9/23/06 Let's go!!!! Who's with us???

[yazee1]

Hi, Veronica. I'm glad you found your way here and to the Yahoo Group. Do I understand correctly that posting a link to the Disboard on another site will get a post deleted? That's interesting. I wonder why.

I'm going to post a quick cheat sheet with our user names and real names on the yahoo group.

Not much else is new. I evicted the chicks from the workshop on Monday. After the break out on Sunday night and the mess I had to clean up the next morning, I figured ready or not, the coop was being inhabited. They now live outside in their coop. Fortunately, they've adjusted well to spending their days free ranging and sleeping in the coop at night. Unfortunately, I haven't figured out how to get them to go back into the coop on their own at dusk. It's not hard getting the first 24 back in one at a time just time consuming, but the last four are a pain in the neck! They hide under the coop. I would give up and let them fend for themselves if it weren't the Aracaunas who elude capture. They're the darlings my kids gave names.

I'm glad to hear Cozumel is likely to be one our ports. That dune buggy ride is a must-do for us. If you look at my photo link there are pictures from our excursion (not a Disney booked excursion). The one where it looks like Mexican soldiers are lifting our dune buggy out of the sand, they are doing just that.

Heading to yahoo. now.

 

[yazee1]

Heidi, I checked out the clothes at the Cinnamon Girl. They're lovely. It's a blessing and a curse to be short, though. On one hand, most places don't have petites and that stinks. On the other hand, if they don't have petites, I have fewer temptations to battle. LOL. I really hate clothes shopping!!

Cheat Sheet is on the yahoo site in the database. Anyone who wants to add or edit can do so for their info. If you want different categories, let me know. I'll delete or add what you want.

 

[Euphscott]

Welcome Veronica!
Yes - I think we so far are the only ones that fit your demographic. Our 4 year old is the closest to yours.

She too is thrilled about seeing Mickey. Her big concern though is seeing the Castle. Unfortunately that's not going to happen. We started pricing and it was going to cost over half the total cost of the cruise for three days at the parks. So, we figure we'll just do Downtown Disney one afternoon and then hope the ship fun will make her forget the castle quickly.

Welcome aboard, I am sure some of our planning will need to be similar with girls at "that" age.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Yes monica,
You understood correctly, Patty and i had a corespondence on another cruise site that was deleted. She is doing research for a travel brochure with some other people. She posted a list of questions about DCL which I answered most of them.She got a couple of other responses too, but she had a few unanswered questions still. So I told her about the dis boards because I knew she would get her answers here and more! This is the best site for DCL on the entire internet, I know ,I have looked.
Anyway in order to help her ( which to me is what these boards are suppose to do) I mentioned the dis boards and zap my post was gone and her thankyou was gone by the next day. Luckily we had seen each others post by then. Plus a moderator posted a polite message to everyone that it was not proper to refer people to other sites. I guess we are not meant to help each other on that site. What was so funny was I did give that site some compliments during that post too.
In some ways I do understand where they are coming from, but if someone really has a good question that isnt answered I see no harm in telling them where they can go to get the answer.

I think a cheat sheet is a great idea. I sort of have done that for myself.. I write each persons names, where they are from and if this is their first cruise etc.. It is so much easier to remember who is who that way.
We are a small group for now, but as we grow it will get harder to keep track of each other.

well this morning I looked out back to say good morning to the neighbors cows, which I have named and i watch everyday. ( such an exciting life)
but I saw a terrible site!!! There was a pickup with a livestock trailer in the pasture. Next thing I knew my cows were gone?? I am afraid they are going to cow heaven this morning and be will reincarnated as steaks and burgers in a few days!!!
Well time to run, I need to go to the store and get some hamburger for dinner, we'll maybe I should change to chicken for a few days???

I will be so glad when the cruise finally gets here!!! I am so ready to cruise!!

Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

After 5 hours, my moo moo cows are back!!!!
YIPPEE!!!

I know, your all shaking your heads and thinking poor woman, she really needs to get a life!!!

I dont need to get a life, I need to go on a cruise!!

kathy

 

[vpalmer]

Welcome Veronica!
Yes - I think we so far are the only ones that fit your demographic. Our 4 year old is the closest to yours.

She too is thrilled about seeing Mickey. Her big concern though is seeing the Castle. Unfortunately that's not going to happen. We started pricing and it was going to cost over half the total cost of the cruise for three days at the parks. So, we figure we'll just do Downtown Disney one afternoon and then hope the ship fun will make her forget the castle quickly.

Welcome aboard, I am sure some of our planning will need to be similar with girls at "that" age.

I know what you mean about the cost of adding a couple of nights before the trip. We almost didn't do it but I couldn't stand the thought of flying to Orlando and not going to the Magic Kingdom. The free dining pushed me over the edge. For just a little more than two nights before would have cost, we could spend three nights with free dining. That, and attending MNSSHP pushed us over the edge. We went to MVMCP last year and it was the highlight of our trip. I can't wait to go to the Halloween Party this year.

I see you guys are from Texas. We are not too far way in Little Rock, Arkansas.

In my reading of the thread I also see you guys are planning on staying at the Hyatt on Friday night. I have been reading on that and am leaning towards that as well. There is only one direct flight from Little Rock and it is midday. It is also Delta and I am a bit nervous to book with Delta at the moment. It is hard to find a flight that arrives early enough in the day to make me comfortable so I am seriously considering flying in the evening before and taking the DCL shuttle the next day.

 

[Euphscott]

With a little one it would be in yoru best interest to be there a day early. Let them rest. Our early flight takes off at 6:40. While we live 10 minutes from the airport, that's still REAL early to get her up, fly on a plane, ride an hour long bus ride and then deal with a wait to get on the ship - just too much.

My grandparents live in Ocala, so they will drive down and we'll spend the afternoon and evening with them in their motor home. That should allow her some time to get to relax and adjust to not being home. We'll probably get some pool time in and then try to sleep that night. Being at the airport Hyatt seems to be your best bet to getting on the first buses to the port, so it just seems like a terrific deal.

I also participate in MyPoints and have earned enough points to trade for Hyatt gift certificates, so we save even further. Hopefully it all works out!

 

[vpalmer]

In going through all the pictures on the yahoo site I saw your chain. It is incredible!! We made a chain for our last trip but it was not even close to yours in length. I had thought it was too soon to make a chain but now your picture has me rethinking that. Last time I just cut strips of construction paper and put a different Disney sticker on each ring. I really like your idea of printing the dates on the computer though. I may consider that as well.

 

[vpalmer]

With a little one it would be in yoru best interest to be there a day early. Let them rest. Our early flight takes off at 6:40. While we live 10 minutes from the airport, that's still REAL early to get her up, fly on a plane, ride an hour long bus ride and then deal with a wait to get on the ship - just too much.

My grandparents live in Ocala, so they will drive down and we'll spend the afternoon and evening with them in their motor home. That should allow her some time to get to relax and adjust to not being home. We'll probably get some pool time in and then try to sleep that night. Being at the airport Hyatt seems to be your best bet to getting on the first buses to the port, so it just seems like a terrific deal.

I also participate in MyPoints and have earned enough points to trade for Hyatt gift certificates, so we save even further. Hopefully it all works out!

I think you have convinced me to go this route. We also live fairly close to the airport (about 20 minutes) but we would have to take 5:30 am flight to get to Orlando around noon. Factor in the 90 minutes early to the airport and that is 4:00 a.m. and that assumes she falls back asleep when we put her in the car to drive to the airport.

I assume as long as you have the transfers this will work. Do you have to make any arrangements with Disney ahead of time other than purchasing the transfers?

 

[sftnslky]

MY GOODNESS YOU GUYS LOL I left with page 12 2/3 of the way filled up and I get back and you are up to 16 pages??? YOU GUYS ROCK!!!

We had a nice time in vegas. Two nice things happend... One we requested a NON smoking room with a spa.... well after two nights of trying to sleep in a smoky filled room [from neighbors] I couldn't handle it anymore and asked to be moved... They said the hotel was full, but they could put us up in one of the new towers in a end of the hall room... We agreed... They sent the bellman up to help us transfer....we get to the new "room", he opens the door and we are standing in a 1200 square foot 1 bedroom suite... LOL that is/was bigger then my first house [985 square feet]..and the best part THE UPGARDE WAS FOR FREE!!!.

The second was.... while playing the penny slots [Hey big spender lol] one afternoon in the casino [we were staying at the Luxor] a customer service rep came over and asked us to sign up for the slots card, and if we would she would give us $5 free dollars in slots play...so we said "what the heck" two spins later I won $157.00 ON THEIR FREE $$$ LOL how cool is that....AND then we went over to the Rio hotel and casino for dinner...while on our way there was also booth set up to apply for their free card with $5.00 free as well....so we applyed...and on hubbys first spin he wins $120.00... LOL...AND on our last day we went on a time share tour [to get the free gifts lol] and with our gifts we got 1 $25 certificate for any resturant at the luxor and 3 $25 slot certifictes.... well....LOL yes you guess it... I won $25.00 with was ok on free money but hubby won $244.00 LOL on FREE money

We left sunny Las Vegas to a soggy Sacramento/Stockton. And hit the ground running...One thing I always forget is...Life dosen't stop just because you try to take a break

Have a great Thursday all.... I am off to start the meatloaf for dinner..

Many & to all.

 

[yazee1]

Welcome Back, Becca! I am thrilled for you and dh, upgrades, extra money! That's the best. How was the food? The shows? Did you play poker? Don't forget me when you want to play scrabble or quwerty. www.isc.ro for the scrabble site.

After 5 hours, my moo moo cows are back!!!!
YIPPEE!!!

Hmm, sounds like maybe, it was baby making time on the farm.

 

[yazee1]

I had thought it was too soon to make a chain but now your picture has me rethinking that. .

In retrospect, it's probably too soon. It could quickly become a chore instead of fun to cut links for 150 or so days. I did it to get Leah to stop asking me how many more days. It worked. Today, we didn't cut a link and I didn't bother reminding the kids. I'll let it go until one of them asks, maybe.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Howdy everybody,
Our thread has been very quiet today, so thought I would just say hello!
Hope everyone has plans for the holiday weekend, I figure the thread will be kind of quiet this weekend while people go places and have company for Easter.
Happy Easter everyone!!!

Kathy

 

[yazee1]

Company's not here yet Kathy. We're real busy cleaning today. I just sat down for a little mental break. The vacuum cleaner's broken. I took it to the shop and learned it's trash. While I was there I learned a whole lot I didn't know about vacuum cleaners but went home without buying one. So, I'm using the shopvac - very slow process - instead. There's so much dust and dishes and unattended things to do. Heidi can relate probably. When the homeschooling going full tilt, something has to give, and it's usually the housework. The boys are usually my big helpers but I need them to cram on the Civil War. We're going to Gettysburg on Monday with the homeschool group but we haven't gotten that far in our studies this year. So their job is to read and discuss the books we took out of the library and to watch the documentaries we borrowed. Actually, they were getting a little tired of the documentary, so I gave them the choice of cleaning the kitchen or writing a report about what they watched so far. They're in the kitchen now!

Gotta go help dh get the chicks back in the coop. Dd must have left the door open, again!

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Hi Monica,
I am jealous you are getting to go to Ghettysburg!
DH and I would love to go there. Sometime before we move back to the west coast we want to take a couple of weeks and head up that way to explore soem of those historical places. I have seen some pretty boring documentaries about Ghettysburg when I was in high school, I hope they are better now. We have a 2 set VHS set that is great. It is a lot of action to keep you interested, but the dates, and battle facts are accurate so you actually are learning from it, not just all hollywood hype.
I do know how busy home schooling can be. I have had a few friends who did this for their kids, until high school, then they attended private christian schools. I think it was more to work on social skills with other teenagers. They did field trips with other home schoolers too.
Well have a great visit with your family or friends, who ever is coming.
No company for us this year, just two old foggies sitting around!! We did watch a tape we made of our last cruise today, which really made us want to go on a cruise.
Take care and Happy easter to everyone,
Kathy

 

[sftnslky]

How was the food? The shows? Did you play poker? Don't forget me when you want to play scrabble or quwerty. www.isc.ro for the scrabble site. .

The food was very good at the Rio ...Not so much at the luxor.. . We went to see Penn and Teller.... I HATED it..but DH thought it was ok... They or I should say Penn uses many bad words and admitts he is an athisist [sp?] and puts down God several times... We also say Mystre.... WE LOVED, LOVED, LOVED it. We were supossed to see "O" but I was in a lot of pain [remember I have Fibromyalgia] so we had to cancel, but next time we go back we will see it and Zumanity...

As for Poker...no we typically never gamble..but we saw the penny machines and they looked fun.. they were the new anamated ones so we played.. which is probably why we won...we weren't try to win lol I guess we are one that dosen't mind that the ship dosn't have a casino.lol

As for scrabble... after Easter I am SOOOO THERE!!!

I hope everyone has a great weekend... I will post more tomorrow...

Many and everyone..

 

[georgeat]

Just found this thread. DW and I are on this cruise. We are taking our oldest granddaughter and her sister in law. This will be thier first cruise and our 5th. Staying on deck 6. DW and I were on the eastbound canal repo. We are both sorta retired and will celebrate 48 years together in early October.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

WELCOME Georgeat,
We are happy to have all of you with us. Our group has grown by 2 families this week. That is great. We are still a fairly small group, but I'm sure that will change too as the cruise gets closer.

I am looking forward to getting to know all of you before we sail. I just love these boards.
mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy

 

[yazee1]

Greetings! Welcome to the thread. Did you write about your repo cruise on the trip report board? I'd like to hear about it. This is our second DC and we did the same itinerary last April. We had such a great time, when we rebooked onboard, dh wanted to do the same itinerary again. We stayed in 6028 and 6030 last year due to an unexpected and last minute upgrade from category 9. Alas, we were instantly spoiled to having the verandah. Some people don't value it as worth the extra money, but having had the opportunity to try it out, it was definitely worth it to dh and myself. This year, we've booked a category 6 with the category 11 across the hall for the older two kids. We had almost the same room this year but we had to change the date of our cruise a couple months ago and therefore had to settle for what was available. Deck 5 right down the hall from the Lab. We have 3 kids, so that's not a bad thing.

We have a yahoo group where there is a "cheat sheet" for our group in the database. We have also started posting pictures if you're interested in placing a name with a face. The link is http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sailinginseptember/

Have a great weekend!

 

[APB513]

Welcome Veronica and Georgeat!!! Hello everyone!!

I have been working some really crazy hours lately. I ended up working from Tuesday @ 8am until Wednesday @ 7 am. Would you believe I have a deskjob??!!!!

Anyway, now that the madness is over, I can get back to important things...planning our cruise!!!

I hope to be able to post some pictures of my family soon.

Glad to hear that everyone is doing well. Congrats sftnslky on your good fortunes in Vegas!!!

By the way...I've lost a total of 30lbs. I was so excited when I got on the scale last Sunday. Although I ate ALOT of junk food to get me through the last week so I know I have a lot of work to do.

Happy Easter everyone!!!