12-3-09 December 3, 2009 3 nite WONDER

[tngal]

MinnesotaMouse- Welcome to our "crew". Glad to have another addition to our group This will be our 2nd cruise, and my mom and stepdad's first ever. Believe me I have been counting down the days! Hope you will join us for our meet and greet and join in the Fish Extender gift exchange!

Milliepie- I just wanted to say I love your avatar...too cute


I have been shopping around for the best prices on the bracelets for everyone. I'm still going to do it, but man I didn't realize they were going to be so much $!! Still worth it though

Well, gonna go get the kiddo's off to the bus and get ready for another day of canning...going to can tomatoes today

Lisa

 

[donmil723]

Hi Minnesota Mouse! Welcome to this thread and to our cruise group!

We are tentatively planning a meet on embarkation day at 3 p.m. in the Promenade Lounge but are still open to other suggestions. I am putting together a spreadsheet so we know who will be cruising with us. If you send me the following info, I'll send you a copy of it too: screenname; names (and ages, especially kids); city/state where you live; main or late seating; stateroom #; email address; and anything special you might be celebrating.

tngal--Don't feel like you have to do the bracelets if they are too costly. I'd rather you save the money and spend it on souvenirs for you and your family. I'm glad you're feeling strong enough to do all that canning.

Just a reminder to anyone else on this thread that would like to have a copy of the spreadsheet with info about our fellow DIS cruisers to PM their info as listed above. Our cruise is getting closer.....

Let's get to know each other better. I'll start...Do you have any pets? If so, what kind and what are their names? We have two dogs...Sparky, a border collie, who is 9 years old and Dory, a toy Australian shepherd who is 10 months old.

Sparky

Dory

 

[tngal]

As much as I would like to get the bracelets, i think I may have to do something different. 25-30 bracelets was going to run around 50+ dollars!! I figured I can put that money on a nicer FE gift!! I am so sorry..I hope none of you are mad/disappointed at me
As for pets...I have a bob-tail cat Rascal. We have a black lab named smoky, 11 cats and 2 fish. Dog and all but Rascal are outside!! Didn't want you to think i was that crazy cat lady you all hear about with 50 cats inside lol. I will have to try to find my pics of them and post them later.

Lisa

 

[mousebrat]

That's a lot for the bracelets. I don't blame you!

We have a dog named Baxter. He's a shih tzu that is our first born child. He is 7 years old. He used to have long hair until we moved to dallas and he couldn't have his weekly brushing.

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[tngal]

AWWW..Mousebrat..your doggie is so cute!! My aunt has one just like that that she named Oreo.

 

[donmil723]

Baxter is so cute!

Lisa--Don't feel bad about not getting the bracelets. We all understand!

 

[tngal]

Baxter is so cute!

Lisa--Don't feel bad about not getting the bracelets. We all understand!

Thanks, guys! I'm glad you all understand about the bracelets. I just can't see putting out that much money, then i'd have to mail them to each of you on top of that so we'd all have them at the terminal!
Hope you all are having a good wknd. My little Katie is having problems with her sinuses, but i've started her on her med. again. so maybe we got it before it turned into an infection!
After I get all the canning and freezing done, hopefully I will find time to start on my FE..look forward to doing that! Can you believe after this cruise is over I'll have to start planning for our first trip to WDW....but I love it
Hope to hear from you all soon!!

Lisa

 

[donmil723]

Ok. Here's another get-to-know you better question. What is your favorite summertime activity?

I love to hang out by my pool and read, listen to Disney podcasts, or visit with my family or friends

 

[fireworks fan]

Ok, my favorite summertime activity is to read in the sun, eat ice cream on a hot day, and go swimming. Actually, I will eat ice cream anytime, but it is particularly fun in the summer

Mary

 

[PrincessYessenia]

Well now that I have my internet up and running again I figured I would post a picture as some others already have. I've been making posts from the internet on my phone, which did the job but didn't let me post pictures or anything else..sorry I'm so behind!

Here we are a week ago getting ready to ride the surrey bikes at WL. We both loved it and actually rode past a doe eating some grass on the side of the path! We both started acting like kids and got all excited! We didn't bother her at all, and she just looked up at us a couple times and just kept on munching on! A pleasant surprise we weren't expecting. Anyway, I'm rambling on...

 

[donmil723]

Looks like fun! I love riding the path between FW and WL. DH and I will be at WDW in 27 days staying at the BCV for F&W Festival!

 

[PrincessYessenia]

How exciting! I'll be at BWV for my first time on Sunday. Just meeting up with my mom to see her for a night so we can hang out. She lives a little over 4 hours SE from here in Palm Beach, so we don't see eachother as much as we'd like.

BTW donmil723, I got the e-mail! Thank you! I'm going to do a FE but don't really know what types of things to buy to put in the others...

 

[milliepie]

I guess I better play catch up! Our pets... We have two dogs, Chief the Chihuaha and Hidey is a black lab. We also have a turtle named Crush, an Iguana Sam and some fish.

Our favorite summer activities would probably be riding bikes to the beach, fishing and of course our monthly visit to Disneyland. We just got back from celebrating our ds's 7th birthday at DL. It was cool because when we checked into the hotel we were picked as the "Magical Family of the day" and we got a room upgrade and some extra goodies. It made his birthday even more special. It will be our last time there for a while because our passes expired and we aren't renewing this year because we might have to move. We still have our Cruise and visit to the World though, so that should feed our withdrawl for a bit.

OK, enough about me, lol. Here are a few pics of our little zoo..

Hope everyone is having a great week!

 

[fireworks fan]

Ok, Milliepie, my DD would be so jealous of your turtle-all you need is a pet frog and she would want to move in with you

So with all this talk of Boardwalk and Beach Club, has anyone here stayed at the Yacht Club? I was thinking of staying there for a few nights before the cruise. There's several good codes out there for that time period, so Yacht Club Concierge level is really tempting me.

Mary

 

[PrincessYessenia]

Thought I'd post some pics of my "kids" to follow the trend! 3 Rough Collies (same dogs as Lassie) and a Golden Retriever

Here's my baby, Prince (4 months)

My other baby, Storm (9 months) sporting her new Mickey "necklace" that we got at the World a few weeks ago

My man, Flash (just turned 2)

And my Princess Honey (5)

They're my pride and joy!

 

[donmil723]

Yessenia--That's wonderful that you and your mom can get together for a day or two especially at such a magical place as WDW! We have stayed at BWV before and loved it--the location is awesome with just a quick stroll to either Epcot or Hollywood Studios.

My DD just moved to Idaho this summer to be closer to her boyfriend. That's 1600 miles away from our home in Missouri so we can't get together like that!!!

Do a search on the cruise line forum and you'll find lots of ideas for FE gifts.

BTW, your dogs are gorgeous!

Milliepie--I love the Incredible outfits on your dogs. Of course, I'm sure that means your dogs are incredibly smart, adorable, good-looking, etc. etc. etc. And I wonder where you got the name "Crush" for your turtle? Could it be from the same movie where we picked "Dory" for our puppy's name?

I would love to be able to live close enough to be able to ride bikes to the beach and to visit DL or WDW once a month! I shouldn't complain as we usually make it to WDW 2-4 times a year.

That's wonderful that your DS's birthday was even more magical!

Fireworks Fan--Yes, we have stayed at the YC. It is a fabulous resort--more quiet and elegant than the BC--and it shares the best pool at WDW with BC.

Have a great night everyone!

 

[X-Man88]

is going on the trip with prinessyessenia lol

 

[Bradg63]

New guy going on the Dec 3 cruise looking for more info to participate!
Hope hear from other cruisers!
Brad Lara-Gagne

 

[tngal]

New guy going on the Dec 3 cruise looking for more info to participate!
Hope hear from other cruisers!
Brad Lara-Gagne

welcome, Brad! donmil is keeping up with all who want to participate in the FE exchange and the meet and greet!! Looking forward to hearing more from you!

Hope you all have been doing well. Staying busy here. It is getting even closer to time for our cruise!! YEA!!

Lisa

 

[mousebrat]

I'm working on my shirts and my FE gifts. I cannot wait until the cruise! We got our ADR made for our land portion of our trip so we are less than 90 days away.

My favorite summertime activity is probably going to Sonic for happy hour and then going to the pool with my kids. Although it is very HOT in Dallas during the summer.