Wild Turkeys and Dancing Banana Heads Cruise 11/25/06

[LAMPSKIES]

funny story about the bed, DS9 was all excited- it was going to be his!!! DD14 could care less- anyway, he was really worried that first night- remeber how rocky the ship was- was afraid he would roll out, and after that night, they had to alternate!!!

I'm not sure I ever got the whole story abou the cheez whiz- evidently he brought it out in his trunks- but what was the real purpose? (I am sure Lampy would misinterpret that ques.... :rotfl2: )

1) The ship was rocking? Thank goodness, I thought I had too many to drink! :rotfl2:

2) Me misinterpret anything......not while I have Andrew to "straighten it all out"!

[LAMPSKIES]

Ron your the expert on outings. What do you suggest for the Eastern Cruisers?

We did the Golden Eagle in 03 and it was AWSOME! The front of the catamaran was like a trampoline and the waves kept crashing up....One down side.....being a DCL excursion there is NO DRINKING until you snorkle :confused3 I remember getting off on the island and the captain of the catamaran said "This is St. Maarteen and you "family" folks might not want to go left!" So I did......clothing was optional!! :cool1:
St. Thomas we took the "tram" to the top of the mountain and had lunch the shopped.....7 oz. Heinekin every time DDs purchased something.....buy can they shop! :rotfl2: We should have dome another excursion...all the ports are the same, Nassau, Freeport, Cozumel, GC, Costa Maya, St. Maarteen, St. Thomas......same stuff! We regretted not doing an excursion!

[favoriteslave]

I will only go through DCL excursions next time. I liked Tequila Beach, but from the sounds of things, yor excursion was way cool. Plus, we won't have to worry about whether or not we will get our money back if we end up not going to a certain port.

[JanDave]

Last September, we did not book any excursions in St. Maarten. We walked around town with DISers, Andy (Xbearx) and Ginny (Gdulaney), and had way too much fun. In St. Thomas, we booked Sunny Liston and had a fun day. Some shopping, some touring of the island, then Sapphire Beach for a few hours. One word of advice -- don't book the Under Two Flags (or something similar to that) for St. Maarten. It was not good at all. Many other DISers have said the same thing to us. In St. Thomas, we booked the Trunk Bay excursion through DCL. What a beautiful place. We thought about doing that again, but really enjoy spending the day with Sunny.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Jan

[JanDave]

Hello Again! We have new cruisers to add to the list of DISers. Bob and Gitta, great friends of ours, will be cruising with us. They called DCL a few hours ago.

Jan

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Jandave,
That's great news!!! Welcome to Bob and Gitta.
Our group is growing very quickly!!!
We will be looking forward to a post from them so we can say howdy!
mom x4,grandma x4

[cody'smom]

Hi Sarah,

When we were in Cozumel we took the kids (then 7 and 5) on one of the Disney excursions that was in a semi-sub? It had glass walls where you could see the marine life and wasn't ever totally submerged. The kids really enjoyed it (think "finding nemo"). Not sure if they offer anything like that on Eastern or not. I haven't even considered excursions yet. Right now, I'm trying to figure out transportation to port and lodging for night before.

Jamie

We stayed at the radisson by the port the night before- they have a great pool (unfortunately we got there late at night). They also have a shuttle to the port the next am

[Michelle2]

Just re-checking back in to say hello!
We will also be staying at the Radisson the night before the cruise too...either that or Ron Jon's for a change. My DH really liked the area, so we were thinking about getting there Thursday instead of Friday.

As for excursions, we just did our own thing at St. Maarten's too, the kids just loved being at the beach, so we stayed close and just went to Great Bay beach.
St. Thomas we did the Captn Nautica excursion with just me, DH and DS12. It was great fun...but maybe this time we will do the Trunk bay one. Just something with snorkeling, and that goes to St. John....

I am so excited, I cannot believe it is only 10 months away. I remember when it was only 10 months away this time last year, and the rest of the time went by sooo fast! Can't wait to meet everyone. :goodvibes

[favoriteslave]

We stayed at the Radisson also. Hunter got up early and insisted that we go swimming in the "cool" pool. We didn't take the shuttle, we used a Budget car from the airport. We drove to Budget in Coco and they drove us to the Port. We were the only ones on the shuttle over to the Port. It was great.

[fam4jc]

Hi Everyone! Wow has this thread grown! It will take me an hour to read all this!

I've been very busy and haven't spent much time on the pc. (we just finished a water percussion concerto, very, very cool!)

Anyway, what have I missed that I need to do right a way? Is someone taking names, ect and has a meet already been arranged? bTW, does anyone have a count until our sail date?

I am looking for a good diet. I would say that I am 25 pounds overweight. Anyone have any success stories to share?

Well, I'll catch up on my reading!
shellie

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi Shelley,
Glad to have you back.
Fourfoxesinpa has a list started for all of us. Just send her all your information and she will add it to the list.
We have really been growing the past month. It is a little soon to set a meet on the ship, I think. Because people would forget by cruise time. Other Dis meets i have gone to have always been in the Promenade lounge at 3 p.m. on the first day. I do not know what people on this thread will want to do, but I know we will meet sometime on board.
Have fun catching up on your reading.
mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Sorry Shellie,
I spelled your name wrong!!!!! :confused3

Sorry, :worship:
kathy

[fourfoxesinpa]

Hi Everyone! Wow has this thread grown! It will take me an hour to read all this!

I've been very busy and haven't spent much time on the pc. (we just finished a water percussion concerto, very, very cool!)

Anyway, what have I missed that I need to do right a way? Is someone taking names, ect and has a meet already been arranged? bTW, does anyone have a count until our sail date?

I am looking for a good diet. I would say that I am 25 pounds overweight. Anyone have any success stories to share?

Well, I'll catch up on my reading!
shellie

Hi Shellie,

After searching around the DIS, I started "THE LIST" and was able to find your room category, your names and girls' ages, dining selection, home state and description of what your girls like to do. It sounds like your little Joy would get along just fine with my Meredith who will be 8 at the time we sail, but, unfortunately, they'll be in different clubs. :sad1:

I wish I could give you a great success story but I'm in the same boat you are. Back in my size 14 "fat pants," as I call them. I can say, however, that when I have tried and STUCK to the South Beach Diet, results were quick and I didn't find it too hard to stick to. I just need to get motivated again! Too many Christmas cookies and candy!

As for a countdown, I need to find a new ticker...All I know is that it's TOO FAR AWAY!!!

[fourfoxesinpa]

Hi Shelley,
Glad to have you back.
Fourfoxesinpa has a list started for all of us. Just send her all your information and she will add it to the list.
We have really been growing the past month. It is a little soon to set a meet on the ship, I think. Because people would forget by cruise time. Other Dis meets i have gone to have always been in the Promenade lounge at 3 p.m. on the first day. I do not know what people on this thread will want to do, but I know we will meet sometime on board.
Have fun catching up on your reading.
mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy

We had two DIS meets on our last trip. The first was in Parrot Cay at lunch time and if you missed that one, we gathered on Deck 10 for the Deck Party and were easy to find because of special TShirts. But, all the kids wanted to be on Deck 9 and it was loud so I didn't think that was the best place to meet up.

[fourfoxesinpa]

There we go, 10 months, 1 week and 1 day. See...WAY too far away!!!!

Have a good week everyone.

[feenie]

We have gone to a Dis-meet during sail away and one at 3 in the promenade lounge. I didn't care for meeting during the sail away party. There is too much going on and it's hard to really get to chat with everything going on!
the promenade lounge is NOT busy at 3 on the first day, and it was a great place to meet up!

[JanDave]

I agree with Kathy for meeting at the Promenade Lounge at 3pm. We had DIS meets there on our last two Magic cruises. Hard to believe that 10 months from now, we'll have received our cruise docs, made online ressies, and have suitcases opened in our spare bedroom.

Jan

[fam4jc]

:cool1: I can't really comment on a meet since I've never been on the Magic before. I haven't cruised since, well many years ago. I am so very excited! We'll be wherever it is you set it up! I really want my girls to make some friends and I want to meet you!

Well, I am sorry for your hard winters so far. Here is SC we have had one terrible ice storm and now it has been pretty much about 60 to 70 for a couple of weeks. Kinda freeky!

The SouthBeach diet, I haven't looked into that one. I did Atkins a couple of years ago with great sucess for about 11 weeks (lost 27 pounds). I just can't maintain the atkins and my doc says I need to watch the fat intake. I too had too many cookies and great yummie things during the holidays. It's like I can't stop eating once I start the bad habbits again.

I will be making an inspection of the Magic the end of March. Does anyone need me to take a pic of a particular area of the ship? I think I will be able to take pics. I don't know since this is my first inspection. I want lots of pics for my scrapbook for Disney guests.

How fun is this? :hyper:

Shellie

Oh one more thing - I am still at a guaranteed catagory 5. Should I select a stateroom? Funny that I'm a Disney TA and I don't know what to do!

[TiggerKing]

Hey folks, I just wanted to drop in and say hello. It was pouring down rain here in GA yesterday and the temps dropped to the low 30s overnight. I know that for your northerners that isn't cold, and I really don't consider it that cold either. But, all these fronts moving through are killing DW and mine's sinuses!

I was dreaming this morning of sitting on our verandah in the early morning on a day at sea while DW was still asleep and just listening to the waves and the wake of the ship. I could really use some beach time right now! :cool2:

[MelanieC]

Boy, our thread has really taken off. It wasn't that many days ago that I posted yet I had over 3 pages to read!

Welcome to everyone who is now sailing on 11/25/06! It seems we should have quite the group!

Shellie- Here on the DIS, there is a board called WISH. It stands for We're Inspired to Stay Healthy. Take a look over there for ideas about a healthy eating plan. I'm on WW's and I love it.

To all the Pa gal's - King of Prussia Mall would work for me. Its only 45 minutes via the turnpike. That is usually where I shop as it take 30-45 minutes to get to a mall around here with traffic on the weekends. My daughter and I love the Cheesecake Factory there!! Count me in!

Sure wish the cruise was this weekend. I'd be in Florida now getting ready to have dinner at Boma's and ready to hit the MK tomorrow. AHHH!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Howdy,
Well normally I would brag about our great sunny florida weather when I read your posts about bad weather, however we are suppose to be down to freezing tonight!!! For central Florida that is COLD!!!!!
We do have lots of sunshine, it's just not as warm as it should be.

We are off this weekend to spend the weekend at The Wilderness Lodge at WDW for a late anniversary weekend, so it better warm up, because I want to be out late to watch the fireworks. That will get me to thinking about the fireworks they have on the ship after the Pirate Party.
How are all of you doing for your pirate outfits??? I hope I'm not the only one who will be dressing up that night. I'd love to hear about your costumes.
Anyone else doing door signs??? I will probably have 3 again. Just too many great ideas out there to settle for one sign.

Hope everyone has a great weekend,
mom x4,grandma x4

[MelanieC]

Hi Kathy,
We will definately be wearing Pirates costumes. I hope there are plenty who will be so DH doesn't feel funny, lol! I think he'd be PO'd at me if there were only a couple of people dressed. He may rent a costume from this local shop here. He had a guy who one first place at a Halloween costume with a Jack Sparrow costume. We'll have to go take a look. I am DEFINATELY dressing up, but I haven't started yet. I'm thinking about a skirt with a white top, lots of fun jewelry, a colorful scarf belt and maybe a matching one for around my head. Not 100% sure yet. I do need to start working on that. By the time we go on our cruise, Pirates of the Caribbean 2 will be out. I bet that will be one of the movies playing on the ship. Of course I'm sure our family will have watched it at least twice in the movies like we did the first one!

I plan on doing door signs once I find enough time to figure out how to make them. :confused3 I'm sure it's easy once I take the time to see how other's did them.

The weather here is not too bad today. It goes from being in the 60's to freezing this past weekend. It rained all night Tuesday into yesterday early afternoon. I'm glad the sun is shining today.

[feenie]

DH will definitly be dressing up! One of my friends who can sew made him a great pirate outfit before out last cruise and she is going to make him the jacket from the pattern to add to it for this one!! I am considering dressing up this time, but it will be much more low-key than his!
pirate:
:hourglass

[cody'smom]

Pirate Night -we are dressing up this time. DH and DS wore P.O.C shirts last time- Ds also had hat, bandanna, etc. DD wore a black skirt with a white off the shoulder blouse and lots of jewelry, I wore a red and white striped shirt with black pants. BUT we are going to be more adventurous this time. I gave DH choice of capt hook or jack sparrow, ds wants to be jack sparrow , too. My tip for everyone who doesn't have their stuff yet- if you are thinking aobut waiting till after halloween, it's hard to find pirate stuff in stores, even at full price. I started looking the second week in Nov and the party stores near my house had already put that stuff away.


Movies on ship- we are wondering if they will show the Santa Clause 3 (due out 11/3). It would be kind of neat to see a Christmas themed movie at CHristmas!!! (it is a disney production)

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi everyone,
I agree, dont expect to find stuff after halloween. I thought i would do that last October and there was nothing to be found accept eye patches.
Sometimes if you dont mind used items a person can go to a thrift store and get cheap halloween stuff around the end of august through halloween.

I kept watching for the close out racks at all the clothing stores. i found a long sleeve off white blouse with a round neckline. Then frayed the ends of the sleeves and a brown long vest that has uneven hem too. I bought a light beige skirt for $5 at kmart that has many layers of sheer fabric and it was uneven edges and hems too. I had to make it smaller because they only had it in a very large size, but it worked really good. Then I had a piece of dark brown material to tie around my waist with a plastic skull and crossbones on the front. I had a black bandana too. Then I found a $40 pair of brown suede boots that were $17 on closeout. They come to the middle of the calf with leather straps around them with metal buckles. To Top it off I bought a necklace at WDW that is the medallion from Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
I got the idea for this from looking at costumes on line. It took about 6 months to find everything, but when all was said and done I only spent around $45. Not too bad considering the necklace was $10 and the boots $17. This time DH says he will dress up too if I get him something to wear. He saw so many people, including grown men dressed that he decided it was ok to do it now. So this year i will watch for sales for him.
I'm happy to hear all of you are thinking about dressing up too! It is so much more fun when lots of people do this. On the Magic w ehad lots of people dressingup, but for some reason on the Wonder they didnt seem to do much accept for the kids.
I'm glad we are going on the magic.
Everyone have a great weekend!! I know we will because we are headed for WDW.
Kathy

[TiggerKing]

I am going to try and talk DW into dressing up for Pirate Night. I think she will go for it as she always dresses up for Halloween at work. Now, to find the right costume for the both of us. DW is a sewing whiz, so she will probably want to make our costumes (no arguments from me).

I hope everyone has a great weekend. It is going to be rainy here in Georgia this weekend, so I won't be able to get in any of the motorcycle time :moped: I so desired, but oh well.

[Michelle2]

We didn't wear costumes for pirate night, but we did wear matching pirate themed t-shirts...kind of like a Pirates of the Caribbean movie shirt. That is about as much as I can probably get my family to dress up. I had some eyepatches, some pirate hats and a pirate sword too. Our DS3 really liked it!

We had door signs on the last 11/26 cruise, and it really helped us (especially the kids) find our stateroom much easier, so we will definitely do them again. My problem was that I waited too last minute to do them, and didn't get to customize them as much as I wanted. :goodvibes

Have a great time at WDW Kathy!

[LAMPSKIES]

Pirate Night -we are dressing up this time. DH and DS wore P.O.C shirts last time- Ds also had hat, bandanna, etc. DD wore a black skirt with a white off the shoulder blouse and lots of jewelry, I wore a red and white striped shirt with black pants. BUT we are going to be more adventurous this time. I gave DH choice of capt hook or jack sparrow, ds wants to be jack sparrow , too. My tip for everyone who doesn't have their stuff yet- if you are thinking aobut waiting till after halloween, it's hard to find pirate stuff in stores, even at full price. I started looking the second week in Nov and the party stores near my house had already put that stuff away.


Movies on ship- we are wondering if they will show the Santa Clause 3 (due out 11/3). It would be kind of neat to see a Christmas themed movie at CHristmas!!! (it is a disney production)

Hey all!! Don't spend too much just yet on those outfits.....rumor mill has it that this IS year 3 for pirate night and there may be something else by the years end......FYI

[cody'smom]

That's true, but I'm thinking (hoping !) with the POC movie coming out this summer, they may keep it around a little longer.......

[TiggerKing]

Don't really have anything to say, I just don't like us being on page 2!

I hope that everyone had a great weekend!

[MelanieC]

I was also thinking & hoping that with POC2 coming out in July that they would keep it around! Keeping my fingers crossed they do. It's such a fun theme! Plus it seems like they just started doing the POC Dive in movies at the pool on the big screen.

I am starting to find the prospect of needing to pack so many different types of clothing a bit overwhelming, lol! We are used to spending 2 weeks at a time at WDW and this year we went in the summer. Nothing but shorts, t-shirts and swimsuits. I'm even thinking about NOT working out on the ship as originally anticipated because that would be another set of clothes to bring, and then I'd have to constantly keep them washed so I wouldn't have smelly workout clothes in the cabin. Not good.

Would love any tips on keeping the amount of clothes and suitcases to a minimum.

[cindalu]

Hi everyone,
I hope someone can help me. We are flying in the day before and will be staying at SS. What is the best way to get there and also what is the best way to get to port. We are also staying at WDW the Saturday we leave the ship. How should we get back to SS. Should we use Magical express or FL Tours.


TIA

[favoriteslave]

MelanieC

You are a trooper if you were able to spend 15 days at WDW.

Packing list for me includes, Dresses and Shoes (I don’t ware the same dress twice) and about 3 bathing suits. I did bring different shorts to match different t-shirts. I ended up living in my bathing suits and sarongs with a t-shirt over the top. (No one is going to say, hey didn’t you wear that yesterday.) I wore my jeans and a t-shirt on the plane and brought an extra shirt or two for evenings (most of the time I put my bathing suit and sarong back on). I am an AVID over packer. I brought all these med’s (allergy sufferer) and didn’t have to take a single thing (other than motion sickness for one evening). Remember they have a shop that has mediciations in it, if you really must have something. Also remember a jacket or a sweater. It get dang cold in the evenings.

If you need and love to plan here is a web cite with a bunch of different packing lists. http://cruiseclues.com/packinglist.htm If you would like copy of my list, let me know by PM and I will send it. (Its always a work in progress)

Cindalu

I know it sounds terrible, but we saved a load of money by renting a car from Budget. ($35.00 x2 for rental vs. $58.00 x3 for Disney Transportation) I don’t know how many is in your party (we had 3). We were able to get everything in a midsized car and I really overpacked. We drove to the Coco Beach Budget, they loaded our bags in their van and we were off to the ship. We tipped the driver a dollar per bag. In total to and from the airport I think it cost us around $80.

I’m glad to see we are back on the 1 page of boards.

Tonya.

[cindalu]

Favorite,
thanks for the suggestion. there is going to be 7. I got a price from FL tours. It would cost 250 for a van round trip or $350 for the limo round trip.

Thanks again

[favoriteslave]

Cindalu

7. You are braver than I. I would go with convenience. :thumbsup2

Either way, it will be a great cruise. Just don't lock the car doors and leave the key in the ignition at the airport, like I did. :furious:

[cindalu]

Favorite,
We are going with my parents so that is why there is so many. For the time being I have Fl Tours picking us up at SS at 9:30 the Saturday morning of the cruise and then they are picking us up at Port at 9:15. Now all I have to do is arrange transportation from MCO to SS and then from SS to MCO. The earliest flight we could get was Sunday morning.

Thanks


Lucinda

[favoriteslave]

You are so lucky. I have begged my parents (even offered to pay for it) but they still won't come. :sad1:

[cindalu]

Dup. post please see below.

[cindalu]

Yeah I guess I am lucky. We went on DCL in May 04 with my in laws so now we are going with my parents. I booked FL tours for getting from WDW to Port and then from the Port to WDW. Now all I have to do is arrange pickup from MCO to WDW and then from WDW to MCO.

[MamaKate]

Hello Everyone!

I wanted to hop on board this thread! We'll also be on the 11/25/06 sailing and I'd love to meet some DISers while onboard.

It'll be myself, DS10 (will be 11 when we cruise) and DD9. We are from California and It'll be our 1st Disney Cruise. Well, it'll actually be our 2nd because we are doing the 3-night cruise 11/19.

So, if anyone has a list going I'd love to be added.

:thumbsup2 ,
Katie

[TiggerKing]

Welcome aboard Katie! FourfoxesinPA has a list going, so I am sure she will be more than happy to add you and the kids to the liste. Great picture of you and the kids in your sig! BTW, I have a brother in Mission Viejo. Don't know how close you are to there, but just thought I would throw it out there for no apparent reason!

I hope everyone had a great Monday! It was rainy and yucky here in GA. But, I am home from work and playing with 9 puppies. Of course, with 9 puppies, I am probably the toy. Hopefully we will be able to give them all away soon!

[MelanieC]

Hi Katie :wave2: Welcome!
Glad your joining us! We are going to have such a nice group on this sailing! I have two kids too. Mine will be DS9 and DD14 when we travel.

Tonya- Thanks for the links. I'll have to check them out. I know in the end we will end up with just the right amount of luggage.

[favoriteslave]

Katie - Welcome - My DS will be 10 on the day we cruise. He is looking forward to meeting all the DIS kids.

Welcome. :wave2:

[MamaKate]

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome :blush: !

TiggerKing - Mission Viejo is about 30 miles from where I live. Since your brother lives close to Disneyland, does he go often or does he not have the Disney gene. My family thinks I'm nuts because the kids and I go to Disneyland once a week and WDW twice a year.

MelanieC & favoriteslave - It great to see you both have sons around my sons age. My DD is very social and can make friends in a heartbeat with anyone. My DS loves to make new friends, but unless I introduce him he has a hard time. So hopefully there will be some mini-meets so all the kids can meet.

:sunny: ,
Katie

[DutchsMommy]

Boy, back on pg 2 again - well we'll have to see about that! ;)

Hope everyone is well. Welcome to Katie :wave:

Well, yesterday was election day in Canada and we now have a new Prime Minister. He is more conservative than our previous PM so we'll have to see what comes of that. Some people think he may be able to improve relations with the US - we'll see what that means. He is also a fan of the 'traditional family' which kinda flys in the face of the 'same sex marriage' laws that have been passed lately, so again we'll see. Apparently also anti-abortion. This has been a right for as long as I can remember, so will be interesting to see if it even comes up. Anyway - as you can probably tell I am fairly apathetic and will basically take a wait and see attitude. IMHO it really doesn't matter who is in charge - they'll all drown in bureacratic red tape anyway.

Well, on to something I care about - THE CRUISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am SO looking forward to this. I have been prepping DH on the formal/semi and pirate nights so he has LOTS of advanced notice as to what I will be forcing him and DS to wear (lol). It is really important to me to get some really nice family pics as we have zero at home. I am also hoping to drop a few pounds by November so I feel happy with how I look. We are going to WDW Feb 8th for 7 nights at WL and I am really looking forward to that too. We're also going to check out Gatorland - DS will be turning 4 while we are there and I think he will really get a kick out of the gators - not many of those around up here :teeth:

Anyway - nothing earth-shattering to report, so will sign off. Take care everyone - talk to you soon.

[Michelle2]

First of all, I have to say a special hello to mamakate (katie) I remember you being so nice and helping me out with some Fantasmic dessert buffet questions awhile back on the Disneyland forum. Now I will get to meet you! Cool! I am glad you are cruising with us. :goodvibes

Dutchsmommy, I will have a DS that will be 4 too, so they will probably be in the clubs together. Our DS LOVED the kids clubs! It is one of the reasons why we are cruising again. DH was very impressed!

I really got on because I noticed on my signature ticker, that we are 1 day shy of being out of the 10 month range and into the 9 month range!!! WOW! :earseek: I agree, I need to lose some extra pounds in time too, so I better get my backside a movin...before we know it will be here!

[fourfoxesinpa]

Today is January 25th and that makes 10 months to go! :woohoo: :banana: :cool1: :cheer2: :Pinkbounc :thumbsup2 :yay: (not sure how many more "good vibes" smilies there are!)

Welcome to MamaKate...you've officially been added to THE LIST. If you feel comfortable I.M.'ming me, I'm also adding cabin number, dining assignment, kids' names and interesting facts about the DIS'ers to the list...anything you'd like to share.

Happy last days of January,
Jamie

[MamaKate]

First of all, I have to say a special hello to mamakate (katie) I remember you being so nice and helping me out with some Fantasmic dessert buffet questions awhile back on the Disneyland forum. Now I will get to meet you! Cool! I am glad you are cruising with us. :goodvibes


Look forward to meeting you on the cruise. Hope you and your family had a magical time at Disneyland.


Welcome to MamaKate...you've officially been added to THE LIST. If you feel comfortable I.M.'ming me, I'm also adding cabin number, dining assignment, kids' names and interesting facts about the DIS'ers to the list...anything you'd like to share.

I'll PM you with all my information.

:woohoo: ,
Katie

[fourfoxesinpa]

2nd page....tsk tsk. Let's do something about that.

Bumpety bump bump... :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[TiggerKing]

I REALLY need a beach fix! I am even looking at possibly doing a 3 day Wonder in March for DW's birthday just to get to hit a couple of beaches!

Out of curiosity, I checked with the TA yesterday to see if there were any deals on our cruise. My cat 7 room has jumped $7000 in price since mid-December! :earseek:

Have any of you folks ever taken a "last minute" DCL cruise, and were you able to get any decent rates?

[favoriteslave]

TiggerKing - Try Caryn at Mouseearvacations. 888-868-3800. She is wonderful and takes care of her customers.

I need a vacation too.

[TiggerKing]

Thanks Tonya. I will give them a call! :thumbsup2

[MamaKate]

Hello fellow cruisers!

Hope everyone had a great week. The kids and I are going to Disneyland tonight so my son can go to the "Pin Trading Nights". Do any of you do the Disney pin trading thing? My son is really addicted and has over 1,000 pins.

Do they do pin trading on the cruise??

I also wanted to post a thread I have on the Disneyland forum of a Magical Moment my DD had at Disneyland:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1013049

Hope you all have a great weekend :wave2: !

:sunny: ,
Katie

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Howdy everyone, especailly the new people. I havnt posted in awhile, due to illness, so I am trying to catch up on all the posts.

Katie, yes they do have pin trading on the ship. They have several pins that you can only buy on the ships, not at DL or WDW. I get a new one each time we take a cruise. I dont collect like your son, but I have about 30 I guess.
I can't believe we are at the ten month mark!!! :banana: :banana:

I hope everyone has a great weekend.
mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy

[fourfoxesinpa]

Hello fellow cruisers!

Hope everyone had a great week. The kids and I are going to Disneyland tonight so my son can go to the "Pin Trading Nights". Do any of you do the Disney pin trading thing? My son is really addicted and has over 1,000 pins.

Do they do pin trading on the cruise??

I also wanted to post a thread I have on the Disneyland forum of a Magical Moment my DD had at Disneyland:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1013049

Hope you all have a great weekend :wave2: !

:sunny: ,
Katie

What a nice story about Marie! I guess I'm showing my age when I say I loved watching Donny and Marie during my high school years. "I'm a little bit country, I'm a little bit rock and roll." Now that I think about it, it was so corny to have the ice skaters open up their show every week. But, it was fun TV!

Anyone watch the Lost at Sea Primetime special last night? Sure glad I'm staying on Deck 2!

Happy Weekend!

[Michelle2]

We always have a great time at Disneyland, MamaKate! But that trip was one of the best!! :goodvibes And I loved your story about Marie Osmond. I can't wait to see the picture of the doll she sent.

Just wanted to log in to do the 9 month range dance!! Officially out of 10 month range, and into the 9 month range! Wow the time will go by so fast, I can tell! :thumbsup2

:banana: :banana: :yay: :cool1: :yay: :cheer2: :cheer2:

[DutchsMommy]

Katie - cool story. My only 'osmond connection' was going to see Donny playing Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (I'm a huge Andrew Lloyd Webber fan). I was prepared to not enjoy it - I figured how good could he be - was expecting cheese - WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!! He was totally amazing, the show was amazing and it is my second favorite behind Jesus Christ Superstar with Ted Neely (Jesus from the movie of JCSS) and Judas from the movie (can't think of his name right now).

Michelle - I would LOVE it if your DS and mine were 'pals' for the trip. It would be great if DS loved the Club. We went right around this time last year and he just turned 3 the day we cruised. He enjoyed himself, but I think was a bit young to fully get into it - plus he was 'just' potty-trained so I was really worried he would have an accident etc. Does your son like Dinsoaurs? DS is a HUGE dino-head.

It was a lovely day here in Toronto today - +10 degrees!!!!!!!!! Not sure what that converts to for you USers but it is WAY warm for this time of year. We spent the whole morning outside cleaning up the gardens, taking down the Christmas lights etc. I had my riding lesson this afternoon (horseback riding) and it was so nice to not be freezing my behind off in the arena. Tommorrow is supposed to be rainy and back down to +4 but that is still warm for us at this time of year. There is no snow left around our place. We have only had about 2 real good snowfalls this year. It was nice around Christmas as there was plenty of snow but now that we are approaching the end of January I am fine with the weather just the way it is!! I am excited about our WDW trip in less than 2 weeks. We're going to Gatorland and then to Chef Mickey's for dinner for DS's b'day (4 yo). I think he will have a blast - I know I will! Hopefully we get nice weather, but either way it will be warmer than here.

Hope everyone is well - Kathy hope you are feeling better. Talk to you all soon.

[TiggerKing]

I know it is still early yet, but I was just curious where everyone would be the night before the cruise. Will you be in Cape Canaveral, Orlando, WDW or elsewhere. DW and I still have not made up our minds yet. I may burn some Marriott points to stay in Orlando, but I would not mind spending the day before in Daytona either. Then again, we may just do the port. Am I scatterbrained today or what?

I hope everyone has been having a great weekend. We had a little rain overnight, but it is up to almost 70 degrees here this afternoon. (BTW DutchsMommy, 10 celsius translates to 50 degrees fahrenheit....Man I can't believe I still remember that formula from school).

[disneediva]

WOW I have missed afew days and feel like I was so far behind. We had to leave our house for a few days so the contractors could start. We had some flooding after Katrina and have been living with the bear neccassities. So its nice now (only 5 months later) that we can finally get started getting our house back together.

My parents suprised my DS yesterday and booked an Alaskan cruise for him to go on with them and woowee :cool1: mom gets to go to So we will be sailing in July. He is quite excited about this one. :banana:

Katie welcome too my DS and his friend will be there and they are both 11

Tiggerking we will be staying in Orlando the night before the cruise, since we will be driving from NEw Orleans on Friday

Wendy

[Dixielady908]

I know it is still early yet, but I was just curious where everyone would be the night before the cruise. Will you be in Cape Canaveral, Orlando, WDW or elsewhere. DW and I still have not made up our minds yet. I may burn some Marriott points to stay in Orlando, but I would not mind spending the day before in Daytona either. Then again, we may just do the port. Am I scatterbrained today or what?

I hope everyone has been having a great weekend. We had a little rain overnight, but it is up to almost 70 degrees here this afternoon. (BTW DutchsMommy, 10 celsius translates to 50 degrees fahrenheit....Man I can't believe I still remember that formula from school).


There are 13 in our party, we just booked the other night to stay right by Orlando airport the night before. Nothing fancy, I belive its a Best Western.
Hope to see you all on the ship...
Denise

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Tiggerking,
we will be staying at our house the night before the cruise. Not very exciting huh? But the price is right. We will be moved to Leesburg Florida by then so it is about a hour and a half drive to the port.
We are rainy in florida today,but it's still suppose to be 70 degrees by afternoon.
Have a great week everyone,
mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy

[cindalu]

Hi,
My group of 7 is staying at SS the night before the cruise. We are staying there for a day after the cruise too. We are taking a limo. We booked FL Tours.

Hope you all have a great day


Lucinda

[MelanieC]

Hi everyone,

There sure is a lot of activity on this thread now. We are driving down on Tuesday and will stay overnight Tuesday somewhere on I-95 around SC or GA. Then we will finish out the drive Wednesday morning. We will be staying two nights at WDW and plan to do MK on Thanksgiving day. Friday we will drive to Port Canaveral after sleeping in that morning. We have ressie's at the Radisson. Less than 10 months now! YEAH!

[Michelle2]

We will be staying the night before at the Radisson. It worked out really well and convenient for us last year, so we are just going to go with what works! :wizard:

Dutchsmommy, my DS is huge into Star Wars right now...Everything is star wars, spaceships, and Go Diego Go! LOL He was barely potty trained on our last cruise too, but everything worked out really well. Now I have no worries this next time! :teeth:

[grlzmom]

We arent sure where we will stay the night before the cruise.

We have done the Radisson and it worked out great. But, last time we stayed at Gaylord Palms the night before and went to the ICE exhibit and the kids LOVED the ice slides and displays. We wont decide until the date gets a little closer.

However, I know my dd will want to stay where her friends (Michelle2) will be at the Radisson the night before, so we will see.

We dont plan on doing a whole lot of formal excursions this cruise. Our kids were really happy with just casual beach days last time.

Going to go back and try to read the thread for everything I missed.

[MamaKate]

We're either going to be at WDW or USO before the cruise. I don't have our days before the cruise figured out yet, but I'll be at one of those places!!

[TiggerKing]

I hope that everyone has a good weekend! It has been a stressful week for us here. DW started having chest pains on Tuesday morning, and since her mom had her first heart attack when she was 2 years younger than DW, we headed to the hospital! Fortunately, we found out after two days of tests that it was not heart related. :thumbsup2 Now, we have to find out what was the cause of it.

So, we are going to spend the weekend trying to relax, and also trying to give away 9 puppies!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Tiggerking,
I'm happy to hear DW was having heart problems. I'm sure they will find the cause soon and be able to fix her up good as new!!!
Good luck with 9 puppies, that is a handful for sure!
It is cloudy and a good chance of showers in central Florida today.
I guess that is still better than all the ice, snow and cold a lot of you have in the winter. Although I do love snow and I miss watching it snow since we moved to Florida. It does snow at WDW each Christmas at MGM studios, but it's not quite the same as the real thing.
Have a great weekend everyone.

Tiggerking, tell DW our prayers are with her and we wish her all the best and hope to hear a good report on her progress very soon.
mom x4,grandma xe

[Michelle2]

Hi everyone! Just wanted to wish everyone a great weekend! :yay:
Glad everything is ok with your wife Tiggerking. Hope you can find good homes for all those cute puppies!

[DutchsMommy]

Good morning everyone! Tiggerking - hope all is well!

I'm starting to get ready for our trip to WDW on Wednesday. The hotel room in Buffalo is booked (we drive from Toronto to Buffalo because the flights are SO much cheaper), WL at WDW is book, FLTours is booked, we have our MYW tickets and our Gatorland tickets. We're going grocery shopping today for some brekkie stuff to bring - we'll do a grocery stop in FL for milk etc, but I want to bring some stuff from home too. I'm making my way through mounds of laundry so everyone will have clean clothes. I personally am just hoping my capris fit!! LOL. The long-range forecast looks good for us in FL, although there is a winter storm warning up here - at least it is for today so by Tuesday all the roads and stuff should be clear for our drive to Buffalo - that is my biggest worry - a blizzard when we are supposed to fly down. So, I'm really looking forward to our trip to the world, and once it is over I will at least have the cruise to look forward to - woohoo!! :banana:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Dutchsmommy,
Hope you have a great trip. It is pouing rain the past 24 hours in central florida. It is suppose to be drier next week but some days are a little cooler than normal. So be sure and bring jackets for everyone!!! You'll need then in the mornings and evenings for sure. The good news is that the parks have not been very busy because of the cooler weather, so you shouldnt have a lot of long lines.
Give us a trip report when you return so we all can share in the fun. It will help us get by until the cruise gets here.
have fun!
mom x4,grandma x4

[Kycha]

DutchsMommy,

Have a great trip and I hope Dutch has a Happy Birthday!! :bday: party:

Cheryl

[disneediva]

Dutchsmommy
Have a great trip and a Happy Birthday to Dutch :cool1:

Wendy

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Jamie,
I finally got my room number for your spreadsheet.
We are in 6636 with early dining.
Please add this to our information.
Thanks,
mom x4,grandma x4

[Dixielady908]

Today is January 25th and that makes 10 months to go! :woohoo: :banana: :cool1: :cheer2: :Pinkbounc :thumbsup2 :yay: (not sure how many more "good vibes" smilies there are!)

Welcome to MamaKate...you've officially been added to THE LIST. If you feel comfortable I.M.'ming me, I'm also adding cabin number, dining assignment, kids' names and interesting facts about the DIS'ers to the list...anything you'd like to share.

Happy last days of January,
Jamie

Hi Jamie: Our cabin is 5508. Traveling with family total of 13...ages of children if I can remember (all great nieces/nephews) 15-14-11-7-5. Three oldest are girls the youngest are boys. I believe we will be celebrating the 14 year olds birthday on board. As this is her golden birthday.
Dining assignment is 6pm.
Thanks
Denise

[Michelle2]

Jamie, we have our cabin numbers too, and although I am still going to try for deck 7, we are in 2135 and 2137. We will probably stay with these, because I was lucky to even get 2 connecting 10's....I just hope it will not be too noisy, we will be right under the entrance of Parrot Cay it looks like. :goodvibes

[fourfoxesinpa]

Thanks for your room numbers. I've added them to the sheet.

Michelle, I wouldn't worry about your rooms being under Parrot Cay. At night, when you're sleeping and trying to have quiet, that part of the boat will be empty. Maybe check to see if there's a room review posted on the DIS to be sure but I think you'll be fine.

Happy Monday everyone. Another week closer to the trip.

Happy Birthday Dutch and Happy Visit to Mickey's House!

[Michelle2]

Thanks Jamie. I think that it will definitely be better than being under a night club, or area that has activities later at night. I remember Parrot Cay being pretty deserted most of the times except at mealtimes, and that should be no problem for us! But it is good to have others' opinions! :teeth:

[TiggerKing]

Jamie,
I finally got my room number for your spreadsheet.
We are in 6636 with early dining.
Please add this to our information.
Thanks,
mom x4,grandma x4

Uh-oh! You are in the room next to us, now DW and I will have to behave! We are in 6634!

Thanks for all the well wishes for DW. She went to our family doctor on Friday, and he seems to think it is just esophogeal spasms. She is on a medication to see if that will ease the problem, and will still follow up with the cardiologist this week.

Received good news today: A friend of ours who works for a division of Pepsi called this morning with tickets to the Rolling Stones here in Atlanta tomorrow night, and it is their private suite. That makes it NIIIIIICE! :banana:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Tiggerking,
It will be great to be next to someone form the dis boards. ;) Are you going to put up door signs too???
Don't worry about behaving yourlseves, because we never behave ourselves!!
We are too old to worry about what the neighbors think. :confused3 As long as you dont snore loudly we'll get along great!
But i should warn you DH does snore sometimes, but you can bang on the wall and I'll give him a quick jab! Ha! Ha! :lmao:
We are really getting excited for this cruise. We origianlly had back to back cruises with this cruise but we had to change our 2nd cruise to September. So we still have 2 weeks, but they are at different times now. :cloud9:
I have my pirate costume, pirate: just need to get something for DH. He usually wears a bandana and a pirate t-shirt which looks good too. I need to start thinking about door signs. Last cruise I had 3 of them. We spend a lot of our free time strolling the hallways just looking for door signs. We saw lots of really cool ones and got some good ideas from them.

I'm glad to hear your wife is doing much better now. :thumbsup2 Please send her our best wishes and that I am looking forward to meeting both of you, especially since we will be neighbors for a week. :grouphug:
mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy :wave:

[Michelle2]

That is really cool that you guys will be next door neighbors! :teeth: On the last cruise we were on--last November 26, we were not next door, but 2 doors away from another DISer. It was great to see them all of the time as we were coming and going out of our rooms.

And TiggerKing, have fun seeing the Rolling Stones. You are lucky to have great connections! :thumbsup2

[TiggerKing]

On our first cruise in 2004, I am walking down the hallway and hear someone behind us yell "Bob!". Now, DW already accuses me of know someone everywhere we go, so she is thinking "Who now?". Well, I turn around and it is another DISer who knew my cabin number, saw it on my life vest, and called out my name. :rotfl2: We all started laughing!

I don't know if anyone looked at the posts about the NASA launch schedule, but as of right now, there is an unmanned rocket launch and a shuttle launch both scheduled for our CC day. If they go off as scheduled, we should be able to see them while we are on the island. If the shuttle takes a delay, as it typically does, and delays until Saturday, we will be at the port for the launch. That would be totally awesome to cap the cruise off with a shuttle launch! :woohoo:

[fourfoxesinpa]

Hey TiggerKing...say "hey" to Mick and the Boys for me! Have a great time tonight.

It would be very cool to see a launch. Would help with that "educational benefit" part of getting the kids out of school too!

[disneediva]

A shuttle launch during our cruise would be awesome :Pinkbounc I'm not sure who would be more excited my DS or DH :rotfl2:
Well I am off to Home Depot again, I am sure they know me by name now
Wendy

[AshAlytwins]

We are booked for the November 26th Wonder Cruise...anyone else???
We are so excited even though it is so far away. We have tried to recruit family members, but no one is interested....they are crazy!!!!

[MelanieC]

A shuttle and/or rocket launch would be great.

When we were at WDW this past July we got to see Discovery while we were there. We went to Titusville to see the launch. We were directly across the water. It was something I had always wanted to see.

I would be so excited to see another one!

TiggerKing- I hope your wife is doing better.

[MelanieC]

I just had to voice my excitement! I have been waiting for the Shades of Green to sell out so I could get an overflow rate at the Pop Century. I've been calling every day for weeks now and a little over a week ago there were only 7 rooms left. Finally today they were sold out and I was able to book the military overflow rate!!

So now I'm all set with my hotel reservations, except for the one night on Tuesday during our drive down!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

We saw an unmanned rocket launch about a year and a half ago. We got on the Magic around noon, went straight up to deck 10 and about 15 mintues later it blasted off. It was really neat to see, and we got it on our video tape too. There were a lot of people on deck to see it.
Usually we can see all the launches from our back yard, but it was a lot different being that close. We will be sure to keep up on the launch while on board.
Have a great weekend everyone!!!

mom x4,grandma x4

[TiggerKing]

I just had to voice my excitement! I have been waiting for the Shades of Green to sell out so I could get an overflow rate at the Pop Century. I've been calling every day for weeks now and a little over a week ago there were only 7 rooms left. Finally today they were sold out and I was able to book the military overflow rate!!

So now I'm all set with my hotel reservations, except for the one night on Tuesday during our drive down!

Congrats Melanie! :thumbsup2 I am still thinking that Pop Century may be where DW and I end up on Friday night. We had a blast there the night before our last cruise.

[MelanieC]

Kathy,

That is awesome the rocket was launched 15 minutes after you got on the ship. What a way to start a sailing! I really hope we get lucky and see one of them. I would LOVE to see another shuttle launch. We will definately have to keep updated.

TiggerKing-Thanks. We are actually staying at the Radisson the night before the cruise. I'm not sure I'd want to drive that far that morning. I feel better being right there.

[JanDave]

Hello Everyone! Our thread has been a busy one these past few weeks. Hello to all new 11/25/06 cruisers to our thread.

DH and I will be on our way to Morgantown, West Virginia tomorrow to visit two of our precious grandchildren and their parents.

DH and I were in 5005 -- a sideways room. Now that our friends, Bob and Gitta, are joining us on the cruise, we moved to 5 aft, but I can't remember the room #s. Will get them for the spreadsheet.

Everyone have a great weekend.

Jan

[Michelle2]

MelanieC, we will probably be at the Radisson the night before the cruise too! Maybe will see you around! :teeth: And congrats on the great rate at the Pop...sounds fun! :woohoo:

[JanDave]

Hi: We're staying at Saratoga Springs the night before the cruise. Looking forward to meeting all of you in 9+ months.

Jan

[snoopy_mom]

On our first cruise in 2004, I am walking down the hallway and hear someone behind us yell "Bob!". Now, DW already accuses me of know someone everywhere we go, so she is thinking "Who now?". Well, I turn around and it is another DISer who knew my cabin number, saw it on my life vest, and called out my name. :rotfl2: We all started laughing!

I don't know if anyone looked at the posts about the NASA launch schedule, but as of right now, there is an unmanned rocket launch and a shuttle launch both scheduled for our CC day. If they go off as scheduled, we should be able to see them while we are on the island. If the shuttle takes a delay, as it typically does, and delays until Saturday, we will be at the port for the launch. That would be totally awesome to cap the cruise off with a shuttle launch! :woohoo:
How cool is THAT?!?! I have not been to this thread in a while (I was getting too excited too early!) My son would LOVE to see that!!!!

[fourfoxesinpa]

Hi neighbors...

I've started pricing flights and wondered if any of the PA cruisers have bought air tix yet...if so, what did you pay? Just trying to get an idea of a good price before Southwest and/or Air Tran open up for November.

Get ready for some snow this weekend!

[favoriteslave]

Our tx from MO are currently @ 368.00, but we found out that we have enough airmiles to get all of our tickets for free. :yay: :yay: :yay:

[MelanieC]

Hi Jamie,
Are you ready for the SNOW!!! I still would like to have a PA get together before we go.

As for the air we are driving down. The last time I took SW airlines to Orlando it was about 150. I'd probably figure somewhere between 150-200, although with higher fuel costs maybe it could be higher.

I am waiting for Southwest to open the flights up for the summer months. Right now it only goes till June 9th. I need to get my tickets to Alabama & Tennessee for the 4th of July weekend and to Las Vegas over Labor Day. I wish they would hurry all ready. I'm ready to finalize my plans NOW!

Have a great weekend everyone.

[MelanieC]

Tonya,
Congrats on getting all your airline tickets for FREE! Great job! :banana: :banana:

[disneediva]

Just thought I would scan the boards my DS 11 went to his first dance at school tonight :woohoo: and I am trying not to feel overwhelmed that my baby had the nerve to grow up.
:crazy:
wendy

[MelanieC]

Hi everyone,
We woke up to a lot of snow out there this morning. I took some pictures and I'll try to see if I could upload a few later this afternoon. I hope everyone in the NE doesn't have too hard a time digging out today.


Wendy,
I feel your pain, lol! My DD will be 14 in 3 weeks. In 2 weeks she is having her first "party" with boys and girls at the house. It's funny to see her be so mature and grown up. Luckily she doesn't go out as much as some of the other kids in her class. We raised our kids doing lots of family things including "family nights" where we watch movies and have pizza. Fortunately she loves spending time with us. I do however see a slow shift in her spending more Friday nights at the movies and bowling. It's sad to see that phase of our family life ending. But I'm glad that she is a great kid who is learning about herself.

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Melanie,
I would love to see your snow pictures. Living in Florida we never get to see it anymore. It is so beautiful to see. Of course if I had to drive in it, I would probably feel differently.
We are very cold and rainy here in Florida today. It was around 40 this morning.

I feel for both you ladies watching your family grow up. It goes way too fast. All 4 of ours are grown, two with their own families. Now we sit back and watch in amazement how quickly the grandkids are growing up!!! :goodvibes
It seems like only yesterday we were bringing our kids home from the hospital.
Enjoy and cherish every minute, you will miss it all later on, I guarantee it!!

Well I have been toying with ideas for door signs, but no definate decisions yet. It will help to see if we go to Cozumel. By then I would think it would be up and running, but we have another hurricane season to go before our trip so who knows what will happen there or some other island???
Those people could really use a break this hurricane season.
Guess we will just have to wait and see.
I hope everyone had a good weekend.
We are another week closer to our cruise!! :cheer2:
mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy :wave2:

[MelanieC]

Hi Kathy,

Let me see if I can get these picture uploaded.

http://www.wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/3813Snow_1-thumb.jpg http://www.wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/3813Snow_2-thumb.jpg
http://www.wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/3813snow_4-thumb.jpg http://www.wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/3813snow3-thumb.jpg

[MelanieC]

Here is one of the entire family when we were at WDW in July.

http://www.wdwinfo.com/photopost/data/500/3813Family1-med.jpg

[snoopy_mom]

Survived the blizzard yesterday by buying my airline tickets for next November!!!! One more step closer to this vacation!

[TiggerKing]

It is supposed to start warming up here in GA today. :sunny: They say we will be near 70 degrees tomorrow afternoon. And people wonder why we stay sick in the south during the winter. 28 degrees one day, 70 the next. Back in 1993 we had a blizzard (yes, they are rare in the south, but do occur) with 18 inches of snow. No one believed the weathermen because the day before the blizzard it was 80 degrees. What's the old saying..."If you don't like the weather, wait a few minutes and it will change."

[feenie]

We actually were just a little too far North to get any snow from this storm!!
My mother in law, who lives just 2 hours south got slammed with like 20 inches.... We got nothing. :rolleyes1
:hourglass

[MamaKate]

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Valentines Day!

I don't have a valentine, but that's not bringing me down. My Ex called last night and asked if I wanted to go out for valentines with him :rotfl: !

Hope everyone on the east coast gets through all the snow O.K. Since I live in Southern California, snow is rare sight. My Ex lived in PA for a year and he used to send us pictures after it snowed and it looked beautiful, but he said it wasn't much fun living with it (He was born and raised in Southern California, so he wasn't used to it).

Have a great day!
:sunny: ,
Katie

[LAMPSKIES]

Welcome everyone!!
We are planning on spending 2 days at the Port Orleans French Quarter prior to the cruise, but I don't think we are going to go to the parks.
We are flying in on Thanksgiving day, and from what I have read the parks are mobbed.
we are just going to relax, have our turkey dinner at maybe the Grand Floridian and do our christmas shopping at Downtown Disney. :cool2: :hourglass

Hey, Turkeyday 05 sailor here......we were there for Thanksgiving in 02 and 03 prior to our Eastern sailings.....02 was cancelled. And the parks weren't bad at all on Thursday.....Friday we hung by the pools getting a "base tan" for that ship!!!!

[LAMPSKIES]

funny story about the bed, DS9 was all excited- it was going to be his!!! DD14 could care less- anyway, he was really worried that first night- remeber how rocky the ship was- was afraid he would roll out, and after that night, they had to alternate!!!

I'm not sure I ever got the whole story abou the cheez whiz- evidently he brought it out in his trunks- but what was the real purpose? (I am sure Lampy would misinterpret that ques.... :rotfl2: )

Good to see I'm not forgotten! :smooth:

[LAMPSKIES]

You are so lucky. I have begged my parents (even offered to pay for it) but they still won't come. :sad1:

Will you adopt me as your "parent"?

[LAMPSKIES]

On our first cruise in 2004, I am walking down the hallway and hear someone behind us yell "Bob!". Now, DW already accuses me of know someone everywhere we go, so she is thinking "Who now?". Well, I turn around and it is another DISer who knew my cabin number, saw it on my life vest, and called out my name. :rotfl2: We all started laughing!

I don't know if anyone looked at the posts about the NASA launch schedule, but as of right now, there is an unmanned rocket launch and a shuttle launch both scheduled for our CC day. If they go off as scheduled, we should be able to see them while we are on the island. If the shuttle takes a delay, as it typically does, and delays until Saturday, we will be at the port for the launch. That would be totally awesome to cap the cruise off with a shuttle launch! :woohoo:

On our 2000 sailing there was a NASA launch....and we were at CC and were able to see it.......

[favoriteslave]

Lampy:

I would adopt you, but I couldn't afford your bar bill. :drinking1 :drinking1

hugs & Kisses

[LAMPSKIES]

Lampy:

I would adopt you, but I couldn't afford your bar bill. :drinking1 :drinking1

hugs & Kisses

:rotfl2: @ Tonya.....That Eastern sailing has 1 more day at sea also :smooth: ....hmmmmmmmmmmm

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Melanie,
Loved the pictures. thanks for posting them. :thumbsup2

Glad to hear everyone has survived the snow storm ok. :goodvibes

Of course we didnt get snow here in Florida, but we did get down to freezing and below the past 2 nights and suppose to be the same tonight. Then around 80 by the weekend. :banana:


After all the cold weather I'm ready to cruise!! Wish it was closer! :wizard:

Have a great week everyone,
mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy :wave2:

[disneediva]

Just wanted to tell everyone good morning. Off to another day at work but at least its one day closer to our cruise. :banana:

We booked a week in Disney today the first week of June as soon as the kids get out of school, we will try Discovery Cove for the first time. DS is quite excited(a little nervous too I believe) :woohoo:

Tiggerking how is your DW feeling? :confused:

Have A great day
Wendy :cool1:

[snoopy_mom]

Wendy, we did Discovery Cove in August and LOVED it. If it is an option, I would recommend the Trainer For a Day program. We were treated like VIPs, never foungt any crowds or waited in any lines (although I think that is true even if you are a 'regular' guest), and we got an extra dolphin swim att he end of the day. We also did alt of 'behnd the scenes' things. My kids were 8 and 10 when we went. The only thing they would not do was the salt water pool, which had a million tropical fish in it. I was really surprised my daughter would not go in....
We were also surprised at how much we liked the aviary. I did not expect to enjoy it as much as I did, since I was really there for the dolphins and fish.

[DutchsMommy]

Hello everyone - we are back from Mickey Mouse's House :worried:

We had a great time - although as Kathy has mentioned, it was COLD. I am glad we kept our jackets with us. It was quite quiet in the parks as a result of the weather and we were able to see everything we wanted to. We even went to the EMH night at MK on Saturday (I think it was Saturday) and rode Splash Mountain about 6 times (in the rain and about 40 degree temps!) but DS was loving it so - what the heck! We did Gatorland which was OK - would do it once but wouldn't go back. The taxi out there was quite expensive, but it was my fault as I had gotten a quote from Celebration cabs but needed to call the day before to arrange and didn't (due to the EMH mentioned above LOL) so we paid a fairly hefty taxi bill - oh well, it was still fun. We had a great time at Fantasmic (first time we have seen it as it just hasn't worked out for us before), Le Cellier was great as usual and DS fell asleep on the bench seat so DH and I had a very nice quiet dinner. DS also went to the Cub's Den for a few hours on Valentine's night which we all enjoyed ;) We ate at the Rainforest Cafe outside AK which was also great. DS loved Rafiki's Planet Watch at AK - which we had never bothered with before, so that was a nice experience. The only bummer of the trip was they had Exped. Everest open at AK and we got FPs but by the time we returned for our FP window the ride was closed - I thought they should have kept it open at least until the FP window was over - oh well, next time. Oh and one last GREAT thing - I FINALLY BEAT DH AT BUZZ LIGHTYEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cheer2: :woohoo: :woohoo: :cheer2: Yes folks, you are talking to a Space Ace :thumbsup2

Anyway, we're back now and it's freezing rain out :crazy2: but I can now put my full attention on our upcoming Cruise!!! :Pinkbounc

Hope all is well with everyone.

[DutchsMommy]

My 1000th post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!My 1000th Post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOHOOOOO

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Dutchsmommy,
I'm happy to hear you guys had a great time.
I was thinking about you when we got so COLD at night.
It's great you got to see Fantasmic, it is an awesome show!!!!

I still havnt beat anyone at Buzz lightyear :confused3 ,
guess you will have to give me some tips when we meet :thumbsup2


mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy

[LAMPSKIES]

My 1000th post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!My 1000th Post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOOOOOHOOOOO

:cool1: 2191 more and you can be an "addict" like me!!!

[DutchsMommy]

Hey Lampy - I'm still waitin' for the TF anyway, maybe after 1000 more??

And - btw I think you should cancel your Dec 10 day and come with us - Thanksgiving is a tradition for gosh sakes!!!!!

[Michelle2]

Hey everyone!
Just wanted to say goodbye before heading off to Japan and China tomorrow. The one thing I am looking forward to the most is going to Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea...if anyone is interested I can post pics. It will be pretty cold, but probably no worse than here. The only difference is that here I am indoors most the day instead of being outside touring around.... :cold:

I just barely reached my 1000 post the other day too, Dutchsmommy. I was pretty excited and proud of myself! :thumbsup2 I loved reading about your WDW trip, sounds like you guys had a great time!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Michelle2,
Have a fantstic trip!!!! :banana:
Please DO post some pictures when you get back as well as a trip report for all of us to read. I am looking forward to it. :goodvibes

mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy :wave:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi everyone, :wave:
well we are another week closer to our cruise. :thumbsup2

We spent today at Epcot. It was very busy due to the holiday weekend, but we still had a great time. Usually we see some cruise line buses while we are there, but not today. :confused3 Sometimes I will count 8 or 10 on a weekend. i always want to jump aboard, but it never seems to work that way.

I hope all of you had a great weekend!!! :tongue:

mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy

[TiggerKing]

Happy Monday!

I hope that everyone had a great weekend. DW and I were actually able to relax a little bit now that the puppies are gone (last one given away on Friday evening). The neighbor's DD5 though wasn't so happy. They told us on church Sunday that she went in and cried because all of the puppies were gone! :( However, our other femal is pregnant and appears to be going into labor today. DW stayed at home with her, so I will probably be getting a call in the near future about number 1. Then the process starts all over again!

As for DW, she is doing great. It appears as if the medication is working, and there really have been no additional flare ups!

Have a great week everyone! Another day closer to a wonderful cruise! :cool2:

[MamaKate]

Hey everyone!
Just wanted to say goodbye before heading off to Japan and China tomorrow. The one thing I am looking forward to the most is going to Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea...if anyone is interested I can post pics. It will be pretty cold, but probably no worse than here. The only difference is that here I am indoors most the day instead of being outside touring around.... :cold:

I just barely reached my 1000 post the other day too, Dutchsmommy. I was pretty excited and proud of myself! :thumbsup2 I loved reading about your WDW trip, sounds like you guys had a great time!


Hope you are having a great trip!! I'd love to see photos and a trip report. We are planning on going to Tokyo Disneyland in 2008 and it's hard to find planning information. Did you go through a Travel Agent??

Have a great time!
:sunny: ,
Katie

[DenverVal]

Hi there! We are also booked on this cruise. We booked back in September, on the repo cruise, hoping to switch to the rumored new itineraries for the summer of '07. Our choice would be the return repositioning across the Atlantic. Judging from the prices for the early part of that year, we don't know if that will be in our price range. The booking agent onboard wanted us to book the last cruise of '06, but that was a western, and I really wanted to do an eastern. So I booked the week we love to go to WDW, which is this cruise! Either way the kids will miss a week of school.

We are a family of four, me, DH, DD14 and DD11 at the time of sailing. We are late dining, cabin 6568.

Michelle2, I am a third generation Boisean :goodvibes. We acquired Boise's football coach here recently and I got a little cranky when all the news folks talked about "Boyzie". Grr. They need to learn how to say it right.

I also would love to see pics of Disneyland Tokyo.

[TiggerKing]

Hey Val! Welcome aboard!

DW and I have talked about doing one of the repositioning cruises in 2007, probably the return trip. It will depend on cost, most definitely, and the total amount of vacation I will need to take off. I am also weighing it against the fact that I want to take a two week vacation to Europe. I spent 6 weeks in 4 countries last year for work, and I would love to take DW back and show her some of the areas that I was able to visit. So, I am really torn about what to do!

I hope everyone is having a great week.

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi DenverVal,
happy to have you with us. we have got quite a few families now, that's so nice to have so many.
No kids with us this time, just two middle aged grandparents going out for a good time.
looking forward to getting aquainted with you over the next few months.
mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy

[TiggerKing]

I just HATE us being on page 2! :eek:

[fourfoxesinpa]

Good morning :coffee: and Welcome DenverVal :wave2: You have been officially added to....."THE LIST."

There are many girls on this sailing close to your daughters in age. Cody's Mom has a 14 DD, DixieLady has greatnieces 14 and 11, Michelle2 has DDs 12 and 10, Grlzmom has DDs 12 and 10, Cindalu has a 10 year old DD and Melanie C has a 14 yr. old DD. Certainly many new pals to get to know.

[LAMPSKIES]

O.K. all the cat is scratching it's way out of the bag......we are having some changes here at work and it looks like my "partner" has a Hawiian trip booked the week before x-mas and there is NO WAY we can both be off the same time......looks like the Lampy family will be joining you all on this sailing........CAN YOU HANDLE IT? :woohoo:

[favoriteslave]

LET me be the first to welcome you. :wave:

Speaking as a person who has sailed with Lampy before, all I can say is everyone needs to get ready to have a great time. :banana: :banana: :banana:

[LAMPSKIES]

LET me be the first to welcome you. :wave:

Speaking as a person who has sailed with Lampy before, all I can say is everyone needs to get ready to have a great time. :banana: :banana: :banana:

Thanks Tanya!!! :thumbsup2 Ready to :drinking1 Funny story.....remember my 15 y/o Jessica? I told them that you guys were sailing and she remembered Trey?!?!?!?! :eek: Thought you'd get a kick out of it!

[TiggerKing]

Uh oh! Although I have never sailed with the Lampy's personally, I have heard (read) some stories about the patriarch of that family. DW and I may have to consider changing our sail dates.

Just kidding. Welcome aboard Lampy family. I look forward to the pleasure of meeting you! :thumbsup2

[LAMPSKIES]

Thanks Tiggerking.........yep, looks like myself, DW Kim, Jessica 16 and Alli 14 and usually at least 1 friend, but we don't book them 'till we get closer to sailing, you know girls.....friends today and enemies tomorrow.....LOL

[Dixielady908]

:banana: :banana: Hello everyone....just reading the new post..I am so looking forward to meeting you. This is going to be such a blast. Just wanted to check in say say hello.


Later
Denise

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Howdy to Lampskies,

I have read many of your posts for quite sometime and we are looking forward to meeting all of you in september.
I think we are going to have a really great group of fun loving people on this cruise!!!!

Howdy to everyone else too!!

I am starting to draft out my door signs now, anyone else working on them too?

Have a great weekend everyone,
mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy

[TiggerKing]

I am formulating ideas for door signs in my head, but I haven't put any designs to disk yet. I guess I better be very creative since I am going to be right beside mom x4,grandma x4 and she is already starting hers.

I hope everyone is doing well. It is rainy and miserable here in Atlanta right now. But, according to the weatherman, "The sun will come out tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar....". Okay, I promise to stop singing. It is driving my cubemates crazy! :eek:

[DutchsMommy]

Welcome to Lampy and Val!!!!! :thumbsup2 :cool1:

It is cold here in Toronto so I am looking forward to some tropical sun! As for door signs etc - I will be lucky if I end up with one and if so it will be a last minute affair. Things are really busy at work and it looks like I will be moving to a new position, however have not told my current boss yet - gulp.

Anyway - looking forward to Friday and the weekend!

[favoriteslave]

:welcome: VAL. I to would love to make the conversion across to the MED, but.....

Anywho, welcome aboard.

Only 273 days until I'm on Vacation. :boat:

[MelanieC]

Welcome Lampy & Val. It seems like we are going to have a huge group on the ship this year!

I'm glad there will be several 14 year old girls on board the ship. I really want her to have a good time! They are at that age where they can easily get BORED if they don't have kids their own age to hang out with. My DS9 I'm not worried about.

In fact DD turns 14 on 3/5 and her party is tomorrow night. Wish me luck tomorrow night. Her friends made the invitations and brought them to school and didn't bother telling me until they were made that they invited 33 kids. It's her first boy/girl party and its in my house. I'm not sure how I'm going to handle this party lol! DH and my DS are going to the movies so it will just be me. Hopefully I can handle it!

I got invisalign braces on today so I'll officially be wearing them on the cruise. It really made me think that I'll really have to plan my meals while onboard. No just popping food in my mouth without thinking about it first. The great thing is you really can't see them except when your really close.

Michelle- have a great time in China and Japan. Definately post pictures!!

[LAMPSKIES]

Howdy to Lampskies,

I have read many of your posts for quite sometime and we are looking forward to meeting all of you in september.
I think we are going to have a really great group of fun loving people on this cruise!!!!

Howdy to everyone else too!!

I am starting to draft out my door signs now, anyone else working on them too?

Have a great weekend everyone,
mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy

Hope you haven't formed any opinions by those posts.....because I'm MUCH worse!!! :rotfl2:

[LAMPSKIES]

Welcome Lampy & Val. It seems like we are going to have a huge group on the ship this year!

I'm glad there will be several 14 year old girls on board the ship. I really want her to have a good time! They are at that age where they can easily get BORED if they don't have kids their own age to hang out with. My DS9 I'm not worried about.

In fact DD turns 14 on 3/5 and her party is tomorrow night. Wish me luck tomorrow night. Her friends made the invitations and brought them to school and didn't bother telling me until they were made that they invited 33 kids. It's her first boy/girl party and its in my house. I'm not sure how I'm going to handle this party lol! DH and my DS are going to the movies so it will just be me. Hopefully I can handle it!

I got invisalign braces on today so I'll officially be wearing them on the cruise. It really made me think that I'll really have to plan my meals while onboard. No just popping food in my mouth without thinking about it first. The great thing is you really can't see them except when your really close.

Michelle- have a great time in China and Japan. Definately post pictures!!

Malanie, one DD turns 16 on 3/8 and Alli turns 14 on 5/30 it's our 6th sailing on DCL and they DEFINATLY know their way around....

On our 05 Thanksgiving Western we had 131 disers all liked together...

[JanDave]

Welcome Val and Lampy.

Lampy - I have seen your posts for years on the Boards.

It's always so much fun to put faces with names.

It's just me and DH who will be cruising. We're old compared to all of you youngsters but very young at heart. By the time we cruise, we'll have 6 grandchildren - all under the age of 4. Oh, can I bore all of you with pics!!!

Have a great weekend everyone. 9 months from tomorrow.

Jan

[TiggerKing]

It's just me and DH who will be cruising. We're old compared to all of you youngsters but very young at heart. By the time we cruise, we'll have 6 grandchildren - all under the age of 4. Oh, can I bore all of you with pics!!!Jan

Ahh...bull-puckey! The older I get the more I realize that old is just a state of mind. Sometimes I feel 104, sometimes I feel 4! :eek: Just ask my DW. Actually, she thinks I act 4 regardless of how I feel, but that is another story for another day!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Jan,
At least your grandkids are young, our oldest grandaughter is 14 1/2!!!
We have 4 of them down to age 4. We always tease Ana and tell her that we dont introduce her as our grandaughter because she gives away our age. Ha! Ha! As if looking at us wouldnt give it away anyway. We only claim the 4 and 6 year olds. :rotfl:

But as my huband will tell you I am a bigger kid now than when I was young!
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

my house is filled with disney stuffed characters who I dress up for each holiday that comes along. They have taken over the dining room table for Luau's, Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. They use DCL glasses too!! :thumbsup2
In our bedroom I have toy story characters on my cedar chest with a sign that says "Welcome to kathy's room".
I own most of Disneys' animated movies and lots of other animated shows, i just love to laugh at them. :rotfl2:
I have big figurines Disney characters around my living room and my kitchen counters are covered with Disney cookie jars and canister sets. 2/3rds of my clothes have Disney characters on them. My car has a disney license plate and a disney steering wheel cover too.

Guess i really am just a big kid, and the older I get the easier it is to get away with doing all these silly things. I love it.

Your olny a sold as you let yourself be!! I have a feeling your very young at heart and I am anxious to meet you in a few months. Maybe we can compare our aches and pains! ha! Ha!
Hope everyone has a great weekend,
mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy

[DutchsMommy]

OK - I want to know - can we be the Turkey Day Cruisers for 2006?? Or is that the cruise before us? I am Canadian so you have to excuse me LOL.

Also - did anyone see this:

http://www.fidius.org/quiz/

It's your pirate name - cool.

[DutchsMommy]

From now on I would like to be referred to as

Dread Pirate Cash

Aaargh Matey!! pirate: pirate:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Ok, I did the pirate name thing and now I'm Dirty Ethel Flint pirate:

Sounds pretty flattering huh???


mom x4,grandma x4
kathy

[JanDave]

Tiggerking: What is bull-puckey!!!! I haven't heard that term before. Is it a Georgia thing -- ha-ha???!!! On our last cruise, we met another DIS couple, Xbearx and gdulaney from Atlanta, GA. I gave Andy a course in Italian slang. He kept me laughing so hard, I needed a box of Depends.....

Kathy: Can't wait to meet you and share our aches and pains.

Dutch's Mommy: Guess we could be the post-Turkey or pre-Christmas/holiday cruisers since we are cruising after Thanksgiving.

Our friends who are cruising with us, Bob and Gitta, are so excited about this cruise. Bob bought snorkeling equipment and is walking around the house wearing his fins.

By the way, my first husband always told me to grow up! Glad I never listened to him!

Enjoy the weekend. 9 months from today, we'll be in SSR.

Jan

[disneediva]

I was Captain Jenny Roberts

I felt lost, we have not been home for the last three days while the contractors were doing our floors and kitchen so I have been computerless and it has not been pretty. But alas the work is finally ( a mere 6 months post Katrina) getting done, right in time for our next hurricane season.
My DH ans his brother left to go skiing this morning he did the ritual escape out of Mardi Gras and hit the slopes. My DS and I usually go to Disney at this time but they missed so much school for Katrina that we are only off Monday and Tuesday not the entire week as before.
Welcome to the group Lampy family, I have also seen your posts and it looks like we are in for a great trip

Wendy

[LAMPSKIES]

OK - I want to know - can we be the Turkey Day Cruisers for 2006?? Or is that the cruise before us? I am Canadian so you have to excuse me LOL.

Also - did anyone see this:

http://www.fidius.org/quiz/

It's your pirate name - cool.

Thanksgiving is the Thursday before OUR sailing, I was a Turkeyday cruiser each of the last 2 years......the 10 nighter for this x-mas they are the "hams". What shall we name ourselves?

[Dixielady908]

:( Just an update. We were a party of 13, I just found out this eveing that we will now be 4 less. My niece and family had to back out. I'm sad about that. But still looking forward to going and I know that we will still have a great time.

Thanks
Denise

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi Dense,
Sorry to hear some are not getting to come , maybe they will get to go another time. We have had that happen to us before too.
I'm sure you'll still all have a magical cruise!!!
We spent our entire weekend painting the inside of our new house, the good thing was that we took along a radio and we heard lots of songs that we have heard on the cruise!! That got us excited for the cruise.
I cant wait.
Have a great week everyone.
mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy

[MelanieC]

Hi everyone,

I made it through the party on Friday night!! I also made it through an entire day at the King of Prussia Mall (those in PA know how huge it is) with 3 girls and waiting over 2 hours to eat at the Cheesecake Factory. :eek: I'm glad to be going back to work tomorrow, lol!

Denise,
Sorry to hear that some of your party backed out.

Its now less than 9 months away. :cool1:

[DutchsMommy]

How about the 'Turkey Induced Coma' gang? Then we could be the TICs. OK, maybe not. 'Overfed and Underappreciated'? 'The One's that Got Away' - w are the turkeys that didn;t meet their demise on Thanksgiving? OK, OK, these are pretty poor.....anyone else have any ideas?

I guess the flights down to FL that weekend we sail will be pretty full. I wonder if the prices will be higher? Maybe we'll fly out of Toronto this time around - we usually fly out of BUF so it's cheaper - but if it is full fare maybe I can scrounge enough airmiles to justify flying out of Toronto. It would be closer to our house for sure!

[DutchsMommy]

Turkey Hangover Cruise '06 ???

Hello...Bueller....Bueller :crazy2: :scared:

[fourfoxesinpa]

TRIPtophan Clan?

Welcome aboard, Lampy. You too have now been placed on....drumroll please ( :rockband: ) THE LIST.

SO excited that it's the last day of February. March seems SO much closer to our sailing! Woke up to a surprise coating of snow this morning but no delay for our kids.

[LAMPSKIES]

How about the 'Turkey Induced Coma' gang? Then we could be the TICs. OK, maybe not. 'Overfed and Underappreciated'? 'The One's that Got Away' - w are the turkeys that didn;t meet their demise on Thanksgiving? OK, OK, these are pretty poor.....anyone else have any ideas?

I guess the flights down to FL that weekend we sail will be pretty full. I wonder if the prices will be higher? Maybe we'll fly out of Toronto this time around - we usually fly out of BUF so it's cheaper - but if it is full fare maybe I can scrounge enough airmiles to justify flying out of Toronto. It would be closer to our house for sure!

Just a FYI.....We were booked on the 02 cancelled Eastern (our week)and sailed on that exact week in 03.....I found that if you fly Saturday air WAS expensive....but, get a price out of BUF on Thursday...almost NOBODY flies on Thanksgiving and return on the Saturday or ship docs!! There was 4 of us and airfare was about 125.00 per person LESS to fly Thursday than Saturday. 125x4=500.....I booked the Swan for 79 bucks a night (x2=158.00) The girls did MGM on Friday and we did Downtown on Thursday. We did the same thing in 03 except we stayed at POR and for the same $$$$ or less we had 2 extra days of vacation........

[disneediva]

HAPPY MARDI GRAS!!! :cool1:

We just arrived back from the parades and I am worn out :banana: . It is tiring catching all those plastic beads. Well everyone have a great day!
Wendy

[DenverVal]

...almost NOBODY flies on Thanksgiving and return on the Saturday our ship docs!! There was 4 of us and airfare was about 125.00 per person LESS to fly Thursday than Saturday. ........I priced airfare for Thanksgiving Day and almost fell over from shock! $349 per person round-trip from Denver! :faint: That's $100 more per ticket than I paid last Thanksgiving. My early booking discount and onboard booking discount will be eaten up with four of us.

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Wendy,
I'm glad you had a good time!!! I think it was really important for the people there to get back to normal as much as they can and Mardi Gras is one way to do it. I'm sure next year will be even better.

We are beautiful clear blue skies and in the mid to upper 70's in central Florida today. But I will stay in and pack, pack and more packing to move!!!
We will be glad when it is done, then we can concentrate on the cruise more.

Have a great day everyone,
Kathy

[fourfoxesinpa]

Mid to upper 70s...ah, that sounds glorious! :sunny: Be sure to take a few moments to catch a few rays for us Yanks.

I just spend some time researching flights for the way down. We would only save $90 by going out on Thanksgiving night vs. Friday a.m. So, considering we'd have to pay for an extra night hotel and leave family dinners early, I think we're going to stick with our Friday departure. I just got excited when I visited AirTran's site and saw November was added to their dates. But, no flights are showing up...yet. I'll keep checking. We were able to scrounge enough of those Wendy's cups for free flights home so it would be sweet to score $49 tix down.

By the way, go to www.southwest.com and sign up for their sweepstakes for a trip for 8 to Disney. Maybe one of us will be lucky and stay in Orlando for an extended free vacation!

[TiggerKing]

The weather in Atlanta, GA is beautiful and sunny today. :sunny: We are supposed to be up into the low 70s. I was moving "stuff" from the garage to the basement last night and the weather was just perfect. DW gave me a hammock for my birthday in November (she saw how much I loved the ones on CC), and I think it is FINALLY going to be coming out of the box for my enjoyment! She was really thoughtful! Sorry about all you northerners weather. Hopefully it will improve soon!

So, is anyone looking at booking 2007 since the end of year dates are open? I was playing on the DCL web site a few minutes ago and saw that most of the SPH cabins and the secret cat 6 cabins are still available for the same cruise next year. :thumbsup2

[MelanieC]

Hi Everyone,

I think we are going to cancel this cruise. DD is starting High School this year and someone from the High School came in and talked to them about credits to graduate, retaking entire classes if you miss too many days etc. She also decided she wants to take two honor classes next year. She is really nervous about taking off an entire week next year during the school year. Its amazing how much she is growing up to see her worry about school! She wanted to switch the vacation to the summer. The summer prices for the cruise are way to high, so we decided as a family to go back to Disney this summer.

I'm very sad over the decision, but know its the right one since she is worried about this. I've canceled my Port Canaveral hotel reservations, but still have to cancel my Disney & Cruise ones. I feel so sad and its hard to make myself do it. The good thing is that we get two full weeks this summer in Disney like last year. We had the best vacation w ever had last year so I know this summer will be no exception. Plus its only 5 months away. I spent last night planning which dates at which parks and actually got all our ADR Reservations done!!

The strange thing is, the last time we booked a cruise we canceled in February as well because my DS (4 at the time) wanted to go to Disney instead. He ended up saving our vacation because the 11/25 cruise that year was canceled due to the Norwalk Virus. He saved our vaction that year. We didn't find out till we were in WDW that the cruise for that weekend was canceled. We would have ended up in Florida on Thanksgiving with no place to stay and no cruise.

I'll still check with you all from time to time. I'll be super jealous in November when you are all leaving. I hope I can handle it! At least I'll have 2 fun weeks this summer.

[snoopy_mom]

Hi Everyone,

The strange thing is, the last time we booked a cruise we canceled in February as well because my DS (4 at the time) wanted to go to Disney instead. He ended up saving our vacation because the 11/25 cruise that year was canceled due to the Norwalk Virus. He saved our vaction that year. We didn't find out till we were in WDW that the cruise for that weekend was canceled. We would have ended up in Florida on Thanksgiving with no place to stay and no cruise.

I'll still check with you all from time to time. I'll be super jealous in November when you are all leaving. I hope I can handle it! At least I'll have 2 fun weeks this summer.


Oh, Melanie, I hope you did not just jinx us! Too bad you are not going, but everything does happen for a reason!

FYI for those booking airfare -
I got a Delta Song flight out of Boston on 11/24 (my birthday...) with a return of 12/4 (we are staying to see the Christmas parade) for $177 each, which is not too bad. We thought we would have to fly out on Thanksgiving to get a good rate, but $177 was good enough for me!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Melanie,
so sad :guilty: to hear you are leaving us. I do wish you a very magical pixiedust: vacation with Disney this summer. That can be an awesome vacation too!! Maybe you will get another chance to go on a cruise in the near future!! :thumbsup2

mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy :wave:

[fourfoxesinpa]

Melanie - Sorry that you won't be with us but say "hi" to Mickey for the rest of us PAers when you see him this summer!

[TIGGER41681]

We booked the 11/25/2006 7-day cruise last April.. We are looking forward to it!! It will be our 4th cruise with Disney. See you onboard!! princess:

[JanDave]

Sorry to hear that you are canceling the cruise, Melanie. But, I certainly understand why you are doing that.

As for a name/theme for us 11/25ers, my disclaimer is: I DO NOT have any creative talent whatsoever -- no door signs, etc. But, I did come up with a name and I welcome all ROFLOLs. LOTSOMAGIC - Left Over Turkeys Sailing on the Magic. That's my contribution -- and the only one I'll contribute for a name/acronym.

Lampy -- I'm not getting good airfares out of Detroit yet. Getting high $200/low $300 range. I'll wait a few more months and watch for sales. We are flying out of Detroit on Friday, 11/24 and returning on 12/2.

We're under the nine month window now. Can't wait.

Jan

[mom x4,grandma x4]

TIGGER41681,
welcome to our group! It is great to have someone new join our group.
The time is flying by!!! It won't be long til we are all meeting on the Magic and sailing out to sea for 7 glorious days!!!!
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy

[DutchsMommy]

Melanie - sorry to hear you won't be joining us, but I can understand

Tigger - welcome to our group - who all is in your party (if you want to share)

Hope everyone is well. Super busy at work here - and COLD outside. Oh well, the winter so far has not been too bad so I suppose we are due.

[disneediva]

Tigger41681 welcome to the group :cool1:

We can prove to be a lively bunch, I hope Disney is ready for us LOL :rotfl:

[LAMPSKIES]

Sorry to hear that you are canceling the cruise, Melanie. But, I certainly understand why you are doing that.

As for a name/theme for us 11/25ers, my disclaimer is: I DO NOT have any creative talent whatsoever -- no door signs, etc. But, I did come up with a name and I welcome all ROFLOLs. LOTSOMAGIC - Left Over Turkeys Sailing on the Magic. That's my contribution -- and the only one I'll contribute for a name/acronym.

Lampy -- I'm not getting good airfares out of Detroit yet. Getting high $200/low $300 range. I'll wait a few more months and watch for sales. We are flying out of Detroit on Friday, 11/24 and returning on 12/2.

We're under the nine month window now. Can't wait.

Jan

We flew Air tras airways out of Indy last year and those prices won't be out 'till April....non stops right now are 249.00 I expect to see 180's next month....IT IS cheaper to fly Thursday!! FYI

[TIGGER41681]

Thanks for the very warm Welcome!!! :wave:
My party is:
My DH-Andrew ::MickeyMo
Me-Lynn princess:
And Our Bundle of Joy which is due May 12, 2006 :cloud9:
Can't till we go on vacation!!
It is snowing here now in New York so I am really looking forward to the nice weather when we set sail!!!

[Dixielady908]

:rotfl2: Jan, I really like LOTSOMAGIC....... I think we should go for that...

Melanie: sorry your canceling...


Denise

[feenie]

I hope everyone had a good weekend!
We were super busy. We had a winter youth weekend at our church and we had youth groups from Boston and upstate New York come and stay.
It was a lot of fun, but we are very tired today!

DH got me a new "disney box" so I can start putting aside things that we don't need between now and then for our trip!!
pirate:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi Feeny and everyone,
We had a very busy weekend too. We spent it painting the inside of our new house. we want to get it all done before we move towards the end of the month. We still have lots to do!!
We will really be ready for the cruise when it gets here!!! :banana:
The weather was perfect here in Florida this weekend. We are suppose to hit 80 today!!! :sunny: That's cruising weather, makes me ready to go.
Anyone still having cold and snow out there????

Have a great week everyone,
mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy :wave:

[DutchsMommy]

Wadda ya mean 'anyone have cold'!!!!!!!!!!! ;)

We've been in the freezer since about the 2nd week of Feb. Earlier in the winter it was managable but lately it's been minus 20 in the mornings! Man, that's bitter. We're supposed to warm up to plus 10 by the weekend though, which is great! Generally we're around the freezing mark to about minus 5 at this time of year. I'm definately looking forward to the spring though! The nice thing is it's staying light out later now and is lighter in the mornings. In the dead of winter going into work in the dark and coming home in the dark gets real old real fast! Oh well...another excuse to look forward to our trip. :teeth:

[Dixielady908]

:crazy: Well we had a little snow here yesterday...only about an inch or so...just enough to let you know that winter is still here. Anyway....these weekends just fly by.

:woohoo: Ok now for some good news.....my niece and her family are back on for the cruise....so we are now officially back up to 13....I'm thrilled that they are coming....

Denise

[Michelle2]

O.K. all the cat is scratching it's way out of the bag......we are having some changes here at work and it looks like my "partner" has a Hawiian trip booked the week before x-mas and there is NO WAY we can both be off the same time......looks like the Lampy family will be joining you all on this sailing........CAN YOU HANDLE IT? :woohoo:
Wow how exciting! I just got back, and was catching up on the pages while I was gone. I remember I loved reading about the infamous Turkey Day Cruise 2005 right before ours, and how there would be nothing left for us on the ship! LOL Now we will be able to meet the famous Lampy in person. How fun will our cruise be now!?? :teeth: :banana:

Pics and a mini trip report coming up soon...I am still recovering from jet lag. LOL

[Michelle2]

Hope you are having a great trip!! I'd love to see photos and a trip report. We are planning on going to Tokyo Disneyland in 2008 and it's hard to find planning information. Did you go through a Travel Agent??

Have a great time!
:sunny: ,
Katie
Yes, it is really hard finding any planning information...No, I did not go through a travel agent for the Disney part because I figured I knew more about it than they would LOL! That, and DH was going on business, and most of the arrangements were already made. I just took 2/3 days out for us to go to Disneyland. If you have any questions, please feel free. I learned alot! :teeth:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi Denise,
WOW!! I'm so happy for you that your niece and her family are getting to come along again. It is always such a terrible feeling when someone has to cancel. We have had this happen to us too. You still have a good time, but it's just not the same as having your family with you.
I am looking forward to meeting all of you in just a few short months!

I had to dig out my shorts today. Since we have been around 80 each day my jeans are just to hot!! I know those of you in the cold wanted to hear that!! Ha! Ha!

Well I'm off to spend the day packing for the move, I will just pretend that I am packing for the cruise, only on a bigger scale.

Have a great week,
Kathy

[fourfoxesinpa]

"I had to dig my shorts out" she says! Waa waa waa! Do you want some cheese with that whine????? :rotfl2: :goodvibes :p :rotfl: :lmao:

It's not TOO bad here...not compared with what Dutch's Mommy has goin' on. We're in the 40s during the day but I'm very excited because they're calling for us to see 70 again by Saturday. Ah...bring out the flip flops! I might have to get those drink cups and blender out and pretend I'm onboard.

We're also doing some painting here. We have an old Victorian style house (1894) and I just finished stripping some ug-leee wall paper off DD's room. A nice lavender that will match Tink and Hello Kitty is the color. Next, on to the dining room. The work never ends with an old lady like this one. I think I got some dust in my eye under my contact and scratched my cornea so I'm very uncomfortable in bright light which is why I'm holed up in the computer room so I don't go insane.

Denise - glad the rest of your group is back on the boat. They are also back on "The List."

Less than 2 weeks until Spring! My daffodils and white tulips (my fave) are poking up by about 1 inch. It really will come!!!!

[disneediva]

Hi,
Well Kathy we are supposed to hit 80 this weekend too :woohoo: My DS is already asking when we can take out his inflatable waterslide, but with all the work going on at the house I am not ready to try and find a spot for that in the yard.

Denise , glad your family is back in we are trying to talk my mom and dad into joining us. My DS was going to come but my DN will be starting high school and she did not want to take her out for the week.

Michelle - We cannot wait to see the pics from your trip I bet it was fantastic.

Have a great day I am off to work
Wendy

[MamaKate]

Yes, it is really hard finding any planning information...No, I did not go through a travel agent for the Disney part because I figured I knew more about it than they would LOL! That, and DH was going on business, and most of the arrangements were already made. I just took 2/3 days out for us to go to Disneyland. If you have any questions, please feel free. I learned alot! :teeth:


WELCOME BACK!!! Hope you had a great trip!!

For the days you were at Disney, did you stay at one of the onsite hotels? If not, where did you stay and did you find transportation easy. We wanted to stay on-site, but we also wanted to see the city and Mt. Fuji and none of the tour groups I could find pick-up from Disney hotels. So I'm looking for a family friendly hotel in the city near one of the stations. Then we'll probably switch to a Disney hotel for the end of the trip.

How was the weather this time of year?? Was the language barrier an issue?? Did your kids enjoy themselves??

My son is really into the Japanese culture and Japanese anime right now and has been dreaming of going to Japan, but the soonest we can go is 2008 (unless I win the lottery) because of the exchange rate. Did you find it expensive while you were there??

Sorry for all the questions and I really look forward to your trip report. DisneySea looks like a fantastic themepark!!

:sunny: ,
Katie

[Dixielady908]

Hi Denise,
WOW!! I'm so happy for you that your niece and her family are getting to come along again. It is always such a terrible feeling when someone has to cancel. We have had this happen to us too. You still have a good time, but it's just not the same as having your family with you.
I am looking forward to meeting all of you in just a few short months!

I had to dig out my shorts today. Since we have been around 80 each day my jeans are just to hot!! I know those of you in the cold wanted to hear that!! Ha! Ha!

Well I'm off to spend the day packing for the move, I will just pretend that I am packing for the cruise, only on a bigger scale.

Have a great week,
Kathy
:sad2: Well Kathy, I am really sad to hear that you had to pull thoes shorts out....but I do have to confess, if I was living in Florida, I would most likely be rubbing it in also.
I just can't belive that we are down to 8 months 2 weeks...yoohoo...

Denise :)

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Howdy,
I might be rubbing it in now about getting to wear shorts but this summer i will
be complaining it is too HOT!!!! I hate the humidity here in the summer. Winters are fantastic. :goodvibes
By the way, for anybody interested, it is suppose to hit 80 again today! :sunny:

Well I am dreaming of laying back on deck 4 in the comfy lounge chairs, people cleaning my room,making my bed, cooking my food and washing my dishes, :love: Then I come to my senses and realize I am waist high in cardboard boxes, packing materials strung all over everywhere, dishes stacked in the sink, laundry needs to be done, since I packed all but 2 towels each I really need to keep up with it or no showers! And I broke 2 fingernails!!! :confused3

I am so ready for a cruise!!! :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy :wave2:

[LAMPSKIES]

Heat wave here today....61...LOL :rotfl2: But, rain, rain and more rain!!!

[Dixielady908]

We were also around 60 today along with all the rain.....rain all thru the weekend......better rain than snow....

Denise

[fourfoxesinpa]

Close to 70 here today!!! Woo-Hoo! :cool1: :banana: :cheer2: :Pinkbounc :yay:

I think we're going to use the grill tonight...just to give Spring a heads up that we're waiting for her!

Have a great day and weekend!

[TiggerKing]

Hey Everyone!

Been a while since I posted, but I didn't want to rub in all the wonderful weather we have been having here in Georgia. A lot of rain overnight, but it has been in the 70s almost every day this week. And, it is supposed to be hitting 80 by Sunday or Monday.

FourFoxes...I am thinking about breaking out the grill tonight as well. A couple of steaks and some baked potatoes sounds real good! :thumbsup2

Bob

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hey guys,
Any of you thinking of having a nice relaxing massage in the cabanas at CC??

If so you might want to check out this thread on the forum first!
It's titled: OMG I totally flashed some poor soul on Castaway Cay! :thumbsup2
It might change your mind or at least warn you about a possible problem you might have.
:rolleyes2

It is hilarious :rotfl2:
also read through the responses, there is a great one from a lady who was walking on a windy deck at night with a loose fitting skirt and drinks in hand.
Ladies you'll think twice about doing that too!! :teeth:

Kathy

[Trey]

Greetings All,

Lampe, glad to hear (and see) that you'll be with us on the cruise. I know it's probably a BIG disappointment to Willie that you won't be on the Christmas Ham Cruise. We're happy to have you and as anyone who hasn't cruised w/ you yet will find out, there's never a dull moment w/ you on board.

I would like to submit the following for the board's approval for the unofficial/official title for the cruise:

"The Turkey & Ham Sandwich Cruise" :thumbsup2

All questions, comments, & war stories will be entertained. :rolleyes1

Warm regards,
III

[Dixielady908]

Turkey and Ham Sandwich is good...ummmm yes sounds very good...

Denise

[Michelle2]

Oh no! Bottom of page 2? Everyone must be pretty busy!

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Bob and Jamie,
Was that an invitation to BBQ dinner??? :woohoo:

I guess we are too late now, any leftovers? :confused3

We are in the 80's but our BBQ is packed for the move so we are surviving on PB and J sandwiches and hot dogs and for the big splurge chili dogs!!! Which i heat up in my ONE pan that is not packed. :stir:

Those yummy meals on the ship are sounding better everyday. :cloud9:

Hope everyone had a great weekend, where ever you live, rain, snow or sun. :sunny:

Well I am off for a few groceries and some more packing the next few days. We will have to try harder to keep us on page one, so new cruisers can find us easily. I'm sure we will get more families joining us as we get closer to our cruise. :grouphug:

Have a great week everyone. :thumbsup2

Kathy :wave2:

[disneediva]

Finally getting a chance to check the mail, I had a stomach bug and spent yesterday on the couch. Hope everyone has a great week.

[fourfoxesinpa]

Page 2. Tsk, tsk, tsk.

Wasn't online all weekend as the weather was just GLORIOUS! Did some early spring yardwork (or late fall, however you choose to look at it), played at the park with the kids and am now paying for it. I think I'm still 19 but my sore achin' body doesn't agree!

Anyone start thinking of excursions yet? We're definitely a do-it-on-our-own family and are thinking of renting a car in St. Maarten or St. John. Anyone know the price?

Also...have any Eastern vets done the Duck Tour? We have a 10 and 8 yr. old who would probably enjoy that. We've seen them in Boston and Baltimore and they look fun but don't know what you'd see on St. Maarten.

DisneyDiva...good luck with that stomach bug thing. That's a nasty one. Not fun! :sick:

[DutchsMommy]

Jamie - I'm leaning toward 'do it yourself' as well. we want to do the submarine thing (can't remember which port this is offered in) and the Duck. Have never been on a 'duck' before but looks fun. DS will be just shy of 4 so we are limited from alot of Disney excursions. Anyway - I'll share any interesting excursions on our board as they come up.

[MamaKate]

Anyone start thinking of excursions yet? We're definitely a do-it-on-our-own family and are thinking of renting a car in St. Maarten or St. John. Anyone know the price?


For St. Maarten we're planning on doing a beach day at Great Bay. We're going to take the water taxi and rent a couple of chairs. Then in the afternoon we'll probably do some shopping.

At St.John/St.Thomas, we're planning on doing the Doubloon Pirate Ship excursion. This looks like a fun one for kids and adults. Has anyone done this before??


It's been freezing here in Southern Cali. It's been around 50 degrees in the afternoon and 30 degrees at night. I could never survive in the Northeast :cold:

I went to the Disney Shareholders meeting on Friday and got to meet Bob Iger and Roy Disney. John Lassiter (sp?) from Pixar, who will be heading the Imagineering department, is very enthusiastic about his new job and it sounds like the themeparks will get some new rides designed by him. Also if anyone has been wondering if "Song of the South" was ever going to be released in the US, It's not. Iger said it's still a very sensitive subject to a lot of people and Disney doesn't want to chance it. I have a copy if anyone wants to see it ;) . My dad got a laser disk from Japan and made us a VHS copy.

Hope everyone has a great week!!
:sunny: ,
Katie

[DutchsMommy]

I've been checking out the activities available in St Martin and St Thomas online and think that the following sound interesting for our family (DS won't be 5 so we are a bit limited)

St Martin:
Loterie Farm tour - will likely do this on our own
Duck Bus??

St Thomas:
CorelWorld - again on our own
Atlantis Submarine (so expensive though!)

We are not big shoppers, and DH is a red-head so lying on the beach all day is not his cup of tea. We'd rather 'do something' while in Port for a few hours and then mosy back to the ship once done.

[cody'smom]

Greetings All,

Lampe, glad to hear (and see) that you'll be with us on the cruise. I know it's probably a BIG disappointment to Willie that you won't be on the Christmas Ham Cruise. We're happy to have you and as anyone who hasn't cruised w/ you yet will find out, there's never a dull moment w/ you on board.





Is this true???? THE Mr. Lampy is going on THIS cruise??

Ron, What are the chances that one of your room numbers will be a one digit reversal of our room number again? But truthfully, it really was accidental that I occasionally gave the reversed room number when charging my drinks....... Cruising 11/25 does mean that you have less time to get your legs in shape than if you cruised 12/16 - will you be ready?
It's great that you are going on this cruise. As far as I know, Trey and Tanya are the only others , besides us ,from Turkey Day '05 on this cruise. It would have been hard for us to be the lone representatives of the infamous Turkey Day cruise. Now we have the "wild turkey" cruising with us......

Pam

[cody'smom]

Has everyone made their "pre-cruise" plans? I convinced DH that since we saved all that money by cruising 11/25 instead of 11/18, we should definitely squeeze in a couple days at WDW. (we havent't been since August 04- Turkey day cruise was our 05 vacation). Besides, I don't want to be stuck traveling ( yes, we are drivinig) the Friday after Thanksgiving, and I don't want to spend Thanksgiving on the road (Thanksgiving dinner at Cracker Barrell would Definitley be a let down after after last year's meal on the Magic!!) So, we are leaving Tuesday when kids get out of school, stop in Jackonsville, then on to WDW for Wed and Thurs. (How we will do everything that I want to do in two days is still a a puzzle) Anyway, Friday morning we had to the Radisson by the port and spend the day relaxing by that neat pool they have. ANy other cruisers doing WDW before hand? Maybe we can have get a together. Ohterwise, maybe at radisson if anyone else is there Friday- Tanya, didn't you guys stay there last year? We got there late at night last year, but saw alot of green shirts (our DIs shirts) at the hotel Saturday AM.

By the way, anyone who finds that they need some cruise clothing and can't find what they need at home (it is hard in November) plan at stop at Ron JOn's surf shop in Cocoa Beach before cruise. They had a HUGE selection of swimsuits, sundresses, shorts, etc...... ANd they are open 24 hours!!!!!!

[favoriteslave]

Cody's Mom-

We did stay at the Radisson last year. We have decided to stay there again this year. Our pre-cruise plans are arrive in Florida Friday afternoon. Go to Downtown Disney. Drive to Cocoa Beach (maybe go to RON JON, if I have any room in my suitcase). Get up the next morning, (LATE, as that will be only time to sleep in for a week) eat, swim, arrive at the boat around 1:ish, waltz into the ship, drop our carry-ons in our room at 1:30 and start the party. We are SO looking forward to this cruise, too bad its more than 250 days away.

T-SHIRTS - I have a friend working on designs for the shirts. Please give me some input as to what color we should choose.

Let do our best to keep this board on page one.

[Trey]

Morning all!

Pam has it right about Ron Jon's. They are kinda like the "Walmart" of beach wear/surf apparel - if they don't have it, you don't need it. They do have the touristy tshirts, but they also have a tasteful selection of "resort wear".

Hmmm, how to do everything YOU want in 2 days. . . BRIBERY!!!

Ron, we must start planning now how to acquire as many of those little gold medals as possible. Granted, "Ron Jovi" won't exactly be the same, but . . .

More likely than not, Tonya, Hunter & I will be staying @ the Radisson there in Port Canaveral the night prior to the cruise. We haven't decided yet whether or not we will partake of Downtown Disney after we fly in.

Anyone have a recommendation as to the color and/or design for the disboard tshirts? I know Tonya was trying to work this issue earlier.

Enjoy your day!
Trey :surfweb:

[fourfoxesinpa]

For St. Maarten we're planning on doing a beach day at Great Bay. We're going to take the water taxi and rent a couple of chairs. Then in the afternoon we'll probably do some shopping.

At St.John/St.Thomas, we're planning on doing the Doubloon Pirate Ship excursion. This looks like a fun one for kids and adults. Has anyone done this before??


It's been freezing here in Southern Cali. It's been around 50 degrees in the afternoon and 30 degrees at night. I could never survive in the Northeast :cold:

I went to the Disney Shareholders meeting on Friday and got to meet Bob Iger and Roy Disney. John Lassiter (sp?) from Pixar, who will be heading the Imagineering department, is very enthusiastic about his new job and it sounds like the themeparks will get some new rides designed by him. Also if anyone has been wondering if "Song of the South" was ever going to be released in the US, It's not. Iger said it's still a very sensitive subject to a lot of people and Disney doesn't want to chance it. I have a copy if anyone wants to see it ;) . My dad got a laser disk from Japan and made us a VHS copy.

Hope everyone has a great week!!
:sunny: ,
Katie

I was wondering when the Annual Mtg. would be held and we never got our proxy vote, annual report, or notice. I guess we slipped through our brokerage's cracks? Did your kids get to go? I think that would be a great learning experience for them. We keep some Disney shares just to show the kids how to look for the ticker symbol in the paper and on CNBC and to explain basic financials to them. It's never to early to learn about the stock market and big business.

[fourfoxesinpa]

Cody's Mom-


T-SHIRTS - I have a friend working on designs for the shirts. Please give me some input as to what color we should choose.

Let do our best to keep this board on page one.

What about the Neon Lime Green that DISsers use to ID themselves with the Home Depot Mickey Heads? No preference...just throwing out an idea.

[favoriteslave]

Jamie -

Lime Green would be fine with me. I have a ton of things to match (its my favorite color). Anyone else?

[Trey]

I have to say that it was really cool to see all the lime green shirts in the DCL terminal and we were really easy to find during the sailaway party. Of course, the trail of Miller Lites for Lampie WAS a dead giveaway!

Trey

[cody'smom]

Cody's Mom-

Drive to Cocoa Beach (maybe go to RON JON, if I have any room in my suitcase

Of course you will have room- that is if you learned what I did last time!!! I didn't need half the stuff I brought on the cruise!!!
DD left her bathing suit at school when she came home before our cruise. (night before we left!!) Figured we could stop at Walmart or something in Florida and get one. Got to Florida after driving all day from Virginia- stopped at two walmarts and all they had were a few mismatched pieces left. So she and I planned on going to Ronjon in the Am before going to the port. They I read that they were open 24 hours a day, and since it was only 11pm, why not go now and get it over with???? I could have bought everything I needed for the cruise right there!!!!! It was a good thing we went then instead of in the morning, because DH kept us focused on our mission ( getting her suit) and had she and I gone in the morning, we have still been there shopping when the ship pulled out!!!!

I remember you said you were working on shirts- any ideas for a design yet?

Is your DD still not able to go?

[favoriteslave]

SO TRUE, SO TRUE

I too learned that I don't need to take the kitchen sink. Honestly, I don't think I will bring more than two or three bathing suits, sarongs (2), flip flops (1) , two shirts for night time activities, two or three t-shirts (past cruise shirts) and then our formal wear and shoes (minus about 2 pairs of shoes from last time). With the motion of the ocean, flip flops are the way to go for dinner. (plus we might need to get up and dance) Snorkeling stuff is already packed in a suitcase waiting to go. My Personal stuff will get carried on with me. I will have to resist the urge to throw some things in at the last minute. I'm sure that Trey will enjoying being the "Packing Mafia" and tell me I can only take one bag.

Remember last year they would take your luggage from the airport to the boat if you have your tags on the luggage? I wonder if that still holds true if you show up the day before the cruise starts. I will have to ask. I would really love that. If so, I will only have a carry-on and a small bag that I will take through security.

T-shirts are being worked on as we speak. I gave him the names that we had come up with. Triptophan Clan, Lotsomagic, Left over turkies, etc. We had some wickely humorous conversations and lets just say, I appologize now for my SICK since of humor. I wanted him to draw turkies with missing body parts snorkeling and sun bathing, people with mickey mouse ears passed out on lawn chairs with turkey legs in their hands, etc. He has a great eye and I'm sure that this will be interesting.

Currently the "Mom" of my step-daughter is saying that school is more important. I understand the logic, but.... My son will miss a whole week too, and I'm not worried. I would rather him get out and see the world, rather than read about it in books. I know that's bad of me, but until the last cruise I had never been outside the US. Plus I have to get him to snorkel again. I only got one picture of him in the water.

[cody'smom]

I don't know about the luggage because we drove. The T shirts sound fun and interesting!! Can't wait to see the final product!!!!

[MamaKate]

I was wondering when the Annual Mtg. would be held and we never got our proxy vote, annual report, or notice. I guess we slipped through our brokerage's cracks? Did your kids get to go? I think that would be a great learning experience for them. We keep some Disney shares just to show the kids how to look for the ticker symbol in the paper and on CNBC and to explain basic financials to them. It's never to early to learn about the stock market and big business.


The meeting was on Friday 3/10 at the Anaheim Pond. It's the first meeting we've gone to because they are usually too far for us to attend. But since it was local, we went. Only my son went with, because he is a Disney fanatic. We got there pretty early, so we got to sit behind all the Big Wigs of Disney. It was actually pretty entertaining, except for the financial portion :faint:. They also gave out free admission tickets to Disneyland or California Adventures, which is nice, but we have AP's, so I'll probably give it away. They also had tons of characters & I was mad I didn't bring the autograph books.

My son was in awe that he got to meet an actual Disney (Roy). His life is now complete ;) .

If it's ever in your area, I'd definately take the kids. It's a great learning experience & was pretty fun.

[DenverVal]

(Thanksgiving dinner at Cracker Barrell would Definitley be a let down after after last year's meal on the Magic!!) So, we are leaving Tuesday when kids get out of school, stop in Jackonsville, then on to WDW for Wed and Thurs. If you want to avoid the Thanksgiving Cracker Barrel experience, be sure to get a priority seating as soon as you possibly can. Everything, and I do mean everything, books up for Thanksgiving dinner at WDW. We did this last year, managed to get a PS for Liberty Tree Tavern. It was nice, but our first Thanksgiving away from home. It felt a little strange. We felt a little silly dressing up to go to the park, but we were in good company. Lots of other people did too. DD10 insisted on dressing up in a colonial outfit and the characters and even the servers made a huge fuss over her!

[DutchsMommy]

I think we should go with lime green shirts if they are available. I also don't think "Wild Turkeys" is such a bad name - unless it has already been taken by the group ahead of us? I'm thinking something like:


"Wild Turkeys....The One that Got Away"
DIS Magical Eastern Cruise
Nov 25-Dec 1, 2006

If there is enough $$ maybe we could get our names (board or real) on the front? BUT....because I have no talent and am not devoting the effort to these shirts this is ONLY a suggestion!! :teeth:

Thanks for the heads up about Ron Jon's. I have been keeping an eye out for the 'matching' Disney wear....I really like the idea of some family pics in the outfits, but there really hasn't been anything out there and because Disney won't ship to Canada placing the order is a bit more of a pain. I'll have to take a look at Ron Jon online.

Has anyone been doing the 'Mystery at Sea' game? It's really fun!

Take care everyone - gotta run - will check back in later. :wave:

[favoriteslave]

Dutchs Mom-

I IMed my guy with the Wild Turkies, the ones that got away. He likes "Wild Turkey", so he may have already come up with that.

Lime green is great for me. (ANY ONE ELSE want to imput?) I don't know if I will be able to get the name put on the front, BUT.... Julia (an Original Turkey Cruiser) took the printable iron on transfers and made things to go on the back of her shirt. Since it was her family's 2nd or 3rd cruise, she had listed all the previous cruise dates along with their handle here on the boards. It was really cool. I will check into the cost for my guy doing it, but I have a feeling it will be expensive, as they will have to make a new silk screen for each name. But if you don't ask its an automatic NO. (my motto)

Only 252 days for me. Its WAY TOO Long.

[Trey]

Morning all!

I just wanted to throw my 2 cents in on the "iron ons" Julia did for last year's Turkey Cruise. Not only did she doctor her family's shirts but she did a special one for Lampie. I don't remember everything she put on it, but it was a cut out of him, smiling ear to ear, toasting w/ a beer in hand. (For those of you who know, this is a standard pose for him.)

Lampie, if you have some time and are feeling daring, take a pic of your special shirt and post it, please.

Tonya is totally correct about them having to create a new screen for an individual's name - $$$. Dutchsmommy, what most people did (as we've discussed) was once they received their shirts in the mail, they doctored them to their liking. For example, the weren't able to get youth sizes (maybe smaller than L, XL - don't exactly remember, slept since then.), so they made a dress out of the oversized tshirt. It was really cute. The sleeves and along the bottom were cut into small strips w/ beads on the end. Tonya & Pam, correct me if I'm wrong, but she was also the one that had Tinkerbell wings on the back as well.

Hope everyone is well!
Trey :surfweb:

[woogal]

Hello all ... hubby and I will be on the Magic's Nov 25th Eastern Carribean cruise, our stateroom is on Deck 5 and we are also celebrating our 10th anniversary! We are hoping to "meet" a few people ahead of time and thought maybe a message board was the way to go! :cool1: Please write if you will be there too. We are in Akron, Ohio.

[DutchsMommy]

HI WOOGAL - WELCOME TO THE DIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cheer2: :wave:

We are a pretty fun bunch ( :banana: ) LOL who are DYING for our cruise. I think you will find a TON of useful info on the DIS about the cruise - I know I have. Some of us are in the early stages of thinking about our excursions and pre-cruise accomodations (some people come in the night or a few days before). As you can see above, we are also talking about a 'name' for our group (Go Wild Turkey Go) and some kind soul (Thanks FavSlave!!) is looking into getting us matching shirts. Some of us know each other from past 'turkey' cruises - but others (like myself) have not met before and are REALLY looking forward to getting to know everyone. :grouphug:

So......welcome to the group :wave:

[favoriteslave]

Welcome Woogal. You'll have to explain the handle, soon. We will want to know about you. Fourfoxesinpa has started a spread sheet with everyones room numbers and names started, so you will have to pm her the information. (unless you want to post here). We look forward to meeting you, and hopefully we won't scare you off.

[woogal]

I wrote that post earlier today thinking, I wonder if anyone will write back ... shoulda known better. Afterall, we are DISNEY PEOPLE, right?!

So it sounds like you already have quite a group put together. This is our 2nd DC, the first was last November 2005 over Thanksgiving with my entire family (12 people in all, from 7 to 70). This new one is my 40th birthday present from Hubby and also to celebrate our 10th anniversary. So, just like all of you, we are going pretty much crazy waiting for this damn day to arrive! Our house is inundated with DCL stuff ... books, tapes, DVDs, bookmarks on our favorites ... and we don't even have kids! But you have never been treated as well as you are on DCL!

Thanks for the welcome ... oh, and btw ... woogal is for the town we used to live in ... Wooster (Gal). I know, not as exciting an answer as it could've been. Would you like me to make something up instead?! :earsboy:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Welcome aboard Woogal!!!! :thumbsup2

We are going without kids too, although we are probably a lot older than you guys since we will be celebrating our 33rd anniversary as you are celebrating your 10th. :goodvibes Congratulations on your 10!!! :cheer2:
We are looking forward to getting to know you over the next few months.
Our family here :grouphug: are a great support group for helping the time to go by. We are all in this waiting game together. :rolleyes1
mom x4,grandma x4
kathy :wave:

[DenverVal]

Thanks for the welcome ... oh, and btw ... woogal is for the town we used to live in ... Wooster (Gal). I know, not as exciting an answer as it could've been. Would you like me to make something up instead?! :earsboy: Sure, you bet, we've got lots of time to kill...be creative! :crazy: :crazy:

[DutchsMommy]

woogal - we actually have some people cruising with us who were on the Thanksgiving cruise last year - so in fact you may have seen them before!

[cruisemutt]

Hi folks...I'm Bill (or mutt-I'll answer to either) I guess you've met my wife, woogal already. I'll follow in her footsteps---Hi! :wave2: This message board is just another pleasant surprise in the series of steps toward our trip. I'm glad to know that there are others counting the time to departure down to the minute (yeah, I'm pretty excited too). After experiencing our first cruise last Thanksgiving, I just can't wait to do it all over again.
Pleased to meet you all in advance and hope to get to know you!
Bill pirate:

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Hi Bill,
Glad to have you with us. :thumbsup2 We dont get a lot of men on these boards, compared to the amount of women. Guys often have totally different perspective on things, so it will be great to have some different points of view on stuff. :goodvibes I'm sure the other men on this board will be glad to have one more man join their ranks, since they are out numbered here. :confused3
Looking forward to meeting you both in just a few short months. :banana:
mom x4, grandma x4

Kathy :wave:

[cruisemutt]

Pleased to meet ya, Kathy... I think my wife will agree that I'm not the "typical" guy and if there's fun goin on, I'll be there. (btw...I can think of worse fates than being outnumbered by women). :goofy:
Enjoy!

[favoriteslave]

Welcome Cruisemutt & Woogal. Myself, Trey and my son were on the Thanksgiving cruise in 2005. I agree with you, this waiting stuff is for the birds. If I would have had the choice, I would have hidden out on ship and cruised with the next bunch last year. But.... life happens.

Here is to getting to know everyone.

Is anyone else having trouble using the smilies?

[DutchsMommy]

Hey Tonya - have you seen the designs from ladylucca on the dda forum? They are amazing! Just an FYI.

[favoriteslave]

I've seen some of them before, do you have a link?

[DutchsMommy]

Here's the link to her site. It seems like she is really willing to modify/personalize etc etc. Anyway, I have NO IDEA but am planning on taking a bit of time to try and figure out how to get some of the pics 'cause I think they would make great shirts for during the day on the cruise - esp. for DS.

http://www.ladylucca.com/shirts/index.html

[Michelle2]

The meeting was on Friday 3/10 at the Anaheim Pond. It's the first meeting we've gone to because they are usually too far for us to attend. But since it was local, we went. Only my son went with, because he is a Disney fanatic. We got there pretty early, so we got to sit behind all the Big Wigs of Disney. It was actually pretty entertaining, except for the financial portion :faint:. They also gave out free admission tickets to Disneyland or California Adventures, which is nice, but we have AP's, so I'll probably give it away. They also had tons of characters & I was mad I didn't bring the autograph books.

My son was in awe that he got to meet an actual Disney (Roy). His life is now complete ;) .

If it's ever in your area, I'd definately take the kids. It's a great learning experience & was pretty fun.
That sounds really cool! I doubt they will ever have one in Boise Idaho though! LOL :teeth:

Oh, and about the shirts, whatever you guys come up with will be fine with me....just let me know. I like the idea of lime green too.
And I have also used the designs from the great people over on the design board to do our door magnets too! I do not know how to do any of the customization stuff, so I just printed out the ones they already had. I also did our matching shirts from the design board too...it was awesome!

[Michelle2]

I know I am overdue with these, but just wanted to post a few pictures in case anyone was interested....
Tokyo Disney Sea:
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This was a Little Mermaid themed area with mostly kiddie rides inside...it was pretty cool inside, like being under the sea.
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This display would be impossible in the American parks...glass pots just sitting there?
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This pic is taken from the main area looking towards the entrance of the park and the Hotel Mira Costa
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Mount Promethius from the entrance of the park
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The main entrance of the park. The general admission goes under the hotel in the right side of the picture, while the Mira Costa guests entered under the bay window in the center.
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Ceiling of the hotel...everything was in a nautical italian style??If that makes any sense?
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DH and I in the main lobby
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This area (Mysterious Island) was really cool, modeled after the works of Jules Verne.
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Looks like Tower of Terror is almost done. It is expected to open in September. Sorry the picture is slightly crooked.
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This was the line up at the main gates of Disney Sea 3 hours before the park opened....no, I was not to be one of them
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Some pictures of the monorails...
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[MamaKate]

Michelle ~ Thanks for posting those pictures. The theme of DisneySea looks great!! Did you enjoy your stay at Hotel MiraCosta?

[mom x4,grandma x4]

WOW!!!
Great pictures. Looks like you had a blast. Thanks for posting for us to enjoy.
Kathy

[disneediva]

Hi everyone

Welcome cruisemutt and woogal. I feel like I have been away for ever but DS had exams this week so we have been busy with the books and since he studies I study, I feel ,like I am in the 6th grade again also.

We made some reservations for our Alaskan cruise today so at least I ahve that in between to cut the time wait some.
And I do believe I have DH convinced that a quick trip to the mouse in June would be most acceptable, good thing since I booked Discovery Cove months ago :rotfl2:

I am off to pick up crawfish for dinner, gotta love Fridays in lent down south.
Wendy

[fourfoxesinpa]

Hi Woogal and Bill!

Welcome aboard. I have added your names to....."THE LIST" and we now total at least 53 adults and 41 kids. Could be a few off as I'm not sure if I have the number of friends/family from DixieLady correct. I show Denise and 8 others but I think that has changed :confused3

Someone mentioned Wild Turkeys as our group name. Got me thinkin' of the saying "Jive Turkey" from the 70s days but I guess I'm showing my age.

HAPPY LAST WEEKEND OF WINTER EVERYONE! Good riddance.

[woogal]

Did anyone else see the Disney Cruise special on the Travel Channel? We taped then watched it, every scene one of us yelled "I saw that!" "I was there!"

My god ... we're obsessed ... :crazy:

Don't worry ... new episodes of "Lost" start next week so we can obsess about something else for a while ... :)

[TIGGER41681]

Hello All,
I am going to be aboard the 11/25/06 ( Can't Wait :cool1: ) with my DH and my DS which will be 7 months. What Shore Excursions are you thinking of trying with a little one?? Any help would be great!!
Thanks,
Lynn princess:

[disneediva]

Hi Lynn

Welcome to the group.Hope everyone is having a great weekend.
Wendy

[TIGGER41681]

Hello Wendy,
Hope you had a great weekend!!! Had a nice weekend getting my baby's room ready because I only have 6 weeks till my due date :cloud9: .
Who are you sailing with??
Lynn

[disneediva]

Lynn,
I am sailing with my DH, DS12 and his friend also 12. Congrats on the new baby how much fun getting a babies room ready. What is your theme? Well good news here the contractors only have a week left on the inside of the house then they can start on the outside. They need to fix these problems before the next hurricane season starts.
Wendy

[TIGGER41681]

Wendy,
Our Theme for the baby's room is Winnie the Pooh. pooh: I Love Winnie the Pooh and Tigger!! Hopeful my son will. When does Hurricane season start for you?? Is all the repairs on your house from Hurricane Katrina??
Lynn princess:

[disneediva]

Lynn,
June 1st starts hurricane season for us. and yes all the work is due to Katrina we live in Jefferson Parish and our home flooded. I bet the Winnie the Pooh is adorable is it the one that is in the neutral tones? I am sure your som will love his room. My sons was Mickey when he was born and now he is as disney obsessed as his mom.
Wendy

[mom x4,grandma x4]

Welcome Lyn and family,
It is good our family of diser's is still growing. :thumbsup2
Good luck with the baby's room. I am decorating one of our guest rooms in a disney theme. But I am using lot of characters instead of just one. It is a lot of fun. :rotfl:
well we had a good, busy weekend getting ready to move next week. Now I am tired and I am going to get some rest. :angel:
Hope everyone is doing well out there. :woohoo:
mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy :wave:

[Dixielady908]

:rolleyes: Have'nt been on for a few days....boy have I missed alot...

The lime Green shirts sounds great.....I also love the Wild Turkey...the one that got away.....I'm game for anything...just let me know.

Denise

[cody'smom]

Morning all!



Tonya is totally correct about them having to create a new screen for an individual's name - $$$. Dutchsmommy, what most people did (as we've discussed) was once they received their shirts in the mail, they doctored them to their liking. For example, the weren't able to get youth sizes (maybe smaller than L, XL - don't exactly remember, slept since then.), so they made a dress out of the oversized tshirt. It was really cute. The sleeves and along the bottom were cut into small strips w/ beads on the end. Tonya & Pam, correct me if I'm wrong, but she was also the one that had Tinkerbell wings on the back as well.

Hope everyone is well!
Trey :surfweb:


I don't rermember about the tinkerbell, but I do think that a few females (esp teens) had modified their shirts. Pam

[cody'smom]

I
So it sounds like you already have quite a group put together. This is our 2nd DC, the first was last November 2005 over Thanksgiving with my entire family (12 people in all, from 7 to 70). This new one is my 40th birthday present from Hubby and also to celebrate our 10th anniversary. So, just like all of you, we are going pretty much crazy waiting for this damn day to arrive! Our house is inundated with DCL stuff ... books, tapes, DVDs, bookmarks on our favorites ... and we don't even have kids! But you have never been treated as well as you are on DCL!



We were on that cruise as well. There is another DIS member (besides Tanya and Trey) from the Thanksgiving Cruise last year going on this cruise, but he is pretty quiet, so you probably wouldn't have noticed him on the last cruise..... :cool1: Pam