09/13/09 SSMC09 S.S. Member Cruise 2009 - Part 2!

[rbcheek]

Here is a question for the day:

Who is your favorite Disney Character?

Easy, Goofy of course. See him as my avatar?

 

[cathyn]

My favorite ride has to be peter pan. I love the city lights and how Tinkerbell lights up the ship.

My sister (wendybirdn) accidentally posted under my name.

My favorite ride is Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean.

Cathy

 

[cathyn]

Good Wednesday Morning!

Here is a question for the day:

Who is your favorite Disney Character?

My favorite character is Ariel.

 

[djstweety]

Good Wednesday Morning!

Karen - sounds like you had a nice vacation. The pictures are nice to see the inside of the cabins and all. I totally understand about the full size bed though, too small for us! Too bad you couldn't make a fire, but it is totally understandable in Florida. We used pie irons when I was a kid to make all kinds of stuff, pizza, reubens, fruit pies, etc. Thanks for sharing with us.


Here is a question for the day:

Who is your favorite Disney Character?

Mine is a toss up between Snow White and Belle.

When I was little I always wanted to be Snow White at Disney. How cool would that have been!

Have a great day!

My favorite character's are eyore and jimmy cricket.

 

[BigDogHU75]

Marsha,

Here is the article. They have it on Facebook podcast link.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...l?hpid=topnews

Take care
flo

Thanks, Flo.

 

[BigDogHU75]

Good Wednesday Morning!

Here is a question for the day:

Who is your favorite Disney Character?

My favorite character - it's a toss up between Pooh and Ariel. I really like the movie The Little Mermaid.

 

[wltdsnyfan]

Morning Everyone!

Have a good day!

Goingto be a nice one here. Low 80's and sunny

take care
flo

 

[WDWLVR]

Good morning everyone - happy Thursday!

As Flo said it looks like it is going to be a beautiful day here in Chicagoland.

Have a great day everyone!

 

[Time4disneynow]

Good Morning Everyone...

I have some sad news to pass along to you



Wayne Allwine...voice of Mickey Mouse dies..


LOS ANGELES — Wayne Allwine, the actor who voiced Mickey Mouse for more than 30 years, has died.

The Walt Disney Co. says Allwine died Monday of complications from diabetes, with Russi Taylor, his wife of 20 years and the voice of Minnie Mouse, by his side. He was 62.

"Wayne dedicated his entire professional life to Disney," chief executive Robert Iger said in a statement Wednesday. "Over the last 32 years, (he) gave so much joy, happiness and comfort to so many around the world by giving voice to our most beloved, iconic character, Mickey Mouse."

A Southern California native, Allwine joined Disney in 1966 when he took a job in the mail room. He went on to work in the sound effects department and began voicing the company's main mouse in 1977.

His falsetto can be heard in 1983's "Mickey's Christmas Carol," 1988's "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and at Disney theme parks around the world. He won an Emmy Award in 1986 for his sound editing on the NBC series "Amazing Stories."

Allwine was the third man behind Mickey's voice. The first was Disney himself, then Jimmy MacDonald, who became Allwine's mentor and passed him the reins after voicing the mouse for 30 years.

"He said, 'Just remember kid, you're only filling in for the boss,'" Allwine once recalled. "And that's the way he treated doing Mickey for years and years."

"Mickey's the real star," Allwine continued. "You know you just have to love the little guy while you have him, because he won't be yours forever."

Roy E. Disney, director emeritus for The Walt Disney Co., said Allwine did more than give Mickey a voice. He "gave him a heart and soul as well."

"He did an incredible job of bringing emotion, humor and appeal to the character, and superbly carried on the tradition originated by my Uncle Walt, and later by sound-effects wizard Jimmy Macdonald."

Besides Taylor, Allwine is survived by five children from a previous marriage: Erin, Alison, Peter, Christopher and Joshua.




My thoughts and prayers go to his family.

Take care....Monika

 

[WDWLVR]

Thanks for posting that Monika. I saw it yesterday on Facebook and didn't think of sharing it here with others who aren't over there.

It is a very sad day indeed when we lose one of the Legends. That is why I think the Legends cruise was my favorite. Some of these men and women won't be with us much longer and it is great to hear their stories first hand and also be able to thank them for being a part of what is Disney.

 

[djstweety]

Good Morning Everyone...

I have some sad news to pass along to you



Wayne Allwine...voice of Mickey Mouse dies..


LOS ANGELES — Wayne Allwine, the actor who voiced Mickey Mouse for more than 30 years, has died.

The Walt Disney Co. says Allwine died Monday of complications from diabetes, with Russi Taylor, his wife of 20 years and the voice of Minnie Mouse, by his side. He was 62.

"Wayne dedicated his entire professional life to Disney," chief executive Robert Iger said in a statement Wednesday. "Over the last 32 years, (he) gave so much joy, happiness and comfort to so many around the world by giving voice to our most beloved, iconic character, Mickey Mouse."

A Southern California native, Allwine joined Disney in 1966 when he took a job in the mail room. He went on to work in the sound effects department and began voicing the company's main mouse in 1977.

His falsetto can be heard in 1983's "Mickey's Christmas Carol," 1988's "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and at Disney theme parks around the world. He won an Emmy Award in 1986 for his sound editing on the NBC series "Amazing Stories."

Allwine was the third man behind Mickey's voice. The first was Disney himself, then Jimmy MacDonald, who became Allwine's mentor and passed him the reins after voicing the mouse for 30 years.

"He said, 'Just remember kid, you're only filling in for the boss,'" Allwine once recalled. "And that's the way he treated doing Mickey for years and years."

"Mickey's the real star," Allwine continued. "You know you just have to love the little guy while you have him, because he won't be yours forever."

Roy E. Disney, director emeritus for The Walt Disney Co., said Allwine did more than give Mickey a voice. He "gave him a heart and soul as well."

"He did an incredible job of bringing emotion, humor and appeal to the character, and superbly carried on the tradition originated by my Uncle Walt, and later by sound-effects wizard Jimmy Macdonald."

Besides Taylor, Allwine is survived by five children from a previous marriage: Erin, Alison, Peter, Christopher and Joshua.




My thoughts and prayers go to his family.

Take care....Monika

This is so sad...its like a part of me just died. I had no idea about his wife being minnie mouse.

 

[dvc4life]

Good Morning Everyone...

I have some sad news to pass along to you



Wayne Allwine...voice of Mickey Mouse dies..


LOS ANGELES — Wayne Allwine, the actor who voiced Mickey Mouse for more than 30 years, has died.

The Walt Disney Co. says Allwine died Monday of complications from diabetes, with Russi Taylor, his wife of 20 years and the voice of Minnie Mouse, by his side. He was 62.

"Wayne dedicated his entire professional life to Disney," chief executive Robert Iger said in a statement Wednesday. "Over the last 32 years, (he) gave so much joy, happiness and comfort to so many around the world by giving voice to our most beloved, iconic character, Mickey Mouse."

A Southern California native, Allwine joined Disney in 1966 when he took a job in the mail room. He went on to work in the sound effects department and began voicing the company's main mouse in 1977.

His falsetto can be heard in 1983's "Mickey's Christmas Carol," 1988's "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and at Disney theme parks around the world. He won an Emmy Award in 1986 for his sound editing on the NBC series "Amazing Stories."

Allwine was the third man behind Mickey's voice. The first was Disney himself, then Jimmy MacDonald, who became Allwine's mentor and passed him the reins after voicing the mouse for 30 years.

"He said, 'Just remember kid, you're only filling in for the boss,'" Allwine once recalled. "And that's the way he treated doing Mickey for years and years."

"Mickey's the real star," Allwine continued. "You know you just have to love the little guy while you have him, because he won't be yours forever."

Roy E. Disney, director emeritus for The Walt Disney Co., said Allwine did more than give Mickey a voice. He "gave him a heart and soul as well."

"He did an incredible job of bringing emotion, humor and appeal to the character, and superbly carried on the tradition originated by my Uncle Walt, and later by sound-effects wizard Jimmy Macdonald."

Besides Taylor, Allwine is survived by five children from a previous marriage: Erin, Alison, Peter, Christopher and Joshua.




My thoughts and prayers go to his family.

Take care....Monika

Thanks for sharing Monika.

 

[dvc4life]

Good Thursday Morning!

I liked seeing everyone's answers to their favorite Disney characters. There was such a wide variety and so many that weren't mentioned. But we gotta love them all, right? Or else we wouldn't be such Disney nuts .

Have a great day everyone!

 

[WDWLVR]

Question of the Day - DVC

Here's a question for today. Since we are all DVC members it should be easy for everyone to answer.

What is your most magical DVC moment?

 

[wltdsnyfan]

Question of the Day - DVC

Here's a question for today. Since we are all DVC members it should be easy for everyone to answer.

What is your most magical DVC moment?

The day we bought into DVC.

 

[manascarfan]

Question of the Day - DVC

Here's a question for today. Since we are all DVC members it should be easy for everyone to answer.

What is your most magical DVC moment?

Our first members cruise!

 

[wltdsnyfan]

In case any one wants to order any Disney things, disney.com has a Memorial day sale. Any were for 15 to 30 percent off. Depending on what you spend.

It is even on the D23 items.

take care
flo

 

[BoosGram]

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Allwine family. By today's standards, he was very young.

In case any one wants to order any Disney things, disney.com has a Memorial day sale. Any were for 15 to 30 percent off. Depending on what you spend.

It is even on the D23 items.

take care
flo

Thanks for the heads-up, Flo. I've been coveting some of those D23 things.

 

[wltdsnyfan]

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Allwine family. By today's standards, he was very young.



Thanks for the heads-up, Flo. I've been coveting some of those D23 things.

Joanne,

I so want the braclet, necklece and key ring. But can't afford that righ now so I will settle for a t shirt.

I wounder if they will have any special D23 things on the cruise.

UPDATE: Now it will not work for the D23 don't know what happened.

Have a good day.

take care
flo

 

[WDWLVR]

Question of the Day - DVC

Here's a question for today. Since we are all DVC members it should be easy for everyone to answer.

What is your most magical DVC moment?

Answering my own question. For me it was when we stayed at DVC for the very first time. We had bought in January 2000 at BWV and planned a trip for that December. We booked a one bedroom and it ended up being a Boardwalk view (this was back in the days before this was a separate booking category). Sitting out on our balcony that very first night watching Illuminations was wonderful. Waking up the next morning and seeing Spaceship Earth the same way. Loved it and I knew then and their we had made the right choice.

Second place would be the same as Dave's. Our first Member Cruise back in 2003. It was so cool when they hoisted the DVC flag over the ship. In fact that is where I got one of my tags from.