11/8/03 Western Cruise roll call.... "looking for info from DISers"

[disneyeveryyear]

Hi Alice,

The whole pants story is quite long, but imgoingtodisney's DH was refusing to go to dinner in the dining room if he couldn't wear shorts. There was an entire thread about the fact that he didn't own any dress slacks and didn't want to buy or bring any.

Luckily it has all been resolved, she mail-ordered pants for him and he is going to keep them. Crisis solved, but still very humorous. We are jokingly calling him "Mr. No Pants", but don't let him know, he is kind of sensitive about it.

That's all - no big deal, just a joke.

Are you joining us on November 8th?

 

[imgoingtodisney]

Good morning everyone - so how many wks is it?
(Bev - Im changing my counter to 8wks at 504pm tonight)
We're getting closer

Asked DH about the wine. We'll be flying down with Picala & Malibu Rum. DH wants to buy the wine (and his vodka) in FL. David isnt Asti a champagne? Maybe we'll get 1 of them to help with all the celebrations!

 

[acrucifer]

big giant get out my way bump!!!

 

[imgoingtodisney]

Hi everyone - trying to get a list of who is assigned which room and what dining times we all have. Hopefully Dave can add this to his next newsletter. Ive read back through this thread and now have some of you but not all. Also do you think it would be rude to email those who are on Dave's list but not on this thread? Dont want them to feel left out. thanks

 

[cjp/dvc]

Barbara...as one of those on David's list but only an occasional post on the board I think it would be fine to put out an all call. Although I don't often participate I do catch up in spurts and enjoy learning a little about everyone.
DH Joe and I (you might remember me as the high school assistant principal David warned all the teens about in an early newsletter) will be on board with DS Jeff (27) and his significant other Meg who may soon be DIL! If all the DISers of 11/8 Magic really believe in Tinkerbelle's magic dust than maybe some dreams will come true.
To catch up on some old questions...we are DVC members since '72...and belong at OKW and HH.
I will pay more attention to the board from now on as the busiest of my summer work is over-Preparing everything for a high school of 1100 teens to return! However, it is good to start fresh each September and it takes a while before the "frequent flyers" to the high school vice principal's office get into full gear! How soon, you never know, but come November 8th you will be able to tell how busy it has been by checking out my bar bill on martinis at Sessions (piano bar)after dinner...sometimes before!
Regarding a place to meet for an initial greeting...might I suggest somewhere covered? The Promenade area is a good suggestion...as On our Western Magic cruise last summer our DISgreet was spoiled by rain as we sailed away. We had planned a pool area and the few who remained were soaked. Other greets/events are a terrific idea as well as a published room list in case some cannot make a gathering...but want to leave a note to arrange some time/place during the week. We missed some DISers on board and had to reconnect on line after the cruise. Also, what's the latest on our green nametags? DH got our 4 at Home Depot last week.
Count us in for the Wine/Beer tasting. Using the rear deck 7 is a great idea...it is one of our favorite hangouts and will be perfect. The last time we cruised Joe Namath (NY Jets quarterback in the 70's) was onboard and spent his sunning time there to avoid the crowds...he was with DD's & friends. Tommy Smothers of Smothers Brothers fame was also on board with his family. Namath was incredibly personable on deck 7, at the Tulum ruins tour, and he offered to be available for a one hour spontaneous Q & A for guests to attend so they could take photos and ask questions...afterwards everyone appreciated his graciousness and gave him lots of space and privacy...
Well, I may not have posted often...but they are long!
Don't forget, this is a repeat cruise for us, so if we can be of any help with questions/answers...don't hesitate.
Looking forward to meeting many of you-SOON!

 

[imgoingtodisney]

Its Sat morn - Magic sets sail again today - yippee - cross off another week!

Did you guys see we have a 11/8 cruiser lost on another thread? Gotta get the Sarcone family over here. Thats the name they posted under for their thread. It says cruisin in Nov - doesnt give the date in the title. I already replied but help me please

 

[dianthus]

OK Barb, I did my part... After my post they are bound to come over here, even just out of curiosity! I hope I didn't scare 'em away... LOL - Welcome Sarcone's if you are reading this!

Taylor's friend Marissa is coming with us. Watch out everyone... the dynamic duo will be on board! Non stop action, non stop energy, lots of fun!

My sister & BIL will not be sailing with us. His Dad is very ill & they really can't leave him. He's not in good shape. So they cancelled right before the penalties kicked in. So sad, , we're gonna miss them... But there will be another time...

We finally got our plans set. Flying out of Hartford on 11/7 & staying at the Radisson the night before. We are staying over 11/15 after the cruise at the Swan-doing EPCOT ~Mission Space & Food & Wine Fest, MGM & returning home 11/16 late.

Barb ~ For your list - Stateroom #7544 - & late dining for us.

~ Linda

 

[imgoingtodisney]

thank you Linda
- sorry your sister and BIL wont be able to join us

Looking forward to meeting you at the Radisson that Fri night

 

[imgoingtodisney]

this is what Ive got so far:

IGTD - 6124 - main dining
Alisbarc - 6016 & 6018 - ?
nghtangl01 - deck 7 - late
fay ray - deck 7 aft - late
3minnie mom - SPRs deck 5 - ?
Johnathan's mom - ? - main
mactlc - 7570 - late
mactlc neighbors- cat 4 - late?
mactlc SIL - cat 9 - late?
tesabat - deck 6 - ?
disneyeveryear - 2122/2124 - late
shooter - 6641 - ?
CJP/DVC - 6644/6646 - late
acrucifer - deck 6 - late
disney 6 - 6624 - late
disney 6 parents - 6643 - late?
dianthus - 7544 - late
mousegoofy - 8560 - late
figgy 77 - 6594 - ?
Sarcone - 7505/7507 - ?

DISers from Daves newsletters who we dont have much info on:
Nuke, Kaelysmom, WDW1972, Tiggerhappy, Sandra/David/Conner, Bugpeanut, gijuju, msec-dvc95, sunny suse, Diane/Bob/Maria/Nicole, goofy4wdw59, teamprinty, Jon/Sue/Nicolle

thank you

 

[acrucifer]

yes, it is deck 6, late dinner seating, although I am hoping for main. and I am looking forward to meeting all the diverse and interesting people on this dis list. somewhere over 100! unfortunately, we will lose contact with each other when we leave for Florida, so I am glad we will have a pre determined place to meet. anyway, we will all have a good time. so long for now.

 

[MouseGoofy]

Hi all,

I have not had a chance to check in as often as I would like but we are still here. We are in cabin 8560 on deck 8 and we have late seating for dinner. This is the first time we have had late seating and I guess the question will be if Ben (DS11) will be eating with us or with the kids from the oceaneers lab.

John

 

[sarcone]

Hello, all! Thank you for responding to my message in the wrong location.

We are the Sarcone family from Des Moines IA and will on our first cruise ever with DCL on Nov. 8th. We consist of myself, DH, DD age 13 (turning 14 on Nov. 11th), DD - age 11, DD - age 8, DS - age 5 and DD - age 3. My DM - age 80 is also attending with us.

We look forward to meeting some of you on the ship. We are in adjoining cat. 10 on Deck 7; I believe staterooms 7505-7507. Do not yet know our dining time but probably early as we have little ones.

We booked last Nov. as our 2002 XMAS present. The wait has been hard but not too much longer now!

Do I need to inform DCL staff of my daughter's birthday or do they know from our booking information? I would like something special for her.

 

[dianthus]

Welcome Sarcone Family! We're glad you joined us!

If you have a birthday you want celebrated on a certain day, it's best to call your TA, or DCL direct and put in a request ahead of time. They can confirm your dining time, which should be Main if you booked so far ahead. Then remind your server the first night of the cruise. Our DD celebrated her B day on board 2 years ago & they brought her a beautiful chocolate cake with a white chocolate ribbon on it with the Magic's picture in Dark Chocolate- very nice. I heard on this board they give a pin? She didn't get one, so I don't know about that... Ask your server about it. Our anniversary is on 11/11 too! Lots of celebrations going on in this group...

I have 2 almost 13 yr. olds with us, my DD & her friend. David has a 13 yr. old DD too, so it sounds like there will be a lot of young teens on the ship. All the kids will have fun- big kids too, like us!DCL does a great job & this will be vacation your family will cherish!

Read thru the thread and contact david- email is listed on the first post. He'll clue you in & send you the newsletters he's done for everyone. He's done a terrific job~ you'll be impressed.

~ Linda

 

[imgoingtodisney]

Please take a minute to check out the 11/8 celebration thread. Who/what did I miss? Thank you

 

[Tesabat]

IGTD - We have late seating.

 

[nghtangl01]

I haven't responded lately. But had to state we have already started packing. Getting ready to place the order for his tux. We are going down to get our marriage license in 2 weeks from tomorrow.

Then it is really going to start feeling real. We have Biketoberfest getting ready to start on Oct 10 so the month of October will go by very fast for us.

Cannot wait to receive the cruise docs and meet everyone.

Hope everyone had a good weekend.

 

[MouseGoofy]

Hello,

I know that I have seen on this thread that some of you will be staying at The Radison at the Port on Friday night before we cruise. Do any of you know the chances of getting a room without a reservation. We are driving this year and I am not sure if we will make it all the way on Friday. I guess it will depend on how long DW sleeps while I'm driving (While she is sleeping she can't tell me to slow down.)


Thanks for your help,

John (Who does really drive safely but has just been trained by Chicago's expressway traffic.)

 

[momof2greatgirls]

After reading 31 pages about all of you I figured it was time for us to introduce ourselves.

There are 10 of us, myself, DH, DD age 9 and DD age 5 from Indiana, our first cruise with DCL, in cabin 5514, late dining

My sisters family (her second cruise with DCL), her DH and DD age 8 and DD age 6 from Florida, in cabin 5516, late dining, and

Our Parents, their first cruise with DCL, from Indiana in cabin 5518 late dining.

I have sent an email to David to get the latest newsletter and can't wait to see what he has put together. It sounds like there is a great group here and a lot of fun to be had!
Lisa

 

[acrucifer]

bump

 

[imgoingtodisney]

Welcome to the 11/8 thread Mom of 2 great. Thanks for your info
I'm sending an email off to David to make sure he reads this.

Mousegoofy - I started a new thread "Chances of Radisson without ressie"
I think when I booked they told me we had until 6pm to cancel. That may be your best best. Take their phone # with you and if it seems like you wont be making it cancel.