Cruising Sept 11, 2005 - All Aboard

[CaribGirl]

Five days and counting for us here. No early trip to WDW or anywhere. It is a hard week to be at work and at school for the kids!!!
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[FirstTimer]

leaving at 5am, started packing half hour ago :rotfl2: <---deliriously crazy smiley.

*pulling hair out* I swear procrastination is a disease people a disease

[Shannon1984]

Hey everyone I finally made it on. I've been busy trying to get my house ready to move in. It's been a nightmere. Sorry about my crazy mother.

Finally started packing yesterday, getting excited now. we'll see everyone on sunday at the meet and greet. Have a safe trip. :rotfl: :Pinkbounc :cheer2:

[ragdoll]

Crazy mother??? Not me! Hey, if it wasn't for good old mom you all would be wandering around the ship looking for a Promenade Deck. And how do you all plan on recognizing each other? I know! I'll write "DIS Meet" on a piece of paper and tell Shannon to hold it up like they do in airports when someone is being met by someone they don't know. Do you all think I can convince her to do this? If not then someone better come up with a plan.

Will someone please buy Shannon a drink and tell her to chill out about her nightmere of a house? (Actually sweetie, that is spelled nightmare.) And it really isn't as bad as she thinks. Tell her to relax and enjoy her adorable daughter and their vacation. It will all work out.

OK, now you all have something to talk about...ME, crazy mother!

Hoping that I didn't spell anything wrong or I will never hear the end of it...

[Pistachio42]

Run grab yourself a tickeet, Ragdoll, and come along. We won't even tell your daughter you are aboard .. it will our and your granddaughter's lil secret. Promenade Lounge at 3 p.m.

We leave in the morning for Florida to visit friends and get in a little sun before Sunday. We bought our bubbles today. Everyone have their bubbles for sailaway? I understand it is a tradition on Disney ships.

Tom

[disney1972]

We have our bubbles.. Got the 2DS bubble blasters so they can really celebrate.

Hopefully TS Ophelia will get out of town before we sail. I feel bad for those having to sail out tomorrow from Port Everglades. Cross your fingers we will have great weather!

[jinga]

Need to get some bubbles!! Another thing to add to my list! Watching TS Ophelia closely. Hope that it will be gone by the time we get on the ship!!

[TJHutch]

Forgot about the bubbles...I wonder what else I am forgetting? :confused3

[j_cwayman]

WOO HOOO DOING THE DOC DANCE!!!! DOc's Came Today!! We leave in less than 4 days is everyone ready to go??? Just a few odds and ends and away we go!! hopefully Ophelia will be gone by Sunday! :bounce: :Pinkbounc :banana: :wizard: :wizard: :wizard:

[j_cwayman]

Plus we were able to book Palo for the first night of the cruise!!! By Some act of Pixie dust we were able to book it on DCL website!!! :rolleyes1 :Pinkbounc :bounce:

[Pistachio42]

We're looking forward to our night at Palo. We booked it several weeks ago as soon as I paid my final payment, so we'll be dining there our last night. That's good so we can keep our restaurant and not miss one. I'm not sure we could double dip.

Digital camera is on the charger, timers all set so it looks like someone's home here .. dancing shoes dusted and freed of cobwebs :dancer: , bubbles all in their ziploc baggie ready for sailaway :thewave: atomic projection alarm clock all packed and ready to go. Nothing like waking up in the middle of the night and seeing the time displayed on the cabin ceiling. :)

Our doggies :dog: :dog: are excited about getting to spend a week with our neighbors and their dog. Just because their house has like 10 different kinds of treats, they keep asking (barking) if they can go over there yet. :rotfl2:

Woooooooo hooooooooooo .. its FINALLY here .. arrrrr mateys pirate:

No more posts from us. We're outta here at 5:30 a.m.

Tom & Donna

[disney1972]

Well so far we are still scheduled to go out of Port Canaveral but the weather looks like we might have to be sent out of Port Everglades too.. Crossing my fingers Ophelia will move quickly outta here!

[ragdoll]

Pistachio, believe me, I would be on that cruise if I could. However, I will be staying home to babysit Shannon's delightful one year old daughter. Hubby and I are cruising on the 9/17 Magic. Blow Ophelia away for us!

Hope you all can sail out of Port Canaveral. Have a great time wherever you may end up!

[CaribGirl]

Hopefully Ophelia keeps moving north, at least by sunday we may be able to leave out of Port Canaveral. The TS Warning is now from Cocoa Beach up north, so it is moving slowly. Keeping a close eye on it. Just want to go to the beach today and push it away. The weather here at the Port is not nice at all. Lots of Rain and grey! We still have 3 days for it to partially clear up!
Got all the last supplies from store here. Need to pack only, and then hopefully a short drive to PC and not to be bussed to PE.
Thinking of the margarita's :goodvibes

[disney1972]

We are driving up from West Palm and hate the thought of having to bus right back down passed our house :guilty: Especially with two 1 yr olds, a 4 and 11 yr old. :scared1: Just the thought of that trip has me really nervous. I cannot see the 1 yr olds wanting to sit still on a bus. I guess it is better than getting canceled though?? Well by the way they are talking on the news we may just have to grin and bear it. Lets all hope for a lot of pixie dust :wizard: I am trying to talk DH into driving up Sat. and getting a hotel if we have to go out of PE so at least the drive won't be sooo long. :confused3 :confused3 Oh well what can you do, mother nature is out of our control :umbrella: Let's hope for better weather in the Bahamas!

[jinga]

Almost pack, ready to go. :moped: I know that I over packed!! :guilty: We are Leaving @ 1:30 today. Going to visit family in Fl. Hopefully, to Cocoa Beach Sat. to stay the night!! See you on there!!! :wave2:

[RAM]

Funny how quiet this thread has suddenly gotten. Hmmmm- everyone must have left for the boat :bounce: already.

[disney1972]

Yep. I think most were doing the land/sea or visiting friends and family before boarding. We are leaving in the morning :banana: :banana: I can't believe we are almost there! :cool1: This week dragged on forever, but I am glad that Ophelia finally got out of our way :sunny: I was getting pretty nervous being on the bus with the little ones. Well I have just a little more packing to do and a lot more watching the :hourglass See you all soon!!

[CaribGirl]

I'm stll here also, will probably be the last one to leave home!!! Weather is gorgous here today!!! Sunny :sunny: and warm. So different from the last few days. Thought and prayers are with the people from the Carolina's where they suspect Ophelia to go.
Now I can finally get excited!!! One suitcase packed 4 to go (They are small!!!) :rotfl:
Looking so forward to this, now we are down to hours!!!26 hrs for me!!!

[RAM]

We are out of here this afternoon, but still have about a million and one things to do (I am rounding off :rolleyes: ). DW is in panic mode, with a side order of over-excitement. :rotfl2:

Ophelia seems to be cooperating. Hopefully things will also clear up a little more down the Nassau way.

See y'all at 3 tomorrow!

[Shannon1984]

yep, we're still here too. We fly out of Cleveland tomorrow mourning at 9:00. I'm moving to my new house today, hopefully, it's getting kinda late. Well I better get moving. See everyone tomorrow at three. My crazy mom made a sign for DD to hold. Have a safe trip and pray Ophilia stays out of our path. :Pinkbounc :cheer2: :rotfl:

[disney1972]

So did everyone have a good time??:banana: We had a really good time, just totally exhausted now Sorry I did not make it to the meet at 3:00 but we got to the boat late and I forgot my drivers license and was in a complete panic. Thankfully they let me on with my BJ's card!! Doesn't say much for security but I was happy!!

We just walked in the door from WDW and I need to help unpack. :sad2: :sad2: Guess the party is over :(

[FirstTimer]

unpack, what's that? :confused3 :rotfl2:

[RAM]

We had an amazing time. Things were a little rocky the first night, but fortunately none of us got ill from it. The weather was fantastic, and the only problem that we had is that we now have to drop another few thousand for a repeat next year. :rotfl:

[CaribGirl]

I have so been in denial that life is back to normal. I also missed the 3:00 meeting due to a late check in. By the time we got on board and got something to eat was way so late...
Time on the ship was unbelievable. We had a great, no excellent time. Will definelty do this again. So much am I missing the ship that right now I am watching the travel channel dry dock of the RC Sovereign of the Seas series!!! Sad isn't it!!! :rotfl2:

[explorer1977]

We had the most amazing time on the Wonder. so much so we book another cruise on board for next September on the Majic with two stops at Castaway Cay. We miss it so much already and we just got back from WDW yeaterday. Well I will have to start the count down for the next trip.

[CaribGirl]

Oh I so don't want to give this up, but found our thread almost off the second page. I know it is time to let go...

...And go book a new date so I can start a new thread!!!
So jealous of all of you who were smart enough to book on board!
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