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

[ImMarcik]

I have a question. We are booked for the 12 metre regatta and then a personal tour afterwards with Joyce Prince. Do you think I could get Joyce to pick us up where the regatta is, or do we have to take the Disney transportation back to the ship and get picked up there?

 

[VA Girl]

Hello everyone -

You can count us in too!!!! It will be me, DH, DD5 and DS4 (turning 4 on the cruise). This is our 3rd Disney cruise and we are total Disney addicts. We love WDW too and try to go at least once or twice a year.

We are driving from Virginia on the 4th and will stay at WDW for 4 days after the cruise.

We would love to join in the DIS meet that is scheduled and meet some new cruise friends.

Talk to everyone soon.

Gretchen

 

[ImMarcik]

Hi Gretchen, I added you to the list. Welcome to our thread.

 

[Campcoach]

Hi all. We will be joining you. I am Kathy's daughter. I will try to make it to the 3 o'clock meet as well. We have me, DH, DD 15 and DS 12. The kids don't know about the cruise but I know once we get onboard DD will want to meet other teens.
Marcie, we are doing the 12 metre regatta as well so I guess we will see you there!
Have a great holiday, everyone!

Marie

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Hi Marie,
I am glad you decided to join the thread.
Lots of nice people here.
we are very excited to surprise the kids, hope it will stay a secret like we planned.
see you soon,

mom
AKA Kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Gretchen and family.
I am glad you are going to make the meet. The more people the better it will be!!
I am a Disney addict too. My house is filled with disney stuff. One bedroom is entirely themed Disney. You can't eat in my dining room because I have tons of disney stuffed animals placed on and around the table. King Louie is swinging from the chandelier with a treasure map under his arm. The others are dressed as pirates and are having a pirate party. I saved the pirate gold coins from the ship and placed around them and the glasses they are using are the tall plastic cruise line souvenir glasses you can buy the first day.
I change the theme with the holidays too.
My pool deck has silouettes of mickey,donald, and goofy painted on it.
My kitchen is covered with disney cookie jars too. My china closet is filled with all things disney. And that is only part of it!!
we live close to WDW so get to go all the time. Our youngest DS works for WDW as a manager at a resort too. So we are truly a disney family here.
I am looking forward to getting to know you over the next few weeks.

Kathy
It is almost time to cruise!!

 

[artie137]

hi marie
i look forward to meeting you at the meet. my dd margaret is 15 as well. I am sure they will meet each other as well. Margaret has some friends she meet 2 years ago from england on this cruise that she is looking forward to seeing also. happy 4th joyce

 

[Tarabra]

Wow Kathy, you sure do sound like a Disney-aholic!! I can say that I don't have 1 visible Disney item anywhere. Kinda sad I guess, but I never really got into it that much. Hard to believe we are in love w/ the DCL. My DH, Rob, is more into the Disney stuff than I am, but I'm way more into the cruises and water, etc. He loves the cruises too, but it's more for the stuff. Sounds like your house is pretty fun!!

How's it going w/ Minnie?

We're still waiting on our GTY room assignment. I'm thinking we'll get it tomorrow or the next day due to the holiday, but I've noticed that some people receive them a month out. The anticipation is killing me. I just hope we get something a little better than a 12. I still haven't booked my flights yet. Sometimes the closer you get, and the flights aren't sold out, you can get a really good deal. Airtran keeps sending me specials. The one thing though was getting home. The price went WAY up on the afternoon flights. I'm also waiting on a commission check that I should have tomorrow. I need to sell a couple more houses before I leave so I can enjoy myself w/out worrying! (I just got a call this morning from someone who just moved into a house that there is water in the basement!! Happy 4th!! )

Have a nice holiday everyone! DH is working. He was supposed to be off but then found out he'd get time and a half if he works so why not!! Extra spending money!

 

[ImMarcik]

Hi all. We will be joining you. I am Kathy's daughter. I will try to make it to the 3 o'clock meet as well. We have me, DH, DD 15 and DS 12. The kids don't know about the cruise but I know once we get onboard DD will want to meet other teens.
Marcie, we are doing the 12 metre regatta as well so I guess we will see you there!
Have a great holiday, everyone!

Marie

Marie, I went ahead and changed the Dis list and put you separate from you Mom. I am so glad to know that we are doing the regatta together. That is going to be a lot of fun. Do you think your DS is going to like the Oceanquest? My DD loves video games and will probably spend some time there.

 

[ImMarcik]

I have a few disney things out and about. I've always loved disney. I don't have a lot though.

How's everyone's holiday going? It was pouring down raining yesterday!! But, we went to the Astro's game, it's indoors so it was nice. The Astro's won 7 to 2. I had so much fun.

My counter is in the 20s!!!!

 

[ImMarcik]

I just posted pictures of Cosmo on his site so I just thought I would share so maybe you would recognize me & my family on the cruise. The pic of all 3 of us was taken on our cruise last november.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Tarabra,
minnie is adjusting nicely. She has put on a little weight already. Her ribs arnt showing quite as much. I taught her to play tug of war yesterday.
Tomarrow is a trip to the Vet for a check up! Should be fun!! Ha! Ha!

Marcie,
I loved the pictures!!!
You have a nice looking family

h\Have a good evening, should be nice here to watch fireworks, but dont know if we can see any from the house. Our old house we could see a few. We moved here in March, so dont know if we can see anything or not. I will look.

see everyone very soon,
kathy

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Howdy,
well, we had a unusual 4th.
I was out back for a few minutes and I heard a loud BOOM!! I looked through the crack in the wooden fence and saw lots of BIG FLAMES!!
The neighbor behind us ( across a little one lane road) had a large fire burning in his yard. Well away from his house, but very close to the chicken coop. I could see it climbing up trees and crackling very loud!! It was very windy, so kind a scary to think it could come our way. It took about 15 minutes before the fire department got there. But I was very happy to see them!!
Then minnie got all shook up over the noises and and bright flashes. She was barking ( for the 1st time) and running around circles in the yard at top speed. It was crazy. She was so stiff!! Finally got her in the house to calm her down. But the fireowrks lasted until close to midnight, so we had a very long night!!! I do feel like a new mom who has just stayed up all night with a fussy baby.
Well that is how our 4th went.
How did you guys do?
Anything special happen?

Kathy

 

[Marypoppinsiam]

Hi everyone, we had a great 4th of July. Gee only 30 days to go!

 

[ImMarcik]

I started my packing list this weekend and a new list of things to buy. I bought a few samples at Wal-mart. They had Downey Wrinkle Release in sample size!!! I still have a to buy a small bottle of my shampoo & conditioner and mousse. I also have to get my DD a pair of sunglasses since she started wearing contacts this year. I payed off the Limo today too!!! 4 weeks from today we will be flying out.

 

[Tarabra]

Kathy, how about the shuttle launch? Did you get to see it? My dog, Beau, a springer (um...hunting dog...?? We don't hunt w/ him though) didn't want to go outside until after midnight because of all the fireworks too! The first time he ran away from home was on the 4th about 5 or 6 years ago. We didn't know he was outside and we were next door at the neighbor's. One of our other neighbor's lit an M80 and they said the dog ran around the house and slammed into the garage door, then took off down the road. He was gone for an hour and a half. We have an invisible fence, so that's why we didn't know he was outside alone. I felt so bad.

Well, I think I'm returning the bikini after eating like a piglet this weekend. BLAH!! I became a junk food junkie!! Back on the Beach today as they say. (South Beach Diet)

We got our room assignments this morning. The anticipation is over. We did get a cat. 11, sideways room, which they say is better w/ a stroller, etc. I think that was the first type of room we ever had, so we just didn't know any different. We're in 6515 forward. Gotta git....Ava's yellimgf C cvvv andtyping w/ her toes!!

 

[Campcoach]

Marcie,
In December DS did go to Oceanquest and enjoyed it a lot but still spent more time in the Lab (there are video games in there, too). I'm sure they will see each other sometime. Although, DS is not a big talker so other kids usually have to say hello to him first. DD is excatly the opposite of that!

Marie

 

[ImMarcik]

Marcie,
In December DS did go to Oceanquest and enjoyed it a lot but still spent more time in the Lab (there are video games in there, too). I'm sure they will see each other sometime. Although, DS is not a big talker so other kids usually have to say hello to him first. DD is excatly the opposite of that!

Marie

We were on the Wonder in November and she did go to the lab everyday but she said she felt so old there. Mostly it was 10 yo's she said. So, I'm just hoping there will be more kids her age this time. She's kinda quiet too until you get to know her. Well we know at least they will see each other on the Regatta and at the meet.

 

[VA Girl]

Thank you for the warm welcome everyone!!!

One more month to go - I'm soooo excited!

Kathy - That is alot of Disney stuff. I think you are a bigger Disney addict than me. My kids rooms have alot of Disney stuff but the rest of my house is pretty much Disney free (except for my Mickey head wine bottle stoppers and a few kitchen items). Oops, almost forgot about my daughter's big blue Disney computer at the kitchen computer desk.

I can't wait to meet everyone and I hope more people decide to join us in the DIS meet.

Well, talk with everyone soon.

Gretchen

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

tarabra,
Too many clouds when they launched. So I still dont know if I can see the launch from hre. I will have to look again the next time.

Marie,
I need to be prepared ahead of time, what color hair will you have on this cruise?? Dad, Pete and I have a bet riding on it!!

have a good evening everyone,
30 days

Kathy