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

[Pooh_Friend#1]

Pamela - how funny, I was thinking about wearing a tiarra so I went out and bought one. Like my mom said, it is small but I haven't tried it on yet. I was actually thinking about the black gloves too. If I decide to go really formal I may be a part of the black glove ladies and wear the tiarra. If I go real formal I will wear what I wore in my sister's wedding as the maid of honor. If I decide not to pack the big dress than I will only the tiarra if it looks good because the other dress is not fancy enough to wear black gloves!!!

I hope Grand Cayman did okay. I loved Grand Cayman when I went last time on the cruise. That was the only port I really loved and was dying to go back. I am not a Mexico fan, this will be my second time in Cozumel and I wasn't very impressed the first time. I hope things got better with time!!

 

[RonnieJo66]

Perchinske: Congratulations on your new babies!!!! My hats off to you hun......God Bless your new little bundles!

Dudette Two and Jiminy C Fan: Thanks ever so for the birthday wishes!

Tchrmom: glad you were spared....although I'm jealous that you're going to visit the mouse! Tell Kelly "good luck" from Beano and I!!!

Smiles to All,

RonnieJo

 

[BeanoC]

Hi Rena!!

Nice of you to 'drop in'. We'll miss you guys on this cruse, but I will definitely have that drink for you!!

Congrats on the new rugrats!

Dana - Props, baby! I knew you'd land the job you wanted!

P.S. Can I borrow 20 bucks??



Any docs yet? Anyone? Bueller?



'Beano'

 

[DMoss3377]

Thanks everyone for the congratulations! My first day was busy, busy, busy...but it's nice earning a paycheck again. Wish I could do that vacationing.

Hi Rena...congrats to you on your double bundle of joy! We'll miss you this time around.

Now I just need my first paycheck...so I can do some much needed cruise shopping. LOL

Fran...so glad Ivan is passing Tampa by...not only for you guys, but for my fam too. It's nice to know you guys will be safe. Hopefully we'll do okay too, since we're so far inland, by the time Ivan gets to us, hopefully he'll be a tiny little thing.

Well...going to relax and play with my doggie.

 

[jiminyC_fan]

Rena, you don't know me but I just wanted to congratulate you on the twins. I had twin girls and there was never anything more special that God could have blessed me with.

 

[DudetteTwo]

RENA: Congratulations on your double blessing . Disney Dudette #3 is a twin too! Along with Sandy having beautiful twin daughters. What did you name the boys?

I just don't think I can stand it any longer. I am SOOOOOOOO excited

I was "mandatory flexed" from work this AM. When the census goes down they flex staffing down & you can't refuse. I sure didn't want to use 12 hours of PTO to sit home today but I didn't have a choice & can't afford not to put in for the time.

Hope you all have a good day. Toodles JEANNE

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

Congratulations on the twins. I am one of the twins that DudetteTwo and JiminyC_fan is talking about. I am wishing my sister to have twins and not me!!!

Oh, thanks for the compliment Jeanne!!! Just wait until you see me early morning on the cruise..not very pretty!!!

I didn't realize Joyce (Disney Dudette #3) is a twin!!

 

[DudetteTwo]

I just wanted to let you all know (since I found out on one of the other boards) the next depression forming is called "JEANNE". We all could be in some trouble since it could be planning to disrupt our cruise. I hope she behaves herself!!!!!!!!

Just wanted to keep you informed. Toodles JEANNE

 

[Mom2Princesses]

I have a question about the mexican night -- do any of you ladies wear real authentic mexican clothing? I am thinking along the lines of a mexican dress?
Does anyone do that?

Just wondering....

 

[Impala]

Hello from the other half of the lynx impala duo...

The latest news from the BBC is that Cayman was badly damaged, with half the houses damged or destroyed. The airport has opened again, but only for relief flights.

Couzmel is expecting the edge of Ivan to hit them soon, so they have closed the port to cruise ships...

Well fingers crossed all will be well, but just in case... does anybody have any maps of Halifax Nova Scotia.

The people in DCL must feel they are on a really sticky wicket, coping with all these changes...

See you ALL soon..(On my birthday...)

cheers
John

 

[tinkerfun]

Hi! My name is Julie and with DH, DD9 & DS7, this will be our first cruise.

I posted this on the kids list, but it was suggested I try it here, so here goes:

DS7 saw the Oceaneer Club in pictures and on video with pirate play, etc. and then he saw the Oceaneer Lab with the computers, etc. He is worried about being stuck in the Oceaneer Club and not enjoying the activities they provide, when it looks like he would really like the Oceaneer Lab. (He is tall for his age and his best friend is 11, so he acts older than his age.) In the passporter it says they will bump them up to the next group if they are within one month of the age. Does anyone know how strict they are on that? He will be 4 months shy of the age cutoff.

Thanks for any info. DH and I were hoping for some quality adult time on the cruise after spending a week in WDW with the kids. I'd hate to find out DS hates the Club, can't go to the Lab and spends all his time moping with us.

Also.......reading all those posts about formal wear and black gloves got me excited. So I went out and bought a great dress, but I can't seem to find any gloves. Any ideas were to look? I'm in Northern California. Also, DH took a look at the dress and said his suit is not formal enough and wants a tux. Can you rent one on the ship?

Thanks.....Julie

 

[pdarrah]

Hi John,

From what I am finding on the web (mostly on-line forums posting msgs from cell phone calls) it sounds like Grand Cayman has been VERY badly hit. Hopefully, there will be more news once the royal navy can get into the harbor and the relief flights start.

From the satalite photos, it looks like Cozumel is just getting the edge of the storm, so hopefully it won't be as bad there.

"they are on a really sticky wicket" - Now there is a very Brittish expression!

I sure hope there is something left of the caribbean when we get there....

Pamela

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

No more hurricanes. That is too bad about Grand Cayman, I have such beautiful pictures from my last cruise there. I wanted my mom to see how beautiful Grand Cayman is.

Julie - Do you have a store out there called Claires or The Icing? They carry cheap black gloves. Maybe a party store will carry them too with it being Halloween now.

Mom (jiminyc_fan) - Where did we see all the variety of gloves at?

Nancy - I could be wrong but I think the mexican night has been replaced by the Pirate theme night.

 

[Mom2Princesses]

Wow, I have never heard of Pirate theme night!

Will our official documents let us know stuff like that? I am so glad you told me!

Are any of you ladies who are definitely wearing black gloves at the early seating time for dinner? I noticed on Pamela's website, most everybody has late seating -- anyone with early?

 

[jiminyC_fan]

Heidi (PoohFriend), I remember seeing the black gloves at Party America when we were shopping for the 50th anniversary stuff.

Hi Julie, welcome!!

I am so looking forward to this cruise. I don't even care if we don't stop at any ports other than CC. I know that Disney would just add one or two on if we can't make it to the Cayman Islands or Cozumel though.

I am thinking about cancelling our RonJon reservations and booking at WDW. Heard that Ron Jons will still be closed the first of October. That is too close for comfort for me. I just don't want to worry about anything anymore.

 

[Perchinske]

Gosh, I wouldn't expect anything less than friendly people on these boards. Thanks to all fo the good wishes......Now I wish I was really going! I named one boy Colin Andrew ( Andrew is my hubby's great grandpa who came from Poland to settle here) & Jatin Prabodh ( Prabodh is for my dad who came from India to settle here). I am typing w/ 1 hand while one is sleeping in my arms......Ahhhhh, being lulled to sleep in a pitch black cat. 11 room. What I would give for that now!!!

 

[abitjaded]

Julie, my DS, then 7 on our last cruise, was very happy in the club. They further divide the kids by age. I , too was worried he would be bored. But they move all over the ship and very often do get to go to the Lab (or the sports deck or Animator's for art and lots of other things). Don't worry. Plus if we all meet at the sail away, the kids will have pre-made pals to hang with, something that goes a long way toward helping them enjoy the club. The activities are so fun it can be hard to get them to leave. I thought the Pirate's thing looked pretty lame, but DS7 was not happy when we came to get him early for something or other we had planned. We parents can always help each other out a bit, too. And if you go to Palo and they know you are there, they work hard to keep the kids from paging. We are actually thinking of getting the kids to the clubs the first day. They make friends early on, which makes them more comfortable returning. The kids can easily skip the first night variety show. It will be composed of the entertainers you can see in the clubs at the first of the week, anyway.

To all, someone on the kids thread said DCL told them there WILL be Halloween stuff? Any other info, anyone?

Here's hoping all our ports recover. I would imagine they will do everything to get them back in shape quickly. Key West had requested a few days to let all the residents get back and get repairing under way, then wants the tourists back, soon! All these ports depend on the tourist dollars so they need us to return as soon as they can get us in. Grand Cayman, at least, should have the financial resources to pull it off faster than some of the other places. Having been in Miami when tropical storm Gordon, came and went and came and went and... Well, they put folks back in rooms that were not in the best of shape, just because they had to. Just hope all the reefs are O.K. We have been a few places even years after storms and the poor reefs can be really wrecked and dead. Poor St Maarten took a long time to recover from the major hurricaine they had years ago, but the shops were open, and the beaches were there, if slightly rearranged.

Carla

 

[BeanoC]

I too hope all of our ports of call have recovered from the wrath of the hurricanes...

But truthfully, I consider the cruise to be the 'steak' and the ports are just the 'peas'!

Just get me on the Disney Magic with my friends and family for a week, and I'm a happy guy. Heck, a mystery cruise could be kinda fun!!

"What's that, Captain? The weather's bad? Ok, well, whatever. Just take me someplace nice. Got any beer?"

Let's just cruise, party, and smile.



'Beano'

 

[DMoss3377]

I'm with you Beano! A mystery cruise could be fun...especially since we'll all be "sampling" all the wonderful "adult" beverages, that even if we hit the right ports of call...it might still be a mystery to us. LOL

...So, does anyone know the low down on the Pirates thing. Is there a Mexicali-Night, or has it changed to some sort of Pirates theme...and what is everyone wearing for either???

So when are those docs coming? Everytime a delivery truck drives down my street...I'm at the window, just about as fast as my dog. LOL 'Course, I'm not barking at them, yet. LOL

please, oh, please hurry with the docs...

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

I have read and researched on the DIS and it looks like the Mexican night has been replaced by the pirate night, but most people are still wearing tropical attire to it. On the navigator people commented that the suggested dress for that night still says tropical.

I would be happy with a mystery cruise!!! If we have many more sea days, they better stock that boat with Malibu, Coke and limes for me!!! The drink of the days are always good too!!!

I really like the name Jatin. Very nice, creative names.