tchrmom said:Kritter...........don't be THAT impressed.............remember the party didn't start until 9-ish. We didn't go over till 9:30. They served "dinner" at 11:00....there were fireworks and LOTS of dancing. Time FLEW by.....before I knew it it was 4:38! Now........usually, I'm a "in bed by 9/10 girl........so this was a RARE event!!!!!!!!!
It IS easier to stay up when you're at a party, and not watching tv on your couch! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Fran
cntkg1 said:Hello Kritter (and all),
Well, we started out by wearing Mardi Gras beads at the Port on Saturday so we would all know who the DISers were. Many of us first met in the Terminal.
We had two DISmeets. One on Sunday afternoon up on deck 9 behind the CoveCafe and one on Thursday in the same place. On the Sunday meet, we gathered to discuss the rules of DIStag. A couple DISers arranged this game to get to know everyone and just have fun. We all brought enough gifts for 22 rooms. We actually had over 40 families in our group but only 22 of them wanted to play tag. We had a blast running around "tagging" rooms. DH and I raced down the stairs once and I took a tumble and sprained my ankle. Good thing it happened on Thursday and not earlier in the week.
DH and I had our ressies linked with two of most wonderful cruisers (and DISers) so we had our dinners together. We did hang around with them after dinner too. They really got into "Pirate Night". He was a Jack Sparrow lookalike!!
It was so nice to run into DIS families all week. It felt like we knew each other for years.
Before the cruise the two guys who arranged the tag game set up a separate "secure" site for us to exchange personal info on. We shared Birthday's, Anniversaries, etc... After the cruise they set up yet another site so that we could post pictures and order each others prints.
DH and I gave cards to every DISer room that had a celebration. We also received cards and gifts from other DISers and even some other cruisers. We had quite a few magnetic door signs showing off our anniversary celebration. I brought along some extra cards and gave them out to non-DISers who had hand printed birthday or anniversary signs on their doors.
I brought along extra tag gifts and included a few with a card for a little girl down the hall who was celebrating her 8th birthday. She knocked on our door and gave us both a huge hug and kiss as a thank you!!
Many of us are still in touch with each other and as far as I know, 3 DIS families are cruising together again. (We are one of them).
I have had an upside down sleeping routine since retunring from holiday travels. Everything is upside down from normal - gotta go - 
tchrmom said:Yes..........sadly, we went back today......and, I hate to rub this in, but it was 75 and sunny here this afternoon.
Got to LOVE Tampa!!!!!!! So glad Dave was transfered here, instead of Seattle, like we were originally scheduled!
Fran
buckifan said:
tchrmom said:OK.......to make you fell better, kritter, it is suppose to get cold here tomorrow evening. I think we're going to get to 47 one night. There.....feel better?
No gym today, so we ran and got Kelly's hair cut. Apparently, USA gymnastic members can not have their ponytails below their shoulders. Who knew????
Got to go figure out what kind of chicken to make for dinner tonight......
Fran
aw: .... It looks like one combination of direct flights and dates would only cost us $281 pp inc taxes + fees on our preferred carrier ~ UAL. Not flying UAL would save us $18 - and for that difference we'll stick with UAL. The only thing before we book is I need to consult my DS. And if the past (of only 22 years) is any indication, we'll investigate this for about a month before we actually buy. We will look at different combinations of dates and times - stew on it - then we'll buy.
- and she sez no red eyes. The quote above was for a red eye. And moving earlier on the same dates is not good. SO moving back to arrive a day earlier yields... LOWER fares! It's down to $263 - direct flights - but now our daughter will miss 7 school days instead of 5. The schedule with red eye above minimizes her tardy total from school. So we figured this sailng would get pretty lively... to put it mildly.
- we're using ORBITZ to do our initial market search of airfares. Then we cross check with the carrier. If the price is the same that we book with UAL because they give a bonus 1000 miles for on-line booking with them. And actually, their site is ocassionally cheaper than Orbitz (and UAL is a partner in running Orbitz). Go figure? In the old days we used to book through a company called "Cheap Tickets"... but since Orbitz came out - that company has faded into obscurity. Especially after 9-11.
buckifan said:
captaincrash said:TcherMOM .... we got you beat for non-NE low temps out here ....
.... last nite dropped down to 41..." burrrr "..... however today it sort of warmed up slightly.
We have about 38 days til our next cruise - a sort of "optional" side trip we were wavering on a month ago. We trying Carnival on their Spirit from San Diego to Mexico for 8 days. It's our first time to the Mexican Riveria (not the usual Mexican Riviera 7 day from LA - as this one hits ports further south). We have not sailed Carnival much for their 7 day or longer trips - as the first REAL cruise we ever took was a 7 day southern cruise about 15 years ago - and since that 1st cruise we never sailed carnival again on a 7 day or longer trip - but we did do a couple 3 and 4 day trips with various groups.
So anyways - I'm sort of looking forward to it - not really sure what to expect. And I guess that's a good thing.
Aside from that - Kitter - it'll be something I'll have to remember about hair length since our Julianna loves her gymnastics classes. She has a session tomorrow evening.
Gotta go,
TTFN!
captaincrash said:That reminds me (thank you)
... that we should be checking for air fares.
OK - just consulted the elder princess
This is going to be our daughters' K-school year - which is mostly why we shifted our usual DCL sail date from Labor Day week in Sept to Halloween. We couldn't sail in September and have her miss her first week in K-school! Besides... we had so much fun sailing with the 2005 DIS group buzzing about - that we noted the 2005 Halloween cruise meet thread had about 15x more activity and 10x more on the thread by head count.
Anyways.... in case anyone is interested
Anyways....
TTFN!
