April 21, 2007 -- Western Magic -- anyone?

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

I'm contemplating a big career change

Oooooo! Sounds interesting! Keep us informed!

I still make time to check every other day or so, just to be sure nothing is coming up soon. I think I have a problem.

Where are you checking at? I don't know how soon to expect the new dates and am scared I will miss it! I was told "in the fall" when I rebooked onboard--that's too vague for me! I want an exact date, time, etc! So if you have a "problem," so do I.

 

[dadlvsdisney]

It has been a long time since I have been on the boards, since before the cruise. I am now over my post-cruising depression.

1st - Tricia our thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family.

We went to the parks after the cruise. This was to help alleviate the WDW withdrawl. I do not know if it helped.

We booked on board for next year at the same time. Unless we win the lottery or get huge bonuses at Christmas we will push it off until April 2009.
So all of you planning on going in two years at the same time, let's plan, it will keep my depression at bay.


CC - The observation tower was off limits. They were doing some major construction on that part of the island and the road was closed. I wonder what they are constructing?


I would like to say it was great meeting all of you. I wish there was more time though. If any of you aregoing in two years, then there is more time!

Bluefalconer - Those Red Sox are pretty formiddable. At least the Pistons won!

PS It took me two days to catch up on the posts.

 

[Cyndibear]

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Hi Mark!! He's been lurking on this thread, reading updates. Last night he spent a couple of hours reading older stuff we wrote. Yes, even when I retold the escargot story.

HI MARK!!!!

Now he's really getting to know us!!!!

Amanda, what type of big career change are you getting into? I know, working on the DCL!!! Good luck and let us know what's happening with it.

Last night Eric and I were talking about that DD in August 2008 and I said to him that I had to remember that it wouldn't be the same with out all of you guys. Eric then said he wondered if it would be as fun. I said if we do go, we have to start another post with other DISers who will be going on that cruise. Eric then said he needed his Mark and Chris fix. Too funny!!

Amy--I'm waiting for more installments of your trip report!!


Have a good weekend everyone!!

Cyndi

 

[curlybop]

Amanda, what type of big career change are you getting into? I know, working on the DCL!!! Good luck and let us know what's happening with it.

Well, I'm back yet again. Today is a good day to post I guess.

I'm taking real estate courses now online, hoping for my realtor's license sometime this year - IF I can pass the exam! Right now I do accounting, and honestly, I can't just sit here in this office day after day with maybe 10% interaction with other people. Plus I want to make more of my own schedule. I've been at this for 10 years now, and it's time to do something else before I go crazy - um, well, crazier than I usually am.

Val, I just keep watching the main cruise board here for '09 rates. I know the last time dates were released it was rumored here a few days before, so I'm hoping for the same next time. (fingers crossed)

Eric! I agree though. We were talking about the next cruise, and I told Mark we'd be so sad though without you guys. That is of course, unless we all decide to book the same one again - now wouldn't that be interesting? Our vacation was made even more magical with all the DISers everywhere. When I see you in my photos I just have to smile, because I have nothing but GREAT memories. You guys made our first cruise so incredibly special.

Well, lunch hour is almost over. Gotta head back to work. Talk with ya soon!

 

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

Val, I just keep watching the main cruise board here for '09 rates. I know the last time dates were released it was rumored here a few days before, so I'm hoping for the same next time. (fingers crossed)

Since it seems like quite a few of us are waiting for 2009 dates to come out, if anyone hears anything about them, would you please post here so we don't miss it? PLEASE? I am so afraid I'm going to end up missing it because I don't always look at the main board every day (shame on me! ). I (and several others, I'm sure) would really appreciate it!

 

[Corryn]

Hi Everyone!
I've been doing quick reads every other day just to keep up with you guys.
I hope everyone is doing well, and I really hope Trish and her family pull through.
Between work, school and getting the yard ready for the summer, I haven't had a minute to post, but here I am now...

Oh! Man - you know when something Super happens for someone who you think is a big schmuck and you're like, Why couldn't that happen to me????

Well, this guy that we know - he's not a nice guy...I mean, he hasn't done anything personally to me, but he's pretty loose with his tongue towards my BF Kathy (my friend from the cruise) and I don't appreciate him talking the way he does to her....anyway....
- he went on the Wonder the week after we all did. The ship docks at CC, but it's too windy so they cancel All the excursion. Well........Everyone gets on board the ship and the captain announced: WE WILL BE STAYING HERE AT CC TONIGHT SO THAT ALL OF YOU WHO MISSED YOUR EXCURSIONS TODAY WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY THEM TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!
That schmuck that A DOUBLE DIP OF CC!!!!!!

Anyone have any plans for the summer or did the cruise tap you out like it did us

 

[ohMom]

oh corryn!!! NO FAIR!!!!! could you imagine spending the night at CC??? i can only dream...................

i agree that planning another cruise without this gang would be hard. our first 11/05 had a great group of DISers too and you will see i started this thread the minute we had gotten home. my hopes of another great DIS group was met and then exceeded and really, we only really came together the final 4-5 months didn't we? if you scroll back you'll see several families came and went. shame they missed out on us!

life is resuming here -- Taylor had arthroscopy done on her knee last Monday, today the stitches come out. She'll be on crutches for another 5 weeks.

we are going on a semi-vacation in June to a cabin in the mts near Gatlinburg TN with the Marshall side. yes -- we are feeling poor!! and also the crunch of having a sophmore with a piddly college savings.

i will admit i could pine for the Southwest tour by Adventures by Disney.

Val -- i love to wear my shirts around too. it's like a suttle "see what i got to enjoy" hehehehehe

 

[dvc2themax]

Val, you were a first time cruiser like us. Have you gotten your ID for the Castaway Club yet? I keep looking for it to come in the mail .

We are going on a mini vacation end of June from NH to PA to see my mom and take in a day at Hershey Park, nothing compared to WDW though.

Want to go to WDW at Thanksgiving, but only if the airfare on Southwest is lot lower than it was to go on the cruise! They hiked up the prices here because it was school vacation week.

When are all the kids out of school? Casey is out June 21. That is later tehn the original end date of June 13 due to 3 snow days, and that last storm right before the cruise, kept the kids out for an additional 3 days that have to be made up. Casey and her 8th grade class were in Washington DC duirng that storm, and it was a class trip adn yet they still have to make up the time when the rest of the school was out . I personally don't see how that is fair, but nothing can be done.

POC3 out in 2 more days!!
Won't go see it the first few days as I think it will be packed. We are going to go to a place called CHUNKY'S - table services and nice comfy Lincoln Town car seats with food and desserts (my favorite part of the meal) are all named after movies. All teh desserts are named after Harry Potter characters. My favorite is the Dumbledore Apple Dumpling. HP5 comes out July 13. Another movie I will go to Chunky's for. Last book installment comes out July 21!

SOme things to look forward too!

-Paula

 

[ctc917]

Hello everyone,

I certainly miss being on the ship and having my room and meals taking care of all the time, doesn't it make you wish for a lottery win(I guess if I wanting for that I better start playing).

We too rebooked on board but are awaiting for 2009 dates, Val I booked our Cruise when the rates first came out in 2005, the date on my reservation was Nov 10, so I'm thinking around then, for April 2009. So all you guys that are going to rebook in 2009, what dates are you looking for? I think we will be sticking with April school vacation in NH again, anyone else have an idea now or are you still thinking about it?

So what is the Castaway Club? I have heard about it before but what exactly is it?

Cheryl

 

[shane23]

I know I'm not as active on this board, but we are planning on the Eastern Caribbean on April 26, 2009. Is is true that if you book the first day rates come out there are discounts?

 

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

Paula, I have not gotten my CC card yet either. I guess I'm not really expecting it since it sounds like very few people actually get them anyway. Cheryl, I think you become a member of the CC when you cruise for the first time, so now we are all officially members!

We too rebooked on board but are awaiting for 2009 dates, Val I booked our Cruise when the rates first came out in 2005, the date on my reservation was Nov 10, so I'm thinking around then, for April 2009. So all you guys that are going to rebook in 2009, what dates are you looking for? I think we will be sticking with April school vacation in NH again, anyone else have an idea now or are you still thinking about it?

I like the Western Costa Maya Double Dip itinerary and see that they're doing it about once a month in fall 2008. I hope they decide to keep that up for spring 2009, too, because I really want a DDip cruise but would rather go late April again or May. Cheryl, do you remember if you booked on day 1? Was the schedule out before that day or did they just release the schedule on "booking day 1?" I'm hoping they'll give me at least a couple days to review it and decide before calling to reschedule mine.

I know I'm not as active on this board, but we are planning on the Eastern Caribbean on April 26, 2009.

I assume you're guessing at what the schedule will be for 2009, right? Or do you have some secret passage to the underground world of future DCL scheduling? My luck would be figuring it out like that and then have them do something totally unexpected so I'd have to throw my plans out the window and start over! As above, I'm trying to find out when they actually release the dates/itineraries--hopefully in advance of the day you can first book. If anyone knows, please share!

Is is true that if you book the first day rates come out there are discounts?

From my understanding, the rates are the cheapest (or "least expensive"--however you look at it! ) the earlier you book. Then as the dates get filled up, the prices go up. It sounded like the real popular cruises (EB and WB repos) were going up considerably throughout that first day since they did sell out on day 1 and day 2 of booking!

I got an update from Tricia a couple days ago. Jon is having two surgeries next month--one on June 8th for a nodule in his lung and then the other one sometime after that to remove his kidney. It's still not known for sure if they are cancerous or even related, but they'll biopsy both of them to find out. She told me about how she picked up some of the pixie dust that was sprinkled on the last night of the cruise. They need all the pixie dust they can get!

 

[curlybop]

Hi everyone!

Tricia, your family is in our thoughts & prayers.

For 2009, I'd like to go back in the same time frame. I REALLY want to do a holiday cruise though, like Thanksgiving or Christmas. That would be so awesome. I'll probably book spring '09 when the rates come out, and if we can afford a holiday cruise, maybe switch to that instead. Guess we'll just wait & see, and keep trying to stash away some vacation money.

I haven't seen anything re: Castaway Club. I did however get the mailed confirmation for the "fake" date I booked on board.

Still having cruise withdrawal - really, really bad. Every time I have to plan a meal, clean up, etc. I remember how relaxing it was to just sit back, and the hardest decisions we made was what to order for dinner. Sigh.

 

[ctc917]

Val- I'm pretty sure I didn't book the first day, I know I saw it on line and talked to my husband and tried to see if I could get a better price from AAA, or another TA but at the time they were not giving out any discounts or deals so I booked with DCL, all that took probally a week and then about 6 months or later I switched my reservation from DCL to a TA and received a rebate. It woudl be great to do a different location but I'm thinking that April school vacation week will always be a Western cruise.


Cheryl

 

[Corryn]

Hi Everyone
Paula, that Chunky place sounds like fun!!!
Me and Ed went to see POC3 today and....I am very sorry to say so, but I didn't care for it...I am a movie girl and a Disney girl and I totally enjoy going to a movie even if it's not the best, but I found myself nodding off!!!
Can you believe that!?!?!?
Kyra went to see it on Saturday with a birthday party and when she got home she told us how confusing?! it was, that she couldn't follow along.
I am really sorry to have this opinion. Maybe if I see it on video again I'll understand a little better

I had this past week off and I got A Lot accomplished:
there was so much to do on the outside, planting all the annuals, weeding, mulch, getting the patio all spiffied up. We got a new fountain, new barbeque and a new patio dining set (BJ's made a pretty penny!) and I even ran cable up from the basement so Ed can watch the Yankee games outside this season! Unfortunately, he'll be getting aggravated while doing it

Mike and Kathy came over on Saturday for a mini-Memorial Day/weekend party and we got to meet a new neighbor!
We've been here for just about 16 years and Ed has yet to meet a normal neighbor...Well, this guy across the street seems real normal and I think Ed's happy about it.

Tori and Kyra have been really missing the DisKids from the cruise. I heard Casey is chatting back and forth on the telephone with some of the kids...
Is it all right if ya'll can PM me your kids' phone numbers? The girls are going through Cruise Withdrawal just like we are

Last week we received our New CC cards....They're in the safe so I don't lose them.

No Vacations planned for us for a little while....remember what I told you above about our patio Ed wanted to go to AC for his 40th this July, but he said we'll just go into Manhattan for the day. I want to take the kids to see the Statue of Liberty; they haven't been there yet. Unfortunately, they were never at the Twin Towers either. We've been to the Empire State Building a couple times, that's always nice to visit.

When we booked our cruise, we booked within the first two weeks of the schedule opening up...I think we got a pretty good deal. It's always good to book as far out as possible.

Molli, Taylor had surgery? Is that something that was planned? I have a bad memory....
I swear I must've eaten A Lot of paint chips as a kid!!!!!!

With all the outside work I've been doing, I'm trying to avoid coming onto the computer at night. My carpal tunnel syndrome is really bad right now. I wanted to post a nice long thread on XCaret...I guess it will have to wait.

If anyone wants to see the cruise photos, PM me and I'll send you the link to my photobucket account - I have to send you an invite!
At least that's done!

Hey, remember Pop Goes The World (Men without Hats)?
Well, it's on....Great song!
Have a good rest of the week everyone - Tomorrow's Hump Day!

 

[ohMom]

we are all still missing the boat which has the nerve to be clear over in Europe!

anyhow -- i don't know that i mentioned Taylor's scheduled surgery -- the bottom line is she has a bum knee. she dislocated it 15 months ago and has had trouble ever since. We pushed back the surgery for after cruising b/c she's on crutches for 4-6 weeks! she had arthroscopy done (the cleaned it out) and then they did micro-drillings on her femur bone to stimulate scare tissue to grow and fill in the empty spot where there is no cartilage left. ouch! she's feeling great now though, just frustrated with the whole crutch thing

Tricia -- our prayers with you too

we still haven't seen POC3 - just too much going on right now. hopefully next week! next monday is my girls last day of school

we have our new CC cards, if you don't get them call but i don't know that it's really a big deal?

 

[dvc2themax]

Saw it twice at Chunky's. Went Memorial day weekend with Bill and Caitlyn (dadlvdisney). I was able to follow it. Some other people also could not follow it who had seen it before we went. Went again yesterday, and caught some more of it. Not sure if Jack saw his father or brother (won't say were to be a spoiler), didn't like the whole telling the truth, my burden to bare stuff between Elizabeth and Will. Loved the scene where the little guy shoots the big gun and slides backwards. made me crack up both times. Like the attitude of Jack with Elizabeth and Will in this movie than in POC2. Was awesome seeing JACK in a few scenes with himself - more of him to see!

Didn't quite get the whole Calipso thing, most of it, but not all.

Back to cleaning.

-Paula

 

[curlybop]

Wow, you guys are quiet.

Just checking in to see updates. We're staying busy as usual. Speaking of POTC, guess what? I got the 1st one from the library and we'll watch it this weekend. After all the hype, we've never seen any of the Pirates movies. We'll probably watch it Sunday night when there's nothing good on. Except for the Disney villian cake competition, but I'll DVR that.

Emily wore her kids club shirt to daycare today. She said "I've got to show all my friends this shirt, but they won't know what it is because they can't read." She's right though. I told her what it said, and she memorized it so she can tell all her buddies. School has just let out in our area. I can't believe when it starts again in August, I'll be sending my baby. Time flies!

 

[Hudson5&Lennon3]

Sheesh! I guess we have been quiet! What happened to our thread-stalking days?!?! I'm sure everyone else's days are getting filled up with other stuff, too--yard work and flowers, keeping kids entertained during summer, T-ball, and just plain playing outside! What's funny is that when we had the cruise to plan for, we mostly just chatted about life in general. Now that there's no (immediate) cruise to plan, we're not even chatting! What a shame! When we were waiting for the cruise, it seemed like it would never get here, and now the weeks just fly by! It still seems like just yesterday that we were having our "Magical" time...

Amy, I'm sure I'm not the only one waiting for more of your trip report! JK! I'm sure you're busy, too!

We still haven't seen POTC3. We have a little historic theater here in town that is all volunteer on weekends only with not-quite new releases for next-to-nothing prices and pretty cheap popcorn. We may wait to see if they get it there instead of paying outrageous regular theater prices. Although I am very anxious to see Ocean's Thirteen! I wanted to go on Friday, but it just didn't work out. I will pay almost any amount to see that!

Tricia's husband had his lung surgery on Friday. I PM'ed her to let her know I was thinking of her. She wrote back and said that the lung nodule might be benign, but they will know for sure this week and then will schedule his other surgery.

 

[Miss.Sk8~alot]

hi its kyra can you all tell ur kids to keep updated on the teens thread for kids cruzing thx

 

[curlybop]

Peeking in - anyone here? I think some of you fell off the face of the earth.

We've been into all sorts of stuff lately. I'm still doing online classes for real estate. Almost finished. Once I am, and pass the exam, I WILL be partying.

Our basement is coming along nicely. We had someone in this weekend working on sheet rock. Now we get to paint it, then put the hardwood down. Goodbye relaxing weekends. LOL. But it will be worth it.

So, what's everyone up to? Any more trips to anywhere coming up?