20050514..May 14, 2005...Official Check in Disney's 1st 14 Day thru Panama Canal Part 3

[mvlmeco]

I am so excited for you guys! You get to go in just a few more days! Anyone nervous?
Have a great trip and be sure to do some live reports if you have time.

Debbie

I haven't been able to sleep for two nights and I'm as cranky as an old bear...Does that qualify me as nervous, anxious, or just a plain old PITA who's reading too many Jean Auel books?

Geez will somebody come and conk me over the head. I'm wound up tighter than a two dollar watch....maybe I should go and re-pack again.

 

[Juli]

Well, I'm still waiting for the seamstress at the cleaners to finish some alterations. Still waiting for UPS to show up with yet one more "necessary" clothing item. Still haven't packed yet! I've got everything layed out and it should be fairly easy to pack it all. I'll probably start tomorrow sometime.

I ended up getting little bookmark/clips and sunglass holders for everyone at the sailaway. They take up a lot more space than I realized. Should have mailed them darn it. I doubt I'll get my act together to give them out while waiting to board or at the sail-away, so look for a couple of little trinkets in your fish extender at some point. Wiggle Eyes fish bookmark and neon sunglass strap. That would be from the Ryners

We had loads of company for Mother's Day week and our water heater went out. Not a good time to replace a 75 gallon water heater. No souveniers for this gal. Glad I got those TShirts from Zazzle and Cafe Press when I did.

We are leaving early Friday am and will be at the pool at the Port Canaveral Radisson sometime in the afternoon. Hope to see some of you there!

More than I've posted all year. So the answer to are you getting "nervous or excited". I'd say YES!

Juli

 

[3DAN]

Nervous,,,,,,,nnnnnnnot mmmmmmmeee....
Yeah, I'm nervous, but more that that , I'm tired. Stayed up until 4AM yesterday and will probably have to do the same thing each night in order to get everything ready. Billy must be prompted to get his research paper done and it is due on Friday. I'm doing laundry right now, 11:45. Washing all of the outside clothes in Rit sun guard to make the clothes SPF 30.
thanks for the interest in us , Debbie.
Kay, are you okay, been swamped. When are you leaving ? I need your cell phone number. Send me a PM.
Scott, do we need to check in for star gazing? And, do you think a shortie would be a smart thing to take to castaway Cay? I could still go over to Costco and get one or two.
Bill

 

[krdisneybound]

Bill - sent you a PM

me

 

[ashleydoc]

Hi still here just.

We were unable to get any Palo Brunch reservations ,if anyone has spare space on theirs for two more persons and is willing to put up with 2 brits we would love to go.

Please Pm today (tuesday)if a possibility.Today is probably the last day we will be online,but you can always contact us onboard.

Ashley and Karen

Ashley and karen

 

[LITTLEKID58]

All the bags are packed... and zipped!! Just a few last minute things as we leave on Thursday morning

We did have to send 2 additional boxes this morning ..... filled with.......



FISH EXTENDERS!!!


Yes.. we went out and got one per stateroom I will have some with me before we get to the ship and will hand them out and will also hand them out at the terminal! I did not have time to mark the stateroom numbers on them, so I will be checking them off a list as I give them out. Anyone I miss will get them delivered to their room or at sailaway

I will say..... Cabbage Patch rules apply. And you ask, what the heck are Cabbage Patch rules??????? Who here remembers when Cabbage Patch kids came out and the frenzy was attached to it all that Christmas season. Well Mom worked at Zayres (now who remembers Zayre's!) and there was this angry mob in line for the dolls (good training for later pin lines ). The rules were this..... you get whatever doll she had in her hands and if you wanted to trade them, you can do so in the parking lot

So I hope you all enjoy the Fish Extenders (or as Brisully called them Fishtensions )!

Debbie

Debbie

Thank you so much ... this will be so cool..


Liz

 

[Mickey&JoshNut]

Good Morning Liz, Nice to see I'm not the only one not sleeping!!!!!

Elaine

 

[LITTLEKID58]

I am at work already.... to excited to sleep....

Liz

 

[Mickey&JoshNut]

At work already...I'm sitting here in my PJ's reading all the posts from last night. I can't believe that we'll be on the ship on Saturday. It seemed so far away when we booked and I was excited when I saw my count down go from 3 digits to 2 and now we're into single digits.

Have a good day at work and see you in 4 days!!!

Elaine

 

[LITTLEKID58]

Hi

I come in at 5 so I get to leave at 3:30.. have a 4 day work week..but tomorrow is my last day.. have to much to do before Saturday...

Liz

 

[disforever]

Hi everyone,

In case any one is interested we are posting this information. When we dock in Mazatlan my mother and myself are going to visit an orphanage run by the salvation army. Our contact at the Mazatlan Salvation Army is a lovely woman named Lenda McKay, she help run the 3 orphanages in the area. 2 of of the orphanages are for boys over 10 yrs and up to 20 yrs and the other orphanage ( the one we will personally visit) is for young boys 2 yrs to 10 yrs and girls of all ages. The orphanages need the following items,

summer shorts, flip flops, swim trunks ( for the boys orphanage's) and then beach toys, pretty much anything new that we want to bring. Dolls,trucks, hair accessories for the older girls, nerf footballs for the older boys.... We plan on shipping down 2 boxes of donations for the visit.

If anyone else is interested in coming we will probably be gone for a couple hours for a visit. Also if you are interested in making a donation and do not want to come in person you could bring the donation on the ship and get it to us and we would be glad to bring it. Just let us know which orphanage you want your donation to go to.

If you are interested or have any other questions we can forward you all the contact info.

Bye....

I am interested in going if there is room. Please let me know before I leave early Thursday. Sorry for the late note. Thanks, Kathy.
Disforever, 6072, Kathy

 

[3DAN]

Hi Elaine, Hi Liz. YOu are not alone.
Having to stay up a lot for me. Check in on occasion. It is sad that everybody is leaving. Guess my turn is coming.
I will have to work Friday morning and then go to the airport about four.
I suspect that there is a good chance that I will be exhausted for the parties. Might need to sleep. If so, apologies in advance.
Bill

 

[Kevin&Randall]

Oh no dollars needed Just a drink from Deck 9

Debbie

The winner of the smallest ship board accout, alcohol division -- Debbie!!!

Because every Dis-boarder bought her a drink

The winner of the largest ship board account, alcohol division -- Leslie!!!
The winner of the largest ship board account, pin division -- Leslie!!!
The winner of the largest ship board account, souvenir division -- Leslie!!!
The winner of the largest ship board account, number of pages division -- Leslie!!!
The winner of the largest ship board account, weight of pages division -- Leslie!!!

​

Randall

 

[bonzie1]

Debbie! Thanks for the fish extenders... SOOOOO NICE of you! Enjoy Off Kilter while you're in WDW. My Dad loves them!

Scott! Yes Maynord! I'll date myself too!

Tomorrow I am hoping to be hit with the wave of excitement (hope it's not a tital wave ) That's when I think I can continue packing and planning

Work Update... VERY tough yesterday. Never been in a situation like this one. One more heavy meeting at 9:00 this morning. It was decided that I should not attend the upper mgmt meeting at 2:30. They need to settle things up at the top and decide which group will be managing the system...

I'm in early to get a jumpstart on the meeting.

SOOOOOON, oh so SOON

 

[disforever]

All the bags are packed... and zipped!! Just a few last minute things as we leave on Thursday morning

We did have to send 2 additional boxes this morning ..... filled with.......



FISH EXTENDERS!!!


Yes.. we went out and got one per stateroom I will have some with me before we get to the ship and will hand them out and will also hand them out at the terminal! I did not have time to mark the stateroom numbers on them, so I will be checking them off a list as I give them out. Anyone I miss will get them delivered to their room or at sailaway

I will say..... Cabbage Patch rules apply. And you ask, what the heck are Cabbage Patch rules??????? Who here remembers when Cabbage Patch kids came out and the frenzy was attached to it all that Christmas season. Well Mom worked at Zayres (now who remembers Zayre's!) and there was this angry mob in line for the dolls (good training for later pin lines ). The rules were this..... you get whatever doll she had in her hands and if you wanted to trade them, you can do so in the parking lot

So I hope you all enjoy the Fish Extenders (or as Brisully called them Fishtensions )!

Debbie

I love the rules, See you there,
Kathy Disforever, 6072

 

[Kevin&Randall]

Gee before I miss out, HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEVIN. Although someone, I think Randall is his name, told me it is the 19th. I have proof. He needs typing lessons.

I got my 3RD EDITION PASSPORTER TODAY!!!! They are so nice, there was a lovely note inside saying it was a complimentary copy...the had expected the binder versions, etc (I need a refill!) to ship by now, but there was a printing issue (those poor people have the worst of luck!).

Anyway I'm glad I told them I would be leaving for the repo cruise this weekend, that's why they expedited a copy. They're wonderful!

Thank you all for the great birthday wishes. It was a low key celebration because my gift starts Saturday. Tink, Happy Belated Birthday to you!

We got the Passporter book yesterday too. Randall has been tasked with speed reading it and providing me with notes. It looks very detailed.

Rob, Randall insists he did not mean to mislead you if he gave you the wrong date. Cousin Joel's b-day is on the 19th. Maybe he wanted you to celebrate a birthday of a total stranger!

Kevin

Post edited for formatting and fun by Randall!

 

[Scott H]

Thanks to you folks wishing us a great trip, we will try.

Sleep, I might catch up on that about the 4th or 5th day of the cruise on a Deck 4 lounge chair. I am tooooo excited.

Bill, a check of water temp at a bouy just off MIA showed a temps of 76-77, I think that is kinda cool.

Georgie, I hope it is a Hawaiian Roller Coaster type wave that you catch, and surf right through the day. Hang 10.

It does seem like the tempests of life have been building for some of us. Rather cathartic to share here. 99% of the time I am the eternal optimist as I believe that all things that happen are for a purpose and make us stronger in the long run. So hang in there guys as your karma will take a turn soon. Way to early for these Deep thoughts.

 

[bettemom]

I am interested in going if there is room. Please let me know before I leave early Thursday. Sorry for the late note. Thanks, Kathy.
Disforever, 6072, Kathy

Hi Kathy,

Just sent you a PM.

Bye, Kim

 

[BobandLee]

Good Morning Everyone.
To those who are traveling today, have a safe and fun trip!

Is anyone else staying at the Embassey Suites friday? If so, maybe we can meet up that evening at the reception.

Have a great day.

 

[bettemom]

Hi Everyone...

Here is the list for early dinner at Grills on Friday 5/13. We plan on going a little before 5pm to see the ships leave and then stay till we decide to leave...

Hygiene99
bettemom
webray
moocow35
serena 6010

If you would like to join us please PM me. I will add you too the list and let Grills know the final count Friday AM.

Bye, Kim