10/02/04 Antigua Cruise

[Viking]

Originally posted by Zapp1213
For those of you wondering...

Mary Jo & I e-mailed each other because she's in the Scranton PA area, and I'm going there to visit family in July. So we're going to get together for dinner.

I'm really excited about it, and about all of you being on the same cruise. I told Tom about it.

Of course, we watched NYPD Blue on Tuesday, where a man was rooked into going to NY by someone on the Internet & was robbed.

So Tom says, how do you know this isn't some freaky Internet guy trying to lure you? I said, well, she gave me her phone number. I could call & ask her.

And Mary Jo said, "There are no mass murderers in Scranton!"

It was quite funny. :teeth:

Marianne

MaryJo,
just in case that Tom was right with his assumption, could you please inform me after you have disposed the bodies? I will then change The List accordingly :rotfl:

[Viking]

Originally posted by Twinave
Thanks for the list Eric! I sent an e-mail with an update on the lunch crew. We have 27 people so far!
For anyone who is new or missed it: We are getting together in Parrot Cay dinning room on Thusday (day at sea) at noon for a sit down lunch. They are serving a seafood buffet that day. All are welcome, no additional charges. Just send me your name and who will be coming so I can add them to the list. My plan is to inform the dinning room manager of the approx group size the day before the lunch. It is open seating, so everyone can come and go as the please. I'm sure by Thursday the kids will have formed a few sub-groups, so they can eat together too. The nice thing about this is if you can't make it, or if you want to join in at the last minute, no problem. But I would like to get an idea of whos coming just to give the staff a heads-up.

Wish we could do the Panama Canal trip. I know it will be wonderful.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Later, Ave'

Ave',
make that 29. Although Anja is not especially fond of seafood (And after I assured her that there will surely be something edible without gills, scales, tentacles or fins pirate: ) I convinced her to join the gang.

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Marianne,

Yes you can trust me...it's Sam you have to worry about!! Actually Sam is the quiet one in our family (maybe he can't get a word in edgewise) since I have been known to talk a dog off of a meat wagon! Sarah said that she never met anyone who can get on a bus at Disney Old Key West and know everyone's business by the time I get off. I somehow think that she is giving me a bum rap??? She refers to me as the Miss Marple of Moosic (from the Agatha Christie books--this lady doesn't miss a trick!!).

Tell Tom what mass murderer would pick Scranton to live in?? Now maybe I should have to worry about him since you come from Chicago!!

Boston Rob has GOT to go on Survivor--can't stand him although I have to give him credit because I think he is really playing the game. I will be glued to the tv on Sunday! I want Rupert to win.

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Actually Eric while we were on last years cruise, there was a guy who lived in Dallas, Pennsylvania (about 15 miles from Moosic) who actually killed a few people and buried them in his back yard (of course he claims that he is innocent)--there was a pharmacist and his girlfriend who were missing for months--yup..buried in the back yard. He actually broke out of prison using bed sheets and it was publicized on CNN while we were on the ship (on the day of the brunch)--they finally captured him and he is back in prison...he was smart enough to have another dummy prisoner jump first to see if the rope ladder held and that prisoner fell and injured himself badly. There are still about 4 bodies that they can't identify (this guy was a drug dealer).

[Viking]

I've got a question: Have the prices for gas really crossed the $2-barrier in the USA? I read something about regular being at $2.17 in NY. And how are the prices down in Dixie?
Although this is ridiculously low compared to the prices over here, which are getting near the the $6-barrier, I'd have to slightly readjust our budget. We will approximately travel about 2,000 to 2,500 miles during the three pre-cruise weeks and as our rental usually gets about 18 to 20 mpg, we're talking about 100-140 gallons. I calculated something in the $300-range for gas and highway-tolls, but would readjust that to $500 if abovementioned prices are correct. I prefer to make a conservative budget for our trip. I assumed a price of $1.80 for the gallon in my original budget.

[Viking]

Originally posted by Sarah'sMomfrom PA
Actually Eric while we were on last years cruise, there was a guy who lived in Dallas, Pennsylvania (about 15 miles from Moosic) who actually killed a few people and buried them in his back yard (of course he claims that he is innocent)--there was a pharmacist and his girlfriend who were missing for months--yup..buried in the back yard. He actually broke out of prison using bed sheets and it was publicized on CNN while we were on the ship (on the day of the brunch)--they finally captured him and he is back in prison...he was smart enough to have another dummy prisoner jump first to see if the rope ladder held and that prisoner fell and injured himself badly. There are still about 4 bodies that they can't identify (this guy was a drug dealer).
:scared1:

[jeanneg]

Eric: the least expensive grade of unleaded is about $1.69/gal in Raleigh...probably a few cents less in outlying areas since we're considered a city (excuse me while I laugh)

Wow, Mary Jo, your part of PA sounds almost as bad as NJ!

[Viking]

I just sent the list of the participants of our snorkelers/divers to cokidive. I'll get back in touch with you as soon as Laura has transmitted the reservation instruction.

Gotta sleep now, it's midnight and we've got a long day tomorrow - Shopping :jumping1: G'Nite

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

jeanneg...actually where we live is very quiet...shall we say DULL..and actually there is not alot of crime here yet...every so often you get some nut doing something but it is not that often.

I just got unleaded gas today and paid $1.89 a gallon in our part of PA.

[bettemom]

Is Sarah not home....??? LOL

[Twinave]

Gas prices in FL are still well below $2, at least for now.

Funny crime story from Panama City Beach: About 1 mile from my house is a very popular seafood resturant. One night (early evening) a few summers ago, a man used a gun to carjack a car in the resturant parking lot. The was a Sheriff's officer in the resturant at the time. The women who owned the car alerted the officer, he ran after the car, and fired at the fleeing car. But the driver left the scene. Well, the bullet hit a tire, and the guy pulled over in my nieghberhood. He's standing next to the car, with a flat, and some nice people come out of thier house and help him fix it. Meanwhile there are cops ALL OVER the place looking for this guy. By the time the tire is fixed, the cops figured he's long gone, or hiding. He gets into the car and proceeds north, heading out of town. But now he runs out of gas. You guessed it, another nice couple stop to bring him to the gas station. But while they're gone, the cops spot the car on the side of the road. He left the gun in the car. They are waiting for him when he returns with the gas. Bad guy caught, despite the best intentions of some mighty nice southerners.
Later, Ave'

PS Lunch group is now up to 35!:smooth:

[Zapp1213]

Great story, Avé! Just another reminder, crime doesn't pay! :sad2:

I'm not quite sure what the gas prices are here, because my Volkwagen Beetle runs on Diesel. That's about $1.85--and it doesn't fluctuate as often as gasoline. I do know that Chicago is MUCH higher than the far suburbs.

Good news! We found a home for a 10 1/2 yr old Black Lab today. We're so excited, because the previous owners were going to put him down (llllooonnnnggg story!). If we hadn't found someone, we would have kept him ourselves--he has the sweetest disposition! So everyone wish Duke happiness in his new home with Tina & Jerry!

Marianne

[Twinave]

YES! TINA AND JERRY!!!!!!

Hope Duke will do you proud!

Zapp, no need for long story. You did good! Not always easy.

[Viking]

Marianne,
you just scored big points with Anja: She's a labrador-lover!!
And you're not the only Diesel-Beetle driver in our group: Mike & Kathy (Papa) have one too, she's called 'Scarlett'. And Dave (CheesePlease) has a Beetle with the 1.8-Turbo.
Talking about diesel: We're also considering a diesel for our next car, but have to check it out very thorougly before ordering it. We're convertible fans and a diesel-engine is 'acoustically challenging'. The VW-diesel available in the Droptop Beetle i.e. is far too loud for open cruising. And we want one with a retractable hardtop like we have it now anyway. As we have to parke at the curb we prefer this to a ragtop.
the difference at the pump between diesel and premium is €.30 per litre. Add the better mileage and and it can be worth to pay the additional bucks for the diesel-engine - Usually an the range of €1500. The extended cruising range in excess of 600miles before having to refill is aslo a big advantage.
Additionally the brandnew diesels have so much low-end torque that they're ideal for cruising. The ones I'm looking for are 2.0-litres in the range of about 120-140hp stock, which can easily be lifted to about 170hp by some small eletronic modifications available from aftermarket-tuners. The torque is comparable to that of a 4.0-litre gas-engine, but at much lower revs.
But as our actual car isn't yet 2 years old, there's still at least one year to go before we replace it.

Thanks for the gas-price info to every-body :wave:

[cdnmickeylover]

Our gas prices are going way up. It's now 89.5/litre whereas a month ago it was closer to 66.5/litre.

Going to see "Hairspray" this afternoon but must run some errands beforehand. Hopefully it won't rain today but it's supposed to start raining this afternoon (again).

Fiona

[Zapp1213]

Originally posted by Viking
Marianne,
you just scored big points with Anja: She's a labrador-lover!!
And you're not the only Diesel-Beetle driver in our group: Mike & Kathy (Papa) have one too, she's called 'Scarlett'. And Dave (CheesePlease) has a Beetle with the 1.8-Turbo.
Talking about diesel: We're also considering a diesel for our next car, but have to check it out very thorougly before ordering it. We're convertible fans and a diesel-engine is 'acoustically challenging'. The VW-diesel available in the Droptop Beetle i.e. is far too loud for open cruising. And we want one with a retractable hardtop like we have it now anyway. As we have to parke at the curb we prefer this to a ragtop.
the difference at the pump between diesel and premium is €.30 per litre. Add the better mileage and and it can be worth to pay the additional bucks for the diesel-engine - Usually an the range of €1500. The extended cruising range in excess of 600miles before having to refill is aslo a big advantage.
Additionally the brandnew diesels have so much low-end torque that they're ideal for cruising. The ones I'm looking for are 2.0-litres in the range of about 120-140hp stock, which can easily be lifted to about 170hp by some small eletronic modifications available from aftermarket-tuners. The torque is comparable to that of a 4.0-litre gas-engine, but at much lower revs.
But as our actual car isn't yet 2 years old, there's still at least one year to go before we replace it.

Thanks for the gas-price info to every-body :wave:

WOW!!! A German who speaks Greek! :earseek:

[Zapp1213]

I absolutely LOVE my black Beetle, "Gus" (that's short for Augustus). With a 10-gallon tank, I fill up for less than $20 and can go over 400 miles. That's comforting to know on those days that I threaten to run away. :rolleyes:

You all mentioned excursions that you've booked already. Are there any more available? What do we have to choose from? We want to go to St. John instead of St. Thomas this time. We have no idea what to do in Antigua. And we may just lie around Castaway Cay--we really haven't discussed it yet.

I still need to make airline reservations. I've been spooked by other threads on the board that say we should leave the day before & stay overnight. (The last time, we left our house at 4:15 am, and got onboard about 1:00 pm--without a hitch. Were we lucky?) Now we're wondering, do we stay near the airport & let Disney do the transfers? Or should we just rent a car & stay near Port Canaveral? Opinions?

Marianne

P.S. David is getting upset that he hasn't found a cruise buddy yet. :sad1: Aren't boys into e-mailing?

[ciadriamom]

Originally posted by jeanneg Wow, Mary Jo, your part of PA sounds almost as bad as NJ! [/B]

Hey we keep our ax murders in line here.:hyper:

[two-foxes]

Originally posted by Zapp1213

You all mentioned excursions that you've booked already. Are there any more available? What do we have to choose from? We want to go to St. John instead of St. Thomas this time. We have no idea what to do in Antigua. And we may just lie around Castaway Cay--we really haven't discussed it yet.



Hey, some of us are doing an Eco Tour in Antigua. You can check it out at www.adventureantigua.com If you'd like to book, just book on line and specify you'll be with the Cruisetoberfest group on October 5. As far as I know, DCL has not yet released an excursion list for Antigua, but all that I have read about this Eco tour looks good.

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Zapp1213
You all mentioned excursions that you've booked already. Are there any more available? What do we have to choose from? We want to go to St. John instead of St. Thomas this time. We have no idea what to do in Antigua. And we may just lie around Castaway Cay--we really haven't discussed it yet.

Some of us are planning on doing the Allegro Resort Pineapple Beach Hotel Day Pass. You can find out more info here:
http://www.antiguanice.com/allegro_daypass/index.html.

Let me know if you are interested (or anyone else that hasn't told me) since I volunteered to contact them with a list of people doing this.:teeth: I will be emailing them soon with the number.

Thanks,

Renee'

[bettemom]

Hi...

Cathy with a "C"....where are you...????

Haven't seen you post in a while...Miss you

Bette

[Viking]

You're funny, Marianne :hyper: I'm sure you'll blend in fine with the rest of the bunch ;) But it wasn't Greek, it was Latin :jester:

To all the the St Thomas Divers/Snorkelers:
I just sent you a mail concerning all the required info for making your reservation.

Marianne,
If you want to do St John using DCL, you have two choices: Either a tour via ferry and Jeep to Trunk Bay, where you can snorkel. Or on a large yacht directly from the DCL-dock to Trunk Bay, doing your snorkeling from the yacht. We chose the first one together with Art & Cathy (@GooyNut) in 2001 and liked it, but if we'd go there again, we'd prefer the yacht-thing.

Or you could join us: 17 of us so far will go to the northern part of St T for a combined dive/snorkel-trip. Some of us will do one or two dives into a reef, and the others will snorkel. After that ww will still have enough time for some shopping.

[Cheese Please]

Hi all you Cruisetoberfesters. Just wanted to check in and let you know we haven't dropped of the face of the earth. I have been lurcking out here some, but find it just impossible to keep up with all the posts. We have been having a busy year with Corey's Senior year in High School. College visits & applications, proms, sports......the list goes on. But its worth it. Next year with the empty nest we won't know what to do with ourselves.

Ave, sign Ellen and I up for the Seafood Lunch session. Sounds like fun.

We also booked on the Western bound repositioning cruise. I see several other cruisetoberfester will be on that cruise too. Should be fun. Two weeks of Magical Bliss.....

Looking forward to October and seeing Cruisetoberfester both new and old.

Dave

[Hygiene99]

Cool cheee please...


we will se u on both trips...


For those of u who dont know..

I saw a post on the main board ... for the repo cruise that we are going n next may.. and SMCHAN / Sam said he had a cat 11 booked and was going to let it go since he had a cat 9 he wanted... and the price was $3000.00 , 500.00 less than the quote we got.. so asked him if i could have his reservation it was booked thru dreams... who we use, emailed Sueellen at dreams
She called Disney Cruise lines and they made an exception to there rule and let us change Both names on the reservation
so now we get it for For the $3000.00 for a 14 day disney cruise
heck we paid $2800.00 for our 7 day in October

Sorry Kim we are no longer on deck 6 with ya we are now on deck 7

I owe Sam a 6 pack lol

[two-foxes]

Piglet33-

It is semi official now....we put our deposit down for the eastern repo....I believe we may be on the same deck as well....

I just keep thinking "we could use that money to do something other than Disney for once!" Then I think "when will I ever actually be able to see these places, AND have it be on DCL?"

I say semi-official because we are trying to have little "Foxes", and I am SOOOO hoping to be rounded belly by then! But, who knows! So, we booked it....we'll have a good time either way!

[Twinave]

Peter, and Jen, Great deal on your 14 day trip! I'd say you owe him at least a 12 pack.

Happy Mothers Day to all you mothers out there! Hope you have a great day! :cool:

Dave, How the heck are ya?:p Glad you and Ellen will be joining us for lunch. We are at about 38 people now. :Pinkbounc

Got to hit the hay. Work in the AM.

Later, Ave'

[bettemom]

Originally posted by Hygiene99
Cool cheee please...


we will se u on both trips...


For those of u who dont know..

I saw a post on the main board ... for the repo cruise that we are going n next may.. and SMCHAN / Sam said he had a cat 11 booked and was going to let it go since he had a cat 9 he wanted... and the price was $3000.00 , 500.00 less than the quote we got.. so asked him if i could have his reservation it was booked thru dreams... who we use, emailed Sueellen at dreams
She called Disney Cruise lines and they made an exception to there rule and let us change Both names on the reservation
so now we get it for For the $3000.00 for a 14 day disney cruise
heck we paid $2800.00 for our 7 day in October

Sorry Kim we are no longer on deck 6 with ya we are now on deck 7

I owe Sam a 6 pack lol



Oh Sure Peter....

Leave us deserted on deck 6.... I'll get even this weekend !!! Lots of pepper on your steak sandwiches...

Bye, Kim


P.S., My brother is actually thinking of going, but when I e-mailed my TA Thursday, Disney said then are not adding anymore people to the cruise until after they see what happens this coming week. I am pretty sure we can get him on board...

[Hygiene99]

Here is the link to the thread for the 14 day cruise u will know lots of folks on that cruise also it will be like a minnie Maytoberfest..... http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=393720

Also Since I have found out that im in a lower price tear now and how they do the pricing structure i may now Be able to up Grade to cat i dont know something with a verandah....

lots of Pepper please.... or a window witch would put us on deck 2 lol peter

[piglet33]

Wow, Peter. You got a great deal and were lucky that DCL let them transfer the ressie to you! It's great when these things happen.

Happy Mother's Day to all Moms out there, too.

Renee'

[Zapp1213]

I just sorted the list of threads on the "Cruise Meets" main thread. We are the second largest, with over 2200 replies. :bounce:

The thread with the most is regarding the 10-day cruise in December. (Just thought you'd like to know.)

Gotta go. Heidi's taking me to the movies for Mother's Day.

Happy Mother's Day to all of us mothers out there!!!

Marianne

[Viking]

Marianne,
our last cruise-threads had well over 4000 posts, too. But then we had nearly two years to post opposed to the mere year we have this time ;)

[Hygiene99]

yeah i got 2281

lol peter

[Suecot2000]

Howdy all!

HAPPY MOM'S DAY to all!

I got on the August 20 repositioning cruise. Wanted the May one, but at least this way I'll be bringing home the Magic instead of taking the Magic away.

Got a Cat 9, same cabin as the Cruisetoberfest, 2560.

Just so excited!

Sue

[RellingTwin]

Happy Mother's Day to all moms!

Sorry I have not been here to much this weekend. I have had a bad cold which has really knocked me on my butt!:(

[papa]

Happy belated mothers day to all the moms with kids, whether they be of the 2 legged or 4 legged kind. Mike

[cdnmickeylover]

Happy belated Mother's Day to everyone. Hope you're feeling better Mary!

Dreary out this morning here but it's supposed to get sunny this afternoon and go up to 26C. Sun would be good and am hopeful about the temperature too.

Watched Survivor last night -- was kinda disappointed that it was Rob and Amber in the final two. Didn't seem much of a choice really. Can't decide who I want to win the extra 1 million between Rudy and Rupert. Jenna looked a lot different at the reunion show.

Must get back to work since it's Monday.

Hope everyone is well.

Fiona

[Viking]

PixieDust to Mary *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Fiona,
we've seen the sun for the first time in five days, but the temps are still in the 17°C-range.

[jeanneg]

http://www.unc.edu/about/traditions.html#tarheel


Yes! I did it....I finally figured out how to post a link without losing my reply page! A quantum leap for the computer challenged!

Eric: the above link is for you and anyone else who might happen to be interested. Remember awhile back whern you asked me what a "Tarheel" was? Well, I just found this official explanation in the UNC-CH parents handbook. At least I wasn't too far off with my original reply.

BTW, I saw Van Helsing this weekend.......I know it got bad reviews but I thought it was a fun movie. Plus, Hugh Jackman is SO HOT......just add him to my list of fantasy boy-toys...... (Man, I am so glad DH doesn't read this stuff!) OK, I'll behave!

[piglet33]

Where is everyone? It's a very quiet night here.

[papa]

Rupert-Rupert-Rupert Mike

[RellingTwin]

I just booked the "eco-tour" in Antiqua. I looked at my confirmation to see the times will be be in port, but can't find it! Anyone know what time we dock, and what time we leave port?

Thanks for the Pixie dust. I think I am finally starting to feel better:bounce:
If I am NOT 100% soon, I'll be in BIG trouble as I am a chaperone for DD field trip to Carowinds in North Carolina next Saturday. God help me if I am not feeling well!
:eek:

Mike...I voted for Rupert! ::yes::

[padisneyfan]

Just dropping in to let you know we are still around. Both sons have moved back home for the summer and they brought all their dirty laundry with them. I don't think they have done it for months. I couldn't even move around in the laundry room. Thank heavens it has been nice weather, so could hang alot outside.

DS#1 had his wisdom teeth out on Friday and did well. In fact he drove back to college on Sat so he could go to graduation and say goodbye to his friends.

Mother's day we spent at the Orioles baseball game and Inner Harbor. Ate at Philips and had dessert at Cheesecake Factory.

This week trying to get everything caught up since we leave Friday for our cruise and WDW.

I have moved into the 21st Century and got the internet hooked up through the cable. No more dial up and we can have all the computers going at the same time. Once less argument in our house.

Ave--- We will also do the group brunch. Not sure if I said that before.

After I get back from this vacation and my conference in June will start to look about excursions for Oct.

I looked at the repositioning cruise, but I just don't think it will work out. DS#1 college graduation and DS#2 will be doing his internship we will be busy moving children both in May and August. I'm tempted to put a deposit down on it and see if we can work something out. However, I think I would like to do a Southern Carribean in the winter or Alaska in the summer.

I missed Survivor yesterday, but did read the reviews so know what happened Voted for Ruppert for the millon.

Night everyone.

nancy::MinnieMo

[two-foxes]

Originally posted by RellingTwin
I just booked the "eco-tour" in Antiqua. I looked at my confirmation to see the times will be be in port, but can't find it! Anyone know what time we dock, and what time we leave port?


Good Morning! The itenerary that was on DCL has us in Antigua at 8:00, departing at 5:30. Happy to have you with us:bounce:

Jill

[jeanneg]

Mary: Glad to hear you're feeling better. I also booked the Antigua Eco-Tour yesterday for hubby and me! It sounds like a fun excursion.

Nancy: I know exaxtly what you mean about the laundry! When my son visited in April I couldn't understand why he brought so much luggage for just a week at home. Turns out the last time he did any laundry was at my house over Christmas break! I sure hope they didn't choose his luggage for inspection! After everything was all clean and fluffy we couldn't fit it back in the same bags!
I didn't even ask about the sheets......!!! Seems to me like he needs a woman.

Voted for Rupert yesterday. Ethan is still my boy, but he already has his million and besides now he's got Jenna and she has her million (somebody please tell me, what's up with that?!?) I really want Rupert to win the money just to prove you can have integrity and still come out ahead.

I'll probably miss American Idol tonight.....it's our 30th wedding anniversary so we have a dinner reservation.

[jeanniec]

Just got back from a week @ WDW and could not get into my computer -- got "wormed". Not sure what to do about it, but I got a disc from a nurse I work with when I got back to the hospital today -- it's titled Sasser Fix so I hope it works. I have missed this board so much and was going crazy at home without a computer.

Mary Jo -- thanks so much for the information.

Renee' - Put us down for the Pineapple Beach day (Sam and I) in case I haven't already notified you. Can't remember what I did pre-vacation.

Weather was great at WDW (mid-80's during the day & mid-60's at nights and no humidity). Parks were crowded. Saw Wishes for the first time -- unreal -- it is absolutely spectacular -- gave my DD and I goosebumps and tears. Have a new favorite building at OKW -- Building 19. It was a hectic visit -- trying to coordinate parks with our 4 year-old grandson and our 32 year-old son. We finally decided that everyone would do their own thing and that worked out much better.

We are looking forward to our July 11 trip trip to HH DVC. This will be a relaxing vacation in contrast to the one we just experienced. And after that, only 2-1/2 months to the cruise!!!

[piglet33]

Originally posted by jeanniec
Renee' - Put us down for the Pineapple Beach day (Sam and I) in case I haven't already notified you. Can't remember what I did pre-vacation.

You're on the list! Right now it's a small one with 6 adults and Haley.

Here's who's on the list so far:

1. Sam
2. Jeannie
3. Kim
4. Bette
5. Lenny
6. Renee & Haley

Anyone else interested in this? Here's the link in case anyone needs it:

http://www.antiguanice.com/allegro_daypass/index.html

Renee'

[cdnmickeylover]

ok -- I voted for Rupert. Was considering voting for Rudy but finally decided to vote for Rupert -- loved when he stole the shoes last season.

It was really warm here yesterday -- up to 30C with the humidex. What a shock to the system -- the heat was still on in the house so the house was 75F (the thermstat in the house is set in F for my mother!).

Sunny for right now but it may rain (yet again) this afternoon or early evening.

Broke down at work and put up a subdivision map on the wall. I resisted for 3 years but finally had to give in. Still have my disney beanies though so I guess it's ok. :p

Back to work -- well sortof, our phones and faxes haven't worked all morning so it's been quiet. Now if they could turn on the air conditioning it would be great!! They are working on it too.

Fiona

[Viking]

Thanks for the link, JeanneG ::yes:: I really love this kind of background knowledge!!

Mary,
here comes the complete itinerary as posted on DCL's homepage:
7-Night Caribbean Cruise
Sailing to Antigua, St. Thomas and Castaway Cay on 9/18/04 and 10/02/04

Day Itinerary
Sat Travel to Port Canaveral to depart at 5 p.m.
Sun Enjoy relaxation and fun at sea
Mon Enjoy relaxation and fun at sea
Tue Arrive in Antigua at 8 a.m., depart at 5:30 p.m.
Wed Arrive in St. Thomas at 7:00 a.m., depart at 4:15 p.m.
Thu Enjoy relaxation and fun at sea
Fri Arrive at Castaway Cay at 9 a.m., depart at 5 p.m.
Sat Arrive at Port Canaveral at 6 a.m., debark the ship at 7:35 a.m.

JeanneC,
my sincerest apologies for the worm as it was a German student who caused that havoc. He's facing serious charges now. I hope this a consolation for you ;)

I got my 160GB-harddrive today :Pinkbounc :bounce: I just finished formatting and partitioning it. It's so great not having to bother about storage space anymore - at least for some time :hyper: :p

[cdnmickeylover]

ok Eric even though I'm not computer savvy at all I do know that you have one heck of a big harddrive now!!

It's officially hot here. I don't think we had spring, just winter and then summer. Was thinking of calling my Dad this afternoon b/c last night they were calling for snow in the West (he lives in Winnipeg). :(

Time to break out the shorts. :bounce: :bounce:

Fiona

[padisneyfan]

jeanneg--- Congratulations on your anniversary. We just celebrated our 33rd on 5/8.

Is your daughter at Lehigh finished for the year? Just when yu are enjoying the empty nest, they start flocking back home.

DS#1 was so kind last night he made dinner for us. He works part time in a restaurant so he does know how to cook.

American Idol tonight. Clay Aiken is going to be on Wednesdays show.
:Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc

I now have concert tickets to see him in Baltimore and York this summer.

Almost finished work for the day.

Fiona--- Your weather is like central PA, we also went from winter into summer. Time to put in the AC.

Nancy

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Really warm here today--80's...we have had really nasty thunder and lightening the last few nights and these are supposed to continue to the end of the week.

I also voted for Rupert..a few times...I hope my faith in Survivor can be restored...he really seems like a genuine, sincere, trustworthy guy and I want a nice guy to finish first for a change...he really didn't screw anyone or lie and make false promises and he is one heck of a worker. So anyone reading..go to cbs.com and vote for Rupert!!!

I do feel that Rob did play a good game but at what expense? He lied and made false promises to everyone--reminded me of Johnny Fairplay. Amber just mainly went along for the ride. Rob seems like a control freak so I wonder how he feels having his girl with the million?? He also messed up because if he took Jenna to the finals, he would have won! Did you see where Jenna married a model from Abercrombie and Fitch? She looks totally different. Gotta love Lex's blue hair!

[Viking]

Congrats on post #2300, MaryJo :wave2:

Weather over here got warmer with 20°C/68°F but intermittent showers and thunderstorms. After work I drove along the Autobahn with the top down, when I suddenly got into heavy rain :( As long as you're driving at least 70 mph you don't get much water in the car ;) Fortunately I could stop on the emergency lane under a bridge to raise my hardtop, which only takes about 20 seconds, so I only got some droplets into the car. When we left the gym the sun was shining again. Unfortunately it shall stay like this for the whole next week. Hopefully we'll have better weather in the second week of June, when we're vacationing at the Baltic Sea.

[jeanneg]

Congratulations, Nancy and Norm, on your 33rd! Gee, maybe we could get on that Match Your Mate show! I'd love to do it, but my husband would die of embarassment......he knows that I'll say anything for a laugh! Jen won't be driving home until Thursday night. Since she's an R.A. she has to stay until everybody else leaves.......small price to pay for free housing. Congrats on getting tickets to Clay Aiken. I've met his mom but still haven't seen him. Not due to lack of opportunities though......whenever he returns to Raleigh he always makes lots of appearances. It was so much fun last year.....everywhere you went people and storefronts had "Vote for Clay" banners and signs. Lots of people even wrote slogans with shaving cream on their cars. Fantasia (who I don't really care for anyway) is not from this part of NC so there's very little excitement this year.

Time to vote for Rupert again. I think he and his wife are so cute.

[Twinave]

jeanneg, congrats on your wedding aniversary! You too Nancy!

I have booked the Coki Beach for St. Thomas, and the Eco Tour for Antigue. We are not planning on any spa stuff, and Castaway Cay is strickly to relax. And since we are not going to Palo this time, we do not have to do the Resey Scamble.:p Just get on the ship and head straight for the lunch buffet!.

Nancy, Got you and Norm on the lunch list. If you are going to be at Epcot on either 5/21 or 5/22, we are planning on being at the outdoor theater across from The American Pavillion at about 5:30 on both night. The Animals play on Friday, Paul Revere and the Raiders on Sat. They will play 3 45 minute sets, with a 15 min. break in between each set. I figure we will stick around if the music is great, other wise head to eat. Mark wants to try again for the English dinner we missed when we went down in Feb.

Eric, you'll have that hard drive full in no time!:teeth:

Just found out today....My Doc made it to the "Top 3" pick in Bay's Best. This is a contest the local paper runs. People cast ballots on thier favorit doctor, lawyer, vet, seafood resturant, car dealer, donut shop, .......you get the idea. Anyway, the paper called us today and said Dr. Reed finished in the top three. We won't know where in the top three until the paper comes out with the results on 5/24. But we were all Very excited.

Got to run down to in-laws house. Time for thier monthly B-12 injection.:earseek:
Later, Ave'

[jeanniec]

Hip, Hip, Hooray! Got home from work, put the Sasser Fix disc in and I have access to my home computer again! Have to go call Karen now and thank her for getting my computer working again. Gosh, I am so happy. I have learned my lesson about installing updates (especially critical ones) as soon as they arrive!

[Hygiene99]

yeah i like Ruppert i hope he wins...

just a loverly Day here in New England...


Peter

[bettemom]

Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater....

I just sent you a PM.

Bye, Kim

[Zapp1213]

(I'm sorry I don't know everyone's names, yet.)

jeanneg & padisneyfan--Congrats on your 30th & 33rd wedding anniversaries!!! Can't wait till I can say that I've been married that long (we're halfway there!)

jeanniec--glad you conquered that worm! I've had one or two of those myself. :badpc:

Eric--does getting more disk space work like getting a bigger house? The more room you have, the more stuff you get??? :laughing:

Sorry I'm not a Survivor fan--so I guess my vote wouldn't count.

It sounds like Duke is doing very well at Tina & Jerry's. Tina was worried that he wasn't eating, but I'm sure he's just nervous. He'll settle down real soon.

I have a question. I was just clicking around eBay (I know, it's addicting!). I came across a ton of Disney Cruise Line "trading pins". What are these?

[dsncruise lover]

WHOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Just finished my last final. I DID IT!!!! Next Wednesday, I'll walk down the aisle cum laude!!!!


Mary Jo, Got the best graduation present today: YOUR PACKAGE. Though I've vowed not to read anything else for at least a week, I just had to start looking through. It's filled with so much info, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

jeanneg and padisneyfan -- Congrats on your anniversaries. I truly admire people with that kind of committment to each other.


Is there a deadline for signing up for the eco tour and the beach resort? Will need to do a little more research before deciding. (And as previously mentioned, swore off any more research/reading assignments for at least the next week -- this board being the reading exception :earseek:

[ciadriamom]

Okay I'm officially braindead. Just realized I was not logged in and posted as my daughter. Add us to the list of computer challenged. Took kids computer in for a "checkup" so they were using my laptop.

[Viking]

Originally posted by ciadriamom
Okay I'm officially braindead. Just realized I was not logged in and posted as my daughter. Add us to the list of computer challenged. Took kids computer in for a "checkup" so they were using my laptop.

Freaky Friday, huh? :jester:

[Viking]

Originally posted by Twinave
jeanneg, congrats on your wedding aniversary! You too Nancy!

I have booked the Coki Beach for St. Thomas, and the Eco Tour for Antigue. We are not planning on any spa stuff, and Castaway Cay is strickly to relax. And since we are not going to Palo this time, we do not have to do the Resey Scamble.:p Just get on the ship and head straight for the lunch buffet!.

Eric, you'll have that hard drive full in no time!:teeth:



Ave,
that's scary: After spending a week with you in PCB we now also have more or less the same itineraries on the ship :jester:

Yup,
you and Marianne may be right with your assumption about my new drive, but if necessary I'll get another one :teeth:
Just kidding, a total capacity of 240GB is more than sufficient. Especialy as I also have two CD-writers and a DVD-writer for long-term storage of data.

[RellingTwin]

Zapp...I bought a bunch of trading pins from E-Bay last year. I got 100 for under $100! They are small "nothing special" pins you can use to trade with. TwinAve and I both have kids who LOVE to trade, so we split the pins and the kids had a ball trading them for nice pins!

Hilton Head....have a great visit to SC! We LOVE going to HH. Lots of rest and relaxation!

Ave, congrats of Dr Reed's nomination! Several of my docs made the "Best doctors in the US" list last year:teeth: It's aways nice to be recognised!

ciadriamom...congrats on your last final exam!


Time to get to work....it's ONLY WEDNESDAY:(

[bettemom]

Originally posted by RellingTwin
Zapp...I bought a bunch of trading pins from E-Bay last year. I got 100 for under $100! They are small "nothing special" pins you can use to trade with. TwinAve and I both have kids who LOVE to trade, so we split the pins and the kids had a ball trading them for nice pins!

Hilton Head....have a great visit to SC! We LOVE going to HH. Lots of rest and relaxation!

Ave, congrats of Dr Reed's nomination! Several of my docs made the "Best doctors in the US" list last year:teeth: It's aways nice to be recognised!

ciadriamom...congrats on your last final exam!


Time to get to work....it's ONLY WEDNESDAY:(


Hi Mary & Ave,

I have TONS of trading pins, if your kids want to trade this year on the cruise PLMK and I will bring them a ton of pins to trade with. One less thing you need to spend your money on...I have more pins than I could trade in 10 yrs...

Bye, Kim

[jeanneg]

Ciadriamom: A huge congratulations to you for completing your college education.....and with honors, no less!!!!!!!!
When is the actual graduation ceremony?

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Nancy and Norm...congratulations on #33 anniversary. JeanneG..congratulations on #30 anniversary. Ciadriamom..again, congratulations on your graduation with honors....you and your family have lots of reasons to be proud!! Glad you received the package..lots of reading for you now that you won't have to study, you'll have lots of free time!!

[jeanniec]

ciadriamom -- Congratulations! What was your major? I have gone back to school with kids also. It is a real challenge but a great feeling of accomplishment when you get your degree.

I think Sam and I hold the record for being married the longest -- our 42nd anniversary is on September 22 so the cruise is kind of an anniversary celebration for us, too. We sail only 10 days after our anniversary. And no -- we do not get around with walkers and wheelchairs!! The Disney obsession and magic has kept us young for the last 30 years or so (however long WDW has been open). I truly believe that!

Pretty sure I am going to retire on September 30 which makes the cruise a retirement party for me, too. Not interested in waiting until I reach the Social Security retirement age. I want more vacation time while I can still enjoy it.

Voted for Rupert -- sure hope he wins the extra million.

[jeanniec]

Renee' -- I sent you a pm with the info you wanted.

[cdnmickeylover]

Ciadriamom -- boy do I remember the feeling of writing that last exam!!! (I actually thought I'd failed it but it ended up being one of my highest marks!!!) Congratulations! Have fun at your graduation too (and here's hoping the speech is interesting!).

Congrats also to all those married for so long -- truly inspirational in these times (esp. Jeanniec -- you got married before I was born!! -- not meant to make you feel old though as I think it's truly amazing)

Mary -- yup it's Wed not Friday -- darn that work.

Bette -- did you get the email I sent you?

Can't wait for the cruise to get here!

A co-worker is going to Florida in two weeks although a Disney nut she is not -- they are spending only 2 days at Disney to see MK and AK with her 3 year old granddaughter and then are golfing? (Anyone who golfs is nuts in my books -- esp picking golfing over Disney!) When asked about the 3 yr old while the rest of them were golfing she replied that the condo where they are staying has babysitting! Can you believe it??

Fiona

[papa]

Congratulations to all with anniversaries on this cruise. Also to all the graduates! Cathy, Art, Kathy and I will be celebrating our 32nd wedding anniversaries and Kathy's retirement also. Kathy and I were married on September 1st and Cathy and Art on the 29th or 30th of September. Brain *art Cathy I just couldn't remember just now.

Have to run as the granddaughter just turned the Ritz cracker box upside down to help herself to some crackers. Mike

[cdnmickeylover]

Mike -- Can just picture crackers everywhere and Katie laughing about it. :p

[bettemom]

Hi there....no,did not get email...try again ?
Bette

[Viking]

Herzliche Glückwünsche zum Schulabschluß, Sharon :wave:
(Congratulations on your graduation)

[@GoofyNut]

OK ... have been off the boards for a while - Sorry. Work is :crazy: and I guess I need to learn to say no more often ... "Can I have that today ... I'll try" and then of course I feel guilty and bust my tushie doing it.

Don't want to offend anyone so here goes .....

Congrats to anyone had a http://pages.prodigy.net/bestsmileys1/emoticons3/8.gif

Sorry if you have been http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/puke1.gif hope you feel better

If you have had something great happen like graduate, win the lottery, buy a new car, etc, etc http://pages.prodigy.net/indianahawkeye/newpage13/7.gif

Now I'd like to think cruise ... http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/pirate.gif

Mike ... Our Anniversary is the 30th ... I'm not offended cause I counted it as a senior moment!

Oops ... Almost forgot http://pages.prodigy.net/indianahawkeye/newpage03/13.gif

[bettemom]

YEAH !!!! CATHY"S here...

[@GoofyNut]

Oops ... two more things .......................

I know we are from Pennsylvania but http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/cry002.gif No it wasn't us that won the $200+ million lottery.

And here is a little something to remember Castaway Cay
http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/palmmove.gif


(He He, can you tell I just got the site for some realllllllllllllllly cool smiley's)

[Viking]

Hi Cathy, Art & AshLee :wave:
What's up with your armory for CC? Still beefing it up? :jester:

[@GoofyNut]

My Castaway Cay Armoury / Olympic Games includes:

- water frisbee
- single water bomb balls (4 pack)
- 2 sets of Lacross type rackets with water balls
- foam football with fins
- 2 water bomb frisbees

But alas http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/cry3.gif unless something else reallllllllly cool comes along, I have to quit for I'll need another suitcase and that would not be good.

[jeanneg]

My Castaway Cay Armory includes:

- a nice lounge chair
- a hammock, if I'm lucky
- one large umbrella
- a conch cooler
- another conch cooler
- what the heck, it's vacation, maybe even another conch cooler

Who wants to play my Olympics?

[cdnmickeylover]

My castaway cay amoury includes lots and lots of sunscreen. We got a bit too much :sunny: last year.

Fiona

[bettemom]

Originally posted by @GoofyNut
My Castaway Cay Armoury / Olympic Games includes:

- water frisbee
- single water bomb balls (4 pack)
- 2 sets of Lacross type rackets with water balls
- foam football with fins
- 2 water bomb frisbees

But alas http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/cry3.gif unless something else reallllllllly cool comes along, I have to quit for I'll need another suitcase and that would not be good.


Hey Cathy...

I am bringing 2 DOZEN foam water bomb balls and a water ring toss game. What can we do with 2 dzn water balls ???? GET VIKING !!!!

Bye, Kim

[Twinave]

Ciadriamom...Congrats! Wow! That's Great!:bounce:

Eric, That's ok. If we get sick of each other we can always do what Twin sis and I do when we fight. We pretend not to know each other. ;) :jester:

Later, Ave'

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

piglet and us will be cruising with Dan and Scott on the eastbound route through Panama Canal...do we have any other takers??? I think there are 319 Dis'ers on this cruise!!

We have quite a few celebrities...verrandah man; rae and buckaroo's dad also!!!

Really humid here tonight--glad we have central air!!

[ciadriamom]

Many, many thanks to all. My major was elementary education. Graduation is next Wednesday.

Mary Jo again, thanks. You are awesome!! Finally some fun reading.

Jenneg, sign me up for every event!!

[Hygiene99]

Sarahsmom Buckaroos dad how did u find that out????

[Viking]

Originally posted by bettemom
Hey Cathy...

I am bringing 2 DOZEN foam water bomb balls and a water ring toss game. What can we do with 2 dzn water balls ???? GET VIKING !!!!

Bye, Kim

I already programmed your picture into the warhead of one of my torpedoes :teeth:

[Viking]

Originally posted by ciadriamom
Many, many thanks to all. My major was elementary education. Graduation is next Wednesday.

Mary Jo again, thanks. You are awesome!! Finally some fun reading.

Jenneg, sign me up for every event!!

Your major may come in handy for our group :jester:

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Boston Peter....there is a cruise meet thread started for the 8-20 cruise and the list is on the first page. Andy posted that BD was coming on the cruise with his son and his mom.

Ciadriamom...could you hold a few classes for our kids on the October cruise so I could say that Sarah was home schooled for the week (like our principal is going to believe that!!)

Really hot here today...supposed to hit high 80's! Don't forget that Survivor is on again tonight...GO RUPERT!! Mary Jo

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Boston Peter...when you go to the 8-20-05 cruise meet thread, it is on page 34. There are over 90 Dis families going for a total (so far) of 334 people!!

[two-foxes]

you posted about a while ago...I saw this on The Today show this morning and thought it may be good for you and your budget planning.... www.gasbuddy.com

It gives prices for cities in different states, so it will give you a better idea of what gas is selling for in your area of travel!

[jeanneg]

Voted for Rupert lots of times yesterday.....I'm of the opinion that he's got to be favored to win. Won't be home tonight so I'll have to tape it. I even got DH to vote, but I'm mad at him for voting for Sarah as the hottest chick. I always thought he had much better taste in women! Still learning things after 30 years.........!

[Hygiene99]

MJ...

I like that BostonPeter may be i will create a screename ??

Can I use it... i did go read the entire thread ALL the WACKOS ARE THERE .....LOL


Also today is my Birthday ..

38 Am I getting old ???

Peter Oh Yeah I hope Rupert wins..........................

[piglet33]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETER!!!!!:bday: :cake:
:rockband:
:thewave:

Renee'

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETER.....A MERE BABY!! :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc

Yes, I think that you should use Boston Peter as your screen name...Jenn is really Hygiene99. Do you wear a Boston Red Sox hat backwards though??? You're cuter than Boston Rob!!

Hey...what time is Kim serving the steak sandwiches...Sam is off this weekend so we need to know what time we have to arrive. Only kidding.

If Sarah tells anyone I tried to run her over this morning...don't believe her. She got out of the car this morning and I would have sworn that she started to walk behind the car and I was daydreaming and started to move forward...the look that I got from her would have froze the place other than heaven!!

See Marianne...the ax murderer in me is coming out!! Mary Jo

Is Jenn at least taking you out to dinner for your birthday?? Pick someplace expensive. Are we going to see you guys in June??

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Renee...Peter is referring to us as WACKO's...can you believe it...I'm not crazy (as I wack an imaginary fly off of my shoulder). I better get to work or I won't have a job to pay for the PC cruise!!

[bettemom]

about 1pm Mary-jo...Maybe we will put a candle in Boston Peters' sandwich I think we have a Citronela one someplace.....

lol

Bette

[cdnmickeylover]

Happy Birthday Peter -- you've now caught up to me!!!

Wish we could be there this weekend Bette -- can't you move the house closer??

Is it only Thursday?? Seems to be an extra long week this week for some reason.

Go Rupert!!!

Fiona

[Hygiene99]

I wear my Disney Vacation Club hat Backwards... Mary Jo
What is in June Did Not Get the invite ??:rolleyes: :confused:


Bette or Kim I need directions to the Project location for Saturday am.. what time 7 bells Poor planning ...:eek: :eek:
If I do not get the directions I will drive to the House of Pizza and order a Steak Sand...:eek: :eek: :scratchin

Citronela is my favorite flavor....lol

We are also Batting around the idea of going on the cruise with all the Wacko's however the logistics of time off. for Jen may put that idea to rest....

I read the whole thread for the return cruise and boy it looks like alot of fun hope we can do both like Mal....

GO RUPERT.....

I am making dinner ...have to stay way under budget to get on those cruises... did spend extra $4.00 on it though.. lol

[piglet33]

Peter -

We would to have you guys join us Wackos :crazy:.

Renee'

[bettemom]

Originally posted by Sarah'sMomfrom PA
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETER.....A MERE BABY!! :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc

Yes, I think that you should use Boston Peter as your screen name...Jenn is really Hygiene99. Do you wear a Boston Red Sox hat backwards though??? You're cuter than Boston Rob!!

Hey...what time is Kim serving the steak sandwiches...Sam is off this weekend so we need to know what time we have to arrive. Only kidding.

If Sarah tells anyone I tried to run her over this morning...don't believe her. She got out of the car this morning and I would have sworn that she started to walk behind the car and I was daydreaming and started to move forward...the look that I got from her would have froze the place other than heaven!!

See Marianne...the ax murderer in me is coming out!! Mary Jo


Hi Mary Jo,

Wish you guys were coming!!! Ask my mother about the time she hit the gas pedal as I was getting out of the car...Can yuo say road rash!!

Bye, Kim

Is Jenn at least taking you out to dinner for your birthday?? Pick someplace expensive. Are we going to see you guys in June??

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Peter...didn't Bette or Kim invite you??? We are coming up to a timeshare in NH for a week in June and Bette and Kim are throwing a big party for us...wait a minute..that was the plan before Kim and Bette booked the Panama Canal cruise....now I heard the party is just soup and sandwiches!! You just might be going to the House of Pizza for the steak sandwich!! Just kidding Bette and Kim!! Anyway, we were hoping to get together sometime during our week and either go to Boston or maybe Portsmouth...we are there starting June 20th for one week!!

Free lunch today at work since it is National Hospital Week--no raise this year since they don't have the money--show me the $$$.

Bette and Kim...do you think that maybe you could find a NH moose that is looking to have his picture taken so I could finally say that I actually saw a Moose instead of just the "Moose Crossing signs" in Vermont and New Hampshire??? Everyone tells me how many moose they see when they are up there and I haven't seen one??

[bettemom]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETER


:cake::cake::cake::cake::cake::cake::cake::cake::c ake:
:cake::cake::cake::cake::cake::cake::cake::cake::c ake:


:bday:

Bette & Kim


Peter, I will send the direction map tonight when I get home. If you do not get it tongiht let me know ASAP and I will send again.

Bye, Kim

[bettemom]

Originally posted by Sarah'sMomfrom PA
Peter...didn't Bette or Kim invite you??? We are coming up to a timeshare in NH for a week in June and Bette and Kim are throwing a big party for us...wait a minute..that was the plan before Kim and Bette booked the Panama Canal cruise....now I heard the party is just soup and sandwiches!! You just might be going to the House of Pizza for the steak sandwich!! Just kidding Bette and Kim!! Anyway, we were hoping to get together sometime during our week and either go to Boston or maybe Portsmouth...we are there starting June 20th for one week!!

Free lunch today at work since it is National Hospital Week--no raise this year since they don't have the money--show me the $$$.

Bette and Kim...do you think that maybe you could find a NH moose that is looking to have his picture taken so I could finally say that I actually saw a Moose instead of just the "Moose Crossing signs" in Vermont and New Hampshire??? Everyone tells me how many moose they see when they are up there and I haven't seen one??


Mary Jo, We will ask our friends in Fish & Game to arrange a one on one intimate get together for you with one of our incredibly ugly moose..

Bye, Kim

[Viking]

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, Peter :grouphug: :cheer2: :cake: :bday: :flower3: Anja & I will :drinking1 one (or two) on you tonite ::yes::

Jill,
thanks a lot for the link. It will come in handy. And I can use it to dream of your cheap gas each time I think of our gas-prices, which have reached $6 per gallon :mad: Fortunately our convertible makes about 30mpg, although it does 0-60 in about 8 seconds, and has a topspeed of 135mph. Nevertheless cheaper gas would be nice.

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Is anyone collecting the state quarters? I just got the Florida quarter and it is really nice with the space shuttle on it--I guy that I work with gets the coins uncirculated from the Philadelphia mint so he always brings me a few quarters and a roll of the new nickels. He said the quarters are getting harder to get and will get more scarce as the more populated states are minted (Texas, California, etc.) Told me if I hold onto the roll of uncirculated nickels they will really be worth something!!

[Zapp1213]

Originally posted by Sarah'sMomfrom PA
Is anyone collecting the state quarters? I just got the Florida quarter and it is really nice with the space shuttle on it--I guy that I work with gets the coins uncirculated from the Philadelphia mint so he always brings me a few quarters and a roll of the new nickels. He said the quarters are getting harder to get and will get more scarce as the more populated states are minted (Texas, California, etc.) Told me if I hold onto the roll of uncirculated nickels they will really be worth something!!

I'm collecting the state quarters. One map for each of the kids. Heidi took her map & spent the quarters once--I was SOOOOO mad. So we have more than a few for her that we need. David just needs Alabama, Arkansas, and Florida. (Is FLA the newest one?)

Mary Jo--I don't think I'm telling Tom about the car incident. He's already got his concerns.

(Typing hint for Reneé and Avé: If you hold down the ALT key & type 0233 (zero, not letter O), it'll type the é with the accent above it.)

Well, it's almost 4:00 here. I've got to clean off my desk & get out of here!

Bye, Marianne

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Marianne...pm me and let me know which ones you need. Yes, Florida is the newest one. This guy also got me the US Mint Silver Proof set of uncirculated 2004 quarters (in a case)--the next ones out are Texas, Iowa and Wisconsin. I'll have to remember to bring it with me when we see you for dinner. This guy is really heavy into coin collecting (has three safes full of coins) and is really very knowledgeable about coins--he also collects items from the Titanic--you should see some of the interesting things he has from there.

Tell Tom not to worry and take deep breaths--are you driving to PA? Mary Jo

[Twinave]

Happy Birthday Peter!!!
http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0304/party/party-smiley-020.gif

http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0304/party/party-smiley-020.gif


Ave

[Hygiene99]

ok MJ will keep u in mind in June

June 19 is Jens Birthday I dont know how old She is or would never post her age but She was born in 1970...

we are going to be happy with one 14 day cruise...

not going to do both... but we will be ready when Disney comes out with the next new route...

The only thing im thinking is we may change dates to August....

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Sarah'sMomfrom PA
Is anyone collecting the state quarters? I just got the Florida quarter and it is really nice with the space shuttle on it--I guy that I work with gets the coins uncirculated from the Philadelphia mint so he always brings me a few quarters and a roll of the new nickels. He said the quarters are getting harder to get and will get more scarce as the more populated states are minted (Texas, California, etc.) Told me if I hold onto the roll of uncirculated nickels they will really be worth something!!

Hi Mary Jo,

I'm collecting the state quarters for Haley and my Mom is collecting for my 2 nieces and 1 nephew. I like doing this since it's kind of fun to see when you can get a new one. I'm up to date with all of them except Florida. I can't wait to get that one since it looks so cool.

BTW - I just emailed you about the magnet.

Reneé

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Zapp1213
(Typing hint for Reneé and Avé: If you hold down the ALT key & type 0233 (zero, not letter O), it'll type the é with the accent above it.)

Bye, Marianne

Thanks for the tip Marianne.

Reneé :teeth:

[Twinave]

Zapp, I tried, but I'll try again. Ave

Nope, still can't get the accent.:eek:

[Twinave]

piglet, you show-off! :crazy: :jester:
Ave'

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Twinave
piglet, you show-off! :crazy: :jester:
Ave'

Avé - make sure you use the number pad and not the numbers above they letters. It will only work with the number pad.

Reneé

[papa]

Just stopped by to say hello. Kathy and I leave tomorrow afternoon for Houston, texas. We will be gone for a week, Next Friday the 21st Katie turns two years old and her party will be with her other grandparents there in Texas.

Going to the Alamo and to Galveston and do other touristy stuff. Keep the thread going and everyone have a great week. Mike

[Viking]

Originally posted by Sarah'sMomfrom PA
Is anyone collecting the state quarters? I just got the Florida quarter and it is really nice with the space shuttle on it--I guy that I work with gets the coins uncirculated from the Philadelphia mint so he always brings me a few quarters and a roll of the new nickels. He said the quarters are getting harder to get and will get more scarce as the more populated states are minted (Texas, California, etc.) Told me if I hold onto the roll of uncirculated nickels they will really be worth something!!

I'd like to have one of the Shuttle-Quarters, please.
Shall I bring some European coins?

[Viking]

Originally posted by Twinave
Zapp, I tried, but I'll try again. Ave

Nope, still can't get the accent.:eek:
You want an accent? You can have mine :teeth:

[padisneyfan]

We are leaving this afternoon for our cruise and WDW. Just wanted to say :wave:

Ave--- If we make it over to Epcot for the Paul Revere concert will look for you on the 22nd.


I'll give ::MickeyMo a hug from everyone.

Nancy::MinnieMo

[Viking]

Originally posted by padisneyfan
We are leaving this afternoon for our cruise and WDW. Just wanted to say :wave:

Ave--- If we make it over to Epcot for the Paul Revere concert will look for you on the 22nd.


I'll give ::MickeyMo a hug from everyone.

Nancy::MinnieMo

Gute Reise und viel Spaß :wave: Have a great trip and lots of fun :wave2:

[cdnmickeylover]

Have a great time Nancy!! Please say hi to Mickey for me.

It's Friday!! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Fiona

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Pixie dust to AshLee Werner (Cathy's four legged baby)--she is having some serious medical problems and hope everything turns out ok. Just talked with her before.

Cathy...too funny about the mice!! Maybe Art can bring cheese in for them next time!!

For those that don't live around here, the school where Art works at was pranked by some seniors (who are now in probably some serious hot water!)--they brought in over 400 mice to school and let them loose...it was on the tv...there were mice everywhere...in lockers, hallways, classrooms...the administration did not look too amused. The Department of Health had to be called in and they had to hire people to come and disinfect the place and exterminators to catch the mice! Sort of like the movie "Mouse Trap"!!! As Sarah always says...if I do something wrong, I would rather answer to the police than my mother!!! I'm sure the parents are not amused!!

[@GoofyNut]

:wave: Safe Trips to Nance & Norm and Mike & Kathy (and anyone else that is travelling).

Peter ... what can I say, http://pages.prodigy.net/bestsmileys1/emoticons3/bcke1.gif

Bette & Kim ... Hope all goes well with your project this weekend. My only concern it that you keep the band-aids handy, given your history.

My DDog, AshLee is kind of ill right now and gave me a real scare .. had to rush to Petiatrician yesterday after work. After many x-rays, blood tests, etc, etc, Her people are :D when she can pp. Just awaiting the results - to add the right antibiotic to the six bottles we came home with last night. But she's our baby (I know animal people can understand that).

[Viking]

PixieDust to AshLee *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

We will celebrate Gramps' 91st birthday tomorrow. His BD was yesterday, but Saturday is better suited for a celebration. Additionally my niece -his oldest grandgrandchild- will be 18 tomorrow.
But first I will teach First Aid to the teachers of private school tomorrow. I first trained them about ten years ago, and since then they insist on me doing the refreshers. I take that as an extra-compliment as they refuse doing business with my ambulance service, because our professional instructors in the past didn't show up for some classes without an excuse, which reall pi**ed the school off. But once a year they have been calling for ten years now saying 'We want Eric to do our class. Is he available or do we have to move that business, too?'

[bettemom]

Hi Guys,

Kim Here...

Everyone keep your fingers crossed for good weather tomorrow, the siding party starts at 7 am. Hopefully everything goes ok. I hired this guy( great recommendations) to install a new wood screen/storm soor on the front of the house. The door needs to be custom fit, since the house is over 250 yrs old nothing is square. They are back right now to finish and it is like watching a Laurel & Hardy show, except this is my custom ordered door they are messing with. I hope they get it right.... I actually have more power tools than this guy...

Oh well... For the siding party no one in my family is allowed on ladders tomorrow, only ground work.


Peter is in charge of the laser level to keep evertyhing straight. I bought this system but have not had time to learn how to use it..

Off to supervise these 2 yahoos, we will let you know how everything turns out and post before and after pictures..


Think of us tomorrow...

Bye, Kim

[cdnmickeylover]

Have a great trip Mike and Kathy -- time flies since I remember you posting about Katie's 1st birthday!

Wishing you luck Kim and Bette. Just remember to stay very grounded. The cruise is getting closer and no casts are allowed!

Pixie dust to Ashlee. Definitely understand the animal thing.

Was glad to see Rupert win last night. Thought it was funny that he immediately handed the cheque to his wife. :p

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Fiona

[Viking]

We keep our fingers crossed for you, Bette & Kim ::yes::

Enjoy your trip to the Lone Star State, Mike & Kathy :wave:

We just had our Disney-fix: 'Freaky Friday' was released on DVD yesterday over here and I had it preordered from Amazon.de. It arrived at my office this morning and we had to watch it right now. I have fond memories of it, because one of my questions in 'Who wants to be a Mouseketeer' was about it. To be honest, I didn't know it, but the kids' reactions in the audience gave me a clue on the right answer.
Amazon even had a great deal: €14.99 for those preordering during the first week, and additionally I had a €5-voucher, which was given to everyone who pre-ordered 'Finding Nemo'. So I ended up paying €9.99 for a brandnew Disney-DVD. That's what I call a great deal :tongue:

[Hygiene99]

Did I get the Directions ??? to the project location...
If u say so ok...

7 am is aweful early lol.... I start work everyday at 7

and get there at 6:30 ish.. if u wait any longer the ride into Boston is hell.............


Avé Are u going to the world Again ??


Man what is wrong with u people... our next trip to the world is not til june 10th....

Reneé I like it...... lol have to stay away from that other thread u are part of makes me depressed ....lol

Pétér

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Peter...love the accents...noticed that you have two and the girls only have one!! Is that a Boston accent?? Like I said at cookie night...you guys sure talk funny!!

7:00 a.m. start for free labor (oh, I forgot, you do get a steak sandwich and a citronella candle in your cake!! Wish we could be there!!

All I know is that I want to know your secret for money...do you print it in the basement or something....you guys go to Disney like I go to the mall!!

Viking...I will try and get you an uncirculated Florida Shuttle quarter....I would love to see a Euro since I have never seen one!

Reneé...where are you??? I did answer your email but I think that it is the work email.

pirate: Mary Jo

[Twinave]

Yes Pétér, we are going to Disney next Thursday!:bounce: The kids get out of school on the 18th. It was a stuggle, but DS is gratuating to First Grade!;) And DD made the A Honor Roll again.
Goofynut, I hope your pup is doing better.
Zapp and piglett, thanks, I finally figured it out.

Later, Avé ::yes::

[bettemom]

Originally posted by Hygiene99
Did I get the Directions ??? to the project location...
If u say so ok...

7 am is aweful early lol.... I start work everyday at 7

and get there at 6:30 ish.. if u wait any longer the ride into Boston is hell.............


Avé Are u going to the world Again ??


Man what is wrong with u people... our next trip to the world is not til june 10th....

Reneé I like it...... lol have to stay away from that other thread u are part of makes me depressed ....lol

Pétér



Hi Peter,

I just sent a PM to you with modified directions.

PLMk if this does not work...

Bye, Kim

[Hygiene99]

Secret for money ... = Disney vacation club, Annual pass

and watch airfare very closely got round trip on song for $135.00
each .... God it will cost me that much to go help friends side there house in NH....

lol

Good night Pétér

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Sarah'sMomfrom PA
Reneé...where are you??? I did answer your email but I think that it is the work email.

pirate: Mary Jo

Hi Mary Jo,

Been a long day and very busy at work today (not like yesterday). Anway, I did your email and PM about the magnets. I'll be very busy this weekend making them. Seems kind of weird that I'm making them for the August cruise BEFORE our October one!

Talk to you later.

Reneé

[Cheese Please]

Pixie Dust for AshLee
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Hope she has a speedy recovery.

Dogs are people too, RIGHT!

Dave

[Hygiene99]

Yes THEY ARE............................................... ..........................

Well off to Cow hamshire... For the Steak sand should be a Good Day when kim And Bette have a party the have it Right


Notice the time 5:30 am lol peter

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Hygiene99
Yes THEY ARE............................................... ..........................

Well off to Cow hamshire... For the Steak sand should be a Good Day when kim And Bette have a party the have it Right


Notice the time 5:30 am lol peter

Hey Peter - just so you know - I was still sleeping at 5:30 am. :teeth:

Reneé

Wow - my 800th post! :cheer2:

[Viking]

Originally posted by Sarah'sMomfrom PA
Peter...love the accents...noticed that you have two and the girls only have one!! Is that a Boston accent?? Like I said at cookie night...you guys sure talk funny!!

7:00 a.m. start for free labor (oh, I forgot, you do get a steak sandwich and a citronella candle in your cake!! Wish we could be there!!

All I know is that I want to know your secret for money...do you print it in the basement or something....you guys go to Disney like I go to the mall!!

Viking...I will try and get you an uncirculated Florida Shuttle quarter....I would love to see a Euro since I have never seen one!

Reneé...where are you??? I did answer your email but I think that it is the work email.

pirate: Mary Jo

Mary Jo,
do you care for a special country (For the Euro) ? THe coins are different from country to country, only the notes are the same everywhere. The front of the coins, the sizes and the materials are the same everywhere, but the backsides bear individual symbols representing each country.

[Hygiene99]

Well Just home From the New hampshire Siding party was alot of fun Think i will LET KIM OR BETTE Go into the details

But It was a Sucess story ... We worked Until the SKY OPENED UP... Any Way IT WAS REAL STEAK And Yummy And the Birthday cake was also Yummy.....

Got Some Cool gifts and JEN did To .....:eek: :eek:

KIM IF u would like us Back in The morning Just let us Know Jen Swings a Mean Hammer.....

KIM Was awesome on the Saw .....

Met alot of people that were also Present on COoKIE NIGHT.

Course im bad with names called one guy John all Day and his name was Bob.. But he anwsered lol

:eek: It is a large house and will take several party's to finish as we got most of the street side done...

Of Course like any project in construction there were Delays this had to be fix and that Also had to be fixed but I Believe Bette
Kim... were very happy..

MARY JO When u come to Lincoln Nh.

Jen would like to have u over for Dinner a LObsta of Course
and steamers , Well i guess a New England Clam Bake.....
BIBS And WET NAPS included...

AnyBody else who might Come to Boston is Also welcome...

This event is going to be in June between the 20th and 28th
would need a head count Need to get The BUGS as we reffer to them here (LOBSTER) ......

Signing off over and out BOSTON Pétér

[bettemom]

Hi Guys,

It was great having Peter up yesterday, too bad Jen had to work and could not come. Unfortunately it was bloody hot yesterday, but we kept chugging lots of water, of course today is about 20+ degrees cooler...

Like peter said it was a great start, unfortunately the sophet (sp) had to be totally taken down and then rebuilt so that kept Bob ( aka John) and our sheriff friend Paul busy most of the day. Like Peter said this is a very looong standing project as we have a big house but looks very tiny from the front.

Peter, Thank you so much for your help and anytime you guys want to come up and swing a hammer I would be honored with your assistance. You know where i will be every weekend for months to come....

Bye, Kim

[Zapp1213]

Hi everyone. I've never heard a construction project sound like so much fun :Pinkbounc

Just got the Disney Vacation Club video in the mail--haven't had a chance to see it. I'm really interested (thanks for the heads up, Mary Jo), but I think hubby may be a hard-sell. Of course, once I tell him that all of you rich people go on cruises over & over & over again for next to nothing, he might bend a little. ;)

We went to his cousin's wedding reception yesterday. The couple is older (40's) and never married before. We've had three of those in the family recently. The weddings seem to be much more sophisticated--less traditional. Only immediate family was invited to the ceremony, but there were tons of people at the reception. Bob (the cousin) is very into food & wine, so of course, we ate & ate & ate. I'm vegetarian, and he had many vegetable choices, and I am grateful for that.

Thankfully, the rain finally ended here. Heidi has a softball game today. Dad is her coach. I hope the girls pull it together soon. Tom says they do very well in practice, then they get on the field & it's like they forget all the basics. He doesn't have one good first baseman. The girls have "holes in their gloves". He's very frustrated--doesn't know what to tell them. Of course, we have a few parents that were coaches themselves for a long time. They feel it's their duty to coach from the bleachers. One play, the dad confused the girl on third because he told her to run, run, run. And coach Tom told her to stay. Luckily, she listened to her coach.

I'm probably going to get in trouble (again!) because I'm going to tell these parents to shut up & sit down! :mad: Tom says, "You don't have to defend me out there." I told him, "I'm not defending you. I just don't want to sit there & listen to that cr-p!" If those parents want to coach, they should have signed up. They can teach their kids anything they want at home. But at a game, the coaches need to be in charge.

Am I done venting? Yes, I think I am. I've got to go get ready for church. :angel:

Have a great day, everyone.

[Hygiene99]

Disney Vacation club ....

Donot Buy from Disney u may find a better deal on a Resale....
if u are intrested i will give u 2 place to look at resales
Heck i Will give them to u now

www.timesharestore.com i also sent u a pm.

[piglet33]

Hi Everyone,

Remember those lime green Mickey head pins I made for last year's Cruisetoberfest II cruise? Well, I'm making something pretty similar only in a magnet for the stateroom doors for the CA to FL repo cruise. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone would be interested in these for our doors. I would just change the Panama Canal Cruise to Cruisetoberfest III and the dates would change to October 2, 2004 to October 9, 2004. I am making them on half sheets since I really didn't like the way they looked really big.

Anway, here's the link to the pic of the one I'm making for the CA to FL cruise:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid116/pb960c122c7f4b1d71d4ea5d985f48fb3/f8af0f0d.jpg

I was thinking of making this in addition to our "Mickey logo" magnet.

What does everyone think?

Reneé

[jeanneg]

Renee:
I love the look of the magnet! Please, please, sign me up for one and I will send you a check for whatever it costs. (My correct screen name is jeanneg with a lower case "g")

I told hubby about the repositioning cruise and right now he is very keen on going, but I keep telling him it's just not feasible. #1 is the whole missing work for over 2 weeks and #2 is that we'll have at least 2 kids that will be either moving from or back to college during both sailings. I love my kids but definitely do not want to leave them home alone. My third(girl) and fourth(boy) are only 15 months apart and both party animals......together they can get into all sorts of trouble and I'm not about to give them the opportunity. I can't believe how many people have signed up for the cruises and how long the threads are already!

[bettemom]

Originally posted by piglet33
Hi Everyone,

Remember those lime green Mickey head pins I made for last year's Cruisetoberfest II cruise? Well, I'm making something pretty similar only in a magnet for the stateroom doors for the CA to FL repo cruise. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone would be interested in these for our doors. I would just change the Panama Canal Cruise to Cruisetoberfest III and the dates would change to October 2, 2004 to October 9, 2004. I am making them on half sheets since I really didn't like the way they looked really big.

Anway, here's the link to the pic of the one I'm making for the CA to FL cruise:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid116/pb960c122c7f4b1d71d4ea5d985f48fb3/f8af0f0d.jpg


Hi Renee'

Please add us to the magnet list for October.

Thanks, Kim



I was thinking of making this in addition to our "Mickey logo" magnet.

What does everyone think?

Reneé

[Viking]

Originally posted by piglet33
Hi Everyone,

Remember those lime green Mickey head pins I made for last year's Cruisetoberfest II cruise? Well, I'm making something pretty similar only in a magnet for the stateroom doors for the CA to FL repo cruise. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone would be interested in these for our doors. I would just change the Panama Canal Cruise to Cruisetoberfest III and the dates would change to October 2, 2004 to October 9, 2004. I am making them on half sheets since I really didn't like the way they looked really big.

Anway, here's the link to the pic of the one I'm making for the CA to FL cruise:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid116/pb960c122c7f4b1d71d4ea5d985f48fb3/f8af0f0d.jpg

I was thinking of making this in addition to our "Mickey logo" magnet.

What does everyone think?

Reneé

Thumbs Up!!! We like it ::yes::

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Viking
Thumbs Up!!! We like it ::yes::

OK, I'll do what I did last year and use the list that Eric is keeping to make the magnets so nobody is left out. Boy I'm going to be busy!

When are we going to get the "Mickey" logo for the shirts?

Reneé

[Hygiene99]

Thank u Reneé

KIm Or Bette.... We ALSO WOULD LIKE THIS.(.Mary Jo, We will ask our friends in Fish & Game to arrange a one on one intimate get together for you with one of our incredibly ugly moose..

Bye, Kim)


Boston Pétér

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Hygiene99
Thank u Reneé


Boston Pétér

Hey Boston Pétér - I thought if you saw the magnet, then it might be enough to sway you over to our August cruise, lol. Did you see the one that Verandahman made? It blows mine away.

BTW - I love your "new name"

Reneé

[Hygiene99]

IF VERANDAH MAN Makes it I Will Get one... We are Buddies ...

He will just Do what he does and Send me one LOL..
So i maybe the only one on the other Cruise with the other magnet redesigned... lol

If I Ask HE is WAY COOL LIKE THAT..

Of Course one hand Washes the other... We are going to the World and Will Supply him With SOMETHING FOR THE CAUSE..
That he supports u know the thread...



lol No it is not enough The logistics So Far have Us BEATEN So only one 14 Day Cruise, then Second is the Price...
MISSED THE BOAT on the pricing... u know what i mean ...
Reneé


Boston Pétér

[piglet33]

Boston Pétér - I know what you mean about the cost of the cruise now. I can't believe how much it has skyrocketted.

Verandahman is a great guy. I just found out that he lives a couple hours away from me.

Reneé

[Viking]

Renee,
you have to ask the Design-Team for the logo: Papa & @GoofyNut are the ones in charge.
But I think with 4 1/2 months to go (Less than 4 months for Anja & me :Pinkbounc :bounce: ) there's still plenty of time left.
And here's some good news for Little Haley: Steiff just launched a new line of stuffed animal especially for small kids. I guess we're gonna get her one of those.

[Viking]

I got #2400:Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc :tongue: ::yes:: :yo-yo:

[ciadriamom]

Renee, sign us up for the mickey ears as well, If you pm me your address, I forward you some of the magnet paper.


BTW: what the other magnet?

[Twinave]

Reneé, Love the magnet signs! Can't believe you have already started stuff for the 2005 cruise. But I guess I would be doing the same if I was going.
Eric, Congrats on #2400. But 2500 is MINE!:teeth:
Just 4 days till we head down to Orlando. ::MickeyMo ::MinnieMo Got the car tuned up and 2 new front tires yesterday. So we are ready to roll.
Maybe we will run into Nancy and Norm at EPCOT.
The week is going to dragggggg. The boss is leaving town on Tuesday afternoon. (She is also going to Disney.) So the work week will be light. I can get a lot of catch-up stuff done, but would almost rather be busy.
Cathy, How's AshLee?

Later,
Avé

[two-foxes]

Renee,
If you would be so kind, would you add us to the list for magnets for BOTH cruises? PM me with details...I am sure you posted it somewhere between the 2 threads, but both this and the repo thread are so huge, I am having trouble keeping up! I am impressed with you staying on top of them.


We just finished the classroom and confined water portion of our PADI scuba and I am beat! Somehow I passed, didn't freak out as much as I thought I would when I had to take my mask off under water (lost the contacts though!), and managed to spend $450 on gear for Tim and I. Keep in mind we live in Colorado....Not too much to do as far as diving goes.....But it does justify more vacations!

[piglet33]

Originally posted by two-foxes
Renee,
If you would be so kind, would you add us to the list for magnets for BOTH cruises? PM me with details...I am sure you posted it somewhere between the 2 threads, but both this and the repo thread are so huge, I am having trouble keeping up! I am impressed with you staying on top of them.

Jill,

Don't be too impressed. Andy (Verandahman) got me into the mood for making the magnets now. The only problem is that I've gotten more of them done for the August 2005 cruise and haven't even started on the October 2004 one!

Anyway, I just send you a PM.

Thanks,

Reneé

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Viking
Renee,
you have to ask the Design-Team for the logo: Papa & @GoofyNut are the ones in charge.
But I think with 4 1/2 months to go (Less than 4 months for Anja & me :Pinkbounc :bounce: ) there's still plenty of time left.
And here's some good news for Little Haley: Steiff just launched a new line of stuffed animal especially for small kids. I guess we're gonna get her one of those.

Eric and Anja,

Haley thanks you a lot!

I know I have more than enough time to work on the magnets, but since I've been doing the ones for the August 2005 cruise, I kind of got in the mood to start on ours.

BTW - congrats on #2400!

Reneé

[Viking]

Originally posted by two-foxes
We just finished the classroom and confined water portion of our PADI scuba and I am beat! Somehow I passed, didn't freak out as much as I thought I would when I had to take my mask off under water (lost the contacts though!), and managed to spend $450 on gear for Tim and I. Keep in mind we live in Colorado....Not too much to do as far as diving goes.....But it does justify more vacations!

Jill,
you're not alone with that: When we did our OWD, I spent nearly two hours after class with Anja in the hotel-pool to train that '60seconds-without-mask'-thing with her. After she had swallowed half of the pool she finally got the hang of it and next day when we did it with our instructor she did more than 2 minutes without any problems.
We haven't bought any gear apart from masks, fins, snorkels so far, but think about getting some suits.

[cdnmickeylover]

Sign up us for the magnets too Renee. Great idea. We wear the pins you made for the last cruise every time we go to a DIS meet here and always get great compliments.

Went to the Jays games over the weekend -- they were playing Boston and ended up splitting the series. The Jays won the first and last games while Boston won the middle two. Lots of Boston fans at the games. The Skydome was open yesterday which was great -- got a bit of a tan on the one arm that was in the sun.

Hopefully going to the last physio for DS this morning. He was away with the Reserves this weekend and came home with a cold so we'll see how that goes. He wasn't too happy about it last night but he should be fine.

Read the thread about not enjoying your cruise. Agree with what you said Mary Jo -- if we don't have to cook or clean up afterwards we like the food.

Must go and get the morning started. Lily (the dog) is howling because she heard a fire truck so must get her inside as I'm sure the neighbours won't appreciate her style of wake up call.

Fiona

[Viking]

Hi Folks,

we have new company: Colourmouse and Son of Krypton have joined our jolly bunch. I'll do an update this week. Please send you requests for changes not later than Wednesday noon EST.

[RellingTwin]

Sign up us for the magnets too! I still have the "Disboard Member" one from last year and will bring it also.

I went with DD (and about 200 of her classmates) to Carowinds this weekend. For those of you who don't know, Carowinds is an amusement park in North Carolina. We had a ball, but I am always amazed how other places compare to WDW. The design of the park is very poorly thought out. BUT...a wonderful time was had by all!

Welcome to our new cruisers! Glad to have you with us!

[@GoofyNut]

Thank You everyone for your kind thoughts about my fur kid, AshLee. To make a long story short ... her liver enzymes are a little elevated and she may have pancreatitis. Her "Mom" is going nuts with the administration of the 6 bottles of meds but we'll get thru. I have the best Petiatrician in the state ... they called on Friday and again at 8 AM on Sunday to check on her. HEY, I know people doctors that aren't even that dedicated.

_____
__| |__
__| |__ That was me getting up on the soapbox to

just say that our DIS Family is just the best! :grouphug:


Did anyone see the "Making of the Queen Mary II" on Discovery last night .... amazing! in my humble opinion (and my DH's humble opinion) it looks so much like a larger "Magic" with the colors and style. BUT I like that the DCL has everyone equal and does not go by the "class system".


Dave and Ellen so nice to hear from you.

Gotta run ... just when I take 2 minutes the phones find out and start ringing!!!!!

[cdnmickeylover]

Actually saw the making of the Queen Mary 2 a couple of weeks ago on our discovery network -- not sure if they are the same as in the US. Thought it was interesting but would have liked to have seen more of the cabins. Don't like the idea of different restaurants based on which cabin you have though. Went and looked at the prices to sail it and boy would it be expensive. The lower cabins look really tiny too.

Back to work.

Fiona

[Suecot2000]

Howdy Gang:

I caught the Making of QM2 also, very impressive. I keep looking for a repaet of the show, but haven't come across it yet.

Renee
Love the magnets, sign me up for the two cruises. I'll be on both of them.

Hey Mid-Atlantic Disers...GOT CICADIAS?

The red eyed creatures are popping up everywhere, by the thousands.

Sue

[piglet33]

Sue - I sent you a PM.

Reneé

[twhipple]

Ok, thanks to MaryJo (Sarah'sMom from PA), I'm going to stop lurking and join this thread. The only problem is catching up!! Can anyone summarize the last 161 pages for me LOL!! We're going to be on the repositioning cruise back to FL in 2005 and they are doing all kinds of things already for that cruise. Is anything going on here? Looks like piglet33 is doing magnets here too, anything else that I've missed? Thanks.

Now that we know what's happening in 2005, I can start to focus on Antigua. It's coming up quickly!

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Tracy...welcome to our group. I just replied to your email. Glad you decided to join us because this way, you will also know us (or wish you didn't!!) on the Panama Canal Cruise. All of the activities planned are strictly optional...you can do as little or as much as you want! There is a seafood brunch/lunch planned for one of the sea day (TwinAvé); St. Thomas shopping/sightseeing (bettemom); ecotour in Antigua (two foxes); the keeper of our official list (Viking); t-shirt logos (papa and GoofyNut)..there is usually a sail away party for the group on Deck 10; a group picture (if you want to go) and what did I miss??? It is just nice to go to the pool, or the movie theater and recognize someone and sit with someone if you are alone!!

piglet33 (Reneé) is doing the magnets for the PC cruise and the Antigua cruise plus she has a 2 year old and works full time!!! Talk about organized. Email me if you need any additional information!! Mary Jo

[cdnmickeylover]

Hi Tracy -- don't think that Mary Jo missed anything. Some of us are staying at the Radisson the night before the cruise and some others at Ron Jon's. We are also meeting to have dinner the Friday night before the cruise at Grills.

This is a great bunch of people! We cruised with them for the first time last year and it really made our cruise. As Mary Jo said it's nice to go somewhere on the ship and see someone you know. The CM's got to know us too since we wore the T-shirts etc.

Really humid here today and they are calling for potential thunderstorms later. Seems to go between cold (Sat) and humid (today). Maybe at some point it will settle down and just be nice, warm and :sunny:

They are working on the air system again at work so again we have no air circulation and of course no windows open. The wonders of modern technology.

Have a great day everyone.

Fiona

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Sarah'sMomfrom PA
Tracy...welcome to our group. I just replied to your email. Glad you decided to join us because this way, you will also know us (or wish you didn't!!) on the Panama Canal Cruise. All of the activities planned are strictly optional...you can do as little or as much as you want! There is a seafood brunch/lunch planned for one of the sea day (TwinAvé); St. Thomas shopping/sightseeing (bettemom); ecotour in Antigua (two foxes); the keeper of our official list (Viking); t-shirt logos (papa and GoofyNut)..there is usually a sail away party for the group on Deck 10; a group picture (if you want to go) and what did I miss??? It is just nice to go to the pool, or the movie theater and recognize someone and sit with someone if you are alone!!

piglet33 (Reneé) is doing the magnets for the PC cruise and the Antigua cruise plus she has a 2 year old and works full time!!! Talk about organized. Email me if you need any additional information!! Mary Jo

Mary Jo - you say such nice things! You did forget one thing, though. I am doing the Pineapple Beach Day in Antigua for all those that are interested.

Here is the link:

http://www.antiguanice.com/allegro_daypass/index.html

I am going to email them today with a list of names so if anyone else is interested, please PM me with your full names.

Here's the list so far:

1. jeanniec (Jean & Sam)
2. bettemom (Bette & Kim)
3. piglet33 (Lenny, Reneé, & Haley)

Thanks,

Reneé

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Reneé...we still haven't made up our mind on what we are doing in Antigua...my boss told me to make sure that we go to Nelson's dockyard and Shirley Heights so we were thinking of hiring a taxi to take us there....how do you get to the resort you are looking at? Take a taxi from where the ship docks? We might consider this as an option although I'm not much of a beach person. I will discuss it with the queen of our house (which isn't me!!) and will email you and let you know. The price is really good--are you doing the lunch package or the all day? What time do we arrive in Antigua? Thanks. Mary Jo

P.S. Sorry I forgot to post this as it was a senior moment!!

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Sarah'sMomfrom PA
Reneé...we still haven't made up our mind on what we are doing in Antigua...my boss told me to make sure that we go to Nelson's dockyard and Shirley Heights so we were thinking of hiring a taxi to take us there....how do you get to the resort you are looking at? Take a taxi from where the ship docks? We might consider this as an option although I'm not much of a beach person. I will discuss it with the queen of our house (which isn't me!!) and will email you and let you know. The price is really good--are you doing the lunch package or the all day? What time do we arrive in Antigua? Thanks. Mary Jo

P.S. Sorry I forgot to post this as it was a senior moment!!

Hi Mary Jo,

Not sure if we'll do the half or the full. What do you think Bette, Kim & Jeannie? If we do the half, then maybe we can do some roaming around before we go there. Just a thought. Thank you Mary Jo for reminding me that there were two options. I totally forgot about that and was only thinking of the half day. Guess I'm having a senior moment too????

We arrive in Antigua at 8 a.m. and depart at 5:30 p.m.

The half day goes from 11am until 6pm and the full day is from 9.30am until 6pm.

Reneé

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Reneé...maybe if you guys did the half day, we could hire a taxi/van (my boss said that they are all over the place) to go to see Nelson's Dockyard and then go and do the half day and have lunch there and hang out with a book. According to my boss, Shirley Heights and Nelson's Dockyard are really spectacular (according to him) and not to be missed.

Thanks Marianne (zapp1213)...I really like the accent hint!! Do you have any other hints??

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Sarah'sMomfrom PA
Reneé...maybe if you guys did the half day, we could hire a taxi/van (my boss said that they are all over the place) to go to see Nelson's Dockyard and then go and do the half day and have lunch there and hang out with a book. According to my boss, Shirley Heights and Nelson's Dockyard are really spectacular (according to him) and not to be missed.

Thanks Marianne (zapp1213)...I really like the accent hint!! Do you have any other hints??

Mary Jo,

That sounds like a great idea. What do you think Bette, Kim & Jeannie? I can vote for Haley & Lenny since they'll go along with anything I say.:teeth:

Reneé

[jeanniec]

Renee' -- Half day at Pineapple Beach sounds good to me. I didn't think that we would spend the whole day there anyway, especially if it is hot. Not sure about the October weather. A trip to Nelson's Dockport and Shirley Heights sounds great. It would be nice to see more of the island and if Mary Jo's boss has been there and recommends these two places, I'm sure they will be really interesting to see. I'm assuming that, no matter what, we will have to taxi to the resort. So count us in.

Mary Jo -- Do you have any idea how long the trips to the Dockyard and the Heights would take? Seems as tho we would have to do that first before the beach since the half day starts at 11. Also, we probably don't have to be at the resort exactly at 11 anyway which would give us a little leeway in our times. It sounds like this would be a really fun and varied day.

[bettemom]

Originally posted by piglet33
Mary Jo,

That sounds like a great idea. What do you think Bette, Kim & Jeannie? I can vote for Haley & Lenny since they'll go along with anything I say.:teeth:

Reneé


Hi Guys,

Sign us up also, we vote for 1/2 day.

Bye, Kim

[piglet33]

ok, half a day it is! Mary Jo are you guys in on this or do you want to check with Sarah first?

[ARLO1]

Andy and I are possibly interested in the half day also....

How is everybody? Welcome to all the new people. Cant wait to meet you all.

Kim/Bette: Glad to see your house is coming along....

Nothing new here. Same old same old which is sometimes a good thing. My niece is graduating from college this weekend so we will be traveling up to New Paltz NY. She was on the 5 + plan since she kept taking time off to travel..Good for her..do it while you're young and have no cares in the world(unfortunetely no finances either). I am proud of her and she happens to be my favorite off all the nieces/nephews(even though I love them all but differantly)


Arlene

[piglet33]

OK, great. How about I email them either Friday of this week or next week with names in case we get additions?

I can't wait, this is going to be great.

Kim - did you get anymore people to join our "private tour" in St. Thomas? That sounds really great to do to.

Why isn't October here yet?

Reneé

[twhipple]

The 1/2 day at the beach club sounds good, but I will have to talk to DH. This is all happening so fast :teeth:

We haven't really decided what we are going to do so I'll go over everything with him tonight and see what sounds good.

[cdnmickeylover]

Jim and I (or rather Jim) hasn't decided what we are doing in terms of excursions. I will talk to him (yet again) about it. He's still in the October is so far away we can't plan anything yet mode.

Still no air in our building so I'm slowly sweating to death. If I didn't have clients coming in I'd leave. :p

Looking way forward to October and hoping that it will be here before I know it.

Odd thought -- does anyone know if we can get radio reception on board?

Fiona

[Viking]

Originally posted by twhipple
The 1/2 day at the beach club sounds good, but I will have to talk to DH. This is all happening so fast :teeth:

We haven't really decided what we are going to do so I'll go over everything with him tonight and see what sounds good.

Welcome aboard, Tracy & Hubby :wave2: Please send your info to the adress provided in my signature - If possible until Wednesday noon EST as I'm planning to do an update tomorrow due to another new couple joining us.

Renee,
please send me the info about your half-day-tour for the Activity List.

[Twinave]

Welcome twhipple! Glad to have you with us! Don't worry about catching up. There will be recaps along the way. And lots of time to settle in, and think about excursions. Some of us like the planning part of the cruise almost as much as the cruise itself.:wave2: ( I have a free half hour on 10/4 from 2:30 to 3PM) :jester: :jester: :crazy:
This is trulely a great group and we are looking forward to meeting you and your family, as well as seeing other new faces.
And a few "old" faces":teeth:

Later,
Avé

[piglet33]

Eric,

I emailed you the info for the Antigua Beach Day including the link to the site.

Let me know if you need more info.

Thanks,

Reneé

[Hygiene99]

HEY check this out She is So Proud of Herself...

Lol Boston Pétér Hard to live with ....


http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=570697

[bettemom]

Originally posted by piglet33
OK, great. How about I email them either Friday of this week or next week with names in case we get additions?

I can't wait, this is going to be great.

Kim - did you get anymore people to join our "private tour" in St. Thomas? That sounds really great to do to.

Why isn't October here yet?

Reneé




Hi Guys, Kim here....

A few weeks ago I posted about a group tour while in St. Thomas. If we have 20 people minimum and up to 25 maximum we can rent our own jeep safari open tour vehicle and driver for the day. The cost comes out to a reasonable $ 20.00 each person plus a tip for the driver. All other expenses are our responsibility, lunch, shopping & so on…

Right now here is the list of who is confirmed to go on the tour.

Join the group we only need 4 more souls to join us for a day of fun… E-mail me, or post here if interested and I will add you to the list. Once we have 20 people confirmed we can finalize the reservation in St. Thomas.

1)Bette
2)Kim
3)Renee’ & Haley
4)Lenny
5)Mary Jo
6)Sara
7)Sam
8)Arlene
9)Andy
10 Jen
11 Peter
12 Jeanne C
13 Sam C
14 Sharon
15 Ciara
16 Adaria


The general consensus is that we would like to tour for the morning, go somewhere “quaint” where we can have lunch, a little swim and a little unique shopping, then end the day will high test shopping at the center of town in the marketplace. Anyone who wanted to opt out of shopping can be brought back to the ship and perhaps we can schedule 2 pickups in town for those shopping veterans and those who are shopping lightweights.


Bye, Kim

[Twinave]

For all the Newbies:
Here is the info on Lunch.

Where: Parrot Cay (Seafood Buffet)
When: 10/7 12 noon (day at sea)
Who: Eveyone in the Cruisetoberfest Group (Kids included) And friends we've met along the way.
What: It's just an informal gathering of Disers. No additional cost, no "real" reservations required. My plan is to give the dinning room manager a heads-up with a approx number the day before.
Why: We had a GREAT Brunch at Palo in 2002. We tried to repeat it in 2003 and everything went wrong. We were not happy campers.:mad: So we came up with the idea of just invading one of the dinning rooms for lunch.
How: Just e-mail me, Twinave@aol.com, PM me, or reply on this thread, and I will add you to the list. So far we have 38 people.

One more note. This will be one of the last times for the group to
get together. We can plan our day at Castaway Cay, take pictures, and exchange e-mails addresses. So bring your camera!
Later,
Avé

[Viking]

Hi Folks,
The List's 15th edition has just been sent - Check it out. I'll check the Boards later again - We're gonna watch 'Man's Favourite Sport' now, a wonderful 60ies-comedy starring Rock Hudson. I just received the DVD from Amazon.com, who managed once again to deliver a DVD from the States to Germany in just 5 days. With the Dollar as low as it is now, it has become very affordable to order things from across the Great Pond.

CU l8er

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Reneé...I think that we are going to pass on the Allegro Pineapple resort since I really want to go to Nelson's Dockyard and Shirley Heights since my boss said it was one of the prettiest spots on the island and we will probably hire a taxi and have lunch there. He also said that it will take about one hour each way to get to the Allegro Pineapple Resort so figure that into your schedule. He didn't think it would be possible to go to Nelson's Dockyard/Shirley Heights and the Allegro resort in one day....he feels that you would be shortchanged if you try to do both (also not sure what time Nelson's Dockyard opens although I have emailed them but I don't think you would have to time to do that and then get to the Allego by 11:00 a.m.) Mary Jo

[Zapp1213]

Okay, help me out here...

I've booked our flights (finally!) for the cruise. We're arriving in Orlando at 7 pm on Friday, the 1st.

Where do we stay? Should we stay in Orlando & drive in the morning, or drive in the evening & stay in Cocoa Beach or somewhere?

And how do we get from the airport to the Port? I can't find car rental agencies who recognize Port Canaveral, or Cape Canaveral as drop-off locations.

:confused:

Thanks in advance for all of the help.

Marianne

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Marianne...both Avis and Budget have locations at Port Canaveral. We are staying at the Ron Jon's resort for Friday night and some are staying at the Radisson. It is an hour drive from the airport to the port.

[jeanneg]

Hi Marianne,

We're in exactly the same boat. Our flight arrives at 8 pm so by the time we get our luggage and rent a car we will have missed all the activities at the Radisson or RJ. We're just resigned to meeting everyone for the first time at the terminal or sailaway party. We actually have a ressie for the Hyatt MCO but it's way more than I want to spend and will probably switch it if there's another airport hotel that some others are staying at. If it's just the 2 of us, I'm going to purchase the Disney transfers and try to get on the first bus out. If we team up with other people it might make more sense to hire a limo or town car and pool the expense. If other people are staying near the airport, please tell me where. We can always meet that evening in the lounge and have a mini-meet of our own.
Arlene: I know you were undecided as to where you were staying until you got your flights arranged. Any updates on that situation?
Kim/Bette: you're still listed at staying at the MCO, but I think that's no longer true. Please confirm....

[jeanniec]

Renee' - Do you have any information on how long it takes to get to the Pineapple resort? An hour each way sounds like a long time. I think I read that it was 30". I'm not sure I want to spend 2 hours in travel time. Sounds as tho you have been in contact with the staff there -- could you check the time?

[bettemom]

Hi Jeanne...

Yes,plans changed when we decided to come in earlier...so...we will be at RonJons...

Bette

[Viking]

FYI,
a luxury-van from MCO to Port C and back comes at approximately $160 & tip and holds up to 10 people, but I'd recommend not more than 8 for comfort. A Loncoln Towncar is about the same. We took Tiffany the last three times and they were always punctual, friendly and clean. But there's also some links here on the DIS to sponsors of the Boards who offer transfers.

[cdnmickeylover]

Thanks for the new list Eric. It seems that the legal parties might just be catching up the hospital parties.

Jeanneg -- at the Radisson last year we were up pretty late by the pool. (eating of course!)

Still are undecided about excursions -- DS is in trouble at school in terms of attending his classes so this has dominated the conversation for the last 2 days. Meeting with the vp tomorrow who no longer thinks it's an urgent problem so we'll see what happens. Monday it was urgent but today it isn't??

Nice and :sunny: here today and the temperature is actually ok too. We have a long weekend here this weekend but they are forecasting more rain. Here's hoping the weatherman(woman) is wrong.

Love the boats and yourselves in your signature Bettemom. Btw did you get the email I sent?

Fiona

[Zapp1213]

Originally posted by jeanneg
Hi Marianne,

If it's just the 2 of us, I'm going to purchase the Disney transfers and try to get on the first bus out.

Jeanne--

I agree w/you that the Disney transfers are fine for two people. However, there are 4 of us. It's much cheaper to rent a car twice (there & back) than to spend the $49 times 4.

I think I'll be staying somewhere near the airport, too--just because I won't want to drive an hour in the evening, after traveling all day.

Marianne

[Twinave]

Thanks for the list Eric!

I am on VACATION!!!!! No work till next Monday! :Pinkbounc
Heading for Orlando as soon as DH gets off work tomorrow.

Welcome again to our new Cruisetoberfesters!:earsgirl: :earsboy:

Later, Avé

[Viking]

Originally posted by cdnmickeylover
Thanks for the new list Eric. It seems that the legal parties might just be catching up the hospital parties.
Fiona
Yeah, we might become self-sufficient :hyper: We got a doc and nurses, police, legal advice, IT-people, etc. But we could need a butcher and a baker, and perhaps a brewer :teeth: But with all those Southerners I'm sure that they would take care of some moonshine :jester:

[cdnmickeylover]

Have a great vacation Ave!!!!! Say hi to Mickey for me! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Fiona

[disneybride96]

Originally posted by jeanneg
Hi Marianne,

We're in exactly the same boat. Our flight arrives at 8 pm so by the time we get our luggage and rent a car we will have missed all the activities at the Radisson or RJ. We're just resigned to meeting everyone for the first time at the terminal or sailaway party. We actually have a ressie for the Hyatt MCO but it's way more than I want to spend and will probably switch it if there's another airport hotel that some others are staying at. If it's just the 2 of us, I'm going to purchase the Disney transfers and try to get on the first bus out. If we team up with other people it might make more sense to hire a limo or town car and pool the expense. If other people are staying near the airport, please tell me where. We can always meet that evening in the lounge and have a mini-meet of our own.


Jeanne/Mariane-
I think we are going to do that same thing also. I haven't purchased plane tickets yet, but it scares me to try and fly in the same morning. Does DCL pick up you luggage if you fly the night beore? That was so convenient.
If there is a group- we might go in for a car with someone if we can cancel our DCL transfers.

[Zapp1213]

Originally posted by Viking
Yeah, we might become self-sufficient :hyper: We got a doc and nurses, police, legal advice, IT-people, etc. But we could need a butcher and a baker, and perhaps a brewer :teeth:

How about [Milwaukee] Brewer fans??? :rotfl:

[piglet33]

Originally posted by jeanniec
Renee' - Do you have any information on how long it takes to get to the Pineapple resort? An hour each way sounds like a long time. I think I read that it was 30". I'm not sure I want to spend 2 hours in travel time. Sounds as tho you have been in contact with the staff there -- could you check the time?

I just emailed them to ask this. I'll post what they say.

Reneé

[Viking]

Originally posted by disneybride96
Jeanne/Mariane-
I think we are going to do that same thing also. I haven't purchased plane tickets yet, but it scares me to try and fly in the same morning. Does DCL pick up you luggage if you fly the night beore? That was so convenient.
If there is a group- we might go in for a car with someone if we can cancel our DCL transfers.
They've got a luggage pick-up service in the Hyatt. DCL takes your bags directly from your hotelroom to your stateroom.
But why don't you join us at the Radisson Port Canaveral ? We'll have a great dinner at the Grills, then a party at the pool, and in the morning we'll 'raid' the Terminal in a large group - They'll never know what hit them, when 40+ people wearing the same shirts check in simultaneously :crazy:
If you're interested in the Radisson, Cathy (@GoofyNut) can provide you with a code for a better price. She was able to make a great deal members of our group.

[RellingTwin]

Ave and family...Have a GREAT trip to WDW!

Zapp...I have resent the e-mail to David. George e-mailed him on 5/10. Not sure why it didn't go through:confused:

I can confirm what Eric says about the Radisson! We had a wonderful time pre-cruise!It's a super way to begin the trip!

[disneybride96]

Originally posted by Viking

But why don't you join us at the Radisson Port Canaveral ? We'll have a great dinner at the Grills, then a party at the pool, and in the morning we'll 'raid' the Terminal in a large group - They'll never know what hit them, when 40+ people wearing the same shirts check in simultaneously :crazy:

We'd love to, but our flight doesn't get in until 8pm. (I booked last night). Wish I could have gotten an extra couple of days off but that half day on Friday is probably pushing it.

[jeanniec]

Zapp -- Milwaukee Brewer fans????? How about Cub fans??? Born and bred and lived in Chicago for many, many years and we are still avid Cub fans. We watch every game we can, and what a wonderful game it was last night when we won with a home run in extra innings. Go Cubs!!!

[disneybride96]

Originally posted by Viking

But why don't you join us at the Radisson Port Canaveral ? We'll have a great dinner at the Grills, then a party at the pool, and in the morning we'll 'raid' the Terminal in a large group - They'll never know what hit them, when 40+ people wearing the same shirts check in simultaneously :crazy:

We'd love to, but our flight doesn't get in until 8pm. (I booked last night). Wish I could have gotten an extra couple of days off but that half day on Friday is probably pushing it.

[disneybride96]

Originally posted by jeanniec
Zapp -- Milwaukee Brewer fans????? How about Cub fans??? Born and bred and lived in Chicago for many, many years and we are still avid Cub fans. We watch every game we can, and what a wonderful game it was last night when we won with a home run in extra innings. Go Cubs!!!

oops....sorry about that double post.
Just wanted to warn all you baseball fans that Oct 2 is the Purdue-NotreDame Football game. Good thing this year it is at South Bend or we would not be on this cruise. If we are not at the deck party, we will be the ones wearing Black&Gold, sitting in front of the TV, yelling our lungs out! Boiler Up!

[two-foxes]

I am sure this has been posted before, but how would a party of two get their little paws on these?

[bettemom]

Originally posted by two-foxes
I am sure this has been posted before, but how would a party of two get their little paws on these?


Hi Jill,

When the T-shirt Logo's are finished by the designers then everyone will get an e-mail with the t-shirt logo file attached. You can then print the logo on special iron on paper and iron onto your t-shirts.

For those that are not comfprtable with doing this themselves some of us can help you with printing the iron on transfers.

Bye, Kim

[Zapp1213]

Originally posted by jeanniec
Zapp -- Milwaukee Brewer fans????? How about Cub fans??? Born and bred and lived in Chicago for many, many years and we are still avid Cub fans. We watch every game we can, and what a wonderful game it was last night when we won with a home run in extra innings. Go Cubs!!!

Yeah, we watch the Cubs, too. However, hubby was born & raised in Kenosha--Brewers, Packers, Bucks, Badgers country.

Eric--How long would you say it takes to get to the Radisson, my flight gets in at 7:15 pm (excluding delays). I agree that it's a great start to the trip, but I don't want to be driving all night, either.

Disneybride96--Friday is pushing it for me, too. I'm hoping by then that I just won't care anymore! :snooty:

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

marianne...it takes about one hour to get to the port from the airport/WDW. Forget about the Radisson, the real party is at Ron Jon's (right Kim, Bette and Reneé???)

[bettemom]

Originally posted by Sarah'sMomfrom PA
marianne...it takes about one hour to get to the port from the airport/WDW. Forget about the Radisson, the real party is at Ron Jon's (right Kim, Bette and Reneé???)



Why of course !!!!!

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Sarah'sMomfrom PA
marianne...it takes about one hour to get to the port from the airport/WDW. Forget about the Radisson, the real party is at Ron Jon's (right Kim, Bette and Reneé???)

Yes, Definitely!!!

Love the ships Bette & Kim.

Reneé

[@GoofyNut]

Ave and Family ... Please take it easy on your vacation and stay safe. Have Fun!

Bette & Kim ... Just love the Ship and your "name" smilies! BTW, how did you make out with your little project ... No injuries?

Piglet or whoever ... How do we get the um'laut over the letters A O and U?

AshLee update ... she seems to be feeling a little better every day. Whoever said animals are dumb is the real dummy. She knows she has to get her tail area washed and powdered twice a day and and she comes over to the sink and assumes the position; then she just waits around for her meds ... I don't call that dumb. Baby'd maybe! I got a real nice Thank You card for her petiatrician and just have to pick up a nice box of Gertrude Hawk Candy to go with it ... cause they were so caring and nice.

Hope Mike & Kathy (Papa and Mrs Papa) get home safe from their trip to Texas this weekend.

:earseek: :crazy: :earseek: OK it's Thursday night and just what do we watch in the SURVIVOR time slot? Must admit that this is my favorite night for TV. Love the CSI and Without A Trace too.

Gotta go ... Wish I could take a longer break cause I worked out of the office yesterday and I swear someone dumped a mailtruck of work on my desk.

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

To get the é, you have to press alt plus 0233 (on the number pad)--thanks for that tip, marianne!! I don't know how you get it on the o or u! Do you know any other tips, zapp1213???

[Viking]

Marianne,
don't let those RonJon-Outcasts influence you - The Radisson is where the fun is at :teeth:

Cathy,
it's good to hear that AshLee is on the mend - And it's great to hear how smart she is. ::yes::

[Viking]

Originally posted by Sarah'sMomfrom PA
To get the é, you have to press alt plus 0233 (on the number pad)--thanks for that tip, marianne!! I don't know how you get it on the o or u! Do you know any other tips, zapp1213???

Here's a link to the complete ASCII-Table (http://www.asciitable.com/)
Just hold down the ALT-key and punch in the respective three-digit-number taken from the first column of the table. Use the numeric pad on the right hand side of your keyboard for the numbers, doNOT use the numbers in the top-row above the letters, this won't work.

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Viking
Here's a link to the complete ASCII-Table (http://www.asciitable.com/)
Just hold down the ALT-key and punch in the respective three-digit-number taken from the first column of the table. Use the numeric pad on the right hand side of your keyboard for the numbers, doNOT use the numbers in the top-row above the letters, this won't work.

Eric,

Thanks for posting this.

Reneé

[twhipple]

I just copy and paste to get the é LOL! It's easier for me to remember.

Glad to see we have at least one other Packer fan onboard. Hope we'll be able to get the game on Sunday in Diversions (it's on Fox). We've been lucky on our last two cruises -- Monday night then Sunday night and two wins! We should cruise more often during football season -- especially during the playoffs :teeth:

[@GoofyNut]

Eric ... Guess you can say that this thread is educational and fun too! Thanks for the table. My German officemate appreciates it.

[bettemom]

Originally posted by Viking
Marianne,
don't let those RonJon-Outcasts influence you - The Radisson is where the fun is at :teeth:

Cathy,
it's good to hear that AshLee is on the mend - And it's great to hear how smart she is. ::yes::


Outcasts !!! Thems Fightin Words.... Better watch out when you go diving <a href='*******************************************ZSzeb008' target='_blank'><img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/26/26_11_10.gif' border=0></a>........

[two-foxes]

Originally posted by bettemom
Hi Jill,

When the T-shirt Logo's are finished by the designers then everyone will get an e-mail with the t-shirt logo file attached. You can then print the logo on special iron on paper and iron onto your t-shirts.

For those that are not comfprtable with doing this themselves some of us can help you with printing the iron on transfers.

Bye, Kim

THANK YOU! I am sure it is the 20th time it's been posted! Can't wait....

Too bad I'll miss the take over of the terminal, but I think being on the ship already will be a good reason to miss it! Hee, hee! :hyper: I'll meet up with you guys for the sail away, Mickey Hands and all!

[Zapp1213]

Thanks, Eric. You took my opportunity to show everyone how smart I can be. My question was going to be "What's an um'laut?" :crazy:

WOW! Radisson vs. RonJon's. Sounds dangerous. I may just be safer in Orlando!

twhipple--you saw games on previous cruises? We went opening day in 2002, and ESPN zone wasn't showing football. Hubby was SOOOOOO upset :mad: He swore, never again (and here we're going in October)

Well, gotta get back to work. Thanks everyone for the entertainment.

Marianne

[twhipple]

Marianne -- Sunday and Monday night games are on ESPN and ABC -- Disney owned. We saw the Monday night game in the ESPN Zone and the Sunday game in Diversions. We're keeping our fingers crossed for a three-peat of viewing and winning! Tell your hubby he just has to cruise with us to see the games LOL.

Tracy

[Viking]

Originally posted by Zapp1213
Thanks, Eric. You took my opportunity to show everyone how smart I can be. My question was going to be "What's an um'laut?" :crazy:

WOW! Radisson vs. RonJon's. Sounds dangerous. I may just be safer in Orlando!

twhipple--you saw games on previous cruises? We went opening day in 2002, and ESPN zone wasn't showing football. Hubby was SOOOOOO upset :mad: He swore, never again (and here we're going in October)

Well, gotta get back to work. Thanks everyone for the entertainment.

Marianne

An Umlaut is an A, O or U with dots above it: Ä, ä, Ö, ö, Ü, ü. But you can replace the dots by a trailing 'e', i.e. ä=ae. I'll explain the pronounciation during the cruise ;) Or here's an example:
'A' in German is pronounced like 'U' in 'hut', to make it sound like your 'A' in 'man', we put the dots on it.
Those of you who have been in the Forces over here, you may remember 'The German phrase of the day' on AFN Europe. We can do that on the ship :jester:

[Viking]

Originally posted by two-foxes
THANK YOU! I am sure it is the 20th time it's been posted! Can't wait....

Too bad I'll miss the take over of the terminal, but I think being on the ship already will be a good reason to miss it! Hee, hee! :hyper: I'll meet up with you guys for the sail away, Mickey Hands and all!

I don't wanna disappoint you, but are you sure that you'll be allowed to stay on the ship? When we once inquired about a back-to-back cruise, we were told that we could leave our stuff in the stateroom, but would have to leave the ship. They do some heavy-duty cleaning, maintenance, catering, etc. Our TA told us that they offer i.e. a tour of Kennedy Space Center to keep you occupied, but off the ship.

[two-foxes]

Originally posted by Viking
I don't wanna disappoint you, but are you sure that you'll be allowed to stay on the ship? When we once inquired about a back-to-back cruise, we were told that we could leave our stuff in the stateroom, but would have to leave the ship. They do some heavy-duty cleaning, maintenance, catering, etc. Our TA told us that they offer i.e. a tour of Kennedy Space Center to keep you occupied, but off the ship.

Way to bust my bubble, Eric! We did inquire...we were told we would need to vacate our stateroom for cleaning (we have the same stateroom for both cruises, so our stuff can stay). I did get two seperate answers regarding the "re-check in". In both cases, we could stay on the ship for the majority of the time, however one CM stated we would need to check in at the terminal, another person (I forget if it was our TA or a CM) said we would be able to stay on the ship and check in at guest services. So, I figure as long as I get all the laundry done, I don't care too much. I also posted about that here, and it seems that everyone who has done back to backs has had a little different protocol to follow, but the only one who had to officially disembark was a Canadian citizen....perhaps it depends upon being a US Citizen. Who knows!?!

[cdnmickeylover]

The international contingent will be at the Radisson. :bounce:

It will be a friendly rivalry with everyone meeting for dinner at the Grills (although we'll have to see who gets to the boat first!!)

Wearing the t-shirts is a lot of fun at the terminal. We knew that Eric and Anja had already checked in because the CM at the desk said he'd seen the t-shirts already and we said yup and there were from Germany! He was amazed that we knew and then we explained about the disboards etc. After we boarded all the CM's we spoke too told us that we were way behind everyone else!! They couldn't believe how many t-shirts they had seen.

Maybe on the back of the T-shirts we should have Ron Jon's or Radisson.

Fiona

[Hygiene99]

Well were to stay ron jon's or the rad ????

That is the Question ?

Cathy or Bettemom Hmmm Tough choice lol ...

maybe I will stay at ron jons and Jen will stay at the rad...


2 foxes I am Willing to Bet u can stay on the ship If u are cool....

Where is the Grand Puba stayying ??
V ??

DID u miss this?????

MARY JO When u come to Lincoln Nh.

Jen would like to have u over for Dinner a LObsta of Course
and steamers , Well i guess a New England Clam Bake.....
BIBS And WET NAPS included...

AnyBody else who might Come to Boston is Also welcome...

This event is going to be in June between the 20th and 28th
would need a head count Need to get The BUGS as we reffer to them here (LOBSTER) ......


Boston Pétér

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Boston Pétér...would love to come over for lobster but....I'm almost afraid to say this to someone from New England...Sarah and I don't like lobster..the only seafood that her and I eat are scallops!! The bibs will make quite a picture. Sam likes lobster though so we'll have to bring McDonalds with us!! How far are we going to be from you? looks like it might be all interstate--I know that Lincoln is right off of interstate 93.

bette and Kim...love the new graphics! Especially the shark!!

The party is definitely at Ron Jon's...we got to the Radisson last year and the only party people there were Avé, tulirose and Rich and Fiona and Jim--we arrived around 8:30 p.m. and the party people were already in bed!! Just remember that Kim and Bette know how to throw a party!!

[Hygiene99]

We can Do Scallops No Problem or Steak if U wish

Will call the Yauchtsmans Steak house and have them flown in if that is ok with U....

Yikes it is a 2 1/2 hour drive ... we will do something closer to your vacation location if that is ok with u...

Kims house is probably an hour or So..

But u must dine at the COMMON MAN rest.. in Lincoln NH.

really just want the pictures with the BIBS lol...

Boston Pétér

[ciadriamom]

Originally posted by jeanneg
Hi Marianne,

We're in exactly the same boat. Our flight arrives at 8 pm so by the time we get our luggage and rent a car we will have missed all the activities at the Radisson or RJ. We're just resigned to meeting everyone for the first time at the terminal or sailaway party. We actually have a ressie for the Hyatt MCO but it's way more than I want to spend and will probably switch it if there's another airport hotel that some others are staying at. If it's just the 2 of us, I'm going to purchase the Disney transfers and try to get on the first bus out. If we team up with other people it might make more sense to hire a limo or town car and pool the expense. If other people are staying near the airport, please tell me where. We can always meet that evening in the lounge and have a mini-meet of our own.
Arlene: I know you were undecided as to where you were staying until you got your flights arranged. Any updates on that situation?
Kim/Bette: you're still listed at staying at the MCO, but I think that's no longer true. Please confirm....

I'm considering staying at the Hyatt or thereabouts, I'm going to risk the Priceline booking, since we'll be arriving fairly late ourselves. Let me know if you want to share a ride to the port on Sat am. It's thre of us, so it will probably work out cheaper for all if we can "carpool".

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

ciadrimom...just be sure that if you ride to the airport with marianne (zapp1213), leave your axes behind in New Jersey because Tom might get a little squishmish and refuse to get into the car with you. Guess you'll never live this one down, Tom!! (An inside joke for Marianne and Tom)!!! Mary Jo

P.S. Forgot to ask...how was graduation??

[Cheese Please]

Originally posted by Zapp1213
How about [Milwaukee] Brewer fans??? :rotfl:

Gee, so I won't be the only Brewers fan on the cruise!!! I was born in Milwaukee. It is hard to follow them from New York, but they are doing pretty good this year. At least relative to the past.

Hey.....anyone can root for the Yankees......It takes a REAL LOYAL AND DEDICATED FAN to root for the Milwaukee Brewers!!!

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

Dave

[Zapp1213]

Originally posted by ciadriamom
I'm considering staying at the Hyatt or thereabouts, I'm going to risk the Priceline booking, since we'll be arriving fairly late ourselves. Let me know if you want to share a ride to the port on Sat am. It's thre of us, so it will probably work out cheaper for all if we can "carpool".

Well, there's four of us. What could we rent that could accommodate seven & all our luggage?

(Don't listen to Sarah'sMomfromPA. She's from Scranton.) :jester:

Anyone can root for the Yankees, Steinbrenner has the $$ to buy the fans. But you're right. You've got to be true blue, sick in the head to continually root for the Brewers! I love that new Miller Park, tho. Roof opens & closes at will. Awesome!

So you guys haven't made my hotel decision any easier. Radisson quoted me $85 for the night. And I can't find a website for Ron Jon's hotel. Just a surf shop????

Marianne

[RellingTwin]

Radisson or Ron Jon's...it will NOT matter, because the party will be at Grills!

Thursday night with no survivor:scared1:

Eric, thanks for the link! I often use a symbol when I do patient charting. The symbol is: º and it means "hour". Since we have gone to all computer charting I had to give up º , and now I have it back!

[Zapp1213]

I just checked my profile, and discovered that I can now change my custom text under my name! Finally!

Unfortunately, now I don't know what I want to put there!!! :blush:

Isn't that silly??

[Viking]

Originally posted by Zapp1213
Well, there's four of us. What could we rent that could accommodate seven & all our luggage?

(Don't listen to Sarah'sMomfromPA. She's from Scranton.) :jester:

Anyone can root for the Yankees, Steinbrenner has the $$ to buy the fans. But you're right. You've got to be true blue, sick in the head to continually root for the Brewers! I love that new Miller Park, tho. Roof opens & closes at will. Awesome!

So you guys haven't made my hotel decision any easier. Radisson quoted me $85 for the night. And I can't find a website for Ron Jon's hotel. Just a surf shop????

Marianne

Marianne,
we had a van last time for eight people and it was very comfy. It also easily 'swallowed' all our luggage, although Anja and I travelled with four large bags/suitcases. The cost was $160&tip. All the van/limo-services have coupons on the web, granting you a rebate. We went with tiffanytowncars the last three times and were always happy campers.

[Viking]

Originally posted by RellingTwin
Radisson or Ron Jon's...it will NOT matter, because the party will be at Grills!

Thursday night with no survivor:scared1:

Eric, thanks for the link! I often use a symbol when I do patient charting. The symbol is: º and it means "hour". Since we have gone to all computer charting I had to give up º , and now I have it back!
You'e welcome, Mary :D
You can also use that sign plus a lower case 'o' to create a Mickey: °o°

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Zapp1213
Well, there's four of us. What could we rent that could accommodate seven & all our luggage?

(Don't listen to Sarah'sMomfromPA. She's from Scranton.) :jester:

Anyone can root for the Yankees, Steinbrenner has the $$ to buy the fans. But you're right. You've got to be true blue, sick in the head to continually root for the Brewers! I love that new Miller Park, tho. Roof opens & closes at will. Awesome!

So you guys haven't made my hotel decision any easier. Radisson quoted me $85 for the night. And I can't find a website for Ron Jon's hotel. Just a surf shop????

Marianne

The website for Ron Jon is here:

http://www.ronjonresort.com/

Reneé

[Zapp1213]

Originally posted by Viking
Here's a link to the complete ASCII-Table (http://www.asciitable.com/)
Just hold down the ALT-key and punch in the respective three-digit-number taken from the first column of the table. Use the numeric pad on the right hand side of your keyboard for the numbers, doNOT use the numbers in the top-row above the letters, this won't work.

Eric-- Your ASCII table is different than what I use--Your é is number 130, my é is number 0233. My computer has a program called "charmap" that shows all the characters available with each font. I have a shortcut on my start menu. I use it all the time.

I like how Pétér uses it. Maybe Mariaññe? Kind of cute.

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Hey Marianne...I like the look of the new name--gives it a latin flavor!! My email address at work has changed so I will either email you or pm you so you have it for July!!

Boy--where is everyone today?? Thank God it is Friday!! And pay day! Drizzling here today but the weekend is supposed to be great. Mary Jo

[cdnmickeylover]

We are all waiting for 5pm to go home!!

Am so glad that it's Friday and Monday we are off. Yeah (even if the weather forecast is rain all weekend).

Back to work so I can actually leave at 5pm.

Fiona

[Viking]

Originally posted by cdnmickeylover
We are all waiting for 5pm to go home!!

Am so glad that it's Friday and Monday we are off. Yeah (even if the weather forecast is rain all weekend).

Back to work so I can actually leave at 5pm.

Fiona

We already have 6pm :teeth: But I left my office at 3:11pm :hyper: and was out of the gym at 5:15 after running 7 miles. Then we did our grocery shopping. Unfortunately Anja has to work Saturday and Sunday, and I volunteer at our ambulance station to teach a First-Aid-Course. But we don't mind as the weather can only be described by words not admissable by the posting rules :p :mad:

[jeanneg]

Marianne and Sharon:
yes, we would be more than happy to share a ride with you guys.
It seems like it will be 5 adults and 4 kids so we should fit very comfortably. Besides, we can make all the Radisson and Ron Jon people jealous when we pull up to the port in our swanky limo.
My only request is that we get there early as I will be doing the ressie scramble and want to get a good position in line. I notice we all have late dining so we'll be able to return to the airport at approx. the same time (we ARE all going back to the airport, right?) I've also used Tiffany Town Cars to get to WDW and was very pleased with them. I will check to see what the current rate is and as Eric said, they always have a coupon offer. Whatever hotel you decide to stay at is fine with me as long as there's a free shuttle from MCO. I believe Arlene and Andy will also be staying near the airport. Maybe we can fit 11 and turn it into a real party! Forgive me if I've forgotten, but have either of you done DCL before?
And tell MaryJo not to be concerned about axes. A New Jersey girl's best weapons are her looong nails and whatever she can hide in her high hair! (Am I the only one who gets nostalgic at the opening credits of the Sopranos?)

[Viking]

11 will be a very tight fit in a van - Really!!!

[Viking]

I just checked Tiffany's and they want $210+ min 20% tip for the roundtrip MCO-Port. Quite a raise compared with last years rates :eek:

[Hygiene99]

Hi all ... i to bagged out early and now home at 2 pm

instead of 4 oclock just a Gorgous day here in boston..

And the project that i have been working on is having big party for the Workers to celebrate another job Well done...

Should be quite the time

We have been Building the New covention center in Boston...

here is a link to the Party Room
the Grand ballroom http://www.advantageboston.com/Images/BCEC/smallballroom1.jpg

and here is a link to the main page IT is UnBelievable...
http://www.advantageboston.com/BCEC/Default.asp


And stay out of Boston for the DNC........................

[bettemom]

:crowded: :grouphug:

but cozy !




;)

[jeanneg]

Van Schman......I thought we were going in a limo!!!!!!!!!