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

[kritter]

Good evening all,

Great designs!! So glad that we have so many that we are going to be able to choose from....

I am not feeling to well tonight..So I thought if it is ok by everyone that I would extend the "deadline" for t-shirt designs by one more day. Then tomorrow evening I will begin uploading them to the website..Hoep this is ok by all...

Anyone else got any more ???

 

[Princess Olivia]

Hi everyone! Been out of the loop for a week. No computer (or furniture,fridge,stove, etc...) BUT the floors look beautiful!

Honestly, all the designs are fabulous from all of you very talented people. D-
Drews drawings with Crash's additions are very cool!

Heather, I LOVE the first option with the ship lit up at night and would love to get a bunch of things with this picture. Nice job.

Loved POC 2! A little bit violent and long but really loved it. Can't wait for #3!!

 

[captaincrash]

I'm all worn out from making t-shirt designs.

Maybe I'll come up with one more series - but probably not. I'm considering taking my 5.5 year old daughter to see POC2... but as was mentioned by Princess Olivia - I am concerned about the violence. It really is not necessary for her IMHO. SO - I just might take her to see something else. TOday was a hot hot and humid day - so I am anxious to get out and do something - aside from the afternoon gardening chores I just finished. A movie sounds nice - or maybe I'll rent something or ????

Actually - going out for dinner sounds nice too... but I have to see what the spouse sez. I sort of feel like a .... buffett..... but she is 95% likely to veto that idea. She's been busy with chores around the house too... so ...

Oh well... I just booked/paid for my air and hotel for Honolulu next month. We have a surprise 80th birthday celebration for my FIL there. We've got a great deal at this swank boutique that is sort of trying to be a "W" ... and really seems to come close in the major amenities - and then some. However - it is also a FLAMING BARGAIN! I am paying only $480 for 5 nites! The rest of the time we're staying with family so the kids can mix - and I save some moola. Well... not really since I have to rent a car - that sort of off sets some of the savings. So - we save so little as to say there's minimal difference.

At any rate, we're having a small gathering - so it will be a nicer restuarant with no "set" activities. IE, no dancing, roasting, LCD show, etc.. We feel Dad would prefer it low key. ME... on my 80th I want to invite 125 people (same size as our wedding receptions) to a busy and fun venue - and NO GIFTS. Just come and have fun!

at any rate... I'm b;abbering away again... so TTFN as I'm gonna check theater show times and flip a coin as to whether to take the little one to POTC2, go alone or switch to a kids movie?

And I loved the designs posted with the details - the upside down bat, and Mickey ghosts!!!! Cute!

Cheers!

 

[kritter]

ok, I have saved all of the t-shirt designs and will put them on the web site this evening..WOW I saved over 30 designs....

 

[princessh]

Good news! We found a different company that looks like it will allow us to use the Disney Name, logo, and characters! All designs on ok!

Here are a few more to choose from:

This last one I can not take credit for, but it was cute so I thought it was an option.

Lets see if we can come up with a few more designs before night!

 

[buckifan]

Heather,
You have come up with so many good options. I do love that last one also. Where did you find it? I love that image of the ship at night.

 

[Tluvs2talk]

Heather,
I also LOVE the last design you made!!!

Teri

 

[Tluvs2talk]

Ok, I just looked at all the designs for the t-shirts on the web site. Crash and Heather your designs are great as well as Buckifan's Sons drawings. I am voting for t-shirt design #1. I love the ship at night with the spooky moon and the pumpkin and the bats.

Teri

 

[gocar24]

ALL the designs are amazing! Sure wish I was that creative! Where do we send our votes? Via DIS or email? I am having a difficult time deciding which one to vote for!!! It is making me more excited about our trip!

 

[kritter]

Ok all, thanks for being patient with me took a long while to finish loading all of the t-shirt designs they are all wonderful.

Please look at all of them on the website we have created. There is a separate page for all of the t-shirts. Look at them and then email me your votes...I wrote instructions for voting on the web site.

If you do not have the link for the web site yet please send me your information to kristinguillemette@sbcglobal.net and I will send you the link...

Can not wait to see what designs everyone picks. Your votes will be kept confidential. I will update the web site daily with what shirts are in the running.. You may vote as many times as you have passengers on the cruise. For example Terri and Rick get two votes since they are a party of two. For example again, my family is a family of four and we can vote four times. We may have to have different deisgns for the kids, and females and males if that is what people want..We may end up with three different designs if that is what people want..

Kristin

 

[kritter]

Ok, I just looked at all the designs for the t-shirts on the web site. Crash and Heather your designs are great as well as Buckifan's Sons drawings. I am voting for t-shirt design #1. I love the ship at night with the spooky moon and the pumpkin and the bats.

Teri

Terri,

just send me an email..since I just put more on the site last night..thanks so much...

 

[princessh]

Just wanted to take a moment and remind everyone if you have not done so, to sign up for the website. I also wanted to mention that we are in need of volunteers to hand out candy from the staterooms. We are also in need of a few parents to be in charge of the trick or treating groups. This is going to be a great event for the kids, but we need everyone's help to make it happen!

 

[fourlittlemunchkins]

Sorry, I haven't been too active with posting. I have had some problems with my password, etc. We are in the middle of looking at houses and that with getting the house ready to sell have just been too much. Plus the kids want to be kept busy and happy. Not enough time in the day.

I have been trying to follow the posts and keep up to date, as well I have been really going through the boards to learn all I can about our upcoming trip. Which reminds me Captain Crash I couldn't help noticing you are doing the 11 night Western Cruise I believe. I had just heard about that cruise as well and saw a posting by you. Does that mean you are leaving us? I'm hoping that maybe you are going to end up doing both cruises. You have been such an active member and your family really seems so wonderful. Hey if you are leaving us than I might just have to look into that 11 night cruise as well. LOL

Well, not too much to add here. I love the t-shirt designs and already have found my favorite. Also, I can probably arrange my dh to hand out candy too. Hope everyone is well.

Evelyn

 

[princessh]

Good to hear from you Evelyn,

If you can send Kristin or I the following info we can get you set up on the website. That way you can vote on the shirts. If your husband is willing to help with the candy that's great! Here is the info posted in a prior thread about what we need for the website.


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

 

[princessh]

I have been trying to follow the posts and keep up to date, as well I have been really going through the boards to learn all I can about our upcoming trip. Which reminds me Captain Crash I couldn't help noticing you are doing the 11 night Western Cruise I believe. I had just heard about that cruise as well and saw a posting by you. Does that mean you are leaving us? I'm hoping that maybe you are going to end up doing both cruises. You have been such an active member and your family really seems so wonderful. Hey if you are leaving us than I might just have to look into that 11 night cruise as well. LOL

Alright capt. what's going on? Please say you are still going to be on our cruise.

 

[fourlittlemunchkins]

Thanks Heather, I will try to find the time tonight to get all our info to you. I'm just trying to do some organizing right now. Things should quiet down later in the evening though and I should get a few free minutes.

Evelyn

 

[kritter]

Just wanted to say thanks to the two families that have sent me emails and have voted for their favorite t-shirt designs...Be sure to keep emailing me with your votes...
Thanks,
KRistin

Hope everyone is staying cool....

 

[captaincrash]

....Which reminds me Captain Crash I couldn't help noticing you are doing the 11 night Western Cruise I believe. I had just heard about that cruise as well and saw a posting by you. Does that mean you are leaving us? I'm hoping that maybe you are going to end up doing both cruises. You have been such an active member and your family really seems so wonderful. Hey if you are leaving us than I might just have to look into that 11 night cruise as well. LOL

...... Hope everyone is well.

Evelyn

Alright capt. what's going on? Please say you are still going to be on our cruise.

Well....

... I was waiting to see what happened with everything else here ... but when my spouse got back last thursday she went through the mail and said - Tom!... look at THIS! It was a post card for the Southern sailings on DCL with $199 air. Well... we had everything already "set" for Halloween and I was think ... "oh no, not again...". She explained that this southern cruise was EVERYTHING we wanted and so on - dis and dat. So I made a reservation on a courtesy hold last friday while holding our Halloween voyage. Over the weekend we talked about it and we have a number of complications. Changing air from October to September would have lost 85% of the fare value to penalties and the new ticket would have cost MORE. We are near exclusive United Airline patrons. And we made dozens of calls to sort through the madness. And finally we got the air untangled and then - DCL inventory control had a snafu - which was unraveled just this morning. I was waiting for the final untangling to say anything here.

SO... I am sorry to say after about 350 posts (most of them very long winded) representing a near novel in length - plus after posting probably 100+ photos we are are shifting our res. We had a special sailing on the Magic 2 years ago but it was all messed up by hurricane Francis - and converted into a Western sailing of 4 days - probably our desired type of cruise. but since we were already in Orlando ready to meet the ship we went - besides, they spiffed us a veranda plus transfers to Fort Lauderdale to meet the ship embarkation.

So.... I know I've got maybe 2 dozen t-shirt designs that need sharpening should any win the design contest. No problem - I promise to by "johnny on the spot" in delivering a finished file if it wins. Plus, I am not entirely gone - as I am still ....... welcome to post here .... right? AND, as a consequence of making my changes I opted not to take an 85% loss on my October Orlando flights and instead took a 28% penalty and will still fly out for the weekend of the 28th. I might be able to duck in on a pre-cruise gathering if someone will let us know when and where?

So - I would like to take this opportunity to declare that everyone here has been simply wonderful as parteners in crime for the DIS group on this sailing. I'm sure it's likely to be MORE FUN without a Jedi and Padame on the cruise... as the Star Wars costumes are not very halloween-like.

Oh yeah... remember how I already ordered custom made sweat shirts and T-shirts? Yup, those are custom printed with our names and the Halloween cruise dates! I don't suppose anyone is named Alicia and TOm on the ship - in a size petite and large? Cuz I can make them a good deal on custom printed garments... especially if they had 2 kids named Julianna and Kalea on the cruise ... in appropriate sizes!

Oh well... I have my "Secrets" on how to pull off an Ice Cream speed eating contest with a minimum of fuss - for anyone who would like to step forward to run it.

Anyways.... I held off of saying anything until it was done. I was not sure it was possible at all.

So - I'll not be bringing my Jedi Knight or Padame costumes to the other sailing but look what they've got me doing in substitution!

 

[XLT800]

Captain........Sorry to see you jump ship. You will have a blast on the 11 day though. If not for school we would be on there with you, but that is just too many days.

Thanks to all the people that came up with designs for the shirts. They all look really good.

Dave

 

[GoofyDrivesACar]

Have fun Captain, enjoy those extra 4 days.