July 30, 2010 Mickey's Adventures England to Espana Cruise

[scottishwee35]

It was a very warm one... But we had a lot of fun, and Castaway Cay was very nice. We went to Serenity Bay while Manon was with the teens. It was perfect wheater until 2 PM, and then we had a real thunderstorm. So we were back on the Magic around 3 PM, everybody silk and wet. But I suppose you're wet anyhow when you're on Castaway Cay

Hot day here in Belgium right now: over 30°C...

Yes, Castaway Cay - very lovely.. oh dear about thunderstorm..

Here the weather are so beautiful this week apart from last month was terrible weather...

Scottishwee35

 

[bellelinus]

Fish Extender Exchange.


Is anyone interested?

I will volunteer to organize, but I would like;

a)keep to small groups, example if 20 cabins participate then split into 2 groups so you only have to deliver to 10 cabins.

b) no rules on when you can deliver you gift.


I organized one last December when I went solo and it was lots of fun, but I have not done one with the girls and I am sure they would enjoy it.

So if anyone is interested let me know.

Lisa

I love participating in the FE - always have - but I wonder why the restriction to 10 rooms? It seems to be difficult to me, particularly if you already knew a few people on the cruise and they didn't get "assigned " to you, etc. I have never been on a cruise that we didn't give out and receive from everyone. This hardly seems like a cruise that would have vast quantities of participants, either, given how few post here on the Dis at this point.

The idea of assigning certain days is really just to spread out the FE gifts over the cruise, which personally I like, but I have done it both ways and don't feel strongly either way.

 

[mkmommy]

I love participating in the FE - always have - but I wonder why the restriction to 10 rooms? It seems to be difficult to me, particularly if you already knew a few people on the cruise and they didn't get "assigned " to you, etc. I have never been on a cruise that we didn't give out and receive from everyone. This hardly seems like a cruise that would have vast quantities of participants, either, given how few post here on the Dis at this point.

The idea of assigning certain days is really just to spread out the FE gifts over the cruise, which personally I like, but I have done it both ways and don't feel strongly either way.

I think with the distance people are travelling packing light is going to be a high priority for many people. It is also nice to have an idea of the numbers involved. People tend to join late and if you have been planning on 10 cabins and then at the signup deadline 20 cabins join it becomes a headache. I know the FE I organized in December we only had 7 cabins for the longest and then in the last 2 weeks before the sign up deadline another 15 joined so people were upset about the big increase.

Lets get a list of people that are interested and then get eveyones input and set up the guidelines for what people prefer, if everyone wants to do all the cabins that is fine with me.

Lisa

 

[bellelinus]

I think with the distance people are travelling packing light is going to be a high priority for many people. It is also nice to have an idea of the numbers involved. People tend to join late and if you have been planning on 10 cabins and then at the signup deadline 20 cabins join it becomes a headache. I know the FE I organized in December we only had 7 cabins for the longest and then in the last 2 weeks before the sign up deadline another 15 joined so people were upset about the big increase.

Lets get a list of people that are interested and then get eveyones input and set up the guidelines for what people prefer, if everyone wants to do all the cabins that is fine with me.

Lisa

I certainly understand about packing -- I was on FE exchanges on a Med and a TA in 2007, and people did tend to pack smaller items or buy things once there for the FE . . .

Every cruise I have done this on, we have set a deadline (usually about a month before sailing) to join up, and after that it is just not possible since so many people need to buy or make things ahead of time. This will be particularly important on a European cruise since many do a land stay before, or are already on the ship (we are doing the 12 night Baltic cruise before this one). For the cruise I am going on this August 29, there were two deadlines - one right after final payment, and another one, Aug. 9, where people were marked as late comers if they joined after final payment but by this date, and knew they may not receive from everyone. The person who did the list is marking the late comers in a different color -- and no one is accepted after Aug. 9th. On other cruises there was just a final deadline for joining.

 

[scottishwee35]

as it seem quiet here....

Tomorrow Ii am going to Hen Party and we all are wearing black tee shirt with pink logo and pink tuto (ballet skirt) I am too old for it .. also headband... the Bride don't know that we all dress up and she will get dress up with all pink

(Hen in Scotland mean Bride will get marry and all girls go out for meals and drink)...

I got the clothes yesterday as it look good than I expect it...

but it will be raining tom...

I will put the photo later.... want see it, promise don't laugh as I am wee fat oh my god...

Scottishwee35

 

[bellelinus]

as it seem quiet here....

Tomorrow Ii am going to Hen Party and we all are wearing black tee shirt with pink logo and pink tuto (ballet skirt) I am too old for it .. also headband... the Bride don't know that we all dress up and she will get dress up with all pink

(Hen in Scotland mean Bride will get marry and all girls go out for meals and drink)...

I got the clothes yesterday as it look good than I expect it...

but it will be raining tom...

I will put the photo later.... want see it, promise don't laugh as I am wee fat oh my god...

Scottishwee35

Wow, I can't wait to see that photo! Have fun at the hen party!

 

[mkmommy]

It has been quiet here. I survived the week before vacation wrap up at work, and I am now on Vacation

We are heading to BC tomorrow to visit my family. Where we are going has been having huge problems with forest fires and my oldest daughter is terrified of them, so it shall be interesting. The weather forecast is hot and sunny though so we will be spending lots of time at the beach.

Lisa

 

[scottishwee35]

what about logo?

new one now

Scottishwee35

 

[scottishwee35]

It has been quiet here. I survived the week before vacation wrap up at work, and I am now on Vacation

We are heading to BC tomorrow to visit my family. Where we are going has been having huge problems with forest fires and my oldest daughter is terrified of them, so it shall be interesting. The weather forecast is hot and sunny though so we will be spending lots of time at the beach.

Lisa

wow, poor your oldest daughter....

here is heavy raining

think same tomorrow...

Scottishwee35

 

[scottishwee35]

Hello Everyone

I had a smashing times last Saturday...

Weather - stop raining - start sunny for us

While we waited outside for the bride and couples took photo of us and spoke me that they are from USA !!! I told them that I went to Disney Cruise to Panama Canal and LA... They delighted and shake my hand... as they are from LA...

Also we all together after the meals, bride's mum decide to take pictures of all of us but chinese people stop and take the pictures of us too...

Here are the photos

I am on right side...

also photoslides:

http://www.photoshow.com/watch/PT5kQ7ip

try open it, if not try copy it and paste it...

Scottishwee35

 

[bellelinus]

Hello Everyone

I had a smashing times last Saturday...

Weather - stop raining - start sunny for us

While we waited outside for the bride and couples took photo of us and spoke me that they are from USA !!! I told them that I went to Disney Cruise to Panama Canal and LA... They delighted and shake my hand... as they are from LA...

Also we all together after the meals, bride's mum decide to take pictures of all of us but chinese people stop and take the pictures of us too...

Here are the photos

I am on right side...

also photoslides:

http://www.photoshow.com/watch/PT5kQ7ip

try open it, if not try copy it and paste it...

Scottishwee35

Looks like lots of fun -- and you look great in a tutu!

 

[Piggy and Bear]

Hello Everyone

I had a smashing times last Saturday...

Weather - stop raining - start sunny for us

While we waited outside for the bride and couples took photo of us and spoke me that they are from USA !!! I told them that I went to Disney Cruise to Panama Canal and LA... They delighted and shake my hand... as they are from LA...

Also we all together after the meals, bride's mum decide to take pictures of all of us but chinese people stop and take the pictures of us too...

Here are the photos

I am on right side...

also photoslides:

http://www.photoshow.com/watch/PT5kQ7ip

try open it, if not try copy it and paste it...

Scottishwee35

Wow looks like you had a fantastic evening!
Scottishwee35 you have been very busy with the logo too! It looks great

We've just been to Tenerife for a week using DVC points. So nice to see some sunshine! Came back to find my aunt who has been ill for sometime had deterioted over the week and she passed away yesterday afternoon as I sat with her. You really do have to take the good with the bad don't you. At least she had family with her to the last! Just supporting my mum through it all now. She was the last living sibling so she's taking it hard as they were always close; shopping together, going on holiday with us when I was younger and they lived very close. It still a shock for her even though she knew it was coming.

 

[scottishwee35]

Wow looks like you had a fantastic evening!
Scottishwee35 you have been very busy with the logo too! It looks great

We've just been to Tenerife for a week using DVC points. So nice to see some sunshine! Came back to find my aunt who has been ill for sometime had deterioted over the week and she passed away yesterday afternoon as I sat with her. You really do have to take the good with the bad don't you. At least she had family with her to the last! Just supporting my mum through it all now. She was the last living sibling so she's taking it hard as they were always close; shopping together, going on holiday with us when I was younger and they lived very close. It still a shock for her even though she knew it was coming.

Oh thank you...

I love Tenerife as had been there twice love to go back again but not this year...

I am so sorry about your aunt and I feel sad about it as I know how you feel.. as I lost my mum and dad when I was young... Please think happy memory of her

Scottishwee35

 

[Piggy and Bear]

Oh thank you...

I love Tenerife as had been there twice love to go back again but not this year...

I am so sorry about your aunt and I feel sad about it as I know how you feel.. as I lost my mum and dad when I was young... Please think happy memory of her

Scottishwee35

Thank you, I think of all the tricks I pulled on her as a youngster growing up! Especially the time I changed the gizmo on the bath from bath to shower and half drowned her! She did get her own back though!

You look great in the tutu....perhaps we should all do that look next year????? DHs included???? LOL

Tenerife was great, very hot! We went on a catamaran trip and saw bottllenose dolphins and whales. We all felt sick because the sea was a bit rough! DD kept saying 'I wish I was on the Magic because I didn't feel sick on that even in that gale!' The dolphins were beautiful to watch and so curious. It was certainly a highlight of the holiday!

We also felt very smug when approached by timeshare dealers. It was fun watching their faces when we said we had a Disney timeshare! Listening to the people around the pool talk, I was soo glad we bought DVC!

Now that's one holiday out of the way DH can't complain about me planning next years! I have owned up to booking the Dover hotel!

 

[scottishwee35]

Thank you, I think of all the tricks I pulled on her as a youngster growing up!the time I changed the gizmo on the bath from bath to shower and half drowned her! She did get her own back though!

You look great in the tutu....perhaps we should all do that look next year????? DHs included???? LOL LOL

Tenerife was great, very hot! We went on a catamaran trip and saw bottllenose dolphins and whales. We all felt sick because the sea was a bit rough! DD kept saying 'I wish I was on the Magic because I didn't feel sick on that even in that gale!' The dolphins were beautiful to watch and so curious. It was certainly a highlight of the holiday! We never went on catamaran trip and it sound good to see dolphins and whales,shame that sea rough as my daughter was sick when we went to crete and took the trip for the day lol... funny so different from Magic Cruise

We also felt very smug when approached by timeshare dealers. It was fun watching their faces when we said we had a Disney timeshare! Listening to the people around the pool talk, I was soo glad we bought DVC!

lol, i have heard about it but we didnt not got it lol

Now that's one holiday out of the way DH can't complain about me planning next years! I have owned up to booking the Dover hotel!

I am looking at flyglobespan for one way flight home from Barcelona to UK...

not ready yet... look at BA but need change two flights...

I think we are staying in Barcelona for few days after the cruise as we enjoyed it in 07 before the Med cruise with Disney... it was so awesome...

Scottishwee35

 

[Piggy and Bear]

I am looking at flyglobespan for one way flight home from Barcelona to UK...

not ready yet... look at BA but need change two flights...

I think we are staying in Barcelona for few days after the cruise as we enjoyed it in 07 before the Med cruise with Disney... it was so awesome...

Scottishwee35

We're going to stay for a couple of days in Barcelona too, to visit places we couldn't last time.

I have been looking at flights too. Jet 2 fly to our local airport from Barcelona but they have limited their days for next year so I am investigating other options. Easy Jet have just announced they are no longer flying out of Manchester and switching some flights to Leeds Bradford. Nothing is showing on their wen site yet but this is another possibility! Also BMI but haven't looked there either yet. DH works in Birmingham and there is an airport one train stop from his flat. He has suggested we fly back to this one if we can't get times etc fo Leeds. He'll leave the car there so we'll just drive back from Birmingham. Too many choices!

Keep planning!
Viccie

 

[DLRPfan.be]

Hi Scottishwee,

I just saw the pics of you in the tutu: it made us laugh very much! Looks like you all had a great time and lot's of fun

And the logo looks also great!!!

 

[ScubaMickey]

Good Morning from Sunny Florida:

My husband and I are planning a trip to St. John and Tortola for the first week of December. This will be our first trip to these two islands. Everyone on this DIS board are world travelers, so I was hoping to get some advice on Tortola. Good places to eat, fabulous beaches, quality vendors for scuba diving, snorkeling, and kayaking, etc...Any advice would be wonderful!

We will be staying on St. John for three days and Tortola for four. Our plans include diving the Wreck of the Rhone made famous in the movie, "The Deep" and exploring beaches.

Thank you,

ScubaMickey

 

[scottishwee35]

Hi Scottishwee,

I just saw the pics of you in the tutu: it made us laugh very much! Looks like you all had a great time and lot's of fun

And the logo looks also great!!!

Oh thanks...

Scottishwee35

 

[scottishwee35]

Good Morning from Sunny Florida:

My husband and I are planning a trip to St. John and Tortola for the first week of December. This will be our first trip to these two islands. Everyone on this DIS board are world travelers, so I was hoping to get some advice on Tortola. Good places to eat, fabulous beaches, quality vendors for scuba diving, snorkeling, and kayaking, etc...Any advice would be wonderful!

We will be staying on St. John for three days and Tortola for four. Our plans include diving the Wreck of the Rhone made famous in the movie, "The Deep" and exploring beaches.

Thank you,

ScubaMickey

Good Evening from Scotland

Your trip planning sound excellent but I have not been there as we booked the eastern Carribbean with Freedom of the Seas fo St Thomas and St Martins.

It sound great and hope someone will give you advise...

wow about Wreck of the Rhone ...

Scottishwee35