10/02/04 Antigua Cruise

[Mr.GoofyNut]

Just stopping in to say HI!

 

[jeanniec]

Have a great time on your respective vacations, twins! I envy both of you. Wish we were going to either WDW or HH, our two favorite places in the world.

 

[Viking]

Talking about Schnaps and some infos for teh newbies:
It also has become kind of a tradition to bring something for the Sail-Away-Party. We brought little Schnaps-bottles containing about a shot each. Last time we brought Apple-Schnaps and Plum-Schnaps. The Ohio-connection brought Buckeyes, then we had luminescent hoops brought by Bette & Kim, soap-bubble-dispensers by the Twins, the Tennesseeans had yummy cookies, etc.
This is not mandatory!!! Not everybody brought something, but nearly everybody got something
BTW, we will meet on Deck 10 above the Goofy-Pool on the starboard side of the ship after the lifeboat drill. This and the group-photo which will be taken during one of the sea-days will be the only 'official' events of our group.
Please don't think that you have become a member of group which requires you to spend your time with. This is a definite NO. This group shall facilitate finding friends and you will usually meet a lot of your fellow DISer everywhere on the ship. If anybody intends to form firmer bonds of friendship -like we did- , go ahead. There is no obligation whatsoever -, Hey, we're on vacation
Later this year you will get the Logo from our Artists & Designers, which you can then take to a shop and have it printed on a shirt of your choice or you can print it and iron it on yourself. Last time we had about a 100 people on the ship wearing those shirts - Sometimes it seemed to be more common than the crew's uniform

But the keywords for everything in our group are: Voluntary, Friendship, Fun & Vacation or simpler:

HAKUNA MATATA

 

[bettemom]

Hi Mary, Well I join in the brain fart category. I totally forgot that last year we arrived in Orlando on Thursday, since we went that night and saw the ships leave. However Grills is still a great restaurant and if people still want to go there Friday night for a party then that would be fun. Perhaps Shirley can tell us if any ships leave on Friday?


"It also has become kind of a tradition to bring something for the Sail-Away-Party"
Mom and I are bringing the lanyards for this cruise, and of course Glo-Sticks for the nightime deck parties. We will pass the lanyards out to whom-ever we see prior to Saturday and then the rest at the terminal or sail-away deck party.

Time to go get the dogs in the car, off the the groomers for a bath...It is so fun getting a 180 lb dog in the car, he loved my station wagon but hates the SUV so he needs to be manhandled to get in. Then me off to work.

Bye, Kim

 

[RellingTwin]

Kim, I seem to remember there being a ship in port when we crossed the bridge on the way to the Raddison last year (on Friday). If I am correct then, at least one ship sailed that day. I will do a little research and see if I can find out.

Even if there are no ships sailing, I think it is STILL a great idea.

Eric...well said! Your web page with photos of many of us prior to the cruise was a big help! I was wondering if you will be doing this again theis year?

 

[RellingTwin]

Reasearch done! (I LOVE the internet!!)

The Sovereign of the Seas sails on Fridays!Also 2 of the "day" sailing casino ships sail on Friday.

 

[cdnmickeylover]

I'm still up for the Grills but after last night am definitely going to pace myself better. We always go to the same restaurant for the Christmas dinner and boy is it good but last night I think I ate way too much so I ended up feeling ill. It's an Italian restaurant so we had salad bruscetta, calamari, shrimp, eggplant, mushrooms, tomatoes with cheese and that was just the appetizer. Dinner was veal with pasta and more veggies and then dessert, fruit with tiramusi(prob. not spelled right). Of course there was wine with everything too although I only drank one glass since I was driving. I have no idea how much this restaurant costs though as we never see the menu. One of the lawyers knows the manager and does all the ordering. It was actually quite a nice evening for a business thing. Didn't get home til shortly after 11 though so will be tired today.

It's a week of business functions though as Thursday afternoon we have to meet with other clients but that's a wine and cheese thing at the restaurant downstairs from the office so it won't be late.

Course maybe I should practice staying up later because this cruise I want to see Andy doing karoake.

Jim goes to the doctor yet again this afternoon so we'll see if this time they can identify what's wrong.

Must go get the dog back in -- and then get DS up. Another day begins before it's light out.

Fiona

 

[ARLO1]

Did anyone hear on the news about the food in disney on the news? CBS had some big expose on the food on the 11 news last night.I missed it.

Arlene

 

[@GoofyNut]

Arlene ... we get a NY channel on our cable and I watched the news about the WDW food. Basically they were talking about some of the restaurants having documented times when their food was kept at temps below food inspection standards. They also had a Rep from WDW explain how many meals are served a day, how many times they met the standards on inspection, etc, etc. I think it is to be continued today. Not sure, maybe you can ck out CBS NEWS.COM to see if there is anything there on it.

Just heard that someone swiped the Phillie Phanatic's head at a fundraiser auction. They stated the cost of the head was $3000 .... can you imagiine how much a Disney character head is worth!

Gotta run ... today I am a staff of one so far with 4 phone lines to answer. Do the math!

 

[ARLO1]

Goofynut:

Thanks for the info. I will go on the internet to see if theres any info.

I pm's you...

Arlene

 

[jeanniec]

Hi, Mr.GoofyNut! Welcome to the group. I am a newbie also. I assume you are sailing with us. Is this your first DCL cruise or are you a veteran? This will be our 3rd DCL cruise. Can't wait until October.

 

[ARLO1]

Jeanneg:

I sent you a pm. Sorry for the lateness

Arlene

 

[piglet33]

I know we had a blast at the Sail-away party on Deck 10. We met so many people there. All we had to do was look for t-shirts with our logo. We got a lot of wonderful things and met a lot of wonderful people on that cruise.

Eric - funny that you mention how many of us wore the shirts, because one day someone told me how much he liked it and wanted to know where he could buy one. Seems him and his wife couldn't find one in either of the gift shops! I explained about these boards and you should've seen the look on their faces. They just couldn't understand how a group of people who didn't know each other got together from the internet to meet on the cruise.

I'm thinking of making magnets for our stateroom doors this time. Maybe I'll make the lime green Mickey Heads with our screen names on them. Kinda like the pins from last year. Or I could use the Cruisetoberfest logo like someone did last year. Not sure which one yet.

I still have the magnet from last year that Kim & Bette made that I'm bringing too.

Renee'

 

[jeanneg]

I just don't have a clue what it will be yet! We're flying so it will have to fit in our luggage, but I will definitely think up something by then. I'm trying to think of something that is unique to NC. Which reminds me.......there was a funny article in today's newspaper which said we should amend our state slogan "First in Flight" to include "Second in Everything Else" e.g. Carolina Panthers, Clay Aiken, John Edwards, etc. Oh well, I thought it was cute.........

 

[jeanniec]

As a newbie to this group, let me try to get this straight. Are you bringing enough of whatever you are bringing for 100 people?

 

[cdnmickeylover]

Don't feel obligated to bring something. Often whatever is brought is for everyone, or one per couple/family. It obviously depends what it is. Some people brought candies last year and there were enough for everyone. Other people brought other things that were one per couple/family which is fine too.

Jim's working on ours but it's a surprise.

The t-shirts were great though -- got lots of comments from the CM's and it was esp great at the terminal to identify everyone since we'd never met some people before but knew they were with us by the t-shirts -- very easy to do too. At the checkin counter we knew that Eric and Anja had already checked in because the CM said that people wearing the t-shirt had already been there. It was neat.

Wore the pin that Renee made later on to the MNSSHP and people commented on it. They had been on the cruise and saw the t-shirts and pins and thought it was a family reunion. They were stunned that it was all from an internet site.

Fiona

 

[ARLO1]

andy and i loved the idea of being with the whole group. we felt that even though we were traveling alone we were also traveling with friends. it seemed that wherever we went whether it be on the ship or on an excersion there was always a friend with us. we actually enjoyed this better than on the 1st cruise we were on with family members...more fun less aggrevation....

we met some real nice people who we still look forward to hearing from and seeing again....cant wait to see everyone again..



arlene

 

[@GoofyNut]

Not to worry ... We're (PaPa and I) are working on the T-shirt design for this year and I will again do the name tags that work on the laynards most of us wear. Gotta admit I'm terrible with name and they reallllllllllllllllllllllllllly help me out. Not to mention the DCL castmembers get a kick out of them too and use them to address you by name and next thing you know you are into a conversation.

Any little trinket that is brought is not mandatory, just adds to the fun of "Making Magical Memories!" Have my thinking cap on for this years give-a-way.

? about the dinner Friday night before we cruise ... Do they have cod on the menu ( Kathy and Art)? Really is there a way to see the menu on line?

Back to work .................

 

[bettemom]

Hi Cathy, here is a link to the Grills menu...

http://www.visitgrills.com/grills_menu-dinner.asp

Things are going OK, I will e-mail you after Friday..

Bye, Kim

 

[Hygiene99]

THATS RIGHT............................

got cuaght up in the excitement and the Disney ships donot sail on fridays.......... lol





Jeaniec..................................

MR. Goofynut I believe is the husband (ART)
@Gofynut (Kathy) and have sailed several times before