June 4 2005 West Coast Cruisers

[TheMemoryMaker]

Well we are off! See everyone on Saturday.

 

[windermerejudy]

xploring---looks like you and me are all that is left. Please come find us, We will be the bunch in the lime green shirts. If you have lime green wear it. I don't know how far back you read but we will also be hanging by the Mickey Pool and then will meet up at Sailaway Party.

 

[xploring]

xploring---looks like you and me are all that is left. Please come find us, We will be the bunch in the lime green shirts. If you have lime green wear it. I don't know how far back you read but we will also be hanging by the Mickey Pool and then will meet up at Sailaway Party.

Hi Windermerejudy, When are you leaving for L.A.? We will definitely try and look for you all. Unfortunately I do not have a lime green shirt but will have my son wear his. Are you all packed? I am stressed just trying to pack everything- I am not a very efficient packer...

 

[windermerejudy]

We leave tomorrow evening after my DH works a 1/2 day. Our plane leaves around 7pm and we arrive LAX 930 ish. We are staying at Embassy suites south airport and then taking Super shuttle to port early on Sat.

I am packed. I started last week but my DD2 keeps hauling things out of there, so hopefully I will arrive with everything with which I intended to. Its so hard these days to pack efficiently. I keep remembering things. Whatever happened to the days of throwing some clothes in a suitcase and off we went. Oh yeah----its called parenthood. I just remembered a little while ago that I had pullups but no wipes. I had also forgotten sunglasses. Boy I sure do miss Port Canaveral.

So you guys are driving down. Are you going to stay over night? What time are you going to arrive at the port?

 

[MousseauMob]

Were in Long Beach - did the aquarium. Unfortunately the weather forcast is true. Low to mid 70's. Bring warm stuff - its to cold to swim - darn it.

 

[windermerejudy]

It sounds like down around San Diego is even colder. High in 60s for Sunday. Ok so do you think jeans or shorts and just a lite jacket?

 

[MousseauMob]

Judy did you get a new camera?
We got a new charger (that's what I forgot), so we're good to go again.

 

[windermerejudy]

Yes we got a new 7 megapixel the size of a wallet. Its pretty cool. It seemed like our other camera was not that old but in trying to remember whenwe got it, we decided it was atleast 6-7 years ago. It was a Nikon 4 MP. Rather large comparitively.

I am so glad you found what you needed. I was worried for you. It always amazes me how little I actually become photographer. Shutters is always there. They do so much better than I could possibly.

So were you Utah=onians (or whatever a Utah resident is called --Ute?) in jeans, jackets sweatshirts, or just not swimming? It is 76 here right not so we just went outside and thought it felt ok. I know during our winter when it gets to 70 we love it that means the shorts come back out. Help its the last chance to throw in extra clothes.!!!!!!

 

[MousseauMob]

A jacket is a must. During the day shorts are fine, but by evening it is chilly and pants would be good. We just walked back from dinner and we were all a bit cold. Well all except DH who lived in Alaska and wears shorts year round in Utah - snow and all.

 

[MousseauMob]

Your camera sounds cool. We just bought one almost a year ago and the possibilities were overwhelming and intimidating.

 

[xploring]

Change of plans- looks like we won't drive down until tomorrow. My husband had a longer than expected day (and evening) at work today. We are both exhausted so I think leaving tomorrow morning will result in a safer trip down. My mom lives in L.A. so we will stay overnight with her and then get to the cruise terminal around 11AM. What time are you planning to get there?

I have a 2 yr old daughter as well and she is quite a handful. Now she is into choosing her own clothes (mostly dresses) in the mornings and putting up a fuss when we disagree with her choice. It's so funny to watch her- she is so different from my son (4 yrs old) who just now started having an opinion about what he wears.

Anyways, if we don't get a chance to "chat" again, have a safe flight and we'll see you on Saturday.

 

[MousseauMob]

Yipee!
Today is the day! We're SO excited. I can't wait to meet everyone. I'll be the one in lime green.

 

[MousseauMob]

Just wanted to say, we are home now and we had a wonderful time. Thank you everyone for making it even more special. At one point, my DD2 said, that Santa was onboard because of all the presents we were getting.

Judy, I forgot to tell you how much I appreciated the door poster - it was so cute, and thanks for all your hard work on organizing things. After Friday, Sydney came back from the nursery and told me how she played with her best friend Blake - it was so adorable. That was also the only day that Bryce woudl attend was in the kids club, and I'm sure it was because of Drew. Thanks so much!

Well here's the list of items we left - in case you couldn't guess. Bon Voyage Captain Mickey Magnet, Smiley Light Up Magnet, Candle, Salt Water Taffy, Mini Character Plush, Disney Paper Clips, Pixie Dust Stickers.

I never saw the Tag magnet again after we left it for the first time - does anyone know if it actually was played? Additionally, I want to apologize to everyone, we had talked about looking at the other staterooms and we never got around to it. I had thought that on Friday after brunch we could, but I ended up not feeling well at all so I went back to lay down and was down most of the day.

Thanks again for everything!

 

[windermerejudy]

We kept missing you guys te whole rest of the week. I did not even see you at Palos. I figured you guys were ill. My mom was sick PV day, Blake was ill all of 2 hours and of course again as we are leaving to get on the plane.(I was worried how that would turn out butI think she may just have been real sloshy from the rough seas the night before) I felt sloshy every time we were in PC rest.

So all you guys that were at the front and the rear-----how was the motion? Never been brave enoughto try either but when we rebooked the only cabins together were towards the front.

Hey lets list our rebook dates too:
Ours----- is April 8 2006 Western
Keegan----- May 28 or 29 Double Dip Costa May
Sherry/Pam--I think they said Oct?


Judy

 

[windermerejudy]

Forgot to ask who needed the photo of all of us at the statue. Let me know.

 

[MousseauMob]

We kept missing you guys te whole rest of the week. I did not even see you at Palos. I figured you guys were ill. My mom was sick PV day, Blake was ill all of 2 hours and of course again as we are leaving to get on the plane.(I was worried how that would turn out butI think she may just have been real sloshy from the rough seas the night before) I felt sloshy every time we were in PC rest.

So all you guys that were at the front and the rear-----how was the motion? Never been brave enoughto try either but when we rebooked the only cabins together were towards the front.

Hey lets list our rebook dates too:
Ours----- is April 8 2006 Western
Keegan----- May 28 or 29 Double Dip Costa May
Sherry/Pam--I think they said Oct?


Judy

It seemed quite rough a couple of times in aft, but I can't really compare - so I don't know if I was sensitive because I didn't know what to expect. Whenever we were in the Theater forward I felt like I could really feel the movement of the ship.

Thursday night / Friday morning seemed especially rough, it kept me awake. Tim wasn't feeling well Thursday evening (it might have been disappointment in his deep sea fishing excursion ). I wasn't feeling well most of Friday. We went to brunch, but I finally had to leave, because I wasn't feeling well. I was starting to feel a bit better Friday evening and Bryce wasn't feeling well, so Thursday evening through Saturday morning, we really didn't get outside our stateroom much.

Even with that we had a GREAT time!

 

[tarheel_girl]

We actually re-booked for August 5th- Eastern....my favorite ports !

I want a copy of the formal night picture please, thanks Judy. Still taking care of us on land.

This was my first cruise forward, and boy were we ALL the way forward. The motion was similiar to the motion felt in the theatre. I never got sick, thank goodness. Pam has always taken motion sickness pills. Friday she took 3 in the course of the day and still felt yucky when we went to Parrot Cay for lunch. I just felt like I was on really long thrill ride most of the day. Usually we book CAT 7's which are aft. That's what we have for next Aug. Don't know how Pam would have done in Aft on this cruise though. Parrot Cay is aft and she had trouble in there the last day, and during the Character Breakfast on Monday.

I had a good time on this cruise. I loved the ports but if I ever do this again, I will NOT go in June. I felt like I missed out on half the cruise. I love the sea days, but only got to enjoy one this year. Obviously, I don't hang out by the pool all day. BUT, it was knowing that I couldn't on Sunday or Friday that bothered me. I like to have choices and felt like the option of outside was no option either of those days. I did only rate the weather as 'good' on the survey. I really wanted to rate it 'just ok' but the port days were great. Now that I'm home it's in the low 90s and sunny! Wish all last week could have been like that. What about the rest of you. Did you find yourself comparing this cruise to all of the others you'd taken out of Florida?

 

[windermerejudy]

Yes me too. Did you read the live post on our cruise where the lady said that she thought I was wrong about everything. She said she saw noone sick and everyone was great, and I should have known what to expect on a Mexican cruise. Boy there are some crabby people on these boards. Oh yeah she tried to say Que wasn't fired too. I thought everyone was entitled to their opinion without getting jumped all over.

It felt so much shorter this cruise just because there were really 3 good days. I totally loved theport days but was bummed on the colder days. I felt like you did not see each other as much as normal because normally everyone is at the pool. Of course we still stayed busy but I would probably not do a west coast again due to the travel involved, ....We do want to go back to Cabo. Not on a cruise. We had a great time there.

Our waiter and asst. were slow and did not have it together. Our drinks were empty all through dinner, food orders wrong, stuff that never came....I guess we were hoping it would be as good as before.

Thanks guys for letting me vent here. Nothing is ever perfect and its nice to know it wasn't just you, that others felt that wasy too.

Ellen I saw your post about people dropping things off Topsiders anto your balcony. I never thought about that being right under there. Did you feel like you did not have any privacy? No going out onto your balcony in undies to hang up your wet suits.

I too was very quesy in PC what is it.? I thought the front was supposed to be the worst for that. Funny thing is, I did not feel that way in AP as much. Why is that?

 

[tarheel_girl]

Hey guys! Yes, Judy, I did see that post on the live thread. I couldn't believe that she was saying all of that. I also thought you handled it well. Don't think I could have been that calm on the my first day home. I was depressed as it was...didn't need to add anger too. She mentioned the same thing about Que on another board, favorite CM or something like that. Someone finally asked if she knew him personally and she said no.

Judy and Susan we miss seeing you and your families. We seemed to see you everywhere last week. I keep thinking, 'this time last week I was...." Janese, Liz same thing. We miss you guys. I told my parents how you two were are West Coast counter parts. I wish we didn't live so far apart.

Judy, I heard on the lunchtime news today that a child died on Mission Space! It was just a small clip at lunch saying that he passed out and died. Do you have anymore details?

 

[windermerejudy]

Yes I was already feeling bummed and then to have someone tell me I was basically a downer and negative. I really was not trying to be and I am sorry if I sounded that way but I also wanted to tall them both sides of what was going on. Isn't that what this whole thing is all about.?

Yeah she jumped all over another girl on Marla's thread about rumors yet she did not know and there was a lady from the repo who actually witnessed the Que event and siad so. (She is a GM)I guess that is why I believe her.

I am so happy that you all and Liz/Janese became such good friends and hit it off. It was also so neat that the Keegan's loved their tablemates so much and reboked with them. I hope we hook up with someone we get really close to on the next cruise. There is one lady that I have already been chatting with some that seems really nice. I wish I could have seen the Mousseaus more they were so nice and the kids got along really well. For some reason this cruise seemed so hectic. Not much time for just sitting around chatting (except of course those initial 3 hours in the terminal).

Yes our good friend is head of Epcot and he is on vacation. I am sure he will be flying back in and then we will know more. You know they had some problems when it first opened. Have you ever been on it?? What it appears to do is blast you off with the gravitationl pull feel. The way they achieve that feeling is by although you do not see the mechanics of the ride it is a spinning motion thing much like they train the astronauts in. Evidently the mom came walking out of the ride carrying her child limp and laid him down on a bench and paramedics were called but he was DOA. Sounds strange to me. Where were all the ride workers if this boy was limp on the ride. There are monitors/cameras that they installed after the problems before so they could keep an eye on everyone. Did this woman walk out calmly with her limp child or was she screaming as I would have been doing. That would have immediately brought many workers so why did she carry him to a bench? Did she think he was asleep? Who knows. I'll be curious. I know the ride is shut down now. It took awhile after the Thunder Mountain accident before that opened back up. I'll keep you posted.
Judy