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pgfour

11-04-2006, 09:40 AM

Good Morning Turkeys & Nana Heads! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Just stopping by to say "Hi" :wave: before I stop obsessing over the DIS boards and move on to obsessing about packing & trip preparation. :rotfl:

After this afternoon's carnival, we don't have any plans for the weekend -- unless you call cooking :stir:, cleaning, laundry :laundy: , packing, eating popcorn:: , drinking :drinking1 , and watching TV :happytv: "plans."

OK -- now that we've talked about what we're most looking forward to on board, I'll throw this discussion topic out there: (Talk amongst yourselves!):
What are some of the actual on-board activities you plan to do?

In addition to the usual eating, drinking and relaxing & reading, I hope to get to the gym almost everyday (never made it there on our 3-day), spend time in the Rainforest, check out the wine and/or martini tasting, and possibly go to one of the entertainment classes -- desserts, napkin-folding, etc. Then again, I may never want to move from my lounge chair. :rotfl2:

Lynn, I don't think we've set any sort of time for dinner / get-together. If I remember right, Jeff & family arrive in the early evening. We arrive mid-afternoon and then will spend the afternoon glued to the TV for a football game. I'm thinking sometime after 6:00. . . If we can't all hook up for dinner, we can definitely get together for drinks/snacks, etc. I guess we better start figuring this out! A lot will also be dependent on the kids and how the travel day has gone up to that point.

Have a super-duper day everyone!

Cheri :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

pgfour

11-04-2006, 09:44 AM

morning all,
Ok, where is dreamboat Wally??? it is 8:30 and he is still a no-show.

We dont need a letter from him, just a howdy do will be ok.

I was wondering the same thing!

Yoo-hoo, Wally! You out there????? :confused3 You've got all these semi- :crazy: :lovestruc women waiting for a word from you! :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

C'mon, don't let us down!!!!! :jumping1: :love1: :jumping1:

TiggerKing

11-04-2006, 09:46 AM

but being a Navy man...didn't think a cruise was a vacation...hence the 1st time thing...
Laurie:

My dad spent 30 years in the Navy and always WANTED to go on a cruise. He said he wanted to finally be on a ship where he didn't have to work and someone was waiting on him! :lmao:

TiggerKing

11-04-2006, 09:48 AM

For those who have reserved spa services onboard, you might want to take a look at your reservations. There was a posting on the main board yesterday about the length of some services changing. One that we had scheduled had the time reduced by one third. So, just an FYI to re-evaluate whether or not you would still be interested in paying for the service.

feenie

11-04-2006, 10:23 AM

Good Morning Turkeys & Nana Heads! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

OK -- now that we've talked about what we're most looking forward to on board, I'll throw this discussion topic out there: (Talk amongst yourselves!):
What are some of the actual on-board activities you plan to do?

In addition to the usual eating, drinking and relaxing & reading, I hope to get to the gym almost everyday (never made it there on our 3-day), spend time in the Rainforest, check out the wine and/or martini tasting, and possibly go to one of the entertainment classes -- desserts, napkin-folding, etc. Then again, I may never want to move from my lounge chair. :rotfl2:

Cheri :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

DH and I love Bingo on the ship.... :blush:, We also are planning on trips to the rainforest room, We LOVE The tile lounge chairs!! We went to the towel folding on our last trip... Our monkey came out looking more like a thanksgiving turkey! It was fun though!!
I can't wait to walk through the mickey ear archway and head on to the ship!!! 3 weeks from today we board!!! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

:hourglass

disneediva

11-04-2006, 01:13 PM

Cheri, I will join you for the wine and martini tasting, I plan on attending some of the entertainment classes too.

Mike plans on sitting in a lounge chair drinking and relaxing for 7 days

Wendy

Dixielady908

11-04-2006, 02:14 PM

Afternoon all:

Being this is my first cruise, I have a lot of things and that I am really looking forward to. However, my main one on the first day is...being in the terminal...meeting everyone before boarding the ship. I am really looking forward to that. :) But my list does go on.....from there of course is getting on the ship itself.....hearing our name being announced....I know I am going to tear up....so if anyone has the same boarding number and you see me just ignore me....Wally does... :rotfl2: Looking forward to the sail away party, the countdown, the horn...the dolphins...just cant wait....

I was ironing and I think I am going to start packing some things today. Then just make some dinner and chill the rest of the afternoon and evening.

Well going to my dad's tomorrow morning then my DS is spending the rest of his day finishing making my signs, I already told him this morning that he was grounded tomorrow until they get finished.....

Later
Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Wally will be on today.....I promise he took his harley out for a ride...even though its only like 45 out today.

mom x4,grandma x4

11-04-2006, 02:32 PM

Denise,
I guess we can forgive Wally for not posting sooner since he had such an important thing to do, like riding his Harley in the cold!! :crazy2:

we have a beautiful 70 degree day. :sunny:
DH an Minnie are napping, BOTH are laying on their backs and SORING!!! :rotfl2:
I need a tape recorder. Nobody would believe this unless they could see and hear them :rolleyes1

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!

We still need a lot of posts, so lets get with it!!
You dont want me to get out the WHIP!!!! :lmao:

Kathy :wave:

firemans wife

11-04-2006, 03:18 PM

Good afternoon bannana heads :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

I thought I better post so Kathy does not get her whip out :rotfl:

The thing I am looking forward to the most is just getting on the ship and meeting everyone and sailing away into sunst. I also can't wait to be on a nice white sandy beach :cool1: Of course the warm weather is always a plus too~! :sunny:

As far as what we will be doing on the ship......Sitting by the pool :bitelip: Last time we were on a holiday sailing we went to the gingerbread house making. That was fun for the kids. We will most likely do that again. Also would like to play bingo a couple of times. We will try to go to the kite making. My DD would like to go to the tea with Wendy. Has any one gone to that before? I have read it is not that great. Wines tasting sounds good too! Oh so much to choose from-What shall I do?

We are having a big party here tomorrow. I must go now to clean the house and do some laundry :laundy:

I will check in later.

Lorna :firefight

3 weeks to go!!!! :jumping2: :jumping2:
Hoping to hear from Dream boat today :bitelip:

firemans wife

11-04-2006, 03:27 PM

I forgot to ask... What is the rainforest room? I am assuming it is in the spa or gym area.

Lorna

woogal

11-04-2006, 03:46 PM

Cheri, I will join you for the wine and martini tasting, I plan on attending some of the entertainment classes too.

Mike plans on sitting in a lounge chair drinking and relaxing for 7 days

Wendy
Gee ... what a surprise! Wendy, Cheri and Shell will all be at the martini tasting! Good grief! Our men are in for it that day! :lmao:

Dixielady908

11-04-2006, 03:54 PM

Hi my lady friends,or should I say my wife's friends. Sorry you were all on and I was not able to get on this site last night. I took my Harley for a short ride today ...it was cold, :moped: but there is nothing better than the wind soaring through your hair and being a free spirit. I keep my hair short, so there are no bad hair days. :) I guess, I should be honored with my two new titles.....DREAMBOAT, and BIGBOY. You all seem to be a great group of ladies, and I cant wait to meet Shell, and the rest of you ladies in person in a few weeks. : :wave: Wally :smokin:

favoriteslave

11-04-2006, 04:01 PM

DH and I did the Martini and Tequila tasting last year. Be warned, the Martini tasting is OK. I repeat OK. The martini's are small (lush husband) and there is only one true martini. 4 of them are faux-tini's and one looked like pepto in a glass. (I didn't try that one) The tequila tasting is good, but they start you out with WELL tequila and by the time you get the Patron, your taste buds are dead. The strawberry marg. was great. But once again you get a small glass. I know that you all want to try it but I wanted to let you know what you had in store. I'm not complaining, I had a great time, they give the history of the drinks etc, and after the tequila tasting I in was need of bread products (was tanked, cheap date). DH will be trying the Beer tasting this time, but I will spend my time on deck waiting for a server to come and serve me.

Off to eat SUSHI, the soccer season is over on Wednesday and I don't have to work again until March, at least on soccer.

Happy Saturday. Have a great day.

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Linda tell Dimples that the Harry Godmother has been shopping.

DutchsMommy

11-04-2006, 04:10 PM

HI Wally - Nice to hear from you!! I guess you live in a State where you don't have to wear a helmet when riding? Both DH and I have our motorcycle licenses but up here you have to wear a helmet all the time. There have been some times in the summer when it would have been nice to not have to wear one - but those bugs can be killer LOL :teeth:

We went and got DSs hair cut this morning - he looks pretty cute if I do say so myself. DH is back from Vegas. He had a good time but his feet are really tired from walking around so much. The PBR (prof. Bull Riding) Championships where on in Vegas while he was there so he got himself a belt buckle, toque (natch!) and got DS and I t-shirts. We love PBR and I think my shirt is great!! He got to meet a few of the ridings as well - lucky dog!! Some of those guys just make me drool. :love:

We also stopped by a formal wear place today and it just so happens they were having a warehouse sale, so we managed to get DS a bow-tie, tux shirt and buttons and cufflinks. Thank goodness the lady was helping us - I had no idea you had to buy buttons (who ever heard of a shirt without buttons???) Anyway - as you might have guessed we do not attend many black-tie affairs so it should be interesting to see the clan all gussied-up pirate:

I am looking forward to what everyone has said and in addition I can't wait for the warm weather. I can't tell you how nice it is to just walk around in shorts and sandals in December!!!!!!!!!!!! Those of you from the North will understand. I also am looking forward to so really nice pics of the family. We do not have any 'formal' family shots - most of our pics have either DH or myself and DS in them and we have none with us dressed up, so I am looking forward to that. In fact, I am starting to worry a bit about the $$ we may spend and am second guessing our couples massage cabin - it is REALLY expensive and I keep thinking of all the other stuff we could buy with the $$. The cost is $475 and the more I think about it the more I wonder whether we would be better off to do the rainforest/rasul or something else. We could buy many :drinking1 in the Club for that amount of $$ and while I really want something just for DH and I (and man do we need some 1:1 time) I don't want to be thinking about the cost instead of enjoying the treatment.

Anyway - lots to think about as we inch closer to the big day. :hourglass

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woogal

11-04-2006, 05:55 PM

and I cant wait to meet Shell, and the rest of you ladies in person in a few weeks. : :wave: Wally :smokin:
Hehehehehe! Eat your hearts out, ladies!!! :love:

woogal

11-04-2006, 06:07 PM

Hey, y'know what? That worked out pretty good. Let's try some more and see if we get any takers ...

Where is that STUD MUFFIN, Greg? :love:
When is that BIG HUNK OF MASCULINITY, Bruce, gonna come and see us? :love:
Oh MIKE? Come on out and say HI, Lover! :love: Wait, maybe with Mike I should say, "Hey, was that Angelina Jolie that just posted?" :lmao:
Bill W? You're so hot you would make the devil sweat! :love:

(I'm running out of ideas here ... can anyone help?! We have lots more men out there :lmao: )

Oh my ... only 3 weeks?! Are we really ready for this?! :lmao:

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mom x4,grandma x4

11-04-2006, 06:54 PM

evening all,
well our remodel on the bathroom is done and it looks AWESOME!!!
I am glad it is done, only 4 more bathrooms to go.

It was a beautiful day here today.

We are still pretty quiet on this thread today.
I did find another person on the forum who is on our cruise and I invited him to join us here. He didnt post his name.

Wally I am proud of you for posting a second time!!! :cheer2: :cheer2:
It was good to hear from you.

Time to fix some dessert, put m feet up for awhile, then off to bed.

Oh, i did watch the Magic pull out tonight. 3 more weeks and somebody will be watching us pull out :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Kathy :wave:

TIGGER41681

11-04-2006, 07:25 PM

Good Evening All :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Wow, another busy day for me and DS :thumbsup2 . DH got so much painting done while we were out. We left the house at 8:45am and got home at 5:45pm. It was a VERY long day!!! My Mom took me to The Christmas Tree Shop and the Church Christmas Boutique and then the Mall. The Christmas Tree Shop is a really nice store ;) !!
Tomorrow I am relaxing and packing up my suitcase because I have been so worried about DS's I forgot about mine. Well I am sooooooo tired from walking around I am going to shower and get my PJ's on and lay on the sofa and watch TV with DH. Talk to you all tomorrow.

Glad to hear from Wally.. Hello ;) ;) ;) !!

disneediva

11-04-2006, 07:26 PM

Ok its only fair since Wally came out to play that the rest of the guys do too..

Stony, where are you, you big piece of canadian beefcake :love:

Trey,you sweet angel you won't you come and chat with us? :love:

OHHH Bruce we promise not to bite, just a nibble if you just come and say hi :love: :love: :love:

Ok shell thats all I can do, I wouldn't want to make Bill too jealous now :rotfl2:

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TIGGER41681

11-04-2006, 07:27 PM

Cheri,
Drinks and snacks sounds good. I just have to see how DS is because I am not sure how is going to travel on the plane!! We are getting in mid-afternoon too!!

dkmjgal

11-04-2006, 07:29 PM

Hey Everyone! 3 WEEKS FROM TODAY!!!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:

CONGRATS ON THE DL JOSH!!!! :cool1:

SARAH - I can tell you from experience that the Rasul at the Spa was really great for 1 on 1 time (wink, wink). Me and DH also had just a regular couples massage and that was nice too. Both of them combined I think would be cheaper than the Spa room. Just a thought if you want different ideas.

What I'm looking forward too....hearing our family's name welcomed on to the ship (we LOVE that part)....pulling up to the port and seeing the ship.....the sail away party...meeting all of you guys (all though I'll admit to being a bit scared :scared1: ;) .....warm, sunny weather..... alone time with DH....fun family time together without outside interruptions (phone, tv, homework, work)....I really can't wait for all of it!!!!

We are finally going to get our garage sale over with tomorrow so DH and I have a long night ahead of us. However, the money we are going to make won't be going on the cruise with us :sad1: DH got slammed by a buck the other night and his car is not doing so well. It's considered "undriveable" right now so we had to get a rental and we will have to pay out the deductible on the insurance to get it fixed. However, DH is VERY lucky. It rammed right into his driver side door and did some serious damage. We are very happy that he didn't get hurt. So needless to say...we could really use the Disney Magic right now....

I hope everyone has a great night.

Take care-
Kelly

JanDave

11-04-2006, 07:43 PM

Good Evening Nana Heads!!!

Went to my favorite Mexican restaurant in Detroit for lunch today. Great way to start the weekend. Dave should be back anytime from the MSU game. State lost to Purdue.

Funny today's discussion is about activitites on board. Dave brought up this subject yesterday. I "study" the Navigators the night before and highlight activities I/he/we want to do. I carry a Naviagator in my bag that I carry around the ship. Dave mentioned that we have never been to the napkin, martini, beer, taquila sessions. I go to Bingo at least once each cruise; we've done the bridge tour, galley tour, Walt Disney Theater backstage tour, Disney discussions, such as makings of Disneyland, WDW; DVC meet. I like to browse in the shops -- there are usually items on sale, but you have to look for them. I've gone to a few character meet and greets. Deck 4 is my favorite place to read and drink a beverage in the afternoons. You'll find Dave at the adult pool a lot. He does get out of the pool just before the adult games start, though. He got caught one year and made a fun fool out of himself. We've been known to hang out in the coffee shop talking with other cruisers. We tried the rainforest last year for the first time. Loved those heated chairs.

Have a great evening everyone! :banana: :banana: :banana:

Jan

DutchsMommy

11-04-2006, 08:04 PM

DH got slammed by a buck the other night and his car is not doing so well.
Take care-
Kelly

OK - I have read this about 3 times and have to ask....did you mean Buick? Or did some dumb deer actually smash into the side of his car?? Was he actually driving and this thing came out of nowhere? I just don't picture New Jersey as a deer-infested wilderness?? :confused3

Canadian Beefcake has just taken mini-beefburger out to see 'Flushed Away'. We took a look at the trailers online and it looks pretty cute. Apparently from the same folks as 'Shrek'. So, I have a few hours to myself :cloud9:

Lynn - I have to say you are a power-shopper my friend. I think you have been out shopping in every post! LOL Hey, it's all for a good cause!

Kathy - 5 bathrooms!!!!!! :scared1: I feel for you on cleaning day! Does Minnie get one to herself then? ;)

Shell - where's Mr Mutt?? Or is he going to counselling because of your online hussy ways?? You banana-tart you!! :banana: :teeth:

Hope everyone has a nice weekend - talk to you soon :grouphug:

Dixielady908

11-04-2006, 08:18 PM

Hi Sarah,
Due to the fact that you wrote back first, and you ride, I am writing back to you first. Yes .. we do not have a helmet law in Illinois, but I do have one and wear it when needed. Have a great evening! :love: Wally

mom x4,grandma x4

11-04-2006, 09:24 PM

Sarah,
actually it is only 4 1/2 baths, and I DO NOT clean them all. :confused3

Let me rephrase that, we use our bathroom in the master bedroom, which I clean. DS has his own bathroom which he has to clean.
The 1/2 bath is downstairs and guest use it, so I clean it. Now all the rest are for guests in the extra bedrooms and NOBODY is allowed to use them unless it is company that is staying with us.
That way I only have to dust every 2 or 3 weeks and flush a couple of times a week to keep the water from making a ring.
There is NO WAY I would be cleaning all those bathrooms all the time :sad2:

well it is late here and almost my bedtime, so I will say good night and I will check back in the morning. :goodvibes

Kathy :wave:

LindaBabe

11-04-2006, 10:04 PM

Hi All,
Sorry for being among the missing all day - Went out to lunch with the female half of our Disney 'newbies' couple. I wish i'd had a camera when she realized she was going to Cirque de Soleil! and even MORE so when I told her it was "free, included with the package". (70 years old, Polish, VERY close with a buck. I've been making the plans in collaboration with the husband, my former boss.)

Wow! Too bad about the close encounter with the buck! I got an 8 pointer like that once - right front shoulder.

I had hoped that by the chance we got to 10K of those miserable yellow fruits the rest of you would be sick of them too and we wouldn't see them anymore!

Oh, Tonya - I hope the hairy godmother bought something for HERSELF and not Miss Dimples. SHE had a little meltdown in the bear store this afternoon. There was this wonderful red and black satin dress with red and black ear bows. Would have been perfect for the cruise . . . except it was for a DOG! We were looking at the 'back' of it. Poor Dimples sobbed and whimpered for an hour.

I'll try and point Bruce over here tomorrow. He's not very 'chatty'. (and is THAT ever an understatement!)

Good night, All!

I think i'm done

dkmjgal

11-04-2006, 10:29 PM

OK - I have read this about 3 times and have to ask....did you mean Buick? Or did some dumb deer actually smash into the side of his car?? Was he actually driving and this thing came out of nowhere? I just don't picture New Jersey as a deer-infested wilderness?? :confused3
:

Sarah - LOL :rotfl: No it wasn't a buick...it was in fact a buck that was dumb enough to ram the side of his car. Actually, NJ is LOADED with deer and where we are in Central Jersey we definitely have our fair share. They are in our back yard all the time...and where we live is actually wilderness, although we live on an acre of property.

Kelly

BelievesinFairies

11-04-2006, 10:35 PM

JanDave

11-04-2006, 10:37 PM

Hi Nana Heads:

I just got back from having 2 margaritas with dinner. Whooo, I feel great!!!!

Dave is not an online type person, but he is a talker. So you will all find out in 3 weeks.

For those going on Sunny Liston's tour, I got an email from him tonight. Did you? Unfortuniately, we are tendering at St. Thomas but he'll be there when we get off the tender and has room for us to lock up stuff, like snorkeling stuff, etc. This is the first time in our 7 cruises that we are tendering.

Have a great Sunday. We are heading to Detroit for our granddaughter's 4th birthday party.

Jan

jd99

11-04-2006, 10:52 PM

Lynn, I don't think we've set any sort of time for dinner / get-together. If I remember right, Jeff & family arrive in the early evening. We arrive mid-afternoon and then will spend the afternoon glued to the TV for a football game. I'm thinking sometime after 6:00. . . If we can't all hook up for dinner, we can definitely get together for drinks/snacks, etc. I guess we better start figuring this out! A lot will also be dependent on the kids and how the travel day has gone up to that point.
Cheri :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Yep we get in late afternoon so drinks/snacks will work better in our world than dinner...AND I also reserve the right to do a quick driveby since wife and both DDs may be off on their own if the kids are cranky. So we shall see. But we are up for it hopefully.

Just wrapping up my visit to beautiful West coast of FLA and i refuse to talk about the football game i came to see. My team stinks this year - so I'm ready now for basketball season where the Panthers are ranked #5 preseason.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

BelievesinFairies

11-05-2006, 12:33 AM

TiggerKing

11-05-2006, 08:06 AM

GO NAVY!
There must be something to doing what you love...my dad loved flying and going to work was fun for him...but, he was also VERY frugal...so maybe cruises were just too expensive for him! :laughing: We may have traveled...but it was free airfare....cheap hotels and pb&j/donuts in the room for meals.
Dad never got to do a cruise because of the cost. Our vacations sound very similar though. Getting the hotel went like this:

Dad: Lay down in the back seat!
Me: Why:
Dad: So they won't charge us for you!

Those were the days! :rotfl2:

TiggerKing

11-05-2006, 08:07 AM

Shell - where's Mr Mutt?? Or is he going to counselling because of your online hussy ways?? You banana-tart you!!
I am SO glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read this post! :rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl:

disneediva

11-05-2006, 08:21 AM

Morning All :banana: ,
I just got to work and wanted to check in before I got started as Bob put it, griping about the docs here :rotfl2: I'll check in later.

Sarah, did Canadian beefecake and mini beefcake have a good time last night?

Wendy :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

mom x4,grandma x4

11-05-2006, 08:22 AM

morning,
off to WDW

will check back when we return,

Kathy :wave:

woogal

11-05-2006, 08:36 AM

Dad never got to do a cruise because of the cost. Our vacations sound very similar though. Getting the hotel went like this:

Dad: Lay down in the back seat!
Me: Why:
Dad: So they won't charge us for you!

Those were the days! :rotfl2:
OMG! We have the same father! :lmao:

LindaBabe

11-05-2006, 08:44 AM

Oh, Kathy! HOW I WISH I WAS THERE! It's another cold morning here in upstate New York!

Woogal, my list of favorites goes just like yours. I'm 'blissed out' just by getting to the port, and the first day is rich with the knowledge that there are many more to follow. But the next 7 days goes by in an eyewink, each one sadder than the last because it's closer to the day we must departYes, we got that note from Sonny Listen too. I'm not very fond of tendering, being somewhat unstable on my feet. But, I managed it in Grand Cayman in '04, and I will manage it this year too. I'm still dithering over whether to book an excursion in St. Martin. I wish we were doing Sonny's first - then I'd know how I liked it.

One of my docs goes every year two weeks to a resort on Orient Beach. He says one day won't be sufficient. Perhaps not, but it's all I've got, so I want to make the most of it!

Guess it's time to get up and at 'em. I got a line on some gaucho pants on sale so need to get my work done and get out to the other mall. Might hit the Christmas tree shop too, Lynn. YOU are so right - the best part is - it's affordable!

Happy Day, All.

TIGGER41681

11-05-2006, 09:18 AM

Good Morning All :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Today is a nice sunny day but cold here in NY. I am not doing nothing expect packing my suitcase and packing away DS clothes that don't fit. Oh, DS was all smiles :) :) :) for Santa Claus and took a great picture. Have to make Pancake for breakfast. Talk to you later!!!

pgfour

11-05-2006, 09:46 AM

DH and I did the Martini and Tequila tasting last year. Be warned, the Martini tasting is OK. I repeat OK. The martini's are small (lush husband) and there is only one true martini. 4 of them are faux-tini's and one looked like pepto in a glass. (I didn't try that one) The tequila tasting is good, but they start you out with WELL tequila and by the time you get the Patron, your taste buds are dead. The strawberry marg. was great. But once again you get a small glass. I know that you all want to try it but I wanted to let you know what you had in store. I'm not complaining, I had a great time, they give the history of the drinks etc, and after the tequila tasting I in was need of bread products (was tanked, cheap date). DH will be trying the Beer tasting this time, but I will spend my time on deck waiting for a server to come and serve me.

Hi Tonya,

Let me know if I have this straight:

For the martini tasting, you get about 4 or 5 mini samples of martinis -- one is a vodka martini, one is gin, and the others are "flavored"(?). I should hope they're all small!!!! :crazy:

For the tequila / margarita, you get a few shots of various tequilas followed by a small margarita at the end.

I know nothing about the wine tasting, but I'll assume they have a couple reds & whites.

Then at each "class" they probably give a bit of info about the various drinks. :teacher: I've read varying reviews about each, and I was under the impression that you're getting small samples instead of actual full-sized drinks.

How close am I??

Thanks! :thumbsup2

Cheri

pgfour

11-05-2006, 09:59 AM

Hey, y'know what? That worked out pretty good. Let's try some more and see if we get any takers ...

Where is that STUD MUFFIN, Greg? :love:
When is that BIG HUNK OF MASCULINITY, Bruce, gonna come and see us? :love:
Oh MIKE? Come on out and say HI, Lover! :love: Wait, maybe with Mike I should say, "Hey, was that Angelina Jolie that just posted?" :lmao:
Bill W? You're so hot you would make the devil sweat! :love:

"Oh whoa, here she comes,
Watch out boys, she'll chew you up.
Oh whoa, here she comes,
She's a maneater. . ."

pgfour

11-05-2006, 10:13 AM

There must be something to doing what you love...my dad loved flying and going to work was fun for him...but, he was also VERY frugal...so maybe cruises were just too expensive for him! :laughing:

Don't get me wrong, my dad LOVED to fly -- in fact his two careers were his two hobbies -- flying & farming!! (He still farms -- I can see some of their cattle now as I look out the window! :rotfl: :rotfl: )

I know what you mean about the frugality!! OMG -- we stayed in some very interesting motels!!!!! :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :sad2: While getting to fly first class was great, there's a special comfort of going to the airport and knowing I'll get on a flight. Besides, I don't think flying is as fun today as it used to be.

I'm sure we'll have some good stories to share!!!!! :chat:

Cheri

pgfour

11-05-2006, 10:16 AM

woogal

11-05-2006, 10:21 AM

Good Sunday morning, Banana Heads :banana: :banana: :banana:

Shell - where's Mr Mutt?? Or is he going to counselling because of your online hussy ways?? You banana-tart you!! :banana: :teeth:
Sarah, Sarah, Sarah :sad2: ... thank you SO MUCH! Now my husband calls me "Banana Tart" with a little giggle and a snort :lmao: .

Stony, where are you, you big piece of canadian beefcake :love:
Canadian Beefcake?! Talk about a major snort while reading that! :rotfl2:

On-board activity I am looking forward to the most ... definitely Match Your Mate! I think it's on Monday night (Wendy, what does my spreadsheet say? :rotfl: ). I think that will be good for some major laughs!

So since someone broached the subject of Orient Beach earlier ... um ... anyone planning on going there?! ;)

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

disneediva

11-05-2006, 11:06 AM

Yes Shell Monday is match your mate, so we will seeing you and da mutt there, save us a seat...

pgfour

11-05-2006, 12:30 PM

Good morning all! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

We have a nice :sunny: day here today! :cool1:

DD had a great time at the carnival yesterday! In addition to all the junky toys she won at various games, she won a plate of cupcakes from the cake walk and a bottle of Coke from the ring toss. (The Coke will probably be stolen by DH & mixed with Bacardi!! :drinking1 :rotfl: )

I got stuck working a double shift at a game because they didn't have enough workers. Oh well, I helped young gamblers hone their dice-throwing skills as they tried to roll doubles in order to win a prize! Next stop, Vega$!!!!

Trying to catch up here --

Kathy, so glad you don't clean those 4.5 bathrooms on your own!

Lynn & Jeff -- let's just plan on snacks/drinks instead of a full-blown dinner on Friday night. Does that sound ok???

Watch out for those deer! Hopefully you had a relatively low deductible. It's usually a not a bad idea to keep the comprehensive (other than collision) deductible low for all those not-at-fault occurences. (Gosh -- sorry to be dispensing insurance advice on a Sunday :sad2: :sad2: :sad2: ).

Wally, thanks for checking in! Today may be a better for taking the Harley out for a spin. :moped:

Sarah, you are just way too funny as usual. I foresee myself snorting drinks out my nose if Shell, Wendy & you are together for any length of time! :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

Time to do something more constructive than sit on my butt and read posts & trip reports! :rotfl2: Oh, that is constructive & acceptable, you say??!!! :confused3 Don't think my Bill heartily agrees with that. . .

Later!! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Cheri

pgfour

11-05-2006, 12:37 PM

We tried the rainforest last year for the first time. Loved those heated chairs.

Jan

Hi Jan (or anyone else who has been / done that),

Can you tell me more about the rainforest? I thought I had read somewhere that you can pay for either a one-day visit or for an unlimited full-week pass to go. Also is this something that requires a reservation, or do you just show up and hope everyone else on board doesn't have the same plan? (a.k.a first-come, first-served)

Like I said, I know I read about it waaaaaaaaaaay back, but now I can't find anything about it!

Thanks!!!! :thumbsup2

Cheri

JanDave

11-05-2006, 12:49 PM

Hi Cheri:

We went to the rain forest on a day pass. We could have gone as many times as we wanted on the day pass. This year, we are planning to get the week pass. Reservations are not needed to go to the rain forest.

Have a great day everyone!

Jan

LindaBabe

11-05-2006, 02:39 PM

And believe me - you hope everyone DOESN't have the same idea you do because there are only 4 loungers!

Shopping was a bust. I got 6 local post cards and some groceries. BOO HISS!

woogal

11-05-2006, 02:44 PM

disneediva

11-05-2006, 03:06 PM

We are leaving Thursday afternoon and driving there, we are staying Thurs and Fri night at an I drive hotel. We are going to Sea World friday

We just bought a rolling garment bag for the suits and dresses..

woogal

11-05-2006, 03:28 PM

We are leaving Thursday afternoon and driving there, we are staying Thurs and Fri night at an I drive hotel. We are going to Sea World friday..
So does that mean you and Mom aren't going to get to do any Christmas shopping on Friday? :(

TiggerKing

11-05-2006, 03:30 PM

So if you would've gone to a drive-in theater, would've he put you in the trunk until he pulled into the parking spot??!! :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
Nope, laid in the back seat with a blanket over me! :thumbsup2

TiggerKing

11-05-2006, 03:30 PM

OMG! We have the same father! :lmao:
Don't even JOKE about that! Give me heart failure! :rotfl2:

DutchsMommy

11-05-2006, 05:00 PM

Hello everyone,

Hope you all had a nice weekend.

Kathy - hope you had a good time at WDW...wish I was there with you!

Woo - hope I didn't ruffle too many feathers :grouphug: :teeth:

Well, beefcake and mini-b had a great time at 'Flushed Away' and I had a bit of peace, which is always nice. They are outside right now being 'firestraters' with our chiminea. Boys will be boys they tell me! :rolleyes:

It looks like my sister *may* be in labour. This is her first and she is pretty excited. I am excited for her! A little boy is on the way. They are up in Sudbury ON which is pretty far North so I am hoping the weather holds for them - itis a 1/2 hr drive to the Hospital so we defiantely don't want to add white-outs to that (for you Southerners that is snow squalls so bad you can't see in front of your face to drive anywhere). Anyway, this will be my first 'Aunt' assignment so I am looking forward to it!

I had to go out shopping today for some fall/winter work clothes. The closet was looking pretty bare. I managed to pick up a fe things - I am a major mix and match person - and am happy it is over. As you can see I am not a big shopper. I can never get pants to fit (too big in the waist to fit over my ample bum and thighs) *sigh*. And shoes are a pain as well becuase I have stupid giant waterskis for feet. Anyway, with the help of Walmart, Old Navy and Payless I have a few things to wear and am not in the poor house. I definately need Lynn up here to get me in the shopping mood! :teeth:

Well, I better get started on my piece-de-resistance dinner for this evening 'le sloppy joes' so we'll talk to everyone later.

Dixielady908

11-05-2006, 05:55 PM

Afternoon all:

Well this has been one busy weekend for me.....but I have to say, yesterday I did get some ironing and also packing done. I have one suitcase packed.

Shell: We are bringing a garment bag that can be checked in that we are putting Wally's suits and my dress. I'm hoping that will keep them less wrinkled. :confused3

Well I went to my dads this morning in Chicago and visited with him for a few hours, then on the way home, stopped and did grocery shopping. After I come home and put all that away, my DS and I worked on my door signs and have them all completed :woohoo: :cheer2: :banana: ....I think they turned out really well. Then after that, went and did more ironing, cleaned up the kitchen as Wally made some salsa (& a huge mess) which also smelled up my whole house. So this is the first time since I have been home that I got to sit down for a few minutes. Oh yeah I almost forgot, I packed up a package to send to my DD. :sad2: man I tired just reading all of that.

Shell: dont let Sarah pick on you, I dont think your a tart at all... :teeth:

Be back on later...
Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

disneediva

11-05-2006, 06:36 PM

So does that mean you and Mom aren't going to get to do any Christmas shopping on Friday? :(

None :faint: do you feel sorry for me or better yet sorry for the stores... :rotfl2:

TIGGER41681

11-05-2006, 06:45 PM

Good Evening All :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Well today DH and I got so much done!! Well talked to my Mom today and she was upset because my grandmother is not doing so well. She suffered a stroke 6 years ago which left her bedridden :sad2:. DS is getting 5 shots plus The flu shot tomorrow at the Doctor's :sad2: :sad2: :sad2: . Well I am going to watch General Hosptial on SoapNet since I missed it on Friday. Oh, DS grow out of his infant car seat :sad2: :sad2: !!! Talk to you tomorrow!!

Shell: We are flying down Friday and staying at the Hyatt in the Orlando Airport.

Kathy: Hope you had fun at WDW.

Cheri: Sounds Good to me on the snacks and drinks!!

DutchMommy: I am a VERY good shopping partner :teeth: :teeth: !!

mom x4,grandma x4

11-05-2006, 06:56 PM

Howdy,
well we had a great day at Magic Kingdom today. It was great weather and we were there by opening time, so we had some time before it got too busy. Although it was a busy day for off season.
I did see one Disney cruise Line bus full of happy people on their way to board the Wonder. Mickey, Donald and Goofy were having a party in the back window, but they wouldnt let me come and play :sad2:

After we were done at MK we went to the Winter/summer wonderland mini golf course by Blizzard beach. With annual passes we get in for 1/2 price which is great!! There is a small pond along side the golf course and there is a small slab of concrete on one end for maintenance. On that slab was a nice alligator sunning himself today.
One little boy got so excited that he ran to his car to get his camera to take a picture. I was thinking where there is a smaller gator there is always a bigger gator!!!

Well hopefully tomarrow I will be ble to finish my last door sign.

Have a great evening everyone.
My tootsies are crying for a hot soak in the tub!!

Kathy :wave:

firemans wife

11-05-2006, 09:14 PM

WOW what a day!! We went to church, then came home to get ready for our party. party: We had 25 friends over. They are a bunch of our old neighbors. Everyone slowly moved away. We all had kids around the same time and have kept in touch over the years. The kids range in age from 2-10. It was fun, but I am beat :faint:

I am taking a garmet bag for my dresses and DH suits. We have done this several time and it ususally works great.

We are arriving Thanksgiving day. I don't think we will be doing a whole lot that day. I would like to hit the Disney out let store. They have some great deals!! Much cheaper than Magic Kingdom We are staying at Pop Century. We are going to Magic Kingdom on Friday ::MinnieMo :earsboy: Should be fun.

What are everyones plans for shore excursions?? We have the Coral World /Island tour shore excursion booked for St Thomas. We picked that because we thought the kids would like Coral World. I did not book anything for St Martin. I have read a lot about Maho Beach. It is near the airport and I guess the jets fly right over the beach. I read it is a must see for the kids. DH and I have watched some videos on you tube-it is amazing. Don't think I would want to stand right under on of those big jets. :scared1: Also heard about a beach called Little Divi Bay. Any one else have any suggestions?

Well off to get the kids in bed :cloud9:

Talk to you all soon
Lorna :firefight

LindaBabe

11-05-2006, 10:09 PM

We're leaving early! We're Leaving Early!

9 workdays to go YAHOOOOOOOOooooooooo

We go to Florida on November 17th and staying at Wilderness Lodge. (And, I won't be wired, so if there's anything I need to know about meets decided after that, somebody Puleeeeeeeeeeze call me!)

Got the bears clothes out and ready to pack. got a pile of stuff I might LIKE to take. Started organizing Villa stuff - laundry kit, snack kit, grocery list, coffee kit. When we used to camp, I had a great list - never forgot anything. I'm not that wll organized any more.

Winter trips just require so much more stuff than summer. Summer a few shorts and shirts and sandals does it.

Shell, I hang the stuff in plastic cleaners bags and then interleave them in the suitcase still on the hangers. In otherwords, lay the bottom of the skirt in the suitcase with the top hanging over the top. Then lay the next garment in 1/4 turn with the top h aning over the side. Next garment goes 1/4 turn further. Then the first garment gets folded over, then the second, and so forth. it makes the folds padded and nothing gets creased. unfold and hang at destination.

Have a great night, all!

favoriteslave

11-06-2006, 12:11 AM

Cheri, yes you get MINI sized drinks. The shots are full sized or at least they felt full sized as they were burning holes in my esophagus. But the speciality drinks are small, they want to wet your taste buds so you'll buy the big ones I guess. But we had a great time, I think I was in a bad mood yesterday, so take everything I said with a grain of salt, especially TEQUILA. hehe

Shell, Linda is right on about the plastic garment bags from the dry cleaners. I usually pack the wrinkly stuff last and then hang it up first. I didn't have any trouble with my dress and tuxes last year. You could also get a small bottle of that wrinkle release stuff and use it.

Also we are leaving Spring patch on Friday morning and flying in to FLA in the afternoon. We are probably going to go straight to Cocoa Beach as last year we were so tired that we got lost on the way down. It didn't make for a great start for the vacation (didn't help that I locked the keys in the car at the airport either). Who said they were at the Radisson and who was up for dinner and drinking?

Linda, Good lord I shop for myself all the time. I need a little girl to shop for. They laughed when I came in with a list at Build-a-bear. They asked if it was for my little girl, I said ah no my hairy god child. I got some strange looks, but still got what I wanted. Now I have to remember to pack it all.

I got my regional ornament this weekend. DH took me shopping and was very helpful. He actually found it I was just walking around mouth breathing.

Who ever was trying to entice my DH from his hole, good luck. He is as busy as a one armed paper hanger. We both deserve this vacation.

Have a great night everyone. Im going to finish watching football, and go to bed. TTY in the morning.

For the Fund.. :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

And one for Linda. pooh:

LindaBabe

11-06-2006, 07:20 AM

Lorna, your gathering sounds like so much fun! Even if you were tired afterward, I'm betting it was worth it. And how great for your kids to have the continuity of friendship.

Tonya, Dimples will be VERY glad to see you! That is exactly why we got her, I think. We needed a little girl! Our son has only provided us with granddogs, and our adopted granddaughter is growing up - certainly NOT a little girl any more.

Excursions in St. Martin is a good question. I've been procrastinating. We'll probably just take a taxi to a beach. That strategy worked out very well for us in Cozumel - the driver took us to paradise - Nachicocoom.

Happy Day, All!

TIGGER41681

11-06-2006, 07:26 AM

Good Morning :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Well this morning is another chilly morning here in NY. Well today we are off to the Doctor's for DS's 6 month check-up. Last night I did all my bills and then it was off to bed!! Have to go call my sisters' to wish her :bday: e she heads to work!!! Talk to you all later!!

TIGGER41681

11-06-2006, 07:27 AM

Kathy,
Where are you this morning?? Sleeping in :cloud9: :cloud9: with Minnie :dogdance: !!

mom x4,grandma x4

11-06-2006, 07:33 AM

Good morning,

Linda you'll love the Wilderness lodge.
We stayed there last December for our anniversary. The one dinner only restaurant is VER GOOD!! very expensive too!! But it features all the food from the Northwest, which is our home area.
We often go MG and catch the boat to wilderness lodge and walk the trail to the wilderness campground and then catch the boat there and go to the Contempory to eat at Chef Mickeys and then back.

Tonya, we will be at the Radisson too, but wont be up for partying. We old folks need our rest so we can stay up past 8 p.m. on the ship :rotfl2:

Have a great Monday everyone,
I am off to finish my last door sign today, I hope.

Pat, did you see that Gatorland is on fire!! Animals are ok so far, but all the newly remodled buildings are on fire.

Kathy :wave:

dkmjgal

11-06-2006, 08:20 AM

Good Morning Everyone! :wave:

It's a bright, sunny, chilly day here in NJ. It supposed to warm up a bit over the next few days though...high 50's, low 60's...which for this time of year is great!

Well we finally got the yard sale over with yesterday. We did pretty well I think. But then again, the way I look at it..all of the stuff was $0 when it was in the basement...so whatever we sold it for is great! It was a beautiful day yesterday...nice and sunny...so it was nice just hanging out outside with DH and the kids.

I REALLY can't believe how soon we leave!!! I MUST get busy with organizing, making signs, making lists and then crossing things off. Besides the cruise, we still haven't figured out what we are doing about decorating the house...I think we may do most of it on Thanksgiving Day. We are leaving bright and early the day after Thanksgiving and will be staying at Saratoga Springs for the 1st time on Friday night. We will be spending the afternoon at Epcot more than likely, "Soarin'" around and taking the 'Fast Track' thru the park :) and then we are off to dinner and the Candlelight Processional. We haven't done this yet so we are looking forward to it.

I hope everyone has a great day!

Kelly

TiggerKing

11-06-2006, 09:21 AM

Hello again ... :banana: :banana: :banana:

Couple of questions:
1. Who is leaving early? We get to FLA on the Friday before we embark.
2. Does anyone have any tips on packing gowns/dresses and suits?
We are leaving Friday morning. Don't know if we will stay in Orlando or Cocoa as yet (still have over 2 weeks you know! :rotfl: ). Why you asking?

woogal

11-06-2006, 10:21 AM

Good morning Banana Heads :banana: :banana: :banana:

Kelly ... great week here too with about the same forecast as you have. It's been so stinkin' cold that I'll take 50s and 60s gladly!

Kathy and Linda, my family stayed at Wilderness Lodge when it first opened ... wow, it was beautiful! We had rooms with balconies overlooking the woods and had the perfect seats for the nightly light show parade on the lake (I suppose that has an official name :confused3 ).

Shell, I hang the stuff in plastic cleaners bags and then interleave them in the suitcase still on the hangers. In otherwords, lay the bottom of the skirt in the suitcase with the top hanging over the top. Then lay the next garment in 1/4 turn with the top h aning over the side. Next garment goes 1/4 turn further. Then the first garment gets folded over, then the second, and so forth. it makes the folds padded and nothing gets creased. unfold and hang at destination.
Brilliant! That's exactly what I was looking for!

We are leaving Friday morning. Don't know if we will stay in Orlando or Cocoa as yet (still have over 2 weeks you know! :rotfl: ). Why you asking?
Uh ... because I'm nosy? :teeth: I also want to make sure that I know when to start worrying about each group getting to our destination :lmao:

See ya later
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

U2Pixies

11-06-2006, 10:29 AM

If this is (and I'm sure it is with all the :hyper2: that goes on here) a question that has been asked before, please forgive me. (I'm too tired and too darn lazy to go back and read the previous posts) Can I bring a case of bottled water with me on the ship?
For those of you that have gone before us; is it easy to use your debit card on the islands? I don't know if I should bring most of my fun money or leave it in my account and use my debit card. Thanks

Yes Kathy, I saw the news about Gatorland. What an awful fire. They said that it was contained to the gift shop and explained that the gift shop alone is about 7,000 sq. ft.

Woo - we are leaving early Sat. morning. We are staying in our family owned hotel Friday night. We have the king and queen suite! :goodvibes I'm going shopping on Friday! Priorities my friend! Besides, that's my birthday!
TTFN :wave:
Pat

pgfour

11-06-2006, 10:45 AM

Happy Monday morning everyone!!! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

I'll need to make this quick -- time to get ready for work -- my laptop is on the fritz again. :badpc:

Jan -- thanks for the info!

Tonya -- thanks as well! I knew the "tasting sessions" would be serving samples; no way could I drink full sizes of the various drinks and make it out of there on my own! :lmao: :lmao: Not sure if I'm up for tequila shots, but we'll see.

Shell -- I'm sure you already knew, but we're arriving around 2:30 on Friday afternoon and will trek over to the Hyatt. Jeff & Lynn and families will be there Friday as well. Looks like I might be the first to see little Drew in person. :cool1: :cheer2:

Linda - thanks for the packing tip! I knew I'd read about using plastic bags to help decrease wrinkles but had forgotten HOW to use them!!!!

Kathy -- glad to hear you had a good time at WDW.

Someone had asked about excursions -- we haven't booked anything. On St. Maartin, I think we'll check out the casinos and then head to Little Divi Bay (or whatever it's called). I had read some decent reviews about it having calm waters and being family friendly & close to the ship. All is dependent on DD's activities for the day.

On St. Thomas, I may grab Lynn so she can shop for me!!! :rotfl2: :rotfl2: Sarah, like you, I'm not much of a shopper! I also have a hard time finding clothes that fit and look good. I find it much easier to shop for others.

Wendy -- since you won't be shopping on Friday before we cruise, you'll have to buy-out St Thomas -- they do give lots of extra allowances!

Seriously, I'm not really sure what we'll do on St.Thomas or St. John. I'm so glad to hear we'll be tendering to the port. :rolleyes1 NOT!! :sad2:

I had a mini-epiphany about my door signs, so I think I know how to fashion them. :thumbsup2 I told Jessalyn that we needed to make door signs to mark which room is ours. She promptly made paper signs with our names on them on hung them on our bedroom doors! :rotfl2: Not quite what I had in mind.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Cheri :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

P.S. So much for keeping this short!!

TiggerKing

11-06-2006, 11:09 AM

If this is (and I'm sure it is with all the :hyper2: that goes on here) a question that has been asked before, please forgive me. (I'm too tired and too darn lazy to go back and read the previous posts) Can I bring a case of bottled water with me on the ship?

Pat: As long as you pack it in your checked baggage, it should be okay. That way, you can bring a suitcase of water, and then have plenty of room to take your shopping conquests home.

For those of you that have gone before us; is it easy to use your debit card on the islands? I don't know if I should bring most of my fun money or leave it in my account and use my debit card. Thanks
Can't speak for the islands, but I had no problem with it in Europe last year. Just use it as a Visa or Mastercard (whoever issues your debit card) and don't try and do PIN based transactions (not a good idea anyway). The merchants will run it through just like a VISA and you will sign a credit card slip. It will deduct from your account in a few days.

TiggerKing

11-06-2006, 11:48 AM

We are not our usual chatty selves today. What is wrong? Is everyone doing all right? :wave2:

favoriteslave

11-06-2006, 12:13 PM

Another thing about using a credit card out of the country. Make sure you tell your credit card company that you will be using it OUT OF THE COUNTRY. I would hate for them to deny you using it because they thought it was fraudulent. Just something else to do before you go.

Linda and the girls, just got my Tiara in the morning mail. I tried to wear it at work but everyone just looked at me funny. I guess I will wear it at home where I know i'm a princess.

Bob, your right we are too quite this morning. Woo & Mutt must be working hard this morning along with everyone else.

ttyl :banana:

cindalu

11-06-2006, 12:53 PM

TiggerKing

11-06-2006, 01:04 PM

Hi everyone,
I hope everyone had a great weekend. I had a good weekend. On Friday night before the girls and I went to my parents for dinner my mother in law praised me on how good the bedrooms looked. I was so happy. And then Saturday afternoon I got a call from a band parent who asked me if I still needed I ride to Allentown for a band competion. I said yes and I was thrilled to go. I had only seen them one time and I really wanted to see them.

The North Penn marching knights have won the Group 6 Open championships for 10 years in a row.

Does anyone know when our cruise documents should be coming in the mail. I have been told two different things and I am confused. Do they come regular mail or UPS. Do they come two weeks or 10 days before. We are leaving on Nov. 24 and I am getting nervous. Did anyone get theirs yet.

Lucinda

Hey Lucinda! Great to hear from you! Glad that things went well over the weekend and you got some "me" time!

As for the cruise docs, it depends on if you used a TA or booked directly with DCL, and if you booked with a TA, which one you used. For some travel agents, Disney will send the documents to them, and then the TA will send them to you, thus slowing the process. I have heard of people getting them as much as 3 weeks prior, and some who don't get them but a few days before. They normally will come UPS, but I am sure that Kathy can provide much better insight than I!

cindalu

11-06-2006, 01:15 PM

I booked through DU and they told me 10 days. Then I called DCL and they told me 14 days. Is anyone else using DU.

TIA

Lucinda

mom x4,grandma x4

11-06-2006, 01:27 PM

Lucinda,
you mean you guys havnt got your docs yet???
They come UPS. Sometimes we have had to sign for them other times I have found them under my door matt and was glad nobody took them while I was gone.

I have been sitting outside enjoying the great 70 degree weather today.
But I see quite a few of you have been posting this morning, we may just make that 5000 posts yet!!

Oh, by the way, we havnt got our docs yet either :rotfl2: Gotcha ya!!
usually they come about 2 weeks out, but as Bob said if you used a TA it may take a few days longer. You can always print off docs on line and check in on line, then you just bring those papers with you instead of the docs you get via UPS.
Some people said it is faster to check in on line first, but we found out that we still did all the same stuff at the terminal to check in, so we are not going to do it again. It didnt save us anytime.

Kathy :wave:

TiggerKing

11-06-2006, 01:32 PM

Lucinda, we are using DU as well and no sign of documents!

I found it strange after you asked this question....I have not even thought about cruise documents this time around. We were so excited to get them on our first cruise, but I don't think I have even had the thought of "Gosh, I can't wait until they get here!" Hmmm...wonder why that is the case this time?

cruisemutt

11-06-2006, 01:42 PM

Hey everyone... I've been checking some of the other threads and the results I'm reading are pretty consistent. Most report doing the "doc dance" about 14-15 days out...
I'd imagine we should start looking for them Friday and beyond.
(I'm NOT obsessed....now you just HUSH with that talk.)

Have a good day, everyone.

ps... Hi wife! :wave2:

jd99

11-06-2006, 02:31 PM

I know. it's shocking. But I have a real question re the cruise. We are taking DCL bus to the port but don't want to return that way because the airline we are on is not a check in at the port option (southwest) and I don't need to end my vacation hauling my bags all over MCO.

We want to take a towncar/van service back to MCO after the cruise. Who have you used? When do you tell them to show up? Is it as easy as the buses?

Thanks in advance.
jeff

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

DutchsMommy

11-06-2006, 02:38 PM

HI Jeff,

We've used FL Tours a number of times and been happy with their service. We had them pick us up fairly early becuase we had an early flight. Can't compare to the buses as we have never used them. You can book the FL Tours car on their website.

I am not relying on my docs getting here on time - I will just download the stuff from the website. Last time we cruised our TA had to actually purolate our pkg to WDW as it did not arrive in time for us to get it at home.

So if you recall DH arrived home from Vegas on Friday. So on Saturday I am doing laundy - taking the washing out to put in the dryer - and guess what I should see??? His Passport - he had left it in his pants and it was sopping. I was a little :furious: becuase I swear I have asked him to check his pockets a million times. Anyway, he sheepishly ironed it and I think it will be OK. Man....that's all we need is to not have the ID necessary for the trip!!!!!!

Anyway - got a meeting, gotta go...talk to you later.

favoriteslave

11-06-2006, 02:42 PM

We have used Tiffany Towncars. We really liked them. They loaded everthing for us and were always prompt and friendly.

dkmjgal

11-06-2006, 02:51 PM

Jeff...I've heard REALLY good things about Happy Limo. That's who we have booked to get from airport, to resort, to terminal, back to resort and back to airport. The woman that helped me over the phone was great.
If you go to www.mousesavers.com you can find a link for them. There is a discounted rate for mousesavers.

Kelly

cindalu

11-06-2006, 03:02 PM

We are using FL Tours from SSR to the port. For the seven of us it is pretty reasonable. I have never used them before so I will let you know.

They are also picking us up on the 2nd and taking us back to SSR.

Our flight is not until Sunday.

LindaBabe

11-06-2006, 04:31 PM

What's this about documents? I thought that's what we got months ago in that little packge that looked like a suitcase or something? I also filled a bunch of stuff out on line - do I need to bring prints of that too?? my list gets longer and longer.

Bruce rebuilt the steps this weekend. Even he admits the new ones are much sturdier than the old ones - It's like a boulevard compaired to a two lane road.

Don't have to worry about DutchsDaddy teasing me, do I? Anyone who would leave his passport in his pocket has NO room to tease ;-)

jd99

11-06-2006, 04:58 PM

woogal

11-06-2006, 05:27 PM

And here's yet another question ... do you think a flu shot is necessary prior to the trip? I normally don't get one, but thought maybe with all the viruses that can go around a ship, it would be a bad idea. Denise? Wendy? Any insight?

TIGGER41681

11-06-2006, 05:36 PM

Good Evening :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Well DS went to the Doctor's for his 6 month check-up and boy he was not happy to get 4 shots plus the Flu shot. He started crying :sad: :sad: before he got the shots :sad2: :sad2: !! He is 15 lbs and he can start eating Cheerios and Fruit Puffs!! Wow no more baby :sad2: :sad2: :sad2: !! I made beef stew for dinner while DS was sleeping. I was not feeling great today. I had a terrible headache :headache: :headache: :headache: that I woke-up with and still has not gone away!! Well DS is crying and just wants to be held so let me go hold him!!

Cheri: You are right you get to meet Drew first :thumbsup2 !!

favoriteslave

11-06-2006, 05:37 PM

I got my Hep A short before we left last year. So did the DS. I don't ever get the flu shot (and with that admission I will come down with it the week of the cruise) so Knock on Wood now.

Jeff I don't know what time they make you get off the ship, we milled around and took a couple pictures after breakfast and then with tears in our eyes made our way down stairs to get off the boat.

TIGGER41681

11-06-2006, 06:07 PM

Good Night :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Well I am going heat up my beef stew and then going to finish my calenders then DS a bath and bottle and I am going to try to stay up for Prisonbreak. Well Good Night All :cloud9: :cloud9: :cloud9: !!!

U2Pixies

11-06-2006, 06:20 PM

TiggerKing - thanks for answering my questions :thumbsup2

Lynn - Wow! Cheerios already. Laura is 8 mos. and she hasn't had them yet. Maybe Wednesday...I have her then ;) Does Drew have his top front teeth yet? Laura has her two fangs! No top front teeth yet, although I believe I felt them just at the gum line. She looks so funny when she smiles. she does have two bottom ones. I can't wait to meet your little guy and I'm so looking forward to you all meeting Cullen and Laura.

Kathy - will Greg come help Steve redo our bathroom? :confused3

No flu shots here. I got one one time and I got the flu a few days later. They say the shot had nothing to do with it but you can't convince me of that.
Have a good evening all - we are suppose to have a 40 percent chance of rain tomorrow. I'm hoping it won't last long. We, Kathy and I, are doing our best to keep the :sunny: for all of you who are visiting before the cruise.

I can't remember who said they are staying at Fort Wilderness Lodge. :thumbsup2 it is the best! We stayed there several times. Loved it. It's nice to sit in the lobby and just relax and watch people come and go. The most fun part of all is watching people's faces when they enter the building for the first time. We've also stayed in the campers at Fort Wilderness.
:wave: Pat

J&C's Mom

11-06-2006, 06:32 PM

I can't remember what the last moment you were allowed to be in your room on debarkation day...how long the buffet at Topsiders goes on that day...and when you HAVE to be off the ship. Who has this info for me?
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

If I remember correctly from last year-Topsiders is not open on debarkation day...you eat breakfast in the same dinning room you ate dinner in the evening before...I think you need to be off the ship by 09:30am.

Rode on public train system (SEPTA) for the first time in my life today-and I'm 42 years old!-went to Philly-a girl that used to work with us in the hospital went to Jefferson to go to an accelerated nursing program-we met her there and had a quick tour and lunch-it was a great time. :banana:

Going tonight to the high school for Junior Family Night-for DS Josh-(joelidol). Need to find out about the college search, financial aid, and scholarship info....poor house here we come :rotfl2: :scared1: .

We are flying down to Fla on Friday the 24th-staying in Cocoa Beach at the Best Western-anyone else staying there???

Have a good night all :wave2:

OKie

mom x4,grandma x4

11-06-2006, 06:40 PM

LindaBabe

11-06-2006, 07:49 PM

It's us staying at Wilderness Lodge! I'm looking forward to seeing the faces of the first timers, when we lead them through the doors and then step aside so they get the full impact of that lobby. lol oh yeah i'd better have the camera ready!

Flu shot tomorrow for me. I don't dare not to. Had pneumonia shot too. Poor little Drew baby. They don't understand - and it's scarey too.

Door sign done. Bear clothes sorted out. . . decisions made on Marathon trip . . . Does anyone drive a minivan? I'm thinking I need to rent a minivan for next week because my 'old lady' will have an ecv and i'm not confident she can get it on a bus. But the two men could sling it in the rear of a van. How different is it driving a van than a car? What are the pitfalls? (Currently drive a middleaged Chrysler, and usually rent Malibus or whatever the next size up is.)

night, all!

jd99

11-06-2006, 07:57 PM

Jeff,
in August we had to be out of our room by 8 and off the ship by 9.
We had the choice of the buffet for a continental style breakfast or to go to an assigned breakfast a restaurant at a specific time, which they tell you. It depended on your dining time.
it is a small breakfast so we just do the buffet and zip off the ship.

Kathy :wave:

Thanks Kathy - That's what I remembered from August too (re the breakfast choices) but I couldn't remember the times. We actually went to the dining room for breakfast and it was downright depressing. The servers are clearly "done" with you and we didn't have a great team to begin with so that morning there weren't the fake smiles and happiness that we had seen all week. All business. like being at Denny's. So this time, we decided we will DEFINITELY hit the continental buffet at Topsiders and have good memories of our time in the dining room earlier in the week.

JanDave

11-06-2006, 08:30 PM

Good Evening All Nana Heads!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:

I just finished ironing blouses/tops for the cruise.

Jeff: You might want to look at Barb Ingkotnito's website as she highly recommends Happy Limo. I think she has a coupon on her site for Happy Limo. PM me if you want her web address as I don't want to break any DIS rules. As Barb and her DH Tony have been on 40+ DCL cruises, she does have a lot of valuable info on her site, including current Navigators, spa, secret porthole rooms, menus, etc.

Shell: We plan to be in Orlando by 10 am on Friday, 11/24. We're staying at SSR. We're hoping to leave early for Cocoa Beach on Saturday - grocery stop and hoping to stop at Shirley's shop.

We don't plan on going to the parks at WDW, but thinking of visiting different resorts to see their Christmas decorations. Any suggestions on a "do not miss" resort re: the decorations? Our dinner reservations are at SSR's Turf Club.

Wilderness Lodge info: Can't remember who wanted to know, but this resort is beautiful. We stayed in the DVC section of the resort.

Linda: Thanks for the packing tip. Sounds easy, but it'll probably be a challenge for me!

Door signs: With so many of us bringing door signs, how do you pack them so that they don't get squished in a suitcase? I'm hoping to find some cardboard at work to protect them. Any other suggestions?

Shell: I have not yet gotten the flu shot. I always get one as I have a lung condition (sarcoidosis). However, I get sick-like symptoms shortly after I get the shot, so I may not get one until after the cruise. I don't want to be sick before or during the cruise.

Jeff: What's our bet for the Saturday's game -- another drink :woohoo: ???!!! Are you planning to be in Morgantown on Saturday? If all goes as planned, I'll be in Morgantown Friday and Saturday. My DD, 2 gkds and I are heading to Cleveland on Thursday morning. My DD and DGS will go to the Wiggles concert in downtown Cleveland. Our plan is to head to Morgantown on Friday.

Sunny Liston: For those of you taking Sunny's tour on St. Thomas, did you receive an e-mail from him this weekend? He reminded me that we'll be tendering at St. Thomas and he'll meet us when we get off the tender.

St. Martin: Dave and Bob are going on a fishing trip in the afternoon. We don't have any other plans yet.

Heading to bed soon as I have to be awake by 5am tomorrow. Meeting a friend for breakfast.

Jan

Dixielady908

11-06-2006, 08:48 PM

Hi all:

Well I had a lot of reading to do to catch up......

OK: Shell: Working around sick people.....and I mean that in a very nice way :teeth: I usually get one every year...normally our whole office does. But my personal feeling on it...if you have a chance I would get one. The shot however takes about 2 weeks to kick in....I got my almost 2 weeks ago...and I had no side effects, did not get sick or anything....so hope this helps.

Got one suitcase packed, I pinned my son down and my signs are done, he will be taking them to the printer on thursday and should have them friday. I think they turned out pretty good.

I am pretty much ready to go...just a couple of small things to buy and thats it.

We are using Happy Limo....I have never used them, but I have already called them twice and changed different locations and pick up times and they have been very nice. I tried fl tours and I just didnt like the man on the other end...he pretty much was telling me he would not pick us up until a certain time and he didnt seem like he wanted to budge on that. He kept saying that you cant get on the ship so we will drop you off around 11am...so I didnt use them.

Well thats about all thats going on now will be back later...

Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

mom x4,grandma x4

11-06-2006, 09:04 PM

Hi Jan,
Hey lots of great reosrt decorations to see. we go to several every year.

Ok. Grand Floridan has a huge gingerbread house in the lobby and they sell gingerbread items there, plus assorted trees and wreaths. Out in front they have decorations on the lower level you can look down at, really pretty.

The Contemporary always has a display in the level that Chef Mickeys is on, actually near chef mickeys of small decorated gingerbread houses which is fun to see.
The Yacht and beach club has a great gingerbread carousel, that works in the lobby. well worth seeing.
The Boardwalk has a large display in their lobby too.
all the resorts have decorations, those are just our favorites.
If you really want to see a BIG light display and dont mind paying for a days admissions, go to MGM studios after dark!!! The Osborne Family spectacle of lights is there, over 10 million lights!!! That is a display!!!

Off to bed for me,
will see ya in the morning everyone,

kathy :wave:

Dixielady908

11-06-2006, 11:11 PM

just bumping us up and trying to reach post 5000.....

goodnight everyone

Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

BelievesinFairies

11-06-2006, 11:20 PM

We will be at Fort Wilderness Lodge the Saturday night we disembark....for Mickey's Barbeque....anyone do that dinner show? I think it will be nice. It is our only plan for Saturday besides checking in at the Poly and relaxing....

TChrist05

11-06-2006, 11:46 PM

Hello all fellow banana heads....Cannot believe we are 19 days out from our great cruise....I work in a supermarket in New York and will be flying out on Friday night....leaving on an 8:40 p.m. flight out of Kennedy International....getting into Orlando a little after midnight....we are staying at the Wingate Inn....which is real close to the airport...just wanted an inexpensive room to get a good night sleep and not have to fly out in the morning....so...if anyone has stayed there I would appreciate any info...

My wife and I are truly looking forward to this cruise. Over the past couple of years, we have had some tough times. Just a small background is needed. We had a house fire on July 4, 2004. Unfortunately, we lost our home and our beloved pets. We lived in a hotel for 10 months, and finally moved back into our home last year. After we moved back home(and I must say thank you Lord for good insurance....since our insurance company was great and really took care of us) we adopted a beautiful black lab....he was a spitting image of one of our dogs we lost in the fire. He was just a real good dog, but unfortunately he developed liver cancer and passed away. On the brighter side, we have adopted 2 puppies, a Corgi and another black lab....and as much as they are driving me nuts with all the puppy stuff....digging holes in the backyard....chewing on new furniture....they keep me smiling....sooooooooooooo.....we really are looking forward to sitting back....relaxing and thanking the Lord for another day.....and believe me, when you come so close to dying, since the fire happened during the middle of the night and we were very lucky to get out, you thank him for each day on this earth.
Truly looking forward to a MAGICal cruise with all of you MAGICal people!

Tom & Marilou pixiedust: :tinker: :simba: (simba is our Corgi)

mom x4,grandma x4

11-07-2006, 07:15 AM

Good morning,

Tom, I know what you mean, after being in critical condition 4 times I look at life a lot differently these days, and I dont sweat the small stuff and I am thankful for each and every day!! Even the bad days are better than no days!!
Your puppies will keep you busy!! We adopted an abused dog 4 months ago and she is just a little over 1 year old now. She keeps me really busy and is still cutting some teeth, so we have to watch for the chewing problems too.

We have a sandy patch around our pool deck that she wants to dig in. There are electric wires burried there for the pool and they could kill her if she bites them, so this weekend we are putting down chicken wire over all the sandy areas, bury it in the sand and cover with a thick layer of mulch. Then if she decides to dig again she cant reach the wires!! I was afraid when we were gone on this cruise she would start digging out of boredom. So we are gonna fix it this weekend.

Well they say we have a chance of showers today, but I wont believe it until I see it!! We really need it, so I hope they are right. Gonna be in the low 80's so it will be nice even if it does rain.

I am still working on my last door sign, jsut cant seem to get it to look right. Oh well, I will try again today.

Hope everyone has a great day.
We will see who gets their Docs first!!
I hope it's me!!!

Kathy :wave:

JanDave

11-07-2006, 07:20 AM

Good Morning Nana Heads!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:

Another day to mark off the calendar.

Tom: I admire your attitude about your tough times. I'm sure you and Marilou enjoy your puppies. Dave and I had our share of tough times about 12 years ago, but it made us stronger as individuals and as a couple.

Meeting a friend for breakfast in a few minutes. Have a great day!

Jan

JanDave

11-07-2006, 07:21 AM

Kathy: Thanks for the resort info.

Jan

mom x4,grandma x4

11-07-2006, 09:06 AM

Jan,
my door signs are all the magnetic sheets I buy at WalMart. When I am done with them I wrap some saran wrap around them and then slide them back into the original packet they came in .

Then lay them at the back of the carry on bag where they lay flat under other things. So far all have made it ok. I think sliding and extra piece of cardboard in the packet would really insure they wont get bent too.

Where is everyone this morning??
Maybe I need to get out the WHIP!!! :rolleyes1
We only have 18 days and we have a lot more posts to make our goal, so lets get with it people!!!
Remember some of you will be arriving a few days before the cruise and wont be posting then, so we need to keep posting hot and heavy while we are all here to do so!!! ;)

Going to take Minnie for a nice long walk, when I get back I will expect to see a few more posts!!!! :thumbsup2 Just because youa re at work, is NO excuse for not posting!! You just gotta be sneaky and do it!!

kathy :wave:

TIGGER41681

11-07-2006, 09:16 AM

Good Morning :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Well it was a rough night last night because DS was up till 1:30am and I was not feeling good. Poor DH was up and he had to go to work. Everyday wehn he gets hom is has the countdown till the cruise!! Today I have Mommy and Me and then I am coming home and relaxing. My sister was mad at me because I did not go down to my Mom's house for her birthday. It made me so mad because for my birthday my sister was in Mexico on Spring Break and she did not even get me a card or gift and plus she doesn't care about hoe her nephew is feeling or me. Well enough about that!! Well I am going to get DS dressed. Talk to you later!!!

Kathy: Your door sounds good :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2 . I wish pixiedust: pixiedust: I had the time to make one :Pinkbounc .

Tom: Enjoy your puppies :dog: :dog: :dog: !! Wow you and your wife are very strong people!! Well the future can only hold good things for you :grouphug: !! Where do you live in NY because I am from NY???

Pat: Drew has one tooth coming in on the top but nothing else. I did not try the Cheerios yet because he is still out of it from his shots. I will let you know when I do. You should try Gerber Fruit Puffs with Laura. Drew likes thoses alot!!

DutchsMommy

11-07-2006, 10:00 AM

Good morning everyone. I am a little scared of Kathy so thought I should add my post to the count LOL.

I am starting to feel the pinch of the cruise coming closer. I feel pretty unorganized. I think I need to finalize my clothes and then will feel alot better. I just want to try everything on and make sure it still fits. I need to buy the pantyhose etc and match up jewellery for semi and formal nights. I also got a pretty cheap 'shrug' at Walmart - I like it and the price was right but I want to change the button so need to find a place with fancy buttons. I also need to pick up some shoes for semi and pirate - found them at Payless just haven't bought yet. I am a little worried about my pirate outfit. The person on ebay is going to be cutting it a little close with the dates so that should leave me stressing to the last minute! :rolleyes: I also need to get DH and DS to try on their outfits to make sure we have everything. I will feel better once some of these things start to fall into place. I think I can sneak a bit of time from work today so might try and make it over to the Bay (dept store up here) to get a few things. And - make a list!!!!!! When in doubt, list it out I always say LOL.

Tom and Marilou - sounds like it has been a rough go of it and I am glad you can have this trip to look forward to and relax! We had a tragedy on the DIs boards a while back (my purple ribbon is in remembrance) and it was a fire caused by leaving their computer on and it overheating. We now turn our computer off whenever not using it. Fire is a big fear of mine! Anyway - on to better things :grouphug:

Lynn hope you are feeling better and Drew gets back to himself quickly. DS had his 4 year immunizations the other week and I was crying with him :rolleyes: Kids really get to ya!

tonya - your return envelope is sitting on my desk. I promise to get it out to you today!! :goodvibes

Hope everyone has a great day!
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

woogal

11-07-2006, 10:07 AM

Good Morning Banana Heads :banana: :banana: :banana:

Tom, welcome to the POFC Club (that's Parents of Furry Children!). Bill and I lost our best friend, Sam, last year ... he was a lab mix, 12 years old, but had diabetes and arthritis. The arthritis finally took him, but oh, how we miss him! Not a day goes by that we don't mention his name! And I'm sure Bob will chime in soon as he has a couple of black labs, too. He even posted some puppy pictures on here a while back of a litter they had! Oh, so cute!!!

Some of us are down to only 12 work days till we leave! :woohoo: I cannot believe how close we are, can you?! :banana: :banana: :banana:

Catch up with you later. Keep those posts coming so Kathy doesn't beat all of us up! :lmao:

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

disneediva

11-07-2006, 10:11 AM

Wow, I have missed alot in 2 days, On Sunday DH had to take me to the emergency room in the middle of the night. I have been having a cold and on Sunday the coughing was so bad I couldn't breathe,they gave me more meds in the ER and I spent all day yesterday in bed and plan on doing the same today.

Shell, no flu shot for me my doc actually tells me not to take it

Tom, welcome to the gang :grouphug:

Wendy

TiggerKing

11-07-2006, 10:24 AM

Good Morning Everyone!

Tom: I agree, great attitude that you guys have taken. I LOVE the following quote from Charles Swindoll:

"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes."

I hope everyone has a great day! We are rainy and foggy here this morning in Atlanta.

I had a dream the other night about the cruise. I was looking at Two Palms on Sunday and saw the waves were pretty rough, so I think that is what influenced it. I dreamed that Lisa and I got to the Port, she saw the waves, and said "I'm not getting on that ship, I'll be sick all week!" Then I woke up, so I have no clue whether or not she ever got on the ship! :confused3

favoriteslave

11-07-2006, 10:37 AM

Tom your and your wife's courage is a inspiration to us all. I look foward to meeting you and Marilou.

Kathy, I need some information about these door signs. Do you do them like a scrapbook page or design them on the computer? Just wondering, I was thinking about doing them, but I seem to be at a loss of how to start.

Sarah, NP on the check.

Everyone have a great Tuesday. :banana:

TIGGER41681

11-07-2006, 11:11 AM

Good Morning All :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Wow, being sick with an infant is not fun ;) !! All I want to do is go to bed and DS wants to play and watch Elmo. Well let me go and see if DS will take a nap!! Talk to you later!!

What do the door signs have to say??? :confused3 :confused3

firemans wife

11-07-2006, 11:21 AM

Good mrning everyone, I was trying to catch up from yesterday. I did not get a chance to post.

It is a rainy day here today. Yesterday was great. Bright sunshine :sunny: and warm for this time of year.

We are off to Frankenmuth today. They are famous for their chicken dinners and for the large Christmas store, Brohnners. I think I will hunt for my regional gift today. Frankenmuth is known as Michigans "Little Barvaria" My kids can't wait to go to the Christmas store. I get a free meal in honor of my birthday :) can't beat that!!

Lynn I hope DS is doing ok today after all of those shots :guilty:

Tom I am glad things are going better for you and your wife. I am thankful for each day too! God places storms in our life some times and I think they make us stronger. Have fun with hose puppies.

Well gotta run and get ready to go. :car: Have a good day everyone. I will try to check in later.

Lorna :firefight

jd99

11-07-2006, 12:42 PM

I booked Happy Limo's Expedition (since our luggage won't fit in a towncar!) Appreciate all the input.

jeff :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

dkmjgal

11-07-2006, 12:55 PM

Good Morning Everyone-

BOB - I LOVED your quote this morning from Charles Swindoll. Thanks so much for sharing it. Have you ever seen him or his sister Lucy? She is an absolute RIOT!!! I've never had the opportunity to see him but I would love to.

LYNN - Sorry DS was up last night! It's so hard to be sick when you are a Mommy. I hope you feel better soon. Here's some pixie dust to help speed up matters pixiedust: pixiedust:

TOM - I admire your attitude towards things and I'm sorry for all that you have gone thru in the past year. I'm glad you are joining us and I'm sure the MAGIC will be wonderful for you guys.

KATHY - YES...please...some input on signs. I bought a bunch of scrapbook stuff and I have some small heavy duty magnetic dots plus a couple of magnetic squares (like you would use on a refrigerator to hold pics). I used to scrapbook so I'm thinking along those lines. Any special tips or ideas you would care to share?

SARAH - care to be stressed out buddies??? I know the cruise is almost here and I KNOW that I have a lot more to do...so why aren't I doing it??? I found out last night that DS's dress slacks don't fit him so I need to go shopping for those now. Other than that DD's clothes and DS's clothes are basically ready to go. Other than that.....ummmm....ummmm....YIKES...I have a long way to go.

I have to take DS to a foot specialist today. He came home from school yesterday complaining of pain in his heel and the bottom of his foot. He's having trouble walking on it. There isn't any swelling, there's nothing stuck in his foot...I don't know what is going on :confused3 . He told me it's been hurting for a few days but he thought it would go away. I hope it's something minor....we've got a ship to get on in a few weeks!

Have a great day everyone!

kelly

dkmjgal

11-07-2006, 12:57 PM

Just posting again to make Kathy smile :thumbsup2

Do we still need bananas or are we done yet?

Just in case.... :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Kelly

DutchsMommy

11-07-2006, 12:59 PM

Tonya - officially the cheque is now in the mail :thumbsup2

OK, FL residents....I got these directions from mapquest for MCO to the Residence Inn. Can you kindly advise whether you think this is the best way to get there or are there things I should know like rush-hour or construction. We will arrive at MCO around 2pm in the afternoon.

Start out N on Airport Blvd towards S Access Rd - continue to follow Airport Blvd W
Take SR-528-Toll E exit - Exit 1A toward Cocoa/Kennedy Space Centre
Merge onto FL-528 E (portions toll - anyone have any idea how much?? - we can't get US coin up here so I'll have to get some smalls)
FL-528 becomes FL A1A S/Astronaut Blvd
End at 8959 Astronaut Blvd.

Mapquest advised it is 46 miles and would take about 45 mins to get there.

I have confirmed my rental car, flight and hotel ressies. I need to make appts for hair, nails and 'fluff and polish' ;)

I really need to do a bit of work to prove that I have been somewhat productive today so better run. TTFN pirate:

LindaBabe

11-07-2006, 01:00 PM

Tonya and Lynn,
Last cruise, I did my door sign on the computer using clip art, a little map of New York with a Pin where i'm from, and including my stateroom number and I forget either first or last name not both. I think it was the -___ wish you a Magical holiday!

This year, I started out on the computer but ended up doing a 12 x 12 scrapbook page with a paper piecing on it, instead. I'm much more comfortable with paper.

What to put on it? What do you want people to know about you? That you're witty, creative, celebrating a birthday, what ever . . . some kind of greeting, perhaps . . .

I see a door sign as being the same thing as the wreath on the door of my home, and the flowers planted outside.

Does that help?

Dutch's mommy - the directions are dead on - that is a straight boring highway.

Tiggerking - great quote!

Tom - welcome aboard!

Lynn - hope you feel better soon.

off to get flu shot.

cmaelltt1

11-07-2006, 01:11 PM

Hello again everyone,

I haven't checked in for a little while. I have had a horrible cold the last week. I still have a little bit hanging on that just won't leave. It's a constant headache and congestion. ugh!

It's just been very crazy. I finally bought some clothes and things for the cruise but I need tons more other stuff. I really don't want to over pack, but I keep thinking of more things I might need. I decided not to get a formal dress for formal night. I just couldn't find one I liked in the price I wanted. So I just bought a nice pair of pants and a couple of dressy tops to go with them. I think it will be fine. I also got my son some dress clothes. He looks too cute.

I think I will work on some door signs tonight. Hopefully, I can get them put together soon. Well, I want to run. Lots to do today, vote, Walmart for magnets and other stuff on my packing list, Bed Bath and Beyond for curtains and a comforter for my new bed, one daughter goes to PE at the YMCA, another to Field Hockey practice and then Martial Arts, pick up some pictures at Costco. Anything I can do for anyone else?

Welcome Tom, I glad you will get to relax and enjoy this cruise. It's been a bit of a rough year for our family, we are really looking forward to this time as well.

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

woogal

11-07-2006, 01:54 PM

I was sitting here reading all the Rush-Rush-Gotta-Get-This-Done posts, and something occurred to me ... why don't we all just give LYNN our shopping lists and let her do her thing? :rotfl2: Seems to me that would be a whole lot easier, seeing as how she's a shopping pro!!!

Carrie, I found a really pretty eggplant-colored gown marked down to $45 online! Don't know what size you are, but if interested, let me know and I can point you in the right direction.

Well, I made my waxing appointment! (sorry you had to read that, Bob!) I've never done this before so it should be quite an interesting experience :scared1: . Some of the girls in the office swear by it for vacations. And for whomever asked ... Brazilian?! No, I don't think so! :rotfl:

Bob, my dream the other night was that the trip was CANCELLED! So I'm panicking, telling DCL, "You can't do this! We have a whole group of people planning on this!" Kathy and Greg were there with us trying to help, but Kathy was basically just trying to comfort me I think :lmao: .

Lorna, I've heard about that Xmas shop in Frankenmuth! Hope you're having fun!

Jeff, I thought about you the other night. Bill was going through all the shoes he would need for this trip ... the sandals, the sneakers, the dress shoes, the water shoes ... I thought, well guess it's not just Jeff that's going "overboard" on the shoes :lmao: .

Kelly pixiedust: That's for John's foot!

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

cruisemutt

11-07-2006, 02:01 PM

Hey everyone....

Tom... I feel your pain and hope that with time it gets better for ya. A cruise ('specially with this "bunch") will hopefully do some healing for ya.

Bob....great quote...I had to paste that into my 'puter this morning

Those of you with colds, flus and such....STOP IT! We need a healty bunch of bananas on the boat---I dont wanna see splotchy ol nanas-(Wendy I thought you would know better....grrrrr---do I have to come down and bark some sense into you?).

Have a good day everyone...and stay healthy!

mom x4,grandma x4

11-07-2006, 02:05 PM

WOW!!!
You guys really did a lot of posting while I was at the store!!
Guess I dont get to flog anyone :sad2:

Wendy,Lynn and Carrie here is some pixiedust: pixiedust: pixiedust: so all of you will get well soon!! Take it easy and get better.
I promise I wont get out the whip for you guys if you miss a day or two, since your not feeling good. See what a big softy I can be :love:
But day 3 may be a different story!!

Ok, for door signs there is no wrong way to do them. Sometimes I do like Linda and find clip art or a family picture and print it on a magnetic sheet, using the computer then I use stickers that are letters to write, names or dates and such. You can print them too, but I am not good about changing margins on the computer to make it all fit, so i use stickers.

I have also bought tropical and disney stickers and just done a theme with them. example put Castaway Cay across the top of the page and then have mickey with a sand castle and pluto on a lounge chair watching him, with a crab or star fish nearby, then in the air has some sea gulls flying around. It is very simple yet looks really tropical and nice.

I have also cut out pictures of disney characters from magazines and cards and glued them onto the magnetic page. That looked good too.

Some people put their kids pictures on the sign and say something like Johnny's first cruise with Mickey!!! 11/25/06
Or magical memories or when you wish upon a star, or A Magical Vacation
Any caption you want. If your celebrating a birthday or anniversary it is fun to do one telling about that too.

Just do anything that comes to mind, there is no right or wrong, just keep it clean, this is disney after all :lmao:

We always take a little time each day to walk around a different deck looking for door signs, we have seen some really elaborate ones and some very simple ones that kids have made, they were all cute.

One time my oldest grandaughter took a picture of DH asleep on deck 4 with his mouth wide open and put it on the door sign, then she wrote:
Here's my grandpa on deck 4
Oh my how he can SNORE!!
If you see him around the ship,
Please tell him you saw this.

People came up to Greg all week long and said, hey arnt you the guy on the sign?? :rolleyes1 He didnt have a clue what she had done until she took him to see her door. :rotfl2: So you can have a lot of fun with them too. :dance3:

Kathy :wave:

TIGGER41681

11-07-2006, 02:58 PM

Good Afternoon :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Well this was a 1st since DS was born. We took a 2-hour nap together so we missed Mommy an Me. I don't know if I will have time before the cruise to make a door sign. I have to get all my presents wrapped and the house decoarated before we leave. Well DS is crying let me go!!

Shell: I would LOVE to do your shopping :love: :love: !!!

TiggerKing

11-07-2006, 03:26 PM

Good Afternoon Everyone!

Kelly: I haven't ever seen Charles Swindoll in person, but we did use a series of his sermons for Sunday School lessons last year. I really enjoyed hearing him.

Everyone: I am glad you enjoyed the quote. That is one of my favorites.

Well all, I am trying to get my knee to straighten out. I thought everything was going great, and then about a week ago it started giving me trouble and now it is really hurting. I will probably visit the doctor this week to determine if there is a knee brace that I can use to help it out. I hope he doesn't mention the "S" word, because no one is cutting on me before this cruise! So, if you see me on the ship and I am moving around awful slow, you will know why. I told Lisa the other night that I needed to find an old Garth Brooks song, and start using it as my theme song. The title is "Much Too Young to Fell This Da$% Old". :lmao:

woogal

11-07-2006, 03:34 PM

I hope he doesn't mention the "S" word
Why would your Dr mention "SNOW"??? :lmao:

LindaBabe

11-07-2006, 03:38 PM

Couple random thoughts.

-- I'd like to make small sticker / magnet copies of our tee shirt front. Computer wizards, any ideas how that might be done?

-- IF we were to get a shutters photographer to come to the promenade lounge meet, how would we each get a copy of the photo?

-- Hope all you folks who are ill are feeling better SOON!

TiggerKing

11-07-2006, 03:45 PM

Okay, I promise not to do this too often, but since I shared one quote and so many were receptive of it, I had to share one more (see, this will teach you to encourage me :lmao: ). The quote is from Theodore Roosevelt in 1910. It hung in one of my locker rooms when I played football in school:

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

mom x4,grandma x4

11-07-2006, 03:46 PM

Linda,
our gd had a group shot taken in the teen club and each kids just asked and they printed up as many as was needed. we couldnt find the picture so we asked and they said they would print as many as needed.

Shutters is closed when we board, so if you want a photographer someone would have to call ahead of time and try to set it up. I know photographers are on board, so they should be able to do the pictures. I really have NO idea how to do that.

Sorry I cant help with your other question, good luck!!

Kathy

TiggerKing

11-07-2006, 03:54 PM

-- I'd like to make small sticker / magnet copies of our tee shirt front. Computer wizards, any ideas how that might be done?

Linda, if you can locate one of the pictures for the shirt on this thread, just right-click on it and then click on "Save Picture As" and you can save the graphic. Then you can use it to create the magnets. Or, Tonya could just re-post the design... ;)

-- IF we were to get a shutters photographer to come to the promenade lounge meet, how would we each get a copy of the photo?
We could get a CM to take a picture with one of the digital cameras, and then each person could receive a copy of the jpeg and print in whatever size they want. That is another alternative.

woogal

11-07-2006, 04:20 PM

Bob, the quotes you are posting are inspiring and touch me with their simplicity and fortitude in reminding us of that which is important. With that, I'd like to share a quote that inspire me. It comes from the great philosopher, Jeff Spicoli:

All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I'm fine.

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: I'm so sorry for ruining your serious moment. SOMEONE GET ME ON THAT #($&@*&$^# SHIP!!!

TiggerKing

11-07-2006, 05:04 PM

woogal

11-07-2006, 05:22 PM

You ain't right! :crazy:
Speaking of ... where is Jamie? And Cheri? And Wendy (yeah, yeah, she says she's sick but I don't really believe it!)?

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

LindaBabe

11-07-2006, 05:30 PM

TiggerKing- yes digital camera - duh. I even have one! I'll swear working with all those chemicals is making me brain dead. . . I guess I could just scan my tee shirt too. hmm. just what I need - more to do!!!!

woogal

11-07-2006, 05:45 PM

Here's something cool ... for those thinking about experiencing the airport on St. Maarten, I actually found the inbound and outboard flight schedule:
http://www.pjiae.com/pdfs/timetable.pdf

TIGGER41681

11-07-2006, 05:57 PM

Good Evening :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Hello ;) !! Well did not feel like cooking so we are having leftovers. All I have to do is make Polenta to go with the Chicken. DH is coming home early so I have rest and he can take care of DS. What a guy :love: :love: :love: !! Well I am going to play with DS !!! Talk to you all later!!!

favoriteslave

11-07-2006, 06:08 PM

Linda:

For you

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c111/favoriteslave/nanaheads.jpg

Everyone pray for Trey tonight. I've got the scrapping bug and im going to storage. I used to sell Creative Memories and have a lot of stuff that needs to come home. He has no idea what is about to happen to his life.

pgfour

11-07-2006, 07:18 PM

Why would your Dr mention "SNOW"??? :lmao:
I wondered the same thing. . . :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

pgfour

11-07-2006, 07:34 PM

HI everyone! I'm back!!!!! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Shell wins a free drink on board :drinking1 for playing the "Guess Who Hasn't Posted Lately" game!! :thumbsup2

My laptop keeps telling me there's no hard drive installed. :badpc: Anyone a computer whiz :wizard: out there?? Bill keeps telling me to call one of our clients who's a guru, but I don't have 2+ hours to listen to him ramble about all sorts of things before he solves my problem. So now I have to share a computer with Bill again. . .

Tom -- sorry to hear about your losses over the past few years. How very tragic. Glad to hear the insurance part worked out the way it's supposed to. Hope you're enjoying those puppies even when they're in all sorts of trouble!

Shell -- no flu shot here. It just seems that everyone I know who has gotten one gets pretty sick afterward. Hopefully I won't have any problems this year.

NO cruise docs yet, but my TA will personally deliver them to our drop box at work as soon as they arrive.

Here's some pixiedust: pixiedust: pixiedust: for those of you who are a bit under the weather or injured.

Gotta go for now -- but I'll be back. . .Bill has an appointment tonight so he won't be back for a few hours.

Cheri :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

The Hammer

11-07-2006, 08:12 PM

Hello everyone, fellow DIS, this will be my first post. I am momx4,grandx4, husband Greg. I have diligently read these reports but have never actually posted one. I am looking forward to meeting all of you and have thoroughly enjoyed the awesome support and wonderful input all have shared. My wife probably would have preferred I post sooner than this, because she is so excited to meet all of you, however, there has never been a greater procrastinator than me. So, better late then never. Kathy and I are extremely anxious for this cruise, although, Kathy is always extremely excited about cruising, actually, if as long as I keep her in upcoming cruises I have peace in my house.

Greg, The Hammer

firemans wife

11-07-2006, 08:21 PM

We are renting a car and have to return it on Saturday. DH wants to drop us at the port about 9:30. Does anyone know if you can get in this early? I have read that it does not open until 10:00. Can we just wait outside? Any advice would be helpful. Thanks

Lorna

woogal

11-07-2006, 08:26 PM

We just got back from voting. Kathy, you'll be proud of us ... we voted FOR Issue 7: Bringing back the live bands on the Promenade :lmao:

HI GREG!!!! 'Bout time you showed up!!! You know, we've heard a lot about you! :rolleyes1

mom x4,grandma x4

11-07-2006, 08:34 PM

Shell,
That's great! I love issue #7!! :love:

Lorna,
there is an area where shuttles drop you off right in front of the fence at the port. You could probably stand there until the port opens at 10. there are security people around the area, so even though you are on the road side it should be safe. No seats there . You will have to stand. there is a roof over the area so you will be protected from the weather. ;)

Kathy :wave:

cruisemutt

11-07-2006, 08:35 PM

TIGGER41681

11-07-2006, 08:42 PM

Just wanted to say Good Night :banana: :banana: :banana: !!

cmaelltt1

11-07-2006, 09:12 PM

Carrie, I found a really pretty eggplant-colored gown marked down to $45 online! Don't know what size you are, but if interested, let me know and I can point you in the right direction.

Jeff, I thought about you the other night. Bill was going through all the shoes he would need for this trip ... the sandals, the sneakers, the dress shoes, the water shoes ... I thought, well guess it's not just Jeff that's going "overboard" on the shoes :lmao: .

Thanks Shell, but I've already spent all my clothes money and then some. So I'll just do with what I've got.

My dh has been trying to figure out how many pairs of shoes we'll need to take. He says we'll need a whole bag just for shoes. He may be right.

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Dixielady908

11-07-2006, 09:38 PM

Kathy and I are extremely anxious for this cruise, although, Kathy is always extremely excited about cruising, actually, if as long as I keep her in upcoming cruises I have peace in my house.

Greg, The Hammer[/QUOTE]
Hello Greg great to meet you, now my husbands name is Wally... or according to Shell, dreamboat Wally :lovestruc ...when you meet him just tell him....if you want peace in your house keep Denise with up coming cruises.....just mention that every time you see him :teeth: I'd really appreciate that very much.. :)

Kathy, I will try very hard to post at work. They really frown on us using the internet on "company" time. So when my boss is at a meeting or not in I usually try to get on and post.... so maybe tomorrow..I think she has a metting in the morning. So please dont crack that whip yet....I just may make up for it on the ship..... :rotfl:

Boy everyone has been very chatty: I took me over 30 minutes to catch up.

Tom: Sorry to hear about your hard times, however, it does seem like this made you a stronger person. Have fun with the new puppies... :)

Well today was another loooooong day. I guess I am soooo good at my job and effeciant that I am usually done before lunch, which in turn makes for a very long afternoon. But I am off friday and monday so tuesday next week will keep me busy trying to catch up. But that's fine with me, I prefer being busy.

I came home tonight and put my tiara on....Talked to wally for a while but he didnt even notice it at first. Then I said, hey, I'm a queen...I need to wear this... :rotfl: He just kinda rolled his eyes......OK girls...we are gonna have sooo much fun with our men this trip..... :thumbsup2

Well gonna watch dancin.....so far Mario just scored 30 points....

Later
Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

pgfour

11-07-2006, 09:38 PM

Yep...I just got back from voting too...
The governers race was between Ken Blackwell (R) and Pluto, the dog....
My dad always said if its between a (R) and a dog...vote for the dog, sooooo.....(oh, who are you kidding....---you'd vote for Disney characters any day of the week and you know it!!!!)

Don't get all political on me, now....I'm one of those :crazy: who votes for a person, not a party....(do I need to duck to avoid the rocks being thrown?) :rolleyes1

Have a good evenin kids.....
Hope you & Shell weren't out there tampering with them there votin' machines! :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

I heard that in Missouri they were having to Xerox ballots because they ran out!!! :rotfl2: Tonya, did you guys vote more than once?????

It's really kinda sad. . . :sad2: :crazy:

DutchsMommy

11-07-2006, 09:40 PM

Just checking in ce soir.

Mutt - just sw your ticker - em'bark LOL nice one :thumbsup2

Bob - like your quote....while I am fall into the category of 'fail with great daring' :rolleyes:

Mr. Hammer - pleasure to meet you. Anyone who can keep up with Kathy deserves a big :cheer2:

Woo - careful or Bob will shoot your eye out pirate:

Lynn - you crack me up "easy dinner - all I have to do is make the Polenta :confused3 This does not equal easy in my house. I am no Martha. IN fact, when DS was in preschool and was asked what his Mommy did at work he replied 'made pizza'. Now...keeping in mind I am a project manager for a Bank this is telling you somthing of my culinary skills :rotfl2:

Tonya - you go scrapper-girl :thumbsup2

Cheri - sorry computer-tarded here.

Hope everyone has a great night - another day down :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

DutchsMommy

11-07-2006, 09:43 PM

pgfour

11-07-2006, 09:46 PM

:welcome: :welcome: Greg!!!

Glad you joined in with our bunch of :banana: :banana: :banana: for real!!

Just put DD in bed -- she's so excited because we finally assembled her princess loft bed last night while she slept. I now have some peace & quiet for another hour or so.

Denise, are you sure you don't want to come work with us?? We are getting soooo busy at work that I need time to go more slowly. :hourglass What's with these people -- all of a sudden they need to insure their new car or house, or want health or life insurance, blah, blah, blah. Don't they realize we have a cruise to get ready for? :confused3 (And our new guy is gone for the week attending a funeral in Montana, so I can't even take a day off.) Bill is quoting commercial insurance for a paving company -- he said the commissions could pay for another cruise -- now he's talking my language! :cool1: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Have a good evening everyone!!! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Cheri

woogal

11-07-2006, 09:51 PM

Nope, sorry Sarah. Our presidential election isn't until 2008. We vote every November for a number of federal, state and local things ... so in Ohio this year, we vote for governor (TG), one US senator, state senators and reps, local offices, and state and local issues.

pgfour

11-07-2006, 09:56 PM

Please prepare for a Canadian question:

So - this voting you guys are talking about - could this mean Bush doesn't stay the President?? Or is it voting for something else? I think it is called 'mid-term' voting - maybe I heard it on the radio?

Sorry - I am fairly apathetic in my own country's election and therefore fairly ignorant of yours.
For the woman whose country has brought me Degrassi (so I can forever feel like a teen!!!! :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2: ):

Bush will get to stay president, but we are voting for National Congress (Representatives) and some Senators. Every Congressional seat is up for election (2 yr term) and 33 Senators are up for election (6 year term). There are also some state governors, representatives and senators as well as other local offices being voted upon.

They call it "mid-term" because it's half-way between presidential elections.

Does this make sense?? I'm sure some political junkies can clarify!

Just to add to what Shell mentioned earlier -- Illinois didn't have any US senators up for election this time, but we voted for US rep., state governor, and a bunch of other state/local offices.

jd99

11-07-2006, 10:12 PM

Thanks Shell, but I've already spent all my clothes money and then some. So I'll just do with what I've got.

My dh has been trying to figure out how many pairs of shoes we'll need to take. He says we'll need a whole bag just for shoes. He may be right.

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Carrie - the last time we cruised in August we DID take a bag for shoes. With three girls and me (the male Imelda Marcos) :lmao: we had to take a small duffle bag that was only shoes. It actually worked out great in terms of packing ease.
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

firemans wife

11-07-2006, 10:15 PM

Hi there, Our trip to Frankenmuth was fun. I ate way too much as always and left feeling stuffed :crazy2: We went to Brohnners that was fun. It is a huge store. You could stay there for hours. We went through it rather quick today.

Here is some pixiedust: pixiedust: for all of you who are sick. I hope you get better soon.

Kathy thanks for the information. Does'nt sound to difficult.

Bob thanks for all of the quotes today. Enjoyed reading them.

I am hoping to start a door sign soon. There is still so much to do!! I need to get my suit cases out. I just keep piling things up. Time is running out :hourglass I better get busy. We leave 2 weeks from Thursday :goodvibes

Good night all. Have to get the girls off to bed. :cloud9:

Lorna :firefight

LindaBabe

11-07-2006, 10:30 PM

Um, Tonya? My tee shirt has a banana chasing a turkey, not a guy chasing a banana . . . is mine the only one like that???

Hi Hammer, we've been waiting for you.

Did someone remember to tell the new girls about the Tiaras? Ladies, if you haven't heard it already, we're (the crazy ones anyway) wearing tiaras. Some of the braver (?) of us are wearing them for embarkation. Everyone else who has one is wearing them for formal night. That's when Mutt is wearing his red high tops, too. Two sources are www.tiaratown.com and www.glitterdiva.com.

I packed a box to mail to the world today - it has lowered my pile considerably. Also tossing in tape, scissors and a return label so when I get ready to leave for the port, I can put in my WDW stuff and drop it at the post office.

Before that, Dimples got some encouragement to go through her wardrobe and select some things for some friends who are, as yet, unclothed. We put those in the box too, for some bears we'll meet after the cruise.

Is it possible to post a poll in a thread? . . . I was thinking about sponsoring a door sign contest to be judged after we get back . . .

TChrist05

11-07-2006, 10:35 PM

Thank you all for your kind words and may God bless you all.

Tom & Marilou :grouphug: :smickey:

Dixielady908

11-07-2006, 11:35 PM

ummm Linda are we just wearing them twice......I was hoping to wear it the whole cruise.....I mean this is our one chance to be queen for a week..... :rotfl:

Well goodnight everyone and talk with ya all tomorrow

Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

pgfour

11-07-2006, 11:39 PM

ummm Linda are we just wearing them twice......I was hoping to wear it the whole cruise.....I mean this is our one chance to be queen for a week..... :rotfl:

You should go ahead and wear yours everywhere you go!! Might as well take advantage of being "royal" while you can! :rotfl2:

Night all!! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

feenie

11-08-2006, 08:06 AM

Good Morning everyone!!
TWO weeks from today DH and I are flying to Orlando!! POFQ here we come!!!

Being fairly new to the voting "thing" I didn't vote yesterday. (I registered in time for the 2004 election) I honestly didn't even think NH was having any real candidates because I never really saw any campain stuff. Most of our TV stations are out of Vermont or Upstate New York, so I learned about all of THEIR candidates... (sad but true!)
By the time I realized that NH was voting too, it was too late to find out about the candidates and what they stand for... And like Mutt, I would Vote for a person, not a party.

Any how.... I wonder if it was a little planned on dancing with the stars that they all ended up with the same over all score??
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

mom x4,grandma x4

11-08-2006, 08:11 AM

Good morning to all,
well our rain is gone and suppose to be sunny and warm today.
Florida had a tornado touch down in seminole and orange counties last night.
Guess we we were lucky it was only rain here.

Bob, very inspiring quotes!!

Well I got a little more Christmas shopping done yesterday and I wrapped what I bought. I hope to have all presents in the mail that have to be mailed by friday. Then I can think about family that is here.
I know Lynn is way ahead of us when it comes to shopping, but I am trying to catch up.

Well another week is 1/2 over and we are getting really close now!!
I am making a mini Thanksgiving dinner this year since we are leaving on Friday for Cocoa beach, I dont want a lot of leftovers. Only things I can freeze. So I am having a hard time deciding on dessert. Some dont freeze well or not at all. Maybe we will just have some fancy cookies and ice cream and save the pies for later.

well I am off to let Minnie take me for a walk.
I will check back soon,

Let's keep the posts coming, we have a long way to go in just a few days.
A few of you have legitimate excuses not to post for a couple of days, but the rest of you lets keep it going!!! I am watching!!! :rotfl2:

Kathy :wave:

LindaBabe

11-08-2006, 08:18 AM

Good Morning, All!

Of COURSE we can wear the tiaras the whole week - but at a minimum, doncha think? the two occasions I mentioned. I'm thinking it will be difficult to swim or snorkle with one on, and as for sleeping. . .

I think I will just give Lynn money and let her do the darn shopping. ugh.

Dh is sick, and I think I'm getting it. Better now than next week, is all I can say.

Take care, gang, and have a GREAT DAY!

TIGGER41681

11-08-2006, 08:38 AM

Good Morning All :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
It's a rainy morning here in NY. DS decided again not to sleep and fall asleep at 1:30AM. I am feeling alittle better. The no sleep and being sick is killing me. DH was saying all he wants for Christmas is a " :cloud9: whole night sleep :cloud9: "!!! Well I am going to make DS's bottle and get DS's wash :laundy: :laundy: going. Talk to you all later :wave: :wave: !!

Sarah: That is an easy dinner in my house!! I don't cook on Friday we either get Pizza or Chinese!!

Kathy: My shopping in not done yet!! Saturday we are going to Toys R US for all the toys for DS. Then I will be done. DH want to get him Tonka Trucks. He is very happy :) :) to have a son!!

Linda: If I could ;) ;) I would do you shopping but my list of things to do before the cruise in getting longer and longer!! Do what I do sometimes and use the computer and get it shipped to your house!!

TIGGER41681

11-08-2006, 08:39 AM

Linda,
Feel better you and DH!!!

cmaelltt1

11-08-2006, 09:45 AM

[QUOTE=TIGGER41681]Kathy: My shopping in not done yet!! Saturday we are going to Toys R US for all the toys for DS. Then I will be done. DH want to get him Tonka Trucks. He is very happy :) :) to have a son!!
QUOTE]

I'm trying to finish up my Christmas shopping too. I have no idea what to get my 13 year old. She even made a list and said she couldn't think of much to put on it. I don't know if that means she's so spoiled she already has everything or if she is just happy with what she has.

The little ones have been a little eaiser. My son has been in love with Lightening McQueen and Mater since he saw Cars. So I got him the remote controlled ones. Of course, now he has changed his love to Monster House. So when I point out the Cars in the ToyRUs paper, he says he doesn't like those. I bought him the Cars movie yesterday and he didn't even want to watch it. Well, he better decided to like them before Christmas.

I got my 6 (turns 7 two weeks after Christmas) year old a Nintendo DS and some games. I told my husband that I would give it to her to play with in the car on the way to FL and back. Then I'm going to steal it back from her and wrap it up for Christmas. Otherwise, she will feel like she didn't get anything for Christmas. I also have to buy all her birthday gifts now. If I wait until after Christmas there is nothing left.

Did I tell you that I will have my birthday on the cruise (11/30)? I hadn't really thought of it until the kids mentioned it. Well, I need to go work on those door signs. I didn't get to them yesterday.

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

TiggerKing

11-08-2006, 09:49 AM

TiggerKing

11-08-2006, 09:54 AM

TiggerKing

11-08-2006, 10:00 AM

Just curious, as I know this has been mentioned before:

Who is staying in Cocoa Beach on Friday night, and are there any plans in place to do an early meet for dinner or snacks? Lisa and I have made the decision, since all WDW hotels are booked (except for one room for $543 for one night :sad2: ), we are going to stay at the new Residence Inn in Cocoa Beach. We would love to get together with some of you if you so desire. If you are interested, PM me or post here and we can get real contact information going to set something up! :thumbsup2

disneediva

11-08-2006, 10:06 AM

Hi all,
I also went and voted and like Mutt vote for the person not the party.
I have spent the last 2 days in bed and really feel like I need to be doing something but I am just starting to feel better.

Greg, welcome to the group after all we heard from Kathy its good that you can come and defend yourself :rotfl2:

Christmas shopping please, I am still cruise shopping.. :lmao:

TiggerKing

11-08-2006, 10:20 AM

Christmas shopping please, I am still cruise shopping.. :lmao:
Cruise shopping? We still have over 2 weeks! :hourglass

Christmas shopping isn't even in the picture as yet!

DutchsMommy

11-08-2006, 10:46 AM

TiggerKing

11-08-2006, 10:55 AM

Hey Bob,

We will also be at the Residence, as will 4 foxes I think - and one more family from the thread. Sorry - my mind is a sieve!!!!!! Anyway, we are flying in on Thursday and will be there both Thurs and Fri nights. I think getting together would be great. I have heard good things about Grills.
Sarah:

I was thinking about Grills as well. I have heard a lot of good about them. There won't be a DCL ship to see, but at least we will have a view of the water and the port! :sunny:

Did you have to call Cocoa Beach Shuttle after you booked the hotel to get you to the port, or will you do that when you arrive?

LindaBabe

11-08-2006, 11:07 AM

Did I remember to tell you yesterday? I discovered Avis has no rental cars available that arent' already reserved for December 2nd.

disneediva

11-08-2006, 11:19 AM

Linda, we have a new member in our family Tinkabelle and she will be accompaning us on the cruise if she and Dimples would like to have a playdate. Here she is ready for the trick or treaters
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g75/wenaust/HPIM1507.jpg

TiggerKing

11-08-2006, 11:47 AM

Linda, we have a new member in our family Tinkabelle and she will be accompaning us on the cruise if she and Dimples would like to have a playdate. Here she is ready for the trick or treaters

You and Linda are REALLY starting to scare me with these bears! :scared1:

favoriteslave

11-08-2006, 12:36 PM

We are up for dinner on Friday night, our flight gets in around 6ish, so we could be in Cocoa by 700, 730ish. Just let us know where.

woogal

11-08-2006, 12:41 PM

You and Linda are REALLY starting to scare me with these bears! :scared1:
I'm getting a little creeped out as well :lmao:

woogal

11-08-2006, 12:49 PM

Hello Banana Heads :banana: :banana: :banana:

Hope your day is going swimmingly ... the number of days till we meet just keeps getting smaller and smaller!

MUTT? Honey? Baby?? Alice in Chains is playing at the House of Blues tomorrow night! Maybe you and me ...? http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/woogal/ronniejamesdionana.gifhttp://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/woogal/ronniejamesdionana.gifhttp://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/woogal/ronniejamesdionana.gif

Bob, you're SO cheap! The room was ONLY $543! Isn't your wife worth that?! :rolleyes1

Everything and everyone I voted for yesterday lost .... except for 2 small local levies. Makes me wonder what's wrong with EVERYONE ELSE :lmao:

Keep those posts coming. Wendy ... GET BETTER, GF!!!

disneediva

11-08-2006, 01:01 PM

disneediva

11-08-2006, 01:09 PM

Bob this ones for you, its me in my Christmas best...
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g75/wenaust/HPIM1508.jpg

Tinkabelle

woogal

11-08-2006, 01:10 PM

TiggerKing

11-08-2006, 01:40 PM

Auntie Shell, Tinkabelle is hurt you and Uncle Bob made fun of her...She was hoping she would get to soend the night with you and Uncle mutt :lmao:

I bet Aunt Lisa loves her little Tinkabelle :rotfl2:
Shell, can we un-link Wendy from our dining reservations? Also, do you think DCL would charge us to change cabins if we explain the situation to them? Personally, I think the men in the little white coats with the ambulance need to meet her at the port! I always knew those Nawlins people were a little off, but this is ridiculous! :crazy:

(If Lisa were on here reading this stuff, she would make me cancel the cruise and spend the week at WDW!) :badpc:

ICEMANPAD

11-08-2006, 01:53 PM

hello Tonya and Trey. just posting here for the sake of it. hope you enjoy the cruise. we may even see you in passing as we depart the boat. by the way, our thread this year is up to page 16, only about 300 pages behind yours. not like last year i am afraid. LOL.

Chuck/Lisa :cool1:

LindaBabe

11-08-2006, 02:04 PM

Wendy, Dimples would LOVE a play date - Tinkabelle looks JUST like her little brother, OC (for short - his real name is OCSkierBear - as in Out of Control Skier). He even has that outfit! Does Tinkabelle have the Tinkerbelle outfit?

Shell, can we un-link Wendy from our dining reservations? Also, do you think DCL would charge us to change cabins if we explain the situation to them? Personally, I think the men in the little white coats with the ambulance need to meet her at the port! I always knew those Nawlins people were a little off, but this is ridiculous!

Excuse me! Dimples and OC are NOT from New Orleans. They are from NEW YORK! And they're both sure New Orleans is a very nice place to be from. After all, it has both lots of food and lots of jazz.

It's funny how quickly an old lady with a bear on her arm can separate the people with a playful sense of humor from the pack. I took Dimples on a trip with my scientists. They have NO sense of play at all, which really surprised me. Now THIS group on the other hand . . .

disneediva

11-08-2006, 02:09 PM

(If Lisa were on here reading this stuff, she would make me cancel the cruise and spend the week at WDW!)

Promise...... :rotfl2:

Yes Linda she has the Tinkerbelle outfit and she loves it, its the one she most likes to be in...Is OC coming on this cruise too or is it just Dimples?

Now Bob you don't want to make Shell chose, you know you guys can never win, when it comes to GF's :rotfl2:

mom x4,grandma x4

11-08-2006, 02:20 PM

I think the bear was very cute all dressed up for Halloween and Christmas.
I happen to dress up a lot of stuffed disney characters for each holiday too!!!
They have taken over my dining room.I believe there are 28 of them.

Right now they are still dressed as pirates, but this week i hope to change them into pilgrims and indians. Then as soon as we return from the cruise I will get out the santa and reindeer and elf outfits.

So you ladies are just getting started with one bear each. They need a family too. Try dressing up 28 different critters. :faint:

I know, I have too much time on my hands right??? :rolleyes1

Kathy :wave:

TiggerKing

11-08-2006, 02:26 PM

Hey Folks, Lisa and I just decided to switch to the 12/2 Western. Would any of the "normal" folks like to join us? :rotfl2:

woogal

11-08-2006, 02:51 PM

Hey Folks, Lisa and I just decided to switch to the 12/2 Western. Would any of the "normal" folks like to join us? :rotfl2:
Hey MUTT? I think he's talkin' 'bout US normal folks! :crazy:

TiggerKing

11-08-2006, 02:56 PM

Hey MUTT? I think he's talkin' 'bout US normal folks! :crazy:
Wow, I thought I had that message encrypted enough that you :stir: would not be able to read it!

favoriteslave

11-08-2006, 03:03 PM

Bob you can't, you just can't. The bears will behave and plus we want to see you in a TIARA. I wouldn't fly all that way just to see the mouse. he he

favoriteslave

11-08-2006, 03:21 PM

Im off to a class at work. Everyone have a great afternoon. Talk to you tonight.

TiggerKing

11-08-2006, 03:31 PM

Bob you can't, you just can't. The bears will behave and plus we want to see you in a TIARA. I wouldn't fly all that way just to see the mouse. he he
Argument fails...we are driving, not flying! :lmao:

woogal

11-08-2006, 04:53 PM

Geez Louise ... where the heck is everyone?! We aren't gonna be this quiet on the cruise, are we? :confused3

So for the 2nd night in a row, I had a cruise dream. Sometimes I wonder how the subconcious works. Monday night, Greg and Kathy were in my dream. Last night it was Bob, Lisa, Jan and Dave, plus a few people in green t-shirts running around that I didn't recognize! So the main gist of the dream ... we had to be in line to board the ship by 7 p.m. While walking up, I saw Jan and Dave in line. Once we got to the line, I realized that I forgot my passport. Told Bill to stay in line, I'd run and get it at the cottage that we were sharing with Bob and Lisa. Then while trying to run back, I got those "cement legs" where no matter how hard I run, I'm not moving. Woke up ... don't know if I ever made it or not!

Can't wait to see who makes it tonight!

PuppyMommy

11-08-2006, 04:55 PM

woogal

11-08-2006, 05:13 PM

Oh, I know why no one is posting! Everyone's all choked up and in shock about the Britney/K-Fed split! :lmao: OOPS ... I meant to hit the :sad: smiley! No, really I did!

TiggerKing

11-08-2006, 05:15 PM

Uh oh....She's baaaaaaaccccckkkkkk! Be afraid, be very afraid! :scared1:

woogal

11-08-2006, 05:16 PM

I have read all the posts for today. Are you all NUTS?!! Oh, by the way, lived in New Orleans for a year and a half. Nice place to visit but you wouldn't want to live there or claim to be from there.

Hello everyone, bet you thought I was a figment of Bob's imagination.
LISA! Welcome back! Hey, do me a favor ... let me know when Bob's tux gets there! :lmao:

TiggerKing

11-08-2006, 05:17 PM

Oh, I know why no one is posting! Everyone's all choked up and in shock about the Britney/K-Fed split! :lmao: OOPS ... I meant to hit the :sad: smiley! No, really I did!
Yes, let's all do a group hug due to this tragedy! :dance3:

Dang, Shell. Those smiley buttons keep moving!

disneediva

11-08-2006, 05:53 PM

I have read all the posts for today. Are you all NUTS?!! Oh, by the way, lived in New Orleans for a year and a half. Nice place to visit but you wouldn't want to live there or claim to be from there.

Hello everyone, bet you thought I was a figment of Bob's imagination.

Good thing I don't get offended easily, .... I was born and raised in New Orleans and wouldn't want to or can't imagine living anywhere else

woogal

11-08-2006, 06:00 PM

Good thing I don't get offended easily, .... I was born and raised in New Orleans and wouldn't want to or can't imagine living anywhere else
CHICK FIGHT! CHICK FIGHT! :rotfl2:

disneediva

11-08-2006, 06:32 PM

Now Shell don't :stir:

woogal

11-08-2006, 06:57 PM

Who?! MOI?!http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i2/woogal/2693.gif

LindaBabe

11-08-2006, 08:12 PM

I have read all the posts for today. Are you all NUTS?!!

Who US? I resemble that remark! No. Not Nuts. Actually, we're just ordinary people with ordinary lives , too much dreary routine and too little laughter - who have decided to cut loose. So order up a tiara, duckie, and join the fun!

Kathy, Actually there ARE several other bears - one hand made and larger than me that I won at a women's outdoors weekend; one Steiff, from when we lived in Germany; one I built for Bruce that started this whole building thing & who wears ski gear all year round; one, our granddaughter gave him for Christmas; and OC, who looks like Tinkabelle only he's a boy, because Bruce built him for his birthday this year. BUT they don't all get dressed up. Well, OC wears boy clothes - he got a wet suit for this cruise. And Dimples. . . who has enough clothes to outfit ALL the rest and your 28 as well, even AFTER downsizing her closet!

I've always wanted to visit New Orleans - ever since I read Saratoga Trunk in junior high. It seemed to be the epitome of grace and romance. And with all that good food and jazz, what's not to like? (Diva, :grouphug: I'm sure when PuppyMommy has a chance to think about it, she'll realize she meant SHE didn't like living there . . . )

Woo and Bill? Made any great cakes lately? :cake:
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r149/LindaBabe54/2006endingwithStpatricks102.jpg

TIGGER41681

11-08-2006, 08:15 PM

Good Morning :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Well today I rested and got so much done around my house that is why I did not post during the day. Sorry :sad2: :sad2: !! Well DS is almost crawling :cheer2: :cheer2: not quite there yet !!! Just got off the phone with my Mom and my grandmother was taken to the hosptial today and is in intensive care. Well I will talk to you tomorrow. Good Night :cloud9: :cloud9: .
My Vote for DWTS is Joey is going tonight :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc !!

disneediva

11-08-2006, 08:20 PM

Linda, I will bring Tinkabelle's costume and she would love a group photo with Dimples and OC :rotfl2:

Lynn, I tend to think Joey is going tonight too, but I would prefer that Mario go..hope your Grandma gets better :grouphug:

Off to watch DWTS

cmaelltt1

11-08-2006, 08:26 PM

I've been trying to keep up with your posts, but you people really are a little nutty. Seriously. :teeth:

Someone refresh my memory for the gift exchange thing. I can't find the day/time. I want to make sure I'm ok to get there before I buy something.

You know your ready for your Disney vacation when.......
Your entire family crowds around the table gasping at the hidden mickey in the spilled steak sauce.

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

JanDave

11-08-2006, 08:36 PM

Hi Nana Heads!!!

An Official Welcome to Lisa and Greg. Can't wait to meet both of you. Now, neither of you will see me in a tiara as the one I want is so big and heavy, it's not going to fit in my suitcase. So, you'll see a tiaraless female DISer at the Promenade Lounge. I couldn't talk DH Dave and friend Bob into wearing one either.

Lorna: Did you get your gifts at Bronners yesterday? I ordered my gifts online from Bronners several weeks ago.

Bob: Love the quotes.

Grills at Cocoa Beach: Great food and location. We were there last September before a DCL cruise. Show your out of state driver's license and you get a discount on your meal. Hope everyone is feeling better. No sickies on our cruise, although I'll make an exception for some of us!!!

Christmas: Gifts are bought and wrapped. My awful (Dave's description) wall tree is decorated and hung on the wall. I've made reservations at a hotel on the east side of Detoit that has an indoor waterpark for our Christmas gathering with our Michigan kids/grandkids. We're celebrating 12/23-12/24. Can't wait to have fun in the water with my little angels.

This weekend: Heading to Cleveland tomorrow with DD, and 2 grandkids. My DD and her 2.5 year old son will see the Wiggles tomorrow night. On Friday, we head to Morgantown, WV to see my 2 grandkids, DS and DDIL. :bounce: Back home on Sunday.

Jeff: Are you ignoring me????!!!! :confused3 I assume our bet is still on for WVU/Pitt.

Shell: You've been having nightmares about us and DCL!!! I did that last year. Had dreams for about 2 weeks before the cruise. The common theme was not being able to find my birth certificate.

Have a great weekend everyone. Talk to you on Monday.

Jan

mom x4,grandma x4

11-08-2006, 09:08 PM

Howdy,
just dropping in to catch up on reading the posts and to say Goodnight!! :dance3:

Lynn, hope grandma feels better soon :cloud9:

I am off to bed, will check back in the morning.

Kathy :wave:

Dixielady908

11-08-2006, 09:32 PM

Oh my Gosh....you guys are getting really crazy :crazy: I am really starting to get scared about meeting all of you.....ok not all just a couple who shall go nameless :rolleyes1 .....

Anyway, I dont do bears...however, I have cement geese...you know about 10-15years ago they were very popular...you buy them clothes and dress them....I have Henrietta and Gracie....Gracie is the baby... I havent changed their outfits for about 5 years now.....I got boared. They just sit there at look at me every night in their same outfits.... :sad2: poor geeseys..... :rotfl2:

Kathy: I really tried very hard to get on this morning at work, but the boss did not have a meeting....so alas I was unable to sneak on since I sit right outside her office. :)

Be back later gators.....

Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

dkmjgal

11-08-2006, 09:46 PM

Man is this cruise going to be a blast!!! If our personalities are anything like our posts...we may get blacklisted from Disney Cruises :scared1:

WELL...I DID IT....I bought some Christmas presents today :Pinkbounc I may even wrap them tomorrow :dance3:

Gotta go watch the end of DWTS...I really want Joey to stick around but I don't think he will.

Have a great night!

Kelly

woogal

11-08-2006, 10:09 PM

:sad: NOT JOEY!! :sad:

PuppyMommy

11-08-2006, 10:35 PM

Good thing I don't get offended easily, .... I was born and raised in New Orleans and wouldn't want to or can't imagine living anywhere else

Sorry Wendy, one of my bosses is from NO and I tease her as well. Bob is trying to bring me up to speed on how to communicate on the thread without offending.
My boss grew up near the Baptist Seminary (that's where I lived) and it broke my heart to hear her talk about what it looks like now. I still have very dear friends there who feel the same as you; Wouldn't live anywhere else. Hope you can forgive me. :sad1:

PuppyMommy

11-08-2006, 10:42 PM

As soon as the tux arrives, Shelle, you will be the third to know.

Love the bears, I would dress up the cats and dogs (furry children) if DH would let me get away with it.

Yeah, this cruise is going to be a real hoot! :woohoo: Can't wait to meet you all so we can laugh together in person. :lmao:

JanDave

11-08-2006, 10:52 PM

Anyone attached to a Pal Mickey? When we were on a DCL cruise in 2004, a couple brought their Pal Mickey to dinner each night, with a different outfit on that the wife made for Mickey. Pal Mickey was the best dressed pirate!

Jan

LindaBabe

11-08-2006, 10:55 PM

I wonder if gators eat bananas. . . that might be one way to get rid of them!

pgfour

11-08-2006, 11:16 PM

Good evening everyone! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: Some gator food for you, Linda!!!

Another busy day here in the Prairie State. At least the temps were in the mid-60's! :thumbsup2

Well I got one thing checked off my long list for the cruise -- finally made my hair appointment! I was actually having nightmares that my stylist (beautician?? what do you call them?) wasn't available so I had to go somewhere else and she just hacked away at my hair so it was totally uneven and choppy. :sad2: :sad2: And I think my hair turned orange, too! :crazy:

Welcome back Lisa! Good to hear from you! :thumbsup2

Not much else going on here. DH may get me a "new" laptop to replace the other one, but we'll see what happens! :badpc:

Off to soak in the hot tub!

Cheri :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

P.S. Did any of you space "nuts" see Mercury pass in front of the sun today? I didn't, but it sounded rather cool! :cool1: Night Night! :cloud9:

Dixielady908

11-08-2006, 11:58 PM

night everyone......talk with ya all tomorrow

Denise :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

BelievesinFairies

11-08-2006, 11:59 PM

Thanks for reminding me!! I have to make my hair appt for next week. I will be working the 5 days before Thanksgiving...so I really need to do that!! :goodvibes

Oh...and I hear ya about the laptop. He is always looking to upgrade. I am attempting to forbid my dh from bringing his on the cruise. I'll let you know how that goes.... :lmao:

disneediva

11-09-2006, 12:18 AM

Lisa, not a problem, no forgiveness needed..I am just a die hard cajun girl, ask Bob about the dead crawfish, and after Katrina I am slightly protective of my hometown..I actually went to high school right down the street from the baptist seminary

Shell, Joey's gone who will we root for :confused3 I'm thinking Emmitt :love:

Linda, I loved the photo, your kids are adorable, that Dimples is quite stylish :Pinkbounc

Umm Mutt where are ya handsome, its been awhile since you've tormented us, I mean posted :lmao:

Wendy

disneediva

11-09-2006, 12:21 AM

Wait wait
Lisa did you say Bob was teaching you how not to offend on these boards :rotfl :lmao:

Shell you let that comment pass, GF you are slipping...You too Cheri I was waiting for a zinger :rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

YippySkippy

11-09-2006, 02:34 AM

JanDave

11-09-2006, 08:16 AM

Good Morning Nana Heads!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:

With all of us female DISers stressing about the cruise with dreams, working on our to-do lists, etc., we need to treat ourselves to a girls' night/day out on the ship. We can meet at Signals, Promenade Lounge or the coffee shop (also has liquor, I mean beverages). If no one is interested, I'll be treating myself at one of the above-mentioned liquor stations with my favorite drink - :banana:BC!

Heading to Cleveland soon.

Jan

mom x4,grandma x4

11-09-2006, 08:27 AM

Howdy all,
well another day is started, so we are that much closer to the cruise!!

A warm 77 here today, I did put in an order for :sunny: for the first day of the cruise, hopefully mother nature will be listening. ;)

Lauri,
it's never to late to get to know all of us, the question should be, after reading all these posts, do you really want to get to know us :rotfl2:

Linda, do you have a tiara for your bear for dinner time and the meet? :confused3 I think it would be cute if she wore one too!!

Well going to do some housework. By the time I am done I expect to see several posts here!! :rolleyes1
I believe we need close to 300 more posts the next few days. As some of you leave a few days before the cruise, you wont be posting anymore, so we need to keep up the posts or we will never make it by the 25th. :wizard:

Mutt, Andy, Danielle, and a few more, my whip is ready to come down off the shelf !!!! :lmao:

Kathy :wave:

TIGGER41681

11-09-2006, 08:28 AM

Good Morning All :banana: :banana: :banana: ,
Well today I am feeling alot better :teeth: :teeth: !! Get this it is suppose to be 70 degress today!! I packed all my short sleeves and capris :sad2: :sad2:for the cruise!! Today I have to dust and clean DS's room and my room. I am going to feed DS his cereal. Thank you for your kind words for my Grandma!! My mom is going to the hospital today.
Talk to you all later.

This Weekend: We are finishing my Christmas shopping at Toys R US. We need to get DS so toys. All I got him so far is the TMX Elmo. I also want to get the Elmo wrapping paper they have since he loves Elmo. I think I am going to have more fun opening his presents then him on Christmas :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc !!! My in-law's are coming to babysit DS :teeth:while we shop!!!

TIGGER41681

11-09-2006, 08:32 AM

Jan,
I am in for drinks for a girls night :drinking: :drinking: :drinking: !!!
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

U2Pixies

11-09-2006, 08:35 AM

Howdy folks -
Shell - I want to be in one of your dreams! At least I'd know I was going on the same cruise as the rest of you all ;)

I've been glued to the paper and tv with all the election results. Boy Connecticut! Way to go. I love when an independent gets the gold! I also vote person not party. I try to make the right choice for US, the people. Sometimes I get caught up on the looks though. Some of these guys are real "eye candy" Then I come down to earth and vote issues!
Lynn- be sure to save the papers for Drew. They will come in handy in his high school years! First female house speaker...ummmmmmmmm? No comment. The trial has begun, and then the jury is out.

Gotta go - Steve and Esther are here with kiddies!
Pat

dkmjgal

11-09-2006, 09:11 AM

GOOD MORNING TURKEYS AND BANANAS!

PAT - Have a great time with the kiddies!

LAURI - never too late to get to know this bunch :banana: :banana: :lmao: My son will also be 8 soon, in December, and my daughter just turned 11 2 weeks ago. Sounds like our kids should do well together.

LYNN - Glad you are feeling better!

JAN - I love the idea of a girls day or night out!

KATHY - Thanks for the weather request :thumbsup2

The kids are off from school today and tomorrow for the NJ Teacher's Convention. Those of you that live in Florida know this as "Jersey Week". Basically 3/4 of the state of NJ are at Disney this week!
We are taking the kids away for a couple of nights to our Marriott vacation club. In the off season here in NJ we can get a 2 Bdrm/2 bath villa for $85!!! You can't beat that. The place is only an hour away but it gives us some downtime as a family without outside interference...work, phones, family..etc.

I hope everyone has a great day!

Kelly

LindaBabe

11-09-2006, 09:20 AM

Count me in for girls night too! I'm up for anything to have fun.

Last night, I wrote the Christmas letter (please don't cringe - it's the only way to keep up with 40 years of friends around the world) and printed the address stickers. Already have the Disney stamps. Everything will go in a folder so when I get the cards on ship, I can just slap them together.

Tonya, thanks for the image, they do print nicely. Saturday when I go to mailboxes, I'll get several sheets printed - I wonder how many families we're up to now. . .

Drat! I definitely WASN't going in the mall again, but that's a good Idea, Kathy. Dimples needs a tiara.

While I'm bustling about with to do lists and errands, my husband is playing with his new ipod, and watching tv. Is it that way in your house too? Do guys thing these things get taken care of by MAGIC?

Happy Day, All!

BelievesinFairies

11-09-2006, 09:46 AM

Just saying "Good Morning!" before I go to work...to make money...to pay for all the things I want to buy on the cruise... :dance3:

SO, is anyone else having trouble NOT talking about the cruise. Even when I called my trash pickup company this morning...I am sitting here telling the woman in billing all about it! I just can't shut up. I am a freak!

Hi, My name is Laurie and I am obsessed with DCL. :banana:

:wave2:

mom x4,grandma x4

11-09-2006, 09:51 AM

Laurie,
We are all obsessed with our cruise. :thumbsup2
I think the bank tellers and store clerks hate to see me coming!!! I feel sorry for the people beside me when I have a long line to wait in. Somehow I can manage to work in the cruise into the conversation. :rolleyes1

Kathy :wave:

TiggerKing

11-09-2006, 10:05 AM

WOW! I'm trying to "catch up" with you all on your posts so that we will "know each other". Hooo wheee!! Y'all are some postin' fools!!

I'm currently in Anaheim right now, speaking at a convention. Do I have time to go to Disneyland? Um, no, and I'm feeling an odd pull to the Mouse. I cannot WAIT to go on the cruise, I even made my poor audience listen to my cruise plans.

Quick question...anyone with kids from ages 6 - 10? I have an almost 8 year old and he would love to get to know your kids.

Hope I'm not too late to get to know you all before our trip.

Looking forward to meeting y'all,

Lauri
Lauri: It is never too late. As a matter of fact, the less you know about us, the better chance we have to actually meet you! :teeth:

While you are in Anaheim, give a wave to my brother & sister! They live in Mission Viejo and she works in Anaheim. Just wave, I am sure they will see you!

TiggerKing

11-09-2006, 10:08 AM

Good Morning Everyone!

Hope everyone has a great day. Don't know how much I will be on today as I am trying to wrap up a project a day early so I don't have to drive back up here tomorrow.

Wendy: I take offense at your comment! I would NEVER insult anyone on this board.....except you and Shell! :lmao:

woogal

11-09-2006, 10:12 AM

Good morning, Banana Heads :banana: :banana: :banana:

Obsessed? US? Just because I tried to use my Castaway Club Card for my ID when voting last Tuesday, you think I'm obsessed? :crazy: (They didn't take it ... insisted on my driver's license).

Cheri, I didn't see Mercury. Course we were cloud covered all day, so there's was no chance regardless.

Wendy, I'm going with Mario now that Joey's gone. But you gotta love Joey's whole personality and attitude. Besides, now he has a gig on the DWTS tour.

Linda, you DEFINATELY have to get another tiara!!! Poor Dimples will feel so left out! And as far as who's doing the work ... hey, from the things I've heard on here, the fact that I can get Mutt to pack his own bag sounds pretty impressive!!!

Pat, luckily I didn't have any stressful DCL dreams/nightmares last night! But I'll keep you in mind for the next one!!! Just do me a favor and hold on to my passport for me! :rotfl:

Kelly, what happened with John's foot? Did I miss that?

THANK YOU Kathy and Wendy for trying to whip Mutt back on this board! Bill, see that? Your sarcastic wit and immense charm is missed :lmao:

NUMBER OF WORK DAYS TILL WE LEAVE:
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

disneediva

11-09-2006, 10:14 AM

Ahh Bob, I feel the love all the way down here :rotfl2:

Jan, count me in for girls day/night :thumbsup2

Lynn, do the people at the mall greet you by name? my DH is convinced that everyone at Target knows me by name :rotfl2:

Laurie, I will have to join your support group Hi I am Wendy and I am obsessed with Dis :lmao:

Linda i agree Dimples would look great in a tiara :cool1:

Kelly, our last DCL was during Jersey week it was a great time

Wendy

oops :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

woogal

11-09-2006, 10:17 AM

disneediva

11-09-2006, 10:21 AM

OK just this once Shell..

Now I really want Emmett too win he has that big teddy bear look going on, good thing it ends next week could you see us all sitting there watching the results show :lmao:

TIGGER41681

11-09-2006, 10:24 AM

PuppyMommy

11-09-2006, 10:38 AM

Good morning everyone. I am so sleepy,I was up till 1:00 am working on my tiara. I have one from long ago that I am converting to pearl rather than rhinestones. Wow I really need a vacation and a girls night out. :banana:

woogal

11-09-2006, 11:10 AM

Yes, but Lisa ... the real question is ... were you also working on BOB's tiara? :rotfl2:

LindaBabe

11-09-2006, 12:04 PM

Obsessed? US? Heck Yeah!!!!

OH, PuppyMommy! How great is that - refurbishing your own tiara! I must admit to having looked for mine from high school - back in the dark ages, but well - guess it was too far back!

Bye for now -

oh, btw, I have :goodvibes :) :) :) :love:

work days left before vacation.

favoriteslave

11-09-2006, 12:15 PM

I got my tiara the other day and was wearing it around the house and almost got into the shower with it on. Im taking this obsession a little toooo far.

dkmjgal

11-09-2006, 12:50 PM

SHELL - thanks for asking about John. His foot is feeling better now. I took him to a foot specialist the other day but I feel like I was given the complete run around. The first nurse that saw him took x-rays, said nothing was broken and said basically that he pulled the muscle/tendon that runs along the bottom of his foot. No big deal she said. The Dr. then came in, touched his heal in 3 places and said "he has blah blah blah disease". I was like "WHAT?!!!" He went into this long winded explanation about how common it is..blah blah blah...they want him to wear a brace at night (which isn't covered by insurance and would cost me $100)..they want to fit him for orthotics...another $250 out of pocket...and regular visits to the foot Dr. This is the 1st time John has EVER complained about any pain at all. He's a fairly active 7 yr old who recently started breaking boards in karate with his feet. You think maybe he just hurt it a bit? I do....he woke up the next day (Wed. morning) and his heal has been fine ever since. Sorry to rant...probably why I didn't post about it the other day...I was VERY frustrated.
By the way...I don't take it lightly when my kids complain about something...they are generally not sick and they don't really complain much (about physical stuff that it ;) ) I just really feel that in this situation the Dr. was way to quick to jump to a conclusion.

Ok...deep breath...I feel better now. Thanks for listening! :thumbsup2

Kelly

jd99

11-09-2006, 12:50 PM

Hi Nana Heads!!!

This weekend: Heading to Cleveland tomorrow with DD, and 2 grandkids. My DD and her 2.5 year old son will see the Wiggles tomorrow night. On Friday, we head to Morgantown, WV to see my 2 grandkids, DS and DDIL. :bounce: Back home on Sunday.

Jeff: Are you ignoring me????!!!! :confused3 I assume our bet is still on for WVU/Pitt.

Jan

Jan - Sorry I must have missed a post somewhere. Sure we're on - but the game isn't until NEXT week. I'm sure I'll be buying you a second drink unless you are willing to give me some points! :rolleyes1

And I am so jealous. I'd give anything to be able to take DD 2 1/2 to the Wiggles Show. DD8 saw them when they were still playing smaller venues and it was way fun for her. DD 2 1/2 likes them even more than DD8 ever did but they are NOT coming to Pittsburgh on this tour. :furious:

jd99

11-09-2006, 12:56 PM

Quick question...anyone with kids from ages 6 - 10? I have an almost 8 year old and he would love to get to know your kids.
Lauri

Hi Lauri:
I'm jeff and I have a daughter 8 who will be spending some time in the Lab on the cruise. Will your son be in the Lab or the Club?
Jeff

disneediva

11-09-2006, 01:00 PM

Tonya what a great idea I thinkl I will wear my tiara around the house too...
ok work days left lets see :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc :Pinkbounc

My niece loaned me her tiara and its in its own case, Mike and Austin just shake their heads at me like they don't understand :confused3

firemans wife

11-09-2006, 01:21 PM

Wow I had a lot of catching up to do. You guys had me cracking up :rotfl2:

Lynn-I hope your grandmother is doing better. Here is some pixiedust: for her.

Jan- Yes I got my gift in Brohnners. I wonder if we picked the same thing?? Chances of that are small!! I hope you have a good time in Cleavland this weekend. My nephew love the wiggles. My kids have watched it, but they are too old for it now. The girls night out on the ship sounds great!!

Lauri-I have 2 daughters ages 7 and 10.

Welcome to Greg-Good to hear from you.

Shell Thanks for the St MArtin airport information. We are thinking about going to the beach that is right by the airport. Here is an interesting web site of video of the planes flying over the beach.

http://youtube.com/results?search_query=maho+beach&search=Search

Today I got my hair done. So that is checked off my list. I take the girls tomorrow. Now I just need to get packing and work on my door signs. I have been so busy this week!!

Well off to get the house picked up and to take care of some school PTA stuff. Its warm today :goodvibes 65 Maybe I will try to squeeze in a bike ride.

Lorna

U2Pixies

11-09-2006, 02:02 PM

Passport? I thought we didn't need passports! :confused3 I'm not going on the cruise if we need one...we don't have ours. We thought it was "passport free" until the end of Dec. Our TA told us that.
I need to check into this.

Please excuse any misspelled words on this post and the one I posted earlier I'm in a big hurry today. Can't seem to get anything right today. One of those days.

Esther is home sick and I've got the kids. I feel sick also. I do believe mine is mind over matter. I broke down and got that darn flu shot and now I feel sick! I knew it.
Going now Laura is wanting lunch.

Kathy, great weather huh! You all are going to love it if it keeps up.

Oh, I'm not a drinker, well not on a regular basis, maybe one or two a year, but I'd love to have a drink with you ladies. Who knows you might meet the real me :rotfl2: Esther will come along to.
Pat :wave: