July 28, 2007 - "Rome-ancing the Mouse Cruisers" -11 days! Part 3

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Wimbledon was great

We have British Interest in a final for the first time in 20 years!!!!

Jamie Murray is in the mixed doubles finals!!! We saw the quarter final and semis both played yesterday because of the rain earlier

Also saw Venus win and Federer get to the final.

Plus some invitation mens doubles
Fleming and Vilas

and ealier MacNamarra and MacNamee
An excellent days tennis beautiful weather Pimms and Strawberries on the hill. A perfect english summer's day

Now choices, DIS catch up, housework, holiday packing, more tennis or the grand prix not to mention the tour de france HELP!!

and NO RAIN!

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Cats that can type???? only in a Disney Movie?

 

[Sandaneli]

Way to Go Helen.

 

[LynnTarrant]

Very Funny Andrew and Sallie

Okay I meant to post this before my life got so dramatic,

Joann and I have a private tour booked in Palermo, we were in an eight seater vechicle but her parents have joined us and we are now in a 16 seater for 9 of us therefore we have some space, we are a group of 9 adults, (Keith and I, Joann and Ken plus their 3 girls, Bill and Alice Joann's mum and dad)the plan is to leave at 8am goto Segasta and Erice, then spend some time on a beach, we'll get back about an hour before the ship sails, so a full day.
The difference between this and the DCL visit will be time on the beach, no long lunch stop we will find stuff as we go, however we will have entrance fees and lunch money to find. The cost obviously decreases depending on numbers but is already less than DCL with just 9 of us.

If you are interested in this tour please give me a PM

Lynn

 

[salliep]

Good Morning Andrew !! Very nice to meet you! I love your grammar!!! Very feline !!!!! WE learned to type from our dear cousins Si and Am. They also taught us many more tricks that mom and dad dont particularly like, but we're only kittens you know.
Ive been trying to listen on conversations... did you know that mom booked a different spa treatment each day since she won some kind of lottery involving an open credit card??? She was so excited that day, we each got an extra can of wet food!!!!!!
We were wondering where we will be sleeping when we all arrive in your cabin in a couple of weeks??? We love to sleep with teh humans if possible, but a cozy fur lined cat bed will do!!
Meow from Mia

 

[islandmom3]

Well, I'm not an Apple expert, so I can't really speak to that. Also, you didn't mention problems with other sites, so I'm going to assume that otherwise your computer seems to be operating normally.

So here are my guesses in order.

1. You have turned off cookies, specifically for disney.go.com. Many "log in" type systems require cookies to operate, and being suddenly bounced back to a different page is a common symptom when they are blocked. Not sure which brower you are using, but you should be able to find in its help (or on google) instructions for manually setting cookie handling (which sites are and are not allowed to set cookies). Be sure you allow it for disney.go.com and disneycruise.com.

2. You have a firewall blocking access to disney.go.com. I think this is less likely, but it possible that Norton security would be involved here.

3. Some browser specific issue. Again, I'm not a MAC expert. To check this, try installing or using a different browser.

I hope this helps.

Dan, thanks for taking a crack at it! I am going to try this today and hopefully your suggestion about the cookiest will work. Our puppy chewed the cables to the screen and the computer on my PC , for some reason one of the kids had undone it and put the cable on the floor so I only have the Apple now. There are no stores open on Sunday Anyway I'll give it a go.

 

[islandmom3]

Good morning DIS Humans.
I just want you all to know that my mom, Salliep is actually going to the beach again. She has not packed one item, her house is a total mess, daddy just keeps wandering around saying, "poor me, poor Andrew", and to make matters worse- she won't let my sister Isabella and I play with this great toy that has a moving propeller on top. Do you have any idea how much kittens love moving, spinning objects???? Uh Oh!!!!Got to go, I think shes coming!!! ​

thanks for the early morning smile. I think by the way that you're being a totally unreasonable 'mother' to the cats. Very unfair of you not to share your toys.

 

[MrsG]

Good morning DIS Humans.
I just want you all to know that my mom, Salliep is actually going to the beach again. She has not packed one item, her house is a total mess, daddy just keeps wandering around saying, "poor me, poor Andrew", and to make matters worse- she won't let my sister Isabella and I play with this great toy that has a moving propeller on top. Do you have any idea how much kittens love moving, spinning objects???? Uh Oh!!!!Got to go, I think shes coming!!! ​

Life is less than purrfect, sometimes a bit cat-astrophic, soon your owner will be ofF on the Disney cruise feline, and she will be away furr a long time.

In the UK we have the RSPCA to look after pets, I am not sure if you have help there.

PS I am purr, (poor) Andrew.

Me-ow!

 

[MrsG]

If you have a list of tags, I'll be glad to take a crack at it. While not even close to being a graphic designer, as I recall the idea I saw earlier (with mouse shapes between the tags) wouldn't be too hard to do. Do you have a linke to the original design?

Dan, thanks for volunteering to help out!!!!! It really would be nice to have a t shirt commemorating the cruise.

Carrie -

Maryann

 

[bellelinus]

That's right and they have the sunscreen that is UVA and UVB readily accessible - thanks Julie



I'm staying for 4 days on the Left Bank then moving on-site to Sequoia Lodge on Sunday the 12th. Are you doing DL Paris first? We will do Central Paris upon disembarkation and flying into Orly - I hope I didn't make a mistake.

Hi Laura;

We are going to Orly right after disembarkation as well . . . then on to Paris. We will do DLP right before heading back to Barcelona for the repo.

For sunscreen, look for the ingredient meroxyl . . . the most famous brand is Anthelios, but I think the L'Oreal brand sold in Europe as Ombrelle has it also . . .it's the very best UVA/UVB blocker and I've been buying it online from Canada for years since it wasn't sold in the US.

 

[bellelinus]

"Peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God."
--Kurt Vonnegut

 

[bellelinus]

The concert was great fun yesterday -- getting there was even pretty easy and the Port Authority bus terminal was not that bad looking (it was a little less pleasant coming back after midnight, but more on that later). I definitely did not bring a laptop -- I don't know how someone thought I was posting while there, but the day I need to take a laptop to a concert is the day I need to go cold turkey off the Dis!

Laura, I did actually get carded when trying to buy a big beer (I thought he was kidding and said "You don't need my ID" but then it turned out I wouldn't get it until I showed ID, which hadn't happened to the people in front of me) -- so wearing the Green Day shirt obviously did throw my age off a bit!

The stage was set up cleverly so that it was on a large circular revolving base (think of Les Miserables's stage set), and the backdrop was the same on both sides of the semi-circle. This allowed one band to set up behind the one performing so that there were no real breaks . . . one band would stop, and the stage would revolve and the next would be ready to be introduced.

The groups were varied, and each did 3-4 songs, usually sort of a "greatest hits" approach, so that even if you weren't crazy about one of the acts it was pleasant enough and over quickly. Of course it left you wanting more from the really good ones, though. Famous people would generally introduce the groups: Leonardo di Caprio, Cameron Diaz, Zach Braff, Abigail Breslin (little girl from Little Miss Sunshine), Rachel Weiss, Jane Goodall (that was cool -- she greeted us with a chimp call), some lingerie model (perhaps famous from Vistoria's Secret? The "Joisey" guys behind us certainly knew who she was and had plenty to say about her -- mainly that she was wearing too many clothes), Al Gore many times, etc.

Helen, Bon Jovi was fabulous and got a huge reception being in New Jersey. Jon is a beautiful person in every sense of the word and the performance was awesome . . . started with one of their new songs, went on to "Who said you can't go home again," followed by "Dead or alive" (he asked everyone to stand before for the "national anthem" and that was what we got!), ended with "Living on a Prayer" with absolutely the entire crowd bellowing along. You would have loved it. Some people in our row apparently were there for them, because after they were finished they left (before Smashing Pumpkins, Roger Waters, or the Police!).

Getting back, they had not planned efficiently for the buses, and we waited over an hour to get on one . . . everyone was so annoyed the idea of a line turned into the same concept you find at an Italian post office (I dare you to try!) and it was something to eventually push your way onto the bus. Getting back to the terminal after midnight threw off my carbon emissions, since the S train doesn't run to Grand Central after midnight and I didn't want to walk 10 blocks to get to either the 6 or the N trains . . . so we took a taxi home from the bus terminal. Easier and little traffic at that time, but I did start to wonder if I would have done just as well taking my car in the end.

If anyone has any specific questions about any of the bands, I'd be happy to answer, but I won't bore everyone with a blow by blow of my opinion of the acts . . .

 

[MrsG]

The concert was great fun yesterday -- getting there was even pretty easy and the Port Authority bus terminal was not that bad looking (it was a little less pleasant coming back after midnight, but more on that later). I definitely did not bring a laptop -- I don't know how someone thought I was posting while there, but the day I need to take a laptop to a concert is the day I need to go cold turkey off the Dis!

Laura, I did actually get carded when trying to buy a big beer (I thought he was kidding and said "You don't need my ID" but then it turned out I wouldn't get it until I showed ID, which hadn't happened to the people in front of me) -- so wearing the Green Day shirt obviously did throw my age off a bit!

The stage was set up cleverly so that it was on a large circular revolving base (think of Les Miserables's stage set), and the backdrop was the same on both sides of the semi-circle. This allowed one band to set up behind the one performing so that there were no real breaks . . . one band would stop, and the stage would revolve and the next would be ready to be introduced.

The groups were varied, and each did 3-4 songs, usually sort of a "greatest hits" approach, so that even if you weren't crazy about one of the acts it was pleasant enough and over quickly. Of course it left you wanting more from the really good ones, though. Famous people would generally introduce the groups: Leonardo di Caprio, Cameron Diaz, Zach Braff, Abigail Breslin (little girl from Little Miss Sunshine), Rachel Weiss, Jane Goodall (that was cool -- she greeted us with a chimp call), some lingerie model (perhaps famous from Vistoria's Secret? The "Joisey" guys behind us certainly knew who she was and had plenty to say about her -- mainly that she was wearing too many clothes), Al Gore many times, etc.

Helen, Bon Jovi was fabulous and got a huge reception being in New Jersey. Jon is a beautiful person in every sense of the word and the performance was awesome . . . started with one of their new songs, went on to "Who said you can't go home again," followed by "Dead or alive" (he asked everyone to stand before for the "national anthem" and that was what we got!), ended with "Living on a Prayer" with absolutely the entire crowd bellowing along. You would have loved it. Some people in our row apparently were there for them, because after they were finished they left (before Smashing Pumpkins, Roger Waters, or the Police!).

Getting back, they had not planned efficiently for the buses, and we waited over an hour to get on one . . . everyone was so annoyed the idea of a line turned into the same concept you find at an Italian post office (I dare you to try!) and it was something to eventually push your way onto the bus. Getting back to the terminal after midnight threw off my carbon emissions, since the S train doesn't run to Grand Central after midnight and I didn't want to walk 10 blocks to get to either the 6 or the N trains . . . so we took a taxi home from the bus terminal. Easier and little traffic at that time, but I did start to wonder if I would have done just as well taking my car in the end.

If anyone has any specific questions about any of the bands, I'd be happy to answer, but I won't bore everyone with a blow by blow of my opinion of the acts . . .

Sounds like you had a great time. The weather was perfect!

Maryann

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Good Morning Andrew !! Very nice to meet you! I love your grammar!!! Very feline !!!!! WE learned to type from our dear cousins Si and Am. They also taught us many more tricks that mom and dad dont particularly like, but we're only kittens you know.
Ive been trying to listen on conversations... did you know that mom booked a different spa treatment each day since she won some kind of lottery involving an open credit card??? She was so excited that day, we each got an extra can of wet food!!!!!!
We were wondering where we will be sleeping when we all arrive in your cabin in a couple of weeks??? We love to sleep with teh humans if possible, but a cozy fur lined cat bed will do!!
Meow from Mia

I think your owner might not be telling you the full truth, she has a room on the cruise all to herself and I am very sorry to say due to rules in Europe little Cats cannot travel.

Anyway you really wouldn't wish to share our room as we have something called a 'Stephen' its a little like one of those things with lots of power you have in USA, I think the word is a hurricane.

Currently the 'Stephen' is powering up, as he is being force to do something called 'home-work'.

Now we can harness his power, with Mickey Bars and Ketchup, but little Cats should beware of him.

 

[bridegirl]

Julie - thanks for the news of the concert, I really wanted to watch it but didn't get a chance. It's waiting in my tivo but I'm sure it was awesome to go in person.

Salliep - your kitty is SOOOOO cute!

I can't believe I am in LAST PLACE on the post counts, although 90 posts is alot for me, if you consider how long I have been on the DIS, I must have a record for lowest post count of anyone. I read the boards alot, and I always post an answer if there's something that I know, but other people usually know alot more DIS info than I do.

I can't believe you are all packing already! It's making me nervous, I am still in the shopping, making lists, which-kid-doesnt-have water-shoes-that-fit phase. I need to get started, but we've just come home from a week in Deer Valley, so I need to unpack first.

I am the only one that charging the electronics takes a full day? I don't know how people doing. Ane hasn't someone invented one power source that will charge all these things? I saw one on the today show but it wasn't for sale yet - it was like a pad that you lay your electronics on and it charges all kinds.

For our trip we have one portable DVD for DD who is too young for ipod, two batteries, four ipods, one psp, three nintendo DS, one gameboy, one leapster, canon EOS has 3 batteries, canon powershot, video camera has 2 batteries, two blackberries, one laptop, two bluetooth headsets, five sets of Bose noise reducing headphones that each take a AAA battery - OMG!!!!! Just figuring out how to get everything plugged in takes me an hour and hubby has it all pretty organized with labels on the cables and such.

How does everyone else deal with electronics overload????

For such long flights, it's so much easier to let the kids have all forms of entertainment. At home they don't get much (only 20 minutes a day) so it really holds their attention while travelling. And when the kids are quiet on a long flight, that's a good thing for mommy.

Watching Wimbledon mens final - woo hoo

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

The concert was great fun yesterday -- getting there was even pretty easy and the Port Authority bus terminal was not that bad looking (it was a little less pleasant coming back after midnight, but more on that later). I definitely did not bring a laptop -- I don't know how someone thought I was posting while there, but the day I need to take a laptop to a concert is the day I need to go cold turkey off the Dis!

Laura, I did actually get carded when trying to buy a big beer (I thought he was kidding and said "You don't need my ID" but then it turned out I wouldn't get it until I showed ID, which hadn't happened to the people in front of me) -- so wearing the Green Day shirt obviously did throw my age off a bit!

The stage was set up cleverly so that it was on a large circular revolving base (think of Les Miserables's stage set), and the backdrop was the same on both sides of the semi-circle. This allowed one band to set up behind the one performing so that there were no real breaks . . . one band would stop, and the stage would revolve and the next would be ready to be introduced.

The groups were varied, and each did 3-4 songs, usually sort of a "greatest hits" approach, so that even if you weren't crazy about one of the acts it was pleasant enough and over quickly. Of course it left you wanting more from the really good ones, though. Famous people would generally introduce the groups: Leonardo di Caprio, Cameron Diaz, Zach Braff, Abigail Breslin (little girl from Little Miss Sunshine), Rachel Weiss, Jane Goodall (that was cool -- she greeted us with a chimp call), some lingerie model (perhaps famous from Vistoria's Secret? The "Joisey" guys behind us certainly knew who she was and had plenty to say about her -- mainly that she was wearing too many clothes), Al Gore many times, etc.

Helen, Bon Jovi was fabulous and got a huge reception being in New Jersey. Jon is a beautiful person in every sense of the word and the performance was awesome . . . started with one of their new songs, went on to "Who said you can't go home again," followed by "Dead or alive" (he asked everyone to stand before for the "national anthem" and that was what we got!), ended with "Living on a Prayer" with absolutely the entire crowd bellowing along. You would have loved it. Some people in our row apparently were there for them, because after they were finished they left (before Smashing Pumpkins, Roger Waters, or the Police!).

Getting back, they had not planned efficiently for the buses, and we waited over an hour to get on one . . . everyone was so annoyed the idea of a line turned into the same concept you find at an Italian post office (I dare you to try!) and it was something to eventually push your way onto the bus. Getting back to the terminal after midnight threw off my carbon emissions, since the S train doesn't run to Grand Central after midnight and I didn't want to walk 10 blocks to get to either the 6 or the N trains . . . so we took a taxi home from the bus terminal. Easier and little traffic at that time, but I did start to wonder if I would have done just as well taking my car in the end.

If anyone has any specific questions about any of the bands, I'd be happy to answer, but I won't bore everyone with a blow by blow of my opinion of the acts . . .

Glad you had a good time at the concert I watched ours and some of yours on our TV, The Police were good, I liked Madonna, and her new song, although she didn't need to swear so strongly. She had two really weird Gypsy men on with her, very sariel.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

I am the only one that charging the electronics takes a full day? I don't know how people doing. Ane hasn't someone invented one power source that will charge all these things? I saw one on the today show but it wasn't for sale yet - it was like a pad that you lay your electronics on and it charges all kinds.

For our trip we have one portable DVD for DD who is too young for ipod, two batteries, four ipods, one psp, three nintendo DS, one gameboy, one leapster, canon EOS has 3 batteries, canon powershot, video camera has 2 batteries, two blackberries, one laptop, two bluetooth headsets, five sets of Bose noise reducing headphones that each take a AAA battery - OMG!!!!! Just figuring out how to get everything plugged in takes me an hour and hubby has it all pretty organized with labels on the cables and such.

How does everyone else deal with electronics overload????

For such long flights, it's so much easier to let the kids have all forms of entertainment. At home they don't get much (only 20 minutes a day) so it really holds their attention while travelling. And when the kids are quiet on a long flight, that's a good thing for mommy.

Watching Wimbledon mens final - woo hoo

Watching Wimbledon as well, My kids hav a lots as well, just buy locally where we are. But son will miss his X-box.

 

[bellelinus]

Glad you had a good time at the concert I watched ours and some of yours on our TV, The Police were good, I liked Madonna, and her new song, although she didn't need to swear so strongly. She had two really weird Gypsy men on with her, very sariel.

Yes, Eliz and I were laughing at her male back-up dancers, too -- they would show some of what was going on other places on big screens in between things going on live . . .I was sad that they never showed Spinal Tap, though!

The Police were great, although I don't know why they felt the need to let John Mayer and Kanye West muck up "Message in a Bottle" at the end . . .

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

Good Morning ​

Have A Good Sunday

Morning from this side of the Pond and then some. Your Sunday is almost over, I think.

Mary Jo (MJ) - were you asking about the directions to Monserrat?

I believe some were posted on post #7883, page 526.

I also have some links that I can send you once the boards are back up. Or if you send me your e-mail address I can send you some information on the metro lines that I have saved on how to get there.

Hope this was you!

Repeat just for good measure!

Also easy to find on page 1, post 12. With FAQ.

Thank you both so much. That is exactly what I'm looking for! I really need to do a daily check on that first page. There is so much good information there. Thank you so much, Andrew.

I picked up a cheap and lightweight pirate costume. Whether I will have the space to carry it, and the guts to wear it, remain to be seen (odds are that if I have the space to carry it, I will wear it).

Looking for a lot of pirate type outfits for our cruise. I will be taking pics.

Lurkers-I knew you were around!!

Great assist, Andrew.

hows about that for timing

just popped in, saw you fluffing and couldn't resist

Impeccable, as usual

I feel a bit rough though, think I must have eaten something yesterday that wasn;t good.

Could do with out training, at least we have a bit of sun

Hope you feel better today!

Good morning DIS Humans. ​

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I just want you all to know that my mom, Salliep is actually going to the beach again. She has not packed one item, her house is a total mess, daddy just keeps wandering around saying, "poor me, poor Andrew", and to make matters worse- she won't let my sister Isabella and I play with this great toy that has a moving propeller on top. Do you have any idea how much kittens love moving, spinning objects???? Uh Oh!!!!Got to go, I think shes coming!!!
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Just adorable! My favorite cat was Siamese. She would come when called, jump in my arms when I whistled, open the window to go outside to relieve herself, open the cupboard & her box of food to eat when she was hungry ... but, I never saw her type -- Amazing.​

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Life is less than purrfect, sometimes a bit cat-astrophic, soon your owner will be ofF on the Disney cruise feline, and she will be away furr a long time.

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In the UK we have the RSPCA to look after pets, I am not sure if you have help there.

PS I am purr, (poor) Andrew.

Me-ow!​

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Joann and I have a private tour booked in Palermo, we were in an eight seater vechicle but her parents have joined us and we are now in a 16 seater for 9 of us therefore we have some space, we are a group of 9 adults, (Keith and I, Joann and Ken plus their 3 girls, Bill and Alice Joann's mum and dad)the plan is to leave at 8am goto Segasta and Erice, then spend some time on a beach, we'll get back about an hour before the ship sails, so a full day.
The difference between this and the DCL visit will be time on the beach, no long lunch stop we will find stuff as we go, however we will have entrance fees and lunch money to find. The cost obviously decreases depending on numbers but is already less than DCL with just 9 of us.

If you are interested in this tour please give me a PM

Lynn

Sent you a pm.

The concert was great fun yesterday --

Sounds like a fantastic concert & experience.

I have to admit that I don't really listen to Jon Bon Jovi, but after reading Helen's posts & your recount of the concert I'm going to have to download some of his songs to my Ipod.​

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I can't believe I am in LAST PLACE on the post counts, although 90 posts is alot for me, if you consider how long I have been on the DIS, I must have a record for lowest post count of anyone. I read the boards alot, and I always post an answer if there's something that I know, but other people usually know alot more DIS info than I do.

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I can't believe you are all packing already! It's making me nervous, I am still in the shopping, making lists, which-kid-doesnt-have water-shoes-that-fit phase. I need to get started, but we've just come home from a week in Deer Valley, so I need to unpack first.​

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I am the only one that charging the electronics takes a full day? I don't know how people doing. Ane hasn't someone invented one power source that will charge all these things? I saw one on the today show but it wasn't for sale yet - it was like a pad that you lay your electronics on and it charges all kinds.​

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For our trip we have one portable DVD for DD who is too young for ipod, two batteries, four ipods, one psp, three nintendo DS, one gameboy, one leapster, canon EOS has 3 batteries, canon powershot, video camera has 2 batteries, two blackberries, one laptop, two bluetooth headsets, five sets of Bose noise reducing headphones that each take a AAA battery - OMG!!!!! Just figuring out how to get everything plugged in takes me an hour and hubby has it all pretty organized with labels on the cables and such.

How does everyone else deal with electronics overload????

For such long flights, it's so much easier to let the kids have all forms of entertainment. At home they don't get much (only 20 minutes a day) so it really holds their attention while travelling. And when the kids are quiet on a long flight, that's a good thing for mommy.

Watching Wimbledon mens final - woo hoo​

I've never had to deal with so many electronics since the kids have always been in charge of their own batteries & recharing their stuff. I use rechargeable batteries for my camera & got two extra packs of AA batteries so I can always have some recharged. I'm also taking an extension cord so we can use the plug behind the tv to recharge our batteries, Ipods, etc.​

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[Andrew DEREK UK]

Yes, Eliz and I were laughing at her male back-up dancers, too -- they would show some of what was going on other places on big screens in between things going on live . . .I was sad that they never showed Spinal Tap, though!

The Police were great, although I don't know why they felt the need to let John Mayer and Kanye West muck up "Message in a Bottle" at the end . . .

Black eyed peas were rather rude!!