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

[Donnainnj]

Just wanted to add my prayers, and good luck to all the Florida DISers on our cruise!(and the ones that aren't)
DDad just changed his plans this AM, with a few nudges by me, his original flight brought him into Orlando at 2:40pm Satuday, now he will come in on Monday, I tried to get him to wait until Tuesday, but he wasn't into it.

 

[DVCBob]

Well, we should have been on a plane in about three hours for a quick three day, 15th anniversary trip to WDW. We will just have to celebrate on the cruise.

We had been watching the storm since the weekend and on Wednesday Debbie made the decision (with my full support) that there was no way we were going to add to the mayhem by traveling into central Florida. We had reservations at the Swan (a fully non-fundable internet rate if cancelling less than 72 hours out) which the Swan cancelled with no penalties. We were also able to receive a full credit for our plane tickets and they waived the $50.00 change fee.

Our thoughts and prayers are with all those who will be affected by the hurricane. Hopefully Frances will continue to weaken.

 

["Ginger"]

Bob that's a shame, was it just going to be you and Debbie? Can you come a few days before or stay a few after the cruise? Our anniversary(11 years) is the 23rd of this month, maybe we can have a special drink on St. John to celebrate both.

I noticed that Ashley didn't have school on the 7th and 8th of Nov, soooooo I thought perect time to get in a couple days at WDW. I asked Bill what he thought of the idea, before he could get "Yeah! we could do that"... out of his mouth, I was online emailing my request. Got a quick confirmation back, but I was quote 30 points more than they have posted on their site for our stay. I just tried to call them to correct the matter but the offices are now closed due to the storm. They will be reopened on Tuesday, if possible.

BTW, we aren't telling Ashley about our little visit to the World we're going to surprises her.

I sure hope that Dena and her family will be alright staying there.

Go to go my DH is putting together a new piece of excerise equipment for me, an Elliptical. I've wanted one for years but he would never give in because I was a member at a very expensive gym in Bel Air, Md. I finally gave up my membership to try and save money for next years cruise. I guess he felt sorry for me or was it the weight I was gaining that made him give in. Who cares, I've got it now.

 

[Lynda Silk]

Hi everyone! Just checking in and I wanted to add my prayers for Dena and Shari to be safe and not to have too much damage! Ginger, what a sweetheart you are to open your home like that! Dena, at least you are going to WDW! Have fun!

Julie, I'm still working on my DD 10 Elizabeth to start emailing your daughter and other girls on the cruise! We finally fixed our email but Elizabeth is so shy! I did mention that your daughter likes horses though, so that might nudge her closer to emailing! And I'm glad to hear that you know for sure that your coming on the cruise!

We're going to do the horseback riding at St. Maarten with the Bayside Riding Club, and then do Godfrey's at St. Thomas. Michelle, did you ever find out whether we would have time to go to a beach at the end of the tour?

Take care everyone!

 

[mhb]

Good Morning everyone!!

This weather huh? Hoping everyone is safe. We have relatives in the West Palm Beach area, too. Hope all are safe.

Lynda: I do have to email Godfrey tours again. I would like to do the Sky Tram, Shop, see the island then beach. Wish we had more time in St. Thomas and less in St Maarten. Don't know is they will go for this or if I have to go along with his plans.

DVCBob: Sorry about your plans!! Glad you could at least save the money. Put it towards a new cruise!!

Donnainnj: Hope your DDad is okay. Is he flying home or a vacation?

Keeping an eye to the sky and the weather channel.

Michelle

 

[dis4me]

Has anyone heard from our Florida disers. Stay safe everyone!

 

[taswira]

Thanks for the offer, Ginger, , but we spent Thursday night in Athens GA, then drove on to Maggie Valley NC (where I used to work as a zookeeper & tour guide) and plan to remain here until next Friday morning if nothing changes. We just have no desire to go back to no power and a landscape of debris, which is bound to be the case again even if it hits as only a Cat 2. I just saw on the Weather Channel that it is currently not moving (in its path) at all, but may build stronger again and then hit land full force. The weird thing here is being able to watch it throughout its course since we have power and those broadcasters have emergency generators. We've been watching the "damage" and it hasn't even hit land yet!

Where I am now in the Smokies of NC, we are expecting heavy rain and wind by Tuesday, but should be nothing more than something like what central FL gets throughout the summer.

Even if Frances proceeds as predicted, I would not be surprised to go home to a downed patio screen structure, lots of roof shingles off, and more downed trees . . but that will be minor compared to what many face. I'm hoping the windows hold up.

I may not be posting much during the coming week, but want to say best wishes to everyone who is anywhere in FL. Do everything possible to stay safe, and please post as soon as you have power again after the hurricane . . to let us know you are okay.

 

["Ginger"]

Shari, did you run to the hill to hide, don't blame you I would do just that. I'm hoping the best for you when you get back to Fla.

Julie, the pixie dust you sent helped me out. I had been stuck on a number for a good while, the scales just would not move. Yesterday it finally moved 4 whole pounds. Thank you, Thank you.

I'd like to wish everyone a happy and safe weekend.
We know Dena is having a good time at Disney World. Boy, what a way to wait a storm out. She's one lucky lady.

 

[mhb]

Hello;

Ginger I need some of your pixie dust just to try and keep on track. Tuesday is coming and it's back to the grind stone. You did great. very hard in the summer.

Shari: Hope all is well with your home. Just spoke with my cousin, West Palm, She has power, but my Uncle about 4 miles away does not. Has not had power since 9am this morning. My cousin boarded up before it hit but knows the screened porch is gone. Keeping our fingers crossed for everyone else.

Michelle

 

["Ginger"]

sending it your way Michelle.

 

["Ginger"]

Day: Sunday, October 31, 2004

Time: 11:00 A.M.- till we finish

Meeting Place: Deck 3 in the Atruim Lobby

This event is only being offered to "DIS" posting members children ages 13 years and younger.


Posting members names, staterooms number to be visited by the T-or-tTers, childrens first names and their ages.

alWatlers ---- 7574 ---- TJ 8 & Alan 13

BethC--- 6556--- Melanie 11 & Jake 9

cheysdad--- 7067---Cheyenne 8

cheysdad's neighbors--- 7619--Gabby 9, Julie 6, & Christina 5

cmcj---7004--- Patrick10, Connor 7, Kyle 3, & Katie 2

dis4me ---8578--- Kyra 9,, Kayla 8 & James 2

Disneediva--- 6087--- Austin 10 & Gabby 11

Disney_Newf--- 2004--- Ryan 4

Donnainnj--- Cat 11--- Sarah 11 & Erin 7

Dms_cruisers04--- 7503--- Samantha 4

Drm--- 6609--- Danielle 13 & Keith 12

DVC Bob---- 6045---- Josh 11 & Kate 9

Ginger--- 2052--- Ashley 7

Goofymom67--- 2100--- Stephanie 12, Courtney 9, & Katie 7

Jamashp--- 8528--- Ashley 12, Jamie 10 & Bryce 6

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

Jewelray--- 6015--- Dd 10

Jimbo--- 6098--- Kayla 10 & Andrea 7

Keh and Rose_greenthumb--- Group Guides

Letsgodisney--- 6078--- Ryan 3

Lynda Silk--- 7060--- Robert 12 & Elizabeth 10

Mdvasquez--- 2071--- Ashley 13

mhb--- 6108--- Kyle 13 & Rachel 11

Njfamily--- 8030--- Emily 7 & Adam 5

rocadonismom--- 7567

ShirleyR---- 5520--- Hunter 6

Skoi--- 6018--- Sadie 10 & Sig 6

Srm--- GTY--- Regan 10

Strissel--- 5624--- Robert 7

Taswira--- 7628

Tluvs2talk--- 5001

Vikingfans--- 6090

Wjbc--- 6062--- Courtney 7 & Brandie 10




52 trick-or-treaters

The closing date for this event is Oct 1, 12:00 a.m.. Please sign on early as I will not be able to sign anyone up pass the closing date. Please don't ask.


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[Lynda Silk]

Ginger,
Just wanted to say congrats on losing 4 pounds! That's great! I was out of town a lot last week so I had to miss my workouts at Curves so I'm hoping the scale won't be too devastating! I joined Curves in March and have lost 13 1/2 pounds so far! I'm trying to keep on track for the cruise because I know I'll gain a few pounds then for sure!

Glad Shari and Dena are safe and sound. Keeping my fingers crossed that the storm will lose power but it doesn't look very good.

 

[Donnainnj]

Michelle,
Ddad is just going on vacation. His first one alone, and he also plans on renting a scooter, due to an operation in late July. I hope electricity will be working for everyone. thanks for asking.
Donna (still thinking of you all in Florida)

 

[skoi]

Congrats to everyone losing weight. I had been doing pretty well on a modified South Beach diet-- dh did it with me and lost almost all the fat around his belly in a couple weeks, but I'm losing slowly... The other day I ate an entire can of sour cream and onion Pringles-- shows you how desperate I was for junk food.

I hope all the Florida people don't find unpleasant surprises due to the storm when they get home. Ds asked if the alligators swim up and down the roads during the floods down there. What an imagination that kid has.

Julie

 

[mhb]

Good Morning Everyone:

Spoke with my cousin and Uncle late yesterday afternoon. Cousin has the fence on one side down, bushes and branches all over the place and as she put it, the screen for the back porch is in the canal. They were going outside about 4pm to take down some of the boards and look at everything else. Guess they'll have to keep the boards in case Ivan comes in.
My Uncle didn't have power for 2 days now and said everything in the frig is ruined. He said he'll just have to drink Vodka. At least he still has his sense of humor. He was lucky, a tree went down in his area and hit the neighbors car.

I know things are worse else where, but was glad to here from our family.

Our children start school tomorrow.

Ginger: Thanks for some of your dust. Work starts tomorrow too, and that means getting a handle on eating again.

Julie: I think thats a great question from DS. Do they start walking around?

Donna: When you talk to Ddad let us know how the airport faired.

Guess we won't here from other Dis folks till the power is restored. Hope all is well with Dena and her young family. Thinking of all of you in the Sunshine state,
Michelle

 

["Ginger"]

Good Morning all

Looks like there are a few of us tring to get off a little extra weight before the cruise. I want to say Congrats!!! to all of you.

Michelle, I wish for you a great first day back to work.

Dena and Shari, I hope you came home to find little to no damage to you homes.

We are expecting rains here, no winds, to arrive from Frances within the next day or two. Actually it will be welcomed since we haven't had any for a good while.

I've got alot to do today, including my exercising, so I'll say good bye for now.

Have a great day all.

 

[DVCBob]

Ginger:
Pleae count us in for tea if you have not already finalized everything.

Can you tell us what the approximate costs are to get to Anguilla ?

We have been getting info. together on St. John and is looks like it is more economical to take taxis from Great Cruz Bay to Trunk Bay on St. John rather than rent a car/jeep. (More money for beverages!)

We also plan on bringing details for all ports (western, eastern & others) just in case the weather causes us to divert. With the weather the way is it you just never know where you will end up. In the two prior Disney cruises we have taken we have always missed at least one port. On the first trip, as you know, we missed Castaway Cay and on the second we missed Grand Cayman. On the second they did take us to Costa Maya in place of Grand Cayman but we knew nothing about the port.

Everyone:
What percentage of your trick or treat offerings will be candy? We suggested to the kids that perhaps the treats should not include a lot of candy, but according to Josh (DS) "Halloween-It's all about the candy".

 

["Ginger"]

Bob I'm tring to get the most current information but I'm having a hard time with it. I've emailed the tourist board there and have gotten no reply. I called them and spoke to a gal who just didn't want to answer any questions. She only wanted my name and mailing address. I did manage to get the current rates on the ferries to and from.
Ferries rates are as follows: Ferry leaving St. Martin to Anguilla total cost that way is $12.75.
Returning from Anguilla will be $13.00. Not sure if they still offer a reduced rate for children.
Looking into cab fares as rental cars are expensive there.

 

[Tluvs2talk]

Hi Everyone.
Hope everyone had a safe weekend. I hope shari and Dena are safe and that their home are ok. WE had a lot of wind, rain and tornadoes here today from Frances. We are expecting more rain and wind tonight and into tomorrow. I have a bad case of poison ivy and sumac on my arms. I spent 4 days last week cleaning our yard from tropical storm Gaston that came through last Saturday, and I guess I picked up branches that had poison on them as well. I know what I am dealing with is NOTHING compared to those in Florida. I pray the rest of the storms like Ivan go back out to sea. I am also glad I am not cruising for several more weeks. I would hate to have to be traveling through Florida right now with all the debris and shortage on gas. Hopefully the tropics will calm down and everyone can resume life as normal.




Teri

 

[mhb]

Hello everyone.

Hope all is well. My 1st day back to work was okay. 3 weddings this weekend, lots of steaming of gowns. Yes, I work in a Bridal Shop. It's not as much fun as you think.

My Uncle still doesn't have power. He is now at my cousins, (his DD) and she has power. No phone service though. Hoping all the Disers that live in FL are okay.

Ginger: Thanks so much for thinking of me on my 1st day back.

Teri: Sorry to read about your poison ivy. Are you taking anything? I don't think I've ever had that. Then again can't remember the last time I was in the woods either.

I think you guys have a great idea about getting info on other ports. Which ones are you getting? What do you think they'll do if we can't get to CC. Will we go to another port or just a day at sea?

Julie: I keep a stash of sweets hidden (away from DH and kids) for just those times when I want something junkie.

Donna: Have you heard from your Ddad? Wondering how the airport was.

That's about it for now. Have a good evening everyone.

Hope the weekend went well.

Michelle