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

[buckifan]

I read today that Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3-D will be premiering Oct 20th. They should be showing that on our criuise too, right? While I know some small kids will be frightened of this movie, my DS will love to see it on the ship!

So, we'll be going from The Nightmare Before Christmas, which is really a Halloween movie, to The Santa Clause 3 premiere, an ACTUAL Christmas movie all in one 7 night voyage!

 

[captaincrash]

Well....

I survived the Anime/Cosplay event. At the last minute Alicia agreed to go with us - Julianna had no fever this morning... and we all piled into the minivan and headed south. Once there - BOTH of my little girls went with me - however the plan was actually for one child to go with each parent and my spouse was going shopping while I ran aroiund taking pictures while in costume at my "cartoon expo" - and that made it impossible for me to do much while wrangling 2 kids on my own - So I was going to push the 2 kids up, buy tickets - return the younger one to Alicia and go back in with the older one dressed in our costumes ... but that did not happen.

We ended up wandering the Convention lobby, adjoining Hilton lobby and the courtyard in between these buildings. There were 10,000+ people (many in costume) wandering around. Most costumes were not all that fancy - while many were rather exotic - and 99% I could not name which movies they came from. There were also tons of fans taking photos - with a large number of serious looking photographers like myself. And it readily became obvious I did NOT want my costumed self to be photographed by 100s of photographers and randomly posted all over the internet... So I never dressed up. Julianna however had her knight outfit on.

So .... the up side is we just visited outside the event where EVERYONE in Cosplay costume was posing for 100s of photographers. There was sufficient activity to satisfy my curiosity outside the event- and the price was right... F-R-E-E! I applied the $50+ we saved in Expo passes towards dinner and some groceries! THE DOWNSIDE ... is I did not go in and see it all. If I paid to enter I would not have lasted long with the 2 kids alone. Nor would I have shot as much as I wanted the WAY I wanted to. Normally I don't like to rush my shots much - but I sort of had to as I was trying to keep an eye on the 2 kids and any strange looking stranger who got within 5' of my kids. There were plenty of strange strangers there today - plus a majority of kind souls who offerred compliments on my bring the young ones to their event! I explained to all that the older daughter is a REAL fan in the making!!!! And she usually affirmed it with an appropriatly entertaining remark!

So the kids had great fun - more so Julianna then Kalea. We stayed about 90 minutes and I only shot approximately 106 photos. Maybe 40% were keepers. Normally I might have stayed 3-4 hours and shot a lot more - but this is OK. Having spent less time at the event - the kids were in good shape and we had a nice dinner .... and my dear spouse got to visit a few places and power-shop a bit. She came home with 2 huge bags and a serene smile on her face. Some of the sales were evidently "good".

So - I'll post select images from today ... tomorrow. And for today I have a few images from yesterday .... her first leap into competitive swimming!!!!

So here she is with her 1st award ribbons... YA-HOOOOoooo! We got 10th place. I'm not sure there were even 10 swimmers in each event for the 4-5 year olds! So we'll just skip talking about that part with her... Anyone recall seeing the movie Meet the Fokers? And the shrine to mediocrity? Well - we're starting here with these 10th place ribbons till better ones come along!!!!

More pix tomorrow or wednesday - depending on how I heal and recover over nite from todays' ordeal!

 

[XLT800]

So here she is with her 1st award ribbons...

Capatain...tell your daughter congrat on the ribbon......she does not look too concerned about what place she came in. What a great start!

Getting ready for 4th party. We have 18 neighbors coming over for swimming, BBQ and fireworks. Should be lots of fun. Four of the neighbors and myself spent 2 1/2 hours firework shopping last night. It should be a blast (yes pun intended).

Hope everyone has a great holiday and be safe if you are lighting fireworks.

Dave

 

[kritter]

Tom,
Great pictures and looks like she had a great time....

Can not wait to see the pictures you shot from the EXpo...


Dave,

Have fun at the BBQ and fun with the fireworks...


HAPPY FOURTH!!!!!!

Kristin

 

[LaRue]

Happy 4th everyone! GDAC is out in the driveway putting together a movable basketball hoop. There has to be about a 1,000 pieces and he is not looking too happy. Oh, it will be fun when it is all done. Go GDAC, Go GDAC, Go GDAC, Go!!

I hope everyone has a great day.

 

[buckifan]

Drew is having a Pirates of Carribean 2 theme for his birthday later this month.....we'll be taking a group of his friends to see the movie. Yesterday I bought a toy "Flying Dutchman" to put on his cake, and he kept saying how cool that ship looks in the movie. He is going to go when he sees it at CC! Has anyone seen that pix of it there? Very cool. I've read it will be there at least until 2007.

 

[kritter]

Drew is having a Pirates of Carribean 2 theme for his birthday later this month.....we'll be taking a group of his friends to see the movie. Yesterday I bought a toy "Flying Dutchman" to put on his cake, and he kept saying how cool that ship looks in the movie. He is going to go when he sees it at CC! Has anyone seen that pix of it there? Very cool. I've read it will be there at least until 2007.

I was wondering if it would be there for us to see...Thanks for confirming it...
SOunds like a cool party...Please take a picture of the cake...thanks....

 

[kritter]

Hope everyone had a GREAT fouth of July....


Today I went with a girlfriend and saw the movie the Devil Wears Prada... Great movie..A must see...I read the book and loved it....

 

[Tluvs2talk]

Hi Everyone,
We have been having computer problems and have not been able to access online for a few days. We decided to buy a new computer since we could not be guaranteed that they could fix our problem. Anyway I am back online. I hope everyone had a great weekend, We went to the beach Monday and had a cookout/pool party at our house on the 4th.

1. Favorite season? Fall
2. Favorite sport? Tennis
3. Favorite type of food? Seafood and Mexican
4. Favorite beverage? Diet Coke
5. Favorite scent? Estee' Lauder Pleasure's
6. Favorite actor/actress? Can't decide!!
7. Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate
8. Hugs or Kisses? Kisses
9. Do you sing along to the radio, or just listen? Both, but I love singing
10. Do you dance, or just watch? mainly watch, wish I could dance well
11. Last concert you attended? Van Halen in 84, They were awful!! too drunk to remember the words to the songs.
12. Last movie you saw at a theatre? Superman Returns
13. What kind of car do you drive? Dodge Grand Caravan
14. What inspires you? Christian Music, a good sermon

 

[buckifan]

Teri- What a great answer to #14. I totally agree with you! How was Superman? Is it okay for kids? Too bad on the computer problems......that hoots. We had a really bad virus about a year ago, and Rob had to clean everything out. It's amazing how you can feel so lost without it for a few days, ya' know?

 

[kritter]

Terri,

WElcome back..we sure did miss you...sorry about the computer problems...

Deeana,
How is the party planning going???

 

[Princess Olivia]

Deanna- We saw Superman Returns as well. LOVED IT!! Kids loved it! After this movie you could say I'm a BIG superman fan. He (the new superman) is exceptionally dreamy.

We are putting in the hardwood floors Monday. That means all the furniture has to go and all closet floors cleaned out. The kids are not happy. Neither am I. I will be glad when it's all done!

 

[buckifan]

Kristin- not much planning going on today, we've got a major kick ball game going on right now with lots of neighborhood kids. It's a gorgeous day today. High of 80, SUNNY & very low humidity....perfect!

Jen- We'll definitely have to check out Superman. Drew is really into superhero movies still. He and Rob went to go see X-Men recently. I passed on that one, but they both really enjoyed it.

What kind of hardwood floors are you having installed? We have a light oak in our entry/kitchen/hall areas. We've had them for about 6 years now, and I really love them. Feels so warm and "homey", and clean up well.

 

[cthimes]

Hi to all. We are planning on going on this cruise and are looking forward to it. It is going to be a family get together with several family members from around the country.

A little about us:

My wife, Kim, is a cruise veteran and this will be my second cruise (first was our honeymoon). We have four children: Patrick (10), Rebekah (8, going on 9 at end of cruise), Colin (6, 7 at cruise) and Ainsley (4, 5 at cruise).

We will also have additional family with us. Kim's parents including her father who is just turning 60 in August and her Mom. There will also be one of her brothers and her sister.

We will be spending the week before the cruise in Orlando at our timeshare condos. Most of that time will be with my family who is flying in to do the Disney and Sea World thing as well as celebrate some family birthdays.

This has certainly been an active thread and I am glad I found it for the opportunity to meet some people before the trip.


Chris

 

[GoofyDrivesACar]

Welcome aboard Chris and family, it sounds like you are going to be having a nice long vacation in October.

 

[LaRue]

Welcome Chris!

Happy Belated Birthday to Choc Marg!!

 

[kritter]

Hi to all. We are planning on going on this cruise and are looking forward to it. It is going to be a family get together with several family members from around the country.

A little about us:

My wife, Kim, is a cruise veteran and this will be my second cruise (first was our honeymoon). We have four children: Patrick (10), Rebekah (8, going on 9 at end of cruise), Colin (6, 7 at cruise) and Ainsley (4, 5 at cruise).

We will also have additional family with us. Kim's parents including her father who is just turning 60 in August and her Mom. There will also be one of her brothers and her sister.

We will be spending the week before the cruise in Orlando at our timeshare condos. Most of that time will be with my family who is flying in to do the Disney and Sea World thing as well as celebrate some family birthdays.

This has certainly been an active thread and I am glad I found it for the opportunity to meet some people before the trip.


Chris

welcome aboard chris...sounds like you will have a great week before the cruise..we too will be doing a week in WDW befroe the cruise....

WE have been planning a trick and treat for the kids so if you are interested please email me or heather and we will send you the link to the web site we have going for the cruise..kristinguillemette@sbcglobal.net or stolteheather@yahoo.com

so glad that you will be joining us...

Deanna, wow kick ball that brings back memories from days long ago..ANyone remember playing kick the can?????

 

[PMDR59]

Hi All!!! I was directed to this thread when I posted about the Halloween cruise.
Myself DH and our boys 6&7 will be on the halloween cruise. This will be our second trip on the Magic. We did the Western 11/05/05 cruise last year.
Can not wait to be aboard the DCL again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[kritter]

Hi All!!! I was directed to this thread when I posted about the Halloween cruise.
Myself DH and our boys 6&7 will be on the halloween cruise. This will be our second trip on the Magic. We did the Western 11/05/05 cruise last year.
Can not wait to be aboard the DCL again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hello and welcome aboard we have such a great group here...WE have been busy organizing our trick or treating so please send either heather or myself and email (see two posts above this one) for the email addresses...

YOur kids are going to love all the kdis we have sailing with us..My tiwns will be four and a half when we sail...

WElcome!!!!!!

 

[kritter]

Good evening All,

Just a reminder since we have some new members to our thread...

Heather and I have been working oh soo hard on a web site for our cruise... A moderator recommend to us that having all of our information on a secure web site that can only be accessed by all of us. In turn, we will be able to include much more valuable information about the cruise and all of our activites. Below you will find the information that we will need from each of you to put in the web site.

This is only for the DISers who are posting to this thread. Please have an adult in your group send the following & I will add it to the site & send you the link once I have updated the link. I will add your email to the group list so that you will be notified when the site has been updated with more info.

DIS ID: If you don't include this info, we wont know who you are.
Family name:
Individual names of family members (please include the children' ages at the time of the cruise so that I can put them in the right grouping)
Birthdates: so that we can add them to our cruise list
Celebration:
Stateroom:
Dining:
Hometown:
Pre/Post Cruise Plans: (Date arriving in FL & where you will be staying Friday night & if you plan to stay at WDW after the cruise. This info allowed some of us to arrange meets prior to the cruise.)

A short note with where you work & what activities you like to do.

Please send a picture of your family to be included. This way we will be able to reconize all of you...

For those with children, please send an individual picture pf each child to be put on the DIS Kids page by age group so that the kids can get to know each other a little better. Let the kids tell the others their age, grade in school, favorite thing to eat on the ship, favorite Disney character, & their favorite activity on the ship...whatever they want to write about.

We will have also have a page to list Palo resie times & excursions to help make plans.

stolteheather@yahoo.com

kristinguillemette@sbcglobal.net


Also, let us know if you would like to sign up for any of the dis activities we have listed on our web site...