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

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Hello all

Just thought I'd drop in and introduce myself. I'll be on the cruise along with 5 other family members.

Though new to DISboards, this will be my 4th or 5th cruise (ok, so I'm not known for my good memory).

Welcome Dan - glad you found the board - hope you don't find us all too silly.

I had the LONGEST day ever today, apparently, I was the only one working from this group!And I laughed my head off several times while catching up!! :lmao:

I've been working - that's why I had 10 pages to read to catch up. Took me forever it seems to figure out what a pirate was.

Is there anyone who gets motion sickness?

Yes!! I can get motion sick just walking down the street if I'm not careful. I can't believe I did CA Screaming 7 times in a row one day with the kids. It was raining, February, and the park had just opened. So there was no line. I actually think I pooped out after 5, and then sat and drank 7-up while they went again. I was pretty much wiped out the rest of the day.
I finally decided to never do Star Tours again, or anything else like it.

Hi - 1st time here.:banana:

My husband Dean and I will be joining you on the Med cruise 7/28. This will be our 1st cruise but not our 1st Disney experience... we went to Disney World for our Honeymoon in 2001. We are lucky to be traveling with DisneyMagic315's group (my BIL, SIL, their kids, her parents and some of their friends).To say we are "VERY EXCITED" doesn't say it. I can't stop talking about the trip to anyone who will listen. My sister in law just told me about these disboards this past weekend so I've been trying to read everything I can about excursions, packing etc etc.
Anyway - just wanted to say Hi. Looking forward to getting to know you all.
Mary Jo & Dean Pierce
Feeding Hills, MA

Welcome Mary Jo and Dean. Glad you stopped in to say Hi.

We got a new Refridgerator and Dishwasher today.

My DH accepted them while I ran the kids around.

The refridgerator has a great big scratch on it. I asked my DH if he signed the ticket that there was a scratch and he looked at me and said "NO I did not even see it"

Do you think I will get any service since he accepted them?

Depends on who you ordered it from. I would certainly call them right away and tell them about it.
 
How the heck am I ever going to catch up with all of you? lol


Welcome to the people who just joined our thread, and welcome to the Rome-mancing the Mouse Cruisers!
 
.....did I tell you all before that that secret 7 verandah is all mine my little inside cabin is so close to it.

Lynn I think you are going to have to share - My little cabin too is very very very close to it. What number are you in? - I bet we are next door neighbours;) (IM 7129)

whoops I got a little excited I think I thought the 50 was 500
ok so now we have a competitive, cheating, innumerate headteacher, please don't judge the entire british education system on my performance....
It's bedtime here nowso I'll leave the final 50 to my US friends on the thread I'm sure when I wake tommorrow there will be another Pirate Captain :thumbsup2

Dont worry it was late here, we'll forgive you
Look, I'm just trying to get "pirates".....the Brits are finally asleep. Hello, Andrew, Helen & Lynn!:

We may go to bed first .... But we are up first too....:lmao:
Sweet dreams those in the USA

:cloud9: :cloud9: :cloud9:
 

What is it? We are doing brunch - is there yummy stuff there too?

Its the Palo choc Souffle :love:

Its only served at dinner, but dont worry at brunch there are some fantastic deserts too - a whole table full to chose from ( If your not too full!)
 
2500 will be the picture post - everyone post your pictures and I will post them all together so we will know what each other looks like!!

HMMmmmmm not sure whether posting pics to get the count up to 2500 is kind of cheating (darn why didn't I think of that !:laughing: )
:rolleyes1 :rolleyes1 :rolleyes1
 
You have all made my day!! I'm laughing sitting here by myself. Good thing DH isn't home yet.:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
Although he already thinks I'm crazy. When I talk about Sallie, Andrew, Helen, etc. and he originally thought I was talking about teachers at work. Then I explained that Sallie & Helen are teachers, but Andrew is not and we are worried about his BP and then he really thinks I've lost it.

No matter, we all get it don't we????:rolleyes1

Helen,
I have used relief bands on our past cruises for motion sickness. DH said they work great. I just have mine just in case. They are about $100 but are reusable. They are like a watch that you can set the intensity. Airline pilots use them and they are approved by the FAA for motion sickness. This site was more expensive but has a good picture. Speaking of which, I have to check my batteries to make sure they are good. They use a watch battery.

http://www.sailgb.com/p/sea_sickness_travel_sickness_relief_b

Maryann


Hi Maryann, thanks for the info I'll look into them, I got some tablets of my gp last year that worked.

Also its not just Sallie and me that are teachers, Joann and Lynn are too. (Lynn is actually a headteacher (principal);)
 
Here's some more cruise food - to help all those like me who are trying to lose a bit of weight before we go !

Palo
Lobster (Semiformal night)
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with a side of Penne Arribata and shrimp (spicy)
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The choc souffle
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And a cheesecake from Palo
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popcorn::
 
Hey everyone,

If you give me your cabin numbers I'll plot them on the ship map so we can all see how close we are to fellow DISers.

Link to the ship map is in the first post.
 
Hey everyone,

If you give me your cabin numbers I'll plot them on the ship map so we can all see how close we are to fellow DISers.

Link to the ship map is in the first post.

Since I switched to CAT 12, I don't know my stateroom anymore and most likely will not know for a while :confused: :confused: :confused:
 
I switched to category 12. So no stateroom number for me. I use to be 5627. Looks like there is a cluster of DISers right there. My sister switched too. My other sister is in the cabin across, not sure of the number.
 
I switched to category 12. So no stateroom number for me. I use to be 5627. Looks like there is a cluster of DISers right there. My sister switched too. My other sister is in the cabin across, not sure of the number.

So you did decide to switch, how much did you save? Isn't it a great feeling??

I guess we will be in the same "boat" together!!:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:
 
Lanyard Status 5/17:
Ok, I talked to DCL again yesterday. Discussed the email I got. As it was explained to me, although I got this generic email saying that they could not grant permission to use copyrighted materials they said that this was a gray area. They couldn't come out and grant permission (which is what they said I was asking for. I thought I was asking which if anything on the lanyard was copyrighted). They said that I will see other people on the cruise ship with their own Tshirt creations and having done essentially what we want to do. Its unlikely that DCL will say anything to us if we choose to get the lanyards made up for personal use AND ARE NOT SELLING THEM. So if formerCPer is comfortable with that answer, can we move forward?

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?

Timeline: Would like to get the lanyard order in before June 15th latest. Which means I need everyone's payment prior. If we end up changing the lanyard design again, I will need re-confirmation from everyone that you still plan on buying the lanyard before I start collecting money. We need a minimum order of 100 lanyards.

Payment: Please don't send money now since I would like to get the lanyard design settled first. I prefer payment via paypal (can't accept funds from an upgraded paypal account cause I get charged fees) but will take a check. For info coming when we get the lanyard design settled.

Ok so far I have the following interest and vote on lanyard Design:
Kyla 9 (Any)
Jlawall 7 (E)
Eeyorelvr10 6 (A)
kidcoos3 5 (A)
Andrew UK 4 (Any)
Salliep 3 (E)
Pixie DustII 4 (Any)
AnnaS 5 (any)
disneymagic316 9
MrsG 2 (A)
MrsJobba1 2 (E)
Lovebeast 4 (A)
Iowazipcode 8 (E)
disneylover 5 5 (any)
formerCper 4
10yrann 8 (E)
MaryJo 3 (E)
LynnTarrant 2 (E)
Sandaneli 2 (E)
JustJus 4 (E)
Aurora1959 4
caven 553 7
danfromca (6)
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)
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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. No word yet.

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:
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Here is the lanyard with the badge holder (except ours will be vertical)
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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.
 
So you did decide to switch, how much did you save? Isn't it a great feeling??

I guess we will be in the same "boat" together!!:rotfl2: :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

Yep, I finally did it. Had to do alot of talking with DH cause he loves deck 5. Category 11 and 12 are suppose to be the same type of room, so its just location difference. Well and price too. We ended up saving $2000. That will pay for our pre and post cruise hotel and all our shore excursions.:cool1: Hard to beat that. My sister switched too, so maybe we will all be down there together. My sister said she owes me one.:hug: :scratchin
 
Hey everyone,

If you give me your cabin numbers I'll plot them on the ship map so we can all see how close we are to fellow DISers.

Link to the ship map is in the first post.

we didnt get our room # yet- we r a guart. cat. 5, Im not sure when we will get it, but I will post as soon as I know

Lanyard Status 5/17:

My vote is to move forward... I love the design!!!!! :cool1: :cool1:

I can send payment as soon as you give the OK
Dont know about the size, I'll leave that up to you
thanks again!!!

sallie
 
Geez, with all the posting that went on yesterday, I think I'm still trying to catchup. I finally found the lanyard post way back on page 156. Where's Andrew, did he even post today? I think I slipped in the poster counts:

Andrew DEREK UK 583
MrsJobba1 310
jlawall 210
disneylover5 175
kyla 170
AnnaS 170
eeyorelvr10 120
LynnTarrant 86
salliep 82
Mary Jo 60
tomspixie 56
Pixie Dust II 42
MrsG 40
disneymagic316 36
kidcoos3 35
AJDonn 33
Ruth B 31
profdsny 28
formerCPer 26
Aurora1959 23
Sandaneli 20
lovebeast 14
MV_Photon 13
DisneyMom13 12
benspock 12
bridegirl 12
 
My vote is to move forward... I love the design!!!!! :cool1: :cool1:

I can send payment as soon as you give the OK
Dont know about the size, I'll leave that up to you
thanks again!!!

sallie

I say go for it - ask long as former CPer feels good about it. Thanks so much for checking everything out!!
 
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