DIS Divas Trip! (old thread, see first post for link to new one)

There was probably a Blue Bayou meal year 2 but I wasn't there since Laila was just a wee one. But there was also a meal there year one since I was there ;)

Yep, there was a meal at BB year one because I was there too with my friend Cathy, who split a meal with me, and year one was the only trip Cathy was there. :thumbsup2
 
Okay, here I am being a dissenter on the whole "let's wear the same shirts every year. Year after year after year".

I am not a fan of the plan for a two reasons:

1) Looking at my pictures from a couple years. Hard to tell which year it is since always wearing the same clothes. Was that 2012 or 13, dunno, all in the same color again.

2). Some of us, well, me, not a fan of the whole retro vibe. One year...okay I will buy it even if it is pink...but do not want to fill my closet with shirts I will not wear. I did wear my black one until it fell apart, and my brown as well. So, I will not be ordering or trying to get the shirts I do not own. Lets do something NEW.

And of course, I can wear a matching other type of shirt. Absolutely. On turquoise shirt day, I had a polo on that matches so well, in the group pics, unless you look closely, would not notice I have something else on.


I own a purple polo too, so that could solve my no purple diva shirt dilemma. Easy peasy, and I likely have a polo to match whatever color is chosen this year.


I think some other bright colors would be the bomb. Grey did not work, but I did make some new friends when I chatted up some grey garbed women not in the group.

Just my opinion. And I know it is not a popular one.


But as my Grandma always said, "Opinions are like belly buttons, everyone has one". And that is mine.



Had a great trip. The two way hot days were hard though.
 
They are going to Magic Mountain. He's so excited because roller coasters are more his speed.

Wow, they take a bus from Vegas to Valencia?

I also sell Paparazzi Accessories. It's a new direct sales company out of Utah. Everything is $5. This will be funding my diva trip :) I am so grateful for it or else I don't know how I could afford it!

I'm gonna have to look this up...

I'd like to try SH55. I'm not a big meat eater, but they have chicken and their sides sound really good. Mac and cheese with four cheeses and bacon? Mmm.

Oh, and for the record, I like orange, too. :thumbsup2

Mac and cheese with bacon??? Sounds good!

So does that mean we will not be recycling the martini glass shirt?

I've still got mine...
 
Hello Friends!
Can't wait to do it again. :yay:

It was great. Seemed a long enough trip, but then it was over so fast.

My last time I was at a meet was 2010 and hoping that I will be able to do 2014. You ladies are so fun!:cheer2:

Pencil it in lady, make it work.

So where do you all want to eat next year? ;)

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I can help out with that. I could probably find you a chimichanga or Mickey pretzel super fast.

Yaa. Grey not so great. A lady in grey with a lanyard and a tiara was walking towards me and Angie and I was like who is that? She wasn't with the group. Lol.


I did make some new friends who were not in the group that way. :)


Oo yaa. Wish I could find the design again and reprint it on a new shirt. My jacket that had it in it got ripped and I threw it out.

I bet someone still has it saved as a PDF. I think that was on my old computer that bought the farm, but will look into it.

I want to leave my hubby at home and come play with the girls :goodvibes How do I join ? Do I need to fill out a form swearing I'll leave my hubby :rotfl2:

I think by posting here, you pretty much joined the group!! We are way formal like that.

Ugh...I had quoted more, but they disappeared.

Have a good day all.
 


Good morning, ladies!! :) Errands and cleaning today. Did the cleaning already, now I am off to Walmart. Just wanted to pop in first to say hello.


Great thank you :)
Ruth, I love seeing your ticker!!


Good morning ladies. :). Rain and overcast here. Hope everyone has a wonderful day!
Nice. I love the rain. No rain here but it is cool and cloudy.



Sarah---that would be so fun! Gosh doesnt that WDW trip seem like yesterday? It will be so fun to see Uncle Shirley again!
We luvs Uncle Shirley! :goodvibes



Just Doing some catching Up!
Hey Vanessa, I am so happy to see you posting here. It was nice to get to spend more time with you on the trip. You are a riot. :rotfl:


Okay, here I am being a dissenter on the whole "let's wear the same shirts every year. Year after year after year".
I'm not a fan either. Not because I am not a fan of the shirts. PLEASE do not mistake the two. I have concerns over reusing the shirts numerous times. I thought we'd reached a compromise on wearing a new one and then the previous years shirt, only to find that it was changed and a new plan set in motion while on the trip.
That's fine. After 6 years of these trips, I have learned you have to be go-with-the-flow, and I am.
I have previously voiced the concerns I have with this plan so I don't feel the need to rehash them. I'm sure it will all work out. I no longer have my purple shirt (a lot of stones were lost, and it got messed up in the wash), my pink one sadly is also starting to lose stones, hopefully the new turquoise one will hold up well in the wash.

I'll join you in wearing purple and pink polo shirts. I'll play newbie since I won't have the matching tee! :rotfl2: Hi, I'm Beth. I'm new to these trips. Could be fun to mess with people. muahahahaha! :stir: Kidding, kidding.

It's all good. The shirts are beautiful. No denying that. Hadn't walked farther than from the Hojo to McDonalds wearing my new Carsland one before I got a compliment on it!! Looking forward to wearing that one again next year.

I do still like orange though. Might have to make my own orange day. :scratchin :lmao:



Wow, they take a bus from Vegas to Valencia?
They do. Not a school bus though. A tour bus. They are young. They can handle it. ;)
 
Yep, there was a meal at BB year one because I was there too with my friend Cathy, who split a meal with me, and year one was the only trip Cathy was there. :thumbsup2
It was Jazz Kitchen I tells ya!

I remember, all of us sitting downstairs on a big long table. I either remember meeting your friend Cathy or Callie's friend, and I looked at their tag, and they had no screen name. And then I said something stupid like, oh you are not on the DIS. I didn't mean it to be "mean" but I think some people thought that. I was just trying to connect the faces with their screen names. Anyways, I will never forget the location because of that.

Doesn't anyone else remember that?
Please?

If not, then I am getting really old. :worried:
 
It was Jazz Kitchen I tells ya!

I remember, all of us sitting downstairs on a big long table. I either remember meeting your friend Cathy or Callie's friend, and I looked at their tag, and they had no screen name. And then I said something stupid like, oh you are not on the DIS. I didn't mean it to be "mean" but I think some people thought that. I was just trying to connect the faces with their screen names. Anyways, I will never forget the location because of that.

Doesn't anyone else remember that?
Please?

If not, then I am getting really old. :worried:
The first year, we did eat at the Jazz Kitchen on Thursday night? There was a gang of us, and service was so slow that it cured me of attending any other group meals EVER!!! I remember I sat next to Cheryl and across from Cristabel....but no one else at the meal.

Oh, I am OLD.

There was a BB lunch since I remember leaving the group I was touring with and went over to DCA and rode ToT 11 times in a row while they were eating there. That was, I think, Friday. Before the VIP tour.
 


mommaU4 said:
Good morning, ladies!! :) Errands and cleaning today. Did the cleaning already, now I am off to Walmart. Just wanted to pop in first to say hello.

Hey Vanessa, I am so happy to see you posting here. It was nice to get to spend more time with you on the trip. You are a riot. :rotfl:

I do still like orange though. Might have to make my own orange day. :scratchin :lmao:

They do. Not a school bus though. A tour bus. They are young. They can handle it. ;)
I'm suppose to be cleaning. But it's not happening anytime soon. Hi Beth. I got the app for my phone so it's keeping me updated. It's nice to be back on the boards. It was great spending time on the trip and thanks but I'm not as crazy as Angie. She had me laughing forever. And I could totally do orange just not jumpsuit orange. I think if we all wore jumpsuit orange they would wonder what crazy place we were all visiting from. :)
 
Newbies would need to buy everything or try to, but it would be that way no matter what.

Mel - I know the cost involved in doing "reorders" makes running the old designs difficult, if not impossible. Is is possible to print out the older designs on transfer paper (ink jet printer) and then the new gals could iron it on? It would probably be a little smaller than the screen printed shirts, but at least they would have the same design?

Just thinking out loud here. LOL

Also - what did you use to glitter Ligntning McQueen on this year's shirt? Those came out AMAZING!
 
You could always wear the coordinating color of the past years shirts :thumbsup2. Purple was one of our past tee colors.

Exactly. An easy-peasy solution. :thumbsup2 ::yes::

Great minds think alike :)

I want to eat at BB. I never have.

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I'll go! :)

Oh and I should introduce myself...

My name is January :) I have an awesome family ...my husband is Nate who is amazing! He works full time in juvenile corrections and goes to school full time working on his masters degree. I have a sweet little 8 year old, Maddie, who is so funny and always happy..she has my heart. And my baby boy, Payson.. He just turned three months old and is just starting to sit up and make little baby laughs. We live in a tiny town in Idaho called Rexburg. Its close to Yellowstone. There isnt a whole lot to do here and its way cold. We can't wait to leave but my husband needs to finish school first. :p

I stay at home and love it! I also sell Paparazzi Accessories. It's a new direct sales company out of Utah. Everything is $5. This will be funding my diva trip :) I am so grateful for it or else I don't know how I could afford it! Flights out of here are $$$$!


I can't wait to get to know all of you and get reacquainted with the divas I already know.

Hi January, do you have a link or a catalog or anything?

Catching up here.

So we are already onto shirt colors. LOL!! Love it! :lmao:

Here is the idea, that someone shared with me, and I really liked it.
It would go like this.

Day 1- Lime green
Day 2- Last year's shirt
Day 3- Brand new tee
Day 4- Shirt from 2 years ago
Day 5- Either from 3 years ago or favorite Disney shirt.

So next year would go like this: :thumbsup2

Day 1- Lime green
Day 2- Turquoise Carsland tee
Day 3- Brand new tee
Day 4- Pink DisDivaland tee
Day 5- Purple Castle tee or favorite shirt.

Every year the Day 5 shirt will get rotated out.
:wave2:

No fuss, no muss! :flower3:

So those of us who have been on the trips so far, should have all of these tees or at least have bought the colors to match. We would only have to buy the brand new tee for Day 3. Less cost. :cool1:
Newbies would need to buy everything or try to, but it would be that way no matter what.


Most of you have requested something bright, or easy to spot.
Depending on the image of the tee shirt designed, I will pick out something that should look good on almost everyone. I will not pick out orange or yellow. Those colors are really hard for most people to wear.

Once again, if you abhor what I choose, then it can be changed. :eek:

So that is the talk, we had over Mimi's and a few other places.

Hope you all like it!! :goodvibes

I like it!!!

I still have that image saved if you want it. I can e-mail it to you??

I'd like to request a different neckline for the shirt though, since we'll be reusing them. Those crew necks are not the most comfortable. Something V or U would be better, for me at least. I think I'm going to look into cutting the necklines on the previous shirts to make them more comfortable.

Can I get the Pirate image? Please? :) And I agree with the necklines, I much prefer a deeper scoop or v-neck. More comfortable. :)

I'd be OK with orange, or we can just go with neon colors.....LOL :)
 
It was Jazz Kitchen I tells ya!
Jazz Kitchen was the first dinner ever. I do remember that much. lol
But, we probably did Blue Bayou both years. It was popular back then with the group. Then it was dropped in favor of places like Napa Rose and now Carthay Circle.

I want to go back to BB. I love the atmosphere in there so much!




The first year, we did eat at the Jazz Kitchen on Thursday night? There was a gang of us, and service was so slow that it cured me of attending any other group meals EVER!!!
I've never had slow service. Knock on wood!! What usually takes the longest with the group meals I've been to is paying for it. :scared: And, I hate to do math so my hat's off to those who figure out the bill.




I'm suppose to be cleaning. But it's not happening anytime soon. Hi Beth. I got the app for my phone so it's keeping me updated. It's nice to be back on the boards. It was great spending time on the trip and thanks but I'm not as crazy as Angie. She had me laughing forever. And I could totally do orange just not jumpsuit orange. I think if we all wore jumpsuit orange they would wonder what crazy place we were all visiting from. :)
Angie is cray-cray, as my kids would say! lol But, we love her that way.
And no jump suit orange. I like a bright, pretty springy orange. Jump suit orange made me laugh though. We could all just have group jump suits. Make all the park guests really stare and wonder.... :lmao:
 
My only issue with this is people have said that with colors, it's harder to tell if someone wearing that color is part of the group or not - but then we're saying for newbies to just wear that color....... or spend $100 on new shirts.

That's why I was wondering if printing out the designs on iron-on transfers would work for those who are missing previous shirts.
 
A different neckline would be AWESOME if that is possible. PLEASE, oh, please! I feel like I am choking in a crew neck shirt. I know many others feel the same way. The shirt I wore for grey day, had a super cute design on it (thank you Theresa for the loaner!), but it was a V-neck and so much more comfortable and flattering. Just my opinion. :goodvibes

The problem with a different neckline is that when you get into the "fashion" tees, you cut back the color choices and size options. Also, a V-neck would not have worked with either the castle or the Divaland designs without moving the design down which then calls attention to the belly region which, for some, is not where we want people to be looking. :rotfl2:
 
mommaU4 said:
Angie is cray-cray, as my kids would say! lol But, we love her that way.
And no jump suit orange. I like a bright, pretty springy orange. Jump suit orange made me laugh though. We could all just have group jump suits. Make all the park guests really stare and wonder.... :lmao:

That would be a sight to see. Over 50 women have swarmed Disneyland with their bright orange jumpsuits. Who are they? And what do they want?
 
And I could totally do orange just not jumpsuit orange. I think if we all wore jumpsuit orange they would wonder what crazy place we were all visiting from. :)

I am thinking that I might wear orange every day. Easy to match my accessories if I only bring one color. :rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

I would be easy to spot. Unlike you, I was thinking a traffic cone (to go with Carlsand) or blaze/jumpsuit orange.

But that is just me.

I can see it now:

Thursday: Orange.
Fri; Orange
Sat: Orange
Sun; Orange.

I could even wear orange on Wednesday, but I will be at work, so no one would get my joke.


Orange, tangerine, cantalope, peach, orangey red, reddish orange.

Oh good golly the options are endless, I tell you!!!!!!
 
Ladies,

It looks like I should have kept things as is.

I just thought it was a good idea, and presented it to all of you now.
That is why I said, "I hope you all like it."

I was just trying to help.

For the record. I like orange and V necks too.
 
That would be a sight to see. Over 50 women have swarmed Disneyland with their bright orange jumpsuits. Who are they? And what do they want?
:lmao: :lmao: :lmao: That would be hilarious!



I am thinking that I might wear orange every day. Easy to match my accessories if I only bring one color. :rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

I would be easy to spot. Unlike you, I was thinking a traffic cone (to go with Carlsand) or blaze/jumpsuit orange.

But that is just me.

I can see it now:

Thursday: Orange.
Fri; Orange
Sat: Orange
Sun; Orange.

I could even wear orange on Wednesday, but I will be at work, so no one would get my joke.


Orange, tangerine, cantalope, peach, orangey red, reddish orange.

Oh good golly the options are endless, I tell you!!!!!!
Orange every day would make it easy. You could be on to something.

I like bright orange, almost florescent. Think 80's. If you cannot find the other members of the Diva group when we are in bright orange, you need to schedule an appointment with an optometrist. ;)
Bright colors are back in style. I should know. I saw them at Walmart. :laughing:
 
I'm gonna have to look this up...

January, do you have a link or a catalog or anything?


Hey girls! There is no catalog...the inventory changes on a daily basis. It is kinda like Scentsy, Avon, Mary Kay....without the high pressure sales pitch. I have parties at peoples homes. I just set up and let them shop with their friends. It is so fun! The stuff is WAY cute. I also can order anything you like and just ship it to ya. I post on my facebook new stuff I am ordering.

Here is the website if you wanna look around!
http://www.paparazziaccessories.com/13695

I am thinking that I might wear orange every day. Easy to match my accessories if I only bring one color. :rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

I would be easy to spot. Unlike you, I was thinking a traffic cone (to go with Carlsand) or blaze/jumpsuit orange.

But that is just me.

I can see it now:

Thursday: Orange.
Fri; Orange
Sat: Orange
Sun; Orange.

I could even wear orange on Wednesday, but I will be at work, so no one would get my joke.


Orange, tangerine, cantalope, peach, orangey red, reddish orange.

Oh good golly the options are endless, I tell you!!!!!!

LOL! :lmao:

Ladies, this is the reason for the tee shirt idea. We are already having issues over them.

If we go with something like this, then we don't have to through this year after year, and try to find a color we all like for Saturday.
Last year was a mess, and then we picked gray to compromise.

I was given a idea, and thought it was great.
I was just trying to figure something out.
I was not trying to go behind people's backs.
I was just asking for opinions while on the trip.
A new plan was not set in motion while on the trip.
Nothing is set in stone.

I just thought it was a good idea, and presented it to all of you now.
That is why I said, "I hope you all like it."

I was just trying to help.

For the record. I like orange and V necks too.

Mel, I am happy with anything..really. Once we are all together, everything just looks great! Like a nice group of well-behaved ladies. :bitelip:

Right now my clothes consist of stretchy pants and t-shirts decorated with spit up. So,yeah...I will wear just about anything haha.
 

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