May 10, 2008 New Ship Of Thieves...May 2008 Repo Thread...Part 3

[LiserAnn]

Talked to CM yesterday at DCL and she said some of the gty will not find out until they check in. There are so many that have gty that they may not be able to assign some of the rooms until then. For Disney to be so big you think it wouldn't take that long. I'm sure I could have all the gty's assigned in a day!

That seems odd to me!!! I would think they could get them assigned...it's not like people will be cancelling the day before!!!!

 

[milestogo]

Goodmorning all, well today is the big kindergarten testing day! I think we'll go see Enchanted again after the test.

Hi! My DH, DS(5), DD(3), and I are all going to be on this cruise! We've been booked since the first day, but I had too much going on to join this thread then, and then I felt like I was too far behind after a few weeks, lol. But now that we are getting closer and preparing to start booking excursions (we are CC members, so that's on Sunday!), I really want to join in and do some additional research.

I know the search function isn't working well, and I am a little overwhelmed by these threads. Is there anyone who would care to make suggestions for excursions for our family? DS is very adventurous and would love to do zip-lining, but I think he's too young, even booking independently. Please someone correct me if there is a place where he could go! DH also loves, loves, loves snorkeling and would appreciate recs for the best snorkeling excursions.

Finally, is there a theme night schedule yet?

Thanks! I look forward to meeting everyone!
Elizabeth

Welcome!

 

[milestogo]

OK, here is the post I did late last night... since these people wouldn't have got their messages due to the new thread!

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Originally Posted by seaulater
Oh...yes....we have 2 dance companies, 1 drill team, 1 performing group, 1 voice lesson each week and then there are competitions.....costs for group numbers and Jamie's solo. Oh yeah....then there was the choreography fee for the solo and another costume that had to be made. Oh....and trips to perform at Disneyland, Japan and everywhere in between.......................

Zoe was just asking me on the way home if Jamie was going on the cruise or coming to see her at DL?

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Originally Posted by woody73
Wicked will be playing in L.A. after our cruise.After the 2005 westbound PC cruise, I believe there was a group of cruisers that went to see the Lion King. Woody

As we walked out today I was thinking the same thing, that there may be some families who want to see it.
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Originally Posted by seaulater
Only 7? I have a whole craft room downstairs completely full with scrapbook stuff. Have one of those 20 cubicle shelves from IKEA from floor to just about ceiling, all full. When I get a chance, I'll have to take a picture.....

Good I don't feel alone now.
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Originally Posted by TADsMommy
Ooooh!! I LOVE the music to that show. The show was great ... but I LOVE the music. The kids and I just saw it in January(perhaps not-so) Interesting "Wicked" facts about Karen ...

that is interesting

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Originally Posted by seaulater
When I was on the DVC member cruise in October, 2007, Eden Espinoza was one of the performers for "Belles on Broadway" night. ...

Funny story!
I am now reading the book. Taking me a little time to read though, because I have to concentrate when I read (unlike romance novels! )

Not as funny a book as the show. .

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Originally Posted by seaulater
My favorite is Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Donny Osmond as Joseph. I've seen that about 80 times at least. (That is only because I worked on the production with Donny and saw it from backstage every night for 8 weeks, or maybe it was 10?) Anyway, that's my favorite.I am also hooked on Wicked right now. Love the music. After seeing the play, it makes me think of The Wizard of Oz in a whole different light!
I so totally agree! the twist and turns are shocking and have me tearing up through the whole show.

That is very funny, I've got a cute story for you. When I was touring with Jesus Christ Superstar we would get invited to all the other touring shows in each city (we went to over 100 cities on the tour.) In Detroit, we got invited to see Donny in Joseph. When I was little all my friends saw the Osmonds in concert and my mom wouldn't let me go (she cited a useless story at the time about her mom not letting her go see Elvis.) So, I went to the show with Carl Anderson and his wife (Carl died last year and his wife used to be married to Muhammad Ali, so we got invited everywhere!) After the show, Carl told Donny the whole story and then called me over to meet him (I didn't realize he'd told him) and the two of them made such a huge deal about it purposely teasing me that I must have turned 8 shades of red. I walked out of that theater and was walking on clouds - called all my childhood friends to tell them. Now, I've met some of the cream of the crop celebs, but he was so special and sweet.
Linda, you must have loved that experience! We're you in wardrobe for the local theater when it came to your town? I used to love meeting all the local people who would welcome us at each theater. Quote:

Originally Posted by TADsMommy
Are we like kindred souls or what??? When I tell people Donny was my favorite Joseph ... well ... I get looks!! How fun to work on the show.My favorite is Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Donny Osmond as Joseph.

See above about the very kind DO!

 

[tink1963]

Hi Venetia, V says that she got a notice telling her that all the jeeps have now been reserved and they are closed because there are none left. Were you able to book yours before they ran out? I really hope you did because I would love for you and Bubba to go with us. We're all going to have such a great time.

No, we didn't get one. Which is fine for us. We were still up in the air, so I wanted someone who wanted it for sure to go.

 

[gydell]

Goodmorning all, well today is the big kindergarten testing day! I think we'll go see Enchanted again after the test.

Good luck! Zoe will do great!

 

[milestogo]

Thanks, I'm clearly more nervous than she is and we probably won't know the results for a month.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

No, we didn't get one. Which is fine for us. We were still up in the air, so I wanted someone who wanted it for sure to go.

We'll miss you.....what are you planning to do instead?

 

[tink1963]

Hi! My DH, DS(5), DD(3), and I are all going to be on this cruise! We've been booked since the first day, but I had too much going on to join this thread then, and then I felt like I was too far behind after a few weeks, lol. But now that we are getting closer and preparing to start booking excursions (we are CC members, so that's on Sunday!), I really want to join in and do some additional research.

I know the search function isn't working well, and I am a little overwhelmed by these threads. Is there anyone who would care to make suggestions for excursions for our family? DS is very adventurous and would love to do zip-lining, but I think he's too young, even booking independently. Please someone correct me if there is a place where he could go! DH also loves, loves, loves snorkeling and would appreciate recs for the best snorkeling excursions.

Finally, is there a theme night schedule yet?

Thanks! I look forward to meeting everyone!
Elizabeth

Welcome Elizabeth and Family.

 

[tink1963]

We'll miss you.....what are you planning to do instead?

We plan on sitting down tonight and getting our decisions made. I think we will do our excursions through DCL. I know, more $$, but we want the security. If there are any problems, DCL will take care of any issues. Which we did have on an excursion in 05 and they refunded half our $$ cause it was not as advertised. They do know how to make them sound really good, but now I keep reading between the lines. For Aruba I think we are going to do the Natural Wonders of Aruba tour.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

So the news is out this morning.....Natalie Hollowell was with Joran on the beach and she started having a siezure. He said he tried to revive her but that she went unconscious. Instead of calling an ambulence, he took her out into the ocean and let the fish get her. Nice guy. They should hang him. I don't know why he couldn't just call emergency and let them handle it. Why did he feel he needed to cover it up if it was a siezure and he didn't have anything to do with it? It sounds like there's a whole lot more to this story that he's still not telling. Like maybe he drugged her drink and helped to cause the siezure. Otherwise, why would he panic? What a low life. How could he live with himself?

 

[EllaEnchanted]

We plan on sitting down tonight and getting our decisions made. I think we will do our excursions through DCL. I know, more $$, but we want the security. If there are any problems, DCL will take care of any issues. Which we did have on an excursion in 05 and they refunded half our $$ cause it was not as advertised. They do know how to make them sound really good, but now I keep reading between the lines. For Aruba I think we are going to do the Natural Wonders of Aruba tour.

Wow that sounds good. Should be really nice.

Since it's just me and John we're doing all DCL also, except for Aruba. But we'll have a large group so I feel safe. I wouldn't feel comfortable just me and John in a foreign place going off on our own. Call me paranoid, but that's how I feel......maybe because I lived in NYC.....trust no one!

 

[EllaEnchanted]

After waiting a whole year, I can't believe we're paid in full and booking our ressies already. It's finally here. That means that it won't be much longer until we're walking onboard and meeting and greeting each other. It's going to be our best cruise ever!

 

[LiserAnn]

So the news is out this morning.....Natalie Hollowell was with Joran on the beach and she started having a siezure. He said he tried to revive her but that she went unconscious. Instead of calling an ambulence, he took her out into the ocean and let the fish get her. Nice guy. They should hang him. I don't know why he couldn't just call emergency and let them handle it. Why did he feel he needed to cover it up if it was a siezure and he didn't have anything to do with it? It sounds like there's a whole lot more to this story that he's still not telling. Like maybe he drugged her drink and helped to cause the siezure. Otherwise, why would he panic? What a low life. How could he live with himself?

You have go to be kidding! How painful for her parents to know that she could have been saved. She probably had a seizure from too much alcohol but I'm sure had he called for an ambulance they would have been able to revive her and she'd be alive today. So, the bigger question in my mind is, what was he doing to her, against her will, when she had the seizure that he thought it would be better to let her go into the ocean and die, as opposed to saving her! Loser....

 

[Jhalkias]

Has anyone been able to find our original thread?

Woody

Just posting here so that I can get an email when I have time to more easily find us . . .

We should not complain for something given to us for free, but this is going to drive me crazy! It's nice that the boards are faster, this lets us post more quickly, which leads to more threads!

Anyway, the old, old, thread WAS at:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=22759176#post22759176

 

[granmaz]

After waiting a whole year, I can't believe we're paid in full and booking our ressies already. It's finally here. That means that it won't be much longer until we're walking onboard and meeting and greeting each other. It's going to be our best cruise ever!

Too true!!!

 

[LiserAnn]

So Deb-I'm sure you're flying high today with the Giants winning. And it was such a great game! I can't wait to call my Dad in NY today, I know he's going to be on cloud 9!!!

 

[gydell]

Awhile ago Amozon. com advertised that they would deliver to cruise ships. Anyone know if they still do this?

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Today is six weeks of no smoking for me and John. I'm still taking it one day at a time because I don't feel like a non smoker yet. I'm still trying hard not to cheat. I wonder if that ever goes away?

I still want one cigarette, but I don't want 1,000. And with cigarettes, you can't have just one and stop. You'll have to have 1,000+ and I don't want that. That was something they brought up on the Oprah show that did make sense and stuck with me. Every little thing helps.

 

[LiserAnn]

So, how sad am I...we're having friends over for dinner on the 9th. As we all know, we can book our ressies at 12AM EST on the 10th, which is 9pm on the 9th for us west coast people. So I told DH last night that he'll have to entertain everyone while I politely excuse myself to make our ressies. These friends haven't sailed DCL, so they're probably going to think I'm out of my mind, but I really don't care! A DCL girls gotta do what a DCL girls gotta do!

 

[EllaEnchanted]

So Deb-I'm sure you're flying high today with the Giants winning. And it was such a great game! I can't wait to call my Dad in NY today, I know he's going to be on cloud 9!!!

It really is a shocker.....I never thought they had a chance to win, but they sure fooled me!