It's Almost Time for the BASH--Pre Trip Report 10/24/2009 DCL Magic Eastern Cruise

[Dyerneeds]

very nice.

i'm thinking i need Robin to make us a few of those.
cause mikey dont know how.

 

[Dyerneeds]

snagging a FO on the captains pretrip report.

 

[Timon]

If I was going to be gone as long as you are, I would definitely take a computer!

I forgot to mention that I am going to buy a 4GB (at least) memory stick for my camera. I'll probably get that sometime next month, or later this month.

My mom should have some banging pictures. She just bought a Cannon EOS Rebel. I think she wants to get a new lense for it for the cruise as well. When we get back to Maine, I will be putting the memory stick from her camera into my computer to upload those pictures!

We just bought a 16GB card I take a lot of pics

I brought my Canon Rebel XT with me in 2005 (most of my 2005 photos on my website were taken with it) and it was awesome but not easy to lug around. This time I am leaving it at home and just using my small Digital Elph. Quality and speed will be sacrificed for compact and lightweight

 

[captchris]

Well over lunch today, I went to zazzle.com and ordered 7 pins for our entire travelling party. Each of them are personalized with our names in the waltograph font.

I'm excited. At first I wasn't going to wear anything, now we will all have BOBer pins!

 

[captchris]

For the last year or so, I have been kicking around upgrading my tiny little Sony Cybershot 3.1 MP point and shoot camera. It is ok, but I have never quite got used to the delay, and must confess to always wanting a little more camera. When I bought the Sony 5 years ago, it was a middle of the road point and shoot. Far from being the cheapest, but not the most expensive either. It has a Lithium Ion battery so charging is great as opposed to changing batteries constantly.

The other day I was in meetings all day and my sister sent me a few text messages telling me about the video camera that she was looking to buy. I said to her, "i'd really love to have a new camera for the cruise." We got to talking about some high end point and shoots, and for the last hour of my meeting, my mind began to drift away from the topic of our fall programming schedule!

I got home and after a few minutes decided to jump on the internet and start looking at cameras. I found some really nice point and shoot models. One particularly from Sony I was ready to buy, but then I thought, let me check out a low end SLR. I found the Canon EOS Rebel XS for only reasonably more than the point and shoot I was gearing up to buy. I texted Elaine and said, "I think I want to buy a camera." Her response was, "LOL ok" I have always wanted a Rebel, and I thought, why not spend a little more for the camera I have always wanted.

In all of about 30 minutes, I purchased the camera, memory card and bag. It is a very high quality low end/beginner DSLR camera. All of the reviews I read were positive. My mom just bought the XSi, which is the next model up. It has some more bells and whistles but for what I need the XS should be just fine.

So, stay tuned...There will be plenty of pictures pre cruise and post cruise coming from my banging new camera!

 

[CRSNDSNY]

Congrats on the new camera! I think we have/had nearly the same Sony camera. Ours is 4.1 megapixels and we bought ours about 4 years ago. While it wasn't the best you can get at teh time it wasn't the lowest model either. We've been shopping around for a new one now, too.

Congrats to you!
I just went out and bought a 4gig memory stick for it.

 

[Timon]

You're gonna love it Chris!!! It's been over 4 years now and I still love my Rebel XT

 

[captchris]

Congrats on the new camera! I think we have/had nearly the same Sony camera. Ours is 4.1 megapixels and we bought ours about 4 years ago. While it wasn't the best you can get at teh time it wasn't the lowest model either. We've been shopping around for a new one now, too.

Congrats to you!
I just went out and bought a 4gig memory stick for it.

I did enjoy my Sony. DD is getting it now. She has been bugging me for a digital camera and I don't want to buy her a cheap one, but don't want to buy her a good one. I thought a decent hand me down would be the perfect for her way for her to get one.

I just had a slight accident with it too. It seems fine, but last week at a Yankee game, I forgot it was on my lap and when Jorge Posada hit the game winning home run I jumped up. The camera went flying and has some scrapes on the case!

You're gonna love it Chris!!! It's been over 4 years now and I still love my Rebel XT

I can't wait! It is scheduled for delivery today. I am going in to work late so I can be here to sign for it.

 

[captchris]

This past Saturday, my wife was away being the leader at a Youth Retreat weekend, so I thought that I wanted to do something special for my kids. I had heard that there would be a car show in town and I thought that might be a good thing to take my new camera to. When I was talking to my office worker about it she told me that the show was Sunday not Saturday. I then asked her if she knew what the weather would be on Sunday. She replied that it would be beautiful.

My mind immediately began moving. I thought, "where could I take the kids?" I immediately thought of taking them to New York for the day on the train. The kids train fares with a paying adult are only $1.50 from New Haven to Grand Central Terminal in midtown. I then texted my sister and told her that I was thinking of taking the kids to New York and asked if she wanted to come down for the weekend to go along.

She responded with an affirmative. The plan was to go to the Statue of Liberty, Top of the Rock and Times Square. We woke up early and made the trip to New Haven to catch a train. We then transferred to the NY Subway and made a trip to Battery Park to catch a ferry to Liberty Island. It was a great day and I was able to get some great pictures with my new camera.

On the train...

Sculpture in Battery Park, formerly at the Plaza at the World Trade Center, damaged on 9/11/01 when the towers fell.

DS in front of Statue

DD with Manhattan in the background

Rockefeller Center

Looking South from 30 Rock towards Empire State Building

Looking North towards Central Park, George Washington Bridge, New Jersey Pallisades

Me and the Kids

 

[Walt & Di]

This past Saturday, my wife was away being the leader at a Youth Retreat weekend, so I thought that I wanted to do something special for my kids. I had heard that there would be a car show in town and I thought that might be a good thing to take my new camera to. When I was talking to my office worker about it she told me that the show was Sunday not Saturday. I then asked her if she knew what the weather would be on Sunday. She replied that it would be beautiful.

My mind immediately began moving. I thought, "where could I take the kids?" I immediately thought of taking them to New York for the day on the train. The kids train fares with a paying adult are only $1.50 from New Haven to Grand Central Terminal in midtown. I then texted my sister and told her that I was thinking of taking the kids to New York and asked if she wanted to come down for the weekend to go along.

She responded with an affirmative. The plan was to go to the Statue of Liberty, Top of the Rock and Times Square. We woke up early and made the trip to New Haven to catch a train. We then transferred to the NY Subway and made a trip to Battery Park to catch a ferry to Liberty Island. It was a great day and I was able to get some great pictures with my new camera.

On the train...

Sculpture in Battery Park, formerly at the Plaza at the World Trade Center, damaged on 9/11/01 when the towers fell.

DS in front of Statue

DD with Manhattan in the background

Rockefeller Center

Looking South from 30 Rock towards Empire State Building

Looking North towards Central Park, George Washington Bridge, New Jersey Pallisades

Me and the Kids

Looks like a fun and educational day. Diane

 

[captchris]

In a few short days, I will be doing the good ol Doc Dance!

I just checked and my Doc's were shipped from Orlando, and they are probably sitting at UPS at MCO waiting for a plane ride somewhere.

It's almost time!!!!

 

[Dyerneeds]

its getting exciting now, isnt it??

 

[captchris]

Now that we are approaching October, I expect that this thread will become more and more active with posts and pictures.

This past weekend, we travelled to Ohio for Elaine's brother's wedding. It was a long drive for such a short time away. In about 60 hours, we drove 1263 miles and managed to attending a wedding in between!

On the way home, we were invited to a DIS meet with Dyerneeds and Tart Anililator (Mike and Robin). We joined them at a Perkins Restaurant and had a wonderful, but short time with them.

I think they convinced Elaine to come on and DIS more, and Mike made sure to ask Elaine if she would be bringing her red dress.

Here is a pic that Robin took of our family.

This was my 2nd DIS meet, and Elaine's first. She was nervous about meeting people she never really met, but I think her nervousness was put quickly to rest. She really enjoyed her time and is looking forward to meeting more DISers on the cruise in just a few short weeks.

It's hard to believe, but three weeks from Thursday we will be picking the kid up from school and heading to my parents house.

Wow, its coming up fast! I better get going on my DIS tag gifts. The good thing is, I know what I am giving and where they are. Elaine is going to get some small little things for the kiddos on the cruise.

 

[Dyerneeds]

we had a great time guys.

wish you would have had more time, but it was fun.

see ya in a few weeks.

see elaine?? we wernt that bad...were we?
well maybe i was. but robins nice.

 

[captchris]

Well today was the big day, one of the few days on any cruiser's calendar that is memorable. It's Doc Day!

The time to cruise is coming up fast! I flipped through the docs real quick and noticed that there is no longer a Bahamas form to fill out. That is nice as Forrest Gump would say, "good, one less thang"

More things to come as the cruise approaches...

 

[CRSNDSNY]

Great pics! How fun you got to meet up with them.

Congrats on getting your docs!!! It's real now!!!

 

[GOS]

The time to cruise is coming up fast! I flipped through the docs real quick and noticed that there is no longer a Bahamas form to fill out. That is nice as Forrest Gump would say, "good, one less thang"

More things to come as the cruise approaches...

I had forgotten about that one Chris.

 

[captchris]

Well we are less than 2 weeks before leaving for Florida and I am pleased to say that the first suitcase is finished.

Yesterday, Elaine packed up Samantha for the cruise and her suitcase is ready to go. I imagine that the bulk of our packing will be done prior to the end of the week.

DIS Tag gifts will also be completed this week. More pictures and stuff to follow as we move further along.

I can't believe that we leave in a week and 4 days!!!!

 

[B9erSteve]

Whoo Hoo! We do the single-digit dance tommorrow!

 

[captchris]

Whoo Hoo! We do the single-digit dance tommorrow!

That's great Steve! I can't believe how close we are getting. It just doesn't seem possible.