June 16, 2007 MedHead Cruisers

[DVC4US]

OK guys we have aspirations to fulfill here.........the blabbermouth cruise in May is up to around 60,000 posts. Do you think we can do it????????

Okay Judy - what a small world we live in. I did not realize that you were on the Christmas cruise with us. How funny.

I don't know if we will be able to keep up with those blabbermouths. I remember most of them from the Christmas cruise and boy can they talk.

Do you remember Virgil? He PM'd me the other day and said he was going to be on this cruise also. I told him about the thread but I have seen him on it yet. I know he is going on the Wonder soon so maybe he is busy. I will PM him next week if we haven't seen him by then.

 

[DVC4US]

We were extremely lucky and got the Roy suite for this cruise so we will probably do a wine and champange DIS meet in our suite. We did this when we had the Walt suite 2 years ago and it was a lot of fun.

Did anyone book their air with DCL? We are going to do our own because we will probably fly over a day or two before hand so we can get over the jet lag and then we are going to stay in Europe for another 10 days or so.

 

[windermerejudy]

Leilani---we were on that same 10 day Christmas!!!!!!! Did you know any of the DIS group-----Stacey, GaRRy, Lynda & Cash, Mary Ann, Jen.....I did not know them then. Met Stacey in California last year and met the others since chatting for the upcoming Christmas cruise. Garry is coming down and I will get to meet him over Easter.

Yes we are definitely a stay on this one----especially since you guys are a fun crowd!!!!!!

 

[silver7]

I just looked online, and it looks like there are no more cat 4's!

YIKES!!

I am a Disney only TA, and about half of what I quoted today was for our cruise. I wonder how long it will take to fill up!!

 

[DVC4US]

Judy - that is pretty funny. Yes, I did know the "group". We had late dinning so we all sat together. That cruise was a lot of fun and we had a lot of DIS meets. I really wish we were going on the May 27th cruise with them, but the girls will still be in school so that was a no go for us. I know you will have a lot of fun with them on the upcoming Christmas cruise.

 

[windermerejudy]

How funny we must have been writing that at the same moment.

You know it was a hard year last year in that we were supposed to go on the Christmas cruise and my father was diagnosed with lung cancer so we cancelled thinking it would be my last Christmas with him--well he only made it 4 weeks. We ended up booking again at the last moment and bringing my mom with us. We were all still kind of in a daze and just trying to make it through Christmas without losing it. Not really in the party mode but we watched you all having a great time and we loved your tshirts.

That is why we jumped on the Christmas one again. Wanted to be a part of the wild DIS group.

 

[DVC4US]

I just looked online, and it looks like there are no more cat 4's!

YIKES!!

I am a Disney only TA, and about half of what I quoted today was for our cruise. I wonder how long it will take to fill up!!

That's really interesting to hear. We have another family who is trying to book this cruise also. She had their request in with a TA so I don't know if she got it today or not. Hopefully I will hear soon.

 

[windermerejudy]

Silver7---WOW you must be putting your feet up and relaxing now. What an insane day, HUH????? Oh well, tomorrow you can actually get up and go to the bathroom during your workday. That is crazy. When I called back to Barb prices had gone up from what she was holding for us by something like $800.

So where is Clearlake? I grew up in EL Paso and went to college in Amarillo. Moved to Fort Worth after that and then moved with my DH to Detroit for a few years and now here. WHEW

Anybody know how long the overseas portion of the flight is?

 

[windermerejudy]

Leilani---Your the best!! You know we would love to see the Suite. I have seen Staceys pictures that is the closest I have come. You know I look at it like this---if I tasted the other side I am not sure if I could go back. There was this hotel in Hawaii that we love to go to and once they out of the blue upgraded us to a beautiful oceanfront suite. It was beyond awesome. Now when I go back, I am always thinking of that suite. I guess I am like that with my balcony. I think I have to have one.

 

[windermerejudy]

Okay for those of you who aren't aware-------LOL

T.O.P s are the top of the page and they are every 15 posts. It is like a contest to pirate them away from your fellow cruisers. No, there is no free cruise for getting one-----just bragging rights for one post. GAME ON!!!!!!

 

[windermerejudy]

YO HO YO HO A PIRATES LIFE FOR ME (atleast on this day of being so excited to be with you guys!!!!!)





T.O.P.

 

[DVC4US]

Congrats Judy on the second T.O.P.!!! I see I am going to have to be on my toes again.

I know what you mean. Once we had a suite on the cruise my DH said he would never cruise again without being in a suite. As a matter of fact when I booked our Aug 12th cruise there were no suites so I booked a Cat 4 and waitlisted for a suite. He kept saying he was not going unless we got a Cat 3(and I kept saying - oh well we will go without you then). But lo and behold we got lucky and the waitlist came through. That is going to be harder now that deposits for the suites are non-refundable. So, I guess he will just have to drag himself along. Of course he was going anyway since his parents and my parents are joinning us on that cruise.

 

[DVC4US]

I can't remember the exact flight times, but I did do some checking and I think it was around 9 to 12 hours from the east coast. I am taking my parents to Scotland in May and our flight from Newark to Edinburgh in 7 hours. That's why we are thinking about flying over a day or two in advance. Also, the majority of the flights are overnight flights and I never can sleep that well on those planes so it will be nice to have some time to recover before we board the boat.

 

[DVC4US]

Okay, I am off to bed. I have to be up early in the morning to go workout.

I will talk to everyone tomorrow,

 

[DVC4US]

One last thing before I go to bed.

One of the couples on our August 12th cruise is from Italy so I told her to be ready because I was going to pick her brain about the ports and things we should see. So if anyone has any questions let me know and I will gladly ask her.

Goodnight!

 

[windermerejudy]

Nonrefundable deposits??? Wow is that because of all the cancelled ressies and then trying to fill the suites at the last minute?

Boy, I am glad my DD will have another year of maturing before a 12 hour flight. We have done the 13 hour to Hawaii but not with a precocious 3 yo. You know my son just finished a study unit in third grade on Ancient Rome and of course for me it was like I had never heard it before. It was much more fascinating for me now. Anyway he was so excited to see the listings of Pompeii, Mt. Vesuvius, roman coliseum, ....

 

[windermerejudy]

Good morning!! I have a guy coming today to show us all the new hurricane products. I hope it is reasonable.

Julie did you find this thread yet???

 

[silver7]

Good Morning everyone!

Clear Lake is a suburb of Houston. It is where Nasa is located--the Astronauts train here.

We are also DVC--OKW since '94.

Lelani--Thanks! I was hoping this group would be the kind to have get togethers! I was part of the TurkeyDay cruisers of '04 and had a ball!

Teresa

 

[windermerejudy]

Were you with Willie and Lampskies??? He says he has been a turkey cruiser 2 years in a row and now he is a Christmas Ham.
Willie lives in Beaumont right?

 

[silver7]

OMG you know of Willie and Lampy? Hope there is enough beer on your cruise!

Yes I was with them on Turkeyday 04