10/24/2009 Bash On the Boat (I'm with B.O.B.) - Thread #19

[B9erSteve]

Question of the Day. (Again, thanks Kathy)

Where is your favorite character meal?

My answer: I've only been to one, so Parrot Cay on the Magic.

Character Meals have been a sore spot with me for years. When Stuart was about 6-9 mos old we went to Ariels Grotto in DCA. I didn't know it was a character meal (actually at that time I didn't even know what a character meal was) I thought it was wonderful! The characters marched be the table and took pictures with us. They held a grand parade with all the children in the room. And at the end of the meal, Stuart was getting antsy to get out oof the high chair, I placed him on the floor while I awaited the bill. Minnie came by, sat down next to him and played with him for a LONG time. I was thrilled. So when he was older and could really enjoy the meal we went to Goofy's Kitchen in DLH. We were completely ignored. years later I decided to give it another try and again, it was disappointing. Last time I went to WDW I didn't even schedule any character meals. I was perfectly happy about that decision. This time in WDW I wanted to do something different, I scheduled two of the and both of them were FANTASTIC! We went to Chef Mickey's and the Princess Breakfast at Akershus. WOW, the characters in Orlando really must come down to Anaheim and teach the California team a thing or two. I've posted some video on YouTube of the kids interacting with the characters.

 

[JLDSMD]

Yes, if she spent the whole 6 weeks with him, I could understand and yes she was there at the end but the first 4 weeks she barely got to be with him. They had a one-on-one date in the tent but that's it. Every other time she was vying for his attention with 5-6 other girls. So really, they only started REALLY dating like a normal relationship when they got to New Zealand.

Well, 5 or 6 girls for 4 weeks is a little better than the dozens of random people in a bar for one night. He did get to know her a little more everyday, granted not one-on-one.

Not sure when they were in New Zealand, but they would see each other every week almost from the time the show stopped taping until the final show, so enough time to get to know a person I guess. Not me though (I took 3 years to get engaged and almost 2 more to get married). Figure, a person could meet someone in a bar tonight and be engaged by the end of the month. It happens. Whether it lasts is a different story.

 

[B9erSteve]

Check out this video clip from DCL, click on photo below:

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That Rocks! I'll be rebooking onboard this October with every intention of transferring my ressie to this new ship.

 

[JLDSMD]

Yeah, but there's no way I am doing that again! It was a huge pain to haul through 3 airports (Calgary, Chicago and then Orlando) and she doesn't even like sitting in her chair in the car here. I plan on buying the CARES belt so that she can sit in the seat, which I think she will like much better than being stuck in that chair Plus this chair is way bigger than her baby one that we had last time!

We would put the car seat on the stroller and push it through the airport (DS would walk or we had our backpack carrier - a really nice Baby Trend that was compact but supportive). We'd gate checked the stroller then so it was there when we got off the plane at our final destination and we could put the seat on that again. It would only be the connecting airport that we'd have to move the seat (I'd just put the straps on like a backpack and carry it that way). You could actually "backpack" the car seat and use the stroller in the departure and landing airports.

With the toddler seat, I did find a trick to get it secured easier. You have to turn the buckler 1/2 turn so that it faces the seat. Otherwise, it is a "B" to get it unhooked.

 

[JLDSMD]

Steve - glad to see you found us. How have you been lately?

Any plans made for October other than the cruise itself? Did you get air yet?

 

[B9erSteve]

Here are the videos that I posted on You Tube
first Chef Mickey's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5q6aUrLv10

 

[captchris]

Check out this video clip from DCL, click on photo below:

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Thanks for sharing that Andy. I told my sister just this morning on IM that perhaps the first new ship will be named by the time we sail.

 

[B9erSteve]

Here's our Princess Breakfast. Leah was a bit star struck and couldn't talk very much with the Princesses. Stuart on the other hand was a chatter box. (He griped the whole way to the breakfast saying that it was just for girls) Turns out he liked the Princessess. And if you look closely, I think he liked Jasmine a bit too much!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwGBCCBFUZ4

 

[B9erSteve]

Steve - glad to see you found us. How have you been lately?

Any plans made for October other than the cruise itself? Did you get air yet?

Yeah, I got my air. I was very excited about that. I was sweating it out because I was seeing some pretty high prices but then it dipped down about a $100 per ticket so I bought. I probably could have gotten cheaper by waiting longer but I figured "A bird in the hand...."

I just found out, I wish I had known this on our last cruise, that you can book Palos for a dinner AND a brunch AND a tea. I thought only one ressie to a customer so we only did that brunch. (in fact, I thought I had to give up my dinner ressie to get that brunch and the CM didn't even correct me!) So I'm happy about that.

I need to spend some time today looking about at the ports of call for excursion info. I think that we want to go the the beach on St John. I believe it was you, Jeff, that sold me on it.

I've been spending most of my days off this week looking up info on the DVC. I'm trying to decide if I want to buy in or not. I can get SSR for about $68 pp and with the new treehouses coming online, it is VERY attractive for me.

BTW, Has anyone noticed that the Cat 12's are sold out for our cruise. Looks good for at least a few upgrades.

 

[njprincess]

So it is not Bernie, Nancy G, or Mimi.

I can only think of two other people and my first guess would be Paige.

Second guess (which is actually my 4th) would be Cass.

But I'm thinking Paige.

Paige is not correct

Cass is correct.

I'm not sure how many guesses you're allowed in one turn though But you should post the next one to keep this going.

 

[captchris]

Not to jump in to Steve and Jeff's discussion, but I was thrilled when I saw that Delta lowered the price from Bradley (Hartford) to MCO. It is now priced at $199.

I was going to try booking a refundable ticket today using my SkyMiles, but I only have enough miles for a non refundable ticket. I will just wait. Looking at the seat map, there are only a few seats taken on the flight anyway.

 

[captchris]

Did I fall asleep before claiming a FO?

 

[njprincess]

It is brutal! It's not really practical to be engaged to someone after only 6 weeks. If they had a whole 6 weeks together then maybe but the first 4 weeks, they barely get to be with the guy and it's often with other girls No thanks

But it sure makes for some damn good TV sometimes

I guess if people are stupid enough to sign on for something like that they deserve whatever they get!

In your context, I can certainly understand how this would make for good TV!

 

[Karen Mouse]

Isn't it amazing how when stress goes away, pain goes with it.

I agree - I think it was all the shouting I was doing that pulled my back

Check out this video clip from DCL, click on photo below:

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That Rocks! I'll be rebooking onboard this October with every intention of transferring my ressie to this new ship.

I wish we could say the same - I doubt we'll be doing another disney cruise for quite a while

Here are the videos that I posted on You Tube
first Chef Mickey's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5q6aUrLv10

WOW! - They come and go pretty quickly! You dont get long with each character Mickey and co seemed to be at our table for ages at Ohanas...maybe we jsut struck lucky

Thats an expensive 3 minutes

 

[Timon]

Well, 5 or 6 girls for 4 weeks is a little better than the dozens of random people in a bar for one night. He did get to know her a little more everyday, granted not one-on-one.

Not sure when they were in New Zealand, but they would see each other every week almost from the time the show stopped taping until the final show, so enough time to get to know a person I guess. Not me though (I took 3 years to get engaged and almost 2 more to get married). Figure, a person could meet someone in a bar tonight and be engaged by the end of the month. It happens. Whether it lasts is a different story.

Hmmm, yes all very true But, he hasn't spent this whole time with the girl he picked, only one week after in NZ and then only the holidays. They aren't allowed to be out in public with each other until the final show. And he hasn't even spoken to the other girl since he ditched her in NZ

We would put the car seat on the stroller and push it through the airport (DS would walk or we had our backpack carrier - a really nice Baby Trend that was compact but supportive). We'd gate checked the stroller then so it was there when we got off the plane at our final destination and we could put the seat on that again. It would only be the connecting airport that we'd have to move the seat (I'd just put the straps on like a backpack and carry it that way). You could actually "backpack" the car seat and use the stroller in the departure and landing airports.

With the toddler seat, I did find a trick to get it secured easier. You have to turn the buckler 1/2 turn so that it faces the seat. Otherwise, it is a "B" to get it unhooked.

Wow, I'm a little dizzy reading all that

 

[JLDSMD]

Yeah, I got my air. I was very excited about that. I was sweating it out because I was seeing some pretty high prices but then it dipped down about a $100 per ticket so I bought. I probably could have gotten cheaper by waiting longer but I figured "A bird in the hand...."

Who are you flying on? It looks like most of us from WI are going on Air Tran.

I just found out, I wish I had known this on our last cruise, that you can book Palos for a dinner AND a brunch AND a tea. I thought only one ressie to a customer so we only did that brunch. (in fact, I thought I had to give up my dinner ressie to get that brunch and the CM didn't even correct me!) So I'm happy about that.

Yep, you are correct. Sorry we didn't make that clear on the KK boards. If you would have asked, and maybe you did, we would have told you, you could. So did you not get to dinner last time? I remember you at brunch.

I need to spend some time today looking about at the ports of call for excursion info. I think that we want to go the the beach on St John. I believe it was you, Jeff, that sold me on it.

You mean Trunk Bay (Meghan's is on St. Thomas, Trunk is on St. John):

I've been spending most of my days off this week looking up info on the DVC. I'm trying to decide if I want to buy in or not. I can get SSR for about $68 pp and with the new treehouses coming online, it is VERY attractive for me.

$68 per point? Is that through resale? I would think that would get taken by DVC through ROFR. $86 per point maybe not.

BTW, Has anyone noticed that the Cat 12's are sold out for our cruise. Looks good for at least a few upgrades.

The Cat 6's are GTY, so those look booked. Wonder if the 6's will get 4's or 5's. Not sure how the 8's and 9's look. When we get closer, I'll check the rooms in each category like I did for the KK. It is a long process, but I can check every room to see if it comes up as available. It will give us a good idea how full the ship is too. I won't do that until probably inside the 75 day mark.

 

[JLDSMD]

Paige is not correct

Cass is correct.

I'm not sure how many guesses you're allowed in one turn though But you should post the next one to keep this going.

Next time I'll just list each BOBer in a separate post after the question. Then I know I'll get it right.

I can yield to someone else since I did take 4 guesses to get it.

 

[millerpjm]

Yeah, I got my air. I was very excited about that. I was sweating it out because I was seeing some pretty high prices but then it dipped down about a $100 per ticket so I bought. I probably could have gotten cheaper by waiting longer but I figured "A bird in the hand...."

I just found out, I wish I had known this on our last cruise, that you can book Palos for a dinner AND a brunch AND a tea. I thought only one ressie to a customer so we only did that brunch. (in fact, I thought I had to give up my dinner ressie to get that brunch and the CM didn't even correct me!) So I'm happy about that.

I need to spend some time today looking about at the ports of call for excursion info. I think that we want to go the the beach on St John. I believe it was you, Jeff, that sold me on it.

I've been spending most of my days off this week looking up info on the DVC. I'm trying to decide if I want to buy in or not. I can get SSR for about $68 pp and with the new treehouses coming online, it is VERY attractive for me.

BTW, Has anyone noticed that the Cat 12's are sold out for our cruise. Looks good for at least a few upgrades.

Hi Steve!

BTW - thanks for your DL advice last December - we had a really good time

I'm debating Trunk Bay in St. John's also, although the only DCL excursion I see is a snorkel one. Did you find another one?

 

[Karen Mouse]

Well, I 'm happy to say that we had a good and positive report off Ellis' teachers again today

Maybe he's over the worst ... or maybe I'm tempting fate by saying that

He set the table tonight for dinner and lit all the candles - he can be lovely when he wants to ... its just those other times in between

Better get going - I have a fundraising meeting tonight at 7pm.

Its absolutely bucketing it down (you use that phrase right?) tonight - anyone know how to build an ark?

 

[millerpjm]

I wish we could say the same - I doubt we'll be doing another disney cruise for quite a while

This is our last cruise for a while also Karen....we'll be saving up to do WDW next, but that will probably not be until 2011.