8/15/09-Eastern-Tortola Treasure Seekers #4

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

Does that mean that 30 parents are upset with you ?
In our part of the world , the teachers are afraid to meet the parents / students with the final grades..they mail them to us days after school is over !

ITALIAN teachers are braver !!!

Seriously though , no parents had to complain ; we teachers use to meet families every other month ... so they are well aware about their child , tests, behaviour etc. !!!
A few pupils even had some tears while saying Goodbye !


Our school will be closed ALL JULY / AUGUST !!!!


I'll be working few hours each day ( planning for the new school year ETC) until end of June ...

PLENTY OF TIME to dream about the !!!!!!!!!

Ciao ! "Dolci sogni" is really such a nice way to wish good night !!!

laura

 

[allardk46]

Hey everyone.........

Laura, sounds like your students did GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Today, is our 15th Wedding Anniversary so we are headed out tonight...................


Worked on my FE stuff last night!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations on your anniversary!!

Just celebrated our 20th.

Janeanne

 

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

CIAO all of you !!!!!

Marco and I + some friends and their kids will be heading TOMORROW towards GARDALAND ; it's the biggest Italian park !!

If you're curious ( Tony eg !!!!!!! ) here is the link :
http://www.gardaland.it/en/mappa_attrazioni/

We are staying just for the day ; a short break to celebrate end of school time !!!

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND ALL OF YOU !!!

laura

PS JEN I tried to answer to your last entry to the blog ... It kept saying there is a problem ...

 

[jenanderson]

CIAO all of you !!!!!

Marco and I + some friends and their kids will be heading TOMORROW towards GARDALAND ; it's the biggest Italian park !!

If you're curious ( Tony eg !!!!!!! ) here is the link :
http://www.gardaland.it/en/mappa_attrazioni/

We are staying just for the day ; a short break to celebrate end of school time !!!

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND ALL OF YOU !!!

laura

PS JEN I tried to answer to your last entry to the blog ... It kept saying there is a problem ...

Have fun at the park!!!!! Glad you are going to go do something fun to celebrate the end of your school time!!!!

I just tried to add a comment and it worked. It might have been because I was working on the website ...try again and let me know! I am off the computer that hosts our website now.

Emily and I just finished doing flowers with the booster club for dance...I have LOTS of thorn injuries!!!!

Have a great day!
Jen

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

We are doing another cruise!

I arrive in FL on 8/2 and am working in Tallahassee until 8/6.
(I normally work from home, but my project is in Florida.)
My kids and sister and her kids arrive 8/6.
We are probably doing Disney Quest 8/7.
We are on the 8/8 Western.
Then the 8/15 Eastern with y'all.
Then we are going to Universal on 8/22 and 8/23.

Show off!!!!

We arrive 8/12 and staying at the Contemporary for three nights have plenty of ADR's booked, We are flying to Florida on Virgin Atlantic and have a car for 21 nights, to be parked at the port.

After the cruise we are going back to Orlando but have a large villa just off the 192, about 5 mins from WDW, and we will be going back into WDW and Discovery cove and Seaworld.

We have 21 night passes for WDW so can come and go as we wish even though we use them for less than 13 days, they are far cheaper than even 4 day passes! They cover every Park, water park Quest etc.

 

[TonytheWop]

ITALIAN teachers are braver !!!

Seriously though , no parents had to complain ; we teachers use to meet families every other month ... so they are well aware about their child , tests, behaviour etc. !!!
A few pupils even had some tears while saying Goodbye !

laura

That is great. I wish our teachers would keep us as informed as to how our kids are doing.

 

[TonytheWop]

ITALIAN teachers are braver !!!

Seriously though , no parents had to complain ; we teachers use to meet families every other month ... so they are well aware about their child , tests, behaviour etc. !!!
A few pupils even had some tears while saying Goodbye !


Our school will be closed ALL JULY / AUGUST !!!!


I'll be working few hours each day ( planning for the new school year ETC) until end of June ...

PLENTY OF TIME to dream about the !!!!!!!!!

Ciao ! "Dolci sogni" is really such a nice way to wish good night !!!

laura

Congratulations on your anniversary!!

Just celebrated our 20th.

Janeanne

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE CELEBRATING ANNIVERSARIES !!

Personally it will be 21 years for me and the misses and things are just great and I have my wife's permission to say so.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE CELEBRATING ANNIVERSARIES !!

Personally it will be 21 years for me and the misses and things are just great and I have my wife's permission to say so.

Our 20th anniversary falls during the cruise, so

1/ I am avoiding shopping in St Thomas.

2/ I am eligible for parole!!

 

[TonytheWop]

CIAO all of you !!!!!

Marco and I + some friends and their kids will be heading TOMORROW towards GARDALAND ; it's the biggest Italian park !!

If you're curious ( Tony eg !!!!!!! ) here is the link :
http://www.gardaland.it/en/mappa_attrazioni/

QUOTE]

Wow.. looks like a great park ! And I did not even knew it existed.
Oh well another reason to visit ITALIA !!

 

[gfolchick]

We're arriving Sunday the 9th, heading to BB or TL for the day, Monday at MK, Tuesday at Universal, Wednesday at Epcot, Thursday alt water park, Friday Cape Canaveral-checking into Radisson, Saturday Cruise

Our friends are coming down on Wednesday. We have ADRs for Chef Mickeys, Le Cellier and Whispering Canyon, but may cancel LeCellier depending on friends arrival.

Friday night before the cruise we will probably be trying to cool off at the Radisson pool, maybe eating pizza, definately having a cocktail. It's our Friday routine to do pizza with our friends. Kelseys is right next door, lucky for us.

I can't believe we're into single digits now! 18 months of anticipation are getting closer.

Gina

 

[TonytheWop]

Show off!!!!

We arrive 8/12 and staying at the Contemporary for three nights have plenty of ADR's booked, We are flying to Florida on Virgin Atlantic and have a car for 21 nights, to be parked at the port.

After the cruise we are going back to Orlando but have a large villa just off the 192, about 5 mins from WDW, and we will be going back into WDW and Discovery cove and Seaworld.

We have 21 night passes for WDW so can come and go as we wish even though we use them for less than 13 days, they are far cheaper than even 4 day passes! They cover every Park, water park Quest etc.

Look who's the show off now, Mr.Venice/Tortola/Baltic cruiser !!
Oh well, I'll just live vicariously through you guys

 

[caitlinsdad]

Our 20th anniversary falls during the cruise, so

1/ I am avoiding shopping in St Thomas.

2/ I am eligible for parole!!

The 16th of this month will be our 20th too. I guess Im up for parole also

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Look who's the show off now, Mr.Venice/Tortola/Baltic cruiser !!
Oh well, I'll just live vicariously through you guys

But I haven't mentioned the Cat 3 once, ( this week)

I must say I am looking forward more to the Baltic, this cruise is ''bulk standard'' Caribbean, nice great etc, but after med 11 nights and two Panama's for 14 and 15 nights this one will go fast, the Baltic is all new 12 nights and I can drive to and from the port in an hour!!

The 16th of this month will be our 20th too. I guess Im up for parole also

Good behavior??

 

[TonytheWop]

But I haven't mentioned the Cat 3 once, ( this week)

Stop..you're killing me !!

I must say I am looking forward more to the Baltic, this cruise is ''bulk standard'' Caribbean, nice great etc, but after med 11 nights and two Panama's for 14 and 15 nights this one will go fast, the Baltic is all new 12 nights and I can drive to and from the port in an hour!!



Good behavior??

Boy, there is a lot of us at the 20 level on this cruise.
Maybe we should have a special dismeet to drown our sorrow...I mean celebrate !!

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Boy, there is a lot of us at the 20 level on this cruise.
Maybe we should have a special dismeet to drown our sorrow...I mean celebrate !!

Muster station M lifeboat 1, women and women first,








(We can go to Rockin Bar d!)

 

[TonytheWop]

Muster station M lifeboat 1, women and women first,








(We can go to Rockin Bar d!)

 

[Melcatfish]

We are staying at the Hilton at Gatwick on Sunday the 9th so we can check our bags and relax without worrying about making the flight! Then we fly to Orlando on Monday 10th with Virgin Atlantic. We have 5 nights in a 1 bedroom unit at Old Key West with ADRs at Chef Mickeys (tuesday dinner), Crystal Palace for breakfast on Wed, Boma for dinner on Thurs, Storybook Princess lunch at Epcot on Friday and Olivias for our pre cruise breakfast on Saturday.

Then of course we have the wonderful cruise. Unlike Andrew this is our first 7 night DCL so it will seem refreshingly long as opposed to our very brief stay on the Wonder back in 2004 for a 3 night. Our honeymoon was a two week Med cruise but that was 7 years ago and the DCL in 2004 is our only other cruise since.

After the cruise we have 5 nights in a villa in the Esprit community just off the intersection between the 192 and the US27 - as we have free dining in the first bit of our holiday we have gone full on for on site dining but in the post cruise bit I hope to try some off site dining - the only on site place I really want to try in the last part of our holiday is Beaches and Cream.

Then on Thursday 27th it is a LOOOOOOOOOONG flight back home to England and dreaming of our next trip! I wish I could say we have a Baltic booked to look forward to but sadly the sky high prices were a stretch too far for us this time even though it was our DREAM trip... maybe next time (or if i win the Euromillions lotto tonight!!!!)

Mel
x

 

[jbm02]

Congratulations on your anniversary!!

Just celebrated our 20th.

Janeanne

Hi Janeanne!
How was the "girls" trip to WDW?? Did I miss your post?? (sorry, things have been a little hectic around here...) I've been kind of a "lurker" lately, not alot of time to post - particularly since I am such a lousy typist - I have to check and re-check my posts!! (I really can spell - my fingers just don't always cooperate!)
We're going to have an early celebration for our 18th wedding anniversary onboard!

Mel, I haven't figured out how to include two different "quotes" in the same post...We'll probably pass each other in the parks before the cruise. We will drive down from NYS and spend a few days at my parents house on Daytona Beach (they're snowbirds so we'll have the place to ourselves!! ), arrive WDW on the 10th and have ADRs at Liberty Tree (Mon), Boma (Tues), WCC (Wed), Sci Fi (lunch - Thur) and breakfast at Chef Mickey on Friday before we drive over to PC. We're staying at the POP and are so excited!! After the cruise it's a fun drive back to NYS. But the trip will have been worth it!!
Good luck with the Euromillions!!!!!

 

[Melcatfish]

Hi Janeanne!
How was the "girls" trip to WDW?? Did I miss your post?? (sorry, things have been a little hectic around here...) I've been kind of a "lurker" lately, not alot of time to post - particularly since I am such a lousy typist - I have to check and re-check my posts!! (I really can spell - my fingers just don't always cooperate!)
We're going to have an early celebration for our 18th wedding anniversary onboard!

Mel, I haven't figured out how to include two different "quotes" in the same post...We'll probably pass each other in the parks before the cruise. We will drive down from NYS and spend a few days at my parents house on Daytona Beach (they're snowbirds so we'll have the place to ourselves!! ), arrive WDW on the 10th and have ADRs at Liberty Tree (Mon), Boma (Tues), WCC (Wed), Sci Fi (lunch - Thur) and breakfast at Chef Mickey on Friday before we drive over to PC. We're staying at the POP and are so excited!! After the cruise it's a fun drive back to NYS. But the trip will have been worth it!!
Good luck with the Euromillions!!!!!

Thanks for the good luck wishes for the Euromillions - If I have won the jackpot I will treat you all to a few drinks and a trip to the spa!

Just so you know - to multi quote you use the button next to the one that says quote - it is smaller and has the " marks on it. You click this on the first thing you want to quote and then for the second message you want to quote you hit the one with the word quote. Then both quotes will be in your reply window. If you want to quote more than two things just do the same but only press the one with the word quote on the last message you want to quote. Hope that made sense - it is late here so my brain is somewhat slow!

Your ADRs sound good, I struggled choosing mine, there were so many I wanted to try but I went for the three character meals as it will be nice for my little girls and also will save standing in line in the parks for autographs. DH and I loved Boma last time we were at WDW so that had to be done and then I had one TS credit left so have booked Olivias for our breakfast as we are at OKW anyway - plus my youngest is called Olivia so I thought it would be cute to eat there!

Right, off to bed. Tomorrow I am at a craft day and I will be working on FE gifts for some of the day and a little scrapbooking for the rest of the time.

Night night
Mel
x

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

We are staying at the Hilton at Gatwick on Sunday the 9th so we can check our bags and relax without worrying about making the flight! Then we fly to Orlando on Monday 10th with Virgin Atlantic. We have 5 nights in a 1 bedroom unit at Old Key West with ADRs at Chef Mickeys (tuesday dinner), Crystal Palace for breakfast on Wed, Boma for dinner on Thurs, Storybook Princess lunch at Epcot on Friday and Olivias for our pre cruise breakfast on Saturday.

Then of course we have the wonderful cruise. Unlike Andrew this is our first 7 night DCL so it will seem refreshingly long as opposed to our very brief stay on the Wonder back in 2004 for a 3 night. Our honeymoon was a two week Med cruise but that was 7 years ago and the DCL in 2004 is our only other cruise since.

After the cruise we have 5 nights in a villa in the Esprit community just off the intersection between the 192 and the US27 - as we have free dining in the first bit of our holiday we have gone full on for on site dining but in the post cruise bit I hope to try some off site dining - the only on site place I really want to try in the last part of our holiday is Beaches and Cream.

Then on Thursday 27th it is a LOOOOOOOOOONG flight back home to England and dreaming of our next trip! I wish I could say we have a Baltic booked to look forward to but sadly the sky high prices were a stretch too far for us this time even though it was our DREAM trip... maybe next time (or if i win the Euromillions lotto tonight!!!!)

Mel
x

For Gatwick I am going to drive down first thing in the morning, say 6am, and then check in and go to the V.Room, which we got free, your ADR's look good for a younger familiy we did the Princess storybook at Epcot and also Cinderellas royal table a number of times in the past when my daughter was younger and all of the other character breakfasts.

This time we will have dinner and a breakfast at Chef mickeys because 1/ its our favorite, 2/ its our hotel, so 7am breakfast for CM is easy, just get dressed an go down the lifts.

We do have Crystal Palace booked for a lunch but for characters thats it, we will eat a lot at Tonys town sq, and libery tree tavern, on MK days, and after the cruise I have ADR's for the other parks mostly at lunch, Sci fi dinner, rose and crown etc, and plane to eat on the 192 area in the evenings, apart from a Whispering canyon cafe dinner.

For the Baltic maybe you can jump on board at Southend on sea???? as it goes past???