongs to our local fire department. That should be interesting. Might have to crazy glue him to the seat.

Anyway, just wanted to check in and say hello. I'll talk to you all later.

Denise

[corrybaybe]

Hi Denise
Yes I have to say with a heavy heart the dress is in the closet. The Tiarra on the other hand I am still sleeping in. I am trying to ease out of this princess thing a little at a time. Congrats on your sons up coming wedding it is so much fun.

DD just broke the news shes getting married June 18th next year.Don't you think it was good of them to give me 1 whole year between weddings!!!!! I guess it will be extra fertilizer on the money tree in the back yard. DH just keeps saying 2 down 2 to go.Hes such a big help. DS AJ says hes never leaving just moving wife in god help us!!

Well have a good day all I will be out in the yard giving that tree a little extra tlc.


peg

[okwmeister]

Denine: Great news for Kammy and Tim!! I know they will really love living in Florida....

Doug

[Denine]

Sandy: I like "from Ohio"

Denise: No bites on the house yet. We may have to lower the price. We are having an open house next Sunday.

They did get the footer poured for the new house though.

Peg:Congrats to your daughter. Weddings are so exciting!
I have a long time before we go through that.

Doug: Yes, I am sure Kammy and Tim will love being in FLA!

[takemeaway]

Hello Again:

Thought it was time for me to post again. I know how much I am missed and thought about around here. I know, i know, it is hard to humble when you are so well liked!

Not much going on. We got our tickets for "Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party" and we have our plane reservations. I am just trying to find a place where we can lose the kids for a few days without anyone noticing....is that wrong?

School must be almost out for a lot of the kids soon. My oldest doesn't get out until June 25th. I am glad he only has 6 weeks of summer vacation.

Peg, I pm'd you my email address, if Eric wants to write to Frank who will be 8 years old when we set sail.

That's all for now. Hope all are well.

Rose

[tevagirl]

Rose, we have our tickets for MNSSHP too. We are going to take our granddaughter Makayla. We're going the Thursday before the cruise. I've been to MVMCP but not the halloween one. I hope it's fun. This is Makayla's first trip to Disney World and I am really excited about taking her.

Joe called from Vegas and said it's 107 degrees there. I am so glad I didn't go. Between the heat and my hot flashes I'd be in big trouble!







:wave2: Hello to eveyone, Denise

[takemeaway]

Denise, we are going that Thursday too! We went last year and it was sooooooo much fun! Make sure Makayla wears her Halloween costume. As for Joe, I am sure he is like my husband and won't need a scary Halloween mask!

Just Joking honey if you are reading this. Can I please have the checkbook?

[tevagirl]

Well what do you know....first you are in the cabin right next door and now we'll be wandering around the Magic Kingdom on the same night! You aren't stalking us are you? I'll be watching over my shoulder so don't try to pull anything funny. I don't know what Joe will be going as now that I've hidden his tiarra and tutu.

Can you believe that 33 days from now we will be in the double digits! :Pinkbounc It's coming fast!

[corrybaybe]

Hello Everyone!

Rose I am sure Eric will love to write Frank. Now everything is slowing down. The boys last day of school is Thursday. Only half a day then summer vacation.


Hope everyone had a great weekend.

Peg

[Libby]

Hi,

I Haven't checked in here for a while. For whoever was keeping the role call list here's ours.

ME - Libby
DH - Kevin
dd - Amy (5)
dd - Christy (3)

You'll know us by our strange Aussie accents. We're in room 2116.

We are also going to MNSSHP on the Thurs night before the cruise. Can't wait - this is a first for us and extra special since Halloween isn't really celebrated in Australia.

Libby

[Denine]

We haven't purchased our party tickets yet, but when we do it will be for after the cruise. We went last year and had a lot of fun.

Libby: You need to start posting more. It is getting closer!

[Zandy595]

Hi everyone! :wave2:

I got permission from Grumbo to use this picture for door signs. I wanted to add it to the album, but I can't figure out how to do it.
http://www.wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/552/634Magicontherocks.jpg

[Libby]

Okay...Denine suggested a post more so I have some questions.

Not having been on a disney cruise are there any little hints I should know, anything we shouldn't miss.

What off shore excursions do you recommend - we have been to all ports except Castaway Cay before?

I have read all the posts over the last few months but can't remember if a DIS meet has been organised yet or not.

Umm...maybe a stupid question but I wonder what the point of the door signs is?

Libby

[tiggerfantoo]

Libby, I have not been on a Disney cruise before, either. I think that the door signs are just a way of letting everyone know that you are part of the DIS "family". It will also help my family members (nine of my family members are going) find my stateroom easier since my name will be on the door.

My brother will be on deck two, also. If he hears your "Aussie" accent, he may stop and start a conversation with you and your family. He took a three month vacation in Australia several years ago, and toured by bicycle. He really enjoyed your country and still speaks to this day about his trip. I can only remember one negative incident ~ he was attacked by some birds (magpies?) while riding on his bike.

My DS was over with my DGD the other day and mentioned that the cruise is only four and a half months away. It is getting so close!!! I've got to get to the back and get a stack of $2 bills for room service tips. I plan on using room service every day! The only drawback is I will get used to being treated like royalty, and then reality will set in when I return home. Oh, well . . .

Gloria

[corrybaybe]

Ok I have a few questions? And I thought who are the best people to ask, and it's you guys.

1. Has anyone else booked their own air fare? We booked thru TA and think the fare is a little high 1390 for 4 I think we can do better. My question is can any one tell me how to get from air port to hotel. I would like to fly in the night before I have been having nightmares about missing the boat if we were delayed.I thought about stayin at the Raddison the night before.

2. Is there any thing I should ask when booking airfare?

Thanks Peg

[Zandy595]

Check out Dave's site for directions (http://dcltribute.com/directions/) and information on the Raddison (http://dcltribute.com/lodging/).

Sorry, can't help you with the airfare question because we drive.

[takemeaway]

Hi Peg:

We paid a little over $1000 for airfare from CAlifornia to Florida for four people. If you are coming from PA, I would think you could find a better deal. We went through Continental and just kept checking the fares online.

There is a new hotel called Ron Jon's that is supposed to be nice. We are staying there this time. WE always rent a car and then return it in the morning. We did get the directions off dave's site and we also stopped at Win Dixie for our alcohol products!

I hope everyone is well. We are heading to the Wild Animal Park today to look at my husband's relatives roaming the land in thier natural habitat.

Rose

[tevagirl]

Peg are you near Philadelphia? You can fly Southwest, arrive on the 15th, depart on the 23rd, non-stop, for four people for $891.00.

Denise

[corrybaybe]

You guys are the best!!!!
Thanks for all the info. Yes we are near Phila. only about 30 miles outside. I really look foward to metting all you kind people.



Ps Rose your funny Thanks Peg:D

[Libby]

Hi Gloria,

Thanks for explaining the signs - I "get it" now. I'll see if I can work out how to make one. I'm really looking forward to meeting some fellow DIS members. This is my 4th disney trip using the boards and we've always lime greened our strollers and bags yet still never met anyone.
With regards to the Aussie accents we do have a tendency to talk a bit fast so please don't hestitate to let us know you can't understand us. And yes, those magpies can be a pest. I always walk in parks with my dogs so avoid these incidents (they attack when they are protecting their nests).

Libby

[Denine]

We are planning on driving in October. I hope it works out. If it doesn't, I will be the bald lady in a striped lime green shirt. :eek: DD will be the one with duct tape on her mouth. :eek:

I would check a site like Orbitz to get an idea of different airfares, but we usually just book directly through Continental's web site. There are no cheap flights from Cleveland and CA is the only one from CLE to MCO with a nonstop flight.

Libby: Do not miss an evening at Palo (excellent) or brunch at Palo (also excellent). Try to do at least one spa treatment to treat yourself. I usually get a facial, but I really want to try the reflexology. We have not done any of the shore excursions but have found St. Maartin to be a great place to by jewelry, much better than St. Thomas.

[tevagirl]

Just moving us back up on the board...Good night.

[mctra]

My husband, Larry and I will be on this cruise too! We got engaged at Disneyworld in 11/02, went on the Wonder for our honeymoon in 10/03 and this will be our first anniversary cruise. Although this is only my second post on the boards, I have been lurking here for a couple of years and would enjoy finally meeting some fellow Dis'ers. So, for the roll call its:
Stateroom #6590 - Larry & Tracey Nissen - from Houston, Texas

Tracey

[tevagirl]

Welcome on 'board' to Tracey & Larry! :wave2:

Denise

[Zandy595]

:boat:Welcome aboard, Larry & Tracey! :boat:

:fish: :fish: :fish: :fish: :fish:

[Denine]

Welcome aboard Tracey & Larry!

[tevagirl]

By the way, Denine......Family Services frowns upon the use of duct tape on any child under the age of 12. Sorry. It's gonna be a long ride!:hyper:

[tevagirl]

Once again it appears that I am the only one without a life. :(
Poor me. Anyway, I have to kill some time this morning so I'm talking to you guys. DH worked last night so he's already in bed. I have to leave to go to a baby shower this morning that was suppose to be next week around a very nice inground pool but is now going to held in a waiting room at a hospital for high risk pregnancies. Poor thing developed toxemia and is in the hospital for the duration of her pregnancy. She is not due until July 30th but they are hoping to at least make another week before they have to take the baby. This is her first baby and she has nothing so the wonderful nurses at the hospital said that they can hold the baby shower there. Hopefully it'll cheer up the Mom-to-be.
Her name is Mazie....please say a prayer for her and Nicholas (the baby). Hopefully his little lungs will be developed and he wont need help with his breathing.

Well, I guess if I look I could really find something to do before I leave so I guess I'll sign off. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Bye,

:wave2: Denise

[corrybaybe]

Welcome Aboard Larry & Tracey!!!!


I will say a little prayer for baby Nicholas. I am sure every thing is gonna be just fine.


Because of you guys I was able to save about $600 dollars on air fare. So I booked us the Raddison the night before big spender that I am:)



Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Peg

[Debbart]

Hi ! I read the thread every once in a while but have not posted on the thread before. After NUMEROUS trips to DisneyWorld we went on our first cruise this past November (3 day to see if we would like it) and of course we loved it and are booked on the October 16 cruise as well (me -Deb, the mom...my adult daughter Rachel and my son George age 12 ...he is also autistic and I think Wide Awkae posted that she has a 13 year old autistic son who will be sailing...I am also bringing My father and his wife who never go anywhere and are very excited to be coming---I think they are more excited than we are...I was shocked--I thought I would have to talk them into coming! I guess you never know!
Anyway, it looks like we'll be in good company:wave2: :wave2:

[tevagirl]

The baby shower was very nice yesterday but my girlfriend Marion, who is Mazie's Mom, just called and said that they are taking the baby now because Mazie's getting worse and had just had a seizure.
Please keep them in your prayers.

Peg...glad you saved so much money, that's great :) !

Deb....welcome to the board. I can understand your Dad and his wife's excitement...I think I'm more excited than my kids and grandkids!

Talk to you later,

Denise

[WldWcnWmn]

Hello fellow princesses! princess: Did you guys hear about the soda policy changing? (free for all soda starting June 12th cruise) I hope they're still doing it when we sail! Was planning on bringing rum & a case of coke, that will just save more $ for the rum!!!:tongue: Getting the tiaras out and polished! I saw some of you are going to the MNSSHP on the Thursday before...we're going on the Tuesday before (12th) guess our planning was off there, oh well! Can't wait to meet you guys on the cruise. I don't know our room number yet, we hotwired the cruise and only have a guarranty category at this time (hoping for an upgrade) but I am sure we'll be doing some of the same stuff.:crazy: Someone save my seat at the rainforest, I bought the week package...:wave: Talk to ya' princesses later!!

[tevagirl]

He's 4lb 11oz, 16 inches long and as of last night was breathing fine on his own! :Pinkbounc

[wide awake]

Debbart,
WELCOME !!! That will be great to have another autism parent on board. I think they've finally decided that genetics does have something to do with it...surprise, surprise...didn't they think it was strange that the parents were all pretty much alike ?

To the newbies in 6590...we had that cabin last year...it is one of those adjacent to the white spaces on the ship diagram...means your steamer trunk is flush with the wall, not indented like the other cabins...really cuts down on the space between bed and trunk...if you can switch your room without paying extra you may want to think about it. Other than that it was great, close to the laundry.

Good news about the baby !!! My DS was 11'4'' so can't imagine taking home a tiny one...I was terrified enough with mine !!!

[Denine]

Originally posted by tevagirl
By the way, Denine......Family Services frowns upon the use of duct tape on any child under the age of 12. Sorry. It's gonna be a long ride!:hyper:

How about sleeping pills, or vodka in her juice?

[Denine]

Hope Nicholas and mom continue to do well.

Welcome aboard Deb!

I am excited about the free pop. We drink a lot of diet coke.

We had a busy weekend. Sunday we went to Brooke's baptism party and had an open house while we were gone.

[tevagirl]

Vodka is fine...it's odorless and if the sleeping pills are for you I'd say go for it. As moms we learn to multi-task very quickly so I do believe your husband will be just fine as he feeds crackers to the baby with one hand, wipes the drool off your chin with the other, and drives the car with his knees. Just make sure you take enough of the pills. There's nothing worse than be awaken by the sobbing of a grown man. I know it annoys the heck out of me. :rolleyes:

Nicholas is still doing fine but they are still having problems getting the Mom's blood pressure under control. She finally got to see him though, so that's good.

We are also diet coke drinkers so I am also happy about the free soda. There's $70.00 we can use for something else! :)

Gotta go...see you all,

Denise :wave2:

[Denine]

So, vodka for Kaleigh and sleeping pills for me. Gotcha.


Is it time to go yet???:confused: :hyper: :boat:

[tevagirl]

Gettin' us back to page one. Andrew's being christened tomorrow, it's Father's day, and my youngest child's 27th birthday......it's going to be a busy day!

:crazy: Denise

[Denine]

We have a baptism to go to tomorrow too. It is Father's day and my parents 40th wedding anniversary. We are going out to dinner next Saturday to celebrate that event.

[tevagirl]

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad :love2: !

[Denine]

Happy Father's Day!

[Denine]

Have to bump this back to the 1st page. Where is everyone?

[batchler]

This will be our first time to cruise but we have been to WDW several times and are DVC members. We are traveling with one of our sons who will be 7. We did get assigned room 6634 I hope this is a good room and late seating. Hope to meet some of you on board. :bounce: :Pinkbounc

[tevagirl]

Hi :wave2: ,

Welcome Batchler, hope to meet you on board (and everyone else) too!

How was the baptism, Denine? We had an absolutely perfect day (weather wise) for ours. It was in the 70's and no humidity. It was a really nice party. Andrew was very good and cooperated. Got a little miffed when they sprinkled his head but other than that he was a good baby. He is so darn cute.

My girlfriend's little itty bitty grandbaby went home from the hospital yesterday. Him and Mom are doing great. I can't wait to meet him. I wouldn't know what the heck to do with a 4lb baby. My kids were all big, fat, roly polies. Remember Weebles? ("Weebles wobble but they don't fall down") Well..that could have described any one of my kids.

Talk to you all later,

princess: Denise

[Lisa62064]

Hi everyone, thought I'd check in..... hope everyone is doing well, I just celebrated my Birthday on Sunday and I got lots of nice wishes!!!

Welcome Batchler, I am sure we will bump into each other, our crew is right beside & across the hall from you!!! We have staterooms 6632 & 6633, how cool is that?

:teeth:

Its almost time for double digits! Can you believe it? I can't!

::yes:: ::yes:: ::yes:: ::yes:: ::yes:: ::yes:: ::yes:: ::yes::

[tevagirl]

Happy belated birthday, Lisa!:cake: :bday:

[Zandy595]

:bday: Lisa


Welcome aboard batchler! :boat:

[takemeaway]

School gets out tomorrow. I have one request! Shoot me noowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

Hope you are well.

Rose

[tevagirl]

It won't be that bad, Rose. They'll only be home for 2 months. Two really long months. You can handle it :crazy: .

[okwmeister]

Hey fellow cruisers!

We just returned from a trip to Florida and just happened to drive by the Wonder while it was in port (This was on Friday the 18th). I coach an AAU 17 year old girls volleyball team that was in the AAU tourney in WDW that week. The girls wanted to hit Ron Jons for a day at the beach and I just wanted to check out the port. It was very difficult for me to hold the wheel straight while passing the ship :bounce:

Welcome Batchler!

Great news about the free pop!!

have a nice week end everybody,

Doug, Christy , Cori (15) and Connor (10)

[Zandy595]

Rose ~ Brendan's been out of school since May 27 and he's been driving me crazy everyday. :crazy: The boys should start emailing each other again. At least that would keep them busy for a few minutes. :rolleyes:

okwmeister ~ The Wonder was at Port Canaveral on Friday? I thought it was only there on Thursday and Sunday. :confused: I'm still trying to talk DH into driving up there for the day to see one of the ships. He thinks it's a waste of time. (It takes about 2 hours to get there from here.) :mad:

Magnetic Door Signs
I'm really sorry it's taking me so long to do these. I thought I had my printer problem fixed, but it's still not printing right. I don't want to mess up any of that expensive paper. I'll keep trying and let you know when everything is up and running. Good thing we still have 113 days left. :p

[Denine]

Sandy: Don't worry. If nothing else, you can give everyone their signs at the port!

The baptism went fine. Kaleigh decided that was the time to act up, so she and Jerry missed most of it.

Welcome Aboard batchler!

Doug: I hope you had a nice time in WDW!

Happy birthday Lisa! :cake: :bday:

Going out to dinner tomorrow night to celebrate my parents anniversary and their birthdays.

[tevagirl]

Okay...where is everyone? I'm lonely.

:( Denise

[wide awake]

Sitting here bored. I always think the summer will be great, but I don't really like being off work. I'm teaching summer school, but for me that means I drive to people's houses two days a week and pick up their work. Our last day is Friday. We'll be in Yellowstone in four weeks, and I should be getting ready for that...but that is complicated so have been avoiding that chore. My mother told me the happy news that she has a bridge game booked for the 14th, the day before we leave...she is moving to Wisconsin as of tomorrow, I had visions of help in the last minute getting ready...not going to happen...I'd be willing to bet the cruise fare that every day from the time she arrives till the 15th is booked up solid...she just won't tell me all at once. Can all of you feel the mother-daughter tension ? DH insisted that we book the REAS package, anyone else have their times yet ? Three and a half months to go, I can't stand it !!! I need that I am a princess feeling...last time I held on to it until MCO...made the mistake of going into the bathroom.

[takemeaway]

Hello Everyone.

We are getting close to double digits. I am doing the double digit dance which looks very much like the hokey pokey.

Well, my son has been out of school a total of 3 days now. After boogie boarding at the beach for 4 hours yesterday , he sits down at the kitchen table and says to me ,

"MOM, there is nothing to do!"

I want to reassure you those words will not be coming out of his mouth again this summer because if they do, he will either be given away to the state...they have to take him, right......or he will be put on a very tiny boat in the middle of the Pacific ocean and left to find his way home.......no Disney trip for him.

Some of my husband's relatives are staying with us over the 4th. I am thinking of moving and not leaving a forwarding address when they go out for pizza and beer. Is that really so wrong?

HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY AND STAY SAFE

Rose

[Denine]

Rose: You can always fing an selection of interesting summer camps for him to attend. He may find he isn't so bored after all!

It is going to be a beautiful day today! :sunny:

[takemeaway]

Yep Denine, we did the summer camp last year and he HATED it! He also didn't like the kids clubs on the ship last year. We had to make him go and then he would only stay for an hour. This year I am throwing the beeper overboard!

I call him the "challenging child" for a reason.

Have a great day.

[tevagirl]

Rose...is that the same kid who likes to bowl? I knew you were going to have problems with that one. :smooth:

[Lisa62064]

:love2: Hugs & kisses for all the Birthday Wishes! THX!

Just wanted to sneak in & wish everyone a happy and safe 4th of July holiday!

Lisa :crazy:

[Denine]

See, threats will work. Mine is too little yet for threats.

Hi Lisa!

[Lisa62064]

Hi! :wave2:

Rose, my daughters have been in bowling for many years, the oldest , Emily 19 has been in the Junior Bowler's Tour many times....she bowled a 218 before her 11th birthday! They don't do it anymore since I have to work every saturday morning, but they loved it....would rather sit in a bowling alley on a Saturday morning then listening to customers whine about channel 52 being out AGAIN any day! I was bored tonight and I went back to the beginning & read every dam post you guys have made since this thread has started...(only took me an hour and a half, my butt hurts, maybe Mickey'll rub it for me :earseek: Makes me feel like I know you all a little better since a lot of you seem to know each other already! It'll be fun and I'm thinking of a tiara for formal night to go with my dress....(Thats another story) how old is too old for a tiara? princess:

Lisa :crazy:

[wildernessgirl]

Lisa, you are NEVER too old to wear a tiara!!! You go girl!!!!! I might even wear one too!!! I know at least one of my daughters wants to wear one (5yr does, the 5 mo. hasn't shown too much interest with one, but I swear she was born with one on!!!! She holds court everyday!!)

I promise to post more since we are getting close to double digits! You will all know me in the terminal, I'll be the one with very little hair!!! (from me pulling it out of course!!!) My son (3yrs) is going to be the death of me! He has been a REAL "DOLL" potty training!!! He knows what to doand when to do it, but will he stop and do it..........nooooooooooooooooooooooo! My daughter was trained in 2 days! At this rate, my 5 mo daughter will be potty trained before him!

Well, I hope everyone has a great 4th of July!!!!

[okwmeister]

Zandy,

It was thursday, not friday. I had to retrace my tournament days to remember the time we hit Cocoa Beach. thanks



doug

[tevagirl]

Julie...my oldest son was also three when we were trying (emphasis on trying) to potty train him. I remember the very first time he finally peed on the potty....I was so excited I made my husband take him to the store to pick out a "prize". He peed in the toy aisle picking it out. :( My husband never took him anywhere again until he was about 25. Hang in there, he'll get it eventually!

Denise

[Lisa62064]

Ahhhhh, the joys of having little ones! I sometimes think I'd like to do it all over again, but I quickly snap out of it....
With 1 DD 19 going on 40, and the other DD 14 going on 22 I got my hands full, older children bring so much more "fun" challenges... (I'm kidding) enjoy those little ones and don't miss a minute!

Lisa :crazy:

[Debbart]

How many of us are going to the Halloween party (and /or) Liberty Tree Tavern the Thursday night before we sail?

[tevagirl]

We are going to MNSSHP on Thursday but I'm not sure about Liberty Tavern yet. I was thinking about it but haven't decided. I don't want to tire out DGD for the Halloween party so I was thinking maybe we should skip that and make sure she gets a nap. I don't know..... it's been 24 years since I had to deal with a three year old. What do you Mommies think? :confused:

Denise

[vandawho]

I think you should take ALL the grandchildren, including your darling little grandbaby Andrew!!! Hi Everyone!! I cant wait until October!:hyper:

[tevagirl]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by vandawho
I think you should take ALL the grandchildren, including your darling little grandbaby Andrew!!!

Shouldn't you be busy preparing for a birthday party right now?
Andrew told me he doesn't really care that much for Halloween and that he would much rather spend quality time with his Mommy! :rolleyes:

[vandawho]

Ummmmm.......He told me he wants to dress up as a princess!princess:

[tevagirl]

Happy Fourth to everyone! Went to my DGS's 12th birthday party yesterday. Ask my DD (vandawho) what happened to her mailbox. Some times the "big" kids are far worse than the little ones. Let me just say that at least the police didn't have to come. (Or the fire trucks.) Hope you all have a great day. We are going to a BBQ this afternoon and I have a feeling that last night might have just been a preview of today......:eek:

Jill....does Andrew's Daddy know about the princess thing?

[Denine]

I want to hear the mailbox story.

Happy 4th everyone!

Waiting to have our cookout until tomorrow. It is supposed to rain today.

[corrybaybe]

Happy 4th everyone!!!

Going to my dd's house today it's her birthday. Shes 24 where does the time go????Especially since I am only 30!!!!!


I want to hear the mailbox story tooooo!

Have a great day

[wildernessgirl]

Happy Fourth of July everyone!

Not doing too much here. Hoping to see the fireworks tonight if it doesn't get rained out!

[juleswebb]

Hi Everyone! Just booked our first disney cruise for Oct. 16th. I've been wanting to do this for years! My husband and I have two kids, DD 10 years old and DS 8 years old. We are soooo excited! Disneyworld has always been our favorite but we have always wanted to do this. DH is coming home on leave from Iraq for the cruise which makes it extra special for us too. We are finally going to have a honeymoon after 11 busy years!

Looks like you have all been corresponding for a while. Hope you don't mind if I butt in.:sunny:

[tevagirl]

Welcome to the board, Juleswebb! :wave2: Glad you joined us.

God bless your husband. With your next letter to him...please thank him for us!

[Zandy595]

juleswebb ~ Welcome aboard! :boat: You're not butting in at all. The more, the merrier. :thewave:
I have an 8 year old DS too.
Please thank your husband from us also. ::yes::