May 10, 2008 Ship of Thieves! Stealing the Magic..AGAIN!!! Panama Canal FL to CA!!! Part 2

[granmaz]

Holly, Tyler looks so cute!

 

[birkner]

A few days ago I went there and almost snatched 33000 or 34000, can´t remember well which, I was one post short, but I feel they were bothered in not a nice way by it. Maybe it is the language barrier what makes me feel like it, I thougth it was all in fun, even when someone from their thread tried to pirate post 5000 (I think from us).

And I am sorry with my fellow cruisers because after my post, lbgraves said she would be telling all the rest when we approached any post milestone so they can all come and pirate us, so I guess that if they really haunt our thread it will be my fault, though how can all of them keep up with their thread and haunt ours is beyond me , come one, there are people there with more than 3000 posts just in that thread!!!!

I don't think it is you as a "pirate" Kim (kimerinc) "stole" their 10,000 post and they are determined to steal ours. I think most do not keep up but read the summaries on the first page. I think it really is all in fun and they are not mad but determined to steal our posts if they can.

Here's the little sickie....sorry if I posted this already! I posted it on another thread for the cruise he's joining me on, so I'm assuming I didn't put it on here since he won't be coming.

Holly, he is a darling!! You must be so proud!!

Noel

 

[TammyAlphabet]

Here's the little sickie....sorry if I posted this already!

He is a heartbreaker!!

 

[LiserAnn]

We plan to spend lots of time touring the US after we retire.

Angie-what a cool way to spend your retirement time...visiting friends and family AND seeing great sights along the way. The only thing you'll need to decide is where you're going to park it when you take your Disney cruises!!!

FYI a group of us DISers went together and rented a Hummerzine. Held 20 people. It wound up only costing us each around 30 dollars including tip and a separate vehicle to haul all the luggage.

That's a GREAT idea!!!!!

Well, I'm caught up on 7 or 8 pages and need to hit the hay. Have my 3 month appt. with the ONC/GYN tomorrow morning. After this one it will be every 6 months

Good luck today at your appointment!

I think doing something like that sounds great I was hoping to get a limo as a surprise for the girls anyway. So, once we all start making our plane reservations, we can see if any of us have similar arrival times and can try and organize a big limo of sorts. I would be willing to try and organize this. I figure most of us will book plane tickets this summer, so that should give me plenty of time I'll try and remember to bring up this idea again when we book our tickets.

Ok, so I am sitting here on the 12th night without DH since he is away on business and thought I would just skim the net for limos just to get an idea (side note...my house tends to be very clean by the time he finally gets home. I have this thing where i cannot sleep when he is not at home so I find anything to keep me awake. You know clean out the pantry/rearrange the linen closet ) searching things for the cruise has turned out to be much more fun this time. I found one place that rents the Hummerzine, $300.00 (plus tip and extra luggage vehicle-emailed them for more details about total cost) for one way to the port. It holds 20 people (so that could be 4-7 families depending on how many kids etc). Sounds like it could be really reasonable to me. I will bring up this again when I get my tickets.

This is great...especially for those of us who might be doing the red eye. It would be nice to get into a big comfy hummer after a long trip!

Kaylee-let me know when you make your ressies for air travel and if it works out with our flights, I think this would be perfect! I know we're 4 and your 4 so we need just a few more familes/people. Someone else mentioned they may have to do red eye also.

Here's the little sickie....sorry if I posted this already! I posted it on another thread for the cruise he's joining me on, so I'm assuming I didn't put it on here since he won't be coming.

He's a cutie Holly! My youngest turns 5 on Saturday No longer my baby! Boo hoo!

 

[kymma]

Today I get my stitches out from my bunion surgery. So I will be able to shower without a plastic bag over my foot. Hooray!

We did get a nice pack of information from DCL that included a postcard from Mickey. I showed it to DH and he wasn't very impressed but I was thrilled lol.

I can't decide where to stay before the cruise in Florida. I can't imagine going all the way there and not at least spending a day at WDW but the cruise is so long it will use up all of DH's vacation time. Maybe I will make do with a night at a Disney hotel and dinner at downtown Disney.

 

[granmaz]

Kim, I think we are going to be at Disney for a couple of days before the cruise. It may be POP to help keep the costs down, but thene again, I do love POFQ!

Trouble is I would so love the Hummer to the port!

 

[kymma]

Kim, I think we are going to be at Disney for a couple of days before the cruise. It may be POP to help keep the costs down, but thene again, I do love POFQ!

Trouble is I would so love the Hummer to the port!

It may be possible to hummer from WDW if enough people are interested!

 

[birkner]

Well gang, off for a day of beauty!! Nails (mani and pedi), facial, massage and hair. We are going to Reno for a blackjack tournanment so must look my best. I will be back on in the late PM.

Ciao for now all...

Noel

 

[granmaz]

Well gang, off for a day of beauty!! Nails (mani and pedi), facial, massage and hair. We are going to Reno for a blackjack tournanment so must look my best. I will be back on in the late PM.

Ciao for now all...

Noel

That soounds sooo lovely - enjoy.

 

[granmaz]

I have just read that there are bad storms with tornadoes over there. I think Missouri, but of course I may be wrong. I hope all our friends are ok.

 

[mexican-mouseketeers]

Here's the little sickie....sorry if I posted this already! I posted it on another thread for the cruise he's joining me on, so I'm assuming I didn't put it on here since he won't be coming.

Holly, he is so cute!!! How can you leave him at home and not bring him to the cruise? I understand your reasons, but it must be hard.

 

[pjpoohbear]

Nothing, Nada, Zilch, Zero, the empty set!

 

[HollyTyler]

My youngest turns 5 on Saturday No longer my baby! Boo hoo!

But it's such a fun age! Tyler will be 5 in May. In fact, I've been making lots of phone calls today trying to figure out where he'll be going to kindergarten and how to start the enrollment process. Turns out kindergarten roundup is next Wednesday! You'd think the school system would mail info to people, but what do I know?!

 

[HollyTyler]

Today I get my stitches out from my bunion surgery. So I will be able to shower without a plastic bag over my foot. Hooray!

We did get a nice pack of information from DCL that included a postcard from Mickey. I showed it to DH and he wasn't very impressed but I was thrilled lol.

I can't decide where to stay before the cruise in Florida. I can't imagine going all the way there and not at least spending a day at WDW but the cruise is so long it will use up all of DH's vacation time. Maybe I will make do with a night at a Disney hotel and dinner at downtown Disney.

Yay for getting your stitches out! WOOHOO!

 

[HollyTyler]

Holly, he is so cute!!! How can you leave him at home and not bring him to the cruise? I understand your reasons, but it must be hard.

Well, sure, I'll miss him, but he's gone on 3 Disney cruises so far, and will be going with me on one in November, so he's definitely not deprived. But without going into sticky details here, the main reason has to do with the whole joint legal custody deal. His dad would never agree with me taking him out of school so many days in a row (not to mention our schools don't even allow that many days off). So I make up for it with a couple 7 day cruises and Tyler will be OK with it.

 

[MrsMork]

I love the picture. It just makes you want to curl up on the sofa with your hot coco and a good book, with a nice toasty fire in the fireplace. Okay it might have to be the laptop checking the DIS instead of a book!

And a piece of toast to dunk in that hot cocoa. Yum!

 

[MrsMork]

A few days ago I went there and almost snatched 33000 or 34000, can´t remember well which, I was one post short, but I feel they were bothered in not a nice way by it. Maybe it is the language barrier what makes me feel like it, I thougth it was all in fun, even when someone from their thread tried to pirate post 5000 (I think from us).

And I am sorry with my fellow cruisers because after my post, lbgraves said she would be telling all the rest when we approached any post milestone so they can all come and pirate us, so I guess that if they really haunt our thread it will be my fault, though how can all of them keep up with their thread and haunt ours is beyond me , come one, there are people there with more than 3000 posts just in that thread!!!!

Julie, I know a bunch of those folks really well, including lbgraves and Captain Jack. I can assure you it is all in good fun and that they WILL be over here trying to the really big ones, i.e. 10,000. We need to be alert as we approch that. It is not something they take seriously, although I am sure they will holler and grumble alot if one of us should happen to be on that thread visiting and should just happen to grab a big one, say 100,000.

 

[MrsMork]

Angie-what a cool way to spend your retirement time...visiting friends and family AND seeing great sights along the way. The only thing you'll need to decide is where you're going to park it when you take your Disney cruises!!!


RV storage! I am looking for one in the LA area now for this cruise. We should be on the road by then. We are thinking we can do a one month rental at an RV storage that is secured.

 

[MrsMork]

Kim, I think we are going to be at Disney for a couple of days before the cruise. It may be POP to help keep the costs down, but thene again, I do love POFQ!

Trouble is I would so love the Hummer to the port!

You may get enough people from the resorts to do a second hummerzine. Ours made 3 stops at resorts....of course there was a $20 charge for each additional stop, but divided among the group it made little difference.

 

[granmaz]

You may get enough people from the resorts to do a second hummerzine. Ours made 3 stops at resorts....of course there was a $20 charge for each additional stop, but divided among the group it made little difference.

That would be worth looking into. We are supposedly hiring a car from the airport and leaving it at the port. Would have a look at not having a car at all and taking transfers to the resort. Then of course we wouldn't be able to get to Walmart!!! So many decisions!!!