2006 DVC Member Cruise - SSMC06 - October 22, 2006 Part 3

[#1Mouse]

1. What color is the car you drive? Orange Grand Prix

2. Do you wear Crocs? YES

3. What is your favorite Disney restaurant? Chef Mickey's

4. What do you collect? Disney Pins of hotels, Events, restaurants & rides that we have done and any other Disney collectibles.


5. What kind of shampoo do you use? Aussie Awesome Volume (I only use it cuz I like the purple bottle )

6. Any pets? A 10 yr old Lhasa Apso named Patches

7. How many of the United States have you visted? MI, OH, IL, MO, CA, OK, KY, FL, GA, TN, SC, NC, NY. I've driven through others but didn't stay or do anything unless you count the boatload of tolls we paid in VA!


8. Do you use bar soap or liquid body wash? Liquid

9. Grease or Sound of Music? Grease

10. Have you ever taken a Disney cruise? 4 - 4 night cruises (2 of which were DVC Member cruises) Soon to be 6 - going on the 11 Night Southern Caribbean & SSMC06.

 

[#1Mouse]

Bonus question inspired by Steve:

11. Backdraft or Ladder 49?

Backdraft

 

[ohanafamily]

First of all, Amy and Diana, PD and I am so glad everyone is OK. I guess the other driver doesn't know howclose of a brush they had. What upsets me is that the other driver was at fault, and you have all the damage. It makes you look like it was your fault... grrrr.

OK, now for the quiz...

1. What color is the car you drive? Gold

2. Do you wear Crocs? No, but Robin is working on me

3. What is your favorite Disney restaurant? Whichever one I am eating at...

4. What do you collect? Stuffed animals, cds, computer equipment...

5. What kind of shampoo do you use? Whichever Robin puts in the dispencer

6. Any pets? Do Dragons count?

7. How many of the United States have you visted? TX,HI,OK,AZ,NM,LA,NY,GA,NJ,BC,CA,FL,IL,NV just to mention a few

8. Do you use bar soap or liquid body wash? Both

9. Grease or Sound of Music?neither..(same answer to bonus)

10. Have you ever taken a Disney cruise? Does Disneydo cruises??? Sounds fun do you think there is availability in OCTOBER??? in say 11 WEEKS??? (this will be our 4th)

 

[chipscinderelly]

1. What color is the car you drive? Dark Blue for Julie - Red for Matt

2. Do you wear Crocs? nope and nope - but I (Julie) am looking into the Disney ones

3. What is your favorite Disney restaurant? Le Cellier for Julie, O'hana for Matt

4. What do you collect? Dust no really, hmmm I guess I collect Waterford Crystal glasses (seriously) and Matt - video games

5. What kind of shampoo do you use? Julie - currently Biolage, Matt - whatever Julie puts in the shower

6. Any pets? Yes - Chip, Choc Lab 6 and Jack, tortie cat 2

7. How many of the United States have you visted? Good question - Julie's answer is many!

8. Do you use bar soap or liquid body wash? Bar - hypoallergenic due to Julie's allergies

9. Grease or Sound of Music? Grease for Julie - I don't think Matt has seen either

10. Have you ever taken a Disney cruise? Yes 1 - SSMC05

 

[Copper3]

Amy, Sory to hear about Chris' accident. Glad to hear he's OK.

Diana, Sorry to hear about your accident and glad the damage was minimal.

Cheryl, It was great running into you guys at MGM. After we parted I ate at Sci-Fi, played Millionaire once then tried for the last show but was turned away about 8 minutes before the show began because the theatre was completely full. They also turned about 15-20 people behind me away. Sunday, I played again and finally made the top ten just as the show ended (was #7 and that was with getting 3 questions wrong).

Now for the Cruiser questions:

1. What color is the car you drive? Dark Grey.

2. Do you wear Crocs? Not yet.

3. What is your favorite Disney restaurant? Jiko

4. What do you collect? Too many things to list, I definitely am a pack rat. The most recent are Star Wars weekends pins and DVD recordings of the World Series of Poker.

5. What kind of shampoo do you use? Herbal Essences; one of the shampoo bars from Basin.

6. Any pets? Nope, I'm barely organized enough to take care of myself let alone any pets.

7. How many of the United States have you visted? NJ, NY, CT, MA, ME, NH, VT, RI, PA, OH, MI, IL, WV, VA, DE, MD, NC, SC, GA, FL, MS, TN, AR, TX, NV, AZ, CA, OR, WA, WY, UT, CO.

8. Do you use bar soap or liquid body wash? Bar

9. Grease or Sound of Music? Grease of course, I’m a child of the 70’s! Who else was singing along at the Pirates party last year?

10. Have you ever taken a Disney cruise? Yes, last year’s member cruise.

11. Backdraft or Ladder 49? Haven't seen Ladder 49 so it would have to be backdraft.

 

[IleneF]

1. What color is the car you drive? white convertible

2. Do you wear Crocs? OH YES!

3. What is your favorite Disney restaurant? Tony's Townsquare

4. What do you collect? Teddy bears and assorted Disney stuff

5. What kind of shampoo do you use? Whole foods 365

6. Any pets? Two schnoodles

7. How many of the United States have you visted? Not enough

8. Do you use bar soap or liquid body wash? Bar soap, hate body wash

9. Grease or Sound of Music? Sound of Music

10. Have you ever taken a Disney cruise? Yes, three of them all on Wonder.

 

[bonzie1]

Not much else going on - we did finalize the menu for our wedding so I thought I would share

Here's our MENU
SOUP
Smoked Tomato Bisque with Basil Chiffonade and Chevre Crumbles

SORBET
Strawberry

ENTREES:
Grilled Chicen Breast with Pinot Noir Sauce and Fresh Mushrooms - ignore the mac and cheese

Grilled Salmon Steak with Mustard Sauce Cruisp Herb and Parmesan
*for some reason I do not have a photo of the salmon but this is amazing and I will be ordering it for the wedding!


Oak Grilled Beef Tenerloin with Zinfandel and Balsamic Reduction

Each entree will be served with the following sides:
Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes
Haricot Vert
Assorted Oven Fresh Rolls and Pretzel Bread

Wedding Cake
We're serving the round cake with 3 tiers (currently, however I think once we hit - or if we hit- over 75 it heads to 4 tiers) with the Mickey Gazebo top (eg the Mickey ears on top of a short 4 inch column).

• Tier 1 Top = Red Cake based on bride's family receipe
  
  
• Tier 2 middle = Yellow cake with Raspberry Mouse (hmm I think there are to be raspberries in there as well)
• Tier 3 bottom = chocolate cake with amaretto mousse

What a WONDERFUL menu! Thanks for sharing. A family recipe for the wedding cake. Another nice touch. Maybe Disney Weddings will begin offering it as a selection for others after your wedding. You must be soooo excited

I know everything will be just beautiful!

 

[gometros]

1. What color is the car you drive?

Blue - my favorite color. Judy's is gold.

2. Do you wear Crocs?
Good god, no. I just don't get fashion and what makes these things so popular. They are so UGLY!

3. What is your favorite Disney restaurant?
This one is tough, but I have to go with the restaurant we go to every trip as a sort of tradition - Chef Mickey's

4. What do you collect?
Bills. Oh, you mean like on purpose? Soccer and Disney pins.

5. What kind of shampoo do you use?

Pert

6. Any pets?

He's actually my son's, but a white mouse.

7. How many of the United States have you visted?

Wow, that's hard cause I have to remember back to my childhood, but I believe the answer is 46. I believe the only states I have not been to are Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington, but that last one will be knocked of the list later this month.

8. Do you use bar soap or liquid body wash?

Soap?

9. Grease or Sound of Music?

Olivia Newton versus Julie Andrews. Olivia wins hands down.

10. Have you ever taken a Disney cruise?

This will be our 5th Disney Cruise. We were on the 4th sailing of the Magic, followed by a 4-day on July 4th, 2000, and then two 7-days, one Eastern, one Western.

 

[rsschneck]

1. What color is the car you drive? "Heather Mist" aka Gray

2. Do you wear Crocs? No

3. What is your favorite Disney restaurant? Artist Point

4. What do you collect? Disney

5. What kind of shampoo do you use? Curls Rock

6. Any pets? Dog/Bichon Frise named Jazzy (short for Princess Jasmine)

7. How many of the United States have you visted? OR, MT, WA, CA, TX, Washington DC, NC, SC, FL, MN, IN, HI and have driven through UT, SD, IL, GA, and many more I can't remember right now

8. Do you use bar soap or liquid body wash? liquid body wash

9. Grease or Sound of Music? Grease

10. Have you ever taken a Disney cruise? YES! 3 day, this will be a 4 day, 7 day Western, 14 day Repo. and have a 7 day Eastern Scheduled for 2007

 

[northerngirl]

Sorry to interrupt the flow...but more questions for you.....

I managed to book my shore excursions this morning (but no Palo ressies available )

Anyhow, when do you go about paying for these? Do you pay on the ship? Do they automatically charge it to the cc# you booked the cruise on?

Also, we are boarding the DCL bus at SSR at 12:45 p.m. on the day of the cruise. In your expert opinion, any hope of getting Palo ressies for 2 when we are arriving at the terminal so late?

Any help would be appreciated!!!

 

[Diana Lyn]

Sorry to interrupt the flow...but more questions for you.....

I managed to book my shore excursions this morning (but no Palo ressies available )

Anyhow, when do you go about paying for these? Do you pay on the ship? Do they automatically charge it to the cc# you booked the cruise on?

Also, we are boarding the DCL bus at SSR at 12:45 p.m. on the day of the cruise. In your expert opinion, any hope of getting Palo ressies for 2 when we are arriving at the terminal so late?

Any help would be appreciated!!!

The charges for the excursions will be on your stateroom charge bill at the end of the cruise.

We took DCL transfers last year and will be taking them again this year but I didn't make any ressies once onboard so I can't help you there. I can tell you that our bus left about 15 minutes before we were supposed to because we were all there waiting, willing and anxious to get on with it.....so get there early! Our bus was supposed to pick us up at 11:45, we left at 11:30 headed to OKW to pick up more folks (we were at POR) and we were on the ship at exactly 1pm.

 

[WDWLVR]

Sorry to interrupt the flow...but more questions for you.....

I managed to book my shore excursions this morning (but no Palo ressies available )

Anyhow, when do you go about paying for these? Do you pay on the ship? Do they automatically charge it to the cc# you booked the cruise on?

Also, we are boarding the DCL bus at SSR at 12:45 p.m. on the day of the cruise. In your expert opinion, any hope of getting Palo ressies for 2 when we are arriving at the terminal so late?

Any help would be appreciated!!!

As Diana said your excursions will be billed to your cabin once on board. You can then pay them off with cash or leave them on the card you left on file.

As for Palo, honestly getting there that late no I don't think you will be able to get Palo reservations. A couple of things to keep in mind. 1) you can check and if they are booked asked to be put on a waiting list and 2) I know you read where everyone says Palo is a must do well IMHO it isn't. Don't get me wrong it is wonderful good and great service. However we didn't go to Palo until our 3rd or 4th cruise and I don't regret that at all.

Good luck!

 

[bonzie1]

Sorry to interrupt the flow...but more questions for you.....

I managed to book my shore excursions this morning (but no Palo ressies available )

Anyhow, when do you go about paying for these? Do you pay on the ship? Do they automatically charge it to the cc# you booked the cruise on?

Also, we are boarding the DCL bus at SSR at 12:45 p.m. on the day of the cruise. In your expert opinion, any hope of getting Palo ressies for 2 when we are arriving at the terminal so late?

Any help would be appreciated!!!

In all the cruises I've taken, they've always held back some Palo reservations for booking while on board. Since many have already booked, I would think your changes would be good. I would still get to Guest Services as soon as you board to see about Palo availability. Also, keep checking back on line. People have been known to cancel. You may have to take a time which isn't convenient, but at least you'll be able to dine at Palos.

One more thing... You can request to be picked up earlier, BUT you must get yourself and your luggage to that new pick up location. It never hurts to ask.

Q - Does anyone know if there will be a brunch during this "special" cruise?

 

[WDWLVR]

Georgie - yes Brunch will be during our sea day which is Tuesday. A number of us have it reserved.

Are you going to be sailing with us again?

 

[cgcw]

Are you going to be sailing with us again?

I was just going to ask. Did your waitlist come through?

 

[bonzie1]

Georgie - yes Bruch will be during our sea day which is Tuesday. A number of us have it reserved.

Are you going to be sailing with us again?

Hi Mary... and All!

We are crossing our fingers

We're continuing to call about our waitlist. I know several who have cancelled, but they aren't down to our name yet! We are still hoping.

Thanks for asking!
Georgie

 

[alikat99]

Hi Mary... and All!

We are crossing our fingers

We're continuing to call about our waitlist. I know several who have cancelled, but they aren't down to our name yet! We are still hoping.

Thanks for asking!
Georgie

Good luck on your waitlist, Georgie!!! Fingers crossed that you'll be able to come.

You don't happen to know who cancelled, do you?? The reason that I ask is that I'm trying to keep an accurate kids list and someone else mentioned that they thought some had cancelled, but I don't know who.

Thanks tons!!!

 

[northerngirl]

Thank you to everyone who respnded so quickly...you guys are the best!!

In response to the op's response, how do we go about getting picked up earlier by DCL and what locations are there to get picked up at?

If I can go earlier, I will.

 

[Diana Lyn]

Thank you to everyone who respnded so quickly...you guys are the best!!

In response to the op's response, how do we go about getting picked up earlier by DCL and what locations are there to get picked up at?

If I can go earlier, I will.

Sorry I didn't explain myself better. We didn't request to leave any earlier, it just so happened that everyone was there and ready and the bus was there, so we just left.

I know DCL buses pick up at all DVC resorts, the Deluxes and I believe all the Mods too. The only ones they don't pick up at is the Values. Last year we had the option of spending the morning at AK and DCL would pick us up at the park--I'm not sure if they are still doing that though. And I'm not sure what the earliest pick up time is for the resorts. You can try to call and see which resort is earliest, just keep in mind that sometimes there is more than one resort on a bus, so there can be multiple stops.

 

[bonzie1]

Thank you to everyone who respnded so quickly...you guys are the best!!

In response to the op's response, how do we go about getting picked up earlier by DCL and what locations are there to get picked up at?

If I can go earlier, I will.

On last year's Member Cruise, we checked with the DCL CM at our resort. They gave us the pick up number to call. We got the pick up times at other resorts from them. I no longer have that number.

On another note... I don't know who cancelled, I just know from DVC that cancellations have come in. That's why I'm hoping we will be able to go!