First Ever DISUnplugged Podcast Cruise Ten, Seriously Ten?!? You People Talk Too Much

[3guysandagal]

Helpful Hint....

To expedite your check in process go to www.DisneyCruise.com and complete the online check in process.

It will make things go much faster at check in.

After a day or two...this message will be pages back.

Tell everyone.

It really will help you get on the ship faster. I did it for John and I this evening.

Bumpin' for Kevin!


1 day....20 pages......just sayin'

 

[Tonya2426]

This was posted on the Cruise Board about getting your passport stamped in Nassau and thought it was a good tip - especially if you have kids (or adults) who want their passport stamped for fun instead of having an empty sad little passport.

In Nassau it was very easy to get stamps. You just walk inside the port terminal building and there was an information desk, I asked the man there where to go, and he pointed out the door to a security booth. We walked to the booth and told him we wanted the stamps, and he buzzed open a gate for us to walk over to the government building a few steps away. Once there we were directed to an office where a nice customs official was happy to stamp our passports. I'm so glad we took the 5 minutes to do this before Atlantis because I love getting the stamps!

 

[aGoofyMom]

Thought ya'll would like to know that the Internet Service onboard is provided by a 128kb (bi-directional) VSAT connection. What does that mean to you? It means that everyone on board is sharing roughly the equivilant of 2 dial-up lines to the internet. Add a 2 second round trip latency ( the satellites are 22000 miles away, there is no escaping the speed of light) and that means you are in for trip back 10 years for internet service. So before you sign-up for the all you can eat Internet, know that you are not eating very much. Do not feel too bad. Most offshore oil rigs only get 56kb across a very old microwave system (used to be Shell's) for their internet

The cellular (and internet) are backhauled across the MTN VSAT network. They are the cruise industry standard for customer connectivity. They also provide the Satellite TV feed as well.

So to all the geeky folks, like myself, here you go. I would not count on uploading many 15 megapixel, RAW pictures back to the shore.

I am going to share this with DH - his boss was hinting about having him answer emails while on vacation (AGAIN!) If I knew his boss better I would copy it into an email and send it straight to him with the picture I have of DH working on his BlackBerry at Epcot while his DD is playing right in front of him!!

What ever works!!!!!

And I got tagged!

new tag!

Well, better late than not at all! We just signed up last week and are very excited to be going! We are looking forward to meeting all the DISers. I've been lurking on the boards for years, but tend to be a bit shy about posting. My wife is fairly new to the boards and has become addicted!

This is our second Disney Cruise. Our first one was on May 10, 2008, when we set sail on the Disney Magic Westbound Panama Canal Cruise for 16 magical days. After that, four days is just going to fly by - especially with all the fun the Podcast Crew has planned for us.

One of the reasons we are going on this cruise is because we are expecting our first grandchild on May 8. Our son is a Navy Airman and Rescue Swimmer and he is stationed in Guam with his wife. So, even though we are ecstatic about our first grandchild, there is sadness in our hearts that we won't be able to see or hold him/her (we don't know the gender) until our son and his family come home on leave in January. We planned to be in Guam, but our son's deployment date kept getting moved which prevented us from being able to make travel arrangements. So, we thought we'd surround ourselves by new friends on the cruise and celebrate our grandchild's birth.

We'll see you real soon.....

Merry Mousketeer (Michael) and Disney Enabler (Carol)

This was posted on the Cruise Board about getting your passport stamped in Nassau and thought it was a good tip - especially if you have kids (or adults) who want their passport stamped for fun instead of having an empty sad little passport.

In Nassau it was very easy to get stamps. You just walk inside the port terminal building and there was an information desk, I asked the man there where to go, and he pointed out the door to a security booth. We walked to the booth and told him we wanted the stamps, and he buzzed open a gate for us to walk over to the government building a few steps away. Once there we were directed to an office where a nice customs official was happy to stamp our passports. I'm so glad we took the 5 minutes to do this before Atlantis because I love getting the stamps!

Us International cruisers have to surrender our passports while on board. I am guessing that means no stamps still...they didn't stamp it in Cuba either - and I was not about to ask that guy anything I didn't need to ask.

 

[winotracy]

Us International cruisers have to surrender our passports while on board. I am guessing that means no stamps still...they didn't stamp it in Cuba either - and I was not about to ask that guy anything I didn't need to ask.

I have been told by Disney Cruise Lines that you no longer have to surrender your passports. We shall see in no time!

 

[Launchpad11B]

I am not on the Adam bandwagon yet. There is something that bothers me about him - not sure what it is but can't see myself paying to download an album of his.

Me either Tonya. This season is very weak.

 

[aGoofyMom]

I have been told by Disney Cruise Lines that you no longer have to surrender your passports. We shall see in no time!

I hope so!!!! Not only will I go and get a stamp on my passport, but then we won't be lined up at 5:30 am on the 14th...

 

[kab407]

Well, better late than not at all! We just signed up last week and are very excited to be going! We are looking forward to meeting all the DISers. I've been lurking on the boards for years, but tend to be a bit shy about posting. My wife is fairly new to the boards and has become addicted!

This is our second Disney Cruise. Our first one was on May 10, 2008, when we set sail on the Disney Magic Westbound Panama Canal Cruise for 16 magical days. After that, four days is just going to fly by - especially with all the fun the Podcast Crew has planned for us.

One of the reasons we are going on this cruise is because we are expecting our first grandchild on May 8. Our son is a Navy Airman and Rescue Swimmer and he is stationed in Guam with his wife. So, even though we are ecstatic about our first grandchild, there is sadness in our hearts that we won't be able to see or hold him/her (we don't know the gender) until our son and his family come home on leave in January. We planned to be in Guam, but our son's deployment date kept getting moved which prevented us from being able to make travel arrangements. So, we thought we'd surround ourselves by new friends on the cruise and celebrate our grandchild's birth.

We'll see you real soon.....

Merry Mousketeer (Michael) and Disney Enabler (Carol)

Welcome to the party Michael and Carol!!!

 

[firsttimemom]

Well, better late than not at all! We just signed up last week and are very excited to be going! We are looking forward to meeting all the DISers. I've been lurking on the boards for years, but tend to be a bit shy about posting. My wife is fairly new to the boards and has become addicted!

This is our second Disney Cruise. Our first one was on May 10, 2008, when we set sail on the Disney Magic Westbound Panama Canal Cruise for 16 magical days. After that, four days is just going to fly by - especially with all the fun the Podcast Crew has planned for us.

One of the reasons we are going on this cruise is because we are expecting our first grandchild on May 8. Our son is a Navy Airman and Rescue Swimmer and he is stationed in Guam with his wife. So, even though we are ecstatic about our first grandchild, there is sadness in our hearts that we won't be able to see or hold him/her (we don't know the gender) until our son and his family come home on leave in January. We planned to be in Guam, but our son's deployment date kept getting moved which prevented us from being able to make travel arrangements. So, we thought we'd surround ourselves by new friends on the cruise and celebrate our grandchild's birth.

We'll see you real soon.....

Merry Mousketeer (Michael) and Disney Enabler (Carol)

Welcme Michael and Carol! The bright side is you will have 100's of people toasting your new grandchild!

 

[safetymom]

Well, better late than not at all! We just signed up last week and are very excited to be going! We are looking forward to meeting all the DISers. I've been lurking on the boards for years, but tend to be a bit shy about posting. My wife is fairly new to the boards and has become addicted!

This is our second Disney Cruise. Our first one was on May 10, 2008, when we set sail on the Disney Magic Westbound Panama Canal Cruise for 16 magical days. After that, four days is just going to fly by - especially with all the fun the Podcast Crew has planned for us.

One of the reasons we are going on this cruise is because we are expecting our first grandchild on May 8. Our son is a Navy Airman and Rescue Swimmer and he is stationed in Guam with his wife. So, even though we are ecstatic about our first grandchild, there is sadness in our hearts that we won't be able to see or hold him/her (we don't know the gender) until our son and his family come home on leave in January. We planned to be in Guam, but our son's deployment date kept getting moved which prevented us from being able to make travel arrangements. So, we thought we'd surround ourselves by new friends on the cruise and celebrate our grandchild's birth.

We'll see you real soon.....

Merry Mousketeer (Michael) and Disney Enabler (Carol)

Welcome to you both. You will love being grandparents!!!

 

[georgemoe]

What ever works!!!!!

And I got tagged!

I guess you did.

 

[georgemoe]

I am so glad that i am the butt of your tag!!

Hey everyone. He said butt.

 

[cocowum]

If anyone wants to take him home after the cruise, let me know...

I can say that because he's mine. Still up for rent, but mine!

Hi Paul !!

So did I hear that you were mailing gifts to the ship in advance?

Oh, sorry that was Dpuck, huh?

Now as much as I bust his chops I'd never let him pick anything out. My idea of fabulous....

His idea of Fabulous...

Really? I thought Bo was the favorite that season??

Bo Bice?!?!?

Still waiting for our cruise packet. I thought it would come in yesterday, but still no. arrrrggghhhh

I still don't have mine...

What ever works!!!!!

And I got tagged!

Well, better late than not at all! We just signed up last week and are very excited to be going! We are looking forward to meeting all the DISers. I've been lurking on the boards for years, but tend to be a bit shy about posting. My wife is fairly new to the boards and has become addicted!

This is our second Disney Cruise. Our first one was on May 10, 2008, when we set sail on the Disney Magic Westbound Panama Canal Cruise for 16 magical days. After that, four days is just going to fly by - especially with all the fun the Podcast Crew has planned for us.

One of the reasons we are going on this cruise is because we are expecting our first grandchild on May 8. Our son is a Navy Airman and Rescue Swimmer and he is stationed in Guam with his wife. So, even though we are ecstatic about our first grandchild, there is sadness in our hearts that we won't be able to see or hold him/her (we don't know the gender) until our son and his family come home on leave in January. We planned to be in Guam, but our son's deployment date kept getting moved which prevented us from being able to make travel arrangements. So, we thought we'd surround ourselves by new friends on the cruise and celebrate our grandchild's birth.

We'll see you real soon.....

Merry Mousketeer (Michael) and Disney Enabler (Carol)

This was posted on the Cruise Board about getting your passport stamped in Nassau and thought it was a good tip - especially if you have kids (or adults) who want their passport stamped for fun instead of having an empty sad little passport.

In Nassau it was very easy to get stamps. You just walk inside the port terminal building and there was an information desk, I asked the man there where to go, and he pointed out the door to a security booth. We walked to the booth and told him we wanted the stamps, and he buzzed open a gate for us to walk over to the government building a few steps away. Once there we were directed to an office where a nice customs official was happy to stamp our passports. I'm so glad we took the 5 minutes to do this before Atlantis because I love getting the stamps!

We plan on doing this. Thanks for the tip!

Me either Tonya. This season is very weak.

I thought you loved Adam... I really like Adam. For some reason he reminds me of Max.

 

[kab407]

Now as much as I bust his chops I'd never let him pick anything out. My idea of fabulous....

His idea of Fabulous...

Is the purse Dior? (I likey.)

 

[georgemoe]

Hi Peeps!

Time for another fun day at work. Rest of the week/month won't be a piece of cake I tell you that.

 

[jeanigor]

Don that is sooo nice.


Paul...did you hear that?

Like Paul needs pointers on how to be an A++ top notch husband? I think not.

I have to admit that I'm posting this particular post simply so I can look at my countdown. Sorry AskTracy.

Dodie! You're gonna be put on the list with Don. (And me!)

Now this is my kind of stuff. Somebody get my hat with the propellar on top. I need to spin it!

Not sure how much of the diagram and explanation I understood, but it was good to know.

Eveyone must be resting up for chat tomorrow night. Or maybe watching American Idol. I'm playing Dance Revolution and doing a little packing.

Anybody up for a Wii Disney DDR Tourney onboard? Just sayin....

Oh My Cow...

I just caught a glimpse of my ticker.



26 days!

Nope. Now its 25!!!

I've got a new concept that I think everyone should adopt. For every meeting you attend, you may have one opinion ticket. You may bank them all up and use them all at one meeting. But, one opinion per meeting. If you haven't attended meetings, you don't know what you are talking about. CRAPPY PTO meeting tonight.

Good night all. I'm going to bed and hoping to wake up a happy person.

Poof! You just woke up on the right side of the bed and will have a great day!

Still waiting for our cruise packet. I thought it would come in yesterday, but still no. arrrrggghhhh

Did you check through the UPS tracking site?

This was posted on the Cruise Board about getting your passport stamped in Nassau and thought it was a good tip - especially if you have kids (or adults) who want their passport stamped for fun instead of having an empty sad little passport.

In Nassau it was very easy to get stamps. You just walk inside the port terminal building and there was an information desk, I asked the man there where to go, and he pointed out the door to a security booth. We walked to the booth and told him we wanted the stamps, and he buzzed open a gate for us to walk over to the government building a few steps away. Once there we were directed to an office where a nice customs official was happy to stamp our passports. I'm so glad we took the 5 minutes to do this before Atlantis because I love getting the stamps!

Thanks Tonya! Great info to know. I wonder if I can get a photo with the nice government official.

 

[jeanigor]

25 Days Until "Fun on a Boat! Fun on a Boat! Fun on a Boat!" and some Hijinks on Buses!!
24 Days Until some DIS'ers get Muddy for Give Kids the World!!!!

I guess I have finally arrived. AskTracy had to call me. I am now officially a trouble maker/problem.

 

[DVCsince02]

What ever works!!!!!

And I got tagged!

Wow! Congratulations on your new tag!

Well, better late than not at all! We just signed up last week and are very excited to be going! We are looking forward to meeting all the DISers. I've been lurking on the boards for years, but tend to be a bit shy about posting. My wife is fairly new to the boards and has become addicted!

This is our second Disney Cruise. Our first one was on May 10, 2008, when we set sail on the Disney Magic Westbound Panama Canal Cruise for 16 magical days. After that, four days is just going to fly by - especially with all the fun the Podcast Crew has planned for us.

One of the reasons we are going on this cruise is because we are expecting our first grandchild on May 8. Our son is a Navy Airman and Rescue Swimmer and he is stationed in Guam with his wife. So, even though we are ecstatic about our first grandchild, there is sadness in our hearts that we won't be able to see or hold him/her (we don't know the gender) until our son and his family come home on leave in January. We planned to be in Guam, but our son's deployment date kept getting moved which prevented us from being able to make travel arrangements. So, we thought we'd surround ourselves by new friends on the cruise and celebrate our grandchild's birth.

We'll see you real soon.....

Merry Mousketeer (Michael) and Disney Enabler (Carol)

May 8th is a wonderful day to have a baby (my eldest was born on May 8th). Congratulations on the new grandbaby!

25 Days Until "Fun on a Boat! Fun on a Boat! Fun on a Boat!" and some Hijinks on Buses!!
24 Days Until some DIS'ers get Muddy for Give Kids the World!!!!

I guess I have finally arrived. AskTracy had to call me. I am now officially a trouble maker/problem.

Welcome to the Troublemakers Club!

 

[scarlett873]

25 Days Until "Fun on a Boat! Fun on a Boat! Fun on a Boat!" and some Hijinks on Buses!!
24 Days Until some DIS'ers get Muddy for Give Kids the World!!!!

I guess I have finally arrived. AskTracy had to call me. I am now officially a trouble maker/problem.

'Bout time you joined us troublemakers...

Morning!

We're heading to a friend's house for lunch. I guess they wanted to do a cook out...but the sun is missing. However, I did hear that it's supposed to actually appear tomorrow!

 

[ADP]

Hi Peeps!
Time for another fun day at work. Rest of the week/month won't be a piece of cake I tell you that.

Morning George Did you say cake?

Well, better late than not at all! We just signed up last week and are very excited to be going! We are looking forward to meeting all the DISers. I've been lurking on the boards for years, but tend to be a bit shy about posting. My wife is fairly new to the boards and has become addicted!

This is our second Disney Cruise. Our first one was on May 10, 2008, when we set sail on the Disney Magic Westbound Panama Canal Cruise for 16 magical days. After that, four days is just going to fly by - especially with all the fun the Podcast Crew has planned for us.

One of the reasons we are going on this cruise is because we are expecting our first grandchild on May 8. Our son is a Navy Airman and Rescue Swimmer and he is stationed in Guam with his wife. So, even though we are ecstatic about our first grandchild, there is sadness in our hearts that we won't be able to see or hold him/her (we don't know the gender) until our son and his family come home on leave in January. We planned to be in Guam, but our son's deployment date kept getting moved which prevented us from being able to make travel arrangements. So, we thought we'd surround ourselves by new friends on the cruise and celebrate our grandchild's birth.

We'll see you real soon.....

Merry Mousketeer (Michael) and Disney Enabler (Carol)

Welcome Michael & Carole! We all look forward to meeting you.

I've got a new concept that I think everyone should adopt. For every meeting you attend, you may have one opinion ticket. You may bank them all up and use them all at one meeting. But, one opinion per meeting. If you haven't attended meetings, you don't know what you are talking about. CRAPPY PTO meeting tonight.

Good night all. I'm going to bed and hoping to wake up a happy person.

Great idea Nicole. Sorry to hear about the meeting. Life is full of opinions anymore. Everyone has their own ideas how things should be run. The best thing to do is sit back and....smile!

 

[Madi100]

Well, better late than not at all! We just signed up last week and are very excited to be going! We are looking forward to meeting all the DISers. I've been lurking on the boards for years, but tend to be a bit shy about posting. My wife is fairly new to the boards and has become addicted!

This is our second Disney Cruise. Our first one was on May 10, 2008, when we set sail on the Disney Magic Westbound Panama Canal Cruise for 16 magical days. After that, four days is just going to fly by - especially with all the fun the Podcast Crew has planned for us.

One of the reasons we are going on this cruise is because we are expecting our first grandchild on May 8. Our son is a Navy Airman and Rescue Swimmer and he is stationed in Guam with his wife. So, even though we are ecstatic about our first grandchild, there is sadness in our hearts that we won't be able to see or hold him/her (we don't know the gender) until our son and his family come home on leave in January. We planned to be in Guam, but our son's deployment date kept getting moved which prevented us from being able to make travel arrangements. So, we thought we'd surround ourselves by new friends on the cruise and celebrate our grandchild's birth.

We'll see you real soon.....

Merry Mousketeer (Michael) and Disney Enabler (Carol)

Welcome aboard!!! I can't wait to meet you. Stop into chat tonight if you get a minute and meet everyone.