2 October 08 Wonder. Long way off but .....

[policycobb]

Welcome dfsc!

Three fish extender gifts will be fine for me.

 

[dknkids]

We're flying down the day before. Is that what most everyone is doing? Fortunately we have friends (Dickfl) that we are staying with and then we're driving to Port Canaveral.

dnkkids - Are you flying from Milwaukee - your location says you're close to there. We flying from there on Oct. 1st in the morning. That seems so far away

Yes we are flying from milwaukee! We live in SE WI (paddock lake). We are leaving on sept. 27th. though. We did the land sea package. So we need to be there early! We booked with airtran. The rates were cheaper then anyone else!

 

[TIGGERmetoo]

We're staying at the BCV after the cruise. DH hates flying out of Chicago and Milwaukee isn't much farther than O'Hare. We're flying Midwest. We'll see you in October!

 

[samily]

Yay!! We were able to book flights down the night before for GREAT pricing with Southwest!! Haven't booked the flight home yet though- those prices seem too high! Hopefully we find something decent - maybe we'll just extend the vacation...

Thinking about staying at the Hyatt in MCO the night we come in...anyone have experience with them?

 

[dknkids]

Yay!! We were able to book flights down the night before for GREAT pricing with Southwest!! Haven't booked the flight home yet though- those prices seem too high! Hopefully we find something decent - maybe we'll just extend the vacation...

Thinking about staying at the Hyatt in MCO the night we come in...anyone have experience with them?

Ive never personally stayed at the mco hyatt but i have heard great things about it! Our friends that just got back stayed there and loved it! We were able to stay on the DWR for cheaper then the Hyatt. We did have to forfit the DDP though.

 

[samily]

Ive never personally stayed at the mco hyatt but i have heard great things about it! Our friends that just got back stayed there and loved it! We were able to stay on the DWR for cheaper then the Hyatt. We did have to forfit the DDP though.

Thanks! Since we're getting in late, I think we will end up staying here & trying DCL's transfers in the morning to the port...

 

[TIGGERmetoo]

Are the fish extenders just for kids or for the adults too? Do you usually give 1 item each day per person?

 

[bats]

Welcome aboard to Ringmaster and dfsc ....

TIGGERmetoo .... Noooooooo . the fish extenders are for the whole family, not just children. Well I hope so as I have no children!! My plan is to perhaps put one item per day (or 3 all at once if we're being lazy) in each fish extender for our group. Our presents will be family orientated (hopefully) and as I think we're the only British people in the Fish Extenders group right now, we'll try to make them very British presents No, I'm not buying Buckingham Palace for you all !!

 

[TIGGERmetoo]

ILuvDisney! - would you please add me to the fish extender list? It sounds like fun. Does everyone on the list give you their room numbers so we know where to find those who are participating or do we just hunt around the ship? My DH thinks I'm crazy doing this (especially since this is just a him and me trip - no kids) and trying to create the door magnets but I think it's great!

 

[TLPL]

Hey everyone, who is driving to the port and who is taking Disney's Transfer?? I am thinking about renting a car from the airport to the port one-way, what are you guys planning to do?

 

[samily]

Hey everyone, who is driving to the port and who is taking Disney's Transfer?? I am thinking about renting a car from the airport to the port one-way, what are you guys planning to do?

We usually rent and drive to the port when we have the kids with us, but this time it's just me & DH, so if we can get a good rate at the MCO Hyatt for the night before, we will do the DCL transfers. I hear they leave early for the port from there. If we don't end up at the Hyatt we will do the one way rental.

 

[TIGGERmetoo]

Hey everyone, who is driving to the port and who is taking Disney's Transfer?? I am thinking about renting a car from the airport to the port one-way, what are you guys planning to do?

We are staying with our friends in Orlando the nite before and driving to the port together.

 

[Imagoofy1]

We will have a rental car that we will be driving from Orlando to the port with.

 

[bats]

We'll be staying in a rented villa for the weeks around our cruise so will be driving down to the port.

Driving in the US is so much better than here, we drive at every opportunity when over there!

What's everyone up to this weekend then?
We're going to the Dickens weekend which is held in Rochester (next town along) .. Charles Dickens lived here and wrote some of his books here also ... the weekend sees lots of people dress up in Dickensian costumes, traders sell food/sweets of that era and generally it's an excuse to get out of your house and enjoy the party!
Not sure if anyone is interested in Dickens but I'll take a few photos (if I can get the camera to work) and post a few on here next week.

 

[Imagoofy1]

Sounds like a good time bats. Have fun.

 

[bats]

Not looking very exciting right now in Rochester High Street but may be better tomorrow when more people are off work. Weather is not looking good for the weekend here ..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/kent/content/webcams/rochester_high_street_webcam.shtml

 

[policycobb]

Hopefully, we are going to spend most of the weekend outside. Going to my sister's tonight so the little ones can play. She lives about 5 minutes away. Tomorrow's big plan is to go to Mama Lea's (it's a generic Chuckie Cheese) as a reward for my daughter's behavior. Been having some hitting issues she learned from daycare/

The pirate hats were deliverd and am going to be ordering our pirate t-shirts soon! Very exciting!! I have also been looking at new luggage. My sister that is going on the trip with us leaves tomorrow for a work convention in Disney World. Lucky her!

 

[policycobb]

BATS, just checked out the webcam. Rochester Street looks neat! It is sunny and 83 in Owensboro.

 

[samily]

a little cool here in RI for the last day of May... I really need some WARM weather...

 

[TLPL]

Now I am thinking may be I should get a room at AKV for the night of October 1. Show my mom where my DVC home resort. What is my chance of getting a studio 4 months in advance?