12/10/05 ~ Anyone else cruising.....??

[lbgraves]

Here is the current link. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8186341451&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1 That auction has closed but you can click on open auctions & look for one. She has them up to size 12.

 

[lbgraves]

OK everyone! The website is up & running. Now that we have high speed internet I can receive the regular pictures and they will also load on the site for me so you don't need to modify them at all. They look clearer on the site too. This is for the DISers who are posting to this thread. Please send the following & I will add it to the site & send you the new link.

Family name:
Individual names & ages of the children cruising with you:
Celebration:
Stateroom:
Dining:
Hometown:
Pre Cruise: (date arriving in FL & where you will be staying Friday night)

A short note with where you work & what activities you like to do.

I already have this information from

JHalkias
cristit842
MrsAMork

Please send a picture of your family to be included even if you did before since I had to modify them to load.

mandlgraves@cox.net

 

[MrsMork]

Lisa, please send the website and password again.

 

[lbgraves]

It is on a different site so the old one wont work. I sent out an email earlier tonight & just resent one to you. We have changed our email so you may need to check your spam folder.

 

[lbgraves]

Have you guys seen the cruise board today??? You can book Palo, spa, & kid's clubs online now!!!! http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=808131&page=1&pp=15 OK, how many days so that we will know when we can book them!!! Oh, and we are booked thru a TA and can now pull up our resie on the disneycruise.com site.

So, 90 days out for us is 9/11/05?

 

[lillygator]

Oh my - I just saw that - I called my TA to cancel the REAS package. Advanced ressies was the only reason I was buying it!
Also usually there has been 12/10 available for $799 and they don't list anything....do you think our cruise will be full?

 

[lillygator]

also when I tried to pull up the website all I got was a white screen???!!!

 

[lbgraves]

Are you using IE? Someone posted that they had to switch to access it. I also had to try a couple times to update my profile with our CC number. It turned out that the one on DH's card is only for him...it's the only one we received after our first cruise. The last number is different for each person who cruised.

I was thinking of you though when they said that you could cancel the REAS though.

 

[lillygator]

9/11 is our 90 day window....I just pulled up my reservation on DCL = so cool!!

 

[lbgraves]

OK, so I will be making final payment a week before that so that at midnight 9/10 I can pull it up. Hey, we can have a party in one of the chat rooms to coordinate.

 

[lillygator]

Lisa - the website looks great!!

It looks as though we are the only ones booked for early dinner....we may end up changing to late, my TA convinced me it is easier to change to late than from late to early...

I am getting so excited....maybe because of all the Disney hoopla today or maybe cuz we'll be back there in 2 weeks....no wonder I can't seem to save any $$...

........now on to the prepregnancy shape!! I have to be careful this May trip...Haley is our souvenier from last May!!

no REAS questions anymore....I just canceled it!!

 

[Jhalkias]

Hey! That new DCL site is pretty neat, and I LOVE being able to make those reservations on line! Anyone know how you can get your CC membership number if you can't find the card???

BTW - Sept 9th is a Friday night, so I guess I can stay up to make the reservations!

Lilly - Just an FYI - WLE means waitlisted early (on Lisa's Web Page) . . . you may move to late and find out a bunch of us got moved to early. No guarantee, but we are trying to get early if we can.

Lisa, the Web page does look great!

John

 

[lbgraves]

John, all I did was call the number on the site when you go to update your info with DCL. Put in any number & it will come back showing that it is invalid & give you the special CC number for DCL. I had Mike's number written down but it wouldn't work for me. I needed to get mine from the CM.

Definitely don't switch from that info Vanessa!!! Now that we don't have to worry about the club or Palo for reservations I am going to run right to the dining manager's table to get us switched to early seating if it isn't done when we get our KTTW cards. I DREAD having late dining. It just doesn't go with our shipboard routine.

 

[cristit14]

The new DCL website is pretty cool. I don't think I will be booking REAS now. DH doesn't really want a massage anyway. Now, I can do a spa for me and still get us a PALO ressie.
Lilly~ We are staying with late seating. Last time we did early and it was too early for us. I think the time change for us had something to do with it. I am hoping late works better for us.

 

[lillygator]

Yes - I think we will stick with early...we had late last time but we only had one DD and she went to Flounder's during that time so it wasn't a hassle....

who knows maybe some of us will be table mates!!

 

[MrsMork]

Sorry, I did not see an email with the website info. Can you try again? Thanks. We prefer late seating, have only tried early once on the 10 day and it just didn't work as well for us.

 

[Jhalkias]

Lilly,

I saw your bio's on the website . . . Let your DH know that besides being an Indian's fan, I have been working for a family-owned grocery chain here in NE Ohio since I was 16 yrs old and a bag boy. I worked all through HS, Undergraduate, and Law School - I now am in charge of HR for the chain, with about 950 employees at 7 stores.

Your DH and I can talk groceries!

John

 

[lbgraves]

Angie, I have sent it twice. Send me an email and I will send it in the reply. Maybe that will work for you.

I just played around with the DIS kid page & have a format worked out. DS is anxious to see everyone else's pictures & "interviews" there too. I asked the kids some questions about what they like about the ship.

 

[lillygator]

JOHN - well aside from the Indians, the grocery business and the name - you and DH should have loads to talk about. My DH John was born in Ashtabula (sp) which is very close to Cleveland...his mom and dad are both from there...Geneva on the Lake is something they always talk about. He took me up there in 2000 and I all could comment on was that there were xmas trees growing everywhere!!! All he has ever worked in is the grocery buisness....and my first job out of college was with Albertson's which is where I met him....

just looking at your signature now...when in Dec were you at DW? I see it says you stayed at the VWL - we stayed at WL for a week....a very long week!! :lol: I guess you must have been there before us - we were originally on the 12/11/04 eastern cruise but I was TOO pregnant to go...so that is why we are on the 05 one...

I am really starting to get excited. Last year on Mother's Day we were in Rose and Crown for dinner....and then Illuminations....

anyway...how is everyone this weekend? Do we have any meets planned?


ALSO - for those who have been on the Eastern before....any recs for outings? I know DH would love to do the kayak vegetation tour...aside from the grocery biz he and I both love plants....so any suggestions?

 

[MrsMork]

We love the Golden Eagle Catamaran in St. Marteen. We had so much fun the first trip that we booked it again second trip.