12/16/06 10-day holiday cruise Part 2

[KatHuss]

Denise, yes, must have pirate ship! Too bad Jack Sparrow won't be there! Do you think your DD will be into it? Mine probably will be, but she'll be 10 by the time we cruise in December.

Speaking of DD, she is a bit on the shy side and said she is sort of scared to meet new kids because she won't know them. Once she does, though, I think she'll be fine. I know several of you said you had DDs who will be close to her age so hopefully they will get along and she can have someone to pal around with. I know she won't want to hang out with Mom and Dad all the time and we plan on letting her sign herself in and out of the clubs as long as she can be responsible about it. I think we are going to have a small white board in the room that she will have to stop in and write where she is going if she isn't in the club. Anyone else with kids in that age going to let them sign themselves in and out?

I am excited. I just ordered a new cover for my cell phone and it has my favorite Disney character on it! Tink of course!

Now I have to start working on a door sign for us. Got to have Tink, of course. I have tried to find a picture of her in a Santa hat that I can use but haven't been able to find one that I can put on a sign. Oh well, I still have time. I need to try to find a Home Depot that still does the Mickey paint chips too. I want to get an alien green Mickey head but the nearest Home Depot is 45 minutes from here and I don't get that way very often.

 

[KatHuss]

Wooo hoooo, I got the top and didn't even realize it!!!

 

[karaeric]

Me again...let's see if this works:

Jay & I are in the first row (standing) on the far left. I have on the coral (orange) top. I can (almost) still name everyone.

Yay, Stacey, you're back! Hallo!

Thank you so much for posting this again. I actually saved it this time!

DH and I are in the upper left. DH is next to Ken (kpros) with the teal shirt and black camera strap over his shoulder. I'm just below Linda (seaulater), with the short blond hair.

 

[karaeric]

I need to try to find a Home Depot that still does the Mickey paint chips too. I want to get an alien green Mickey head but the nearest Home Depot is 45 minutes from here and I don't get that way very often.

Hey Kat, we pratically LIVE in our "mother ship (aka Home Depot)" Next time I'm there, I'd be happy to pick you up a Mickey paint chip in lime green. Just one?

 

[magiroux]

Here's a question...MaryAnn...who is standing directly behind you?

And...(these are the only ones I don't know) who is standing on either side of TKDLisa?

Seriously, out the entire photo I only recognize about 10-15 faces and of them I only remember about 10 names.

I see Jeri (DIS name: Juletime) and Henry who were our table mates. They signed up for the '06 10 day, but I know they were wait listed for one of the repo cruises. I wonder if they are still coming? They made our Christmas Eve Dinner so special by Henry decorating and bringing all things that had to do with X-Mas customs from his country. What a night that was. Denise will remember the SHOTS!!! Some of us had one too many!

 

[wdwgoose]

WELL I'm still here almost OUTTA the door, had too wait on the hay guy.


finnally some VERY NICE size and good HAY BALES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




OKAY ALL have a good week all I'll tell mickey YA'ALL SAID HAY!!!!







j E n sent you A pm,


gaRry

 

[karaeric]

Have fun gaRry! I'm super jealous, and will imagine being there with you.

Drink good coffee!

 

[KatHuss]

Hey Kat, we pratically LIVE in our "mother ship (aka Home Depot)" Next time I'm there, I'd be happy to pick you up a Mickey paint chip in lime green. Just one?

Kara, that would be wonderful, thank you!!!!

 

[Denise Escola]

:They made our Christmas Eve Dinner so special by Henry decorating and bringing all things that had to do with X-Mas customs from his country. What a night that was. Denise will remember the SHOTS!!! Some of us had one too many!

Yeah I think I remember it. That was an evil brew. Hey but it did taste better the more you drank. At least I kept my clothes on. Man I didn't even hit the clubs either. I need another cruise

Hear trouble downstairs gotta go ref.
TTFN, D

 

[DCLgodess]

hey all. I've got mid-terms today and tomorrow. SO MUCH FUN! (NOT!)

 

[dobelover]

Good Luck Jen!




Sue

 

[karaeric]

Yeah, good luck Jen!!

Good morning all. Coffee in hand, but that's not saying much...I need some !

 

[magiroux]

Good luck on those tests, jen.

Good morning all. Need some more coffee here myself.

Have a great trip gaRry. BTW, weren't you just at WDW????? Some people get to have all the fun.

 

[KatHuss]

Mary Ann, I agree. I keep seeing these folks going on multiple cruises during one year and all the trips to WDW. I am very jealous. My time off for this year is already taken so no last minute trips like that for me. Oh well, at least I have my cruise to look forward too! And our other trip in just over 10 weeks! I thought about bringing back a bottle of wine from Hawaii for our wine tasting on the cruise but am now hesitating. What is this about tougher rules on this?? Does anybody know??

 

[WMILLER86]

I thought about bringing back a bottle of wine from Hawaii for our wine tasting on the cruise but am now hesitating. What is this about tougher rules on this?? Does anybody know??

In November, lots of people brought wine, beer, and hard liquor onboard with no problems. I think Lampy brought a keg.

W

 

[magiroux]

I'm not sure what the new rules might be either, Kat. I found a pretty recent thread on the main board and it didn't say anything had changed. I had planned on shipping down a case of wine to the ship beforehand (maybe order from ABC Liquors to make it easier). I had bought a couple of bottles from Shirley last time. She really didn't have a great selection and I ended up not caring for the ones she sent so it was kind of a waste. Besides, a couple of bottles wasn't enough to make a difference in the bar bill in the end anyway .

 

[karaeric]

Sorry folks, I meant to post clarification on this issue and forgot.

As far as I know, there is no change to brining wine on board with you. In May for the Repo cruise, we shipped a case to the ship and my parents carried another 1/2 case on with them. Very nice time was had by all, thank you very much!

What I meant by tougher rules was for the wine tasting events. DCL is charging for events like this now. No more freebies. So unless we want to all chip into a pot, we probably won't be able to do this one. For some reason, I want to say it was something like $10-12 per person? Or was that per bottle of wine? Can't exactly remember, but sort of defeats the purpose of bringing the wine on board. For that, we can all meet at one of the nice lounges and order a couple of glasses from the ship's selection. Just as easy.

Hope that helps. I know Stacey had more experience than I did in setting up the wine tasting on the last 10-day cruise.

 

[KatHuss]

What I meant by tougher rules was for the wine tasting events. DCL is charging for events like this now. No more freebies. So unless we want to all chip into a pot, we probably won't be able to do this one. For some reason, I want to say it was something like $10-12 per person? Or was that per bottle of wine? Can't exactly remember, but sort of defeats the purpose of bringing the wine on board. For that, we can all meet at one of the nice lounges and order a couple of glasses from the ship's selection. Just as easy.

Hmm, sounds like it! I don't mind paying that for one gathering, but not for multiple ones. So I guess for any of our gatherings we are just going to have to meet on one of the decks or find a quiet corner or something! Or maybe we will be lucky and someone will have a suite....

I am trying to remember the out-of-the-way area we found last summer. There weren't any tables or chairs, though, so maybe that isn't such a good idea. Would they kick us out of the movie theatre if it weren't being used at the time? I know we have wandered the ship from time to time and gone in there when it was empty. Maybe that would work.

 

[karaeric]

I think the charge is really related to the event being organized through DCL and involving alcohol. The charge, if I remember correctly, was for staff to "work" the event. By working, they meant opening the wine, providing the glasses, and cleanup of the room used (and maybe covert observation of the age group attending so as to be legal?).

They haven't seemed to charge for cruisers wanting to set up a meet when the location was already staffed, like a special brunch at Palo or for the PJ breakfast. Nor have they had a problem with cruisers taking over areas that were not in use for an hour or so. The best example I know of there was the scrapbooking meet on the May cruise. They met in the Prominade Lounge mid-day when nothing was scheduled and nobody from DCL seemed to mind.

Bottom line here is that I don't think any of the gatherings we want to do would be a problem, with the possible exception of a wine tasting.

 

[KatHuss]

I am not that much of a wine drinker anyway so I won't miss a wine tasting. Now give me some Kahlua or Bailey's and that's another story!!

DH saw the group pic from last year and I think he was quite surprised by how many DISers and family members there were! And DD wanted to know if any of the kids in the pic were going this year and were close to her age. I would like to know if anyone has girls (by this age I suspect boys may not want to hang around with the girls!) who will be around 10 or 11 in December who would like to maybe email other kids so that they might feel like they know each other by then. DD is so scared that she will be shy and she won't be able to make any friends. I know she will make friends, she always does, but maybe this would make her feel better before the cruise.