Cruise 10/11/2003 Part 2

[momofone]

My daughter and I will be on the disney Magic for the June 28th cruise... can't wait!!!!

 

[ripp]

viking
can you give me the correct name of the cd writer you have im trying to locate one and im not having any luck . thanks Jean

 

[RellingTwin]

WELCOME MOMOFONE!!!! If you have any questions this is the place to find the answers!

Cheese! Nice to hear from you again.

Rosemary...you need a keyless lock system on your house. It makes it impossible to lock yourself out.

 

[Viking]

Hi Jean,

here's a link: To the CD-Writer, you have to click on "Multimedia/Digital Solutions" and then scroll down to the lower left, where you will find the Mobile Datasafe, but there are no details on the English page
So if you want to see at least some pics, click onto "Deutsch" in the upper left, click on "Multimedia/Digital Solutions" again, go to the lower left, too. There you can click on the picture of teh Mobile Datasafe. This opens a small pop-up. Click on "Bilder" in the upper left corner and you can browse three Pictures: One of the Datasafe closed, one of the Datasafe open with memorycards and a CD in it and finally one of the box as it can be found in the store.
Perhaps you have read, that I will travel to the USA tomorrow. I plan to shop at CompUSA and BestBuy anyway. I will look for the device there and If I can find it, I will mail you the details and the price. If it is available in the US I will surely find it

 

[Viking]

Shari,
thanks for the great pics!!!


Rosemary,
glad you like my teasing of Dan - He literally begged for it
I locked myself out of our flat about two years ago - It cost me $80 for the locksmith, because the keys still stuck in the inside portion of the lock Fortunately I had my cellphone with me.

Hi Dave & Ellen,
long time no see, we're glad that everything is fine

 

[cdnmickeylover]

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for the photos Shari. I'm so looking forward to our trip.

We had a surprise yesterday --- it was hot and sunny here. Yup I actually wore shorts and a T-shirt to the baseball game. It was around 27C with the humidex. We get lots of humidity here during the summer which after the winter we had is fine by me. Even got a little sunburn on my arms. Jim was wishing he had worn shorts and will probably look for his for this afternoon's game because it is supposed to be warm and sunny again today. The Jays lost yesterday but had won 5 in a row so I guess that's ok.

Dropped DS off at the Fort York Armoury Friday night before the baseball game. We'll pick him up this afternoon and find out how it went for his first weekend of training. Hopefully it went well but I suspect he'll be tired. He's not used to waking up before 2pm on the weekends!!

Gotta go -- Lily (the dog) sounds like she's throwing up.

Fiona

 

[dan and scott]

Viking...........................
I am lost for words!


Dan

 

[dan and scott]

Update on status of my cruising party........
Missy and Tammy appears to be going with us for sure now! They have their airfare and only owe about $300 on the cruise.

Dan

 

[dan and scott]

Hopkins-
When is the money needed for the Scavenger Hunt needed?

Dan

 

[bettemom]

Hi Viking & Jean,

I have found a source here for the portable hard drive back up 's for digital cameras the prices run from about $380.00 to $ 490.00 US $$$



www.ssdonline.com

I am also considering this instead of bringing my lap top to download digital pictures.

Bye, Kim

 

[matty204]

Originally posted by bettemom
Hi Viking & Jean,

I have found a source here for the portable hard drive back up 's for digital cameras the prices run from about $380.00 to $ 490.00 US $$$



www.ssdonline.com

I am also considering this instead of bringing my lap top to download digital pictures.

Bye, Kim

Has anyone tried to move pics from a digital camera to an Ipod? If it possible a 20 or 30 gig device would be cool

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by bettemom
Hi Viking & Jean,

I have found a source here for the portable hard drive back up 's for digital cameras the prices run from about $380.00 to $ 490.00 US $$$



www.ssdonline.com

I am also considering this instead of bringing my lap top to download digital pictures.

Bye, Kim

Kim,
this sounds like a rip-off to me:

A portable harddisk with an integrated card-reader for 6 different kinds of memorycards is available here in Germany at the following prices:

20 GB with USB 1.1 interface: € 180 ($210)
40 GB with USB 2.0 interface: €245 ($290)
You can also buy the "blank" device: Just the housing with the elctronics, the cardreader and the battery, but without a disk. It comes to about €120 ($140). You can then insert any 2.5inch-harddisk and may come to a slightly cheaper price than mentioned above.

You can also get the Archos Multimedia Jukebox & Photo Module.
This is a portable harddisk, with an integrated MP3-Encoder/Player, an MPEG4/DIVX-videoplayer which can be connected to your TV, playing movies ripped from the Internet. It automatically encodes audio from any source to MP3. It also has a small colour-screen, which can be used to check the photos or watch movies. It starts at about €250 ($295) and goes up to about €500 ($590) for the biggest one with 40 GB-disk and an integrated FM-radio.

The device I bought is a CD-writer with an integrated card-reader for 7 different types of memorycards, which burns the pictures on a CD. It also works as a Diskman and as an external writer (36x speed) for your PC/Laptop. It cost €199 ($235) as a special offer. The MSRP is €269 ($315). I think it is the most reasonable offer as it is cheaper than the harddisks and has virtually unlimited storage capacity. Furthermore it enables you to provide your co-cruiser with instant copies of your pictures
The only advantages of the portable harddisks are: The are only about a third or half the size of the CD-writer and the come with an integrated LiIon-battery. The CD-writer needs a wall-outlet, but can be upgraded with a battery-pack.
I own 2x 128MB and 1x 32 MB for my new camera, which is good for about 150 pics in the highest resolution with compression. So I don't need the portable harddisk - And I wouldn't like to lug another piece of electronics around the parks. So the CD is the perfect solution for me.

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by dan and scott
Viking...........................
I am lost for words!


Dan

Got you, Dan - Haven't I?
I think we'll have a lot of fun on the ship.

BTW,
tomorrow morning I will indulge in fastfood myself: My colleague and I will meet at Europe's largest McDonald's at the Frankfurt airport. It has a glassfront of about 10 meters height (33feet) and 50 meters width (164feet) overlooking the thresholds of runways 25L and 25R.
We'll check in for our flight at about 8am and then we'll have breakfast at McD before we board our plane, which will depart at 1125am.
I'm looking forward to going to Boston Market, to Dunkin' Donuts and to Hooters for some yummy junkfood. Fortunately our hotel and my company's headquarters each have a gym to work off all the nutritional sins immediately.
Additionally I intend to run 3 to 5 miles before breakfast each morning. Denver is located at an elevation of about 5330 feet, which will make for some "high-elevation-training". This can result in a rise of red bloodcells for enhanced endurance and enable me to run faster back in Frankfurt at an elevation of only 360 feet. I intend to do a couple of 10km-races and a halfmarathon before the cruise, and the Denver-trip may ptrovide me with the extra kick for it.

 

[cdnmickeylover]

Have a safe trip Eric. Your exercise program leaves me in awe. I'm trying to just walk a mile a day.

Lily is fine now -- appears she got into a bag of oatmeal cookies. Like the teenaged DS who left the bag within her reach she didn't stop at just one.

Off to the ballgame now. It's Blue Jays tie day in celebration of Father's Day so Happy Father's Day to all the fathers on the list.

Fiona

 

[Tigfanjeff]

Originally posted by taswira
Went to EPCOT today to meet a DIS friend who works at Test Track. Then I headed to MK to track down monorail pilot/Cruisetoberfest II cruiser Jeff. <B><a href="http://www.primateprojections.com/travel/Jeff.jpg" target="index">Here is one shot of Jeff</A></B> and <B><a href="http://www.primateprojections.com/travel/Jeff2.jpg" target="index">here is another</A></B>. Here's a <B><a href="http://www.primateprojections.com/travel/monorview.jpg" target="index">view from the nose</A></B>. Sorry about shooting into the glare of the light on the glass.

Thanks Jeff!

Shari

Apparently I'm one pretty hard to find monorail pilot. Of course I had about 12 other cast members tell me someone was looking for me. Good thing you caught me when you did because that was my last lap of the night.

Tonight I should be putting around the resort beam at the magic kingdom. And in 116 days I'll be getting on a nice big boat

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by cdnmickeylover
Have a safe trip Eric. Your exercise program leaves me in awe. I'm trying to just walk a mile a day.

Lily is fine now -- appears she got into a bag of oatmeal cookies. Like the teenaged DS who left the bag within her reach she didn't stop at just one.

Off to the ballgame now. It's Blue Jays tie day in celebration of Father's Day so Happy Father's Day to all the fathers on the list.

Fiona

Thanks, Fiona
As it happens I will attend a Canadian sports event, too: The Canadian Formula 1 Grand Prix will be broadcast live at 7pm CET tonight. And for me being a big F1-fan it is a MUST!!! Unfortunately your fellow Canadian Jaques Villeneuve has the short end of the stick again But with the BMWs in the first row and the Ferraris behind them we're in for an exciting race

I'll check The Boards after the race for a very last time before leaving for The States tomorrow morning.

See Y'all

 

[Viking]

The race is finished: Michael Schumacher won again and has eventually gained the lead in the Worldchampionship
Sorry, Fiona: Villeneuve had technical trouble and didn't finish

Folks,
I hope that I will find time at the office in Denver to check The Boards.
If not: Have a great time and post like hell When I'm back we will be in the double-digits and posting should icrease considerably.

Take care

Eric

 

[Viking]

The race is finished: Michael Schumacher won again and has eventually gained the lead in the Worldchampionship
Sorry, Fiona: Villeneuve had technical trouble and didn't finish

Folks,
I hope that I will find time at the office in Denver to check The Boards.
If not: Have a great time and post like hell When I'm back we will be in the double-digits and posting should icrease considerably.

Take care

Eric

 

[RellingTwin]

Happy Father's Day to all the DIS Dads!

Eric...safe journey!Try to have some fun in Colorado

Sheri...thanks for the photos!

 

[cdnmickeylover]

It was a great day here -- hot and sunny. The Dome was open and we are both sunburned -- unfortunately for me only one side of my face is burned due to where we were sitting and where the sun was. Am waiting til morning to see just how bad it looks.

Jays won in the bottom of the 10th which was great. Reed Johnson who homered in the first at bat in the first inning homered again to win the game. He's a young call up from their AAA team so it was really nice. He then got pied by a teammate as he was being interviewed which was quite funny and he took it in good humour.

Chris seemed to have a good weekend although he's tired. He actually is working at his other job in the kitchen of a restaurant tonight so he's going to be plenty tired in the morning. He's looking forward to the rest of the training which I'm glad about because he has next weekend and then 6 weeks of it. He's making ok money though so I think that's part of it.

Must go and put more stuff on my arms. We forgot sun block so it's our own fault we got burned. Next time the sun block is going into the bag the night before.

Fiona