Ok, I hate to admit it but I got an idea from the EB thread.
Should I call MCO and see about getting a group rate? Do you think we can get one? I can try tomorrow. I will ask for some suites, some standard rooms, etc. Making sure they have a good cancellation policy b/c as some/most of you know - you can get MCO on hotwire dirt cheap most of the time. But anyway, maybe we can get some suites at a discount, which you can't get on hotwire. I'm thinking they might not give a group rate if we just say a bunch of people for a cruise. So I might say it is a family reunion - we are like family now right?? Does anyone have any experience in this? EB has some group rates already lined up for their trip.
I am happy to report they are just now discussing Bunko after we have ours all set and ready! See, they might do a lot of yapping over there on the EB thread but are they really getting anything done??
Finally, if we do get a group at MCO, maybe we can arrange for a conference room for a Mimosa buffet breakfast in the morning? The ideas just keep coming! Lisa
I didn't think there was anything wrong with booking a flight 14 months in advance
oh well. So I guess I'd be interested in what the Hyatt has to say for group rates...looks like we'll fly in Friday morning.I am with you. We recently bought a hot tub and our electric bill has been $75.00 to $80.00 in the past and over the last three months it's been $110.00 to $130.00 dollars
I can't afford for winter to continue much longer!
Sorry, just had to vent....feeling better now. Getting up to go turn the heat down even lower.
I called the hot tub company 'cause it's supposed to be an "economical" tub and the hot tub rep says..."It is winter, ya' know....it snowed last week" I am ready for spring/summer too. We decided we would kick the thermostat on the tub down to 80 or 85 and make the "hot" tub a "cool" tub for the summer.a we have a name...we are the ship of thieves....a.k.a. the Thief family reunion is only logical isn't it?
OK. Winter HAS TO END. I thought it was bad when my gas bill last month was $150, but the one I just got was $220!! That's insane for my tiny 774 sq. ft. house! My windows are only a year old, no drafts there. I try to keep thermostat set at 61 degrees and we just dress warm, but occasionally turn it up to 65 degrees. And I turn it even lower when I'm gone all day at work. We just had abnormally cold temps since mid-January.I can't afford for winter to continue much longer!
Sorry, just had to vent....feeling better now. Getting up to go turn the heat down even lower.
At this point, I think there are 56 people interested in either the limo or the bus. So, even if the 50 seater was available, it would be too small! Calmom (Lisa) did anyone else PM you????
I know that Happy limo only has 2 hummer's in it's fleet. They do have the 28 seater bus that PJ posted and then they have a excursion limo as well. The bus that is available is 40 person, is that right? and that wouldn't need an extra luggage vehicle.
The Hummer was about 21.00 pp plus tip and the bus was 48.00 pp plus tip (is that right Noel?)
So, without making this too confusing or taking up too many posts....we need to figure out what we want to do. My biggest concern with just doing the bus would be that not everyone is ready to leave at the same time(not to mention there are too many people). I think we are better off doing a few vehicles to handle those arriving that am. I think we would all love to leave at 9am from MCO but I am not sure everyone will be there by then.
Here is the list that I have so far....
LimoA
fourmcds 4
birkner 2
liserann 4
mexicanm. 3
tiggerhappy 2
been2marc. 3
kymma 2 TOTAL: 20
LimoB
wldmcnwmn 2
clynne 4
nsjerven 4
Talph. 3
lwilliam 2
UKangel 2
Tigger1221 2 TOTAL: 19
LimoC
Calmom 6
Willoughbyclan 7
disneylover5 2
txsleepingbeauty 2 TOTAL: 17
The groupings were just my way of keeping track of the numbers...we could combine 2 of the "limos" into the one bus and then head to the port with 1 bus and 1 limo? That would be 20 in one limo and then 36 in the bus with room for 4 more.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
I'm staging a revolt. We're running away to Maui on Wednesday. Wanna come? I don't even look at my gas bill. We have budget billing and pay the same every month, so I save myself the heart attack and just don't look. We have a 3 story, 100+ year old house with old drafty windows, so the shock of this month's bill just might kill me.
My dd is a very cold soul too so the bills are really bad Just as well here in the UK we don't get terrible winters like you!
YIKES! My last gas bill was $160. but my house is 1700 sq. ft. and I keep it a little warmer than you do (not much). I feel so fortunate to live where I do--4 seasons, but not extreme either way. My highest electric bill in the summer (for AC) is about the same as my highest gas bill.
OK. Winter HAS TO END. I thought it was bad when my gas bill last month was $150, but the one I just got was $220!! That's insane for my tiny 774 sq. ft. house! My windows are only a year old, no drafts there. I try to keep thermostat set at 61 degrees and we just dress warm, but occasionally turn it up to 65 degrees. And I turn it even lower when I'm gone all day at work. We just had abnormally cold temps since mid-January.
Sorry, just had to vent....feeling better now. Getting up to go turn the heat down even lower.
I never felt warm no matter what it was set on and my electric bills were pushing up into the high $200s--and that was about 10 years ago. I was dancing with glee 
when they finally brought gas into my development!
I had enough to last me 5 lifetimes! 
What a wonderful way to describe it! I agree!Lisa,
You didn't give up work or your career!! You just traded one rewarding job for another even more rewarding (and much harder) job!!
Karen
My turn
the kids are in deep doo doo tonight...
Molly with the help from little brother Wilson worked on her poster for school about no bullying..."expect respect" drew with permanate markers on the poster paper WITHOUT any thing under it....bleed thru on the hardwood (just refinished floors)
DH is on his hands and knees with Magic Easers, OFF, Goo be gone, hairspray and lots of elbow grease trying to get the stain out of the floor.
This will be known as the "permanate marker incident"
send forgiveness prayers for my children....
how come they never believe us as parents? Oh yeah, I remember because we know it all as kids right???
--I'm sure her words were something to the effect of "What are you doing??? I can't believe you'd ruin my bushes!!! What were you thinking???" I don't blame her for thinking that, either.
Has anyone noticed that the time on the post is not correct? I've noticed it for a while, but thought I would keep track. Seems like it is off by about forty minutes.
Karen, just being OCD, wife of been2marceline
OMG! I remember being about 5 or 6 years old and my friend and I made up this really fun game. We called it "department store". In our backyard, there were several very nicely trimmed privet bushes--they were in a cube shape. My friend and I realized that if we sat down in one of those bushes, it felt just like sitting in a big easy chair, with armrests, etc. So we decided that each bush was a different section of the department store (shoes, dresses, nightgowns, underwear) and in order to buy something you had to sit down in the "chair" and the "clerk" would come up and wait on you. I don't know how long we were playing it before my mom saw us and you can imagine what happened next!
The thing is, I can clearly remember that we had no idea that what we were doing was destructive--it never entered my mind that the bushes were being ruined! We were just having a whole lot of fun! Of course, that was not how my mother saw it
But I'm so glad I've been able to remember that incident and remember that I truly didn't comprehend what I was doing. It helped me a lot in the years I was teaching, to not get quite so upset at some of the things the kids would get into. Kids just don't think like adults--at least I know I didn't!
In fact, now that I think about it I STILL do stuff like that! Some things don't change, I guess!
Has anyone noticed that the time on the post is not correct? I've noticed it for a while, but thought I would keep track. Seems like it is off by about forty minutes.
Karen, just being OCD, wife of been2marceline
That's where I believe I found it at!
I think it's Kaylee (fourmcds) that can't find it...somehow when disneylover quoted her, my name showed as the quotee, but it was really Kaylee.
