October 22, 2005 Roll call

[T&KHayes]

My Favorite things... ....

*Getting away from the real world for 11 Days!!!
*Spending priceless time with my family & irreplaceable friends!!!
*Seeing new sights!!!
*Watching my kids play, laugh & have fun
*Snorkeling @ St. Marten & CC
*The "wet" Ding dongs!!!
*Chocolate with chocolate...it's chocalatey...she likes chocolate!!!
*Palo pics with my family & the special shoe!!!!
*Getting my family portrait!!
*Laying in the sun relaxing
*The yummy food
*Laughing & playing with my Bestfriend scrapperjill!!
*Hearing the ships horn...When you wish upon a star!!!
*Cage dancing @ the Cove pool!!!
*limo..broken glasses???

My Most Unfavorite things...
*My Sunburn
*Hearing the ships horn for the last time
*Saying good bye to new friends

And I can't wait to do it all again!!!!!!

 

[American Scrapper]

As far as the teens, my husband was on an elevator along one of the scrapperjil group and some teens. He didn't mention the elderly person though. He laughed because they had to hit every floor. (It may have been you he was on with. It was kinda comical.

Robin, yes it was Scapperjill & I in the elevator with you DH when this happened. It was too funny because he was just sitting in the back smirking. I jokingly told the kids that they needed to ride the elevator all the way up since they hit all the buttons, of course they looked at me like I had a second head or something!

I just wanted to clarify my original post regarding unruly boys, as it did type it in an emotional (and probably defensive) state. I do agree with everyone here, we are all entitled to our opinions and I do completely respect that. I was not even going to reply originally about it as all the comments were to me just observations or situations that could have described any group of boys, not just the group my son hung out with. But when the Cheeto incident was mentioned, it gave me ground to ask my son if he was involved. Also, hearing that there were boys at the Goofy Pool at 10:00 at night swimming while others were trying to enjoy a movie, I realized that the boys that people are refering to can be and are more than one group (as my son was never in the pool at that time, because he was checked into the club or with us and I know that for a fact). I have always told my son that if he does something it will get back to us and this just proved it (at least to him). If he was being unruly at any other time or if we decide to provide in/out privledges in the future, he will remember that there are several people watching what he is doing (whether it is someone he knows or not). My son did earn his in/out privledges before we sailed, is a straight A student and has had no incidents of unacceptable behavior before sailing. He knew that if he did not follow our rules, he would loose the privledge and would not get it back. He followed our rules and checked in often.

Kathy

 

[American Scrapper]

Anyway, enough about the boys. The things I enjoyed about the cruise:

1) Being with old friends again & meeting new ones
2) Watching my Beloved White Sox win the World Series - and while watching one night, having someone tell me they say my pic on the DISboards (happened to be one of our DISgroup, Eric123, I think)
3) Sharing ALOT of laughs - the wet chocolate, the shoe, the "Cage Dancing" and many other moments!
4) The catamaran ride in St Marteen (we booked this at the last minute and had the time of our lifes, even though I did get sick going to the beach).
5) My son & daughter telling us that this was "Their Best Vacation Ever" & thanking us for taking them! - Probably my BEST moment!
6) Meeting everyone at the DISmeet - we had a great turn out and met some wonderful people whom we saw alot on the ship
7) Getting "stuck" in the water at Trunk Bay, St. John. - the undertow & waves just kept knocking me down & pulling me back into the ocean!
8) Snorkeling in one of the coves in St John and swimming right over a Stingray in about 3 1/2 feet of water. I got a little bit freaked out and got out of the water. Hmm, I wonder how I was going to make it in Stingray City? LOL

and many, many more I cannot think of right now.

Kathy

 

[MNmousecouple]

me myself, not speaking for Deborah....Palo Chocolate Soufle (sp) and I'm not a sweets person!
Loved all the crew members we came in conact with...always friendly and happy to greet you.
St Thomas was wonderful, very beautiful Island.
Loved the outdoor movies, didn't watch the whole thing but was fun outside
(reminded me of the drivein theaters)
Have one question, did anyone walk into St Martine from the dock besides ourselves, I don't think Deb will forgive me for that experience.
As to the question about the docking at St Thomas, I spoke with a crew member and she said we were the smaller of the ships in port so were given that dock.
Given the circumstances still a near perfect cruise

 

[scrapperjill]

My Favorite things... ....
*Laughing & playing with my Bestfriend scrapperjill!!

AHHHH!!!

I almost forgot about the broken glass bit... I better check my Visa to make sure they didn't tack that onto our bill.

And the "cage" dancing....Priceless


Did anyone else hear they couldn't find the Mickey statue at Castaway Cay after Wilma went through? We were told they found the wheel...but had searched and searched but came up empty.... After spending forever looking for Mickey while snorkeling we finally asked for directions...that's when we were told he was LOST Anyway...one of the BETTER moments of our cruise...or at least our day at CC was when DH and I were out snorkeling in the snorkel lagoon. Jesse (DH) saw something on the sea floor below that looked out of place...so he dove down to see what it was. You'll never guess....It was Mickeys ARM. At first he put it back where he found it...but then we decided maybe they'd like to know it was found...so DH yelled over to the nearest lifeguard and told her he just found Mickeys arm...It took her a little bit to understand what he was saying....but once she got it she asked him to bring it over to her. So my DH found and turned in Mickeys arm at CC I wonder if they'll ever find the rest of him. Once I get our pics in order I'll post the photos I took when he found it.

MNMouseCouple...do you mean you WALKED all the way into St. Martin? How long did that take? We took the water taxi over....and enjoyed strolling around and seeing the area.

 

[Mrs.Abuboo]

We walked back. My husband didn't want to take the $5 water taxi he wanted to take a Taxi. So we took a taxi over there $6 and then he was mad that I didn't tip him. Well, I felt very uncomfortable walking around over there. I'm not much of one to bargain a deal or enjoyed having 20 different ladies ask to braid my hair. He wanted to take a taxi, but we weren't able to find the color of the one we took and I had heard how they will end up charging an arm and a leg. So I took off walking, in my swimsuit and flipflops. I had blisters by the time we reached the boat. It really wasn't that bad of a walk. Especially when you think about how much a person can track at WDW. I actually enjoyed the walk better than the taxi.

 

[hyandui]

Just wanted to know if you have checked for any possible refund? I looked at our account yesterday and noticed a small refund... It's not alot...and it dosn't say what it's for...but I don't remember returning anything so the only thing I could think of would be the port fee refund from the diffrence in the additional ports on the Western.

Other magical moments on our cruise....

Dinner at Palo...I won't go into it but our WHOLE group had some side spitting laughing going on.

Getting the secret note on our door...along with my parents getting a suprise door sign on their Anniversary.

The crazy wind up on deck 10 on the first or second night....It was absolutly CRAZY....you could hardly stand up....We walked around the whole deck front to back and back again...we even spent quite a bit of time at the VERY front of the ship....trying to hold our ground.

Finally getting to take a dip in the adult pool. I'm not sure what time it was...but we had the WHOLE area to ourselves.

Castaway Cay....Dreamy and Perfect. I loved sitting in the hammock this year.

Having a ding-dong with "wet" choloate for dessert one night....(hehehe inside joke) YUMMY

Oh...another FUN event was watching movies on the big screan outside. We were only able to fit in one (part of one) movie one night (Pirate night)...I do wish we would have been able to view others...but honestly there wasn't any others listed at night the I cared to see.

Ordering Mickey bars from roomservice.

On a side note...were still taking names for the Photo Swap. It's turns into a great way to get a TON more photos...all you have to do is share yours.

Scrapperjill and all of the Disers, Sherry & I also had a great trip, alot of pleasant memories with the people we met and the activites we participated in. I just looked over our final bill and there were not any refunds on it, makes no difference, I had a great time. Not being able to get around very well gave me alot of time to take pictures.

MelissaE1, that is a super picture, it is special that they waited for you to get your camera. you should get it enlarged and made into a puzzel, it would bring memories for years to come.

We had a special time at Palo's, Brenda, a friend of ours came on the cruise, and she brough her significant other came on the cruise, he is a back woods kind of person and when we went to Palo's, he was disappointed with the food and the portions, his idea of dining out is when you go inside of McDonalds instead of the drive thru. After we finished our meal he headed for Pluto's dog house to get a real meal. Well the next night we arrived at Parrot Cay before he did, we told our waiter Muhammed that he complained so much about Palo's and the little meal he had, Muhammed fixed up a special plate for him with a miniature hamburg and a little piece of garnish, you should have seen his face when the plate was set before him, we thought he was going to cry.
Oh well, I went out and bought some CD mailers, if anyone wants a copy of the pictures I have just post an address or send a PM, and I will send a copy, they will be raw shots (not retouched) but if you find any you really like I can touch them up a bit.
Happiness to all and remember its only about 11 months to the next cruise.

 

[T&KHayes]

One of my favorite moments & one I can't wait to see again!!!
Kids Playing @ Dawn Beach...St. Marten

 

[scrapperjill]

hyandui..... Got a kick out of hearing about the "special" plate for your friend.

Also wanted to say I didn't find a refund or money back on our final bill...But found it on our Visa statement. I went on-line to check out balance and what was taken out and when....that's when I noticed a small refund applied to our account.

Oh...and hyandui...I'd like a disk of photos..I'll send you a PM.

 

[American Scrapper]

hyandui - Your story reminded me of the character breakfast when my DH ordered pancakes! He received 2 very small pancakes and that was it! We were all in hysterics at the table. Then on another night, his dinner he ordered was very small also. It was too funny!!

Kathy

 

[Dyerneeds]

Props to the employees on Castaway Cay...
They really pulled everything together to enable us to enjoy the island. The wonder never made it there due to the damage. Thanks guys for working 24 hrs a day.

Our favorite things...

Too many to choose,
1. Our 30th anniversay celebration with pdarrah, her parents, and Walt & Di.

2. Snorkeling off a catamarran on Tintamarre Island, St. Maarteen. The scenery was beautiful. Walt & Di were on the same excursion. We all had a great time. I just wanted them to leave us there.

3. Dinner every day was a always a big laugh when it came time to order.
My DH is strictly a meat and potatoes guy, doesen't like that fancy stuff, let alone, his food touching. Every day he ordered steak and french fries with no vegetables. One day our server started to list the entrees and said, "Our specialty of the day is steak and french fries", looked at my husband and laughed. You had to be there but it was pretty funny. Pdarrah's dad really had fun with it. My DH has a great sense of humor and we all really enjoyed it.

4. The entertainment was excellent. Taylor Mason had me laughing so hard tears were running down my face. I had to go back to our cabin and reapply my makeup before dinner. My stomach muscles were actually sore the next day. Of all of the Disney cruises we've taken, I think the entertainment on this one was the best. Every show was great.

5. Meeting new friends. I think we made lasting friendships on this cruise and would like to vacation with them again. It's been great.

6. STRAWBERRY SMOOTHIES!!

7. Losing 2 lbs. while on the cruise. (Don't know how that happened.) Too
busy having fun, I guess.

It was hard to meet everyone but, the Disers were great, the cruise was excellent and a good time was had by all. Thank you to those who I had the pleasure of meeting.

 

[Timon]

I've been in bed hacking away otherwise I would have posted sooner

Our fave moments of the cruise:

BEING on it! LOL Love the motion of the ocean!

The glorious hammock at Serenity Bay (sigh)

Pirate Night arrrgh mateys!

Taking a nap together in our room while being rocked to sleep on a comfy bed!

Spending some time with our friends!

Gary Delena & Freddy Fusion!!!

Spending time in the hot tub and pool at Quiet Cove 5 out of the 7 nights! (finally)

Meeting some great folks from the DIS

Trying the chocolate souffle for the first time and falling in love with it

Plutos chicken tenders and hot dogs

and the most memorable of all....

CHOCOLATE CROISSANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(good thing they were calorie free!!! )

 

[MNmousecouple]

Scrapper, yes we walked from the dock into town, wasn't bad as far as distance, 20-25 minutes at my leisurely pace (read turtle) only thing about walk was that it is not the most clean area, and sidewalks were in poor to none. I guess the fact that we were probably first to venture that way made us prime targets for the "solicitors" Oh well still a great trip . Just for fun we are now researching another cruise line for a different trip....maybe in 07.
Oh and sign us up for the photo swap.

 

[scrapperjill]

PHOTO SWAP SIGN UPS....

1.) Scrapperjill
2.) Pdarrah
3.) Disneyfan551
4.) 2GoofyToTravel (aka Hyandui)
5.) American Scrapper
6.) MNMouseCouple

Here is an updated list for the Photo Swap We're still taking names so feel free to join in.

 

[scrapperjill]

Is anyone still out there?? Are we getting close to getting things together for the Photo Swap??? Why don't we just have those who are wanting to do the photo swap PM...the others on the list (see list below) their swap info.....ie name, address to have the cd's sent to.

I'm just getting started sorting through my photos...our computer is fixed now so it may take me a little bit to get them all worked out....I think I have over 2000 photos to go through. Of course not all of them are great pics...and alot of them are of the same event...so I'm planning on sorting through and weeding out the duds.

Anyway's I'll start by sending my info to everyone on the list then sit back and wait for some responces.

PHOTO SWAP SIGN UPS.... UpDate....As of 11/12/05 UPDATED!!!

1.) Scrapperjill
2.) Pdarrah
3.) Disneyfan551
4.) 2GoofyToTravel (aka Hyandui)
5.) American Scrapper
6.) MNMouseCouple
7.) ThreeSmiths
8.) Joemuseum

 

[T&KHayes]

Scrapperjill- I tried to PM you but I got a message saying that you have exceeded your stored message allowance. Thought you might want to know why you might not be receiving any PM's. Ok well, I will try again later.

 

[scrapperjill]

Scrapperjill- I tried to PM you but I got a message saying that you have exceeded your stored message allowance. Thought you might want to know why you might not be receiving any PM's. Ok well, I will try again later.

Oh...Boy!! Thanks...I'll have to clean it out. I think I probably still have all the button request saved...

 

[Timon]

I posted a lot of my DCL photos on my website if you want to check them out
HERE

I also have over 100 photos of the food we ate all week long HERE

sniff...I miss the ship already!

 

[T&KHayes]

Timon aka Cass- AWESOME website!!! I hope you participate in the photo swap! Our scrapbooks could benefit much from your excellent dedication!!!

 

[ThreeSmiths]

Kim,

Your family portrait turned out so cute! That was the pose that I liked best when we watched you guys take them!

Stacy