Sept 10th 2011 WB Transatlantic From Spain to Space Mountain - Part 4

susie2 · Jul 4, 2011

hi and welcome :cheer2:

hazelandannie · Jul 4, 2011

Hi Sandy

were Hazel and Annemarie and this is our first ever cruise.

magic123 · Jul 4, 2011

Happy Independence Day :dance3:

JessicasMom · Jul 4, 2011

HI SANDY!

Welcome to you and any other new cruisers...very busy board here with lots going on.

Happy Independence Day!!!

We're just getting ready to eat a hot dog while watching the Nathan's hot dog eating contest from Coney Island, which is a tradition Larry just loves...not sure why :confused:

. Hope everyone has a great day.

granmaz · Jul 4, 2011

Hi and welcome. It looks like you have a great trip planned.

birkner · Jul 4, 2011

Welcome aboard Sandy!! We are Noel and John and this will be our 5th cruise on DCL. Our last cruise was the 2010 WBTA so if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask or PM me.

My DH John and I have created a website for you view other cruisers and sign in with your information. If you want to add your picture, you can send it to us at nbirkner@yahoo.com
Please check this first page of the thread to orient yourself about the cruise, DIS members on the cruise and all the activities planned.
To help you with all the activities that are planned, here is some information to help you decide if you want to participate:

01. If you are interested in participating in the Fish Extender Exchange (FE), please PM Pat (PFlamingo) with the following details:
Send her your stateroom number, Disboard name, first name of each person in the stateroom, realtionship to you (DH, DW, DD, DS, etc) ages and gender of children. You can cut and paste the format below.
Stateroom #:
Disname:
First name:
Age:
Disname:
First name:
Age:
Cutoff date for joining the FE is August 1, 2011.

02. If people are interested in being in the same area as other DIS'ers to send Dan (Cliffy97) a PM with Lead Passenger name, your booking number and if you are Early or Late seating. Dan was told by Disney today that this is all they need to put folks together.

. Linked Dining
03. If you are interested in the Candy Swap, please PM Jacqueline (goofieslonglostsis).

04. If you are interested in Secret Mickey Exchange, please PM Karen (karentan).

05. If you are interest in getting a WBTA lanyard, please PM Noel (birkner). See this lanyard link for example of the previous 2010 WBTA lanyard. Hopefully, a group of DISers will volunteer to underwrite the lanyards as they did last year so they will be free to the rest of the DISers. We already have several people offering to be part of the lanyard underwriting group. If you wish to join, please send Noel (Birkner) a PM. If we get enough members, the cost should be $10 or less per member.

06. If you are interested in a WBTA lanyard pin,please PM Noel (birkner). See the lanyard link above for example of the previous 2010 WBTA pin. Cost will be 5 Euros per pin. Payment is to be made by June 30, 2011 to birkner@needinfo.com on PayPal. Contact Noel (birkner) if you have more questions about pins. * Just a quick note on Lanyard pins. I have ordered a couple extra pins so if you want a pin, pls PM me, first come, first served until the pins are all sold.

07. If you are interested in participating in a Mickey Mouse Club night, please check out this Mickey Mouse club post. Plans are to do this event on Monday September 19 at both early and late seating dinners. We will all wear our Mickey Mouse shirts and ears!!

08. I am organizing two tours in Madeira. West we did last year and also one for East Madeira. Here is the a PDF file that gives more information about the 2010 tour. If you are interested, please send Noel (birkner) a PM.

09. We are also going to do a Champagne Girls meet. The Champagne Girls event originated on the WBPC cruise in 2008. Women get together dressed in pink to drink champagne or non alcoholic bubbly and chat. Pictures of the first meet are in this post and pictures from the last WBTA are in this post. Please PM (Clare)Pinky166 to add you name to the list.

10. If you would like to join in the Scrapbooking Exchange, please PM Clare (Pinky166) with your name and room number. The idea is to give your fellow exchangers some scrapbooking embellishments for use in your scrapbooks after you return home! For more info check this post.

11 Join us for a Pajama breakfast on September 18 at 10:00 AM at Lumiere's. We will meet outside Lumiere's at 9:50 AM to take group pictures. If you are interested, please PM Mandy (MandyGirl) with the number in your party.
Here is the picture from the PJ breakfast on last years WBTA.

12. Mandy (MandyGirl) is organizing a Tortola Excursion of a group rate day sail on a power catamaran to Jost VanDyke with Tortola Charters. Please PM Mandy with the number in your party if you are interested in being added to the standby list of this full excursion.

13. Claire (Pinky166) is organizing a Ladies High Tea at Palo's. If you are interested, send her a PM for details. Ladies High Tea is planned for September 13 at 3:00 PM.

14. Squitty (Michelle) is organizing private Mixology and Mojito tastings. If you are interested, send her a PM for details.

15. Karen (Pixie Dust For Me!)is organizing stateroom tours, but we can't do it without you! PM me with your stateroom assignment and room number and we will tour as many staterooms as possible. It would be great to get one in every category!
When: Definitely on a sea day....stay tuned for which day!
Time: TBD
Where: You will be given a list of participating stateroom numbers and categories the day after we embark (to account for all those upgrades, don't you know )
Refreshments: Optional per discretion of stateroom participant.

16. If you want a designed DIS tee shirt for this cruise, follow the instruction in this post. DIS Tee shirt

17. Cliffy 97 (Dan and Bruce) are organizing a typical English pub crawl on Friday, September 16 from 1:00PM until 5:00PM. We can then restart after dinner.
Those who were interested will in one of the bars for ( Traditionally a half pint pounded, I would suggest a drink of your choice) and then visit (Crawl) every other bar on the ship at least once.
As we do not have to worry about anything closing or how we are getting home, I would imagine we can spend 20-30 min at each location versus the 5-10 min you have on the monopoly pub crawl in London.

Tee Shirt Order Site
More details on the pub crawl here: Pub Crawl

If you are located outside of the USA and want a t-shirt, please PM Chris&Jeremy and he will send you the artwork so you can have your own shirt printed locally.

18. If anyone wants to organize a postcard exchange, please feel free to start one. What we did las year is bring a postcard from where we lived and left in each other's FE. It is best to limit the number of participants no more than 25 as cost and weight to bring become an issue.

19. If you are interested in joining us for a farewell lunch, contact Claire (Pinky166) to be added to the list.
Come & join us for a farewell DIS lunch on the last sea day. Thursday 22nd Sept at 12.15pm, we are not sure which of the three rotational restaurants will be open on that day, should there be more than one open I have put them in order of preference - 1st Lumiere's, 2nd Parrot Cay or 3rd Animator's Palate.
Please make sure you check your Navigator that morning to see which restaurant is open for lunch as I won't be able to tell you in advance.
Please PM me if you'd like to join us and I will add you to the list, then once onboard notify the restaurant so they can seat us together at some large tables.

20. Hard Rock Cafe Meet. Some of us are hoping to meet up for drinks/a meal the evening of Friday 9th September at 6:30 PM at the Hard Rock Cafe on Placa Catalunya and is being organized by Sarah (Totally Angelic). Please send her a PM if you want to join in the fun!

21. Jane (We'reAliens) is organizing a Book Exchange. The idea is that a large bag will be hung on handrail outside stateroom 7120 available for anyone to borrow and, of course, donate books.

22. Jill (TxMermaid1) is organizing a dive in Tortola. Here is the info on the dive trip for Tortola Group leader lead by Jill Bouska, PADI Master Scuba Diver Instructor. Tortola Dive
(http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=41602319&postcount=2002)

PFlamingo · Jul 4, 2011

Totally off topic (cause we NEVER go off topic around here :rotfl2:

) but...

Has anyone else been following the Casey Anthony trial in Orlando? This is the one where the mom is accused of murdering her 2-yr-old daughter and (among other things) claimed a non-existent nanny had her for a month. It's been like a bad car wreck - you know you shouldn't look, but can't help yourself. Total circus. Anyway, it's been going on for about 7 weeks and it's finally gone to the jury. I'm curious to see what they will decide.

fly4free2 · Jul 4, 2011

Glad you are going to be with us. I also am traveling solo also. There seem to be quite a few of us having a room to ourselves. I don't have a cabin assignment yet, but we all can use mine for get togethers :drinking1

or

searching for other ships( I will have a balcony) on the horizon :rotfl:

Evelyn

birkner · Jul 4, 2011

ATTENTION LANYARD PIN PURCHASERS

Please check this repost of the paid list for accuracy. If I have made any mistakes, pls PM so I can make the correction.

squitty · Jul 4, 2011

I have been watching it on and off Pat....I too am curious as to what they'll decide. We were in Orlando when they found the little girl's body.

Noel - everythings fine for me. :thumbsup2

PFlamingo · Jul 4, 2011

My parents live a couple of miles away from her parents' home. They've thought the whole thing was ridiculous from the start. Who doesn't report their child missing for 30 days?? I would've loved to sit in the courtroom one day to watch the testimony - even though some of it was like watching paint dry.

TxMermaid1 · Jul 4, 2011

Shark dive in St Maarten's?

Anyone interested in doing a shark dive in St Maarten's? We have a choice. We can do a 1 tank shark dive ($84) in the afternoon. Or a 2 tank morning dive, (no shark dive), ($90) or possibly a 1 tank dive and a shark dive. Let me know who is interested and what you would prefer. If I have enough people interested in the 1 tank shark dive then that is what we will do. otherwise it will be regular dives.
All dives include gear and transportation to and from the dive shop. Price includes gear if you need it.

Please PM me if you have questions or are interested... Once we decide which way to go I will post all the details.

Thanks and happy bubbles....

Grumpy1234 · Jul 4, 2011

Happy 4th of July to all our American Disers :banana:

And because I always see the other side of any discussion, argument or debate
My condolences to all our American Disers for the anniversary of leaving the British Empire :rolleyes:

Norman

liesbeth1012 · Jul 4, 2011

Thank you, that's what we are going to do. On the bus and cable car.

I am Liesbeth from the Netherlands and on the cruise with my adult son (24). It is our first cruise.

fly4free2 · Jul 4, 2011

Happy 4th of July, this is a great country and I am proud to be an American :thumbsup2

PFlamingo · Jul 4, 2011

Love it! Though I'm lucky - my dual citizenship (Canadian) still makes me a subject of the realm! :thumbsup2

PFlamingo · Jul 4, 2011

ATTENTION ALL EVENT ORGANIZERS

Karentan has asked me to convey the message to please post your Page 1 info on the new thread. She would ask you herself, but she's not feeling well. Link is below.

WBTA 2011 - Part 5

Everyone else - please do not post on the new thread until the event organizers have all posted their info. Karen will let us know when it's ready.

Feel better soon, Karen!!!

:flower3:

3canadianslovedisney · Jul 4, 2011

Welcome to all you new cruisers! :welcome:

We are Leanne, DH Ken and DD Morgan (9). We are Canadians that live and work in Crimea Ukraine. This is our first ever cruise and Disney cruise. We are looking forward to meeting everyone SOON!!!!!

A big happy 4th of July to all you American's! pixiedust:

We just got back from an Independence Day party in a city near us and it was a blast!

Just over 2 months until the cruise!! Is anyone else excited? We sure are! :dance3:

DISNEYFAN_SD · Jul 4, 2011

I have been watching in fact all of us at work have been watching on our computers.... I'm also very curious what they will decided.

Donaldcp98 · Jul 4, 2011

Welcome. I am Tabitha and my DH Mike. This is our third Disney cruise and our second TA. We did the EBTA last year and had an absolute blast.

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