May 10, 2008 Ship of Thieves! Stealing the Magic..AGAIN!!! Panama Canal FL to CA!!! Part 3

[UKANGEL]

Funny AG story. Molly got the Paris outfit for her doll as a gift, it comes with a passport(doll sized)...we filled it out and got it stamped in UK last summer. Tried a few more places, (france/us) no way we can't do that !!! that's okay we are happy to have the UK stamp for her on her mini little passport. The simple thing that make the life a child (& her mom) we talked about how great it was the rest of the trip!

how cool for her to have her doll's passport stamped!

No spitting on decks!!!

Don't the kids look cute!!!

The kids really looked like they're enjoying themselves

Hi all,

IMORE News: John and I are now the proud parents of a little 7 week old girl named Angel. She's a long haired german shepherd with sable coloring. I'm going to attempt to put her picture up here soon. She's a little fuzzball and she's cute....wait till you see!

Great name!

 

[UKANGEL]

I have a very important topic to research today online....my excuse for being on here .........I need to find out more about Cozumel and Grand Cayman so we can decide where to visit on our May cruise

 

[PrincessTToo]

Just have to tell a short story from yesterday.

We went to the Mall of America and as we went past Abercrombie & Fitch, we noticed they had a live (shirtless) male model greeting customers. He looked exactly like one of the models they use in their ads. Wow! My DH joked "do you think he works out?". I was literally speechless. All I could think was "if I was 25 years younger".

P.S. You'll never guess what I bought at the mall. That's right.... shoes!

 

[lwilliam]

LOVED the picture...good to see all of you again...uh-oh, what was 'up' with hubby's hand? carpel tunnel? (I've got it too, in fact, I've got EVERYTHING since I turned that magic number of 50!)
So, sorry, dear, to hear about the warm weather (I'm NOT being nice about that because I LOVE warm/hot weather ).....we feel we are lucky because the temps FINALLY reached 50 degrees!

EllaEnchanted (Deb): thanks for telling everyone how 'blond' I am with the Saturday at Fridays....joking!

UKAngel: Years ago, we took a tour of Grand Cayman (getting plenty of pictures at "Hell"..yes, a real town) and then at Cozumel, we went to a beautiful beach....so much has changed since we've been there, with hurricanes hitting both islands...have fun!

 

[HollyTyler]

I have a very important topic to research today online....my excuse for being on here .........I need to find out more about Cozumel and Grand Cayman so we can decide where to visit on our May cruise

We loved the Chankanaab (sp?) park in Cozumel last September! Loved watching the sea lion show. But I understand it was destroyed by a hurricane a week or so after we went. I've heard it re-opened, but am not sure how different it is now.

In Grand Cayman we loved the Sea Turtle Farm! Didn't care much for the rest of the tour, but the sea turtles were a big hit with us.

 

[HollyTyler]

Just have to tell a short story from yesterday.

We went to the Mall of America and as we went past Abercrombie & Fitch, we noticed they had a live (shirtless) male model greeting customers. He looked exactly like one of the models they use in their ads. Wow! My DH joked "do you think he works out?". I was literally speechless. All I could think was "if I was 25 years younger".

P.S. You'll never guess what I bought at the mall. That's right.... shoes!

I think I'd have a difficult time controlling myself if I saw one of those!

 

[HollyTyler]

Great birthday pics LiserAnn! Your boys are so cute! I'm still trying to figure out what to do for Tyler's 5th birthday party in May. He's insisted on a camoflage theme and wants to have it at a park we go to often. It has a great playground, nice bathroom building, covered areas with picnic tables underneath, and a splash zone type water feature so kids can play in the water. I'm hoping I can get a family member to come to town early to help me transport everything there, set up, and decorate. So hard to do all this stuff by myself, but I manage! The things we do for our kids!

 

[UKANGEL]

We went to the Mall of America and as we went past Abercrombie & Fitch, we noticed they had a live (shirtless) male model greeting customers.
P.S. You'll never guess what I bought at the mall. That's right.... shoes!

My dd and I have always wanted to visit the Mall of America!...all that shopping under onw roof....sigh....and all those shoes!

UKAngel: Years ago, we took a tour of Grand Cayman (getting plenty of pictures at "Hell"..yes, a real town) and then at Cozumel, we went to a beautiful beach....so much has changed since we've been there, with hurricanes hitting both islands...have fun!

lol I love the idea of 'going to hell'!!!!!

We loved the Chankanaab (sp?) park in Cozumel last September! Loved watching the sea lion show. But I understand it was destroyed by a hurricane a week or so after we went. I've heard it re-opened, but am not sure how different it is now.

In Grand Cayman we loved the Sea Turtle Farm! Didn't care much for the rest of the tour, but the sea turtles were a big hit with us.

Thanks Holly, yes we are hoping to see the turtle farm while we're there too

I've just been looking on some web sites someone recommended and the photo's of both places are wonderful...I can't wait!

 

[Jhalkias]

I finally got the pictures uploaded from Drew's 5th birthday party, which we had on friday at Build A Bear Workshop. The kids were so cute and it was a fun time. It was really neat to see them pick out the animal they wanted to take home...then they "stuff" it and "wash" it.

Great pictures Lisa! Thanks for sharing!

Morning all. I think you will all be in bed with the clocks going forward for you all. 2 more weeks for us, so I will be seeing less of Karen till then I think!!
Have a great Sunday.

I stayed up until 2:00 (3:00 ) to catch up on my DVR episodes of Heroes while everyone else was in bed . . . Now I have no more Heroes to catch up on until April 23!

Hi all,

I read that Captain Spanx walked the decks and saw parts of the ship he had never seen before at 1AM...how long did it take, John?

Life moves on and it only gets better coz everyday we get closer to Paradise...

If I recall correctly, it took me about an hour and a half. I kept thinking someone was sure to stop me . . . . I was carrying a big huge box, filled with imprinted foam bananas . . . I would "hide" it in an alcove somewhere on each deck, and fill up a couple of bags with my bananas, and then walk all the hallways looking for the cabins of our friends. I am not a small guy, but I move fast

I kept humming Christmas carols to myself as I ran around the ship! This was on our December 9th cruise.

Can someone explain to me how I post a picture on here??? PC not MAC.

Thanks.

PC or Mac does not matter for this.

First you have to find a photo hosting site. The DIS has one here,

http://www.wdwinfo.com/photopost/index.php

You use your same user name and password, and photos must be sized to a certain size before posting (uploading).

Many people here also use photobucket :

www.photobucket.com

Once you have your photo(s) uploaded, it is fairly simple. Right click on the photo wherever it is hosted, and select "copy image address". Then when you are posting here, and are ready to insert your photo, bracket it (put it in between) these two commands . . .

and paste the link you copied when you right clicked where you see the "and" here.

That should do it for you!

 

[calmom]

I finally got the pictures uploaded from Drew's 5th birthday party, which we had on friday at Build A Bear Workshop. The kids were so cute and it was a fun time. It was really neat to see them pick out the animal they wanted to take home...then they "stuff" it and "wash" it.

Here's Drew with his puppy, can ya tell he loves him (which he named "Pluto")....

Don't the kids look cute!!!


And now the family shot (notice how DH thought he was being funny and propped a bear on my shoulder....thanks honey .......)

Great photos! My son has the same Cars shirt - it is his favorite! Lisa

 

[calmom]

I see 13 months on my ticket counter!!!! No longer 14....it won't be long until it is 12 and then we can REALLY start to make plans! All those people who think we are crazy will finally take our reservations (hotel, car, airline, etc)!!

 

[HollyTyler]

I see 13 months on my ticket counter!!!! No longer 14....it won't be long until it is 12 and then we can REALLY start to make plans! All those people who think we are crazy will finally take our reservations (hotel, car, airline, etc)!!

I didn't even notice that on my ticker this morning! WOOHOO! Love seeing it go down another month! Before we know it, we'll be able to say "less than a year"!

 

[birkner]

I see 13 months on my ticket counter!!!! No longer 14....it won't be long until it is 12 and then we can REALLY start to make plans! All those people who think we are crazy will finally take our reservations (hotel, car, airline, etc)!!

I can't wait until we can make all the rest of the ressies. It somehow makes the trip more real to me when I see all the ressies in place!!

Finally begining to see a bit of life on my 12/29 thread. We are so much more active here.

OT, actually saw a round trip on HAL for NYE 2008 from San Diego to Hawaii but couldn't book the SR I wanted. Deposits are even highter than Magic $850 each so I wanted to be sure we get what we want. DH and I are thinking of doing something different for Xmas 2008 but haven't decided on exactly what but I want WARM!!!

 

[granmaz]

OT, actually saw a round trip on HAL for NYE 2008 from San Diego to Hawaii but couldn't book the SR I wanted. Deposits are even highter than Magic $850 each so I wanted to be sure we get what we want. DH and I are thinking of doing something different for Xmas 2008 but haven't decided on exactly what but I want WARM!!!

That does sound so nice Noel!! We keep saying we will do something different one Christmas, but the lure of the GK pulls us back. WARM is good!!!

 

[birkner]

That does sound so nice Noel!! We keep saying we will do something different one Christmas, but the lure of the GK pulls us back. WARM is good!!!

We are taking the GK's etc. to WDW and on the Magic for NYE this year. As they get older, it is harder and harder to plan trip as they want to be with their friends etc and spend very little time with us. Not sure what we will do in 2008 but will keep you posted. WARM is EXCELLENT!!

 

[txSleepingBeauty]

I have a passport however I got married last June so have to get a new one, thanks for reminding me.

Wow everyone's kids sound so smart. I am only 22 and don't have kids nor did I excel in school. I am still in college and have 3 or 4 years (I am part time) left. I took a few semesters off for the Disney College Program and to get married/honeymoon. I work too.

Update on the Scavanger hunt:
It looks like we should have a few groups
Adult
Teen
Kids
Adult and Kids- for kids too young do it by themselves.

Any ideas on a day we want to do this. I will have to look at what days we are doing what already but obvioulsy a Sea day.

I am also making a Castaway Cay one for myself and will make extra copies for those who want one. However, I have heard disney has one too.

where'd you work on your CP? and did you get stuck in vista or chatam?? I did the spring 04, worked at Splash Mtn gift shop and had a lovely apartment in Vista.....Absolutely loved it!


so I'm in sunny SoCal for the first time ever (my bff caved on internet access after all!! Whoo hoo! ) and I have to say I've never been so tired in my life, I've gone to bed at 9 every night since I got here!!! but I did get to DL once already, we're going again next week....

 

[ibouncetoo]

testing

 

[ibouncetoo]

Whew! Had to do a major search for a picture I could copy/paste.

To all you youngsters out there, that is Alejando Rey. He did a bazillion TV shows and lots of movies, like "Fun in Acapulco" with Elvis. He had a great smile, wish I could have found a picture of him smiling.

 

[MrsMork]

We got ours for our 2003 cruise.



Dh's passport photo could be used as a mug shot! I'm smiling in mine so I know they didn't tell us not to - he chose not to!

We just got ours this past year. DrHug has NO EARS in his picture! What did they do with his ears??

 

[LisaG520]

Hi all,

I haven't been able to post since Mom has been in the hospital for the past two weeks, but she got out last night and she's doing better. Yeah! Thanks for all you warm wishes...

MORE News: John and I are now the proud parents of a little 7 week old girl named Angel. She's a long haired german shepherd with sable coloring. I'm going to attempt to put her picture up here soon. She's a little fuzzball and she's cute....wait till you see!

Life moves on and it only gets better coz everyday we get closer to Paradise...

That's great news about your mom! Thanks for the update! Can't wait to see the puppy pictures! I use photobucket for loading pictures. It's great since you pick what size picture to upload (msg board, avatar, signature) and then it gives you the complete addresses you need to post - I use the one that starts with and then you just copy complete address and paste. Nothing else needed.

[quote="UKANGEL, post: 17492553"]I have a very important topic to research today online....my excuse for being on here ;) .........I need to find out more about Cozumel and Grand Cayman so we can decide where to visit on our May cruise :):cool1:[/QUOTE]

In Cozumle we have gone to Xcaret Eco Archaeological Park and Tulum Ruins with DCL and loved both. Both are on the mainland - Tulum is farther away.

Xcaret has a little of everything - underground river for floating down, ruins, wildlife, and I think snorkeling - we didn't have time. Lunch was included in the excursion and was good - you order what you want at a restaurant.

Tulum was beautiful. the ruins were much more impressive than we expected. And there was a beautiful beach - no changing facilities so wear your suit under your clothes if you plan on swimming. Lunch was Subway - prepackaged, we were told it would be served on the way back but we actually got ours on the way there.