July5,2003 Magic...who's going?

[joanb]

wendym-we called DCL to find out if we had our stateroom credit--just call the 800 number and tell them your sailing date and stateroom number and they will tell you if you have a credit.
Joan

 

[eye R.N.]

At this point, if you see a women in a lime green tinkerbell shirt and blue tinkerbell shorts on her way to make Palo's ressie, run don't walk to get out of her way. I am now DETERMINED.

So one more time, who coming with us for brunch?

 

[joanb]

eyern--Is the brunch that good? Have you been to it? I hate to miss something good, but I know I will probably gain about 10 lbs. on all the other food. Does it cost extra? We paln on eating about 5 meals a day already.

 

[gometros]

Joan - the brunch is THAT GOOD.

Denise - Judy and I are in. What my to run interference for you as you make your way to Rockin' Bar D? Maybe we can some of the other men to form a wedge in front of you

 

[wendym]

Joan - thanks for the advice. I will do that on Monday.
Mum and I are definitely still up for the brunch and of course you lose weight as you go backwards and forwards to the tables don't you! And carrying your plates full of delicious food must also burn off some calories.
Wendy

 

[eye R.N.]

Joan it is "going on a diet now so I can lose 10lbs to gain back 3 at the brunch alone" good. Conk Coolers, lava cake, creme brulee and chocolate soufle will acount for the rest.

The cost is $10 but they start you off with Mimosa's so I figure that's a few bucks right there.

Sandy LOL thanks for the offer but I know the route and I'll be taking the stairs two at time. The smoke trail you see will be me burning up the carpet

 

[joanb]

eyern--I've been on a diet for months just to gain it all back in seven short days. We are going to skip the brunch-I do look forward to the character breakfast heck for the matter I just look forward to some one cooking me breakfast for a change and cleaning it up too!!!!!!!!!!

 

[MinnieMart]

hi all! well it was quick but it was great. to see the kids march down main street was unbelievable and then the next day the band front performed at the dock sage in front of world of disney . it was great. we did some damage $$ in all the shops, sent home some wine glasses!!! now disney has lenox figureines. unfortunalely the old line has been discontinued. except for the 2003 one w/ mickey. we have a curio of mickey and minnie 's my dh got very lucky at the character wharehouse outlet in the belz plaza mall. he wears 3x tall and they had 3 shirts for 9.99 then i get 10% off there so he lucked out. believe it or not there were no good sweatshirts to be found. all the shops seem to have the same things but we had fun buying things. some cute t shirts that you will see me wear on the cruise!!! we stayed at the boardwalk and beachclub, { for 1/2 price} disney store castmamber rate. they bothe were sooooo relaxing. treated ourselves to dinner at the yacthsman steakhouse yum$ . saw all the night shows. it was so hot and they had cold and rain in new hersey. and to think in less than a month we'll be there again!!!! we stay at the grand floridian from the 2nd to the 5 then on to the dcl!!! we came back to lots of ceremony's at the high school and the senior prom we had pictures at our house so its like having a party. a local town parade tomrrow and the band banquet and i'm still ironing our clothes from the band trip!!! i need some organization but there is no time. we got our docs but barely looked at them wel just wanted to touch base with the partyiers on our cruise!!! cocktail on deck 10 !!! sweet dreams lisa

 

[jeanneg]

Welcome back, Lisa....sounds like your trip was awesome!

Joanb....you are a girl after my own heart - - - if someone is going to prepare , serve AND clean-up after my meals, I'll eat mush and it will taste good to me! I'm also passing on the brunch. I have had a lifelong battle with the bulge and make it a point to never, ever do a buffet. Having all that delicious food just there for the taking is more than I can deal with. Aside from the embarkment lunch and CC, I'll be avoiding buffets like the plague. That way I can save my splurges for the really good stuff like the Palo souffle and Lava cake (which I haven't yet tried but sounds so good!)

Speaking of Palo, what night is everyone planning on going? I've been looking at the menus and plan to reserve for Monday evening. That's assuming we get the LAP rotation and it's our first night in Parrot Cay. I'm thinking that it probably gets more crowded the later in the cruise you reserve so we should have a good shot if we're anywhere near the front of the line. Lord knows I do not want to be anywhere even remotely close to Denise's path!!!

Note for High Tea attendees: I will be forwarding to your personal email addresses the confirmation I received from DCL regarding our ressie. I strongly suggest you each make a copy of it and bring it along on the cruise. I don't think they would reneg on our reservation if we show them the proof. I will forward this to everybody who has signed up for the tea and has their personal email on Sandy's list.

 

[eye R.N.]

Lisa to you work at TDS? If so which one? We need to get together and talk. My daughter is president of the school choir and yesterday we got the The Scoop (the youth group information, not the TDS newsletter) in the mail, so it looks like they are serious about going.

I agree that anyone who cooks and cleans up deserves my everlasting affection and appreciation

 

[wendym]

Lisa
That sounds an amazing experience for all!
Jeanne, I understand your battle - I am still fighting it and have so many sets of clothes depending on the weight!
Haven't thought what night for Palo's yet but with the change in menu for Parrot Cay we want to try it this time. Last year we thought we would get LAP, being two adults but didn't. Christophe, our head server last year (but was head server in Palos the year before) still remembers me as the lady with the spreadsheet with all the different options for brunch, High Tea and evening meal!
3 weeks to go!
Wendy

 

[joanb]

ONLY THREE WEEKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jeanneg]

By now, everyone who signed up for the tea (with the exception of Audrey, whose email I don't have) should have received a forwarded copy of the confirmation DCL sent me. Doesn't seem to be any doubt about it.....we've got the room. I predict there will be mutiny on the ship if they decide not to honor it.
I can't believe we'll all be together in 3 weeks....we've kept this thread going for over 4 months now and as I said before, you're starting to feel like family.

 

[eye R.N.]

I too understand the battle, since diabetes runs in our family I try to be really good about keeping the weight reasonable, but as I get older it does get harder. The longer I can hold off going on daily drugs the better.

As for Palo's for dinner, I think we are going to try for the first Animators Palate night. We've seen the show and that is the menu that least appeals to us.

Much depends on our request to have Maclean as our head waiter. Our travel agent is not holding out a lot of hope for that to happen. So we may have to try and switch dining assignments after we get on the boat. It is a testament to his good service that all three of the kids are insisting on this.

We've found a dog/house/plant sitter yipee one more thing off the list!

On a completely different note. Happy fathers day to all of our list Dad's.

 

[jeanneg]

Here's wishing you a very happy Father's Day!!!!!!

 

[eye R.N.]

Thanks for new tag. you wonderful fairies!!!!

 

[sbennett]

I thought my wonderful mother was the tag fairy...when my kids were little she used to cut the tags out of their clothes because she didn't want them to get an irritation from the tags...now she's our guardian angel tag fairy, and I have to play tag fairy for their clothes!

Keep the prayers going for our son Corey...he's back in the hospital and off all his anti-depressants because his heart condition started acting up and they're not sure if it's from the meds or it's his heart on it's own....if it's the latter, they may be considering doing a cardia ablation....we have to wait and see, the trip may be up in the air (I hope not....we've been planning this for over a year now)

 

[gometros]

Gee, I haven't been on the boards for three days and this is all the posts since? You guys are either busy packing or not excited enough.

We're going to try for Tuesday for Palos, with Monday night as a second choice.

Two more weeks from now and we'll be whizzing south through Virginia on the Auto Train.

 

[jeanneg]

Don't worry, Shelley, it will all be fine. I'll be praying extra hard that things work out for Corey and I'm sure the rest of this board will be pulling for you also. Keep the faith. Lord knows you and your family can really use a vacation.

Sandy: I think the boards were down for quite some time today. I tried several times to access them and couldn't until now.

I am completely packed! (In my mind, that is!). I made a list of every actual outfit I will wear on a day-by-day basis, so I now know precisely what to bring. I've got everything set aside and all I have to do is pack the darn stuff when the time comes. Since I don't plan on paying someone to iron my stuff, I probably won't physically pack until the day before, but at least I know exactly what's going with me. Whew, it's such a relief to know that's accomplished!

Random Question: Any chance there are some euchre-playing couples on our cruise? My husband and I just learned how to play about a year ago and we love it! We belong to a group that meets monthly and I thought it might be fun to bring a deck of cards and stake out a corner of the Promenade Lounge. Let me know if anyone is interested.

 

[joanb]

jeanneg-don't know the game but love to play cards.but not bridge. Joan

I'm excited, but I'm still trying to get clothes together for all my children and shoes etc. then I shall think about me. perhaps a new wardrobe at this weight.LOL, LOL, LOL.

Joan