September 17, 2006 - 11 Night Southern Caribbean Part 3

[Tigger&Bubba]

Good morning you all! getting ready to go out to the pool. It is summer here so I don't even check the weather unless I start to see plywood going up! Mid 90's all summer long with a 40- 60 percent chance of afternoon showers. .

Enjoyed the music last night. Thanks Bob and Scott for the address. Lamar told me to put on the head phones next time for the music. Someone has to get some sleep so they can go to work to pay for the addictions in the house. In all fairness, he has quite a comute to south Orlando, and needs his sleep. I will comply.

Bob, Lamar tried on his Tux and we both laughed till we cried. He's renting this trip. I guess the cleaners shrunk his up a few sizes.

 

[rotary2808]

That's her story and she is sticking to it....

I too would like to have had some of those ride vehicles, A Toad Mobile would have been great. I miss Toad.

I'm a huge Winnie the Pooh fan, but I will always have a soft spot and fond memories of Mr. Toad. I think I could have bought it for only $3000, if only I had a spare $3000 lying around.

 

[Scott H]

Bob, Lamar tried on his Tux and we both laughed till we cried. He's renting this trip. I guess the cleaners shrunk his up a few sizes.

Same thing happens with wetsuits... there must be some universal law of sorts... Mine actually got bigger and I had to get new stuff...

 

[Scott H]

I'm a huge Winnie the Pooh fan, but I will always have a soft spot and fond memories of Mr. Toad. I think I could have bought it for only $3000, if only I had a spare $3000 lying around.

Sadly we have to go to DL or DLP to get a Toad Fix, hey we will be in DLP this comming Feb, ....... YEAH!!!!!!

As I kids we went to DL in 1955, Toad scarred me to death, the devil room did it. So just as I was getting over it, at least that is what the therapist says, they close Toad at WDW....

 

[rotary2808]

Miss it so much. I don't know why I loved it so much, but I was devestated when I heard they were closing it, although making it Winnie the Pooh did make it a little better, but it's still not the same. Couldn't they have put Pooh somewhere else, maybe take out It's a Small World. Just joking.

Speaking of Mouse Surplus and DCL, if any of you guys out there wear a medium they have one of the blue cast member polo shirts available online right now and they also have a couple of DCL banners.

 

[Corwin17]

hmmm, interesting idea....curious what do you do on the return trip, do you ship them again or just carry them off with you? Is there a facility to ship things back and is there time to do that on the last night?

I'm sure it's going to be a slog-fest dragging all the other stuff off the ship!

As for how to get it home ... we know where the Fed-Ex shipping center is, so much of it will get boxed to home!

 

[captaincrash]

I'm not sure exactly how the deck chair got off the ship, but I imagine it was carried off. The photo was really taken in DPD's yard. I wouldn't say there was anything juicy related to the story. A simple little story in fact! Pretty much the same story as the person on the boards (not on this cruise) who has a DCL trash can by her pool. Have a great day!!

G'mornin' folks.... I'll post one then run...

Another helpful (Thank You!) yet partaially cryptic answer!...

Will "Wonders" never cease. Well now... it seems a couple of enterprising folks have found a way to take a few interesting items off the ship. 1st "I" learn of a lounge chair... and now a DCL trash can!

Was it an AUCTION? Were these items designated for disposal? Were they dissassembled into a steamer trunk??? Probably NOT....

So the mystery goes on... Iand I have to run...

TTFN

 

[captaincrash]

Sadly we have to go to DL or DLP to get a Toad Fix, hey we will be in DLP this comming Feb, ....... YEAH!!!!!! ....

We were thinking of a trip to Europe (a family gathering in Italy)... followed by a swing through France with DLP OR a cruise... depending on whether any in our family had agreement with either of these post Italy options. However, the English encounter with terrorist planning gives slight pause to reflect. Oh yeah... we'll still be enthusiastic to go... but we firgure some of the other families may react otherwise. This is an all or nothing proprosition since the expanded family is involved. Plus - I don't mind deferring it a little until the youngest in our immediate family is a bit older for enjoying the merits of the experience. IE, more of it then DLP.

And Mr. Toad bothers my daughter too, yet she tolerates it for the modest thrill... you're not alone Scott in your position there!

Now I gotta go ... but you know... I'll try to lurk until.... ....????

 

[Q's My Princess]

Good morning, all!

Sounds like everyone had a great night listening the concert...I should have checked in as we have DirecTV...next time!

 

[captaincrash]

That's her story and she is sticking to it.... (MOUSE SURPLUS)
I too would like to have had some of those ride vehicles, A Toad Mobile would have been great. I miss Toad.

Ah Ha... before leaving I had to scan the page... and THIS holds some potential... so was it (supposedly) MOUSE SURPLUS?

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And on a completely different matter... here's something that might interest you Scott - plus anyone else who enjoies a celestrial spectical...

PERSEIDS Meteor showers this weekend!!! (maximum August 12, 23h UT [4pm PDT; 7pm EDT])
(radiant drift map from IMO)

Moon: Waning Gibbous (major interference)

Best viewing window: Saturday evening, August 12, from the end of evening twilight through Sunday morning, August 13.

Recommended for: Anyone interested in meteors; just remember that the Moon will detract from the show.

The Perseids are probably the most-watched annual meteor shower. The shower has a very long duration, from about July 15 through August 25. The shower is most interesting around its peak on August 12 or 13. This year, the waning gibbous Moon will be a big nuisance, riding high in the sky during the morning hours when the Perseid radiant is high. In addition, the shower's normal peak will occur during daylight for North American observers. The radiant is above the horizon the entire night for observers north of latitude 32N, but it is fairly low at the end of evening twilight. Evening Perseid rates are low, then, but there are usually enough meteors to be interesting. The Moon is also low in the evening this year, and hopefully rates will not have fallen too far from their peak. East Coast observers will be favored this year. Serious observers will watch all night long, and deal with the Moon as best they can. Face the darkest part of your local sky, and if the Moon is in your field of view try to block it with some sort of obstruction.

Rates for most observers will probably top out at around 15-30 Perseids per hour, with a few sporadic and minor shower meteors added to the mix. Die-hard observers may be watching on adjacent nights; unfortunately, there are no Moon-free periods this year.

Perseids are fast meteors and tend to be fairly bright on average. An occasional fireball is seen, but these seem to depend on the luck of the draw.

 

[PrettyInTink]

Morning (er, afternoon) everyone! Just rolling out of bed. Our load that is usually ready @9AM is still not ready. New guy loading us. It is a BEAUTIFUL day here in Newark NJ. It is around 78-80 degrees and the wind is blowing slightly. It almost seems like fall already! I just hope the traffic isn't horrid.

Math Alert
While gazing at my calender I have configured my approximate miles left until the cruise estimation: We are in NJ and have roughly 5 trips to California and back. 5 X 6200(miles we drive per week) = 31,000 miles. But since we have no clue how they will route us home I can only estimate that we can add an additional 2000 miles to this amount bringing our grand total to 33,000 miles before we got on the cruise! I sure am glad we get paid by the mile!!! Back to your regularly scheduled posting.........

 

[Q's My Princess]

WHOA!!! 33,000 miles?????????????

How do you do it???? You must have some pretty comfortable seats!

 

[Hygiene99]

Boston is where Jimmy is tonight.

RM is where you can here all the fun.

The Olé, Olé is from Hot, Hot, Hot by Buster Poindexter is the song that always starts out the concert.

I did not see him, I was in Boston All night long !!

The place he plays is actually about 45 miles from Boston

But if you said the Name of he other town people would not know it !.

Or think it Was Bama

I was thinking more along the lines of The Magic or The Wonder!!!!!!!!!

and I would change the rules for the Mickey Slide....just for Linda!!!!!!

We need to work on this harder this time !!!

Some one come up with the Adult mickey slide Form to submit to Guest services !! could be put in the fish Extender !!!

998 now... and could it be possible???.... a DOUBLE BUZZ KILL spectical? IS Scott going for the 1000th posting on the 8700th posting too?!?!?

Where is the ESPN camera crew when you need them?

What am I chopped liver ?
804 for the longest time scott and I had about a differenceof just 25 to 30 posts See ya !!!!
Congrats Scotty !!

Mouse Surplus..

No I dont think So !

Night everyone !!

 

[Scott H]

Thanks Tom, KEWL, I knew it was tonight, and the Perseids Shower can be pretty darn neat. Hope the skies are clear...

 

[Q's My Princess]

Here's a question for my disboard friends who frequent DL:

What restaurants do you HIGHLY recommend?? I need to submit my priority seating requests tomorrow and would love some recommendations.

We are going down for a long weekend and to celebrate Mickey's Halloween Treat. All three kids will be there (our oldest two are coming from college), so it should be quite the good time! If I could only convince them to dress up!

 

[rotary2808]

Cyndi, that is alot of miles. At least you can sit here on the DIS and daydream about the cruise the whole time.

 

[PrettyInTink]

WHOA!!! 33,000 miles?????????????

How do you do it???? You must have some pretty comfortable seats!

I just watch every mile roll by and hear the sound of $$$ Ka-ching, ka-ching, ka-ching.... It also helps that our truck has air-ride technology (think cadillac) and air ride seats with every adjustable section you can imagine. It's actually quite a nice ride. My tail bone hurts on occasion though.

 

[PrettyInTink]

Cyndi, that is alot of miles. At least you can sit here on the DIS and daydream about the cruise the whole time.

I only do this when I am not driving. I have seen drivers with a stand that bolts to their seat that allows the laptop sit to the right of them and they can surf as they drive. We researched it and its $300!!! Then I could catch up with Scott on posts!! I could just post my little pearls of wisdom all day long ......Maybe I should check it out again......

 

[captaincrash]

I only do this when I am not driving. I have seen drivers with a stand that bolts to their seat that allows the laptop sit to the right of them and they can surf as they drive. We researched it and its $300!!! Then I could catch up with Scott on posts!! I could just post my little pearls of wisdom all day long ......Maybe I should check it out again......

Now PIT...

What would the DOT and the Highway Patrolmen say about that rig ... unless it were some sort of disappearing rig with the push of a secret button? Not to mention Scott... who would no doubt have a PM words for you. AND .... if you were doing the car rig.... U suppose I could get a BACKPACK rig so I could post all day long? Shoot ... that's what I'd need to post 750 posts in 35 days! Wait... let me get a calculator out....

LOL! ~ Math alert!!!!

Aww shucks - I don't need a calculator for this... it's 21.5 posts a day to generate 752 posts.... so in the same period Scott would average 30 posts a day... so I only have to generate 51.5 posts a day! Thats only 5.15 an hour for 10 hours a day! That's roughly one every12 minutes everyday fer 10 hours a day over 35 days! The rest of the day I need for sleep, eating, caring for the kids and personal needs.

Anyone up for keeping me company and "pacing" me on this nonsense? I think the worst that I've done here is about 48 posts in a single 24 hour period here last saturday. That was a numbing experience... and unlikely to be repeated - especially for 35 days straight!

LOL!

PS... for those wondering what I'm doing here - I don't know - I gotta run now.... get a graduation cake from Costco - pack and so on!

TTFN

 

[captaincrash]

Awww shoot.... 13 more til the next mile marker... I gotta run now....