Sailing the Ocean Blue...October 6, 2012 Eastern Fantasy

[TaTa4Now1968]

Just wanted to wish everybody a happy Friday and have a great weekend

 

[jjgarv]

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[BigRed1]

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Better late than never!!

 

[MickeyMinnieMelanie]

We just got back from WDW also. HUGE SURPRISE!! Okay so just turned 40 last week. For my 40th birthday, my dh and dd's surprised me with a trip to WDW. I had one day to get ready! Everything went ok though. They did all of the reservations for the hotel and dining. DD16 made all of the dining reservations and we ate supper in Cinderella's castle on my birthday. Don't know how she managed to get that reservation 2 mths before arrival. DD16 also made me 2 t-shirts and dining invitations from the creative disboards. She said she wanted to do some of the things for me that I have always done for them. The flower and garden festival was beautiful. I agree with the other post. Fantasyland is going to be amazing!! Can't wait to see it October 2013. I took some pictures of the working progress but don't know how to post them. I was able to ride the Snow White ride twice. It will be gone next year I will miss it. Everything was wonderful except that my dd12was sick 2 days at the hotel vomiting and diarrhea so my dh and her missed Epcot and AK My family's the BEST!!!

 

[TaTa4Now1968]

MickeyMinnieMelanie, lucky you.....I wish I could get a surprise like that . It seems like your DD16 had it all together with planning...you have taught her well

I love the Flower & Garden Festival, much for than the Food and Wine Fest.

Sorry to hear the your DD12 got sick while there, that really stinks I am sure you will make up for it on the cruise

My sister will be going down in June for her birthday as well (I will not say her age, since she would kill me) and I am soooooo jealous

If you want to post pics, you need to create a photo bucket account, upload them and you will see an option to copy the hmtl link (I believe, I always forget and always preview my post to see if the pic shows up and make sure I have the right link) when you go to post on the DIS you will see a globe with a link, click on that and insert the link. Hope this helps

 

[TaTa4Now1968]

Woo Hoo We just booked our airfare...one more thing off of our checklist DSis and I could not wait anymore and went for it...so scared the flights were going to go up more.

 

[BigRed1]

Woo Hoo We just booked our airfare...one more thing off of our checklist DSis and I could not wait anymore and went for it...so scared the flights were going to go up more.

Good plan. There is 6 of us, so it's cheaper for us to drive and share the gas bill. I figure it will take us about 100 to 120 gallons of gas to get there and back. Worst case, that's about $500 (@ $4/gal) for gas split 3 maybe 4 ways, plus 1 night hotel rooms down & back. Even if gas is close to $5/gal by then, it's still cheaper than flying and renting a van for 6 of us!!

 

[TaTa4Now1968]

Good plan. There is 6 of us, so it's cheaper for us to drive and share the gas bill. I figure it will take us about 100 to 120 gallons of gas to get there and back. Worst case, that's about $500 (@ $4/gal) for gas split 3 maybe 4 ways, plus 1 night hotel rooms down & back. Even if gas is close to $5/gal by then, it's still cheaper than flying and renting a van for 6 of us!!

Coming from Upstate NY, it is better to pay a little more on the airfare than driving....did that a couple of times and I do not have the patience to ride in a car for that long (my husband would be strapped to the roof LOL)....I remember years ago, when Southwest has $59 one-way flights to MCO....the good old days, well at least with Jetblue we have assigned seats, tv, radio and halfway decent snacks.

 

[BigRed1]

Coming from Upstate NY, it is better to pay a little more on the airfare than driving....did that a couple of times and I do not have the patience to ride in a car for that long (my husband would be strapped to the roof LOL)....I remember years ago, when Southwest has $59 one-way flights to MCO....the good old days, well at least with Jetblue we have assigned seats, tv, radio and halfway decent snacks.

I would be tempted to try JetBlue but they don't fly to Nashville...

 

[jjgarv]

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[MickeyMinnieMelanie]

Good plan. There is 6 of us, so it's cheaper for us to drive and share the gas bill. I figure it will take us about 100 to 120 gallons of gas to get there and back. Worst case, that's about $500 (@ $4/gal) for gas split 3 maybe 4 ways, plus 1 night hotel rooms down & back. Even if gas is close to $5/gal by then, it's still cheaper than flying and renting a van for 6 of us!!

I agree. We would love to fly but for the 4 of us including disney transfer, it will be $1600 That's almost a whole other vacation.

 

[BigRed1]

My palm tree finally decided it was time to go to the beach. Any old beach just isn't good enough though!!

 

[Fºoºz]

Adopt me please

Sorry ... it took me a couple of weeks to get your room ready ...

I always liked the color blue but I did manage to put some pink in for you ...

Free Dining and then a cruise? I don't know about you, but I would need a new wardrobe after all that food! Sounds like an awesome vacation!

I know ... but I think I found an outfit that will hide my everexpanding tummy ...

... What do you think? ...

 

[TaTa4Now1968]

OH thank you, thank you...and I love my room and your new outfit....since Tigger is my favorite I love Pooh

 

[jjgarv]

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[TaTa4Now1968]

Woo Hoo Happy Friday everybody....getting sooo excited. I love watching her on the Port Canaveral Webcam and wishing I was there

 

[Shulie13]

Beth,
So after reading the email today from you, I am reading all the post here.. and trying to learn my way around here. 30 years ago we spent our honeymoon in St. Thomas and have not been back since. Looking forward to visiting the island again.. Julie

 

[Shulie13]

What seating did everybody choose for "Sailing The Ocean Blue?"

We have selected "Main Seating" and we plan on going to the 8:30 show.

We have second seating..

 

[Shulie13]

Hi We are joining this cruise too. We are a family of 5, myself (36), DH (40), DS who will be 9 at the time of cruising, DD1 who will be 6 at the time of cruising and DD2 who will be 3 at the time of cruising. Our parents are also joining us. This will be our 3rd cruise and around 5th for DM and DF but first for our two DD's and MIL. Really looking forward to it and enjoying the planning stage

I'm new to the Disboards- but trying to learn, first Disney cruise...I have been reading over the post for the cruise and just wonder what area of Scotland you live in? I have friends that live in Dunfermline fife,Cairneyhill fife,Pittenweem fife,and Falkland fife. I just love Scotland so much Can't wait to meet you. Julie

 

[Shulie13]

Hi, I am just worried that my post about the meet got buried, if anybody is interested in a meet, let me know. I am trying to get an idea on how many people are interested and after I have head count we can figure out where we can set up a meet.

Would love to meet up..