Any Magic Halloween Cruisers 2003 out there?

[dzneprincess]

Thanks Karen, whats the damage? Are you going to be at the Radisson? I forget? If not, then maybe at the sail away party.

Ginger, looks like my DH will be able to get Friday off of work, so we will probably be arriving at the Rad around 3 or 4 pm


My room looks like a torpedo went thru it. All our stuff is on the floor, we have NO room to walk! LOL How I am going to manage packing for 5 people, AND a seperate case for my baby who is staying with my Dmil, well that is going to be interesting.

Bad news tho, The school called me today at work and let me know Taylor was complaining of a sore throat and has a fever of 101.8! OUCH I went and picked her up and immediately called our PED. So I am going to take her in tommorrow. Hopefully it is nothing a little antibiotics won't cure.

KarenH and Emma and family! Glad to know you all made it safely and are having a blast! Cant wait to meet you all!


Tiff, I second the vote on a 2nd bag for the WDW portion of your trip!

laurenk! ME too about the laundry! LOL I will not do ANY while I am on the ship! NONE ZILCH NADA!!

Tina, when are you all expected to land at MCO? My parents are landing at 1130pm! Late night for me, as guess who gets to pick them up? LOL Where are you all staying at?

John, shame on you going to a game instead of preparing for our trip! TSK TSK

Rochelle, lucky you for being so close to the laundry room. Then you can snaek in at less busy times. I don't know why it shocks me, but it does, the fact that DCL only has 3 laundry rooms???? DID I read that right??????????

Carlotta, YES you are crazy!!!!!! hehehe I was going to do laundry on board and then I read the above about the number of laundry rooms and I said FORGET IT!


Carole, since your all done how about making a pit stop and come and get my packing done? I just can't get motivated for some reason>???????????

 

[Jhalkias]

Ironing, worrying about trick or treat, packing, our dining room looking like a lost luggage explosion - and this is supposed to be a vacation?????? To top it all off - Mexicalli night ! To quote Charlie Brown Arghhhhhhhhhhhh. (I did buy a Tropical Cleveland Brown's shirt in Cleveland on Sunday though!

DD now has a runny nose, and I have to run her to the Dr. on Wed - why does it always seem the germs know when we are getting ready for vacation????

If I did not believe we would have a wonderful time as always, we would have a breakdown or just chuck it all!

Ready for at least one stress session as we try to get ready -and I'm at work late tonight, with meetings tonight and tomorrow night. If we survive getting down there, it will all be OK - right????

 

[rwpeterson]

Hello everyone! We have everything ready to go, just need to put it in the bags. I'm not ironing until we get there, everytime I iron ahead of time it just gets all wrinkled again!

It's in the low 80s here in Denver, I can't believe this weather! We've been telling the kids for over a year now how nice it will be to go somewhere warm in October, but now it's so warm here! I think my co-workers will be glad to see us go, they're sick to death of me talking about this cruise!!

Safe travels to all, we're leaving here 8am Wednesday. Can't wait to meet all of you.

Wendy

 

[carole88]

Hi Everyone,

Sure seems like everyone is really busy! I can't believe that I have actually finished packing early. I'm not usually motivated to do it early myself but I learned my lesson the last time that I went away. Trying to pack at 4 am the day of the black out taught me to get my act in gear. I have to work thru Thursday so this past weekend was my last chance. Tiffany, I think that you did a fantastic job getting all that stuff into 3 suitcases and a garment bag.

I also don't plan on doing laundry while on vacation. If something is really wrinkled when we unpack I will send it out to get pressed.

For Mexicali night I got my husband a cool black shirt that is covered with Mexican items like chili peppers and tequila bottles. I love the idea of a tropical Brown's shirt. Wonder if I could find one like that for the Jets. The girls are going to wear Mexican style dresses that I got on Ebay and I'm wearing a gauzy 2 piece embroidered dress. We can't wait for the party to begin!

Carlotta - Rachel received the ribbon in the mail today. She is very excited to wear it!

Well, that's all for now. Have to take the girl's to dance class. Hope everyone has a great evening!

 

[rocadonismom]

I guess I better get to packing. Just wanted to stop in one last time and wish everyone that hasn't already left safe travels. I have to work a half day tomorrow and then we're out of here.

Tiff - Don't feel bad; I sent my Halloween stuff down ahead of time with my aunt (she's not cruising just doing Disney). Thank goodness they were driving because I don't know how I would have gotten it on the plane.

I agree, I'm sending stuff out to be pressed when I get on the ship. How expensive can it really be?

Have a great night and I will see you all soon. We had a slight design hitch in the lime green Mickey pins, so I'll have orange pumpkins. That and a lime green shirt.

 

[laurenk]

For Mexicali night I plan on buying something in Cozumel for myself. Everyone else in my family has something tropical to wear. I have seen several posts where people say that clothes can be purchased pretty inexpensively in Cozumel.

Tiffany- That is pretty light packing! I have 4 suitcases, and 2 garment bags for a family of four. Also 2 carry-ons. I think we did pretty good.

I went to go pick up my DS dress pants and DH shirts from the dry cleaner today, and the pants were stained. They were brand new. They promise they will have them fixed by tommorrow. They looked like khakis tye died with blue

For TorT I decided to fill the bags once on board. They were going to need their own suitcase otherwise. Don't forget to print out your list of cabins everyone!!!

 

[buzz&woody'smom]

I did try and keep packing to a minimum. I like to think I have it down to a science but it is hard to pack for my guys. I can always do laundry or send out if needed and buy t-shirts too and sweatshirts like we did last year

I am excited to see and meet everyone too. My family is not wearing anything special but my boys are 2.5 (a big 2 year old) and 5 and we will most likely be with my DM and DF a lot and my DM's scooter is candy apple red so you can not miss it

Come up and introduce yourself if I don't see you all first We will be at the Radisson Friday night but not getting in until evening so see you all soon and be SAFE!

Tiff

 

[KaitlinsMom]

Wow - The thread was quiet over the weekend, and now I can't catch up -

Amanda - We are not staying at the Rad on Fri - We'll be at the Hilton (It's a miles thing - Husband is obessesed with earning miles) - We will not have a car either or I would run it over to you - I'll just get you on the ship -

I am sending things out to be pressed when we get on the ship - If I start ironing, my husband will wonder where his real wife went!



Mexicali night - Jhalkias - I'm with you - One more thing to worry about - I'll probably just get something in port -

I'm hoping to get packing done tomorrow (yeah right) - I think I need to belong to overpackers annonymous (sp?)

Take care everyone,

Karen (the other one)

 

[KaitlinsMom]

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[rocadonismom]

Signing off. We're leaving in about half an hour. See everyone soon!

 

[Poohbush]

Amanda, we're arriving in Orlando at about 930pm. Figured we'd just take it easy and rest up there, rather than having to land then drive another hour or so to the Radisson. If it was just me & DH, we probably would have gone on. Hope Taylor is feeling better real soon!

John, Hope your DD is feeling better too. Next time, don't tell the germs you're leaving! And your tropical Browns shirt is neat. Sounds like you'll be right at home wearing it!

Tiff, don't worry too much about the packing, it will all work itself out! Most of the time I don't even use half of the stuff we pack! Should have seen us on the 1st cruise we took. I think we had 3 suitcases just for the 2 of us! Oh well, we learned!

For traveling, I've found it helps if you roll the clothes. Less wrinkles that way. Plus I always bring a travel steamer. If there are any wrinkles, a quick touch up with the steamer does the trick! If anyone needs to borrow it, don't hesitate to ask!

Well, safe travels to all leaving tonight & tomorrow! Sigh, a few more days for me. It will get here eventually!

Tina

 

["Ginger"]

No bags packed here yet. Costumes are not finished, I'll have to finish them aboard. We leave tomorrow night.
We have a parent-teacher conference at 8 a.m.. After that I plan on heading home to pack, load and fuel up.

We'll be doing laundry, or Bill will. He likes to keep up with it so we(he) have less to do when we get home.

Amanda, glad to read the your DH is getting off on Friday. That'll give us time to chat and make the strawberries.

Tina, rolling is a great idea, I'll give it a try. Everything I iron end's up all wrinkled.

I'll bring up the list one more time.
If I get a minute tomorrow I'll check in but, if I don't SEE Y'ALL THERE.

 

["Ginger"]

T-or-T list
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The Dis Board T-or-T

Date: Oct. 30, 2003
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Gathering Place: Deck 3 Midship in front of Lumiere's
Leaving at 1:10 p.m. to hunt and haunt participating staterooms.


Carole88 stateroom 2130------- Rachel 9 and Tessa 6

quackattack 2084 -----------------Andrew 3 and Keesah 17

mdvasquez 2110---------- Ashley 12, Brendan 13, Alex 16.

Knilsen 2098 ------------Kayla 2

Dena's Cousin Sara 2104 ----------- Angela 5, Maria 16

Adrianne 5012------Anthony10, Arianne 10 and Andrew 5.
Anthony and Arianne will be turning 11 on Oct. 30.

Debbie 2050 will be greeting and treating.

Ginger 2052 --------------Ashley 6 3/4

dzneprincess 2071 -----------CJ 8, Taylor 7 and Max 4.

Rae519 7598----Michael 8.

Poohbush 6130 greeting and treating, thank you, has DD----- Katie 17 months

DMIL of Poohbush 6137 greeting and treating

Carolyn1023 2010 greeting and treating

Buzz&Woody's Mom 7522 ----------Cade 2.5 and Chance 5

martel-luv-wdw 7638 ---------Shawn 7

rwpeterson 5520--------- Brooke 10, Paige 8, (friends) Chandra 11 and Aaron 10.

DVCLady 7510 -----------Leena 6 and Ryan 2

KEH 7619 ----------Emma 15 , Oliver and James 13.

Paulmc80 greeting and treating stateroom 7594

Jhalkias 7550 -----------Sophia 3

KaitlinsMom 7106-------- Kaitlin 5, Marrisa 16.

LaurenK 6108 -----------Samantha and Josh turning 10 on Oct 26,

Donna 6596-----David 5

Strissel 7118------Robert 6 1/2.

Nadtwins 7010------Matthew and Andrew 11

gumball711 2502----Shane 3yrs, and Sean 6 yrs.


The count is now at 42.



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AHOY! Mates, Trick or Treat, give me something sweet to eat or you'll have to smell my feet.

Everyone have a safe trip to the ship. See you there.

 

[laurenk]

Everyone have a safe trip. We are leaving Thursday afternoon.

My aunt tried to get a room at the Raddison for Friday night and was told that it was booked solid!!! She is meeting us for the day.

Does anyone know if they are still doing the Talent Show? My DD really wants to play "Mickey Mouse March".

 

[quackattack]

I tried to post last night but my whole post disappeared and I got a message saying the board will be down for 15 min. Twenty-five minutes later I went to bed.

Anyway, we got our shirts done last night. Beautiful lime green. We will probably wear them at sail away. For Mexicali night, I am going to wear a blouse I got in Cozumel last year.

Dzneprincess : I don't really remember but I think you are correct that there are 3 laundry rooms. The one on deck 2 was only busy on formal night.

One more day of work and we are leaving early on Thursday. I am going to get up about the same time I get up for work. I am sure it will be easier than on a work day.

Finishing up the last bit of packing tonight. I had better get back to it. I may try to post tomorrow night but if I do not make it......Travel safely and we will see you soon.

Rochelle

 

[rwpeterson]

See you all on the ship. We leave tomorrow morning at 7:30am.

Wendy

 

[DVCLady]

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[KaitlinsMom]

We leave at 8AM Friday - Safe journeys for all and we will see you on the ship!

 

[faithmagicmickey]

i went last year on the halloween cruise with my dh,dd, and her boyfriend. we had a great time. they do a great job with decorating the ship, lots of activites for all and costumes. you wll all have a ball.
have a magical time,
faith

 

["Ginger"]

All packed, I hope. Heading out the door in justs few minutes.

See you all soon

Come on Joe lets go.