March 10, 2007 - 7 Day Western Magic

[kperkins0407]

Russ...Several years ago, my friend was going to Europe and her passport had not arrived 3 days prior. Her dad was once a Senator in NY. He told her to contact her state rep. or senator (can't remember which one) and they would help her get her passport. One phone call--and they tracked her passport down and it was overnighted to her. You may want to try this and see what happens. Good Luck!

Still working on posting a picture. I have the directions, but will just need some extra time to find picture and post.

Kim

 

[NoFussRuss]

Thanks Kim - I might have to try that if it does not come tomorrow!

 

[I'mWong]

Wow! Everyone sounds really busy getting ready. I am leaving in the morning for my scrapbook retreat. Took the day off work and I am sooo excited about the entire weekend of play! I got most of our stuff together, so I will hopefully pack it up when I return Sunday or Monday and be ready. My husband thought it was too early to pack everything last week. He said we would never get the wrinkles out of our clothes! So...I laid things out and will put them in the suitcases later.

Russ, I don't get email updates too often either. I don't know if there is a problem with the system, or what. I am glad you are back, though. Hi Jara, glad you are back as well.

Erin...travel safely! We will see you in "sunny Florida!"

I am going to make a note of everyone's cabin number. Again, we are in 6570. I am not sure how far that is from Erin's family without looking it up. We are on the same deck, but probably on oposite sides of the ship! I will be looking for you when I am in the halls, though!

I am printing the pictures you guys post out and am going to look for you at the port. Sounds like quite a few of us are staying at the Hyatt on Friday night. We might even meet up before we ever get to the port! Shannon, try to get Rick to get a picture up and I will look for you at the hotel. Unfortunately, we don't get to Orlando until way late. I think it is around 10:30 or so. We will come straight in and sack out. We stayed there last year and the rooms are really nice. I wish we could be there a little earlier to enjoy it some!

Good night everyone...have a great weekend. I won't be back on before Sunday.

 

[ShannonR]

Well, here we are with one week to go (for us anyway) I thought this time would NEVER come! We have been waiting an eternity and now it's right on top of us. I want these next 4 days to go by fast (my last days to work before vacation) and then I want time to slow down immensely

I hope your trip goes well, Erin!! I am sure you are already on your way. I envy you. I wish we could have left early, but with the truancy laws, it wasn't in the cards for us.

Laura: it makes me laugh to know that husband is worried about packing a week ahead, when our suitcases have been packed for almost 2 MONTHS I can't wait to see what our clothes look like when we unpack in Florida!
I guess we have been way too excited for way too long and just got overzealous!

In fact, I think I will look through our suitcases today and make sure we have everything we need and didn't leave anything out. Wouldn't that be great, to have been packed all this time and then realize that we forgot something important?

I will try to have Rick post a picture this weekend, Laura. Even if you do get in late, we would love to meet you just to say Hi!

Got to go now and get the kids off to school! TGIF

Shannon

 

[jpilgrim]

It just hit me that I think you mentioned putting the girls' names on the scrapbooking project. Please note that my daughter's name is Sophie and not Sophia. Also, we are in stateroom 2522.

We are having a snow day here in Ottawa but I still took my kids to school. I am having a major housecleaning day. Hoping just to do basic maintenance next week so that I will be able to concentrate on last minute details.

Anyway, have a good afternoon.

 

[Suz D]

It just hit me that I think you mentioned putting the girls' names on the scrapbooking project. Please not that my daughter's name is Sophie and not Sophia.QUOTE]

Janice,

Thanks for letting me know. I actually saw your post awhile back about that so I changed it on my list. Can't wait to meet you and everyone else! One week from tomorrow!

Suz

 

[Marsh Family]

Hi all, well we did not get as far as we expected today, wanted to get to Sioux Falls (my aunt and uncle live there and we were stoping in for a visit) but ppor visibility had closed the highways so we are now stuck in Fargo till tomorrow when the highways will hopefully be cleared.

The kids enjoyed the pool time.

Thanks for the good wishes for a safe travel time.... much appreciated...

take care

Erin

 

[I'mWong]

Only 5 days and I will be on a plane, six and I will be on a ship! And not just any ship, but the Disney MAGIC! I didn't think it would ever get here!

I hope those of you that are traveling already have a very safe trip and those of us that are about to leave do also. I am very excited about getting to meet all of you. I know my kids are really excited about doing things with your kids also.

Shannon, I would love to meet up with you when we get to Orlando. Our flight arrives a little after 10:00 so I am not sure if you will still be up by the time we get our luggage and head over to the hotel. I think you have my cell number, so if you are still awake around 11pm, give me a call and I will meet you in the hotel. If not, give me a ring the next morning and I will see you while waiting for the Disney bus to get us. I am really looking forward to it! If you need my number, give me an email and I will send it over to you.

Kim, I tried the Cricket at the retreat I went to over the weekend. It is amazing! I know what I am asking for as my next gift. Especially if they are coming out with those Disney cartridges! I got a little over half of my cruise pics from last year done. I was hoping to get them all done, but that was an unrealistic goal. If you are part of a scrapbooking group, you should look into this place in Round Top. It is called Anderson's Bed and Breakfast and it was wonderful. It would take a few of you to get the price together. We had 15, but there was another group that only had 8. It was really fun.

John, thanks for the pm. I sent you a reply. Looking forward to meeting you.

Janice, I hope you got all your cleaning done. Thanks again for pointing out the mistake with Sophie's name. I am glad you realized it before Suz made the album. I would have really felt bad. My daughter's name is Sarah, and often people leave off that last h and I know that bothers her. Thanks again.

One more thing...did we actually decide on a place inside Topsiders (or outside) that we are going to meet Sunday? Not sure where to look for my fellow disers!

See you SOON!!

 

[NC Cains]

Hello fellow cruisers,
Just a few more days of work and then vacation begins. Our daughter, BC,
(10) is looking forward to meeting Sarah and the other girls her age. She is excited about the scrapbook project. The posted pictures have been great. Hopefully, it will be easier to find our new DIS friends in the crowd. We have made note of the guest rooms just in case.
Safe traveling and take care
MC, AC and BC

 

[jpilgrim]

The final countdown is on. Friends of ours dropped by today to loan us their DIS pirate gear. A GoofY eared bandana for John and a mouse ears bandana for me. Pirate night is going to be so much fun. I even found pirate gear for the kids at the dollar store.

Has a final time and location been set for the meet and greet? Are we still aiming for Sunday morning at 9:30? If so, where?

I know we all have a lot to do this week and that some people have already left or will be leaving soon My wish for everyone is for their week to go smoothly and for travel to be safe. I look forward to meeting all of you.

Any last minute tips for first time cruisers would still be appreciated.

Janice

P.S. I hear that daylight savings time is next week. Will this affect the ship?

 

[MECH8T7]

Any last minute tips for first time cruisers would still be appreciated.

Hey, Janice. We're first time DCL'ers too. In case you haven't already seen it, I came across this discussion thread on the main DCL discussion board a few days ago with some tips.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=468132

John

 

[NoFussRuss]

P.S. I hear that daylight savings time is next week. Will this affect the ship?

Yes it will - but you will be changing your clock all the time on the ship, the way I see it.
1. We leave on Sat. 3/10/07 - early Sunday Moring we will have to "spring ahead" 1 hour.
2. Then when we leave Key West and head for Grand Cayman we will have to "fall back" 1 hour since we will then be in the Central time zone.
3. After leaving Cozumel, we will once again have to "spring ahead" 1 hour as we enter the eastern time zone again heading towards Castaway Cay.

However, I could be wrong!

They will make announcements on the ship as to what you should do to your watch/clock and at what times. It won't be a problem.

 

[ShannonR]

Hi everyone! I can't believe the time has come to say "we leave this week"

I worked this weekend and I got home this morning to learn that Melissa (DD2) has been up since 3:30 am vomiting. I have not been to bed yet and I have to work again tonight! It's 1:15pm here and she has vomited every 30minutes to 1 hour since 3:30am Rick and I are taking turns sitting with her. He is resting right now while she watches cartoons. She DOES NOT have a fever, but she does have diarrhea so I don't know if this the stomach flu or something she ate last night. I remember when I had food poisoning years ago, I vomited constantly for almost 24 hours, but whenever I have had the stomach flu, I vomit maybe once or twice and then just feel lousy for the next couple of days. I am truly hoping that it is something she ate because now IS NOT the time to pass around the stomach flu in this house. Regardless, I have sprayed EVERYTHING with Lysol (does that really work? ), confined her to the living room and her bedroom, and will confine the older two kids to their rooms after school ( I AM NOT above feeding them in their rooms to avoid contact with the baby! ) Anyone have an opinion whether this would be a stomach flu or food poisoning. NO ONE ELSE has had the stomach flu and she NEVER goes outside. We take her to the store and back, that's about it, so her exposure is minimal at best.

Well, I better check on Melissa and see how she is holding up. She needs to sleep, but can't stop vomiting (or gagging at this point, with no food left in her stomach). I am going to bring a menagerie of anti emetics home from the hospital tonight and IV hydration, if necessary.

Talk to everyone soon! I will definitely call you on Friday night, Laura!

Shannon

 

[Suz D]

I know that rotovirus is going on around here. EEEEK! We're praying that it's just something that will be gone by tomorrow. They won't let someone on the ship with those symptoms. You're smart to keep her "quarantined" (sp?).

We're so looking forward to meeting everyone. I'm putting the last minute things together in the scrapbook kits and also doing some last minute errands. I came down with a UTI during the night and went to the doc today for antibiotic. She was sweet and gave me enough to take with me in case of a reoccurance. Suz

 

[NoFussRuss]

We are keeping our fingers crossed.

My wife just came down with a head cold.
My son has a head cold.
I'm ok (so far).
My daughter is fine so far.

They might not let you on the ship if you are sick either. I'm not sure. We fly out 8:00 am Friday morning, so hope that the symptom will have passed by then.

Pumping the kids full Motrin and Zicam - hoping to ward off the sickness!!

 

[NC Cains]

Hope everyone is feeling better soon. The stomach "bug" has been going around here as well. Hydration, hydration... Good luck to all and we look forward to meeting you. Has there been a definite decision about the meeting time and place yet? Take care.
P.S. Thanks for the packing tips. It has been quite helpful.

 

[tuliene]

Kind of confused (not an unusual state for me). It's always so hard to arrange group meetups. Anyway, We are in 6042, just down the road from the marsh family. I think I'm going to wear a dis board name tag just to look totally geeky.

 

[I'mWong]

I made an excel sheet (thanks to the advice from NoFussRuss) that includes the names and room numbers of each of our disers. I put your family picture if I had one, or emailed it to you if I had your email and you could add it. Here is a list of what is missing if you want to send it to me. Send me a PM and I can get you my email address. If you want to post your room number and picture, I can get it from here. Whatever is best for you if you want to be included in the list. I know some of you have already left, or are leaving early tomorrow or Friday.

Marsh Family - missing photo
Tuliene - missing photo
Mech8T7 - missing photo
Goofy559 - missing photo and room#
kperkins - missing photo and room #
chief's kids - missing photo and room #
Jara - missing photo, names and room #
Tink and Cinderella - missing photo and room #
NC Cains - missing photo, names and room #
NuHusky - missing photo, names and room #

I will print out several of these and have them at the meet. If you want to be included, let me know by tomorrow or I won't have time to make the changes. I will drop them into the fish mail slots by the rooms of the people I have numbers for if somebody doesn't make it to the meet.

Is the meet still Sunday at 9:30 at Topsiders?

Shannon...I will talk to you on Friday night. I can't wait! I laughed after I realized I had said if you were still awake to give us a call...you are awake all night long!

Hope to hear from some of you!

Safe travels to the discruiser family. I know they are leaving out tomorrow for the long drive from Houston to Orlando. Be careful! We will see you soon!

 

[kperkins0407]

Hey Everyone!
Wow--it is finally here. Roxanna has a band concert tomorrow night so we are trying to finalize all packing tonight. We have a 6:50 a.m. flight Friday (taxi is picking us up at 5:00 a.m.)

We are in 2 staterooms #2100 and #2098 Our cabins are under Perkins and Broderhausen (new married name)

I would love to have one of the excel sheets at the meeting. Are we still meeting at 9:30 Sunday morning?

We will arrive in Orlando around noon on Friday and be at Pop Century Friday night. I believe that we are due to arrive at the ship terminal around 12:45.

Looking forward to meeting everyone!

Talk to everyone soon!

kim

 

[Jara]

Hi All,
I have no idea how to post a picture but we are
Ivan (DH)
Ana (myself)
Rubi (DD10)
Ivan Jr (6, today is his b-day)
We are in room #709?, I left the papers at work and don't remember, sorry. We are also traveling with friends so I'm not sure if we will attend them meet. Hopefully we can so Rubi can meet the girls, there seems to be so many 10 yr old.
We wil arrive at 10 am Friday but we are going to Universal for the day. We will be staying at the hotel at the airport (hyatt??) so I might see some of you on the bus to the ship..... If you see someone calling Ivan it is me... not to many with that name.
Does anyone know if the men/ boys can wear jeans with a polo shirt to the casual dinners? I just watched my husband pack and it seems to me that is what he plans to wear.
Ana