10/02/04 Antigua Cruise

[cdnmickeylover]

Thankful that it's Friday. Am now waiting for anyone to be able to find the key to the office manager's office to get the deposit book so that I can do some banking for a client. One partner has left for vacation, one partner looked blankly at me when I asked about the deposit book and the third doesn't have a clue where the key is. It's not looking good for banking being done today.

An not going to blame the office manager as she doesn't get to take any more than one day off at a time although she took today and Monday off. Just kinda funny.

Take care of yourself Nancy -- and everyone else. Need no injuries between now and the cruise.

Mike -- how is your brother doing??

My Dad is arriving in town tomorrow to see the new baby. He lives in Manitoba and haven't seen him since the last baby was born 2 years ago. We are going to take in a Yankees game on Wed (probably see the Jays lose. Sigh -- don't know what happened this year but it certainly isn't the Jays year)!

Almost time to leave. Have a great weekend everyone esp Mary and Ave!

Fiona

 

[RellingTwin]

TGIF!!! What a day. I thought it would NEVER be over! It started with a lady "breaking her water" 5 weeks before she is due and coming into the office (even though I told her to go to L&D at the hospital) Add to this a doc who was on call last night (read CRANKY!) and as always we were short handed. In theory I was to get off work at 4:30 but I knew by 2:00 there was NO way that was going to happen! Oh well ALL shifts end sooner or later and now I can finish packing for our trip to see my twin

Fiona...sorry about the Jays. It's so much more fun when your team is winning.

Nancy...sorry about your pain and your puter problems I hope you will come to the Radisson. I know it will be late, but it would be nice to see you in the morning. Who knows...we might still be hanging around the pool at midnight::yes:

Jill, your gift for Tim sounds wonderful. I would love to hear the details when we see you. As far as the documents go, we got ours 4 weeks before sailing, but please do NOT stress over it. I have see many times people say they did not get their doc, and were still able to check in at the port with no problem.

SueCot2000(Sue) nice to see you posting!!!

 

[alikat99]

Hi all!! Boy, it's been a long time since I've been here to say HI!!

I got a letter from Mary Jo the other day about your Friday night dinner. I'm not sure if we would be able to make it, but we'll see. If we do, we'll go to Disney for the weekend (to sulk in the truth that we had to cancel this cruise).

Unfortunately, I don't think that our next cruise will be sometime in 2006. We have a week at OKW scheduled for the 2nd week in Sept of this year (family is coming for Maddie's baptism). Then, we're heading to DisneyLand in 2005 (for the 50th Anniversary of DL). So, we'll be ready for a cruise in 2006. So, when y'all get ready to plan a cruise for then, let us know. Other than that, let us know if you're ever at WDW or central FL, and we'd love to see you.

As for us, we're doing very well here with Madison and Emily. Maddie will be 3 months next week and she's been sleeping through the night for about 3 weeks now (can't beat that). She has been smiling and cooing for about 2 weeks now, and she's just too cute. I was going to attach a new picture to the boards, but when I went to the site, it said that the boards were down for maintenance. But, I'll try soon.

Well, Maddie's asleep on my chest right now, and needs to go eat, but I'll check in occasionally to see how my favorite group of cruisers is doing.

I miss you all!!!

Amy (and Chris, Emily and Madison)

 

[Auntmeme]

Trying to catch up already.

Someone asked about the ME after my name on the list. I don't have a clue what that means. I was laid off in Feb and now have been enjoying collecting unemployment and planning for a career change. I turned 39 last month And dh is 42. Can't believe I just wrote those numbers

Viking - Sorry for the 2 messages. I replied with a big thank you Why would the message not come over in the correct font?

Piglet33 - we love sesame place! it's less than 15 min away so we opt for season passes. How was the crowd? haven't been there lately and it starts to get really crowded as summer progresses.

Two-foxes - Would love to hear about gifts of a lifetime, sounds fantastic! do they have anything like that on the cruise?

Ciadriamom- I would also like to know more about the jolly roger. Have you any additional info?

 

[two-foxes]

Originally posted by Auntmeme

Two-foxes - Would love to hear about gifts of a lifetime, sounds fantastic! do they have anything like that on the cruise?

Hi Auntmeme! A late welcome to this crazy bunch! You can check out the website at www.giftsofalifetime.com They unfortunately do not do events on DCL, unless, of course, you pay for their cruise! I asked on the parks board of any feedback and it has all been pretty good!

For the cruise, you could have Shirley at the Perfect Gift at www.theperfectgift.cc She will put together a custom basket for any occasion that will be delivered to your stateroom. I haven't used her, but people rave about her!

 

[papa]

Amy we are going to the parks after the cruise and would love to meet with you and the family.

Fiona my brother in law is at home now and is doing well. Thank you for thinking about him.

Mary have a safe trip and enjoy the time with your evil twin try not to too much.

Looking forward to seeing everyone in October Mike

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by Auntmeme
Trying to catch up already.

Someone asked about the ME after my name on the list. I don't have a clue what that means. I was laid off in Feb and now have been enjoying collecting unemployment and planning for a career change. I turned 39 last month And dh is 42. Can't believe I just wrote those numbers

Viking - Sorry for the 2 messages. I replied with a big thank you Why would the message not come over in the correct font?

Maryellen,
I got that ME from your initial mail : Occupation- ME-worked for non-profit for 14 years till got laid off 6 months ago As you Americans are so fond of akronyms I took that for your occupation, thought it could mean Medical Examiner or something like that. Working for an American company as an RP&P-Analyst in the TML-Dept of the CA-Division in the FRA-facility, I'm so used to talking in akronyms the whole day, that I stopped thinking about them

 

[RellingTwin]

My next post will be from FLORIDA! We leave in a few minutes.Watch out Ave, the RellingTwin family is on the WAY!!!!!

Mike, glad your BIL is doing well.

Everyone have a nice weekend

 

[ciadriamom]

Ciadriamom- I would also like to know more about the jolly roger. Have you any additional info? [/B]

They sent an e-mail back to me that all info was available on the ship. Leads me to belive that Disney "chartered" the ship for the day. Still seriously considering taking the 1:00 trip. Would love to have you join us.

 

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Auntmeme
Piglet33 - we love sesame place! it's less than 15 min away so we opt for season passes. How was the crowd? haven't been there lately and it starts to get really crowded as summer progresses.

Auntmeme,

We wound up upgrading our regular park tickets for season passes since we had such a good time. We were going to go back today, but it's raining here in NJ. We went on a Tuesday so it wasn't too bad. By around 3 pm the crowd started thinning out and we went on the rides that had long lines in the beginning of the day.

Maybe next time we go, we can meet up with you. It's about 30-45 minutes from us so it's not that bad.

By the way, your magnets were mailed Thursday morning so you should be getting them soon.

Reneé

 

[piglet33]

Have a safe trip RellingTwin Family!

 

[piglet33]

BigRed1/M&M64,

I mailed the magnets to you guys for the rest of your group Thursday morning so you should be getting them soon, too.

Reneé

 

[Viking]

Have a safe trip, Mary & Family

 

[papa]

Ave isn't it a law in Florida that if family comes to visit they have to do all the dishwashing???

I am waiting for Katie to wake up as we promised to take her to the park today. Kathy and Katie might even take a dip in the pool today. Kathy is catching a few zzzzz's in the recliner also.

Saw an interesting show about guys using rebreathers instead of scuba gear while they were cave diving.

Does anyone know whether or not the drink station on deck 9 is open 24 hours again or not? Mike

 

[Viking]

Hi Mike,
I don't know about the drink station being open H24, but I read something about it now also serving Coke.

 

[BigRed1]

Avé, Sent you a pm.

Reneé, Thanks for the additional magnets

Look at that timer

 

[Auntmeme]

Thanks Renee! would love to meet up with you, pm me with a date. I'll be at the beach the first week of august and then anything goes

Viking - I'm sure a me, medical examiner would be making more $$ than my unemployment so I'll take it

I've been checking out other cruise sites for excursion info. I'm thinking of going to Long Bay Beach on antigua & maybe a tour by Lawrence, anyone done this? And on St thomas Godfrey tours & sapphire beach?

don't throw anything at me but what other cruise lines does anyone recommend? With friends we are heading out again next spring but they don't want disney

 

[Viking]

An aquaintance from my gym did a couple of cruises on RCCL ships and liked it very much. But after I copied my DCL-DVD for him and gave him my DCL-Passporter to read he and DW consider giving Disney a try.

 

[ciadriamom]

Hope the twin reunion is WONDERful.

My brother worked on NCL for 10 years. He even went overseas when they built their newest ships to oversee the installation of the theaters on the Dream. He loved it and highly recommends the cruise line and so do I.

 

[jeanniec]

Auntmeme -- A group of us are doing a customized tour by Godfrey (kind of changing around the times that we do things - like touring, beach, shopping) in St. Thomas and we may have a few openings left. You can send a PM to bettemom since Kim is in charge of that tour.

Kim -- Do we have any room on our tour bus?