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

[Pixie Dust II]

Your Vacation begins in 18 Days​

Hope Disney is watching our countdown as good as you are Andrew and that they have all of our paperwork in the mail!

 

[Disneynutinlondon]

Oh my I've not been here since Friday and I've got 20 pages to read...it will have to wait till later as even I can't be that cheeky and read all that at work

So here's a Good Morning All

and I'll see you all later

 

[Pixie Dust II]

The fish extender is done!!!

Here are some photos. I'll write out a pattern and post it later.

Sandra

Great work on your fish extender. Here is a picture of ours.

Now, I think it is way past my bed time!!!

 

[danfromca]

Mary Jo sent me an updated list of tags since I offered to help out on this (given that Carrie has a lot on her plate and the clock is, as we all know, ticking).

Here's a first draft of the tag list, formatted as someone (Carrie?) proposed earlier. Here's a link to the high resolution JPG version, and one the a PDF version (which is nice because it can scale larger with higher quality than a JPG).

I picked one tag per person, somewhat arbitrarily, so if you'd prefer a different tag, please reply or send me a PM. Also, anyone who still has the default "Earning my Ears" tag, I just included the name without the tag (to conserve space).
The name order is the one given to me by Mary Jo - I suspect it's somewhat arbitrary as well.

I did include the tags of teens/kids included in her list. I figure they'd enjoy having them there and the info is obscure enough so there are no real privacy issues. It does make the font a bit smaller though, so if people want them removed, that's fine also.

I'm open to suggestions on style, colors, etc. I chose a very simple bold font to make it as readable as possible. As it is, only people right behind you will have a chance of making sense of it.

If anyone would like to take a crack at a complete redesign, I'll be glad to forward them the original list, etc.

Links to the front pocket graphic can be found here (2 per page here).

 

[AnnaS]

Hi everyone, my dd and are back. I have 45 pages to read, don't know if I will have time to catch up on all the reading.

Not sure what to post first, our flight going to WDW or a quick overview of our trip.

Not sure if you guys remember that I mentioned how my dd hates flying and she was sick last year for two days after hearing about the liquid explosive poissibility plot, etc. I don't know if she saw the jeep that crashed, burned/exploded at the airport last week and I did not mention it for obvious reasons. Anyway, we are in the plane all buckled up with less than five minutes to spare. Someone that was sitting next to me made her more uncomfortable and she started to panic. We were in row 3 and guess what, she unbuckled her seat belt and took off and left the plane. Flight attendants were telling her she can't leave while I was trying to get out of my seat to go after her w/my seatbelt on. I am standing inside the plane by the door and she is out of the plane. She refused to get on and I won't get into the gut feeling, it does not feel right she kept repeating to everyone. I did not know what to do without causing a scene. I ran back in the plane to row 20 where my other friend and her dd were sitting and told her with my hands up in the air "SHE WON'T GET ON THE PLANE". I ran out after her now where she had about 10 Jet Blue people around her asking her if she saw something, did he say something, is this your first time flying? etc. I could not believe it. I did not know what to do. I wanted to cry and laugh at the same time. Without getting into more details, the plane left without us and I was left trying to convince my dd now to get on the next flight.

She was analyzing everyone on the plane and at the airport. My oldest son did the same thing around this age - of course if was pre 911 and he is fine now. She did get on - but I was not sure if she would. I was at the airport at 1 pm for a 3:30 flight. We did not get on the plane til 6:30 and then we had to wait 40 mins. on the runaway and thank God she was much, much better and also okay coming home. We got to our resort at 11 pm. I felt bad that my friend took my luggage w/her not knowing if she should take it and if we would be on the next plane. I had a knot in my stomack the whole day. I am going to try to give her something for our flight to Spain. I probably should take something too.

Okay, enough for now since I need to leave for work in 15 mins.

 

[salliep]

I will post this a few times for those who missed the original posts:

Children's gift bags
..... If you would like your child to participate in the kid gift bag exchange, please send me a PM as well post here if you like. I am going to match up girls and boys as close to their ages as possible. So, please send names and ages.
It will be $15-20.00 dollars- one gift per child, those who have more than one child, if this is too much, please let me know and we will change it to 10.00 dollars, although here in the US, 10.00 will not get you much!


I must have all names by Thursday July 12th, as many would like to start shopping. I will PM everyone with their matches Friday. I was asked if the kids gift bags need to be location specific. I do not think so, do the best you can, its the thought that counts!!!


so far we have:

Carley 13 (Sallie)
Alice 12 (Andrew)
Stephen (Andrew)
Ethan 9 (Izzi)
Joshua 11 (Izzi)
Kylie 10 (Diane- 4kittymagic )
Madelynne-8 (Brian)
Elizabeth, 8 ( bridegirl- suzy)
Hunter, (boy), 8 ( bridegirl- suzy)
Julia, 5 ( bridegirl- suzy)
Dash (boy), 5 ( bridegirl- suzy)
Serena, 2 1/2 ( bridegirl- suzy)
Alex Turner 11 (boy)
Meredith Turner 5 (girl)

 

[salliep]

Hi everyone, my dd and are back. I have 45 pages to read, don't know if I will have time to catch up on all the reading.

Not sure what to post first, our flight going to WDW or a quick overview of our trip.

Not sure if you guys remember that I mentioned how my dd hates flying and she was sick last year for two days after hearing about the liquid explosive poissibility plot, etc. I don't know if she saw the jeep that crashed, burned/exploded at the airport last week and I did not mention it for obvious reasons. Anyway, we are in the plane all buckled up with less than five minutes to spare. Someone that was sitting next to me made her more uncomfortable and she started to panic. We were in row 3 and guess what, she unbuckled her seat belt and took off and left the plane. Flight attendants were telling her she can't leave while I was trying to get out of my seat to go after her w/my seatbelt on. I am standing inside the plane by the door and she is out of the plane. She refused to get on and I won't get into the gut feeling, it does not feel right she kept repeating to everyone. I did not know what to do without causing a scene. I ran back in the plane to row 20 where my other friend and her dd were sitting and told her with my hands up in the air "SHE WON'T GET ON THE PLANE". I ran out after her now where she had about 10 Jet Blue people around her asking her if she saw something, did he say something, is this your first time flying? etc. I could not believe it. I did not know what to do. I wanted to cry and laugh at the same time. Without getting into more details, the plane left without us and I was left trying to convince my dd now to get on the next flight.

 

[salliep]

Hi everyone, my dd and are back. I have 45 pages to read, don't know if I will have time to catch up on all the reading.

Not sure what to post first, our flight going to WDW or a quick overview of our trip.

Not sure if you guys remember that I mentioned how my dd hates flying and she was sick last year for two days after hearing about the liquid explosive poissibility plot, etc. I don't know if she saw the jeep that crashed, burned/exploded at the airport last week and I did not mention it for obvious reasons. Anyway, we are in the plane all buckled up with less than five minutes to spare. Someone that was sitting next to me made her more uncomfortable and she started to panic. We were in row 3 and guess what, she unbuckled her seat belt and took off and left the plane. Flight attendants were telling her she can't leave while I was trying to get out of my seat to go after her w/my seatbelt on. I am standing inside the plane by the door and she is out of the plane. She refused to get on and I won't get into the gut feeling, it does not feel right she kept repeating to everyone. I did not know what to do without causing a scene. I ran back in the plane to row 20 where my other friend and her dd were sitting and told her with my hands up in the air "SHE WON'T GET ON THE PLANE". I ran out after her now where she had about 10 Jet Blue people around her asking her if she saw something, did he say something, is this your first time flying? etc. I could not believe it. I did not know what to do. I wanted to cry and laugh at the same time. Without getting into more details, the plane left without us and I was left trying to convince my dd now to get on the next flight.

Oh Anna what a nightmare. Im glad you finally got on. Maybe the doctor can subscribe something for her for the Barcelona flight??

 

[salliep]

Hi everybody,
Life is still very crazy. I have my mom settled at my brother's house and she now understands she will not be going back to live alone. I want to get though this trip and then we can make more definate plans. Right now, it looks good that I can come on this trip.


Lisa

Hi Lisa- we all have been missing your posts- Im so happy you will be joining us, Carley was very worried ! If we can do anything, just let us know

 

[salliep]

Your Vacation begins in 18 Days​

STOP!!!!!!! STOP !!!!!!!!! STOP !!!!!!!!!!!!!:scared1:

The fish extender is done!!!

Here are some photos. I'll write out a pattern and post it later.

Sandra

Fantastic!!!!!!

Great work on your fish extender. Here is a picture of ours.

Now, I think it is way past my bed time!!!

Great job Harole Ann.... I love all the pictures!!


Ive been spending so mucgh time in the house sorting, packing and cleaning, I dont know why my suitcase is still empty and Im so behind????

 

[salliep]

Mary Jo sent me an updated list of tags since I offered to help out on this (given that Carrie has a lot on her plate and the clock is, as we all know, ticking).

Here's a first draft of the tag list, formatted as someone (Carrie?) proposed earlier. Here's a link to the high resolution JPG version, and one the a PDF version (which is nice because it can scale larger with higher quality than a JPG).

I picked one tag per person, somewhat arbitrarily, so if you'd prefer a different tag, please reply or send me a PM. Also, anyone who still has the default "Earning my Ears" tag, I just included the name without the tag (to conserve space).
The name order is the one given to me by Mary Jo - I suspect it's somewhat arbitrary as well.

I did include the tags of teens/kids included in her list. I figure they'd enjoy having them there and the info is obscure enough so there are no real privacy issues. It does make the font a bit smaller though, so if people want them removed, that's fine also.

I'm open to suggestions on style, colors, etc. I chose a very simple bold font to make it as readable as possible. As it is, only people right behind you will have a chance of making sense of it.

If anyone would like to take a crack at a complete redesign, I'll be glad to forward them the original list, etc.

Links to the front pocket graphic can be found here (2 per page here).

HI Dan the image is crystal clear- great job!!! My only suggestion would be to make the mickeys red so they stand out more, but honestly, it is great as it is. Thank you so much for taking this on!!!

 

[bellelinus]

The fish extender is done!!!

Here are some photos. I'll write out a pattern and post it later.

Sandra

Great job!

Hi everybody,
Life is still very crazy. I have my mom settled at my brother's house and she now understands she will not be going back to live alone. I want to get though this trip and then we can make more definate plans. Right now, it looks good that I can come on this trip.

We got home yesterday at 6pm. I have friends that left their car in my garage while they were on the Disney 10 day Med. I picked them up at Reagan National at midnight (Sat night/Sun morning) and they crashed at my house for the night before their drive back to VA Beach today.

They had an awesome time. They had decided to cancel all Disney excursions and do it all on their own. They said they were really happy with their decision. They said the Disney groups were large and very slow moving. Many were complaining that they missed part of their excursion as time ran out. She siad the weather was perfect. The Med water is cold. She told me she is going to write out and e-mail me what she did at each port. I will copy and paste it here when I get it. She very much encouraged me to do the same. She said Disney had awesome information on the ship and in your room about where to catch the trains and taxis to get where you wanted to go. She said the shows were spectacular....

They bought in DVC while on the ship. She said the deals were out of this world.

I left for Blacksburg VA (VA Tech) for Daniel's orientation. We are at The Inn at VA Tech right now. Orientation is Monday and Tuesday.

I am exhausted. I am worried about my mom, the last several weeks have been an emotional rollercoaster and now I am thinking of sending my oldest out of the nest.

Take care all and as soon as Jane e-mails me, I will post it here.
Lisa

regarding your mom-- also thanks so much for telling us the feedback you received from your friends.

Oops - one more thing. Has anyone seen any navigators for one of the recent 11 day cruises??

No, just the initial one. I think someone had posted to the main board asking if anyone had them, but I haven't heard of more recent ones being posted.

Mary Jo sent me an updated list of tags since I offered to help out on this (given that Carrie has a lot on her plate and the clock is, as we all know, ticking).

Here's a first draft of the tag list, formatted as someone (Carrie?) proposed earlier. Here's a link to the high resolution JPG version, and one the a PDF version (which is nice because it can scale larger with higher quality than a JPG).

I picked one tag per person, somewhat arbitrarily, so if you'd prefer a different tag, please reply or send me a PM. Also, anyone who still has the default "Earning my Ears" tag, I just included the name without the tag (to conserve space).
The name order is the one given to me by Mary Jo - I suspect it's somewhat arbitrary as well.

I did include the tags of teens/kids included in her list. I figure they'd enjoy having them there and the info is obscure enough so there are no real privacy issues. It does make the font a bit smaller though, so if people want them removed, that's fine also.

I'm open to suggestions on style, colors, etc. I chose a very simple bold font to make it as readable as possible. As it is, only people right behind you will have a chance of making sense of it.

If anyone would like to take a crack at a complete redesign, I'll be glad to forward them the original list, etc.

Links to the front pocket graphic can be found here (2 per page here).

Thanks so much for taking the time to do this, Dan!

Hi everyone, my dd and are back. I have 45 pages to read, don't know if I will have time to catch up on all the reading.

Not sure what to post first, our flight going to WDW or a quick overview of our trip.

Not sure if you guys remember that I mentioned how my dd hates flying and she was sick last year for two days after hearing about the liquid explosive poissibility plot, etc. I don't know if she saw the jeep that crashed, burned/exploded at the airport last week and I did not mention it for obvious reasons. Anyway, we are in the plane all buckled up with less than five minutes to spare. Someone that was sitting next to me made her more uncomfortable and she started to panic. We were in row 3 and guess what, she unbuckled her seat belt and took off and left the plane. Flight attendants were telling her she can't leave while I was trying to get out of my seat to go after her w/my seatbelt on. I am standing inside the plane by the door and she is out of the plane. She refused to get on and I won't get into the gut feeling, it does not feel right she kept repeating to everyone. I did not know what to do without causing a scene. I ran back in the plane to row 20 where my other friend and her dd were sitting and told her with my hands up in the air "SHE WON'T GET ON THE PLANE". I ran out after her now where she had about 10 Jet Blue people around her asking her if she saw something, did he say something, is this your first time flying? etc. I could not believe it. I did not know what to do. I wanted to cry and laugh at the same time. Without getting into more details, the plane left without us and I was left trying to convince my dd now to get on the next flight.

She was analyzing everyone on the plane and at the airport. My oldest son did the same thing around this age - of course if was pre 911 and he is fine now. She did get on - but I was not sure if she would. I was at the airport at 1 pm for a 3:30 flight. We did not get on the plane til 6:30 and then we had to wait 40 mins. on the runaway and thank God she was much, much better and also okay coming home. We got to our resort at 11 pm. I felt bad that my friend took my luggage w/her not knowing if she should take it and if we would be on the next plane. I had a knot in my stomack the whole day. I am going to try to give her something for our flight to Spain. I probably should take something too.

Okay, enough for now since I need to leave for work in 15 mins.

Wow, to you! Yes, please do see a doctor before the flight to Spain since there are medications she could take to help her get through this . . .and yes you probably could use it too! (Probably need something TODAY as well but that's another story!)

 

[bellelinus]

"Travel is ninety percent anticipation and ten percent recollection."
--Edward Streeter

 

[disneylover5]

Hi everyone, my dd and are back. I have 45 pages to read, don't know if I will have time to catch up on all the reading.

Not sure what to post first, our flight going to WDW or a quick overview of our trip.

Not sure if you guys remember that I mentioned how my dd hates flying and she was sick last year for two days after hearing about the liquid explosive poissibility plot, etc. I don't know if she saw the jeep that crashed, burned/exploded at the airport last week and I did not mention it for obvious reasons. Anyway, we are in the plane all buckled up with less than five minutes to spare. Someone that was sitting next to me made her more uncomfortable and she started to panic. We were in row 3 and guess what, she unbuckled her seat belt and took off and left the plane. Flight attendants were telling her she can't leave while I was trying to get out of my seat to go after her w/my seatbelt on. I am standing inside the plane by the door and she is out of the plane. She refused to get on and I won't get into the gut feeling, it does not feel right she kept repeating to everyone. I did not know what to do without causing a scene. I ran back in the plane to row 20 where my other friend and her dd were sitting and told her with my hands up in the air "SHE WON'T GET ON THE PLANE". I ran out after her now where she had about 10 Jet Blue people around her asking her if she saw something, did he say something, is this your first time flying? etc. I could not believe it. I did not know what to do. I wanted to cry and laugh at the same time. Without getting into more details, the plane left without us and I was left trying to convince my dd now to get on the next flight.

She was analyzing everyone on the plane and at the airport. My oldest son did the same thing around this age - of course if was pre 911 and he is fine now. She did get on - but I was not sure if she would. I was at the airport at 1 pm for a 3:30 flight. We did not get on the plane til 6:30 and then we had to wait 40 mins. on the runaway and thank God she was much, much better and also okay coming home. We got to our resort at 11 pm. I felt bad that my friend took my luggage w/her not knowing if she should take it and if we would be on the next plane. I had a knot in my stomack the whole day. I am going to try to give her something for our flight to Spain. I probably should take something too.

Okay, enough for now since I need to leave for work in 15 mins.

Oh my, I am so sorry for you. My Best Friend is just like this. Pre 9/11 a pilot let her sit in the cockpit with him so she could see outside until the plane took off. She has created several scenes and she can not help herself. She tried alcohol....that did not work. So she finally went to the doctor and he gave her something that really works for her. Sounds like you are going to have to do the same.

 

[aPierceon050501]

I should not have mentioned my dismal low-post count, now a got a tag that comments on it. I was very happy with my old tag "Mouseketeer" - which I have had for eight years now! I was very attached to it.

Anyway, j&p uk - when is your anniversary? We have one extra palo dinner that I think we will be cancelling.

Eeyorelover - my kids love the block - because it has a skateboard park! I have been dying to see that SJP line but they don't seel it anywhere that we have been lately.

HI - Just wondering, if j&p uk don't take the palo reservation, and you're still considering cancelling it, I'd be intersted in taking it. I wasn't able to get a reservation for my DH and I
Ive got my fingers crossed! Mary Jo P.

 

[aPierceon050501]

This post was on the general forum board. The TPaper problem continues...

Bring a few of those Charmin travel rolls of toilet paper. From, our experience last May in the Med, toilet paper was not always available in the restrooms. There were a number of times I shared mine with some of my fellow travelers. You can find it at Target or Walmart in the travel size section and it is small enough to fit in a daybag.
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Future Travels:

Is it necessary to bring TP from home? Couldn't you just take some from your cabin and put it in your bag? Or kleenex tissue travel packs?

 

[Sandaneli]

Private room will not show up but is confirmed.

Thanks Andrew.

Sandra

 

[Sandaneli]

Great work on your fish extender. Here is a picture of ours.

Now, I think it is way past my bed time!!!

Harole Ann,
Garry is very creative. Great job on the fish extender!!!
Sandra

 

[salliep]

Is it necessary to bring TP from home? Couldn't you just take some from your cabin and put it in your bag? Or kleenex tissue travel packs?

HI Mary Jo,
I can tell you are new here... Well, let me tell you that you have come to the right place!!!!!! We... on this board... are the TP experts !!! We have posted:

EVEveRYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TP
THE HISTORY OF TP
TP CRUISE WEAR
THE RIGHT WAY TO ROLL AND PACK TP
CURRENT COLORS AND TRENDS OF TP
HOW TO MAKE A TP MUMMY (WITH PICTURES)
Packing TP for Travel
TP for Emergencies
Maryann and I have even given each other gift wrapped TP at our mini meet

So, please post your TP questions and they will be answered by the experts for no charge !!!

​

 

[Sandaneli]

Ive been spending so mucgh time in the house sorting, packing and cleaning, I dont know why my suitcase is still empty and Im so behind????

Wait a minute!!!
WE heard from a very reliable feline source that you have been spending lots of time at the beach, using your Iphone and hiding certain toys from deprived felines. So someone has their story mixed up here.

Sandra