July 6th, 2010- 5 Night Wonder

[DISNEYGATOR]

I love anything with any kind of nut!!

Been doing all my last minute shopping It's now less then 1 week away!!!


Finishing up FE exchange things tomorrow as well. I just wish I was more crafty

 

[jkpmac]

I hope you all have a safe trip down, see you on the boat or in WDW

 

[MN Dis Fans]

We leave in a couple of hours!

See you on the boat!

 

[minniemoms]

My problem is.... all that I wanted to bring I am afraid will wait... This should have been a winter thing.... So hopefully you won't have melted things

 

[jkpmac]

I am afraid of a little melting too, but hopefully it will get cold enough on the flight down that it will stay set until we get to the hotel.

 

[minniemoms]

There were so many things I could think of if it wasn't for the heat...

Where do we meet on deck 9 around?????Which side of the ship again, I forgot where I read that info...

 

[jkpmac]

This is from MN DIS FAN, it was on page 5.

We will be sitting on Deck 9 Port Side over by the Goofy Pool, over around the foosball tables after we have had lunch on embarkation day. (It's been almost 2 years since we were last on the Wonder, they haven't changed the layout any, have they?) I suggest sometime around 3PM. I'm sure I'll have a tall frosty one in my ESPN mug , and am sure my DW will have some sort of refreshing girly concoction in her hand

I am glad you reminded me printing off this page tp remember

 

[DISNEYGATOR]

Tomorrow is the day!!! All packed and ready to drive to port!! So excited!

 

[jkpmac]

Just a note to say thanks to you all, now that we are safely back home. The cruise was a wonderful experience made more so through the treats from you all, as well as the tips we got from the DIS Boards in general.

Now to start writing my cruise report

Have a wonderful summer!!!!

The MacDonalds

 

[minniemoms]

Ok... I am so sad it is over... Thank you so much for our treats.
That was so much fun. However, I am disappointed that I didn't know who I was giving to on the ship. We got there late about 3:15 to the meet by the pool thing, and I guess I missed you guys? I took my 2 boys while my husband was down in the DVC meeting trying to win something. But I went up there and didn't see a group that it could be. I walked back and forth, and both sides and I went up to one group of people and said... Hi, are you the Disboard fishextender people??? They just stared at me funny like... Opps I guess not.
Well as relucant as I was to do the fish extender bring treat things, it was so much fun.. As I said, I just wish we would have tried to meet at some other time, just too much to do. We were in late dinning, started out at Tritons, wouldn't it be funny if we ran into each other on the ship and didn't even know it.
Thanks again for our goodies...
BTW... The Sconza chocolate you got says Oakland CA. on it, but it is actually from Oakdale... They moved the plant. Oakdale USED to have the Hershey
Chocolate Factory here.Because of our HUGE Almond poplulation and Milk. Very abundant in our area, But they moved the plant to Mexico 2 years ago.. Cheaper labor... So I had thought about bringing some Hershey kisses and stuff, but since they deserted us, I didn't want to bring it. and the plain ol almonds were just too heavy to pack. This Sconza factory also does wonderful choc covered cherries, and choc. covered almonds, and yogurt raisins, and etc.... But too melty back there.
And wow, was it humid. We are from Central CA, so we don't get lots of humidity... So my skin was always damp. Oh we just loved loved loved our cruise. Couldn't have asked for better waters... So smooth....
I wanna go again....

 

[jkpmac]

We missed the meet too. Our son was tired after 3 days in WDW, with a late night before we left, so he was cranky, and we got on the boat late. By the time we ate lunch, it was actually supper time. We wandered around a bit, but eventually just headed to the room to get ready for supper. I do think I ran in to one on MN Dis Fans' boys. I was explaining the FE to a room hostess, when a young lad I assume was 12 came running by, heard the word FE and took off for the section MN Dis Fan was staying at. Hopefully he got the right package, for the life of me I couldn't figure out whose room was the parents and whose was the boys.

I must say I loved all the gifts and Patrick thought it was excellent to find something in the FE when we got up or came back to the room.

I hope you son and nephew liked the key chains. I also hope I delivered them to the right room. Patrick came with me, and he thought it was a great adventure.

I often wondered if we passed another dis'er in the hall or were on an excursion with them.

We won a DVC blanket I think, it came in a little blue bag. We are seriously considering it. We are going top talk to co-workers that belong.

The only draw back to the entire trip was food orientated. First I will be dieting forever, I was overweight before hand but I am sure I gained 10 more pounds. Secondly the DW has told me to start making wine reductions to incorperate into meals. Curses that I ever learned to cook at all!!

 

[jkpmac]

Oh by the way, I LOVED the chocolate covered Pistachio's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[MN Dis Fans]

After a rather long day of travelling thanks to the weather and plane delays(about 5 1/2 hours worth), we are now home as well.

DW was just telling me that we now need a vacation from our vacation.

We also enjoyed the FE exchange. The DW loves doing this, and made several drops at the participating cabins. I didn't get to see much of the "booty" you folks gave, as our eating machines tended to take care of the goodies before I ever got around to sampling, although the pistacchio's and almonds were lovely!

jkpmac I'll keep my eyes posted for your trip report. Looking forward to reading it. I asked our younger one about overhearing someone talking about FE exchanges. He said it was him. He thought someone had left goodies in ours, so headed back to the room to check it out.

minniemoms We were at the DVC celebration gathering as well on embarkation day as well. DW won a blanket in a bag. I was somewhat disappointed in it, as it started late (Very Un-Disney Like).

Like jkpmac we also had 3x days at WDW pre-cruise. Post cruise we stayed at Summer Bay, chilled on Sunday. We then hit Universal Monday / Tuesday. The family wanted to see the new Harry Potter wing.

We booked a 7 night Alaskan cruise for next August. Just had to get the onboard credit and 10% discount! Did anyone else book another one while on board?

 

[minniemoms]

Oh I am so glad you like the Pistachio's. I gave out Choc covered Pistachios and Choc covered almonds.. And the worst part was, I got all these postcards for Yosemite and San Joaquin Valley and some Oakdale postcards, and I left them on my bed. So now I have about 21 postcards of the places near by that I don't need....
Oh well.. I dont' know how to post pictures on here of my family cause I would love to see the rest of your faces, so I would know if I saw you or not on the ship...
I too gained about 7 pounds. And I took the stairs most of the time, and we walked so much, and wow, we just had a blast...
we did 2 days at WDW after the cruise, and my boys kept saying they weren't getting enough to eat... They missed the cruise too..

 

[minniemoms]

We booked too. Not sure when we are going, I just booked a cruise and paid the deposit and I will figure out the time later. I booked a cruise in 05 while on a cruise to get the discount. Funny thing is, we have still yet to go on it. I just keep changing the date out.... But the best part of all, that cruise is almost entirely paid for. So with this one, I just picked a date in late 2011, and I knew I will go, but wasn't sure when, but wanted to take advantage of the discount. Some people don't know you can change the date, if you do it before the penalty.
You were in the DVC and won a blanket? My DH and i got in there a bit late. Then our 2 boys came in, and I left to hurry up to deck 9 to meet some of you.. When I came back he had won the bag?? It is pretty nice. So we were in there at the same time. Darn I wish I knew who you guys were.
I forget who gave it to us, but the PEZ dispensers were a HUGE hit with my grandkids when I got home. My grandson turned 7 today and he wanted one of them so bad for his 7th birthday so I gave it to him and he was so thrilled...
So thanks... I love them too

 

[jkpmac]

Hope you all had a wonderful summer, just to let you know, I am still trying to write a trip report. Summer here has been busy, a lot of appointments, a lot of work, everytime I open up my trip report file, bang the phone rings some one comes in. But get it done I will!! However, it may be time for the next cruise before I get it done!!

Enjoy Autumn!!!

J