10-Oct-2009 - Eastern Magic St. Croix

[Meredith71]

My son loves chocotale covered strawberries. It would be a real treat as he does not get them often. That is why I looked at getting that package. I do not want to get only 2 of them or something because that would be a let down. I am hoping someone has gotten it before. I may post this question on the main board.

Meredith

 

[TIGGER/POOH4]

4 days to go to the Magic

3 days to go until we leave for MCO Hyatt

3 working days to go to the Magic

 

[Schachteles]

I can't believe it is only 90 hours till we leave!!!

To everyone participating in the FISH EXTENDER swaps, check out your PM boxes, I just sent off an updated list...hopefully there won't be any more changes!

K

 

[imonaboat]

wohooo 4 days left!!!!!! i cant believe it!!!!!


anyone have any rainy day backup plans in the event it rains on us in st thomas?!?!

we have a snorkeling excursion and if that gets canceled i think we are going to the the sky lift thing and then hit up the town to bargain with some locals

3 more nights of working...hopefully and then we are off!!

 

[Anj]

I have no rainy day back up for St. Thomas. Yet. It's on my list of things to do tomorrow. Tomorrow is my 'finish everything up for the cruise' day. Last night I checked that the girls still fit into their dresses and Natalia tried on every bathing suit she owns (7!). I also packed the girls embarkation day clothes, they are wearing red and white Canada t-shirts.

 

[DenverVal]

It says 60% chance of showers on weather.com. To me, that means it will probably rain at some point during the day. If they said rain, that would be a different story. I have no backup plan. I wonder where I stashed that travel book...

Safe travels to Tracy and Donna, who are off today! See you soon!

 

[TIGGER/POOH4]

HENRI, go away!

 

[JDBlair]

According to Weather.com:
Tropical Storm Henri has formed in the Atlantic well east of the Leeward Islands. Maximun sustained winds are 40 mph and the storm is moving to the WNW at 15 mph. Henri is not expected to intensify or affect any islands. Southwesterly shear aloft will tend to tear the storm apart and it may only last for 24 to 36 hours.

 

[imonaboat]

i believe the orlando news said that the storm isnt anything much to worry about

 

[PaigerPoo]

i believe the orlando news said that the storm isnt anything much to worry about

I believe I'll put my faith in the Orlando news!!
No rainy day plans for us. Worse case scenario, the sun will still shine 40% of the time!!! The Rum Factory is open rain or shine, im sure!

WE LEAVE AT 2PM TOMORROW for Portland then off to Orlando Thursday at NOON! It all starts TOMORROW BEBE!!!!!

 

[grlzmom]

i believe the orlando news said that the storm isnt anything much to worry about

Yep, don't think it will become anything and just putter out over the next day or two, which is really good for me cause I don't have time to get the hurricane shutters on the house before we leave lol.

My dd13 got an "Im on a Boat" tshirt too. Thats what happens for letting her watch youtube.

Can't wait to see everybody. Today is hospital day for dd18 so we will be busy. Then dh gets picked up at airport and dd13 has fall band concert tonight. Gonna split myself in three pieces to be everywhere at once.

Makes the time go quickly but I hope once we are all on the boat the week go very slowly

Happy travels to everyone traveling today and happy last minute packing to the rest of us.

We are currently having record high temps here with chances of thunderstorms and it's much warmer than usual and thinking it will stay that way through Saturday

 

[imonaboat]

ya we are due for record high of like 95 in orlando today....unbelievable its october and we are still in the mid 90s...glad i dont live in chicago anymore haha

sounds like there is going to be a small army of "im on a boat" tshirt wearing folk on the cruise...ill be wearing mine first day....blue tshirt and blue plaid shorts, im semi tall and of relatively skinny build...i stand out like a sore thumb for the most part haha


and being as its wednesday we are 3 days away, we are leaving for the port in like 73 hours...its nuts!!!!!!!!!! time to get a couple more days of work and a few more hours in the gym in before the cruise hahaha



see everyone soon!!!!!

 

[TIGGER/POOH4]

3 days to go to the Magic

2 days to go until we leave for MCO Hyatt

2 working days to go to the Magic

 

[TIGGER/POOH4]

Latest on HENRI

 

[bluecasbah]

I am so stressed out!!!!! I feel like I still have so much to do...and work...UGH!

 

[imonaboat]

so while cleaning the bathroom i decided to take tonight off of work which is nice because i then have two full days to do what still needs to be done...but at the same time i now have two full days to drive myself nuts because we are almost on vacation!!!!!

 

[JDBlair]

I am so stressed out!!!!! I feel like I still have so much to do...and work...UGH!

I totally feel you there. We leave tomorrow morning and I have SO much left to do!!!

so while cleaning the bathroom i decided to take tonight off of work which is nice because i then have two full days to do what still needs to be done...but at the same time i now have two full days to drive myself nuts because we are almost on vacation!!!!!

What needs to be done? Don't forget to pack your flippy floppys!

 

[imonaboat]

flippy floppys?! hahaha wont be forgetting those!!

 

[JDBlair]

flippy floppys?! hahaha wont be forgetting those!!

Yeap, flippy floppys are even on my packing list as "flippy floppys" and I keep saying, "I got my swim trunks and my flippy floppys". It's driving my DS (15) insane.

 

[RedSox68]

wohooo 4 days left!!!!!! i cant believe it!!!!!


anyone have any rainy day backup plans in the event it rains on us in st thomas?!?!

we have a snorkeling excursion and if that gets canceled i think we are going to the the sky lift thing and then hit up the town to bargain with some locals

3 more nights of working...hopefully and then we are off!!

Just dug out our rain ponchos and small umbrellas and threw them in the suitcase! In St. Thomas we're scheduled for the Coral World and Scenic Drive tour. At least if it rains, we're inside most of the time. However, afterwards we were planning on walking to the butterfly farm and checking that out. I guess it depends on how hard it's raining.

Now the weather for St. Croix and St. Thomas is showing rain and/or isolated thunderstorms every single day next week In St. Croix we have a walking tour scheduled -- hope the rain holds off for that one!

In seven cruises, we've only had one rainy day at Castaway Cay -- it got so bad with lightening that they closed down at 2 p.m. and left the island early!

The FE gift exchange sounds like fun. Maybe next time. We did decide to bring our FE just to decorate our doorway, and my DH did find our envelope of door decorations (piratey stuff) and magnets. So that's good. In the past we have actually brought tropical decorations for inside the room (our room steward loved it), but not this time.

After spending the WHOLE weekend packing, I discovered yesterday that with the luggage tags on Magical Express, they can't guaranty our luggage will be there in time for us to get our costumes for the MNSSHP that night. So I had to repack all the costume gear into a carry on (we really do not want to do baggage claim). It worked out, just didn't want to bring a small suitcase on the plane -- but oh well. Fit our bathing suits too in case we want to take a dip in the pool before heading out to the party.

Did I read somewhere that there is a thread with magnet graphs that can be printed?