Early Roll Call for 10-31-04 Happy Halloween Cruise aboard the Wonder !!

[Shana Rayce]

Hi Bauerband -
I have a ressie at the Contemporary...but I am waiting to see if there will be any room only discounts for Oct. They are currently out for Aug. & Sept. right now...so I am crossing my fingers that towards the end of Aug. the codes for Oct. will come out! I am going to switch to the Poly if they do!

So your son will be celebrating a birthday on board too! I am planning to order a Birthday basket for my son to be delivered to our stateroom when we arrive. I have the website that everyone talks about here on the board. Cool!

 

[Pammy jo]

Shana,
I think we're going to do the Comfort Suites/Atlantis thing, but I haven't booked it yet. I need to call and find out the deal for 5 people. If if costs more than 4, than no. Bradley isn't worth paying more for and I can't leave his on the ship in kids club all day by himself.

 

[Shana Rayce]

Pammy Jo-
I doubt you have to pay for kids....most places don't charge for kids under a certain age...Let me know when you call them.

 

[disneyfreakk]

Ralph,

Jay wants to know what your plans are going to be during the election. he and i have different political views and u2 are on the same side, lol.

 

[acrucifer]

funny you ask. during the 2000 elections I watched the returns at a poolside bar at disney all star music hotel near animal kingdom with some Brits, boy that was fun!! this year I am also going to find a nice bar and party down while I watch the returns. steph is not much for staying up late, but I likely hang out until they close every bar on route 66. my first choice will be the espn sky box sports bar (if its still a bar, on the magic, they turned the espn sky box into a kids club. second choice will likey be diversions as they have a number of big screens tvs in there. should be pretty interesting, it is going to be a very close election I think.

 

[acrucifer]

speaking of election day, there is a parody of president bush and john kerry within the context of the upcoming election that is simply hilarious. If you have a sense of humor, regardless of your political leanings, you should find this animated parody hysterically funny. some or most of you may have seen this already as it is going around the internet, but if you havent , do see it now before it is removed from the internet (neither political party is happy with it, but its damn funny) you can find it at www.jibjab.com simply click on it and it will up load, then play. oh and by the way, it is not laced with obscenties, but has a few inappropriate references and therefor is not appropriate for the children.

 

[marley]

Ralph: I heard this on the radio yesterday and wondered where it came from. Very funny

 

[disneyfreakk]

that IS FUNNY!!! my DH had heard it but i hadnt. thanks for sharing.

 

[acrucifer]

bump

 

[acrucifer]

I am officially al little closer to our halloween sailing in that I called our airlines and got our seat assignments. apparently at 90 days prior to your flight, some airlines will assign your seats and confirm your itinerary. anyways we are below 90 days now and soon the summer will be a fond memory. our august newsletter will go out on august 15th. dont forget, at 60 days you can start making your ressies for port excusions in Nassau and castaway cay. some excursions have limited capacity and do fill up and close. this is particularly true of nassua where we might be one of 4 or 5 cruise ships there, so dont wait too long. well, TTFN take care all. Ralph

 

[bgomes]

Pammy Jo: Did you check on the 5 people price for Atlantis yet? Just wondering.

Marley: I've been thinking, do you have a route in the works for our TOT? In a previous post, you said that you would try to plan it so that those without kids would maybe be first. Since the kids have to start somewhere and we are on deck 2 (and we have no kids), I would be happy to start them all off with bags to collect their "loot". Let me know if you all want this.

Also, what about a way to help the kids find all the cabins they need to go to. Perhaps door decorations? Any other ideas?

Barb

 

[Pammy jo]

No I haven't checked out the Atlantis yet. I'm going to when I get back from vacation. We're leaving for TN on Tue. I also need to check on a WL ressie.

 

[marley]

Barb:

what a nice idea about the bags!! I think that would be great since we won't have a lot of room in our luggage to tote around plastic pumpkins and such. I'll put deck 2 down to start at first.

As for the doors, a while back I got a handful of orange Mickey Mouse "paint chips" from the Disney paint collection at Home Depot. I was going to put them on a sign for each of the doors but just have to figure out when I am going to have time to put them all up before the tot'ing. I've got to get in that Palo line first!

Marley

 

[disneyfreakk]

hey guys! i will be more than happy to go around and put up the little paint chips on the doors. we have a cat. 3 which gets to board first right after the disABLEd (and we have concierge so we dont have to participate in the " great run " ). we should be at the port at about noon. i guess i could send you a picture of us ( hubby is kinda hard to miss!! LOL ) and we could pick a meeting place. i just dont think i am going to have anymore room in our suitcases

 

[marley]

Kellie:

that would be great if you could put up the signs!! I can meet you while I'm in line at the port and give them, as well as tape, to you. They will be actual signs, probably out of card stock so they should be sturdy.

They usually start boarding at 12:15 so we can pick a spot to meet beforehand. Most of us have cabins near each other so it should probably take 15 to 20 minutes tops!!

I really appreciate it and we can coordinate meeting as the time gets closer. It's hard to believe how time is flying. My kids start school TOMORROW. I'm sending my youngest to Kindergarten so it will be a sad/happy day

Marley

 

[disneyfreakk]

sure, no problem! i hope the first day of school isnt too hard on you marley! i was also thinking maybe we could each make our own nametags with our disnames and our real names on them! might make it a little easier on everyone.

 

[dridgway]

Hi all - Just found you all! My fam and I are also going to be on 10-31 wonder! My name is Dan and my wife is Gina. We have two girls, ages 6 and 9. We hope to get to know you all before we sail! We live in Cleveland, Ohio - This will be our first cruise... I'll read through the threads to catch up!
Dan

 

[bgomes]

Welcome aboard Dan, Gina and girls! After you read all the entries here, you will probably still have questions, so go ahead and ask them all. Someone will definately answer them.

Let Marley know what you want to do about trick or treating with us.

Barb

 

[dridgway]

does anyone have a list of our members kids ages (and how many there are)?

 

[marley]

Dan:

Welcome aboard! If you haven't found the list yet, it is on page 8 of the thread. That is the most up to date list.

Marley