September 15 Wonder Roll Call

[vllygrrl]

Gillian - we'll just miss you! We're going 8/6-8/8. Play video poker!

Hey - I got a FedEx yesterday, and it seems I am the grand prize winner in the Outback Steakhouse/Good Morning America Summer concert contest. Too bad I live in Jersey and not California, because they would have flown me in. As it is, they're picking me and a guest (DH) up in a limo on 8/8, we get put up in a hotel for 3 nights in NYC, and get to go to the GMA concert on 8/9 (the Bangles are playing). So....I'm going to be on GMA (briefly, I'm sure) on August 9! I have to get some release forms notorized this weekend and send them back via Federal Express by Wednesday! I couldn't believe it when I opened the envelope, and they left me two phone messages yesterday!

 

[Katesdad]

VllyGrrl - what a summer you are having! Hope you and DH have a great time at the concert. More importantly, I hope your luck keeps rolling and brings us nothing but sunshine on the cruise!

 

[Lowe6]

Hi everyone.... School is great in spite of 1 nasty hard class that I hate but I did ace my Mid terms so that was great !!!! Yeah

I made our reserv. for the Radison the night before our cruise....
I've heard it's a nice hotel & we will leave our van there for the 4 days. We got us a whirlpool room which I hope is nice & I think our kids will love that.

I wish I could get excited but for some reason it seems really hard. I took the time to notice that there are still lots of rooms available on the cruise & some in every catagory.

I think it was Gillian who is the return cruiser......I know probably none of you are doing the inside rooms thing but I was just wondering if the rooms inside are still nice enough & all ?????

Well catch you on the Happy Sailing

 

[Lowe6]

Bump

 

[Lowe6]

Congrats to Valley girl

Also I had to see if the countdown clock worked

 

[vllygrrl]

Thanks all - when I've decided on what to wear, I'll tell you all so you can look for me on TV!

 

[Gillian]

Lowe6 - never cruised DCL, but we did have an inside cabin on RCCL. It was fine, except for the day we overslept because it was so dark in there! I'm sure it will be great or maybe you'll get upgraded!!

vllygrrl - congrats! Send some of your luck over to us! I'm brushing up on my video poker skills...

 

[vllygrrl]

Okay Gillian, I'm blowing some luck your way....

 

[Katesdad]

VllyGrrl - please let me know what time to set the VCR recorder for on August 9th. Won't be at home to watch it, but I sure can tape it!

Sorry I can't help you Lowe6, my only other cruise was on DCL and we had the connecting secret porthole rooms on Deck 5.

 

[vllygrrl]

I'll know more when I get the documents in a few days. I did receive a phone call from them today though...we'll be picked up in a limo on 8/8 at 1pm and driven to the W Hotel in Times Square (I looked at the website and can't believe I'm getting to stay there!!!). Sunday they'll pick us up at noon to take us home. I think GMA generally shows the summer concert between 8-9am on Friday mornings, so look for me then....when I've decided what to wear I'll let you all know!

 

[Gillian]

From what I hear, W hotels are fantastic! I hope you have a great time

 

[Katesdad]

Took a look at that W Hotel at Times Square on the net. Boy what a place! 507 rooms spread out over 57 floors should pretty much guarantee a quiet room. And with the high-speed internet access, you should be able to keep us up to date on what's happening (ROFLMAO).

Hope you really enjoy the trip.

 

[Katesdad]

Just wanted to see how everyone's doing.

Lowe6, how's the schoolwork coming? I guess you have to be getting into those final week crams when the prof figures out he's got eight weeks of material to cram into the next four weeks.

Gillian - hope you have a good time and good luck in AC next weekend.

VllyGrrl - Are you still doing AC before the trip to NYC? We'll be looking for you on GMA on the 9th.

MotherHen17404 and Camraman - How's the summer going? Haven't heard much from you lately.

IDontKnow - Are you still with us or are you going to stay on land?

Toad - hope the summer in Canada has been cooler than here in Ohio. This heat and humidity are rediculous. Might as well be in Florida!

Haven't heard any more about meal time changes so maybe DCL is ending the experiment with the 9/8 cruise. DW and I are saving the Lilo/Stich & Country Bears movies for the ship. Just saw Road to Perdition and boy that is not a movie for the weak at heart, pretty intense.

Look forward to meeting you all soon.

 

[cmraman]

Katesdad: We're still here.
The summer has been spent anticipating the cruise. Every so often something has to be done in preparation and we get to thinking about the cruise and get a little more excited. We booked 18 months ago and spent the first year not thinking about it much. Then final payment, priority seatings, excursion bookings, airline confirmations, kennel confirmation, happy limo booking... The planning is almost as much fun as the vacation (Almost!!!)

 

[Lowe6]

It sounds like you're all doing well I have not rec. any docs yet I'm hoping too soon. I start homeschooling Mon. am with my kids. What a job that will be in addition to my own schooling.

I too am saving all the good Disney movies for my kids on the Disney Cruise so they can see something they haven't seen before.

Is anyone doing anything fun while in Nas.? I think my kids talked about staying on the ship so they could actually swim.

If anyone has kids I have a suggestion....... I am taking my kids outfits & putting then in 1 gal Ziplock bags with their underware hairbows socks etc. Then when they pull it off they can stick it back in the bag & it won't stink up their other clothes. I am also not going to overpack this time. We will be in the parks afterwards for 6 days so I'm packing 2 Bathing suits & 10 outfits w 1 swt shirt just in case. When we have gone before it's been Dec. so we have had to pack hot & cold & used it all. It will be nice just to pack the summer stuff & forget it

Well that's it for now HAPPY SAILING

 

[Gillian]

FexEx just delivered my cruise docs!! Woo hoo!

Well, my son doesn't wear hair bows but I do pack his stuff in ziplocs. It really helps! I don't know what I'll do this time, because we'll be at WDW for a week before the cruise. I think I'll have a separate bag just for cruise stuff. I'll just keep it packed until we need it.

 

[vllygrrl]

Yippee - we just received our docs, too! Just about 40 days now until we set sail...I'm really looking forward to it!

Now, I must go pack for the two mini-trips I'm about to take. I'll be wearing a burgandy blouse with flowers on it on Friday morning, so look for me on the TV!

 

[Katesdad]

Our docs aren't here yet, but I was wondering. Based on a post on another thread, do your docs mention the early dinner times?

 

[Gillian]

I didn't look very closely, but I didn't see anything about dinner times. I'll check again & let you know!

 

[Lowe6]

Hi exciting you already got your DOCs YEAH HIOOOOo for you.

I can't wait. When it's time to cruise that means that my summer classes will be coming to an end.

Is there anything in there we should know about????