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

[lillygator]

V-you're amazing...how did you find that thread?!

I was searching for room reports on my cabin and it popped up!

I have no idea who this is, but will Google later.

I never saw any of those movies. But whoever he was, it's sad.

He was also in 10 things I hate about you...A knoght's tale was funny.

 

[lillygator]

University system may order enrollment cut
BY ADAM EMERSON THE TAMPA TRIBUNE



During its meeting Thursday in Tallahassee, the panel that oversees the 11 state universities is set to discuss admitting fewer students next fall.

That means thousands of applicants could find it harder to gain entry at a time when universities are setting the admissions bar higher and higher.

State university system Chancellor Mark Rosenberg told university presidents in a letter Tuesday that he will ask the Board of Governors to "make necessary changes in its admissions policies."

A $1 billion state budget shortfall this fiscal year has institutions such as the University of South Florida and Florida State University considering layoffs. While each school has said it might consider cutting enrollment, the Board of Governors could make that a reality.

"You can't continue to take multimillion-dollar budget cuts without serious repercussions," said Bill Edmonds, the spokesman for the Board of Governors.

Prospective students with applications pending may feel those repercussions most. Admissions officers at FSU, for instance, are reviewing their applicant pool daily. Before the budget outlook worsened, they anticipated enrolling 6,200 freshmen next fall. They now plan to pare that number to 5,200, which would be FSU's smallest class in years.

"We know standards are going up, and we know we'll have a bigger wait list," said Janice Finney, FSU's admissions director. "We are overenrolled. We are consciously shrinking."

Board of Governors members, anticipating a budget shortfall, had already ordered a freeze on freshmen enrollment for the next three years. Even a 5 percent tuition increase that took effect in January was not enough to stop budget cuts. USF, for one, has cut $12.2 million so far this fiscal year.

In a separate letter sent to university presidents Jan. 10, Rosenberg warned that state revenue collections are falling, a symptom of Florida's housing woes. With the news, USF leaders plan to cut $13.7 million more this fiscal year, bringing the year's total cuts to about $26 million.

An anticipated $2 billion state budget shortfall next fiscal year has prompted USF officials to consider cutting another $26 million. That would bring the total planned cuts to $52 million over two years, or 15 percent of the $350 million USF gets from the state.

For years, USF has raised its admissions standards to help manage its rapidly growing student body. Nearly 3,800 freshmen enrolled at USF in the fall, and their average high school grade-point average was 3.71.

Last modified: January 23. 2008 1:41AM

During its meeting Thursday in Tallahassee, the panel that oversees the 11 state universities is set to discuss admitting fewer students next fall.That means thousands of applicants could find . . .

 

[lillygator]

that's scary....FSU is going to cut down by 1,000 students enrolling!

 

[lillygator]

I am off to one meeting and then have another back to back.

 

[tink1963]

Yuck, it's a mininvan.

I know, it looks like the old chrysler van from the 80's

 

[milestogo]

Well, I got the reschedule date for DD's Kinder exam appt. and of course, its the same day as the other school we are applying to don't know which icon to choose!

 

[Mom323]

This may be my only hope. Think Disney will sell him?

 

[pjpoohbear]

PJ:

Thanks for posting on the website.

I'll contact the people that have also expressed interest in helping/doing this in the next few days and we can divide the work load and let everyone know what options we need to vote/decide on.

Don't forget to tell how many lanyards you want in your pm.

Nan

Nan, we can make the questions a blog entry on the website and then cruisers can post in the comments for you and your group of elves to look over.

Pj

 

[readyalready]

On the 14 night TA, the laundry room was so hot and smelly that you could smell it for several doors down the hall. Everyone stood in the hall leaning against the doors with their laundry waiting, some people couldn't get in for up to 3 days, so many of us ended up doing laundry at 3am and it was still packed. Second most overheard thing on the TA,"I hope these people get a room credit for this mess." Then the same thing happened on the 11 night med. You may want to move. On a 7 night, it is not as bad, but on a 15 night it is a nightmare.

You've got me worried too, for some reason I think we are by a laundry room also. We've got no hope of moving, we're in connecting cabins. I'm off to check deck plans...

ETA: Yup, we're three doors down across the hall, guess we'll get used to hot and stinky.

 

[Mom323]

I know, it looks like the old chrysler van from the 80's

I can only hope they will rethink their decision and start importing them again.

 

[pjpoohbear]

Ok the micro bus is cute, sad that it is not going into production. The joint project mini van is so old looking.

Pj

 

[milestogo]

OK, I found us a Dismeet for the night before the cruise at DTD. This is the place we can also distribute the lanyards. Guest relations helped me to set up a meeting for 4:30pm at the Dockside Stage across from the World of Disney. Each person/family can pick up food from any location in DTD and bring it to the Dockside stage and we can eat, meet and greet. PM me if you'd like to come and tell me how many in your party. We'll have about 90 min. to visit with each other before they set up for a 6:30 performance. I will keep in touch with the management at DTD to find out what the performance will be and to let them know how many of us will be there. Here is the map. World of Disney is number 28 and the stage is near the number 42. We'll see how well you can read this on the post. Thanks, Kelly

http://www.wdisneyw.co.uk/ddmap.html
Here is a larger picture.

 

[milestogo]

Oh, I forgot to mention in case nobody else has discussed this, grills can be the other point of lanyard distribution.


Has anyone ever done the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique? Suggestions?

 

[readyalready]

Oh, I forgot to mention in case nobody else has discussed this, grills can be the other point of lanyard distribution.

We don't get in until real late Fri so will miss all the dinners, is it safe to assume that someone will distribute at the port too?


Has anyone ever done the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique? Suggestions?

We haven't done it but saw tons of little girls with princess hair, I think that service gets booked well in advance.

 

[pjpoohbear]

Kelly that is awesome on the DTD meet, I will add that to the calendar. With all the details in the notes.

 

[granmaz]

OK, I found us a Dismeet for the night before the cruise at DTD. This is the place we can also distribute the lanyards. Guest relations helped me to set up a meeting for 4:30pm at the Dockside Stage across from the World of Disney. Each person/family can pick up food from any location in DTD and bring it to the Dockside stage and we can eat, meet and greet. PM me if you'd like to come and tell me how many in your party. We'll have about 90 min. to visit with each other before they set up for a 6:30 performance. I will keep in touch with the management at DTD to find out what the performance will be and to let them know how many of us will be there. Here is the map. World of Disney is number 28 and the stage is near the number 42. We'll see how well you can read this on the post. Thanks, Kelly

http://www.wdisneyw.co.uk/ddmap.html
Here is a larger picture.

This sounds ideal.

Oh, I forgot to mention in case nobody else has discussed this, grills can be the other point of lanyard distribution.

What a good idea. There are also a lot of people going for a meal at the airport too.


Has anyone ever done the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique? Suggestions?

 

[gydell]

Nothing in the mail for me today!

 

[lillygator]

are you expecting anything gydell?

 

[milestogo]

So, for lanyard distribution:

• Gydell has volunteered to distribute at Grills,
• Kelly (me) at the 4/19 dismeet in CA & DTD 5/9/08
• Need one person for the MCO dismeet.

This is a much easier way to distribute than the way we've seen it before with one person obligated and stuck for many, many, many hours or mailing them. We can have an onboard meet at the sailaway or scoops for later arrivals.

Does this sound like it may work for everyone?

 

[granmaz]

So, for lanyard distribution:

• Gydell has volunteered to distribute at Grills,
• Kelly (me) at the 4/19 dismeet in CA & DTD 5/9/08
• Need one person for the MCO dismeet.

This is a much easier way to distribute than the way we've seen it before with one person obligated and stuck for many, many, many hours or mailing them. We can have an onboard meet at the sailaway or scoops for later arrivals.

Does this sound like it may work for everyone?

It all sounds good to me.