March 1-5, 2009 Wonder Cruise

[PoppyGirl]

Thanks PoppyGirl - the username actually came from my husband going looney after repeated episodes of Dora the Explorer. In this particular episode that my son LOVED when he was 2 or 3 Dora went to visit her Grandmother who sang a song about a cake that contained the word chocolate pronounced "Choc-o-la-tay" - DH has called me Pip or Pippy since college and after about a week of this Dora episode played around the clock he made up an off-color song about Dora and he inserted "Pippy-la-tay" into the song and it stuck!

BTW, I love the name Poppy! - it was threatened to be the name of my son if he were born a girl, many times!

That is HILARIOUS! What a great story.

 

[PoppyGirl]

Hey everyone...yep...I'm a list-maker. I was just reading through everyone's posts again. It looks like there are 11 of us so far on this thread. Here's my list--feel free to correct it. I just thought it was neat to see who all will be on our cruise! I tried to put down who was coming with each of us.

BeccahRN (DH, 5 y.o. twin DD and DS2)
ShawnaH (DH, DS8)
donniehoo (DW, DD6, DD8, DD15)
PippyLatte (DS7)
Rachelcay (DH)
dipsydo (mom, DD11, DS2)
sas_mk (DH--celebrating 10th anniversary)
M&M mom (DH, DS8, DD8 & 13 other people)
Ricky's Girl (DH--celebrating 34th anniversay)
Tinkerchele (DH--celebrating 12th anniversary)
Flick (DH--celebrating DH's b-day and first cruise)
jenseib (DH, DD4, celebrating jenseib's 40th b-day) (changed to WDW trip...and sadly won't be joining us )
PoppyGirl (DH, DS9, DD6 and friends with their DS5 & DD5)
starmom (DH, DS5)
runskyhy (???)
GirlieGirl (DH, DD8, DD6)
Cloud9 (??)
MinnesotaMouse (DH, DS15, DD12.5--second time on this cruise)
Met (DH, kids, family friend)
tikilyn (DH, DD8, DS5)



What fun!

 

[ShawnaH]

Hey everyone...yep...I'm a list-maker. I was just reading through everyone's posts again. It looks like there are 11 of us so far on this thread. Here's my list--feel free to correct it. I just thought it was neat to see who all will be on our cruise! I tried to put down who was coming with each of us.

BeccahRN (DH, 5 y.o. twin DD and DS2)
ShawnaH (DH, DS8, DD7mo)
donniehoo (DW, DD6, DD8, DD15)
PippyLatte (DS7)
Rachelcay (DH)
dipsydo (mom, DD11, DS2)
sas_mk (DH--celebrating 10th anniversary)
M&M mom (DH, DS8, DD8 & 13 other people)
Ricky's Girl (DH--celebrating 34th anniversay)
Tinkerchele (DH--celebrating 12th anniversary)
PoppyGirl (DH, DS9, DD6 and friends with their DS5 & DD5)

What fun!

Hey Poppy I just wanted to let you know that my dd will not be coming with My hubby and I decided that we might enjoy ourselfs a little more if she stayed with grandma. I know Im terrible!BTW love the list

 

[PoppyGirl]

Hey Poppy I just wanted to let you know that my dd will not be coming with My hubby and I decided that we might enjoy ourselfs a little more if she stayed with grandma. I know Im terrible!BTW love the list

Hi Shawna--not terrible at all! I'll edit the list to reflect the change.

 

[PippyLatte]

Hey everyone...yep...I'm a list-maker. I was just reading through everyone's posts again. It looks like there are 11 of us so far on this thread. Here's my list--feel free to correct it. I just thought it was neat to see who all will be on our cruise! I tried to put down who was coming with each of us.

BeccahRN (DH, 5 y.o. twin DD and DS2)
ShawnaH (DH, DS8)
donniehoo (DW, DD6, DD8, DD15)
PippyLatte (DS7)
Rachelcay (DH)
dipsydo (mom, DD11, DS2)
sas_mk (DH--celebrating 10th anniversary)
M&M mom (DH, DS8, DD8 & 13 other people)
Ricky's Girl (DH--celebrating 34th anniversay)
Tinkerchele (DH--celebrating 12th anniversary)
PoppyGirl (DH, DS9, DD6 and friends with their DS5 & DD5)

What fun!

Thanks for the list PoppyGirl, that was very thoughtful!

 

[ShawnaH]

Less than 24 hours until we are going to tell Nick about the cruise . We decided that we are going to wait for DH to get home from work and let Nick open the package I put together for him before going to the in-laws for Chirstmas eve!!!

I am so glad because I almost blew it today by leaving the magnets that I have printed out on my bed while they were drying and he saw one of them I talked my way out of it ( I think)and he moved on to another topic.

 

[sas_mk]

ShawnaH, how did the "big reveal" go? What was your son's reaction? I can't wait to hear about it!!

 

[ShawnaH]

ShawnaH, how did the "big reveal" go? What was your son's reaction? I can't wait to hear about it!!

Well the "Great Reveal" was anti-climatic to say the least! We were getting ready to go to my MIL & FIL for the Christmas Eve activities, Dh and I said since you have been good we are going to let you open ONE gift from us before we go. We had the camera out and everything! So he opens a box that contains the DVD and the "postcard" that comes in the package in the mail. He reads the card and just looks at us. Were going on a Disney Cruise? he asked. ( I was almost jumping up and down by this point!) We were like YES!!!!! He said (and I quote) awesome, so when does Santa come again? What? We are taking you to Florida getting on a Disney Cruise and all you have is awesome, whens santa coming? Holy Cr*p are you kidding me? I should have expected that, he isn't ungrateful really I don't want to make him sound like that, he just doesn't get excited about much. I of course was devestated and my DH has assured me that as it get closer he will be excited. I guess we'll see

 

[Tinkerchele]

Hey everyone...yep...I'm a list-maker. I was just reading through everyone's posts again. It looks like there are 11 of us so far on this thread. Here's my list--feel free to correct it. I just thought it was neat to see who all will be on our cruise! I tried to put down who was coming with each of us.

BeccahRN (DH, 5 y.o. twin DD and DS2)
ShawnaH (DH, DS8)
donniehoo (DW, DD6, DD8, DD15)
PippyLatte (DS7)
Rachelcay (DH)
dipsydo (mom, DD11, DS2)
sas_mk (DH--celebrating 10th anniversary)
M&M mom (DH, DS8, DD8 & 13 other people)
Ricky's Girl (DH--celebrating 34th anniversay)
Tinkerchele (DH--celebrating 12th anniversary)
PoppyGirl (DH, DS9, DD6 and friends with their DS5 & DD5)

What fun!

Thanks for the list Poppy! I can't believe it's so close now and I'm so excited!!

 

[ShawnaH]

Hey everyone we are in the year of our cruise!!!! It seems so much closer now. We are going on a Disney Cruise THIS year!!!

 

[donniehoo]

Happy New Year everyone.

My wife and I actually had the house all to ourselves last night. All of the kids were at grandparents, all night bowling with the church, etc. and with the house ALL TO OURSELVES on New Years Eve, we could do anything that we wanted to celebrate the new year together.

With all of these possibilities in front of us, we ended up doing a couple of shots together and sitting down at the kitchen table to start getting our packing list together for March 1st.

We were actually working on it and had to stop and run into the living room to watch the ball drop with Dick Clark. How bad is that?

Anyway, we got the list done and went first thing this morning to the dollar store and a couple of other places to get the odds and ends that we felt we needed through tips from our Passporter's books. We have most of it now with just a couple of little things left to pick up.

Being that I am a fan of horror flicks I am anxiously awaiting the new Friday The 13th movie that comes out on 2-13-2009 but, IMHO, March 1st couldn't get here any faster.

These next couple of months are going to be very exciting and very torturous at the same time.

See you all soon,

Donnie

 

[PoppyGirl]

Well the "Great Reveal" was anti-climatic to say the least! We were getting ready to go to my MIL & FIL for the Christmas Eve activities, Dh and I said since you have been good we are going to let you open ONE gift from us before we go. We had the camera out and everything! So he opens a box that contains the DVD and the "postcard" that comes in the package in the mail. He reads the card and just looks at us. Were going on a Disney Cruise? he asked. ( I was almost jumping up and down by this point!) We were like YES!!!!! He said (and I quote) awesome, so when does Santa come again? What? We are taking you to Florida getting on a Disney Cruise and all you have is awesome, whens santa coming? Holy Cr*p are you kidding me? I should have expected that, he isn't ungrateful really I don't want to make him sound like that, he just doesn't get excited about much. I of course was devestated and my DH has assured me that as it get closer he will be excited. I guess we'll see

Oh wow....I feel your pain! You plan and plan and plan, knowing how much fun you are all going to have on the cruise. I'm SURE he will be more excited as time goes on! You've had lots of time to be excited about telling him. HE had lots of time to think and anticipate Santa coming, right? It's going to be great!

 

[PoppyGirl]

We started our countdown calendar with the kids yesterday. I made calendars on the computer and little Mickey Mouse heads with my cricut (GREAT Christmas gift from DH) for the kids to stick on each day. Yay!

BTW, donnyhoo, I thought your story about New Year's Eve was hilarious. I'm WAY more excited about planning this trip than watching crazy people freezing in Times Square!

 

[donniehoo]

BTW, donnyhoo, I thought your story about New Year's Eve was hilarious. I'm WAY more excited about planning this trip than watching crazy people freezing in Times Square!

yea. me too. we went into the living room, counted down from 10, celebrated for a couple of minutes and after looking at Kelly Pickler out in Times Square with her eye lashes frozen to her eyelids we kinda chuckled and went back into the kitchen and got back to work.

 

[ShawnaH]

Allright, ever since the "great reveal' did not go as planned, as well as the less then enthusiastic reactions from our DS, my Dh and I had to sit him down and get to the root of his problem. Let me back track about a week and a half or so. We were watching the informational DVD with DS and he had a complaint about everything! He doesnt want to sleep on the fold down sofa. He is certain he will not enjoy ANYTHING but the arcade. He doesnt want to be left at the kids club but doesnt want to spend all his time with us. I think you get the point. So finally i I just said "THATS IT"! "I am not taking you!" I dont care how much money we will lose I am not taking a child that can be happy about nothing when his parents have put so much time and effort into making him happy!" Well ofcourse he started to cry. Then asked me "how could you?" Very easily i reply! You have been awful! No, No , No he said, GET THIS! "Mom, how can you and dad leave my sister at home?" I have never been away from her. I cant leave her for that long! Well I was floored! I never thought that he would be having issues leaving his sis. She is 8 months old will be 10 when we cruise. I have been having a really hard time with that aspect but I guess I under estimated how we would feel about it. So we explained just how different the cruise will be if she was to come and he decided that we made the right decision and ever since he has been a wonderful, delighful little child who is SUPER excited about our upcoming cruise!

 

[flick]

My husband and I will be celebrating his birthday (38 going on 64) and his FIRST Disney Cruise...followed by six days at the World.

We will be easy to find; we will be wearing Mickey Mouse shirts!

 

[PoppyGirl]

Welcome Flick! Glad you will be joining the cruise!

Shawna H--WOW! I'm so glad you finally got it out of him what was bothering him! Aren't kids funny? And you know it is SO sweet that he was concerned about his little sister. What a loving big brother. Nothing makes me happier than when my kids are loving to each other.

 

[PoppyGirl]

My husband and I will be celebrating his birthday (38 going on 64) and his FIRST Disney Cruise...followed by six days at the World.

We will be easy to find; we will be wearing Mickey Mouse shirts!

Flick--I added you and DH to our list in post #42.

 

[ShawnaH]

My husband and I will be celebrating his birthday (38 going on 64) and his FIRST Disney Cruise...followed by six days at the World.

We will be easy to find; we will be wearing Mickey Mouse shirts!

Welcome Flick!

 

[sas_mk]

I am so excited.

We are finally getting close enough to our cruise date for my DH to get excited!! I have been dreaming about this cruise ever since I booked it last April. Unfortunately, my DH didn't find the same excitement in talking about a cruise that was so far away.

Today, he asked me if I knew where the DCL DVD was because he would like to watch it. We sat and watched it together and enjoyed every minute of it.

He is finally interested in all of the fun we are going to have. He even asked me if I thought we would be able to eat at Palo -- good thing I already made our reservations!!