September 3, 2005 --- Who is going?

[JanDave]

Thanks for the Nascar invite, Ginny! Hope you and Andy are having a great time at WDW. See you in a couple of days.

Jan

 

[clonefans]

http://www.dotphoto.com/Go.asp?l=nm...ID=88388760&T=1 Try clicking on the "eye" icon to watch a show!

Great pictures captain, you have a beautiful family!!

 

[salbythec]

Captain,
Great pics!! We enjoyed watching the show! You have a beautiful family.Looking forward to meeting them.

PS: I am taking a break from packing, we are almost done!!!

 

[disneyfanforever]

Ginny and Andy,

Wow it sounds like you guys have a great room. Have fun watching the fireworks.

I wonder if those fireworks will be as good as Captaincrash's firework show off the balconies on the ship.

Have a safe trip to all of those leaving early tomorrow.

Robyn

 

[Drcell01]

Well its about 11:20 pm here on the east coast and I am watching an old I SPY show (with Robert Culp and Bill Cosby) waiting for midnight to print our SWA boarding passes.

Gas prices here in Syracuse have gone through the roof as the price of regular was at $2.66 early in the day and on our way back home from dinner we saw prices as high as $3.19 per gallon. Just rediclous this reaction even with the government releasing oil reserves. I filled up both cars on Tuesday at $2.60 per gallon. Looks like the 140 mile drive to Albany airport will be a bit more costly than expected.

I also wanted to mention how thankful we should all be that our families are safe and together and not experiencing the difficulities the people of the gulf coast states are experiencing tonight! I know that I won't complain so much this winter about all of our issues with the large snowfall and below zero wind chill we incur here in Upstate NY. Its not such a big deal after all.

 

[captaincrash]

Sally/Kim....

Thanks for the kind remarks on the photos - we're still sot of packing. I just printed everything off - DIS list,rental cars, hotels, airline res, TA reference to the cruise, castaway club #, and I need to run off and finish off packing to get to the airport hotel for our 7AM AA flight! We'll touch down in Orlando at 3PM without any changes.

We're set to leave in about 25-55 minutes - I'm signing off for now til probably we hit Orlando hotel (if we can get Wifi). Adios!

Anyone want to ring us while we're in town please feel free to call our cellular at 805-857-5002. We're probably up for a family style (with kids) dinner or lunch if we don't go to WDW on Friday. We're staying at the Westgate Lakes Resort & Spa - a cheap deal trough Hotwire.com - and it will probably be a surprise of sorts for us. I fully expect to be pounced upon by time-share sales folks. Oh well... such is life when botto fishing for bargains!

OK... gotta go... safe and happy travels to all!!!! I have a really fun pirate outfit.... C-YA later Alligators.... (so the kids always say!)

 

[pogopossum]

well i'm starting to wrap things up here, the car is all but packed, i gues i'll make dw happy and go top it off, she is convinced that between now and 6 am the price will go up 50 cents. i can't convince her that it won't go up, and we should wait to get out of dallas area, which has the highest prices in the state. capt i didn't actually get prices from the hotels, but did find out what the last city to have power to our east and the first city to have power after that which sounds like vicksburg, ms and tuscaloosa, ala. i guess she went straight up from biloxi and wiped out the middle of the state. soundslike they have gas, but no power to open the stations.

i had heard that atlanta was having problems, i'll buy in tuscaloosa and should be able to get to macon or further before having to fill up again.

i did drag the mower around the yard, and i am about to load the dishwasher, did one last load of towels. man, am i gonna miss this!

anybody else start packing a few days ago, put off finishing the suitcase, and then look for things that you think you packed, but can't remember if you did, and don't want to unpack everything to look for it. man am i losing it?

well goodnight all i'll try to post from macon tomorrow night and give a report on the drive and what we saw. safe travels to everyone.

 

[captaincrash]

OK...

12:15AM - car is packed - everything is ready except the kids are not in the car yet - and I am printing a map to the hotel tonight.

See ya at the Magic!

 

[Drcell01]

Its 6:15 am here in the east and we are all packed and getting ready to leave town.

We hope everyone has a safe trip..."We're off to Never-never land"!!

 

[lisa702]

Gas prices have gone crazy here, the lines are long and the roads all blocked up, they are talking about stations being closed, we hopefully have enough to get down into Florida.

Still haven't packed or done anything and DS is having a meltdown over Homework.

My DH works just outside of Orlando and when he got home last night from work, at 12:30 mind you, he wakes me up to tell me that gas stations in that area and on his way home are out of gas.

 

[lisa702]

Once again, safe trips to all!

 

[lisa702]

Gas prices are going crazy here in Arkansas too. The station that is normally the cheapest is at 2.89 I believe. My DH said the price in Little Rock where he works was 3.16. I am glad we will be on the cruise soon and won't have to fill up for a week. It is crazy how the prices are rising so quick. However, I realize how blessed and lucky I am considering what has happened in New Orleans and Mississippi. I have my house, my car, and most of all my family safe and sound. My heart and prayers go out to those who have lost their loved ones or are still unable to make contact with those they love.

On a lighter note, I think since Andy is having to bring the kegs since he was the 1000th poster then captaincrash is going to have to wear that toga after all. Toga!Toga!

Robyn

I am counting my blessings as well. I made my donation to the Red Cross and the one that helps the animals too.

 

[Hygiene99]

This statement was on the Orlando TV channel 6 website as of 4:45 pm today...

WEDNESDAY:-- Miami-based Carnival Cruise Lines says it is considering a federal request that the company use some of its cruise ships as emergency shelters or help in Katrina relief efforts in some other way.

I wonder if FEMA has also made the same request of DCL???

I'm not trying to be a wet blanket but still consider the possibility.

Disney Donated 2.5 million to the efforts..

I think you are ok..
GAS $3.29 around here
Anyone stayying at the Radisson resort Friday Night We are ..
Not crusing But Getting some Folks From the Ship on Saturday Morning..
then headed to The World.. peter

 

[lisa702]

Last minute packing here..........

 

[disneyfanforever]

We're doing last minute packing and errands here too. I am already sleepy just thinking about how early I am going to have to wake up to make our early flight. But I am so excited and ready to get on that ship!

Robyn

 

[lisa702]

We're doing last minute packing and errands here too. I am already sleepy just thinking about how early I am going to have to wake up to make our early flight. But I am so excited and ready to get on that ship!

Robyn

It will be Saturday before we know it!!!!

 

[lisa702]

Anyone leaving tonight? Robyn you leave in the AM right? Have a safe trip! Everyone else as well! Pixie dust to all!

 

[disneyfanforever]

Well, it looks like almost everyone as gone. Yes, Lisa, we leave very very early in the morning. When do you leave? I noticed that you live in Florida so are you just driving down the day we set sail?

 

[xABearx]

BTW.... Ginny....Great tip on Palo at the bar... but we were wondering - do they exact a serving fee for doing that? Or is it just served without the dining fee? IE - have you done this personally? My spouse thought that sounded like a great tip!

Ginny here --- Andy's signed on & I've snuck on while he's walked out on the balcony.

This is a great question, I'm not sure if the charge the per person fee or not. We've never tried the bar thing, but I know that a number of folks have. I wonder if anybody on the cruise thread would know? Or we could ask once we get on board the ship..... in just a couple of days. That sounds so great...a couple of days!!!!!

One more thing...for anybody driving down, if you belong to Costco (or Sam's Club), don't forget your membership card. Gas at Costco was lower than any other place we saw. The Costco is located on Orange Blossom Trail, just a bit South of Sand Lake.

Ginny

 

[lisa702]

Well, it looks like almost everyone as gone. Yes, Lisa, we leave very very early in the morning. When do you leave? I noticed that you live in Florida so are you just driving down the day we set sail?

Robyn
I live just 2 hours from the POrt so we'll head out that morning. Safe trip to you!