Sept 18 2010 WB TransAtlantic Pirates/Capt Jacks Re-Repoing Repossession Cruise Pt.9

[orlandothebeagle]

One of my oldest friends(we known each other since we were 5) lives in Ventura... love it there. And a great place to take our OC2 or do an OC6 race.

Annie

I was looking for pics to show you, but there is a whale in all of them

Back from 2 weeks doing Eastern Med on Ruby Princess.

Loved the Greek Isles, beautiful ports, incredible weather.

Glad we tried something other than DCL, the ship was beautiful, but truthfully too big for us (3600 passengers). Princess was very nice but won't be taking our vacation dollars away from DCL Although I do wish DCL could do Movies Under the Stars like Princess and get a real popcorn machine.

Now I am looking forward to catching up on this thread and planning this cruise.

welcome back.

 

[dolphingirl47]

Concierge note stated that items had to arrive 2 days prior - so I think that 2 days out they receive and then move from warehouse to ship. Once it is closer than the 2 days, getting it would be at risk I would think - but I imagine they check for items if there is postal delivery that day.

I sent mine earlier because I was worried about the time in customs. Although I marked it as door magnets with a value of $1.00. So, I am hoping that even if they have to open it becasue they confused there is time to get them their. If not, I am also bringing some duplicates (Just in case...)

I will definitely send it in plenty of time. Customs is not an issue from the UK to Spain fortunately. I have priced this and actually the best deal seems to be either FEDEX or DHL, both of which offer a fully trackable 24 hour service for less than what Royal Mail/ Parcel Force are quoting me for a service that takes 3 to 5 working days. So I have no worries that it gets to the warehouse in time.

We were on the EBTA, which ended in Barcelona. After the cruise, there were reports on the DIS about several people who were pickpocketed (cash, cameras, ID) in Barcelona.

Woody

We heard some horror stories on the Med cruise from people who did the back to back EBTA/ First Med. There were a number of people who were pick pocketed or even mugged.

I suppose when we visited, it might have been worse than usual as it was St. Jordi's Day, which is a major festival in Barcelona, which brought more people and probably also more crime with it.

I would be concerned (unless of course you have DCL transportation) how much extra a taxi driver would charge for extra box or boxes.

That would not be a problem. We are taking to the trains/ metro rather than using a taxi. We might get a taxi from the airport to the hotel to save time and to check in before we head out sightseeing, but even then we might opt for the trains and just leave our luggage at the left luggage lockers at Barcelona Sants and then check into the hotel after the fountains.

Here it is:

MS Disney Magic
C/O Acciona Forwarding SA
Avda Ports D'Europa, 100 3rd Planta
Edificio Service Center
08040 Barcelona
Telephone: +34.93.298.4614
Fax: +34.93.298.4612

Packages must arrive 2 days prior to embarkation. List the following on the outside of the package:
Name
Sail Date
Ship
Stateroom Number
Packing list must me attached - if single item, list contents on outside of pacakge.

As I mentioned, the post office was quoting 10 days for first class (and priority is about that amount of time as well). I went through the options with the PostMaster (that ought to teach her to come out of her ffice) and first class was the best for us. I could have done global express - but at about $45 or so for the magents I just couldn't see it. Not to mention that there is still a stop in customs.

Thanks for posting this again. This time round I have remembered to safe it rather than hoping that I will find it again when I need it.

Hey you chatty bunch! Hello!

We're back from a small weekend camping trip in our pop-up. I am going to take a lovely bath soon to wash away the weekend's grime but first I thought I'd quickly catch up - ha! 30 pages since we left on Friday!?!

It's been a bad week: hit part of our roof/car port structure as I slowly rolled out pop-up out of the driveway. We had to immediately go purchase and install a wall jack to avoid the carport from coming down. We got to our camping site at 11pm - we still went to avoid disappointing the kids but leaving to go camping at 930 at night was not fun. Now we have to do the real repair of replacing the supporting structure for our carport (which is a major portion of our roof, is all tied in together). Argh.

We also had our trailer battery stolen at some point in the past, and discovered it gone this week. Argh.

I hit my hand at the hospital and a diamond flew out of my ring, and I injured my hand. Ring is currently being fixed. Argh and ow!

I annoyed a co-worker at work severely (we usually get on very well) for something I didn't mean to do, and I'm feeling the strain of our relationship being wounded. EEk.

We had a very annoying bank matter than is ultimately fine, but was as bad as banks usually are, compounded by a rude overseas operator who had a very bad connection and was very frustrating to deal with. We can get back that two hours of our life correcting that problem! Sheesh.

And besides that, work has been unendingly stressful and consuming, and juggling everything seems too darn hard these day.

I keep joking that the cruise is going to be so fantastic, and nature likes a balance, so she's just giving us these petty annoyances ahead of time to right the balance for our trip to be totally fabulous!

I am sooooooo looking forward to meeting all of you so soon! Yay! Sorry to hear about the doggy who ate the fishing line. Poor, silly thing. I hope the surgery all goes well and she heals up very soon.

Sounds like you had a really rough week. Still, at least you have the cruise to look forward to.

I saw this adorable Tinkerbell Disney Cruise dress on ebay. I thought it may fit one of your princesses.

Had a Birthday party today for my cousin today. Back to work Monday. Surgery on Tuesday. Hopefully home late afternoon or early evening Tuesday.

I haven't really thought much about packing. I have a box of stuff started to be packed and the homemade fish extender gifts are done. I should find another pair of shoes but if it doesn't happen so be it.

As for clothing I wish more places would offer tall, plus size things. 32" inseam pants does not qualify as being long. They also need to make narrow, large sized shoes and extra-extra long swim suits. I seriously need to create a clothing, swim suit and shoe line as I can rarely find things that fit. Off my soap box now.

I hope you all had a great weekend.

That dress is precious.

I hope that everything goes OK tomorrow and that you are recovering in record time.

Hello all,

I believe there are quite a few DVC members sailing on this cruise. We have been looking into DVC for quite some time and wondered if from past experience if there were better incentives for buying in to DVC onboard?

The onboard incentives are usually pretty good. One one of the cruise that we have been on, they even offered a free Adventures by Disney trip if you bought a certain number of points.

WARNING THIS IS A LONG POST!!

READ ONLY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN A ST MAARTEN TOUR

A Bernard Tour in St Maarten has been booked and deposited. So far, we have a total of 12 people confirmed. Two others, Connie (Con5421) and Steamboat Will (Warren) have expressed interest. If we can get up to 8 more persons interested, we can reserve a second van.

Betty has asked me to try to fill the second van as she will be out of town until September 8, 2010.

The cost is $45 per person payable in cash or credit card to Bernard the morning we meet up with him. Betty will have more details at a later time about the exact meeting location and time.

The tour will be from 9am-3pm and will consist of the following stops:
·Great Bay overlooking Phillipsburg and harbor.
·Cayhill overlooking Simpson Bay marina.
·Sunset Beach bar ( Maho Beach ) where you can see the planes land right over your head.
·Marigot - open market (French Capital).
·Swim and or snorkel at Dawn Beach for up to two hours, as time allows.

Since it is our own private tour, the time at each stop is negotiable. Bernard has the above schedule pretty tight on the standard tour. The first 2 stops are just scenic stops, shouldn’t be too long since there are only 12 of us. He probably has things timed so that we would be at Maho Beach when the planes are flying overhead. 30 minutes is usually allotted for the market at Marigot. The rest of the time will be spent at the beach for lunch and swimming/snorkeling.

There are restrooms and restaurants for lunch at Dawn Beach

Water, beer, soda and rum punch will be served throughout the trip

Upon your return to Philipsburg, you will be offered a direct return to the ship at the Cruise Facility, or you may choose to remain in Philipsburg for shopping and return to the ship on your own.
You may walk from the drop off point to the ship in about 12 - 15 minutes, or choose to take a taxi for about $3.00 per person.

The people on the tour are:
grmmybtty (betty & armando)
birkner (noel & john)
luvdamouse (melissa & mike)
custard tart (karen)
valbob (val & bob)
yukon girl (janice + 1paulcrsb (paul)

Please let me know via PM if you are interested ASAP so I get another van booked.

I have forwarded the information to Graham to see if he would be interested. I will let you know by tonight if we want in.

We were also on that cruise and it was a mess. I hope they don't do the same thing, but they probably will .[/QUOTE.]

I think there is a high likelihood that this will happen again. Our only hope is that they have not been able to source supplies in Europe at acceptable prices.

Since we're sharing... I don't just have a problem with smells. I'm highly allergic to the chemicals in a lot of perfumes, colognes, paint thinner and glue. I'm seriously allergic to tobacco, pollen, some dogs and all cats.

I sincerely hope they don't pull the carpet near our room or varnish the wood near me or I will be one very sick puppy. If they do it at night and I'm exposed to the fumes while I'm sleeping, my throat may close up and I might wake up dead. Guess I need to call DCL and remind them.

FWIW, DCL has been very responsive to my needs and special services has called me several times. I was going to wait until you guys all fell in love with me before I started listing all my quirks, but since Terry put it out there, I couldn't leave her hanging all alone. We're twins after all.

All the work went on during the day last time round, but there was literally no getting away from it when they were working. I started to think that they had more maintenance workers/ contractors than actual passengers on board.

Back from 2 weeks doing Eastern Med on Ruby Princess.

Loved the Greek Isles, beautiful ports, incredible weather.

Glad we tried something other than DCL, the ship was beautiful, but truthfully too big for us (3600 passengers). Princess was very nice but won't be taking our vacation dollars away from DCL Although I do wish DCL could do Movies Under the Stars like Princess and get a real popcorn machine.

Now I am looking forward to catching up on this thread and planning this cruise.

I am glad that you had a wonderful cruise.


By my calculations, most of the jewellery kits should start arriving today or tomorrow. Can you please let me know either on here or by PM once you get yours. So far there is one that was sent to the UK that may be on the missing list.

Corinna

 

[UKANGEL]

Just google it - it is a wallet that attaches to your bra. There are 2 models - one that clips on (and can be placed in many different places) and another that attaches to the bra straps and lays between the girls. It is small (4"x3") so some cash and a credit card will fit.


There's no room for that between my girls!

I have always been big as well. When I graduated HS I was an 8 and from college was a 10-12. So when I got into the real world as was not as active I have gotten bigger. So I am between a 16-20 these days. Here is where I like to go. As mentioned above Lane Bryant, but they tend to be too rich for me unless things are on sale. I frequent Old Navy, Burlington Coat Factory and Ross mostly. There is also Dress Barn but have to travel out of the city to get the "woman's" sizes. I have not really tried Marshalls or TJ Maxx yet. I find it very hard to find clothes I like that I like on me. I hate what the big stores offer (Macy's & Nordstrom) for my size. Oh what I would give to be a 14-16 again. Sad part is when you see me you will be suprised that I am that large as I am lucky it seems to be well balanced on me.


Thanks for all the suggestions.......I do like Old Navy, must give the others a try!

Also for the plus sized women's clothes; Avenue. I know there is one just east of the Florida Mall. The plaza it is in is just beside a Target.

Avenue
TERRACE @ FLORIDA MALL
730 SAND LAKE ROAD
ORLANDO,FL 32809 US
407-816-5524



Pj

Thanks PJ!

Do not ever ever go shoppping in the far East..all clothes are tiny tiny tiny and short. I was very traumatised .............however SHOES and HANDBAGS/PURSES are the same world over...go for them

Highly unlikely I'll ever get there anyway..but thanks

I won't run away, I will just sit a few seats down. I will probably do the "Queen Wave" a lot!!!

 

[UKANGEL]

Just noticed that we have added a country to our website! :

We had our first family from Spain register. I havent seen them post on DIS yet, but they have also sent in a photo! Glenn has reached out to them and extended an invitation to join the group here. We hope to see them post soon!! But, in the mean time, Monporma, if you are lurking out there...

Hola!

Hey you chatty bunch! Hello!

We're back from a small weekend camping trip in our pop-up. I am going to take a lovely bath soon to wash away the weekend's grime but first I thought I'd quickly catch up - ha! 30 pages since we left on Friday!?!

It's been a bad week: hit part of our roof/car port structure as I slowly rolled out pop-up out of the driveway. We had to immediately go purchase and install a wall jack to avoid the carport from coming down. We got to our camping site at 11pm - we still went to avoid disappointing the kids but leaving to go camping at 930 at night was not fun. Now we have to do the real repair of replacing the supporting structure for our carport (which is a major portion of our roof, is all tied in together). Argh.

We also had our trailer battery stolen at some point in the past, and discovered it gone this week. Argh.

I hit my hand at the hospital and a diamond flew out of my ring, and I injured my hand. Ring is currently being fixed. Argh and ow!

I annoyed a co-worker at work severely (we usually get on very well) for something I didn't mean to do, and I'm feeling the strain of our relationship being wounded. EEk.

We had a very annoying bank matter than is ultimately fine, but was as bad as banks usually are, compounded by a rude overseas operator who had a very bad connection and was very frustrating to deal with. We can get back that two hours of our life correcting that problem! Sheesh.

And besides that, work has been unendingly stressful and consuming, and juggling everything seems too darn hard these day.

I keep joking that the cruise is going to be so fantastic, and nature likes a balance, so she's just giving us these petty annoyances ahead of time to right the balance for our trip to be totally fabulous!

I am sooooooo looking forward to meeting all of you so soon! Yay! Sorry to hear about the doggy who ate the fishing line. Poor, silly thing. I hope the surgery all goes well and she heals up very soon.

What a dreadful time you've had! Good job you have the cruise to look forward to

I think that means my DH will be starting the day with a Bloody Mary along side his eggs... followed by a Bloody Mary after the eggs, and another mid day by the pool, and them moving to beer as they start to serve lunch items like pizza and wings...

We are home from our 2 day trip to WA state. Dennis is already in bed, still not feeling very well. He is really struggling with his eye sight. This is evidently a rapidly growing cataract and he was trying to read the Sunday comics when we got home and just gave up after struggling with just one strip. He also had me drive the whole trip, which is really unusual. He loves to drive the mountain passes....me not so much! I'm glad he has just another week before he gets it fixed. He also has been struggling with a cold for several days. That's what he gets though for bragging that he has not had a cold in 2 years now! Poor guy. He will be all fixed up soon though and will be ready for those sea days!

I've caught up on all but the last 13 pages.... Of course there will likely be many, many more when I wake up....Good morning, European friends!!

Poor Dennis! Best wishes to him, hope his cold clears up soon, and glad he ahs the eye op scheduled soon...... Think we all need a holiday!

They wouldnt be able to keep there hands of mine then

They'd mine then.......

Back from 2 weeks doing Eastern Med on Ruby Princess.

Loved the Greek Isles, beautiful ports, incredible weather.

Glad we tried something other than DCL, the ship was beautiful, but truthfully too big for us (3600 passengers). Princess was very nice but won't be taking our vacation dollars away from DCL Although I do wish DCL could do Movies Under the Stars like Princess and get a real popcorn machine.

Now I am looking forward to catching up on this thread and planning this cruise.

Sounds lovely

 

[UKANGEL]

It's Monday morning here again folks....my weigh in day.....

21 lbs lost in 6 weeks!





....and dh has lost 28 lb in just 7 weeks!


The hard work at the gym is paying off!

 

[dolphingirl47]

It's Monday morning here again folks....my weigh in day.....

21 lbs lost in 6 weeks!





....and dh has lost 28 lb in just 7 weeks!


The hard work at the gym is paying off!

That is a fantastic achievement. Well done to both of you.

Corinna

 

[LittleDisneyLovers]

That is a though about the Family Beach being emptier than usual. We normally spend pretty much all of our time at Serenity Bay. I really want to try out Pelican Plunge this time round and wondered how I can fit both this and Serenity Bay in given the short time we have on the island. If Family Beach is not too crowded, then I will just say there.

I have always had a lot of trouble finding clothes that fit in the USA. Considering that there is a higher proportion of people that wear plus sizes than in Europe, there is a distinct shortage of shops that cater for this. I love Bath and Bodyworks, Yankee Candle and Torrid.

I'll race ya on the Pelican Plunge Corrina!
Oh yes, I love yankee candle, haven't heard of Torrid, actually don't remember ever seeing it, will be on the look out! Thanks

I haven't tried those jeans yet but been NYDJ jeans myself. Not bringing any on this trip as no room for jeans!!

Oh, My mum wants some of those, am I right that I saw them at Macy's, or was it somewhere else?

I do have a slight issue with buying socks as I have 3 drawers of them, I think I have enough socks to last my lifetime... but they are so pretty!

You are hilarious, a sock obsession

The Disney Store of course! There is one at the Florida Mall!

So...finallly after waiting over a week, we received our cruise documents yesterday! I took them to the Disney Store with me (I worked last night) and read them there! Made a few people jealous...LOL!

I have a question for those of you who are doing the candy swap. I'm trying to figure out what to bring and I wanted to knew if anyone was allergic to wheat or peanuts? If you are, please let me know!

Amy, my girls know exactly where the Disney Store is!
Yay for the cruise documents! It's so exciting receiving them!
Candy Swap - no allergies here, all clear for any and all candy!

We are off quite soon up to Newcastle to visit Dawn of Bob and Dawn. Bob should have been there and cooking for us, but he found a great excuse in going to the US with work, and making it span out so he couldn't get back in time to see us!!! We will also be seeing Jools, their friend, who we have met before, who is also on the cruise but isn't a member here. Friends, food, fun and lots of cruise talk!!!

Have a great time!

I LOVE Sketchers, Crocs.
A&F but mostly only to look, because I think it is expensive compared to its quality. AND their sizes are a miracle to me...

Adidas, because it's cheaper than here!!! And we live right to the city of Adidas' headquarter.

We love crocs, we usually buy heaps in America but there was a big sale her this week, They were down to $20, from $60+, absolute bargain, bought 7 pairs for the family!
Love A & F, just to go and smell the store, lol, but there sizes are teeny tiny, I couldn't squeeze into a large!

Lots of coming your way!!!

OMG, poor thing!!! Sending P&PD down under...

Any news?!? How's she doing?!

Poor her! Poor you!

Pixie dust heading your way.

Poor Dog, hope she is feeling better.

I hope Holly is OK! Sending good thoughts your way.

Bealls is great - lots of deals! They runa standard store, and then an outlet as well. My mom introduced me to them a while back after she moved to FL. I still get some stuff from them online!

Lots of hugs and pixie dust for your fur baby from us!! You must be beside yourself - I know I would be!!!

Oh big hugs from me! I hope she's OK!

Hope everything works out.

Thanks everyone for your pixie dust and well wishes, It amazes me how much love everyone has here. Holly is doing OK, Surgery went well, she is home, dosed up on pain killers and low dose sedative to keep her calm. She won't let me out of her sight, that's OK, I won't let her out of my sight for a while!

Anyway, after booking the first day available for silver people back in October 2008 (in a CAT 11) I have found that after paying the fuel surcharge (and of course not getting it refunded), after two years - I have saved a total of $10.50 by booking early!!!!

WOW, well that was worth it......................NOT!

And if he would stop shopping at Home Depot, we could do more Disney vacations!!!

Oh no!! Lots of coming your way for poor Holly

We always buy Skechers, Crocs and visit Ron Jon's too....love that enormous one in Cocoa Beach!

Sephora is also a 'must'!

Thanks
Never heard of Ron Jon's, will need to google that one!
Oh yep, Love Sephora, I'm like a kid in a candy store there!

 

[CustardTart]

I wanted to post this close to the cruise so many will read it. If you see me and I don't respond to you this is why....please do not take offense,,,

In 2001 I was working in a call center and I started getting migraines a lot. I kept telling everyone I smelled gas. I unfortunately can smell a dirty diaper on a kid quite a distance away. That usually meant I could not pretend not to realize my kids needed changing.

So, when no one else could smell the gas, I went to the DR and he had a CAT scan done. I really thought I was going crazy and the migraines were coming on more and more. I also did notice that some other smells were also bothering me. So on a very cold day, some one else finally noticed the gas smell and we called the maintenance guy and he smelled it too. They fixed the unit and I didn't smell it any more. But I was still getting migraines from different smells. I managed to find a little vial of oil called Uh Oh Migraine and I would rub a little of it under my nose, and sometimes it really helps. I also discovered Equal was helping to start migraines so I cut that out.

For the last five years at my last job, if anyone came up to the front desk smelling very strong of cigarette smoke or cologne, I would just have to call my co-worker and she knew why I was calling her because if I didn't it would get so bad I would have to go home. When they did a total remodel of the downstairs, I went home. The smell of the new carpeting, the dust, cleaning solutions, just made me crazy. Same thing happened when part of the upstairs was done. When they would have to daily clean the preschool room, I just made it a point to be in the back of the building or out to lunch so I would not be affected. When walking past anyone smoking, I have to hold my breath or I will start coughing and gagging. Hubby still insists on going outside to smoke his cigars and when he comes back in and wants to talk to me, I have to turn my head so I don't smell the smoke. The worst colognes are Polo, Jean Nate, and patchouli. I literally get sick. So if I greet you and then don't hug you any more after that, it is only because you are wearing something that gets to me and could start a migraine.

Trust me, I don't like this at all, I feel awful when it happens. I remember wearing Jean Nate and would literally douse myself in it. If I offended anyone, I wouldn't know cause I felt I smelled great!!! Now I only use certain Bath & Body products and I mean only a few of them!!!


Okay, back to fun stuff!!!!

I 100% understand your problem (I suffer too) so sincerely hope you have no negative reactions onboard..

 

[Buckeye Goofy]

There are 2 of us from Wales .... Sarah Gizmo and myself ..... wonder why it only comes up with 1

Now the question is, was it me or Sarah that registered as Wales????

I think it was me .... on the roll call you have Wales, UK and I have just Wales.

Yep, that's the difference. When the database counts registrations by country, I have a way that I can combine 'UK', U.K., 'United Kingdom' all as 'United Kingdom', but when I saw one of you had entered 'Wales', I just left well enough alone.

 

[CustardTart]

Well you'll certainly see what i say about price...

Resticted annual passes start around $83 thats US dollars, so cheaper than a single day into a WDW park.

Then you get the added benifits like upto 30% off hotel rooms, with a bit of careful planning you could get a room at the Disneyland Hotel from $161 a night, so thats like staying in thier version of the Grand Floridian for the price of a WDW moderate.

SW

Wow!!! That's very interesting!!! It's definitely on my TO DO list...

Oh yes! Do they do PINK CHAMPAGNE?

Fingers crossed, Lyn!!!

All this chat about pickpockets in Barcelona has made me think back to the only time I have ever been pickpocketed .... you'll never guess where I was .... in Disneyland Paris !! In the preshow for Honey I Shrunk the Audience to be precise !! Now I never expected to experience this inside a Disney Park, but you can never tell. Hopefully none of us will have any negative experiences in Barcelona

Only place I've ever been pickpocketed was on the Metro in Paris. I lived there at he time and was showing my friend (who was visiting) around. We were going thro' the turnstiles at CDG Etoiles and a plain clothes policeman stopped us. He's been following a known PP and had spotted her taking a purse from my pocket. It was an empty purse that I usually kept metro tickets in and was very close to my hip in the pocket of tight jeans - I hadn't felt a thing!!! We were taken thro' the underbelly of the Metro station to a police surveillance area and shown video tapes of it happening - scary stuff... They caught her, retrieved my purse and I had to make a statement - it really made me much more careful...

 

[Steffy]

It's Monday morning here again folks....my weigh in day.....

21 lbs lost in 6 weeks!





....and dh has lost 28 lb in just 7 weeks!


The hard work at the gym is paying off!

Wow, fantastic!!!

 

[CustardTart]

Just noticed that we have added a country to our website!

We had our first family from Spain register. I havent seen them post on DIS yet, but they have also sent in a photo! Glenn has reached out to them and extended an invitation to join the group here. We hope to see them post soon!! But, in the mean time, Monporma, if you are lurking out there...

Ok I was trying to use the mult-quote but have you ever noticed that after 10 pages you have no idea what you where going to say to that quote

Then I get even more confused when it is a quote in a quote

Happens to me all the time!!!

 

[CustardTart]

We are home from our 2 day trip to WA state. Dennis is already in bed, still not feeling very well. He is really struggling with his eye sight. This is evidently a rapidly growing cataract and he was trying to read the Sunday comics when we got home and just gave up after struggling with just one strip. He also had me drive the whole trip, which is really unusual. He loves to drive the mountain passes....me not so much! I'm glad he has just another week before he gets it fixed. He also has been struggling with a cold for several days. That's what he gets though for bragging that he has not had a cold in 2 years now! Poor guy. He will be all fixed up soon though and will be ready for those sea days!

I've caught up on all but the last 13 pages.... Of course there will likely be many, many more when I wake up....Good morning, European friends!!

Poor Dennis... Thank goodness it'll be sorted soon...

 

[NoWorriesMate]

I saw this adorable Tinkerbell Disney Cruise dress on ebay. I thought it may fit one of your princesses.
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It is too cute - if we were in the States i'd get it for DD, but as it is i hope another DIS does

Hello all,

I believe there are quite a few DVC members sailing on this cruise. We have been looking into DVC for quite some time and wondered if from past experience if there were better incentives for buying in to DVC onboard?

An informal DVC discussion would be great......

We didn't buy onboard but are happy to talk to anyone about DVC. Also we probably use t a little differently to many as we live so far away - happy to talk about that too.

Please wear YOUR favorite team jersey. As Michael noted, most game times are not even posted as yet, and even if they were, we have no way of knowing who will be on the stations we receive on the ship.

Of course, I'm hoping for the Buckeyes, and one thing I have in my favor is that they like to play at noon whenever possible. I think this has to do with the fact that if they play at noon, the tailgate drinking begins at 8am; if they play at 4pm, the tailgate drinking begins at 8am and if they play at 8pm, the tailgate drinking begins at 8am.

Glenn

sounds like a fun party

OMG migraines are soooo painful! I think mine were related to hormones since it's not much of a problem now that I'm a geezer but I used to get the whole thing--nausea, numbness, photo & auro-phobia. I also noticed that I have to have only small amounts of my big triggers: wine, aged cheese, chocolate.
Andrea

That's my three major food stuff gone in one go!

Sounds cool......

We were on the 1st one out of dry dock and it was the exact same, vowed I would never do it again,oh well.
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We've been on one going into dry dock and one coming out. I found the one coming out far worse. The carpets were shedding so much and every thing smelt like new paint etc. luckely i don't get migraines etc but i was all blocked up etc.

I hope it isn't too bad for those of you with bad allergies, and totally understand any time you need to wave from a distance

I foolishly decided to try buying new swimwear in Sumatra (Indonesia) when we visited from a very expensive (for Indonesians) shopping mall. I was mortified to find that most of the swimsuits were too small and I finally found a couple of XL ones that fit - I'm a UK10 (US6)! When Mum asked for herself, the sales assistant just laughed.

In Vietnam, I had my bottom patted a few times by ladies in the market - they were envious of my rounded bottom as they are very slender compared to my western figure.
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I know what you mean. I am a sie bigge then you and we lived in singapore for 6 years. My favourite was shop assistants calling out across the store "nothing is bigger than XL is it?" and when i was five months pregnant being stopped by every weight loss person to tell em they can help me loose my big tummy

It's Monday morning here again folks....my weigh in day.....

21 lbs lost in 6 weeks!





....and dh has lost 28 lb in just 7 weeks!


The hard work at the gym is paying off!

Well Done!

 

[CustardTart]

I try not to buy dresses for that reason, I love skirts and tops. All my dresses have to be altered in some way

Annie

I'm different top and bottom-wise (tho' less so now as I had surgery 5 years ago) but find that dresses cut on the bias work for me as they are more forgiving... I'm stalking one on eBay for the cruise...

Im not going to tea.
Sorry, I love you ladies, but tea and cake or football and beer
Its a no brainer.

Same here!!!

It's Monday morning here again folks....my weigh in day.....

21 lbs lost in 6 weeks!





....and dh has lost 28 lb in just 7 weeks!


The hard work at the gym is paying off!

You superstars!!! That's amazing!!!

I'm intending to get back to the gym tomorrow. I've had too much time off this summer and not been particularly committed. I've kept up with my cardio but hurt my knee last weekend so did NOTHING last week. That's not good and I am starting to feel blah. Hopefully a couple of sessions per week from now until the cruise will help...

 

[CustardTart]

Thanks everyone for your pixie dust and well wishes, It amazes me how much love everyone has here. Holly is doing OK, Surgery went well, she is home, dosed up on pain killers and low dose sedative to keep her calm. She won't let me out of her sight, that's OK, I won't let her out of my sight for a while!

That's good to hear.. Fingers crossed she heals quickly..

 

[DisneyFreakNo1]

Oh I agree - I have very long but narrow feet (size 11 or 12) and a long torso that makes bathing suit shopping even more painful than it needs to be. As well, I have long legs and arms that makes conventional clothes shopping a pain. I like 3/4 length sleeves for that reason! I used to cry as a teenager when shoe shopping because finding shoes was so difficult. I finally just switched to Doc martens and Birkenstocks for years, until more stores began to carry size 11 shoes. Forget ice skates and ballet shoes!

I don't have any suggestions for the shoes but Lands End has saved my life on bathing suits. I also have a long torso and any bathing suit I got always rode up in back. I thought my tush was too big. (It might be but also I have a long torso. lol) Lands End has what they call a Tugless Tank that is perfect for us. No more constant pulling it down in back. They also offer swim suits in Long. They are having end of summer sales now.

Rene

 

[gismo1554]

I think it was me .... on the roll call you have Wales, UK and I have just Wales.

Oh good spot! Changed mine now so we should have 2 Wales!

 

[gismo1554]

I will definitely send it in plenty of time. Customs is not an issue from the UK to Spain fortunately. I have priced this and actually the best deal seems to be either FEDEX or DHL, both of which offer a fully trackable 24 hour service for less than what Royal Mail/ Parcel Force are quoting me for a service that takes 3 to 5 working days. So I have no worries that it gets to the warehouse in time.
Corinna

Oh Corinna can I ask how much they were coming out as? I'm still debating whether to send the FE gifts rather than packing them?

 

[gismo1554]

It's Monday morning here again folks....my weigh in day.....

21 lbs lost in 6 weeks!





....and dh has lost 28 lb in just 7 weeks!


The hard work at the gym is paying off!

Well done to both of you!