2008, 24th/28th Aug - *Double Dipping with the Bahama Mamas*

[mandymouse]

Hey Laurie

This is so spooky, I just found some of your posts on the DCL Party Planning thread, and I was just about to PM you to invite you over to our thread

Anyway, welcome aboard, I'm Mandy, and I'm from the UK, and I will be travelling with my DH and 2 DD's (who will be 17 & 15 when we sail)

How 'wonder'ful for you to be staying at Vero Beach before the Cruise

I look forward to getting to know you

Mandy

p.s. When you get time, will you tell us all about the DCL party you are hosting, I would've loved to do this, but it wasn't open to the UK

 

[nikkyluvsmickey]

Hi laurie
Welcome to our group. my son is 11 and will be glad to hear that someone his age will be on the cruise this time. The last time we sailed he was stuck between the 8 and 9 year olds and the 13 plus group . He never left us. hopefully your sons and mine can make friends while onboard.
Chat later. Oh I almost forgot I am michele and i will be sailing with my hubby son austin 11 and 2 daughters nicole16 and sarah 14. have a great day.
Michele

 

[DVCLaurie05]

Hey Laurie

This is so spooky, I just found some of your posts on the DCL Party Planning thread, and I was just about to PM you to invite you over to our thread

Anyway, welcome aboard, I'm Mandy, and I'm from the UK, and I will be travelling with my DH and 2 DD's (who will be 17 & 15 when we sail)

How 'wonder'ful for you to be staying at Vero Beach before the Cruise

I look forward to getting to know you

Mandy

p.s. When you get time, will you tell us all about the DCL party you are hosting, I would've loved to do this, but it wasn't open to the UK

Thanks for the warm welcome!! I am so excited I found this thread!!

Well, the DCL house party is an interesting thing.. I signed up thinking I wouldn't get picked, and I did - so I was surprised to be selected!!!!

I will give you more 'details' soon - have a few things to wrap up here at work before I go - can you believe, I am expected to WORK at WORK?? LOL

 

[DVCLaurie05]

Hi laurie
Welcome to our group. my son is 11 and will be glad to hear that someone his age will be on the cruise this time. The last time we sailed he was stuck between the 8 and 9 year olds and the 13 plus group . He never left us. hopefully your sons and mine can make friends while onboard.
Chat later. Oh I almost forgot I am michele and i will be sailing with my hubby son austin 11 and 2 daughters nicole16 and sarah 14. have a great day.
Michele

Michele -

We could get the boys together for sure - the first cruise we took, we were with a group of like 25 people - so, my kids had built in buddies.. the second one - it was just us - and they had each other, we were able to sneak Anthony (8 now) into the lab w/Dominic (11) - at the time Ant was 7 and Dominic 9, so, it was ok -

My little one is a chatterbox - total social butterfly!! It'll be fun - does your son email or anything - we can 'introduce' them!!

Laurie

 

[DVCLaurie05]

Oh - DUH - Michele - I thought your son was 8, wasn't reading so well, see what happens that I am rushing to reply! LOL

Anyway, Dominic is the 11 year old - he would love a 'buddy' - he isn't as social as Anthony - would be great to meet someone ahead of time! Again, we can 'introduce' them as it gets closer!

We actually met a little boy last time on the bus from WDW to DCL - both of the boys hung out w/him in the club once or twice - but, never kept in touch w/them!

Laurie

 

[nikkyluvsmickey]

Laurie
Austin wouldn't even step foot in the club on our last cruise. He said it was for babies and either was glued to my hubby and me or he was trying to tag along wwith his sisters at the stack until the counselors would ask him to leave. I'm glad your sons have been to the club before maybe they will tell him it is a cool place to hang out. Talk to you later
michele

 

[DVCLaurie05]

Laurie
Austin wouldn't even step foot in the club on our last cruise. He said it was for babies and either was glued to my hubby and me or he was trying to tag along wwith his sisters at the stack until the counselors would ask him to leave. I'm glad your sons have been to the club before maybe they will tell him it is a cool place to hang out. Talk to you later
michele

Michele -

I am not sure you want my kids to sell Austin on the clubs! lol They did like it, but would rather not be there.. but, we do want to do Palo again, and we do enjoy Gary Delena - IF he is there again, we'd like to catch his adult show, so,they don't have a choice! TOO BAD KIDS! But, it is much easier to cope when you have a buddy!

Laurie

 

[nikkyluvsmickey]

Lol.Oh I See. Well we will just see how it works out. I warned him this time that daddy and I are going to have some quality time without him and he will just have to deal with it.

 

[sarahsmom73]

HI! We're joining you too! I'm Jen and am surprising DH, and DD's 7 and 2 with the trip! It is our 1st cruise and I am so exicted! It's hard keeping a secret!

 

[nikkyluvsmickey]

Hi Jen
Welcome aboard
I could never keep it a secret i would be way to excited and would probably blurt it out. Kudos to you if u can keep the secret. My name is michele and i wll be sailing with my hubby jeff my son austin 11, my daughter sarah 14, my other daughter nicole 16. Chat with you later i'm off to do some shopping.

Michele

 

[mandymouse]

Welcome aboard Jen, it's great to have you with us.

I'm Mandy (from the UK) and I will be sailing with my hubby Paul and 2 DD's (Kerry & Becky who will be 17 & 15 when we sail)

Hey everyone

We went to see the Spice Girls last night, and we had a fantastic time, here's what I copied and pasted from the UK Community

We had a fab time last night, and it was probably one of the best concerts I've ever been to

We left here around 2.30pm and sailed down to London, and only really hit traffic once we hit the Blackwall Tunnel. We had pre-booked our car park, and parked near the exit and got into the O2 around 5.15pm. We went to the souvenir shop where the girls bought posters, fingerless gloves and a t-shirt.

It was time for dinner, but the queue for Frankie & Benny's was 50 minutes , so we went to the Water Margin, an Oriental all you can eat buffet, which was really nice

We had a wander around and went up to the Arena to find our seats. We were really impressed with the venue, it wasn't as big as we thought it was going to be, and we were happy with our seats. We got seated around 7.30pm and at one stage there was a big commotion near the stage, but we couldn't see who was there.

The Spice Girls came on around 8.20pm and we were up on our feet having a good old boogie right from the beginning. They looked great and they sounded fab too. All the girls except Posh did a solo, (though she did do a cool catwalk kind of scene which sent everyone crazy) and I was really surprised that whenever Victoria sang on her own, the crowd went mad

Later in the evening, they sang Mama, and then the cameras went onto David Beckham and a couple of their kids and once again everyone went mad, which was the reason for the commotion earlier (I couldn't believe I was only yards away from him )

Anyway they sang all their hits and it really was a great night. It finished around 10.15pm, and we were surprised at how quick we got out, and we were on our way home by 10.45pm and we got home around 12.15am (and in bed by 12.30am)

My girls are off to see them again next week with their friend, and I am so jealous I would love to go and see them again

It really was a fab night

Sorry, no piccies, as they were all blurred - nevermind

Have a great day

 

[DVCLaurie05]

HI! We're joining you too! I'm Jen and am surprising DH, and DD's 7 and 2 with the trip! It is our 1st cruise and I am so exicted! It's hard keeping a secret!

Welcome - and good luck w/keeping the secret! I kept it for 6 months, it was KILLING me! We booked in June and gave it to the boys for Christmas! I bought two new DCL guidebooks, wrapped them up in a box w/an 'announcement' and gave it to them from Mom and Dad - why should Santa get all the credit for the 'good' gifts! LOL

Mandy - Spice Girls?!?! WOO HOO!! I am not a fan, but did enjoy watching Mel on Dancing w/the Stars - I am a Bon Jovi girl over here - what do you expect from a girl from NJ?!?!?!? LOL

Hope all is well w/everyone today!

 

[nikkyluvsmickey]

OMG!!!!!!! I love Bon Jovi. I can't wait until he comes to mohegan sun casino again this summer. Me and my girlfriends are going to go for the weekend to gamble and see bonjovi. Well hope you all have a nice day i am off to do some less than exciting errands for my husbands buisness. I think i hate going to town hall more than just about any other chore. Well cya
michele

 

[DVCLaurie05]

OMG!!!!!!! I love Bon Jovi. I can't wait until he comes to mohegan sun casino again this summer. Me and my girlfriends are going to go for the weekend to gamble and see bonjovi. Well hope you all have a nice day i am off to do some less than exciting errands for my husbands buisness. I think i hate going to town hall more than just about any other chore. Well cya
michele

Michele -

We go EVERY year - or should I say - every tour! We went back in October, he played at the new PruCenter in Newark, this time he is playing in Philly - but, I am HOPING he plays the big stadiums this summer... We actually took my kids 2 summers ago .. they LOVED it! But it is SO expensive - the stadium tix are a bit cheaper!

How is everyone today - quite the quiet bunch!!!

 

[nikkyluvsmickey]

The main chatters here are Mandy and myself. Suzanne pops in and out every few days and the others are new so we'll see if they are more chatty as we get closer.I can't wait to be on the cruise in the warm tropical sun. We are going away for february break to virginia to go whale watching but i can't get excited about a winter vacation. I hate the cold. I am always sick in the winter. But the rest of the family is excited to be getting away so i am pretending to care...lol well i'll check in later

Michele

 

[V4dice]

Hi! Wanted to join in on the fun. We just booked in November while we were on the Magic. It will be myself, DH, DS (who will be 6 in Aug) and DD (who will be terrible 2 in Aug). DH and I have cruised the Wonder once and have been lucky enough to be on the Magic 3 times. When we got home we were discussing the trip and my mother-in-law, brother-in-law and two nieces (twins age 12) ended up booking too. We are on deck 2 in cat. 9s. We're planning on doing a few days at the parks after the cruise too. Can't wait to get to know everyone and share the excitement and wait for August.

Veronica

 

[mandymouse]

Welcome aboard Veronica, it's great to 'meet' you. We've had a few newbies join us this week, which is great as we were worried that we'd be sailing on an empty ship

Girls - If you want to, you can let us know who you are travelling with, what deck you're on, room number (if you want to) and what dining seating you are on, and then I'll add them to the first page, so we know where we'll be - like this

mandymouse

Mandy (44)
Paul (43)
Kerry (17)
Becky (15)
Deck 6 (midship)
Late seating

 

[nikkyluvsmickey]

Morning everyone
What a good idea mandy. Jeff (45)
Michele(40)
Nicole(16)
Sarah(14)
Austin(11)
Deck 8 (midship)
Late seating

hey i was just thinking wouldn't it be funny if some of us ended up at the same table. The last time we sailed we were seated at a table with just us. We will see how it works out this time. Well time to run the kids to school.

Michele

P.S. welcome aboard veronica.

 

[V4dice]

Good morniing and thanks for the warm welcome. Here is my info:

Veronica (38)
Tom (38)
Bryan (6)
Emily (2)
Deck 2 (by aft elevators)
Late Seating

 

[nikkyluvsmickey]

Hey veronica what part oflong island do u live? We live in east northport.
Michele