March 5, 2011 - Bushwacker Wild Wild Westerners

[GettinReadyforDisney]

We got a Disney fix this morning! Disney Live! was downtown and we surprised the girls with it. They had a great time and weren't quite sure what was going on! It was a cute show, but we are SO ready for vacation!

At least the next couple of months should go faily quickly.

Welcome, Diana!

AmandaRG -- Cinderella from Disney Live is a friend of ours and, if you click through to disboards.com, you will likely see her in a Disney banner ad at the top of the page -- the same Cinderella from Disney Live is now the "Cinderella" in ads in magazines and the internet. She is a fabulous Cinderella!! She looks just like her, is a beautiful dancer and is so good with kids. We missed it when it was near us. Hope you enjoyed it!

 

[AmandaRG]

AmandaRG -- Cinderella from Disney Live is a friend of ours and, if you click through to disboards.com, you will likely see her in a Disney banner ad at the top of the page -- the same Cinderella from Disney Live is now the "Cinderella" in ads in magazines and the internet. She is a fabulous Cinderella!! She looks just like her, is a beautiful dancer and is so good with kids. We missed it when it was near us. Hope you enjoyed it!

It was fabulous! She was the girls' favorite as they are ALL about the princesses these days. I bought them a couple of costumes on sale from the Disney Store online. They will be wearing them on the cruise along with outfits I have been working on. We (I) love dressing them alike and so far they still don't mind. Our girls are almost 15 months apart, so it is pretty easy to get them in the same thing.

Has everyone got their Thanksgiving plans? We are spending it with Dale's family.

 

[noladave]

Johnna, just realized I had never sent you our info, so I sent it today..

 

[AmandaRG]

Woohoo! Our passports should be here in the next few days! One more thing to check off of the never-ending list!

Less than four months! We'll be doing a countdown chain over Christmas break, to give the girls a better idea of the time. We'll see how that goes.

 

[AmandaRG]

Our passports did come in lasst week. Yay!

Nichole is 3 as of today, so we are having a little family celebration tonight. I cannot believe how much our lives have changed since she joined our family! I don't know if I have mentioned this before, but we are adoptive parents. Nichole's birth brought about such a whirlwind as we had six days to complete paperwork and travel to pick her up.

Hope everyone is going to enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving!

 

[donmil723]

Our passports did come in lasst week. Yay!

Nichole is 3 as of today, so we are having a little family celebration tonight. I cannot believe how much our lives have changed since she joined our family! I don't know if I have mentioned this before, but we are adoptive parents. Nichole's birth brought about such a whirlwind as we had six days to complete paperwork and travel to pick her up.

Hope everyone is going to enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Congratulations and HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICHOLE!

 

[Johnna_Story]

Congratulations and HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICHOLE!

DITTO!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICHOLE!

 

[3Charbys]

Awwww! I was wondering about that as you haven't posted on here for a long time. We'll miss you but excited that you'll be on the DISNEY DREAM! That AquaDuck looks like so much FUN! !

Thanks Miss Donna, you are always so kind! I have been keeping track of you and Russel via FB, love that you are both enjoying the running and wedding planning! You have so much to look forward to in the upcoming year.

 

[Bamfield]

Our passports did come in last week. Yay!

Nichole is 3 as of today, so we are having a little family celebration tonight. I cannot believe how much our lives have changed since she joined our family! I don't know if I have mentioned this before, but we are adoptive parents. Nichole's birth brought about such a whirlwind as we had six days to complete paperwork and travel to pick her up.

Hope everyone is going to enjoy a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Happy belated birthday to Nichole! How exciting to get your passports. It means the trip is getting closer.

We are getting ready for our annual trip to Michigan for the Thanksgiving holiday. It is a start of a very busy time for me. I have to fit several business trips in between the two holidays. Makes getting my holiday baking done tough. I love giving out treats to all my neighbors. The neighborhood boys start asking my boys when is your mom gonna bake so they know when to answer the door to get their goodie container.

I hope everyone has a safe and wonderful Thanksgiving!

 

[3Charbys]

Just stopping in to wish all our American cruising friends a Happy Thanksgiving later this week!! Hope you have a great day and get all the deals you want on Friday!!!

 

[Johnna_Story]

Thanks Wanda for the good wishes - how did you know I'd be up and at 'em bright and early on Black Friday????

Happy (early) Thanksgiving to all of you! Hope many of you don't have to travel by plane and get groped at the airport.

We are only "traveling" as far as my cousin's house 40 minutes away for Thanksgiving dinner. We calculated that we will have 10 desserts (mostly pies) for 21 people. I really like that ratio.

Ciao for now!
Johnna

 

[AmandaRG]

I will be shopping EARLY Friday. The outlet malls where we are spending the holiday open at midnight. While DH and dds sleep, I'll be freezing and shopping.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

 

[golfermike35]

Hey Ya'll - me - my wife (Kate) and our 2 1/2 year old Matt will be on our 2nd Disney cruise - we did the same 7 night Western in May 2009 and loved it - right when "swine flu" kicked in!

We noticed that the cabanas are new this year on Castaway Cay and wondered if anyone else wanted to split the cost - $499 for three of us feels like a lot - but if there is another couple or family of three that want split we are open. We are in a suite so we can reserve it anytime now. From what I've read it looks like cabanas 2-7 are the best locations.

Mike

 

[Johnna_Story]

Welcome Mike, Kate and little Matt!!

I'm our "list keeper" so if you want to PM me your information (see post #333 on this thread, page 23) and I can share it with you. We've never rented a cabana on CC before - would have to think about that one...


Cyndi-rella - got your PM - will update the spreadsheet next week and send it along.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving yesterday.


Ciao for now... Johnna

 

[cyndi-rella]

Thank you Johnna. Sorry that I didn't get our info to you sooner.

 

[AmandaRG]

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We went to the Smoky Mountains with Dale's parents and siblings. We had a wonderful time. I was out until a little after 4 am. Thankfully I curbed my spending a great deal. We did a wine tasting tour (first time we have done something like that and LOVED it!). Maybe I shouldn't do it again. I bought several bottles of wine to bring home!

We are getting super excited as it has turned off cold and rainy. Ready for warmth and sun again!!! We don't usually get snow here, just rain or ice.

 

[donmil723]

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We went to the Smoky Mountains with Dale's parents and siblings. We had a wonderful time. I was out until a little after 4 am. Thankfully I curbed my spending a great deal. We did a wine tasting tour (first time we have done something like that and LOVED it!). Maybe I shouldn't do it again. I bought several bottles of wine to bring home!

We are getting super excited as it has turned off cold and rainy. Ready for warmth and sun again!!! We don't usually get snow here, just rain or ice.

Sounds like you had a great time over the Thanksgiving holiday. Wine tasting tours are lots of fun!!!!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving too. My DD, who is living in Idaho, was able to come home for the holiday. Lots of good food, family time, and, of course, shopping! Almost have my Christmas shopping done and the decorating is started...

 

[In Luv with Disney]

I everyone! Hope everyone had a Happy Turkey Day!

I have never done the 7 night so I was wondering for those who have...what is a good Dining Rotation to request?

We also want to do Palo, possibly twice. I have NO CLUE when to book that! Should I wait until I get onboard to decide?

What about excursions...book through DCL or on my own? Any recommendations?

I am planning my night before the cruise. I think I'm staying at the Sheraton at the airport, since we get in at 10:30 that night! I was researching shuttles and found a great deal with Cocoa Beach Shuttle...anyone have any experience with them?

I am getting REALLY excited!!!!

 

[AmandaRG]

I just LOVE seeing that countdown get closer!!!

I have had a couple of people contact me about an FE. If anyone else is interested, send me a PM and I will add you to the list. Thus far it is a small group...not like some of the others I have heard about.

I'm re-enrolling in school next semester, and I won't be doing as much checking in. I am so glad I have read a good bit on these boards. I have lots of ideas about what we need and what to do.

 

[LadyOfNawlins]

I just LOVE seeing that countdown get closer!!!

I have had a couple of people contact me about an FE. If anyone else is interested, send me a PM and I will add you to the list. Thus far it is a small group...not like some of the others I have heard about.

I'm re-enrolling in school next semester, and I won't be doing as much checking in. I am so glad I have read a good bit on these boards. I have lots of ideas about what we need and what to do.

I'm looking forward to it!