10/02/04 Antigua Cruise

[fortierv]

Hi everyone,
We'll be joining you all on 10/02/04 for a Magical time. Will be our third Disney Cruise but the first on the Magic. Our group includes Myself, DW, DD13, DD11, DD7 and my MIL.

[RellingTwin]

Welcome fortierv! Glad to have you and your family with us! I also have a 11 y/o DD (she will be 12 by cruise time!)You will LOVE the 7 night cruise!

[jeanniec]

Fortierv -- Let me add my welcome to the group! Look forward to seeing you on the Antigua cruise. Relling Twin is right. You will love the 7 day cruise!

Jeanneg -- Did you watch Survivor tonight? Didn't Ethan look especially fine! Love his smile and glad he is still around. Was anyone surprised that Rob C. got voted off? He sure was. I really thought that Susan or Alicia would go. I couldn't stand either one the first time around, and I don't like them any better this time.

[DisneyCruiseCrazy89]

Fortierv- this will also be our 3ed Disney Cruise and our first on the MAGIC!!!!

[padisneyfan]

WELCOME FORTIERV

Other than Apprentice this week, I have not liked the other Reality shows that I watch.

American Idol was horrible. You feel bad for the ones in group 1 who didn't make it and then 2 from Group 2 got to move on that didn't deserve it. If next week is not better, I think I am done with American Idol. It just isn't the same without my Clay.

Survivor to me was boring this week. It just lacked any luster. Or is it that we know these people and they aren't doing anything exciting. It seems I missed the one great episode this week. Thanks to MaryJo for sending me the Survivor article from TV guide.

I do like the Apprentice. Finally we are rid of annoying Tammy, but Osomara has got to go. If she was on my team, I might have to hurt her. I gained new respect for Heidi. I did watch Wed the repeat of last weeks Apprentice show so am up to speed on all those episodes.

Just got letter in the mail that DS#2 made the Dean's list. This is the 2nd time out of 3 semesters. This was my unmotived son in high school who only ever made honor roll one time. Wow, what a difference when you are doing something you like.

Nancy::MinnieMo

[Viking]

Originally posted by fortierv
Hi everyone,
We'll be joining you all on 10/02/04 for a Magical time. Will be our third Disney Cruise but the first on the Magic. Our group includes Myself, DW, DD13, DD11, DD7 and my MIL.

Hi fortierv,
as Keeper of the List I'd like to welcome you to our bunch of jolly cruisers.
Please send your info to antiguaorbust@yahoo.com to receive the complete list of your fellow DIS-cruisers. Your mail should contain:
-First name, age, profession of everybody in your party
-Stateroom#
-Dining session (Main or Late)
-Hometown and state
-Place to stay before the night of the cruise (We have parties planned in the Radisson and in the Ron Jon)

I'll do an update of the List as soon as I have received your mail - So everybody else: Send changes/additions ASAP!!

[Viking]

Originally posted by padisneyfan
WELCOME FORTIERV


American Idol was horrible. You feel bad for the ones in group 1 who didn't make it and then 2 from Group 2 got to move on that didn't deserve it. If next week is not better, I think I am done with American Idol. It just isn't the same without my Clay.


Nancy::MinnieMo

I know what you mean, Nancy:
Last weekend on German Idol we had the last four contestants singing two songs each and there was one guy who really did it great and was praised for it by the jury. They told him 'You don't have to be afraid. You were so good you will certainly be in the next show!'. Unfortunately exactly that statement obviously caused many people not to call for him on the voting-phone, because he was a sure bet, and so he got the boot :mad:
Now there are two girls and one guy left. The guy having been the worst singer last time and everybody hopes that he will be voted our this weekend.

[cdnmickeylover]

Missed Idol this week but apparently didn't miss much. Saw a little review of it and boy were they awful. Feel badly for those from last week who were great and don't get to move on.

Watched Survivor. The reward challenge was a bit blah since they've done that before. The immunity challenge was more interesting although I didn't envy Big Tom. Was actually sorry to see Rob C. go -- I would have preferred to see Alicia go.

Also watched the Apprentice. Was glad to see Tammy go -- she wouldn't be my stockbrocker that's for sure although she must be good she doesn't come across that way. Omarosa has to go though -- she's just too much. Actually felt sorry for Heidi this week and she hasn't been one of my favourites. Have to admit I was a bit taken aback at the rents -- rents here aren't nearly that expensive for that small an apartment but I think both teams really improved the apartments. I didn't think that Troy duped anyone, I just think that Katrina was a little full of herself.

Supposed to snow, freezing rain and then rain today. At least it's not as bad as Nova Scotia. 95cm -- a little over 3 feet of snow in one day. Definitely a snow day there.

Take care everyone. TGIF. :bounce: :bounce:

Fiona

[Viking]

TGIF, ditto :bounce: first weekend without taking work home since mid of January:eek:

Fiona,
I saw the adverse weather in Eastern Canada on the evening news:scared1: and thought of you and Jim immediately. But then they showed a map and it seemed to be well away from Ontario.
Over here we had 9°C today, blue skies and drove with the top down, but for the weekend the forecast predicts snow and rain, but of course not as wild as in Canada.

[cdnmickeylover]

I actually spent part of my childhood growing up in Nova Scotia and that snow was unbelievable. We have relatives in Nova Scotia and P.E.I who are having fun with the snow. Don't ever recall that much snow.

Here it's actually quite mild today. It's supposed to go up to 4C tonight and some of the snow on the ground has actually melted. Only a month til spring!!!

Fiona

[Twinave]

Welcome fortiev!!!! Glad to have you and your family aBoard!

Nancy, Congrats on DS#2 Dean's List...Wow! Very cool.:smooth:

Going to be a long weekend for me. Job #2 is calling. Working a double tomorrow (Sat 6:30 am-11:00 pm) and then 6:30 am-3pm on Sun. Then I have a baby shower to go to after work on Sun. Also my nurse manager quit, so I'll be getting a new boss soon. This will be the third one in one year. :eek: Glad my M-F job is a little more stable.

Fiona, hang in there. Spring IS coming!:crazy: :sunny:

Later,
Ave'

[Viking]

Fortierv,
I got your mail :bounce:
So everybody prepare yourselves for another update. I'll do it tonight during "Who wants to be a millionaire?" which always precedes "German Idol". You should have the newest edition then between noon and 3pm. We're now covering all American timezones (Except Alaska and Hawaii) and Central Europe, because Fortierv and his family are from Reno, Nevada. Perhaps I should from now on relate everything to UTC (Universal Time Coordinated or Greenwich Time ;) ), but I think I will stick to EST as our ship will depart from that zone.
We're off to Darmstadt now, about 20 miles south of Frankfurt, for some shopping and working out in the local branch of our gym.

See Y'all later

[Viking]

Ooops, it's been so quiet on our thread in the last weeks :confused:

The 8th edition of our evergrowing list has just arrived in your mailboxes - Check it out.

[jeanneg]

I finally finished all 6 sets of taxes (personal, corporate and each of the kids), so I was able to take a few minutes and link all the dining reservations. Everything is all set. The only thing we need to do is come up with a name so Eric can add it to his list under the dining column. We already have the Veterans and the Twins so hopefully we can arrive at something short, sweet and appropriate. I thought of a few, but none of them thrill me so, dining partners, it's up to you to think of a name for our group!
Here are some of my ideas:
HIFO-9 (for the first initial of our last names and # in our group)
WLTP (for We Like To Party)
CJWHF (for Cruisers Just Wanna Have Fun)
DCL HS (happy sailors, not high school)

My lovely daughter suggested "WE GET WASTED", but I don't think that's a very nice parental role model for the underage member of our party! I haven't the slightest idea who had such a detrimental influence on my own child........!!!!!!

Anyway, somebody help me out and come up with something that isn't so corny! Thanks!

[Viking]

Jeanne,
why is NC called 'Tar Heel State'? :confused:

[Viking]

Jeanneg just mailed me that I mad a little mistake: Of course 55 adults + 21 kids result in a total of 76. I thought of Amy & Chris's new baby only after writing the first part and then forgot to adjust the total :crazy:

[jeanneg]

Eric: you are right about my German ancestry. However, when you mingle it with my Irish, Scotish, and Italian lineage it's hard for me to claim I'm much of anything. My kids have it even worse.......my husband is part Chilean and part Nicaraguan....go figure that one!
About the Tarheel State.........do you realize you're asking that of a native New Yorker?!? Anyhow, this is how I understand it (and the other North Carolinians can feel free to correct me if I'm wrong): The term "tarheel" was an old nickname given to the troops from North Carolina during the Civil War because the fighting men held their positions so steadfast .....as if their "heels were stuck in tar". It then became a somewhat endearing term for anyone from the state. In addition, UNC (the University of North Carolina and the oldest college institution in the state) adopted that term as the name for all of their sports teams. So it gets a little confusing depending how broadly you apply the term.
Generally, when people within NC use the term Tarheel they are referring to one of the UNC sports teams. When people outside of the state use it, they may merely be referring to anyone from NC - even if they go to one of the rival universities like Duke or NC State University. Hope that sheds some light on the subject!

[jeanneg]

Just thought of something as DH and I are about to run out the door for our monthly card game.......anybody play Euchre? It doesn't take much to pack a deck of cards and we can always find a nice lounge somewhere on the ship to hold a game.

[jeanniec]

Jeanneg -- Nice explanation of Tar Heel. I guess I may had heard that somewhere. I'm proud of you. As a native of Chicago, I guess I'm not much up on NC history. Shame on me since I have lived in NC for almost 18 years now. By the way, much of our ancestry is the same with a little extra thrown in -- English, Irish, Scotch, German and Swedish. Sam is 100% Italian so he has no identity problems.

[fortierv]

Eric,
Great job on the list. Looks like quite the group. I may need to change my MIL's age to 60ish as well, or suffer her wrath. LOL, just kidding she's great, just don't tell her I let her age out in the open.

jeanneg,
Thanks for the Tar Heal explanation, I always wondered myself.

[papa]

Hello to all of our fellow cruisers. We have been very busy like everyone else.

Mary here is a link to the navigation system that I use in my cars. Street Pilot (http://www.garmin.com/products/spIII) It does a fantastic job and it has saved my nerves and more importantly those of my dear wife.

Looking forward to seeing some of our fellow cruisers on April 3 in DC. Eric I will take a group photo and send it to you.

Mike

[RellingTwin]

Got the list Eric, Thanks! I think we will be over 100 cruisers again this year!Just 4-6 more families and we do it! Anymore "lurkers" out there????The sooner you join in the more fun you will have!

My Sister in law and her DH and DD just returned from a NCL cruise. It sailed out of Chrleston last Sat. (and will be doing Western cruises out of Charleston for the next 6 weeks.)They had a very nice time and are thinking of cruising again soon! I have invited them to join us in Oct. but they don't think work schedule will allow them to sail with us:(

Spring has finally come to Charleston. The weather today was beautiful. I just wish it would have come a week earlier!

[DisneyCruiseCrazy89]

I was just l:tongue::tongue:king at the "Sees who's Sailing" list and noticed some MIA cruisers! Go check it out and add your names!


http://members.cox.net/msett/index.html

[RellingTwin]

I just looked at the NASA site to see the launch dates. The last time I looked the next shuttle flight was "Not Before" Sept. 1st so I have been watching in the hope it would be moved to Oct. It HAS been changed...but to "Not Before" March! Oh well, less traffic in the area:p

[Viking]

Originally posted by RellingTwin
I just looked at the NASA site to see the launch dates. The last time I looked the next shuttle flight was "Not Before" Sept. 1st so I have been watching in the hope it would be moved to Oct. It HAS been changed...but to "Not Before" March! Oh well, less traffic in the area:p

This is the only launch that comes within reach our sailing date:

Sept. 1 NET* Delta 7320 17-A
CCAFS Swift (NASA-GSFC)
NASA/Boeing government civil launch

NET* means that this is a tentative date and with a bit of luck we could be able to see it - With better chances for Anja & me, as we will spend a week in St. Augustine 09/18 - 09/24, and our Floridian friends, of course.

[Suecot2000]

Hello Fellow Cruisetoberfesters!

I think I'm finally over my post cruise depression...I'm able to post. Not too bad this time, only took about 4 weeks.

Jan 24, 2004 was great, as usual. But took part in an interesting thing. While waiting to board I was approached by a CM to be part of a focus group while aboard. I was givin two disposable cameras, one with a :D and one with a :( . My mission to take pictures with each through out the week. Things that made me happy got the :D and things that didn't got the:( . Cameras had to be turned in at Shutters by 11am on Thursday, and a meeting was planned with a CM in Cove Cafe on Friday, after leaving CC. It was a really cool experience and it's nice to know that DCL is really interested in what the guest thinks.

Glad to see more cruisers have joined us.

Enjoyed reading all the stats...thanks Viking!

Sue

[piglet33]

Originally posted by DisneyCruiseCrazy89
I was just l:tongue::tongue:king at the "Sees who's Sailing" list and noticed some MIA cruisers! Go check it out and add your names!


http://members.cox.net/msett/index.html

DisneyCruiseCrazy89 -There is another list here:

http://www.majesticnetworks.net/whoisgoing.html

Renee'

[Viking]

Ok, now I know why I couldn't find my name - although I was sure I had submitted it a long time ago :earseek:
I submitted my name to 'Renee's' list, not the other one. So now I'm on both.

[Hygiene99]

well after a long 3 day illness with 3 viruses

we r back on line. we had w32.blaster.e.worm
w32.welchia.b.worm
w32.hllw.raleka.worm


So i had to write to Zeros witch completely cleans out your pc....
twice ..... then i had to reload windows xp
and update everything .....

what I dont get is ,, I pay Nortons antivirus, To take care of this for me ?????
With live updates and scans 1 a week why do I get these viruses???/

second time i have gotten the blaster worm ????

We r very careful on the mail we open .... i know that they r also just floating around the net.....

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Hygiene99
well after a long 3 day illness with 3 viruses

we r back on line. we had w32.blaster.e.worm
w32.welchia.b.worm
w32.hllw.raleka.worm


So i had to write to Zeros witch completely cleans out your pc....
twice ..... then i had to reload windows xp
and update everything .....

what I dont get is ,, I pay Nortons antivirus, To take care of this for me ?????
With live updates and scans 1 a week why do I get these viruses???/

second time i have gotten the blaster worm ????

We r very careful on the mail we open .... i know that they r also just floating around the net.....

Peter,

Do you have Norton set to automatically scan your email when it arrives? I have that set, and I can't tell you how many times a day emails get flagged from Norton and their attachments that contain viruses automatically deleted. A couple have gotten by, but not as many as you have had. If your settings are set correctly, then I would contact Norton and complain since they are supposed to catch the viruses and not let them infect your pc.

BTW - I use MS Outlook to read my mail.

Renee'

[Hygiene99]

Yes i have outlook also for 2 email addresses and I do have the email scan enabled , we also use AOL for primary use...

Since Jen likes Aol .. I use IE most of the time ....


Welcome to the new folks have not downlaoded the list yet so ....
scared lol...

[Viking]

Peter,
the List is guaranteed virus-free.
AOL offers an anti-virus package over here which updates itself very quickly. I have all my mail scanned before downloading it, I NEVER use Outlook, I delete all mails of unknown origin and I scan my complete PC at least twice a month. Additionally I have a high-security firewall.
So far I could avoid infection of my system completely.

[DisneyCruiseCrazy89]

Originally posted by piglet33
DisneyCruiseCrazy89 -There is another list here:

http://www.majesticnetworks.net/whoisgoing.html

Renee'

Thanks for telling me Renee, I had no clue!:tongue:

[Twinave]

Sue, Welcome back!:D The camera things sounds very cool. What kind of good/bad pictures did you take? Do you get any questions or feed-back? The best way to get over post-cruise blues...book another cruise and start planning.:jester:

Long weekend! Worked 24 in 48. Back to Job #1 tomorrow.:p
papa..love the new pic of Katie!
jeanneg...Getting Wasted...LOL We need to party together! :Pinkbounc And our DD can hang together.:jester:

Hello everyone!:wave:
Goodnight everyone!http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/contrib/sarge/Sniffles_anim.gif
Later, Ave'

[RellingTwin]

Sue, glad you had a nice trip, and nice to have you posting again.

I also know I put us on the list, but I re-submitted , maybe it will work this time. I think the "List" person has changed so maybe that was the problem:confused:

Peter, sorry for your computer problems. I also had to wipe out my hard drive last year. REAL BUMMER!

Another work week ahead of us.

[papa]

Good morning all. Peter I have a firewall and Norton's on my xp machines. I don't have to worry about viruses on my mac laptop.

I am going to put up some shelves in the storage barn today. Our back porch is loaded with junk that needs to be put up.

Eric when will you take off the snow tires and put the summer ones back on? Luckily here in Tennessee we can get by with all season tires. Mike

[cdnmickeylover]

Thanks for the new list Eric and the stats.

Back to work ugh. The other lawyer is away this week so I get all of his problems which should make the week interesting. He said I'd be mad at him by the end of the week but we'll see. So far it hasn't been too bad. He doesn't feel too badly though as I left problems for him last October and I'm sure some will come up this October. :p

Spring has definately not sprung here yet although some of the snow is slowly melting and by Friday we should be above 0C (32F).

Saw Against the Ropes yesterday with DS. Thought it was an ok movie.

Must get back to work to pay for Mickey.

Have a great day everyone.

Fiona

[Viking]

I'm glad that everyone seems to like the stats :wave:

Mike,
All season-tyres would probably suffucient from me also, but I prefer to switch narrower tyres in the winter as they offer better grip on snow due to the higher pressure the cause on the ground.
I think my regular tyres will stay in the cellar for some more weeks. Just today we had heavy snowfalls, but fortunately the ground is not frozen and so it melted away quickly. The rule of thumb is: As long as the average temps stays below 7°C/45°F the snow tyres stay fitted, because their rubber components just stick better at low temps. And it doen't cost extra money - I don't care which tyres wear down. The only extra money I had to use was for the rims, as I insisted on nice alloy rims for the snow tyres as well. I don't want to ride a nice car with ugly wheels ;)

[Suecot2000]

Well, since I went on a cruise if Jan and I'm booked for Oct. the next best thing is watching ACCORDING TO JIM tuesday night to get my DCL fix. I'm very excited about seeing these episodes.

Thinking about a quick trip to WDW in April.

:D pictures:
Diversions
Cove Cafe
Champange Brunch catamaran
Yuengling Beer on tap in Diversions
:( pictures:
The Stack...needed to be cozier
Ships Whistle...don't blow it enough, need to hear it more
Rockin' Bar D...not enough seats for cabaret shows

The CM wrote on sticky notes and stuck them to the pictures.

Sue

[Twinave]

No snow tires here in FL.:sunny: But did get stuck in traffic on the way home tonight. One hour to go eight miles.:mad: Lots of rain, + too many people in a hurry= accidents.

Sue, Thanks for the info on the pictures. I have put in my TV bid for tomorrow night. (I don't watch TV much) But I do want to check out the Jim Show.

Got a tearful phone call from DD (13) at work today. She threw-up on the bus on the way home. http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/cwm/cwm/puke.gif To say she was mortified would be an understatement. Poor kid!

Eric, Loved the stats!

Got to run.
Later, Ave'

[Viking]

Ave,
tell Mary "Gute Besserung" (Get well soon) :wave2:
And please tell me how to make that Smiley hurl ;)

[Viking]

http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/cwm/cwm/puke.gif

I got it :bounce: :Pinkbounc :bounce:

[RellingTwin]

Ave...how is DD today? The hurling smilies are too funny! I also like Peter and Jen's toothless one!

Can't wait for the "World According To Jim" tonight.

[jeanneg]

Hee-hee, you guys are sick! What have I gotten myself into sailing with the lot of you?!?

Ave: hope your daughter is feeling better.

[papa]

Ave hope your DD is better.:cool1:

[jeanniec]

Sue -- So glad you reminded us of "According to Jim". I completely forgot about it. I usually watch Idol Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Times probably conflict (I have never watched "Jim" so I don't know), but regardless of the time, "Jim" is definitely the show for me.

[bettemom]

Hi Guys, Kim here..

I decided on Thursday to pay off the cruise and put some $$ down on credit for the end of the cruise bill. I e-mailed my TA ( in washington state) and she said no problem she will contact Disney and get back to me... She e-mails me Friday and.... the cabin we had been assigned was now not available, they moved us all the way to the front of the ship.

Way back last year when we made the reservation on the cruise on 10/03 Donna made a mistake and without us knowing it at the time booked 2 cabins. Beci contacted DCL when she got the resv # and Disney said it was all straightened out, they just credited the extra deposit to the 10/04 cruise. So after hearing from her Friday I told her that I was not a real happy camper, mom wanted to be mid ship to lessen her walking long distances. Beci agrees with me that I have a black cruising cloud over my head. So mom and I are stuck with a different cabin AGAIN.

Saturday AM we are out doing errands and I get a phone call from Beci, it is 9:30 am EST. it is 6:30 am her time. She has been on the phone with Disney managers at DCL and now Disney says we are back in the 1st cabin assigned.

So, the moral of this story is we really should not be cruising, and I plan on bringing my sleeping bag, we may be on the deck 4 chaise lounges for sleeping....

It is pretty sad when even your TA is not too confident that you will have a cabin come cruise time...

Bye, Kim :confused::confused:

[piglet33]

Oh Kim I can't believe this is happening to you guys again. That is horrible that you don't even know if you'll get to keep your cabin. Maybe someone will remember you and Bette and sprinkle some pixie dust on you and give you an upgrade.:yes::

On the other hand, you can always sleep on our veranda. :teeth: We won't mind.

Are you guys going to Washington DC for the meet? Hope so. Maybe we should start a list of who's going and where they're staying. We're staying until Monday. We figured we visit the zoo again to see the Pandas. Can't wait to see what Haley does since it's her first time there.

Renee':

[jeanneg]

Kim, Bette: sorry for all the confusion concerning your cabin. There's always that "secret" veranda located on 7aft.....that's just a few doors down from our cabin and also Fiona's!

I'd love to join everyone in DC and get a head start on meeting
fellow cruisers, but my son is flying in from LA that morning on a red eye. We'll only have 2 quality days with him as he is scheduled to have all 4 wisdom teeth removed early Monday morning. I feel bad for the kid.....the thing he loves to do most when he comes home is eat! We're gonna try to pack all his favorite things into Saturday and Sunday; then I'll have to play nurse maid for the rest of the week! It sounds like you guys will have lots of fun.

[cdnmickeylover]

Kim can't believe the cabin problems already -- we still have months to go!!

Not sure if we are going to make the Washington meet. Going to ask a duh question and ask again which weekend it is? I have to check about time off and see how busy it's going to be here which I probably won't know for a little bit longer.

Thankfully it's almost 5pm. Have to watch according to Jim tonight and then pick DS up from night school right afterwards.

Fiona

[piglet33]

Hi Fiona,

It's April 3.

Renee'

[papa]

Thanks Renee. The time is 11-am on April 3 in the main lobby of the air and space museum at the Smithsonian on the mall in DC. Easiest way to get there is by using the metro. Here is a link to the metro site. Metro (http://www.wmata.com/metrorail/systemmap.cfm) Mike

[Viking]

Renee,
congratulations on pst #1300:Pinkbounc :bounce:

And I would like to ask a little favour from you, Renee: If there is a guidebook available at the DC-Zoo, could you get one for us, please? Anja and I collect guidebooks from major zoos and we would of course reimburse you for it.
Mike & Kathy,
the same goes for the Smithonian Air & Space Museum. I would love to have a guidebook from that place. Could you please get one?

We envy Y'all for that visit, Washington and the New England states are on top of our 'shopping list' for future vacations, together with Denver and the Wild West. BTW we will also be on a sightseeing trip that weekend, but in Old England: We'll be in London from 03/07-04/03. So if anybody needs something from there, we'd be happy to bring it for you.

JeanneG,
PixieDust *~*~*~*~*~*~* in advance to your son, four extractions in day doesn't sound like fun :scared1:

Bette & Kim,
sorry to hear about your repeated cabin trouble :(

I also have to write to DCL this week, because I have to make sure that our docs arrive in time, as we will depart for the States three weeks before the cruise. If they can't manage that, we'll have to pick them up at the Terminal again or have them sent to Twinave. I also hope that they have linked our ressies for dinner. I mailed it in November using snail-mail and haven't heard from them since then - Although I gave them my email, my fax and two phone-numbers. Additionally they didn't respond on two requests for an upgrade to Cat 6 or 7 for which we would be willing pay the difference ($800-1000). If it doesn't work out I'll probably buy a laptop in the US ;) But I'll try it again with my next fax to them. We want to have at least a cabin with a split bath, because this saves a lot of time especially in the evening, but a Verandah would also be swell - We're used it, spoiled as we are :teeth:

[piglet33]

Wow, I didn't even know I got #1300!

Eric - No problem about getting the guide book from the zoo for you.

Talk to you later.

Renee'

[bettemom]

Hi Guys, Kim here...

For all of us sharing a table for dinner, we need to come up with a table name, get the creative juices flowing.

Also, I am taking over for colleen on the cell phone list, if you want to e-mail me cell phone #'S and where they will work from I will start putting together a list and get it out to everyone.

Bye, Kim:wave: :wave:

[Hygiene99]

Kim will do one Better than the Verandah ... u can use the couch in our cabin and i think mom will Enjoy the library ......


So this Dc thing is April 3rd...

[padisneyfan]

Jenneg--- I liked either the WLTP (We like to party) or DCL- HS(Happy Sailors). I have to think a long time to come up with titles. Every time I have to put a new presentation together, once I get past the title the rest seems easy. I'm glad I am not the only one that has young adults who need their wisdom teeth out. Both my sons need to have it done, it just hasn't worked into their schedules. They don't want to take up their breaks with recovering and the summer they both have jobs. It is on our 2 do list before they graduate from college and my insurance will cover it. We have problems just getting their teeth cleaned.

Kim and Bette-- I can't believe that the cabin problem is occuring again. I hope things work out. Maybe all of us that have an extra bed can let you sleep in each room one or two nights. That way you get to see all the different types of rooms and locations.

I did watch Jim last night. Was that a real room on the Magic that would have wooden bunk beds?

Also watched Idol, that last singer was awesome. I think it was Latoya. Best one yet.

I have April 3rd marked on my calendar. I believe that is the day the Cherry Festival parade is, so the Metro will be the best way to get around.

Nancy

[bettemom]

Hi guys,

Thanks for the bed offers mom & I appreciate that. Hopefully they do not mess this up again, I wonder if they have on file what happened last year to us ??? Maybe the pixie dust will fall and DCL takes pity on us :laughing::rotfl::faint: and puts us in a suite if so, everyone can sleep with us...

I am however definately bringing the reciepts showing that we have money paid on account for our end of cruise charges, no way on earth will I trust that without proof.

We have given it thought and are now leaning towards flying down late thursday and going directly to the radisson. Hopefully in the next month SW opens the airfare reservations for that time.

here is a :grouphug: for our table mates, lets get some name ideas for our fantastic group....

Peter & Jenn, Did you get the PM I sent you for the ID holders ?? PLMK.

Guess I should get back to work,

Bye, Kim

[piglet33]

Kim - I just sent you a PM.

Renee'

[jeanneg]

Arlene and Mary: any ideas for a name for our dining group?

Nancy: I know what you mean about the insurance....that's predisely why we're rushing to do it during spring break. In fact, my younger son needs the same procedure, but he has lots of time being insured so we'll wait until summer vacation. I would have had him done during spring break as well just to get it over with, but he's traveling to Europe....lucky kid.

About American Idol: Yes, that last girl was fantastic. I also have a soft spot in my heart for that gal with the bright pink hair (love the voice, hate the hair!) She sings like Celine and looks like Cindy Lauper! I think the Bulgarian girl has great potential, but is a little young for the competition. I find her stage mother very annoying.

According to Jim: what a bad show.......I don't even know if I"ll watch the second part! I thought the same thing about the bed......don't remember ever seeing a wooden one before.

I'll be out of town for a few days......DD will be competing in the
Patriot league championships at the US naval Academy in Annapolis. Her individuals are 200 breast, 400 IM and 1650 free (mile). DH and I always joke that at least we get our money's
worth: some parents sit around for 5 hours and watch their child swim for less than half a minute....at least we get to see her swim for about 18 minutes straight!

[Viking]

Originally posted by jeanneg

I'll be out of town for a few days......DD will be competing in the
Patriot league championships at the US naval Academy in Annapolis. Her individuals are 200 breast, 400 IM and 1650 free (mile). DH and I always joke that at least we get our money's
worth: some parents sit around for 5 hours and watch their child swim for less than half a minute....at least we get to see her swim for about 18 minutes straight!

Good luck for your DD, Jeanne!!
Sounds like she's our kind of girl: We're sport-aholics too. A day without a work-out is a lost day :yo-yo: For us it's running, in-line skating, badminton, pumping iron and aerobics. We usually work out five days a week. But this year we'll also have to integrate swimming into our training schedule, as we intend to a lot more diving this summer. Fortunately our gym has two pools, one for swimming lanes and one for aquarobics. But I think I'd need at least half an hour for a mile ;)

[Viking]

Originally posted by piglet33
Wow, I didn't even know I got #1300!

Eric - No problem about getting the guide book from the zoo for you.

Talk to you later.

Renee'

Danke schön, Renee :wave2:

[Viking]

Folks,

here are some prepositions for common activities before and during the cruise, some are already arranged, some we just tentatively talked about:
10-01
-Dinner at the Grill with a great view of passing cruise ship in and out of the Port Click here for info and menue (http://www.visitgrills.com/)
-Party at the pool of the Radisson Hotel at Port Canaveral
10-02
-Greet'n'Meet for everybody wearing a CruisetoberfestIII-Tee in the Terminal
-Lunch on the open deck behind Topsiders
-Official CruisetoberfestIII-Meeting during Sail-Away-Party on Deck 10, Starboard-side, above Goofy-Pool

-During one of the Sea-Days: Official Group-picture taken by the Shutters-Photographer. We did it last time and it makes a great memory for just (gulp :eek: ) 20 Bucks. We all met in the entrance hall in front of Lumieres and the photographer then took the pic, which was then available for purchase at Shutters.
-Karaoke-Night: We have an extremely talented singer in our group (Time to blush, Andy :teeth: ) and it really was great to hear him sing. This time we must make sure that he wins the contest!!!! Your support is needed!!!!
-Last time we had a lot of people who met for a morning walk on Deck 4
-What about working out together in the Gym or run some miles around the ship? - Wherelse do you have the chance to run with approximately 30 miles per hour? :hyper:
-Meeting at Serenety Bay on CC for some fun, playing ball, dunking people (Hello Cathy:jester: ), etc pirate:
-Try to fill at least three rows in the Theater during 'Who wants to be a Mouseketeer?' to make sure that at least one of our group gets into the Hot Seat (I'll try my best to get onto the Panel ;) )

Always remember: We're on vacation, everything is voluntary, there aren't any mandatory items. The only thing where punctuality counts will be the group photo.

[papa]

Eric we will be happy to get you a guide book at the air and space museum in German. Hope that all is well in Frankfort. Mike

[jeanneg]

Wow, Eric, sounds like lots of fun.....count me in for just about everything beginning 10/2 and beyond.
I, too, am fanatical about exercise, but you'd never know it to look at me. What can I say, I got all the bad genes? Just curious, what is the walking pace? I can't jog (bad back), but I hate to stroll. I'd love some partners for a 2-mile brisk walk in the early a.m. (14-15min/mile pace). I was so proud of myself last cruise....I never took the elevator once.....it was my way of atoning for all those luscious desserts. We were on Deck 7, so I really felt it returning from the ports, but I was determined not to give in. Wish I could say the same about DH.....he was good when he was with me, but the kids ratted on him and said he used the elevator when I wasn't around!!! Even so, I gained about 5 pounds onboard......

Do they have eliptical machines at the gym? and if so, how many?

[Twinave]

Thanks for all the well wishes for DD. She started to go to school today, but once again got sick on her way to the bus stop. But she is better now, and plans on going to school tomorrow. Glad everyone enjoyed the smiley.
I miss the Jim show thing. I to was not feeling well on Tuesday, and went to bed as soon as I got home. http://www.freeadpower.org/~mrsmiles/otn/sleepy/sleep.gif

Got to run and feed the family. Take care everyone!:wave2:

Later, Ave'

[Hygiene99]

Eric the ship thing going bye it would not be a Disney ship Just some other RCCL ship on friday............ still sounds like fun ...


We r also going on another Cruise but it is not until January 22 ,05 we will see what they will do for us on the ship , but r going to book it now..... Jen really wants to go with her Brother and his Wife on a trip so there it is...



over and out

[Mr.GoofyNut]

:wave: Hi Mike, I hear congrats are in order for your big weight loss. Keep up the good work. Now how are we going to be twins ? I guess I will have to start a diet too.

[papa]

26 lbs since Christmas. We will still be twins Art. Looking forward to seeing you all in DC on April 3.

Peter went to the dentist today for a cleaning and I have to have a wisdom tooth removed next week due to it being impacted.

Ave tell DD if anyone sees her hurling again to say that she is conducting a science experiment. They just need to stand closer and see if she can hit their shoes.

Mike

[Viking]

Originally posted by papa
Eric we will be happy to get you a guide book at the air and space museum in German. Hope that all is well in Frankfort. Mike
Vielen Dank, Mike :wave: But I'd prefer an English copy, please. The German translations are often awful and as 90% of the books I read are English anyway, it shouldn't be a problem. Due to my work in the aviation business I also know the special vocabulary required.

[Viking]

Originally posted by Twinave
Thanks for all the well wishes for DD. She started to go to school today, but once again got sick on her way to the bus stop. But she is better now, and plans on going to school tomorrow. Glad everyone enjoyed the smiley.
I miss the Jim show thing. I to was not feeling well on Tuesday, and went to bed as soon as I got home. http://www.freeadpower.org/~mrsmiles/otn/sleepy/sleep.gif

Got to run and feed the family. Take care everyone!:wave2:

Later, Ave'

Here's a joke - especially for Mary:

A giraffe wanders through the savannah when she meets a little bunny. She looks down a the bunny and says 'It is such a pleasure to have a long neck like mine: When I eat those tender leaves, they slide down my long throat and it's 15 feet of pure joy!'
The bunny just looks at her doubtfully, so she continues 'When it's hot in the savannah I drink some cool water. The feeling when the refreshing liquid trickles down my loooong neck is so great, it's nearly unbearable!'
The bunny just looks up to the giraffe and asks innocently 'You've never thrown up, have you?'

[ARLO1]

Can I just make a suggestion regarding the group photo.. can we do it earlier in the day so we dont have to break away from any activities/sunning that we are doing??

Arlene

[Viking]

I think we have to synchronize that with the ship's schedule: Last time during the sea-days they also had games going on in the Lobby, character-greetings, etc. I think that this doesn't leave us with many choices. We have to ask the Shutters-staff for a convenient time and then spread the word using the good old bush-telegraph (This is NO joke about GWB ;) ) But we can surely ask for an early appointment -let's say 10am- and then see what happens.

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Viking
Vielen Dank, Mike :wave: But I'd prefer an English copy, please. The German translations are often awful and as 90% of the books I read are English anyway, it shouldn't be a problem. Due to my work in the aviation business I also know the special vocabulary required.

I am so glad that you want an English copy. I didn't even think of that until I saw Mike's post. Then I was worried that I wouldn't be able to find one for you in German. Now as long as there's a guide book at the zoo, I can get it for you.

Renee'

[bettemom]

Originally posted by ARLO1
Can I just make a suggestion regarding the group photo.. can we do it earlier in the day so we dont have to break away from any activities/sunning that we are doing??

Arlene


Last year when I asked DCL about doing a group photo they had the photo manager call me and he was the one to set the time. However we can always ask about a better time frame if that is what the majority wants. The switchboard was wonderful about leaving messages on the phones for time/date/location of the people who we had cabin #'s for.

Do you guys want me to set this up again for this year or does someone else want to take the group photo on ??

PLMK, Kim

[@GoofyNut]

:wave: For those that don't know Mr.GoofyNut is my hubby! He's the shy one of us (hehe).

Kim ... I thought you did a good job with the group photo. Only one suggestion ... we still have to sing MICKEY MOUSE, etc, etc, etc. I thought the CM's at guest services were going to bust!
Could you do me a favor and send me via e-mail if possible a copy of the names & numbers that go with the number you did for last years photo. Senior Moment and I want to put it behind the framed Group Picture.

I'm still alive and lurking ... just that this is the absolutely worst time of the year for our office with COLAS, IRS Tax etc. Hardly have time to even lurk.

Well wishes to all that are ailling and good luck to those competing in contests, etc, happy birthday to anyone who's aging, etc ... have I covered it all?

I was a little disappointed with the "Jim" show but did enjoy Art & I saying hey that really is on the ship or in the room or this really is there BUT the wooden bunk beds are definitely not what's on the ship. One thing I really liked was when Jim was rolling on the floor with Goofy during the Sail-A-Way party. WISH I WAS THERE, RIGHT ALONG SIDE OF THEM! But then I'm @GoofyNut :crazy:

Well back to work and the real world..............

Oops ... Eric, liked your preliminary "Activities List" Maybe you could add something about taking up the first two rows during the shows each night ... that was a lot of fun a year or two ago.

[piglet33]

I also would love a copy of the names and numbers for the back of my picture too. If anyone has it, I would really appreciate it.

Renee'

[bettemom]

Originally posted by piglet33
I also would love a copy of the names and numbers for the back of my picture too. If anyone has it, I would really appreciate it.

Renee'


I will post a link to the chart that I made up that ID's all but 1 person in our group photo on DCL from last year. I will try and get it up by tomorrow.

Bye, Kim

[jeanniec]

Well, here I am in Charlotte, NC, snowed in. Thankfully I managed to get home. Took me 2-1/2 hours to get home from work instead of the usual 1/2 hour in traffic and 15-20 minutes with no traffic. We are supposed to get 6-10 inches of snow. No snowplows except on the main roads when they get around to it. Felt like I was back in Chicago, except there we would have a chance to get in a day or so. It's supposed to get warm over the weekend -- hope that's true because we just have to wait until it all melts to get up the hill on our street. Sure wish we were on the Magic now.

Booked a short cruise on the Wonder next June to introduce our daughter and grandson to DCL. Couldn't do a longer cruise then because who knows where the Magic will be. We will combine the cruise with 5 days at BWV so that will be OK.

Eric -- the schedule sounds great. Can't wait to meet you all in October! Wish it were sooner.

Jeanneg -- Are you being hit with the snow? I talked to someone at Blue Cross shortly before I left work, and it sounded as tho you did not have any (or at least not much) when I called. Our snow came up from the south (weird) so maybe you won't get it. Hope not!

[papa]

Ok Eric no problem::yes:: glad to do it. Hope that you and Anja have a great time in London. Mike

[Viking]

Renee & Mike,
thanks a lot for taking care of the guide-books :hug:

Kim,
you're now our official Court Photographer by Appointment of the Listmaster :teeth: You'll appear in that function on the bottom of The List's next edition - Thank you :wave2:

If anyone has another idea for our To-Do-List for the cruise, justsend it to the Yahoo-account and I'll incorporate it in the next edition of The List. BTW, I already copied the 10%-voucher for the Grill onto the List. This way you don't have to download it.

Here's another question,
what about starting our Cruisetoberfest-Chat again?
For the newbies: Before the last two Cruisetoberfests we met from time to time in one of the chatrooms and exchanged gossip, joked around, got to know each other better.
We usually did that on Saturdays at 4pm CET/10am EST, but as we have people living in the Mountain and Pacific time this year, we could also switch to something between 10pm CET/4pm EST/ 2pm MT/1pm PT and 12am CET/6pm EST/ 4pm MT/3pm PT.
We could do the first one Saturday, 03/06. Just tell me your time preferences, the majority wins.
For those who haven't chatted yet: Just check out the Chat Board, set up a username/password and download/install the I-Chat software.

OK, going to catch soem Zs now. I'm kind of tired today as we worked out especially hard tonight and I want to be at the offfice at 6am tomorrow. Anja has a day off and this way I can go home at 2pm to pick her up for the next workout as early as possible.

Ooops, I nearly forgot to answer Jeanne's questions: Yes, the have some Nautilus-like machines in the gym, some regular cable-pulls, a small assortment of free weights and lots of treadmills. There's also a small aerobic-room. While working out on the treadmills you can look down through some slanted windows onto the bridge seeing the crew in action. And you may want to bring some headphones to listen to the music or plug into one of the TVs while doing your cardio.

G'nite

[piglet33]

Kim - Thank you very much!

Renee'

[cdnmickeylover]

Thanks Kim. Thought you did a great job last year. Work's been busy this week. Survivor and The Apprentice tonight -- yeah!

Snow is starting to melt here. At work I can see some grass but at home it's all still covered. I work approx 30 km east of where I live and the difference is sometimes amazing.

Watched Jim and was kinda disappointed as well since they really didn't show much of the Magic. Jim actually watched it with me which is amazing in and of itself and he hardly ever watches tv. We both recognized the street in Key West though which was kinda neat.

Back to work so I can leave early. They can't get the heating right in the building and at the moment we're sweating like a sauna -- yesterday it was a freezer.

Fiona

[alikat99]

Hey everyone!!! It's been a long time since I've been back here, so I haven't read all the messages, just decided to post.

I have some bad news, after many discussions and the current situation with my job, we had to cancel our Oct cruise with you fine people. It wasn't a decision that was made lightly, we just knew that financially it wasn't the smartest thing we were doing. So, we will be so sad not to see you all this fall.

But, please keep us in mind whenever you come to Florida or WDW, because we would love to see you.

As for me, I'm keeping busy, and Emily is keeping me on my toes. She is perfecting the art of temper tantrums (boy, I just LOVE having a 2 yr old). I'm 30 weeks along now, so only 10 to go. Well, actually 9, because the doctor expects to schedule my c-section for 4/28. I'll know for sure the first week or so in April. Other than that, we're all doing good (except for being very sad about our cancelled cruise). Well, there's always next year!!!

Take care...oh, and I promise to keep stopping by to say HI.

[piglet33]

Amy,

I'm so sorry that you had to cancel. I was looking forward to seeing Emily and the new baby. Our table just won't be the same without her and you and Chris (of course).

Take Care.

Renee'

[bettemom]

Oh Amy, we are going to miss all of you... Just like Renee" said it wont be the same. Hopefully next year we are all together again...


Photo ID Link

http://www.hpphoto.com/servlet/com.hp.HPGuestLogin?username=kjmcbride&password=53032429


Hopefully this works. You can select both photos and then to the right you can select to enlarge them or save them or what ever you want.

Bye, Kim

[piglet33]

Thank you so much Kim. The link worked. I already printed the pic out with all our names. I'm going to put it in the album next to the 8x10 we bought on the ship.

Thanks Again.

Renee'

[Twinave]

Oh Amy, I'm so sorry you're not coming. Now I am really mad that we didn't get together while we were in Orlando. Glad to hear the pregnancy is going well for all of you. We will miss you on the cruise. :( Please drop by and say hi when you get a chance. And PLEASE let us know when the baby arrives.http://mysmilies.rgforums.com/s/cwm/cwm/cwm14.gif

Kim, Thanks for doing the group photo thing. We had a great time last year, even though it was sort of "last minute". I LOVE that picture! Well worth the $20.

Anyone going to see The Passion of Christ? One of the docs in my office is buying tickets for everyone that wants to go. But not sure when we will get to see it. It's playing on 2 screens here, and tickets are hard to come by.
I've just finished the book The Divici Code. Very good!

Eric, Mary loved the joke, in a teenager kind of way.:crazy:

nuf said, got to run.
Later, Ave'

[@GoofyNut]

:( :( :( Amy, what a bummer we won't be seeing you guys ... we had so much fun on the last cruise. Give Haley a hug for us and I've been thinking about you and the new baby. Please check in and keep us posted on the new little one.

[Viking]

Amy, Chris & Emily,
we're really sorry to hear that you won't make it :( Shall I keep you on the distribution-list for the Newsletter/List or shall I remove you? BTW, did you like the Schnitzel-mix? We would have loved to see the new baby, but unfortunately we won't come to St. Pete this year and neither will we go to the parks. Our focus will be on Norther FLA and South Carolina this year. All the best for the birth and keep us posted :wave2:

[RellingTwin]

Amy, and family...so sorry you will not be joining us..but there are many more cruises in the future. Hopefully we will meet up agin in person. In the meantime, we can keep in touch on the boards!

Survivor was great. I was SO glad to see Hatch go (and be blindsided too) He was WAY too smug, thinking he was the only one who knew how to play the game. And him getting naked was getting really old::yes:: And Ethan dodged a bullet AGAIN! He has more lives the a cat!

Kim, thanks for doing the group photo thing. Just tell us when and where and we will be there!

North Carolina Jeans!!!! How about this weather!???:earseek: We were just a few degrees too warm to have snow or freezing rain (34degrees) but it was by far the worst weather of the winter.The wind was really blowing, causing downed power lines, tree limbs, ect.

Ave, my boss also got tickets from her church for "The Passion". A group of my co-workers are going tonight.I think I'm going to wait a few weeks before seeing it.

I finished "The King of Torts" very good book. I want to read the The Divici Code also. I have heard it is very good.

Time to get to work...Friday AT LAST!!!:teeth:

[Laurarn]

Hi Jeanneg and Jeanniec: Having fun in the snow? We got about 12 inches here in Mooresville. I think we were the only school system that had classes yesterday. Actually, the kids were dismissed about a 1/2 hr. after getting to school. From what I hear, if the buses run, the day isn't counted as a snow day to be made up. I think they made the right call since it didn't start snowing here until after the kids were on their way to school. The kids are having a blast with it. I prefered to watch it from the window. I got out there for about 5 minutes, but the wind and snow hitting my face was too much. Sounds like South Charlotte and SC really got hit. It'll be a nice long weekend for everyone. Our Obstetrics unit here should be quite busy about 9 months from now;) How much did the Raleigh area get? Well, take care and keep dreaming of Castaway Cay:D
Laura

[padisneyfan]

Amy, Chris and Emily--- We will also miss you on the cruise. Good luck with the rest of your pregnancy and please keep us posted when the baby arrives.

Unbelievable weather in the Carolina and Tennessee, up here we are starting to have warmer weather. To be in the 50's over the weekend and maybe 60 on Monday. I have been doing my indoor workouts since Jan because of all the snow. Now should be able to get out this weekend and do my 3-4 mile powerwalks. Most of the snow on the streets and sidewalks are gone. I still have alot of snow in my backyard. It is more ice than snow so we can't get to the bird feeders because of it being so icy. Plus the dogs are having a time sliding around on the ice.

I am also so happy that Richard was kicked off Survivor. He was being even more obnoxious than last time. Plus entire nudity thing, especially during the challenges. Both Ethan and Colby dodged the bullet this time. This was the most interesting one so far. I was bored with the earlier shows.

The challenges on the Apprentice are getting much more complicated and it is starting to show who can take the heat. I'm starting to like Heidi and Troy did an awsome job with getting the Trump ice sold. I was hoping that Nick would get booted as he is getting to me, but Ereka was just having total meltdown so she did deserve to go.

I wish these shows were more spread out during the week. I have American Idol Tues/Wed then Survivor and Apprentice on Thurs. I need something on Monday. I do watch Everyone Loves Raymond, but they haven't been that good this year.

I am working on catching up with my scrapbooking. So am ready to start to put my pictures from the 9/28/02 cruise in my book. I have 3 cruises and 3 WDW trips to get in there before we go for our May cruise. Between TV shows am working on that.

Time to get to work.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Nancy::MinnieMo

[cdnmickeylover]

Amy -- glad that the pregnancy is going well but like Renee said it simply won't be the same without you, Chris, Emily and Maddie. Please let us know when she's born and all the details -- including a picture. :bounce: :bounce:

We aren't sure yet if we are going to stay at WDW after the cruise -- we're hoping too but will have to wait a bit to see if we can. If we do we'd love to see you if that's at all possible.

Missed Survivor yesterday. Can someone fill me in? My mother's car is in for service (2.5 days and counting so far) so I had to take her out to do some errands and didn't get home in time to see Survivor. Did see The Apprentice though and agreed with getting rid of Ereka. She was almost in tears a couple of times and the whole paperwork thing was just unbelievable. I couldn't believe that she kept blaming Nick without taking any responsibility. Although I don't think anyone did a great job on that time.

Thought that Troy did a good job though. Couldn't believe Omarosa, yet again she didn't add anything.

Saw the snowfall in the Carolinas -- unbelievable!! It's supposed to go up to 9C (not sure of the conversion to F, sorry) here on Sunday so we are hoping that a lot of the snow goes bye-bye.

It's Friday and payday so how great is that.

Fiona

[bettemom]

Hi Fiona,

Richard got his but kicked off survivor, boy they blindsided him, it was great. On previews for next week Sue goes postal on the host Jeff, I gather it is about her coming face to face with Richard in a challenge, minus his clothing. They had to try and push the other person off a foot wide bridge over water.

Personally, if it was me doing that challenge, I would have grabbed what ever was " dangleing" and he probably would have jumped by his own choice.

On the Apprentice, Oh my gosh, Omarosa is such a lazy slimy person. I almodt died when she asked a potential client if her make-up was ok... She is just unbelievable... I think Trump will be happy when he can fire her...

back to work, enough TV gossip.

Bye, Kim

AKA " The Court Photographer"

[cdnmickeylover]

Hi Kim,

I was just bowled over about the makeup thing -- and then she talks about how great she looked. I didn't see any difference.

Sounds like I missed an interesting Survivor. I'm almost sorry to see Richard go though since he was funny. The shark hanging onto his arm was just too amusing.

It will be interesting to see Sue yell again. Her final speech was something to behold that's for sure.

Back to work.

Fiona

[@GoofyNut]

:confused: Another thingy about Richard from Survivor ... He's "gay" right - how come we haven't heard from him on going to San Fran to get "married" or he so annoying that he can't find another gay guy to marry him? If you get a chance go to CBSNEWS.COM and check out what he said about why he went "naked". PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!

Had the Friday from Hell at work ... this will give you an idea how bad, I'm actually looking forward to staying home tomorrow and doing laundry and other chores. No phone with complex or down-right "Duh" ?'s

Eric ... Still laughing over the rabbit and the girraffe. THe good news about that is you have plenty of time with the girraffe to get a bucket to catch the yuck :teeth:

[Windermere]

Eric,

Very good memory on Pittsburgh from page 82. The Golden Triangle is made up of Point State Park. It's where the Allegheny and the Monongahala (one of 3 north flowing rivers in the world) join together to form the Ohio.


By the way, hello to everyone. I haven't been here since early December with WAY to much crap to do. All I can say is that I must be having LOTS of fun because time is just flying by.

Anyway, hope to catch up a little here. Just started 10 pages back to do a little catch up. Hope everyone is well.

Nancy (and George)

[Twinave]

Hey Windy, How's the new house? Are you going to join us this year? :earsboy:
Still waiting to meet you in person.:crazy:

TGIF!

And no snow in FL.:sunny:

Later, Ave'

[jeanniec]

Laura -- So how's the snow situation doing in Mooresville? We had a little melting today. Hope for more tomorrow so I can get out and do my weekend thing. Lots of angry people at Presby. New snow policy went into effect after the last storm. All staff members are considered "critical personnel" now (even office workers) and if you don't come into work during a storm, you get docked for a day. Can't use vacation time to get paid. I'm waiting for an uprising. Many people just make it from check to check, and if conditions make it impossible to for them to drive, it isn't really their fault. Even city buses were not running this morning. Oh, well ---

[Twinave]

To the Jeans and Laura,
Hope you are OK. Sending Sunshine your way.:sunny:

[Laurarn]

Twinave: Thanks for the sunshine! It's here for the weekend:) I actually had fun with the snow though. I took the girls to a church nearby that had some hills and we went sledding. I haven't been in years, and I think my body will tell me that in the next few days. We had a blast though. Its melting now but we enjoyed it while it lasted.
Jeanniec: Luckily, I'm not scheduled until tomorrow to work again, but I don't know how folks did it the past few days. Despite road crew efforts, the roads were still a mess. That's not fair, with their snow policy (especially office staff). It would be one thing if public transportation like subways, trains, etc. were available. But the only way to get around here is cars or buses (if running). Let me know what happens. I think I'm ready for spring now.
Regards,
Laura

[Viking]

Laura,
we're also longing for spring. We had a lot of snow this week and more is forecast for next week.

[papa]

Temperatures were in the mid 60's today here with lots of sunshine. Kathy got the back porch cleaned off today. Mike

[Viking]

I drove Anja to the hospital this morning and we had -5°C/23°F :eek: I'd prefer 23°C (73°F) :sunny:

[papa]

Anja has it good. Chauffeur, chef and chief cook and bottle washer in Eric. They say women are the weaker sex(NOT). Keep him straight Anja.

Kim I can send you a PDF of last years cell phone numbers if that will help. Mike

[RellingTwin]

A slow weekend on the boards.But, a busy weekend for us. Lots of Boy Scout stuff and family stuff. The sky was blue for the first time in a month!
Is the North Carolina snow gone?

Nancy and George...nice to see you again!

[bettemom]

Kim I can send you a PDF of last years cell phone numbers if that will help. Mike [/B][/QUOTE]


Hi Mike, That would be great,

Thanks Kim

[jeanniec]

Mary -- Unfortunately, the NC snow is not gone and I don't think all of it will be gone for a while. The guy in charge of streets said that he thinks we will still have some snow around until April. Amazingly enough, tho, after almost 18 years in Charlotte, we had a snow plow come down our street Saturday afternoon (twice!!). So I was able to get out and up the hill to civilization. A most welcome surprise! Haven't heard from Jeanneg in a while, not since the snows started here. Hope everything is OK there.

[jeanneg]

Hi Jeannie......thanks for your concern, but we were actually out of town for the heaviest part of the storm. I know that schools were closed in Raleigh on Friday, but it was absolutely beautiful in Annapolis which surprised me because it's right on the water and i thought it would be quite windy. In fact, it was so warm, we didnt even need coats.....just a lightweight shirt over our team t-shirts when we were outside. DD did very well: she scored in all 3 of her entries and achieved a best time in the 1650 free (mile), which is an event she absolutely hates! She was a little disappointed because she achieved higher scores last year, but the competition was much tougher this time around.

I need to go back and read the last 2 or 3 pages of this post. We were on the road Thursday when Survivor was on and so I had my son tape it for us. We hope to watch it tonight. Since I have absolutely no idea who was voted off, I was afraid to read any of the earlier posts because I know it's always a hot topic of conversation. Hope my boy Ethan is still around!

Eric: good luck with your sporting event....would that be called a bi-athelon? I'm ashamed to admit that I do not know how to swim. I took lessons twice recently, but I just didn't like the sensation of having my face in the water. I can do a mean doggy-paddle, though! BTW, you mentioned you had never been to Annapolis.......it is a very, very beauiful city with lots and lots of great restaurants.

[Viking]

Jeanne,
congratulations to your DD. The event would be called a Duathlon, because the term Biathlon is already taken for the combination of cross-country skiing and shooting. But as this event goes over to comparatively short distances they just call it Swim'n'Go. We Germans are very fond of using Americanisms or Anglicisms to 'improve' our language ;) We aren't language-chauvinists like our neighbors to the West, but sometimes the English influence on our language gets admittedly a bit strong. A little consolation is that a lot of German terms found their way into you language like 'Kindergarten', 'Angst', 'Schrecklichkeit' etc.

So far we've been to Florida six times, spend a day in Pittsburgh, switched planes in Cincinnati, Detroit, Philadelphia and Newark. And I spent three weeks in Denver last year with a coworker for a training at my company's headquarters.
New England is -together with the Rockies and the West- on top of our list for future vacations.
If we win the lottery we're gonna rent a Winnebago or a similar RV and travel the 48 states for a year or so ;) But until then we have to split them up and distribute them over the years.
Normally we would have travelled to the Mediterranean this year, as we always do in even years - odd years are US-years for us. But the win of a free cruise broke this chain and so we ended up going to the States in an even year ;) No plans for next year so far, it also depends on the development of the exchange-rate after the elections, because in the past the Dollar often soared to a peak after the election.

OK, gotta catch some Zs now, I just picked Anja up at the hospital (She really has it good, Mike :teeth: ) and have to get up early tomorrow. The forecast predicts lots of snow for tomorrow morning, which will make for some fun in the rush hour :scared1:

[Windermere]

Ave',

The new new house is becoming a pain in the (well, you know what). Lots of little things that still need to be done and trying to schedule them is a whole other issue. I never realized that (for instance) plumbers specialize in pipes versus fixtures.
I'm trying to keep my sense of humor but we are now over 2 months in the house with boxes still in each room.

At this point we are still planning a three-peat for September. We will be getting of the boat when you guys get on. Rodney and Susan are planning for 2 weeks after your cruise.

I was just able to make it to the boards finally this weekend and saw that people are planning an April 3rd meet in DC. I'll be working that weekend in Baltimore. Too bad.

Also plan on getting a preview of our cruise to Puerto Rico by doing a week next month on the Island. Any tips from anyone?

My niece just sent me a Flat Stanley to travel with for the next 2 months so I'll be taking him along too. ( Think Pinky ). I started a diary for him already. Maybe her 3rd grade class will get a kick out it.

Must do some lurking for now. Will check back in a little later.

Nancy

[Windermere]

Just figured out that we will be getting off the boat Sept 25th not 10/2 so I guess there's no chance of a meet this year in Florida.

Although we are planning a Dec trip to the world for our wedding anniversary.

[papa]

Kathy is under the weather. I took her to the doctor toady as she had a bad cough, athletic nose and a little bit of a temperature. She has a bad case of bronchitis and symptoms of a cold. Three prescriptions later and she is looking forward to getting some rest tonight.

It has rained all day and most of tonight. A short break tomorrow morning and then three more days of rain. Mike

[Viking]

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* to Katie.

Nancy,
:( that you & George and Rodney & Susan aren't coming with us. We'll be in PanamaCityBeach when you come off the boat and in Charleston,SC when you will get on the boat.

[RellingTwin]

Mike...Pixie dust to Kathy!Hope she's better soon.

Nancy...wish you were sailing with us again!Maybe next time?
Puerto Rico was very nice. We did a bus tour of the "old" city, then went back to tour the forts.The old city reminded me of Charleston/New Orleans. If I had more time there I would have done a bit more sightseeing of the historic district.Ave and her family did a snorkel tour they enjoyed very much.

jeanneg...your trip sounds like it was fun. Congrats on your DD swim meet!

Time to get to work.

[@GoofyNut]

:earseek: Kathy (Mrs. PaPa) hope your bronchitis isn't a severe case. :bounce: MIKE, make her chicken soup.

Didn't get change to get on the boards this weekend cause ... :crazy: Well I was planning on enjoying doing the laundry ... yeah right :bounce: :bounce: My washer threw up and died. (I guess I shouldn't complain too much it was only our 2nd one in 32 years!) SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Sunday we had to go to Home Depot and get a new one ... we get home and the hubby decides we should re-do the shelving and house clean the laundry room ..... made work on Monday something to look forward to! OK ... I'm off the soapbox - feel better now.

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

[piglet33]

Boards are awfully quiet today. Guess everyone is busy at work.

Renee'

[cdnmickeylover]

It's a boy!!!:bounce: :bounce: My SIL had an ultrasound yesterday and although the baby wasn't totally cooperative they are 98% sure that it's a boy -- she has to go back in 4 weeks for another one just to confirm it but it looks like I'll have another nephew in July -- due on my brother's birthday!

Now the name game starts -- first name will be biblical ending in "ah". Could be interesting although he'll be known by his middle name.

Kathy hope you're feeling better soon.

I feel for you Cathy -- our washing machine is leaking -- just started on Friday so we'll have to get the repairman in to look at it. It's not that old though so hopefully it can be fixed.

Take care everyone.

Fiona

[Viking]

Fiona,
how far is Thornhill from Toronto? I'm asking because the other day I was looking for something on Frankfurt's homepage and stumbled over the list of our partner-cities. I knew that we had partnerships with Lyon, Milan and Birmingham, but I also discovered that Toronto is our partner-city as well!!

Yesterday during lunchbreak I ordered our Visitor's Cards for London (Tube & buses) fram the British Tourist Info and this morning shortly after breakfast our in-house messenger brought them :eek: That's what I call speed!! Now we're completely set. Today I called Lufthansa (Our airline) and inquired about our check-in time as we will fly at 0730am and they told me to be there at 0530am :scared1: due to the heightened security measures for flights to the UK. Fortunately they're offering an 'evening-before check-in', which allows us to check in on Friday evening between 6 and 10pm. This way we can comfortably pop up at the airport at 0630am with our carry-on and go directly to the gate via security, but don't have to get in line for our main luggage in the morning.

Tonight I watched a classic: "The Caine Mutiny" with Bogart, based on one of my favourite books by Herman Wouk. We're in kind classic-frenzy right now: We just bought three ancien Doris Day/Rock Hudson-DVDs, An American in Paris, Gone with the Wind, Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang and some more. And Amazon Germany now has a special with several Disney-DVDs as low as €12.99, which calls for another big order ;)

[cdnmickeylover]

Eric -- Thornhill is exactly north of Toronto. Our house is one block north of the border with the City of Toronto. Toronto itself is huge as a couple of years ago all of the cities around it amalgamated so we used to live just north of the City of North York but now it's all Toronto. Thornhill is actually not a city unto itself but is actually part of the Town of Markham officially. Thornhill was settled in the 1790's and was it's own town/village but then in I think the early 1970's half of it was incorporated into the Town of Markham and the other half was incorporated into the City of Vaughan. The dividing line is Yonge Street (still, I think the longest street in the world at like 1000 miles). Even though it's now split into two different municipalities Thornhill still has it's own identity which is quite distinct from the Town of Markham -- proper.

Actually a German founded Thornhill in 1794 -- William Moll Berczy. The part of Thornhill that we live in was actually originally the hamlet of German Mills and we have an old school house still in use as a co-op nursery that was originally opened in 1874.

Ok, I've rambled long enough. I was a history major.

Fiona

[RellingTwin]

I just realized that Eric and Anja are under the 200 day mark! And the rest of us are just over 30 weeks until we sail!:bounce:

Eric, an 'evening-before check-in' is a FANTASTIC idea! I do not fly too often, but the last time I did it was a 6am flight and we had to be there at 4:30am!:(

Speaking of "classic" movies..."Rockey" was on a few nights ago and my kids had never seen it. Now they have:p

Fiona...congrats on the upcoming birth of your nephew! Could the name be Joahna?

[@GoofyNut]

Anyone see "Life According to Jim" - 2nd part, last night? I almost cried when I saw them walking on deck 4 ...... I WANNA BE THERE, I WANNA BE THERE RIGHT NOW! That is heaven. Then when they were on the top deck and about to kiss and the horn sounded ... Art and I couldn't stop laughing.

One big ? Our group didn't misbehave as much at Palo and they still didn't like us! That part I really enjoyed - seeing the rath of Jim set loose on Palo.

DayDream is over --- back to work.

[piglet33]

I totally forgot about Life According to Jim and went shopping. I can't believe I forgot to watch it! Were there more scenes on the Magic this week than last week? Guess I have to wait for reruns and watch it then.

Renee'

[jeanneg]

I watched "Jim" last night just to see the Magic again......what a dumb show! Now I know why I watch so much reality TV....everything else is bad! BTW, the scenes inside the cabin were shot on a set....there's no way the crew could get in there with all their gear. That's why it didn't look exactly right to those of us who know better. My son messed up the taping of "Survivor" (why am I not surprised?) I need to borrow a tape from someone else and hope I get it before Thursday evening. I still have no clue who was voted off, but if I don't get to see the tape, I'll just have to read the episode online. I just saw coming attractions for this weeks show and saw several people who are still there. I did not see my boy, so I'm getting scared (don't tell me, though.....I hate knowing ahead of time.)

Big weekend coming up......I'm leaving Saturday morning for a "girls only" trip to WDW! Both my daughters have spring break at the same time, so we decided to do a little female bonding. My DD calls it "Girls Get Wasted '04"........I wonder what she has in mind! This will our first time riding Mission Space so I don't know what to expect. The parks close really early because it's not yet the height of spring break, so we need some evening activities that don't require a car. We've already done Cirque du Soleil, so we were thinking of catching the show at House of Blues. Willie Nelson will be there Sunday night and even though I'm not a big C&W fan, the guy is a legend so we may just go and do that. I'm really interested in seeing that guitar of his. Has anyone ever done any of the House of Blues concerts? How does the seating work and do they serve dinner during the show?

Congratulations, Fiona, on the upcoming blessed event!

Hope you're feeling better, Kathy!

[@GoofyNut]

Looking over my little diary of last year I came across Eric wearing that Scooby Doo blue wig with the horns and couldn't stop lauching :jester: Just maybe that's why the crew remembers us when we return to sail each year!

Then there was the group photo op-M I C K E Y M O U S E should we make up song sheets and practice for this year's picture.

[bettemom]

Hi guys,

We could always "SHOCK" the DCL cast and I am sure a few guests, and sing the theme song from Gilligan's Island....


Bye, Kim

[bettemom]

Hi guys,

We could always "SHOCK" the DCL cast and I am sure a few guests, and sing the theme song from Gilligan's Island.... I think one of my favorite cast member saying was " oh you're one of them" boy we must be a popular group....


Bye, Kim

[Viking]

Originally posted by @GoofyNut
Looking over my little diary of last year I came across Eric wearing that Scooby Doo blue wig with the horns and couldn't stop lauching :jester: Just maybe that's why the crew remembers us when we return to sail each year!

Then there was the group photo op-M I C K E Y M O U S E should we make up song sheets and practice for this year's picture.

Dear Lady of the Backwoods,
it is my duty to inform you that what you call "Scooby Doo's Wig', is the official Buffalo Lodge Hat of Fred Flintstone :teeth: I guess I have to wake up one of my carnivorous dinosaurs and send it after you :jester:

Scooby Doo, I D-O-N-T B-E-L-I-E-V-E I-T :earseek: :crazy2:

I think I have to write to DCL and take care that YOU get one of those extra-durable life-jackets - Made of orange-painted lead pirate:

[Viking]

BTW,
talking about photographs: When I checked my camera-bag this week I found two not-yet-developed films I shot with my waterproof Minolta-APS-camera on Cozumel, Grand Cayman and CC. I should get them back on Friday . And there's another film with 8 exposures left in the cam. I'm gonna use them soon and have it developed then. I ordered CDs with the development, so I can easily mail you some. This goes especially for the Twins, Dave'n'Ellen and the FFFF (Insider-joke) as we spent some quality time on aforementioned islands in the water.

OK, gotta hurry now: I have to pick up Anja at the hospital at 1015pm

[Hygiene99]

Now sit right back and youll hear a tale a tale of ..........bet i can find the words on line some were...

Also another member of this forum bagged me for stealing there picture of an item they had on Ebay.. that I listed on Ebay cause I Saw that they had it on Ebay ... and since I am not working I have been doing a lot of cleanning of the closets and well lets just say i /we have a lot of disney crap alot that was just given to us on cruises and , some By Disney Vaction club... and some we purchased why i dont know..... put it all on the worlds biggest yard Sale


Back to the point i did not know that u could not just help yourself to a photo on the net..... But this member was Very nice about it and said it was no problem Just hope the other people's photo's i STOLE do not find out.....

Some times i search this forum Capture the picture and use it some times i just find item on Ebay and capture it...


actually borrowed SIL's camera to take some as i do not wnt to get Banned from Ebay...

[bettemom]

Here you go...

The theme to Gilligan's Island

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful trip
That started from this tropic port,
Aboard this tiny Ship.
The mate was a mighty sailin' man,
The Skipper brave and sure,
Five passengers set sail that day
For a three hour tour.

A three hour tour. [ sound of thunder: crack! ]

The weather started getting rough,
The tiny ship was tossed.
If not for the courage of the fearless crew,
The Minnow would be lost.

The Minnow would be lost.

The ship's aground on the shore of this
Uncharted desert isle
With Gilligan, the Skipper too,
The Millionaire and his wife,
A movie star, ( and the rest ) the Professor and Mary Ann,
( All ) Here on Gilligan's Isle!

So this is the tale of our castways,
They're here for a long, long time
They'll have to make the best of things,
It's an uphill climb.

The first mate and ( his ) the Skipper too,
Will do their very best,
To make the others comfortable,
In their tropic island nest.

No phone(s)! No light(s)! No motor car(s)!
Not a single luxury,
Like Robinson C-ru-soe, it's primitive as can be.
So join us here each week my freinds,
You're sure to get a smile,
From ( For ) seven stranded castways,
Here on "Gilligan's Isle."


Bye, Kim :cool1:

[Viking]

Talking again about pictures:

So far I only have received pictures -and great ones BTW!!!- from

-Jill & Jim (Two-foxes)
-Renee, Lenny & Hailey (Piglet 33)

I have a big supply of pictures of the veterans, but apart from Two-foxes none of the 'newbies'. Good Friday is in five weeks, please send your pics well before that time so that I can work on them before the Easter holidays and have them uploaded onto our homepage then.

Here's the adress for the pictures again: cruisetoberfest2@aol.com

The participants in the DC-meet will do a group-pic and send it first weekend of Aprilm which is perfect (Thanks, Mike).
BTW,
when you're in Washington could you please tell Mr. Greenspan to keep the interest-rate low and not raise it before after my last credit-card-bill from the States has arrived in late October ;) Today the Dollar soared up 3 Cents just because of a rumour that Greenspan may perhaps possibly raise the interest rates :eek:

Peter,
same here at Ebay.de (German branch): Lots of people accusing each other of stealing their pictures - Ridiculous.

[usetheforceluke]

Wow.

I don't believe that you wantonly and with malice aforethought posted copyrighted lyrics to a public forum. I can think of at least three US laws that this contravenes, at least four Canadian laws, the Berne International Conventions and wow, wow, wow...

This is obviously part of your Dark Side that you didn't show the last cruise.

I tell you it just upped the Fun Factor a notch or two.

I am so-o-o-o-o looking forward to this cruise.

:)

Jim.

[bettemom]

Originally posted by usetheforceluke
Wow.

I don't believe that you wantonly and with malice aforethought posted copyrighted lyrics to a public forum. I can think of at least three US laws that this contravenes, at least four Canadian laws, the Berne International Conventions and wow, wow, wow...

This is obviously part of your Dark Side that you didn't show the last cruise.

I tell you it just upped the Fun Factor a notch or two.

I am so-o-o-o-o looking forward to this cruise.

:)

Jim.


Oh Noooo, :guilty: Do I need a lawyer ??? Fiona are you available ???

Bye, Kim

[Hygiene99]

Move to Canada Quick KIM.......
Sell the house ............ heck with the siding....

Maybe Eric can help maybe it is not illegal for germans to post American Songs or something like that .....

[usetheforceluke]

Do I need a lawyer ??? Fiona are you available ???

Maybe. But the Dastardly Deed was done in Florida (where the server resides I think) but she's not licensed to practice there.

I think we should move there just in case you do it again.

Jim.

[Hygiene99]

HEY who is working on the T shirt logo??????

[papa]

Cathy and I are Peter. Have to have an impacted wisdom tooth removed tomorrow. Will work on it this weekend. Mike

[Viking]

Originally posted by Hygiene99
Move to Canada Quick KIM.......
Sell the house ............ heck with the siding....

Maybe Eric can help maybe it is not illegal for germans to post American Songs or something like that .....

No way, Peter: The same laws apply over here, but .... who cares :teeth:

Another issue,
you may not believe it, but Gilligan's Island never made it to Germany. Nevertheless someone being interested in American culture like me knows it.

[piglet33]

Good Morning Everyone,

Not sure if everyone has heard that the Disney Board voted that Eisner will still be CEO but not chairman. Check it out here:

http://www.cnn.com/money/2004/03/03/news/companies/disney/index.htm?cnn=yes

Renee'

[cdnmickeylover]

Germans were certainly deprived without Gilligan's Island -- a definite classic. :D

I'll help you Kim -- Jim can be such a :jester:

Really looking forward to this cruise. Crappy day at work yesterday and really hoping today will be better. Only two days til the weekend.

Renee -- Saw that on CNN and was wondering how it will make a difference. I'm not all that sure what the difference is between a CEO and the Chairman but I'm sure it was a blow to him that he might have needed.

Have a great day everyone.

Fiona

[jeanneg]

Wow, I'm not getting notices of new posts again!

Eric: the photos are in the camera, but the roll is not yet finished. Only a few more shots left as we took several photos of DD this past weekend. You will surely have them by Easter week.

2 more days and we'll be in WDW!!!!!! I called House if Blues yesterday and found out they do not serve meals in the concert area and furthermore, there were only SRO tickets available, so it looks like we won't be seeing Willie Nelson. My 2 sons just love Disney Quest, but my girls and I have never done it. I'm not really big on video games but maybe we could have fun being spastic! Anybody out there ever done Quest?

[cdnmickeylover]

Haven't ever done Disney Quest although I hear it's good even if you aren't really into video games.

Forgot that Jim and I did watch According to Jim Tuesday night and I found the episode funnier than the previous week. Lots more shots of the Magic too. Liked what he did in Palo and really can't understand why they so didn't like us. :(

Back to work. It was looking like it was going to rain but now it's starting to clear up. A lot of the snow is melted so at the moment everything has that blah look to it.

Fiona

[bettemom]

My 2 sons just love Disney Quest, but my girls and I have never done it. I'm not really big on video games but maybe we could have fun being spastic! Anybody out there ever done Quest? [/B][/QUOTE]

Jeanne, I am a video game idiot, but Disney Quest is fun for a visit. Many other things to do besides the games.

Bye, Kim

[cdnmickeylover]

Kim, since you've been there, what else is there to do at Disney Quest? I have heard that it's fun but still don't really 'get' what's there. We now have regular AP's so we'd have to pay for it so I'd like to know a little bit more about it before committing the $.

Fiona

[ARLO1]

Fiona:

there are virtual reality games there along with arcade games. I wasnt so impressed with it but the kids seemed to like it. I was also in a reallllly bad mood that night so dont go by me.

Even if i wasnt in a mood i still wouldnt go back again....

arlene

[bettemom]

Originally posted by cdnmickeylover
Kim, since you've been there, what else is there to do at Disney Quest? I have heard that it's fun but still don't really 'get' what's there. We now have regular AP's so we'd have to pay for it so I'd like to know a little bit more about it before committing the $.

Fiona


If I recall correctly and things have not changed too much, you could do things like ride a rubber raft, everyone had to paddle and get out of the rapids, the raft actually moves up and down back and forth... There was a place to learn how to draw Disney Characters on a special computer and then you could print out your drawing. They had different physical games, many adults playing them... If all else fails, go upstairs to the Cheesecake factory and have lunch/Dinner or a snack. They have great food, HUGE portions I think...

Bye, Kim

[Viking]

Originally posted by jeanneg
Wow, I'm not getting notices of new posts again!

Eric: the photos are in the camera, but the roll is not yet finished. Only a few more shots left as we took several photos of DD this past weekend. You will surely have them by Easter week.

2 more days and we'll be in WDW!!!!!! I called House if Blues yesterday and found out they do not serve meals in the concert area and furthermore, there were only SRO tickets available, so it looks like we won't be seeing Willie Nelson. My 2 sons just love Disney Quest, but my girls and I have never done it. I'm not really big on video games but maybe we could have fun being spastic! Anybody out there ever done Quest?

Jeanne,
1st: If I remeber it correctly, your wanted to snail-mail your pics, because you don't have scanning capabilities. Alternatively you could order a Photo-CD with the development of your film. This way you could e-mail the pics and could also use them as wallpaper, screen-saver, etc. But I would happily scan your pics for you. Take your pick.
2nd: I love Disney Quest, but must admit that I would not be willing to pay the ~$30 admission. We always have the Ultimate Park Hopper when we're at the World, which includes admission to EVERYTHING and so we usually always go to DQ. It doesn't only offer arcade-games and VR-games, but also a funnny parcours with dodge-em-bumper-cars which additonally shoot balls with a cannon at the other cars.
Then there is a rollercoaster-simulator, where you build your coaster on a computer. The configuration is stored on a data-card and then you go to the simulator room, where you can climb into a capsule which looks like a cement-mixer and can be rotated around all three axes - Even enabling you to do looping, corkscrews, etc. When we waited in the queue for our turn one of the CMs had to clean one of the capsules with a hose, because the crew had decided to make room in their stomaches for another dinner during their ride :teeth: (Forgot how to make that Smiley puke:jester: )

[Viking]

We may not have Gilligan on TV, but right now we're watching the 'Official Wok World Championships'. You surely know what a wok is, the traditional CHinese frying pan. We have about 60 celebrities going down an ice-channel usually used for bobs, sleds and skeletons in woks. They do the 'Single Wok' and the 'Quadruple Wok', going down the track at speeds of up to 57mph!!!
It started with a bet a year ago and now they're doing the Second Official Wok World Championships. It's very funny
The single riders sit in a jumbo-sized wok and have small woks attached to their feet for steering an braking, the teams have four woks linked with the front-man/woman wearing the small woks.

[cdnmickeylover]

ok -- the picture of people going downhill in a wok is absolutely hilarious. Reminds me of the Japanese game shows where they do really different things -- like going uphill while big boulders are being shot downhill. One of the cable channels here dubs the Japanese game shows. I keep thinking that people are really getting hurt doing them.

Bobsled is something totally scary to me to go downhill that fast. 57mph in a wok is something else.

Sounds like we might skip DQ although cheesecake is great (only get to eat it out as Jim hates it).

Believe it or not (well actually since we don't stay up late you might) we also haven't been to PI either. Night owls on vacation we aren't. :o

Fiona

[Twinave]

jeanneg, We did Disney Quest in Chicago a few years back. We were there to visit one of my brothers. We had a great time. The roller coaster thing was fun. No http://mysmilies.rgforums.com/s/cwm/3dlil/puke.gifI got my DD an unlimited pass thing. My pass included a limited number of things. We did do the raft thing, loved it! The only down side was sister Mary and I had to sneak out, and go down the street for a beer. The ESPN bar was next door. We tried the Cheesecake Factory, but I think they were having some major problems that day. It took a long time to get served. :(

Fiona, are you now practicing international copywrite laws?:tongue: Is there anyone from Gilligans Island that would care? :teeth:

Horrible day at work today. Our receptionist, who I LOVE, and who does a wonderful job, put in her 2 week notice. Personality conflit with the boss. :( It was going to happen sooner or later. Puts me in the middle. I just hate that.

We want to go back to Disney! Looking at maybe end of March, or mid May. We have until June 2 to use the last two days on our Disney Park Hopper Passes. :Pinkbounc

Later, Ave'

[piglet33]

I got the Disney Cruise Line DVD in the mail today and we just watched it. There is a section on it about how the Magic was built. Very interesting. That was definitely worth watching and waiting for. I think it took us over an hour to watch since there is so much stuff. I really loved the 360 degree views of the Cat. 1 through 3 suites. Only thing is now I saw what we can't afford. Those suites are absolutely gorgeous. Makes me really wish we could stay in one. Oh well, maybe if we hit the lottery......

[Hygiene99]

Too funny ...
I also ordered the DVD just the other day how long did it take to get???


PETER well after 6 cruise u should look at the video...

[piglet33]

I think it took about 2-3 weeks to get.

Renee'

[Viking]

How much is that Cruise-line DVD?

Fiona,
congrats on post #1400

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Viking
How much is that Cruise-line DVD?

Fiona,
congrats on post #1400

Eric - You can get it free from the DCL website here :teeth: :

http://disneycruise.disney.go.com/disneycruiseline/requestmedia/requestmediaindex?id=RequestMedia

Just make sure you select DVD instead of video.

Renee'

[jeanniec]

It took me only a week to get the DCL- DVD and the new WDW-DVD. Ordered them for my daughter also since she and our grandson are going to WDW with us in May and also on a Wonder cruise in June 2005. So I now have 2 DCL cruises booked within less than a year!!!

Eric -- If we are talking about the same DCL-DVD, it is free. You can order it from the DCL website. Didn't get a chance to look at either one last night with Dr. Phil's family show and Survivor to watch and then Sam wanted to watch something at 9.

Speaking of Survivor, this has definitely got to be the weirdest one yet. Second contestant walked away from the contest. I think Rupert was right about Susan deciding to sue Richard. Glad to see her go whatever the reason. Somehow I just can't see tough Susan getting that upset over the incident. She appears to be made out of stone. And did I hear Jeff Probst say on the preview for next week's show that someone else was quitting? Or did I just imagine that?

[Hygiene99]

ERIC ABOUT THE SAME As a 7 day cruise for Viking....

[jeanneg]

Ave: Can you get into the Cheesecake Factory without paying for Quest? My hubby gave out $50 gift certificates to Cheesecake Factory to some of the people who were helpful to him during the year and we ended up with one extra. My girls are not really keen on going for the games, but they may want to have dinner at CF. BTW, I thought park hoppers never expire....why do you need to use it by 6/2? I was looking over our passes last night and I have one that goes back to 97 and I'm sure it's still good.

I never did see last weeks "Survivor" but I'm really angry at Richard. I've never been a fan of Sue but what he did was clearly wrong and would be considered sexual assault in any other venue. Come to think of it, just walking around the way that he did could be considered lewdness which is technically against the law. As for the 3-second excuse, well, anyone that's ever been flashed (too many times to count for me!) knows that it doesn't take more than 3 seconds but it's still a violation. OK,OK, I'll get off my soapbox.....I'm just glad Richard is gone.

Eric: I loved the funny story about the wok races....sounds like a wok on the wild side to me........

Hopefully this time tomorrow we'll be off the plane and on our way to Port Orleans. Still need to pack......!

[cdnmickeylover]

Missed the start of Sue's rant last night but was somewhat stunned by it because I thought that she was a really strong contestant that nothing could get to. I didn't see last week's episode so can't really comment on what happened. It's interesting that the last time Osten walked and now this time 2 people have walked (although I'm not sure why Jenna went in the first place). Might be a lot harder than it appears.

Was so glad to see Omarosa get fired on The Apprentice although I have to admit she did a good job with the art which was just plain too weird for me. Saw a bit of her on NBC's morning show and she was complaining about how black women are protrayed on reality TV but what I thought was interesting is that she didn't say that she came across badly because of the editing. I didn't see the entire thing but she still said that she was much better than the other contestants.

Back to work. Yeah it's Friday. :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

Raining here today but it's Friday.

Fiona

[bettemom]

Hi Guys, Kim here...


Jeanne, You used to have to pay for DQ to be able to get to the Cheesecake Factory, I have not been in almost 2 years so things could have changed. We will be down at x-mas and plan on eating there one night...

On the reality shows, it was interesting to see Sue explode, what Richard had been doing was wrong and should NEVER have been allowed to happen, however the directors allowed him to get away with it and look what has happened. On the other hand, Sue had a choice not to take the route that would put her in contact with Richard on the challenge game. So she will most likely sue him , and her quitting the show will show how traumatized she was, however since the show was filmed out of the country that might be hard...

On the Apprentice, Yay Omarosa is gone... Trump had a smirk on his face when he fired her, I think that he looked forward to that .
She annoyed me sooo much, she accused the others of a race issue a few shows ago, yet it was her bringing the race card up not the others. To me she appears to be " jack of all trades, master of none". If everyone else is inferior to her, why was she the one fired ?? .

Oh well so much for goofing off... I have my lab samples all set to run, so off to work I go...

Bye, Kim

[cdnmickeylover]

Have to agree with you Kim about Trump. He certainly looked like he enjoyed firing Omarosa or at least it wasn't a hard decision. I'm thinking he doesn't like people who whine all the time. I was sorry that she barged into the boardroom cause I wanted to hear what they were going to discuss.

Back to work. Trying to clean off my desk for the weekend without staying too late.

Fiona

[Hygiene99]

KIM r u going to have a job????

Survivor, since the event did not take place in the US. would u not have to go what ever country u r in ??????
and since i think they r in Panama would the Suit not have to
Be made where the event took place ?????

ok Anwsers please....


Or if she were to Sue the show ?????

[Viking]

I checked out the link (Thanks, Renee) and unfortunately DCL doesn't send the DVD to Europe as they don't promote the cruises very much over here :(
Could someone be so kind and order one for me and bring it to the ship, please :wave:

Love your joke about the price, Peter :laughing:

[Hygiene99]

Can do better than that , will mail it to ya when I get the DVd
When i get it , Then i will get the address ok Eric....

[Twinave]

jeanneg, We bought "special" FL resident passes for our last trip. They are 4 day park hopper passes good thru 6/2/04. They were $109 each (kids and adults, same price)
At the Disney Quest in Chicago you could not get to the Cheesecake Factory unless you bought your way into DQ.

Taking the family to dinner.
Later, Ave'

[papa]

Good morning all. Thought that we were going to have to find an ark builder last night. We had tons of rain. Kathy's daffodils are in bloom and the trees here are budding out.

Has anyone found stuff in Antigua to do other than the beaches??

Looking forward to the DC meet for those that can make it. Mike

[Viking]

Originally posted by Hygiene99
Can do better than that , will mail it to ya when I get the DVd
When i get it , Then i will get the address ok Eric....

Vielen Dank, Peter :wave2:

[Hygiene99]

You r welcome , looks like u may have some former cruisers heading over the pond.... lol
peter

[papa]

My wife's nephew just returned from Iraq almost a month ago. My nephew has just been alerted and will head to Iraq at the end of the year. Keep him in your prayers. Mike

[piglet33]

Mike,

Kim (bettemom) and Jim (usetheforceluke) posted some websites a while ago about Antigua. One of the sites had info on a "Lunch Pass" for a Resort that allows you to use their pool, lounge chairs, etc and proivdes you lunch and drinks and access to their beach. I checked that out, and it seems pretty good. I think it's $35 per person, and we're probably going to do that. It goes from 11 am - 6 pm. Since we're supposed to dock around 8 am, I figured we'd check out some shopping and stuff on our own until then.

Now I just have to decide what to do in St. Thomas......

Boy, I really wish October would get here already.

See you in DC.

Renee'

[papa]

Just got an email from Jamie near Lebanon, TN she is with a group of 23 people who will be joining us on the cruise. I have invited her to join the thread and with 25 people from Tennessee I guess we would be the largest state represented. Mike

[Viking]

Originally posted by papa
Just got an email from Jamie near Lebanon, TN she is with a group of 23 people who will be joining us on the cruise. I have invited her to join the thread and with 25 people from Tennessee I guess we would be the largest state represented. Mike

Sounds like a lot of work for the Keeper-of-the-List ;)
Perhaps you can forward them one of our lists and they fill in all the info and then send it to me.

[Viking]

Mike,
I've just sent you a nearly blank list, which you can forward to the other Tennesseans. This way I should be able to the next update much quicker.

10 minutes ago I won an auction at Ebay: I bought "Open Range" by and with K. Costner on an RC1-DVD for €18.11 (~20 Bucks), which still runs in the cinemas over here. I won't have the time to go to the cinema, but don't want to wait til the German DVD will be available.

[papa]

Haven't heard anything out of the Lebanon bunch yet Eric. Mike

[Hygiene99]

yes it is Snowing here in the north woke up this morning after raking the lawn last week to about an inch of fresh snow.....

should melt quick...

[cdnmickeylover]

Depressing this morning with the new snow fall. Not much really, about an inch but still..... it was 18C on Friday which broke/came close to breaking the record so to then turn around and get more snow and cold was yucky. Ah well, the joys of almost spring here in the great white north. :bounce:

We are still debating about Washington. Who all is going?

Saw the accident in Baltimore which was a little scary since we were on the water taxis last summer. Hopefully it was just a freak accident but my prayers go out to the families especially those of the missing.

Mike -- How goes the tooth?

Take care everyone for a Monday morning.

Fiona

[piglet33]

Snowing here in NJ too. Not much...about an inch, enough to make the trees look pretty and make driving a pain.....

Renee'

[cdnmickeylover]

Where is everyone staying in Washington? Was it Alexandria? Can't remember obviously. Suggestions for hotels anyone? Have never been to Washington so would like to go but we are looking at the length of drive and how much time I can take off work. According to Mapquest it's 9.5 hours but that's how long Mapquest said it was to Baltimore and it wasn't even close to 9 hours to Baltimore -- closer to 12 hours.

Would rather see trees covered in cherry blossoms than covered in snow at the moment.

Fiona

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

My boss is currently in Antigua for two weeks (returning to work on 3/15) and he said he will bring me back information on excursions there (that is "if" he remembers--a big "if"!!) so whatever I receive, I can pass it on.

We are not doing Washington, D.C. Sam's plant is having another layoff and he will not be affected but I am still watching our money and not spending anything unnecessarily. We have a trip planned for two weeks in August for a week in Colorado and a week in Utah (utilizing the three round trip U.S. Airways tickets that we received for taking the bump! and I was able to get two five star timeshares in both states so I will save my money for that trip.)

No snow here today--just rain but it is chilly.

Regarding "snow days" at work--working at a hospital in PA, if we call off (anyone on staff from a nurse to housekeeper), we do not get paid for the day to make it a fair policy for everyone. The only time you can use sick time is if you are admitted to the hospital. We even have a travel authorization letter to show to anyone in case we get stopped (sometimes, our roads get shut down if the state is declared an emergency) on our way to work. Our policy states that you can't use sick time, Personal days or vacation days--you just don't get paid. Mary Jo

[jeanniec]

Mary Jo -- Thanks for the information regarding snow days at your hospital. I can understand that the hospital must be staffed, but why should you be punished if you physically can't get out of your driveway or street and the hospital will not make any arrangements to get staff to the facility? When I was a nurse back in Illinois, our hospital would use 4-wheel drive vehicles and even snowmobiles to get the nurses into work. I won't miss a day's pay, but there are many non-professional workers who will have financial problems with a short check.

Also interesting hearing about your sick day policies -- really strict. We used to have sick pay but then we changed to PTO which covers vacation, holidays, sick time, etc. I had a bunch of sick time saved up when we converted to PTO. We were allowed to keep only 240 hours in a sick bank, but we cannot use our sick time until we have first taken 5 days of PTO. By that time, I am sure I would probably be in the hospital. I often think of those people who were dishonest about taking sick days as soon as they were earned. They got to use all the sick time they earned whereas the honest people have it locked away where they will probably never be able to use it.

[Viking]

What's PTO? In my field of profession it means Part Time Operation, but that wouldn't really fit here, would it ?

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

jeanniec...actually our sick days policy that I mentioned was just for snow "emergencies"--however, our sick time policy has just changed also for the new year--we get one sick day a month and can accumulate up to 120 days. Once we get over 120 days, we can buy back sick time days (12 days gets you cash for 3 days and then you go back to 120). However, the new policy also involves "occurences"--we are allowed three occurances a year and after that we can be disciplined or fired. This does nothing to curb the sick time abusers who used to use their day a month so now they will take a few days three times a year instead of one a month!! Seems the abusers find a way around everything!!

I'm thinking PTO might be Personal Time Off or Paid Time Off--we do get vacation (I'm up to 4 weeks) and 3 Personal Days a year plus our other 7 holidays.

[Viking]

Thanks for the explanation, MaryJo.
These sick day rules are completely different to ours:
When I'm sick I have to call not later than 10am and state that I'm sick. Up to and including three days that's all I have to do. If the sick time exceeds 3 days in a row, I have to get a 'yellow slip' (It's printed on yellow paper) from a doctor stating how long I will be sick.
My normal pay continues to come in for the first six weeks of sickness, after that period my health insurance takes over, but only pays 80%. There is no limit to sick days per year (OK, there is a limit: 366 this year - Just to prevent the odd joker making a funny remark :crazy: ). The only penalty we have in our company is a deduction from our Success Sharing Plan: Approximately a month or so of sick time and you won't get your annual bonus of ~$2000-3000.
The average number of sickdays per employee per year in our company is about 5 to 6 days - compared to about 7 to 8 days for the whole country.
If you are suspected of being an abuser, you may be excluded from the 3-days-in-a-row for just a call, which means that from now on you have to get a yellow slip each time.
In my company you have 27 days of vacation when you start and 31 days for everybody over age 35 or being with the company for more than 2 years. If you start with the company at 35 or older, you automatically have the 31 days. You can get additional days by saving time on your account, but usually only for single days and not in connection with your regular vacation.
There is no fixed number of holidays in Germany, they vary from year to year, because if they fall on a weekend it's bad luck for you. This year we lose 5 holidays due to a very unfortunate constellation: Xmas, New Year, Labour Day and our National Day all are on weekends :mad: But fortunately this a leap year and next year will be better again.

[cdnmickeylover]

It's actually interesting hearing about other people's policies re vacation and sick days. Eric, how come you get more vacation days if you are over 35? Not a bad perk for getting older.

At my firm although there is a policy for staff -- you start at 2 weeks vacation, after 5 years it's 3 weeks and after 10(?) it's 4 weeks and then after 15(?) it's 5 weeks and that's the maximum. I'm not sure if there's any sick day policy in effect. As a lawyer as near as I can determine I have no set vacation time but having said that it can't be too excessive. Nobody takes more than 2 weeks at a time and most only take 1 week at a time. The staff can take all their time at once if they want to although I don't think that anyone does. I just have to call in when I'm sick, no loss of pay or doctor's note required. Nobody here abuses it though we do get strange calls -- my secretary was off about a year ago for a couple of days because her dog scratched her eye!! He was very old and didn't mean to do it but it's still not fully healed. If her eye gets dry she has to put a cream in it and she still goes to the eye doctor every couple of months to get it looked at. Another secretary accidently sprayed cleaner into her eye and she also another time twisted her neck in the shower.

One bad thing about a small firm is that there are no set bonuses or raises. It's kinda hit and miss. First year I got a bonus and a nice raise, the next year a small raise and no bonus. It actually depends more on the firm's billings than anything I do per se. There is also no set time for getting a raise -- anytime between now and the end of April -- depends when the partners get together to do the budget. ;)

My brother who works for a large firm has set rules about vacation, sick days, bonuses and raises although their bonus' and raises have a lot to do with how the firm is doing and also how his dept does within the firm. If the economy is good then the securities associates have been known to get bonus' as high as $50-60K. My brother who works in insurance has never been that lucky. :D

Fiona

[cdnmickeylover]

Oh, here in Canada if the holiday falls on a weekend we get the following Monday off -- hence this year we'll get December 27th and December 28th off since Christmas and Boxing Day fall on the weekend. We don't actually have that many statutory holidays though -- only 9 as I look at the calendar. We don't get Easter Monday off although that depends on the company -- lots get it off we just aren't lucky.

Fiona

[jeanniec]

Mary Jo -- You are right. PTO is "paid time off". I get 36 days a year (after 15 years at the hospital). That 36 days has to be used for vacations, holidays and sick time. Luckily I am hardly every sick (knock on wood!) so I get a fair amount of vacation time. I am also lucky enough to work four 10-hour days a week, so I always have a 3 day weekend. During holidays, I switch my day off to the holiday and save even more time for WDW and DCL.

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Fiona...your story about the secretary who had her eye scratched brought back memories--my last dog was laying with me in bed and heard someone at the door and pushed against my face..specifically my eye and scratched my cornea...we had fertilized the lawn that day and it turned out that she had fertilizer in her claw/nail and it caused a chemical breakdown in my eye/cornea and I ended up in Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia for 3 weeks in an isolation room due to this...I was actually a candidate for a corneal transplant because they thought that the cornea was going to perforate. To this day, my eye doctor can't believe that my vision is 20/40 in that eye because of the amount of damage to the cornea!! Talk about a freaky accident. Then there was the time that I fell off of a ledge at the "Land of Make Believe" in New Jersey and fractured my ankle in 3 places (we won't go into that story!!) so needless to say, my boss knows that I am a klutz and when I call him to tell him of my latest injury, he just shrugs!!

I started with 2 weeks vacation (nurses start with 3 and add on) and after 6 years, got 3 weeks and after 15 years, get 4 weeks. We have to be here 25 years to get 5 weeks vacation (the maximum) and I am here 23 years so two more years to go!!
Sam gets over 6 weeks vacation but doesn't receive any sick time at all (after 33 years) and he has to work most major holidays but does get paid triple time to do so which isn't too hard to take!

[Twinave]

I am a happy camper!:bounce: My receptionist, who I LOVE, who put in her 2 week notice last Thursday, is not going to quit!:tongue: She and the doctor had a nice long talk, and she even came out of it with a Raise! (Which she deserves!)
Then when we were finished with patients for the day, the three of us sat down and came up with a way of handling problems when they come up. Life is good.

Later, Ave'

[RellingTwin]

WHAT A DAY!! A patient started having chest pain. 3 nitros later..STILL having pain! Time to call 911! For those that don't know..I work in an OB/Gyn office!! We are prepared for an emergency BIRTH...NOT an MI!

Then a crazy women who needs surgery came in. She wants to see whatever doctor can operate on a spacific date (because the stars are alligned in her favor). Silly me...I always pick my doctor based on SKILL! What is she THINKING???!!!

Ave, so glad your co-worker is staying:teeth: And having a way to resolve problems too!

We also have PTO, but must use 24 hours of PTO before sick days can be used. I feel the same as jeanniec re: sick time. I had about 100 hours when the "new" rules went into effect. The people who were always used up their sick time made it hard on those of us who did not abuse it. I have about 300 hours now, and while I hope I never need it, it's nice to know if I ever was so sick or hurt, that I needed to be out of work for 2 months, I would still get paid.

[Viking]

Originally posted by cdnmickeylover
It's actually interesting hearing about other people's policies re vacation and sick days. Eric, how come you get more vacation days if you are over 35? Not a bad perk for getting older.
Fiona,
this is a quite common rule over here, especially in the Public or Civic Service. I.e. my Mom works for Frankfurt's Chamber of Commerce and Trade. She went to 33 days at 50 and 35 at age 55.
They just assume that older people need more R&R than younger ones.
But as times are changing with a high rate of unemployment nowadays, those rules often only apply to people who have 'old' contracts. Newly hired people normally have not so fortunate conditions. Fortunately my company still is hiring, so no changes for us in the near future.

[Viking]

I nearly forgot to mention it:
Another snow-day today :mad: It started at 5am. No problem for Anja and me as we usually leave shortly before 6am. we both were at the hospital, respectively office on time. But when the rush hour really started all hell broke loose. One should think that the people are meanwhile used to it, but we had dozens of fender-benders, traffic jams and big delays.

This morning I got a call from our TA. Our flight to Orlando via Pittsburgh has been cancelled, now we're coming in via the USA's first capital, but our layover will be to short to ring the Bell of Liberty ;) Unfortunately this results in a later arrival at MCO: We'll touch down at 0819pm, which means that we won't be in Crystal River before midnight. Retrieving our bags, shuttling to Hertz, taking over our car and driving about 100 miles takes its time. But I guess we'll wake up when jump from our dive-boat in the morning :boat: :jumping4:

[jeanniec]

Mary - What happened to the lady with the chest pain? Was she an OB or a GYN patient? If OB, how far along? You sure wouldn't expect to have that kind of problem in your specialty. Also, I really had to laugh at the woman who wants surgery when her stars (or whatever) are aligned.

[Hygiene99]

NOt a good Day here........... our Family pet shelby

Cocker Spaniel is now at the vets she will under go a blood transfussion, She has a disease that her imunsystem attacks her blood cells and her red blood count is very very low ...
witch provides oxygen .......... We r hoping that the transfussion will hold her over until her body can start producing the red blood cells witch they can try to get to happen with medication prednazone and imuran (sp).... so Jen and i sit and wait..........
VERY upset.................Peter

[piglet33]

Peter - I am keeping your little family member in my thoughts and hope that everything turns out well. Just know that you are doing the most that you can do for her.

Keep us posted on her condition.

Renee'

[@GoofyNut]

Peter & Jenn ... So sorry to hear about your pup. My AshLee (Dalmation / child) sends a woof and pixie dust your way. Our first dalmation .. Cindy had a bad liver and similar problem and it's so hard to deal with.

Unfortunately Art is going thru a bad time at work right now ... his lunch buddy and one of only 4 other guys in his section had a massive fatal heart attack while driving one of the school trucks.
His boss called on Art to help with the situation (go to the scene of the accident, get the truck, etc, etc) and it's really playing a toll on him. Not to mention he's my age. One of those times that leaves you spent and not knowing what to do to help.

Didn't mean to bum you guys out.

Just remember make as many good times as you can cause you just never know what tomorrow will bring.

[bettemom]

Originally posted by Hygiene99
NOt a good Day here........... our Family pet shelby

Cocker Spaniel is now at the vets she will under go a blood transfussion, She has a disease that her imunsystem attacks her blood cells and her red blood count is very very low ...
witch provides oxygen .......... We r hoping that the transfussion will hold her over until her body can start producing the red blood cells witch they can try to get to happen with medication prednazone and imuran (sp).... so Jen and i sit and wait..........
VERY upset.................Peter


Hi Peter, Jenn & Shelby...

We are so sorry for Shelby, :worried::worried::worried: it stinks when it is your pet and you can't do much but wait. I will tell Gulliver ( my Newfoundland/child) about Shelby , I am sure he would be glad to come down and donate puppy blood, at 175# he has plenty to spare if needed.... Keep us up to date...

Kim

[Viking]

Pixie Dust *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
for your Doggie, Peter & Jen.
We hope she gets better soon ::yes::

[Twinave]

Jen and Peter, So sorry about your dog. Hope she pulls through OK. Waiting is the hardest part.:grouphug:
Ave'

[Hygiene99]

Well the transfussion is over for the night and since she was just going to be left in a cage over night we went and got her she will be with us tonight and back to the Danvers Animal hospital in the Am... her red blood count is now at 17 and normal would be 30 so we r improving abit since it was lower than that this am...

we will take it from there,,, Thank U All......................

[Twinave]

Jen and Peter, It is great that you are able to have her home with you tonight. I know she is happy to be home.
:goodvibes

Sweet Dreams,
Ave'

[RellingTwin]

Jen and Peter...glad to hear Shelby is doing better. Keep us posted.

I tried to find out the status of the lady who had the MI in our office (BTW She is 78 y/o gyn patient) but could not find out anything. I was going to call her home, but we were so busy, I never got the chance. I will find out today.
Cathy..tell Art we are sorry to hear of the death of his coworker/friend.:(

[Viking]

Our condolences go out to Art :(
We hope nobody else got hurt in the accident.

[Hygiene99]

Not Good , she is back at the animal hospital...
and the red blood count is down to 10 Again. that means all the blood the gave her yesterday did nothing ............

We r going threw another transfussion today ,,,, and then we will bring her home tonight and then we have to see if this one takes ... if not then it is a bad time for us .........

having no kids,,,, She is and this is very difficult .......... peter

[bettemom]

Hi Peter & Jenn,

So sorry the transfusion did not take. Hopefully things will turn around.. Call if you need anything,

Bye, Kim & Bette :worried: :worried:

[cdnmickeylover]

Jenn and Peter - So sorry to hear about Shelby. Know what you are going through. Dogs are a member of the family. Hope she gets better -- sometimes they really surprise you. Our first dog, Cleo, got really, really sick and we brought her home from the vets for the weekend and the vet didn't think she'd make it through the weekend but she did. Friday night she couldn't jump up on the couch and then by Sunday night she was her old self again -- vet couldn't explain it but we didn't question it.

Snow almost gone here and it's actually above 0C today. It's supposed to go up to 5C which is somewhere between 37F-40F I think. Not great at translating the temperatures.

Fiona

[bettemom]

Hi Guys, Kim here...

I have researched this tour and it sounds like it might be nice... Pretty cheap at $ 20.00 pp.

http://www.godfreytoursvi.com/

Is anyone else interested in getting a group together for this tour ??

Bye, Kim

[cdnmickeylover]

Looks good Kim. I'll confer with Jim but I'm interested.

Fiona

[ARLO1]

kim:

i am interested in this tour also. it looks like a good one...

arlene

[cdnmickeylover]

I like the safari truck. Hopefully it will be as nice weather wise as the pictures. :bounce: Can't wait.

Fiona

[piglet33]

Kim - that tour sounds like a good one. I'm interested and will check with Lenny (he'll probably say ok).

I also found something to do that we were thinking about, but the tour above looks like it will take a while and does more.

Here is the link in case anyone wants it:
http://www.paradisepointtramway.com/

Renee'

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Kim...count the three of us in (just hope that it leaves us with time to shop since I love to shop for gold and beleek china in St. Thomas!!) Kim, could we maybe email them and ask them how long the tour is?? Let me know if you need money ahead of time and I will send it.

Renee'...the tramway is located almost exactly across the street from where the ship docks (anyway, that is where it docked two years ago!!).

Peter and Jenn....prayers for Shelby are being said by us--I know how heartbreaking this can be...had to put a dog to sleep seven years ago and I had Muffy before we had kids (the dog lived to be almost 17 years old and ended up having her eye removed due to a tumor that was malignant) and even though she was old, I was devastated. I said no more dogs because we get so attached to them but the next morning I was out and got another dog, my official baby, Precious!!!

[ARLO1]

Renee:

oh no.... choices choices...that sounds good too.

arlene

[piglet33]

I know, sometimes too many choices aren't good. ;)

Maybe if the tour Kim sent us the link to doesn't take long, then we can do the tram ride thing too. The cost of both of them is pretty cheap, which is a plus since we can spend more on the ship for bingo and drinks. :teeth:

What's everyone going to do in Antigua? I liked the Resort that Kim or Bette sent us a while ago. Been thinking about doing that.

Renee'

[jeanniec]

I think Kim's tour lasts 7 hours if I am reading the website right. I think I went into Reservations or Groups and it is a 2 hour tour first, 3 hours for shopping and 2 hours at one of the beaches. A real bargain. Godfrey states the same tour thru purchased thru a ship would cost $47 each instead of $20. I can't remember St. Thomas. Last time we were there, we took the tour to St. John. Is the shopping near the dock? Could you go back on board for a while during the shopping break? I really am not that much into shopping on cruises and 3 hours of shopping is a bit too much for me. If we could get back to the ship for a couple of hours and then take off for the beach, that would really be great!

[ARLO1]

i agree. i would like to do the tour. i am not really a shopper anymore(how many tee shirts and other chachkis(?) do you need and andy is not really a beach person. I would like a basic drive around tour(even though i might have done this last time i was in st thomas) and then do the tram thing(which really sounds good).

having a bad day a work and the stress at home is making me crave this cruise even more.cant wait. ok maybe survivor/apprentice will make me feel a little better and keep me going for another week. i just love thursdays(survivor/apprentice and only 1 more day of work)

we are going to nyc to see 'chicago' for an early anniversary celebration-cant wait. i need something to smile about.

arlene

[piglet33]

I also noticed that the tour lasted for 7 hours, but I thought that I figured it out wrong (especially since it's only $20). Maybe one of us should try to contact them to find out more about it. It does sound like a good tour, just pretty long. I don't know if Haley would sit still for that long.

Renee'

[bettemom]

Hi Guys,

Let me e-mail the tour company with several ??? / suggestions.
Perhaps we can re-arange the way the day is spent, that way people can join in or out as they want, perhaps finish the day shopping, then you can go back to the ship earlier ??

I will send them some questions and let you all know what the tour group says.

Bye, Kim

[bettemom]

Hi Guys, I just got off of the phone with Godfrey, ( owns the tour company) and he said that if we have 20 to 26 people on the tour then we can have the Safari bus for the DAY we can organize our own itinerary, go where we want for how ever long we want to.. What is the interest out there ???

1) Bette & Kim
2) Arlene & Andy
3) Mary Jo, Sam & Sarah
4) Lenny, Renee' & Haley
5) JeannieC & Sam
6) Jenn & Peter
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[jeanniec]

We are definitely interested if we don't have to spend 3 hours shopping in the middle of the day. Would anyone else be interested in doing the bus tour first, then beach, then shopping? Since I don't know where the shopping area is, if it is not within walking distance of the dock, could we be dropped off at the dock before the Safari goes shopping?

Also, I think that the day pass at the beach hotel in Antigua sounds great and reasonable, too.

[ARLO1]

we're interested but i dont know how to put my name on the list

arlene

[piglet33]

Count us in too. We should definitely be able to have 20 people for this.

Thanks for checking Kim.

Renee'

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Bette and Kim.....count the three of us in! Mary Jo

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Sarah'sMomfrom PA
Bette and Kim.....count the three of us in! Mary Jo

Kim - not sure if they'll count Haley or not since I'm not sure if I have to pay for her, so you better only count Lenny & me.

Renee'

[Hygiene99]

I Think We might like to go on the trip AS LONG AS THE SHOPPING WAS LAST... When we visited St. Thomas last time We walked Back to the ship From Shopping..... So it could Be an Easy Out So We Can go on the Other Sky Ride Suggested by Renee..........

[ARLO1]

i agree-i would like the shopping last.

like i said i'm not a shopper anymore and would rather tour/skyride and leave the shopping till the end. this way the shoppers can shop and whoever doesnt want to shop can do something else....

arlene

[bettemom]

What we could work might be

( An example)

Touring / skyview lookout over the harbor / visiting other sites that everyone chooses for 1/3 of the time.

Lunch & adventure for 1/3 time perhaps swimming, beach & so on..

Shopping for the end of the day, with a set time for the Safari Jeep to return to the ship. We probably could schedule 2 times for a return to the ship during shopping, early and late.

People who did not want to shop for a few hours could go back to the ship mid afternoon.

What does everyone think about arrangeing a lunch "event" since we will be together for the day ? The tour guys could probably help with that..

How about everyone spend some time deciding on the top 3 types of things that they want to do or see on St. Thomas and the order they want to do those things, and then we can all work on an itinerary...

You can e-mail them to me if you want and I will put everything together..

Any other ideas ???

Bye, Kim

[ARLO1]

my suggestion would be:

1-safari tour
2-lunch/skyride or skyride/lunch(depending on starting time)
3-beach(who wants to be yucky and have to tour)
4-shopping

just a suggestion-any other thoughts....

arlene

[jeanneg]

Hi everyone,
Back from WDW. What a great time it was to be there....it was just a little early for most of the spring-breakers, so we pretty much had the parks to ourselves. In fact, it was so empty we hardly used fast pass for anything and there was actually one time when the standby line for TOT was actually shorter than the fast pass line.....go figure that one! I love thrill rides but Mission Space is a "been there, done that" type of experience. I didn't get sick, but did feel a little queasey afterward. Exiting the ride, most people echoed the same sentiments.

About the St. Thomas trip.......I think we'll opt out of that one. We've been to St. Thomas a few times before and have already done a complete island tour (which I would heartily recommend if you've never done it). Right now I think we'll probably exit the ship to buy our duty free liquor (you can buy ALOT in St Thomas!), walk around a little bit and then enjoy a very quiet afternoon on the ship when most everybody else is gone.
We've never been to Antigua, so we'll probably do much more sightseeing there. Can someone please direct me to the link about the Antigua beach package?

Also, still no name for the dining group......somebody please come up with something!

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Kim.....we are interested in the island tour and shopping and lunch...not too much of a beach person so maybe if he could do the two drop offs at the ship or downtown shopping district (if we tip well enough!!)

Peter...there is shopping right by where the ship docks but I prefer the downtown area where there are neat little shops tucked into small alleyways...nice restaurants here, Del Sol shop, etc.

Peter and Jenn...how is Shelby doing? Did this transfusion take? Doggie kisses (licks) from Precious to Shelby!!

[piglet33]

Here are links to the Antigua lunch pass thing:

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

and

http://www.allegroantigua.com/

Renee'

[piglet33]

Peter and Jenn - any news on Shelby? Hope she is doing better. Please let us know.

Renee'

[Hygiene99]

Shelby is home with us tonight... her red blood count still very low normal is 30 she is at 15 she had the second transfussion today and we hope that she will hold her own over the evening , back to Animal hospital in Am , more tests then we will know what
is up for sure ....... she is sleping in jens Arm's and
it is time for me to go Good night

[Twinave]

Kim, The tour sounds great. But I need to check with the rest of the family. $20 is a great price! We went to Trunk Bay last time we were in St. Thomas. That was on the "Mystery Cruise" LOL What great fun that was with our Dis friends!!! Anyone else remember VondaP?:)

Jen and Peter, How is you dog doing? I hope she can pull through. I can only say I really know how you feel. And you know what? It IS different after you have kids, but different doesn't mean easier.

Soooo.. busy today at work, the pollen is flying and folks are getting sick....good for business.:p Sorry to all you allergy people. Ya gotta love what pays the bills.:crazy:

Cathy and Art, My condolances to you and your co-workers families. http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/contrib/geno/licktear.gif

Later,
Ave'

[1971visitor]

Hi, all! This is Jamie (and my husband is Alan) from Lebanon, TN. We are excited to be cruising with Disney again! We have 23 friends (so far) from Lebanon going on this cruise. Looking forward to meeting you all on this thread and onboard!

Jamie

[papa]

Jamie email me and I will send you a list that you can email me back to send to Eric the list keeper. Mike

[Viking]

Welcome, Jamie :wave: and thank you, Mike:wave2:

Jamie,
if you manage to send your info until Saturday, I will do a complete update this weekend.

[Hygiene99]

It was a bad night, Shelby can no longer stand....Off to the vet we Go .....................:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

[RellingTwin]

Peter and Jen...sorry you had a bad night. I hope Shelby's vet can turn things around.

Welcome to Jamie and Alan (and friends!)

The day pass at Pineapple Beach in Antigua looks good. I think we will do either a sailing trip in St.Thomas or Trunk Bay.

[Hygiene99]

We had to put her to sleep, We have just lost avery big part of our life............................... Peter

[ARLO1]

peter & jenn:

so sorry to hear that you had to put her to sleep. i know first hand how it feels. just remember you did everything you could and loved her very much. she will always be looking down at you from doggy heaven.....

arlene

[jeanniec]

Peter & Jenn -- So sorry about Shelby. We have been thru the same situation ourselves. The blessing is that she is not suffering any more.

Welcome to the board, Jamie and Alan!

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Jenn and Peter...words are so inadequate in this situation and I know exactly how you feel...prayers to you and Jenn. Shelby is out of her misery and is probably romping with my Muffy but it is just a shame that you both have to experience this. Muffy was almost 17 years old and had a tumor behind her eye that was malignant--we had the tumor removed at Cornell Animal Hospital in New York and she lasted around 1 1/2 years after the surgery but then she started to walk into walls, etc. so we had to make the hard decision to put her to sleep. You are in our prayers.

[piglet33]

Peter,

I am so sorry to hear about Shelby. I know exactly what you're going through. Two weeks after I had Haley and on Thanksgiving, we had to put our cat (Patches who was my baby) to sleep. She had a blood clot that lodged in her back legs and paralyzed her suddenly. It also made it difficult for her to breathe. I still miss her. Having her for 12 years was definitely not enough for me.

[ARLO1]

renee:

i had exactly the same thing happen to my cat parrish. he was a loveable black male who was rescued from a diner parking lot.

he had surgery for a blockage and when we got him home he also got a blood clot and was paralyzed. it was the hardest thing for me to put him to sleep but i knew he was better off plus there wasnt much of a choice. i was even more upset because i spent so much on the surgery and all the surgeon said was that he did his best - really not a caring dr. i didnt use him after that.

arlene

[cdnmickeylover]

Peter and Jenn -- So sorry to hear about Shelby. She's with my dogs, Cleo and Freckles. Both were 7 when they were put to sleep and it was so hard. We have a great vet though and with Freckles he actually stayed late until the entire family got to the vet. She had been sick for a while although we didn't realize it with an blood disorder. I took her into the vet Monday morning because she suddenly couldn't stand over the weekend. By lunch time he called and said that there was not a lot that could be done and she was going downhill. I had to pick my DS up at school and tell him and then all of us (my DS, Mom, brother and sil) went to the vet and cried buckets. The vet had had something planned for the afternoon but cancelled so that he could be there. Going home without her was so hard. We actually waited 18 months before getting Lily, our present dog.

Sending :grouphug:

Fiona

[Hygiene99]

thank u all....

(Others Understand The Special Place Animals Have In Our Hearts
And In Our Lifes.......)

[bettemom]

And Hugs to Shelbys Mom & Dad...

:grouphug:

from....

Guillver,Kayla,Molly & Mel

[cdnmickeylover]

Oh Peter and Jenn, Shelby looks adorable.