July 28, 2007 - "Rome-ancing the Mouse Cruisers" -11 days! Part 2

[kyla]

A message came up from -ALEX webmaster,

KYLA


Sent my $ by paypal my first time please let me know if it works!

Andrew, I didn't get your paypal

I'm still back on page 198, reading forward.

 

[eeyorelvr10]

OK someone explain to me how a 4:32 second video turned into a 7 minute ordeal? Is it just my computer - Loved the video but for some reason I have a lot of trouble viewing YouTube video - they stop and start every 5 second.

Must be my cursed curse again - anything electronic - I can kill! that me be the Schleprock of things electronic!

In all seriousness - loved it - and I'm jealous - wish I was on her but I wanted to be onboard you all more!

 

[kyla]

pirate​

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Captain Jack Sparrow


3000!​

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Who is this person? A maurader?

Ok, I'm at page 200 and trying to upload YouTube and pet my dog at the same time.

 

[kyla]

Thanks Laura, for posting the method for checking numbers of posts, I thought Andrew had a pen and paper and some sort of tally chart next to his computer

I'm on page 202 now. I don't think I'm going to stay up much later to get to the end.

 

[MrsJobba1]

Don't be shocked, I've signed up for the WDW Half Marathon, I did one last February (I walked it, mostly) so I'm now planning to walk/run the next one, so I'm tabulating my progress........thx for asking???

Thats really cool, well done you!

The only chance you'll have is when she's on holiday. But you wouldn't do that, would you?

I can't believe your plotting against me!

Oh yea, when is she leaving again!!!!!!!!

Ever felt like your not wanted

UPDATE ON DH: Made it to the final Poker table and after several ups and downs, he's made the minimum payout - so I know I'll have another $5,000 to add to my excursions list!! He just doesn't know I've spent it yet!

Oh yeah - James Woods (Shark) was there again but got knocked out yesterday. DH has seen him several times but is too shy to go up to him and say hi. I don't know about you but I think he's kinda cute in a different sorta way. Especially when he smiles, makes me think he's up to something.

Later all -

We've just started the first series of Shark over here - its cool - wow your dh moves in the right circles

I told you all that DH was EXTREMELY LUCKY! He lost but he placed & won about $8G. Yippee - tomorrow on to DCL to see if they have any more private cars! (We'll worry about Uncle Sam later!) I have a TOAL (Trip of a Lifetime) to pay for!

That confirms it, I am def sticking near your family on the evening casino

Still up!! I'll send payment to tomorrow for the lanyards.......I'm off school due to a doctor's appointment!!!!!!!!!!

Thats a likely story ! I can't believe your taking a sickie, the day I go back to work -just to catch me up in posts !!!

( Seroiously though , hope everything is ok)

 

[kyla]

Me again.................it's just me and the West coasters............... Everyone else is asleep.............

What are you still doing up!

 

[kyla]

Yea, I finally made it to the end and its after midnight here

 

[MrsJobba1]

Kyla - I have sent you the payment via Paypal - The message I got back says my payment has been initiated. This payment will be completed once the recipient has accepted the payment. Thanks H x

 

[kyla]

Helen, you just paypaled me and I can't accept it.
Sorry, it wants to charge me a fee and I can only accept 5 of those types of payment a year. I only have a personal (basic) account. So you can pay me in Barcelona.

 

[MrsJobba1]

Helen, you just paypaled me and I can't accept it.
Sorry, it wants to charge me a fee and I can only accept 5 of those types of payment a year. I only have a personal (basic) account. So you can pay me in Barcelona.

Sorry I did not know it would do that

 

[kyla]

Lanyard Status 5/19:
Talked to formerCPer (Brian). He is getting the lanyard design E ready to go. So I'm ready to start accepting everyone's order and payment. Please note that DCL did not grant us permission to use copyrighted materials, which is probably the Disney font, mickey icon and use of Disney Magic. However, they said its unlikely anything will be said to us about it if we make them up and wear them AND ARE NOT SELLING THEM. They are totally fine if we made them at home, its the use of an independent vendor that gets tricky. The big thing is that we are not selling these lanyards and are strictly for personal use.

5/17:Got the badge holder sample. Its bigger than I thought compared to the Key to the World card but you can easily open and stick your fingers in to get to the card. So I wonder if we should stick with that size or go smaller?

ORDER INFORMATION:
Since this is a two color lanyard, the cost will be $2.43 per lanyard
Each lanyard comes with a badge holder which is $0.20 each
So I need a total of $2.63 for each lanyard
Add $1 for each reel. I'm thinking of ordering the black reel to go with the black lanyard. Sound Ok with everyone?????
So the total for a lanyard with reel is $3.63.

Timeline: Would like to get the lanyard order in before June 15th latest. Which means I need everyone's payment prior. Anyone else who wants to order, please post and let me know. Payment info is below.

Payment: I can take paypal payments (basic account, not the premier account) at kylarice at worldnet.att.net. If you don't have paypal, I will take a check. For the UK people who don't have paypal, just pay when you pick up your lanyards, under the table please. Please pm me for my address to send the checks to. Please include your DIS forum name with any payment, so I know who you are.
Update: Ok, on the paypal payment, some of you are sending me are OK and some are using their premier account. I have a personal account (basic) and while it does allow me to accept payments from folks with premier accounts it charges me a fee to accept plus it limits the number of payments I can accept to a total of 5 for the year. So, if you are unsure, go ahead and try sending me a payment via paypal and if it kicks back as denied, then you know that you have a premier account and I just denied it. Then you will need to send me a check. Pm me and I will give you my address.



Ok so far I have the following interest:
Kyla 9
Jlawall 7 sending
Eeyorelvr10 6 sending
kidcoos3 5 sending
Andrew UK 4 ????missing in action????
Salliep 3 paid for 3 lanyards with reels
Pixie DustII 4 paid for 4 lanyards with reels
AnnaS 5
disneymagic316 9
MrsG 2 sending
MrsJobba1 2 Barcelona
Lovebeast 4 paid for 4 lanyards and 3 reels
Iowazipcode 8
disneylover 5 5 sending
formerCper 4
10yrann 8
MaryJo 3 sending
LynnTarrant 2
Sandaneli 2
JustJus 4
Aurora1959 4
caven 553 7 sending
danfromca sending
Total: 113

# badge reels requested:
MrsJobba (2)
salliep (3)
MrsG (2)
AnnaS (5)
eeyorelvr10 (6)
lovebeast (3)
jlawall (2)
Kidcoos3 (5)
LynnTarrant (2)
justjus (1)
caven553 (4)
Aurora1959 (4)
PixieDustII (4)
Total: 45

Lanyard Design Options (by formerCPer)

Design E is the Winner!

Cost for lanyard design E will be about $3.00
It comes with a badge holder: http://www.kennyproducts.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=KPI&Product_Code=372
To add a badge reel http://www.kennyproducts.com/Mercha...en=PROD&Store_Code=KPI&Product_Code=425-blank, will be another $1 per badge reel.
I was thinking of ordering once I get everyone's payment and bringing them to Barcelona or the DIS meetup to pass out.

Please note: I called the lanyard maker and DCL regarding the design of these lanyards and if there were any copyright or trademarked problems. Both told me they were OK with it since we are using them for personal use and not selling them (thats why I need your payment first before I put the order in). Although DCL said that the design is OK, they said there is a small chance that guest services may request that we not wear the lanyard (I guess if the Disney police are onboard). ETA: I have since emailed DCL a picture of the lanyard design to get another confirmation that the design is OK. ETA: DCL responded with a generic "we can't grant permission to use copyrighted materials" esp with an independent vendor due to agreements with other vendors. If you chose to create items with Disney designs at home - no problems as LONG AS THEY ARE NOT BEING SOLD. ETA: sent email to DCL asking for specifics: which items (images, font or words) are copyrighted that are on the lanyard. No word yet. ETA: called DCL to follow up on generic email. They said this is a gray area. They can't grant me permission to use copyright materials. However, they highly doubt that DCL will say anything if we went ahead and made up the lanyard AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT BEING SOLD AND ARE FOR PERSONAL USE.

I posted this on the previous page, but in case you haven't seen. Some people were confused on how things attach together. Hopefully, this will clear it up:

Here is the lanyard with the badge holder (except ours will be vertical)

Here is the lanyard with badge reel (except ours will come as two pieces: a lanyard with J hook (as shown in the above pic). Each badge reels has a belt clip in back. The J hook hooks on the belt clip of the badge reel. See the little tab on the badge reel? That will snap onto the top of the badge holder. The badge holder will hold your Key to the World card. The badge reel is not heavy duty. It is a light string and is made to hold the weight of your badge holder.

 

[kyla]

Sorry I did not know it would do that

I'll deny it in a bit. But I think I need to go to bed.

 

[MrsJobba1]

I'll deny it in a bit. But I think I need to go to bed.

No problem , Have Disney Dreams

 

[danfromca]

I was pretty sad in 2001 when they used 9/11 as an excuse to close the tours. They were already going bust in the area and were down to weekends, and school field-trips on the weekdays. It's just another sign of a big change in the area. I wonder if Nestle will be next. I mean after all Heinz closed shop a few years ago too. And that is after losing two of the really big sugar plants in the area. Destroy the plants, build new houses. I guess it's cheaper to grow it here, and then ship it out of the country for processing. Then pay the import fees to bring it back.

Ah, foolish me. I though it was a short-sighted penny pinching corporate thing. Now that I understand that it was part of the war on terrorism, naturally I support the decision. I mean, can you imagine anything more damaging to society than the destruction of our primary source of Hershey's Kisses?

 

[danfromca]

Wow - that is wonderful. I don't think I could ever play Poker. I just really don't get it. I mean I understand it and all, but I don't know the variances or how to bid.

I'm a bit more of a strategic card game type player, and board games. But we don't play for money.

I found that for me the secret to success in poker is to play on a weekend, with a bunch of beginners who are drunk.

On a related note, I'm still wrestling with the Monte Carlo excursions. Right now I'm planning on taking the day tour of Monte Carlo that includes a visit to the casino. A few people in my group are planning on the evening visit. I wonder if anyone has thoughts on the matter?

 

[MrsJobba1]

Has anyone made a door sign yet?

Here are a couple of photos from my door last year!

 

[MrsJobba1]

 

[MrsJobba1]

This is a shot of the whole door - you can see the DVC club sign they gave us

 

[MrsJobba1]

Baked Alaska anyone ?

 

[MrsJobba1]

chilling out with Mickey