"Double Dip Delight" Alternate Western 09/27/08

[Buckeye Gal]

Thank you so much for the information about all of the other kids being the ages of mine. Its so great to be able to know things like this.
Deanna helped me get my account set up so I had to laugh when you said you sent her a private message. We Buckeyes stick together even when everyone else might think we are crazy fans!!! I laughed when you mentioned the Buckeye candy as I just explained it to my cousin's wife in Florida, which by the way, she is originally from Michigan! EEEWWW! Just kidding!
I could not have booked this trip without hearing the wonderful feedback from Deanna. She has helped me so much and its nice being able to walk across the street to express some excitement! Its seems so far away, but I think having all of you to talk to will help overcome that waiting period. THANK YOU!

My pleasure to pass along interesting stats to all of you!

Be careful with the Michigan comments!! Doug46 will be after both of us! If you haven't yet made it through all the pages, somewhere in the upper page 50's, there are several pages about buckeye candy! You should forward that onto your cousin's wife! After posting the recipe, I think some people here even spent the following weekend making them!! LOL

Glad you have Deanna and us to share your excitement! I know I felt the same way about coming to the boards to share my excitement when no one in my immediate world could even comprehend that I was planning a vacation 16 months in advance!

 

[Buckeye Gal]

.... OH YEA, I am A HUGE BIG BROTHER FAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want Dick to win

My condolences in advance that Dick's going to be out on Thursday....

Denise!!! Congrats in that Dick somehow survived tonight. You never know what can happen in the house, can ya? Wow! This week will be interesting to say the least!

 

[anewmac]

Notice anything different ......

 

[Buckeye Gal]

Notice anything different ......

WOO HOO!!!!!!

Not to forget....
Phoenix will have four other 10 yr-old boys to make friends with, and Justice join our other new 6-yr old boy who will be with Jenn15 plus 5 other boys their age!

 

[anewmac]

WOO HOO!!!!!!

Not to forget....
Phoenix will have four other 10 yr-old boys to make friends with, and Justice join our other new 6-yr old boy who will be with Jenn15 plus 5 other boys their age!

That is probably the only time you will see there names in full LOL. I usually refer to them as P, J and E (that would be the DH, Elbert, Pronounced just like Albert but with an E instead of A) Btw my full name is Andrea but I get called EVERY variation of that so Drea is just easier... plus whenever I hear the name ANDREA I think I'm in trouble LOL.

(ok time out.. I have to say Im running on pure excitment adrenaline right now, not to mention that I played hookie from work to be with the boys one last day before school starts Monday of which J starts Kinder this yr.. my baby is going to school added with the fact that I have been up for a few hours and had MANY cups of coffee! I AM getting some laundry done though!!!! )

Now back to the IMPORTANT STUFF! If you havent checked the main board I went post crazy last night , again was very excited after booking LOL. I would love to join in on all the meets LOL, lets see what have I read that I remember.. Brunch, Tea, Coffee, adult beverage'ssssssssss etc Im up for it all! E also.. well maybe not the Tea and Coffee!

Would love to get a pen pal for the boys either via email or snail mail. I know P loves to get mail, J too even though he cant fully read and write yet but P can help him.

Lanyards... if you still need help with that count me in!

Fish Extenders- would love if anyone has a pattern or instructions to make one. I keep checking ebay but find nada! (I know still months away 13 to be exact) but Im sewing challenged and would really need to get a jump on this LOL or better yet bribe my mom to see if she could do this !!

Also any scrapbookers on this cruise... if so anyone want to do a swap, maybe a circle journal or something of that nature??? I have already started collecting supplies for this cruise.. and you would think I would scrap the 10 other visits to Dland 1st! HEY I Have priorities LOL.

Alright off to enjoy the sun with my sons!

also just to note.. at this time we are in a gty 12... but who knows we could join the fun in room 6080 LOL

 

[zweihund]

also just to note.. at this time we are in a gty 12... but who knows we could join the fun in room 6080 LOL

 

[Buckeye Gal]

Sandi, aka HOAGIE PIE...you've been published!! Very nice!!!

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=20382393&postcount=58


I also think someone who was on the Transatlantic cruise previously made reference to an actual treasure chest being used as a Fish Extender. If the one shown on the post linked above is it, OMG.....I'm SOOOOOO impressed!!! It IS awesome!

 

[Buckeye Gal]

Well, I'm back in the Big Apple....with a big problem. No luggage.

Now how in the world does a piece of luggage get lost on a direct morning flight between Columbus, Ohio to NYC is beyond me, especially when it wasn't like I checked-in last minute. I checked-in 1.5 hours prior to the *planned* departure time (that's a whole other story). Apparently I wasn't the only one on my little plane whose luggage was lost because I wasn't the only Buckeye in American's Baggage Claim office. Thankfully I'm at a very nice historical hotel that has a plush robe to cuddle up in! So I'm cozy and comfortable at least. (think positive thoughts....think positive thoughts)

So after dinner at Dos Caminos (which I highly recommend and don't pass up the fresh-to-order guacamole), I went to the corner CVS to pick up some basic necessities. I purchased a hairbrush, comb, toothbrush/paste, deodorant, hairspray, and some BASIC cheap makeup (because it will already be a bad, ugly scene to see me and my thin straight hair with no body to it....no makeup whatsoever would be most frightening ). This small little white bag with travel sized products in it cost me $34!! Unbelievable!! I assure you I'm not that vain of a person to worry too much about my looks...afterall, I am willing to run to the store with no makeup....but on a business trip, ya just wanta look a LITTLE civilized! So I'm sucking it up!

Sooooo....good news is that even though I may not look stellar tomorrow, for sure I will smell good thanks to shampoo, toothpaste, and Secret. (think positive thoughts...think positive thoughts) That's pretty important when you're stuck in a conference room with people all day! With any luck and pixie dust, maybe, just maybe, the luggage fairy will find me during the night!

Okay....I'm done venting! Good night all, and for those of you starting the school year back up this week, I hope that goes well for you!

 

[Muushka]

Nighty night. I hope all your things are waiting for you when you wake up!

 

[anewmac]

Well, I'm back in the Big Apple....with a big problem. No luggage.

Now how in the world does a piece of luggage get lost on a direct morning flight between Columbus, Ohio to NYC is beyond me, especially when it wasn't like I checked-in last minute. I checked-in 1.5 hours prior to the *planned* departure time (that's a whole other story). Apparently I wasn't the only one on my little plane whose luggage was lost because I wasn't the only Buckeye in American's Baggage Claim office. Thankfully I'm at a very nice historical hotel that has a plush robe to cuddle up in! So I'm cozy and comfortable at least. (think positive thoughts....think positive thoughts)

OMG you poor thing. I hope the pixis come and surprize you with some luggage

My parents went to Mexico for 5 days and they lost there luggage.. 2days before the left.. they found there luggage. My mom made the best of it.... but pops not such a happy camper LOL... This how now put the fear in my when we travel uggg!

GOOD LUCK!

 

[anewmac]

OK I thought I his save on a previous thread today ... but guess NOT LOL

so let me try this again.

I am really wanting a cruise LOGO. Call it being anul or 1st time parinod cruiser (well not relaly pariniod persay more like wanting it all!) Thats it I want it all RIGHT now!! (HMM now I sound like Varuka from Charlie and the choc factory LOL) anyhow so I had been trying my hand at making a logo, call me a nerd I really want to put one in my signature. So this is my 2nd try at it...

Well I didnt like it so I went on to the creative board here and found a "friend" to help out and she based on the ideas and basic concept we had came up with she made this ...

Now my feelings wont get hurt if yall dont like it and if im being overly anul and pushy on this subject. Let me know. Anyway we we want to conspire and add or change or take away things give me input and i can take it back to hear and see what she can do with the new info. If anything its a start right.

oh ya and I know it has the wrong yr thats #1 on the list to fix LOL thats my fault im so used to putting 07 instead of 08

 

[skoi]

Andrea-

They both look great. On our first double dip we had a logo and all made door magnets. Some people made T-shirts, too

Julie

 

[jcemom]

They do both look pretty good... I think *I* would like the images/forefront of the second one, but over top the parchment scroll of the first one rather than superimposed over the ships. JMO of course, LOL.

 

[tig82174]

Hey everyone!!

Well I know I'm a very BAD Diser-----I haven't been around at all lately posting (but I have been trying to read at least once or twice a week so as not to fall too far behind). I promise to post more and get back into the thick of things.....We've just had so many little "mini-vacations" recently...and serveral more upcoming....that it's been hard to focus on the Double Dip. Once we're done with our DisneyLAND trip in Nov. though we will have no more Disney trips planned until the Double Dip....so I'll become a posting fiend!! (Just ask anyone who was on the TransAtlantic repo boards!! )

Anyhow...what prompted me to post today was the logos that anewmac is working on. They're FABULOUS!! (anewmac---you rock for having the drive to work on that!) I couldnt' agree more....this cruise/our board needs a logo.

If we can design and agree on a logo...it will go a long way, too, in terms of the projects I agreed to work on.

Our lanyards are definitely going to be green....but the ID tags on the lanyard with our names will look very blank with just our names and screennames in them.....we need a logo to go there, too!! If we can agree on a logo, too, I will be more than happy to set it up with cafepress so that we can get it printed on Tshirts, bags, hats, magnets, whatever. (Cafepress is really great for that if you've never tried it.) I will offer this one caution, though, I have never tried to print an objct through CafePress that includes a licensed character (like Mickey Mouse)...so we may not be able to get away with that for Tshirts....they may nix it because Mickey is copyrighted (I know that they nixed one of hte shirts we tried to make for the TransAtlantic because it had the word "Disney" in the classic disney font on it). The nametags I am printing here so we can put whatever we want on those.....but we may need to create a "revised" logo for Tshirts that will fly undert he radar. (A tip....I was able to make a shirt on CafePress that SIMULATED the mickey ears hat last year....so maybe if we thought of doing something like that....like mickey ears worn a little sideways on top the ice cream cone scoops, etc.)

So I would propose that we definitely think about a logo...either from the designs that anewmac has already proposed or if others get thrown into the ring, as well. We can then try to come to some concensus on which design we like and move ahead from there.


I also remember seeing someone offer to help with lanyards a page or 2 back.....so just as a general reminder about that:

Our goal is to have a custom lanyard with ID tag/name badge for every DISer aboard. (I know someone proposed not doing them for kids because kids might not wear them...but honestly I think logistically it becomes even more to try to manage to remember which kids do and don't want them....and even for kids who don't use them as lanyards, they make a great souvenir. We put our lanyards from the TransAtlantic into our scrapbook because they are printed with the dates and name of the voyage...so I think even kids could use them) In order to be able to provide these lanyards to everyone from this DIS thread, we need a group of us to volunteer to be a part of the "Lanyard Team"----which means that team members will all chip in a set amount of money to cover the cost of the lanyards in total so that we can provide them for FREE to all our DIS friends! Hadley (NHDisneylover) and I are heading up the lanyard and name badge efforts. If you are interested in being a part of the lanyard team and helping cover costs...then send a PM to Hadley and she'll add your name to the list. Once we get closer to the deadline to actually order and get them we'll make contact with all of you to arrange details.

See you all on the boards.....and then next Sept. we'll see ABOARD!!

 

[ilovemangoes]

anewmac

I love both the designs but am partial to the second. However, if you follow the red dotted lines, you only have us visiting Cataway Cay once...

Awesome work!!

I can't wait until we get an "official" cruise logo, ultimately it will be part of my reveal to the family. Only 11 months to go before I get to tell them...

Erik

You can sign me up as a "volunteer" for some of the required funds. I have two kids that will be going along and I know that they both would just love to have a lanyard, so it won't be wasted on them.

You can PM me whenever you get around to doing whatever it is you need to do.

 

[Epperbiker]

I really like both designs, and I feel terrible pointing it out, but it looks like what is labeled Costa Maya is actually Grand Cayman.

P.S. - It looks like Costa Maya may be all new by the time we get there... Hurricane Dean has devastated the area:

Update......


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Costa Maya estimates 6- to 8-month closure
22/8/2007
Puerto Costa Maya estimates a six- to eight-month closure due to damage suffered from the direct hit by Hurricane Dean, Seatrade Insider has learned.
‘We believe more than 50% of the pier is gone. It’s a multimillion-dollar loss,’ port spokesman Cesar Lizarraga said.

An assessment of facilities is under way and more information will be provided soon. No casualties were reported in the area as of yesterday, but there was heavy damage to the fishing village of Majahual and the town of Bacalar.

‘We will rebuild,’ Lizarraga told Seatrade Insider. ‘The region is counting on us.’ The Hamui family, chief investors in Puerto Costa Maya, will soon put forward their recovery plan.

Mexican President Felipe Calderón overnighted in Chetumal, 60 miles south of Puerto Costa Maya, and is scheduled to inspect the port and surrounding area today.

Lizarraga is starting to call on cruise lines in South Florida to discuss the future. He anticipates operators will redeploy ships to Western Caribbean ports such as Roatán and Belize while Costa Maya is rebuilding.

 

[Muushka]

About those logos....

I think I liked the idea of overlaying the second over the first (on the scroll type of logo).

That second one is of particular interest to us. That ship behind the Magic is a Celebrity ship, which we are cruising in 4 months! Have to show the husband that one!

 

[Buckeye Gal]

Thanks for the Pixie Dust! I had luggage at 4:00 am!!! Yeah!!

However....of course this trip couldn't go back to "normal". There was a fire at the Radisson Hotel this afternoon near Park Ave and 48th Street that had smoke filling into our office building. The smoke was so thick outside and we actually smelled it from a conference room in the middle of the building, which was what brought us outside of the room to see if there was something we needed to know about. I tell ya....it was interesting to see the determination in people's face as they swiftly picked up things and left the building. I seriously cannot even imagine what fears they have after living through 9/11/01. So, we left the office around 3:45, giving me time to check on personal mail and such before getting ready for dinner.

OH! Then....this morning, I was watching the Today show, and they were doing live coverage from my little hometown of Shelby, Ohio for the floods. That took me by surprise! The waters rose all the way up to the press box of our football field. Unbelievable. I called my mom (who will be joining us on the cruise), and it seems that everyone in the family who still lives there is fine. Shoot...they just had a tornado about 2 weeks ago on the night of my grandfather's calling hours. That town has been run down so badly since I grew up there....I'm sure this isn't going to help at all.

Drea....amazing logos you've been working on there! I think once everyone who wants to put their logo ideas out there, we could do a poll posting to vote. I'm so excited to think of us getting these kinds of details worked out!!

Have a great evening everyone!

 

[zweihund]

Costa Maya estimates 6- to 8-month closure
22/8/2007
Puerto Costa Maya estimates a six- to eight-month closure due to damage suffered from the direct hit by Hurricane Dean, Seatrade Insider has learned.
‘We believe more than 50% of the pier is gone. It’s a multimillion-dollar loss,’ port spokesman Cesar Lizarraga said.

An assessment of facilities is under way and more information will be provided soon. No casualties were reported in the area as of yesterday, but there was heavy damage to the fishing village of Majahual and the town of Bacalar.

‘We will rebuild,’ Lizarraga told Seatrade Insider. ‘The region is counting on us.’ The Hamui family, chief investors in Puerto Costa Maya, will soon put forward their recovery plan.

Mexican President Felipe Calderón overnighted in Chetumal, 60 miles south of Puerto Costa Maya, and is scheduled to inspect the port and surrounding area today.

Lizarraga is starting to call on cruise lines in South Florida to discuss the future. He anticipates operators will redeploy ships to Western Caribbean ports such as Roatán and Belize while Costa Maya is rebuilding.

I was wondering about our ports this morning as I listened to NPR talk about the devastation. The third strongest storm ever to make landfall since the thirties!

 

[NHdisneylover]

Hello All

Much like Eirk--I'm Baaaack! Or more acurately, all of our visitors are gone now (Mom left this morning) so I can resume spending lots of time in the land of DIS. Though I will not be fully in the swing of things until after our two week trip to Detroit/WDW. When mid Spetember rolls around I will be posting like mad again I am sure. Erik and Jason are meeting up with us at the World so expect to hear more about lanyards in late Spet. as we will get to talk about them IN PERSON.

Okay, here goes a feeble attempt to catch up on a few of the MANY things I missed:

Lanyard team: Thanks to anewmac and ilovemangoes for volunteering to be on the team. Your names are now on THE LIST

Welcome to more and more new people. It will be fun.

Drea--LOVE the graphics (and yes we DO need a logo) I also like the idea of putting that second one in the post from the other day overlayed on the background of the first. Erik has a good point about using Mickey Icons (in that it may be better not to). But, yes the map must be adjusted (Costa Maya is on the main land just north of Beliz)--unless of course the rebuilding takes longer than anticipated and our itenerary changes (I think a triple dip would be okay ). But seriously, I know Cozumel has still not fully recovered from the last hurricane to rip through there and Costa Maya was so much less to begin with. I really feel for everyone there (many people who came from Cozumel to rebuild their lives in Costa Maya). I am hoping when everything settles that the devisattion turns out to be less than intially thought.

Cruise wear: Erik, when you set up the shirts are you thinking off adding a very slim "profit" to donate to your aides charity that you and Jason walk for? I think Ken did that on the other cruise and it worked very well (but I may be mistaken).

Kimberly: What a disastrous two weeks you have had. I am so sorry about your grandfather And all of the NYC fiascos sound really frustrating. You need this cruise NOW!

If I missed something or somebody I do apologize and it is entirely unintentional.

We had a nice visit with my mom. Our trip to NYC was really fun. The highlight for the kids and I was seeing Xanadu on Broadway. Thanks to Erik and Chris for their combined efforts to nudge us toward that fabuously fun show.

Overshadowing everything now is that David bought a street bike today (as in motorcycle). He had one in college but not since. He also raced a dirt bike (endurance races) in High school and college and is finallly selling that bit of his youth as he has not ridden it in 10 years (yes Marika is 10, yep there is a connection ). We only live 5 miles from his work (on back roads the entire way) and he wants it to commute. He convinced me to ride with him to dinner tonight (the least he could do was buy me a meal, right?) and it was my very first time riding out on a street (never wanted to go when he was in college). Eek He took it very easy and everything was fine, but it still freaked me out.

I will try to catch up more later on. Drea keep up the good work on the logos (oh and I like both in the most recent post more than our very first one--the skelton on that one was "eery" to my really easily freaked DD).