20041218-cruise-friends-memories

[videogal1]

Originally posted by jilljill
Lynda,
I sold I (one) Steiff bear 3 years ago and the proceeds from the sale paid for a 7 day cruise for the 3 of us. I might have to sell more before we move next summer.

If I could get into my coat closet, which is packed floor to ceiling with collections of Steiff, I might find a treasure or two I could bear to part with...The hope of being able to finance a couple of trips is sure a great incentive! but I'm torn...All those wonderful animals on wheels I searched so hard for...Oh, Lynda, get on with it......

 

[tkd lisa]

Happy Friday to all. Hope to "see" some of you in chat tonight!

Lisa

 

[LaGaviota]

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[jilljill]

Originally posted by LaGaviota
Well, I just wanted to come and say that my hubby and I won't be doing this cruise after all. I was sad about it yesterday, but I think it's for the best. I've never been able to plan for anything so far in advance - my life's always been such a roller-coaster and this upcoming year will prove to be quite an interesting year as well!

I know you all will have a WONDERFUL time on the cruise! Take care!

Anna:

Anna,
We will miss you and DH on the cruise. Stop by anytime just to say hi to us here.
Have a good time at WDW, I'll be there the same time as you. Hope the weather is warm and sunny.

 

[WDWLVR]

Anna - sorry you won't be joining us. I'm still hoping that I can find a job that will pay enough and allow me the vacation time to do it. Not making any decisions until I know what is happening.

Had a great time in chat last night - always nice to chat with Lisa. I wish more of the Dec. 2004 cruisers could/would join in.

Anyone here from gaRry lately? Hope he's ok.

I got an e-mail from Karyn last week - they enjoyed the trip to Disney but she is still having computer problems.

I hope to get the December newsletter out next weekend. If not it will have to wait until we get back from Disney

If anyone has any photos or information they want to contribute please send them my way. Our next port discussion is St. Martin.
Also if you want to share anything about the Holidays you celebrate include those as well. It will be a great chance for all of us to learn how each of us celebrates the time of year we'll be cruising.

 

[jilljill]

I think we need to put out an APB for gaRry. It's been quiet without him. Do you think he snuck off to WDW or worse, went on the ship and didn't tell us?!?

Mary,
I was able to get tickets for MVMCP for the night of the 4th. It will be me, DD and my parents. We will probably just meet them there since we will be at MGM most of the day.

 

[justmestace]

Hi everyone! I'm still here.
jilljill...did you tell them we know where to have the wine party???

Still trying to get all caught up...almost there. We leave in 24 days (or so) for our 2nd Christmas trip to Disneyland. I'm nowhere near ready. I called and got us the balcony seating with dessert buffet to view Fantasmic....this is a pretty cool deal at Disneyland, since there is no seating anywhere. DH & DS love Fantasmic. Haven't seen it since DW in 2002. I like their auditorium, nice to have a seat for it.

Christmas here has never seemed like Christmas after growing up in Nebraska. I LOVED Christmas at Disneyland. It finally felt like Christmas to me, so I had decided to go every year from now on. That is, until the special cruise! I can't wait. I keep imagining, and dreaming. We've always done just a very quiet, traditional holiday....check out the stockings, have breakfast, open gifts, nap....have too much dinner. I'm trying to imagine Christmas in St. Marten......do you think the excursions/ferries and such will operate?
Best go for now. Looking forward to the next newsletter, Mary! Keep up the great work, and thank you again!
Oh...and by the way....I got TAGGED!!! Whee!

 

[justmestace]

P.S. DH and I play softball on Friday nights, or else I'd love to chat.

 

[jilljill]

Originally posted by justmestace
Hi everyone! I'm still here.
jilljill...did you tell them we know where to have the wine party???

stace, I forgot to tell them about The Land and Sea Guy who has a Cat. 1 for the cruise. The only thing is...he forgot to tell us which suite he does have. We don't want to knock on the wrong door with all our bottles of wine, do we?!?
Aren't we in St. Thomas for Christmas day?

 

[Dancind]

I need to check in more often. We are going to be sailing on the Celebrity Horizon out of Tampa on Dec. 19 for 10 days. We won't actually be going through the canal on the ship, just docking in Colon. We have booked an excursion to go through the locks on a ferry, should be interesting. We will also visit Costa Rica, Roatan (which is supposed to be really beautiful), Cozumel, and Grand Cayman. DH is beside himself about the scuba possibilities. I'll let you guys know how it goes.

So are you all teddy bear collectors? Doll collector, here, but vintage dolls. Wonderful source for cash for travel, when I can bring myself to part with one through Ebay.

Will anyone be at MVMCP on Dec. 18? We have to do some Disney since we'll be in the neighborhood! Diana

 

[WDWLVR]

jilljill - great news about MVMCP! Mark and I will be there wearing Sanda Mickey hats and we have lanyards that hold the green mickey heads from Home Depot with our DIS and real names on them. Did you know there is a DIS meet there that night? They are meeting up at the start of the part in front of Ye Olde Christmas Shoppe (across from the Hall of Presidents). We're going to try and meet up with them after dinner. They are staying there for the first parade, but we like to go on rides during that time and catch the 2nd parade.

I read on the other thread about Land/Sea having at Cat.1! Hope he decides to join this fun and crazy group and I'd love it if they hosted a party as I've always wanted to see one of those rooms. Totally understand if they don't - after all that is their 'home" for the 10 days.

Anyone else from our cruise going to be at WDW between Dec.2-6? If so Mark and I would love to see you!

We are in St. Thomas on Christmas Day. Mark and I are planning to do Sea Trekkin over at Coral World that day.

 

[Kabuli1]

Hey! I'm back!!!

I guess my problems were with AOL - so I've found alternate ways to get online.

Anyway, I've been following things here, but missing everybody so much.

My house went on the market today, so that's a big load off my mind. Now I just need to keep it clean and polished.

Does everybody have plans for turkey day? My kids are coming home - last chance to see the old homestead as it were and to also see what the house looks like all spiffed up.

Wish I were joining any of you heading south soon. Today was much too cold for me.

Cheers,

Karyn

 

[tkd lisa]

Welcome back Karyn! I've heard so many bad things about AOL causing problems accessing the DIS. Just glad we don't have it.

My mom is coming in tomorrow for Thanksgiving. We're doing our traditional dinner at a local bed and breakfast. The only thing I miss about cooking Thanksgiving dinner at home is the left overs. And since we know the B&B owners, they usually wrap up some leftovers for us to take with us.

Safe journey to all those travelling over the weekend.

 

[gail1771]

Good morning everyone.

Welcome all new cruise passangers.

Karin , It is wonderful that you found a way to return to the DIS. How was sunny Florida??

Mary, We loved St. Maarteen or the french way to say it is St. Martin. We spent last February there for a week. We love Ill Pinel island. It is 5 minutes off of St. Martin on the french side. The boat ride is cheap $5.00pp round trip and the island is awesome to relax or snorkle. We have done both. The is also a great market on the french side and all the venders are out with their goods. The food is great on the french side. I will e mail you all the other nice stuff to do.

Everything here is going well. The constuction is moving forward. DH finshed framing and all the windows are in. The door will go in this afternoon. Iwill be glad when it is all airtight for the winter and we can slow down a bit. We did some changes and funds are getting lower. I also wanted to see about taking a vacation in August so we will have to see where we are at on this construction before we decide. We would love to go to Vancouver and than take a week Alaska cruise. Has anyone been on a cruise to Alaska? We would like to go the end of August. I would love to hear from anyone if they have been and their suggestions.
The current weather in NY is chilly. It has been above normal but will be changing very soon. It has ranged between 52-60.
Anyway, time to feed my children breakfast and get them off to Elementry and Pre school. Have a great day everyone. Gail1771

 

[WDWLVR]

Karyn - welcome back - nice to see you posting again!

Gail - the house sounds like it coming along nicely. Watch out as we are sending this cold air your way (sorry!). Never been on an Alaskan cruise but it is something we definately want to do in the future.

For Thanksgiving we going over to my in-laws. I usually do Thanksgiving but since we leave for Disney one week from today our dining room table is full of trip stuff. I definately love leftovers and to be honest my MIL is a terrible cook so we bought a fresh turkey breast and had it this past weekend

Hard to believe the year is slipping away so fast. Before you know it the cruise will be upon us! Much as I'm looking forward to it I really wish time would slow down a bit - the years go by much, much too fast!

 

[Kabuli1]

Gail, we had a wonderful time in FL, it was hot and sunny. Jill really liked University of Tampa as well as Stetson Univ. They are her top choices right now. We are a bit sad that they are so far away from Seattle. Speaking of which if you get to Vancouver, ya gotta come down a it south and se us. Maybe I can join you on that Alaska cruise.

Everybody, wow, it's been so long, I'm so far behind. There are new folk, Hi and Welcome to each of you.

I've got to scoot, got to polish and shine the place and then skeedadle.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and safe travels to everyone on the road.

Karyn

 

[jilljill]

G'morning all. I'm ready for some FL sunshine and warmth. DD and I leave next Wed., we can't wait.
We are going to the beach for Thanksgiving. My parents are taking DD and nephew today, DH and I will go tomorrow and DB and SIL will go on Thurs. I will make a Key Lime pie and some other dessert in the morning to take down.
Have a good Turkey Day everyone.

 

[gail1771]

Happy Thanksgiving to all.


Karyn,

I went to University of Tampa many years ago for freshman and sophmore years. I loved it. We are going on Royal Caribbean Senerade of the Seas out of Vancouver 8/29/04 through 9/5/04 and it was very cheap compared to some of the other cruise lines for Alaska. We are also going the end of August. We will only be in Vancouver for 3 days. I would love to meet you in person but it might be to far for us with so little time. I would love for you to join us on the cruise. That would be wonderful. Anyway, time for homework and bath time.

I hope GarRy and Vicky are o.k. I have not seen a post from them in a while. Mabye they are away???

Talk to you all soon. fondly-Gail1771

 

[tkd lisa]

I'm pretty sure Vicki & Garry are in WDW. They were planning on a trip the end of November as I recall.

Hope everyone has a nice Thanksgiving. We're headed to the airport in DC to pick up my mom at noon today. The kids are planning on taking her to the Rainforest Cafe for lunch. She liked the one in Animal Kingdom, so it's probably worth the 45 minute detour.

Talk to you all soon.

Lisa

 

[Debs Hill]

Hello everyone! Just got back from 3 weeks away and trying to catch up! We were at BWV for 8 nights, then on the 4 night cruise, at Portofino for 3 nights and then OKW for 5. Had a great time and will post properly when the jet lag wears off, but any questions don't hestitate to ask!!!

Gail, will send proper e-mail asap!
love, debx