January 19,2008 / Eastern Magic / "The January Thaw Cruise"

[plenam]

I think this sounds like a lot of fun, I would totally be game. I am already thinking of all the Maine things I could get for my bag


LOBSTER?????? YUMMY!!!!!!!

I hope the cheese doesn't melt and the milk don't sour before we get there.

Brett

 

[JacobsMommy11002]

Tag, meets, whatever... I'm game! I'll just have to give some thought to what Massachusetts is known for besides our politicians (good or bad - you decide) and the Red Sox (none of them will fit in my carryon bags - I'd try but DH wouldn't be happy to let me travel with them - a girl can dream though... )!

Oohhh...if you could only squeeze Jason Varitek into your luggage, I would be one happy girl

 

[JacobsMommy11002]

So, I am so excited about this trip, I thought it would be fun to get to know one another a little...just a few little tid bits. So, here goes..I am a registered nurse, and a Red Sox fanatic! This is my first cruise, so I am excited, yet terrified at the same time. Jason, my husband, is a meat cutter/manager. Also first time cruiser and Red Sox freak, and one heck of a good daddy. We are mainly outdoorsy people..we like to hike, and keep the kids out of doors as much as possible. Jacob, the little man, just started tball and loves it. He starts kindergarten in the fall. Abby is my 3 going on 13 year old...total teen girl attitude already. She just had her first ballet recital this past Saturday, and you'd think she'd died and gone to heaven!

Next...

 

[tidefan]

So, I am so excited about this trip, I thought it would be fun to get to know one another a little...just a few little tid bits. So, here goes..I am a registered nurse, and a Red Sox fanatic! This is my first cruise, so I am excited, yet terrified at the same time. Jason, my husband, is a meat cutter/manager. Also first time cruiser and Red Sox freak, and one heck of a good daddy. We are mainly outdoorsy people..we like to hike, and keep the kids out of doors as much as possible. Jacob, the little man, just started tball and loves it. He starts kindergarten in the fall. Abby is my 3 going on 13 year old...total teen girl attitude already. She just had her first ballet recital this past Saturday, and you'd think she'd died and gone to heaven!

Next...

How funny, our DD3 just had her first ballet recital this past Sunday. Here it's college football 365 days a year. Hopefully, 'Bama will start to pull it together this year.

As to what to bring in a bag, I guess from reading the thread on the Dining board, I need to try to sneak on some Sweet Tea so that everyone can see (and taste) what it is...

 

[Bethipooh4]

As to what to bring in a bag, I guess from reading the thread on the Dining board, I need to try to sneak on some Sweet Tea so that everyone can see (and taste) what it is...

DEFINATELY!!!! The tea on the ship is not sweet....its amazing how quickly you come to love the tea here.

So... a little about our family...we are here in NC, courtesy of the Air Force. Our group of 21 has split to a group of 11 and a group of 10. The other group is 3 sisters and their families who have decided to go do their own thing, so our group of 10 is 3 Air Force families, one coming from Guam to go with us.
I am Beth(45), Dh is Rick (49) and we have 4 children, 2 that are grown and on their own(see daughters wedding below...lol..I hate the tiny pic) and 2 that are going with us, Stephen (17) and Michael (10). We are transplanted northerners, we are originally from Pa and NJ. This is our 4th Disney cruise, and our 2nd 7 night one, but our first Eastern cruise. Last year our group did the 2 stops at Castaway Western cruise.

Our family loves football (GO EAGLES) and hockey. DS runs track and youngest plays baseball, and both bowl in the local youth league. DH is Michael's cub scout leader, and they are planning their camping trip for June.
I am a SAHM, and volunteer at youngest's school, as well as in charge of the boxtops and labels for education for his school.

I wonder how I can get some local wine on the plane for my DIS bag?? What can be better...Red Sox players, lobster, cheese, sweet tea and wine?

Ok, who is next?

 

[shmoogrrrl]

How funny, our DD3 just had her first ballet recital this past Sunday. Here it's college football 365 days a year. Hopefully, 'Bama will start to pull it together this year.

Eek! 'Bama? I went to the University of Tennessee...Guess I better not put anything orange in YOUR bag.

 

[shmoogrrrl]

I wonder how I can get some local wine on the plane for my DIS bag?? What can be better...Red Sox players, lobster, cheese, sweet tea and wine?

Ok, who is next?

Guess I have to bring peanuts or Tobacco. I think that is pretty much what Virginia is known for, except that our wines are some of the best in the US now!

Ohhh....and politicians, but who'd what to smuggle THEM on?

 

[shmoogrrrl]

Let's see. I am Kathy and I am a SAHM. Before our Daughter was born I was a tech writer at The Nature Conservancy. Pretty dry and boring stuff. Being a Mom is much more fun! I've lived in VA all my life except for college.

My husband is Jeff and he works for Lockheed Martin. He's a model railroad builder so our basement is full of trains. He's an Air Force brat who lived everywhere but calls Colorado Springs, CO home.

Katie turns 5 in a couple of weeks and her dance recital isn't until the end of June. It will be her second though. They are so cute! Katie is a girly girl in mannerisms but she is obsessed with trains and Disney Cars.

We usually cruise with our best friends who have a daughter Katie's age and Son two years younger, but we are doing this trip without them.

That is about all. We are pretty boring overall

 

[plenam]

Guess I have to bring peanuts or Tobacco. I think that is pretty much what Virginia is known for, except that our wines are some of the best in the US now!

Ohhh....and politicians, but who'd what to smuggle THEM on?

All we have here is beer.

Brett

 

[owensamo]

All we have here is beer.

Brett

We spent 2 years in Madison before moving to NC. I would be in heaven if I could once again partake of some real, authentic Wisconsin cheese curds! *squeek!*

Amanda

 

[owensjro]

I'll bring Duke things, just so I can get rid of them.

GO Carolina!

Jim

 

[Bethipooh4]

I'll bring Duke things, just so I can get rid of them.

GO Carolina!

Jim

DUKE??? BAH....lol

DS is a ECU Pirate.....

 

[sjcubedofct]

MissyOHHHHH my goodness! We're booked for this cruise, too! We were on the Halloween Eastern Cruise 2006 with you! We were supposed to take the Return Repo cruise but realized our son would miss way too many days of school, so we changed our reservation to this January cruise.

Bethipooh- Howdy, neighbor! We're just a short 1/2 hour from you here in Faison, NC! We moved here from CT back in July 2006 and absolutely love it here. I love the idea of the gift bags- I'll have to give it some thought about what to put in ours...hogs? Sweet potatoes? Hmmm.....

I love the list of travellers that someone compiled! Brett, could you copy the list onto your first post on the first page and maybe update it as needed? That way it's easy to see who's on the boat with us!

Our party includes: DH35 Scott, Sherry (me!) and DS12 (almost 13)

This is our 3rd Disney Cruise and we tried a week on RCI and just love Disney so much more.

Can't wait to get to know ya'll!!!

God bless you,

Sherry

 

[tidefan]

Eek! 'Bama? I went to the University of Tennessee...Guess I better not put anything orange in YOUR bag.

I am allergic to anything orange. Perhaps the bags should be a nice beautiful Crimson...

I graduated high school in Franklin, TN and left to attend The University of Alabama. I've been here ever since...

 

[plenam]

I'm starting to think I'm the only Yankee around here. But, most of my relation on my fathers side is from south of the Mason-Dixon.

Brett

 

[Bethipooh4]

I am a Yankee at heart....I was born and raised in New Jersey. DH is one also, born and raised in Valley Forge, PA. We consider ourselves transplanted northerners.

Rest assured, you are not alone...

Sherry,
Its a very small world....Faison is right down the road.There is also a family from Cary going as well!!

 

[jsheridan]

It depends on your definition of the term "Yankee" . We here in Massachusetts consider that to be almost a curse!

Go Red Sox!

It will be me (Julie - 35 next week ), DH James (will turn 42 on the day of our sailing), and DS Jake (will turn 4 the week prior to sailing). I manage an insurance agency and DH works for the phone company. We are Red Sox fans and DH is a die hard Patriots fan (me, not so much. I watch occasionally to humor him).

Of course the AFC & NFC Championship games are scheduled on 1/20/08. We will be at sea that day. I already had to promise DH that he could watch the game (either in Diversions or someone said that it may be on the Arielvision screen). We do assume that his beloved Pats will be involved.

This will be DS first cruise and our first since DS! We have been on about 6 or 7 cruises with NCL, Celebrity & 1 Carnival that we hated. This is our first with DCL.

BTW - I mentioned my dilemma to him about what is Mass known for. His only additional response was bad drivers! Can't pack them either...

 

[Bethipooh4]

It depends on your definition of the term "Yankee" . We here in Massachusetts consider that to be almost a curse!


We are Red Sox fans and DH is a die hard Patriots fan (me, not so much. I watch occasionally to humor him).

Of course the AFC & NFC Championship games are scheduled on 1/20/08. We will be at sea that day. I already had to promise DH that he could watch the game (either in Diversions or someone said that it may be on the Arielvision screen). We do assume that his beloved Pats will be involved.


BTW - I mentioned my dilemma to him about what is Mass known for. His only additional response was bad drivers! Can't pack them either...

EEEKKKK...now this could be a interesting cruise if the Eagles get lucky and make the playoffs...Dh and I are huge fans, and the other family we are with live and breathe Steelers...NE is a bad word in our family.

OK, I am sorry if anyone is stressing over these DIS bags....let me try to give you a few ideas...(since i am the bad person who brought it up)

In the bag I received from Illinois....it had a beanie baby from Illinois, a white sox bottle opener, some playing cards, a beautiful votive holder with scenes of Illinois on it, a magnet, a walgreens gift card, a underwater camera(a huge help, since we forgot one) and some candy.

In mine, I had a mini stanley cup since the Hurricanes had just won, a magnet, a mug with a lighthouse on it, some playing cards, a postacrd and coin from the base, a bottle of our local wine, and some UNC stuff.

It doesn't have to be big or expensive, just some fun stuff to remember our DIS friends we meet.

In one bag there was a bottle of Jack Daniels since they were from Kentucky..
Our friends from Guam brought a handmade clock made on the island.

Hope these ideas helped . I remember going to Cape Cod and going to a candle factory there, and cranberry bogs...I LOVE dried cranberries and candles...(hint hint)LMAO

 

[shmoogrrrl]

I am allergic to anything orange. Perhaps the bags should be a nice beautiful Crimson...

I graduated high school in Franklin, TN and left to attend The University of Alabama. I've been here ever since...

No Orange? Ack! I don't think I could do Crimson! Okay, so the reality is that I probably wouldn't do Orange either, but.....

I'm gonna date myself here, but when I was in 4th grade, we went to the World's Fair in Knoxville and I decided then that I was going to go to UT. As I got older, I got into band and as UT has THE BEST band in the South, that helped cement my decision. Also, Orange is a good color for me. Oddly, my maiden name is McClung which is a pretty popular name down there at UT what with a building and a museum with the name McClung. I'm sure I am related to those people, as my Father was born in Murfreesboro, TN and a lot of our relatives are from the TN, VA, NC area, but I couldn't even come close to telling you HOW I am related to them.

 

[shmoogrrrl]

Of course the AFC & NFC Championship games are scheduled on 1/20/08. We will be at sea that day. I already had to promise DH that he could watch the game (either in Diversions or someone said that it may be on the Arielvision screen). We do assume that his beloved Pats will be involved.

OMG.....I didn't even THINK about this.

See, in our family, we are a little bit backward. I LOVE Football. I am a Cowboys fan first, a Redskin fan second (Yeah, I know that is strange, but I became a Cowboys fan at an early age to bug my Mom who is a die hard Redskin fan! I still like the Redskins too.) and a Denver fan third (Husband from Colorado). When we started dating, Jeff would spend all day Sunday watching games with me. He knew about players and the whole thing. Well, now I know that it was in an attemt to woo me because once we were married, he pretty much stopped watching! Sure, he watches the big games, but that is about it.

Since this is the year of a Cowboys or Denver comeback ) or maybe even the year that the Redskins win a game or two , I'll probably have to take time out of cruising to watch the games!