Roll call for the 10/23/2004 Western Magic. Who's with us?

[pdarrah]

Although we are not doing MNSSHP (I sort of wish we were, but it just would have added too much stress to this trip...) I would be happy to add a note to the "Who's Going" listings on the website for those that are. If you like the idea, just email me or post it here and I'll add it in.

I did add info on the couple of meets that were suggested. They are on the "Stuff" page.

If anyone else has any other ideas of what to put on the website, just let me know.

Pamela

 

[skylynx]

Just in case we forget to say it, thank YOU Pamela for gathering and keeping all this great information on your website!

 

[kamgen]

We survived the hurricane...lucky for us we only got lots of rain and some down trees. I pray for all of those people north of us.

WE GOT OUR DOCS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Unfortunately, they are in Michigan...went to our old address...so my parents are bringing them to us when they fly down next week! :

I am so ready for this cruise. Moving is so stressful and we are living amongst what feels like a trillion boxes...cannot find much!
Dh and I need to relax before we go nuts (wait, we are nuts! LOL!)

 

[Mom2Princesses]

First, Happy Belated Birthday Kamy! I am glad the hurricanes have not affected you too much. We are approaching the end of hurricane season, correct?

Second, WHY DON'T I HAVE MY DOCS??????????????????????

Third, We are going to MNSSHP the night before. We have a PS at LTT at 4pm.

Fourth, WHY DON'T I HAVE MY DOCS??????????????????????

Fifth, Once again, thank you Pamela for your organization!

 

[pdarrah]

Happy Monday Everyone!

Still no docs, but I didn't have much hope of them arriving on the weekend. If they are UPS or FedEx, they don't usually deliver on Saturdays and our postal carrier tends to not deliver on Saturday also! (It is amazing how we get tons of mail every other day of the week, but most Saturdays we don't have any...)

Occasionally, I have these "art & craft" fits and try and do something creative. My latest was making t-shirts for Darrah and a magnet for our stateroom door. Everyone here just thinks I am nuts, so I am going to show them off to you folks where someone else might think they are as cool as I do

I made 2 t-shirts for Darrah. Originally, I was going to make 1 which we would use for character autographs (hopefully, guest services will just take it and handle it - but if not, we can carry it around.) I made the mistake of asking Darrah which character he would like on it. By the time he was done with all the characters he "had" to have, there wasn't any room for autographs! So I made a second one (without his input) for the autographs. The photos below shows front and back of both shirts - due to the magic of digital photography, we have Darrah and his doppleganger side by side

I also created a door magnet that is related to the first t-shirt (some of the same graphics and text) There will probably be more to the door stuff - maybe something with each of our names or something...

Anyway, thank you for looking - please don't laugh at me, I am only moderately insane!

Pamela

 

[RonnieJo66]

Hi All....

Pamela: The t-shirts and magnet are totally cute!!!!!


Don't think you're insane at all! Besides who wants to be normal..it's very over-rated!! (at least in my humble opinion!)

We still don't have our docs yet either.....guess I'll have to be more patient....NOT!!!

GIMME GIMME GIMME

Smiles,

RonnieJo

 

[faithmagicmickey]

Pamela, I love the t-shirts


Faith

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

Trying to post a reply but it isn't letting me. I will try later.

 

[BeanoC]

The closer this cruise gets, the more excited I get (like always)... and this year, the more worried I get about this nasty weather!

T&K : If we have to sail out of Port Everglades, will you guys still drive up for MNSSHP??

And just in case the weather keeps us all out to sea a couple of extra days, (wouldn't that just be terrible? LOL) I say we have the mother of all DIS parties in our stateroom!

But truthfully, I'd rather see things simply go as planned...

So could somebody just give Pudge a PB&J sandwich, please?!!

(I wonder how many posts I'll get asking what the h*ll that means!!)



'Beano'

 

[Soccermom-Cheri]

Pamela,

Why be normal? Sane people don't have nearly as much fun.

Oh, and I'd like to order one door magnet, please

 

[BeanoC]

The closer this cruise gets, the more excited I get (like always)... and this year, the more worried I get about this nasty weather!

T&K : If we have to sail out of Port Everglades, will you guys still drive up for MNSSHP??

And just in case the weather keeps us all out to sea a couple of extra days, (wouldn't that just be terrible? LOL) I say we have the mother of all DIS parties in our stateroom!

But truthfully, I'd rather see things simply go as planned...

So could somebody just give Pudge a peanut butter sandwich, please?!!

(I wonder how many posts I'll get asking what the h*ll that means!!)



'Beano'

 

[abitjaded]

Beano, I bet there is not a single person on this thread that does not know why Pudge cannot have tuna fish.

Hey Pamela, if you let the characters use a Sharpie on his t-shirt when he has it on, his little body could be autographed, too! My nephew did it on one cruise, sorta. I had a bunch of caps for the boys and wrote their names inside. DN put his on while it was still damp and he had a mirror imprint of his initials on his head. There is a picture somewhere....

Still no Docs here. Willing to sail out of Port Everglades, hoping somewhere is left to sail to. Jeanne parked her little rear end over Abaco way too long.

Can I come to the black glove party if my gloves are not black?

Carla

 

[DMoss3377]

Hey gang...

Well...we have a new little addition to our small Ohana...a new little puppy.

We finally broke down and made the decision. We've been going back and forth about it for a while, especially with the loss of our sweetie pie in May. But, we're happy with our decision...except for the lack of sleep we've gotten in the last couple nights. LOL

We got another miniature schnauzer...he's black with a little touch of white under the chin, on his chest and his toes. He's 9 weeks old...5.8 lbs (just had him weighed today at the vet). We've named him Madden. (Let's see how many people can guess where we came up with that name.) LOL

I hope to have some photos up to share soon.

Also got the "official" DCL letter changing the itinerary. Not that I care where we go...as long as it's on the Magic with my friends...I'll be happy!

Well, gotta try to get the puppy to go out in the rain and wind...Jeanne is making potty training today nearly impossible. LOL I'm just glad we didn't get the winds like we did with Ivan...poor little Madden would get blown away. LOL

Oh...and Beano...if we have to sail out of the Everglades...hope you don't mind if we strap ourselves to your limo instead of driving all the way down. LOL

 

[BeanoC]

Dana - Congrats on your new addition!

He's a big 'un! LOL Our little girl Molly is 7 months old and she's only 6 pounds. Then again, my 'little' girl Bridget is only 5 months old and she's 50 pounds already!!

And I think I know where you got the name... so perhaps you should call him "Madden 2004"

And Dana, you would always be welcome in our limo, but we are planning to hitch a ride with T&K to the port, whichever one it may be. We only have the limo to and from the airport.


Still no docs here in Sunny CA... soon I hope.



'Beano'

 

[Soccermom-Cheri]

Hey Beano!

What are the sending ours by Pony Express? California isn't THAT far!

now a question: how far is this Port Everglades place from WDW? Should I cancel MNSSHP the night before? How flexible are the towncar people?



If anyone decides to do the MNSSHP the night before, I do have an extra CHILD ticket. Evidently, I can't type and ordered one too many kids tix. anyone can have it if you just let me know.

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

Pamela - those shirts and magnets are so cute.

Cheri - glad I talked you into horseback riding, I wouldn't miss it!!! I am sure the towncar people are flexible, as long as you have enough $$$!!!

Dana - Congratulations on your new member of the family. Can't wait to see the pictures.

Okay I will take the bait, who is Pudge?

Most important: Where are my DOCS? Did they forget the people out West?

Anyone hear how Castaway Cay did while Jeanne visited Abaco?

 

[kamgen]

Well, Pudge is the fish in Lilo & Stitch. At the beginning of the movie, Lilo is late for her dance class because she is feeding Pudge! The reference Beano is making to the weather and Pudge the fish is that Lilo says Pudge controls the weather!
For those of you who have not seen Lilo & Stitch, watch it! It is so awesome!!!

Beano- of course we will still go to the MNSSHP even if we sail out of PE. But no worries...we will be fine and the cruise will sail as scheduled...I have faith!

For those of you curious, PE is about 4 hours from WDW.

Last night, Tim and I could see the Disney Magic out of our living room window..(we can see PE from there). Yesterday there were a few ships there...carnival, princess and celebrity.

I am so ready to cruise........gotta start packing! Actually, we first have to UNPACK our stuff so I can find everything...ah, the joy of moving!

 

[pdarrah]

Still no docs here either...

I checked with my TA yesterday and she said they would go to her first and then she will send them priority mail to me. She expects them "sometime this week", so I guess I probably won't get them until next week

Pamela

 

[abitjaded]

Heidi, sorry I forget some folks do not have kids and have not watched Lilo and Stitch 60 gazillion times.

I think it is now official, I have emailed every tour operator within a 65km distance of Costa Maya. I want to see that biopreserve, I want to see all the ruins, I have always wanted to dive Belize, and here we will be within an hour of the reef, but it does not look like you can get there. ARGGGHHH! Making me crazy. Leanne and Pamela, saw your other posts here and at CruiseCritic. Just don't want to veg on the beach knowing what is nearby. On the wine night, remind DH and I to tell you about our Mexican Indiana Jones Adventure in the early days of Can Cun and before Playa del Carmen had Tourista-free restaurants. I want to re-heat my souffle and take the kids along!

Carla

 

[pdarrah]

Hi Carla,

I really want to get to the ruins also.... I visited Cancun in early 1982 when there was only 1 high-rise hotel on the beach and we stayed in a little motel that was fairly primitive. We rented a car and drove to Chizen Itza on terrible roads. That night we stayed at the "archialogicos" club med that was at the ruins and were the only americans there (there was a french and a german tour group there also.) The power went out just after dinner which seemed to be a fairly normal event and many of us slept outside on the lounge chairs around the pool! I don't think there was anyone else at the ruins the next morning but us and it was WONDERFUL! We were able to climb any of the ruins and walked through the jungle on little paths to get to some of them. I have avoided going back to Cancun since then since I don't really want to see the comercialization that has happened since then. I doubt that even Chizen Itza is the same now...

Although I don't really expect Chaccoban to be the same as my memories of Chizen Itza - I believe it is smaller and I don't think they let you climb the ruins anymore. However, it is probably the closest I am going to get anytime soon! If DCL runs a tour to Kohunlich, that would be more like it - but I don't think my 5 year old would be up to an 8 hour excursion. Have you contacted the Mayas Beach Garden resort about possible excursions - I was thinking of trying that since their website has so much info. Even if they don't offer the excursions themselves, they might be able to point us in the right direction. It seems that DCL has had the Chaccoban tour before, so that is my "fall back position"! I usually prefer to "go it alone" for excursions, but without much info on reputable excursions it is a little scarier here. Just grabbing a taxi to the ruins makes me a little nervous!

I would love to snorkle at the Chinchorro reef also, but in a single day I can't possibly do both! Since we are already signed up to snorkle at Cozumel (Eagle Ray Divers - 2 reef snorkle), it makes sense to try and see ruins at Costa Maya.

Please let us know if you find anything good on Costa Maya excursions!

Pamela

P.S. I think any color gloves are fine!!! I actually have both black and white and will wear whichever looks best with my outfit. I am still shopping in hopes of finding something I like better than the one in my closet! If it doesn't look too dorky, I will wear my tiara also