Oct 3, 2009 Wester Carribean

[the great cornholeo]

okay so as a first time cruiser, I'm not liking the fact that I have to wait to book anything. Oh well atleast I'll be on the cruise.

 

[jude]

Thanks for your advice Corinna.

Glad we do't have to pay for the excursions till we cruise think I am going to pay our tips when we make our final payment and then if we want to add extra we can.

We will probably do the same dolphin excursion if it gives you the best experience.

Just got to keep my fingers crossed that we get what we want.

Thanks again
Judith

 

[Mindibellcm]

We are also having dinner at Palo on the Tuesday. What time is your reservation?

we are at 7:00. See you there.
Mindi

 

[Mindibellcm]

Wow! ---U all were busy last night! Today I went on and registered the girls and filled out all the online stuff except payment authorization! I went to check out possibly doing Palo brunch but there was nothing left. O well no biggie! If money would allow I am looking at an excursion in Grand Cayman but will book that on my own.

Mindi---Ok so U, Marty and the kids are in the one room and Marilyn, Sandy and Merrill are in another. All adults I am assuming? O and what about Thomas' fav team & stuff?
Regardless of why u were away or not just glad u are back on chatting! Taylor will be in the club with my niece. I think meeting before our ship leaves port will help all our kids maybe be excited about going to the clubs, and even more to the shy/young ones!

Well, I am so excited that we have only 88 days and we fly out. I got to pick my seats for my flight the other day! haha..I texted my sister in law and told her I couldn't get her, her DH and my niece together that they are seperated on the plane. Del and I were laughing our butts off cause she has never flown and was freakin out...OMG I got her seats together...but it was funny getting her freak out texts. She had a panic attack....good lord I guess I better not tell her that the boat is gonna be floating out in the middle of no where....

Oh ---I just would like everyone to PM me there most recent family photo, hopefully in the last month so I can update our web page and we can already know who each other are before meeting....makes it more personable!

OK off to decide what needs to be pulled outta the freezer for dinner. Hope you all had a wonderful 4th weekend. TTFN

Thomas favorite team is --------- REDSOX!

 

[Mindibellcm]

I need some motivation to get back on my diet and workout plan!!!! I need a challenge. Anyone else trying to lose weight for our cruise?

 

[disneyjunkie99]

I am so glad to see everyone getting the excursions and reservations they wanted. I still have another 2 weeks to wait before I can book anything . I am soooo jealous!!

I'm off to read more excursion reviews...

 

[Alex's Mom]

Hello Fellow Cruisers,
We will be joining you on the Western Cruise as well. There are four of us. Myself (Carol ~ Alex's Mom), Craig, Alex (7) and Mitchell (14). We will be on Deck 5 in two staterooms. This is my 12th Disney cruise. We would love to join the goings on that you are planning. I checked out the Disney Dreamers web site, I am so impressed with all the organization. Michelle, thanks for all the hard work. We would love to join the FE and SE and any dining plans you are doing. I look forward to getting to all of you!!

Alex's Mom
Carol

 

[wareagle]

Welcome aboard to our new families !

Carol, I also have a 14 yr old son. We are on deck 6.

Mindi, I am wanting to get a few pounds off for the trip. Patrick is also working on this. We are trying to walk every evening as well as watch what we eat. He is doing a better job at getting the exercise in than I am. It is always easier if you team up with someone to loose weight.

Hope everyone had a great weekend. This has been one of the most relaxed 4th's I can remember. I start back tomorrow getting my room ready for the coming year. The kids don't come back for 5 weeks, but I want to give myself plenty of time to get my stuff done. We are going to be at the allstar state tournament from Friday-next Tuesday, so I will loose those days. Hopefully, I will be able to get some stuff made to take with me and work on.

Congrats to everyone who was able to book the excursions and Palo reservations you were wanting.

I am late, but have started working on my FE gifts. Now, if I can figure out how to get them to the ship I'll be happy. Last year, it was no problem. Now, I have to deal with flying and figuring out if I can carry them on board with me or if I have to check them in my luggage.

Hope everyone has a great Monday.

Gena

 

[kimmcbee]

Gena-
Last year when we flew, I shipped them ahead to the boat, and they arrived in the room with our luggage. Maybe an idea for you.
Kim

 

[kpflillirpf]

Hey there everyone!

WELCOME to all our new families. We're glad you're here!!!!!

Glad to see those of us who were able to book things the other night were able to do so.

To those of you waiting to book, good luck to you all.

It's going to be a busy week for me this week so it'll be limited as to when I can get on here. I started getting my FE stuff (have 3/4 of it). Gonna do financial stuff today at lunch so hopefully I'll be able to take care of some more stuff. Hard to believe we're less than 3 months away. WOW!!! I just can't wait!

This Friday after work we're headed up to State College, PA to camp for the weekend with my DH's family. Then, the last week of July we're headed to New Hampshire for a week vacation at my DH's parent's timeshare. One of the places I made my DH promise me he'd take us is the Ben and Jerry's Factory!!!!! YUMMMMYYYYYYY After these trips I'll be able to 100% focus on the cruise. Gosh I can't wait!

Have a great day/week all! Talk to you later. Kristi

 

[dolphingirl47]

Hello Fellow Cruisers,
We will be joining you on the Western Cruise as well. There are four of us. Myself (Carol ~ Alex's Mom), Craig, Alex (7) and Mitchell (14). We will be on Deck 5 in two staterooms. This is my 12th Disney cruise. We would love to join the goings on that you are planning. I checked out the Disney Dreamers web site, I am so impressed with all the organization. Michelle, thanks for all the hard work. We would love to join the FE and SE and any dining plans you are doing. I look forward to getting to all of you!!

Alex's Mom
Carol

on board Carol and family.

Corinna

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

Ok-----Whooo---Good Morning all.....Have spent a few hours trying to update our web page.....I made a new spreadsheet for our roll call list and FE/SM participants. Some people voiced their concerns that they didn't know how many boys and girls we had since ALOT of names now-a-days are universally used for both....SOOO now our web page has it broken down into girls and boys. I would appreciate if EVERYONE checked it ut and made sure all ur info is correct. If there is nothing written under SM I am assuming you are a NO...so if you wanna do it let me know ASAP cause the SM is coming to a close in 2 weeks and 3 weeks for the FE participation! A few of you I need clarification from:::

Jcarlson--are ur parents doing the FE? if so I need info. Also r u doing the SM?

Soudersmes...I still need Owen & Evans fav teams and sports

Ashleydoc----participating in FE or SM??

Ok---I guess that's all I can think of....looking forward to getting all your updated photos and one from some of you in hiding who haven't sent me a photo of your family....DO you want us to find you??? LOL

 

[jcarlson]

Hi Michelle,

My parents will not be doing the FE nor the SM. My family will be doing the FE but not the SM. Thanks for the updated list!!!

I have an idea for my FE, can the person collecting the address PM me. I have a couple of questions before I finalize what I am going to do.

Thank you,
Jennifer

 

[2Pirates&1Princess]

Michelle~ you still have me listed on deck 6 when I am now on deck 5. Room 5135. I know I havent been on much lately but like I said it is getting closer so I shall be popping on alot more

Gena~I will pm about shariing a cab ride to the port. We also come in that day at 11:00am. That would be great if we were able to do that!!!

I have been really busy getting stuff ready for the cruise. I am just so excited!!!
Oh to all the new cruisers!!! I cant wait to meet everyone. Yippee!!!

 

[dolphingirl47]

I ordered the main component for my FE gift today. I was worried that it would not get here if I left it to the cut off date especially as I have to assemble the gift as well when it gets here. I thought that I had hopelessly over-ordered, but having just counted the number of participants in the FE exchange, I got the numbers pretty close.

I have a question, my gift is kind of practical and I want people to have it as soon as possible once we get on board. Would anybody object that rather than me doing a fish extender run, if I would give the gift out at the meet? I would then do a fish extender run that evening for anybody who did not manage to attend the meet.

Corinna

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

Nah I don't care....it makes the meet more exciting! In fact if u dont show to the meet I get urs of whatever Corinna made......LOL

 

[dolphingirl47]

Nah I don't care....it makes the meet more exciting! In fact if u dont show to the meet I get urs of whatever Corinna made......LOL

You wish Actually I just have this mental image of you wearing all hundred of what I am making Trust me, you wouldn't be able to move.

Corinna

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

well ok I will share!! I just made 5 of the boys FE's.....I have a few boys left to make and some girls ones! Then I am done!! Woohoo....just have to wait till end of august to finish making my adult ones! I am so ready to be going, fly time fly!

 

[dismom73]

I don't mind either Corinna...While we are on the subject of FE, I'm getting caught up on mine and this is a list of everyone's last name who has PM'd me with their address:

Stephens
Ans/Matthews
Foster
Ball
Meister
Nolan
Carlson
Scott
Butkovich
Davis
Abner
Johnson
Wilkins (saving the best for last )

If any of the people on the list have more than 2 adults per last name, please let me know.

I will post another list after the cut off date, but if you don't see your name on the list and would like your FE gift customized I need you to PM me your last name and address, otherwise you will get a generic version.

Andrea

 

[kpflillirpf]

Hey all!

Corinna - I have no problem with receiving a gift then. How cool!!!!

Michelle - got your PM. Glad our minds are on the same page. LOL And not a problemo. Kinda figured you might do that. It's cool.

Just put the baby to bed and Lilli is busy making a birthday card for Trina. Trina's birthday is tomorrow. She and her DH are coming over tomorrow night for dessert. I'll bug her some more about getting on this thread soon. I'm convinced she's in denial that this trip is actually going to happen. I think she's just now starting to think it might actually take place. My booking excursions, etc. definitely has her thinking.

Hey Michelle, while I have Trina and Don over I'll take a picture of them and send it to you.

Well, thus DH should be home in a few after playing softball so I've gotta go and get a few more things done. Take care! Kristi