any November 15th eastern 7 ngt cruisers out there?

[mkauffman]

I'm so excited for you........your family's first Disney experience! Wow...what a grand way to introduce them to the MAGIC and WONDER of Disney.

Michelle

 

[lbgraves]

Michelle ~ We are pretty excited too...well me more than the others really. The kids love watching the travel video that Verandaman sent. I am hoping they enjoy the characters when they see them since they are going to be so much bigger. We are going to Kennedy the day we get off the ship, then off to the MK for a day, and maybe Seaworld. We will be staying at the ASMovies since that looked like the one the kids would enjoy the most. I am just starting to look into the MK...very overwhelming.

 

[nedleycan]

I have tried everything. I have typed it in myself, I have used your links, etc, etc. Oh well, I will find out what the problem is and hopefully get on eventually.
Thanks guys for trying to help!

 

[nedleycan]

Lisa,
When we went on our first cruise last November, our kids didn't know anything Disney. We are not big Disney people (don't dislike Disney, just have never really gotten into the videos), our kids had never seen any of the videos, and had never been to Disney World. My daughter knew Cinderella and my son loved Buzz, but that was it. I even had to ask my DIS friends who Belle was (I have still never seen Beauty and the Beast, Lion King or any of the others). But, my kids loved it! Snow White is now my daughter's favourite, and she now knows Belle, Cinderella, Goofy, Pluto, Mickey, Minnie and more! They had so much fun! Your kids are going to love it!

 

[lbgraves]

nedleycan

That sounds great to me! We do have tons of videos & the kids love Toy Story, 101 Dalmations, Monsters Inc, but I haven't let them watch Snow White or Cinderella yet. DS also doesn't like Beauty & the Beast...too scarey for him with the Beast. I was wondering how I was going to expose them to the characters so that they would know what they are.

 

[nedleycan]

I had these big plans 6 months before our cruise that I was going to rent all the classics and show them to the kids... never got around to it. It really didn't matter at all. They loved the characters, even though they didn't know the movies.

 

[Kabuli1]

It's nice to see activity again on our thread! Welcome Linda! We're having some big financial problems right now and the cruise is really ify right now - I'm trying to find a job - any job....sigh. I've decided that I will just continue to operate as if we're going to go - gotta have something to look forward to. Pixie dust and prayers would be appreciated. We had wanted to take Tink on a surprise cruise for her HS graduation in January - so if we're going to go at all we may just have to do one and use points for it. SIGH! Oh well - we're happy and healthy and have three wonderful almost grown kids! Oldest DS graduates from Cornell this month!

Lisa, speaking of Tink, I used a very unusual but effective method of PTing her - if you want to know PM me, K? The DS's were impossible - it's hard to even remember those days my kidz are 22, 20 and 17. oh, and if you ever meet Tink, don't tell her I told you this!

Happy thought, everybody! I did lose 3# this week!


Karyn

 

[mkauffman]

First of all, Karyn...congrats on the weight loss. 3# is terrific for one week. It has already taken me 3 weeks to get to 3 pounds! Also, I'm sending a boat load of pixie dust your way. I understand financial problems and they can seem overwhelming sometimes. The good news is (God willing) you wake up tomorrow and it's another day. Good luck with your job searching. Sometimes we have to thank God for the small miracles that we get every day, like the sun shining.

Lisa, you're going to love AS Movies. We stayed there with the kids in 2000 and it's such an awesome hotel! The magic will continue for you even after you get off the ship.

Michelle

 

[nedleycan]

Thought I better bump us up to the top again. I was able to get onto Alex's web site from work, but not from home. I use a laptop, so it is the same computer, but different service provider. I was so happy to finally get into the site! Yeah! Can't wait to spend the next 6 months chatting with you guys and then finally cruising!

 

[Jo-Anne]

Hope you don't mind some more company! I just put my deposit down today for 11/15 Eastern...am so excited! My name is Jo-Anne (I know my signature is not too original!!) and I'll be with my DH Dave, DD Katie who will be 7 and DS Michael who will be 4 by Nov. We'll be travelling with my best friend and husband their 3 kids ranging in ages 6-12. I have been to WDW around 7 times and never dreamed I'd get to do the cruise. Can't wait...am madly scanning all the posts on this board to get as many hints and tips in advance. I haven't read all the posts in this string yet, but give me a day or two! "Talk" to you later! Jo P.S. I've tried various computers and still haven't been able to acess alex and jessica's site!

 

[Kabuli1]

Yeah Jo Anne! Glad you joined us! We're going to have a great time!!!

Karyn

 

[alexturner74]

Man, all this bad publicity about not being able to get to my site. Looks like the Canadian service providers are giving Jo-Anne and nedleycan a hard time...

http://cruise.alexandjessica.com/

Jo-Anne...send me an email sometime, let me know what errors you are getting. Also, I'll add you to our email list.

Later...

 

[Jo-Anne]

I just tried again from work using the URL in your email and it worked! Nice to have our own little site!...thanks for setting that up! I couldn't open the list of cruisers due to the password...my email is part of my profile if you want to pass that along to me! We're not sure of our plans for the Friday yet..we're flying in that day, but not sure if we'll stay in Orlando or go to Port. Look forward to chatting with everyone over next few months. Jo

 

[nedleycan]

Jo-Anne,
I am so happy to see another Canadian on our cruise. And not only that, but someone from Toronto. I live in Mississauga, but grew up in Toronto. I am also happy to see a 7 yo girl. My daughter will be 6.5 by the time of the cruise and loves to know about other girls her age on the ship. Our son will be almost 5 by the time of the cruise, so our children are very close in age.
Talk to you soon!

 

[mkauffman]

Originally posted by alexturner74
Man, all this bad publicity about not being able to get to my site.

Alex.....who could ever give YOU bad publicity???

Michelle

 

[nedleycan]

Seems it is us Canadians who have a problem getting onto Alex's site from our home service provider. Jo-Anne: are you using Sympatico? I am. But, at work, I had no problem.
Anyway Alex... no worries! We are with you now!

 

[Jo-Anne]

Yes, from home I have sympatico which doesn't allow me to get to Alex's site. However, from work, it's no problem...so I'll just continue to sneek in from here!

 

[Kabuli1]

Bumping this up again! We were on page 4.

Ok, how's everybody? Anybody new joining us?

Last night was scary - we were heading to bed at 11pm when the city tornado sirens went off, so we grabbed our two parrots (somehow I forgot all about the 'tiels - oh well) and headed down to the basement. We were worried 'cause Tink was still out. Of course, the minute we got downstairs, she called asking what to do. Then Randy's curiosity overcame sensibility and he turned on the tv to see what was happening and didn't get downstairs again! In all the years I've lived here this is only the second time the sirens have sounded - other than the test every first Tuesday at 10am. Oh, well, all was well and the worst of it passed north of us.

Anyway that wasn't as bad as the police showing up at out door a couple weeks ago at 4:30am wondering where Tink was cause she hadn't shown up at an after prom activity (and our phone was off the hook) Talk about every parent's nightmare!!!! Of course, she was sound asleep in her own bed - just didn't tell us, or anyone else that she'd come home instead of going to the sleep over - huge sigh of relief!

So, there you go, this is what being a mom is all about! so on that note:

Happy Mother's Day!!!





I would love a little Magic spa therapy today!

Karyn

 

[lbgraves]

Glad to hear that all is well there, Karyn. We had a few tornados that stopped about 40 minutes north/west of here this week. Thankfully the most NC has gotten is the heavy rain & large hail. I hope this system moves out quickly for the central states.

 

[mkauffman]

We just haven't had good weather this spring at all, have we? All this rain is really making me wish November would get here already! I could be lounging on a chair in beautiful Castaway Cay!

Michelle