11/22/08 Thanksgiving 2008 cruise thread. Double Dipping Travelling Turkeys!

[Suzy Mouse]

Hello Michael!!! I was wondering how long I would have to wait for you guys to come along!! At least I know I can trust you this time around!!! When do you think Teresa and Ken are going to come out of hiding????

Traveling Turkeys??? Yes I definitely think that describes some of us!!

By the by... Traveling with me and DH... DD 13 at time of trip and DS 9 MIL and FIL. Just working on my dad and sil's family!!!

 

[love2travel]

Ok, OK, we are out of hiding!

Yes it will be me, DH and DD11 at the time of the cruise.

The Traveling Turkeys, I kinda like that!

 

[Suzy Mouse]

Yeah Teresa is here!!! Woo Hoo!!! Now get your hubby over here...just to say hello! (I never realized how much this smilie looks him!!)

 

[jsfein]

Wow, its a regular 11/4/06 cruise reunion on the Double Dipping Travelling Turkeys thread (nice name, by the way).

Suzy -- I mentioned to Karen that we will be sailing together again and the possibility of Sara joining you this time around. She'll help you urge Sara into the cruise.

Michael -- nice to hear from you. Hope you and your family are well. Maybe we'll find time to catch up at Cold Stone Creamery this summer.

Ken & Teresa -- I didn't get to meet you guys in November, but from what I've read I will make a point not to miss you next time around. From Suzy's stories, I'm not sure how I could have missed Ken even on a ship of 2000 people.

 

[love2travel]

Look forward to meeting you to Jason.


Teresa

 

[J&ADisneyMom]

We are happy to say we'll be joining this thread!! We booked our Thanksgiving Cruise this week (early dining/cat 9 room). This will be our second time on the Magic. Last trip was Oct 21 2006 Western and we loved it. Right now it's just our family of four

Me
Dh
DS will be 7
DD will be 5

but we're hoping to talk some friends/family into joining us. On the last trip, we celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary and did the vow renewal onboard. It was a blast but this trip we're looking forward to a little more R&R. The kids LOVE to order room service for breakfast and then go to the kids club. Dh and I will be enjoying more pool and spa time and then sitting by the Cove Cafe as we watch the sun set.

We definitely want to visit the Mayan Ruins (our children are part Mayan Indian) and maybe do the Dolphin swim in Coz... but we'll see. This trip we will spend less time trying to force the kids out of the clubs to do activities with us, and instead let everyone focus on doing what they love most. I can't wait to get to CC and relax on the adult beach.

I haven't read through this whole thread. I'll have to do that when I have a little more time.

Shell

 

[AF5FAM]

Good Saturday morning Bump! Welcome to all the new traveling turkeys, it's starting to look like a party!! We're all in full soccer and fast-pitch softball mode here so will be a busy day today. Hope you all have a great weekend, especially Jackie and the hockey tournament. Good Luck.
Lorie

 

[love2travel]

Has anyone sailed on Thanksgiving before? Just wondering, what they do special for Thanksgiving, if anything?

 

[DisVillainFan]

Great , I'm Round ,Happy and wearing sunglasses, yeah that about sums me up. Just one more thing though now we're there. Yes, Suzy mouse I'm checking in. Gobble,gobble!

 

[zakatak]

We were on the 11/4/06 Western Cruise also! Although, we're not from New Jersey!

Question of the day: What CHANGES would you like to see made to the Magic during her Drydock in 2008?

I'll go first... I would like to see the toddler water play area added. It is nice on the Wonder. I would also like to see better MUSIC played at the adult pool (stop the elevator muzik please).

Anyone else?

Karen

 

[Suzy Mouse]

Hey the BIG TURKEY has checked in the building!!! Now all we need is Cheys Mom...that'll never happen!!! Just like you'll never see Mr. Suzy mouse here!! He does have a user name...he just doesn't choose to use it! i'll work on him.


Zakatak...our meet was pathetic. Memo to all...don't have a meet at the family pool with the band playing..although they did try to help us out.

To answer your question....I'd like to see the slide kid's area changed like the Wonder.

Our next question should be "What not to do at a meet?" Ken has a couple of answers to that one!

 

[dutch_girl_scout]

Hello all!! We just got home from the 3/17 Eastern Sailing of the Magic. It was a great time. While onboard we gave up our mid-ship cat 3 suite (for two connecting cat 6s). It might still be open if anyone is interested.

The travelling turkeys are a chatty bunch!! I can't beleive how many posts I've missed. It sounds like a lot of you already know each other. For others, like me, who don't like to feel lost, I'm willing to set up a website for this group so we can put faces with names, and the kids can get connected beforehand. Let me know if your interested.

I can't beleive that noone mentioned one of our reasons to book a Thanksgiving cruise:
NO HAVING TO BE WITH FAMILY AT THANKSGIVING!!! (I guess that may seem strange to some but Christmas and Easter are close enough together for me. If I can find a way to get out of Thanksgiving dinner (root canal, mysterious illness, Disney Cruise) I will jump at the chance!

 

[DisVillainFan]

Hmm..What not to do at a cruise meet? Meet by the pool, wear a green Mickey head sticker on your forehead ( though personally it's a fashion statement), put said sticker in your (very cool Panama Jack hat) hatband, ask strange women wearing green bathing suits if they are looking for a party, I mean cruise meet. Thats all I can remember, we were sitting next to the bar after all. Suzanne, if I forgot anything I'm sure some one in our group will remind me

 

[disneypoor]

Hi, everyone! We also just returned from the 3/17 Eastern. I have to say that on Friday while we were at CC, all I could think about was the fact that we will all get to be there TWICE for this trip! That sounds heavenly to me! Although we had a wonderful time on our eastern, I still think that CC was the best part.

I'm sortof going through cruise withdrawal right now, so I'm so happy we're booked on this DD and that we already have a thread going for it!

My DD will be 13 and my DS will be 10 when we do this cruise. DD loves to make friends beforehand and can't wait to hopefully see two of her friends from this past cruise on the DD!

Have a great week everyone!

Susan

 

[Suzy Mouse]

Nope Kenny... you got them all! ps..when weren't you sitting by the bar???

As far as not being with the family....my mil and her hubby is coming and I'm trying to convince my sil and my dad to come along to. I love being with the family for the holidays...just figured I wouldn't have to be cooking a turkey this time around!!!

 

[tjeagle]

Good morning all!
We ended up in Buffalo an extra day....CAUSE WE MADE IT TO THE FINALS!
We lost the final game...but the boys were incredible! We did make it to the Falls, Toronto to the Hockey Hall of Fame and many, many hours by the pool!

Welcome new arrivals since I left...and welcome back cruisers!!

I have to snap back into reality and get to work! I'll try to catch up with all the posts later!!

 

[GreenTad]

Helllloooo, Traveling Turkeys! We're another family just off the 3/17 Eastern cruise that has rebooked with you guys. I'd love to know what DCL does during Thanksgiving week to make the holidays special for those onboard. Also, if anyone has a son who is around 9 right now that likes to email, please let me know. I'm glad this is a talkative bunch...I've got lots to read back through! Everybody have a great day!

Sima

 

[AF5FAM]

Good morning all!
We ended up in Buffalo an extra day....CAUSE WE MADE IT TO THE FINALS!
We lost the final game...but the boys were incredible!

WhooHoo and congratulations to the team!! Sounds like your "southern boys" held their own against those from the frozen north.

We're headed out of town for part of Spring break to visit the area we're moving to this summer. First on the agenda is looking at schools, then a little preliminary house hunting. It's hard to get serious about that until we sell this one, but we need to at least get a feel for neighborhoods, etc. We've had a four showings, but no offers yet. Think positive, think positive. Have a great week.
Lorie

 

[AF5FAM]

Oops...also a warm and sunny welcome to the new additions to the traveling turkeys!! Yeah, we're a fun bunch!! Can't wait to get the kids connected, Dutch Girl Scout the web page idea sounds great!! BTW I was born in Mason City, Iowa and still have family living where the tall corn grows!

To all, I think we should be able to plan an awesome cruise meet with this much lead time.

Lorie

 

[dutch_girl_scout]

Ok you Double Dipping Travelling Turkeys---Just why are we hiding on page 3 of the cruise meet thread? Maybe because it's Thursday and despite being sunny and spring all week it's grey and cloudy today.

I have the website ready to go if you want to send me your info I'll get it added and then I'll send you the site address (since it has personal information please don't post the address on the DIS boards).

Info to send (feel free to add other things/make suggestions):
DIS name(s)
First and Last name of people in your group including ages of kids at time of cruise
Where your from
If you have early or late seating
Stateroom number
E-mail address (if you don't want it listed let me know)
Birthdays for your group, including age kids will be on next birthday
Family Picture
Brief description of occupations, families intrests/activities/hobbies
Pre and post cruise plans
For each child: picture, activities and/or interests, grade they will be in at cruise time, activities they are looking forward to on the cruise

My e-mail is vanweeldens@mchsi.com or you can PM me the info