Any Magic Halloween Cruisers 2003 out there?

[dzneprincess]

Im gonna take you up on that offer Andy, BUT I want to get a pic of ALL my pups! LOL SO this weekend I am GOING to get that done and pester the heck out of you! LOL

 

[Verandah Man]

Originally posted by dzneprincess
Im gonna take you up on that offer Andy, BUT I want to get a pic of ALL my pups! LOL SO this weekend I am GOING to get that done and pester the heck out of you! LOL

Pester away, I have until August 22, to be pestered!!! LOL!!!

 

[rae519]

I swear, Rae Jr. is looking more like me everyday. I can even picture him on his own horse!!!! He is a beautiful baby, you lucky girl you!!!

Emma - you can come ride with me anytime!!!!! The little girl in me who wanted a horse is very much satisfied and delighted now!!!

Rumor has it that my favorite Dueling Piano Man, Fidelio, will be on the August 2 cruise........I am not going to tell Michael until it's verified!
Am I excited or what?!


Ohhhh, Michael rode Jynx on Monday and promptly bargained with me to keep her and I get Red back!!!! Jynx is smaller so it's actually for his benefit but who cares! It's all in good fun and we are enjoying ourselves so much. Michael took a few pictures of me with my horse but none have ME - well, my legs are there!!
Must get him to get both of us in!!!!!

Rae

 

[rae519]

Emma!

I just learned what bangers and mash and bubbles and squeek are!!!! I'm so proud of myself - now when I come to visit, I know what I want to eat!!!!!!

Rae

 

[Poohbush]

Rae, I just laughed at the comment about Michael taking a picture of you & Jnyx, but only your legs are there! Sounds like you guys are having so much fun!

Dzneprincess, little Nate is such a beautiful boy! What a heartstealer he's gonna be! Can't wait to see all your "pups!"

And here's to keeping my fingers crossed so Ginger's house project goes smoothly!

 

[rae519]

Poohbear - at least he took the THINNER part of me in the picture!!!!!

Girl, I understand now why cowboys were thin - this horse stuff takes A LOT of work - my arms are aching from taking care of both the horses. Yes, Michael is helping but at 60 lbs and 4' nothing - it's hard for him to reach.

By the time I get them down from the stalls (individually), get them turned out in the corrals to get all the "energy" out, then groom them and saddle them, it's all I have to get up on "Jynx" and ride!!!! WHEW! But whose complaining - I will definitely get in better shape and have a great time doing it!!!!

Fidelio may or may not be on my next cruise (August 2) - we can only hope to see The Great One! And it's too late to change things now!

Rae

 

[Poohbush]

Evening everyone!

My DD Katie looks like she might be trying to take steps! Uh-oh! Twice today she was standing up, and we swear we saw a foot move somewhat! She's definately confident at standing. She's so proud of herself, she just stands there and claps. It's just the sweetest thing!

Looks like we're all ready for tropical night. Took some convincing, but my DH finally got a shirt with palm fronds on it. John's not one to stand out in a crowd, so no bright floral prints for him!

Haven't decided yet what to do about a costume for Katie for Halloween. I can sew pretty well, but I don't usually have the time for big projects. Especially when buying one is so much easier!

Goodness, I'm chatty tonight!
Tina

 

[rae519]

Tina - how wonderful about Katie! I remember those days when my children were little and each progress was cause for a big celebration!

There will be a large variety of "Marked down" costumes by the time we sail so take advantage of that if you aren't a seamstress!

I know right now there are great bargains for summerwear and water toys. If I could only take time from horseback riding to go shop, I might get some of them!!!!

My ultra conservative Mom surprised the heck out of me yesterday - this is the lovely lady you will all meet in October. The 74 year old who has been working on her roof and guttering, who dug the 25' trench to disperse the water we had, etc, etc....
Anyway, she's always Mrs Frills and Lace ----- she never gets anything "wild" or "Unusual" in the clothing department....
She bought sequined sneakers for the cruise!!!! I mean, they are just screaming "RAE! RAE! RAE!" but she loves them and I can't wait for you to see her in them!

Mom is a great person and a lot of fun - a bit shy but very friendly. To see her in these sneakers is a mild "Progress" report for me since I am always telling her to "liven up" her wardrobe with new colors and styles!!!!!!!!

Michael asked to have his horse Red back, so I'm back riding Jynx. That's just fine with me though!!!!! Jynx is older (11), smaller and easier for my ability. I will never be the rider Michael is - the kid just whips around the corral like he was on fire! The faster the better and that big gelding just loves him and does whatever he asks him to do. Talk about bonding!!!!

Still waiting to hear from Emma about my new knowledge of British food - considering I'm still working on the words!!!!

I've received a few requests from DISboarders regarding my upcoming cruise, but if anyone has anything else they'd like me to find out or get besides those who have already contacted me, please don't be afraid or shy to ask!!!!

I did breakdown and reserve 2 horses for us at Nicki's. Buckaroo's Dad raved about it last year and although our cruise diverted due to the Hurricane and we couldn't go, I really wanted to do this again. So Michael and I are set up. You all knew I'd break down, didn't you!!!! I'm such a softie!

Rae

 

[JLSE50]

Looks like we're all ready for tropical night. Took some convincing, but my DH finally got a shirt with palm fronds on it. John's not one to stand out in a crowd, so no bright floral prints for him!

If he wore a plain colored shirt he would stick out more The way to blend in on tropical night is to wear a tropical shirt.

On our Halloween Cruise last year I was Queen Snow White, Tom was the King (we are too old to pass for Princess and Prince so figure that 30 years after the movie they should be King and Queen) our table-mates (who are friends from our college years) dressed as Malificent from Sleeping Beauty and "An engineer on vacation" Phil does not DO Halloween. I usually don't but was talked into it by DH. What is nice about the Disney Cruise is that each can do as he or she chooses and no one minds as long as we are all polite about it.

Have a super day
Jan

 

[Poohbush]

Jan,

I couldn't agree with you more! On our first 7 night cruise, I told him about tropical night, and he was like no way! But I think once he was actually there, and saw lots of other people (guys included) wearing tropical stuff, and he wasn't, I think it sunk in!

Rae, your Mom sounds like she's really getting ready! Is she going on the August cruise with you too?

Tina

 

[JLSE50]

Someone asked what night Halloween falls on. Last year they changed the schedule so that Halloween was Semiformal night. It was supposed to have been formal night, but they scheduled that for when semiformal night often is.

You just cannot tell what they will do. The best bet is to take some fairly flexible outfits, read the Navigator and decide on a day to day basis.

For Semiformal night I wore a knee length black lace dress for the theater show and the picture with the Captain and then changed to my costume, went back for another picture with the captain and stayed dressed for dinner and the judging.

I sure hope they do the judging in the theater so everyone can see this year. Last year they had us line up on deck 4 overlooking the atrium which would have been nice, but the railing was lined with people wanting to watch us descend the stairs and be introduced. People in line could not see those ahead of them and once we were introduced we had to stand in the atrium behind everyone who had been there all along, so it was disappointing. If they had everyone sit in the big theater, line up along the walls and come up on one side of the stage and go down the other it would go smoothly and everyone could see--those in costume and those just watching. But, no one asked me.....

Rochelle: What was your question about the murals in the luggage room??
Have a super day,
Jan

 

[mdvasquez]

Hey all, it's been a while again since I have posted, I'll try to update you quickly:

We went up to NY for a wedding over 4th of July weekend
When we got home, my DS and BIL moved down and we spent FRi and Sat of last week helping them get settled. In the meantime my other DS went into labor on Friday, but didnt start dialating until Saturday afternoon. I was in the delivery room with her and after 24 hours of labor and 2 hours of pushing she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl OLIVIA GRACE ROCCO!! What an amazing experience. It is WAY better when you are not the one in pain!!! Then yesterday my kids left for Kansas City to spend 2 weeks with their father. And on top of all of that I am battling morning sickness.

That's my quick wrap up! Besides that, I am counting down the days till we cruise together!

I hope everyone is in good health! And enjoying their summer.

Dena

BTW: Has anyone seen Pirates of the Carribbean? It was Great!

 

[dzneprincess]

Congratulations Dena! Another new baby added to our clan! Boy have you been BUSY!

Can you all bevlieve we are under 100 days! Yippe we are in double digits!

 

[JLSE50]

We saw PIRATES last weekend and thought it was great.

We were in Disneyland the day before and the day of the premier and saw them laying out the red carpet and preventing people from crossing Main Street anywhere except the doubly carpeted crosswalks. They did not present FANTASMIC, there was a HUGE screen set up on Tom Sawyer Island and the island was closed to guests. There were bleachers set up in New Orleans Square so traffic had to flow through limited areas and people were standing guard all over.

Many of the attractions in the Critter Country area were closing at 4:00 and the whole park was closing at 6 for the televising of the red carpet arrival of the stars. Guests were welcome to stay and be the "audience" for that however, but we had a plane to catch.

When we arrived in the morning we got buttons about it and we wore them to the theater when we saw the movie. The theater manager was VERY INTERESTED in them, but he cannot have them!

Off to see the Gary, Indiana Air Show,
Jan

 

[rae519]

Nope, it's Tom, my husband for the August cruise. Mom will be on the Halloween one and she is going to wear a costume!!!! It will be a blast!

We saw Pirates last night and of all the rides that he didn't like, it was the Pirate ride!!!!! But he loved the movie last night and now wants to "do the ride"!!!! Go figure!

I just LOVE Captain Jack Sparrow - he was a tremendous character!!!!!

Ohhhh, a pirate's life for me! Maybe Fidelio can sing that one for us at Dueling Pianos!!!

Peru is having their amateur circus parade today - next week is the Grissom Air Show......
I'll be at the stables with my horses!

Rae

 

[carole88]

Hi everyone! We are all very excited to be doing the double digit dance. I didn't thisnk that we would ever get past 100 days to go!

I see that some of you oout there saw Pirates. Is this movie okay for kids? Wondering if my kids would like it or be a little scared of it.

 

[rae519]

Hi Carole - boy, this is one of those questions that I really HATE to answer........but I will try. It is PG13 - yes, there are duels and the pirates are actually skeltons that could scare children.

Michael is 8 and we have been very LIBERAL with his viewing - nothing with foul language (boy, that's hard even on TV) and no sexual innuendos (again, hard!) but we have tried to get him to understand the difference between FAKE and REAL.
I am not saying that this always works, but we try hard!

Tom, Michael and I LOVED this movie - the Captain Jack Sparrow character was hysterical!!! It was interesting from the very start and kept our interest throughout the 2 1/2 hours!

So to answer the question - you know your child better than anyone else....can s/he handle dueling scenes? Skeletons?

Good luck.....raising kids is tough with all the decisions, but someone has to do it!!!

I am also going to step up and say GO SEE SEABISCUIT! Not only as a horse lover/owner, but I read the book and it was exceptional. The movie can only be better -

But don't blame me if you come out of there hearing, "Mom, I want a horse!"

Love ya's all!
Rae

 

[Rose_Greenthumb]

Oh gosh, I've been meaning to post on here for ages, I just never quite got round to it.

Rae-I have never actually had bubble and squeek and I don't eat bangers and mash anymore because I'm vegetarian but I am most impressed by your knowledge on this subject!

I only have 2 more days left before I break up from school for the summer. It's actually only a day and a half which seems really pointless but I'm sure we'll have fun.

I didn't realise we were into double digits, usually my mum tells me how many days we have to go but we've obviously been slacking!

 

[dzneprincess]

HI all! I will step up and say I really enjoyed POTC! I agree with Rae, the Jack Sparrow character was the greatest! LOL I took my kids to see it, and my 8 yr old CJ at 1st did not want to go see it. He thought it was going to be scary! ( This is the same kid that absolutely LOVED The Two Towers! Which I KNEW was way more scarier! ) SO I MADE him go see it. I know I'm a mean momma. But I knew he would love it. My other 2 really wanted to see it, my 7 yr old DD and 4 yr old DS, funny thing is they weren't scared at all! So we went, and of course my CJ (8 yr old) LOVED it! LAst night after I asked him if he was still mad at me for making him go see it, or if he was glad I amde him go see it! He said half and half! LOL Then this morning I asked him again, and he said he is really glad I made him go see it! KIDS! LOL Now, the other 2 were not scared, but apparently they were bored! THats right bored! LOL they fell asleep half way thru! I guess maybe the stroyline was a bit hard for them to follow, so it didn't really hold their interest. But, by no means were they scared. If your children have seen the previews, then they have been exposed to the most scariest thing, IMHO, and that was the skeletons. We quite enjoyed it, and even stayed til after the credits for the "surprise"



I am sooooooooo ready to go cruisin now! LOL Rae, you lucky girl I wish I was coming with you on the August cruise But I do have a trip to Biloxi planned the last week of July, so at least I have some time away to look forward to.

 

[quackattack]

Normally I would be getting ready to start another week at work. However, tonight I am enjoying an evening at home with my family. DH & I have Monday & Tuesday off. We are also off next Friday, Saturday & Sunday. It would be nice if every week were like this one.

I had not realized until yesterday that we are in the double digits. I am excited about that as well.

I hope everyone had a great weekend. It sounds as if everyone is very busy.

Rochelle