Northern Sights & Mickey's MAGICal Delights - 1st Baltic cruise - June 12,2010

[LITTLEKID58]

Presently 63 going up to 76 here in Central Florida with rain 60%

Happy Birthday and Anniversay to all who are celebating

to everyone who is going to need it today

Have a great Thursday

 

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Cruisers!

Warmer (high of 30) and still windy here (winds 15-25 morning, increasing to 25-35 by afternoon). Got blown snow cleared off walks (again). Looks like it will be sunny today!

Have a great day!

 

[Rogillio]

I often say that vacations are planned with great anticipation, experienced with some discomfort and remembered with wonderful fondness. Since we're sill in the planning/dreaming stage, I'll share a day-dream I just sent to my wife....

I imagine me getting up early and heading up to deck 9 to get some coffee and watch the sun come up over Oslo. When I come back to the room, you have just finished your shower and are getting ready quietly as the kids sleep. We get the kids up and eventually we all make it to Parrot Key for breakfast. I have corned beef hash and hashbrowns and get an omelet to order - there are no calories in anything! Jamie has 6 hash browns and nothing else. We shake our heads and tell her that she can go back for seconds and that she needs something besides hashbornws. At breakfast we go over our plans for the day with our head planner laying out the itinerary. We'll go ashore in Olso today and since we've been there before, we feel like were coming home. This being Disney's first time in Olso, the Chamber of Congress for Oslo has commissioned a special welcome for DCL. You've mined some tourist gems out of the Frommer's book. Having already been to Achershus Castle and seen the Viking ship and Kon Tiki ships we're able to dive a little deeper. We spend the day on our own in Oslo. Since we did not spend any money on a shore excursion today we guiltlessly buy Norwegian sweaters for everyone and drop $800...but, what the hell, it's vacation. We have lunch on shore at a quaint little Norwegian cafe (not McDonalds where Jamie wants to eat again!) and head back to the ship for dinner. We look at the Navigator at dinner and see there is a new show at the Buena Vista Theater. We discuss seeing the live show or the new release Disney movie. We have today's and tomorrow's Navigators and at dinner we discuss what we did today and what we plan to do tomorrow in Denmark. We order double entrees and appetizers and again there are no calories in the food because it's vacation! After dinner we change into casual clothes and head to one of the lounges for family participation movie game. Later that evening we sit out on the verandah and order the cheese platter and a frozen Mickey from room service and we watch the lights of Norway disappear on the fading horizon. We peer out into the darkness of the night trying to see Copenhagen. Jamie is watching TV and Nick is in the Stack with the other teens. It was a good day. Eventually Nick comes back and we all sleep soundly to the slightly rocking ship.

~Mike

 

[rotary2808]

I often say that vacations are planned with great anticipation, experience with some discomfort and remembered with wonderful fondness. Since we're sill in the planning/dreaming stage, I share a day-dream I just sent to my wife....

I imagine me getting up early and heading up to deck 9 to get some coffee and watch the sun come up over Oslo. When I come back to the room, you have just finished your shower and are getting ready quietly as the kids sleep. We get the kids up and eventually we all make it to Parrot Key for breakfast. I have corned beef hash and hashbrowns and get an omelet to order - there are no calories in anything! Jamie has 6 hash browns and nothing else. We shake our heads and tell her that she can go back for seconds and that she needs something besides hashbornws. At breakfast we go over our plans for the day with our head planner laying out the itinerary. We'll go ashore in Olso today and since we've been there before, we feel like were coming home. This being Disney's first time in Olso, the Chamber of Congress for Oslo has commissioned a special welcome for DCL. You've mined some tourist gems out of the Frommer's book. Having already been to Achershus Castle and seen the Viking ship and Kon Tiki ships we're able to dive a little deeper. We spend the day on our own in Oslo. Since we did not spend any money on a shore excursion today we guiltlessly buy Norwegian sweaters for everyone and drop $800...but, what the hell, it's vacation. We have lunch on shore at a quaint little Norwegian cafe (not McDonalds where Jamie wants to eat again!) and head back to the ship for dinner. We look at the Navigator at dinner and see there is a new show at the Buena Vista Theater. We discuss seeing the live show or the new release Disney movie. We have today's and tomorrow's Navigators and at dinner we discuss what we did today and what we plan to do tomorrow in Denmark. We order double entrees and appetizers and again there are no calories in the food because it's vacation! After dinner we change into casual clothes and head to one of the lounges for family participation movie game. Later that evening we sit out on the verandah and order the cheese platter and a frozen Mickey from room service and we watch the lights of Norway disappear in the fading horizon. We peer out into the darkness of the night trying to see Copenhagen. Jamie is watching TV and Nick is in the Stack with the other teens. It was a good day. Eventually Nick comes back and we all sleep soundly to the slightly rocking ship.

~Mike

Now that is my type of daydream. Especially food that has no calories.

 

[gydell]

I often say that vacations are planned with great anticipation, experienced with some discomfort and remembered with wonderful fondness. Since we're sill in the planning/dreaming stage, I'll share a day-dream I just sent to my wife....

I imagine me getting up early and heading up to deck 9 to get some coffee and watch the sun come up over Oslo. When I come back to the room, you have just finished your shower and are getting ready quietly as the kids sleep. We get the kids up and eventually we all make it to Parrot Key for breakfast. I have corned beef hash and hashbrowns and get an omelet to order - there are no calories in anything! Jamie has 6 hash browns and nothing else. We shake our heads and tell her that she can go back for seconds and that she needs something besides hashbornws. At breakfast we go over our plans for the day with our head planner laying out the itinerary. We'll go ashore in Olso today and since we've been there before, we feel like were coming home. This being Disney's first time in Olso, the Chamber of Congress for Oslo has commissioned a special welcome for DCL. You've mined some tourist gems out of the Frommer's book. Having already been to Achershus Castle and seen the Viking ship and Kon Tiki ships we're able to dive a little deeper. We spend the day on our own in Oslo. Since we did not spend any money on a shore excursion today we guiltlessly buy Norwegian sweaters for everyone and drop $800...but, what the hell, it's vacation. We have lunch on shore at a quaint little Norwegian cafe (not McDonalds where Jamie wants to eat again!) and head back to the ship for dinner. We look at the Navigator at dinner and see there is a new show at the Buena Vista Theater. We discuss seeing the live show or the new release Disney movie. We have today's and tomorrow's Navigators and at dinner we discuss what we did today and what we plan to do tomorrow in Denmark. We order double entrees and appetizers and again there are no calories in the food because it's vacation! After dinner we change into casual clothes and head to one of the lounges for family participation movie game. Later that evening we sit out on the verandah and order the cheese platter and a frozen Mickey from room service and we watch the lights of Norway disappear on the fading horizon. We peer out into the darkness of the night trying to see Copenhagen. Jamie is watching TV and Nick is in the Stack with the other teens. It was a good day. Eventually Nick comes back and we all sleep soundly to the slightly rocking ship.

~Mike

Only 499 days until it all begins!

 

[Scott H]

June 21 for the Soltice, Stockholm. Long day

 

[rotary2808]

June 21 for the Soltice, Stockholm. Long day

Cool!!!!

 

[Scott H]

Cool!!!!

Seems like we should do some sort of Viking Ritual,

 

[Rogillio]

June 21 for the Soltice, Stockholm. Long day

Very cool. Check this out:

Stockholm is at 59° 20' North latitude North latitude. The Arctic Circile is 66° 33' North.

The Arctic Circle marks the southern extremity of the polar day (24-hour sunlit day, often referred to as the "midnight sun") and polar night (24-hour sunless night). North of the Arctic Circle, the sun is above the horizon for 24 continuous hours at least once per year and below the horizon for 24 continuous hours at least once per year. On the Arctic Circle those events occur, in principle, exactly once per year, at the June and December solstices, respectively.

In fact, because of atmospheric refraction and because the sun appears as a disk and not a point, part of the midnight sun may be seen on the night of the summer solstice up to about 50′ (90 kilometres (56 mi)) south of the Arctic Circle.


I'm not sure how far south of the Arctic Circle Stockhom is.

~Mike

 

[gydell]

Tomorrow is the day we find out if my dh has a job. He works for Pfizer and they are laying off 60%+ of the sales force. Rumor has it they are getting rid of the people with the highest salaries which means the oldest ones. We are expecting to be unemployed at this time tomorrow. Guess I'll be sitting by the phone all day!

 

[Scott H]

Very cool. Check this out:

Stockholm is at 59° 20' North latitude North latitude. The Arctic Circile is 66° 33' North.

The Arctic Circle marks the southern extremity of the polar day (24-hour sunlit day, often referred to as the "midnight sun") and polar night (24-hour sunless night). North of the Arctic Circle, the sun is above the horizon for 24 continuous hours at least once per year and below the horizon for 24 continuous hours at least once per year. On the Arctic Circle those events occur, in principle, exactly once per year, at the June and December solstices, respectively.

In fact, because of atmospheric refraction and because the sun appears as a disk and not a point, part of the midnight sun may be seen on the night of the summer solstice up to about 50′ (90 kilometres (56 mi)) south of the Arctic Circle.


I'm not sure how far south of the Arctic Circle Stockhom is.

~Mike

About 490 miles give or take a Km or two.

 

[MJGirl]

Rogillio ... Love the day dream! Can't wait!

Gydell ... Wishing you all the luck that you don't get that phone call you are dreading. Hope all goes well

Thank you for all the pixie dust. I seemed to have beat the cold, but my sinuses are acting crazy. Got some drops for them and we will see how this works.

T-shirt update!!!!

The parcel arrived today from cafe press. They printed the logo. The t-shirt looks good. I will post a picture once my battery gets charged! I also got the magnet. I'm going to ask Kirstyn if she can make the logo larger. The largest they will print it is 5 inches. This looks good on the front, but think I would want a larger one for the back.

 

[TammyAlphabet]

Tomorrow is the day we find out if my dh has a job. He works for Pfizer and they are laying off 60%+ of the sales force. Rumor has it they are getting rid of the people with the highest salaries which means the oldest ones. We are expecting to be unemployed at this time tomorrow. Guess I'll be sitting by the phone all day!

Oh Gydell!!! I am hoping for the best.

 

[rotary2808]

Gydell, I hope you get some good news tomorrow. Pixie dust that you will.

 

[Lynn G]

Gydell - from here also, hoping for the best for your family!!!

 

[scottishwee35]

Hi Gydell

Thinking of you and hope everything go well with your dh...

Scottishwee35

 

[granmaz]

Tomorrow is the day we find out if my dh has a job. He works for Pfizer and they are laying off 60%+ of the sales force. Rumor has it they are getting rid of the people with the highest salaries which means the oldest ones. We are expecting to be unemployed at this time tomorrow. Guess I'll be sitting by the phone all day!

Gydell, I hope and pray that you get good news not bad.

It is such a hard time right now and lots of bad news for people.

 

[CustardTart]

Tomorrow is the day we find out if my dh has a job. He works for Pfizer and they are laying off 60%+ of the sales force. Rumor has it they are getting rid of the people with the highest salaries which means the oldest ones. We are expecting to be unemployed at this time tomorrow. Guess I'll be sitting by the phone all day!

Fingers crossed for your husband, Gydell. We had a very anxious weekend two weeks ago as both my DH and DD work for Citi who were on the verge of collapse. Fortunately that turned out OK for now so I'll send all the luck and your way...

 

[LITTLEKID58]

GM

Presently 55 going up to 63 here in raining Central Florida..

Happy Birthday and Anniversary to all who are celebrating..

and prayers to everyone who is going to need it today.

T.G.I.F.

 

[gydell]

Thanks everyone for the well wishes. Either way on what happens today we'll be ok and we'll be on this cruise. Dh wanted to work 4 more years but can take early retirement now.