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

[been2marceline]

yep, it is 147 x 336 (?) pixals and just 24k, all legal!

Thank you SO MUCH PJ!!

I owe you a DOD, or two!!

Just updated it!!

Karen

 

[been2marceline]

Sure we care . . . Ohana means family . . . No one get's left behind!

Or forgotten...

 

[been2marceline]

Yeah, I'll wear some really short shorts, some Uggs, and a beer boy t-shirt to the deck sailaway party, and they can put the gangplank back for everyone who will then abandon ship.

Night all.

AAhhh, the visual I'm getting from this is priceless... and SCARY!!!

Night John, you'll catch all this sometime tomorrow...

Karen

 

[mexican-mouseketeers]

afternoon, or early evening everyone!
We got back around 3:30 - probably when John1, Amy and Sophie were taking off. Had a great time...wish we could have stayed longer. I am still amazed at making friends over the internet...I mean, obviously friends, who like different teams and can still speak....(Johnny is not great at that...) and even whom I feel great just being around and not having to worry about conversation...--sorry I was so quiet!!---
Here are some pictures..

It looks like you had a lot of fun, loved the pictures!

The Parent Trap was good, but my all-time favorite is The Trouble With Angels! I also loved Pollyanna.

These 3 are my favorites. Did any one else watch The Parent Trap 2 and 3?

Oh, and I also loved the movie "Back Home" and want to buy it, but it has not yet been released on DVD.

After Trouble With Angels, I begged and pleaded to be sent 'away' to school! Not very likely to happen to a millworkers daughter!

Well, after watching Trouble With Angels I almost wanted to become a nun at one of those schools

Fortunately, we found it in the bathroom on the floor the next day....apparently doggie didn't swallow it, but kittie found it and played with it. Thank Goodness!!!

I hope you did not have to do a round of poop patrol before finding it

Thank you so much! I truly appreciate it! : I just decided I don't really need to air that much dirty laundry here because I know many people have similar problems, if not worse. And actually, after each night of heavy prayer, another piece of the puzzle falls into place. So it WILL happen, one way or another. Thanks again!

Whatever it is, I just hope it happens the best way for you.

Good morning.
I remember the first Parent Trap with Hayley Mills. We all wanted to be just like her. Recently she has joined a TV series here set in S. Africa called Wild at Heart. She is the main female character's mother and is excellent. Trouble is now she is in her 60's, so I no longer want to be like her!!:
After the Parent Trap we all wanted to go away to summer camp like you all did!!!

Im DisneyLover5 daughter i have been playing on teen boards and it is awsome i thought i just say hi

Welcome! I hope your thumb is well by now.

 

[been2marceline]

PJ,

You SO TOTALLY ROCK!!!

Love it!! (Not like, LOVE)

Karen

 

[been2marceline]

Oh no, not the logo. The logo must be more refined and DISneyfied. I meant on the ship.

(Where does DCL keep that trampoline?)

DH is thinking more along the lines of No Whoosy Winey Wives club...

Or Macho Merlot Men...

Just sticking with the wine theme (oh no, not me...)

Karen

 

[mexican-mouseketeers]

Thanks for that info...I didn't even think about how close things are from where you stay. I heard they had a tram or something to the different areas. Was anything available like that when you were there? We have already booked and paid for two rooms, The Beach Towers and The Royal Towers. We won't ever go to the Beach Towers, but we can all use the suite in the Royal Towers. I know I'm going to have had enough by 3pm and I'm going to want a shower and change of clothes and food and drinks on the terrace overlooking everything. It's probably the only time I'll get to go there. I won't do anymore 4 night cruises and I probably won't cruise with the whole family again...kids are adults now with their own teens. So we might as well enjoy it while we're all there together.

I don´t remember there being a tram, at least we didn´t cross its path, because I would not have hesitated to ride it if we had seen it.

The Royal Towers are closer to the newer areas, nowadays I would definetly pay more for the location. You will have a lot of fun in Atlantis.

 

[mexican-mouseketeers]

Only 19 pages to go

I checked out their website and WOW!! It looks so fun! I wish we had one around here. Hmmmmm......Note to self: next vacation spot - visit Julie with a side trip to Kidzania!

Definetly do come!

We had a good time at Kidzania today. My good friend from law school heads the legal department so she got me a 60% discount on our tickets

We went with friends, so we had 4 moms and 4 girls, definetly a much better experience that taking dd there alone.

 

[NotSoLittleMermaid]

I'm going to start answering, even though I'm not caught up--still at least 5 pages behnd. This "working" thing is really cutting into my DIS time!

Speaking of pins....where does everyone get them from? I usually end up buying some lots of Ebay or getting a few from pinseller.com. Are there any other great sites out there that people have used successfully? Our friends who are joining us have never been to WDW (live in San Jose. CA and only been to DL 1x!!!!!) and the mom just asked for some help getting started on the pin trading stuff for her kids.

I buy "lots" off of eBay. If I'm patient, I can find them where it comes out to less than $3/pin. One time I bought one of those really cheap lots of Euro Disney pins, but I won't do it again. The pins are "official", but they're pretty cheesy and I felt embarrassed to trade them to CMs. They were nothing I'd want to trade FOR. I'd rather pay a little more and have nicer pins to trade--just my personal preference.

Been a little busy. Going to finally finish up our Princess cruise trip. Our favorite port was Belize.
Belize has the second largest barrier reef next to Australia in the world. The water was absolutely amazing!

I've been both snorkeling and diving in Belize--it's one of the best places I've been--LOTS of life!

OT: Elementary School Concerts.....
I remember when I was in elementary we would do 1 or 2 "choir" concerts per year with the whole school. My DD (in 3rd grade) does 1 (3/4 concert) and it is all this weird stuff about harmony, drumming beats, and simple songs. Are all schools teaching this stuff or is it just my DD's? I would love to see them sing some nice songs, not do all this other stuff with pots and pans and boom whackers (yes that is what the teacher called them). Just wondering what other kids were doing. Of course, it was a joy watching DD up there singing and smiling and proud of herself!

As someone else posted, there are state standards that must be covered in music classes, so it's much more than singing now, at ;east here.

Sure you can book a dummy date. Right now, we have a dummy date for Jan '08, which was going to be for another cruise in 2008 (we moved our December 2007 cruise to the WB Repo). Right now, that dummy date is waiting for maybe a January 2009 date to land on. The DCL advance reservation people on board get it too, and know what you are doing - they even use the word "dummy date".

Now weather or not you will be able to move that date to this cruise - that is another question . . .

Based on my experience booking this cruise, I'd say the only way you could apply the onboard discount would be to make an entirely new reservation for whatever the going price is at that time, which even with the 10% discount and SB credit would almost certainly be much higher that the price you have now (IF something was even available). They won't merge 2 reservations together--that's what they said to me anyway.

Here is what DU told me. I think this price is EXTREMLEY HIGH so do the words no way in **** mean anything? I will book on my own thanks....

For your party, the cost of two nights in a standard room at the Disneyland Hotel would be $1086.50. This pricing does not include tickets to the parks. This pricing is directly from DCL.
Kim

 

[NotSoLittleMermaid]

Same weather here too, but a few degrees colder.....supposed to stay the same at least through Sunday. If April showers bring May flowers, what do April snow showers bring?

Here's one that you might know...

If April showers bring May flowers,
What do May flowers bring???????

 

[NotSoLittleMermaid]

Yes, I got busted for Class 2 signature violation, too. ::cop: Basically, you can only have 3 pictures (tickers each count as a picture, too). My sig didn't look like it took up so much room, but it still had 5 pictures (graphics) in it. I had to do a little finagling, but I think I'm OK now.

I'll tell you about the psychic tomorrow--I can hardly keep my eyes open!

Night night!

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Yes, I got busted for Class 2 signature violation, too. ::cop: Basically, you can only have 3 pictures (tickers each count as a picture, too). My sig didn't look like it took up so much room, but it still had 5 pictures (graphics) in it. I had to do a little finagling, but I think I'm OK now.

I'll tell you about the psychic tomorrow--I can hardly keep my eyes open!

Night night!

You're keeping us in suspense now...we want to know what the psychic said....by the time you tell us, you'll forget!

 

[fourmcds]

I buy "lots" off of eBay. If I'm patient, I can find them where it comes out to less than $3/pin. One time I bought one of those really cheap lots of Euro Disney pins, but I won't do it again. The pins are "official", but they're pretty cheesy and I felt embarrassed to trade them to CMs. They were nothing I'd want to trade FOR. I'd rather pay a little more and have nicer pins to trade--just my personal preference.:

Are you talking about that pins that look more like plastic than the metal ones? DD have actually traded FOR those pins and I try and tell them not to, but Mom isn't allowed to get involved in the transactions I bought some recently...a buy it now one that is 2.45/pin and you choose the number of pins. I think those were all the euro ones as well. They weren't bad and the girls won't mind trading them.

 

[been2marceline]

Deb,

Have you tried any of the other wines that you ordered?

Karen

 

[fourmcds]

Here's one that you might know...

If April showers bring May flowers,
What do May flowers bring???????

Don't think I ever heard that one before.....you left us hanging with this and what the psychic said....

 

[fourmcds]

Deb,

Have you tried any of the other wines that you ordered?

Karen

Oh, that reminds me I need to get the model and make of the wine I wanted you to see if you could get. With the way life is going right now, I won't probably get any info to you until after we are home from WDW in May. Hopefully you'll still take my order then

 

[been2marceline]

Oh, that reminds me I need to get the model and make of the wine I wanted you to see if you could get. With the way life is going right now, I won't probably get any info to you until after we are home from WDW in May. Hopefully you'll still take my order then

Of course I will!

I do remember that it was a J Lohr wine...

Karen

 

[taysmom]

Based on my experience booking this cruise, I'd say the only way you could apply the onboard discount would be to make an entirely new reservation for whatever the going price is at that time, which even with the 10% discount and SB credit would almost certainly be much higher that the price you have now (IF something was even available). They won't merge 2 reservations together--that's what they said to me anyway.

Yea, thats what I understand. I'll ask anyways, it won't hurt to ask right? Otherwise, I will probably book a "dummy date".

Yeah, I'll wear some really short shorts, some Uggs, and a beer boy t-shirt to the deck sailaway party, and they can put the gangplank back for everyone who will then abandon ship.
Night all.

Guess I started something with these uggs. They are very comfy..but can get stinky fast! I would love to have a huge group shot of the guys in their "sailaway outfits" that would make my day!

Here is what DU told me. I think this price is EXTREMLEY HIGH so do the words no way in **** mean anything? I will book on my own thanks....Thank you for your email.
DCL is offering a two or three night stay before or after the west coast sailings. As you are on the repositioning cruise, yours would be a post night stay.
For your party, the cost of two nights in a standard room at the Disneyland Hotel would be $1086.50. This pricing does not include tickets to the parks. This pricing is directly from DCL.
As Disneyland is not currently booking 2008 dates, we can not check pricing for a concierge suite. When the 2008 dates are released, we will be happy to help your reservation.
Hope this helps everyone!
Kim

OMG! I just got back from a 4day/3night stay at paradise pier. (my fav) and I paid less than 800 with 3 day park hopper tix. We stayed concierge. I personally don't like the disneyland hotel (my pref. though, sorry if anyone disagrees). When I stay concierge I always book paradise pier 3rd Floor. Very important that you book 3rd floor poolside. You get a great patio that leads right out to the pool. It's perfect if you have kids. No other disney hotels offer that! Grand California is nice at any level and very convenient. But the price of a street view is just under the price of concierge at paradise pier.
Just one humble disney vets opinion.
Cya
Steph

 

[nskjerven]

HI Girls & Guy (sorry john just had to) (no offense to woody and surly, but ya guys aren't here that much)

PJ LOVE the logo. Whoops You did it again!


I spent the last few hours snooping HK disney. Not much on the boards for it. I am disappointed to read that we will have a good walk or bus (and still a good walk) to get from Hotel to park. Makes it hard with my mom along. I think we are going to get a colaspable(sp) wheelchair to take with us on this trip.

Looks like we will be at the park on 4th of July. Planning a couple of days there then back to HK to check out the city.

I need to get some pins to take with us to trade. I figure it would be cheaper to trade, but hmmmm do I want to carry those darn pins with me for 2 weeks around China before we get to HKDisney? Might just have to bite the bullet and buy them all there.

my pillow is calling me...catch ya tomorrow, Nan

 

[fourmcds]

Of course I will!

I do remember that it was a J Lohr wine...

Karen

WoW! Great memory...and you say you have blonde moments! Yup, that was it. Just need to get life settled here and then I will order some up. We are working on buying a new home and the stress of packing/de-cluttering our house for selling is too much stress, therefore I DIS instead