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

[m_kasch]

Wow, your doctor is very serious about the flu!! I haven't had the flu in a very long time, but I also haven't noticed or heard of anyone having to wear a mask!! I did see a lady wearing one on an airplane once (just because she was afraid of germs) which i thought was odd. I hope you feel better!!

My MIL & FIL are at Disney right now, lucky ducks. They have to call us every day to say the weather is so nice, and where they ate (so far, Narcoossee's & Tutto Italia). I don't think I will make it to September without a Disney fix!!

I broke out my old Passporter cruise book, but I think I need a new one. I wish they came in color like their regular Passporter, looking at color pictures is so much more fun, LOL. So, do you both think we will set up a Fish Extender trade for our cruise? I suppose we will have to get more people than just the three of us. But it looks like fun! What do you think?

 

[m_kasch]

Yea, I added a countdown ticker with days, because I can't do math that quickly. Although it is a little depressing...

 

[disney honeymooners]

My Dr didn't make me wear the mask but i really dont want anyone to be "cursed" with the flu it sucks and everything i eat tastes horrible!! I'm glad they are having fun my family members always do that to me when they go without me as much as i hope my family members have fun i still pray for rain in FL! i know that is mean. I'm sorry i didn't post yesterday i was in bed all day i am still in bed but thanks to a laptop and wireless i am still connected to DIS but b/c of the cough medicine i am on i have mistyped quite a few words thank goodness for spell check but every no and then it will miss a word so forgive me if my tying is off i'm not all here. The bright side of me taking the cough medicine is that i get enough sleep and i am not coughing all night.

 

[jenny105]

Hello! Sorry I was MIA. I had the weekend off work and then I ended up coming down with a stomach bug so that knocked me out of the office for 2 days. I feel better now. Lainey, I hope you're feeling better!

The FE sounds like a fun idea. Hopefully, more people will join in on this board so it won't just be us 3!! But if it is, that's ok too, cause we're fun.

 

[m_kasch]

LOL, we are fun!! But you two are both sick -- better stay away!!

So now I am getting obsessed with planning (or more obsessed?). This morning I printed a giant copy of all the deck plans so I can see where would be the best place to be. I was thinking of updating to a room on deck 7, but it is about $715 more -- which is more than double what we are paying. But I really want to be able to see the ocean from my room!! Sigh, I keep checking in hopes that one of the secret porthole rooms comes open. Are you girls both in a balcony room? I think I read that before, but i'm too lazy to go back and check...

 

[jenny105]

I'm in an inside cabin. I don't spend much time in my room while I'm in cabins so I don't mind the dark, borderline claustrophobic atmosphere. Plus, it was less expensive! If you upgraded, we'd all be on Deck 7! Deck 7 PARTY!

My ticker hasn't shown up all day today. WTH?

 

[disney honeymooners]

we have a navigator verahnadah room which is nice i have never had a balcony the closest i have ever had is a porthole.

 

[m_kasch]

I can see your ticker!! It is SUPER less expensive, so that's why I booked a GTY 12 to begin with!! Are you in an 11 or a 10? I at lease hope I get upgraded to a 10, because they are a little bigger. I'm trying to convince DH to upgrade. I guess I will just wait -- I keep saying that, but i'm super impatient. I need a support group or something -- Hello, my name is Mary, and i'm an insane disney cruise planning maniac!!

I was looking at a Royal Caribbean book that I swiped from a travel agent's office one day (well I guess it isn't technically swiping since they give them away), and the RCCL has some super small rooms!! On their older ship, an interior state room is only 119 sq ft, and on disney, a category 11/12 is 184 sq ft. Makes me totally appreciate those rooms, even if it seems small!!

I hope Lainey is feeling better...

 

[m_kasch]

LOL Lainey, we were posting at the same time!! Do you know that there are 2 navigator's verandahs that are only partially obstructed full balconies instead of with the big porthole? They are 7620 & 7120. They are both still available, because that is what i'm trying to convince DH to upgrade to (I was just checking a bit ago). They look like this:

I am totally wishing that I was on the cruise right now...

 

[disney honeymooners]

when we booked they were not on avaliable so we booked 7628 which we are very happy with i am just happy to have a balcony and thank you i am feeling better still coughing alittle bit but other than that i'm ok.

 

[jenny105]

I can't see my ticker because my office blocked the website I got it off of. Why, I have no idea. Why block that of all things? My office is really ticking me off today and I'm about ready to go home. It's really windy here today and the awnings are practically blowing off the building so they have people on the roof stomping around and particles of dust are floating down from it. Looks really great for business. I hate this building and wished we never switched offices.

I'm in a CTGY 11. I'm hoping for an upgrade as well!

 

[m_kasch]

It was super windy here last night, you guys probably have that wind there now. Lucky you!! That sucks about your office blocking the site, i'm surprised mine hasn't (they block tons of stuff). But I see your ticker, no worries!!

Yes, lets both hope for an upgrade!!

 

[jenny105]

I hope they don't ever block the DIS!!

I work for AAA and since they're partners with Disney, I was thinking of casually mentioning that. Just to see what happens. Is that shameless?

 

[m_kasch]

LOL, a little!!! I work at Walgreens headquarters, and we just opened a health center in Disneyworld for their employees (or Cast Members, as Disney calls them). I sent in a question to our newsletter to see if we got discounts like some other partners of Disney do, but no luck. Darn!!

 

[jenny105]

At least you tried! I've done a lot of business for Disney in the past month so I think I should get an upgrade! One nice perk is we can get two 2 day water park & more park hoppers for free...pending approval by Disney of course!

 

[disney honeymooners]

I am hoping that me and my DFi get an upgrade while we are at the poly maybe to the Hawaii building which is club level. I am feeling so much better we had those strong winds down here also they blew over some limbs in our back yard.

 

[jenny105]

I'm glad you're feeling better. We had strong wind here yesterday too. It was blowing the awnings loose on our building. Today is windy too but not nearly as bad as yesterday.

 

[m_kasch]

Happy Valentines Day!! Did you girls do anything fun? We tried to go out to eat, but nowhere takes reservations anymore and the wait at 5 was already almost 2 hours!! There was SO much traffic around here too, it was worse than when people are out christmas shopping!! So we went to Chipotle (how romantic, lol) and then I went to get some Rosa Regale and I made chocolate covered strawberries earlier...so now I am pretending I am drinkin my RR in Italy at Epcot!!

I was at home depot last night and swiped some lime green mickey heads so I can start working on our door magnets for the cruise. My DH thinks i'm nuts...oh, well!!

 

[jenny105]

Happy (late) Valentine's Day! I didn't do anything out of the ordinary. Unfortunately, I had to work 7-3. When I got home I took a nap and then my DBf and I went to grab something quick to eat at Panera Bread (how romantic!) since we didn't want to wait anywhere. Then we went to see Confessions of a Shopaholic. It was...not good. I love the books but the movie was nothing like that. I was really disappointed. Overall, it was a pretty normal day!


How do you make the door magnets?

 

[m_kasch]

That's a bummer about Confessions of a Shopoholic!! I am going to see it with my little sis on Friday.

So I got my Passport in the mail on Friday!! I was so excited!! DH didn't understand my excitement, but, whatever!! LOL I also booked us for the Romantic Escape at Sea package. I thought it would be nice since it will be our anniversary. Plus, we can book our stuff for the cruise at 105 days out instead of 75 days, which is always good!!

For the cruise magnets, I just looked over at the Creative DISigns board to get some ideas. You just get some magnetic paper from an office supply store (or wherever you can find it) and print it on there...it looks like fun, and gives me something to do to get ready for the cruise!!