May 12, 2007 -- Taking the Magic to the Mediterranean -- 14 day Repo Cruise! Part 2

[gydell]

taxtracker - When do you leave for WDW?

 

[newgeneb]

Wow lots of post since i was here yesterday - getting excited here

 

[OH 6]

Our Docs arrived - camel post does work!

Connie - we are spending a week at VWL before the cruise.
we are DVC members and usually save up our points and do almost a month in orlando every three years (allows us to take things slowly). we weren't scheduled to do this until next year and had planned to do the Christmas cruise and then the prices for this cruise came out... and it was just too good to say no to....

for anyone who has question on Dubai or Australia, Singapore or Malaysia for that matter we are happy to answer anything we can, preferably while lounging in a deck chair and sipping the drink of the day....

see you soon

michelle

Congrats on the docs - with my phobia of forgetting tickets, I don't think I could leave without them being delivered yet - even if online checkin is what's most important!

I get to Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) twice a year for work myself. My next trip is likely going to be late June/early July. I also hope to get to Penang on this trip for a couple of days. Maybe we can chat about Penang one sea day when we're all lounging and I'd love to see Dubai too one day.

 

[pooh & tinker]

I can't wait because then I can quit making name tags!!!

It wasn't to bad when there were less then 100 back in January.

Ken

you are the best... we all thank you very much for all the hard work...and don't want to leave out anyone... all of the specail events group thank you all....

 

[elderfam]

DH is home from his business trip so now I can pack without interuptions! I am getting so excited I almost feel like I'm going in circles. All the careful planning and note taking and it's all been forgotten!
All I want to do is the "I'M GOING ON THE MAGIC CRUISE" Dance!


Are we there yet?

 

[Scott H]

What are travel socks? I might need some if I knew what they were!

They are suposed to help prevent deep vein thrombosis on longer airplabe flights.

 

[OH 6]

Has anyone else noticed that the smilies on the right side of the page when you write your reply have been rearranged? Looks like 1 is missing...not sure which one though...

 

[gydell]

They are suposed to help prevent deep vein thrombosis on longer airplabe flights.

Thanks, I will be getting some!

 

[cquick]

What are travel socks? I might need some if I knew what they were!

they are recommened for long trips on planes. They are pressure knee highs....go to the area at Walgreens, Walmart, CVS or whereever medical stuff is sold. They are in the area with the knee supports, back supports, wrist splints, all that kind of stuff. They come in knee high ( which I wear) and thigh high. They usualy are in white, beige and black. I wear the black ones, because I wear black shoes to work.

You will find them
Getting ready to go to the Banner BBQ. Of course, I sliced my thumb making cole slaw! I am so clumsy!

 

[Kissimmee]

At the very least I will post a pic every hour or so. If I can, I will hook up the web cam via Yahoo messenger.

The screen Name is KISSIMMEE_FAMILY

I'll post a note if I get it going.

Party starts at Noon in Orlando...

 

[gydell]

At the very least I will post a pic every hour or so. If I can, I will hook up the web cam via Yahoo messenger.

The screen Name is KISSIMMEE_FAMILY

I'll post a note if I get it going.

Party starts at Noon in Orlando...

Wish we were there!!!

 

[NHdisneylover]

Wish we were there!!!

DITTO. We all four wish we were there. PLease tell Hannah Marika is particularly bummed to miss the chance to meet her early.

 

[milestogo]

Goodmorning all,

Have a great time at the Banner Party today - wish we were there. We'll be thinking about all of you.

Connie, where will you be working from 5/8-5/11?

Scott, did I tell you Jonathan won't be able to get back over to Pasadena while you're here? If you have a car, he is over in Hollywood, if you want to get together for dinner. I'm sorry I'll miss you - of course, I was working there all last week.

Susie, It is Linda (Seaulater) coming out that weekend. So, Sunday morning 5/6. Hours that day are 8-11DL and 10-9 CA. We can sneak away for a few hours that morning and could probably make it there by about 9ish. I've got Linda's number, so if you are going to be there early PM her for her phone. Also, which park does everyone want to go to. CA has the food festival happening at that time.

Glad to hear we have so many comedy and theatre folks here. I spent 10 years in comedy, theatre and TV, so it is so much a part of my life that its fun to hear how much everyone else enjoys it. It was a marvelous time of my life, loved many of the minutes and was frustrated by others.

Captain Hook, yes, he is a great costume to wear since he is a main part of the show. Zoe has a great Hook costume (she was Hook for Halloween) but since we are attempting the 3 bags only rule for this trip, the only costume coming is the smaller Cinderella costume. Everyone can laugh at me when I show up at the port with 4 or more bags (that doesn't count carry ons!) Especially, Kathy who will have half her worldly possessions with her as she moves across the world then the country and I keep saying only 3, only 3. She can laugh first! Then Anna, who will be manuevering everything for everybody. Yesterday I said, we may be doing laundry every 4 days until everything is worn out

 

[hopemax]

TWO WEEKS! TWO WEEKS! TWO WEEKS!

This is getting exciting now. We just passed our last mile marker for our trip. DH's parents were just visiting from Tuesday and they left at o dark thirty this morning (we weren't even awake when they left). So now I can officially drag out the suitcases, start packing, and drive DH crazy because I have absolutely no patience.

So I am officially starting to panic as well. I had sort of sketched out a tourist plan in my head back in like February, and I haven't thought about it since. So I really don't know for sure what we are doing in port on the Cadiz/Barcelona days. I'm starting to wonder if we still want to do the hop on/off bus in Cadiz, or if we can do it just walking. I get so worked up, because I don't want to miss anything big or pay too much.

DH just got a good bonus from work, so I'm trying not to stress about expenses, but I wish I knew what special souvenirs would be on the ship. For those that went on the PC cruise, what kind of stuff specific to the crossing did they have (besides pins) and how much? I remember reading somewhere that the stuff sold out quickly because of ebayers. I know the store opens at 6, but we have early dinner, so will stuff be available after dinner, or should we count on someone arriving late to eat. In 2003, my Mom bought a Mickey sarong at Castaway Cay, do they still sell those?

 

[milestogo]

Funny Hope, I went through about three hundred pages of notes on my computer yesterday condensing them into 77 pages, now trying to decide what to print. The funny thing is as I got to one page of notes that you had posted I thought, "wow, Hope had some great posted notes here - this will be useful"

 

[Scott H]

Funny Hope, I went through about three hundred pages of notes on my computer yesterday condensing them into 77 pages, now trying to decide what to print. The funny thing is as I got to one page of notes that you had posted I thought, "wow, Hope had some great posted notes here - this will be useful"

That is abotu what mine is running in size, even after trashing the 47 copies of our flight info.

 

[Brooklyn]

We are so excited! We just booked this cruise for our family. Me, DH, DD-5, DD-1, and DM.

We are crazy to do this at the last minute but it is ok.

I had to get over the intial shock of my daughter missing her Kindergarten graduation. She could have cared less, I was the one who was sad about it.

My husband just returned from a year in Iraq (he has spent 29 out of the last 48 months there) so being surrouned by water for 14 days is exactly what he needs!

Anyway, we are excited to meet all of you!

 

[Kissimmee]

Yahoo messenger

screen name Kissimmee_family

let me know if anyone can see it?

 

[gydell]

We are so excited! We just booked this cruise for our family. Me, DH, DD-5, DD-1, and DM.

We are crazy to do this at the last minute but it is ok.

I had to get over the intial shock of my daughter missing her Kindergarten graduation. She could have cared less, I was the one who was sad about it.

My husband just returned from a year in Iraq (he has spent 29 out of the last 48 months there) so being surrouned by water for 14 days is exactly what he needs!

Anyway, we are excited to meet all of you!

WELCOME! Be sure and go to the top of page 500. It gives lots of info about us and things going on.

 

[kpros]

We are so excited! We just booked this cruise for our family. Me, DH, DD-5, DD-1, and DM.

We are crazy to do this at the last minute but it is ok.

I had to get over the intial shock of my daughter missing her Kindergarten graduation. She could have cared less, I was the one who was sad about it.

My husband just returned from a year in Iraq (he has spent 29 out of the last 48 months there) so being surrouned by water for 14 days is exactly what he needs!

Anyway, we are excited to meet all of you!

Welcome Aboard!! You may want to go back to the first post on page 500 of this thread for some info about getting on the cruise list and other stuff. I will need the first names of each person in your group for the free name badges and lanyards.

Ken