May 6, 2006 - 7 nite Western - Anyone Crusing?

[jillane88]

Woohoo! Finally doing the doc dance! The delivery man just rang my doorbell. I honestly didn't expect to receive them till tomorrow so I couldn't even imagine who could be at my door. What a nice suprise! I too got the lime green luggage tags and we are a cat 9 deck 2. (no upgrade, but that's ok!)

I finished doing the kids pillowcases last night. They turned out so cute - thanks to Nick and Julia's mom over at the design forum for doing the name design for me! These will be a suprise souvenier for the kids.

Ok now that the docs are here I"m ready to pack and go!

Heather

 

[new2cruise]

Lime green luggage tags here too . And we are in a Cat. 5 on deck 7

 

[slg]

New navigators? Where did you find them? I want to see them too!

 

[jillane88]

New navigators? Where did you find them? I want to see them too!

They area currently being discussed on another thread. Here is the link to the thread. Check out post#21 to see the actual Western Navigators
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1078915&page=2&pp=15

 

[slg]

Looked over the new navs, and they don't mention anything about the tropical night or pirate them. They just mention pirate and we bought tropical outfits.

Formal/semi-formal? What's diff for a lady? I have two different black cocktail dresses that I was going to wear for each night. Will they look too dressy for the semi? I could wear my new "tropical" theme dress instead. What do you think?

Sandra

p.s. The new navs formats don't look as exciting for the kids. Very easy to read though.

 

[imheather]

Hi,
My travel Agent called and said the docs are in He is overnighting them today.
Does anyone know the nights that are semi formal, formal and Pirate night?
I am going to Palos Tuesday so if that is formal or semi formal I can bring one less dress.
My friends went to Cozumel for a weeks vacation last week. They had a GREAT time. People were friendly, food was safe and good, very affordable. They went to San Francisco Beach. It looked like Paradise Beach from the pics. I wonder if they got confused. Either way the beaches looked gourgous. Still lots of devastation.
Good Night,

Heather NJ

 

[Miss Jasmine]

Hi,
My travel Agent called and said the docs are in He is overnighting them today.
Does anyone know the nights that are semi formal, formal and Pirate night?
I am going to Palos Tuesday so if that is formal or semi formal I can bring one less dress.
My friends went to Cozumel for a weeks vacation last week. They had a GREAT time. People were friendly, food was safe and good, very affordable. They went to San Francisco Beach. It looked like Paradise Beach from the pics. I wonder if they got confused. Either way the beaches looked gourgous. Still lots of devastation.
Good Night,

Heather NJ

Monday - Formal night
Wednesday - Pirate night
Thursday - Semi-formal night



I have a tropical dress for pirate night. For formal and semi-formal night I have dressy dresses, one is black, sleeveless, rhinestone straps and black netting across the back. The other is purple with a netting overlay with sparkles on it. Not a great description but it's cute. Both are longer. I also have a cute dressy-dress, cocktail length and teal for dinner at Palo.

 

[pearlieq]

Good morning everyone!

DH and I are also going tropical for pirate night. He's got one of those "loud" shirts and I have a cute little tropical sundress.

For formal/semi formal, on formal night you'll see more gowns and tuxes, though not everyone does that. Semi formal night had more cocktail dresses and dressy pantsuits. I'm sure cocktail dresses will blend right in and look great!

This is our second to last Friday at home!

So many things to do! I'm starting to make lists of the lists--I have to get the bills paid in advance, order more cat food so the cat sitter has extra, print out all of the directions between the airport and port hotel, and then all the places we wanted to see in Port Canveral, get all the docs together, blah, blah, blah.

DH has to put his clothes in a suitcase and drive the rental car. (he knows how much I enjoy the planning and neither of us would have it any other way).

I'm going to try to get started on reseeding the bare patches of the lawn today. I've got to find a neighborhood kid willing to water them while we're gone--hopefully they're still young enough to be impressed by $20 or so!

Everyone have an awesome day!

 

[jillane88]

Where is everyone today??? Off doing some last minute shopping? I was out doing just that earlier today. Got DD some cute flip-flops that she can wear - even to dinner - they've got sequins on them and she was thrilled when she got home from school to find them in her room. Only 2 weekends left to get stuff done guys!

Have a terrific weekend everyone!
Heather

 

[new2cruise]

Everyone must be working feverishly to prepare for our trip!

We decided to cut down on some of our stress over flying in the same day. We are going to stay overnight at the Sheraton at the airport here which means we won't have to be up at 3am We can get up at 6 and have some coffee and stroll into the terminal so that should help. Hope everyone is getting everything done that they need to.

 

[new2cruise]

Two weeks from today !!

 

[MickeyD]

Two weeks from today !!

I am getting so excited, even though our weather has been wonderful, I am ready for some sand with the warmth.

Lisa

 

[pearlieq]

We FINALLY got our docs!!! They were sent priority mail and the postman just brought them today. We were outside doing yardwork when he came, so unfortunately the whole neighborhood got to see my happy dance!



I hope everyone has a wonderful Saturday!!!

 

[imheather]

WE got the docs today... I am so excited. I need to find a good packing list. I still have shopping to do. I am a soccer Mom and I work at a gym so 90% of my clothes are gym clothes.
My travel agent sent a cute bag and some little boxes you hang aroung your neck. I guess they are for your ID when you get off the ship. I do not know if I would wear them put we will see.
I will probably lugg a back pack with all the crap my family needs.
I am off to finish cleaning. I have to leave my house in perfect shape because if I die on the trip I do not want anyone to know my bad housekeeping secrets...

Heather NJ

 

[jcfowler]

I guess most of you ladies have lost so much weight you don't have enough strength to type or you have vanished entirely!! Hello?? Anybody home??? This board sorta reminds me of this story

Two little old ladies were attending a rather long church service. One leaned over and whispered, "My butt is going to sleep."

"I know," replied her companion, "I heard it snore three times".

I guess we've all been so busy it's been difficult to find time to get back to this board Well, that's ok. Reality is a lot funnier than message boards anyway!!

I saw a gas station yesterday with a sign "If you have to ask you can't afford it!" No kidding!! (The sign seemed to be laminated just like the recent one in a certain Chinese Restaurant in our area. I have NO IDEA where it COULD have COME FROM!?!? )

Honestly, we are planning to drive to the Port on Friday (575 miles) and figure it will cost the same as if we added another person to our stateroom. (My daughter says if she gets engaged she has decided to register at Shell, BP, Chevron, and Texaco. )

Good news: I received my official Captain Jack Sparrow ring in the mail yesterday and now my pirate outfit is complete.

Bad news: I talked to my TA and she said she is sending our tickets by Pony Express and they should be here by mid July - - - - - - - 2009 - - - - - if we're lucky This is the last time I use the White House Travel Office.

Well, I lost 7 ounces this month. Wooo Hooo!!! Must be because they don't sell chocolate bunnies anymore.

I told you about a friend of mine who lost 106 pounds in one day didn't I? He got a divorce! In almost 32 years of marriage DW and I have never even mentioned divorce. She's talked about murder a few times, but never divorce.

OK, OK I'll let you all sleep. It sure would be nice to have everyone "checkin" at least one more time before we leave just to know you're still cruising! Just a hearty "Good to go!" would help to build the excitement!

Have a great weekend all and I look forward to a rapidly approaching week that I hope will be the slowest of our lives!

Later!
Chris

 

[new2cruise]

I've been here - but it gets really lonely (and alittle looney too!) to be talking to myself all the time ! . We really need to hype up this excitement some Two weeks from today we'll all be in Key West - never been there and we are looking forward to checking it out.

Clothes are all ironed and ready to pack - except DH who needs some shirts and will wait until........oh probably 05/05.. and then want me to iron them Don't have a list but I think I have everything, if not, oh well!

Have a good day!

 

[mazzarafe]

Sorry I haven't posted too much this past week. I've been reading, just too crazy with the girls off of school to spend much time online. I've been spending most of my "my time" sitting in traffic taking the girls back and forth from grandma's.

Also spent the last two mornings at Curves. Had my first month weight/measure done yesterday morning. Lost 7.2lbs and 9.5" I officially have a pair of jeans that are too big to wear anymore. Also need to get another pair of black slacks, those look too baggy. Not sure what I'm gonna do for formal night, still thinking of ordering that bodysuit to push everything up to my eyeballs so I can wear my black dress.

Still working on clothes for me and the girls. Always have to do spring shopping anyway but I have to make sure to bring enough for daytime and dinner.

I watched the Magic sail off yesterday. Awesome sight, cannot believe in less than 2 weeks it will be us on it!

Chris, sorry to hear that you didn't get to find chocolate bunnies on sale Monday morning to stock up...you'll have more room for chocolate souffle on the cruise then.

Sharon, I just told DH this morning that the new top I got that needs to be dry cleaned and anything that needs to be ironed will be done on the boat. Sending out the dry cleaning and anything that needs to be pressed the first night. Anything that won't get straightened out with Downy wrinkle release I'm not touching!

 

[MickeyD]

Hi all,
I don't know how to link a link (if that is the right term)? But if you google Key West webcams, and look at the Mallory square one, there she is!
That will be US in two weeks!

Lisa

 

[mazzarafe]

I posted on the main board but didn't really get the answer I was looking for.

Do you print out the pages from the DCL site that shows your ressie #'s for excursions and Palo or just write the info down so you have the number handy? I usually put all that stuff on index cards because they tend to not fall apart or get as messy as paper can and they fit in my purse easily.

Not sure if I should print out the pages or am I safe in just having the numbers written down?

 

[not2blu]

I tried running search and got nowhere so I;m sorry but have this to ask:

1) Where and and how much are the laundry machines? Should I bring some small bills for this? We're spnding a few days at WDW and are thinking that doing luandry on hte first day on the boat is a good idea.

2) Waterproof ID holder. We have some for the ID, but it's not big enough for the passsport. Do we need to bring our passports with us when we go to the islands like Cozumel? If so, I'll get one large enough for passports.

3) Tipping. I read in my Disney package the recommended tipping fees. It starts out at $25.75 per person for the head Server and htn it lists various other amounts for other servers and hosts. I guess we can do this on our last night of the cruise (put in on our credit card) or tip as you go. I'm guessing it's going to be about $300 for us (3 guests x $100). I don't think I want to carry $300 in small bills just for this. What are you guys doing?

If you haven't guessed, I like to travel light. Hence the questions.


Thanks in advance!
not2bu