August 16, 2011, Disney Dream - Part 3

[kritter]

Hey Everyone,

Only two more half days left of school!! YEAH!! I can't wait!!

 

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

Laura - it is scary to be in the middle of this. Glad that you and Marco are alright.

Marco - I am married to an actuary who loves lists, spreadsheets - put 27 versions of a packing list.

THANKYOU Janeanne and everyone ! Now the bad weather seems over - but there are many issues and damages all around Milano .

Our car was badly damaged by all that hail
... fortunately it's a company car - so we won't have to pay ourselves to fix it ...
Probably they will just give Marco another NEW car instead !!!
One of the benefits of working so long hours as Marco always does !!!

Well , re the packing list I've JUST BEEN CHANGING one or three items at each time !!
Today , during my commute back from school ... I was thinking of maybe bringing a sort of manteaux ( I don't know the English word for it ) for that chilly airconditioning ...
That would make another change to the actual packing list ...........................

CIAO all !! It's nice to come online after such a long day at school ( more than 12 hours today !! ) laura

 

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

Hey Everyone,

Only two more half days left of school!! YEAH!! I can't wait!!

WOW !! I'm excited for you , Kristin !!!

How is your ankle ? any news ? laura

 

[mrebuck]

My daughter Jessie will be turning 12 a few days after the cruise and would love to chat.

Janeanne

Sent you a pm.

 

[TexasGirl]

My daughter Sarah is 11, she might enjoy emailing Elizabeth...

My daughter Sarina is 11 & would be happy to email too

 

[disfaninca]

Morning Everyone! It has been kind of quiet on our thread this week...everyone must be busy finishing up the school year.

I am feeling relieved today because last night I found the kid's passports! I knew that I had left them packed away with some Disney stuff but I couldn't remember exactly where that was. I mentioned it to the kids and they both knew exactly what box it was in and sure enough....there they were! That will teach me for not putting them in the safety deposit box! Actually, this will be their last trip with them because they will expire at the beginning of next year.

We are working hard on paying off the WDW portion of the trip now. The funny thing is that we have not told the kids we are going to WDW...they think we are going to stay in Florida but just drive around and enjoy some of the sites. We are planning on telling them that we want to stop at WDW after the cruise to shop and pick up a few things before we head off on our road trip across Florida. They have no clue that we will be pulling into the Poly for a 4 night stay! It is funny though because we have been talking about what we should do on our "road trip" and last night I said we should not book any hotels but should just drive and stay at any hotel under $50 a night. DH played along and we talked about how that could make for a really fun trip! Both kids didn't say a whole lot but you could tell they didn't know how to respond.

On a different note....anyone with a DS around age 11 who would like to e-mail another boy? We had booked this cruise with my sister in law and her kids but they ended up canceling. DS thought he would be hanging out with his cousin but now will on his own. He is a social kid so I know it won't be a problem to make friends on the ship but I thought it would be fun if he could chat with some kids in advance.

Alright, time to run....
Jen

Glad you found the passports Jen. That is one less thing you have to worry about.
That will be so fun when your kids find out they are going to spend time at WDW!

 

[disfaninca]

Hey Everyone,

Only two more half days left of school!! YEAH!! I can't wait!!

Yay!!! I bet you will be so happy when you don't have to worry about school anymore!!

 

[disfaninca]

THANKYOU Janeanne and everyone ! Now the bad weather seems over - but there are many issues and damages all around Milano .

Our car was badly damaged by all that hail
... fortunately it's a company car - so we won't have to pay ourselves to fix it ...
Probably they will just give Marco another NEW car instead !!!
One of the benefits of working so long hours as Marco always does !!!

Well , re the packing list I've JUST BEEN CHANGING one or three items at each time !!
Today , during my commute back from school ... I was thinking of maybe bringing a sort of manteaux ( I don't know the English word for it ) for that chilly airconditioning ...
That would make another change to the actual packing list ...........................

CIAO all !! It's nice to come online after such a long day at school ( more than 12 hours today !! ) laura

That is no fun having all that damage to your car Laura. But that will be wonderfull if you get a new car out of it!!

 

[LisaWalkerC21]

Morning Everyone! It has been kind of quiet on our thread this week...everyone must be busy finishing up the school year.

I am feeling relieved today because last night I found the kid's passports! I knew that I had left them packed away with some Disney stuff but I couldn't remember exactly where that was. I mentioned it to the kids and they both knew exactly what box it was in and sure enough....there they were! That will teach me for not putting them in the safety deposit box! Actually, this will be their last trip with them because they will expire at the beginning of next year.

We are working hard on paying off the WDW portion of the trip now. The funny thing is that we have not told the kids we are going to WDW...they think we are going to stay in Florida but just drive around and enjoy some of the sites. We are planning on telling them that we want to stop at WDW after the cruise to shop and pick up a few things before we head off on our road trip across Florida. They have no clue that we will be pulling into the Poly for a 4 night stay! It is funny though because we have been talking about what we should do on our "road trip" and last night I said we should not book any hotels but should just drive and stay at any hotel under $50 a night. DH played along and we talked about how that could make for a really fun trip! Both kids didn't say a whole lot but you could tell they didn't know how to respond.

On a different note....anyone with a DS around age 11 who would like to e-mail another boy? We had booked this cruise with my sister in law and her kids but they ended up canceling. DS thought he would be hanging out with his cousin but now will on his own. He is a social kid so I know it won't be a problem to make friends on the ship but I thought it would be fun if he could chat with some kids in advance.

Alright, time to run....
Jen

Hi Jen -

My DS is 10 (turning 11 in November). He would love to email with your son. I will send you a PM with his email address if your DS wants to contact him.

Lisa

 

[jenanderson]

Hi Jen -

My DS is 10 (turning 11 in November). He would love to email with your son. I will send you a PM with his email address if your DS wants to contact him.

Lisa

Super! I will pass the information along to Ben tonight!

 

[hbg4]

ONCE AGAIN HERE IS A FRIENDLY CABIN TOUR REMINDER.
WE ARE STILL MISSING THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES FROM OUR CABIN TOUR: CONCIERGE, R,T and V. CATEGORIES 9A, 8, 6B
IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER THEIR CABIN FOR THE TOUR PLEASE SEND ME A PM, IT IS NOT TOO LATE.

Thanks Brenda

 

[eyes4mickey]

Super! I will pass the information along to Ben tonight!

Hi Jen,

I will pm you with my son Patricks info, he's 11.

kim

 

[Pudo]

ONCE AGAIN HERE IS A FRIENDLY CABIN TOUR REMINDER.
WE ARE STILL MISSING THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES FROM OUR CABIN TOUR: CONCIERGE, R,T and V. CATEGORIES 10, 9A, 8, 6B
IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER THEIR CABIN FOR THE TOUR PLEASE SEND ME A PM, IT IS NOT TOO LATE.

Thanks Brenda

I might be able to help out with the the Concierge R, but gotta check with the wife first. LOL.

By the way, the difference between the A, B, C & D designation is location so if you have a 6A volunteer you don't need and B, C & D because it the same stateroom, but usually on a lower deck.

 

[kritter]

Good Evening Everyone!!

Anyone staying at VB before the cruise. I just made breakfast reservations for the Goofy and Max breakfast on 8/13 @ 8:30 if anyone wants to join us..

Here is the number to call. 1-772-234-2180...We would love to have you join us.......

Anyone need a cute shirt for pirte night. Check this one out.....

http://www.etsy.com/listing/75888041/private-listing-for-kritter1234

 

[kritter]

Yay!!! I bet you will be so happy when you don't have to worry about school anymore!!

Hi My Friend. How are ya?? Call me if your still up!!

 

[kritter]

WOW !! I'm excited for you , Kristin !!!

How is your ankle ? any news ? laura

Hi Laura,

I go back to the doctor on Thursday!! THanks, for asking!!

 

[kritter]

Some troubles here too !!
Yesterday we had a very heavy , violent hailstorm for about two hours !!!
It’s the first time in my life that I see : first , high humidity and hot weather ( 80°+ F )
and after a few minutes such a violent storm with temp. about 60° F !!!!

DGH and I were ( LUCKILY !! ) inside the supermarket ; street , roofs , ground in few minutes were covered by this “white stuff” .

I had left all of the windows open – as it was so hot : coming back home we found … hail on the floor , on furniture , everywhere …

Groups from our Civil Protecion Service promptly came out to help people : streets at some point seemed like … a river !!!
These photos have been taken (from my kitchen window ) about 2 hours after the storm …

I know that many of you are accostumed to such storms …
But to us it has been SCARY !!!

Well , we are fine , but many people have had major problems …
A family of three died , and many persons were injured by falling “items” …

As I said , thanks to God , we are fine !!!
I HAD to talk about it , it just seems so unreal ... for us , in June !!
laura

Laura, soo glad that you and Marco are ok!!

 

[kritter]

Jen, Glad that you found the kids passports...

I am excited for our meal together in WDW with you guys and the Allards!!

 

[hbg4]

I might be able to help out with the the Concierge R, but gotta check with the wife first. LOL.

By the way, the difference between the A, B, C & D designation is location so if you have a 6A volunteer you don't need and B, C & D because it the same stateroom, but usually on a lower deck.

That would be wonderful if your wife agrees.
Notes taken on the alphabet, I'll be trying hard not to duplicate anything for times sake. Hopefully the Passporter cruise issue will be published in time to help.
Brenda

 

[kritter]

Anyone who is running the 5K are you getting a t-shirt..My DH has decided to run the 5K....