2006 DVC Member Cruise - SSMC06 - October 22, 2006 Part 5

[WDWLVR]

Good morning Member Cruisers
- we sail in 15 days!







14 days until the pre-cruise DIS meet in the Solarium at Beach Club!







​

Remember you can get a copy of the navigator on the web site!

 

[WDWLVR]

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Tip Of The Day


Today we have some little hints that can improve your stateroom life. Some of which have been covered in discussion - some not.

1. Bring an over the door shoe hanger - you can use it for shoes, but also for the little things you need like suntan lotion, sun glasses, etc.
2. If you need to use a curling iron or blow dryer you might want to bring an extension cord as the outlets are not in the best place on the desk for using one.
3. If you want a little privacy from the kids bring a few clothes pins to keep the privacy curtain closed.
4. If you have connecting rooms ask your room steward for the small blocks of wood they use to keep the doors open. The block goes in the upper part of the door by the closer and keeps it open. Easy to remove if you want to close them at night.
5. If you get a sewer smell in your bathroom it is easy to cure yourself by pouring a cup or two of water down the drain behind the toilet (we've never experienced it but have read about the smell on the DIS).
6. If you have a family that makes it own smells you might want to bring an air freshner for the bathroom.
7. After you unpack it is easy to store you luggage out of sight under your bed. If you lift the corner of the bed half of it will come up easily to slide the luggage up.
   [*]Post-it notes or a small wipe board inside the cabin helps you keep track of other family members.
   

Hope these help!

 

[cgcw]

Cindy, Congratulations on hitting the 8300 posts milestone!

Thanks. I didn't even notice.

 

[alikat99]

We were doing the Happy Doc Dance in Detroit thursday night!!

Now, where's mine?!??!?!

 

[alikat99]

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Tip Of The Day


Today we have some little hints that can improve your stateroom life. Some of which have been covered in discussion - some not.

1. Bring an over the door shoe hanger - you can use it for shoes, but also for the little things you need like suntan lotion, sun glasses, etc.
2. If you need to use a curling iron or blow dryer you might want to bring an extension cord as the outlets are not in the best place on the desk for using one.
3. If you want a little privacy from the kids bring a few clothes pins to keep the privacy curtain closed.
4. If you have connecting rooms ask your room steward for the small blocks of wood they use to keep the doors open. The block goes in the upper part of the door by the closer and keeps it open. Easy to remove if you want to close them at night.
5. If you get a sewer smell in your bathroom it is easy to cure yourself by pouring a cup or two of water down the drain behind the toilet (we've never experienced it but have read about the smell on the DIS).
6. If you have a family that makes it own smells you might want to bring an air freshner for the bathroom.
7. After you unpack it is easy to store you luggage out of sight under your bed. If you lift the corner of the bed half of it will come up easily to slide the luggage up.
   [*]Post-it notes or a small wipe board inside the cabin helps you keep track of other family members.
   

Hope these help!

These are GREAT tips, Mary!!! We've used almost all of them!!

 

[curtdennis]

Ok I was off the boards for a whole 24 hours. Starting to shake there a little bit.... Hope all had fun in chat. I was tempted to log in with my Treo, but those small screen web browsers are not really all they are cracked up to be.


Well wishes to Diana and crew. Monday will be a trying time. I can't even be in the room when our best friend & vet gives the final shot. My thoughts will be with you.

Well wishes for the nephew injured in the van crash. I once heard that nothing heals faster than a child. More power to him.

Happy thought s for all the DisSers waiting to do the Docs Dance. May the band be with you soon. The Village Smiles were scary though.
Oh and one last thing

 

[curtdennis]

Since we're odd today - here you go...

 

[curtdennis]

And for those interested...

1. cgcw...............2554 NEVER calling Cameron a Pale Hoser again. Dead Eye maybe
2. alikat99............2277 Orange you nice, hey its early - best I could come up with...
3. WDWLVR..........2187 SUPER MOD
4. Diana Lyn.........1634 Lady of the Empire (state)
5. Stitch#1..........1081 My Chauffeur
6. chipscinderelly...940 The Yellow Rose of Texas
7. #1Mouse .........789 State Mate #2
8. rsschneck.........714 WAY OUT WEST
9. RRBB................649 Another Yellow Rose
10. curtdennis.........531 still hanging in there even with a 24 hr break

11. BCVOwner2002...495 honorable mention

 

[bonzie1]

LINDA, LINDA, LINDA...

Did you say we may be receiving something from DVC/Ducky in our mailbox? I was confused, and didn't know if it was just for the 11 day cruisers...

Thanks!

 

[alikat99]

Since we're odd today - here you go...

Ok, another guess of....I have absolutely NO IDEA!!!

 

[WDWLVR]

Since we're odd today - here you go...

My guess is Castaway.

 

[alikat99]

Hey Mary - only 127 posts until you hit 20,000 posts!!! Do you think that you can make it before the cruise?????

 

[IleneF]

We'd love to sign a square for you.

I'm planning on bringing my canvas tote that I ordered from CafePress to have everyone sign. It's something lots of people do at CKU with the totes they give out, get the scrapbooking "celebs" to sign.

See now that's nice idea. How 'bout this one..you know the group photo they take, how about using one of the mats we talked about earlier and having everyone sign the mat for the photo to go into. I think I will do that. I didn't get into having the characters sign it but I think it would be cool to have all of you sign it. The problem is I'd have to carry it around alot...hmmmm

 

[cgcw]

Since we're odd today - here you go...

Gosh, that helped so much. I think I'm going with Amy's guess --- absolutely no idea.

 

[IleneF]

Here is the picture from our pirate night on the 11 night cruise.

Left to right is Carol [scrappy910] and Joe (Gail's sister and BIL),
friends of ours (Mike & Rose),
Gail (#1Mouse) & yours truely

HOLEY MOLEY...I am SOOOOO outclassed, you all look fantastic!!!

 

[WDWLVR]

Hey Mary - only 127 posts until you hit 20,000 posts!!! Do you think that you can make it before the cruise?????

I don't know - I'm kinda shy. Ok I'm not shy with this group but just like many of us I'm really shy in person.

 

[alikat99]

Good morning everyone - I am making my final call for any additions to the SSMC06 kids list. I will be sending my final copy to Stacy and Diana tomorrow morning, so that they can create the personalization for the kids gift.

If your child is not on the list below, and you want them to be, please send me a PM, before tomorrow and they will be added.

SSMC06 Kids List


Under 2 years old
Emily - scrappindeb's DD
Ian - RRRB & ohanafamily's DS
Nathaniel – Kerlynne’s DS


2 year olds
Madison - alikat99's DD
Julia - Diana Lyn's DD
Cassie – tcc’s DD
Matthew – TIGGER26’s DS
Daniella – MLC’s DD


3 year olds
Emma - Diana Lyn's DD

4 year olds
Connor – 4greatboys’s DS
Tyler – Romandel’s DS

5 year olds
Emily - alikat99's DD
Clark – tcc’s DS
Joshua – beaker’s DS
Alex – Stitch#1’s friend’s DS


6 year olds
Walker - cgcw's DS
Evan – 4greatboys’s DS


7 year olds
Jessica - bcvprincesses's DD
Nick - crzy4dals's DS
Haylee – tinkerbelle77’s DD
Ben – ConleyFam’s DS
Julia – beattyfamily’s DD


9 year olds
Brooke - bcvprincesses's DD
Kiele - rsschneck's DD
Krystina – tinkerbelle77’s DD
Cameron – Romandel’s DS

10 year olds
David – Stitch#1’s friend’s DS
Sam – ConleyFam’s DS
Malerie – beattyfamily’s DD


11 year olds
Nick - Stitch#1’s DS
Justin – Niagara2’s DS

12 year olds
Cameron – cgcw’s DS
Deanna - #1Mouse's DD
Brandon – Niagara2’s DS
Mary – Msteg’s DD


13 year olds
Alex - scrappindeb's DS
Shawn (Stitch Creator) – Kerlynne’s DS


14 year olds
Tanya – Scratch42’s DD


16 year olds
Matt - 4greatboys’s DS


17 year olds
Matt - scrappindeb's DS

 

[Scratch42]

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Tip Of The Day


Today we have some little hints that can improve your stateroom life. Some of which have been covered in discussion - some not.

1. Bring an over the door shoe hanger - you can use it for shoes, but also for the little things you need like suntan lotion, sun glasses, etc.
2. If you need to use a curling iron or blow dryer you might want to bring an extension cord as the outlets are not in the best place on the desk for using one.
3. If you want a little privacy from the kids bring a few clothes pins to keep the privacy curtain closed.
4. If you have connecting rooms ask your room steward for the small blocks of wood they use to keep the doors open. The block goes in the upper part of the door by the closer and keeps it open. Easy to remove if you want to close them at night.
5. If you get a sewer smell in your bathroom it is easy to cure yourself by pouring a cup or two of water down the drain behind the toilet (we've never experienced it but have read about the smell on the DIS).
6. If you have a family that makes it own smells you might want to bring an air freshner for the bathroom.
7. After you unpack it is easy to store you luggage out of sight under your bed. If you lift the corner of the bed half of it will come up easily to slide the luggage up.
   [*]Post-it notes or a small wipe board inside the cabin helps you keep track of other family members.
   

Hope these help!

Just an added tip to #5! After pouring the water in the drain, place the brush on top of the drain to help keep that odour out!

It's this smell that DD uses as an excuse that she must only travel with a verandah!

j

 

[IleneF]

Speaking about shyness...OK here's the thing. I feel like if say I see Diana Lyn and go up to her and say "Hi Diana, I'm Ilene nice to meet you" She'll be like um yeah, Hi but not really know who I am. Then I'll feel stupid. So I hope I've made enough of a name for myself here so that when I do get up enough guts to introduce myself that won't happen. Once I get talking to people I'm fine but it's that initial intro that sometimes becomes overwhelming And it's a little more so because so many of you already know each other and will be all huggy and stuff I hope I can join in on your fun.

 

[BCVOwner2002]

Good morning Member Cruisers
- we sail in 15 days!




14 days until the pre-cruise DIS meet in the Solarium at Beach Club!




​

Remember you can get a copy of the navigator on the web site!

Time is slipping away! Still have a lot to do! I just found out my work network is down until 7pm tonight so it looks like I can't finish the 2007 budget until tomorrow so I guess Tom and I have the day to ourselves!

Got some sad news yesterday. My best friend who lives in FL called to let me know her ex-husband (my cousin) past away. He died of liver failure. He had a liver transplant 3 years ago and it started failing about 1.5 years ago and unfortunately found out six months ago he wasn't a candidate for another transplant. He is leaving behind two boys (sophomore and senior in high school). They are both taking this very hard. Even though they have had a few months to prepare it's still difficult!

We are all waiting to find out what his new wife is going to do for arrangements. She is thinking about having a service here in MA only so if this happens, my friend and the boys will fly up and stay with Tom and I. His wife said she wants him to be where the rest of his family is buried. It's going to be a crazy week!