12/29/07 Western - New Year's Eve

[Catwoman22]

Hi everyone,

We made it home safely, but Saturday was sure a long day. We didn't make it in the door until 9:00 pm PT. We were difinitely tired. I made it though mounds of laundry Sunday and back to school and work Monday.

We enjoyed meeting everyone that we did, but like everyone else wish the weather was better. Our next cruise will be an Alaska cruise, but at least we'll have the right clothes for it!

Bill-You got me and my daughter's picture posted - did I mention I hate cameras????? The shirts were wonderful and we sure stood out!

Take care-
Kate

 

[44Majestic]

We had a great time! The weather was better than expected for the first half and worse than we ever experienced for the last half. High winds and high seas made for rough conditions. We consider it a learning experience. Parasailing on CC for the first time is something we'll surely remember.

New Years Eve was a fun time. Although, we were pretty annoyed with the "live Hannah Montana" stunt they pulled right before midnight. I thought it was unprofessional and a cruel joke. I didn't expect Disney to provide us with special entertainment that night, but once they started whipping up the crowd we were getting pretty excited. Poor judgement on the part of whoever set that up. Rich Purpura is a good entertainer who we enjoy seeing. I hope it wasn't his idea.

We love Disney Cruises. The crew was tremendous.

 

[Bullseyebaby]

Hope everyone had a safe trip home. It was so unfortunate to have that bad weather. 1st time in 4 cruises for us. At least we had a couple of really nice warm days too. We went down for the count too... first DD, then DS, then DH and last but not least, me.

It was nice to meet the people I did, and I'm sorry I didn't get to meet all of you. My kids loved the Fish extender, and referred to it as "Tree mail" after their beloved show Survivor. Thank you for the many wonderful gifts we received. I loved the cookbook!

Thank you Noel & Jim for hosting the party. The suite was amazing, and it was so cool to see it as we've only heard about it. Hope you have a great time on the Westbound. We're trying to think of the next time we can go.... we have always gone around New Years, but would like to try a different time of year to have a little more tropical weather. Perhaps April?

~janie

 

[gossipgirl]

any pics of the stage shows.

 

[gossipgirl]

any twice charmed pics.

 

[granmaz]

Hi guys.

We folk over on the Westbound Repo thread are looking for Noel Birkner. Since your cruise she has disappeared and hasn't posted anywhere, and she was a very active poster as you know.

So any of you have any contact, or have had since your cruise?

We would all love to know how she is as we are missing her.

Thanks.

 

[DisneyBride'03]

Hi guys.

We folk over on the Westbound Repo thread are looking for Noel Birkner. Since your cruise she has disappeared and hasn't posted anywhere, and she was a very active poster as you know.

So any of you have any contact, or have had since your cruise?

We would all love to know how she is as we are missing her.

Thanks.

I am concerned.....I have been lurking here to see if she shows up We had conversed abt many things, in particular California, and my hubby's family! I really hope that she is ok, and her family.
She was going to send my 2 DD's postcards for our cruise, they never came, so that is why I am worried. Not abt the postcards....about her!
Hoping she returns and all is well

 

[granmaz]

I am concerned.....I have been lurking here to see if she shows up We had conversed abt many things, in particular California, and my hubby's family! I really hope that she is ok, and her family.
She was going to send my 2 DD's postcards for our cruise, they never came, so that is why I am worried. Not abt the postcards....about her!
Hoping she returns and all is well

We heard from her today. I am sure she won't mind me copying her post.

Dear friends:

This morning I picked up all of our accumulated mail at our neighbors who had been collecting it for us and saw the letter from Carol (pahrumpgil). This is just a brief note to thank everyone for their concern.

Finding this thread was confusing until I read about the new rules. I thought my DH has posted our status in the old thread but I guess not.

To everyone who has been worried about me, I am doing well. My DD Samantha developed a blood clot in her leg and lungs due to her use of birth control pills. She had been limping thinking she had pulled a muscle, had a deep tissue massage which made things worse.

A few hours before we were to fly home she was in so much pain that we went to the local ER. The life threating clots luckily were discovered before we flew home. She spent some time in the hospital in Orlando before we were able to take her home. She is on the mend but will be on Coumadin for at least 6 months to dissolve the clots. Her visits to the doctor now only consist of a weekly meeting at the Coumadin clinic to measure her INR levels.

Right after that my SIL became ill, so I needed to go help DD with him. She also need surgery on her nose for old scar tissue so I have not been home much. DH has been traveling for work since we returned home so he has not been able to be much help with family issues.

I had asked DH to post what was going on with our family but clearly though he said he did , he must have posted in another board. Since he is in Asia, I will have to check where he posted via email. Since I thought everyone knew, I have not been checking on the board here as we canceled this cruise for family reasons. With all my travels and issues, I been checking not been checking my email so if anyone has emailed me, please give me a few days to get caught up.

To add insult to injury, my main computer crashed and I will have to wait until DH gets home to get any info from the computer. The lists I was keeping were on that computer so if you guys need any info from me, please let me know. Right now I am using my notebook computer which is my travel computer and has very little information on the drive.

Sorry to miss all of you on this special cruise.

Warm Regards,

Noel

 

[WiscBill]

Thanks for posting this. We have been worried about Noel and her family. I talked with her SIL on the last night of the cruise and all seemed well, so all of this must have happened on embarkation day. Glad to hear her daughter is doing better. She is a truly remarkable young woman. Blood clots are very scary, but it looks like she will be ok.