FEB 14 2004 Western Cruiser's

[cjsbmiller]

Cant wait only a month to go.

 

[moocow35]

Congratulations on getting your documents Happy Birthday Cat! Did you book your air with Disney? Usually they mail out the documents to people without air before the people who booked with air. Soon be soon for us, though. (patiently tapping while waiting for the UPS guy)

Welcome cjsbmiller! Have you cruised Disney before?


Hey Mark, glad you got the countdown to work! We all are getting down there. My countdown for this cruise has been going on since August 2002! Still waiting for Disney to release the new info for 2005 before booking the next one.

Robin

 

[disneypilots]

We got out Cruise doc's on Friday. They were a bit messed up, we changed cat's just before the printing....... But all is now well, Thanks to the great Cast Members at DCL.

Many Thanks again Robin !!!!

We are looking forward to meeting all of you on the cruise !!!

 

[Happy Birthday Cat]

Robin,

No we did our own air. DH and DS just placed an order for their tuxedo rentals for formal and semi formal dinner nights. The info on the tux rental came in the document package.

Martha (HBC)

 

[The FairyGodmother]

Just wanted to let you know that I change my user name. It used to be Geneca but I decided that I needed to change my name to my future occupation. Hopefully.


Laura

 

[Happy Birthday Cat]

I decided that I needed to change my name to my future occupation.

If you find out where to put in an application for that job (fairygodmother), please let me know.

HBC

 

[The FairyGodmother]

HBC

I asked one time about how does someone apply for that position and i was told that They didn't think the Fairy GodMother was would be wanting to give up her job anytime soon. HA

I guess they don't know what I have planned for retirement.

Laura

 

[The FairyGodmother]

Does anyone know how to upload different avatars. I found one that i want to use but is not in the group of ones that are in the user cp. I did see that you could upload your own it just doesn't tell you how. Any help?

 

[Happy Birthday Cat]

FGM: I would go to the technical support board and ask them for help. The answer could be different based on a number of factors. Here is the link to that board:

http://disboards.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=43

HBC

 

[Happy Birthday Cat]

cjsbmiller:

I just noticed you are from Latham. We are from the other side of the river in East Greenbush. It is a Small World after all?

HBC

 

[DMOMof3]

Thanks everyone for the kind thoughts and prayers, the funeral was a celebration and reflection on my grandmothers life.

Now I know why we stopped visiting Canada in the winter, snow & cold, driving was terrible. Kind of like it is today in Connecticut.

It was so nice to see family I hadn't seen in over 25 years, brought back old memories of summer vacations in Canada.

Now its time to catch up on some cruise reading. I also have to answer a few PM's.

Do any of you past cruisers know when the Character breakfast is? Is this something that may interfere with Palo brunch? What is a good time for brunch?

Waiting for Doc's.

 

[The FairyGodmother]

We have booked the Conch train for Key West but I am having serious second thoughts on this. From post I have read it seems like maybe this might not be the way to go. The trolley sounds like we may have more flexibility. My questions are if you buy a ticket for the trolley does that entitle you to get on and off at the stops without paying again Meaning is the price of the ticket good for the whole day or do you have to pay each time you want to get back on the trolley. Also, does the Trolley have the same narration that you will get on the Train? Since we have never been to Key West we want to get all the details of the city.

Thanks for the info.

 

[disneypilots]

The Character Breakfast Days for the Western according to the Passporter are Sunday, Monday, and Thursday. If I remember correctly, If you start your dining rotation in AP, your CB is Sunday Morning, If your rotation starts in Lumiere's it would be Monday Morning, and lastly PC would be Thursday Morning. Does anyone know a way to find out your seating rotation prior to boarding ???

Mark

 

[clara]

anxiously awaiting cruise doc's

getting ready to pack. it's tough to buy spring/summer clothes when we've got so much snow and 0 degree temps.

i'm also hoping to do a palo brunch and would love to know the rotation beforehand. i'm scheduled for the late seating and wonder what my chances of changing times are.

happy planning/packing!

 

[moocow35]

Hi Fairygodmother,

We did the trolley for that reason, you can get on and off when you want. We did not book through Disney, we walked over and bought the tickets there. Yes, the driver does narration, and the fee that you pay is for the day. No problems getting on and off. You might want to check out this link: http://www.historictours.com/keywest/ Hopefully it will work, if not let me know. It explains what both the train and trolley do, and you can even buy online for a discount. Again we had no problem walking a short distance and purchasing tickets there.

Disneypilots, I don't know of any way you can get your dining rotation in advance. Unless maybe if you are in catagory 1, 2, or 3, you might get special treatment.

The character breakfast is very early in the morning as I recall. I have never done it because of the early hour. I did Palo brunch last year on Key West Day. We don't dock until 12:00 noon, so a 10 or 10:30 brunch is what I believe I did. On a sea day the year before, I believe I did an 11:00 brunch.

Clara, we have late dining, I prefer it, so I requested it. You aren't so rushed, and early dining just cuts your day too short. If you have little ones though, they may fall asleep at the table for the first few nights until they get used to it.

I am still (not so patiently tapping) waiting for my docs. Last year I got my docs on 1/17 for a 2/15 sailing. So looks like tomorrow might be the day!

Robin

 

[DMOMof3]

Is it cold enough for everyone?

 

[DMOMof3]

went to my mailbox hoping for DOc's, instead I got my Pins from Jeffrey, next best thing. Thanks Jeffrey & family for putting the time, effort and thought into this. Will I look silly if I start wearing them now?

 

[disneypilots]

If this cold is to get me into the mood for the Cruise and its warm weather.......Enough allready !!!!! We will be in Grand Cayman before we thaw out !!!!




Mark

 

[JeffreyY]

Lynn:

I'm glad you liked the buttons. The bubbles are for the sail away party. We did not get our DOC's either (we made our reservations thru DU with Disney Air). Hopefully they will come Monday when we will actually be home to receive them.

Everyone else on the 2/14 cruise:

If you would like free personalized buttons for our cruise please PM or email me (jeffreyy@aol.com) the first names you want on the buttons and where I should send them. They will come with a lanyard to hold your room card and no-spill sail away party bubbles for the children. (If you received your buttons without bubbles, the bubbles are coming soon).

Jeffrey (in very cold New York)

 

[moocow35]

No docs yet here either When you book Disney Air with your package, they are the last to go out. Jeffrey, I hope you are right about Monday, does UPS run on MLK holiday? That would be great as DD will be home that day. (still not so patiently tapping)

More snow for tonight, enough already, they say we are already above average for the year. The warm weather on the cruise is sounding really good about now. Should be a quick month for us though, lot's of traveling for college interviews. Syracuse yesterday, flying to North Carolina on the 22nd, Boston on the 29th, and Tallahassee on the 5th. Then no time at all to wait for the cruise!

Robin (freezing in Connecticut)