20040131 ~ Cruising Jan 31 2004 Western Who's with us?

[auntrenae]

Steve,
You shouldn't have any problem switching your dinner time. A lot of people will be doing the 'dinner shuffle' when they get on board, so you just need to go the guest service desk and ask them. If there is a way, they will be happy to help you.
Renae

 

[dheller97]

60 days - 'nuf said.
Dean

 

[dheller97]

:jumping4:

Excursions booked AND confirmed. Wooooooo-hoooooo! Let's get cruisin'


Dean

 

[OKWMEMBER]

Woooooo!!! Look at us!!!! We're dancin', we're dancin!!!!!



What excursions did you book, Dean?

Welcome, Auntrenae!!!

HADD!!!

 

[Kabuli1]

Gary, Are we going to book the Jeep Safari (or whatever it's called) on Cozumel? And remind me, we're doing which, the train or the trolley in Key West? Do you know which hotel you'll be staying at the night before, yet? Shall we meet for dinner or drinks before the Illuminations cruise (or, as I prefer to call it, my birthday cruise)?

Dean what excursions did you book?

Welcome Renae, we're going to go with Capt Marvin's again. I loved it last time, we'll probably do the 1/2 day. I've heard wonderful things about the full day trip as well. Hey, do you have enough people if we join you to charter a private boat?

Did anyone receive the list of excursions from DCL? We've actually got two rooms booked and have received nothing from either DU or DVC.

Concerning real life, looks like we'll have a second offer on our house today which will coincide w/ the details being ironed out on the first offer. Please have your fingers crossed and send lots of pixie dust for a bidding war. However it goes, we should have it sold by tomorrow.

Two more showings today, maybe tomorrow I can go back to being a slob. Anyway, made a cheesecake so my kitchen is a mess - got to go clean it!



Karyn

 

[goofyaboutmickey7]

hi to all, annie and i are also dancing! Arrgghh

 

[dheller97]

Welcome auntrenae! Very nice to meet you.

Karyn, did you see my note that Cheri linked our dining reservations to yours? No problems at all.

We decided to stick strictly with the Disney excursions since it is our first time out. Figured if I over-indulge and need to crawl back to the ship at least this way they'll wait for me or at least get me to the next drinking stop. I HAD to be sure my Grand Cayman trip included a stop in Hell so I can send my in-laws a postcard from Hell. For some reason, they have always told me to either go there or I'll end up there, or something like that. So, it's payback time. Cozumel will bring only relaxing time with the Beach Break. It would be nice to come back to snowy and cold South Dakota with a sunburn. And at Castaway Cay we booked DS (Matt) to parasail.

Should be a fun week without overdoing things. How 'bout the rest of you, what's your plans?

Dean

 

[goofyaboutmickey7]

hey dean, annie and dear daughter are getting booked to go parasailing, last year annie booked me and signed the waiver. arrrggghhhh
Randy

 

[OKWMEMBER]

Karyn, yes, we are planning to do the jeep safari with you. I think we were leaning toward the train in Key West because you can get off and on at different stops around the island. Dinner before the Illuminations cruise sounds like a plan! There are sveral places where we could eat at the Boardwalk.

HADD!!!

 

[Annie12345]

Hi Everyone - Just to clarify, Annie and Jaclyn are not necessarily doing the parasailing on Castaway Cay ... Just because I could sign DH's waiver doesn't mean that he can sign mine We'll have to see if I get brave enough ... We haven't booked any shore excursions because we'll probably just do our own thing... In Key West we want to do the trolley ride, in Cozumel, it's mini golf, shopping and beach, and not yet sure about Grand Cayman... we're still trying to decide what to do there... Looking REALLLLLLLY forward to it!!!
HADD!
Annie

 

[Bonkinthesota]

Annie you should try parasailing it was so great said my DH 40 and DS 13 did it and had a great time!

 

[auntrenae]

Karen,
Since we haven't officially booked yet, (as cast members we have to wait till 30 days out) we haven't booked any excursions yet either. I hadn't thought of chartering a boat. Have you done that before? If so, how many people do you need to do that? With my DMIL in poor health, she won't be doing any excursions, but some of the others might. I'll have to ask them via email if they want to. It would be fun. I have never done a long excursion to stingray city because I wanted time to shop, but because we just went, I might want to do that this time. I'll check their website to see what they have. I'm sure looking forward to getting back in the water again.
Good luck with your house selling fast! You have all the pixie dust I have in my magic pouch on it's way to you. We did the same thing 4 months ago, the house sold in 2 weeks, but it fell through and we sold it 3 more times over the next 2 months before it finally closed the day before we sailed! That was stressful, I can tell you. I hope yours goes through right away. Watch out for people who want to finance 100%!
Renae

 

[auntrenae]

Hi again,
Thanks for the welcome, you are a great bunch, I can tell.
I have a dumb question... what does HADD mean? I know it's probably something obvious, but it escapes me right now... it's been a long day.
ttfn, Renae

 

[goofyaboutmickey7]

hi again, i want to clarify an earlier clarification from my dw. Annie will be parasailing at castaway cay. i will be posting photos of her up there as well. any way keep dancing everybody soon we will be able to for real on the ship arrgghh Randy
Have A Disney Day!!!!

 

[Annie12345]

Hi Renae - HADD means Have A Disney Day - and I hope everyone is having a magical disney day filled with pixie dust!

Annie

P.S. I think I'm going to need everyones help at Castaway Cay to help keep DH away from the parasailing sign up booth!!!

 

[auntrenae]

Annie,
I knew it would be something easy once I knew it, I should know all of these sayings, because I'm a cast member, but I hadn't heard of it said that way. Interesting... I guess it's one of those 'duh' moments!
thanks for clearing that up for me,
Renae

 

[Kabuli1]

Thanks Renae, way to scare me! LOL! I don't know what I'd do if we had a contract fall thru. We are requiring a financial proof that the buyer is qualified. Our first offer should have the financial papers today. Didn't hear from my realtor last night tho I know at least one other couple is preparing a contract. They may be waiting till Randy gets home tonight to save on the faxing stuff to WA and back. Let me know what you find out about Capt Marvins. Our tablemates last year went on the "full" day tour and loved it - there were three snorkling stops plus a stop to catch conch, then they went to a private beach for a BBQ - they said it was wonderful. It wasn't a charter boat - but noone else was booked for it that day so they had the boat to themselves.

Gary, do you know how many fit on the Jeeps - is it 4 or 5? I don't know what to do w/ Jill that day. Not sure if she'll want to go along. (Dean, are you beaching it in Cozumel, want an extra daughter for the day?)

Annie, I want to try parasailing, we could do it together! Of course, my Randy would stand on terra firma and laugh at me! Both he and Jill are afraid of heights and he won't even consider it.

Well, I need to get the house pretty. Who knows what today will bring?

Karyn

"...and really bad eggs . . . . drink up me hearties, Yo Ho!"

 

[OKWMEMBER]

I think it's four to a jeep, Karyn. I've done the parasailing thing at a different island. I'm trying to get up the courage to do it at Castaway Cay.

HADD!!!

 

[goofyaboutmickey7]

hi gary, i think you should go up again i'll take photos, annie is going up Arrrggghhh!
randy

 

[kmc33]

Hi - just checking in! Sounds like everyone is doing well, despite excursion disputes! Aahh -- if only those were life's toughest decision... which shore excursion to take!!

I can't believe winter is really here -- it's seems like it just became 2003 and it's almost over! But with a new year comes new adventures, and a cruise!! yipeee -- only 8 weeks from this Saturday!!