20041218-cruise-friends-memories

[djs113]

Diana,

I know what you mean regarding soo many pins. We hot 7000 pins last year, and then stopped counting. I was a moderator on Dizpins for 2 years, and have been an administrator on Pinpics for many years now. Of course I will be bringing pins to trade! Thats the best part of the hobby. We usually spend about 30 minutes a night pin trading on the couchs right next to the pin cart when it comes out around 7pm on the ship.



Gail,

great choice on the grande vista. We own a three bedroom there. It is great. Do you own there, or at a different Marriott?



2Belles'Mom

my DD will be 8.5 at cruise time, and DS will be almost 5. We definitely need to get your kids, Gails kids, and my kids emailing eachother as we get closer to cruise time. With the more kids they all know, it will make their time in the camp much better.



- David

 

[WDWLVR]

Lisa - congratulations on your clippie! I'm so proud of you! Mine hasn't moved in over a month Definately have to change that!

David I'd love to be able to sit with you some night and take a look at your pins. I'm more a collector than a trader and quite frankly a little intimidated by most of the traders I've met. I buy or trade for pins that mean something to me not just because of thier value. I don't carry all our pins with us as most of them are framed. I'm planning on bringing some traders with me and myabe you can give me some pointers.

 

[wdwgoose]

AND VERY FREEEEZEING MORNING ALL !!!!!!!!!
now lisa mean one cruisers are going to talk if I'm there and you.re not. AND what are you saying about us in line ???????
being first in line was a great thing!!!!!!!!!! I'm sorry you were so far back in line that your cell phone had no service

yes hilton and rad are family. dw brother works for hilton chain.
not all are. its very nice to get the family price.

jilljill I think you missed da joke????????????? must be dat wine ?????????? and it was 1500 today and page 100. R U drinking grape juice???????????????

2belle'smom welcome back glad to see others are getting here to post !!!!!!!

okay need my coffee will post again


gaRry

 

[gail1771]

Godd morning everyone. Happy Thursday.


David, I still ahve your pin from the DC in August. When you get a chance send me an e mail. Mabye since we live so close together we can get togther in the spring. My DD would love it and it would be great for her to have a friend she has met in person on the crusie. E mailing is also great for all of us. I am e mailing quite often with DebsHill as her son is about 6 months older than mine. Ethan and Jake are to young to e mail.
Are you early seating?? If you are I am setting up a second table for dining and rotation. If you are intrested let me know. We would love it if we were all together.

We own two Marriott timeshares. We own at Marriott Ocean Pointe in Palm Beach Shores(Singer Island) directly on the beach and we love it. We have a two bedroom. We also own at Marriott Horizons in Orlando directly across from Grand Vista. DH,DD and in laws stayed at Grand Vista a few years back when I was pregnant with DS and could not fly. I was at bed rest so they all went and loved it. Marriott Horizions is great for the kids. They have a pirate ship in the middle of the pool and zero water walk in which is great for the little ones and an interactive water park. It is suppose to be really built up for the kids in the next few years. I like it but we shall see if we are going to keep it. We own a third week at South Seas Planation on Captiva Island(right after Sanibel) near fort Myers Florida for all who do not know the west coast that well. IT is so beautiful right on the beach. We have had it for 10 years and have only used it twice. We use to trade it a lot. We do not need 3 time shares so we put it on the Market in October with the resort time share office. I also will probably sell it via internet(Red Week or another site). It is also a two bedroom on the beach. Great place for sea shelling. Actually top 5 in the U.S. We will miss thinking about it but 3 maint. is to much for me and we all like to cruise once a year. You can only vacation so much with the kids and work schedule for DH.
I am psched for the Grand Vista and DC. I wish it was now!!!
David if you get a chance can you also e mail me the activities they have for children there. I read they are under construction and building a huge 3 tiew pool??? I hope it is done by the time we go.
Anyway have a great day everyone. Talk to you all soon. Fondly-Gail1771

 

[DVC4US]

Okay, here is my post trying to push it along to page 100 and 1500 posts. It it COLD, COLD, COLD, here (did I say it was COLD!!!) the wind chill is about -30 right now. Since DH is out of town I will try to remember to make chat on Friday.

David - we also have a DD who will be 8.5 when we cruise. She does not know about it yet so when it gets closer and she does maybe we can get your DD and mine together on email.

garRy - any new information on the April cruise? We would really like to have you join us (PUSH-PUSH)

Gail - we now own 3 time shares also. We have had DVC since 1998 and while we were in Hawaii in Dec we purchase points with Hilton (some in Hawaii, and some in Las Vegas). We figure now all of our vacation accomomdations are paid for. Except when we take a cruise on DCL of course.

Everyone have a good day.

LeiLani

 

[wdwgoose]

CHRISTMAS CRUISE 2004 LIST

OHIOMINNIE
CHRISTMAS2004
WDWGOOSE
WDWLVR & MARKRG
KABULI 1 & THE GREAT PRINCESSAURORAINBLUE
PAULCRSB
ALL_EARS
TWO4RUFF
3TIMECRUISER
TINKFAN
DANCID
LG123
ROBERTS B19
OUTAHERE
GAIL1771
JILLJILL
B & B DISCRUISERS
DVC4US
TRISHY
DJS113
TKSBASKETS
LORRAINE
KPROS
GOOFYDADEO
TCHRMOM
UROMAC
MARC & ALLISON
ITSMAGIC99
DONALDS_BEST_PAL
MDVASQUEZ
DEBS HILL
DISNEYJUNKIE
JHEMOND
JAN LYN
PFOITH
TKDLISA
SANDERS 3209
MIC & LYN
BORN2CRUZ
WVMD
VIDEOGAL 1
SANDMAN 980
CMASSFAMILY
JUSTMESTACE
DISNEYME
AFFF
LAURAJEAN 1014
MSEC - DVC95
HERCULES 10
ATHURSTANCE
LNEELEY
2BELLE'SMOM
3PRINCESESS
DISNEYPINDIVA



OKAY ANYONE ELSE ?????????

AND COUNTING DOWN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



gaRry

 

[wdwgoose]

GREAT AM I GREAT OR ??????????
that just worked out GREAT now I have the system down YES.



gaRry

 

[Kabuli1]

Good morning everybody!

I'm sorry I have been kinda absent lately. I can hardly keep up right now w/ the 1/31 thread, and I'm on that cruise! We did a great job of surprising Jilly Bean. I found another couple thru the thread with an 18 yr old son that we will be sitting with, hence, Jill's very own "King" for her cruise. My wolrd right now is packing packing packing - the house needs to be all boxed up before we leave next Thursday. I'm so close to the ABE (all but essentials) stage that I'm taking a day off today.

Virgil, very naughty trying to snipe our 2000th post! I'm going for 2500 - so you be good!

Anybody else going to be at WDW next Thursday and Friday? Jill and I are flying down early.

Jill has been enjoying NOT being in school and has been celebrating by SHOPPING! She even managed to drag me out for a little pre-cruise trip to my favorite store!

Anyway, I miss being here, and once the dust has settled (probably not till the end of Feb or so) I'll be back here much more regularly! Especially since my priorities won't be divided any more.

Karyn

 

[Kabuli1]

gaRry, how come you don't have PrincessAuroraInBlue listed with me? I wondered that last time I saw the list and forgot to ask.

Karyn

There, two posts in one day!

 

[gail1771]

Hi Leilani, My DD is almost 7 and will be almost 8 for the cruise. She is very mature and always hangs with older children. When we were in the caymans she hung aroung with two girls one was 7 and the other 10. They had a blast. Anyway I would love it if my DD could join in with the e mails when you all do it. Count us in. she loves the computer.

Do you own two weeks at Hilton and one at DVC??? Do you use all 3 weeks every year or even two weeks and bank the points??
The only reason I am asking is beacuse I was wondering if it is worth it to keep all 3 weeks. We bank our Marriott points every other year either the two weeks or 1 week. We have enough points for free air to Hawaii and a free week stay at this point in time. When you get a chance i would love to hear how you use your weeks. We would love to own with DVC but at this point in time we can not afford to lay any more $ out with the extension at our house in progress and I am not working at this moment. Mabye in the future when we sell South Seas Planation and if we sell Marriott Horizons in the future. Talk to you soon. Fondly-Gail1771

 

[wdwgoose]

THE NERVE OF SOME CRUISERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and this from a mother that doesn't tell her HIGHNESS of A cruise.



LOL LOL LOL

never would i say i didnot think of it.......

now how about 3 post in one morning ??????????????????

gaRry

 

[gail1771]

Wow the List is getting so big. That is so awesome. I am so excitied for the holiday DC.
3 weeks from today and we will be flying to Florida for our Celebrity Cruise. Can't wait to get out of cold NY!!!!
Hi Karyn, I miss you. Thinking of you. When the move is complete we will e mail again. I know this is a busy time for you. I am thinking about you. Fonly-Gail1771

 

[djs113]

Gail,

we definitely will get together in the spring - we can meet at Borders on Jericho - you live right near there right? Totally forgot about that pin, how much do I owe ya, I will mail you the money.

I posted to you about 5-6 pages back saying we are early seating with you.

We were at Sanibel this past August, very relaxing, great shells!

LeiLani,

definitely, my daughters lovers emailing all her Disney friends and her pin trading friends all over the country! When you let your daughter know, let us on the board know and we can email away.

Mary,

always a pleasure to discuss pins. I am totally a pin collector first, a trader secondary, and never a seller. Since my pins take up about 10 pin bags, I do not transport them too often, but I usually bring a full bag of traders with me when we go to the parks or cruisin'. If you want to see any specific pins in person, just let me know before we cruise, and I will bring them along for the ride! I know how you feel about some traders ... there are some bad apples out there who have cast a bad intimidating shadow on the rest of the folks.

Just remember a few things about pin trading, if you are happy with the trade, that is all the matters. Not what someone else thinks about your trade.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder e.g. one man's trash is another man's gem!

And, if you don't have that warm fuzzy feeling about any proposed trade, you always have the option of saying no and walking away.

- David

 

[wdwgoose]

YOOOOOOO Mr. only 7 more post!!!!!!!

are you outa bed you land lovr heres your chance again.
a sleeping gets no post !!!!!!!!!!!!

well I must go do some work. honeys doos some of you know about those things !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

enjoy the far freeeeeezeing day today



gaRry

 

[DVC4US]

David and Gail - sounds great about getting the kids together with emails. When we let them know about the cruise I will get let you guys know.

Gail - both DVC and Hilton are a points based system so we really do not own specific weeks. If you want to equate it to the week system I would say we own 2 weeks at DVC, 1 week in Hawaii, and 1 week in Las Vegas. We have always used all of our points from DVC (including borrowing from the next year). This year we finally got to a point where we are not borrowing from the next year and I might bank points so we can do a big Grand Villa in the summer of 2005. DD will turn 16 that year and I thought it might be nice to take a few of her friends to WDW. We just purchased the Hilton points (as a matter of fact we are still waiting for the Deeds) but I am sure we will use them every year. We like to vacation a lot (it is the only way I can get DH away from work) so we will see how it goes. Is Marriott a specific week based system or a points system?

LeiLani

 

[Kabuli1]

Wow, page 100 and closing in on 1500 posts! WOW!

I guess I need to hang around here a little this morning, after I get the Princess up! She needs to pack!

Karyn

 

[PrincessAuroraInBlue]

Psssht, the Princess isn't doing much packing today... I've got a hair cut, then my DM's making me take HER dentist appt (grrr), and then i've got work... ewwwwww, no fun! Anyone want a lock of my golden hair? Maybe it'll bring good luck!!

 

[PrincessAuroraInBlue]

Now, the question REALLY is: do i take my green & white crocheting with me down south, or would that make those 1-31 folk jealous? hmmmmmm

 

[gail1771]

Lei Lani,

The Marriott is not a specific week. You buy in a certain time frame . We own in the time frame December through April with the Marriott at Ocean Point in Florida which is plantium week so we have better trading power and we can get a unit at our home resort much eaiser during that time frame and we can book out 13 months at your home resort. The Marriott Horizons in Florida we own a week which is silver. It is the Month of May, some of June and September1st through December15th. It might even be also the end of August I am not sure on that. We use to go away Thanksgiving to Aruba every year and trade but it is hard for DH to take off at that time. He is usually wrapping up a job before the Holiday break. I also love to travel a lot and it also gets DH away from work. We try to go away 3-4 times a year. One vacation is always visiting family in Florida for a week. Eventhough the weather is nice I do not consider it a vacation with all the running around and driving.This year we will be vacationing 2 times alone and 2 times with the children. Actually April break it will just be DD and myself in Florida DH is working and DS will be home with my mom, DH and babysitter for the week. We will be visiting the in laws in Boynton Beach, Fla. for passover.

I have no use for our third timeshare as it has no point value and it is a set week in October. It is Columbus wee in October. We bought in before DD was born and we always used it to trade through Interval International. I would rather have points, no set week or DVC for flexibility. Talk to you soon. Fondly Gail1771

 

[Dancind]

Gail, is the Singer Island TS the one you have no use for? I'd better not mention that one to DH, he'll want to buy it! He loves the scuba diving on the East coast of FL. I suppose he will want to live near there when we "retire" to FL, but I have other ideas.

David, DD and I will be at most of the pin trading hours too. We've been collecting since 2001. Still haven't found my Holy Grail pins, the first two DCL A/C pins. Mary, you really have to keep up on pin stuff to know what a good trade is, and that's so hard if you don't live there. There are people in Orlando (we've met them) that are really SERIOUS about this, and devote several nights a week to it. We've actually been to pin trading nights at the All Stars and Contemporary a couple of times. There weren't many traders on our Oct. '02 cruise, but we had fun.

So, who likes to dance? DH and I are former (part-time) dance instructors (very, very rusty), mostly swing & country, but a little ballroom. We didn't find much opportunity on our last DCL cruise, but will try a little harder this time. Celebrity was actually pretty good for that.