Roll call for the 10/23/2004 Western Magic. Who's with us?
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jiminyC_fan
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Hi guys, would like to introduce myself also. My life isn't as interesting as the rest of you, in fact it is quite boring. But sometimes boring is good, right? My husband, Ted (52) and I (50)began cruising with Disney on our 25th Anniversary. It is now 28 years. We are very happily married and have twin 23 year old girls. One just got married this past Sept and the other one got her heart broken earlier this year after a 5 year relationship. Both just graduated from college this last May and luckily got jobs in their fields quiet easily. Heidi the one still at home just began a Federal Job in the Human Resource Dept. Stacey is busy as an accountant. Ted works as a Right of Way Agent. I use to work in the District Court and then as a paralegal for the DA but quit when the girls were born. I am now a housewife/mother and do daycare for a friend twice a week.
We last cruised Oct 19, 2002 with a terrific bunch of people from the DISboard. We are all still in touch daily via the board. Denine, and Jeanne (of the Dudette fame) are a couple of them. We draw names and exchange Christmas gifts and open them all together over an internet wine chat. We are one big family.
We live in Littleton Colorado. Made famous by the Columbine High School shootings. We lost one friend who the girls grew up with. We live just the other side of the park and could hear everything.
Kamy, I looked at your before and after pictures and you gave me the incentive to try and lose my weight. You look great! Congratulations on such a big accomplishment!!
I got to talk to Faith via IM yesterday. She is such a warm person. I enjoyed our talk.
Bare with me until I get to know names and screen names. Ok, the truth is that I am horrible with names. Now give me a number and I will remember it forever.
We last cruised Oct 19, 2002 with a terrific bunch of people from the DISboard. We are all still in touch daily via the board. Denine, and Jeanne (of the Dudette fame) are a couple of them. We draw names and exchange Christmas gifts and open them all together over an internet wine chat. We are one big family.
We live in Littleton Colorado. Made famous by the Columbine High School shootings. We lost one friend who the girls grew up with. We live just the other side of the park and could hear everything.
Kamy, I looked at your before and after pictures and you gave me the incentive to try and lose my weight. You look great! Congratulations on such a big accomplishment!!
I got to talk to Faith via IM yesterday. She is such a warm person. I enjoyed our talk.
Bare with me until I get to know names and screen names. Ok, the truth is that I am horrible with names. Now give me a number and I will remember it forever.
Hi JiminyC-
You'll love this group! We met them last year on this board, and finally met them face to face in October. They are tons of fun!!!!
Beano........
I thought you were buying the first round of sailaway drinks. Remember.....the last person to get tickets, buys for the first person! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Got my confimation letter in the mail today for both cruises. Now to find the $. Got any ideas, XLT800?
DsnyDudetteTwo
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I guess I better introduce myself, Jeanne (alias Disney Dudette#2) & Joyce (alias Disney Dudette #3) since she doesn't use the computer. We are both in our 50's and both Registered Nurses who work in the Post Partum Unit at Virtua Hospital in Voorhees, N.J. Joyce has been married forever to Les & I have been divorced forever. Joyce has 3 grown children (1 boy, 2 girls) & 2 grandsons. I have 3 grown children (1 girl, 2 boys) none of which are married. I also have a Siberian Husky named Dodger.
We both live in South Jersey which is close to Philadelphia. This is the "condensed" version of our lifes.
We have been on three Disney cruises & go to WDW several times a year. We will be there 11/29/03-12/5/03 but we had an exceptional time on our last cruise because we knew so many people by the time we went on the cruise because of these boards! When they announced the "Disney Dudettes"
people ran up to us & told us who they were & we felt like they were old friends. We want them to move near us or we want to move near them because we miss them. Several of the 10/19/02 cruisers are getting together in WDW in December
Well I started to ramble
on again. I tend to do that. Can't wait to meet you all. We are a fun bunch of people. Just ask Sandy!
Have a great week. I am going back to work after having four days off & now I have to work 3 - 12 hour shifts so don't expect to hear from me. Toodles
JEANNE
We both live in South Jersey which is close to Philadelphia. This is the "condensed" version of our lifes.
We have been on three Disney cruises & go to WDW several times a year. We will be there 11/29/03-12/5/03 but we had an exceptional time on our last cruise because we knew so many people by the time we went on the cruise because of these boards! When they announced the "Disney Dudettes"
people ran up to us & told us who they were & we felt like they were old friends. We want them to move near us or we want to move near them because we miss them. Several of the 10/19/02 cruisers are getting together in WDW in December Well I started to ramble
on again. I tend to do that. Can't wait to meet you all. We are a fun bunch of people. Just ask Sandy! Have a great week. I am going back to work after having four days off & now I have to work 3 - 12 hour shifts so don't expect to hear from me. Toodles
JEANNE
BeanoC
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Fran - It's a matter of being in the right place at the right time. If I had a nickel for every round of drinks I bought on that last cruise...
I could buy another round of drinks!
I don't have much of a story to tell, since my horrid reputation preceeds me, thanks to my wonderful DIS friends!
My name is Ben, often known as 'Beano', and no, I cannot relieve gas. But I do sometimes cause indigestion. My wife is Renee, and we've been happily married for 11 years. We've actually been married for almost 15 years, but 4 of them sucked. Just kidding dear! It'll be 15 years next June, and each year is better than the last. We live in California and own & operate our own business.We have 2 children; a 13 year old son and 11 year old daughter. This will be our 6th Disney cruise; 5th with our best friends Tim and Kamy - whom we met on a Disney cruise.
We enjoy hosting DIS parties in our stateroom, and this cruise is no exception... all the regular posters here on the thread are invited. Hell, even if you're a bit irregular, you can still come.
More details on that to follow!
'Beano'
I could buy another round of drinks!
I don't have much of a story to tell, since my horrid reputation preceeds me, thanks to my wonderful DIS friends!
My name is Ben, often known as 'Beano', and no, I cannot relieve gas. But I do sometimes cause indigestion. My wife is Renee, and we've been happily married for 11 years. We've actually been married for almost 15 years, but 4 of them sucked. Just kidding dear! It'll be 15 years next June, and each year is better than the last. We live in California and own & operate our own business.We have 2 children; a 13 year old son and 11 year old daughter. This will be our 6th Disney cruise; 5th with our best friends Tim and Kamy - whom we met on a Disney cruise.
We enjoy hosting DIS parties in our stateroom, and this cruise is no exception... all the regular posters here on the thread are invited. Hell, even if you're a bit irregular, you can still come.
More details on that to follow!
'Beano'
BeanoC
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Hi again everyone. I just posted a few of my cruise pics on my website. Please have a look!
http://homepage.mac.com/b.creighton/PhotoAlbum9.html
Hope you like!!
'Beano'
http://homepage.mac.com/b.creighton/PhotoAlbum9.html
Hope you like!!
'Beano'
kamgen
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Great pics Beano!!!!
But looking at those did make me miss you guys and the cruise even more!!!!
Here is the link to my pics from this trip, incase anyone wants to check them out!
http://community.webshots.com/user/timthetarzanman
But looking at those did make me miss you guys and the cruise even more!!!!
Here is the link to my pics from this trip, incase anyone wants to check them out!
http://community.webshots.com/user/timthetarzanman
faithmagicmickey
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Hi beano, The pics anr great. Who did the cake? I love the color.
faithmagicmickey
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Hi Beano,When you ordered the cake from the concierge. How far in advance did you have to order it?
Faith
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Great pics guys! Thanks for sharing. Brings back a lot of memories especially Paradise Point with the Dudettes.
skylynx
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Hello, again...
Dave asked if the Mustang Ranch (noted house of ill repute) would be the site for our wedding. No, Dave, it's far worse than that. I'd like to describe it for anyone who's up for an adventure in the next couple of months, and just because it is the kind of old Americana tourist attraction that used to be about as good as it got on the family vacation before Disney World.
The ranch is called Bonnie Springs Old Nevada (www.bonniesprings.com) and is the most authentic fake you can imagine. Authentic because although it is a phony tourist attraction with fakey Indian souvenirs, it IS a town of real buildings, not fronts, built on an actual pony express stop with an actual underground spring and a bona fide history. There are several lynchings and street shoutouts per day (in fact, weddings must be scheduled between them). There is a cheesy wax museum with a mildewed, motion detecting Abraham Lincoln wax figure that yells at you if you get too close to it. And an "abandoned mine" where the floor deliberately tilts the further you walk into it (intensely amusing if you've been imbibing). The saloon that can be rented for parties has huge oil paintings of topless brothel ladies on the walls but they'll cover them up with sheets if you request it.
It is the kind of place that charges you a dollar if they catch you taking feathers from the ground. The best feathers come from the wild peacocks that perch in the trees and make noises at daybreak that sound just like someone yelling "let me out!" over and over." It is the kind of place that is obviously a front for some Vegas strip money laundering...no place this hokey (it even has a small scale train that takes you from the (dirt) parking lot to the main entrance) could support such a vast staff packing technology befitting an astronaut. It is the kind of place that you can put quarters into machines for food to feed the animals in the sad petting zoo. For an extra fee you can even get your picture taken with the Biggest Cow on the Face of the Earth or a melancholy bison.
The chapel, however, is built of gorgeous natural wood with a huge window altar framing the mountains of Red Rock Canyon. And, although it is located between the shootin' gallery and the Old Tyme photo shop, there is a definite aura of majesty and reverence to it. It is a place in which one can feel very close to heaven, filled with the simplest of natural beauty.
And although the motel boasts decor made from the Walmart fabric remnant bin and pieces of wood picked up from the parking lot, it overlooks stunningly savage mountains and the Rawhide-esque horse corral, and if you go out at sunrise the trail horses come up to the fence to be sociable. You can sit out there in your pajamas, drink coffee, and watch the sun track across the tops of the mountains while it is still blue gray where you are sitting. No one will likely see you, because in all the times we've been there (7+ nights at varying times of year) there have rarely been more than one or two other cars there. More reason to suspect an alternative source of revenue. But there is something so real about it; the sky is so big and everything just seems to be more colorful and the beer tastes colder and the barbecue sandwiches are sloppier and the horses' noses are more velvety....Real rodeo cowboys who've messed up their skeletons too badly to stay competitive lead morning trail rides through gulches and tumbleweed and packrats and occasionally (and frighteningly) encounter a real bobcat. They still wear their trophy belt buckles and tell tall tales.
I discovered this place quite by accident while taking a much needed escape drive from Treasure Island and the Vegas strip scene during a week long conference. Something about it tugged at my heart, so I took John there on one of our early unauthorized trips together--and we keep going back. In many ways, it is as special a place for us as Disney. Of course, the former site of the Disney Institute and the current site of Disney Quest are hallowed ground for us, as that is where we met and fell hopelessly and dangerously in love. We got engaged during the Tapestry of Dreams parade, the music of which we have always felt was "our" soundtrack. So we are planning that the wedding itself take place at the Vegas ranch, followed by some rabble rousing and swaying to the Bellagio fountains that night, and then off the the Magic Kingdom the following day. There's no way we're missing the sole opportunity to buy and wear those Mickey and Minnie wedding hats!
If anyone is still reading...thanks! I got carried away, as I am known to do. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.
Dave asked if the Mustang Ranch (noted house of ill repute) would be the site for our wedding. No, Dave, it's far worse than that. I'd like to describe it for anyone who's up for an adventure in the next couple of months, and just because it is the kind of old Americana tourist attraction that used to be about as good as it got on the family vacation before Disney World.
The ranch is called Bonnie Springs Old Nevada (www.bonniesprings.com) and is the most authentic fake you can imagine. Authentic because although it is a phony tourist attraction with fakey Indian souvenirs, it IS a town of real buildings, not fronts, built on an actual pony express stop with an actual underground spring and a bona fide history. There are several lynchings and street shoutouts per day (in fact, weddings must be scheduled between them). There is a cheesy wax museum with a mildewed, motion detecting Abraham Lincoln wax figure that yells at you if you get too close to it. And an "abandoned mine" where the floor deliberately tilts the further you walk into it (intensely amusing if you've been imbibing). The saloon that can be rented for parties has huge oil paintings of topless brothel ladies on the walls but they'll cover them up with sheets if you request it.
It is the kind of place that charges you a dollar if they catch you taking feathers from the ground. The best feathers come from the wild peacocks that perch in the trees and make noises at daybreak that sound just like someone yelling "let me out!" over and over." It is the kind of place that is obviously a front for some Vegas strip money laundering...no place this hokey (it even has a small scale train that takes you from the (dirt) parking lot to the main entrance) could support such a vast staff packing technology befitting an astronaut. It is the kind of place that you can put quarters into machines for food to feed the animals in the sad petting zoo. For an extra fee you can even get your picture taken with the Biggest Cow on the Face of the Earth or a melancholy bison.
The chapel, however, is built of gorgeous natural wood with a huge window altar framing the mountains of Red Rock Canyon. And, although it is located between the shootin' gallery and the Old Tyme photo shop, there is a definite aura of majesty and reverence to it. It is a place in which one can feel very close to heaven, filled with the simplest of natural beauty.
And although the motel boasts decor made from the Walmart fabric remnant bin and pieces of wood picked up from the parking lot, it overlooks stunningly savage mountains and the Rawhide-esque horse corral, and if you go out at sunrise the trail horses come up to the fence to be sociable. You can sit out there in your pajamas, drink coffee, and watch the sun track across the tops of the mountains while it is still blue gray where you are sitting. No one will likely see you, because in all the times we've been there (7+ nights at varying times of year) there have rarely been more than one or two other cars there. More reason to suspect an alternative source of revenue. But there is something so real about it; the sky is so big and everything just seems to be more colorful and the beer tastes colder and the barbecue sandwiches are sloppier and the horses' noses are more velvety....Real rodeo cowboys who've messed up their skeletons too badly to stay competitive lead morning trail rides through gulches and tumbleweed and packrats and occasionally (and frighteningly) encounter a real bobcat. They still wear their trophy belt buckles and tell tall tales.
I discovered this place quite by accident while taking a much needed escape drive from Treasure Island and the Vegas strip scene during a week long conference. Something about it tugged at my heart, so I took John there on one of our early unauthorized trips together--and we keep going back. In many ways, it is as special a place for us as Disney. Of course, the former site of the Disney Institute and the current site of Disney Quest are hallowed ground for us, as that is where we met and fell hopelessly and dangerously in love. We got engaged during the Tapestry of Dreams parade, the music of which we have always felt was "our" soundtrack. So we are planning that the wedding itself take place at the Vegas ranch, followed by some rabble rousing and swaying to the Bellagio fountains that night, and then off the the Magic Kingdom the following day. There's no way we're missing the sole opportunity to buy and wear those Mickey and Minnie wedding hats!
If anyone is still reading...thanks! I got carried away, as I am known to do. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.
Here is the link to our pictures.
http://community.webshots.com/user/dhuseman100
Hope you enjoy
Dave
http://community.webshots.com/user/dhuseman100
Hope you enjoy
Dave
faithmagicmickey
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Dave, Great pics I enjoyed them. My fav is the one of the sunrise,
Great job.
Great job.
kamgen
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skylnx- I read the whole post and I loved the story! Don't worry, we all get carried away now and then!
Dh and I are especially attached to Tapestry of Dreams and the music to me seems so pure and heavenly. Ahhhhh.....I miss that parade.
We listen to it at home quite often.
Your special place sounds great! Just the kind of place you would never find if you didn't take those drives.
Dh always says you can't really see America if you fly everywhere. LOL!
All of you have great pics! Thanks for sharing....can we go now?? I am ready to cruise
LOL!
Dh and I are especially attached to Tapestry of Dreams and the music to me seems so pure and heavenly. Ahhhhh.....I miss that parade.
We listen to it at home quite often.Your special place sounds great! Just the kind of place you would never find if you didn't take those drives.
Dh always says you can't really see America if you fly everywhere. LOL!
All of you have great pics! Thanks for sharing....can we go now?? I am ready to cruise
LOL!
DMoss3377
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Hi everyone!
Finally finished with my pics.
http://community.webshots.com/user/moss3377
I included some of my artsy fartsy ones that I have fun with.
Really brings back memories. I can hardly wait till we cruise again.
Thanks Dave for sharing your pics. Wish I'd had more time to get to know you and Fran better. Next cruise!
Denise...love your description of the ranch...read the whole thing. I remember you telling us about it at dinner on our first cruise. You write so well, I was able to envision everything. Might just have to check it out some day.
Hope everyone is having a wonderful day!
Finally finished with my pics.
http://community.webshots.com/user/moss3377
I included some of my artsy fartsy ones that I have fun with.
Really brings back memories. I can hardly wait till we cruise again.
Thanks Dave for sharing your pics. Wish I'd had more time to get to know you and Fran better. Next cruise!
Denise...love your description of the ranch...read the whole thing.
I remember you telling us about it at dinner on our first cruise. You write so well, I was able to envision everything. Might just have to check it out some day. Hope everyone is having a wonderful day!
faithmagicmickey
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After seeing all the pic today I can't wait to go. Yes you all look great. Thanks to all of you.
Faith
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