September 3, 2005 --- Who is going?

[itdjbw]

I'm still here, should be packing but sitting here posting and having coffee, laundry is in the dryer and I am leaving at around noon for our drive down - staying at the Raddison Friday night - if I ever get packed!!!

 

[Mom2boyz2000]

Sorry I've been out of the loop for a couple of days. I'm now in "Packing Hell"!! I just finished the last t-shirts, they are cute, I hope the kids like them. I got up at 4:30 this AM to do the iron ons and finished them just a few minutes ago.

Safe trip Robyn, Julia and everyone else driving/ We too don't leave until Sat AM. See you all then!!

Suzanne

 

[disneyfanforever]

Just wanted to check in to say "bye" to everyone. I am getting ready to go to bed so I can get up tomorrow around 4 in the morning so we can make our flight.

We are staying at the Radisson tomorrow night as well, and the kids are so excited that vacation time is actually here.

Suzanne, I am glad the Tshirts turned out good. I am sure the kids will love them. Thanks for all your hard work. Tyler is so excited to meet Josh and all his email buddies. I think Brady and Zak will get along great as well.

Well, see you guys on the boat.

Robyn

 

[pogopossum]

well howdy anybody out there,

we made it to macon, no major snags, a little trouble finding available restrooms in miss, we had filled up in monroe, la. and hadn't gone a mile across the river, and my leg cramped up, guess i sweat out a little too much while mowing yesterday, so we went about three exits up, and thought we'd pull in and top off to make it into ala, well the station we pulled into was out of gas, and the lines for across the street were backed up into this station, so i grabbed some powerade and got back in, and dw took off. i can't tell how much relief it was to get out and stretch, having a cramp in the car is no fun, even in a suburban.

we got just past jackson, and first dd rachel then ds son jordan piped up that they had to go, well we looked and saw that we were almost to a rest stop, pulled in after the 25 minute can you hold it? dance, and the rest rooms were closed due to power outage, so we started trying exits and there were long lines at any stations with power and gas. but kept running into closed stations with no power, finally at meridian we saw a truck stop across the freeway, drove in the truck entrance and around the building to avoid the line, and went in for some relief. think we'll make sure everyone makes use of the mississippi visitor center on the way home and will hurry our way to louisiana as fast as we can.

so far with the exception of atlanta, the gas prices have not been totally out of whack, but i heard that the gov. was reigning in atlanta today, i think we'll fill up before we leave georgia, depending on the price and we should be able to mjake it to the space coast, and hit the beach tomorrow afternoon.

maybe we'll get the inkling to check out the radisson resort tomorrow evening, at any rate may those of you traveling out tomorrow have safe travels, and it goes as well for you as it has so far for us, it really has been pretty easy so far, knock wood.

 

[clonefans]

I'm just about finished packing, which is good since our flight leaves tomorrow morning at 8am!!
I can't believe its finally here and my countdown finally says Zero!! Yeah!


Safe travels to you all and see you Sat!

 

[lisa702]

Safe travels to all who left or are leaving today!

 

[xABearx]

Hello all from SSR .... it's Friday and we are 1 day away from getting on the Magic for 7 fantastic nights!! Today we are going to hang out at DTD and maybe hit Disney Quest for a few hours of flashback '80's video games, you know, Pacman, Ms. Pacman, Joust, Burger Time, etc .... anyway, hope everyone who is still traveling drives carefully and makes it safely to the Port by tomorrow .... Andy

 

[lisa702]

BUMP!..........couldn't let it fall to the 2nd page yet!

 

[lisa702]

 

[xABearx]

Here we are .... Ginny & I just got back from dinner at Bahama Breeze and we are getting ready to walk over to DTD for a few hours before we hit the hay so we can get an early start on the drive to PC .....

 

[kendo911]

Excellent a fellow cruiser and a Tony Stewart Fan. I love it. I was fortunate enough to see Tony climb the fence in person at Daytona this summer. Hope to run into you on the cruise

 

[lisa702]

My last post before we leave to Cape Canaveral.......... Still last minute packing, then breakfast and then as DD Skye would say "WE'RE OUTTA HERE!!!!"

 

[lisa702]

OK........I lied not my last post.....

Kendo911 if you happen to read this before you leave, you are welcome to join us in the Promenade Lounge at 3pm for a "DISmeet". Just a bunch of us DISers getting together and being able to put faces to our names. Everyone is welcome.

 

[DisneyDadJax]

We must be the last ones still at home! Kids are still in bed. A few things left to throw in suitcases, then we're outta here too!

See you REAL soon!

Frank

 

[kendo911]

OK........I lied not my last post.....

Kendo911 if you happen to read this before you leave, you are welcome to join us in the Promenade Lounge at 3pm for a "DISmeet". Just a bunch of us DISers getting together and being able to put faces to our names. Everyone is welcome.

Will definintely try to make it

Thanks for the invite

 

[itdjbw]

We are at the Raddisson waithing for our shuttle at 10am, yippee it is finally here!!!

See you all at 3 in the promanade..........

 

[captaincrash]

Hello to all coming back to visit here!

I'm posting from the computer center on the MAGIC... up late watching my 1.75 year old play while everyone else gets their "beauty rest". Tomorrow will be our 2nd DIS meet for the children's treasure hunt and the ice cream eating challenge.

So - On the award certificates for the ice cream challenge - they just informed me that Characters cannot sign the award certificates becaus they look too authentic and cannot be approved in time for our use - BUT... they might get the captain of the Magic to sign them for us in substitution of a character. I figure that would be fine.

Then - they have NOT exactly agreed to send up 15 ice cream Mickey Bars yet (through guest relations desk) - so I may have to order them through room service and have them sent to my cabin - and I'll walk them up to our event.

So - I'll post more later....

GOTTA GO CHANGE A DIAPER... IT'S SORT-A URGENT!!!!!

 

[captaincrash]

We ....

... just had our treasure hunt and it waas a wonderful success! Thanks to Lisa who spearheaded the project. Plus it was pretty intimidating to see the SIZE of the box ou shipped to the Magic with all the kid's treasure "loot".

Our ice ream eating challenge came off as a modest success with 12 folks participating. The 6 adults had a winning time of 1 ,imute plus 5 seconds to finish off a Mickey Bar.... and I came in last place having paused to contribute event commentary. When we were conducting the ice cream race we got a little loud and there was this huge line for parrot caye and their character breakfast... I think a few folks were intrigued a bit with our hooting and hollerin'!

OK... gotta go... it's late and I just came up to check the NOAA weather track on a storm I just saw on CNN tonite. Tomorrows' St Thomas... and we have immigration tomorrow (arrrgh?!!?) gotta be in the Walt theater at 7-7:15AM.

Adios....

 

[captaincrash]

From the Promenade Lounge and internet station aboard the MAGIC... (enrout into Port Canaveral from Castaway Caye)... here's a BUMP.....

Anyone from this cruise who attended the DIS meet who wants a CD with 300+ PHOTOS of the DIS meet/ treasure HUnT / and the Mickey Ice Cream BAR eating challenge... OR ... if you participated in the MICKEY ice cream eating challenge but did not get your award certificate .... please send a private message with your address and I'll get a CD or award certificate out to you. Assuming I did not already hand one to you. The awards are strictly limited to the few that I have. I do have 2 spares IF anyone loses the one I already gave you.

BTW... I asked Jonathon up front about the signatures as to whether they were of the actual folks indicated (ships' Captain, etc. ....) and he emphaticly assured me they were of the actual persons and or characters represented... the REAL captain of the MAGIC (cool, eh?).

Had a great time meeting everyone... I'll upload the photos when I get a chance and send viewing links to all. I'll write more later - for the moment I'm evading the rollar-coasted ride in steerage (my forward cabin). DID you folks know we were steaming into 10-14 foot swells? My poor deal spouse was wacked from the ride.... we were up on deck 9 with Pogopossum and the NAsCAR husbands chatting for a while while my family escaped the rollercoaster for a while. I sure hope she's sleeping right now. It eased a bit for a while but now it's picked up a bit. U kno... when the ride gets ME... I think it's pretyy serious.

OK.... gotta go.... Adios till I get home.... safe travels home to all!!!!!

:thewave: :thewave: :thewave: :thewave:

 

[lisa702]

Well I'm home again. This last week has been......for lack of a better word...."AWESOME", quoting my DD. Glad to meet all of you that I did get to meet. The Pirate Treasure Hunt was a success and fun too! Thanks for all your contributions and help! Well off to unpack and UGH make my own lunch!!!!