Brack, we have been listening to a CD I picked up cheap at Pier 1 imports. Has "Hot Hot Hot" by Buster Poindexter, "Kokomo" by the Baha Men, "Island Girl" by Elton John, "You Can Get It If You Really Want" by Jimmy Cliff, "Montego Bay" by Bobby Bloom and some others. Good mood music. We always pick up a CD or tape to play on each vacation. Hawai'i will always be "Maui Super Man" and "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" by IZ (Israel Kamakawiwo'ole), road trips will be Willy Nelson and our first trip to WDW can still be evoked by every play of the "Alladin" soundtrack. (The whole trip to WDW and our subsequent obsession was a fluke, it was supposed to be Mexico again, but I found out DS #1 was on the way and the obstetrician forbade it.)
Rcostello1, why no fins? They really are such a help with snorkeling, they allow a lot more speed and so much less effort. DH and I were divers once-upon-a-time (hence the Mexico trips). We can give you some tips, there are easy tricks for getting in and out of the surf or getting into the water from a boat deck. Plus, we always mark all your snorkel gear with sharpies. It is so easy to leave something in the tangle of gear on dive boats. Check out a dive shop. We have a great duffle, made of mesh that lets the gear drain and sand filter out. It is made like a back-pack and can be carried on your back or as a duffle.
Leave the tennies at home, if you cannot do it in Bjorn (what is the macro for that kind of spelling?), or Tevas, my personal favorite, or barefooot, and it involves exercise, it cannot be worth doing on a vacation! Black sandals and black socks for formal night. Who, besides ducklite, is ever gonna notice? Though I'm going to have to do something soon, before we go, or nothing I bought last year is going to fit.
Steve, have my final payment earning a whopping 1% at the credit union. I hope my TA is on the ball and reminds me on time.
And yeah, re. the party, it was cold and almost rainy, we got dinner outside but had dessert inside. Cleaned for the whole day and the house is a wreck already. Now I've got to clean again, DS birthday party Saturday, and all the adults want to stay, too. Don't rain, don't rain, don't rain. We had the most dreadful drought this year, then partytime and it rains.....
Carla
ooops! Anyway that's all set. I have them picking us up (party of 8 adults) at 930am at the airport. Does that sound right?
I've made travel binders for each room in my party. I will have 3 first-time cruisers with me. 
I make a spreadsheet noting what we're doing when, etc.
