12/09/06 Cruise Continued ~ Pirating Bananas DIS Geekorama Part 2 Part 10

[lbgraves]

Laura is going to wake up on General Hospital today!!!!

I am so bummed that I missed that today.

 

[Jhalkias]

Ahhhhhhhhhh . . .

Caught up, and just 11:00 - no matter what that DIS clock says.


Good thing I was just about posting with myself all night.

Busy again tomorrow.

Maybe Chat after the Football Game.

Good Night!



John1

 

[lbgraves]

Another questions for the camera-philes amongst us.

We are looking at a Fuji(?) S5200 or something like that. Is this a decent camera? It seems to get really good reviews.

I would never recommend a Fuji camera. I had a Fugi 35mm and it took great pictures but when it broke the repair guy told me that it would cost me twice as much to repair it as it would to replace it...and he didn't sell cameras so that actually cost him a sale. He said that he would never buy a Fugi because of the repair cost.

 

[lbgraves]

Sorry I forget that everyone is not quite as "retentive" as I am. I keep the original box to everything and file the software so I can find it.

I have kept every box for the kid's toys....imaginext, legos, car seats, highchair. It did make it easier to sell things when they outgrew them. The pile of boxes up in the attic is growing.

 

[lbgraves]

I am sick of doing laundry!

I haven't done laundry all week & it is piling up. This weekend I will be catching up. The house is a mess. I told DH this when he called me back tonight. The kids & I were at the school until 6:15 and then we went by McD's to eat. I cut & tied tulle for two hours since the other volunteers didn't show up today & am about half way thru stringing fishing line thru metalic stars to put up in the cafeteria. I had to take a break.

 

[lbgraves]

Oh No! I will be a nervous wreck. I like these things in my hands very early. I have already printed my MVMCP tickets. We have a multi-slot folder where we keep all of the documents for these trips; including our passports.

This not good news!

I think that it is just where we live. I haven't received the hair ties yet but everyone else got them two days ago. If you print out your docs online you wont get the paper docs. I will probably print them a couple days before we leave to be ready but want the paper docs for the scrapbook.

 

[GoofyforGoofy]

He can tag along with me Tana . . . I will be the one following the back of Andy's head.

Seriously . . . all of us going to the family beach (and leaving early) should stake out a "DIS" section for as many of us as we can. We can post pirate flags around. One of the tricks is to go pretty far down the family beach - many people stop as soon as they see water. Further down also = closer to Cookies!

John1

John, you think like I do and....<wait - EVERYONE RUN!!!!!!> ok, where was I...

Of yeah, I stake out right down from Cookies, makes our lunches easier to get to. We need to organize and conquer...I mean, coordinate. We need to coordinate the night before and get on the same page. The kicker will be family members who want tubes and such - that slows us down. Maybe send one or two scouts..I mean, parents...over to pick those up and drag them to the bases, I mean...beach chairs. Plans, plans, already our minds are becoming one...

 

[lbgraves]

Roundtrip airfare for 4 non-stop from Kansas City to Orlando on Southwest for our dates right now is $468.xx.

What do I do? We also could fly in Thursday evening for the same price and stay at WDW and visit a park on Friday if we wanted. Of course we would have the added hassle of the car seat, rental car, less luggage, etc.. What should we do?

Becka, that isn't bad. When you consider the fact that you will be more rested for Saturday morning....it would be worth it to me....and I am cheap.

 

[lbgraves]

DW is visiting her Mom in NC. I am so caught up that I am reading and posting on other threads! I haven't done that in weeks.

What part of NC, Brack? If she is near the coast we might be able to meet.

 

[lbgraves]

Other....threads? Outside? Out there? There's OTHER people?

OH tell me about this Unknown place..tell me of the people there....What color is the sky in their world?

 

[lbgraves]

OK all you CC sprinters, would anyone be willing to adopt my dh and show him where to go? Last year on our first CC day we didn't go out until later, we were lucky to get a few chairs together in the back. The second day my Dad went out and got some chairs closer to the front, but still not fabulous and nowhere near a hammock. The only hammock I saw was really far from the water. Really we were just in awe of the whole place and happy to be anywhere on the beach!! It doesn't seem like it should be so difficult to find The Perfect Spot, but I guess there isn't much time to mess around if you are a *serious* beach spot finder. Just so you know, dh is very very punctual, always early for appointments, and he can run fast, he won't slow you down! He'll even carry your beach bag ladies <hint hint Angie>.

Now me and the chilluns are just too slow to get going in the morning, we won't even try to be out with the sprinters.

We always go up to Topsider's for breakfast then watch the ship pull into the dock at CC.

 

[tynkerbell]

How come the ones in the pictures look like they need spanx like I need another Ho Ho?

John1

Maybe that's how good the Spanx works?

 

[GoofyforGoofy]

Castaway Cay Map

Ok, this is a link to a map showing Castaway Cay. Wife and I usually stake out a letter J (known as Operation JellyBean); you can see it is directly down from Cookies and the Conched Out Bar (ummm, a coincidence).....good location, at least to us. Its fairly close to the Swimming Lagoon (the island at I on the map)....

For the return DISers, whats your favorite spot?

 

[GoofyforGoofy]

We always go up to Topsider's for breakfast then watch the ship pull into the dock at CC.

The best is getting an outdoor table and looking down to see the sealife along the sides, rays etc. Nice....

 

[lbgraves]

Well Tana,

Amy's sister does live in Williamsburg. Just show up at her door.

Hi, I'm Tana from Minnesotta, and I was supposed to meet up with your sister in St. Paul, but we just played phone tag, so I thought I would stop here and see you instead while I am in the neighborhood. Yes we met on the internet.



John1

ROFLMAO!!!! Be sure to tell her you know those other internet people in NC!

 

[lbgraves]

John, you think like I do and....<wait - EVERYONE RUN!!!!!!> ok, where was I...

Of yeah, I stake out right down from Cookies, makes our lunches easier to get to. We need to organize and conquer...I mean, coordinate. We need to coordinate the night before and get on the same page. The kicker will be family members who want tubes and such - that slows us down. Maybe send one or two scouts..I mean, parents...over to pick those up and drag them to the bases, I mean...beach chairs. Plans, plans, already our minds are becoming one...

Forget the tubes!!! We can send others out to get those first. The kids can follow behind with the moms so we can get the cute character pictures before they all hit the DIS sand.

 

[lbgraves]

Castaway Cay Map

Ok, this is a link to a map showing Castaway Cay. Wife and I usually stake out a letter J (known as Operation JellyBean); you can see it is directly down from Cookies and the Conched Out Bar (ummm, a coincidence).....good location, at least to us. Its fairly close to the Swimming Lagoon (the island at I on the map)....

For the return DISers, whats your favorite spot?

Andy, we always go on the other side of the water playground thing closer to the bathrooms....another great location. It's just a little further down the beach.

 

[lbgraves]

The best is getting an outdoor table and looking down to see the sealife along the sides, rays etc. Nice....

Right on the rail! I have never noticed any sealife near the ship though.

 

[GoofyforGoofy]

Andy, we always go on the other side of the water playground thing closer to the bathrooms....another great location. It's just a little further down the beach.

Bathrooms...forgot about those. OK...well, we may be in a different location this time. Let's get a poll of where people wanna be and we'll have to agree to stand together against the hordes.

 

[GoofyforGoofy]

Right on the rail! I have never noticed any sealife near the ship though.

Yeah, usually if we see them, they are on the beach side off the back of the boat, not the dock side...

I remember the one time I raced out on the beach and was wading in the water a few feet out (no one around...) and one of the island's barracuda swam by...the life guard came by, I mentioned it and he confirmed it was a barracuda... "They only bother people with shiny jewelry and stuff that attracts them."