Magic In Paradise: 10/8-10/15 2011. All cruisers check in here. (#2)

[sullins5]

Almost there!

You did it!!! Got 99 and 100!!

And I loved your cat! So sweet! We've had a busy week with school and this morning auditions, so we just haven't been able to visit! But sounds like things are coming along nicely!

And....Still hoping for for EVERYONE on their flights! We've already had a little 'bump'..and we booked everyone last March. Let's just hope we all make it to the port on time!

 

[LKShep]

It looks like the link is mostly censored.

Sorry about that.

Just Google "Disney Cruise menus with food photos" and it should be the first link.

 

[TIGGER/POOH4]

Thanks!!!!! I'm trying! I at least want to close some of the gap.

Congrats You got the Swan and Pirate.
Good luck with yout flight . You'll have to come up to the meet on the pool deck to let us know you made.

 

[TIGGER/POOH4]

Who's got the Chocolate factory link for St. Thomas?

Rich and I have finally decided on our plans for that port

Found it. Yum

http://www.thebelgianchocolatefactory.com/

 

[sullins5]

Kind of quiet on here tonight!! 7 Weeks!!! Do y'all realize it'll be here before we know it!!! So fun to look forward too!

 

[Cinderelley]

You did it!!! Got 99 and 100!!

And I loved your cat! So sweet! We've had a busy week with school and this morning auditions, so we just haven't been able to visit! But sounds like things are coming along nicely!

And....Still hoping for for EVERYONE on their flights! We've already had a little 'bump'..and we booked everyone last March. Let's just hope we all make it to the port on time!

Yay!!!!!!
What type of auditions? I think you may have mentioned something about them before but I forgot. Hope the bump isn't going to put that much of a dent in your plans. We all definitely need lots of !!!!

Sorry about that.

Just Google "Disney Cruise menus with food photos" and it should be the first link.

No problem! I don't think the menus have changed much since I went in July of last year. Just wanted to make sure people could find it if they wanted to have a look.

Congrats You got the Swan and Pirate.
Good luck with yout flight . You'll have to come up to the meet on the pool deck to let us know you made.

Yay! Thanks! You could have taken it. Its all in fun.
I will definitely be at the meet! I want to meet all of you wonderful people in person!

 

[Cinderelley]

Kind of quiet on here tonight!! 7 Weeks!!! Do y'all realize it'll be here before we know it!!! So fun to look forward too!

Seven weeks feels like FOREVER!!! I like counting by the days because it changes every day versus the weeks only change once every seven days.

 

[sullins5]

Yay!!!!!!
What type of auditions?

Em has a love for the arts...acts/sings/dances. In a lot of plays. So today was for The Christmas Carol. Sometimes, she has auditions back to back...Kind of nerve wracking..but she loves it! And I'm glad, though as a mom it can drive you ...

 

[sullins5]

Seven weeks feels like FOREVER!!! I like counting by the days because it changes every day versus the weeks only change once every seven days.

ME TOO!!! But the days seem like...only one month...few days...can't really count Oct., cuz we'll be busy packing...so this chik is Happy!!!

And..they just called and Em got a call back!
She's in a class, so when I tell her, she'll be pumped!

 

[TIGGER/POOH4]

Seven weeks feels like FOREVER!!! I like counting by the days because it changes every day versus the weeks only change once every seven days.

In 49 days we will be off to the Caribbean and CC

CC on 10-22-10

 

[Cinderelley]

And..they just called and Em got a call back!
She's in a class, so when I tell her, she'll be pumped!

Yay!!!!!
Think she'd like to try out for Disney productions?

 

[Octoberbride03]

Seven weeks feels like FOREVER!!! I like counting by the days because it changes every day versus the weeks only change once every seven days.

Forever

Oh BOY, I wish i could go back to the days when 7 weeks seems like forever

Now 7 weeks means, blink and its "OH CRAP" time.

*I've gotta get my packing list in order,
* go visit doggie hotels to see if we have changed our mind about Onlsow being at home. I'm just so on the fence about it now that Rally is gone, boy I miss him
* finish buying clothes for the trip
*Drag Dh to get his stuff tailored
*strart buying stuff for the cooler and the drive down
* finish the FE gifts,

And somewhere in there, I have an actual job, a visit to my parents' house next weekend. And try to run AVON campaigns

AND 7 WEEKS TO GET IT ALL DONE

 

[sullins5]

Yay!!!!!
Think she'd like to try out for Disney productions?

She already has...with 1300 OTHER kids in Nashville! We went on a whim, got there and she was number 1200 something. It was a cool audition though. She said she was so glad she did it!

No one really knew what they were looking for, but it was great exposure, great experience, and she learned a lot!

I just let her do what she wants as far as auditioning. She met an LA agent year before last, but we just didn't want to do it. Wrong timing.
She's young, loves to act, sing, and dance, so we're just letting her follow her passion right now. But it's a neat hobby for sure!

 

[sullins5]

Forever

Oh BOY, I wish i could go back to the days when 7 weeks seems like forever

Now 7 weeks means, blink and its "OH CRAP" time.

*I've gotta get my packing list in order,
* go visit doggie hotels to see if we have changed our mind about Onlsow being at home. I'm just so on the fence about it now that Rally is gone, boy I miss him
* finish buying clothes for the trip
*Drag Dh to get his stuff tailored
*strart buying stuff for the cooler and the drive down
* finish the FE gifts,

And somewhere in there, I have an actual job, a visit to my parents' house next weekend. And try to run AVON campaigns

AND 7 WEEKS TO GET IT ALL DONE

This list makes me tired..
And reminded me about all our pets..."What to do?"...uh oh

 

[TIGGER/POOH4]

Good morning fellow cruisers.
We now have only

days to go to the Magic.

 

[scottishandproud]

Good morning fellow cruisers.
We now have only

days to go to the Magic.

woop! woop!

 

[TIGGER/POOH4]

Where is everyone today We are almost on page 2 Time for a picture bump

 

[LC30]

Where is everyone today We are almost on page 2 Time for a picture bump

Getting read for back to school. That's a beautiful picture.

 

[Octoberbride03]

Thanks! I think I'll make it alright. I have to leave my house at 2am to get to Reagan Airport in VA at 6am for my 8am flight. I should be arriving at MCO at 11:15ish am. I wanted to fly out of HIA (Harrisburg) but that would have meant a layover in Atlanta. Not taking that chance! If my flight even has the slightest delay, I should be okay. (I hope.)

I live about 20 mins away from Harrisburg versus 2 hours from Philly. I avoid Philly like the plague. I went to a concert there in June and Nicole and I got lost and had to past thru a ghetto neighborhood where all the doors and windows were barred. On the way home from the concert, we went a separate way and got lost. We passed thru a neighborhood where a car in the opposite direction drove slow enough to make it seem like they were scoping out a house to shoot at because of a drug deal gone bad. We made it back to our houses safe but the next morning found out there was a shooting in the ghetto neighborhood we had passed thru earlier that day. Had I drove us back that way to come home, we would have probably gotten shot.

Ah let me introduce you to the lovely Philadelphia International Airport Domestic Terminal, located in the lovely Tinicum Township, Delaware County (OK, so the place is dive) From Harrisburg, I'm kind of guessing here, but the whatsit (western?) extension of the PA Turnpike to Valley Forge/KOP, then 76 to 476 to 95 gets you there, and all you've done was circle around the outskirts of the city a little further up the airport highway and you've reached the international terminal, which OMG is actually located in Philly

Honestly, getting to the airport really is not bad at all. The actual design of the airport is a whole different story, but if I had to choose between Reagan and Philly, I'd take Philly. Starting a drive at 2am, to arrive at 6am for an 8am flight is SOOO not on my list of things to do. I know this adds so close to the cruise, but maybe you want to consider leaving on Friday night right after Nicole's last class and driving to Reagan then. I would not be very confident of my ability drive and stay awake at that point in the night, even though the tradeoff is no traffic. But that's me.

As for the getting lost Next time call Dan I've been through most of the city having grown up just outside of it. Even lived in 1 of its cemeteries for a little while, but I was young and don't actually remember that. My dad and his siblings spent their entire childhoods in the same cemetery. We're an unusual family But I've lived in VA for almost 8 years now, so I'm not up on the traffic.

 

[Octoberbride03]

If you haven't gotten your room assignments yet, keep checking. I need em ASAP so I can send out the list to everybody. I can see form the main boards that they oughta be coming any second now.