April 29, 2012 ~ Aloha! ~ Wonder to Hawaii- who is with me?

[Happy Goofy]

Wish we lived in California and could join you to see the Wonder off.Hope you all have a great time.

 

[MousseauMob]

Hey everyone! I also wish I was in San Fran to see the Wonder, and I'm crossing my fingers for a webcam or pictures.

Weather here is also odd, warm one day and very cold the next. My DS is competing in the Battle of the Bands at the local high school this week, and they have decided to hold it from 6:00pm - 10:00pm at night OUTSIDE, it's only supposed to be in the low 40's. Seems crazy to me.

Okay, I have to confess, I've started buying FE gifts already. Couldn't help myself, I'm so excited! I'm having a bit of a problem though, everything seems to come in sets of 12 or 24, but I have 25 in my head so I end up having to buy an extra set. How does everyone else deal with that? Do you just buy the extra set, and then what do you do with the leftovers?


Any speculation on how soon we can expect to see shore excursions for Hawaii?

 

[valbob89]

This is the Bob half of Valbob. I check out the burning issues and critical commentary most days, but have refrained from imposing my will on the group. This has to STOP!

They are called GO-AHEADS, not flip-flops. Flip-flop is what fish do -- or "that other politician does, but not the one I like." They are called go-aheads because if you walk backwards in them, they slip off. Gone. I cite as my ultimate authority Dad. You have one, too, so you understand this is the end of the discussion.

Except one of his older sisters called them zories. What the heck is a zorie?

 

[BethE]

This is the Bob half of Valbob. I check out the burning issues and critical commentary most days, but have refrained from imposing my will on the group. This has to STOP!

They are called GO-AHEADS, not flip-flops. Flip-flop is what fish do -- or "that other politician does, but not the one I like." They are called go-aheads because if you walk backwards in them, they slip off. Gone. I cite as my ultimate authority Dad. You have one, too, so you understand this is the end of the discussion.

Except one of his older sisters called them zories. What the heck is a zorie?

I've also heard them called zories, now that you mention it. For some reason it seems to me that may be the Japanese name for them?

Beth (and Harry)

 

[paulasillars]

I haven't tried a Crunchie Bar. They look yummy. If one or two were to fall in your bag for the ABD trip I would happily take them off your hands.

No promises but there might be a small gap I can squeeze some into - mind you, they might not last the first two weeks of our trip

Your going to have to explain alot to me.. Beginning with a fortnight....

A fortnight = fourteen days (two weeks)

Stolen from Wikipedia -

The fortnight is a unit of time equal to fourteen days, or two weeks. The word derives from the Old English fēowertyne niht, meaning "fourteen nights".[1][2]
Fortnight and fortnightly are commonly used words in Britain and many Commonwealth countries such as Pakistan, India, New Zealand, and Australia, where many wages and salaries and most social security benefits are paid on a fortnightly basis.[3] The word is rarely used in North America, except regionally in Canada and in insular traditional communities (e.g. Amish) in the United States. American and Canadian payroll systems may use the term biweekly in reference to pay periods every two weeks. Neither term should be confused with semimonthly (in one year there are 26 fortnightly or biweekly versus 24 semimonthly pay periods).


It was actually only fairly recently that I realised it wasn't a commonly used term in American-English.

 

[granmaz]

EEK! I'm so far behind! I'm sorry about that everyone...I'll totally be up on it when I get back from our trip. We leave tomorrow for b2b wonder cruises..back on May 10th. I'm not sure when a new thread has to be made on here? I have an awful lot of catching up to do, I know that! haha

Hope all is well with everyone... *hugs everyone*

Have a fantastic time. I have a lot of friends on one or both of those cruises.

not only do we have the English/American/Aussie language issue, now we can throw Hawaiian into the mix.

Flip-flops/thongs = Slippers

Slippers? No, not slippers. Unless the slippers have a toe post and there aren't many of those. I did have a cheap pair of slippers that were flip flop style, but they didn't keep my feet warm!!

 

[LindaBabe]

Good Morning, Happy Cruisers!

Absolutely NOTHING to add to the discussion here.

We have friends on the repo cruise, too - some of you may remember them from the PC Cruise - Canadians Gary & Carol. see trip report here http://www.carol-anne.ca/2011%20May%20Alaska%20Cruise%20Trip%20Report.htm

 

[gdaneowner]

No promises but there might be a small gap I can squeeze some into - mind you, they might not last the first two weeks of our trip






Stolen from Wikipedia -

The fortnight is a unit of time equal to fourteen days, or two weeks. The word derives from the Old English fēowertyne niht, meaning "fourteen nights".[1][2]
Fortnight and fortnightly are commonly used words in Britain and many Commonwealth countries such as Pakistan, India, New Zealand, and Australia, where many wages and salaries and most social security benefits are paid on a fortnightly basis.[3] The word is rarely used in North America, except regionally in Canada and in insular traditional communities (e.g. Amish) in the United States. American and Canadian payroll systems may use the term biweekly in reference to pay periods every two weeks. Neither term should be confused with semimonthly (in one year there are 26 fortnightly or biweekly versus 24 semimonthly pay periods).


It was actually only fairly recently that I realised it wasn't a commonly used term in American-English.

I would have to venture to say that it is NOT commonly used in American-English..lol.. Unless it is a regional thing. I have to say that I have not heard it at all around the mid-west!.. We are bi-weekly around here!

 

[kmitchel]

Oh LindaBabe, I would love to see the pictures you got from the cams of the Wonder going through the Canal. Can you post them on the FB page or here?

 

[UKANGEL]

I would have to venture to say that it is NOT commonly used in American-English..lol.. Unless it is a regional thing. I have to say that I have not heard it at all around the mid-west!.. We are bi-weekly around here!

I think it's more a UK thing I never realized it wasn't used everywhere till my first US trip




If anyone has any tips for sore throats I'd be very grateful......I've been suffering for 3 weeks now and am waiting for throat swab results from the hospital.... ...... Really getting me down now, I've tried sprays, lozenges, gargles etc and am now on the second antibiotic course......


I need a holiday!





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[granmaz]

Sorry Mandy. You could gargle with soluble Aspirin??

 

[LindaBabe]

Oh LindaBabe, I would love to see the pictures you got from the cams of the Wonder going through the Canal. Can you post them on the FB page or here?

It doesn't appear that I have them digitally - I'll see what I can do.

 

[tig82174]

OK...we're awake and showering and getting the last of our packing done this morning.....and then we're off to grab our shuttle (in an hour and 10 minutes) to the port for our 13 days on the Wonder sailing to Vancouver and Alaska! No idea how the internet service will be on the ship while we're aboard (it's always a little hit or miss), but we will probably NOT be on the boards. If we can get internet access, however, we WILL keep posting on our trip blog....so you can keep up with us there:

adventureserikjason.blogspot.com

 

[Happy Goofy]

At Port Canaveral they opened up an area called the Marketplace where vendors come on Monday,, Tuesday and Wednesday. There is a lady there selling "topless Flip Flops" There are no straps on the top.They have some water based adhesive on the bottom and the heat from your foot makes it stick to your foot. It looks really funny to see someone walking in them- you just see their feet. You clean them with dish soap and water. My daugther bought a couple of pairs to bring back to friends in CT. They were a big hit.

There is talk of running a shuttle from the ships to the Marketplace. I am not sure if it started it.

Bob- what would we call these- "topless ???????????/

 

[valbob89]

Val--Tony and I are interested in meeting up in SF at Pier 39 on Saturday; haven't bee there for years and years. It should be WONDERful.

My DH and I are meeting a bunch of old friends for dinner on Friday who are on the Wonder. We would love to see the Wonder off if you guys want to meet up. I think we will drive up and stay Friday night in the city near fisherman's wharf.

Please let us know.

Why don't we meet at the viewing area for the sea lions? There are only a couple of dozen there this morning but they are always fun to watch. What times works do you think? 2:15 - 2:30?

We think it will be great fun to meet you and wave the ship off. The weather is suppose to be grand.
Val

 

[birkner]

Why don't we meet at the viewing area for the sea lions? There are only a couple of dozen there this morning but they are always fun to watch. What times works do you think? 2:15 - 2:30?

We think it will be great fun to meet you and wave the ship off. The weather is suppose to be grand.
Val

John and I would love to meet you there. Are you speaking of pier 39? Just want to be sure. We are going to be spending the night in the city as we are having dinner with some old friends from the 2008 WBPC cruise. Let me know for sure so we don't end up in the wrong place.

 

[gdaneowner]

According to the Disney Cruise Line facebook post, "throughout this month, the Disney Wonder is trasitioning the bed linens in its staterooms to Frette duvets, the same plush bedding used on the Disney Dream".

 

[valbob89]

John and I would love to meet you there. Are you speaking of pier 39? Just want to be sure. We are going to be spending the night in the city as we are having dinner with some old friends from the 2008 WBPC cruise. Let me know for sure so we don't end up in the wrong place.

Looking forward to seeing you and John again. Yes, I was thinking of pier 39, over by where you can look down to the sea lions on the slip docks. But, we can meet where ever you want, is at pier 35 better? Do you think the 2:15-2:30 time is right?

 

[birkner]

Looking forward to seeing you and John again. Yes, I was thinking of pier 39, over by where you can look down to the sea lions on the slip docks. But, we can meet where ever you want, is at pier 35 better? Do you think the 2:15-2:30 time is right?

John and I are looking forward to seeing you and Bob again as well. We are going to stay the night at the Radisson near Fisherman's Wharf so we don't have to drive back and forth after our Friday night dinner to be in the city on Saturday.

I called the port authority this morning to see if we would be allowed on the pier but was only able to leave a voice mail message so don't know if we can get on to Pier 35 while the Wonder is docked.

Let's leave it at Pier 39 near the seals for now until I hear differently. Will that work for you? My friends on board say they have to be back on board by 3PM so timing seems right.

 

[auntlynne]

DISboarders hanging out at Pier 39: