10/02/04 Antigua Cruise

[Viking]

FL Tours wants even $270 :scared:

[bettemom]

Gee Peter,puts our party to shame....:rolleyes:

[Viking]

Hey Mary, I got #2500:thewave:

OK, need a Disney-fix now: Will watch 'Snowdogs' with Anja now :wave2:

[jeanneg]

Originally posted by 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:

Yikes!!!! maybe we could try skateboarding there!

[Zapp1213]

Originally posted by jeanneg
Yikes!!!! maybe we could try skateboarding there!

Actually, it doesn't sound too bad. It's $210 r/t plus $42 tip? Divided by three families, that's only $42 each, each way. Renting a car is in the high $30's before all the extra charges. And we wouldn't have to do all the driving!!!! I could do that.

Still haven't decided on a hotel yet. The LaQuinta airport is around $50 for the night, and we like LaQuinta's. They also mention they have a complimentary airport shuttle. Any bad reports?

Mariaññe

[Zapp1213]

Originally posted by jeanneg
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!

Hey, I'm a Jersey girl myself. Born & raised in Middletown. Mary Jo's axes don't scare me!

[jeanneg]

I was born and raised in NYC (northern Manhattan), but spent 15 years in Tenafly NJ before moving to NC. NJ got so much of our income and property tax money I feel I can insult them all I like! (Sure do miss not having that tax on clothing though......)

[cdnmickeylover]

Ugh taxes. We just had a new budget and although income taxes weren't raised other user fees were, including a new health care premium. This from a government that pledged before it got elected not to raise taxes of any form and to balance the budget. This is the provincial government.

This weekend there is supposed to be a federal election called and we'll see how that goes. Here we don't have set elections like in the US. I think if the election is called this weekend the election will be the end of June (can't quite remember how long the campaign is allowed to be). My DS will miss voting by a couple of weeks since he turns 18 mid July.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Eric -- loved Snow Dogs!

Fiona

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

I'm glad that we're not the only ones complaining about taxes and I for one can't wait for the election to be over in November...It is only May and already I am sick of the negative political ads...enough already.

Eric and Fiona...loved snow dogs...Nana always reminds me of my dog...very similar breed!!

Drizzle here today..I haven't been out so I don't know if it is humid or not. Going to a purse party tonight that my dd roped me into...told her we can't afford to buy purses because we have to save our money for the Panama Canal cruise (not to mention 4 weeks of vacation planned for this summer which I have to pay for)--I told her that the money tree in the backyard hasn't bloomed yet!!! Mary Jo

[Viking]

We just finished Snowdogs and loved it. Cuba GoodingJr is such a great actor. And I really appreciate him doing such a funny film after excelling in a film like Men of Honour, or after his Oscar for best supporting act in Jerry McGuire. I also loved him im Boattrip.

Talking about elections: We have our presidential election this weekend. Sounds confusing with us having a Chancellor, doesn't it?
Our President has just representative functions, although he is our head-of-state, his role is more like the Queen's role in the UK. Opening hospitals, receiving guests of honour from other countries, signing all laws (He has veto-rights, but according to my knowledge it only happened once or twice that one of our presidents used it). He -or she- is elected by the Federal Congregation consisting of our 602 Congressmen (Too many for such a small country, but a leftover from the reuinfication of the two parliaments) and the same number of representatives from our 16 states. We just have two contenders, one from the Christian Democrats (Comparable to your Republicans), and one (A lady) from the Social Democrats (Comparable to your Democrats). As the Christian Democrats together with the Liberal Democrats have a majority it is more than probable that their candidate will win. But after being elected the President usually leaves his/her party as a symbol for being the representative of the whole population.
And in three weeks time we'll elect our representatives for the European Parliament, but this we dou ourselves ;)

OK, gotta catch some Zs now

Have a great weekend :wave2:

PS: Don't forget: The fun place is the Radisson ::yes:: Forget RonJon :teeth:

[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 heard from Myriam from the Pineapple Beach Resort. Here is what she says:

Dear Renee:

We are 25 minutes away from the dock.

You can reserve it right now if you choose to, let me know the date and give me a reminder closer to your departure.

Regards,

Myriam

We're still going to do this. If anyone else wants to join in (or out), let me know.

Reneé

[ciadriamom]

Originally posted by 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?? MaryJo, I guess I'll leave it home, I am on vacation after all!!! LOL

Graudation was AWESOME. DD Ciara cried through most of it, so did my good friend Pat, which of course, reduced me to a blubbering mass of intelligence.

[ciadriamom]

Originally posted by jeanneg
Van Schman......I thought we were going in a limo!!!!!!!!! LIMO, LIMO, LIMO!!!!

[ciadriamom]

Originally posted by 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?)

I'd also love to get there as early as possible, for spa ressies and cabana massage. Not sure if I'm going to stay a few extra days or not, since we have Monday off.

This is our second Disney Cruise -- did four days on the Wonder last August. We were lucky enough to be on the last sailing with those awesome fireworks.

[ciadriamom]

Originally posted by Zapp1213
Actually, it doesn't sound too bad. It's $210 r/t plus $42 tip? Divided by three families, that's only $42 each, each way. Renting a car is in the high $30's before all the extra charges. And we wouldn't have to do all the driving!!!! I could do that.

Still haven't decided on a hotel yet. The LaQuinta airport is around $50 for the night, and we like LaQuinta's. They also mention they have a complimentary airport shuttle. Any bad reports?

Mariaññe

Zapp - check our Barb's website trip reports -- I believe there is one La Quinta which is not so hot. She gives great specifics about the two different locations.

[ciadriamom]

Originally posted by jeanneg
I was born and raised in NYC (northern Manhattan), but spent 15 years in Tenafly NJ before moving to NC. NJ got so much of our income and property tax money I feel I can insult them all I like! (Sure do miss not having that tax on clothing though......)

Hey Jeanneg - I was born and raised in Brooklyn, went to high school in lower manhattan and only moved to New Jersey about 10 years ago. Left the taxes in New York for the car insurance premiums in NJ

[jeanneg]

My favorite place in Brooklyn is that little Italian restaurant on Frost St. We always called it the Frost St. Restaurant but I'm not sure if it has another official name. We don't really know Brooklyn all that well but will be returning there in mid June. My oldest son will be filming a movie pilot there and we want to be nosey. We can only take a few days so I think we're going to fly up and rely on mass transit to get around. Navigating a car through mid-town Manhattan is enough to give me a heart attack. I really want to get tickets for "Wicked" also .....hope I haven't waited too long. I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to real bagels and authentic Italian pastries!

[ciadriamom]

Amen on the bagels. I go at least once a month for my pizza fix. That's cool about your son, can you give details?

[bettemom]

Originally posted by jeanneg
My favorite place in Brooklyn is that little Italian restaurant on Frost St. We always called it the Frost St. Restaurant but I'm not sure if it has another official name. We don't really know Brooklyn all that well but will be returning there in mid June. My oldest son will be filming a movie pilot there and we want to be nosey. We can only take a few days so I think we're going to fly up and rely on mass transit to get around. Navigating a car through mid-town Manhattan is enough to give me a heart attack. I really want to get tickets for "Wicked" also .....hope I haven't waited too long. I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to real bagels and authentic Italian pastries!



Hi Guys Kim here,

Checking the boards since the rain has started again , I can't install the new window sills and trim on the front of the house...

REAL BAGELS !!! We used to take the train into the city early Sat am and pick up all our bagels, danish & Rye bread. In NH they do not have any idea how to make bread. How about the NY 1/2 sour garlic pickles, I can eat those like a piece of fruit...Hopefully we will get down to the city in the next few months to " stock up".. Favorite deli of all time is the Carnegie Deli Times Square, that place is a hoot...

Hopefully I will have a little scrapbook to bring on the cruise and show you all what we have been doing to the house. By October 1/2 of the house will be totally renovated, and next summer/fall we hope to finish the other half.


Gotta go, told the mother figure that I would help clean out a closet, and with the rain there is no escape...

Bye, Kim

[jeanneg]

Sharon: This is how I understand it.......One of his former NYU classmates has written a screenplay and pitched it to a major Hollywood distributor, who told him to produce a 20-30 minute pilot. There is a well-known TV star (don't know if i can say the name) who wants to star in the lead role of this movie and is helping my son and his friend in financing the pilot as well as appearing in it. If the movie gets purchased it will be a major milestone for his buddy. No major studio is going to use my son as its director of Photography (DP) but if he does a good job, it could open some doors and get him an assistant's or apprentice position on the film.....which would be a major coup for him. It would be nice for him to eventually get a paycheck, but this is all part of working his way through the ranks. I believe the budget for the pilot will only reimburse him for expenses. It is very exciting though and we are so proud of him.

[ciadriamom]

That terrific and what an awesome opportunity. I wish him and his buddy all the best. Keep us posted as to how it all works out. When are you planning your trip to NY?


My vote for all time best deli: Katz (Best cornbeef and pastrami in the world).

[jeanniec]

I thought that I read that the Pineapple resort was about 30" away from the port. Sam and I are still in!

[jeanniec]

Renee' - Forgot to put your name on my previous post. Kim and Bette -- are you still with us?

[piglet33]

Originally posted by jeanniec
Renee' - Forgot to put your name on my previous post. Kim and Bette -- are you still with us?

Hi Jeannie,

Kim PM'd me last night and said both her and Bette are still with us. When I make the ressies I will ask Myriam what is the best and fastest way to get to the resort.

Reneé

[Hygiene99]

Kim we just sent u a Personal Message ....

Looks like we are going to be on the same flight as u and your Mother If they let her on... have u seen that show on Tv about Sw airlines ...? So please pm me with the flight info ...
our free tix have to be used by Jan , 2005 so we must use them n Oct.. So why not travel with Family... lol
Boston Pétér

And tell Bette we have Free Drink coupons..........
Also I am hoping to get up and swing the hammer real soon..

[bettemom]

Peter Peter Pupkin Eater !!!

Just sent you a PM, Re: Flight Info.

Bye, Kim

[Hygiene99]

KIM After our Telephone conversation The Boss

Says that she will move the patiants (if She Can )

So that our plan will come together and we will be in Sunny Florida at around noon on thursday..
And we can Dine at Grills and See The Wonder go Bye...

Anyone Else intrested

Also we will Be Stayyng at the NEW Ron Jons

and will get the rate with the code 102

Boston Pétér

Will keep u posted on the final result when booking is complete...
bye 5/28/04

Pétér Pétér Pumpkin Eater !!!

[Viking]

Peter,
we won't be at the Radisson, respectively the Grills before Friday afternoon as we'll be driving to Orlando from PCB on Friday morning to meet Fiona & Jim enroute.

Folks,
we got a new president: Mr Köhler made it. He used to be the boss of the International Monetary Fund (World Bank) until some months ago before he retired to start his campaign. In economically difficult times like now he seems to be a good choice.

[ciadriamom]

Congrats on the new president!!!

[Twinave]

Hi Everyone!:wave: We're back from Orlando! Wow lots of pages to catch up on. No fair getting 2500 Eric!:earseek: Oh well, I can shoot for 3000.
The Raddison is the place to be! ::yes:: We have had a great experience there both previous trips. We will be leaving Panama City on Friday morning arriving at the Raddison around 2 PM.
Disney was fun. We spent Friday morning at The Animal Kingdom, then back to the hotel for a swim, then Epcot for dinner and fireworks. Sat. DD and I went back to Animal Kingdom to do the Tarzan Rocks show. Loved it! And the Primevil Wirl ride. Great!
Then we went to Down Town Disney so DD could shop. (Not my favorite pastime,) but she had a blast spending her Dad's money. LOL Then it was back to Epcot for the Paul Revere and The Radiers Concert! They were Great. So glad I didn't blow it off. And I was tempted, let me tell you.:p The show was very good and very funny.
Did not like All Star Music much. (Except the fact that they had a picture of Bruce Springsteen in the main building. ) Our room was SOOOO far from the dinning area and the bus stops. And the plumbing was loud. Each morning I was awakened around 7am by the sound of SCREECHING from the pipes. Someone close by taking a shower? Could also hear it when nieghbors flushed. :mad:
Oh well, we will know better next time.
Glad to be home.
Later, Avé

[jeanneg]

Welcome back, Ave.....sounds like you had a great time. Please tell me all about PR&R......were any of the originals there?

My daughters and I loved Primival Whirl also......we kept imagining all the expletives my husband would be spewing if he went on it! (The man detests spinning rides!)

[Twinave]

jeanneg, Paul and several others were from the original group. Most of the guys have been together 30+ years. One of the newbies is the son of one of the Rightous Brothers. So they did a medly of Rightous Brother songs, "Unchained Melody, You've Lost that Lovin Feelin, etc." Paul kept making VERY funny jokes about how old he was, and how long it's been since he's had a "hit" record. They were all decked-out in the "outfits" boots, hats, vests, and tights! Very good stage show! We stayed for 2 sets. They did all thier top songs, finishing with Cherokee Nation on both sets. Louie, Louie was great. Too worned out to stay for the 3rd set. And wanted to get on the bus back to the hotel before the fireworks ended. And the Epcot Flower Power displays were fantastic. We saw Eric and the Animals the night before. They were OK, but nowhere near as fun as PR&R. :cool:
Gosh, I'm so tired.http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0304/schlafen/sleeping-smiley-015.gif
Night everyone.
Avé

[RellingTwin]

Welcome home Ave, glad you had fun!

I am also a transplanted New Yorker. Born and raised in Hicksville (yes, there really is such a place!) Long Island. I still have 2 brothers and 1 sister in New York and try to visit at least once a year. I miss all the ethnic foods NY has to offer. Pizza, Italian bakery stuff, kiniches, Greek food, Carvel ice cream,and of course the "dirty water dogs"!I have found some excellent bagels here in Charleston as well as some pretty good pizza, but NY is still the best!

We went to see a air show this weekend featuring the Air Force Thunderbirds! What a great show!DH loved the static displays, and the kids loved the snow cones!We had a great time but it was H...O...T!!!!Of course being on a flight line there is NO shade, and it was over 90º !

jeanneg...how exciting for your son! Best of luck to him on this project. We would love details if and when you are premitted to share them.

Eric..congrats on your new President!

[Viking]

Ave',
you've got good chances to get #3000, because Anja & I will be for 10 days at the Baltic Sea from June 4 til June 13 - without any Internet-access. We must somehow get rid of those vacation days :teeth: There's another holiday in that week and both of us accumulated some overtime, so we were able to get 10 days off, but have to use 4 vacation days for it only :p
Now the temps must get higher. Last night we only had 2°C/36°F over here:eek: But even if it gets warmer, we probably won't go into the water of the Baltic Sea as the water needs some extra weeks to lose its chill.

[Viking]

Originally posted by Twinave
Hi Everyone!:wave: We're back from Orlando! Wow lots of pages to catch up on. No fair getting 2500 Eric!:earseek: Oh well, I can shoot for 3000.
The Raddison is the place to be! ::yes:: We have had a great experience there both previous trips. We will be leaving Panama City on Friday morning arriving at the Raddison around 2 PM.
Disney was fun. We spent Friday morning at The Animal Kingdom, then back to the hotel for a swim, then Epcot for dinner and fireworks. Sat. DD and I went back to Animal Kingdom to do the Tarzan Rocks show. Loved it! And the Primevil Wirl ride. Great!
Then we went to Down Town Disney so DD could shop. (Not my favorite pastime,) but she had a blast spending her Dad's money. LOL Then it was back to Epcot for the Paul Revere and The Radiers Concert! They were Great. So glad I didn't blow it off. And I was tempted, let me tell you.:p The show was very good and very funny.
Did not like All Star Music much. (Except the fact that they had a picture of Bruce Springsteen in the main building. ) Our room was SOOOO far from the dinning area and the bus stops. And the plumbing was loud. Each morning I was awakened around 7am by the sound of SCREECHING from the pipes. Someone close by taking a shower? Could also hear it when nieghbors flushed. :mad:
Oh well, we will know better next time.
Glad to be home.
Later, Avé
Ave',
we stayed at the ASMovies before Cruisetoberfest I and loved it. We requested and got Toy Story, the room was quiet, just 100 yards from the front desk, theshop, the food courts and the bus stops, and the pool with Sorcerer Mickey.

[Hygiene99]

Avé

Did u use any of those food Vouchers I am reading about if so how was your experience ?? they are from the hotwire savings club??

I know u had a great time..

[two-foxes]

Originally posted by Hygiene99
Avé

Did u use any of those food Vouchers I am reading about if so how was your experience ?? they are from the hotwire savings club??

I know u had a great time..

Do tell! Hopefully you liked them if you used them.....we bought 4 Q&C vouchers, 2 kingdom lunch and 2 breakfast vouchers for Sept....shoot, if you didn't like them, don't tell.....I am stuck with them regardless!

We got our PHP thru the hotwire savings club, too....saved us some $$ over other discount ticket companies.

[Twinave]

We did not have any food vouchers. I did notice signs explaining what/or how many vouchers were needed for this or that. But didn't pay much attention cause I didn't have too. :p
First day back at work was rough. Lots of stuff that waited for me from last week, plus the normal Monday madness. But I got it all done somehow.
Well my doc won First Place in Bays Best! Voted on by local newpaper readers. We knew she was in the top three, but we were happy campers today. I told her it was because of her excellent nursing staff (I am the whole staff) LOL.
Eric, just the words Baltic Sea make me shiver.http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0304/alles_moegliche/mixed-smiley-020.gif

Later, Avé

[papa]

We got home about midnight last night from Texas. Long auto ride for us old people about a 900 mile trip one way.

Have about 15 pages to catch up on. Found out that there were two Germans that died in the Alamo along with 30 Tennesseans including Davy Crockett.

This may be our last Disney cruise for a while as Kathy and I are thinking about selling our house to get us a small RV and touring the country for awhile. Still in the talking stages. Mike

[Viking]

Ave',
the beach we're headed to is wonderful, pearl-white sands, a promenade made from marble right behind it with lots of eateries, souvenirshops, etc. On the beach we have so-called Beach Baskets, which are about 6 feet wide and 6 feet high granting you two wonderful reclining seats with footrests, fold-down-tables and a shade. They offer protection from the wind and from the sun. It's very comfy and cosy in there, but they cost about €8 per day. In the center area they are placed kind of close together with only about 5 feet between the baskets laterally and perhaps 20 feet in front of you. We're usually at the Yacht Harbour where they are spaced much more generously adjacent to the beachvolleyball courts. The water is much colder than in Florida, so we'll probably do only some wading.

Mike & Kathy,
that RV-plan sounds nice. I always say to Anja, that if we win the jackpot in the lottery, we will tour Europe for a year in a small RV, and The States for a year in a huge one.
Sorry about my countrymen not being able to bring a happy ending to the Alamo ;)

[Twinave]

papa...Welcome home!

Eric, Your beach sounds very nice, but looking forward to showing off our beaches to you and Anja. By the way, gas prices have passed the $2.00 mark, so you may need to re-figure your gas budget. Of course no telling what the price will be in Oct. We may be hitching to the port.:smooth:

padisneyfan, are you home yet? How was your trip?

Got to run.
Later,
Avé

[Hygiene99]

Viking / Eric I sent u a pm. peter

[Viking]

Originally posted by Twinave
papa...Welcome home!

Eric, Your beach sounds very nice, but looking forward to showing off our beaches to you and Anja. By the way, gas prices have passed the $2.00 mark, so you may need to re-figure your gas budget. Of course no telling what the price will be in Oct. We may be hitching to the port.:smooth:

padisneyfan, are you home yet? How was your trip?

Got to run.
Later,
Avé

I filled up our convertible yesterday: 11 gallons = €53 = $64:scared: :faint: :crazy2: Ok, those 11 gallons carried me 311 miles, which comes to 28 mpg, but nevertheless with those gas prices I could run a monster-RV in the US with 9mpg ;)
Thanks for the Info. I did my budget under the assumption of a Euro/Dollar-parity, but with the dollar still being 20% under the Euro it still looks very bright for us. Nevertheless I will adjust my gas-budget accordingly.

[two-foxes]

Originally posted by Viking
I filled up our convertible yesterday: 11 gallons = €53 = $64:scared: :faint: :crazy2: Ok, those 11 gallons carried me 311 miles, which comes to 28 mpg, but nevertheless with those gas prices I could run a monster-RV in the US with 9mpg ;)
Thanks for the Info. I did my budget under the assumption of a Euro/Dollar-parity, but with the dollar still being 20% under the Euro it still looks very bright for us. Nevertheless I will adjust my gas-budget accordingly.

Ouch! We test drove a Toyota Prius on Saturday...I don't know if they have it overseas or not (I know it has been in Japan for several years now, though.) But it had a hybrid engine, gets an average of 55+ miles a gallon. As Tim says "it's tires look like training wheels" but as I say, "you keep driving the SUV and pay out the yazoo for gas, while I buy a few extras for myself with the gas money we are saving!" (can we say "massage!") It is no speedster, but has good pickup and a great stereo system! There is an 8 month wait for them right now, as the demand is quite high!

[Viking]

Originally posted by two-foxes
Ouch! We test drove a Toyota Prius on Saturday...I don't know if they have it overseas or not (I know it has been in Japan for several years now, though.) But it had a hybrid engine, gets an average of 55+ miles a gallon. As Tim says "it's tires look like training wheels" but as I say, "you keep driving the SUV and pay out the yazoo for gas, while I buy a few extras for myself with the gas money we are saving!" (can we say "massage!") It is no speedster, but has good pickup and a great stereo system! There is an 8 month wait for them right now, as the demand is quite high!

Yup,
we got the Prius over here, and it's also waitlisted, I think 6 months right now. But as diesel-fuel is about 20% cheaper than gas over here, most people opt for a diesel. The diesels avaible here are so refined and quiet, that even I consider one for our next convertible. I thought about buying the Prius when we were looking for a car about two years ago, but as a convertible-fan I then decided to buy one with a retractable hardtop.
We also have a lot of people driving SUVs, mainly the small ones like the Toyota RAV, Honda CRV, but also lots of Mercedes ML, Porsche Cayenne, BMW X3 & 5. American SUVs are rare over here, because most people prefer a diesel in their SUV which isn't available for those. The great torque and the good fuel efficiency found a lot of fans. The strongest so far is the Volkswagen Touareg sporting a 313hp diesel with a torque like a large ship's engine.

[two-foxes]

Originally posted by Viking
The strongest so far is the Volkswagen Touareg sporting a 313hp diesel with a torque like a large ship's engine.

I SOOOOO want the Touareg! Beautiful vehicle. It is actually my first choice of vehicles to purchase, but I MUST make practicality over-rule:mad: Sometimes it is so hard! I don't know if the Porsche SUV that you mentioned is the same one I've been seeing from time to time here, but yet another beautiful one! Shoot, maybe the Prius wheels do look like training wheels!

[cdnmickeylover]

I will have to take everyone's word about the cars. I'm afraid if I can't read the back I have no clue what kind of car it is. I was driving my DS to a friend's house for the first time on Sunday and he looked down the street and said it's the one with the Honda in the driveway. I looked at him, he sighed and said the one with the blue car and the porch. For me I'm afraid (and much to DS's disgust) there are only trucks, cars, vans and SUV's. He, on the other hand knows all the brands etc.

Have had a cold for the past few days. Spent most of the weekend sleeping which was fine because it rained all weekend. It's supposed to be sunny today but it still looks like rain. There's a chance for rain tomorrow again. :(

It hasn't been all that warm either although today it's supposed to go up to 20C which still isn't that warm but warmer than it has been.

Looking forward to October.

Waterlogged in Toronto.

Fiona

[bettemom]

Hi Guys, Kim here...

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[cdnmickeylover]

Very funny Kim. :rotfl:

that's about what's out our windows too. On the news last night farmers were complaining about too much rain!!

Fiona

[jeanniec]

The weather has been unusually hot and dry here in North Carolina. Temps in the 90's for the last week or so. Grass is turning brown and needs watering. This is unusual for this time of year. The weather is more like the end of June or July. Global warming??

We are looking forward to our trip to DVC HH in July, and then our next vacation will be THE CRUISE!! Can't wait!

[cdnmickeylover]

Jeanniec -- Our grass is so green it's unbelievable actually. DS just cut it last week and it needs to be cut again which won't thrill him. Just have to wait til it dries a bit before we can mow!

Was out at lunch and it's a little warmer here but no where near the 90's -- more like the low 60's. It hasn't rained yet but there certainly is no :sunny: in the sky at the moment.

Appears that Jim has caught my cold (which I caught from DS).

We probably won't be going anywhere this summer as I usually get busy at work then but then the CRUISE.

Back to work.

Fiona

[cdnmickeylover]

Also meant to say glad you had good trips Ave, Mike & Cathy!

Fiona

[Viking]

Originally posted by two-foxes
Ouch! We test drove a Toyota Prius on Saturday...I don't know if they have it overseas or not (I know it has been in Japan for several years now, though.) But it had a hybrid engine, gets an average of 55+ miles a gallon. As Tim says "it's tires look like training wheels" but as I say, "you keep driving the SUV and pay out the yazoo for gas, while I buy a few extras for myself with the gas money we are saving!" (can we say "massage!") It is no speedster, but has good pickup and a great stereo system! There is an 8 month wait for them right now, as the demand is quite high!

Jill,
you may not believe me, but the VW Touareg and the Porsche Cayenne are basically the same car. They were developed in a co-op between the two brands and the bodies are build in the same factory in Slovenia. Then the bodies are sent to Germany to Volkswagen and Porsche where they are completed. But I must admit that I like the Touareg's design better, although the Porsche is available with a twin-turbo V8 pumping out 450hp and going as fast 165mph.

[Twinave]

Eric, Are you always this smart in both English and German?:teeth: :jester:

Sending :sunny: to Fiona!

Kim, Love the Ark & animals!

Later, Avé

[disneybride96]

I just want a beetle convertible. Can't decide between black or mellow yellow though!

[papa]

Looks like the rv is out due to sticker shock at this time. C class 22 footer is about $50,000. Oh well we can still buy lottery tickets:hyper:

Mike

[Viking]

Originally posted by Twinave
Eric, Are you always this smart in both English and German?:teeth: :jester:

Sending :sunny: to Fiona!

Kim, Love the Ark & animals!

Later, Avé

Yup, Mary :teeth: As a subscriber to four of the major German car magazines and a regular reader of Road&Track and Car&Driver (I have so many coworkers flying do Denver, who bring them for me) you could call me car-crazy. I can even talk the tech-lingo in English.

Mary and Ave': Operation 'Soccer' successfully completed - Even got some for the 'big' boys - Don't tell, it's a surprise.

Kim,
please don't repeat last time's mistakes: DON'T TAKE THE MOSQUITOES ABOARD THE ARK :jester:


The Beetle Convertible is a nice car, but I don't like the fact that you have to use a tonneau-cover. Our last convertible had the same technique and after some time you hate it.

[cdnmickeylover]

It worked Ave -- We have :sunny: today!!!!:bounce: :bounce:

Fiona

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

I have discount coupons from the Entertainment book on rental cars and also airline discount tickets--the car rental coupons are for: Avis; National; Hertz; Alamo and Budget and the airline coupons are for United so if anyone can use these, just email me or pm me and I will send them out to you. Sun is shining today and it is supposed to be a great weekend--we have had terrible thunderstorms with really awful lightening every night for two weeks. The other night we had hail the size of golf balls and several people had their cars damaged. The lightening is what really frightens me since there have been a few lightening strikes on people's houses.

Reneé...got the Panama Canal book yesterday in the mail and the magnet...thanks again for the heads up on the book--I couldn't find it on the web site! Also, have fun in Pennsylvania and tell Colleen and Don that we said hello! Doesn't look like we will make it down to meet you as I am trying to clean out some clutter on my patio/sunroom and my bedroom--quite an ambitious project!! Mary Jo

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Sarah'sMomfrom PA
Reneé...got the Panama Canal book yesterday in the mail and the magnet...thanks again for the heads up on the book--I couldn't find it on the web site! Also, have fun in Pennsylvania and tell Colleen and Don that we said hello! Doesn't look like we will make it down to meet you as I am trying to clean out some clutter on my patio/sunroom and my bedroom--quite an ambitious project!! Mary Jo

Actually, Colleen emailed me this morning to say that they have to cancel. I'm not sure if we're still going to go or do something else. I have to talk to Lenny when he gets home to see what he wants to do.

Reneé

[bettemom]

Hi !!

Why not come to NH for the week-end ?

Would love to see you guys !!

Peter & Jen will be here Sunday...

Bette

[bettemom]

Renee....

Previous post was to you....We gave up on MJ...cleaning...bah......

[papa]

Hate to bring this up, but since it will still be hurricane season some alternate ports of call may come to be. DCL is very good about avoiding potential problem areas. It might not hurt to look at other excursions and stuff.

Wish that we could do the repositioning cruise. Mike

[bettemom]

Originally posted by papa
Hate to bring this up, but since it will still be hurricane season some alternate ports of call may come to be. DCL is very good about avoiding potential problem areas. It might not hurt to look at other excursions and stuff.

Wish that we could do the repositioning cruise. Mike


Good point Mike, The unexpected visit to PR was nice, however it would have been nicer if we had time to " scout" out activities...

Would you have the time to research some alternate ports ?? I have no idea how to locate other ports for DCl to visit....

Back to work for me,

Bye, Kim

[cdnmickeylover]

ok -- need the cruise now. Should have taken it this week that's for sure. Work is being well "work" this week without any of the fun.

It is :sunny: though and getting warmer so it isn't all bad.

Back to 'work'.

Fiona

[Viking]

It's :sunny: here, too :tongue: which is especially fine with a long weekend: It's Pentecost and so Monday is a holiday :bounce: :Pinkbounc Unfortunately Anja has to work Sunday & Monday, but she has off today til Saturday. Temps should touch 30°C/86°F tomorrow and Saturday.

Then it's just three days of work til Thursday and off we go :moped: to the Baltic Sea :boat:

I'll have a busy day tomorrow as I will attend a seminar. My company offers a special training done by our doc about 'How to take good care of your back/spine while using a PC'. It costs some bucks (My employer, of course :teeth: ) but it may be a good investment, as employees who have attended such trainings usually cause less sick days.
Unfortunately I have to make good for the time 'burned' by the seminar as my partner is on vacation - Overtime again :(

[cdnmickeylover]

ok so I just looked at the weather forecast here and it now says that it's supposed to rain tonight. Yuck. At this rate we will not be driving to Florida we will be floating.

They did call the election here for June 28th -- thankfully there is only a 35 day election period here. I'm already tired of hearing the ads and that's all that's on the news. It is funny though that the Prime Minister has an ad on now that says something along the lines that if we want free (debatable with the new premium coming in) healthcare we can't have taxes like the US. The other party is saying that we can have free healthcare and lower taxes. Heard on the radio this morning about a book "Tax Me, I'm Canadian". Anyway I'm tired of the ads and couldn't imagine having to go through this til November.

Fiona

[Twinave]

Fiona, So glad the :sunny: worked!
It's looking like a beautiful weekend here in Fl. Relingtwin's DH and children will be here tonight.( Sister had to stay home and work :( ) They will be taking my DD on a three day canoe trip starting Sat. Mark has to work Sat. I have to work Sun. but Monday.........we are taking the boat out and relaxing all day! :smooth:
Eric, I give up trying to get you to remeber which one of us is which. You are just like the rest of my brothers. LOL:jester:
papa, forget about the cost of the RV, what about the cost of the gas to run it!:p
Not going to worry about hurricanes.... yet.

Everyone have a safe and happy weekend.

Later, Avé

[piglet33]

Originally posted by bettemom
Hi !!

Why not come to NH for the week-end ?

Would love to see you guys !!

Peter & Jen will be here Sunday...

Bette

Bette - I just sent you a PM. This sounds good to us so we might be able to make it.

Reneé

[Viking]

Originally posted by Twinave
Fiona, So glad the :sunny: worked!
It's looking like a beautiful weekend here in Fl. Relingtwin's DH and children will be here tonight.( Sister had to stay home and work :( ) They will be taking my DD on a three day canoe trip starting Sat. Mark has to work Sat. I have to work Sun. but Monday.........we are taking the boat out and relaxing all day! :smooth:
Eric, I give up trying to get you to remeber which one of us is which. You are just like the rest of my brothers. LOL:jester:
papa, forget about the cost of the RV, what about the cost of the gas to run it!:p
Not going to worry about hurricanes.... yet.

Everyone have a safe and happy weekend.

Later, Avé

OOOOPS :eek:

I hope the girls won't try again to feed the fish with George W. like the did from the roof of our diveboat in Cozumel :jester:

Remember the Cruisetoberfest I - motto: We ain't afraid of no hurricane. And if push comes to shove, we can always do a human sacrifice: i.e. Throwing someone overboard to please the gods of the sea :teeth:

[cdnmickeylover]

Turned out that we just had a little sprinkling of rain last night. It is supposed to be nice and sunny all weekend which will be such a nice change. Temps are supposed to be ok too although not hot. Might actually get out into the yard and do some work finally.

Jays swept the Angels which was nice to see. We'll see what they do this weekend though. :p

Thankfully it's Friday. :bounce: :bounce: :Pinkbounc

Fiona

[RellingTwin]

Ave, thanks for reminding DH to call when he got to Fl.I hope the kids are having a nice visit with their cousins:bounce: One more work day and then off for 3 days, but with no family here, I don't know what to do with myself;)

Eric, I think the god of the seas would be very happy to get a VIKING!BUT...If we had to divert to Western due to a hurricaine it would be fine with me.

[bettemom]

Fiona..:wave2:

Sent you an email...

Bette

[jeanniec]

Fiona -- Glad to hear that your weather sounds good for the weekend. We are supposed to get a little cooler weather and possibly some rain which we need so badly. I might go in our pool if the weather doesn't get "too" cool. I don't think I even went in once last year which is ridiculous, especially with all the work and chemicals it takes to keep it up. Sam jumps in every day when he gets home from work and swims laps. Actually, I can't really swim very well at all. Hoping to move to a smaller house next year with a community pool where someone else does all the work.

[Hygiene99]

Kim & Bette
Sent u a pm..:( :D :( :D

[Viking]

Originally posted by RellingTwin
Ave, thanks for reminding DH to call when he got to Fl.I hope the kids are having a nice visit with their cousins:bounce: One more work day and then off for 3 days, but with no family here, I don't know what to do with myself;)

Eric, I think the god of the seas would be very happy to get a VIKING!BUT...If we had to divert to Western due to a hurricaine it would be fine with me.

Mary,
human sacrifices require a VIRGIN, not a VIKING - Kinda confused, aren't ya? :teeth:

We just got back from a shopping spree to a nearby mall where we found a mega-deal: At MediaMarkt (Comparable to America's Best Buy) they had a quadruple pack of Disney-DVDs for the ridiculous sum of €25.00 :earseek: The pack contained Pinocchio, The Rescuers, The Rescuers Down Under & Atlantis. The funniest thing was: On the next shelf they had the Pinocchio-DVD for €25.99:teeth:

Weather is GREAT over here :sunny:

[jeanneg]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Viking
[B]Mary,
human sacrifices require a VIRGIN, not a VIKING - Kinda confused, aren't ya? :teeth:

Whew.....that leaves me out!

[cdnmickeylover]

Jeanniec -- Had to laugh about your pool comment. We have a pool too (although it's not open yet) and we weren't in it at all last year. I think DS was in it a couple of times. Dumb huh? Esp since we still had to clean it and chemical it. This year am determined to get some use out of it though.

Fiona

[papa]

Eric the price of gas in this area is finally over the $2 a gallon for 87 octane. If DCL has to divert to key west on our cruise most of us have experience with the scavenger hunt. Remember Eric , brain wins over brawn:teeth:

Have to go fix some home made spaghetti sauce and garlic breadpirate: Mike

[Hygiene99]

$2.13 a gallon just north of Boston,

I found the place that was $1.99 a gallon i think it was one part water lol.

Boston Pétér

[Twinave]

jeanneg.....LOL :earseek:

[Viking]

Originally posted by papa
Eric the price of gas in this area is finally over the $2 a gallon for 87 octane. If DCL has to divert to key west on our cruise most of us have experience with the scavenger hunt. Remember Eric , brain wins over brawn:teeth:

Have to go fix some home made spaghetti sauce and garlic breadpirate: Mike

Jeff, Gaby, Anja & I were the true winners as we were the best team walking :teeth: There were only lazybones ahead of us pirate: :jester:

87 Octane :confused: Over here you don't get anything under 91, the most cars -llike ours- burn 95, and high-powered cars like the M-BMWs feed on 98/100. The prices range from about €1,15 to 1.30 now :( :mad: :eek: That's per litre, of course.

[Hygiene99]

Well , we are going to New York, to See a Show any guesses?

Disneys Beauty and The Beast on broadway...

Had last couple of days off and started looking around for thing to do for the long weekend ... So I said we have always wanted to do New York After all it is the Home of Arlo and That other guy Andy.... and I logged on to ticket Master and checked out the show schedules and there it was right in front of me 2 front row tickets for Sunday afternoon with out delay I purchasd them , as it is not every day u get Front row tickets to pop up on the screen.... so then I hoped over to Price line after checking out the price of hotel rooms in Ny. and said lets give this a shot
and the bid of $100.00 for a 4 star hotel in the theatre Distict was excepted. for Sunday night Much to my surprise...

So we now stay at the Tower Hilton Walking distance to the show so it says and after checking it out on the Map I think we will be ok... there is a Bus that leaves Boston Every hour on tthe hour the price is $10.00 per person and it takes 4 1/2 hours to get there ..... not sure I would like a bus ride for that long of time and since we had to shorten this long weekend up Because
we would have left Saturday morning but NEPHEW Birthday / High School graduation Party has been scheduled for tonight at 6 pm , so I called him and asked him and he said he would like for me to be there.... lol So Sunday morning at 8:30 we now fly out to Ny.

the flight is 1 hr 10 minutes

Will give us time to do some stuff and then go to the show have Dinner , get up the next morning do some stuff and get back on the plane at 2 pm and be home by 3 .... as it suppose to rain on Monday did not want to make the fligh to late in the Day...


Another scheduled event was the cook out at Kim and Bettes house .... was for sunday ... But being afraid Kim would Put us to Work on the siding We told her of our new plans and they are ok with that.... lol.... This is going to be Great ....

Boston Pétér

[cdnmickeylover]

Hey Eric, you guys weren't the only ones walking in Key West. Jim and I walked and fought quite well! :p It appears that each of us have different sets of directions!

Have fun in New York Peter and Jen!

:sunny: here but not all that warm so far. The house was 61F when we woke up this morning. Ceramic tile at that temperature is quite cool on bare feet.

Off to another Jays game this afternoon -- they've won the last 4!!

Mike -- last weekend I made spaghetti sauce and froze it. We'll have to compare recipes.

Take care everyone.

Fiona

[papa]

Eric and Anja have a safe and happy holiday on your trip to the baltic coast I believe. Regular unleaded is 87 octane the midrange is 89 and the premium is 91-93 octane.

I wish that DCL would put data ports in the rooms so that if you wanted to bring your lap top youecould do it from your room. I will pm you my recipe Fiona. Mike

[bettemom]

:bored:

I'm making my sauce this afternoon for the freezer..so we can all exchange recipes..: :hyper:

You all should be glad this week-end did not work out...It is COLD:mad:

Fourth of July week-end is really shaping up...Anyone else want to head to NH then ??:teeth:

Kim & Bette

[Viking]

Originally posted by cdnmickeylover
Hey Eric, you guys weren't the only ones walking in Key West. Jim and I walked and fought quite well! :p It appears that each of us have different sets of directions!

Have fun in New York Peter and Jen!

:sunny: here but not all that warm so far. The house was 61F when we woke up this morning. Ceramic tile at that temperature is quite cool on bare feet.

Off to another Jays game this afternoon -- they've won the last 4!!

Mike -- last weekend I made spaghetti sauce and froze it. We'll have to compare recipes.

Take care everyone.

Fiona

I know, Fiona ::yes:: We were the tough ones, the cool walkers :earboy2:

Jays? Is that baseball?
Our soccer team lost big time last weekend, and had to leave the Premier League for at least a year :( But our Ladies' team is going to be German Champion again. And this weekend our Basketball team -The Frankfurt Skyliners- is in the final play-offs.

Mike,
you won't believe me, but I'm quite satisfied with not having to see a computer for four weeks - Although, if the Dollar stays that low until September I may buy a laptop in the States ;)

[Viking]

Folks,
I found a new way to obtain pictures of you for our web-site. I already found Mary's and Ave's on the web. How? Check this out:

Check your drivers license...
Now you can see anyone's Driver's License on the Internet, including your own! I just searched for mineand there it was...picture and all! Thanks Homeland Security! Go to the website and check it out.
It's unbelievable!!! Just enter your name, City and state to see if yours is on file. After your license comes on the screen, click the box marked "Please Remove".
This will remove it from public viewing, but not from law enforcement.


http://www.license.shorturl.com/

[bettemom]

:worship: :laughing:

You are the king :jester:

[two-foxes]

Originally posted by Viking
Folks,
I found a new way to obtain pictures of you for our web-site. I already found Mary's and Ave's on the web. How? Check this out:

Check your drivers license...
Now you can see anyone's Driver's License on the Internet, including your own! I just searched for mineand there it was...picture and all! Thanks Homeland Security! Go to the website and check it out.
It's unbelievable!!! Just enter your name, City and state to see if yours is on file. After your license comes on the screen, click the box marked "Please Remove".
This will remove it from public viewing, but not from law enforcement.


http://www.license.shorturl.com/



Too funny! I was thinking, "oh great, one more thing to get unlisted!" We have everything unlisted....I don't need inmates visiting me at home! I'll have to send this one around the jail....get some of my co-workers momentarily freaking out!!!:hyper:

[ciadriamom]

Viking: You rock. That was just toooo funny. Will have to circulate that one around the law firm. Only thing funnier than the site, will be watching all those attorneys freak out!!!!

[Twinave]

http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0304/grinser/grinning-smiley-024.gif Very Good Eric!

Peter and Jen, Have a great time in the Big Apple!

Hope everyone is having a nice weekend!\

Avé

[jeanniec]

Eric -- Very funny! I couldn't believe that they would have all those driver's license picure on a website, but I fell for it. Speaking of pictures, is there any point in sending a picture of Sam and I now? After I finally got your address, I got really busy and never got around to sending it.

[cdnmickeylover]

The Jays won again -- that's 5 in a row. (Eric, the Blue Jays are indeed baseball -- world champs in 1992 and 1993!!!)

It was sunny here today but with a breeze not really all that hot. The Skydome was open though (it has a retractable roof which is really quite neat to see in the process of opening and closing). It was warm in the sunshine but was quite cool when the shadows appeared.

The Jays play Texas again tomorrow so we are hoping for a sweep. (again since we've already swept Anaheim this week!).

Yeah for the spaghetti sauce (one of the few things I make from scratch -- and to be honest one of the few things I cook since Jim does most of the cooking).

Fiona

[padisneyfan]

Hi Everyone--- We are back from our 2 week vacation. Our family cruise on the Navigator of the Sea was wonderful. We had connecting promenade staterooms so Norm and I and then our 2 sons could each have our own space. The Promendade staterooms are unique to the Voyager class ships as you have an internior room with a window that looks out on the Promendade deck. You have a window to watch everyone shopping and we could watch the parades and other events from our room. They had really great shops on this ship and I spend much more money then I normally do on a cruise. Norm and I enjoy the Magic and Wonder, but we both fell in love with this ship. Even though it was full ship with 3500 people you never felt crowded. This ship is so big we felt we were more in a hotel than a cruise ship. We never made it up to the top deck that had the rock climbing, mini golf and in line skating area. The adult pool area was huge and had plenty of chairs. Plus there gym was big had all the latest equipment and you never had to wait for any equipment even on sea days. Norm and I went up everyday to work off all those exra calories. My young adult sons enjoyed this cruise more than anyother cruise they have taken. We talked to people who had children in the kids clubs and everyone said that their kids had a great time. The entire back area on one of the decks ( I think Deck 12) is just for kids. It has all sort of outside activites set up for the kids that they can use at any time. Mariner of the Sea and Navigator of the Sea are sister ships and both laid out the same with changes that were made from the Voyager, Adventure and Explorer of the Sea. This class of ship for Royal Caribbean is very popular, but still is cheaper than the Disney cruise. Though I use my DVC points for my Magic cruises. Had I know we were going to enjoy the Navigator this much, I would have booked back to back for Norm and I and not gone up to WDW for the 2nd week.

Ave-- Sorry we missed you at WDW. We didn't get to WDW until after 4pm and then had to do laundry. The only down thing on the Navigator is no public washers. We did catch Paul Revere on Sunday and then went back to see 2 shows on Tuesday. He was terrific and each show was a little different. We saw Arlo Guntherie on Wed and his was not as good of a show.

We stayed at Port Orleans French Quarter. This is our favorite resort other than Old Key West (our DVC home). Parks were busy on the weekend, but much more managable after Monday. I just love the flower displays at Epcot. The Flower and Garden show is one of my favorite things at Disney.

Eric--- Enjoyed the website. I really thought it was for real until I went into it.

Today is DS#2 birthday so we took him out for dinner tonight. I no longer have teenagers. He turned 20 today.

Well, off to bed for me

Nancy

[Viking]

Originally posted by jeanniec
Eric -- Very funny! I couldn't believe that they would have all those driver's license picure on a website, but I fell for it. Speaking of pictures, is there any point in sending a picture of Sam and I now? After I finally got your address, I got really busy and never got around to sending it.

Sure, go ahead and send it. But it won't be on-line before June 14 as we will be leaving for another short vacation next Friday until June 13. I'll scan it at the office then and upload it.

[jeanniec]

Fiona -- A couple of other things we have in common (besides the unused pools) -- Sam also does most of the cooking in our house. He actually likes to cook! He is also the spaghetti sauce maker because of his Italian heritage. And, it appears that we are both baseball fans. Coming from Chicago, we are loyal Cub fans even tho they never seem to do very well (with the exception of last year when they made it to the playoffs for the first time in many years). In spite of their poor record, Wrigley Field practically always has a full house so I guess there are many loyal fans hoping for an end to the billy goat curse.

[RellingTwin]

Nancy, Glad you had a great cruise. I have been thinking about taking the family on one the Voyager class ships at some point. I know you did not climb the Rock Wall, but do you happen to know what the age restriction is on it? My DS wants to climb it Bad!

Eric, diver's licence thing too cute!LOL!

[piglet33]

Eric,

I love the driver's license. Very cute.

Reneé

[papa]

Drivers license was too cool. Haven't tried the voyager class yet. May have to check into a cruise on one.

DCL still has not made a decision on a 3rd ship yet I think. All of their ships will fit through the panama canal so that is why they are not larger in the beam. Mike

[dan and scott]

Hello all:

Just wanted to stop by and say hello! Hope everyone is having a great Holiday weekend!

Take care and miss you guys!

Dan

[Viking]

Hi Dan,
congrats on snatching post #2600 ;) Good to hear from you ::yes:: Please send our best to Scott, Nate & Missy :wave2:

Anja & Eric

[Viking]

We spent this afternoon with friends of us, two couples with two sons each: 1, 3, 3 and 5 years old :eek: I think my eardrums nearly popped. They're cute and fun, and it is great to play with them - But it's even greater being able to hand them back after a while ;)
And we watched the Formula One Race on the Nürburgring. Schumacher won again, his sixth victory in the seventh race. In two weeks they will race in Canada, which places the race at prime time for us - And gives us enough time to drive home from the Baltic Sea, cast our vote for the Europen Parliament and watch the race.

[ciadriamom]

Quick question on the DIS tee-shirts-- is there a particular color? Does the pending logo go on the front or back?

If this has already been asked and answered, just point me to the appropriate post. Believe it or not, still have not read through all 174 pages LOL!!!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday weekend and a speical THANK YOU to all of our past, present and future veterans

[jeanneg]

you just got me big time, Eric! My sister is here visiting and while we were waiting for my license to download we were planning to look up old boyfriends and check out what they looked like today!

The sad thing is, if you ever saw my real license, you'd have to agree the chimp is an improvement!

[Viking]

I'm glad that I brightened your dull lifes with that license-link :jester: But I must admit that I fell for it too when I first read about it ::yes::

No special colour for the Tees so far. Last times we had white shirts and I think we should stay with it. If we choose a colour -say blue- we'll end up with at least 20 different shades of it, which won't make a nice picture.

[papa]

Tees should be white as they are the easiest to find in various sizes. After the holiday I will get with Cathy and we will get the logo finished. Most people put it on the front. The logo will be emailed to everyone on the list for them to print it out on tee shirt transfer paper to be ironed on by themselves to avoid any copyright violations.

The tropical Mickey came from the front of the box we received last year from dreams as our group gift.

Mike

PS Happy memorial day to everyone

[ciadriamom]

Thank you!!

[cdnmickeylover]

Eric -- Had to laugh about your description about kids. The last time we went up to my DB and DSIL's house I felt the same. I love my niece (4 end of Sept) and nephew (2 in August) dearly but this last dinner was amazing as they were both standing on thier chairs/highchair. My niece talked the entire time and my nephew ended up covered in mashed potatoes. The entire time I kept thinking, been there, done that, so thankful I'm not in the middle of it and oh boy what are they going to do with the 3rd child arriving in July!

My teenager can be a challenge but he does feed himself (although he can empty the fridge), dress himself (although he has a tendancy to leave clothes all other the place) and doesn't talk at mealtimes (unless you consider grunts in answer to questions talking). :bounce: :Pinkbounc

Fiona

[cdnmickeylover]

Jeanniec -- I wish I could say that Skydome (where the Jays play) is packed but it's not. Toronto is more of a Hockey town with the Maple Leafs. The Skydome is also huge though, holding around 50,000 people so it's hard to fill although we were at a game last year that had 47,000 people at it as it was a special promotion and all tickets were $1. During the week the usual crowd is around 15-16,000 and on the weekends it really varies. Saturday there were 30,000 and on Sunday it was 22,000.

Since we play in the same division as Boston and New York we have a tough time placing above 3rd but one of these years we will.

Fiona

[Viking]

OK,
white it is ::yes::
Looking forward to getting the logo, Mike & Cathy.
I guess we'll have ours made in a shop this time. I wasn't quite satisfied with the iron-ons last time. A co-worker found a great shop, where they do it at reasonable prices. We'll get about 40 shirts from them in two weeks and if the quality is OK, I think I will have ours printed there. Our company's running team will compete in the J.P. Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge on 06/16/04 and it is a custom that every team has its own shirts. Corporate identity, Ya know ;) It's a 3.5mile-race through downtown Frankfurt with 40,000+ runners. Last year they had 42,000, and they're expecting to beat that number this year. It is so crowded that you usually can't run the first mile or so, but have to walk. Normally Anja and I would do the 3.5 miles in about 24 minutes, but due to the crowds and the necessary zig-zagging required to pass all the slowpokes we expect something in the range of 28 minutes. But it's just for the fun, and afterwards we usually replace the lost sweat and the burned calories in a steakhouse :drinking1

I just finished preparing our tax-report: We'll get a refund of €570 ($680) :thewave: I'll file it with our IRS on Wednesday and then hopefully the refund will be in our account well before the US/Caribbean-vacation - Paying for some extra cocktails and souvenirs :teeth:

[usetheforceluke]

Since we play in the same division as Boston and New York

It's actually quite interesting to see what happens to the crowd when Boston and New York are in town.

The Yankees clearly draw a lot of fans from upstate New York/Buffalo area because you can hear the difference in the tonal qualities of the voices. Plus they're wearing their NY caps, Yankee jackets and jerseys, but they walk around like they own da joynt with a Bud in each hand.

Red Sox games get seem to get quite a number of New Englanders, who also wear their Sox caps, jackets and jerseys, but they walk around mostly commenting on how cheap the tickets are and how cheap everything is, and they just can't believe that they got seats to see the Sox. They also seem to be a fair bit more polite than the Yankees crowd, and are more than willing to comment on any alleged parentage of the Yankees and Georgie S. At one time I thought it was just sports rivalry, but I'm getting the impression it's a lot more than that. :)

Nothing like a baseball game to see the True Colours.

Jim.

[Hygiene99]

Well we are Back From NYC..

And I must Say What an Awesome City...

Our Hotel the Hilton was 1 St. over from Time Square... and just a short walk to Central Park... was a good hotel for Getting it off of Priceline thought location was awesome...

We did See the Broadway Production of Beauty and The Beast ...

Was AWesome.....

We did Also Do the Red Bus tour of the City was great u could get on and of the bus at any of the stop and when u were done u could just get back on any red bus...

We did Go Visit the site Of The World Trade Center...
Unbelieveable........................


and Just had a great time, Carriage ride around Central park ..

We also dined at Bubba Gumps Shrimp.. food was Good

Also Dined at SPelling im sure Carnage Deli HUGE sandwiches

and the Best Cheesecake I have ever had.....
At mid night last night...

Time Square was still hopping ......

Just a Good Weekend....

This morning Jen Got to see them Doing the Today Show
As they had it out side Did u see her on tv.. lol


Peter

[bettemom]

Hi Cathy,

Just an FYI to let you know a package is on the way for you. I believe that this " package" will be quite beneficial to you when we are at Castaway Cay...


Bye, Kim

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Viking
OK,
white it is ::yes::
Looking forward to getting the logo, Mike & Cathy.
I guess we'll have ours made in a shop this time. I wasn't quite satisfied with the iron-ons last time. A co-worker found a great shop, where they do it at reasonable prices. We'll get about 40 shirts from them in two weeks and if the quality is OK, I think I will have ours printed there.

Eric and everyone that's interested,

There is a place called zazzle.com that you can upload your own image to and they make the shirts for you. A bunch of us are doing that for the CA to FL cruise, and I'm thinking of doing it for our cruise also. Verandahman made his shirt and said it came out pretty good. I already uploaded my pic for the CA to FL cruise, and it seems to have come out ok. I'm just not going to order it yet since I have so much time.

Anyway, this is just a thought in case someone wants an alternative to making the shirts themselves.

Reneé

[padisneyfan]

Renee--- Thanks for the zazzle website. My t shirts turned out ok when I did them, but did not hold up well in the wash. So this looks like a better alternative and not very expensive.

Mary--- I asked my sons if they saw an age restriction at the rock climbing and they didn't. However, you will need to sign a waiver everytime they do it. It was very windy on our sea days so Norm and I never went up to the sports deck. My sons said it was so funny trying to play mini golf with all the wind. The 9 hole course was a real challenge. Since the Mariner of the Sea is right at Port Canaveral, it would be as close as the Magic for you. We had orginally planned to go on the Mariner but when we booked our cruise in November 2003 the Mariner only had suites left. With the Magic gone next summer, I'm betting that the Mariner will even be sold out faster next year. I'm sure your family would have a great time on one of the Voyager class ships.

Peter--- Sounds like you had a great time in NYC. My last trip a number of years ago was such a diaster, that I will never get Norm back to there. However, I would be willing to go on a bus trip sometime to see Broadway Play. Had I know Jen was going to be at the Today show, I would have watched it this morning.

Fionna and Jim--- Being Orioles fans, we know how the Yankee fans are. The Red Sox fans are usually much more pleasant when they come to Camden Yard. In our area you are either Oriole or Phillie fans.

Hope everyone had a nice Memorial Day. Sat and Sun the weather was great, but rainy today. However, Norm and I were able to put down new outdoor carpet on our patio on Sunday and get the summer furniture out. To bad it was so cold and rainy today that we couldn't enjoy sitting out there. Oh well, we have the rest of the summer to enjoy it.

Well, tomorrow will be my first day back to work in over 2 weeks. However, only 4 working days so should be able to handle that.

Later everyone,

Nancy
::MinnieMo

[Viking]

Originally posted by bettemom
Hi Cathy,

Just an FYI to let you know a package is on the way for you. I believe that this " package" will be quite beneficial to you when we are at Castaway Cay...


Bye, Kim

Secret weapon trades going on, Huh?

[ARLO1]

Pter: too bad you didnt let us know you were coming. It would have been good to see you guys...

Just a little FYI - even the Met fans think the Yankee fans are arrogant and rude.Can you imagine when the mets and yankees play each other-not a pretty site.

Arlene

[RellingTwin]

The T-shirt idea is a good one. I have to think about it for a bit, as it would be about 2X the cost. $60. vs 30.

Peter and Jen, glad you had fun in NY!I tried to get tickets for Loin King when I was there last year, but it is sold out weeks (months?) in advance.

I looked at prices for a Royal Carribean cruise in Oct 2005 and the prices are very good. A cabin with balcony for 2 adults and 2 kids was only 2,200.About 1,800 for an inside cabin.

Thanks for the info Nancy, I will look further into the rock wall thing.

I just noticed, Eric's countdown clock is almost at 100 days!!!

Time to get to work!

[Hygiene99]

Arlo,

Was a last minute thing....

NEXT time..

As we will Be going Back ....Not sure as of yet But would like to see
Another show....

Also we are going to try to do the Philly trip.
When Southwest starts There new service from Manchester Nh. To Philly.. advertised price is $29.00 each Way..

for that we would have to rent a car as we would love to make it to Gettysburrg Pa. ....................

Did i miss something on the T Shirts were is the Logo?????????????

[Viking]

Originally posted by RellingTwin
The T-shirt idea is a good one. I have to think about it for a bit, as it would be about 2X the cost. $60. vs 30.

Peter and Jen, glad you had fun in NY!I tried to get tickets for Loin King when I was there last year, but it is sold out weeks (months?) in advance.
I just noticed, Eric's countdown clock is almost at 100 days!!!



T-Shirts: No need to hurry.
Loin King :confused: Sounds like an X-rated show :jester:
Countdown: I didn't realize that :eek: Oh, my gosh, we're nearly in the two-digit range :Pinkbounc :bounce: Good, that we already started purchasing gifts for our American & Canadian friends ::yes:: We don't want to get into a hurry and have to do last-minute shopping. The danger is too great that we won't be able to get certain things or worse: Forget something :scared1:

[@GoofyNut]

Just checking in between lighting bolts ... Geez, it's almost time to build an ArK!

Not sure if anyone had ever heard of a "Healing Field" But they had one set up about a hour from our house and we went to it this Sunday. They are usually only set up for about 2 weeks and aren't permanent. There were basically three sections to this one.
One section was American flags with each red stripe containg the names of all the fire, emergency, rescue and police that died during 911 in the World Trade. Another section had American flags with both the red and white stripes containing the names of all the victims of 9ll - at the Pentagon, in the airplanes and the World Trade. The third section was American and Coilition (sp) flags with yellow bows on them that each one had the name of a person killed in mission Iraqi Freedom (sp). That section grew every day unfortunately. It was such a sight .. so thought provoking. I heard that it was one of only 10 done in the USA. I suggest that if it comes near you ... go, look, reflect and just think of what your peacefull life means to you. Afterwards they take down all the flags and they are sold with the proceeds going to the service groups in our area. Needless to say I just had to have a "Hero Flag" of all the Fire, Rescue & Police ... it will fly on special holidays in their honor and remembrance. ( OK --- I'm off my soapbox now! )

OK, OK ... I promise to work on the logo. Just where does the time go.

AshLee said "Woof" to all who asked about her....she's feeling better, not too crazy about the strict diet and special food her
petiatrician has her on but Oh Well.

Well another lighting strike realllllllllllllllllllllllll close ... See ya!

[cdnmickeylover]

The Healing Field sounds really interesting.

Was watching 60 minutes on Sunday night and they showed pictures of all the US servicemen/women killed in Iraq. It was really moving and unfortunately it took them about 8 minutes -- it could have even been longer to show them all.

Not raining here (yet) although we are supposed to get thunderstorms at some point this afternoon.

Got our MNSSHP tickets yesterday in the mail!!

Pretty soon all of us will be down to double digits even though Eric gets there first!

Back to work.

Fiona

[Twinave]

T-Shirts.....Last year we bought our shirts from a Hanes website. I will check to see if I still have it. The shirts were good quality, and we are still wearing them. And they were shipped to us very quickly.The ones with the Mickey Logo held up very well. But the logo on the Pinky shirts fadded very quickly. I used 2 different kinds of tranfer paper, which may explain it. I will look for the Hanes website and post it if anyone is interested.
Later,
Avé

[Twinave]

OK here's the website for Hanes. They even have transfer paper for sale. Since we have 4 shirts to buy, I'm leaning toward this kind of deal. Even figuring in the cost of shipping, the tranfer paper, and ink, it's still a better deal then most. www.hanes2u.com.

Later, Avé

[Hygiene99]

Mary Did ours last year .....Lol

Peter

[cdnmickeylover]

Our t-shirts worked out quite well last year although we did test runs on regular paper before we put the logo onto the transfer paper. We got our t-shirts at Michaels. I looked at the hanes site and liked the t-shirts but unfortunately the shipping to Canada was way too much.

It rained again last night and is supposed to rain again tonight. The weekend is supposed to be nice though. Can't wait.

Back to work. Really busy this week. Unfortunately no overtime pay for me though.

Fiona

[RellingTwin]

Peter and Jen...IF you are REALLY nice to me I just might do them again for you:teeth:

Just got home from work and our AC unit has quit!:mad: We just installed a brand new unit 2 years ago, so I dug out the paperwork and we have a 10 year warranty (thank goodness) BUT we can't get the new compresser until tomorrow, so it looks like it's going to be a LONG...HOT.....Night!:( :(

Looks like we are going out to dinner since I am NOT going to stand over a hot stove/oven in a house that it 90º!

[bettemom]

Originally posted by RellingTwin
Peter and Jen...IF you are REALLY nice to me I just might do them again for you:teeth:

Just got home from work and our AC unit has quit!:mad: We just installed a brand new unit 2 years ago, so I dug out the paperwork and we have a 10 year warranty (thank goodness) BUT we can't get the new compresser until tomorrow, so it looks like it's going to be a LONG...HOT.....Night!:( :(

Looks like we are going out to dinner since I am NOT going to stand over a hot stove/oven in a house that it 90º!



90 degrees !!!! We would die up here, for the last week + it has been in the 30-40 at night and around 50-65 during the day and of course constant rain..... Monday night we had a frost, boy did that surprise everyone who had started their gardens...

Bye, Kim

[Twinave]

:idea: I just realizeed I have to do my own iron-on transfers. It is my once a year check up for my iron. :jester:
Later, Avé

[disneybride96]

Is anyone doing the magnetic door signs?
I've been playing around but haven't come up with anything I like. Maybe the logo would look good.

[Viking]

Hi Folks,
for those of you, who want to keep an I on the weather in the Caribbean: HURRICANE WATCH (http://www.hwn.org/)
You may also subscribe to their newsletter to get updates on the current situation. But one warning: When a full-fledged hurricane is under way your mailbox will receive lots of traffic as they're issuing hourly -or even more frequent!!- updates then.
And don't forget to unsubscribe before you leave for the cruise!!!

We will leave tomorrow for the Baltic Sea for a short vacation and will be back on 06/13. Should new cruisers want to join our gang, please inform them about my absence. I will do an update ASAP after our return - if necessary. I'll check the Boards again tonight (Afternoon, your time).

[cdnmickeylover]

Have a great time Eric and Anja. Hope the weather is wonderful.

I hear you Kim about the weather -- can you imagine 90 and having to have the air conditioner on??? Chris was away last weekend and he said that there was frost on the ground when he woke up.

Unfortunately I have to test the iron this morning on his suit pants as it's the prom tonight! At least I won't have to struggle to get him up tomorrow for school since he won't be going. Do not understand having the prom on a Thursday night (ours was Friday) but he says it's because they figure they won't drink on a Thursday night!

Must go and iron and then get him up.

Take care everyone.

Fiona

[piglet33]

Originally posted by disneybride96
Is anyone doing the magnetic door signs?
I've been playing around but haven't come up with anything I like. Maybe the logo would look good.

Hi disneybride96,

I am making the lime green mickey head magnets and magnets with the logo on them. They will be on half sheets of magnet paper.

Reneé

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Just talked with Colleen and Don and they said to say hello to everyone for them and they miss us!!

[videoman]

Hi...I have been reading thru lots of pgs here...hard to keep up!...we will also be on the 10/2 cruise....it's me (Barbara), my dh (Charlie/"videoman"), and my 2 Dd's (Ashley(10) & Christie(6). We look forward to meeting all of you! :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc

[piglet33]

Originally posted by videoman
Hi...I have been reading thru lots of pgs here...hard to keep up!...we will also be on the 10/2 cruise....it's me (Barbara), my dh (Charlie/"videoman"), and my 2 Dd's (Ashley(10) & Christie(6). We look forward to meeting all of you! :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc

Glad to see that you made it over here. Welcome to our "little" group.

Reneé

[@GoofyNut]

Guys ... I was just on MSN.COM and they have an article on the "Best Summer Beaches of 2004" and they have a picture of Dickenson Bay in Antigua .... http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/palmmove.gif
AAH! In case you are interested.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4972755/

Well back to work .... phone just wouldn't give up today!

[Viking]

Originally posted by videoman
Hi...I have been reading thru lots of pgs here...hard to keep up!...we will also be on the 10/2 cruise....it's me (Barbara), my dh (Charlie/"videoman"), and my 2 Dd's (Ashley(10) & Christie(6). We look forward to meeting all of you! :Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc

Welcome aboard, Videoman & family :wave: or better: Good to see you getting out of lurker-mode ;) ::yes:: Looking forward to seeing you in less than 4 months.

See Y'all in 10 days on the Boards - we're off for sum sun'n'fun at the beach - Keep your fingers crossed for good weather at the Baltic Sea.

[Viking]

I just saw that Anja and I have reached the two-digit-range in our countdown for the flight to the USA :Pinkbounc :bounce:

[Twinave]

Welcome Videoman! Weren't you guys on the Western last 10/11? I seem to remember seeing your group in matching t-shirts. :confused: Anyway, glad to have you joining our happy band of campers.:smooth:
Later, Avé

[two-foxes]

Eric and Anja-

We are on your heels with the countdown timer! It's killin me, this whole waiting game!




So, is anyone here a Harry Potter fan? Tim and I (well, more so me!) are fans and we plan on battling the crowds to see the Prisoner of Azkaban. I am so excited! Gary Oldham will be soooo good as Sirius Black...

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Jill...Sarah is a big Harry Potter fan and plans on going to see the movie on Saturday..Her girlfriends cousin works at our local theater and they get to see all of the movies for free--what a deal....when she gets the books, she can't put them down and the last one was finished in two days!! She always has a book in her purse so if we see you in Colorado she'll be pulling it out at dinner. Stopped at AAA to get a book on Wyoming and we just may venture into Cheyenne...another state knocked off of my list....my family just rolls their eyes when I plan a trip!! Sam and Sarah hate it when I venture anywhere near AAA!!! Mary Jo

[Hygiene99]

Sarah'sMomfrom PA...

WE have tickets for 7:30 pm Friday..

Jen just loves those books and Movies .. But i get to go also...

This is the thread that we pretend we like each other... lol.. Boston Pétér

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Pétér...how could we not love you...even if you talk funny!! You'll have to pm us and let us know how you liked it!

[RellingTwin]

Can't wait for Harry Potter!DS has read them all (after I did:p ) some of them twice! I think we will wait a week to go see the movie, as we hate to be in a big crowd.

Happy Days!! Our Ac is FIXED!!!!My father in law made the repair today while I was at work.He is my HERO!

WElcome Barbara (Videoman)! Nice to have you with us!

Eric and Anja...congrats on double digits!

[two-foxes]

Originally posted by Sarah'sMomfrom PA
Jill...Sarah is a big Harry Potter fan and plans on going to see the movie on Saturday..Her girlfriends cousin works at our local theater and they get to see all of the movies for free--what a deal....when she gets the books, she can't put them down and the last one was finished in two days!! She always has a book in her purse so if we see you in Colorado she'll be pulling it out at dinner. Stopped at AAA to get a book on Wyoming and we just may venture into Cheyenne...another state knocked off of my list....my family just rolls their eyes when I plan a trip!! Sam and Sarah hate it when I venture anywhere near AAA!!! Mary Jo

You'll have to let me know how Cheyenne is....we live all of 60 miles from Wyoming and I still can't find a reason to go! ;) You can tell Sarah may favorite book of the series is the 3rd. I am actually kinda nervous to see the movie, as I have this book built up so high in my mind!

[cdnmickeylover]

Ok have to admit that Jim and I are big Harry Potter fans. When the last book came out I ordered it to arrive on the Saturday and it was delivered first thing in the morning, I grabbed it and hide for most of the day until Jim discovered that it had indeed arrived. We are hoping to get to the movie this weekend. The previews look really good.

Still do not need a/c here but glad yours got fixed Mary. Don't think I could survive the summer without it.

Congrats to Eric and Anja are making 2 digits and hopefully for beautiful beach weather for you.

Fiona

[ARLO1]

I cant wait to see harry potter. i just got done reading book 3 so its even more exciting and am currently reading book 4 with book 5 on deck to be read. my sister in law gave me all the books for my birthday. i am afraid to go this weekend though because of the crowds - who knows what will happen.

how is everyone? everyday brings us a little bit closer to magic time. cant wait...

arlene

[@GoofyNut]

:( Just got an e-mail that Mike (Papa) is having an angiogram this morning. Keep him in your prayers and Pixie Dust to him too!

Bette ... got your package, HeHeHe - love it. Bring on the Games of SB!


MaryJo ... Sarah didn't go to the midnight showing of Harry Potter did she?


Back to work ..........

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Cathy...no way...I'm not that good a mom that I would let her do that and miss school...don't give her any ideas! She is going on Saturday since she goes with her girlfriend (whose cousin works at Cinemark) so she gets in for free for all of the movies!! I still can't talk the girls into taking me--I don't even want to see Harry Potter but she could get me in for free to Shrek 2 and that way, I wouldn't even be with them!! I keep trying.

Cathy...you need to email me with the gas price as I might be up your way after work and if it is still cheap, I will stop!

Pixie dust to papa...go the email of Katie and the bubbles...too cute!!

[cdnmickeylover]

Pixie dust to Papa. Hope all goes well.

Have to laugh about Sarah, Mary Jo. Movies are the one thing that my DS will go to with me. Why? Because I'll pay or use free coupons that I've redeemed with Airmiles etc. I think he figures that since it's dark no one will notice that he's with his mother.

Back to work. Yippee it's Friday.

Fiona

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Fiona..actually Sarah will go to a movie and lunch with me whenever her girlfriend isn't available since I am paying. The best thing is that she get $10.00 a week for lunch--she usually hoards that money and then hits up Sam for food when she gets home because she is just starving....so he goes and gets her something and he pays....pretty smart kid. She has a jar in her room that is like the local bank!!

[@GoofyNut]

Just hung up with Mike = Papa ... seems he had some twings in the chest and they snagged him for the angioplasty. He got thru OK and has a blockage that they said doesn't need immediate attention, except to watch his weight and exercise. :rolleyes: Maybe he can convince the doctor to give him a prescription to do a DCL cruise and walk deck 4!

[videoman]

Thanx for all of the warm welcomes!!! We too are Harry Potter Fans!!! Read all of the books and going to the movie this weekend! I heard it was the best so far:bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce:

[Twinave]

papa, glad to hear everything was OK. Please take care of yourself!

Took DD to the 1 pm showing of Harry Potter today. :Pinkbounc It was VERY good. DD said "OMG...it's the best movie I've ever seen."
One of the girls at work left a little early ;) and was there when the box office opened. She snagged our tickets by 11:45. Then she went home to get her hubby, and I went home to pick up DD. The show was sold out, so we didn't get to sit all together. But the real crowd was there buying tickets for tonights showings as we were entering.
I too have read all the books. Sirius Black was great, but his part was quite small. The Hipogriff(?) part bird part horse was fantastic. And the Wesley Twins get cuter with every film.

Got to get dinner cooking!:sunny: Bubba Burgers!
Belmont Stakes TOMORROW! Go Smarty!!!!!

Later, Avé

[two-foxes]

Just got back from Harry Potter, too! I LOVED it!!! Unfortunately, Tim got paged out on a SWAT call right in the middle of the movie...he left, took the car and my cell phone, as I refused to leave the movie! So, a twenty dollar cab ride later (after begging business to use their phone:D ) I made it home, and waiting to see it again. Good, good stuff....

We just may have to see it again so Tim can watch the whole thing!

[padisneyfan]

WELCOME VIDEOMAN

Mike (Papa)---- Glad everything was ok. Take care of your self.

Not a Harry Potter fan. Have not read any of the books or seen any of the movies.

Hope Eric and Anja are enjoying their vacation.

Norm's birthday was today so we celebrated by going to the Greek Festival and having Gyros. The Greek Church in our area has a Gyro festival three times a year and they have the best food. The built a new church all on Gyro money. The Gyros are our favorite but have other meals and of course all their wonderful pastries.

When we were at WDW, I had bought this hanging plantar at the Epcot Flower Show and had it shipped to me. Well, today I received this huge package. So inside was my planter without the pots. Now this planter is small and I could have brought it home with me, but I didn't want to bring one more thing home on the plane so just wanted it shipped. Well, the reason the box was so big and heavy is instead of sending me the small plastic pots they sent me this 3 foot African Wooden Art Work. We didn't even unwrap the entire thing just enough so I could sort of see what it was. So had to call WDW. Someone is going to research this and get back to me what I need to do. Of course, it will mean I need to go to UPS to return this thing.

I leave tomorrow for my conference. So back to Florida to Tampa this time for 5 days. No husband and no kids. I plan to do all the education sessions and in the evening just relax and read and enjoy the time alone.

So will check in with everyone when I get back.

Nancy
::MinnieMo

[Hygiene99]

Just back from Harry potter thought this one was the best yet , but we had No Swat calls:rolleyes:


Lol

Well off to bed have to take BIL &SIL to airport at 5 Am:eek:
Any Guess as to were they are flying off to...
LOL

Peter

[videoman]

Thank u PAdisneyfan, all the kind welcomes makes us that much more excited for our trip.

Going to see Harry Potter tomorrow....can't wait!!!

[cdnmickeylover]

Post number 1000 for me! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Glad that everyone liked the Harry Potter movie as we are going this afternoon.

Glad that papa is ok.

Welcome Videoman!!! The more the merrier.

It's supposed to get really hot here this coming week, finally.

Fiona

[Hygiene99]

MUst have been a long Winter Is the Snow off the Ground In NEW HAMPSHIRE:rolleyes:

Just saw the last of it Go here in Ma...

cdnmickeylover Congrats on the 1000 posts

Just hit 2000 myself a few back ...

And with that I think we are Going to either get kicked off the Boards or Change the name....

Retire......

Not sure I Like the DOUBLE STANDARDS THAT TAKE PLACE ON THE GENERAL CRUISE BOARD....

You can Type in www.*************.com

But they will not let u type in a link to the BEST Site out there for new people ********************** BARBS SITE u know the one... I just dont Get it...


I do know I am not happy about it ...............

Bothered:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:


Peter

I have asked Some one for a Explaination will see what I get...

[bettemom]

Hi Guys Kim here...

Mike , glad you are doing OK.. Stay healthy...

Well Iguess I am in the minority. I have never read a Harry Potter book and I saw the 1st movie on cable TV but have not seen any others....

Peter, are we still on for the cookout with Mary Jo & family? Are we still doing it here in NH ?? Touch base with me later and we can work the details.

Mom decided that we should have a yard sale this weekend to
" purge" , we cleaned the attic, main house and garage. We are totally estatic !!! we made $ 1683.00 today and have tomorrow still to go. One big deposit towards the Panama cruise on the way....

Well we are pooped and off the be lazy, have a nice evening everyone..

Bye, Kim

[two-foxes]

Holy Smokes, Kim!!! You guys made a killing today! My MIL, the yard and garage sale queen, will envy you! It is the best feeling to clean up and out around the house, and be able to make great money at the same time! I always have the hardest time deciding what to part with.....got that from my mom. When we moved from Cleveland to Denver when I was 16, somehow our grade school uniforms made it out with us.....she simply refused to part with them (more so the memories, I guess!)

Good luck with the day tomorrow!

[Hygiene99]

yes to the Event with MJ..

Having been in the Attic of Kim and Bette I would say that
most of the stuff is probably gone if u are thinking of heading to the Yard sale in New Hampshire will call when we return from our Vacation .....



Did I MENTION WE ARE GOING TO WALT DISNEY WORLD ON THURSDAY AT AND WILL BE DINING AT THE FLYING FISH ON THURSDAY NIGHT......

wErE GoinG To DisneY Yipeee... lol peter

I have to stay at the Boardwalk AGAIN.....:hyper: :hyper: :hyper:
DVC and an Annual pass.. it all just works...

[papa]

Hi Gang,

We are doing better. Just had a 20% blockage in one artery. Not eating enough cheeseburgers I guess.

Kathy and I went to look at some snorkel gear. Also saw the shrek movie.

Looking forward to seeing what disney has to offer for antigua. Mike

[piglet33]

Originally posted by padisneyfan
Not a Harry Potter fan. Have not read any of the books or seen any of the movies.

Nancy
::MinnieMo

Nancy,

You are not alone here since I too have never read the books or seen the movies.

Reneé

[piglet33]

Originally posted by bettemom
Hi Guys Kim here...

Mom decided that we should have a yard sale this weekend to
" purge" , we cleaned the attic, main house and garage. We are totally estatic !!! we made $ 1683.00 today and have tomorrow still to go. One big deposit towards the Panama cruise on the way....

Well we are pooped and off the be lazy, have a nice evening everyone..

Bye, Kim

Kim,

We didn't do as well as you and Bette, but our local newspaper sponsored a large yard sale yesterday. Me and Lenny went with bins full of Haley's old (new) clothes. I got rid of a lot of stuff and made $323 in the process. We are going to have another one at home to see if we can make more.

More money for the cruise!

Reneé

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Hygiene99
Just hit 2000 myself a few back ...

And with that I think we are Going to either get kicked off the Boards or Change the name....

Retire......

Not sure I Like the DOUBLE STANDARDS THAT TAKE PLACE ON THE GENERAL CRUISE BOARD....

You can Type in www.*************.com

But they will not let u type in a link to the BEST Site out there for new people ********************** BARBS SITE u know the one... I just dont Get it...


I do know I am not happy about it ...............

Bothered:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:


Peter

I have asked Some one for a Explaination will see what I get...

Pétér,

There were quite a few threads about this about a month ago. It seems that since Barb is now a travel agent and has links there from her original website, it was banned from the site. They said that no links to commercial for profit sites are allowed. They also said that Barb isn't banned, just posting the name of her site. I guess since she has the website in her signature that is why it got banned.

Here's a link to one thread about this that got locked:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=579026&highlight=%2Bbarb

Reneé

[piglet33]

Papa - glad to hear that you are doing better.

Kim, Bette & Jean (jeanniec) I just sent you a PM.

Reneé

[jeanniec]

Renee' - Got your PM and PM'd you back.

[Twinave]

Poor Smarty Jones!:( But what a race!
Nancy, Sorry about your package mix-up. Have a good time in Tampa.
DH took DD out diving this morning. First time he's used the dive equipment this year. DD got to pet a wild dolphin underwater. It came right up to her, and it even had a calf by it's side.
Peter and Jen, Have a great trip to the Mouse House (again!)
Wow, I should think about having a garage sale. Sound like a win-win situation, clean out the house and make money too. :tongue: Just need to find the time to do it.

Hi the everyone!:wave:

Later, Avé

[RellingTwin]

DH is SO HAPPY!!! Mark Martin finally won a NASCAR race! 1st time in almost 2 years!!:bounce:

Ave, cool about DD getting to pet a dolphin! BTW...I once again have one of your Disney towels! DD thought the DCL towel was ours and brought it home to SC! I will bring it back in July:p

Bummer about Smarty Jones I really thought he was going to win!

We are also planning a yard sale! We have tons of stuff! We hope to make a BIG pile of $:tongue:

Mike...lay off the cheeseburgers please! ::yes:: Glad you are doing ok!:hyper:

[bettemom]

Hi everyone...

Hope you all had a nice weekend and I can't beleive it is back to work tomorrow.
The yard sale today was only $ 13.00 , not quite as good as yesterday, but the rains came in.. We packed up a car load of things to go to charity and the rest of the stuff we put on the front lawn with a FREE sign. It took about 3 minuted for the locust to arrive. It was a hoot watching the things people will take for free...

Well I got the final decision from my boss, he is selling the lab to another company, luckily the owner of that company and I worked together at Caterpillar for 10 years and get on great

The bad thing is that our present lab building sold in 4 days and the new owners want to move in on July 1. We have not even built the new lab yet... Oh waht fun the next month will be (NOT). However I will now only be 15 mins from home and not 40+ minutes.

So cool about petting the wild dolphin, would love to get a chance to do that.

Peter, you would not recognize the attic, it looke positively empty compared to when you were up there. Of course I did not part with anything from the Disney collection.

Off to watch a little TV.

Bye, Kim

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Boston Peter...looks like we may be helping Kim move the lab into their attic while we are up there...LOL!!!

Peter...I have picked up about 50 crowns from Burger King for you to pass out to fellow cruisers....hope this will suffice since you can't imagine how much it cost me to buy 50 Happy Meals (or is that McDonalds??)

Sarah saw Harry Potter this morning at 11:00 a.m. and loved it...she can get up for a movie but forget it if I try to wake her for 11:00 Mass!! I am not into Harry Potter at all...haven't watched the movies nor read the books!

[Twinave]

Mary Jo, LOL about Sarah getting up for the movie, but not mass. I remember doing he same thing on Sunday mornings. But my mom had a very strict rule about missing school or church. You miss it because you're sick, then you are too sick to leave the house for the rest of the day. :)
Kim, If you want to pet dolphin come on down to Panama City. We would love to have you and Bette. Then I could send my DD to your house to see real "snow'. LOL
Mary, SO GLAD that Mark Martin won! You guys must be dancing on the ceiling! :teeth:
Hope everyone has a great week!

Later, Avé

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Forgot to post that on Friday night we couldn't decide what we wanted for dinner..we decided on pancakes and sausage. DH started the pancakes and the griddle apparently was too hot and started to smoke...lots. Well...we have a security system (fire & burglary) and happen to live right around the corner from the local firehouse. The pancakes started to smoke...the fire alarm started to blare and I heard the sirens start and I thought oh no, they can't be headed here!! Usually, the alarm company calls us back to make sure everything is ok but the phone line was tied up due to the alarm sounding--by the time the alarm company called to ask us if everything was ok, I had 2 firetrucks, the fire marshall, an ambulance and a guy at my door with an ax!! Talk about excitement...how do you spell EMBARRASED!!!!

[bettemom]

Originally posted by Sarah'sMomfrom PA
Forgot to post that on Friday night we couldn't decide what we wanted for dinner..we decided on pancakes and sausage. DH started the pancakes and the griddle apparently was too hot and started to smoke...lots. Well...we have a security system (fire & burglary) and happen to live right around the corner from the local firehouse. The pancakes started to smoke...the fire alarm started to blare and I heard the sirens start and I thought oh no, they can't be headed here!! Usually, the alarm company calls us back to make sure everything is ok but the phone line was tied up due to the alarm sounding--by the time the alarm company called to ask us if everything was ok, I had 2 firetrucks, the fire marshall, an ambulance and a guy at my door with an ax!! Talk about excitement...how do you spell EMBARRASED!!!!


Hi Mary Jo, what a hoot!!!!

However I do know exactly what you were feeling. Years ago while my parents stayed in Vegas with their brother and his wife myself and a sister took my niece to Ca. to see Disneyland. We stayed with her SIL and SIL daughter in their " she she " condo, 4 floors and security guards and every type of alarm possible.

One morning the teenage daughter left for school after her mom went to work. The teenager totally forgot that we were sleeping on the 3rd floor and set the alarms. My sister woke up and went down the 1st flight of stairs and of course every alarm goes off. We could not get the alarm to shut off and by the time we did get thru to the alarm co. they said it was too late, the Long Beach police were outside our front door. Being summer and quite hot we were not wearing clothing that you really wanted to open the front door in. I was better dressed so I opened the front door onto a patio landing and came face to face with the police with guns drawn pointing at me. It took a few minutes of fast talking to explain about the alarm. Would someone really burgularize a house dresses only in a short nightshirt ??

I am sure were were the joke for the police for that day....

Mary Jo, you may need to bring your moving skils ... Have no idea what we are going to do, but this should prove interesting...

Off to get ready for work,

Bye, Kim

[Hygiene99]

Mary Jo ...Too funny ..


ok we will Build a lab in the Attic....

have to go to work 80 miles away today... hey it is a living..


Warwick Ri... will be at the mall there any one from Ri want to have dis meet at lunch ???


peter LOL

[cdnmickeylover]

Mary Jo that was funny!!! I can picture Sarah with her nose in a book trying to ignore what her parents are up to as well!!! Totally understand the getting up thing too. DS can't get up for school by himself but yesterday morning had to get up early to be at the amouries for 8am and he was up and ready to go without any prompting. He was actually involved in the D-day memorial held at the legislature downtown as part of a walk past by 1000 members of the present day reserve forces. Saw it on tv and it was actually quite amazing. Also watched some of the services in Normandy which were very moving.

Kim & Bette -- ok have to ask what you sold for $1600. That is a totally amazing garage sale. Renee -- you didn't do too badly either. We are never that lucky although I hope to have one this summer just to get rid of stuff.

Back to work since it's only Monday.

Fiona

[piglet33]

Well, I guess the hot weather decided to come back since we hit 81 degrees today.

Since it's been so chilly, I turned the A/C off because there was no need for it. The bad thing is I forgot to put it back on before I left for work this morning so I came home to a 78 degree house!:earseek: Now it's back on it's scheduled temperature.

Reneé

[piglet33]

Bette, Kim and jeanniec - I sent you a PM.

Reneé

[Twinave]

Reneé, Great new picture of Haley! She is getting SO Big!
Mary Jo, Did you offer the fireman some pancakes and sausage? Nice to know they are quick to respond in case there was ever a real emergency.
OK gang, less then 4 months to go! :bounce: :bounce:
Later, Avé

[disneybride96]

quote:
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Originally posted by padisneyfan
Not a Harry Potter fan. Have not read any of the books or seen any of the movies.

Nancy

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Originally posted by piglet33
Nancy,

You are not alone here since I too have never read the books or seen the movies.

Reneé

Just joining the "Not Harry" club. Never see a one!

[Hygiene99]

YEA .. less than 4 months Thank u Avé...


Cannot come soon enough...



Did I mention we are going to Disney on Thursday...

Boston Pétér

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Hygiene99
Did I mention we are going to Disney on Thursday...

Boston Pétér

Pétér,

Have a great time in Disney.

Reneé

[papa]

Kathy and I will be away from the boards for a few days. My father passed away today at the age of 76 from a massive heart attack. I just wanted to share this with our extended dis family.:rose: Mike

[jeanneg]

so sorry for your sudden and terrible loss, Mike........my thoughts and prayers are with you.

Jeanne

[piglet33]

Mike,

We are very sorry about your loss. You will be in our thoughts.

Reneé

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Mike and Kathy...so sorry for your loss...prayers and pixie dust on its way...Mary Jo and Sam

[ciadriamom]

Mike and Kathy my deepest condolences.

Not to turn the board maudilin, but I've been away awhile myself since I've spent the last six days in the hospital and am currently sitting here waiting for the "phone call" about my 85 yo grandmother (who raised me). Never spent a day of her life in the hospital, and now probably won't come out.

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Sharon...good luck and prayers on you grandma. Hope all goes well and has a good outcome. Mary Jo

[ciadriamom]

Thanks MaryJo. Ciara is so bummed, she missed the HP movie opening because of my being at the hospital and hasn't seen the movie yet.

She LOVES Harry Potter. That's cool that she and Sarah will have something else in common.

[ARLO1]

Mike and Kathy:

Andy and I are so sorry to hear about the loss of your dad. You and yours will be in our thoughts...

Arlene

[cdnmickeylover]

Mike and Kathy so sorry to hear about your loss. Take care.

Sharon -- also sorry to hear about your week.

Fiona

[twhipple]

Mike and Kathy, our thoughts are with you at this difficult time.

Sharon, hang in there. This is a tough time, but you will pull through.

[bettemom]

Mike and Kathy,

Huge hugs to you both..

Kim & Bette

[padisneyfan]

Mike and Kathy--- Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Greeting to everyone from Tampa Florida home of the Tampa Bay Lightening Stanley Cup Champions.

What are the odds that I would be at a conference right across the street from where the 7th game of the Stanley Cup is being played. The city was wild last night. The hotel I am staying in had the Calgary Flames players and the NHL officials along with Lord Stanleys Cup. The lobby last night was filled with Tampa fans last night plus a huge party in the parking lot. Wednesday there is a parade at noon time just when the conference ends and I need to get to the airport. That should be interesting.

Well, I better get to one of the educational sessions since that is what the hospital paid for me to do.

Talk to you all later this week. Unless I end up stuck in Florida. Which would work for me.

Nancy::MinnieMo

[jeanniec]

Mike and Kathy -- sorry for your loss.

Renee' -- I sent a response to your pm.

[papa]

Had a few minutes free and just wanted to thank everyone for their thoughts prayers and emails. You all are some of the greatest people we have ever had the pleasure to meet. We are looking forward more than ever to meeting everyone on the cruise. Nancy hang in there girl and hope that you make the airport on time. Sharon hang in there and we have you in our prayers too.

Is it October yet? Mike

[cdnmickeylover]

Unfortunately it's not October yet but it is getting closer. :bounce: :Pinkbounc

Nancy - Hopefully you will get to the airport alright. Have to admit I'm just thankful that hockey season is over. Not much of a fan I have to admit.

Summer has it today -- it's supposed to go up 32C which is close to 90F. Definitely a/c weather.

Renee -- very cute picture of Haley -- boy has she grown.

Must get back to work. With any luck they won't turn off the air today to work some more on the duct work.

Fiona

[@GoofyNut]

Just spoke with Mike and he seems to be doing OK ... His dad had some problems for a while but I guess you are never ever ready to let go. The consolation is that both his Mom and Dad are now back together in a better place and can look down on him.

Hope everyone is doing well and those ailing are on the mend.

Sun is out today and it brings a real lift to one's spirits.

Actually started to work on getting our pool ready ... bring on the sun and fun!

Funny story ... I got a Mickey Mouse statue at Walmart a few weeks ago and was so proud of it ... it's Mickey stooping over, holding a shovel and handing a acorn to a small squirrel. Well Sunday morning when Art was taking AshLee for a ride to get the newspaper ... there was this REAL squirrel hiding by the statue trying to get some of the REAL nuts from our front tree. You guessed it, AshLee "1" Mikey Mouse's arm "0". Snapped that sucker right off. Art's excuse for AshLee was that "Mickey shouldn't have been hiding a fugitive!" Thank God for super glue.
Guess you could say that AshLee is back to feeling better after her bout with pancreatitis!

Back to work ...................

[Hygiene99]

Sarah'sMomfrom PA The Anwser is NO... lol

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Boston Pétér...what is the answer "NO" to????? Inquiring minds want to know????

You forgot to mention that you are leaving Thursday for WDW....so I will mention it!!

[ARLO1]

peter:

can we stow away in your luggage?

arlene

[@GoofyNut]

Pete & Jenn ... Do you guys ever unpack? Or do you just do the laundry and put the stuff back in the suitcase?

BTW ... Did I hear you are going again.....hehehe

[bettemom]

Peter & Jenn are going somewhere? :jester:

[bettemom]

Fiona,
Did you get my pm ?:teeth:

Bette

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Bette and Kim...didn't Boston Pétér mention to you...they are going to WDW on Thursday...it must have slipped his mind. Too bad you didn't have the crown to take with you, Pétér!!

For everyone else that doesn't know...BOSTON Pétér and Jen are going to Florida on Thursday...said something about Flying Fish...must be a new airline or something...you know how those MA people are!!!

[@GoofyNut]

What I look like when I have to wait till October to cruise .....
http://pages.prodigy.net/bestsmileys1/emoticons3/CHICKEN.GIF

[Hygiene99]

AND after we get back we have been invite to
Stay in New Hampshire for along weekend....
In June.... i like Mickey sheets Dont make me bring my own ....

I think :rolleyes: If the Snow is off the Ground ??

[Twinave]

Mike and Kathy, So sorry for your loss. Thinking of you both.:hug:
Sharon, Also have your grandmother in my prayers.

Peter, Are you going somewhere? :jester:

Later, Avé

[RellingTwin]

Mike, Kathy and Sharon.... Pixie Dust to all of you!

Peter and Jen....!!AGAIN????:earseek: :teeth:

Goofynut...loved the Ashlee story! Glad she is feeling better.Also loved the chicken:crazy:

Renee...boy OH boy...that child of yours is getting soo tall! Hard to belive! And what a cutie!

Nancy...good luck getting stuck in Florida:teeth: The party sounds like a good time to me! I know the people of Tampa are VERY happy!

Fiona...stay cool!Hope your A/C is doing it's job:sunny:

[piglet33]

I know I can't believe how big she has gotten too. She's sleeping in a toddler bed now so she has run of the house when she wakes up.:earseek: Everyday she says something new (some good and some not so good). :teeth:

Reneé

[cdnmickeylover]

We are staying cool as so far the a/c is working although the weatherman says we may not need it for the weekend. Went to the baseball game last night (Jays won!!) wearing shorts for the first time this year which was really nice.

Haley is getting so big it's amazing how fast they grow.

Must go and get ready for work.

Fiona

[RellingTwin]

We went to our favorite Mexican Rest. last night and a local radio station was having a promotion, and broadcasting from the resturant. The disc jockey said there was a free gift for the 1st person to ask for it and since we were 12 feet away from him, I asked for the gift. WELL...the gift was a DVD of the last concert tour of Cat Stevens. Not only was I a HUGH Cat Stevens fan (still am) but I went to see Cat Stevens on this same tour!Talk about a TIME WARP!The songs, stage set up, special effects, were all the same. Watching it brought back wonderful memories:teeth:

Time to get to work!

[fridayfun]

Hello! Just wanted to stop in briefly, say happy summer and let everyone know we haven't dropped out after everyone was so welcoming:sunny: Just work going haywire and me being carried along with it! Joining the ranks of Harry Potter fans this afternoon with DH - IF I can hear the movie - saw RUSH's 30th anniv. tour last night and our ears are still ringing:rockband: Feel exactly like that chicken and can't wait to see what my countdown says - Take care:flower:

[piglet33]

I just saw this on another thread from
dvcreg so I thought I'd post it here.

Reneé

Here are the DCL Antigua Excursions:

Catamaran Sail, Snorkel, & Beach Cruise (3.5 hours)

Triple the fun! This sailing, snorkeling and beach trip starts with a 20-minute catamaran ride to a prime snorkeling spot off the northwest coast of Antigua. There, you’ll receive instructions and equipment, and then it’s time to plunge into your approximately 1-hour snorkeling adventure. The next stop is a semi-secluded beach for another hour of aquatic enjoyment. Swim, sun, stroll and enjoy the open bar before partying on back to the ship with music and dancing.
Adult Price: $52 (ages 10 and above)
Child Price: $39 (ages 5-9)
Departure Time: 8:30 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.

Stingray Swim & Snorkel Adventure (3.5 hours)

Meet and greet stingrays! You can even feed these friendly creatures on this unique excursion. You’ll ride through Antigua’s picturesque countryside to Seatons Village, where an open skiff will transport you for the 8-minute ride to Stingray Village. You’ll disembark onto floating platform, where a helpful guide will provide snorkeling gear and instructions before introducing you to these unusual animals. You’ll enter the water, which is approximately 4 feet deep, for a chance to gently touch and photograph the stingrays, or even feed them bits of squid with the help of a guide. Afterwards, enjoy a glass of rum or fruit punch before returning to the ship.
Adult Price: $59 (ages 10 and up)
Child Price: $49 (ages 5-9)
Departure Time: 8:00 a.m. & 12:00 p.m.

Off Road 4x4 Jeep Safari Adventure (3.5 – 4 hours)

Freewheeling fun! Head off-road on this rugged excursion, which takes you on a four-wheel-drive tour to little-seen parts of this island paradise. Your friendly guide will describe the history and nature of Antigua as you traverse dirt tracks into uncharted territory; the four stops on the journey are approximately 30 minutes apart. The tour includes a drive to the verdant oasis of Body Pond, then up Monks Hill to visit historic Fort George and its views of Falmouth and English Harbour. Your exploration continues with drive through the rainforest and a stop to sample luscious in-season fruits before visiting one of Antigua’s sugar-sand beaches. Bring your swimsuit, sunscreen, towel and sense of adventure!
Adult Price: $52 (ages 10 and up)
Child Price: $42 (ages 5-9)
Departure Time: 8:00 a.m. & 12:10 p.m.

Dolphin & Stingray Adventure (3.5 – 4 hours)

Kiss and tell! After a short 15-minute ride, your adventure begins with a chance to explore the beautiful grounds of Dolphin Fantaseas inhabited by parrots, red-footed tortoises, a channel-billed toucan, soldier crabs, an iguana and more before embarking on the highlight of the trip: Your encounter and interactive 25-minute swim with playful bottlenose dolphins. Trainers will teach you how to interact with and hand-feed these sociable, intelligent animals. In the water, you’ll have a chance to swim among the dolphins, stroke their smooth, silky skin and listen to their unique echolocation. You’ll seal the experience with a kiss from a flippered friend. Your unforgettable day also includes time to touch and feed stingrays, too.
Adult Price: $179 (ages 10 and up)
Child Price: $159 (ages 5-9)
Departure Time: 8:15 a.m. & 12:45 p.m.

Antigua Island Tour (4.5 hours)

Travel back in time! This half-day excursion is a blast from the past as you explore the island’s history and nature. Enjoy a scenic 45-minute journey starting at St. John’s Harbor to Shirley Heights and the 18th-century Nelson’s Dockyard before stopping off at Admiral’s Inn for a refreshing rum punch. Afterwards, you’ll take the scenic 30-minute route via Fig Tree Drive to Claremont Farms on Carlisle Bay, which grows prized Antigua Black Pineapples. You’ll have a chance to sample this tasty treat while a guide explains the farm’s history and culture. Return to your ship via a 45-minute ride along the scenic south and west coasts of Antigua with spectacular views of the Caribbean Sea, Cades Barrier Reef and the highest point on Antigua: Boggy Peak, elevation 1,319 feet.
Adult Price: $49 (ages 10 and up)
Child Price: $39 (ages 0-9)
Departure Time: 8:15 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.

Antigua Nature Hike (4 hours)

It's only natural! This exciting excursion begins with a 45-minute drive to the heart of Antigua: The majestic Shekerley Mountains, a volcanic range that boasts several peaks more than 1,000 feet high. Home to Antigua's only tropical forest, the area has recently been opened to the public with extensive hiking trails to explore. Upon your arrival, you'll visit Wallings Reservoir, built by the British in the 1890s. From there, enjoy a scenic hike up trails leading through the lush tropical forests and along mountain ridges with spectacular views of the southern coast of the island. Your knowledgeable guide will point out the region's fascinating and diverse plants and animals that call the forest home. After departing the forest, your return trip will include a 30-minute beach stop for sunning and swimming.
Adult Price: $45 (ages 8 and up)
Child Price: N/A
Departure Time: 8:15 a.m.

Antigua Seafari (4 – 4.5 hours)

A rib-tickling adventure! You’ll board comfortable, all-weather RIBs—Rigid Inflatable Boats—for this half-day journey to all points of interest on the island. First, it’s approximately an hour’s ride northward bound to the uninhabited islands of the North Sound and Bird Island, where a guide will describe the mangrove ecosystem. The RIBs then head through scenic Mercer’s Creek and on to Devil’s Bridge for the 60-minute trip to the eastern side of island. A stop at deserted Green Island will give you time for swimming, snorkeling or relaxing before the trip resumes south over the waters of the Atlantic Ocean en route to Nelson's Dockyard and your final stop at Cades Bay for a swim before the approximate 2-hour return trip to the ship.
Adult Price: $79 (ages 8 & up)
Child Price: $65 (ages 8-9)
Departure Time: 8:30 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.

‘Excellence’ Power Cat Cruise & Snorkel (3 – 3.5 hours)

It's the cat's meow. The 80-foot power catamaran Excellence purrs along at a brisk clip of 20 knots for the 45-minute trip along the west coast en route to Cades Reef National Park. The cat will drop anchor near the reef for an outstanding snorkeling opportunity. You'll receive instructions and equipment, and then it's time to explore as much of the mile-long reef as you like. Alive with brightly colored corals and inhabited by a variety of fish and other aquatic life, the reef is the ultimate underwater sightseeing opportunity. After your aquatic adventure, you'll have a chance to relax on board and refresh at the open bar during the return trip.
Adult Price: $57 (ages 10 and up)
Child Price: $45 (ages 5-9)
Departure Time: 8:45 a.m. & 12:10 p.m.

Jolly Roger Pirate Cruise (3.5 hours)

Avast, ye mateys! The world-famous Jolly Roger is the site of the ultimate pirate party. As you approach this authentic wooden schooner, the bold red sails adorned with the pirate's signature skull-and-crossbones and deck lined with cannons signal that this will be no ordinary cruise. Aboard the pirate ship, you'll depart St. John's Harbor for a 45-minute jaunt to Deep Bay, where you can engage in some lighthearted pirate activities such as “walking the plank.” You may also disembark for swimming before returning to port and taking part in a hilarious pirate wedding, a limbo competition, open bar and more during the best party in Antigua!
Adult Price: $45 (ages 10 and up)
Child Price: $32 (ages 5-9)
Departure Time: 8:45 a.m. & 1:00 p.m.

Kayak & Snorkel Eco-Adventure (4.5 – 5 hours)

The fascinating coastal mangrove ecosystem comes alive during this exciting journey. After a 30- minute drive to the northeast coast of the island, knowledgeable guides at the Kayak Adventure land base in Seatons Village will introduce you to the unique natural history and ecology of the region. Then it’s a quick 10-minute trip via motorboat to the kayak station, where you’ll pair up for your kayaking adventure after a brief orientation. Your hour-long tour will provide plenty of opportunities to spot a variety of marine life, shore birds and more, which your guide will be happy to name and describe for you. Next, it’s another 30-minute ride via powerboat to North Sound Marine Park for a nature walk, beach time, and snorkeling on uninhabited Bird Island. Then, enjoy a refreshing glass of rum punch on the 30-minute trip back to the ship.
Adult Price: $65 (ages 10 and up)
Child Price: N/A
Departure Time: 8:45 a.m. & 12:15 p.m.

Golf at Cedar Valley (6 – 6.5 hours)

Par for the course! This is your chance to tee off at Cedar Valley Golf Club, the best 18-hole golf course on island. Only minutes from St. John’s, this challenging 6,100-yard, par 69-course rolls gently amid the lush green hills of northern Antigua. Facilities at the course include a snack shop, bar, pro shop, changing and bathing rooms, and putting green. A shared cart and greens fees are included in this excursion. Forgot your clubs? No worries—the course offers club rentals for a nominal fee.
Adult Price: $110 (ages 10 and up)
Child Price: N/A
Departure Time: 9:00 a.m.

Beach Adventure (5 – 5.5 hours)

Hit the beach! Relax on one of Antigua’s famed sugar-sand beaches and spend the day as you please. After a 25-minute ride, you’ll be greeted with a complimentary beverage, and then it’s time to enjoy a half-day of swimming and sunning. Or, play a game of beach volleyball or rent a paddleboat for a nominal fee. There’s even a special play area just for kids. Your sun-drenched sojourn also includes a delicious lunch of chicken and ribs with all the trimmings, plus hamburgers and hotdogs for the littlest beachcombers.
Adult Price: $49 (ages 10 and up)
Child Price: $39 (ages 3-9)
Departure Time: 9:00 a.m.

[cdnmickeylover]

Thanks for posting this Renee. I'm definitely not doing the golf tour thing. Not a fan of the game at all. The talk has already started for this year's firm golf afternoon. I'm debating what illness to come down with for the day. Last year we had teams and played best ball -- this was ok til they announced that the winning team would get a free lunch. My teammate made an assumption that I could play and was sorely disappointed when my tee balls went no further than 6 feet. It was a long, long afternoon. Could fully appreciate Jessica Simpson's reaction to the sport when they showed her and Nick playing on their tv show (which I don't watch but did catch this tidbit).

Enough ranting about golf and my apologies to all those who love the sport.

Back to work since my desk is now piled with stuff to do. Is it Friday yet???

Fiona

[piglet33]

Fiona,

I feel the same way about golf. I just can't get into it. It makes me fall asleep!

Reneé

[@GoofyNut]

Fiona ... My idea of golf is that it's a nice walk interrupted by having to chase a ball around with a club! To quote someone infamous ... "What's up with that!"

[jeanniec]

Renee' -- Thanks for posting the excursions. I'm sure many in our group will be excited to see them. Don't you think the Beach Adventure excursion sounds like our Pineapple Beach trip -- same driving time to get there, etc.?? (except more money & an earlier start time if you book the excursion thru DCL).

[cdnmickeylover]

Originally posted by piglet33
Fiona,

I feel the same way about golf. I just can't get into it. It makes me fall asleep!

Reneé

My idea of golf is that it's a nice walk interrupted by having to chase a ball around with a club! To quote someone infamous ... "What's up with that!"


Well darn I guess I can't talk you two into taking my place then huh?? They haven't set the date yet and I'm really hoping that I'll have a busy day that day and can't go.

This is more fun than golf :bored:

Fiona

[disneybride96]

Don't let my DH see the Golf jokes! He is so into it that he even builds golf clubs. I love golf too....because when he is golfing, I get some quiet time by myself!! :teeth:

Thanks for posting the excursions. Does anyone know what time we depart Antigua? I thought about making Palo ressie that night.

[padisneyfan]

Originally posted by disneybride96
Don't let my DH see the Golf jokes! He is so into it that he even builds golf clubs. I love golf too....because when he is golfing, I get some quiet time by myself!! :teeth:



That's my favorite part about golf also especially if my sons also go along with DH.

Made it back from Tampa. The city actually moved the parade route slightly so that the people attending our conference could leave. I left for the airport around the time the parade was starting. My gift to DH and DSons were Stanley Cup tshirts.

Back to work tomorrow:(

Nancy

[Hygiene99]

MaryJo :tongue: :scratchin :snooty:


:sunny: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave:

[@GoofyNut]

Nancy ... Glad you got home from the conference OK. Hey, at least your guys got Stanley Cup T-Shirts out of the deal!

Hey Peter and Jenn ... shouldn't you guys be going SOMEWHERE about now? hehehe.

[piglet33]

Kim, Bette & JeannieC - I sent you a PM.

Reneé

[cdnmickeylover]

Hey Peter are you finished packing yet???

Can you really make golf clubs?? Have to admit though that I'd rather make the clubs than play the game.

A lot cooler here today and it was kinda drizzling this morning. Hopefully it will clear up this afternoon though.

Back to work. At least it's Thursday (which is almost Friday)!

Realized that we could start booking our PS for our stay after the cruise in July which makes everything feel closer which is good since June is busy here at work.

Fiona

[jeanniec]

Great news, Renee'! (My PM answer function doesn't seem to be working today).

Jean

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

I LOVE GOLF!!! Neither DH or myself play or even watch but my boss is an AVID golfer....lives, breaths, sleeps...GOLF!!! Which means for me is that he is gone alot in the summer to do what he calls "turf inspection". Did I mention that I love GOLF!!!

[videoman]

I LOVE GOLF!!! Neither DH or myself play or even watch but my boss is an AVID golfer....lives, breaths, sleeps...GOLF!!! Which means for me is that he is gone alot in the summer to do what he calls "turf inspection". Did I mention that I love GOLF!!!

lol!!

I don't get the "golf" thing myself...but when Dh sees this he's gonna want to go...........oh well.......guess he just won't see it! lol

[jeanniec]

Have you seen the thread on the main DCL board about the new policy regarding free soda on the Magic and Wonder? You can now get free soda at Topsiders, the Deck 9 drink station and just about everywhere but room service and the bars. The even better part is that if you have booked your cruise with AAA. you will get a onboard credit to replace the free drink mugs that AAA gave before the new free soda policy. According to the thread, we will get a $150 credit!!! That sure is more than the cost of 2 drink mugs. Am I happy? Yes!!!

[videoman]

I saw that also....what a savings for AAA members, but even so, my family of 4 will save approx $120 cause I usually buy the sticker/mug. Gotta love a bargain!

[videoman]

I also saw on the main board that the REAS pkg is going up in price, so if you want to book it you should book now.

LOL....I don't post for days and then when I start I can't stop!:bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce:

[cdnmickeylover]

I have to admit that I'm happy to know that I'm travelling with other non-golfers.

Mary Jo -- one of the other lawyers loves to golf and I have to admit it's great when he's out doing "turf inspection" during the summer.

Saw the thread about soda and thought that was great -- I now just wish they would have more diet drinks than just diet Coke.

Voicemail is flashing yet again -- today is one of those days. I pick up voicemail and hang up the phone to find it's flashing again, return calls and hang up to find it's flashing again. Ugh -- my to do list is a mile long and nothing is getting crossed off!

Fiona

[Twinave]

Free Diet Coke! I think not! I keep telling my kids, it's NOT free, it''s "included in the price of the cruise". LOL
But I am VERY happy about this. Now I don't have to luge a case of soda on board. LOL
Golf, love it. But hung up my clubs when DD was little. Too many other things to do that are more kid friendly. But one day when kids are no longer wanting to be seen with us, DH and I will gladly dust off the clubs and hit the links again.
Mary, Please bring the Cat Stevens DVD with you when you come down next month. We can time warp together. I probably still know all the words to all the songs. Just need to shake out a few cobwebs.:crazy:
videoman, love the dragon!

Later, Avé

[videoman]

Thanx Twinave...my DH keeps on changing our character so when I post I don't know what it will be!!!

Cat Stevens?? Was just listening to a bit of Cat Stevens last weekend w/a few friends of ours. (Along w/some other archives!):Pinkbounc :bounce: :Pinkbounc

[RellingTwin]

Ave, I will bring the Cat Stevens DVD when I come to visit next month!Looking forward to it. Still undecided if I am going solo on this trip or if I will bring the family. If I bring everyone we will have to plan a canoe trip!
While I enjoy playing golf, I have not played in a long time. I use to work at a resort where I could play for free (as long as no paying guest wanted the tee time), so I am spoiled and don't want to pay:eek: .

Great news about the drinks no longer being an "extra" cost!I think I will still bring a 6 pack of diet cokes, so I have a few in the fridge, but the best part is now there is more room for BEER!LOL!

Keb Mo concert tonight! I am SO excited!We are going out to dinner before the show. Kids will be home with a babysitter!!

[cdnmickeylover]

Yeah it's Friday. :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce:

My SIL sent me an email this morning. She's set up a guess the baby's birthday and birth weight on expect.net(I think that's the website). Kinda neat. Since we already know it's a boy I'm guessing that it will be born on July 23rd and weigh 7lb 15oz. It's due on July 22nd but that would make it too easy for my DB to remember the birthday as it's his birthday. My DB is amazingly unable to remember any important dates. My SIL had their wedding invitation framed so that he would remember the date!

This will be the next big event in our household and it's hard to believe that it's just over a month away!

Fiona

[jeanneg]

My son received his masters degree in cinematography from the AFI on Wednesday....we are very proud of him! (tired and poor right now, but still proud). It's been a whirlwind week with most of the time spent traveling. Everytime my husband drives on those LA freeways I freak out......yet we were remarking that we didn't once see a "crack-up" the entire three days. (You can't drive 30 minutes in Raleigh without spotting some sort of a fender bender!) We flew into the more civilized Burbank airport and took a little side trip past the huge Disney headquarters there. That building with the Seven Dwarfs is just amazing to see!
We also saw the new concert hall in LA which is also quite a spectacle.

Mary: DH and I just LOVE Cat Stevens........we were so disappointed when he stopped making "records" (just dated myself......!) I picked up one of his greatest hit CDs off of a bargain rack a few months ago and play it all the time!

Fiona: don't get me started on golf.....I am presently taking lessons........this will make the seventh instructor in 12 years!!!!!!
My girlfriend picked up a club for the first time last fall and she is AMAZING! I am amazingly bad! If I had invested all the money I spent on lessons and purchased DVC points we'd spend half the year at Disney! Maybe some people just CAN'T learn......like to tell myself I have "other talents"!

[cdnmickeylover]

Oops just realized that my DS will turn 18 before my new nephew is born! (his birthday is the 11th and my SIL has never been early!)

Co-worker sent around a putting program so that "we can practice our putting for the tournament". Is this a hint??? She loves golf and was actually just in Florida golfing -- they only spent 2 days at Disney but 4 days golfing!! Nutty for sure.

So far today the phone has not rung. This is a very good thing but can't possibly last much longer.

Fiona

[twhipple]

DH and I love golf but never get to play in the last three years. Since August 2001 we have played 2 rounds of 9. But that doesn't include while cruising. We always enter the chip-it tourneys. I placed 2nd on our first cruise, DH placed first last year and 2nd in the putting tourney. We won't pay for it though with excursions.

[padisneyfan]

jeanneg--- Congratulations to your son on getting his master degree. So will we be seeing his name soon on any film credits. I guess it means you will be sitting in the theater after the movie reading all those credits.


Now that all my other trips are completed until the cruise, I guess I should start to look at airfares, hotels, car rentals and possible excursions. I see that Oct 11 and 12th the Beach Boys are going to be at Epcot for the Wine and Food Festival so may have to extend my post cruise visit so we can see them.

Back to work.

Nancy::MinnieMo

[ARLO1]

Nancy:

Which Beach Boys tour - the one with Mike Love or Al Jardine?
I believe both men tour under the Beach Boys name. Isnt it a shame since there were so many losses/tragedies within the group that these 2 men cant keep it together...

I also love Cat Stevens and occasionally pickup the cd and play it...

I went to play bingo last night. 4 women at my table won games. One woman won 3 times for a total winnings above $700. It would have been great if she would have shared the wealth...

Arlene

[fridayfun]

:jumping1:
I feel like the cruise is closer than ever! I have never been to a Prom or formal event so I went with a girlfriend and got - as she said - "One hot number!". I am sooo excited, but told DH he can't see it until unveiling night on the cruise! I won't be the only one doing the whole formal, long dress will I? I want to look good, but have a problem with sticking out in a crowd. Hope everyone is doing well, we are flooded here in Detroit. GO PISTONS!!!:cheer2:

[two-foxes]

Denise-

I got a wine colored long "slinky" satin dress (got it off ebay, so didn't try it on first). Tim thinks it is a bit..ahem...much. But I have to say I like it...so I will bring it, but whether or not I will wear it will depend on how I am feeling (or how much I am eating!) But regardless, dress up as much as you want! It is a special trip...after all it isn't like we go on a DCL cruise everyday and are requested to wear formal attire! We will love it!

By the way, did you guys get scuba certified?

[cdnmickeylover]

Last year for formal night I wore a floor length forrest green dress so go for it.

We got a new photocopier at work and the training session for how to use it was an hour long! I missed some because of phone calls but the copier is amazing in terms of the different things it can do. The best part for me is that it will scan documents and then email them to me. Much better than our old scanner.

Back to work.

Fiona

[padisneyfan]

Arlene--- Here is the information I got off the internet.

Mike Love has licensed the Beach Boys' name for his tour, which also features Bruce Johnston. Supporting performers include Randell Kirsch, John Cowsill, Tim Bonhomme, Chris Farmer, Scott Totten, and Mike Kowalski. (See also the BB Band website.).
They have alot of tour dates listed and Disney is one of them

Al Jardin's group is not listed as Beach Boys anymore and he only has 2 tour dates listed.

Hope they are as good as Paul Revere and the Raiders were.

Weekend coming up.

:Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc

Nancy::MinnieMo

[jeanneg]

To all the young, beautiful ladies on our cruise: I say just "go for it!" If I were 20 years younger and 20+ pounds lighter I'd be wearing a hot little item too! Flaunt it while you can........ all the "matrons" will enjoy seeing you and being able to reminisce way back when..... Now, as for my formal attire, ahem, let's just say I like comfort. No apologies, no excuses, I've earned the right to wear what feels good and damnit (can I say that?), I will. I swear by Chicos......it's gotten me through formal and semi-formal night every time I've cruised. Target just came out with a very inexpensive version of the travelwear collection and although it's not the same fabric weight, it's not bad at all. In fact, I just took it with me to LA and it held up very nicely and took up practically no space in my bag. Hubby will also be somewhat understated......he'll bring a suit for formal night and Palo but will probably wear a golf shirt and dockers the rest of the time.