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    Alaska tsunami warning

    Hypothetically, what would happen if the ship were in port? I assume the safest place for it to be would be out at sea. If they get a notice like this, do they just pull up anchor and split? I see that this is supposed to affect just about every shoreline on the ocean to some degree.
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    10/27 2012 A little Halloween MAGIC!

    You may want to see which restaurants, bars, libraries(?), etc exist at the ports that offer free or open wifi, and preplan your communications, and even ask if they intentnally allow or block Skype (if I were a library admin, Skype would be first to go :) ) I have no experience using the...
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    10/27 2012 A little Halloween MAGIC!

    Here is what I *think* is about to happen for us.. :) We are staying at the Marriott right by Hobby...(booked through Disney) - the hotel has a free shuttle to and from the airport. We fly in Friday, take the free hotel shuttle. When we wake up Saturday morning, (about now the kids start to...
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    10/27 2012 A little Halloween MAGIC!

    A group of people (us!) will pre-arrange a list of each other's room numbers. On the ship, we will all hang a Fish Extender (a decorated series of small pouches) outside our room. At some random time, each of us will go to all of the other rooms on our list and fill everyone else's pouches...
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    10/27 2012 A little Halloween MAGIC!

    :cheer2: Welcome! :cheer2: We're playing dress up. Tux for me, gown for DW, kids in whatever we can convince them to wear. I would say less than half were black tie on my last cruise. I've never packed a tux in my luggage, only rented, I hope the garment services are available on the...
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    10/27 2012 A little Halloween MAGIC!

    At just 65 days before departure, the GAL code arrived in my email - somehow we went from "not even considering" to booked in less than 12 hours! I've sent in a request for FB, and already signed up for the FE! Can't wait to meet everyone new, as well as see a family we already know and FE'd...
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    22 Carnival Cruise passengers robbed at gunpoint on ship-sponsored tour in Mexico

    I'm going to back up what others have said. You walk off the Wonder and the port is a secured area...you board the Las Caletas boat right there. You are behind a fence, and there are plenty of these guys hanging around to ensure nobody interferes with your plans. The excursion was...
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    Feb 5th - 12th 2012 Mexican Riviera on the Disney Wonder

    Right now I'm sitting in an office chair frantically tweaking and importing databases. *Soon DS6 gets dropped off here, we will run to a liquor store and then to Cub Scouts (great combo, eh?) where I am supposed to lead my den*of 6&7 year olds through a somewhat dignified flag ceremony in front...
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    Feb 5th - 12th 2012 Mexican Riviera on the Disney Wonder

    hmm...I can take advantage of this! Here's my answer... Victor The Hunchback of Notre Dame Violet The Incredibles Vitani The Lion King Wall-E Wall-E Wart/Arthur The Sword and the Stone Wendy Peter Pan Wheezy Toy Story White Rabbit Alice in Wonderland Wiggins Pocahontas Wilbur Robinson Meet the...
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    Feb 5th - 12th 2012 Mexican Riviera on the Disney Wonder

    ...and we experience another ripple in the time-space continuum :lmao:
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    Feb 5th - 12th 2012 Mexican Riviera on the Disney Wonder

    I need to amend this...unless the weather is a total disaster (eg: lightning actually striking deck 9) we will be concealing our swimwear under our clothing. Changed into our suits in the bathroom on deck 9 last year, wasn't fun. If we can find our magnets, I'm all over this.
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    Feb 5th - 12th 2012 Mexican Riviera on the Disney Wonder

    Lath had a Captain's costume last May...I don't know if it still fits, but when we boarded we went straight to the buffet. The waiter assisting our table turned out to be our waiter for the cruise...he referred to DS as Captain the entire week. :) If I knock the FE gifts out quickly, I may...
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    Feb 5th - 12th 2012 Mexican Riviera on the Disney Wonder

    I was looking for a Taco Bell, but alas the nearest one is 19 hours away by car. Do the locals have a popular chain of restaurants where they sell barely recognizable representations of American food? I like the magic of the Disney Dreams show...it's full of fantasy and wonder. (when you...
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    Feb 5th - 12th 2012 Mexican Riviera on the Disney Wonder

    Can I pull out Oswald again?
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    Feb 5th - 12th 2012 Mexican Riviera on the Disney Wonder

    Okay, I know I'm going to regret this by midnight, but here goes...we are in for both groups. Let the assembly line (re)begin! :thumbsup2
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    Feb 5th - 12th 2012 Mexican Riviera on the Disney Wonder

    :thumbsup2 Foiled again! You know what the Dis needs? A "Like" button!
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    Feb 5th - 12th 2012 Mexican Riviera on the Disney Wonder

    In 85 minutes I'm in the single digits! Here's a big :p to you west coasters who have to wait 3.5 more hours! Sure, your weather may be tolerable, you may not have to duck tornados, and your state may not be ranked near the bottom in almost every metric of quality of life, but who's laughing...
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    Feb 5th - 12th 2012 Mexican Riviera on the Disney Wonder

    I'm mostly German by bloodline, but born and raise in burbs of Chicago. The most unusual thing we have going on here is many people have horses in their back yards, and our store had a hitching post outside (until they went out of business...) MICKEY!! We did the CD on our last cruise...so...




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