Calling All 8/19/06 Special Western Cruisers! AKA "The Cruisin' Castaways" Part 2

[zack&alexmom]

Happy Birthday Doreen!!!

I hope everyone is staying cool!!!

Linda

 

[castoff]

Happy Birthday Doreen !

 

[disneycrazzzy]

These are soooo darling....what a great idea! We have two cabins for our "famof8". Can you do numbers? Alternatively, Dorny would be great

I will be happy to give you two sets of FAMOF8 if I can figure out how to do the numbers...I am working on it (actually I am having my husband figure it out). Otherwise, I'll do two of DORNY.

Anna

 

[kap158]

to you, to you
to you!!!!!! Doreen I hope you have a great day today you deserve it!!!!

 

[Lainie1222]

Happy Birthday, Doreen!! I hope you have a great Day.

Love, your older sister

 

[SamRoc]

Anyone know if they'll take your empty bags and store them for you? I think we shoved all ours under the beds last time (we had 2 cabins).

We also have 2 cabins and I read somewhere that the beds lift up and you can store suitcases under there. Not sure if thats for all cabins but that would be a great space saver. I can't remember from our cruise 5 years ago if the beds lifted up or not.
Saw a great T shirt the other day here, a little girl was wearing it and it said
"Pirates of the Jersey Shore" I'll have to try and find that one for pirate night!
Also went to a flea market here on saturday and they and really nice short sets, usually for a cruise you would get something nautical looking with blue and white stripes, but I saw a lime green and white shorts set that was perfect. I really know I'm addicted to the DISboards when I start buying lime green clothes!
Susan

 

[Reenieny18]

WOW!!! I finally got through all these pages and I guess just in time for my BIRTHDAY GREATINGS!!.. Thank you all very much... esp my sisters.. Just remember you will always be older than me too!!

GINNY.. if you are reading this.. that means your BDAY is coming soon!!!

Well.. what a week I have had.. TINA... I did it and its been so rough and sad..
TERRY>> I wish you didnt back out of the dinner.. I thought it was suppose to be with you since you made all the plans at least... MARTY and I can back out.. if anyone!! Please call me!! i know how much you were looking forward to this.. and I am not trying to offend anyone HONEST I AM NOT.. TRUST ME I have been through the mill this past week.. well ok past 7 months..

WELCOME new family and friends... feel free to fit right in..

BUDDY BEAR.. I had to chuckle when you said to cram into that cabin in deck 6..lol

I will try my best to get to 10000 pages so to be cont.!!!

DOREEN

 

[Ski-and-Sea]

I have to have packing lists otherwise I forget the obvious......like forgetting to pack ski poles on a ski trip......or one DCL cruise I forgot to pack DD's underwear, even though I had crossed it off on the packing list indicating that I had "packed" it.

Yes, I was able to buy children's underwear on the ship.

I have a handwritten packing list for going to the beach that makes me chuckle everytime I look at it. I list which restaurants to go to and which restaurants to avoid. Next to one of the restaurants to avoid I wrote down "trust me on this one" just to reinforce that I should never go back.

Another hot one out there today.

 

[SeaSpray]

Hi everyone

I posted a thread out over on the regular cruise board, asking how they set up the tables for DISers who are linked. Here's the thread, if anyone wants to take a look: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1167673

I know that several of us late-dining DISers are linked, but will they put us all at one big table, separate tables, put only some of us together at tables??? I'm wondering if we should make table requests?? I haven't counted how many of us on late dining are linked. Who here wants to sit together and who doesn't? I know that cruises will usually put you at a table with another family anyway, so it might as well be with other DISers Anyone want to specifically request tables??

Doreen: We're fine with dining out in the main dining room at Palo. We have a reservation for 8:30pm that same night. It'll be John, Craig, and I. The reservation is for 3-4 people, so we told Craig if he wants to bring a friend to dinner, that'd be fine with us. I wish the private dining room was larger and held more people!! :crowd: I'll come and crash the party after you all are seated at 9pm

Susan: I want one of those shirts!! (The Pirates of the Jersey Shore shirts, I mean). Please let me know if and where you find them! I wonder if they're selling them at the shops on the boardwalk???

Regarding storing luggage: Yes the beds do pull up. After we emptied our luggage we didn't have much time before the safety drill so we lifted up one side of the bed and shoved all the suitcases underneath. When we put the mattress back down it didn't lie flat but I didn't worry about it at the time because we had to head out. By the time we got back to our cabin after the safety drill our cabin steward had already been in and neatly fit all of our suitcases under the mattress, because it was laying flat when we returned. On our Royal Caribbean cruise in 2003 they did remove our luggage and store it somewhere, but I know on DCL they do not do this (as far as I know, anyway).

Ok break is almost over....

 

[winnyis]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOREEN
arty:

Your memory is good, My birthday is coming up on September 10th and we will be on the 10 day Wonder Cruise and will be spending it in St Thomas. How convenient is that for a birthday present that sparkles - LOL

 

[Reenieny18]

DORI.. glad to see you posting again.. I bet you and DEVIN are so excited to be cruising again... How did his grades end up after all..lol JUST KIDDING..

TERRY... my family at least.. are planning on wearing the LIME GREEEN T-shirts that ANDY made for us the day we embark.. so yes we will have them on for the meet and great and the sail away party.. YIPPIEE

ANDY.. I did get to the post office yesterday.. so expect a package.. I have been so busy and crazy here.. I cant remember my name..

BUSINESS is GREAT. I tell ya.. anyone want a nice cozy job with $$$$ and great friends talk to me about LS.. I had my moms show at my house last night and easily made $300. wahoo!! VACATION here we come. She needs 5 friends to have shows however.. to get her started.. LINDA>> how bout after your nieces wedding next weekend.. PLEASE PLEASE!!!! I will make it worth your while...!!! Daniel loves to cook and made such a great spread of food...

BEV.. we have to close the show out by next FRIDAY to get all the discounts.. and specials.. buy 1 get 2 at half.. wahoo!!!

REMEMBER we are having a show on the cruise as well.. bring the credit cards...lol cha ching!!!lol
PM me for the web site.. ask JOANNA how she likes the business... Better yet.. maybe we should have the party in BUDDY BEARS ROOM,,lol it may fit upward of 75 people lol and his wife is sure to love him even more after hearing of the room up grade,,lol

Ok I have talked enough.. Marty just gave me the BUILD A BEAR stuff POOH BEAR for my BIRTHDAY and its filled with so many talking things..lol
DANIEL gave me some WILLIAM SONAMA cooking racks (love to back) ,Karens gift is in the mail (as always) Elaine got me an outfit for the cruise.. DAD got me a card with money I think. Jaclyn didnt get to give me a gift yet.. but she said she is coming to bring it soon..( filled with a little bit of love). All I really want it a chocolate cake and of course the winnie the pooh bear from BUILD A BEAR.. Oh yeah and we bought a new stereo system for the 67 MUSTANG too.. an ECLIPSE brand with speakers and everything. This is an $$ birthday gift..lol

ok I am off to never land... I hope I can return...
Doreen

 

[Reenieny18]

GINNY!!!!!! will you be up to see us at the RADDISON?? Daniel and I miss seeing you..
how did you get to take the kids out of school? Of couse I remember your BDAy we both celebrated our 40th on the last cruise.. How is the summer heat there.. we have had 94+ here the pst few days in SYRACUSE.. lucky for us we have a pool..

TERRY,... yes link our table with you...I know we are linked to late dining.. and anyone else.. PLEASE...

DOREEN

 

[Verandah Man]

Whew!!! I feel like a "baked" potato chip today, LOL!!! I thought yesterday was bad, today the humidity is worse and the temp will most likely top yesterday's high of 98*

It's nice to be able to come home for lunch and cool off for an hour!!!

Keep Cool Everyone!!!

 

[winnyis]

GINNY!!!!!! will you be up to see us at the RADDISON?? Daniel and I miss seeing you..
how did you get to take the kids out of school? Of couse I remember your BDAy we both celebrated our 40th on the last cruise.. How is the summer heat there.. we have had 94+ here the pst few days in SYRACUSE.. lucky for us we have a pool..

DOREEN

Doreen - yes I am going to try to come to the Radisson to see everyone. I would love to hear those Magic words "MOM I FOUND GINNY". Believe me this cruise wasnt my idea... Bob heard about the FL resident rates for the 10 day and loved the ports and conned me into it. I was very worried about the kids missing 7 days of school but he twisted my arm and gave me the "I never ask for anything speech and promised to talk to the principals and get the days as excused absenses (they did this for us for the repo cruise last year) so I said OK. The summer heat here is hot but from what Andy and my mom are saying its not much different than NJ. We have a pool so that helps and as long as you do your yard work early in the day or in the evening its not too bad. I love living here so it doesnt really bother me at all.

So are you bringing the smoothie maker this trip????

 

[Walsh clan]

Happy Birthday Doreen! Sorry I missed the day! Hope you had a nice one... LS website?

Hot here too, though nothing in comparison to you guys! Hottest ever in Ireland has been 33 degrees (92 ). Today, it's 30 degrees (86) and the country is practically closing down! We cannot do extreme weather temperatures!

We will be wearing our Verandah man creations at embarkation - are we taking a photo at 3pm?

tina, promise I'll send a phot of all of us beforehand, so you'll know who to look out for!!

 

[Walsh clan]

PS Has anyone ordered the wine package? Don't know enough about it but I know I'd like to enjoy some!

 

[castoff]

Moria: I will be looking for the picture. Sorry I have never done the wine package so I don't have any info on that.



Doreen: Are you back from never land yet??


How do we request to link with someone for dinner? Anyone what to link together?? Have some people in mind............

 

[PoohJen]

Hi Moira (geez the servers are SLOW today!)...

Our Disfriends had the package...generally speaking, they got a bottle w/ dinner each night (not sure how many bottles total); what they didn't drink one night followed them into the dining room next night. In fact, they had a bottle at Palos that they didn't finish, and the waiter sent it to their dining room the next night! At the end of the week, they had one bottle left, and they were allowed to choose one they liked (as the last bottle) and take it home with them. AND - no lie - they brought it to my house when next I invited them to dinner!!! (so, when are you coming for dinner??? )

HTH! (rats, the smilies aren't working this afternoon...)

 

[Verandah Man]

Moria: I will be looking for the picture. Sorry I have never done the wine package so I don't have any info on that.



Doreen: Are you back from never land yet??


How do we request to link with someone for dinner? Anyone what to link together?? Have some people in mind............

I was just checking our ressie on the DCL website. Last week when we booked this cruise (again, lol!!!) I asked Bev to link our dinner ressie with the group that was already linked. Upon checking my ressie a few minutes ago I noticed that there are 26 of us linked for dinner. The following DIS'ers and their families are linked together for late dining: Bev, Doreen, Elaine, Karen, Dori, Mary Rose, Terry, Tina, and me.


Not sure if there are any others, as these are the only names I saw attached with our ressie. Bev, is this the total list as of now?

 

[SamRoc]

Susan: I want one of those shirts!! (The Pirates of the Jersey Shore shirts, I mean). Please let me know if and where you find them! I wonder if they're selling them at the shops on the boardwalk???

I will check out the boardwalk this week. I never go up there on the weekends! Its way too crowded, but during the week its really nice. And thank goodness it cooled down just a few degrees today, yesterday was unbearable, or maybe i'm just getting used to it!
Susan