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- Mar 20, 2005
pppiglet said:New countdown timer....but I'll never know how many days and hours til I go on my cruise! Yeah right!
I'm a newbie. How do you get a countdown timer????? Thanks in advance!
pppiglet said:New countdown timer....but I'll never know how many days and hours til I go on my cruise! Yeah right!
Jhalkias said:OK, I have a very serious question for those of you who work out while on the cruise to keep up your routine . . .
I pack enough clothes as it is to go on vacation - and I am a BIG "sweater". I perspire quite a bit, and currently lose about 3lbs in my 30 minute workout just in fluids.
So you can imagine, my shirt, my shorts, and my socks are totally soaked and "polluted" by the time I am done. So what do you do with the dirty laundry??? I'm on vacation, and don't want to do daily laundry OR store sweaty clothes in a small stateroom.
So what do you guys do - or don't you sweat????
John
Jhalkias said:OK,
I just want to know how many of you "no elevator" folks have 5 year olds who love pushing buttons - or watching the world go by out the window of a rising elevator!
When on my own, it is easy, but with my 5 year old, dog gone near impossible to avoid the elevator!
John
My kids have been brought up from day 1 that its always better (and most of the time FASTER) to take the stairs. Elevators have never been an item of fascination for them.
Jhalkias said:Im writing this with a bit of trepidation, because my original intent was not to be critical, but to point out what I have seen and perceived as a truism with kids, elevators, and curiosity.
I know that everyone is clamoring about overweight children, but my children have always been taught from day 1 to have curiosity, and to wonder about things, how they work, and to experience different things (safe things). I have used the elevator on the ship as a game, as a way to teach numbers, and just as a way to be in awe of the beautiful ship that is the Disney Magic especially the midship elevators that rise above the atrium. We also make the stairs a game too, and can have fun going up and down those.
Im sorry if I offended any politically correct idea of what is acceptable. Elevators are not a bad thing in and of themselves, and I must admit, if I am really tired, I may take the elevator instead of the stairs. Im sure that it would also burn more calories to swim instead of taking the ship, but I am sure no one would advocate that.
One of the fondest cruise memories I have is of waiting for the elevator with my then four year old midship, and the doors opening to reveal Mickey and Minnie going up with a CM for a show on deck 9. My daughters eyes were like saucers as the CM told us to come on in for a ride, and my DD hugged Mickey and Minnie on the way up and I didnt have my camera!