June 4 2005 West Coast Cruisers

[windermerejudy]

It is so quiet today here on our thread. What is everyone up to? As for us, just got home from church and eating and we are trying to get 3 monkeys to bed. We had a close call---the school nurse called me Friday to pick up my oldest because he felt like he was going to throw up.Luckily he never did. On the way home from school Friday I was counting how many days it would take to make its way through our entire family. I don't want to spend another cruise sick.

See you tomorrow (Well--- chat with you tomorrow, see ya' in 14 more days.)

 

[diznefan76]

Hey guys...we've been out shopping for the gift fairy! It's so much fun!!!!! Then we decided to go see the movie Monster in Law...it was really cute!

Just think right this minute 2 weeks from now some of us will be in the dining rooms eating a fabulous meal while other will probably be checking out the Welcome aboard show!!! I'm so ready to go I've even started the pre packing!!!! lol

 

[Mickeyfan66]

I've been off the boards for only 2 days and some much has been posted. The magnet looks great. Tag should be a lot of fun. Thanks for the Disney sites. I am going to have to check those out.

I am so excited. Only 1 more week of work until I am on Vacation! I have pulled out the suitcases so I can start packing next week.

Any idea's for Pirate Night? This is something new to us and I want to see if I still need to go shopping.

 

[tarheel_girl]

Hey Everybody! Got a gift fairy question. Are we doing a gift per stateroom or per family, or per guest? I FINALLY found what I'm going to bring. I just need to know how many to buy.

I love the magnet!! Judy, when you emailed me the pictures all I got was an X. Do you mind resending them to me? It's probably my email, but I'd like to try one more time. Thanks! As far as leaving for the port, I plan to be on the first shuttle from the airport. I want to get to the port as early as possible.

The excitement never goes away for me either. Now that school is over, I've been thinking about the cruise non-stop!

 

[windermerejudy]

Hey guys I found one of our lost families--diznekids. I better do an update because now I am confused how many as well.

1.windermerejudy (Judy, Dale, Drew8, Dane5, Blake2)------------8564
2.-----------------(Judy's mom Jeanne)-------------------------7570
3.MousseauMob (Ellen, Tim, Bryce9, Sydney2)-------------------8100
4.Skeegan (DW, DH, DS16, DD9)--------------------------------7574
5.MickeyFan66/Diznefan76 (Janese, Liz)--------------------------7125
6.tarheelgirl (Sherry, Pam)--------------------------------------7000
7.poohs4me (DGF, DBF, DD8)------------------------------------?????
8.diznekids (Tom, Beth, Sean13, Colin11, Liam6)------------------8538
9.----------(Beth's mom Maurine, Tom's mom Shirlee)-------------8534

So 9 cabins. 12 individuals.

 

[diznefan76]

Hey guys I found one of our lost families--diznekids. I better do an update because now I am confused how many as well.

1.windermerejudy (Judy, Dale, Drew8, Dane5, Blake2)------------8564
2.-----------------(Judy's mom Jeanne)-------------------------7570
3.MousseauMob (Ellen, Tim, Bryce9, Sydney2)-------------------8100
4.Skeegan (DW, DH, DS16, DD9)--------------------------------7574
5.MickeyFan66/Diznefan76 (Janese, Liz)--------------------------7125
6.tarheelgirl (Sherry, Pam)--------------------------------------7000
7.poohs4me (DGF, DBF, DD8)------------------------------------?????
8.diznekids (Tom, Beth, Sean13, Colin11, Liam6)------------------8538
9.----------(Beth's mom Maurine, Tom's mom Shirlee)-------------8534

So 9 cabins. 12 individuals.

YEA!!!!! Welcome diznekids!!!! So glad that you are going to be on this cruise too!!

Tarheelgirl-As far as gifts go...I'm not sure what other are planning but we are planning to give a bag of "FUN" to each family/stateroom.

Has anyone else started their packing or is it just me, the obsessive compulsive pre vacation freak????? lol.....

 

[skeegan]

Please explain the Gift Fairy thing to me. We haven't done that before. Is it one gift and we exchange? or a gift for each group?

The tag door sign looks great.

 

[windermerejudy]

Skeegan, what we had decided to do is to have little "pockets" on our doors (BTW my mom volunteered to make those-- we were still looking for them til today) and the "gift fairy would drop little things off occasionally. I got little things. Trinkets. If there is something from your hometown that is neat, little candies, ...It is just for fun.

Pirate night--- I have decorations for pirate night for our door. fUsually people wear tropical attire or a pirate tshirt. The wait staff gives out pirate bandanas. I got the kids light up swords if they survive that long. Lots of black, red, and white. There are also plenty of people that do not dress up too.

I heard the Golden Mickeys is the 2nd night which seems weird to me but we might like to take a group photo when we are all dressed up.

 

[diznefan76]

Skeegan, what we had decided to do is to have little "pockets" on our doors (BTW my mom volunteered to make those-- we were still looking for them til today) and the "gift fairy would drop little things off occasionally. I got little things. Trinkets. If there is something from your hometown that is neat, little candies, ...It is just for fun.

Pirate night--- I have decorations for pirate night for our door. fUsually people wear tropical attire or a pirate tshirt. The wait staff gives out pirate bandanas. I got the kids light up swords if they survive that long. Lots of black, red, and white. There are also plenty of people that do not dress up too.

I heard the Golden Mickeys is the 2nd night which seems weird to me but we might like to take a group photo when we are all dressed up.

Judy, tell your mom...THANK YOU!!!!! How sweet of her to make those for us! Also, I think that it's a great idea for us to take a group photo on Formal night! I LOVE that idea!

By the way, have we come up with a cute slogan for our cruise??? For instance the May repo cruise is "Kingdom to Kingdom..." What shall we call our cruise?? The only thing that I could come up with was "Cruisin' with Mickey..West Coast style"...kinda corny but what do you guys think???? Also, is someone making our lanyard tags? or are we making our own?

 

[dizneykids]

...so I quit coming over to the cruise meets. Seems like that was a big mistake!

Let me introduce us...I'm dizneykids (so named because I used to be an assistant sysop on Expedia's Themeparks board and ran a Sunday night chat on travelling to Disney with Kids), Beth to most of my friends; DH, Tim (not Tom...I'm working with a soft cast on my right hand and am having trouble typing well!); and 3 DS...Sean, who'll turn 13 the day after we board, Colin, 11 1/2 and Liam, 6 1/2. Also travelling are our mothers, Maurine (mine) and Shirlee (Tim's). We are in a cat 4, they are in a cat 3; 8538 and 8534 respectively. We decided to do this quite last-minute, so we didn't get our usual stateroom...we've had the Walt Suite on our last three cruises. It's going to be hard adjusting back to a cat 4! Seriously, I'm sure we can do something so those who want to see the 1br can. We're still holding our breath that our dear DCL agent finds us another 1br or better, but I suspect we've run out of time.

We've been on the cruise several times...I think this is number 7 or so. Last time was 2003. That's the photo I plan to send you, Judy...us on formal night. I need DH to work on connecting me back up to my external hard drive. I've tried in the past to set up DIS meets and have never had a whole lot of success. Last time was probably our best with meeting up with over 10 families off and on. We did have a wine&cheese party one afternoon in the suite. After that, we'd run into each other, but nothing planned.

I love the idea of the magnet tag. I wonder, though, if it will survive... will a non-DISer like it so much they decide to keep it? Same with the bags and goodies. I've seen (and had) things taken in the past.

One thing we did for the last cruise was a private website for our cruisers only on MSN. We set up a spreadsheet for people to log in their excursions, seating times, etc. It also allowed for private posting of pics for those of us squeamish about posting a picture for the whole web to see. If y'all want, I can replicate it for us. It would be by invitation only, so I'd need y'all's emails.

Another idea for the Mickey paint chips...you can buy self-adhesive pinbacks at Michaels, if you don't like wearing a lanyard.

As for a slogan...I'm planning on putting together t-shirts for our family with "California cruising...Disney-style". I don't mind sharing.

Sorry I've not been here before now. If I can answer any questions, don't hesitate to ask.

 

[windermerejudy]

Me too. It was a long time before I checked back in because everytime I came noone had posted. I am so glad we found a group.

In regards to making our own lanyard tags---please explain what you mean. What are we doing with our home depot mickeys? I am lost again. I amy get the self adhesive pins.I am also wearing a disney shirt I have that is lime green. I loved the DIS merchandise but I am not sure there is enough time left. The only slogan I came up with was "Disney Cruisin' in June to a Mexican Tune"

I hope we end up doing more than seeing each other in passing. I just did not want to make further plans since we have no idea of scheduling on board. I guess we will know more next week.

Can we go over again who is on ist and 2nd seating? I know WJ is 1, MM 1,
MF/DF 2? tarHG 2...

 

[Mickeyfan66]

Dizneykids... Glad you could join us.

Judy, can't beleive your mom agreed to make the door bags for us. Tell her Thanks for us. Thanks for the info on Pirate Night. Not sure what I'm going to do for that one yet. Maybe I will have to buy something from Pirates in Disneyland.

If I counted correctly we are now at 9 staterooms. It looks like we are mostly on decks 7 & 8 so trying to play tag without getting caught could wind up being the challenge.

I can't wait to go. 14 Days from this very minute I will be in the dinning room for formal night (that is if the information from the boards about formal, semi-formal, and pirate nights are correct.)

 

[diznefan76]

For the lanyard tags I just made up a tag ( the size of the KTTW) with the mickey head on it. I just states my name/DIS name and the date! The pin idea is good too. That way if you don't want anything around your neck you can just put the pin on!!! Great idea diznekids!!!!!!

Judy- I LOVE your slogan!!! Should we use that???

Your right..we are on 2nd seating. Maybe after we have our 1st meeting (at sail away) we can plan a second get together. I hope that we can get together more than just the one time too.

 

[windermerejudy]

What are we doing with our slogan if we choose one? Do we still have time to do a tshirt? I've never used the iron on transfers. Are they easy to do?

 

[diznefan76]

I thought that we could put the slogan on our lanyard tag. And then maybe our door signs??? What do you think?

 

[diznefan76]

Has anyone heard if DCL is planning to have a 50th celebration while we are on board??? I really hope so. I guess we will find out more in the next week or so....the waiting is killing me!! lol.... lol...

 

[MousseauMob]

Hi guys, sorry I haven't posted in awhile. We have some personel issues we're dealing with right now, but I wanted you all to know we're still in on all the fun, I just may not be able to post as much. Sorry.

We are in the first seating for dining and I put the mickey paint chip in my lanyard plain. Was I supposed to put something on it? I still don't know what to do for pirate night? I heard they do fireworks - is that true?

Judy, thank your mom for the little pockets - that's really wonderful of her.

 

[diznefan76]

Mouseaumob....hope all is well with you and your family...sending pixie dust your way!!

About pirate night.. ..according to the Live repo thread they are having pirate night tonight and are planning to have fireworks. I hope they will when we are on our cruise too!!!

 

[windermerejudy]

Lets decide what our slogan is so we can get started on these door signs and lanyard things. Our pockets are almost finished.

Poohs4me where are you? Do you have a room? I need your picture so I can finish up.

Skeegan-can you email me with the names of your family?

I am feeling the "crunch "today. Not enough time to get everything done and way too much to do.

 

[diznefan76]

Judy- I know what you mean...so much to do and and not enough time to do it!!!! I like your slogan...how about we use your's..."Disney cruisin' in June...to a Mexican Tune!"- as long as nobody else minds!!

I can make up lanyard tags for everyone. That is if you guys want. I would just need to know everyone's name....