December 11, 2004 Eastern cruise thread

[Disneyfan37]

Verandah Man-I am glad you were able to get a plane ticket for this weekend.Hope your flight is on time leaving and arriving.I am sending you some pixie dust your way!DH and I will be looking for you and your at two palms.

Shirley from the perfect gift called me this morning.We had to finalize things for the gift basket.She sounded like she was swamped.I promised her we would stop by on the way home.She is such a sweetheart.If anybody wants anything special for your stateroom,she is the gal!It is all falling into place!

I am excited!

Maria

 

[Pgood]

Ditto on being excited!!! I can't concentrate at all anymore, especially at work. I feel bad for my kids who still need to behave during school...they are slowly starting to lose it.

This day is dragging by. I can't believe it's only Tuesday, though I have class the next two nights so it will pick up. The only painful day will be Friday.

For those of you that are leaving early...Have a very safe trip and we'll see you at the port!!!!! YEAH!!!!

 

[smchan]

we will be heading to try and get some photos of the Magic leaving if we can. Send some PD our way that we can make it on time, if not, have a MAGICal cruise!!!

Andy... back at ya! Tell me where I can expect to see you and how I can pick you out of the crowd, and I'll take a picture of you FROM the Magic.

Sam

 

[mbuckles]

Andy... back at ya! Tell me where I can expect to see you and how I can pick you out of the crowd, and I'll take a picture of you FROM the Magic.

Sam

The idea of our very own resident shutterbug on this cruise, staked out with his telefoto lense trying to capture things ashore struck me as funny. Cool Idea Though!

 

[momto2dkids]

Hello all,

Children have their homework for the week they will miss. I'm doing some final loads of laundry so I can pack those last few clothes. Door sign has been made and packed. Passports have been copied. Reservations confirmed. Just a few more things on the list to complete before we leave early Friday morning.

When is the DIS meet? I believe we are scheduled on the first shuttle(10am) from the Radisson to the terminal Saturday morning so we should be plenty early!! I'm looking forward to meeting you fellow DIS'ers. I'll be the frazzled mom with a toddler dressed as Minnie Mouse and DS(5) who says he wants to dress up as Mickey Mouse waiting like the lady on the Mervins commerical a couple of years ago who was leaning against the glass saying, "Open, Open, Open!"

See you all soon! Safe traveling to all!!

 

[jwann]

I feel bad for my kids who still need to behave during school...they are slowly starting to lose it.

LOL, Pam, My kids are going through the same thing! One got a check-mark today at Middle School (for not sitting down) and the other got a warning at Elementary School (for mistakingly walking into the girls bathroom instead of the boys -- when you meet Kevin you'll understand). They are trying to "earn" the privalige of going to the arcade at the boat. Maybe I won't tell Dad....


Also, I have been packing madly today and have come up with some observations....
* We definitely do NOT have enough suitcases.
* Yes, I need all those shoes.
* Six -- the number of times I will likely have to make a Wal-Mart run between now and when we leave.

 

[DisneyFam5]

Jennifer,
Either Wal-mart or Walgreens has been a daily stop for me for at least a week now! I get two 15 minute breaks at work and I can actually get to Walgreens and pick up stuff in that time period. I even run around like a mad woman on my "breaks"! We will be entering KY at about 8:00 pm Thursday (and leaving at about 9:30) We will wave to you and mbuckles!

 

[mbuckles]

Jennifer,
woman on my "breaks"! We will be entering KY at about 8:00 pm Thursday (and leaving at about 9:30) We will wave to you and mbuckles!

My friends with the Kentucky Border Patrol will be stopping to check you when you cross the state line to make sure you've packed all the "essentials"!! lol If they don't like what they see, they'll notify me immediately.

 

[Verandah Man]

Andy... back at ya! Tell me where I can expect to see you and how I can pick you out of the crowd, and I'll take a picture of you FROM the Magic.

Sam

I'm hoping to be somewhere along Jetty Park. If it's warm enough, I should be wearing my DISboard lime green t-shirt. All I know about my mom's new car is that it is green, she wouldn't tell me anymore about it. So, it will be two people, standing in front of a green car, with at least one person (me) wearing a lime green t-shirt waving at all of you on the ship. LOL!!!

 

[DisneyFam5]

We will be in the big black conversion van with Mickey on the back and the antenna. All my valuables are bubble wrapped and hidden in a bright red carry-on suitcase!

 

[ann southworth]

Glad I am not the only one making last minute stops at the stores, Target for us. We cannot live without three to four stops per week normally. As for the kids, ours are totally out of control. It has felt like Christmas around here for weeks! I just hope we get out of town before the snow comes which in Michigan could be any day now. See everyone soon.

Ann

 

[SQUIGGLE]

OK, got the list of questions.
Andy you are the greatest! We'll be looking for you.
all you folks leaving soon - have a safe trip.
We'll see ya real soon!

Come on Friday (we're going to the Radisson Friday night)

fran

 

[thejenjens]

YEAH!!! Being on the road today and not in the office made the day fly by and I almost forget how excited I actually am. Yeah Right, however the day did fly for me.

YEAH for me tonight!!! I will be bringing my own BRAND NEW Digital Camera instead of borrowing my aunt's. I am so excited about my very FIRST digital camera. I just need to learn how it exactly works now. Should be ok.

Can't wait til Fri....this time Fri mom and I will be sitting at the airport waiting for it to be time to boad the plane. Can't wait to see everyone on Sat.

Jen

 

[Disneyfan37]

momto2dkids-Your daughter is going to look adorable dressed up as minnie.I can't wait to see her.Yes,open,open,open let us know!

jwann-Poor kids!Us as adults can't stop thinking about anything but this trip.I am sure it is even worse for a child.Come on Friday!

DisneyFam5-You all drive safely.I did most of my shopping this past weekend.I am waiting till Thursday to stack up again for the dckids for the upcoming week.I am trying to stay away from the stores.

SQUIGGLE-How far are you from port?You are here in FL right?The Radisson sounds like a good idea for Friday night,but then again I know I won't be ready till Friday late real late!

thejenjens-Congratulations on your new camera!You are already now.I am glad your day went by fast.My dragged and dragged.Tomorrow it will go fast as Wednesday's are busy around here!

Verandah Man-We will be on the look out for you and your Mom.We will be on Deck 10 midship facing port.Thank you so much!

Come on Friday!

Maria

 

[Pgood]

I feel way to organized. I just know that I am missing something. I wrote out my list yesterday and every night I do a little more.

Tomorrow I am going to spend some time (lunch time, of course! ) on the computer looking up digital cameras. I heard St. Thomas is supposed to be cheaper than here and we need a new camera. I prefer one that writes directly to DVD. Any suggestions?

I have even gone so far as ordered my food shopping to be delivered the Sunday morning we come home. Anyone else have Peapod by them? It's the most amazing thing....order food online and PRESTO!!! it shows up at my house all bagged perfectly (frozen food together, dairy together, etc.) It takes 5 minutes to unpack and I'm done.

I am way ready for this trip....if I don't get out of here soon I will have a melt down!!!


Jwann - I must agree...I used to think we had plenty of suitcases, but this time we need another big one (or two). I have concluded it's because the kids have gotten bigger and their clothes take up more room. Tiny clothes allowed us to get them both in less than a small suitcase, this time I think they took one of the big ones away from us! I keep telling Colin that I need to squish him down so he doesn't get any bigger!!

 

[Pgood]

I am definitaly getting punchy...I can't wait for Friday!!!

 

[jwann]

I am definitaly getting punchy...I can't wait for Friday!!!

You are cracking me up!

 

[DisneyFam5]

I really, really want to go to bed, but I'm waiting for laundry to get done so I'm going to tell you my story. (My family is all sleeping and I'm antsy and bored!) There is a group of about 7 of us girls from high school who still try to get together every month or two. One of them wanted to get together for Christmas, but we are all busy and she knew we were leaving soon. I went to a concert for my son tonight and one of the girls was there. She asked if I wasn't going to dinner with everyone and when I asked when she told me tonight! I wasn't invited! I thought maybe they thought I was gone already or just too busy. I didn't notice my phone messages when I got home and listened at about 9:30pm. The friend that planned it was calling me at 7:22 because she was worried that maybe I didn't get her e-mail and maybe I wasn't coming! I changed our e-mail in August (and told her, but...) and I guess she just told people to let her know if we couldn't make it! Her phone message said she hoped I was coming, because I was the guest of honor. While I was busy e-mailing her to tell her what happened my doorbell rang. It was one of the other girls who lives near me, delivering gifts they all brought me! I hope my party was fun! Do you believe I missed my first and probably only 40th birthday party! It was a nice thought, though!

Sorry to ramble on, but I wish that stupid laundry would.... Oh, yeah! My dryer is done. It's buzzing. I can go to bed now!

Jay Leno is on and he just said they raised the price at WDW to $59 now. Your wallet must be this fat to get in! He said that for that price you should get a lap dance from Tinkerbelle! Ha Ha!

 

[smchan]

Well, I finally got all my clothes together. Of course, I packed my camera bag first. 2 SLRs, 5 lenses, 2 flashes, 4 filters, 2 chargers, 3 manuals, 1 laptop, bunches of batteries, a tripod and a partridge in a pear tree. And my new pano head will be here Thursday right before I leave! Bring on the photo ops!

I've got the 200mm lens in the bag just so I can photograph the Coast Gaurd busting Andy as he tries to swim out to the Magic from Jetty Park. (Andy, if you make it, I'll throw you a life ring. And I'll pack an extra coat and tie just in case.)

Sam

 

[disneygatorfan]

Guess what?? I'm officially on vacation!! Woohooo! Now I just have to make it until Saturday, but it's great being done with work for 10 whole days!

Now, bring on the cruise!