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

[kpros]

Happy Birthday Lee (of BobandLee fame)!!!!!!

Ken

 

[mom_rules]

Everybody sing!!!!!!!!!!



HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR LEE>>EE>>EE!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!.....
AND MANY MORE!!!!!!!!!

 

[seaulater]

OOH yes we're very curious about those Spa villas on the ship. We might try to do one together and one each separately. Has anyone been in the villas before? I saw on the DCL site that the villas are on both ships now but last tiem we were on the Wonder they hadn't yet been made I don't think. If you go and take the tour of the spa at the beginning of the cruise do they let you go in and see what they're like? I looked on teh DCL website and couldn't really find any pictures of the villas.

Erik

I visited the villas on the Wonder during the spa tour and took pictures right after it came out of dry dock. They are very nice. I'll see if I can find my pictures and post, but we are leaving for WDW for the 1/2 marathon this afternoon so it won't happen til at least next week when we return!

 

[seaulater]

Happy Birthday Lee (of BobandLee fame)!!!!!!

Ken

Ken--

sorry to hear the Disney police are after you on the shirts. Just got off the website and I am hysterically. Love the classic thong just for Scott.

Let us know when you get the shirt so we can get our's ordered. Wish you could have joined us in WDW this weekend. I guess some people who have taken almost a month off work to do B2B cruises have to pay the price and work sometime!

 

[kpros]

Ken--

I guess some people who have taken almost a month off work to do B2B cruises have to pay the price and work sometime!

Work - that's a four letter word I try not to use.

Have fun at WDW. Say Hi to my wife for me.

Ken

 

[milestogo]

Yep! that would be us working double pace to take off the time! Well, I am this week anyway. DH tried to go to DL today and by 11:30 it was closed/full to capacity!!!!!!! So, he's trying to get into CA right now.

Happy Birthday Lee!!!

 

[tig82174]

Ken--

sorry to hear the Disney police are after you on the shirts. Just got off the website and I am hysterically. Love the classic thong just for Scott.

Let us know when you get the shirt so we can get our's ordered. Wish you could have joined us in WDW this weekend. I guess some people who have taken almost a month off work to do B2B cruises have to pay the price and work sometime!

Except we can't order the shirt now correct? Because they won't be allowed to print it because Disney is contesting hte design? Or is it already redesigned? And if so what is the new link? As soon as it's up and a "prototype" has been made to make sure it works we'll order ours!



Erik

p.s. I officially paid the balance on our vacation today...and even though we didn't get a kid discount goodvibes )...the taxes did go down a little so we saved almost $100 total......and THAT, my friends, pays for an excursion!

 

[kpros]

Except we can't order the shirt now correct? Because they won't be allowed to print it because Disney is contesting hte design? Or is it already redesigned? And if so what is the new link? As soon as it's up and a "prototype" has been made to make sure it works we'll order ours!



Erik

p.s. I officially paid the balance on our vacation today...and even though we didn't get a kid discount goodvibes )...the taxes did go down a little so we saved almost $100 total......and THAT, my friends, pays for an excursion!

Erik

I have revised the design so there shouldn't be a problem. The store is open again at www.cafepress.com/may2007ebrepo

I'm expecting a sample shirt at anytime and I've also ordered another shirt with the revised design. It probably won't be here for at least a week or so. I will let everyone know how the quality of the first shirt is once I get it.

Ken

 

[tig82174]

Erik

I have revised the design so there shouldn't be a problem. The store is open again at www.cafepress.com/may2007ebrepo

I'm expecting a sample shirt at anytime and I've also ordered another shirt with the revised design. It probably won't be here for at least a week or so. I will let everyone know how the quality of the first shirt is once I get it.

Ken

AAAH....I see it. I just knew it was the actual font and/or word "Disney" that had set them off! Alas, oh well!

Now just to decide waht to get....We are suckers for ringer tees although I also like the baseball shirt...

.....AND i'm considering whether maybe we should get it as a sweatshirt instead....I have a strong suspicion that we might be in for some chilly chilly evenings once we get out of the Caribbean....I mean our warmest port it looks like is going to be the Canary Islands and even that averages highs only in the low 70's the time of year we're going through....so I bet that it's much cooler at night....especially on our days at sea.....whihc, of course, impacts packing, too...originally when we were thinking cruise in mid to late May, we though shorts....but it might be jeans and windbreaker weather actually!

Oh...and we'll definitely get a magnet for our cabin door!




Erik

 

[kpros]

AAAH....I see it. I just knew it was the actual font and/or word "Disney" that had set them off! Alas, oh well!

Now just to decide waht to get....We are suckers for ringer tees although I also like the baseball shirt...

.....AND i'm considering whether maybe we should get it as a sweatshirt instead....I have a strong suspicion that we might be in for some chilly chilly evenings once we get out of the Caribbean....I mean our warmest port it looks like is going to be the Canary Islands and even that averages highs only in the low 70's the time of year we're going through....so I bet that it's much cooler at night....especially on our days at sea.....whihc, of course, impacts packing, too...originally when we were thinking cruise in mid to late May, we though shorts....but it might be jeans and windbreaker weather actually!

Oh...and we'll definitely get a magnet for our cabin door!




Erik

I'm actually working on designs for the 1st 11 night med cruise and a Back to Back shirt as well. I've removed all the references to Disney in the other designs also. Disney never would actually tell me what they objected to, so I tried to make the design disneyproof and still have some connection to the cruise.

Ken

 

[bonzie1]

I'm actually working on designs for the 1st 11 night med cruise and a Back to Back shirt as well. I've removed all the references to Disney in the other designs also. Disney never would actually tell me what they objected to, so I tried to make the design disneyproof and still have some connection to the cruise.

Ken

Ah Ken! Disney is just sore that you beat then to the punch on designing a shirt! They will wait until the last minute to put something together. We got compliments on the PC shirts we did from others who wanted to buy them. I LOVE THE SHIRTS. Might have to get one of your designs... just because!

Great JOB!

 

[milestogo]

You know, I have this wholesome image of Scott, so I'm not so sure I want to break that image by seeing him in a thong!

Ken, the magnets and buttons were a nice addition.

 

[EpcotKilterFan]

Nice Job Ken! Is it ready to be put up on our web page?? Just let me know when we have an okey dokey

Looks like I will be making a phone call to Paris this weekend to make our reservations. Can not seem to get the website to work. Also will make some airline reservations to get us to Florida. Still trying to figure out the Barcelona to Paris part.

I put in for my vacation today It is becoming a bit more real

Debbie

 

[milestogo]

Does this sound a little odd to anyone? Too good to be true? I’m trying to look at ways to go to Paris for a couple of days after the cruise then gets back to LAX and I found:

Spanair to CDG $139
Air India LTD to Newark $383 Has anyone every heard of this airline? Do we fly like Fred Flintstone on the wing?
Continental to LAX $174
Total $696

Thoughts?

 

[gydell]

Happy b'day Lee! The shirts look great, Ken. Thanks for doing this for us. Does anyone know what size a kids small is? I want to place an order so I can give them for Valentine's day.

We know the excursions we want so now we just wait. Seems like the horse show will be full in Cadiz. We are also going to try and do the City under Seize in Gilbrater, the animal park in the Canary Islands, and the Chocolate Factory in Barcelona. We aren't as lucky as all of you getting to stay for another cruise but will be in Barcelona for an extra day.

 

[gydell]

Milestogo - Check a round trip ticket. We are flying using points but a friend checked with Delta and was told from Barcelona to Atlanta is $1200, but a round trip ticket is only $620. So she is thinking of buying round trip and just not using the return part.

 

[kpros]

Hi Everyone

I received my sample T-shirt today from Cafepress. I'm very happy with the results. Cafepress uses a printing process instead of a heat transfer process so the image looks great.

If you go to www.cafepress.com/may2007ebrepo you will find lots of different items with the logo. I have put the logo on the front of all the shirts except for one. On that one, I've put a small logo on the front and a large logo on the back. If you would like to have the logo on the back of some of the other shirts, or if you know of some other styles that are not included in the store, please let me know. While I can't have two different layouts on the same shirt in the store, I can open another store with a different layout on the same shirt i.e. image on the front in one store and image on the back in the other store.

One other comment - in some cases, gray is available for the hats and some shirts. If you pick a gray hat or shirt, the white area of the flags will be gray. I found out that cafepress does not print white, so any area in a design that is white will actually be the color of the shirt (I hope this make sense).

One final item - Some of you know that each year I ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles in support of the Arthritis Foundation. The point of the ride is to raise money for the Arthritis Foundation. I'm trying to raise $10,000 this year. I've now starting my fundraising campaign for the year. I hope no one minds, but I've marked up each item by $.50 with the money going to the Arthritis Foundation. I don't make any profit from these shirts - only the $.50 that goes to the Arthritis Foundation.

This is the first time that I've done t-shirts for a cruise, so I hope everyone likes them. But please don't think that I'm trying to force this design on anyone. If someone else has an idea for a design, please go for it. The whole idea of this cruise is to have fun!

Ken

 

[bonzie1]

Does this sound a little odd to anyone? Too good to be true? I’m trying to look at ways to go to Paris for a couple of days after the cruise then gets back to LAX and I found:

Spanair to CDG $139
Air India LTD to Newark $383 Has anyone every heard of this airline? Do we fly like Fred Flintstone on the wing?
Continental to LAX $174
Total $696

Thoughts?

I will ask my co-worker who flys home to India every other year. Perhaps he cam fill me in. I'll let you know. That price sounds too good to be true! Keep your fingers crossed!

 

[kpros]

Sorry, one more disclaimer. The sample shirt I received is a standard Hanes t-shirt. I have no idea about the quality of the other shirts. So please don't hold me accountable for them. Thanks.

Ken

 

[nanaguide]

Ken - I love the shirts. I just ordered a shirt, hat, and magnets. Thanks for doing this for all of us. We'll look real "spify" on the boat. I have no problem with you charging the 50 cents. It is for a good cause.
You need to design for Disney. I just got home from the Disney Marthon Expo and the one shirt I wanted (black V neck) was not done for the half-marathoners just for the marathoners and the Goofy runners. I was disappointed. I love Disney but I don't think they really do well in their creative design department. I'll let you know what I think of the quality. My only concern is sizing. Hopefully, I picked the right size.