NOVEMBER 5th 3 day WONDER!!

[TifffanyD]

I am in freak out mode now. I just know... I will forget everything I planned to bring, my new sea sickness patch will melt a hole in my head, it will rain for all our excursions, my girls will catch the flu before we go, and there will be a big New Mexico snow storm the day we drive 2.5 hours to the airport! Hummmmm I think I need a vacation!!! Oh to be on that lovely ship!!! I can't wait!!!!

hahaha this is GREAT. I especially love the part about the patch melting a hole in your head

 

[HiddenMickeys]

Our trip starts two weeks from yesterday!!! Not to mention we have a few other things going on in our area before the trip. Tonight we're going to see Leonard Cohen and on Devil's Night we're going to see an Edgar Allen Poe inspired show, so both of those should be quite fun as well. Now if only I could get through the next 9.25 days of work

I love Poe, he is my fav writer. I hear ya about work. I work for sony, and we do this funky 4 days on, 4 off schedule. So I work 4 12-hour days, then have 4 days off. (cool thing is my days off shift by 1 every week) So we have 16 days till we leave but I only have 8 days of work. I'm off right now, but when I return on thursday I'll have 13 days til we leave, and STILL 8 days of work. lol The great thing is, we are staying in fla for 2 days after the trip and just "happen" to come home on my last work day of the week. So someone has 4 days off after we get home. Woohoo!


Glad to see you all are out there and getting excited as well. This is our first cruise, and I don;t care about the weather, I'm on vacation.

Like I told my brother. If a hurricane hits, there will be one fat boy sitting in a lounge chair on deck 10, getting soaked, and eating a very runny mickey bar. But I'll still be smiling.

 

[Goldeelox9]

Stitchlovestink is in the room next to mine. Her name is Lynn and she is in 5137!

 

[maxrocko]

Glad to hear everyone else is feeling the pressure also. I am the Office Mgr in a large day care center and my office is right next to the Infant & Toddler rooms. I am fearing germs right now, I can take lousy weather but don't want to be sick. I am overdosing on vitamins right now and washing the hands constantly and trying not to go in the rooms to see the babies. I am praying that we all make it there healthy and enjoy our vacation, we can be sick after!

As a group are we going to meet before the fire drill? We could set a time and place and whoever chooses to show up can.

Schimj: Here's my happy dance....

 

[stitchlovestink]

Hey guys here I am. I've had a pretty crappy week last week.
DH had a flare up of his diverticulitis (sp?). Then DD13 got hurt at school by some dumb 9th grade boy who decided to kick her chair out from under her when she went to sit down. She now has a large hematoma in the muscle just to the right of her spine. Then DD17 dislocated her finger at Powderpuff football practice. I wanted our DR to examine it just to be sure it was put back in the joint correctly by the athletic director. It was out at almost a 90 degree angle. Well the xrays came back w/ it being broken in multiple places. I am dealing w/ an inflamed rotator cuff and pinched nerve in the shoulder/neck which is giving me bad headaches some of the time. I hope it is pouring now so that we will all be fine next week. We leave for WDW on 10/30.
I am soooo NOT ready for this trip. I couldn't wait for it to get here, and now I want some extra time. LOL.
I know what you mean about the germs maxrocko. DD17 works at a daycare M-F and I am soooo worried she is going to get sick or bring something home to the rest of us.
I have so much to do and am feeling sooooo overwhelmed. Anybody else feeling this way?

 

[pjpoohbear]

Stitch,


A Great meet place is up on deck nine before the drill, around 3 pm or in the main lobby same time. Both also a great photo op.


Pj

 

[NMMickeymom]

Glad to see you stitch. Sorry for your rough week. I'm a school counselor and there has been a line out my door lately. Feeling the guilt about leaving, but oh so happy I am going.

 

[HiddenMickeys]

I have so much to do and am feeling sooooo overwhelmed. Anybody else feeling this way?

Yep. We were just counting down the days, waiting to get everything done the last few weeks, then last sunday my wife's father passed away after a long battle with cancer. So last week is pretty much a blur between all the happenings and such.

Now, the funeral is over and here we are on the other side of it all with just 2 weeks left to get it all done.

It's weird, we've been to wdw tons of times and are always very organized and have everything ready months beforehand. This being our first cruise, I feel totally unprepared and disorganized. I know it'll be ok, and we're all looking forward to just getting away, but man oh man i feel like I am going to forget something.

 

[Meredisney]

WHOO HOO! Our FE list is complete!

 

[stitchlovestink]

Stitch,

Thanks pj

Glad to see you stitch. Sorry for your rough week. I'm a school counselor and there has been a line out my door lately. Feeling the guilt about leaving, but oh so happy I am going.

good to see you too NMMickeymom

Yep. We were just counting down the days, waiting to get everything done the last few weeks, then last sunday my wife's father passed away after a long battle with cancer. So last week is pretty much a blur between all the happenings and such.

Now, the funeral is over and here we are on the other side of it all with just 2 weeks left to get it all done.

It's weird, we've been to wdw tons of times and are always very organized and have everything ready months beforehand. This being our first cruise, I feel totally unprepared and disorganized. I know it'll be ok, and we're all looking forward to just getting away, but man oh man i feel like I am going to forget something.

So sorry to hear about the loss of your FiL HiddenMickeys
Cancer is an ugly nasty thing. In July of 2007, DD13 and I went to WDW just the 2 of us (well part of the week it was w/ her BF and her BF's mom). When DH picked us up at the airport, he told me my mom had been diagnosed w/ colon cancer while we were gone. Luckily, I still have my mom but it was a long tough road, moreso for her, but it took its toll on our whole family. I feel a small portion of your wife's pain. Colon cancer has taken 3 of my mom's sisters. Your family will be in my thoughts and prayers.
Don't worry about forgetting something. Last year on my first cruise, I packed everything but the kitchen sink. I'm not kidding. I had 7 suitecases for 4 of us for a 4 night cruise. Our driver from the rental car office to the port asked if we were planning on moving to the island. I will admit, just this once though , that I did overpack. Yes, that is an understatment. It'll be fine. I had those same feelings last year before our first cruise. I thought to myself this is how the newbies must feel before their first trip to WDW.
We aren't getting to port real early as our DDs are staying w/ my Inlaws who now live in FL. they're coming over to WDW and will stay w/ the girls there while we are gone. So since they are driving over from the gulf coast that morning. I expect we'll get to the ship between 12 and 1. I'm fine w/ that. Best part is we won't have to lug around our carry-ons w/ us very long if at all.
Can't wait to meet everyone on board.

 

[Goldeelox9]

Lynn I am with you on the overpacking. Sure last year I had an excuse, you know that wedding and all...LOL, but we OVERPACKED bad! We had 6 suitcases for 2 people. Well 5 since one was full of wedding favors. This year we each get one suitcase and a carry on, that is all! For 10 days. I don't know if we can do it. We will have a washer and dryer in the treehouses, so that helps! I plan on wearing things twice (which I hate to do on Vacation)!

I am so excited our rooms will be next to each others....we will really be running into each other this year! LOL

 

[schimj]

All this talk of paking made me think of something...DW recently purchased something from eBags called packing cubes (correct me if I'm wrong, please), and they are a great space-saving device. you just put the clothes in, but they zip up as well, so it kind of condenses them. It doesn't get out as much air as the vacu-pac luggage things, but they do save a lot of space. DW & I started our packing using them, and for my clothes (for a 3 night WDW stay & 3 night cruise), I was able to get my clothes into one large, one medium and 2 or 3 small packing cubes. Another nice thing about them is they double as drawer liners. I'm not saying state rooms are dirty...far from actually. When you unzip the cubes, you can fold back the top, and set the cube right in the drawer. I'm not trying to sound like a pitchman here...but I do like the idea of them, and so far haven't had any issues with the use. We're getting very excited for the trip, and the days can't fall away quickly enough.

 

[maxrocko]

For those of us who are hitting the parks before the cruise, I've been checking Accu Weather for Orlando and so far they are showing 10/31 with a high of 84, sun & clouds, 11/1 - 77 partly sunny, windy & colder, 11/2 - 75 windy w/clouds & sun and 11/3 - 81 sun & areas of low clouds. So far, not too bad, waiting to see Nassua weather by the end of the week. Of course things could change, I was in Florida when Hurricane Andrew hit in August of 92, Magic Kingdom was packed because everyone came inland and decided to hit the parks. Hopefully, no hurricanes this time.

 

[Disneyelf10]

A Great meet place is up on deck nine before the drill, around 3 pm or in the main lobby same time. Both also a great photo op.

This sounds good to me. We would like to meet everyone on this cruise, and we're a smaller size group-


Pj[/QUOTE]

Yep. We were just counting down the days, waiting to get everything done the last few weeks, then last sunday my wife's father passed away after a long battle with cancer. So last week is pretty much a blur between all the happenings and such.

HiddenMickeys- sorry to hear about your FIL passing.
Don't worry if you forgot something it usually can be purchased if you still need it

WHOO HOO! Our FE list is complete!

thanks for taking care of the updates on the list!! Looking forward to it. I'm trying to finishing bagging them up tongiht!

Stitch- sorry you hear you have been down too....hopefully vacatyion will help cheer you up!

 

[HiddenMickeys]

WHOO HOO! Our FE list is complete!

Is there any way you could post it a little larger? some of us older (41) folks would like to be able to read it after we print it.


Thanks for the well wishes all. I hooked my compu-confused wife up with a dis account today so she can get in here and chat as well. I'm sure she'll be along soon.

Deck 9 or 10 works for us if that's where everyone wants to meet. I was thinking about deck 7 aft if we were meeting after the sail away party , but anywhere is fine whether it's before or after. Just let us know.

 

[maxrocko]

Why don't we all meet at 3:00 on Deck 13. When the boat was in dry dock, they put in a new lounge area that's open bar. Did I just mess with some of you guys? Just kidding, I know there's no deck 13, just messing with your heads right now, since I am feeling a bit discombobulated with everything, I thought I'd pass it on. So far, we have 2 for Deck 9 at 3:00....sounds good to me, anyone else?

We hit the single digits tomorrow.......only 9 more days for us!!!!

 

[belle26]

Ok, after the last couple of days, I'm so ready for this vacation. Pretty bad when I'm drinking as I'm cooking dinner - amazing what a bad day with elementary students will do to you! But things are in perspective now - I can get through 7 more days of kids, I think I can, I think I can! Come November 4!! We're in the beginning stages of packing, pirate outfits and bathing suits. Do I need anything else?

 

[stitchlovestink]

Is there any way you could post it a little larger? some of us older (41) folks would like to be able to read it after we print it.


Thanks for the well wishes all. I hooked my compu-confused wife up with a dis account today so she can get in here and chat as well. I'm sure she'll be along soon.

Deck 9 or 10 works for us if that's where everyone wants to meet. I was thinking about deck 7 aft if we were meeting after the sail away party , but anywhere is fine whether it's before or after. Just let us know.

HEY HiddenMickeys!
speak for yourself. this 41 y.o. can read it just fine, with my glasses. LOL JK BTW
what's your DW's screen name so we can look for her to say 'Hi'?

Ok, after the last couple of days, I'm so ready for this vacation. Pretty bad when I'm drinking as I'm cooking dinner - amazing what a bad day with elementary students will do to you! But things are in perspective now - I can get through 7 more days of kids, I think I can, I think I can! Come November 4!! We're in the beginning stages of packing, pirate outfits and bathing suits. Do I need anything else?

Depends (well not literally depends ) Sorry!
What I started to say was depends on whether you are planning on dining at Palo as I don't think pirate outfits or swimwear are acceptable dinner attire at Palo. Personally, I would take a light jacket. It can get cool at night on the upper outdoor decks. Or at least I thought so and we cruised just about this same time last year, Nov 2-6.
what do you teach, I mean grade wise. I'm figuring from your post, it's children of some sort. Can you tell how tired and punchy I am with the corny jokes? LOL

 

[Meredisney]

Hi guys. I'm all for meeting up after the sail away party. We have the first dinner seating so we prob don't have much time to hang out before dinner but it would be so great to atleast get a pic with everyone! I'm getting so excited.

Oh and BTW, I'm having a fight with my photobucket account, so I'm sorry about the small FE list. I'm gonna try posting a larger one when I can.

 

[Meredisney]

Is there any way you could post it a little larger? some of us older (41) folks would like to be able to read it after we print it.

The imaging hosting site that I usually use got a nasty virus so I have been using my photobucket account for the FE list. I've tried and tried to resize my image and photobucket just wont allow anything bigger. Thats one of the reasons why I was using a different site. The size of this list stinks, so if anyone would like me to send them the FE list so that you can print it out, PM me with your email and I'd be happy send you a copy that you can size to your liking.