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

[karentan]

ooh poor you gary burns, he fell asleep in one of the hammocks on CC last year and burnt himself to a crisp!! i just get progressively darker, i dont tend to burn really.
luckily for gary, the AKL provides you with bottles of after sun gel, which we'd taken with us, we put it in the fridge then he put it on, i think it helped, he was peeling badly a few days later!!

 

[jenny105]

I usually don't get sunburned too badly. Mostly my face, the backs of my legs, and my shoulders. I tend to just turn a deeper tan color except on my face. My face ALWAYS peels. I need to find something with a higher SPF because my foundation is not going to cut it for the Florida/Bahama sun!

 

[Dr.Girlfriend]

Hey, gang! We're getting closer!!!

I can't tell you how excited we've been about this vacation. We've been dying for a vacation since our last Disney Cruise in 2007! Why can't we hurry up and be the night before our cruise?!?!??! LOL.

Anyone get their room assignments yet? We're still booked under a GTY room. Hoping to find out soon.

Plans still in gear for Jellyrolls the night beofre?

 

[m_kasch]

Oh, I totally understand how excited you are!! I am super excited too!! I have a countdown on my fridge that we cross off one day every day. My family thinks i'm nuts, LOL!!

We just went for a bike ride. I am excited because I got a huge bike seat that is WAY more comfie than those super skinny bike seats. I don't know how people ride on those, they hurt my butt something fierce!! The new one is an air gel seat, and it's so much better!! And, I ordered roller blades over th weekend that shipped today, so we can do that soon too! I'm trying to get in better shape for the cruise!!

Karen, are you going out job hunting tomorrow again? If you are, good luck!!

 

[disney honeymooners]

Jen i fry in the sun without strong sunblock im not too bad at the parks but when i get on the beach i have to use a pretty strong sunscreen or i will fry!! but since i will have a spray on tan so yall wont have to see my glow in the dark pale skin but i am gonna have to be careful and make sure i use enough sunscreen or i will get burned and may not notice it until my spray on tan goes away after the cruise.
I got a dress to leave the reception in and i am gonna wear it on the cruise(eventhough i DON'T LIKE DRESSES!!) it will be easy for yall to spot me it is blue and it is rather brite but i think it will look good on the cruise or atleast i hope that it will if not i will drink enough goombay until it does look good which with the amount of DVDs you have mary that may not be a good idea but i will probably have the same amount of them so we could both be posting videos on youTube when we get home or get home and wonder "When did i we do this?"
karen i'm sorry yall have to get up that early to go to the airport i have had to get up at 3am to go to the ATL airport NO FREAKING CLUE WHY!! our flight was the same one greg and i are taking in sept. 8:45 so there was no reason for it and i didnt go to sleep til after 3am the next night so i was a little loopy.
This is sad but i have already started packing(mainly b/c i am running out of moving boxes) im putting anything in them that i am gonna take on the trip my mom says i have a disney problem i say it is NOT a problem it is a healthy obsession!

 

[karentan]

steph, yeah we're still on for jellyrolls the night before the cruise. there's also a few of us going to ohanas for dinner on monday 21st, the more the merrier! we've got 2 reservations totalling 16 people!

i had to get up way too early today as gary needed a lift into work so i could bring his personal car back (hes just got a company car), i'm soooo tired now......

 

[karentan]

whoa!! out of curiousity i checkout out the cruise meet threads for the few 3 nights before our cruise,
september 3rd is 1 page,
september 10th is 5 pages long,
september 17th is 3 pages long,
ours is 141 pages and counting!!!!

 

[disney honeymooners]

WE WIN!!!! Karen are we all still on for going back to epcot for EMH after jellyrolls? Greg is looking forward to seeing all of yall and the girls i keep talking about like they are my neighbors(which yall are my disney neighbors who happen to live in different states as well as a different country)
I am begining to get stressed out about the wedding now that it is alittle under 2months away.

 

[karentan]

yeah we're still up for epcot for EMH after jellyrolls!! what better way to spend an evening than late night disney with friends!!
how is the wedding planning going anyway? you'll have to let us know some of your plans!! do a mini planning journal for us!! lol

i'm a bit peeved off, finally got up the energy and enthusiasm to go to the job agencies, went to print off my resume, and my printer is out of ink. well i've got black ink, which is all i need, no colour needed, but because i'm out of red ink, the stupid printer wont let me print off a black and white document! grrr. garys going to pick me up some ink on the way home. i just think its stupid that theres no way of bypassing it, i mean i dont need red ink, wont do for the foreseeable future, but i have to go out and buy some just so i can print a black document.
anyway rant over. i couldnt go out so i did my ironing instead.

 

[m_kasch]

Lainey, i'm sure your wedding will be wonderful!! Try not to worry too much. It goes by SUPER fast! Remember to EAT at the reception, the photographer had me running around taking pictures so much, I missed the salad (luckily, they brought me out a new one -- there are perks to being the bride!!), and I didn't even get a piece of my own cake!! We did keep the cake top though in the freezer and had it on our 1 year anniversary. Surprisingly, it was really good. Imagine how good it was when it wasn't 1 year old!!

So, I think the car rental places probaly hate me and are getting ready to post my picture on their wall with a big red X through it!! LOL!! I just changed my rental AGAIN. Now, my sister and I are going to pick one up at the airport when we get there, and then exchange it on the way to Universal. That way, Tim & I don't have to exchange it on the day of the cruise. We're still going to Kona for breakfast though, our ADR isn't until 7:40, but they open at 7:30 and that's when I plan to be there!! I want to get to the ship early because I am TOO EXCITED TO WAIT ANY LONGER THAN NECESSARY!!!

 

[karentan]

we did that last year, we were at the port by 9.15 ish, had to wait around in the parking lot across the street til 10am, then we got into the port, got boarding card number 2, then had to wait a couple of hours til we could board. i think this time we'll probably leave AKL a little bit later, i still want to be at the port by about 11am, so we can board and get to parrot cay asap for lunch, but maybe not quite so early this time!!

i havent booked my car hire YET, but i have changed my mind about a dozen or so times. we've definately decided to rent a car for the 23rd to 27th, as it works out the same price with parking as the DCL transfers are, but we get to leave some of the luggage in the car.
but i'm still undecided as to when to pick the car up for the first 2 days. we arrive on saturday night, part of me thinks it'll be a lot easier to pick up the car on saturday night, drive to ASM (instead of getting ME), then drop the car back off monday night. but the other option is to pick it up sunday morning (means we'd have to get a cab to DTD) and drop it off tuesday. the plan is to hit seaworld, the malls, and a supermarket in the first 2 days, then disney the rest of the time. but we've got a 5 hour stopover in atlanta, and theres a TGI fridays in the airport (my fave place for drinkies!!). if i hire the car at the airport i cant have a cocktail (or five!) but it'd be easier and quicker to get to the hotel when we land. or do i enjoy the stopover in TGIs then just get the bus and relax. what do you guys think?

 

[Dr.Girlfriend]

We'll be at the port as soon as it opens, just like we always are! We only live an hour away from it, but we still get up at like 6 a.m. and get out there to be one of the first in line to park. We're both like little kids, "too excited to sleep!!" hehe. HURRY UP SEPTEMBER!!

 

[m_kasch]

How early do people normally get there to be in line? I am not super attached to the Kona ADR (i'll be there the whole next week!!) and I want to be in line with all the very early birds. I am just getting too excited, I think it is a sickness!!

 

[Dr.Girlfriend]

How early do people normally get there to be in line? I am not super attached to the Kona ADR (i'll be there the whole next week!!) and I want to be in line with all the very early birds. I am just getting too excited, I think it is a sickness!!

I *think* the gate to park opens at 10:30 a.m., I'll have to recheck. After you park, you're allowed in the terminal. We usually go in (hardly anyone there the first 30 minutes) and sit and watch t.v. while we wait for the check in lines to open. You'll hear "Whistle While You Work" start playing, and that's the cue for the CM's to head in to work....so cute! We've never waited for more than 5 minutes to check in with someone.

We've planned on having a big dinner the night before and skipping breakfast so we can snarf as much as we want at lunch on the Wonder. LOL. Yes, this is a fantasticly bad idea, but oh well.

We just like to show up early to kick start off our vacation. We're silly like that

 

[karentan]

we were there waiting when they opened the gate and were within the first ten or so people in the building. to be honest looking back now it was probably a bit too early, we could have stayed at the AKL a bit longer and enjoyed the club level breakfast before setting off and would have still been there with plenty of time to spare. from what ive heard on here i dont think theres much time difference in enbarkation between boarding group 2 and for example 6 or 8.
i dont think we'll be rushing to get there quite as early this time. we spent a lot of time sitting around waiting to board. we were in the terminal itself for just short of 2 hours. and theres not a whole lot to do there. gary sat watching donald duck cartoons and i just wandered around. theres a small shop in the terminal where you can order the stateroom gifts, and they bring the characters out but they do get mobbed a bit. i think this time it may be a bit different in the sense that we'll have met up before so will know some people in the terminal so we can sit and have a chat, but to be honest i was bored last time waiting not so patiently to board!
as soon as we get on though we'll be heading straight for parrot cay for lunch!!

steph, not sure if you fancy it, but as you live in florida, theres a group of us meeting up for dinner at ohanas on the 21st if you fancy coming along?

 

[Dr.Girlfriend]

steph, not sure if you fancy it, but as you live in florida, theres a group of us meeting up for dinner at ohanas on the 21st if you fancy coming along?

We actually live about 10 minutes away from WDW. I'm going to try and meet up for dinner that night if the timing is right...I work until 5, and I carpool with my husband, so I have to try and haul his behind out of work about 5:15 We're usually home about 5:30-5:45. I think someone said dinner was at 8?

And I agree Karen, it can be boring if you get to the terminal early...we just do it to extend the vacation some

 

[jenny105]

Hi girls! Well it's obvious. We have the best cruise thread BY FAR.

I'm not in a big rush to get to the cruise port. As long as I beat the resort buses there, I'm happy. No offense Lainey. I have an ADR at WCC for 9:30 that morning so I'm hoping to get to the port around 11:30-12. I may switch it for the earlier 8:45 reservation. Not sure yet. What do you guys think?

I'm excited! Just shy of 2 months for us. I believe it's 61 days to go now?

 

[karentan]

mary booked a table for 8 people at 8.20, i booked another table for 8 more (wasnt too sure how many people we'd have) for 8.30, so we should be able to tag the reservations together and get one big table. the more the merrier!

 

[Dr.Girlfriend]

Maybe I'll tell my hubby that will be my birthday meal (my bday is Sept. 15) He's soooo shy and I'm having a hard time talking him into meeting anyone.

Is my ticker way off or something? I keep seeing other people saying their countdowns are 61 days or so...

 

[karentan]

i think we're aiming for about 11.30 ish too jenny, i think boarding starts about 11.45, so might get there a bit before half past to get checked in. i think the buses get there about 12-1pm ish? so will try and beat them there too.