October 2, 2011 Disney Wonder Mexican Riviera-"Mickey's Mexican Mouseketeers!"

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

I like the only a month off if they had another couple weeks one time and another couple weeks.....those little 2 wk breaks could work wonders and not make the yr drag!!

I can't wait to start researching where to stay and rental cars and such. Any thoughts on how early everyone is going out to LA and what ur gonna do before boarding? Any thoughts on where to stay? I am confused whether I wanna stay close to DL, or port or what. HELP....LOL

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

Ok..Mouseketeers!! I have added the page "Mouseketeer Family Vacations" to our web page. I thought if we took Disney or even other vacations and we wanted to share photos, we should have a page to share. I have posted some of Carol and Alex since they are leaving today on the Wonder(I think) and going on a 5nt'er. Carol texted me some photos so I ma sharing them with all of you!! Check it out... If anyone comes up with ideas for info on the web page --LET ME KNOW!!!

 

[disneydiva16]

Very cool pics of Carol and Alex. Wish I were going too!!! A little over a year left.

I am going out dress shopping for myself right after I get the kids there school clothes. I found these really cool pair of sandals and now I must find the right dress to go with them. It might take a year to do it

Nothing new and exciting that I can think of going on with me. Just got back from Wildwood, NJ. The kids enjoyed going to the boardwalk and water parks there. That is our mini vacation for the summer

Michelle you have done a great job with the website. Now if only more people would hop on our thread!!!!

 

[dolphingirl47]

Michelle~Congrats on Syd's team. That is wonderful that they made it to the championships!!! Great pics of Syd and all the girls.

Corrinna~My kids got out of school on June 24th and dont return until Sept. 8th. They would die if they only got a month off like the kids in England.

It actually works out as about 6 weeks over the summer. I grew up in Germany and we had the same length of time off over the summer. We also got a week in October, 2 to 3 weeks over Christmas and 2 to 3 weeks over Easter. On top of this we had some long weekends around public holidays. 6 weeks vacation was more than enough for me every summer. I was bored by about week 3 or 4. In Europe, all activities just stop as well. So there is very little to do. There is just so many times you can go swimming.

I like the only a month off if they had another couple weeks one time and another couple weeks.....those little 2 wk breaks could work wonders and not make the yr drag!!

I can't wait to start researching where to stay and rental cars and such. Any thoughts on how early everyone is going out to LA and what ur gonna do before boarding? Any thoughts on where to stay? I am confused whether I wanna stay close to DL, or port or what. HELP....LOL

The regular breaks during the year were definitely a good thing.

We are probably going to come to California about a week before the cruise and probably stay for another week afterwards. For us it is such a long way to come that it has to be worth our while. we would like to spend 3 or 4 days in San Diego. We might actually see if we can get a flight into San Diego and out of Los Angeles. Then we would do San Diego first and then just get a one-way care rental to get us to Los Angeles. If we do this, then we would drive up to Los Angeles the day before the cruise and just find a hotel near the port for one night. After the cruise, we are hoping to use our DVC points at Grand Californian Villas.

Ok..Mouseketeers!! I have added the page "Mouseketeer Family Vacations" to our web page. I thought if we took Disney or even other vacations and we wanted to share photos, we should have a page to share. I have posted some of Carol and Alex since they are leaving today on the Wonder(I think) and going on a 5nt'er. Carol texted me some photos so I ma sharing them with all of you!! Check it out... If anyone comes up with ideas for info on the web page --LET ME KNOW!!!

I have to check this out tonight when I am at home. I will definitely contribute to this after my next vacation.

Very cool pics of Carol and Alex. Wish I were going too!!! A little over a year left.

I am going out dress shopping for myself right after I get the kids there school clothes. I found these really cool pair of sandals and now I must find the right dress to go with them. It might take a year to do it

Nothing new and exciting that I can think of going on with me. Just got back from Wildwood, NJ. The kids enjoyed going to the boardwalk and water parks there. That is our mini vacation for the summer

Michelle you have done a great job with the website. Now if only more people would hop on our thread!!!!

Well done on finding the sandals. Good luck on finding a dress to go with your sandals. What colour are they?

I have started to develop a bit of a shoe habit. I don't know if you have Irregular Choice shoes in the USA, but they are really quirky shoes and very gorgeous. I have now 4 pairs that I managed to get in the sales for at least 50% off.

Captain Mickey does love us! We got our cabin assignment yesterday and DCL gave us 6521, which is one of the sideways category 11 cabins and just happens to be our favourite cabin. We got this assigned when we booked category 11 GTY for our very first cruise and just fell in love with it. We chose it for our Western Caribbean cruise and also have it booked for this cruise. I have become aware a number of weeks ago that this cabin was now empty as it was assigned to a family from our cCruise Meet thread that is no longer able to come as the husband sadly passed away. When I mentioned it to Graham, he kept asking that I contact our travel agent to request this cabin. I told him that I could not do this as the whole idea behind GTY is that they can put you anywhere on the ship. Well, I supposed they must have checked our record and decided to dish out some pixie dust. For me this really is pixie dust. When I saw this last night, I nearly started to cry, I was so happy. I can honestly say that I would not be any happier if they had assigned us the Walt suite.

Now I just have to hope that they will give us the server I have requested and that we get some nice table mates and this will be the perfect cruise.

I have contacted the queen of Fish Extenders on Ebay to see if she has any designs that would be suitable for a wedding or vow renewal. If she has, I will have a new Fish Extender made for our cruise.

Corinna

 

[disneydiva16]

Corinna~The sandals I bought are silver with beads on them. I love them and hope to find the perfect dress or else I cant wear them I love shoes too. But my house isnt big enough to hold all the shoes I would like to buy, so alas, I dont get them.

I was looking at our old cruise meet thread and was counting how many people we had talking at this point in the cruise and there were only 7 families interacting. It wasnt until sept that Michelle and Corinna had joined, so I do believe that more people will come as fall gets here. After that we had a bunch of people jumping on and talking.

OK going back to facebook to see if anything is going on there!

 

[beckinoz]

Wow! everyone has been busy. Congrats to Sydney's team.
Corrina can't wait to see photos of your dress.
I hae been busy as Maddie has started back at school after 3 weeks off. she has two weeks break coming up at the end of September and then we head off to Singapore for a week in December. This will start 6 weeks of school holidays. At the end of January Hannah will then start her first year of schooling. I will then be able to work without my children! Working in childcare can be great but it can be really hard when your children are with you all the time.
My father in law is putting the final plans in place for his trip to the States. Not real sure where is going but we shall see how his partner finds the trip as it will be her first time to the States.
I can't wait to get back. It's a year away and after speaking to my aunt in Minnesota I wish I could be there now as my cousin is due to have her first baby. My cousin is in Alaska but the family are planning to head up and I won't be able to get there due to work. I guess emails and phone calls will have to do.
Becky

 

[dolphingirl47]

Corinna~The sandals I bought are silver with beads on them. I love them and hope to find the perfect dress or else I cant wear them I love shoes too. But my house isnt big enough to hold all the shoes I would like to buy, so alas, I dont get them.

I was looking at our old cruise meet thread and was counting how many people we had talking at this point in the cruise and there were only 7 families interacting. It wasnt until sept that Michelle and Corinna had joined, so I do believe that more people will come as fall gets here. After that we had a bunch of people jumping on and talking.

OK going back to facebook to see if anything is going on there!

Your sandals sound great. I hope that you manage to find the perfect dress to go with it. If you can't find a dress locally, then I can definitely recommend Ebay. I had two dresses made in Shanghai, China which I bought via Ebay. I am absolutely delighted with both dresses. I chose the design from a large selection that they had on Ebay and then chose the colour. The quality is amazing and I got exactly what I wanted. Some of my colleagues had a look at the most recent dress and quite a few took the seller's details.

Wow! everyone has been busy. Congrats to Sydney's team.
Corrina can't wait to see photos of your dress.
I hae been busy as Maddie has started back at school after 3 weeks off. she has two weeks break coming up at the end of September and then we head off to Singapore for a week in December. This will start 6 weeks of school holidays. At the end of January Hannah will then start her first year of schooling. I will then be able to work without my children! Working in childcare can be great but it can be really hard when your children are with you all the time.
My father in law is putting the final plans in place for his trip to the States. Not real sure where is going but we shall see how his partner finds the trip as it will be her first time to the States.
I can't wait to get back. It's a year away and after speaking to my aunt in Minnesota I wish I could be there now as my cousin is due to have her first baby. My cousin is in Alaska but the family are planning to head up and I won't be able to get there due to work. I guess emails and phone calls will have to do.
Becky

I will post a photo of the dress after the cruise.

Looks like you will have a busy year ahead of yourself. How much vacation do kids in Australia get? Here they get 6 or 7 weeks over the summer, 2 weeks over Christmas, two weeks over Easter and a week each in October, February and May. This applies for state schools. Private schools get more than this. The only thing I miss about teaching is the nice long vacations. Now I get 24 days of vacation time a year, which will go up to 25 days next year.

Singapore is one of the places that I really like to visit. Graham lived there for a while as a child. His dad was in the army. He has not been back since he moved back to England when he was about 8 or 9.

My sister had a baby in May and so far I have just seen photos. As they live in Germany and I live in the UK, I would need leave to go and see them. With all the cruises I have booked and planned, my niece will probably have started school before I get to see her. My cousin in Germany is getting married next weekend, but it was all a bit last minute. I had already arranged to go on a Girlie weekend with some of the people from the UK Community Board months ago. So needless to say, I am not going to the wedding.

Corinna

 

[beckinoz]

School holidays are Dec to end of Jan (6 or 7weeks depending on what school you go to), 2 weeks for Easter, Maddie gets 3 weeks in June/July as she goes to a private school and then 2 weeks end of September/beginning October.

Dave and I have been to Singapore for our honeymoon. Maddie was 18 months old and we left her with my sister in law. We always said we would take the girls back as we really enjoyed it.

Eventually I will get them to Alaska where I was born and they will be able to meet my aunts and uncles. I may even meet cousins who weren't even thought of when mum decided she had enough of Alaska and needed to come home to her family.

Army life is fun! Dave was full time Army when we discovered we were having Madalyn. He left when she was 5 months old but has stayed in reserves and is now a major. Dad was in the US navy so you can imagine what goes on when they get together.

Hope everyone is well.
Becky

 

[2Pirates&1Princess]

Congrats Michelle to Sydney's dance team.That is really exciting!!!

I am trying to sell things on ebay so I can have spending money for this trip, so I havent been on the dis boards much. Cheerleading has now started so I
will be busy with that til November, and then I can get on more

Hope everyone has a great day!!!!

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

Thanks for all the congrats to Syd's team.....she was so excited!!

Norma---I get it cheer life same as dance but Syd's runs all yr long, not sure how Taylor's runs!

Got Syd a dress for most likely semi-formal at Macy's today.....absolutely gorgeous. It's big but I will alter it in the right places closer to the cruise....$9.99 Gotta love clearance!! I will post a pic later!

Corinna---ok so I went to the craft store today and thought man could I use Corinna's help....LOL I found some beads to make Syd some jewelry to match her semi formal. I also am making mine. Nothing fancy just something cute to match our dresses. I bought a pair of dangly drop earrings today(will post pic later as well) and I can see exactly how they are made so I may make some for my formal wear!! I got these ones at JcPenney's for $3.50 so definately to cheap to make but I am thinking of making others....I know I can be talented if I try...=) So if it comes to interest for ur lessons onboard...I AM IN!!!!

Alright off to make dinner....I will be back later and post some pics!!

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

Sydney's semi-formal dress!!

 

[kimmcbee]

Ok. I am here. Lots has been going on at home. Boys are back in school and enjoying it for the most part. Kyle and I leave in 49 days for hid mom son weekend in Boston. I can't wait. Lots of surprises for him when we get there. I know I am on facebook more then here. I will try and do better Michelle. Back to work. Everyone have a great day.

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

Kim I love ya for coming and posting after my threats on FB.....LOL We just need to chat it up and keep our thread moving so peopel join us.....or else Robin is gonna go nutty!! She wants more to join and we don't want an unhappy Robin..let me tell ya!!

I have been working on some demo ideas for FE's I hope to have it all made before the end of this year! I figure I will shoot for same amount as the Dreamers cruise!

I will talk to everyone later.....

 

[kimmcbee]

Ok. We are going to need better info on flights. Using this year as dates. It is 2100 for us to fly. Hoping to do better. Just send pixie dust our way when it is time to fond a flight.

 

[beckinoz]

Michelle - I love Sydney's dress! the price was right too! Great job on that front.
I have been pretty busy with work and now Maddie has decided to take up soccer. As Hannah has 6 months before she starts school she is really starting to test us. She come to work with me and as I run the centre, She thinks she can too. The joys of having a child who has no fear!

We are working on the details for this trip and now that Disney have released next years prices there seems to be a disturbance in the force. Not sure what the in laws thought but DH and I have been telling them we are planning to stay at The Grand Californian and they can do as they feel free. We shall see!!

Best get going-housework is calling and DH has gone flying without us!!!
Becky

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

Ok. We are going to need better info on flights. Using this year as dates. It is 2100 for us to fly. Hoping to do better. Just send pixie dust our way when it is time to fond a flight.

Kim is that for all 6 of you? I have found searching many locations and airlines has helped me. Where do u fly outa of? I have found 4 of us for about 1200, using this October as well. U can drive to see ur family in Michigan and fly outta detroit with us....

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

can't wait to get a new picture of our girls again in Oct 2011....this is mine(girls in purple), Robin's girls(2 in black) and Norma's DD(one in gold) on formal night of our "Dreamers" cruise Oct 2009. Man that seems so long ago!!

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

A little 411 for everyone!! Robin reminded me we have 411 days till our Mexican Fiesta!! Ok--toooooooooo far away!! Hmm maybe I can stow away with Carol or Corinna on their next Disney Cruises!!! Just a thought girls!!! =)

 

[dolphingirl47]

Thanks for all the congrats to Syd's team.....she was so excited!!

Norma---I get it cheer life same as dance but Syd's runs all yr long, not sure how Taylor's runs!

Got Syd a dress for most likely semi-formal at Macy's today.....absolutely gorgeous. It's big but I will alter it in the right places closer to the cruise....$9.99 Gotta love clearance!! I will post a pic later!

Corinna---ok so I went to the craft store today and thought man could I use Corinna's help....LOL I found some beads to make Syd some jewelry to match her semi formal. I also am making mine. Nothing fancy just something cute to match our dresses. I bought a pair of dangly drop earrings today(will post pic later as well) and I can see exactly how they are made so I may make some for my formal wear!! I got these ones at JcPenney's for $3.50 so definately to cheap to make but I am thinking of making others....I know I can be talented if I try...=) So if it comes to interest for ur lessons onboard...I AM IN!!!!

Alright off to make dinner....I will be back later and post some pics!!

I can't wait to see your jewellery.

Sydney's semi-formal dress!!

This dress is absolutely gorgeous.

can't wait to get a new picture of our girls again in Oct 2011....this is mine(girls in purple), Robin's girls(2 in black) and Norma's DD(one in gold) on formal night of our "Dreamers" cruise Oct 2009. Man that seems so long ago!!

This is a beautiful photo.

A little 411 for everyone!! Robin reminded me we have 411 days till our Mexican Fiesta!! Ok--toooooooooo far away!! Hmm maybe I can stow away with Carol or Corinna on their next Disney Cruises!!! Just a thought girls!!! =)

You would be welcome as a stowaway.

Corinna

 

[ForTheLoveOfDCL]

bumping to keep us on top---come on more people~!