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

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Congrats on the savings!!! I was just thinking about you yesterday when I reread the last two pages of this thread and realized that you should be enjoying the sun in the Caribbean. I was just a bit envious as I'm sitting here in IL freezing my tush off!!! and wishing I were on the Wonder too. :teleport: Okay, so it's not as cold here as Jackie has it in MN, but I'm a cold weather wimp; anything under 50 and I'm cold. :sad2:

I'm in Maryland....not Minnesota...I am sure it is colder there!! It is snowing now...we have aobut an inch or so...that is enough to stop all activity here in MD!!
 
:rotfl: Ok, I'll give a quick Trip Report for my quickie Wonder sailing on March 1st, 2007. First, it was supposed to be an adult trip with myself and my dh's cousin. Unfortunately, she cancelled on the morning we were to leave because her husband was very sick. I will update this at the end. :sad1:

So, here I was with 6 hours to leave and nobody to go with me so I call DCL to see if I can take my cousin off and add my two daughters (6 & 8). It was a go, so I called the airlines (Southwest) added them and packed quickly. When they got home from school, I told them the news and we left 30 minutes later. :banana:

We flew into Orlando and crashed at the Rasisson at the Port - nice hotel. We took the 10am shuttle and arrived at the Port at 10:01am. LOL...:laughing:

Checked in, and sat around for 1 hour and 45 minutes. :rolleyes1

We had boarding card number 2 so we were almost first on the ship - went directly to lunch at PC (little bit cold out). Had lunch, tried to switch Dining (we had 8:30pm - too late for little ones). We were switched to 8pm with a Japanese family who spoke a little Broken English. Not too much fun and my girls were falling asleep. :guilty: Ate quickly and went to bed.

Friday - woke up early, had breakfast at BBB, played Hide N Go Seek in Route 66 (OMG that was fun!), played Checkers in Diversions all before 8:30am. :rotfl: Oh the Joys of early risers...

Sat at the Goofy Pool all day long - 9:00am to 3:00pm and got BURNT! Well, sitting on the edge in the sun wasn't very comfortable and it wasn't what I had planned (think sleeping by the adult pool, drinking and snoozing). Took a nap until dinner and then had dinner up at BBB (sit down service was EXCELLENT). Saw the Golden Mickeys AGAIN... :headache:

Blah blah blah... cut to Castaway Cay. Cloudy and breezy in the morning, sunny in the afternoon - got SO burnt and sick... Went to the infirmary due to constant heart palpatations, naseau, shivering, dizzyness. They were closed so we went to Dreams instead. Went right to bed afterwards but was up all night "praying to the porcelain God" if you get my drift. :sad1: Note to everyone- there is NO Gatorade onboard. Nada. Nothing.

Highlights: IAN so totally ROCKS and Brent is just plan GORGEOUS! :love: :love: :love: :love: Sign me up anytime for the Wonder! :yay:

We didn't see Anna Nicole's funeral even though we were in Nassau on Friday - we stayed on the ship because of the media circus and well, being alone with two little girls...

Bored yet? Kinda a quiet cruise - no dinners past the first one, I didn't even step foot into Shutters! And get this, other than the obligitory ONE Konk Kooler, I didn't even drink. I know, so sad... But my room charge total came to....

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$17.61 :banana: :cool1: :banana: :cool1: :banana: :cool1:

I actually saved MORE money (for myself and some others) than it cost me to actually sail on the Wonder. Well, not including airfare and the Radisson and the Wilderness Lodge afterwards. But you get the idea...

Bye!

Karen

Update on my Cousins' husband: He was diagnosed with stomach cancer which is in his lymph nodes and they are giving him 10 months to live. He has a 7 year old son and 2 year old twins. :( Please say a prayer that he receives a miracle and survives. Thanks.
 
Karen--thank you for the TR! I'm so sorry about your cousin's husband. He will be in my prayers! I bet your DD's were so excited! I would love to surprise my kids like that. We haven't told them about this DD cruise yet, and I'm going to try to keep it a secret. However, I am like a big kid! I just can't keep my mouth shut--I want to share the excitement!:rolleyes1 We'll see how it goes.

I can't believe you only spent a little over $17! You should get some sort of reward for that!:) I'm going to try to keep spending down (we leave for our eastern next weekend), but I'm kindof worried!

Again, thanks for sharing your trip with us! It makes me that much more excited for our cruise on the 17th!

Susan
 
Karen
Thanks for the quicky trippy!! Wow!! What a whirlwind!
I wish we could say we spent $17!! Ours ended up to be $1000!

I am so sorry to hear about your cousin's husband. I will definitely keep him in my prayers!
 

I'm in Maryland....not Minnesota...I am sure it is colder there!! It is snowing now...we have aobut an inch or so...that is enough to stop all activity here in MD!!

So sorry - but you know that all but 2 of the M states are so cold you better not lick a light pole. :rolleyes:
 
OK Dis friends, looking for just a little sympathy today. I'm home from work with my 3 year old DD who seems to have contracted the infamous Rotavirus from her preschool! (For those of you unfamiliar with this particular malady it involves repeated evacuations of all bodily fluids through every exit you can imagine :sick: !!)

So my day started out normal, but took a nasty turn when I returned to the car after dropping off my Kindergartner and there were no less than 4 missed calls in an 8 minute period. Being the calm, experienced mother of three I immediately assume either the house is on fire, or one of my two children at home is lying bleeding on the floor.:scared1: When I try to call back, the line is continuously busy (meaning my 13 1/2 year old is still calling me or talking to 911 on the phone!!) At last about 3 minutes from home I get through and my oldest answers and says, "mom Hannah is throwing up." AArrgh...after biting back my first response to scaring me to death, I tell her to calm down and I'll be right home. I slow the van to sub-light speed and whip into the driveway, knowing that it's probably not going to get any better today.

Did I mention my husband works out of town during the week and is only home on the weekends? So my next issue will be how to get my oldest DD to middle school for her last day of FCAT testing (state achievement tests) with a three year old who definitely looks a little green around the gills.:eek: Yep, you guessed it, "Hear honey, hold this big blue plastic bowl just in case." To say she looked horrified would be an understatement. But we're on the road and it's only a 15 minute round trip. Five minutes into the trip I know I'm in trouble when the low pitched groaning begins from the back seat..."honey hold the bowl under your chin and spit in there." DD promptly grabs the bowl and holds it vertically covering her entire face. "No, no down like this." Whew, the bowl serves it's purpose and I turn to the 13 year old for a little back up. She looks at me in like I've grown another head and says, "I can't help wipe her chin, I'll get sick, too." With visions of the Allstate commercials on TV I'm now driving with one hand, holding the blue bowl steady in the back seat, and possibly growing that second head as I give oldest DD the stink eye!!

With a silent prayer and the blessing of living in a smaller town with slow moving traffic I make it home without having to add cleaning out the car to my new list of jobs for the day!! What I did add is washing 5 sets of PJ's, underware, my sweatshirt, and the bathroom rugs :laundy: She's sleeping now, so joined you all for a sanity break. I do have all the afternoon pick-ups covered and I'm really hoping this is a 24 hour bug!! Of course my next post could be Rotavirus returns if the other two get it.:scared1:

Thanks for letting me vent. Those of us in the trenches have to stick together.
 
AF5FAM: Oh NO!! :scared1: This may qualify as "one of those days" that make you ask yourself, "Why did I volunteer for parenthood duty??" :confused3 Make sure DH hears this story so he responds appropriately upon walking in the door this weekend, i.e. draw the bubble bath, pour the wine, and remove children from the premises. You'll need some peace and quiet and definitely deserve it. We'll be praying for Hannah's quick recovery, your sanity, and the other two DDs ability to stay well under your radar. :rolleyes:
 
Here's a few more sprinkles of healthy dust for Hannah. princess: pixiedust: pixiedust: pixiedust: pixiedust:

In the meantime... better get going: :laundy:

Karen
 
Hi ladies, thanks for the prayers and pixie dust! Hannah does seem to be feeling better today, with only a couple of mild potty explosions this morning. She's playing school with her stuffed animals again so definietly on the mend.:thumbsup2 Unfortunatley I had to pick DD #2 up from Kindergarten about mid-morning because...you guessed it she's got it now, too!:sick: So far her's seems to be a somewhat milder case so keeping my fingers crossed that I won't have to do as much laundry with this one!

DH called last night to check in and we laughed about my crazy morning road trip. Then only half joking he said, "Well maybe I shouldn't come home this weekend...you know for health reasons!" I then informed him if he wanted to remain healthy in a permanent way, he'd better cruise through the door on time, even if it's in full chem gear and a gasmask!! :laughing: Hope you all have a great weekend.

Lorie
 
Hey Lorie,

Still thinking of you and sending you healthy vibes! :sick: I would start guzzling Airborne like crazy if I were you (and your husband)!

To Everyone!!!!

Are we getting any closer to our cruise yet? I know as soon as summer gets here, it will fly by and then we'll be under a year away! :cool1: I have got so many surprises for this cruise; I hope they all work out!

The Kids don't know (and hopefully won't until either a week before or the day we leave... not sure yet). DH doesn't know that our best friends are coming! Lots of fun...

I figure if we tell the kids the week before, they can be excited for the week leading up to leaving. I love it when they are excited! Plus, they won't know that our best friends are coming as well - that's a surprise for the hotel the night before (Radisson at the Port).

OK, off to go to the Philharmonic today... cold, sunny day in Buffalo. popcorn::

Take care...

Karen
 
Hey gang ... add me to the list of Thanksgiving 2008 cruisers. I had rebooked while on board our past (and first cruise) in Nov. 2006 and finally got around to transferring my "fake" booking to this sailing. I'll be traveling with a party of 15 (up from the party of 8 I traveled with on our past cruise) and will be staying in the same set of rooms on Deck 6 Forward. My immediate family includes

Me (Jason)
DW
DS10 (at sailing)
DS8 (at sailing)
DD6 (at sailing)

Now that my plans are made, its time that I finally get around to finishing the trip report I started (and almost completed) from Nov. 2006.

Disneylover5 -- I'm glad to see we will be sailing together again. I look forward to seeing your daughter on the "big screen" during the pre-shows.

Jason
 
Welcome Jason and family!:yay: Glad you'll be joining us! We leave for our first ever eastern on Friday and can't wait. I'm very excited about getting to go to CC twice in 08 though!:cool1:
 
Hey gang ... add me to the list of Thanksgiving 2008 cruisers.

WELCOME aboard :cheer2:

We leave for our first ever eastern on Friday and can't wait. I'm very excited about getting to go to CC twice in 08 though!:cool1:

Have a great time and soak up some rays for the rest of us who are still sitting here in jeans afraid to show our winter pigment :scared1: If I weren't so cheap and afraid of skin cancer, I'd hit the tanning salon before I put on a pair of shorts and spare those around me the glare. :cool2:
 
:welcome: Jason and family. My two youngest DD's will be 7 and 5 at cruise time so they should be in the same club as your youngest.

Hey CJCKclan forget about the tanning booth, I need a weedwacker to get rid of the fuzzy winter coat on my legs before I can put on the shorts!!:rotfl2: Speaking of which, I'll have to get busy on that soon, it's going to be 80 degrees today. Just a little jab from your buddy in Florida. :flower3:

Time to start the afternoon taxi run to pick up kids from school.
Lorie
 
OMGOODNESS!!:cool1: I want to do this cruise! I was just "wishing around" on the reservation site, and saw this. What a deal, and my kids would only miss two days of school!! Hubby and I will be celebrating our 20th, so this is just perfect.

Now, I've only done a 4 nighter. I am convinced we want to go 7, but tell me all your reasons you all love this itinerary. I have never been to Costa Maya.

I am so excited:banana: Hope to be official soon:)
 
Welcome Jason!! (ex-New Jerseyites here!!) I remember your trip report..glad you all are joining us!!

ColoradoMom...Jump on in!! Our biggest reason for booking this week...#1 kids won't miss too much school!! #2 DOUBLE DIP AT CASTAWAY CAY!!

Looks like a bunch of 10 yo boys at sailing time!! DS will be psyched!!
Any other 10 yo daughters at sailing??

Gotta get back to cleaning!! House is going on the market this Friday!!
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:crazy: I added this smilie because I wasn't sure how to spell pbbpbpbpbppz!

am convinced we want to go 7, but tell me all your reasons you all love this itinerary. I have never been to Costa Maya.

I am so excited:banana: Hope to be official soon:)

#1 - FRIENDS are going on this one too!! :cool1:
#2 - No 7-day Western during Summer 08; had to wait until the Magic comes home.
#3 - Kids will only miss 3 days of school (and both will be in HS by then):eek:
#4 - TWO days at CC :banana:
 
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