halloween cruise/ Magic: October 28th-nov..4th 2006

[buckifan]

 

[buckifan]

 

[kritter]

bump up us!!!

 

[mamalle]

thanks you all for a warm welcome. I will do my best to keep up and volunteer to help out for the 2006 Halloween Cruise!


My name is Lisa, wife to Gary and mama to Taylor and Gary, III. We took our 1st disney cruise this past Feb for Tae's 5th birthday on the 4 day wonder and we all enjoyed ourselves. We originally planned a 7 day western cruise for May 2006 but changed our plans to a later date in the fall. dh is worried about the seas being to rough but Im trying to reassure him it will be only like before when we went thru the fla. straights. He said he is going to watch the weather closely this October. He got quite seasick on our first night- which was superbowl sunday no less.. anyhow- looking forward to meeting you all and Im excited there will be some kids on the cruise that ours can meet. That was kinda a issue this past one with our kids not knowing anyone and not taking to the club like we had hoped. Oh well Im sure a year will make a difference. Have a nice night.

 

[kritter]

Well, the pix is not showing up on my computer, any suggestions anyone?

Hey ok let me get a bit ore specific and see if it helps you out..It took me a few time sto do it too.,,,

Ok go to user cp and click on edit signature..then from photobucket or where ever you have your picture cut the http:thenwhatever it is after that and paste it between the two Imgs that I have listed below and it should work

Let me know ..I think i forgot to tell you that you needed the img things to make it work..good luck...let me know if it works for you..

 

[kritter]

thanks you all for a warm welcome. I will do my best to keep up and volunteer to help out for the 2006 Halloween Cruise!


My name is Lisa, wife to Gary and mama to Taylor and Gary, III. We took our 1st disney cruise this past Feb for Tae's 5th birthday on the 4 day wonder and we all enjoyed ourselves. We originally planned a 7 day western cruise for May 2006 but changed our plans to a later date in the fall. dh is worried about the seas being to rough but Im trying to reassure him it will be only like before when we went thru the fla. straights. He said he is going to watch the weather closely this October. He got quite seasick on our first night- which was superbowl sunday no less.. anyhow- looking forward to meeting you all and Im excited there will be some kids on the cruise that ours can meet. That was kinda a issue this past one with our kids not knowing anyone and not taking to the club like we had hoped. Oh well Im sure a year will make a difference. Have a nice night.

Hi again Lisa,
Terrible thing that your husband got soo sick..Did your children get sick or did you give them meds before you left???I was curious to see what would happen to my kids not that I want them to get sick or anything..I think the kdis will ahve a blasdt with one another and we all will too...If you have pictures form your last cruise and would like to share I would enjoy seeing them..Thanks and hope you ahd a great night..

 

[kritter]

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[joksten2000]

Hey ok let me get a bit ore specific and see if it helps you out..It took me a few time sto do it too.,,,

Ok go to user cp and click on edit signature..then from photobucket or where ever you have your picture cut the http:thenwhatever it is after that and paste it between the two Imgs that I have listed below and it should work

Let me know ..I think i forgot to tell you that you needed the img things to make it work..good luck...let me know if it works for you..

 

[kritter]

ok now just add it to your signature box...

 

[mamalle]

kritter- only dh got seasick which is kinda weird since he never has before. dd and I went over and did some shopping at the gift store and picked him up so dramaine( sp?) it was rocky but dd and I ordered room service while the boys slept through the superbowl.. this year I will definitely pack something.


here are some photos from our cruise. I dont think you need a password.looking at them again makes me want to be on the boat!!

http://community.webshots.com/myphotos?action=viewAllPhotos&albumID=271677175

 

[kritter]

kritter- only dh got seasick which is kinda weird since he never has before. dd and I went over and did some shopping at the gift store and picked him up so dramaine( sp?) it was rocky but dd and I ordered room service while the boys slept through the superbowl.. this year I will definitely pack something.


here are some photos from our cruise. I dont think you need a password.looking at them again makes me want to be on the boat!!

http://community.webshots.com/myphotos?action=viewAllPhotos&albumID=271677175

mamalle,

good to know..I think I will pack something too..Are you going on the cruise this year too???

I tried to get to see yor pictures could not I registerd and all...

 

[Princess Olivia]

thanks you all for a warm welcome. I will do my best to keep up and volunteer to help out for the 2006 Halloween Cruise!


My name is Lisa, wife to Gary and mama to Taylor and Gary, III. We took our 1st disney cruise this past Feb for Tae's 5th birthday on the 4 day wonder and we all enjoyed ourselves. We originally planned a 7 day western cruise for May 2006 but changed our plans to a later date in the fall. dh is worried about the seas being to rough but Im trying to reassure him it will be only like before when we went thru the fla. straights. He said he is going to watch the weather closely this October. He got quite seasick on our first night- which was superbowl sunday no less.. anyhow- looking forward to meeting you all and Im excited there will be some kids on the cruise that ours can meet. That was kinda a issue this past one with our kids not knowing anyone and not taking to the club like we had hoped. Oh well Im sure a year will make a difference. Have a nice night.

Hi! I was told in September (Magic Sept28-Oct1) that the seas are at thier calmest in September. Honestly, I have been on a number of cruises and this last one was the smoothest yet. I was married on October 28th 1995 ( we're not married anymore, but are back together LONG STORY) and we took our first cruise to the Bahamma islands and it was pretty rocky.The ship was older and we were in a suite so we were up high maybe we felt it more? The Dis cruise was perfect. I did see many people wearing a patch behind thier ears. I'll be interested to hear how this years trip goes.

Kritter- I liked your idea of a goody type bag for the kids. I saw a lot of people who had ordered stuff through oriental trading, good trinkets cheap. I know Disney does everything great but it would be cool to have our own Halloween treat bag for them. Another idea is to make Trick or Treat bags out of pillow cases and then you can leave the pillow case at guest services and all the characters will sign it. I still haven't heard back from micdan. Iwill let you know.

I feel the same way about pajama days with the kids and movies and fires in the fireplace and making cookies. Love that stuff. Today is the perfect day for all of that. Burrr cold Outside!

 

[DisneyDmbNut]

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[Tenorsinging]

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO


Let's go Betsy, Let's GO!!!!

I'm almost packed, YOU????


We're cruisin, we're cruisin

Will be at the Swan on 27th.....Magic on 29th!!!!!!



YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

 

[DisneyDmbNut]

Sorry to subject you all to this...but Dave taunted me, so now I must taunt him


WOO HOO! LET'S GO!!! This time 2 weeks from now, I will only have one day left before vacation!

 

[captaincrash]

I'm trying out the photo attaching thing to my signture....

lets see if it works....

 

[kritter]

Hi! I was told in September (Magic Sept28-Oct1) that the seas are at thier calmest in September. Honestly, I have been on a number of cruises and this last one was the smoothest yet. I was married on October 28th 1995 ( we're not married anymore, but are back together LONG STORY) and we took our first cruise to the Bahamma islands and it was pretty rocky.The ship was older and we were in a suite so we were up high maybe we felt it more? The Dis cruise was perfect. I did see many people wearing a patch behind thier ears. I'll be interested to hear how this years trip goes.

Kritter- I liked your idea of a goody type bag for the kids. I saw a lot of people who had ordered stuff through oriental trading, good trinkets cheap. I know Disney does everything great but it would be cool to have our own Halloween treat bag for them. Another idea is to make Trick or Treat bags out of pillow cases and then you can leave the pillow case at guest services and all the characters will sign it. I still haven't heard back from ******. Iwill let you know.

I feel the same way about pajama days with the kids and movies and fires in the fireplace and making cookies. Love that stuff. Today is the perfect day for all of that. Burrr cold Outside!

I wil be interested to hear how the trip goes this year and then I can make my dec..
I love the idea of goody bags and love the ide of the pillow cases..I think after this years halloween cruise passes then we can start planning on what to do the trick or treat thing sounds so neat and we do not have to do just candy oriental trading is great..I jsut called midcon and have not heard let me know if you hear first...
It is perfect for that today...Love to just snuggle up with the kids...

 

[kritter]

Sorry to subject you all to this...but Dave taunted me, so now I must taunt him


WOO HOO! LET'S GO!!! This time 2 weeks from now, I will only have one day left before vacation!

ok we wil get dave for this one..all of you ahve a great tripa nd let us know how it goes and rebooke to come with all of us...HE HE

 

[kritter]

I'm trying out the photo attaching thing to my signture....

lets see if it works....

it worked great photo..

 

[captaincrash]

Yahooooo!!!

Thanks Kritter for your tip on using the IMG in brackets. I tried this earlier and had no results other than the url line being pposted. Now... with the img notations it works.

And Mamalle, my spouse is often sensitive to ships motion nausia... so we've found the best defense is in using the electric sea band. They obviously do not involve any oral medication so - you are not subject to side effects that medications may trigger - plus there is no delay for onset of effectiveness - and - unlike most medications you can use the electric seabands AFTER onset of symptoms.... IE, once you're seasick the medications are generally le effective (especially considering medications sometimes require 12-18 or more hours to develope effectiveness to boot!).

ONE WARNING however.... if you are wearing the electric seaband .... you should be very cautious about operating some electronc equipment. Such as a digital camera. I was shooting photos as I usually do with my relief band cranked up to level 3 or 4 when I felt a normal jolt from the band sort of travel to my finger tips in contact with the camera - and ZAP! - my memory card failed. Admitteedly, it was a sort of special memory card being a IBM microdrive (miniature hard drive the size of a quarter). However, the experience was pretty dissapointing as 100s of photos on the card were lost AND I was out a $200 microdrive.

And - if you're going to buy one then try google searching for the lowest price - OR - ebay. I think they will run as low as maybe $50 + shipping and usually no tax involved for a NEW one. Futhermore... be certain to get the one where you can change the BATTERY... as ter is a disposable model which runs a rew dollars less but only operates 30 or 40 hours. If yo're under age 60 then you will be able to use the bugger for decades for all sorts of occasions provided you don't short it out with water or lose it!

Also, if you're uncertain of your potential need (what if we have calm seas?) or whether it will work for your husband then I would uy one from Sharper Image locally..... as they will take a return no questions asked within a certain time frame. OR you can excange if the time limits for money back are exceeded. We own 2 bands and use them a few times a year plus we have a couple of the unpowered accupressure bands to supplement the electric bands on the other wrist. I believe you cannot use more than one electric band at a time - so an unpowered one for the other wrist is overkill in combination with a powered band dialed "high" for those really rough sea days.

I would say the cost for these are negligible (or insignificant) considering what they accomplish in saving you from losing a precious day or more of a vacation. Plus - ocassionally on long drives my spouse puts one on if shes managing the kids and can't look up enough with undulating roads. Just this past weekend we went to Catalina island for a Jazz festival (JazzTrax) and the seas were quite rough... my spouse and older daughter used the seabands and made it without tossing cookies and being wiped out for the afternoon. YES... they were "taxed" by the sea conditions BUT they could handle it without sufferring the normal cookie tossing and losing a day to syptomns. (hmmm... was that misspelled? )

And Kritter....

I guess my initial reluctance on the trick or treating was premature. I think that as long as our DIS community is up for doing what-ever... then who am I to say what should and should not be done. Frankly, I need to glance at this years' Holloween sailing to get a jist of what they're doing. This will give us an idea of what can be done for added fun and laughs. I guess I was sort of thinking that on our last cruise the size of the DIS group limited us to just a couple things. With more folks helping enthusiasticly we could pull off more things on a varying scale. FRANKLY, I heard that there was a huge DIS group on the transcanal sailing that preceeded my last sailing and they had some of their activities published in the NAVIGATOR (the ships daily news sheet for everyone). Needless to say - they had probably 150-200 or more DIS folks aboard. My sailing had 103 or so but only 60-75 involved in DIS activities.

If that's any indication (the size of the 2005 DIS Holloween sailing + % of those posting being involved) then our sailing in 2006 will certainly be .... HUGE. This may well be a rather interesting cruise IMHO.