9/24/09 3 Day Wonder - Cruise Meets, and FEs, and Goombays oh my!

[karentan]

lol, bet he didnt like that answer!!

 

[disney honeymooners]

Hey everyone Karen did you want me to check in for yalls ressie at ohanas also? we will be there already since we will be leaving AK at 5pm so we will be there in plenty of time to check in for both of them so that yall wont have to feel rushed to get there in time to checkin.
Yeah i think i am gonna get a lapu before we leave for the port in my family the saying is just like the song "It's 5 o'clock Somewhere!"
Jen greg and i were gonna try and see the water parade but i am hoping for a room with a view of the lagoon (praying for an upgrade)
I got my dress fitted today and i took pictures but i'm gonna have to post them alittle later tonight once i get to my house.

 

[Dr.Girlfriend]

Orlando hasn't been great with weather the last few days. No rain or clouds and HOT HOT HOT. My yard looks AWFUL. I hate all of the brown spots, and we're only allowed to water two days a week.

 

[Dr.Girlfriend]

...and as soon as I finished writing my last post, the sky clouded up and it started pouring. Gotta love Florida weather!!!

I looked at my ressie online tonight and saw we got our main dinner seating like we requested. We've always had late seating and have never had the chance to eat at the pirate buffet.

I keep hoping our room number will pop up, and nothing yet...anyone else get one (that booked a gty room)?

 

[m_kasch]

Steph, I haven't gotten my GTY room yet either, and I don't think Karen has either. Donna got hers, but only because she had a health reason. We probably still have a month. Which is kind of good, because it gives me something to look forward too, LOL!! I do check almost every day though...

Do you know, it is July, and it hasn't been 90 degrees here the entire month. I forgot that our hot weather was all at the end of June. It's some kind of record from a long time ago. It will probably be 90 in November. But if it is a better winter than the last 2 -- praise the lord!! I HATE winter. With a passion. Actually like the passion of the burning sun or something. Me and snow do not get along. Or cold. That's why I want to move to FL!! Now, if only Disney would hire me to work with their Unclaimed Property...

 

[disney honeymooners]

here are some pictures of me in my dress after the alterations(i am thinking of putting the modesty panel back in to alter the neck line what do yall think? Please be honest)

Here are our toasting flutes and a floral arrangement that will go on the table where the guest book will be and greg and i can use it later:

 

[Lilo's Mom]

Hey Everybody!
Lainey....love love the dress! You make a beautiful bride. Greg's mouth is going to hit the floor when he gets his first look at you. You will take his breath away!

How was everyone's night? Mine was FANTASTIC!!!! I had been having some strange electrical problems with my car..so Bob took me to look for a used car. Well, I ended up getting a brand new car!

It's a Toyota Rav4 Sport. It has a sunroof, satellite radio, a 6 CD Player, a hook up for my mp3 player, with controls for the music on the steering wheel...I am sure there is more, but I haven't had a chance to go through the book yet. I can't wait to get up in the morning and drive the car! For now I better get some sleep, I have work bright and early in the morning.

Talk to you all later!

 

[karentan]

mary, lucky you getting a new car it looks HUGGGEEEEEE!!! i love that about the US, the cars are huge over there!

lainey, you look gorgeous! your dress is amazing!! whats a modesty panel? i'm guessing it will cover up more of the split in the front? you look great in that dress, if you're happy with the way it looks as it is, i'd say keep it the way it is, its gorgeous! if you're having second thoughts about the split, go for what you're going to be comfortable in, its your day, you want to feel a million dollars, so i'd say do whatever you feel is best.
i know that probably doesnt make much sense, but what i'm trying to get at is that if you're happy, leave it as it is, its a beautiful dress and thats the way the dress was meant to be!
your toasting flutes are so pretty too!

you'll have to bring some photos of your wedding on the cruise so we can all see!

that'd be great if you want to check both reservations in at the same time, i'm not sure at the mo if we're going to actually need the second reservation, but i thought i'd make it just to be on the safe side. i think closer to the time we're going to have to have a big organisation session, get final numbers on the FEs, find out who's coming to ohanas, whos coming to jellyrolls etc!!

tomorrow, the cruise will be exactly 2 months away!!

 

[jenny105]

Donna, congrats on the new car! I love SUVs. Except when they are the GIANT ones that pull up beside me and block my view when I'm trying to turn lol.

Lainey, I think your dress is gorgeous! If you like the way it is now, keep it. If you feel more comfortable putting the panel back in, do it. Either way you'll make a beautiful bride.

Mary, I hate winter too! The summer weather here hasn't been all that great either. It rained pretty much the entire month of June. I think we had 3 sunny days. July hasn't been that hot. I wonder what August has in store for us. Joe and I want to move to Florida eventually too. Maybe we'll be neighbors.

I'm in the 50s! 59 days to go utnil I am checking in at WL!

 

[karentan]

If you like the way it is now, keep it. If you feel more comfortable putting the panel back in, do it. Either way you'll make a beautiful bride.

thats exactly what i was trying to say until i started waffling on!!

 

[karentan]

i'm at 51 now, couple of days and it'll be in the 40s!!!

we had an amazing june weather-wise, but july has been back to its normal trick of sun mixed with heavy rain! its just been bleugh the last few days.

i'm off out to go post a job application, keep your fingers crossed for me, i think i need all the luck i can get at the mo!

 

[jenny105]

LOL Karen. I figured that's what you were getting at!

Good luck!

Does anyone know when the 2010 rates will be out, roughly? I want to plan a possible long weekend for me and Joe's anniversary in April. We will have been together for 5 years.

 

[m_kasch]

Usually the rates for the next year come out around August, I think. Since the passholder rates came out yesterday, i'm going to have to check on a long weekend for Tim & I in December. I do love going at Christmas...

Has anyone else tried to look up their ressie on Disney's website in the last couple of days? For some reason, it won't come up for me. But, on the dining site, it still comes up to associate it with our dining. Hmmmm...more technical problems for the dinsey site, me thinks!! What's new!!

Donna, I like your new car!! Very nice!! I want to get an SUV when I get a new car, if we still live here in winter death by then. I love love love my car that I have now!! I have a green bug, and it's just wonderful!! I have flower leis around the headrests, and fun stickers in the back side windows...and I ALWAYS have one of my many Mickey antennae toppers on!! Right now it is a new one, a mickey ice cream bar with a bite out of one ear!! I'll have to post a picture of her sometime (It's a girl, and I call her Lulu...and you can just call me crazy!! )

Lainey, your dress is beautiful!! I'm going to have to agree with the others, you should do whatever makes you comfertable. It looks very nice the way that it is...but it would look just as nice with the panel back in. You don't want to be uncomfertalbe and worrying about your dress all day on your wedding day though!!

 

[jenny105]

They finally posted more information on the F&WF http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/guides/epcot/events/index.htm. I know some of us will be checking that out. I'm heading straight to the Poland kiosk! Pierogies...yum!

 

[jenny105]

Ok, so I won't have to wait too long for the rates. I'm hoping they do a travel agent deal again around April because I could get a value resort for practically nothing!

I tried looking up my reservation and it did the same thing, Mary. I had to call Disney to make sure it was still there lol. It's a system glitch.

I call my car Betsy! I have an 04 Chevy Cavalier and I love my car! It's cute, it suits me. I have a pink princess mickey head antenna topper. I'm planning on getting a new one during the trip. I think I may get a Mickey pirate one!

 

[karentan]

i've got a sorceror mickey topper on my car. i've got a reindeer mickey and a gold sparkly topper too but they've never been on my car. who knows why i've got them??!?!!

i had a look at the F&W festival stuff and to be honest i was a bit disappointed. the food looks VERY similar to last year's festival. i mean VERYYYYYY similar! we'll still go though but maybe this year it'll mean we dont spend quite as much as we'll have had a lot of it last year. we're planning on hitting the festival on the day we get off the cruise, its going to be crazy busy as its the first weekend of the festival but its the only real day we can do it, as we fly out monday afternoon.

 

[jenny105]

Joe's got the sourceror mickey on his car!

I can't be disappointed because I've never been to F&WF. What they have looks ok to me! We're going to be going Tues 9/28. That's our last full day there. The day we dock is just going to be a hang out at the resort kind of day, maybe go to Typhoon Lagoon.

I'm so excited!

 

[karentan]

at some point on drop off day we've gotta go dump the car back to the rental place at DTD and check in to SSR so its going to be a bit of a rush day. hoping to fit in some of F&WF too.

a few months back i bought an A4 magnetic whiteboard, with the intention of putting it on our stateroom door so we/other people can leave messages. one of our FE group did it last year and i thought it was a cool idea.
its since kinda evolved into the idea that i'm going to add a permanent marker to it so people can leave us messages and we can keep it as a kinda cool souvenir so then i started thinking of how i could decorate it so it doesnt look so plain.......

please bear in mind that i am the least crafty person around, i'd love to get into scrapbooking and crafting etc but i just dont have the craft gene in me, but here's what i've come up with:

if you dont mind, ccould you leave a message if/when you're passing our door, i'm thinking it'd be kinda like those signature plates they have instead of guestbooks at weddings, think it'd be a cool souvenir!

 

[jenny105]

It looks really cute, Karen! Great idea. I'll be sure to leave you a message even though I'm going to see you lots.

 

[m_kasch]

I'll be sure to leave you a message too!! The boards is very cute!! Just don't leave that permanent marker around when we've all had too many Goombays...