May 10, 2008 Ship of Thieves! Stealing the Magic..AGAIN!!! Panama Canal FL to CA!!! Part 6

[lillygator]

Deb - please keep up posted, know we are thinking of you!

Karen - I hope things work themselves out for you soon. I can only imagine how frustrated you are.

 

[lillygator]

You guys were chatty last night! I was just beat and had to go to bed. John's game didn't end up starting until after 9:30 as the 8:15 game went in to extra innings. But they lost bad - run ruled, so he was not a happy camper. I always try and wait up for him but I just couldn't.

I think tonight Samantha and I are going to work on her preschool book. My mom bought these school days type books where you fill in your favorite things at the time, etc and since this will be her last year there I thought we should start.

 

[lillygator]

My mom called last night and booked Wilderness Lodge for the first weekend in December but she is paying something like $331 a night! YIKES, they told her no more passholder or FL resident rates were available. I told her to keep calling something may come up. She's going to take my Grandma over, we all love the xmas lights and decorations.

 

[lillygator]

so Holly, what was Tyler's reaction this morning?

I can remember one of my friend's daughters reaction when she saw "all" the money, she said "the toothfairy must have knocked her basket over"! It was cute!

 

[granmaz]

My mom called last night and booked Wilderness Lodge for the first weekend in December but she is paying something like $331 a night! YIKES, they told her no more passholder or FL resident rates were available. I told her to keep calling something may come up. She's going to take my Grandma over, we all love the xmas lights and decorations.

We're there Friday 30th and Saturday 1st, but off for our cruise on the Sunday!

 

[lillygator]

this time next week we'll be at DISNEY!!! Yeah!

 

[ibouncetoo]

My mom called last night and booked Wilderness Lodge for the first weekend in December but she is paying something like $331 a night! YIKES, they told her no more passholder or FL resident rates were available. I told her to keep calling something may come up. She's going to take my Grandma over, we all love the xmas lights and decorations.

Oh, I love WL at Christmastime! They still had the decorations up when I was there in early January after the WDW Marathon in '05. I kept expecting to see Santa Clause resting in the rocking chairs in front of the fire! It was amazing when that giant tree dissappeared overnight.

I'm really looking forward to my December visit as I've only been when the decorations just start to go up (early Nov) or are just coming down (early January). It will be great to see EVERYTHING all at once.

It's back to work today for me AND back to my healthy eating plan. Too many days of vacation 'attitude' (i.e. dessert every day), although I did not gain any weight. With the altitude in Breckenridge, every movement I made was aerobic!

Karen, for you and here's hoping the web site is back up and running ASAP!

 

[lillygator]

I've never felt so unorganized for a trip....I am rearranging, or attempting to, all my ADR's. I really just want this to be a lazy days trip....no commando.

 

[katypop]

Would appreciate some good thoughts...

We went to move our web servers last Wednesday and our "helpers" dropped one of our Sun Microsystem moocho expensive machines and our web-sight has been down ever since.

We have been struggling to get our shop rolling all summer and our internet sales have been helping to keep us going. With our web down for a full week now we are really struggling.

We had 2 partners that bailed on us with all of the delays from the builders with our new space, and we had, what we thought, was a great partner that came on board with us in May and he has "literally" disapeared! Started lot's of projects (he's a contractor) but never finished them. Our floor has lifted continually all summer!

We keep thinking good thoughts, working hard and hoping for things to gel, but it's been an uphill battle with just our own funding and now to be without our internet... well, I hope that we can get the systems up by tomorrow, or we are probably toast!

Ok, thanks for listening... I'm going back to catching up now.

Karen

Karen So sorry you've been having such a tough time.Here's hoping everything gets resolved quickly for you.

 

[lillygator]

ok, I gave up my arrival night Crystal Palace for Maya Grill. I don't really want to hit a park that night and tried for Spoodles but nothing until 9. Would like to have gone to ESPN and had Spoodles as a backup in case it was really busy but we'll see. We've never been to the Maya Grill and I love Coronado Springs so it should be interesting. I haven't seen too many reviews on it either.
I did try Captain Jack's, Kona, Concourse for that night as well...all booked!

 

[lillygator]

Thursday I have the princess breakfast at Epcot and Cape May for dinner. I am hoping to have mexico counter service and let John get something he likes from somewhere else....(he's not really into mexican food).

 

[lillygator]

Friday I have Crystal Palace breakfast and Yachtsmen for dinner but I am going to change that one I think. John loves CP for breakfast, they specially made him pancakes.

 

[mishoe01]

Congrats to Tyler

Congrats to Jackie

Deb Sorry you're having such a tough time with this. Hope we all hear you telling us soon how much better those legs are


A meet on Oct 27th would be great Just as long as I have time to freshen up before PFTS You are right, I will definately be eating light, I want to save up lots of room for that evening! Any chance you might join me for that too? I am getting so excited about this trip, it will have been an entire year since my last visit. I'm splitting my stay between CSR and POR and was able to get the AP rate

Next May I am booked at CSR with a CAA rate for 2 nights before the cruise, but may change resorts if I can get a better rate with my AP. I may not though, CSR is perfect for "conditioning" myself before the cruise (think hot tub and margaritas )
Kathe

Hi Kathe

I'm trying to see if I can swing PFTS...trying to see if I can stay on site so that I don't need to worry about driving home I want to be able to make the $ worth it (with the wine of course!).

Any thoughts as to where you'd want to have breakfast/brunch that morning? We can go anywhere---it is a restaurant off site I can come by and pick you up. Let me know!

 

[mishoe01]

OK....Kathe, Kaylee, Marilyn, Jan, V, Jackie, Peg, Holly, Heather, Gator, Gydell and Lisa.....sooooooo good of you all to be so concerned about the legs....here's what I have decided to do:

I'll pack a bag to do a hosptial stay and I'll bring it with me to my wound center appointment on Thurs. If I go into the emergency room tomorrow, it'll take six hours to get admitted. If I wait one more day, the wound center will admit me. I prefer to do it that way. After six weeks, one more day is not going to matter and it'll be so much easier doing it that way. OK, when I disappear for a couple of days from Thurs on.....you'll know where I've gone! I'm sure I'll have lots of catching up to do....no DIS in the hosptial. I'll miss you all, but hope to be back soon!

Deb---good plan.....glad that you're taking this seriously....we just want you to get better. Know that you're in our thoughts and prayers!

 

[katypop]

Hi Kathe

I'm trying to see if I can swing PFTS...trying to see if I can stay on site so that I don't need to worry about driving home I want to be able to make the $ worth it (with the wine of course!).

Any thoughts as to where you'd want to have breakfast/brunch that morning? We can go anywhere---it is a restaurant off site I can come by and pick you up. Let me know!

Hi Monica,
Are you interested in Boma for breakfast? I generally only eat breakfast out once a trip, so I haven't tried a lot of places. You go ahead and pick one if you have a preference As far as off site goes, I've only been off site once, last year when my DD and her then BF(DH now ) took me to US so I wouldn't have a clue where to go
I'm going to send you a PM concerning PFTS.
Kathe

 

[lillygator]

http://www.cafepress.com/wb2008repo

ok see if you guys can get into that. With the basic shops I don't think I can do more than one logo in a shop because it says I can only have one of each product in the shop.

 

[granmaz]

Well, been shopping for the cruise - clothes in the sales. I hope they do!! Had some amazing bargains as the sales were coming to a close. I will probably want some nice cropped trousers which I can get next year. Will have problems with formal wear - I just can't see me dressed fancy! As I am going to rent a tux for John now, I guess I am going to at least try. It does worry me.

 

[mishoe01]

V ---- do you want to join Kathe and I for breakfast at Boma's on the 27th?? Let me know and I can try to get an ADR set up for us.

 

[mishoe01]

Well, been shopping for the cruise - clothes in the sales. I hope they do!! Had some amazing bargains as the sales were coming to a close. I will probably want some nice cropped trousers which I can get next year. Will have problems with formal wear - I just can't see me dressed fancy! As I am going to rent a tux for John now, I guess I am going to at least try. It does worry me.

I've been doing some shopping too! I bought the lime green Mickey shirts from Disney Shopping, as well as a dress from there (what I'm assuming people are calling the "postcard" outfit---kind of looks like there are postcards on the fabric). I also bought Mickey Mouse Club shirts w/ my name on it.....bought one for the friend I'm trying to talk into going w/ me too. I bought/won a nice dress off ebay that I can use for a formal night (for only $4.00)! I get more and more excited everytime I get something for the cruise!

My fish extender is almost done....one of my friends is checking w/ her boyfriend's mom to see if she can embroider my DIS name on there so it will stay with me and my stateroom. Will post a pic once everything is finished.

 

[lillygator]

V ---- do you want to join Kathe and I for breakfast at Boma's on the 27th?? Let me know and I can try to get an ADR set up for us.

would you mind all four of us coming along?