10/02/04 Antigua Cruise

[papa]

Hope that everyone has a great weekend. Thanks for the heads up on wdw food again Cathy.

Good to hear from you Rosemary and glad that you enjoyed the trip to wdw. Kathy and I are going to Houston, TX for Katie's second birthday on the 21st of May. She had her first birthday here and now she will celebrate with her other grandparents this birthday. We will attend, but will hang back and let her other grandparents enjoy this to the max. While in Texas we are going to the Alamo and other historical sights. Mike

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by papa
Hope that everyone has a great weekend. Thanks for the heads up on wdw food again Cathy.

Good to hear from you Rosemary and glad that you enjoyed the trip to wdw. Kathy and I are going to Houston, TX for Katie's second birthday on the 21st of May. She had her first birthday here and now she will celebrate with her other grandparents this birthday. We will attend, but will hang back and let her other grandparents enjoy this to the max. While in Texas we are going to the Alamo and other historical sights. Mike

Other historical sights? You're speaking of Southfork Ranch, aren't you
Mike,
what about joining us on St. Thomas for our combined dive/snorkel-excursion? You said that you were thinking about refreshing your diving skills. I'll send a mail to everyone tonight laying out the details.

Mary,
we're looking forward to see the Hunley. It's good to see that you're facing the same problem as we: We usually only see the sights of Frankfurt and Germany when we have visitors from abroad. In everyday life its just .... everyday life
And I may join you for a beer or two after the dive

Fiona,
tell your DS to take it slow. Bones mend quickly, but tendons and ligaments need time!!

Cathy,
we already started collecting gifts, but we have to do all the wrapping in the States. US Customs recommend not to wrap gifts for inspection purposes, and additionally we want to avoid having to pay duties for them So we're bringing a lot of stuff 'intended for personal use' Usually we fly to the States with two large pieces of luggage - and then return with four after all the shopping. This time we'll come at least with three!!!
BTW, did I tell you that I bought some torpedoes to blow you out of your raft on CC?

 

[jeanneg]

Hmmm.....interesting conversation.....what sort of "toys" should I be collecting to bring to CC?
Is there any room left on the dive trip? How many people going are non-divers (we would only snorkel)? And (last ?, I promise!) what are the hours for the excursion? Since we will definitely be doing something in Antigua and we're been to St Thomas several times before, we're actually considering staying on the ship and having it pretty much to ourselves. Dive trip does sound like fun, though.

Nice to hear that everyone with an infirmity is on the mend!

 

[RellingTwin]

jeanneg....you can do the Coki Beach trip and NOT dive. My family is just doing the snorkeling. We plan on bringing our own snorkel stuff so we will only be using the Coki Beach Dive Club to transport us there. I was thinking of looking into a car rental but I remembered the horriable traffic jams in the late afternoon and would rather not deal with that

Eric..torpedoes???!!! I would LOVE to hear you explain that to coustoms!! Yes, I will save you a nice cold beer!

 

[two-foxes]

Another Dis'er posted this info about Coki Beach...it has some good hints, etc.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=5335964#post5335964

CAN THIS TRIP COME SOONER...PLEASE, PRETTY PLEASE!

Ok, I'm done. Patience is a virture....

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by jeanneg
Hmmm.....interesting conversation.....what sort of "toys" should I be collecting to bring to CC?
Is there any room left on the dive trip? How many people going are non-divers (we would only snorkel)? And (last ?, I promise!) what are the hours for the excursion? Since we will definitely be doing something in Antigua and we're been to St Thomas several times before, we're actually considering staying on the ship and having it pretty much to ourselves. Dive trip does sound like fun, though.

Nice to hear that everyone with an infirmity is on the mend!

Jeanne,
so far 9 divers, 8 snorkelers - Plenty of room left - Mail will follow later - have to watch DVD now.
Toys on CC: Anja & I bought a foam-like ball on the ship which we took to CC. If you let this ball soak up enough water and throw it at someone it is a lot of fun. But if you squeeze out the water, it's just a fluffy piece of foam - So you'll never know what's coming at you
Cathy was kind of disappointed when we came back aboard and the balls were sold out. So know she's beefing up her arsenal well before the cruise
Are you still looking forward to cruise with us ?


Jill,
what about the eco-tour? Did you book? ?How can we make sure to do the tour with our fellow cruisers? And will there be time for some shopping? We need at least the mandatory T-shirts

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by RellingTwin
Eric..torpedoes???!!! I would LOVE to hear you explain that to coustoms!! Yes, I will save you a nice cold beer!

Mary,
I'm blond and blue-eyed, so Customs and Immigrations usually leave me alone I'll appreciate that beer, espacially after having breathed two tanks of really dry air - I think it's going to sizzle when going down my throat

 

[two-foxes]

Originally posted by Viking
Jill,
what about the eco-tour? Did you book? ?How can we make sure to do the tour with our fellow cruisers? And will there be time for some shopping? We need at least the mandatory T-shirts

I sent them an email today to ask how/if we could all be scheduled on the same tour. I believe the booking offices are closed on the weekend, so I may not hear back until Monday. I get the impression they schedule one trip a day, which would mean if anyone books for the Oct 5 tour, we will all be on the same boat. I will get this confirmed with their reply Monday, however. That would also mean their would be a passenger capacity of 24. I also inquired about shops near the pick up/drop off site, which is at the Redcliffe Quay Boardwalk....
It will be a tight fit for shopping, however. The Eco Tour states they will have us back at about 4:15, and the DCL site has us leaving Antigua at 5:30. (St Thomas will be my shopping paradise....Tim will be buying me some diamonds or a watch or something....he just doesn't know it yet )

We did book the tour this week. It requires a $20 per person deposit with a credit card through a secure booking site, and they are very prompt on responses and replies.

I'll post what I hear back from the Eco Tour folks.

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by two-foxes
I sent them an email today to ask how/if we could all be scheduled on the same tour. I believe the booking offices are closed on the weekend, so I may not hear back until Monday. I get the impression they schedule one trip a day, which would mean if anyone books for the Oct 5 tour, we will all be on the same boat. I will get this confirmed with their reply Monday, however. That would also mean their would be a passenger capacity of 24. I also inquired about shops near the pick up/drop off site, which is at the Redcliffe Quay Boardwalk....
It will be a tight fit for shopping, however. The Eco Tour states they will have us back at about 4:15, and the DCL site has us leaving Antigua at 5:30. (St Thomas will be my shopping paradise....Tim will be buying me some diamonds or a watch or something....he just doesn't know it yet )

We did book the tour this week. It requires a $20 per person deposit with a credit card through a secure booking site, and they are very prompt on responses and replies.

I'll post what I hear back from the Eco Tour folks.

Thanks for the info, Jill. I think we'll join you. Perhaps we'll be enough people to fill that boat. We'll wait for you posting their reply to your questions and then we'll book. Shopping-wise I assume that there will be vendors close to the ship or we'll buy a DCL-Antigua-T-Shirt which will surely be availabe on the ship - Disney isn't exactly known for leaving out such an opportunity

 

[Viking]

I just sent the info about our St Thomas-shore-excursion.
We watched 'Intolerable Cruelty' tonight and liked it very much. It flopped in the cinemas over here, but I had to buy it for Anja -The Clooney-thing, you know Now I wonder about it flopping, because we liked it very much.

Yesterday our Hockey-team -The Frankfurt-Lions- won the German Championship in the final play-offs, winning 3 out of 4 matches. This is kind of a miracle, because after last season they had to leave the Premier League. Then one club went bankrupt between the seasons and they were allowed to return. It's the first time ever that a team from Frankfurt won that championship and everybody's very proud of them.
But now the Icehockey-season really is over: We had 24°C/75°F today and when I waited for Anja in the hospital parking lot, my car's exterior thermometer even registered 28°C/82°F I cruised along the Autobahn with the windows down and no windblocker at 80mph

 

[Tulirose]

Hi Again Guys!

Sounds like fun, as alway, planning for the cruise. Wish we were going with ya again! Believe it or not, we just got back the pictures today from Stingray City. Brought back great memories.

Anyway, this is for PADisneyFan and anyone else who may be interested in Port Orleans - French Quarters. I wrote up a little report about our visit to the resort.

Here's the link: Link

 

[padisneyfan]

Hi everyone. I have been just lurking for the past couple of weeks. Alot of things going on. Glad that everyone is on the mend.

We are not doing any planning of excursions right now. I have 3 trips planned in the near future. Next week Norm and I are going to Williamsburg for a long weekend. Our RCCL cruise and WDW trip in May and then I am only home for less than a week and leave for a conference in Tampa. So am trying to get all those things planned.

Plus the first week in May we need to move both boys back from college and get DS#1 wisdom teeth removed so he has time to recover before our cruise. The next few weeks are going to fly by for us.

Rosemary--- Thanks for the link to your POFQ review. Norm and I will be staying there for 6 days after our May cruise. We stayed there for 2 days in Oct 2002 and really enjoyed it but the room was in need of new carpet. So will be nice to stay in the redone rooms. Thanks again.

The weather in PA has been really nice the past couple of days. Hopefully spring has arrived.

Nancy

 

[Hygiene99]

Well that is what Jen calls em u know those big dust ball that come out from under the bed out of know where????

Just cleaned and vacumed under the bed last week... and when
we opened the windows due to the 70 degree weather the wind blows them out from under the bed ????? how why Eric u must know the anwser to this...??/


Oh yea just a very nce day here in Ma....
and we have to go to a birthday Party smack Dab in the middle of the Day .... LOVE THAT....


well have to go Buy a lawn Mower... Tis the season...

and there is 3 yards of Bark Mulch to go down and the beds needs to be cleaned .... out first.. and the fertilizer neeeds to be spread any help ..... out there....... BETTE.... u can run a Rake with the Best of em im Sure ... Dont give me this injury stuff....







oh yea going on a cruise in a few months.....

and to WALT DISNEY World IN 6 WEEKS long weekend

Do u need anything ???? From Say the Flying Fish?????

PETER

 

[piglet33]

Well, hockey season is over for us now that the Devils lost to the Flyers in the playoffs. Good thing the weather is very nice to get me in a good mood.

Lenny goes to Atlanta tomorrow for the week for class. The other ones that were supposed to happen last month got cancelled so this is the first time we'll be separated. Haley seems to know something is up since she's been attached to her Daddy all weekend.

Renee'

 

[Viking]

We call them 'dust mice' over here and I don't know where they come from, but they multiply like hell
Peter,
are you also suspicious, that all our fellow cruisers just fake their ailments to have all those nurses in our group take care of them?
BTW,my root canal worked out great, everything feels great and I'm looking forward to my next appointment with my dentist in 10 day to get the final filling.
The DCL-DVD is GREAT!!! Tomorrow I have to bring it to the office, 3 coworkers are already waiting for it. Those poor guys, they don't know yet what they're in for as soon as they've shown it to their wives: A very expensive vacation but worth every penny.
They can't expect to get such a good price as Anja & I

This afternoon we arrived at the gym and those jer*s lost our reservation for the badminton-court So we only ran 7 miles. So no badminton this week, because I can't play with our company-team on Wednesday as I have to attend a seminar called 'Navigating New Frontiers', a mandatory training program to prepare our company for the future. I guess it will be interesting and fun, but I'm surely gonna miss the workout. The seminar will be done in English twice and then about 10 times or so in German. I volunteered for the English one, because I expect it to be a bit more demanding.

 

[jeanneg]

To quote Eric:
Toys on CC: Anja & I bought a foam-like ball on the ship which we took to CC. If you let this ball soak up enough water and throw it at someone it is a lot of fun. But if you squeeze out the water, it's just a fluffy piece of foam - So you'll never know what's coming at you.

I just have one question: FUN FOR WHOM?!? I thought I read somewhere that according to the rules you're not allowed to hit anybody over 50!

As far as the toys go, I plan to visit my local Dollar Tree before the cruise and pick up a bunch of cheap floats and rafts. When I'm done using them, I can just toss them or pass them on to someone with kids.

 

[Viking]

Jeanne,
sorry, but I didn't start that war!!! Cathy sneaked up on me on CC in 2001 and flipped my float over, thus dunking me. So I had to retaliate somehow!!!
We usually don't score direct hits with the ball, the art lies in making the impact close to your victim, causing a big splash
And sorry again: Although we try to avoid collateral damage, we don't give any guarantees. Neither can we take special care of people ..hm (How shall I express it PC?) .. who are historically challenged
But after having read Cathy's post I consider informing the UN inspectors and have them check her house for WMD (Water Missiles, Disney-style)

 

[papa]

UN! We don't need no stinking UN Castaway Cay is a good place to sink zee German later. Mike

 

[Tulirose]

Hey Mike! Sorry we missed your call. We were busy showing off our latest WDW (and the wedding we attended) photos to family members who could not go. I also sent you a PM earlier today. Did you get it?

Castaway Cay and ball playing! *Memories* (think sappy tune here). That was fun. But it was a little scary when Anja and I realized how far away we drifted off from the rest of the gang on those inner tube thingies. Getting back to you guys took a lot of effort and time! But we enjoyed the drifting part!

GOSH! I AM SO JEALOUS OF YOU GUYS GOING AGAIN!!!!!

 

[@GoofyNut]

OMG it's Monday already ... why are the weekends so short and the work weeks soooooooooooooo long. The weather was really nice ... planted some pansies and did some other stuff on my front porch getting it ready for the summer.

Eric ... torpedos ... boy some German's s aren't happy unless they can get the upper hand! Just glad that we have customs for things like that .

I'm not sure but I think we have some veterans out there that are MIA from posting ... YooHoo Dave & Ellen, Nancy and Norm where are you? Come out and play.

Anybody remember the antics with the stuff we hung on our stateroom doors? Geez that was fun.