Dec 27/08 NYE Western Cruise - Really New Thread

[tiggerwannabe]

*SIGH*

Guess they don't love us.

I'll just go eat worms.

Happy New Year my friends~



I'll be over here in the states with grimm, eating worms....

 

[trinibjill]

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE. I KNOW YOU ARE HAVING A "BALL".

 

[grimgrinnin]

Happy New Year!!!


grim

 

[tiggerwannabe]

Happy New Year my friends

~I wish you all a safe, happy and bountiful 2009~​

 

[nskjerven]

If there'll be a live cruise thread, please post link here.


grim

okay sorry, we had a cruise to enjoy there was no time for threads or Disboards....

Great capture Cindy!

I guess they're a little too busy to visit

Key West today ya know~

ya what she said

It was great and the people we shared our time with even better.

We are at the Hyatt MCO waiting for our flight tomorrow that leaves @ 7am.

Saw Aisling and family going thru security as we went up to our room and had our final wave good bye

Ran into Marla (a.k.a. Margarita) and Kara (a.k.a. virgin Margarita) waiting for their flight which was very delayed

I'll have lots more to tell and pictures to share once we get home.

I hope that Artie & Clan make it home tonight

Brenda and Gang are partying at Epcot today :yes:: she sent me a txt) (but why Rus didn't message Paul I do not know)

Okay we have to go to bed before mom asks me again what time we are leaving and if she is packed and what she is wearing (yes it was a long trip in that regard) Thanks to all my pals for helping me with my moments of stress.

Catch ya tomorrow night when we are home

 

[Wick]

Hey guys! awesome cruise!

the first batch of pics, as promised:

http://flickr.com/photos/deluxxtwofour7/

three albums total.. can be accessed individually on the right side of the page

 

[Aisling]

We're back home. so much to tell. I'm exhausted and will report back tomorrow. Chad thanks for posting the pics. Cory, Louise and I also have a ton to get posted.

 

[Marla Hellwig]

We are finally home

After several delays and last minute gate changes we finally left Orlando after 9:30 p.m.

Had a ball

 

[grimgrinnin]

Bahahahaha - this one made me laugh out loud.

Nice pics Chad - please go back and put them all in sequential order and comment on each one (all 2,170 of them).


grim

 

[artman]

What an excellent cruise! I don't have anything to compare it to, but I think it's safe to say that was a great Dis group and we can't think of anyone that we would have rather shared our first cruise with.

We got home this morning at 2:00am, our flight from Toronto was delayed 2 hours. I think we would have been disappointed if it wasn't.

 

[Marla Hellwig]

Glad to hear some of us are arriving/arrived home safe and sound

Artie - with all of our flight delays, Kara and I were joking that you would beat us home - we did see that your flight out of Orlando left on time

 

[tiggerwannabe]

I started looknig at Chads pics...

my PC froze after the first 850!

Great shots! Looks like the cruise was tons o fun!

( I knew the people would be )

 

[tiggerwannabe]

The kids all look so big.

I saw the reflection shot of Jesse and was taken straight back to our cruise in 2005. I totally missed the Wilson on the floor shot! .... so when are we all cruising again???

please go back and put them all in sequential order and comment on each one (all 2,170 of them).

Yeah...what he said!

 

[nskjerven]

Bahahahaha - this one made me laugh out loud.

Nice pics Chad - please go back and put them all in sequential order and comment on each one (all 2,170 of them).


grim

ha ha ya found him...little man was so not asleep under any tables on this cruise, he did go to bed early, to be found nose in his DS playing on the top bunk...He figured it was always soooooo early in CA, so why go to bed

Our flight was on time and landed as such and then we waited an HOUR on the ground to make it to the gate. I'm so tired and I have the cruise crud. Major running nose which I think came from my night at Hyatt MCO with their feather beds(which I removed for myself) and AC on full blast. Note to self not staying at Hyatt MCO again.

Tigg...we are booked on 4/2010 TA, join us, it's cheap and long...then looking at the new ships first voyage, got a dummy booked already for that one too

 

[bellelinus]

Hi everyone! I wanted to check in and say that I have been on 6 DCL cruises and have never seen so many thoughtful FE gifts with so much thought and effort put into them . . . you guys really blew us away with your generosity and thank you for helping make this such a special cruise. Our weather was really unbelievable and I thought DCL did a great job with NYE . . . thanks again to everyone and happy new year to all

 

[Aisling]

Ok, it's Monday morning, back to the ole routine.

Tiggie, I have a little package for you, and hope to get it out to you promptly.

Kelly, we missed you and Brian at the last breakfast, and I hope you're feeling ok.

One funny memory...I sang Cabaret on Family Karoake Night, and had the mike basically taken away from me mid-song, as the lyrics turned out to be less than family-friendly. That was embarrasiing, but I was filled to my gills with rum, so the embarassment didn't kick in until the next day!

Our servers Trif and Abraham weren't as lively as Deneval and Ronette, but they were ok. We had Mac again as the Head Server, but of course he didn't remember us.

I got my chest sucked by a huge stingray, and Rus asked me if I got it's phone number!

Kathy, I'm sorry we didn't get to talk anthropology, but maybe on another cruise.

Anjelica's kids were absolute dolls, and we miss them already. (Anjelica and Shannon weren't too bad either! )

Marla became a new woman after her onboard haircut, a wild and crazy one! Go Marla! Kara was an oddball, which I say with the greatest affection, because she remimded me of me when I was her age. Definitely cut from a unique mold, and I hope she never loses her zeal for life.

Nan and Paul, I love you guys like family. Nan, Love Shack is now "our" song...remember we danced to it that one night when Paul abandoned you in favor of nite nite?
Grammy Joanne, OMG what a GRAND lady. Her sense of humor was wonderful, and she easily fit in with our kooky bunch.
Molly is a fun young lady now, and Wil is as rascally as ever.

It was great meeting Chel and Rus, both swell people who I loved being with.

Brenda is as lovely as always, and Ryan, holy cow, what a looker! He has a quiet charm and a mischivous look in his eye that I'm sure makes the teenage girls swoon. And to top it off, he's a respectful gentleman. I'm SOOOOOOOO glad he and Jesse and Cory hit it off so perfectly, and I know they'll be true friends forever.

Eileen, it was cool to meet you and your family. Your daughters were lots of fun when we swam with the stingrays, and your hubby was cute when he brushed up against me either thinking I was a stingray or you! The poor guy was mortified for a moment!!!!!!!

And now we get to the Robar family. Claudia, you're so cute and sweet, and again thank you for bringing me that aloe for my sunburn. Owen started out on the shy side, but quickly got his groove on.

And Artie, what a dull, boring, lifeless Canadian dude he was! JUST KIDDING! I was waiting for him to let his hair down the night a bunch of us hung out in one of the clubs, to get up and sing Macho Man on the karoake, but he let me down! Artie, as my kids would say, you're a cool dude in a loose mood, laid back and fun. You're aces!

My head is still swimming with memories, and I'll try to get a trip report written up when everything settles down.

I'm taking down the Christmas decoratins today and doing laundry, and enjoying being with my Brian pup again. He didn't forget me afterall, he went berserk when I walked in the door.

 

[artman]

Artie, what a dull, boring, lifeless Canadian dude he was! JUST KIDDING! I was waiting for him to let his hair down the night a bunch of us hung out in one of the clubs, to get up and sing Macho Man on the karoake, but he let me down! Artie, as my kids would say, you're a cool dude in a loose mood, laid back and fun. You're aces!

I tried to warn you that I am very shy and reserved in real life.

 

[Aisling]

I tried to warn you that I am very shy and reserved in real life.

Artie, no warning was needed! You're exactly what I expected, a true gentleman and funny as heck! I was just teasing you a bit! I didn't really expect you to sing! LOL Even the wilder ones of our bunch didn't get up that night!

 

[Marla Hellwig]

Kara informed me before leaving - no singing in public

 

[Aisling]

Kara informed me before leaving - no singing in public

Yeah well I heard you singing on NYE on deck 9 when you thought no one was paying atention!