any November 15th eastern 7 ngt cruisers out there?

[kimszath]

Sorry--same one posted twice... not sure how that happened... looks like it went before spell check.. sorry! G'night!

 

[mkauffman]

Kim, you amaze me.

Linda, I'll try to let you know tomorrow if anyone else in my group wants to join us for high tea.

Lisa, very funny storry about the hot wheels. Isn't it funny to sit back and listen to your kids talk to themselves?

I'm very confused about formal night, semi formal night (are they the same nights for everyone.......that's a great question), Captain's Gala and our Passport to the Magic says something about the Captain's Cocktail Reception. On top of this, I have this Castaway Club cocktail party. I'm REALLY confused! How do I know what to wear to each??

Michelle

 

[Jo-Anne]

Lisa - Michael will be taking his purple monkey with him and I'm sure a collection (limited by Mom who will have to end up keeping track of them!) of Rescue heros and cars! He will just be in heaven if the Club has any assortment of truck and cars and will be very excited if another little boy or two will play with him! Kim - wow, you fly planes and spell-check too...I didn't even know we could do that!! I'm sure the kids will be in awe when you tell them you fly planes...can you bring a photo of you in "action"!

 

[lbgraves]

Kim, Formal night & semiformal are on the same nights for everyone. It seems that they flip flop between Sunday & Thursday nights. If we don't do Lumiere's on either of these nights I still plan on dressing up a bit since it is a more elegant atmosphere.

Michelle, I wouldn't worry as much about what to wear to the CC reception. Just that those people wont necessarily be seeing you in the same outfit at dinner.

Also, Kim, I think that you are going to see alot of GPs & kids on the cruise. We will be wearing navy blue Ts and jeans or jean shorts when we board. They have Disney spelled out with the characters. I just emailed our family picture so you will know what DH & I look like.

Looks like we are out of sudifed so tonight will be "interesting." Definantly going on the list for tomorrow!!!

 

[lbgraves]

Jo, LOL! The boys will get along just fine! Actually so will Kaitlyn! Both kids love RHs! WIlliam had a RH party last year & with 27 kids here let's just say that he got alot of them. He already had a few & Santa was prepared to bring them each a few more. We have the ship & the original command center. Anyhow, with the dups that we returned to WM, he picked up the airplane and the helicopter...for Kaitlyn believe it or not. I told him that this was HIS birthday money & he didn't have to buy anything for her but he insisted. I was a proud mommy that day! Is your son into Thomas? The kids both like that as well but the last train things will be showing up for Christmas this year. They will have more than enough to build a track over the entire family room floor then! Add the loving family dollhouse & vans to the list and that is pretty much their main entertainment.

Will Michael be in the 3-4 year group in the clubs? That is what I am signing William up for even though he turns 5 the day before. He is in the 4 yo class at PS and is good with kids that age. Also, in order to have a better chance of getting Kaitlyn to stay in the club, the kids will need to be together. It looks like Kim's son & Julie's son will be in the 3-4 group also. Looking at the navigators it seems that the 5-6 group gets together with them for some activities so they will have the chance to see Mary & Linda's kids then.

 

[SINK]

As Lisa stated:

Sunday: Semi Formal
Thursday: Formal
Captain's Club Cocktail: Sunday or Monday (45 mins before "first" seating dinner). So, you can load up on the cocktail before heading to dinner (and then two fists it and bring it to the dining room).

We are planning to do Brunch on Sunday, Tea on Monday, and Dinner on Tuesday.

 

[SINK]

Cabin tours:

Let's arrange for a cabin tour on Monday.

We can start with the Cat 5/6, then with Cat 7, Cat 8/9, Cat 10, and Cat 11. Then we can order cheese and sit at Linda's veranda. Who's bring the wine?

 

[nedleycan]

We are in a category 5. It is the same as a cat 6, just on a different deck. Yes, we would love to have a cocktail party in our room. We can order a cheese tray, and we will have wine, so come on over!!!! We can plan the time later at our meeting.

Jo, I am going to Vegas from Sunday to Thursday, staying at New York New York. I try to stay at a different hotel every time I go, and have never stayed there before. I love the deuling piano bar at that hotel, so thought I might as well stay there.

 

[lbgraves]

The cabin tour sounds like a blast!!! We are in an 8 so sign us up for that! LOL! Maybe we could work it out so we end up in Linda's room instead of backtracking? I am thinking of bringing some extra stuff now for possible get togethers like cookies or such. We probably have some wine here put away. We don't drink much at all and it would be nice to share it with our DIS friends.

 

[mcampbell_22]

Boy, I get busy for a few hours and look what I missed!

Linda, count me in for high tea - Cabin 7512.

Meeting after drill sound fine too, as does meeting up again on Sunday.

We'll have to put together a "list" of dates, times and places.

Can't believe it's almost here. Looking into getting a digital camera to take along. Any recommendations?

 

[nedleycan]

We bought a digital camera in St. Martin 3 years ago. It is a Minolta and is good. But, we are both very much into photography (I took courses in college) and wanted something closer to our SLR camera. So, just last week, Brian bought a new Canon that takes all our old SLR lens, so we have wide-angle and zoom lens for our digital. It is the Canon EOS Rebel digital. It can do very high resolution, which is important in my job. I use it to photograph images for posters and flyers, etc. and need a good camera. So it was worth the expence.

The most important thing (in my opinion) is that it has a large range of optical zoom. Otherwise, everytime you zoom into something, it will use digital zoom which makes the resolution worse. Our first camera is very small, as that was important for skiing and hiking. So now we have a choice!

There are some good web sites that rate cameras. If you want the name of one, I can ask hubby.

 

[Jo-Anne]

Lisa - you have entered sainthood for entertaining 27 boys at a birthday party!! Sounds like our kids have the same toys! Michael got the Rescue Heros command center ship for his birthday along with a bunch of RH. We also have a ton of "dinky" toy cars and DD has the loving doll house. Michael will be in the 3-4 Kids Club and Katie (and our friends DD Brooke) in 5-7. Love the idea of cabin tours - we are in 11 so we can start in ours if you want - just give me notice so I can throw all dirty clothes in closet! I know DH will be bringing red wine aboard (he loves wines - and I can't stand wine - give me rye & coke or a fancy drink instead! I call him my wine snob!). I assume if we are taking wine/alcohol outside our rooms, it would have to be in a plastic cup? Feels like high school parties all over again!! Jo

 

[Jo-Anne]

FYI - if anyone is interested in a good summary of St. Martin - where to go, what to do, beaches overviews, I found this on the internet http://www.geocities.com/seadroo/sxmnotes.html

 

[mkauffman]

Cabin tour sounds great....great idea Steve! We're also in a cat 11, so you're welcome anytime! We can discuss in detail once we meet.

I would really love to take some soda and beer onboard, but I'm trying to figure out the best way to do it. All of our docs say no coolers allowed!

Michelle

 

[mkauffman]

I just re-read Steve's schedule. So high tea is on Monday? Why was I thinking it was on Sunday?

Michelle

 

[Jo-Anne]

I think that's Steve's family's schedule. Think we're still on for DIS Tea on Sunday.
Also, have read other posts about the coolers. It appears that its the hard sided larger coolers that are not allowed. Lots of people talk about bringing on those smaller, soft sided coolers. Thats what we're taking. However, you can't have ice in coolers when you board. Jo

 

[mkauffman]

That's exactly what I wondered, Jo. Were they talking about the hard sided or the soft sided coolers. My inlaws are flying down the day before and I was thinking about having them get soda and/or beer down there and then just take it to the port with them.

Michelle

 

[lbgraves]

Regarding the soda & beer, don't put it in your checked luggage. You need to carry it on but it can't be exposed so in your CO bag would be great. We will probably put a small soft sided cooler in the suitcase folded up.

OK so for the tour we have:
cat 11 Jo
cat 8 Lisa
cat 5 Linda

Does anyone have a different category to share?

DIS stuff:
SAT 4:30 meet on deck for sail away
SUN 11-12 meet at topsiders
SUN 3-? high tea at Palo
MON ??? cabin tour

I got some magnetic paper to make up a birthday thing for William and will try to do something about sailing with our DIS group. Michelle, did you do the nametags? Could you email me the Disney design you used for them. If it works, I could do something for us to put on our doors.

 

[mcampbell_22]

Michelle, I asked my TA about coolers and she said soft sided are OK. They just don't want people bringing open containers (drinks) and perishable food on board in ice packed coolers.

We're also considering bringing a 12-pack of beer on board for DH. Haven't yet decided if there's room and if we want to carry it.

Ditto here on the Rescue Heroes. Conor also has the Aquatic command center with a ton of figures, vehicles etc. He's recently become enamored with GI Joes. Guess what he's asking for his birthday. He also likes Bionicles, Mega Blok figures. I LOVE them because they keep him occupied for hours!!! Devon is a true girly girly with a million dolls, barbies, stuffed animals etc. Such a little "mama." She loves to take care of them and is asking for a Mommy's Little Patient for christmas. Don't think we'll bring along much in the way of toys but Devon has a special "blankie" that she sleeps with that has seen more travel than most adults!

Oh, I just got back from a trip to Walmart and picked up a box of the mini bubbles (like they use at weddings) in great primary colors that the "kids" can use for the sail away party. The box contains 24 which I think will be enough. Haven't actually counted us all up yet! LOL

I also picked up some sugar free lemonade and ice tea powder mixes to bring along. From what I understand the drinks at the drink stations are all sugared. I'm not wasting my calories on that! No way! We're bringing along our Disney mugs from past trips to use for drinks so we can just mix it up in them.

Linda, thanks for the info on the cameras. Is the savings in St. Martin worth waiting to buy one there? You'd think I'd have a decent digital camera what with selling on Ebay and all but I just use the camera on our video camera. It takes decent pics and holds a ton of photos (have taken almost 300 and there was still more room).

 

[nedleycan]

We are bringing a soft-sided cooler, packed in our luggage. We will take our wine and fit it in with our clothes (to protect the wine). The cooler isn't completely necessary, as we found the "fridges" in the room worked fine for us, plus you can always get ice for the sink, if necessary.

I am going to try to make up a "schedule" for us (if I have time). Then, I will send it to everyone. Sound good?