March 25, 2006- Anyone else?

[geffric]

thanks for the heads up on the passports myboysmom. I wll add that to the list of things to be taken care of.. I am going to wait until early Feb 2006 for the kids though, since they groow and change so much, might as well be a current as possible.


I have been watching the Magic going thru the panama canel.. Oh I do wish that I was on that cruise.. but school is more important for the kids..

 

[mickeyworld]

School's out for the kids...I have another week of paper work but that's okay- now on to planning for the summer and the cruise- loving it!
What link are you watching the panama cruise on geffric? I can live thru other cruiser's good times!

 

[geffric]

mickeyworld I wish school was out soon. The kids have until June 8th....... here is the link to the loive report from the DIS cruises http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=815319&page=95&pp=15 Oh I wish I could go on the 14 day repo cruise... drat school schedule...

 

[mickeyworld]

Hey Ashley,
my DD's are 11 and 15, we also are travelling with another family with a DD 13 years old..I'' have them write later, they are out with friends - have you cruised Disney before?

 

[geffric]

so we found two more people that are crusing with us.. YEAH!! myboysmom invited them to join us on the thread..

Oh Skibum and Laura24... where are you???

We are only 9 months and 2 weeks to the cruise but then again who is counting.

 

[skibum]

hey! we have 2 DD. 1 is 13, turning 14 on the cruise The other is going to be 9 on the cruise. We are traveling with my in-laws and this is our 2nd Disney Magic cruise. The other was that special 4 day one in January. We loved it!!!! looks like you guys won't have the private cruise anymore...lol! Will anyone have kids in 8th or 3rd grade during the cruise!?!?
ttyl
skibum

 

[geffric]

skibum and welcome..

I believe that there are many families on this thread that have girls your daughters age. I have the BOYS!!! DS#1 is turning 15 on the cruise ( freshman in HS) and DS#2 will be 12 in 7th grade..

If you oldest DD wants to know about the stack.. DS#1 was there last cruise.

 

[myboysmom]

Hi Skibum,

I too have boys , but I think you figured that one out.

My boys will be 6 and 12, and will be in first and sixth grade. It is sounding like there will be plenty of young ladies on our ship.

Glad summer is finally here. Weather has finally gotten warm (80's), but that has brought along storms. School was out last Thursday for my kids and they are already having a great summer. I am afraid that part will go by way too fast (although I can't wait to go on our first cruise ever I really don't want to have my brief summer gone so fast!). I hope the warm weather lasts so we get plenty of use out of our boat this summer. The last few summer's have been really cold, last 4th of July we had hooded sweatshirts on and a fire in the fireplace !

Have a great week!

 

[geffric]

9 more months 9 more months 9 more months 9 more months 9 more months


what are you doing 9 months from today? We haven't decided to fly or drive.. since all the flight that have space available have stops and change planes and it will take us 6 hours to get to MCO, either way, we will be on our way.. how about you?

 

[skibum]

I blew it by not booking air a couple months ago, when it was under $200 (x4). I was being cheap! I figured to drive it would be about $300, and no need for a rental car. Now with gas going up, who knows how much it will cost to drive.
Our plan is to probably leave on the night of the 23rd, and hopefully drive straight through, spending Friday night at the Radisson (free shuttle/parking, and a good pool for the kids).
IF a sale fare comes along for these dates, we may change our mind, but flights appear to be booking pretty strong for spring break.

 

[geffric]

skibum we are in the same boat.( tee hee) .I should have booked the airfare when i did the cruise but thought I had plenty fo time..guess i was wrong the airfares from Chi are outrageous and the ones that are afordable have massive lay overs, so the trip is all flying. I am still watching Southwest out of Midway to see if anything is decent from there.. but we will probably be driving.. in fact we could follow each other since we live so close to each other.. BTW I am in Palatine..

 

[myboysmom]

We plan to drive down. We did it for our trip to WDW Spring Break 2004. It was a pretty easy drive for us...of course the flat lands of Illinois always seem to take forever. I did learn that southern Illinois has oil...who knew!

Our plan as of today is to pick our boys up early from school on Thursday afternoon and try to get to at least Effingham (where we stopped the last time) or even a little further South. Spend all day on Friday on the road and get into FL. That would leave us a little drive to the port on Saturday morning. Atlanta is the only bottle neck in the whole drive. I really don't know how people do it who live there. It is much worse than Chicagoland traffic anyday.

Our return trip will be more of a challenge. Off the boat as early as possible and much more time on the road on Saturday. Get to Chattanooga at least, then the last push home on Sunday.

Now, if we win the lottery we could change our mind and fly down. We have kept the Disney transfers in just in case, we will take them out if it doesn't look like air will drop or we haven't won the lottery.

Enjoying the hot weather this week We have gotten our boat out finally and hope to use it more this weekend. We really do need the rain. Our corn crop around here is starting to curl What we could use is nice night time gentle rain and beautiful hot days, then it would really take off. It would help on the water bill as well.

 

[geffric]

myboysmom for some reason. and I am not sure why, we take 165 through Indiana not the Ill route. Might be the cheaper gas prices LOL. So going around Indy on the beltway is a challange depending on the time of day.. We are not sure if we will leave at noon on Friday and let the us/boys go a 1/2 day to school/work or if we are gonna take off Thursday.. If we leave Friday, we will be making some time on the road and going as far as we can, maybe even GA that night. I am just not sure.. I keep praying that the airfare will come down and we can find a direct flight..

 

[geffric]

It has been a hot week.. both boys have been at Boy Scout camp.. the little one is up WI way in near Wild Rose. Hope they have been hydrated well!! The air conditioning in the Sears Tower works just fine and downtown has been rather pleasant.

 

[myboysmom]

My oldest has been at Boy Scout camp too. Our camp is near Mauston, WI. We are going to the family night tonight (only 1 hr and 15 minutes). I am looking forward to hearing about how it went. It has been hot, so I presume he has spent tons of time at the water front. We will be driving boys home in the morning, so we will be back to camp at 8 in the morning.

You must be in the Northwest Sub. Council- I know they have a camp up that way. If you are in one of the northwest subs going east and then down through Indiana would be the ticket. Being from Madison we just take I-39 straight on down. Most of our friends whose parents are "snowbirds" use that route. Any time we are out of Wisconsin we think gas is cheaper too. Right now we are about $2.19 or so. Lots of taxes! My plan would be to try and miss Alanta if I could. You still have to go through Alanta with your plan, correct? If not I would be interested in learning more

 

[geffric]

hi myboysmom yes we are NW suburban council.. small world. Actually the oldest one is at the Boy scout camp for TLD in Woodstock IL. I go there tonight for a banquet and to learn about the TLD challenges and what he has to do next. My #2 son will leave camp tomorrow am and they are driving to Rockford to the water park there. so the boys come home clean. LOL..



I think that the way we drive joins your way about Louisville, KY or Nashville? we have to go around Atlanta too. I don't think there is any way around it.

 

[skibum]

If you do see any great fares to MCO, please let me know. I am willing to fly out of ORD, Midway, Milwaukee, Gary,or Rockford. I will do the same if I find anything.
Time to go jump in the pool and cool off!

 

[myboysmom]

Yes, it has been very warm. DS #1 loved BS camp, said it went by way too fast. I know in just a few years he will be a staffer- he already has said that is what he wants to do for his summer job.

DS#2 gets to do an evening CS camp with dad this week. He is looking forward to that as well.

Yes, we do go through Nashville so I would imagine that is where the two routes connect. Darn, I was so hopeful there would be a way around Alanta

Skibum, if I hear or see anything about better fares from this part of the world I will let you know. Just an FYI, you were thinking that before prices went up you could drive for less than $300. Well, unless you drive something that gets really bad mileage you should be able too still. We drive a large SUV that gets about 17 mpg. on the highway. I figured even with fuel at $3 per gallon (I really hope not!) that the four of us will spend $260 in fuel (or 1 plane ticket).

Have a great week!

 

[myboysmom]

Just wishing all of you a great weekend just a little early- but here in Madison the weekend ALWAYS starts on Thursday

 

[geffric]

thanks.. you too.. once I get off work, it is time to pack and then off to DL/DCA/san diego for us..