March 10, 2007 - 7 Day Western Magic

[Marsh Family]

hey Suz, we are staying at cocoa beach arriving in florida on the 8th, leaving home on the 2nd, (can't wait!! ). We were thinking about going to the P&P party but i think we are just going to stick around the beach, as were are going to disney after the cruise, for a week and doing discovery cove, we are staying in the cabins at fort wilderness, stayed there last time were were in disney (and at port orleans, loved it there too). We wanted to stay at pop century but with a faimly of 5 you must get 2 rooms, they are geared toward fams of 4 and under... anyway hope you have fun if you decide to go.

Erin

 

[Marsh Family]

oh yea, what and were is Chef M's, never heard of it (assuming it is mickey's, right?)

Erin

 

[I'mWong]

Chef Mickey's is character dining. It is located on the 4th floor of the Contemporary Resort and it is a blast! Characters normally include Donald Duck, Goofy, Chip and Dale, Mickey and Minnie for dinner. Donald is replaced by Pluto for breakfast. Atleast, we last went in March of last year and that is how it was. All of the characters wear aprons and Mickey is dressed like the chefs in the original Iron Chef. He is cute. He even has a gold medal around his neck. The food is good. They have the best parmesian mashed potatoes I have ever had. The buffet is one of the best IMO. We never go to DW without eating there. It is a great place to go if you are celebrating anything. They will give you a placemat and then there is a really cute celebration song they sing and they will come over to you with a cupcake during the song and make a fuss. It is fun. I don't think you will be disappointed, but it does fill up fast, so get to booking if you want to join in on the fun!

 

[Suz D]

For some reason I didn't get an e-mail about Erin's post. Sorry I didn't reply.

We LOVE Chef Mickey's. I agree with Laura that the food is delish and the Parm. potatoes are great. I've made them at home before and although they were good, they weren't like the ones there.

Erin, if you ever want to stay at Pop Century, they have new family suites that are designed for larger families. I think that they may be more expensive that Port Orleans, however. We'd love to stay at the cabins sometime!

Suz

 

[Marsh Family]

thanks for the reply's and I was not aware of the larger suites at pop century, thanks suz.
Chef Mickey's sounds wonderful, we are planning another trip to DW in 2 years (2009) with our extended family and will have to make reservations there!!

We are having reallly bad weather here this week, more snow (more, just after we plowed out from the last 20 inches) and the temp right now is -13 but with the wind chill feels like -25 , I CAN"T WAIT FOR MARCH!!!

hope everyone is staying warm with or without your scarves and mittens.
Erin

 

[Suz D]

BRRR! We have been waiting and waiting for snow here. It was in the 60's over Christmas break and near 70 over Thanksgiving. It's cooler this week but will still be in the 50's by the weekend. Suz

 

[ShannonR]

Hi Everyone!!! Only 58 days to go! It reached 80 degrees here today in the south of Texas and I am loving every minute of it. I hate the cold with every bone in my body. I tend to become a hermit when the temperature gets to 60 or below. Being so close to the Gulf of Mexico, it tends to be real windy here most of the time, making it seem colder than it actually is. I am so ready for warm and sunny beaches!!!

So, how do we arrange for a "DIS meet"? I have read other trip reports and I would love to meet all of you in person!!! This is our first Disney cruise so we a clueless as to where anything is, but would love to participate in a meet-and-greet!! Shannon

 

[I'mWong]

Good afternoon! I amwith Shannon, I too love the warm weather of Texas. Atleast in the winter that is, it gets a little too hot in summer! Not quite as warm where I am as where Shannon is, though. I keep reading how unpredictable the weather has been this year. A teacher here went home to Maine for Christmas and it wasn't even close to snowing.

Last year all of us dissers met at the Sail Away party. We picked a location and all wore lime green (in honor of the dis board). We had actually posted pictures of ourselves before hand, but I have never really mastered that yet. It was really fun to meet everyone and then we would run into each other on board and catch up on what has been happening. It made a great experience even better.

Why don't we all make a list of who we have traveling with us and I will try to gather them all together and put them in one post. I will start:

Me (Laura)
DH (Gregg)
DD (Sarah) 10
DS (Gregory) Will turn 8 on the cruise

 

[Marsh Family]

here is who we are:

Me (Erin)
Chris DH
Brittany DD (12)
Courtney DD (10)
Paige DD (8)


sounds like fun meeting everyone, also good for the kids to meet others right at the begining of the cruise.

i love hearing bout your awsome weather, mothernature is showing us what for today... tonights low is -40 C factoring in the wind chill. I am happy to say i don't have to work tonight so no going out for me!! just staying home with a nice cup of coffee

take care everyone, see you soon but not soon enough!
Erin

 

[ShannonR]

Great idea, Laura!!! Here's my contribution:

Me (Shannon):

DH (Rick)

DD13 (Morgan)

DS10 (Mitchell)

DD2 (Melissa)

 

[tuliene]

me Laurie (yikes 41!)
ds Connor (5)

Edmonton Canada
(Had whiteout conditions and -34 C two days ago...)

 

[Suz D]

We have
me (Suz)
DH (Jeff)
DD (Katie) 11

 

[Marsh Family]

Good Day From the FROZEN North Cruisers,
Just looking for all the rest of the Canadian Shipmates joining us on this March 10 cruise. Send a reply if you can, just curious to see how many winter birds there are.
Best Regards Chris from Winnipeg

 

[tuliene]

Should we wear lime green canadian flags to the sail away celebration?

 

[I'mWong]

i'mwong (from Texas):
Laura
DH Gregg
DD Sarah 10
DS Gregory 7 (turns 8 on cruise )

Marsh Family (from Canada):
Erin
DH Chris
DD Brittany 12
DD Courtney 10
DD Paige 8

Shannon R (from Texas):
Shannon
DH Rick
DD Morgan 13
DS Mitchell 10
DD Melissa 2

Tuliene (from Canada):
Laurie 41
DS Connor 5

Suz D (from Indiana):
Suz
DH Jeff
DD Katie 11

Keep them coming and I will add you to our list!

Sounds like we are going to have a great time!!

 

[Suz D]

Hi Everyone...I cut and pasted a post below that I put on the regular cruise line forum, but didn't know if you all got on there very often. I wanted to share this fun story with our new cruise friends. If you read it on the regular cruise forum, I'm offering my apologies in advance, but I'm so excited I couldn't stand it.

I just had to share something fun

We are sailing on the 3/10/07 Western and had planned to spend 3/08-09 at WDW before we left. We each have 2 days left on unused MYW tickets from 2005 but didn't want to spend the extra $114.00 for the room. We decided to just do one day at Epcot and not use the 2nd day from our MYW tickets. We were sad to miss MK but could live with it. Then we remembered the Pirates and Princesses night on 03/08! For $40 each ($120) we could spend 5 hours in MK. Okay, that's doable so we'll plan on that and not burn a whole days ticket for a few hours. I didn't want to get the tickets for the Pirates/Princesses night just yet (I wanted the option to change our mind if we were tired etc.) Fast forward to today...

I got a code card in the mail this afternoon (these are mailed to certain people with no rhyme or reason as to why so please don't ask how to get it. I've never gotten one before). It offered 40% off rooms if you check in by 3/7! Let's go a day early, I thought. I called WDW and after 3 tries and being disconnected on all of them I called the Magical Gatherings line and pleaded for help checking the prices. She was so nice and the end result is that we would only be spending $37 more to go a day early. HMMMM... We'll do it IF our airfare isn't too much more!! So, how does that translate into a $170.00 savings you ask?

Here's the deal...called SWA to see if we could change our daughters ticket (DH and I were using credits so ours was free) and how much more it would be...It was $88.00 cheaper!! But wait, there's more. Don't forget that we can now have a whole day in MK since were going a day early. We'll just use our free passes and save the $120.00 from the Pirate/Princess party. Total saved...$171 and we're getting an extra day at Disney. I'm jumping for joy right now!

Sorry for the long post, I'm just so excited I can't believe our good fortune.

Suz

 

[Marsh Family]

Great news SUZ, Have fun at the P&P party, lookfarwrd to hearing all about it!

Laurie I am not sure where i am going to find those lime green canadian flags, but i will look for you with yours! I sure hope your weather is better today, we woke to yup, more flurries!!

I think we only have 44 more days till we leave this brutal cold and head south!! can't wait!! The girls and Chris and I are so excited, no work, no school, No Work, no worries!

Take care all,

Erin

 

[eruwqoi]

Hey NoFussRuss,

I hear that you don't think too much of anyone that is going on this cruise? What seems to be your problem?

Later,

E

 

[NoFussRuss]

I'm glad to see that the thread is getting real active - however - I don't have the excitement that I had last year. Even after the cruise - I was real pumped up to go back, but as the months past - the excitement died. However, last Sunday a friend's wife called to ask me some questions since she just decided to join her sister on the 2/3/07 cruise. Got me a bit more excited - but still not what I was experiencing last year - I HAVEN'T EVEN LOOKED AT THE EXCURSIONS FOR THE CRUISE YET!

If anyone has any questions about the cruise - feel free to ask! I know I had about 2,000 last year.

Also - last year we had a great list which included everyone's Disboard name - Family photo - family names with kids ages - location - room # and e-mail address. That was my job last year and would be more than happy to do it again. Let me know. I could e-mail anyone the list if they would like to see what it looked like. I'm at nofuss@superlink.net - e-mail me and I will forward you the copy.

eruwqoi - thanks for waking me up!

 

[I'mWong]

Welcome back NoFussRuss!!!

Suz, what a great opportunity! I know your family will love having those extra days at Disney. I wish I could get off early, but I took the day after off (Monday) and didn't have the nerve to ask for time before too! Wish I were braver Let us know about the Pirate party that sounds like lots of fun!

Laurie and Erin...I think you are right about those green Canadian flags. Maybe you will have to settle for greens hrits with the Canadian flag pinned to it!