4/26/03 ....who is going?

[wenabre]

I'm so excited! Our cruise docs arrived today, so now our trip feels like more of a reality.

So my Dear Daughters Katdb and DragonLady take note: I hold your tickets in a safe and secure place known only to me. Let the buttering up begin!!!

Angela, re the talented toes contest; how do you feel about making a reef knot out of a piece of wet spaghetti?

 

[daveinjersey]

Sorry about the delay in getting back to you,Dragon Lady, on how many families? Not quite sure how to answer,but here goes. My wife & I are 1 family.There is a father & daughter. The rest of group are all related(sis,bro,aunt,uncle......). We've been busy with shopping for cruise,pre-tanning at spa & so on... Everyone in group will be arriving & converging together at the Radisson at the Cape the night before. The excitement is becoming unbearable as the countdown comes closer.Thinking of seeing the ship again sends tingles up my spine. Looking forward to meeting everyone from DIS on board.

 

[Jillie]

Still no cruise docs for us....waaah!! We really are getting close...can make our flight arrangements this week!! Only 33 more days!!

 

[beschultz]

daveinjersey - our family has reservations at the Raddison as well. We will be driving there from NY.

Anyone else staying there?

 

[Jillie]

Not us...we are all staying at the airport Hyatt.

 

[wendilyn]

We're staying at the airport Hyatt too. We arrive late on Fri. night. Can't wait

 

[johnf]

Hi Fellow 4/26 Magic Cruisers,

Well, we received our travel docs last week and just made reservations for the Radisson on Friday night. We were just going to drive from Tampa on Saturday morning, but decided to come all the way the night before so we can relax in the morning. You cannot beat this $109 per night at the Radisson with free parking for the entire cruise and free shuttle bus back and forth.

Myself (DH 41), DW 35 and DS 6 can't wait until our second Magic cruise (1st was the "Fire" cruise last March 9th). We'll be in the same room we stayed in last year (6600) and we all look forward to meeting everyone from the DIS Board and seeing old friends again (I'm talking about YOU Plutospup!).

Anyone else staying at the Radisson the night before want to have a pre-cruise get together?

See you all soon!

Johnf

 

[plutospup]

Hi Johnf! We look forward to seeing you and your family again (hopefully not on deck at 5 a.m in life jackets). We'll be at the Radisson Friday night, too. We're also in the same the same cabin aboard the Magic as last year. 6512 (Cat 8) is the "Pup's Suite"...quiet, and our home away from home. We look forward to seeing everyone in just a few more weeks.

 

[Dragon Lady]

4 weeks and 1 day from now I board the plane!!!!!!!

Hello to all the recent additions, I will add the numbers up again tomorrow and post an update then.

wenabre - just got back from Calgary last night, and I have a little something from a place that starts with a "P" and ends with an " 's ". Would that constitute "buttering up"?

I now have all my purchases made, funky new GAP stretch khakies, new bikini, new linen shirt from Old Navy, new hair colour...... man I like going to the big city.

Time to start tanning, so I don't cook my pale white northern skin.



Next - start packing and repacking.

DL

 

[plutospup]

Only 1 month from today...and we'll be on our way!

 

[angelaj]

We're staying at the Radisson the night before. Sounds like a lot of us DIS'ers will be there. I'm going to Home Depot tonight to get the lime green Mickey stickers so hopefully you will recognize us.

Wenabre - a reef knot out of wet spaghetti? Oh please, I can do that with one foot tied behind my back! Can't you come up with anything DIFFICULT??? By the way, I sent you an e-mail Friday. Did you get it? I know Kayleigh was getting ready to wipe your computer clean, so I hope so!

I can't believe we're down to one month! How exciting!!!!!!!! I've got my Atlanta postcards for the meet. Can someone tell me what all information I'm supposed to put on them?

Can't wait to meet everyone!

 

[Dragon Lady]

I finally made a spreadsheet for our DISmeet list, it was getting too messy!

We have:

88 Adults
53 Youth
141 People
27 DIS Identities
and 47 Families/Identities (dave in jersey is currently roughed in at 9 families, will update later).

That's a lot of postcards!!!!!

See you all so very soon,

DL

 

[BunnyV]

Hi, I joined late, did I miss something???
Post cards, Green Mickey stickers
What do I need to know to meet at the cruise. We would love to put faces with all of you.
Thanks for the info.
Bunny

 

[beschultz]

They are here! They are here! We are in cabin #6050, late seating.

DH says it feels official now! I'll feel better when we arrive at the Radisson, best when we wake up and see the Magic sitting there, just waiting for us!

Postcards - uh oh - better go back to the store - I only bought 35! I was surprised to find a selection - there are only 1500 people in the village! Do I remember correctly - we are putting on our names, addresses, e-mails, etc.? Thanks Dragonlady for keeping track of the numbers.

DIS meet on Monday, 2pm, near the internet cafe?
How about gathering by the pool at the Radisson on Friday night? Say, around 7pm? I hope we will be there by then!

I'm in the middle of getting a series of nerve block injections and lose use of one hand and arm for 2 days each week! Boy, is the pressure on to get a lot done those other 5 days. I get two weeks off for the cruise. Can't risk feeling crappy then. This trip has been planned for WAAAYYYY too long!

 

[angelaj]

We're having a DIS meet on Monday at 2:00 at the Promenade Lounge on deck 3 next to the Internet computers. If you'd like, you can bring postcards from your hometown with your information written on the back so we can all keep in touch.

The Mickey stickers are an idea I saw on another thread. Home Depot carries Disney paint, and their paint chips are in the shape of Mickey heads. Lime green is the "identifying" color of DIS'ers, and there's a paint chip in a color called Alien Green that is actually lime green. I picked up several of them last night. I'm going to write "DIS" on them and attached them to various things so people can identify me as a DIS'er. Lime green ribbon is the other way we identify each other. Tie a ribbon in your hair, around the strap of your purse or backpack, or whatever!

Can anyone tell me for sure what information I should include on the postcard? I'm thinking: Name, address, DIS name, e-mail address, cabin number, and the names of the other people in my cabin. Anything else???

 

[Dragon Lady]

I'm planning to put the same info on mine. But with the huge number, I'm going to use mailing labels and just type the info on the computer and print it off. I will still use funky fonts and colours, just going to save some time and strain on my writing hand.

Talk to you soon,
Danielle

 

[angelaj]

Hi Danielle! I was planning to print out stickers too. I've been exercising my toes, but not my fingers - ha ha! Can't wait to meet you at dinner if we don't run into you before then!

 

[Jillie]

I am so excited...we got our flight information today. It will be a very early day for us....flight at 6:45am!!! Guess i better take a nap on the flight down. We will be flying down on the same flight as 3 (of the 6) other families we are traveling with so it should be alot of fun. It is starting to feel real...we will be there before we know it!!

 

[angelaj]

Anyone else besides me not gotten their cruise docs yet? I'm beginning to worry. I checked with DU the other day to make sure my address change had gone through, and they said it had. Why is everyone but us getting their docs???

 

[Jillie]

Angelaj....I don't have my cruise docs yet either . hoping to get them this weekend. Going shopping Saturday with DD14 and one other cruise mom and her DD.....should be fun and really get us excited for this cruise!!

Has anyone decided to do Palo for dinner? We liked it so much last year we want to eat there twice this year!!!