Offical Check-In List 10/30/04 "Magic"

[KEH]

Hey, Dena, that's what mums are for! You have made 3 boys happy anyway - one of yours and two of mine!

Tell Michael that Mark is looking forward to going for a few beers with him. Maybe us girls can find a glass of wine or a cocktail while they do that.

Keeping our fingers crossed that Charley doesn't give you too much grief.

 

[mdvasquez]

Hey Karen, thanks for the good wishes concerning our weather. It's pretty cloudy and dreary here this morning, but so far no winds or rain yet.

Tell Mark that Michael will be ready for those beers at any time. And I am with you on the cocktails!!! Last year I was pregnant and couldn't have anything to drink. So this year I have to make up for it!

Have a great day everyone!

Dena

 

[taswira]

All the school districts in Central FL are closed today due to the tropical storm/hurricane expected.

This was the official word from WDW this morning - -

<B>Hurricane Preparedness Message</B>

From the Walt Disney World® Resort

Friday, August 13, 7 a.m.

Based on information from the National Weather Service and emergency preparedness officials, Walt Disney World theme parks except Disney's Animal Kingdom will be open from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. today. Blizzard Beach will be open from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Typhoon Lagoon and Downtown Disney will be closed for the day.

An abbreviated schedule will provide entertainment for the tens of thousands of Resort guests staying on Walt Disney World property. Local residents and off-site guests are encouraged to reschedule their theme park visits until the inclement weather passes.

All Walt Disney World Resort hotels will remain open throughout the storm. Guests staying at Disney's Ft. Wilderness Resort & Campground have been relocated to other hotels on property.

The Walt Disney World Resort has an extensive hurricane preparedness plan, and is staffed and prepared for a realm of possible impacts this type weather could have across property.

A temporary cancellation and "No Show" policy has been adopted for travel agents who have booked reservations through Walt Disney World or the Walt Disney Travel Company (agents that have booked through another tour operator should contact that company for its specific cancellation policy).

"No Show" penalties will be waived for any Guest arrivals between Aug. 11, 2004 and Aug. 15, 2004. Clients impacted by these storms can have their reservation rebooked for another time period and apply the existing deposit/payment, or cancel and have the deposit/payment fully refunded.

The Disney Reservation Center (DRC) will be available from 7 a.m. - 1 p.m. to book or modify package and room-only reservations but will not be taking dining, recreation or golf reservations. DRC will return to normal operating hours on Saturday from 7 a.m.- 11 p.m.

Disney Cruise Line is operating as scheduled.

 

[alwatlers]

I am so excited because I finally am ready to make my final payment either today or Monday. I might wait until monday because my travel agent is on vacation and won't be back until next week. I want to make sure everything is set.

I found cute mickey, goofy, donald, and minney keychains at the dollar store. I have been buying a few at a time so I wouldn't get hit with a $35 bill. I am going to put them in the treat bags with some snack item and a little bit of candy. Kids get so much candy on halloween that I try to give something healthy and fun as well.

Ginger do you know if there is going to be any babies t & ting? I guess I could check your list. It has everyone on it that I had listed on mine. I am going to try and make the babies an age appropriate treat bag. Maybe a bendable toy, rattle, extra bib, ect.

The boys are getting ready for school, they start back on August 26th, which will be the first day of my summer vacation
They will actually miss 5 days of school because we are going to be heading down on the 29th of Oct. and then they have off for election day. Our schools are used for the polls( only in West Virginia) Don't forget to absentee vote since we will be in St. Marten on Election Day!!!

Have a great day!

 

[mdvasquez]

JUDI: I have a daughter who will be 8 months at time of sailing. She will be dressed up in costume, but I wasn't including her in the TorT count, because she doesnt need candy. But count her in for the baby TorT bag.

Still no rain here!

Dena

 

[mhb]

Hello everyone!!

Our internet was down most of the day. DH thinks it might be the cable modem. Hope that was what he said. What do I know, all I do is chat to all of you!!! I was in withdraw though. LOL.

Dena: Hope all of you make out okay with Charley. Your in our thoughts.

Karen and Dena: My DH would LOVE to enjoy a beer with your DH's, and I would LOVE to enjoy a cocktail or 2 with all of you. How does everyone meet up anyway? When we get closer do we decide on where?

How does the T or T thing work anyway? Questions, questions. Sorry for all them.

It's sunny here in NJ right now. They are calling for rain down the shore, but since we are about 50 miles from the shore I don't know what we'll get.

Shari: Is Ft Wilderness Resort in the path of Charley, or is it because of the trailers? And when did the kids in FL go back to school? We don't go back til Sept 7.

Hope everyone is okay with this storm.

Keep us posted.
Michelle

 

["Ginger"]

Hi all:wave, well I guess by now WDW is closed and the storm is hitting the area pretty hard. Dena and Shari hang in there. It's suppose to hit here around noon tomorrow. Figures, that's when I hit the streets with my load of cluster box mail.


Lynda, have a great time in Mexico I hear that Playa Del Carmen is great. I would love to hear about it, we were looking into it before DCL came up with the Repo cruise.

Dena, it won't be long now before Emily is up and running if she doing the butt wiggle, that's so cute. I can't wait to see her.

 

[mdvasquez]

Good morning everyone. We are safe and sound here

Charley hit about 80 miles north of us, so we just got some rain and some winds. But thats about it. My cousin and his family who live in Ft Myers had some damage to their home, but thankfully they are safe too.

Michelle: In our county, the kids go back to school on Monday. As far as getting together for drinks, we can set something up onboard, by calling each others staterooms.

Dena

 

[KEH]

Glad to have you all safe and sound, Dena.

 

[goofymom67]

Hi everyone,

I'm new to the board and I hope I'm doing this right.
We are going on the 10-30-04 Magic cruise. This is our first Disney Cruise. I'm traveling with my DH and 3 DD's ages 12, 9, and 7. We are interested in being part of the state room T&Ting. The kids and I would love to chat with fellow cruisers before the cruise.

Also, if anyone has any tips or advice for us that would be great. Do I need to sign up somewhere for the T&Ting?

 

["Ginger"]

Oh!!! Dena I'm so glad you all are alright, I was worried.

Shari how are things in your neighborhood?????

Yesterday was actually a pretty good day here. The rain held off until late evening.

Welcome Goofymom67, Becky if you could send me your info by PM or email, stateroom number, childrens first names along with their ages, I'll sign you up for the T-or-T. Also, if you have main dining or late, I'll pass along your info to "taswira" so your family can be place on our who's going list.

I'd like to be signed up for that drink with the girls.

Judi, I think I have a few babies posted on the list. I'll bring it forward. Thanks for the voting reminder.

Our children go back to school on the 30th. I feel bad, we haven't take any trips this summer with Ashley. With work and working on the house we just haven't had any time. I glad we have the cruise to look forward to.

I've been slacking on my diet lately got to get it started again or sailing in MooMoo dresses.

 

[alwatlers]

I finally booked our air fare! We are going to be flying Air Tran which I have been told is a new small company. They have new Boeing 717 and 737's so at least we will have a nice plance. The only thing that worries me is that since we went with the discount price (total $215/person) we can't get seat assignments until 24 hours in advance. They did say that they would make sure my youngest TJ would sit with a parent but the other DS and DH might not get together. Just have to wait and see. Our total fare for the 4 of us was $860 from Pittsburgh to Orlando on Friday the 29th. That has been the best I have seen. We are staying at the Holiday Inn Oceanfront friday night. We were able to get 2 rooms at $40 apiece. We thought about the Radison but since we would have needed to get a suite for $153/night I figured we would save over $70. I am going to try priceline for the following Sat when we get back. We are not flying back until Sunday morning so I want to stay near the airport the night before so I don't have to get up too early. We have to check in by 7:30 for our 9 am flight.

I am trying to get stuff ready now because come october I will be busy with the boys and planning TJ's early Birthday party.

Has anyone got their costumes yet for the cruise? Our neighbors have a big Halloween party and I thought we would miss it, but they are holding it on Oct. 23 so we will be able to attend. Still trying to find something that will pack easy.

 

["Ginger"]

T-or-T list :

alWatlers 7574 TJ 8 Alan 13 (YES)

cheysdad 7067 Cheyenne 8 (YES)

cheysdad's neighbors 7619 Gabby 9 Julie 6 Christina 5 (YES)

cmcj 7004 Patrick10 Connor 7 kyle 3 Katie 2

dis4me somewhere on deck 8 Kyra 9 Kayla 8 James 2 (YES)

Disneediva 6087 Austin 10 Gabby 11 (Yes)

Disney_Newf 2004 Ryan 4 (YES)

Donnainnj Cat 11 Sarah 11 Erin 7 (Yes)

Dms_cruisers04 7503 Samantha 4 (Yes)

Drm 6609 Danielle 13 Keith 12 (YES)

Ginger 2052 Ashley 7 (YES)

Goofymom67 2100 Stephanie 12 Courtney 9 Katie 7

Jamashp 8528 Ashley 12 Jamie 10 Bryce 6 (YES)

Jaypd 8046 Zach 4 Also joining Zach will be his new baby sister who arrived on: 5/30/2004 Miranda (YES)

Jewelray 6015 Dd 10 (YES)

Jimbo 6098 & 6099 Kayla 10 Andrea 7 (YES)

Keh and Rose_greenthumb 7627 & 7629 (YES)

Letsgodisney need stateroom numnber Ryan 3 (YES)

Lynda Silk 7060 Robert 12 Elizabeth 10 (YES)

Mdvasquez 2071 Ashley 13 (YES)

mhb 6108 Kyle 13 Rachel 11 (YES)

Njfamily 8030 Emily 7 Adam 5 (Yes)

rocadonismom 7567 (YES)

ShirleyR- 5520 Hunter 6 (YES)

Skoi 6018 Sadie 10 Sig 6 (Yes)

Srm GTY Regan 10 (YES)

Strissel 5624 Robert 7

Taswira 7628 (Yes)

Tluvs2talk 5001 (YES)

Vikingfans 6090 (YES)

Wjbc 6062 Courtney 7 Brandie 10 (YES)




48 trick-or-treaters

Trick-or-Treat

 

[mhb]

Good Morning Everyone!!

Dena and Shari: Glad you guys are alright. I've been reading the boards and some of the DIS family have been hit. Hoping everything is okay whith all of them.

Shari: What do you know about the Magic on Sat? I read that some of the cruisers will have to pick the ship up in Key West, at a cost to Disney of $200. per person.

Welcome Goofymom67: This is our 1st cruise with Disney also. I have a DD 11 that would love to email someone before the cruise and get to know them. You can PM us if you would like the girls to chat with one another.

I can't believe we have 39 T or Ters. I was only planning for 48. Hope we don't go over that. Ginger, how many have you had in the past?

Judi: You got a great deal on airfare!! I booked when flights first came out and got the same price for our family of 5. We are with USAir, and I'm hoping they don't go under before we leave.

That's about it for now. Hope everyone has a good day.
Michelle

 

[dis4me]

Hi Everyone Hope everonefaired well in the storm.
I noticed that the tropical night has been changed to Pirate night.
Of course that is the one night that I have outfits for everyon. Do you think anyone will still wear tropical. If I put an eye patch on can I be tropical pirate? LOL
Looking forward to meeting everyone.
If anyone has a dd 8 or 9 my dds would love to begin correspondig with them. Send me their email addresss.

 

[KEH]

Well I have got tropical gear as well and I think I'm going to wear it regardless. Not sure quite what I'd wear as a pirate anyway and coming from the UK, packing space will be at a premium. If I look like a fool it won't be the first or last time (Emma, darling, no comment is necessary at this point).

 

[taswira]

I'm back online! They restored power and phone service to the <i>Fly-In Community</i> a couple of hours ago! I guess some of those "biggies" in the neighborhood must have wielded their clout, because Target and WalMart here are on generators, there are some signal lights out, and much of the area is still without power. They had projected 5 to 7 days outage for here, so I was about to go crazy over the prospect.

My mom and I drove around the community and there are <i>hoards</i> of downed trees and debris everywhere, in yards, on the roads and all over the golf course. We did not check out the airport area but I imagine it is a mess also. A big tree in our front yard is in the road, as are many on this street, so we think a tornado may have taken this path. An oak tree in our back yard is uprooted but can probably be saved. Around the block, where there are some VERY expensive homes, someone's screened-in lanai area is in a shambles. The storm took the entire big screened structure to the ground and I think also broke a big glass door, whereas nothing at the houses on either side was damaged.

This was a bit scary! My mother spent almost the whole time in her "safe room" walk-in closet. I, being curious about it all, kept <i>occasionally</i> peering out the blinds on my bedroom window until the power went out. All I can say in summary is "WOW!" And this was only a category 1 or 2 when it hit here, although apparently we did experience the eye and a tornado or two. I know this storm was even worse in Orlando.

My long-distance hubby just told me (since I have not yet heard any news and just now got online) that "<i>Hurricane Earl</i>" may take the same route if it does not decide to turn to Mexico, Texas, etc. Oh, no! Let's hope for a longer break between hurricanes!

As soon as I get myself re-organized (by tomorrow at the latest as long as the power holds), I will go through recent posts here and add anyone new to the Cruiser List and the T-or-T list that is on the website. Sorry for the delay.

 

[disney_newf]

Hi everyone,

Glad to hear everyone is OK and that there is only minimum damage done. We are very fortunate here that we never had to experience hurricanes, tornados or any other weather fathom other than snow and lots of it!

I have started gathering together all the things I think we'll need (from reading these forums). I expect the way things are going I'm going to need a bus!!! Just kidding, I know unpack 50%. I just tell the husband, what I don't have I'll buy!!!


dis4me - How did you find out tropical night is changed to Pirate night? And is there any info about what night formal night is changed to?

Ladies, I would love to be added to the girls afternnon drinks. As long as there are daiquiris, I'm drinking!

See you on board,

Kelly

 

[dis4me]

HI Kelly Friends of mine just came back and said they changed it to Pirate theme. Many people were in tropical not many pirates but they gave them red do rag type things and had a new menu or something. She asked if it was a permanent change and the CM said nothing is permanent but they will see how well it goes over. I had her ask about halloween and he said we probably won't know unil we get onboard.

 

[taswira]

goofymom67 - I have added you to the Cruiser List and the T-or-T list on the <B><I><a href="http://www.primateprojections.com/103004/">Halloween Magic website</A></I></B>. If you PM me or post your dining seating (Main or Late) and stateroom number, I will add that.

About Ft. Wilderness - Yes, all of Orlando and vicinity experienced Hurricane Charley in varying degrees. I do not know if Ft. Wilderness suffered any damage, but all trailers obviously had to evacuate.

To whomever asked about having to board DCL in Key West, you probably already know this by now and I don't know if you were asking about two days ago or next weekend, but here is the current status - -

<B>Port Canaveral Re-Opens</B>

PORT CANAVERAL - Noon - Saturday, August 14, 2004 -- Port Canaveral was re-opened by the U.S. Coast Guard this morning by 7:30 a.m. and normal ship operations have resumed. The cruise ships Carnival GLORY and Disney MAGIC and the day gaming vessel STERLING have normal operational schedules. Cargo ship operations have also resumed. Minimal damage was sustained at the Port. There was a downed power line, some landscape damage and some awnings came off. Contact: Dixie Sansom, Canaveral Port Authority Director of Government Relations and Public Affairs at numeric pager (800) 697-5207.