August 25 2012

[tinkerbelltwins]

Happy 1-1-11 to everyone!

We are enjoying a lazy day here. I'm about to go take one of the girls out for some mommy and me time. We drove to Florida for Christmas to surprise my mom who had traveled from Colorado to spend time with my brother's family. Hope and Skye knocked on the door, she answered it, and was speechless with surprise! Actually, I don't think she even processed that it was her grand-daughters staring back at her for a moment or two. We were a bit uncertain about driving down from Virginia, but it worked out just fine. We made it from our house to Savannah in 8.5 hours and spent the night there. We lucked out and didn't hit any traffic on 12/22. Then, we got up early, had breakfast and made it to Boca by 2pm. The girls were great. Thank heaven for the double dvd player that was given to us last Christmas. It came in handy on our trip. Pillow pets were a huge plus too.

Judy, we did end up stopping in St. Augustine on our way back up 95. The Disney store had some incredible post xmas deals. The cruise stuff was mostly mediterrean-related, but I still found some fun things to use on future cruises.

We have decided to go on the August 16 Dream cruise instead of a November one, so Jeff, we will definitely see you on board and maybe afterward at WDW. The twins had fun talking to Sarah on Christmas!

Have a Happy New Year everyone!

Beth

 

[tjbaggott]

This morning, DS7 had Mickey Pancakes for Breakfast (I always make them mickey shape now), and I offered him some fruit, Cantaloupe and Honeydew Melon. He said "I want the orange one, I'll have them both together the next time I'm on the Disney Ship"

The funny things that come out of his mouth!!

 

[JKSWonder]

This morning, DS7 had Mickey Pancakes for Breakfast (I always make them mickey shape now), and I offered him some fruit, Cantaloupe and Honeydew Melon. He said "I want the orange one, I'll have them both together the next time I'm on the Disney Ship"

The funny things that come out of his mouth!!

My son came back from the cruise with a new belief that everyone can always order something different every day for every meal. I am finding it difficult to explain to a 4 year old that his Mommy is not a short order cook!

 

[tjbaggott]

My son came back from the cruise with a new belief that everyone can always order something different every day for every meal. I am finding it ifficult to explain to a 4 year old that his Mommy is not a short order cook!

LOL, we had that same issue with DESSERTS!! We laughed every night, and the same phrase after dinner, "Whats for Dessert" lasted for two weeks straight with Tim. We just aren't Dessert people other than the odd time, or a special occasion.

And I will admit, I had a hard time on New Years Eve! We had made reservations at one of our favourite locally owned restaurants, as they had a fabulous New Years Eve Special Menu, An Appetizer, a Main course, a cocktail and a dessert, all for $25.00 per adult! We had a choice of 3 different Appetizers, 4 different main courses and two desserts. I COULD NOT DECIDE!, and for a moment thought "I could try ALL of these if only I was on the Ship!!!"

 

[JKSWonder]

Received the strangest DCL mail today.

It was the usual "Welcome Aboard" packet, the one with the details of our reservation and the little booklet about the ports. It was for the August 25, 2012 cruise, which is strange because we already received this packet sometime in November, but stranger still because it says the cruise is for the WESTERN itinerary!

I checked on DCL site and the 8/25/12 is still listed as an Eastern on my reservation and on the main cruise search page. So, was this just some strange error? Did anyone else receive this?

 

[CowboyPrincess]

We received our packet today for our August 25th 2012 cruise. We had booked this in October. When we booked this onboard the Magic in October they told us it was Eastern. We received the packet as a Western. I just checked the web site. It does say it is an Eastern

 

[tinkerbelltwins]

We received our packet today for our August 25th 2012 cruise. We had booked this in October. When we booked this onboard the Magic in October they told us it was Eastern. We received the packet as a Western. I just checked the web site. It does say it is an Eastern

I read on the main boards that someone else experienced a similar problem. Apparently DCL screwed up on some of the mailings by listing the wrong destination and will have to redo them. Also read that the computer system with DCL is acting a bit wacky the past few days!

 

[HallsofVA]

Received the strangest DCL mail today.

It was the usual "Welcome Aboard" packet, the one with the details of our reservation and the little booklet about the ports. It was for the August 12, 2012 cruise, which is strange because we already received this packet sometime in November, but stranger still because it says the cruise is for the WESTERN itinerary!

I checked on DCL site and the 8/25/12 is still listed as an Eastern on my reservation and on the main cruise search page. So, was this just some strange error? Did anyone else receive this?

We received our packet today for our August 25th 2012 cruise. We had booked this in October. When we booked this onboard the Magic in October they told us it was Eastern. We received the packet as a Western. I just checked the web site. It does say it is an Eastern

I read on the main boards that someone else experienced a similar problem. Apparently DCL screwed up on some of the mailings by listing the wrong destination and will have to redo them. Also read that the computer system with DCL is acting a bit wacky the past few days!

We got the mailing today with the information for this being a Western, not Eastern. Hopefully it's just an expensive mess-up and not an entire schedule shift. We're booked on the 8/18 sailing as well, though, so we're protected if they are shifting everything around!

Here's the thread on the main page
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2627748

 

[JKSWonder]

We got the mailing today with the information for this being a Western, not Eastern. Hopefully it's just an expensive mess-up and not an entire schedule shift. We're booked on the 8/18 sailing as well, though, so we're protected if they are shifting everything around!

Here's the thread on the main page
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2627748

Back to Back 7's? Lovely!

 

[tinkerbelltwins]

Back to Back 7's? Lovely!

Can I come along as a stowaway? My, oh my, 14 days of bliss! Once on board we will be on the look-see for the family that looks tan and extremely relaxed and will then know it is you!

 

[Pudo]

I apologize for cross-posting this message, but many of my cruise buddies are now participating in this thread and not so much on the 10/30/2010 thread. ~ Jeff aka Pudo

I just got an email from Joanie (sssteele). She was able to attach the group photo taken in the atrium. I uploaded the photo to my website so you can now download the high resolution version.

http://www.jeffreylangdon.com/MNSSHC_Atrium.jpg

Update: Joanie sent me another group photo

http://www.jeffreylangdon.com/MNSSHC_Atrium2.jpg

You can click on the link to view it, but the high resolution photo is probably too large to view in your web browser so you are better off downloading it so you can print it out. The file size is large enough to easily get a good quality 8 x 10 photo.

Download instructions:

1. Place you mouse cursor over the link to the photo.
2. Right mouse click on the link
3. Left click on the menu option "Save Target As..."
4. You should be prompted to save the file named, "MNSSHC_Atrium.jpg".

Enjoy

Jeff

 

[threeiscrazy]

Thanks Jeff, Now I just need to photshop my bunch in.
I had my times ALL messed up.

 

[tinkerbelltwins]

Disney Cruises are addictive! Steve and I are going to celebrate my birthday on a 3-day Dream cruise in May. We will be staying on deck 12 so it will be fun to check out all of the amenities. Gram is flying in from Colorado to stay with the twins. It will certainly be different having an adults only experience on the ship. On our first cruise at Halloween I didn't get to venture out too much because one of the girls had asthma issues. So this cruise will be really different and we can save for later things we know that we will do with the twins when we go again in August! I'm hoping that a Remy or Palo booking will be in the cards.

Beth

 

[threeiscrazy]

Disney Cruises are addictive! Steve and I are going to celebrate my birthday on a 3-day Dream cruise in May. We will be staying on deck 12 so it will be fun to check out all of the amenities. Gram is flying in from Colorado to stay with the twins. It will certainly be different having an adults only experience on the ship. On our first cruise at Halloween I didn't get to venture out too much because one of the girls had asthma issues. So this cruise will be really different and we can save for later things we know that we will do with the twins when we go again in August! I'm hoping that a Remy or Palo booking will be in the cards.

Beth

And if I recall you weren't sure if your family would enjoy it.
I'm glad you had that much fun!
Have a blast celebrating your birthday! My mom is going with two of my girlfriends and myself to the MK so we can celebrate turning 40 this year. The MK is turning 40 too!

 

[tinkerbelltwins]

And if I recall you weren't sure if your family would enjoy it.
I'm glad you had that much fun!
Have a blast celebrating your birthday! My mom is going with two of my girlfriends and myself to the MK so we can celebrate turning 40 this year. The MK is turning 40 too!

Thanks Sheri. Enjoy your 40th as the years after that point fly by at rocket speed. I was thinking of you today as I passed the entrance to Ft. Belvoir. It was snowing just like a snowglobe (of the unbroken variety, ahem!) as I was driving the girls' Daisy Troop to Mt. Vernon to lay a wreath at the tomb of GW. Very cool and very cold! Mt. Vernon was beautiful at 9am in the morning and we were the only ones there! The guides got a kick out of answering all of the questions posed by six and seven year olds!

 

[threeiscrazy]

That's so neat that they went and did that. I imagine it was beautiful with the covering of snow we received. (it was very snowglobe-ish out )
I probably passed you on Rt 1, we were headed to Fredericksburg early this morning, but turned around in Dale City because I-95 turned into an ice skating ring and my GF & I decided we didn't really HAVE to go shopping down there today.
We will be going down to WDW the end of September. I want to be there the 1st of October to see if they do anything to celebrate #40.

If you haven't been to M's yet this weekend you should try to run over there. They have cricut cartridges for 9.99 & someone has posted that they had WM price match. For a newbie that's a GREAT deal!

 

[tjbaggott]

Hey all! I haven't checked this board since last week (got involved in a really good book!!).
Sheri and Beth, it sounds like you might have more snow than US!! It was a very weird Holiday season here. We had a white Christmas, but then in the days after it rained and rained, and we had a very green New Years!! So Daniel didn't feel bad about not being able to go tobogening because of his broken arm, since NO ONE could go anyway

Hey Sheri, to celebrate your 40th, I don't suppose you'd like to join me on the Dream in Sept? Just me and Tim, who will likely spend a ton of time in the club or pools.

Jeff, thanks for posting the link to the photos, high resolution will work best for me too! I find it funny in that photo how each member of my family is in each corner of that photo, instead of all together. Great picture though. I like the one best where everyone is looking up

2012 seems SOOOOOO long away. My mom is REALLY Happy about coming along on this cruise. She will be introducing herself sometime on this board.
I had a moment of surprise, real surprise when DS13 informed me he will be 15 on this cruise!!! I mean, I guess I knew that, but had not really thought about it! We were talking about the kids clubs, and looking at the new photos of the club areas on the Dream. Daniel mentioned how he will be in that new teen club area, and I said No.......... thats when he mentioned how old he'll be!!!! Oh my, they grow way too fast!

 

[threeiscrazy]

Hey Sheri, to celebrate your 40th, I don't suppose you'd like to join me on the Dream in Sept? Just me and Tim, who will likely spend a ton of time in the club or pools.
/QUOTE]

refresh my memory, when is your cruise scheduled for?

 

[tjbaggott]

Hey Sheri, to celebrate your 40th, I don't suppose you'd like to join me on the Dream in Sept? Just me and Tim, who will likely spend a ton of time in the club or pools.
/QUOTE]

refresh my memory, when is your cruise scheduled for?

Sept. 11th to 18th (it's a B2B with the first portion being the 4 night), Have I got you thinking??????? There's room in my room as there is only the two of us!

 

[tinkerbelltwins]

That's so neat that they went and did that. I imagine it was beautiful with the covering of snow we received. (it was very snowglobe-ish out )
I probably passed you on Rt 1, we were headed to Fredericksburg early this morning, but turned around in Dale City because I-95 turned into an ice skating ring and my GF & I decided we didn't really HAVE to go shopping down there today.
We will be going down to WDW the end of September. I want to be there the 1st of October to see if they do anything to celebrate #40.

If you haven't been to M's yet this weekend you should try to run over there. They have cricut cartridges for 9.99 & someone has posted that they had WM price match. For a newbie that's a GREAT deal!

Sheri,
Thanks for the tip about cricut cartridges at Michaels. I drove to two different stores today and picked up several of them. What a deal! Instead of $89 they were $10 -- a huge savings. The sale lasts until the 15th, I think, so anybody else interested should go check it out. They even had the Tinkerbell and the Mickey Mouse cartridges, so Go Disney! Now I need to open the Cricut and try to use the darn thing. BTW do I need to get a jukebox? They had that on sale for $39. I didn't get it as I wasn't completely sure what it does and if it was a good deal. I got the cartridges home only to realize that I have two Tinkerbell cricut cartridges. So if anybody on this meet board is in need of one (it has other fairies on it too), I'm happy to mail it to you. Just send me a PM!

Beth