Aug. 5th, 2006 - Eastern Magic!!!

[ImMarcik]

We are going see the new Disney movie Cars this weekend. I might do a bit of shopping too for the cruise. That's about all we have planned. It's getting hot here in Texas now too. It's 92 degrees and the high is 95 tomorrow. I know when we go to Animal Kingdom in August it is going to be SO hot but at least we are used to it. I love hot weather anyway. I'm always cold.

 

[Lyons Family]

Well up here in Ohio we have a chance of rain and be in the low 70's this weekend. So what to do but shop. shop. shop. We also joined a swim club for the summer that has an indoor olympic sized pool, so we will spend some time there. Oh did I tell you we were going to shop. Girls day out while the husband at work. Have to line up babysitting for the critters at home when we are on the cruise. We have Martha a beagle, Anny the cat, Carrie the cat, Goldie and Rose are our goldfish, Tina the painted turtle, and slow poke the tree turtle, Thank God for Grandparents. I guess they will be getting good soveniers (Spelling????). What will the ladies wear on Pirates night any other ideas besides Hawaiian gear, I don't want to copy.
Later Sue

 

[ImMarcik]

We have 2 kitties, Mitsi & Charlotte. We plan on asking DH's parents to feed them. Oh I forgot to say that I also got red light up flip flops with white flowers on them to match my Hawaiian dress.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Sue,

My pirate outfit is brown boots with silver buckles and a tan skirt which has a layered look with uneven hems on each layer so it looks tattered. I have a long sleeve white blouse with a round elastic neckline and I wear a pirates of the caribbean medallion necklace with it and a long brown vest that is open in front and the hem is long strips of material so it looks torn, plus I have a brown sash around my waist with a skull and crossbones glued on to it. I may change the skirt to pants that come to the knee and rip the bottoms of the legs on it to keep the look of the other clothes.
I just looked for closeout sales and such. The necklace cost $10 at WDW and the boots were $15 and all the rest was around $15, which I thought was pretty good, plus I have worn it on 2 trips already and we have 4 more DCL cruises booked, so I figure I will be getting my moneys worth out of it.

I have seen many people take old pants and cut them off around the knee, making an uneven ragged look and then they have a striped piece of materal
around their waists. Some had pirate t-shirts on, others white blouses with ruffles down the front. Most wear the bandanas they give you at dinner. Lots of eyepatches too.
I hope that may help to give you a few more ideas. Everyone is different and fun to see what they have on.

Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Hi everyone,
I have been trying to post all day. When I hit reply it just pops up a blank page. I couldnt do the quick reply either. Now the quick reply is working for me. I dont understand why it wont let me post??? Anybody else having problems posting?? Does anyone know what is happening here, I dont know how to fix the problem?? HELP, Please,

Kathy

 

[ImMarcik]

Earlier I was getting the blank page just when I tried to read the thread. I don't know what's going on.

I bought Aerial's white skirt today to go with her brown pirate t-shirt. She's going to look cute. I have a list of a few more things I still have to get. We saw Cars today. It was cute.

Everyone having a good weekend?

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Howdy everyone,
well it seems the posting problems must of cleared up today.
We are suppose to get rain tomarrow, i sure hope so. we had a fire over the weekend that is about 4 miles from the animal kingdom and all the smokey smell was bothering the animals. Without some rain they cant get all those fires out. We have a lot of them.

Hope all of you had a good weekend.
We stayed home because I have been ill all week, but it was too HOT to go out anyway.
Hopefully I will feel up to going and doing some cruise shopping this week. I need several things. I want to make my door signs but need a few things to do that.

Take care everyone,
Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Howdy everyone,
well we have been getting rain and wind from Alberto. Not too bad, just a few big gusts. I hope the rain helps put out the fires here. We really need the help with the fires!!
Guess the back of the storm that is due in a few hours will give us some more rain and wind. I hope so, we really need it.

Hope everyone is having a good Tuesday

Kathy

 

[ImMarcik]

Yes, that is definitely good news, that it will help with the fires. I am having a good day. Just working. Tomorrow my counter will be in the 40s.

 

[Tarabra]

Hi Everyone,

I was in N.J. for the weekend at my cousin's wedding. Lots of fun. Even hit Atlantic City for the day. Lost some money, but ended up cashing out $81.00 at the end of the night, so it seemed like I won!

I hit Kohl's today. Had a 30% off coupon. Bought my DD 3 cute dresses for dinner ($5 each), and my DH a tropical shirt, wrinkle-free khaki pants, and a lime green polo shirt, also a pair of sandals. Well, by the time I got to the women's section, DH called telling me to hurry because he had to get to work. Blah! I was only able to grab 2 shirts and a pair of new running shoes. I may go back tonight. I saved $50. I also want to still lose about 10 lbs. before then too. My South Beach Diet was thrown to the wind this weekend in NJ. I have to start all over. I lost 11 lbs in 8 weeks the last time I did it, so I can get rid of these last 10 lbs. of baby weight if I try hard. I may start roller blading again, but don't want to break anything before the cruise!!

As far as pirate night...hmmm...hadn't thought about it. I do have a dress that I wear for Halloween, that is black and red w/ a tie up front, long and flowing. It just seems too hot for the cruise. May just go tropical. I have a really cool Hawaiian dress, circa the 70's that I got at a thrift store a few years back. I wore it to Mexicana night before on the cruise and got so many compliments. I only paid less than $5 for it. I better check to see if it still fits post baby!

 

[addysmom]

Hi everyone. This is my first post. I've been snooping for awhile!

We watched a Travel Channel special on the Disney Cruise Line last month and within 2 days I booked this cruise on a whim!

It's me (31), my husband Shane (33) and my daughter Addison (6). We live in Dayton, OH.

We are super excited. I'm still trying to collect all the tips I can to make the most of it.

Has anyone done the Dolphin Encounter on Castaway Cay? My daughter is begging to do it, but it's pricey and makes for a long day. Thoughts?

Leslie

 

[ImMarcik]

Welcome to our thread. I added you to the first page. I was not aware of a dolphin excursion on CC but we did one in Nassau. It was a great experience. We did the stingrays in CC. That was fun. There may be a dolphin excursion in St. Martin or St. John? Not sure.

 

[ImMarcik]

My counter is now in the 40s!

How is everyone today? After work I'm taking my DD to see Over the hedge. I was looking at some navigators today and dreaming. Maybe someone will post a navigator from this weeks Eastern. I'm curious about what time the sun is rising.

 

[Tarabra]

HI Leslie,

Another Ohio family! There are already 2 others onboard including us. We're from Akron. We just booked 2 weeks ago and it was pretty much on a whim too, although we really planned on going in Apr. but weren't able to swing it then. I can't wait. BUT...I don't want to wish my summer away either!

I went back to Kohl's again last night and spent even MORE money. We tried DD's dresses on her today and she looks SO adorable. She even was excited in her new clothes. I just look at that blindingly white skin of hers and worry what that tropical sun will do to it. She's not patient when it comes to putting on the sunscreen. BUt I bought the spray on stuff, so that might work better. My husband can get a tan by walking down the street on a sunny day in Mar. (we're in Ohio remember ) so hopefully she has his coloring. I don't really burn too badly either, but I don't want to take a chance w/ her. I'm trying to get her totally potty trained so she can swim in the whole pool and not just the ear. She's been going on the potty for a year now, but she still wears diapers. She's 100% Number 2 on the potty, but doesn't tell me when she has to pee, but still pees in it about 4 times/day. She woke up DRY this morning after 12 hours. Couldn't believe that one! I keep telling her that her diaper days are over. Now mom just needs to be consistent in getting her on the pot hourly.

Just got a memo from Air-Tran that we can get a pretty good deal if we book by tomorrow. I'll have to investigate some more.

 

[addysmom]

This is so cool to talk to everyone pre-cruise! I've never subscribed to a board before...so this is new territory for me.

I just read through all the posts. First, Marcie, you were right. The Dolphin Encounter is not at CC. I went ahead and booked it. My daughter can't stop talking about it...so I figured why not!

I have sooo many questions. I have researched the boards today, but I'd rather get the opinion of you guys, who will actually be on the same cruise. We have a GTY room. I'm such a newbie...I'm not even sure what that means!?!?

Okay, the formal night. How formal are you getting? Do we know in advance what night that is? How do I find this stuff out? I think it would be tons of fun to get dressed up, but my DH will be reluctant. How dressy do your DH's get? And the other dinners...do you find that you're going back to the room every evening and getting gussied up first? I feel like I'm going to be packing like 21 outfits for 3 people!

And pirate night...will we be total oddballs if we're not dressed in pirate gear? I hadn't even thought of it. Maybe I should get my DD something. She would get a kick out of it.

Sorry for all the Q's. I'd love to meet up. I have no idea what anyone is talking about, but just tell me where to go and I'll figure it out!

Enjoy your Wednesday!

Leslie

 

[ImMarcik]

I just read through all the posts. First, Marcie, you were right. The Dolphin Encounter is not at CC. I went ahead and booked it. My daughter can't stop talking about it...so I figured why not!

I have sooo many questions. I have researched the boards today, but I'd rather get the opinion of you guys, who will actually be on the same cruise. We have a GTY room. I'm such a newbie...I'm not even sure what that means!?!?

Okay, the formal night. How formal are you getting? Do we know in advance what night that is? How do I find this stuff out? I think it would be tons of fun to get dressed up, but my DH will be reluctant. How dressy do your DH's get? And the other dinners...do you find that you're going back to the room every evening and getting gussied up first? I feel like I'm going to be packing like 21 outfits for 3 people!

And pirate night...will we be total oddballs if we're not dressed in pirate gear? I hadn't even thought of it. Maybe I should get my DD something. She would get a kick out of it.

Sorry for all the Q's. I'd love to meet up. I have no idea what anyone is talking about, but just tell me where to go and I'll figure it out!

Leslie

I know your excitement, I was the same way before my cruise last year. It will all come together. We ended up missing the meet last time because it was our frist cruise. I hope everyone makes it. If not and you still want to meet we could all exchange room numbers.

I am glad you chose to do the dolphin excursion. Like I said, we did it last time. It was expensive but worth it to us. Now it's done so we can do other things. We are doing expensive excursions again but I told my DH there is no way I'm going to the Virgin Islands without doing exactly what I want to do. So, we will pay and have fun and be broke afterwards.

GTY room means that you are guaranteed at least the category that you chose. Eventually online you will see a room number once they assign it to you. I am assuming that you have been online to book stuff since you booked the dolphin excursion.

Formal night. My favorite topic. I never knew I would get so excited about dressing up like that. We went on a 4 day last year and there was only semi-formal. I had gotten a little black dress and wore it to Palo. This year I get to dress up 3 times!!! Formal night, Semi-Formal & Palo. For formal night I got a long gold dress at Dillards where all the prom dresses were. It's kinda slinky. I can't wait to wear it!!! I also bought 4 inch heals to match. Which I don't think I've ever worn so this should be fun. All I have left to find is matching earrings. My DD who is 12 went to her first formal dance at school this year. The Mardi Gras Ball. So, she is wearing the same dress she wore to that. It was expensive so I am happy she is wearing it twice. It's Navy Blue, long to the floor. BTW it says on her dress "spot clean only" does this mean I can't dry clean it? I have had it hung by itself since that dance hoping it would air out. LOL. She only wore it that one night. As for my DH I am really trying to get him to buy either a black jacket or rent a tux. But I don't think I'm having much luck. For our last cruise he bought a blue sports coat and wore that with a dress shirt and dressy pants. I think I can get him to wear the coat & tie on Formal night, the coat to Palo & just the dress shirt to semi-formal night. I also bought a dress for Palo and I am planning on wearing my little black dress to semi-formal. The Palo dress is knee length. It's a creamish nude color dress with a black lace overlay. I love it. It's spaghetti straps. I will be able to get away with the same shoes for both the little black dress and that one. BTW anyone else bringing a whole lot of shoes. I bet I am bringing 15 pairs for just me.

Pirate night, you will not be oddballs at all. Actually the majority of people probably won't be dressed up. It would be fun though for your DD I bet. Did I mention before that we got beads at the Mardi Gras store? My DH got beads with skulls on them. Perfect for Pirate night. Mine has flip flops on them and DD's has flamingos.

 

[ImMarcik]

I forgot to add....Formal night is Sunday, our first sea day and Pirate night is Tuesday.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Welcome Leslie and family!!!!

Howdy everyone!!

Leslie on pirate night you will be given a pirate bandana to wear at dinner if you want. You will see lots of people wearing them at the party. Kids do get a kick out of dressing up. They even had a early kiddie pirate dance party in studio sea last time we cruised. Kids were dressed up and had a ball. Then they came to the big party that night. Dont know if they still do the extra party or not, that was last March. The Navigtor says pirate or tropical attire for that evening.

Back to hot weather here again now that Alberto is gone!


I know 3 of us agreed to the 3 p.m. meet the first day in the promenade lounge, does anybody have any other ideas??? Or is this set for sure so we can plan on it???
Marcie what do you think??

kathy

 

[Tarabra]

Oh boy, I dug into the DEPTHS of my closet today and pulled out some capris that I've worn on past cruises but haven't tried on since baby. Well, I can get them zipped except for the last inch, but w/ doing South Beach, I should be able to get them totally zipped by then. My motivation!!

Anyhow Leslie, we too have a GTY room. We usually do Cat. 11 inside, but since we didn't rebook this cruise onboard as we usually do, it was costing us double what we normally pay, plus it wasn't off season, so we did Cat. 12. It seems like there are still rooms available so maybe we'll have a good chance of getting the upgrade, especially since this is our 6th cruise. We'll find out our room numbers around July 5.

As far as formal night, I too love it and the opportunity to get dressed up. I wear a gown that I've purchased at after Christmas/New Year's sales for $15 or $19. I've got 2 now to decide on. If you click on our pics below, you can see some of the stuff we've worn. The black spaghetti strap dress w/ the feathers was $15!! (The zipper was torn so it was dirt cheap!) DH will wear a suit to dinner on formal night, and I just bought him a pair of wrinkle-free khaki pants that he will probably wear the other nights. He can also wear his suit pants a night or two. They are only in them for 2 hours tops each night. We are at late seating, so we have plenty of time to get dressed. On the other nights he will wear a polo shirt and I bought him a really nice simply stated black and tan tropical shirt w/ palm trees on it at Kohl's. It looks VERY nice w/ his khakis. He will never wear this shirt anywhere else though. Yesterday he kept telling everyone he was trying on his "cabana wear!" As far as dressing for pirate night, I like the idea of maybe going to the Party Store to see if they have any type of stuff we can wear. Ava is too little to really know if she's missing out on anything, but I had some leis out today from past cruises. They used to pass those out on Mexican night. She loves putting those on as well as mardi gras beads. (We are very careful watching her w/ those on) Time to put her down for a nap.

 

[addysmom]

Thanks Marcie, Kathy and Tara for the replies. What would I have done if I hadn't found you guys? I wouldn't have packed a single dressy outfit! That would have been a complete disaster! I get so few chances to dress up, this is one more thing to look forward to!

We are spending a fortune on this cruise. Everyday I think of something else major I MUST have for the trip. I bought Addison all new Disney PJs. They were running a sale and I found a coupon on DealTaker for some additional money off...so I got them for $3.99 each! It was a great deal...however, I hardly think she needs to don a never-worn pair of pajamas for 6 straight nights!

Have you ever sent stuff out to be ironed the first night? I've read a lot of posts about that and I thought it sounded like a good idea. Is it worth the money?

Tara, I looked at the pics. Super helpful. I also peaked at Ava. She is beautiful!

Enough rambling for now! Leslie