December 11, 2004 Eastern cruise thread

[smchan]

Hey Jen, I'm right down the hall in 2510!

My wife and I are doing the same w/ regards to the movies. We're holding out for the cruise to see The Incredibles and National Treasure.

Sam

 

[smchan]

Hi everyone!

smchan - We could bet my 5 MVMCP tickets on the game tomorrow night! Just kidding, I don't have that much faith in my Illini! I hope you find a way to get some tickets. Did you post anything on the boards here?

I hope your Illini have a similar lack of faith!

No luck on the tix. I posted to the parks board but the mods immediately deleted my post. I read later than requests to buy or sell MVMCP tix were not allowed. I didn't actually ask to buy tix; I asked for sources other than ebay for tix. Censorship... grrrrr....

Here's to a good, spirited game tomorrow night. :thewave:

Sam

 

[thejenjens]

SMCHAN

Maybe you and your wife would like to join us for a movie night? Maybe! Stop in and say hey. We'll kinda be neighbors. LOL!

Jen

 

[DisneyFam5]

Smchan - Right after I asked if you posted your need for tickets I went over to the boards and saw the big rules on the MVMCP! Oops! I'm always full of good advice! I think you should just post a big message whining that you didn't get the tickets and now everyone is mad at you. It's not your fault if someone contacts you with a solution! You don't have to ask for tickets....

I suppose they wouldn't fall for that, huh?

 

[smchan]

We'll kinda be neighbors. LOL!

'xactly. Can I borrow a cup of sugar?

Sam

 

[smchan]

Smchan - Right after I asked if you posted your need for tickets I went over to the boards and saw the big rules on the MVMCP! Oops! I'm always full of good advice! I think you should just post a big message whining that you didn't get the tickets and now everyone is mad at you. It's not your fault if someone contacts you with a solution! You don't have to ask for tickets....

I suppose they wouldn't fall for that, huh?

I know, stupid rules.

My wife doesn't seem too tore up about it, though. She said "well, we'll just visit WDW after the cruise" and reserved a couple nights at CBR. Oh the irony of it - a Caribbean cruise followed by a stay at the Caribbean Beach Resort.

Sam

 

[Villaness]

It looks like I won't be the only one trying to watch the Incredibles and National Treasure plus a couple of others. I may want to watch Pirates as well.....love that Johnny Depp.........my grandson thinks I am crazy. "He is a pirate!!" But, I love those villians!!

Looks like our Michigan State Spartans dropped a game to Duke tonight. I guess I never understood basketball. Give me a good rough and tumble hockey game any day!! Go Redwings!

 

[Disneyfan37]

thejenjens and Pgood-DH and I are in room 2556.A movie night sounds great to me.Good luck on finals!

Everyone have a great day!

Maria

 

[mbuckles]

She puts me on hold, comes back and says, "While on the cruise I won't get very good reception due to they work on towers and we don;t have towers in the middle of the ocean."
Jen

Do you ever notice that when you're talking to a telemarketer (on the rare occassion I feel like talking to one for sport), or a cust svc rep for a company that they do really well until you can work them off of the page? Telemarketers especially... I always try to ask a question that I know they aren't prepared for, just to see how they think on their feet. Like I say, it's kind of like "sport" for me. I guess that's what happened to you. The person you talked to doesn't get that question often (if ever) and they came up with a lame response like "no towers in the middle of the ocean". You should have said "Yes, but won't I be able to use the cell tower that you guys installed on the moon?"

 

[mbuckles]

guess I never understood basketball. Give me a good rough and tumble hockey game any day!! Go Redwings!

Hockey? Do they even play that sport anymore? (Sorry, I Had To) hehe

 

[DisneyFam5]

Smchan - We are doing the MVMCP Dec. 10th and spending the 18th through 21st at the BWV. We missed the Osborne Lights last year and I really want to see them in their new location!

I'm home with a sick kid today, so I get to use the day for cruise preparation!
(and I need to figure out what the heck we are going to do at a 4:30 cub scout meeting at my house tonight!)

Now, if I could get my butt away from the computer I could get something productive done.

 

[DisneyFam5]

mbuckles - sometimes my husband likes to answer the phone and speak this weird gibberish language to the telemarketers until they hang up. He has answered like that, assuming it was a telemarketer, and it was really someone wanting to talk to me! Luckily, everyone knows he can be a bit goofy and they didn't even think much of it.

 

[mbuckles]

mbuckles - sometimes my husband likes to answer the phone and speak this weird gibberish language to the telemarketers until they hang up. Luckily, everyone knows he can be a bit goofy and they didn't even think much of it.

Our morning show guys do a segment called "Dickey Nadmeyer" which is a little like Roy D Mercer, Crank Yankers and Jerky Boys all wrapped up into one. "Dickey" is a Southern gentleman who catches telemarketers in his net and gives them a hard time. It's very funny. They are such easy targets!

 

[DisneyFam5]

Right now, I'm downloading the latest version of every WDW menu onto my palm pilot for my trip. I'm so exited! I've even got all the cruise menus on there! I love gadgets!

 

[cruisenewbie2004]

Where did you find them? I would like to download them into my iPaq

 

[DisneyFam5]

The WDW menus were from eguidestogo and they come in a plucker or isilo format. You can download plucker right from the site. A link can be found on Allearsnet. The cruise menus were a bit trickier. I got them from the dcltribute site, but his note says that they are linked directly to DCL. These are in PDF format. I have "documents to go" on my handheld so I just selected all the text, copied it into a word file, and put that on my palm. It really was easy and it didn't take that long. I don't know if I can post the website, but just add the .com If they block it out I can send it to you

 

[thejenjens]

I just want to say that we only have one more Sat, Sun, Mon, Tues to go before we depart for our trip. And only two more Thurs, and Fri to go. Doesn't that sound pretty cool when you put it that way? I think it does. My mom used to do that for me when I was little, she would say this is the last Mon before we leave and stuff like that. For the ones with kids and the kids that know they are going of course, have any of you thought of sending them a letter and putting down something like we only have 5 more days until out magical vacation.

When we went two years ago that's what my mom did. When her nieces came to visit last Christmas she sent them letters with the coutdown in them. She would write about all the fun things that we would do. I think that is pretty neat. Kids always love to get their own mail. I know I did and my niece and nephews do.

Just an idea. Have a great second to last Wed before we depart day.

Jen

 

[disneygatorfan]

5 more work days left until I cruise...

It's getting really close now, pretty exciting. Has everyone gotten docs yet??? I won't get them until we get to port, and I won't know my stateroom # until I get there as well, so it will all be a big surprise.

Is everyone wearing lime green? I didn't get the DIS buttons ordered in time, so I will just have to wear the lime green. I'll be working on our door decorations this weekend!

One more Saturday and we our on the ship!!

 

[Ratt45]

Since it is after 1pm here on the East coast, we can officially say we are doing the single-digit dance

 

[mbuckles]

Since it is after 1pm here on the East coast, we can officially say we are doing the single-digit dance

I'll join you here in about 21 minutes