5/27/06 "Il pochi il fiero i blabbermouths" We *will* sail again

[ladypoo]

good morning ya'll,
Up early this morning for a mandatory inservice at work.
Robin, that did NOT include insurance or transfers. We only live about 4 hours from the port so we declined transfers. Still thinking about the insurance. Probably will get it later. Looks like we will be next door neighbors. We have room 7126.
Talk to ya'll later.
Patty

 

[BWVPam]

Here's my dance

Diznyacct - How old are your sons? I have one that will almost be 16 when we sail. One of my daughter's friends has booked the same cruise so she will be ecstatic.

Did everyone get their deposits in. I am so bummed. I really wanted a sph, but didn't get one. So for those of you who did get the sph, if your husband's won't let you go, be sure and let me know (haha). Mine doesn't know that I am going to secretly start paying it off $100 a month, so when final payment comes due, there won't be much to pay. I doubt that he will want to change his mind at that point.

We are looking into one of the dolphin swims at Cozumel. Last time we were there, we hung at at Nachi Cocum beach club. But with 2 days at CC, I want to do something fun in port. My daughter loves dolphins.

 

[moocow35]

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[dznyacct]

Hi Pam ~ at the time of sailing my son Jake will be 16 2/3 (to be exact!). If his friend Matt ends up going with us, he will be 16 3/4 at the time of sailing. They had sooo much fun this summer hanging out at The Stack. I held on to Matt's spending money while we were on the ship (no need for cash on board, right?). One night Matt comes to me and says "Kathy, I need $20 of my spending money and don't ask any questions." Of course being the good surrogate mom that I am, I asked him what he needed cash for on a ship that you couldn't use cash on. Well, it seems the kids in The Stack had a little poker tourney going! I compromised and gave him $10. Of course he lost it, but they had fun.

I love the under 600 days dance!! Luckily, I have "only" 200 days till our Spring Break (just me and Jake, Brian isn't the "Disney Nut" that I am) trip to WDW. I'm making myself try on my swimsuit once a week as motivation to keep using my elliptical trainer. A No Way Jose from Beaches and Cream is calling my name!

 

[NYDisneyMom]

Originally posted by moocow35
Patty, yes we will be next door neighbors! How fun. You'll love the navigators veranda if you haven't already stayed in one. If everything works the way I hope it will, I won't need the transfers either. Hopefully I will be living in Tallahassee way before this cruise.

Pam, you won't regret doing the Royal Dolphin swim at all. The park is so clean, and everyone there is so nice! I posted a picture on our yahoo board of my DD doing the dorsal tow if you want to have a look.

Robin

Here's the link to our Yahoo group!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DisMay2006/messages

 

[ladypoo]

Well hello neighbor. We live maybe an hour from tallahassee. We have been on 2 disney cruises and had the same stateroom both times. They were short a 3 and a 4 day cruise. We decided to spring for a navigators verandah, so I didnt have to go out in my pj's early in the morning. LOL..

 

[dzneprincess]

Just wanted to say hello to everyone

 

[BWVPam]

Robin,

That is a great picture of your daughter and the dolphins. I can't wait. Boy this is going to be a long, long, long wait.

Pam

 

[dzneprincess]

Hi everyone!

 

[NYDisneyMom]

Originally posted by dzneprincess
Hi everyone!

 

[ladypoo]

Just peaking in to tell everyone hello and I hope ya'll are having a good weekend.

Patty

 

[dzneprincess]

Just got in from a wedding folks will post more later

 

[Verandah Man]

After a long discussion yesterday with my DW and DD, I'm sad to report that we have to switch our 5-27-06 cruise to the 8-19-06 sailing.

Being a "man" and a "dad" I wasn't even thinking when I selected the 5-27-06 sailing date. Now that our DD is in high school we really have to watch the time we pick for vacations. Our high school has it's prom anywhere from the middle to the end of May each year, and final exams start the end of May.

I wish you all a "MAGICal" time in May 2006, and I pray that there are no hurricanes for August 2006, that's the main reason I first selected the May date.

 

[ladypoo]

Had to come over here and post my 200th.. Finally after 3 years.

We are gonna miss you Andy. Hope you have a good cruise in August.
Patty

 

[moocow35]

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[dzneprincess]

Aw shucks Andy! I was soooo looking forward to meeting you and your family! However, I certainly understand the need to schedule around school activities.

 

[BWVPam]

I too am a little worried about the school calendar. It won't be out till sometime next spring for the 05/06 school year. This year our kids last day is on Wednesday, May 25. I sure hope it follows the same pattern. My son will be a sophomore in high school by then, so they really frown on them missing finals. Only one year have they had the kids go back to school after Memorial Day, so lets hope they don't do it again.

Pam

 

[dznyacct]

Pam ~ I think my son and your son are about the same age. Jake is now a Freshman (just turned 15 a few weeks ago). Our school calendar this year has them getting out the Friday before Memorial Day. I'm really crossing my fingers that they have the same schedule next year (and don't have more than 2 snow days to make up). We really like to fly down to Orlando the night before the cruise. It makes for a very relaxing embarkation day.

 

[BWVPam]

dznyacct--

Your son is a little older, but they are in the same grade. My son's birthday is in June. One good thing I hadn't thought about, is that if the kids have A's going into finals and haven't missed more than 3 days of school for the semester, they can skip taking finals. He is a very good student, so maybe he can get out of having to take most of his finals. We don't have to worry about snow days here where we live. It has probably been 5 years since they had one. My daughter will be in middle school, and they always start one day earlier than the others and get out one day earlier. Oh well, lets keep our fingers crossed.

Pam

 

[dznyacct]

Pam ~ Wow, I wish Jake's school had the same rules for finals! He's a straight A student (and hardly ever misses a day of school) and no finals would be such a GREAT reward, plus getting to slide a little the last few days of school. I'm crossing my fingers on the snow days. They build in two makeup days in the calendar. If they didn't miss school they get two extra days off in March and April. I wish they would just have them get out two days earlier. Oh well, I'm sure everything will work out fine. I just talked to a wonderful friend that we made on our July cruise last night. She and her husband and daughter live in California. We met them while waiting in line to board the ship. Their daughter was a year younger than Jake and his friend Matt. They hung out on the ship (just as friends) and had a great time. We ended up doing something with Sal and Marlisa every day on the ship. They went to WDW after the cruise (like us), so we met them for dinner one night while the kids went to Disney Quest. I really felt like we made lifelong friends. I had always heard of that happening, but couldn't believe that it really did.