any November 15th eastern 7 ngt cruisers out there?

[sherry]

Hi Alex, That's wonderful news for your wife. We will miss both of you on the cruise. Sherry

 

[lbgraves]

Congratulations to your wife!!!! That is quite exciting news for her!!! We will truely miss both of you on the cruise. Thanks for all the work you have been doing for our group.

 

[mkauffman]

Alex, I'm so sorry to hear that you won't be able to join us, but I am very, very happy for Jessica! What an exciting time for her! There will be another cruise in your future, don't worry!

Lisa, Linda, Jo, Sherry and Julie........I completely forgot that we were going to the beach this weekend (can you believe it??). I wasn't even home to do the double digit dance with all of you ! We only had one good day at the beach and I wasn't able to work on my tan very much. Oh, well. It just makes me look forward to November even more! That's my last trip away before our BIG November vacation! Anyway, I wasn't able to look for the button making kit. We're heading into fall soccer season at my house and you all know what that means........nothing else will matter until November! My life is officially put on hold. So, I'll take any help and all ideas. Lisa, did you get a chance to get to Wal-Mart? Once you have the design down, how do you actually make the pin? This is so exciting. I can't wait to spot my first pin-friend at the terminal!

Julie, isn't it exciting to be buying "cruise" clothes? Preparing for this trip has been 1/2 of the fun!

Michelle

 

[Jo-Anne]

Alex and Jessica - what exciting news for you on the home front. We'll miss you tho on the cruise! We just got back from our cottage and our friends who are going on the cruise with us came up overnight...all we talked about was the cruise...everyone is so excited. Of course, they can't decide if I'm nuts for knowing all this cruise info from this board and Passporter, or if they think it's great as we won't be missing out on anything and have lots of tips!! We poured over the navigators I had printed out, and talked about if we're going to do Palo, and all our plans for "just the adults" as we're hoping the kids just love the clubs!! We also talked about cruise clothes...one thing we weren't clear on was what type of clothes the kids (ages 4-12) would need for dinners...are "formal shorts" and pull over tops ok? I'm also a little stuck on what to wear on formal night. I don't want to go out and spend a lot of money for one night. Wondering if a blouse and skirt that I wore to a wedding this summer would be ok, or does that sound more like semi-formal? What are ladies and gents doing for formal night??! Jo

 

[mkauffman]

This seems to be one of the most heated questions on the board! I have my own opinions, as everyone does. I feel that this is a vacation and people should do what they're most comfortable doing. However, it's not difficult to adhere to the Disney request of "no jeans, no shorts". That being said, my family will find a happy medium. We do khaki's, nice "Polo" type shirts and sundresses on most nights. This will be our first 7-day, therefore our first "formal" nights, so we were stuck on this one. We've decided to do black pants for the guys; my boys are wearing white dress shirts and ties, Tony (DH) is probably going to wear a jacket and tie. I'm wearing a black dress that I bought at Penney's. I debated for months on buying the boys jackets to wear. I came to the conclusion that I didn't want to spend the money on jackets that they most likely will NEVER wear again...they'll grow out of them before they'll have them on again.

Ok, so now that you have my 2 cents , my opinion is that you would be fine in a skirt and blouse that you wore to a wedding.

I'd love to hear other's ideas about what they're wearing!

Michelle

 

[lbgraves]

Well, for formal night DH has a nice navy suite that he will wear with a neck tie. I picked up a great deal on Ebay for a navy pinstripe suit for DS. They will look so handsome together!!! I am looking for a Mickey tie for him but he has another one just in case. I picked up a darling pink princess type dress for DD at Penney's at 75% after Easter. I found a great deal at ColdWaterCreek.com for me with a sleeveless long dress in plum. I am really hoping that this will be our perfect family picture.

DH's brother will be getting married in the spring, so we will all wear the same thing then. We also just got an invite for an October wedding for one of his cousins so they will all get worn at least 3 times, along with being the kid's Easter outfits next year. I just hope that DH's suit still fits him!

For semi formal night, DH will wear the same suite, not sure about DS. He has navy & khaki pants though and long sleeved shirts. I got another short black dress from CWC with a short sleeved sheer black jacket. It has purple flowers on it. DD will probably wear a purple sleeveless dress with a purple velvet ls jacket over it if it is chilly.

I have another dress from CWC for tropical night. DS has a blue tropical shirt that I found at Target last month. DH has a polo shirt with a tropical pattern on it. I just have to find something for DD. I am hoping to find her a nice outfit (or 2 or 3) on the islands. The other nights I will be wearing dresses that I wear to Church, DH will wear khaki pants with ss shirts, same for DS, and DD will wear dresses. I am using this cruise as an excuse to update my wardrobe.

 

[lbgraves]

Let's just say that it has been an almost constant downpour here. I am hoping for a dry spell tomorrow so that I can go to WM. If that doesn't work out, I am going to call them so I will know something!!!

How is everyone getting to the ship? We are driving down to JAX that Thursday or Friday, then driving to the port Saturday morning. We plan on being there when they open the doors! Is anyone else going to be there early?

 

[Jo-Anne]

We'll be flying in the night before and staying at Radisson near the port. Think we'll probably be there right at 10:30 to join the check-in...the excitement will be running high, so we might as well get to the port and join the waiting game!

 

[sherry]

Hi all,
I spent Sunday afternoon at the Rehobeth Beach, DE outlets. I picked up a few outfits for the cruise. It really was a lot of fun saying "wouldn't this be nice for the cruise?"

We are not getting there until Saturday morning, it was planned to be Thursday, but my youngest daughter's band recognition night is Friday and my husband and I couldn't bear to miss it. So, we rearranged our flight and if all goes well, we land at 10 am. It leaves at 5:30 am, so we are probably staying at the hotel at the airport, so my other daughter doesn't have to take us so early.


Have a disney day!!

 

[mkauffman]

Sherry, I was just in OC over the weekend, but I love the outlets in Rehoboth! We'll be going down for SunFest in September and we'll most definitely be hitting the outlets in Rehoboth while we're there (my girlfriend's parents own a place in Rehoboth so we make it down several times a year). Did the Disney Outlet have anything exciting in it?

What airport are you flying out of? We're flying out of Harrisburg Int'l at about 6:30 a.m. (I think). We're flying in the morning of. There are too many of us to do anything else. We're scheduled to arrive at 11:45, so we just have our fingers crossed that nothing major happens.

Lisa, I totally understand your rain woes. We've had a lot here for the past week or so, too. It's not a whole 'lotta fun when it rains!

Michelle

 

[sherry]

Michele, The outlet was better for me than the last time we went, I got a sleeveless shell with a small mickey on it, cotton denim loose pants with tinkerbell on the pocket, and the buzz sprinkler spaceship. I had a coupon for an extra 40% off, it was a good buy. I love the Rehobeth, Ocean City area, my grandparents had a place down there when I was young, I practically spent my summers in the area. We are flying out of Philadelphia.

 

[alexturner74]

Thank you everyone for your kind words. More good news today is that Jessica got a teaching assistant job within the department, which will waive the tuition.

On the cruise last year, I wore a dark suit and tie for formal and semi-formal nights. Jessica wore two long dresses. I must say that we looked marvelous! Not that I have kids or anything, but I don't think that I would worry about them too much. Probably just make them wear slacks and a decent shirt or something.

Alex

 

[lbgraves]

It definantly sounds like it is perfect timing for Jessica to go to grad school now with the teaching assistant job working out for her.

I was getting ready to call WM about the buttons & remembered that I just made up name badges for the kids in the Church nursery. Why I didn't think of that first, IDK! They are the clear plastic badge holders that are about 3x4". With the clips sold seperately, they are right around $6.00 for 10. That is definantly better than the 1.99 each for the make your own buttons.

I envy you being near a Disney outlet!!! I was able to get some great deals on the website when they clearanced but I would love to get the kids some pins to trade on the cruise & at MK. Hmmm...I wonder if there is one at the Smithfield outlets in NC????

 

[mkauffman]

That really is great news, Alex. You find that these chances only come knocking once in your life and you have to take them when you get them. It sounds like it's your chance to take this one!

Lisa, the only Disney outlet that I know of around me is the one in Rehoboth Beach, DE. I keep hoping that they'll put another one in one of the closer outlets, but it's not happening. So, I just make it a point to get there when I go down with my girlfriend. The last time I was there I got a really cute white hooded jacket with Pooh on it for next to nothing. I figured it would be nice to have for the cool nights out on the deck.

About the buttons, we can do whatever is easiest. Should we just make a decision and go with it?

Michelle

 

[lbgraves]

Well, let's leave it open until Friday night and then whoever wants to have input on it will have the chance. We can then start thinking about the design since we will then know the area we are talking about. We can get them ready & hand them out either at the port that morning before boarding or at the first meet. This is getting so exciting!!!

Jo had made a suggestion about the ladies getting together for high tea at Palos one day. I think that would be a great idea. Anyone else interested?

 

[mkauffman]

Friday it is!

Are you a little excited ?

I'm game for anything. I think it would be great to get together with all of you ladies for high tea (I've never had high tea in my life....I hope I'm refined enough !). I feel like we're already friends and that's the best part of it!

Michelle

 

[nedleycan]

I would love to have high tea with all of you!
Alex, congrats to you and your wife. But, it is not going to be the same without you. Please keep checking this site so that we can still talk to you.
I will put my DD6.5 in a dress every night for dinner, then a nicer dress for formal and semi-formal. My DS5 will be in khakis and shirt most nights, navy pants and long sleeve shirt and tie (he looks so cute!) on formal night, and probably the same thing without the tie for semi-formal. This is what we did last time, and it worked out great.
DH will wear nice pants and short sleeve shirts most nights, dress pants and nice shirt (maybe tie) on semi-formal, and a black suit for formal night.
I will wear casual dresses most nights, a dressier dress on semi-formal, and a really nice blue short dress that has sequence and beading on formal night.

 

[mkauffman]

I assume we have to make ressies for high tea? Does that mean we have to have everyone's names and room numbers? I'm drawing a blank on this one.

Linda, your dinner attire for your family sounds much like mine. It feels good to know that I'm not alone. That one thread about dinner attire got kind of nasty.

Michelle

 

[lbgraves]

You are definantly right about that one, Michelle!

I think that if one person goes to make the high tea resies they will only need their number & a count??? We can get a list together either way. I will email Andy & find out if he knows about this since he is coordinating his groups' brunch. High tea will be my only chance to see Palo's right now with DD boycotting the potty.

 

[mkauffman]

Ok, so let's do high tea. I would love to do the ressies for everyone but I don't know what time we're going to get in to the port. I still have my fingers crossed that nothing goes wrong. Is anyone flying in the night before and will definitely be there in time that would offer to do the ressies?

Lisa.......loved your comment on boycotting the potty! At least you're keeping your spirits up about the whole thing. Maybe something MAGICAL will happen before that day that we board the ship!

Michelle