From WDW to DL With Love - January 06, 2011 part 4

[CruznLexi]

I love stolen. On RCI they had it every day and called it breakfast bread. I have some right now. Going to decorate after lunch today.,Stay warm even in Florida it is cold!

 

[Tami0220]

Does the Disneyland World of Color show have fireworks or loud noises?

DD freaks out over loud noises like fireworks, cannons, gun fire (in Disney shows, not in our neighborhood ) So, I'm debating on whether to get the Picnic meal for WOC. We tried taking her to Fantasmic last week and we had to leave about 5-10 minutes into the show because she was scared and crying. It was very loud even to me.

I would definitely go. Yes, there are some loud noise and fire, no cannon or gun that I can remember. It starts off beautifully at least go and see if it bothers her.

 

[WDW Princess 71]

Just saved another $10 bucks on my car rental for FL, love it when prices keep falling! Now if they would just release the underage driver waiver for january, i'll be tickled pink...but at least i only have about 8 months left of that until I'm 25 and dont have to be ripped off anymore!

 

[orlandothebeagle]

We left yesterday around 8 and did not have a good day. We ran into heavy rains and then we took a wrong turn and ended up on a narrow road where we had to turn around with the camper.
For those with campers know that turning a 32' camper around with a truck with an 8' bed is not easy. Russ and Judy you can relate to this. We were there about 2 hrs and finally had to get the police to help us. Will relate the whole story when we see you.
The day just got worse and the rain and fog was bad so we stopped at 3:00 in Harrisburg - we only did 300 miles. Now today they are predicting heavy rains and gusty winds so I am for staying put in this hotel room for another day. Maybe we will see how the afternoon is- keep us in your prayers

As for fruitcake my husband loves it and no one else in our family likes it- so every Christmas he finds a Claxton (SP?) under the tree.

Thats horrible. I know how scary it is with a horse trailor!

Be careful please. As awful as it must be to be stuck at work, you are safe, warm and have internet. It will eventually all get cleaned up.

Well, 3 weeks from today we fly to Fort Lauderdale. I am so looking forward to my family time, visiting in Tampa and then meeting all of you.

bring it on.

No cruise docs here either in snowy Pittsburgh! Maybe Santa will bring em

maybe, if your good he will.

 

[orlandothebeagle]

Just saved another $10 bucks on my car rental for FL, love it when prices keep falling! Now if they would just release the underage driver waiver for january, i'll be tickled pink...but at least i only have about 8 months left of that until I'm 25 and dont have to be ripped off anymore!

Trust me, you will wish you were back getting ripped of in a few years.

 

[orlandothebeagle]

Thanks for all the well wishes by the way, still at work, Lynne

 

[shushh]

Lynne and Charlotte, I'm sorry to hear of your ordeal. Hope both of you manage to get to your end destination safely.

Corinna, it sounds like things worked out for the best in the end? Always so encouraging to be around people with such positive attitudes!

Sally it sounds like you're super busy as always!

Well, I developed a horrendously stiff and painful neck over the weekend and it is not improving. Its only a small thing but is adding to my stress. Plans for our new home is still not finalised and we only have 6 days left to do it. So it is off to the architect's again after getting the children to school. I have 3 days to get everything ready as I will be away for work right before we leave.

Got to run...hope you all have a great day! (or evening)

Belinda

Oh and I can't stand fruit cake or christmas pudding or anything of the sort but I do love mince pies!

 

[granmaz]

Belinda, hope you get the house plans sorted very soon and your stress decreases. Sorry about the neck, I know it can be very painful.

I can't understand how you like mince pies but not Christmas pudding or fruit cake. I love everything!!!

 

[KayR]

If any of you are interested - Kohls.com have the mexican guayabara's (sp)

50% off today. Or if you have a DH who wears a small, they have a different make for under $5.

--Kaya

 

[TxMermaid1]

If any of you are interested - Kohls.com have the mexican guayabara's (sp)

50% off today. Or if you have a DH who wears a small, they have a different make for under $5.

--Kaya

guess I am clueless.. what is a mexican guayabara?

 

[WeLuvDCL]

If any of you are interested - Kohls.com have the mexican guayabara's (sp)

50% off today. Or if you have a DH who wears a small, they have a different make for under $5.

--Kaya

Use coupon code NEXTORDER20 and get another 20% off on top of that. The small shirts are an awesome deal if your DS wears a small too.

 

[WeLuvDCL]

guess I am clueless.. what is a mexican guayabara?

A shirt men can wear for Mexican night on the cruise. It's also called Cigar shirt or Mexican Wedding shirt.

 

[emum]

Anyone have a spare "me" ? I need to be in two places at opnce today - DD1's presentation day, as well as DD3's end-of-year performance and party. Then I have to be at After School Care at 3pm.... UGH !

Belinda - hope the neck improves quicksmart, and that the plans will be ready ASAP.

Robin - Happy Hannukah to you and yours, and to anyone else who is celebrating

Got to fly - need to buy things to finish teachers' presents today, then somehow be in two places at once.....

Cheers,
Sally

 

[MickeyMagic]

Saw this on couponingtodisney... Size 4 - 6X Princess dresses for $7.99!


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Posted: 01 Dec 2010 12:33 PM PST




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Choose from the following Princesses:

Snow White
Sleeping Beauty
Cinderella
Belle
Rapunzel
These dresses originally ran for $39.99, so this is a great deal! When we went to Disney on our first trip Emily wore a different dress every day to the parks. So sweet!

Pick in store pick up to avoid shipping costs.

Plus you can go through Ebates and earn 3% cash back (that’s $0.30 per dress). And if you are a new member, you will get a $5 bonus on top of the cash back! Just sign up here and after logging in, search for the store in the search box and follow the link to the store’s homepage and proceed with your order like normal. Your cash back will appear in your Ebates account. It’s like getting paid to shop!

(Thanks Dina!)

 

[dolphingirl47]

My posts seem to have a tendency to go AWOL. I've just lost another one !

Quickly wanted to wish Alan good thoughts for whatever's happening. Hope all's well.

Also, Corrina - yes, D&B bags are also multi-coloured (I own one in purple - saw your post on main board). Also, I'm interested in w/shop 1. Would DD1 be able to tag along at a responsible 13 ? I can understand if not, though.

Better get going - still need to ice cupcakes !

Cheers,
Sally

I knew that the D & B bags that are sold at Disney World are multi-coloured. I got a purple one and bought a yellow one for a friend. However, when I was on our Med cruise and the WBTA, they only had the DCL version in white.

As to the jewellery workshops, the "adult" workshops are good for age 12 and up so your 13 year old daughter would be more than welcome. If you want to go ahead, just drop me a PM.

So if we booked with DU the documents come from them? Do they snail mail or FED EX them. I got a call from FED EX this am, someone sending something to me sent to my area code and street not street address. So I will get it this afternoon....hoping hoping hoping

DU holds our booking and the documents came straight from DCL.

My husband - to try and win our discussion just said - Ask on your DISboards, you'll see - your wrrrong. I make him the old fashion fruit cake - the recipe has 28 cups of the fruit and nuts, plus 12 eggs and sugar and spices and cake stuff. I suggested I only make half of my normal recipe because he is the only one who eats it. Plus it costs a bazillion dollars to make.

He disagrees with my making only half as much. Because I am wrong that no one in our world likes it but him and no one wants it as a gift (I eat it but only with a lot of sharp good cheese and a stiff drink). So the questions - who likes fruit cake?? Who would rather a Palo Chocolate Souffle (IS that cheating to ask you to compare?)

Val

I don't like fruit cake, but I don't like the Palo Chocolate Souffle either. Now the Creme Brulee Cheese Cake from Parrot Cay is another matter.

DH LOVES fruitcake. I make some every year. Mine is a different kind of fruitcake. Kind of a version of King Arthur's Flour version. It is a light and soft cake and I have over the years gone from the traditional candied fruits to using just fresh dried fruits like strawberries, blueberries, apricots, dates, raisins and marichino cherries instead of the hard ones. Also use lemon & orange zest to avoid candied citron. I never ate fruitcake until I started making it myself. Sent one to my friend in CA, when UPS asked what I was sending they laughed at me.

However, in your case Val, I would defintely make a smaller batch. Does he freeze some to eat through out the year? My DH cuts, individually wraps & freezes his so it lasts for many months.

I think I might actually like your kind of fruit cake.

Just got back from doing errands. Bought the few things I still needed to make Bob's fruitcake. Also took a suitcase to the local shoe repair man to fix the zipper. Finally, picked up a top to wear with black velvet pants on semi-form night, black, tourquoise and amathyst harlequin design in sequins with gold trim on the edges of the neck, long sleeves and bottom. Kind of pretty - now the trick is to still fit into it after the holidays.

It was fun to read all the comments on the fruit cake. Yes, it does have Christmas memories for many of us. When I was little, my grandmother and I use to make the fruitcakes (she was from the UK and had a lot of recipes from home) and then we would deliver them to all the "old" people, relatives and friends. Of course I had to dressup in Sunday clothes to go with her and I always came home with money they would slip to me. I don't remember ever eating the cake or her bourbon balls as a kid though.

Bob & I grew-up pretty differently. I got cracker-jacks and lifesavers in my Xmas stocking. His dad was an imported food and wine buyer. He remembers getting marzipan fruits, swiss chocolate, fruit jellies and fruitcake in his.

Someone asked about how long the cake lasts. I continue to soak it in the madeira after I make it, wrap in cheese cloth and put into my cake tin. After the holidays I sprinkle with more booze,slice it up, wrap them in individual slices and put into tins. They have sooo much booze in them, plus they are mostly candied fruit and nuts they have never gone bad nor dried out - weird.

I would love to have the recipe for stollen (you don't make your own filo dought do you????) Maybe we could exchange our family Christmas recipes. Val

This is my mother's Stollen recipe:

Dresdner Christstollen (Dresden Christmas Bread)


Ingredients (dough): One vanilla bean, 1 kg flour, 100 g yeast [or 2 teaspoons activated yeast], 400 ml milk, 100 g sugar, 2 eggs, grated peel of
one lemon, 1 teaspoon salt, 400 g butter, 200 g flour, 350 g raisins, 100 g shelled almonds, 50 g candied lemon peel, 100 g candied orange peel, 5 cl rum.
Ingredients (icing): 150 g butter, 1 vanilla bean, 100 g sugar.
Directions: 1. Soak the raisins, almonds, candied lemon and orange peel in the rum. Mix a pre-dough out of 1 kg flour, 150 ml milk, a pinch of salt and yeast. Let rise. Mix the sugar with the pulp from the vanilla bean. Mix half of the vanilla sugar, the rest of the milk, eggs, lemon peel and salt into a dough and knead. Let rise for 30 minutes. Knead butter into 200 g flour and work into the yeast dough. Let rise for 15 minutes.
2. Form 2 rolls (30 cm long) and pound into stollen loaves. Place on a greased baking sheet, let rise for one hour. Bake at 200° C for about an hour. Coat with melted butter, sprinkle with vanilla sugar.

Thats what we need, we alwys getting power cuts, always nearly the same time of year, the geese fly into the power lines.

WELL GUESS WHAT !!??

SO now I am at work, I cant get home!!!!!
The forth road bridge is closed so end off..
There are alternative roads more inland but that would take forever and probably just plain stupid.
I could go and get a train home, but then I would have to walk 5 miles to get home as no buses, also the trouble with that is dad would insist on trying to drive me and thats not fair. Then there getting back........ again.

Mum and Dad has there furry granbabes for the day so I will sit tight.
Also, add to that no running for nearly a week now and I am getting all twitchy..lol.
Bored bored bored , over and out.....
Have a great day everybody, and those lucky peeps in FL
wish I was with you, Lynne

I am sorry that you are stuck at work.

Lynne and Charlotte, I'm sorry to hear of your ordeal. Hope both of you manage to get to your end destination safely.

Corinna, it sounds like things worked out for the best in the end? Always so encouraging to be around people with such positive attitudes!

Sally it sounds like you're super busy as always!

Well, I developed a horrendously stiff and painful neck over the weekend and it is not improving. Its only a small thing but is adding to my stress. Plans for our new home is still not finalised and we only have 6 days left to do it. So it is off to the architect's again after getting the children to school. I have 3 days to get everything ready as I will be away for work right before we leave.

Got to run...hope you all have a great day! (or evening)

Belinda

Oh and I can't stand fruit cake or christmas pudding or anything of the sort but I do love mince pies!

I hope that you feel better soon.

Corinna

 

[valbob89]

This is my mother's Stollen recipe:

Dresdner Christstollen (Dresden Christmas Bread)


Ingredients (dough): One vanilla bean, 1 kg flour, 100 g yeast [or 2 teaspoons activated yeast], 400 ml milk, 100 g sugar, 2 eggs, grated peel of
one lemon, 1 teaspoon salt, 400 g butter, 200 g flour, 350 g raisins, 100 g shelled almonds, 50 g candied lemon peel, 100 g candied orange peel, 5 cl rum.
Ingredients (icing): 150 g butter, 1 vanilla bean, 100 g sugar.
Directions: 1. Soak the raisins, almonds, candied lemon and orange peel in the rum. Mix a pre-dough out of 1 kg flour, 150 ml milk, a pinch of salt and yeast. Let rise. Mix the sugar with the pulp from the vanilla bean. Mix half of the vanilla sugar, the rest of the milk, eggs, lemon peel and salt into a dough and knead. Let rise for 30 minutes. Knead butter into 200 g flour and work into the yeast dough. Let rise for 15 minutes.
2. Form 2 rolls (30 cm long) and pound into stollen loaves. Place on a greased baking sheet, let rise for one hour. Bake at 200° C for about an hour. Coat with melted butter, sprinkle with vanilla sugar.

Corinna

Thank you for the recipe. I will try it. I was thinking of struedel when I asked about the filo. I like stollen better. Thanks again. Val

 

[dolphingirl47]

Thank you for the recipe. I will try it. I was thinking of struedel when I asked about the filo. I like stollen better. Thanks again. Val

I love Stollen. I don't like candied orange and lemon peel so I leave those out and add extra raisins.

Corinna

 

[TxMermaid1]

Well I am stuck at Laguardia airport in New York.... lots of cancelled flights today and I fly standby... ugh. Looks like a long night ahead. Just wishing I was stuck on a disney cruise instead!

 

[Happy Goofy]

We ended up leaving today around 10 am but it was heavy rain and winds for about two hours. I think John's hands were glued to the steering wheel. Finally we saw hope in the sky. As we drove into VA the rain stopped and it was ok but still windy. We ended up stopping early - 4:00 because we did not want to be in Richmond with the 5:00 traffic. We never had so much trouble making this trip. We stilll have about 800 miles to go. Hope we can make better time tomorrow-

Happy Holidays for those celebrating this week. This holidays are when I really miss teaching. I loved doing all the special projects for the different holidays

 

[valbob89]

Not much new but I promised to let you know whenever I heard anything from DCL. As I have also said before, I have only given Dorothy counts, not any names or room numbers. Since in a previous message she said she didn't expect to hear until the last minute, she suggested I collect the info she would need now, names and cabin numbers. I won't give her this info until I get the final ok, date, time and amount and post it, giving you time to change your mind if you need to. So, here is DCL's message today concerning the Champagne Girls and Mixology tasting:

"Good Morning Val,

The cost is usually $15. Once the guest commits they will be charged whether they attend or not.

The charge will go to their room onboard. Your event will most likely happen we just don’t know where yet. They haven’t turned anyone down yet.

Take care,

Dorothy Ednie CTC
Group Specialist
Disney Cruise Line
Phone 407 566 6913
Fax 407 566 7336
dorothy.m.ednie@disney.com "