Official November 6th, 2003 Wonder Cruise Thread

[CGBatch]

Yay! It's only 5 days away! Yay!

[gonna go cruising]

Hey thats my cruise too. Go check your reservation to see if you got an upgrade also. I had a pleasant surprise this morning.::MinnieMo

[CGBatch]

Nope we booked a Secret Porthole Room, so we're happy with that!

[CGBatch]

Anybody else?

[minnieluvzmickey]

DH and I will be there with NO KIDS!!!!! YEAH!!!!! He will be the one in the kilt.....I will be the one in the lime green dis shirt....I ordered it 2 days ago and already got confirmation that it has been shipped.......we should stick out like a sore thumb. Actually, he'll only be in the kilt for palo.

Let's try to get a small dismeet together somewhere on the ship. Maybe for a drink after dinner. Anybody interested?

[manchurianbrownbear]

We'll be coordinating our schedule with several (non-DISer) family members who will be cruising with us, but I bet we can get away at least briefly some time.

Someone suggest a couple times!

[minnieluvzmickey]

manchurian--your bunch looks to be about the same ages as mine....except mine are all boys....you would think with having 4 kids I would have at least one girl.....no such luck.....anyway....i love my boys.

How would Friday be for everyone?

We are staying onboard and not doing nassau so we will be pretty much free that day.......we will be doing a couples massage at some point. We have late dining. Is that day good for any of you? what about the time?

[golfknut]

My wife and I will be on this cruise, minus children, celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary......and it's our first cruise!
We are also not going to leave the ship at Nassau so we should have time on Friday to meet....if my wife ever lets me leave the room. (ha ha)

[manchurianbrownbear]

If it's going to work for us, Friday is probably the best day. We aren't planning on leaving the ship either. We should probably at least get together for a picture that we can post on the DIS when we get home! I'm already depressed about getting home!

[minnieluvzmickey]

OK the party is in golfknut's room!!! :hyper:

Manchurian--I don't even want to think about going home...I've just been living for getting there.

I just got a new digital camera so we can take the picture with that....if i ever figure out how to work it.

How about Friday at say.........5:00???? Does that work for any of you? And where would be a good place?

[minnieluvzmickey]

Hi! I was just thinking that 5:00 might be a little late if people are getting ready to go eat or anything.....we have late dining so it would work for us. But would 2:00 or so be better?

gonnagocruisin--i just noticed you are from TN...we are practically neighbors...what is wrong with those vols this year? War Eagle:smooth:

[manchurianbrownbear]

We just got a digital camera a few weeks ago too. DW (lauraljp) has it all figured out and I know a little!

I don't know of any conflicts at 2:00, but we'll have to wait for lauraljp to post before I know if I'll be there! And speaking of "there", has golfknut invited us to their room or does someone have another suggestion for a place to meet?

[golfknut]

aaaahhhhh.......NO..... Golfknut is not inviting "us" to their room.
Be glad to meet most anywhere else though.

[gonna go cruising]

Originally posted by minnieluvzmickey
gonnagocruisin--i just noticed you are from TN...we are practically neighbors...what is wrong with those vols this year? War Eagle:smooth:

Maybe we have the wrong brand of "pickle" right now. (Claussen)

We did beat Florida!!! woo hooo!

[minnieluvzmickey]

LOL golfknut...........you don't want a party in your room??? do you have a verandah by any chance? haha.. just kidding

Where should we meet? Maybe we could meet on deck 9 near the beach blanket buffet area.......or secret verandah deck 7.........or deck 10 for a shuffleboard tournament.:teeth

[manchurianbrownbear]

Any of those locations will probably work for us around 2pm. We're tentatively planning on spending a lot of that afternoon around the pool working on a tourist tan.

[CGBatch]

Originally posted by minnieluvzmickey
LOL golfknut...........you don't want a party in your room??? do you have a verandah by any chance? haha.. just kidding

Where should we meet? Maybe we could meet on deck 9 near the beach blanket buffet area.......or secret verandah deck 7.........or deck 10 for a shuffleboard tournament.:teeth

The shuffleboard courts on Deck 4 are better! Anyway anyplace will really work. What time though?

[minnieluvzmickey]

Ok lets say 2:00 in the beach blanket buffet area...I'll try to find a table and I'll wear my new lime green DIS t'shirt (just got it in the mail yesterday). I've never cruised before so I don't know if this will be a good place to meet or not. Does anyone know of a specific area where we could find each other easily?

[manchurianbrownbear]

We'll mark 2pmon Friday at the Beach Blanket Buffet area.

If you're wearing your lime green DIS shirt we should be able to find you easily ANYWHERE!

[minnieluvzmickey]

Yes just look for the green pop-cicle walking around with a tall cute husband.

[golfknut]

bump

[minnieluvzmickey]

OK so let me get this straight..........the disers who will be meeting are:

me
golfknut
manchurianbrownbear
gonnagocruisin
cgbatch
laureljp

anybody else out there going with us?

[manchurianbrownbear]

I'll be accompanied by the lovely lauraljp:teeth:

[minnieluvzmickey]

anybody else staying at the radisson the night before?

[gonna go cruising]

Daughter and I will be staying at the Radisson but will not arrive until pretty late. We dont arrive at MCO until 10pm and then must get to Budget to rent the car. Chances are we will run into yall sometime on the cruise. Not sure what our plans are since we are going to wing it and try to pack so much into a short time! I will watch for the lime green shirt!::yes::

[golfknut]

We are "prepping" our cruise with a several day stay at WDW (WL). Should definitely be ready to relax onboard by Thursday.

[minnieluvzmickey]

gonnagocruisin--we will also be arriving pretty late...we both teach school so we will only be able to take a half day that wednesday...can't leave birmingham til 12:00.

I don't know if you've reserved the shuttle yet but i was able to do it yesterday. I called the radisson and the girl told me to just do it when i got there but i told her we would be arriving late and that I had heard you could do it in advance. She asked me to hold and when she came back she put us on the 10:30 shuttle for the 6th.

[gonna go cruising]

I havent reserved it yet but may decide to have Budget shuttle us and skip one step then. Last time it was not too bad waiting on the Radisson shuttle, but since I need to return the rental car anyway and they have a shuttle I may as well do theirs.

[golfknut]

bump

[minnieluvzmickey]

Looking forward to meeting all of you........see you friday at 2:00 at the beach blanket buffet area.........i'll be the one in the obnoxious lime green shirt.

It won't be long now!!!!!!!!! :Pinkbounc :bounce:

[manchurianbrownbear]

I'm having second thoughts about meeting on Friday; I'm afraid CGBatch will remind me that his Giants beat my Vikings last Sunday:mad: !

After months of waiting to get this close, now I have about five days worth of work on my desk to finish before we leave on Thursday:scared: and I could really use a couple extra days! Is there any way to turn back the countdown clock?

[golfknut]

No sympathy from here for your Vikings.....I'm a Lions fan....the season started with so much hope but has been a downhill slide ever since.....oh well, there's the Spartans and the Wolverines to root for.

[manchurianbrownbear]

You had to bring up the Spartans and the Wolverines:mad:

If it weren't for them I'd still be dreaming about the Gophers playing in the Rose Bowl for the first time since I've been alive!

Maybe I should stop watching football!

[minnieluvzmickey]

well my team......the auburn tigers...started out the season as number 6 and now they are not to be found in the top 25. SIGHHH!

You be there manchurian or we will hunt you down! And don't even think about turning back that countdown clock........I can't wait!!!!!

[gonna go cruising]

Well...my team, the Vols defeated Alabama 51-43 in five overtimes Saturday. Hasn't been the best season but hey, we beat em!

We will be watching for that lime green shirt!
::yes::

[minnieluvzmickey]

I was watching your vols gonnagocruisin.........that was a very exciting and exhausting game. I thought it would never end! I think I like to see Bama lose more than I like to see Auburn win!!!

See you next Friday!

[gonna go cruising]

We didn't get to watch it, as we were camping last weekend but my husband and oldest daughter listened to it on the radio and kept us up to speed on it. I could not believe how long it went on, but at least we won.

Have a safe trip and see ya Friday!

[manchurianbrownbear]

I haven't figured out how to turn back my countdown clock, so I guess we're leaving in 4hours!!!

See you all on board:sunny:

[minnieluvzmickey]

That is not fair manchurian....I still have to go to work 3 more times before I can leave.

My count down clock is still ticking.

[golfknut]

We are leaving in about 21 hours.......didn't even have to buy Halloween candy this year.....hey!, I guess there's some savings we can put toward this trip. Long range forecast looks good for next week.....cross your fingers.

[gonna go cruising]

Havent packed a thing yet, but starting on it tonight.

We will hope for good weather, but we can count on a good time regardless.::MinnieMo

[minnieluvzmickey]

DH and I are all packed and ready! YIPPPPEEEEE!!!!! All we have to do is drop the kiddos off at school in the morning and we are out of here! If they only knew the fun they are going to be missing.:hyper:

[manchurianbrownbear]

Well one of our suitcases didn't come off the plane with us, it's 40 degrees, the only course in my supper was pizza and no one put a napkin in my lap before I started eating. Now I suppose someone will tell me that no one around here will honor my refillable mug!

How do you remove a countdown clock?:mad:

[minnieluvzmickey]

Same problems here manchurian........And I suppose when I get home my bed won't be made up and my towel will just be a regular old towel.....not an animal. I want to go back!

I enjoyed meeting you and golfknut......wonder what happened to gonnagocruisin and cgbatch!

I'll have those pictures posted tonight.

[gonna go cruising]

I hate we didn't get to meet you all. I sent my daughter several times to look for the Green Popsicle! She never did spot you all so I thought maybe the meeting time or place was changed.

Looking forward to our next one now. Just have to find a way to come up with the money and time off for it!::MinnieMo

I would love to see your pictures as we may have seen you all and never known it!

[minnieluvzmickey]

the pictures are coming tonight. Sorry we missed you gonnagocruisin.............we were outside in the beach blanket area. I hope you had a great trip!

[minnieluvzmickey]

here is the photo of the dis meet. i posted this same photo on the cruise board. left to right....manchurianbrownbear, ms.golknut, golfknut, and minniluvsmickey

http://www.yeahboy.net/tndeer/dis%20meet.jpg

me and my hubby at parrot cay

http://www.yeahboy.net/tndeer/mis%20and%20t%20at%20din%201.jpg

[manchurianbrownbear]

Nice job with the digital camera!

Wish me luck trying to post some of our pictures in our trip report that has yet to be written.

[manchurianbrownbear]

Two weeks ago right now I was.......:earsboy:

Sigh!