10/02/04 Antigua Cruise

[jeanniec]

Ave' & Cathy (GoofyNut) -- sent you both emails re the brunch and name tags (respectively).

 

[jeanniec]

Ave' & Cathy -- meant to say I sent you pm's, not emails.

 

[bettemom]

Peter...sorry to hear you will be at Ron Jons....the REALLY COOL people will be at the Radisson But...we will all be meeting at Gills on Friday evening! I count about 26 people staying at Ron Jons and Radisson. I am going to give Gills a heads up that we will be meeting there. Maybe they can have an area set aside for us? Has someone already done this? If not I will send them an e-mail this weekend. Are we going to do this early, so we can see the ships sail (5:00ish) or later (7:00ish)????


Hi Mary,

Just sent you a PM.

Bye, Kim

 

[BigRed1]

Ave' & Cathy(GoofyNut), Sent you pm's.

Is it October yet??

Allen

 

[two-foxes]

Kim- Got the package today! Thanks! Lovin it!!! Got Copper, the new pup, to play in the wagon.....now if I can just get Tim to get the pictures saved to the computer, I can post it!

 

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Hygiene99
Avé please add us to the brunch list.. What day is it on Again ??

Ok Who is Stayying At Ron Jon's ???

we just booked a Couple of Nights there....


Peter

Peter,

We're staying at Ron Jon the night before. Looks like we'll be having a pretty good pre-cruise party there with all of us "cooler" people. lol

Reneé

 

[papa]

Here is the National Hurricane Center link: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ Good info and tracking information. Mike

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by Auntmeme
We'd love to be counted in for the brunch also.

Viking - can you please email us a list of the actitivites?

We're still trying to get a decent rate on airfare. Amazing how they advertise $79 but they don't add all the taxes & xtra charges and then the dates & times are a joke. We probably will come in on friday so I think we'll look at the radisson or ron jons. The radisson at cape canaveral, right? pics look great online and for $119 which I think is a great price and am waiting for quote from ron jons.

Only 45 days - yippie

Any family actitivities planned for Antigua?

You may contact @GoofyNut for a better rate at the Radissons - See bottome of the List!!!

 

[Viking]

To everybody who took responsibility for one or more of the activities: Please send me a short mail telling me the participants.
For all dining groups: A short mail with the members of your group and the group's name (If you don't have one, I may think up one )

Deadline: 08/29 noon, EST
Same as for final clean-up of The List!!

 

[ARLO1]

Hi Everyone:

Sorry to say I've been lurking because until recently we werent exactly sure that we were still going to cruise due to circumstances but thankfully that problem has been resolved and we're looking forward to cruising with all you good people.

Ave: please include Andy and me with the 'brunch bunch'.

Goofynut: is it possible to get Andys nametag with the name
'Mr Karaoke'. That would fit him perfectly.

By the way is there a way to make the logos smaller?

Thanks all and cant wait to see everyone...

Arlene

 

[jeanneg]

Hi Arlene, glad to have you back........BTW, has anyone heard from Nancy? I know she wasn't feeling well a little while back. I sent her a PM last week but maybe she didn't get it.

OK, about Grills.......you might want to come up with an alternative plan. We were a group of 16 last week. I called early Thursday to see if we could get a reservation and they said they don't accept them for Friday nights, but I should call about 1/2 hour ahead, tell them we were on our way, and they would try to have something ready for us. Well, John and I had no idea where Grills was so we decided to go early and maybe have a drink. We got there a few minutes before 6 and told them the rest of our party would be there at 6:30. They said the wait would be about 40 minutes which would have been fine. Well, at 7:30 we still hadn't been seated which means we had been waiting over an hour and a half! In all fairness, the place was mobbed, so I'm not surprised. Shortly after 7:30 they put us at a very long narrow table. It was very noisey and you really could only talk to the person seated immediately next to you. In addition, because it was so crowded, you really couldn't get up and stand by where someone else was seated without getting in the way of the wait staff. I have to say the food was excellent and our server was very accommodating regarding split checks, etc., but the situation itself was less than optimal. It was late when we finally got out and the 2 young children in our party were exhausted. I'm not sure if there's any other alternative plan, but I think if I had to do it again, I'd plan a tailgate sort of party and just bring pizza and drinks to the beach! Of course, we won't arrive early enough to do anything with you guys, but I just wanted to let you know what we had to deal with. If your group is even larger it might possibly be worse.

 

[jeanneg]

My daughter has agreed to print up the logos for me. Since I've never done this before, what size logo do most people use? How should I position it on the front? (center or upper left?)

 

[piglet33]

Eric,

I just emailed you my update for the activity list to the yahoo account.

Reneé

 

[jeanniec]

Sharon (Ciadriamom) -- sent you a couple of pm's. You are great!

 

[bettemom]

OK, about Grills.......you might want to come up with an alternative plan. We were a group of 16 last week. I called early Thursday to see if we could get a reservation and they said they don't accept them for Friday nights, but I should call about 1/2 hour ahead, tell them we were on our way, and they would try to have something ready for us. Well, John and I had no idea where Grills was so we decided to go early and maybe have a drink. We got there a few minutes before 6 and told them the rest of our party would be there at 6:30. They said the wait would be about 40 minutes which would have been fine. Well, at 7:30 we still hadn't been seated which means we had been waiting over an hour and a half! In all fairness, the place was mobbed, so I'm not surprised. Shortly after 7:30 they put us at a very long narrow table. It was very noisey and you really could only talk to the person seated immediately next to you. In addition, because it was so crowded, you really couldn't get up and stand by where someone else was seated without getting in the way of the wait staff. I have to say the food was excellent and our server was very accommodating regarding split checks, etc., but the situation itself was less than optimal. It was late when we finally got out and the 2 young children in our party were exhausted. I'm not sure if there's any other alternative plan, but I think if I had to do it again, I'd plan a tailgate sort of party and just bring pizza and drinks to the beach! Of course, we won't arrive early enough to do anything with you guys, but I just wanted to let you know what we had to deal with. If your group is even larger it might possibly be worse. [/B]

Great Idea, I love the beach tailgate idea...

Bye, Kim

 

[cdnmickeylover]

I will go with anything as long as food is involved and of course great friends.

Glad that you and Andy are coming -- am going to stay awake long enough this year to hear Andy since I heard last year that he was really good. Let us know when he's on and we will be there.

Love the fact that Eric is calling for final changes to the list -- means the cruise is getting really close!!!

New Survivor starts Sept 16th!

Fiona

 

[Auntmeme]

Cathy I just emailed you about the Radisson. And I love the idea of pizza & beer on the beach It's a Beach Party all we need is the bonfire, who's bringing the rum?

If anyone with main dining wants to hook up please let me know, we do have a well behaved 3 year old

Are you excited about the change to a pirate theme?

 

[jeanneg]

Anybody know if we'll be able to catch "Survivor" on the cruise. Since it's not an ABC telecast, I'm thinking that we probably won't. They did work something out so that we could get Olympic coverage, though.

 

[jeanniec]

Jeanneg -- You're not the only worried about missing an episode of Survivor. At least it won't be the first episode so we will have a couple of weeks to get to know them. If I only knew how to program my VCR/DVD player I could record it. In fact, now that I think of it, I will have to ask my DD to tape it for me. Was on a 10 day Celebrity cruise a couple of years ago and missed the finale. That was really bad. Couldn't wait until I could back and find out who won.

 

[usetheforceluke]

Just a thought:

We have a propane mini-tank, floor burner, huge stainless steel cooking pot, portable stove, etc. if you'd rather do a lobster boil or a Beaufort Stew on the beach. Also wouldn't take much more than a couple of minutes to stop by the local supermarket to pick up some picnic stuff for potato salad, buns and stuff either.

All of the equipment shouldn't take too much space in the back of the van. We bring practically the whole house with us anyways... a few more pieces isn't going to make that much of a difference to us.



Jim.