September 4th (2004) Disney Magic Cruise List

[rae519]

Originally posted by FL_Librarian
I'm not your typical librarian!

I won't even TOUCH that line, "Marion"!

What do you think about banning books in High School?

Rae

 

[Doctor P]

I had called DCL to check on the status of our documents (I actually called the wrong DCL number, but the CM was very nice about helping anyway rather than pushing me on to someone else). When he told me that they had been sent out, I realized from Verandah Man's earlier post on another thread that I could probably ask for a tracking number and so I did. The CM was real nice about giving it to me. It really helped add to the fun to be able to track the documents on the way to our house.

 

[CRSNDSNY]

Is someone here hiding our docs from us? That's a mean and cruel trick to play on my sensitive soul, you know!!!

 

[paulmc80]

Soul you say? Oh man! I don't have one. Sold it for my last DCL cruise. lol

 

[Doctor P]

Jason and Travis,

How are things going with Hurricane Charley? Sounds like a lot of people are being evacuated. Are you guys still OK?

 

[CRSNDSNY]

Originally posted by paulmc80
Soul you say? Oh man! I don't have one. Sold it for my last DCL cruise. lol

 

[sstucush]

I know there are a few fellow cruisers about to experience Hurricane Charley with me. Good luck to all of you. We're about to clear our garage out to hold another car and we need to move our outdoor furniture inside the house. This thing is going to come right over us as a Cat.3 hurricane. Hard to believe.

We'll just keep thinking about our cruise coming up in three weeks! See you guys soon!

 

[Samsara]

Hi all--

We're here too. North Clearwater (Tampa Bay) to be exact. A lot of people are leaving Pinellas (Level C Evacuation order) and people are now leaving Hilsborough (Level C) now as well. The newspapers are reporting that the evacuation orders cover about 800,000 people between Pinellas (380,000) and Hilsborough (420,000).

The stores are crazy, as expected, and I don't think there's a single C or D battery left in the county. No water, flashlights, or duct tape either!

We're in a non-evacuation zone so we won't be going anywhere. Just bought a few groceries and will start bringing the outdoor stuff inside in a bit. We made sure we were OK on cat food and human food and had a few candles and matches. I guess we'll be taking it as we go.

Doctor P--

We're still good to go so far. Just had to brave the stores! Think Christmas time at Wal Mart with an "Everything 50% off" sale going on!

We'll be sure to keep you guys up to date!

 

[CRSNDSNY]

My thoughts and prayers will be with all of you Floridians in the next couple days! Be safe!

 

[paulmc80]

Hang in there all you Floridians! Be safe!

 

[kayefire]

Snack size pekingnese huh? Not sure if She-she is gonna like that description. You know how sensitive she is. You'll be lucky if she gives you any kisses for that one babe..

Speaking of kisses..shes at my right foot right now licking away. For some reason my little one has this fixation on my feet. (Yes, babe I know I encourage her.)

Yea, she's my little baby for sure. Even if she does give her big brother Lobo a hard time at times.

Too bad you can't take small dogs on board. I could just see her running up and down the passageways. Unfortunately she is not a big kid puppy. Very few kids can even get near her. Especially little blonde headed boys.

But I'd love to have a pic of her being held by Mickey Mouse. She actually a pair of small mickey mouse ears that I got the last time I was at Disney World. You tie them on.

Anyway, I keep telling Paul that Disney World should really create their next hotel where they allow pets. Matter o'fact when we stayed at one of the Universal hotels they had room service for pets. That's really a market they could explore. They could have an onsite groomer, vet, all sorts of pet friendly options. Bet all kinds of people would jump on that one.

 

[CRSNDSNY]

I totally agree! There should be a Disney hotel that allows pets! Don't worry, when I'm a zillionaire you better believe I will be responsible for one of those!

I still don't understand why I can't take my two 70lb+ girls onboard with us. Just slap some mickey ears on them and nobody would know the difference. They look just like their Mommy!

 

[rae519]

Heard the report this AM and looks bad for our friends, Jason and Travis and a few others there. We can just pray that (1) the hurricane diverts or (2) damage is minimal and insurance will cover it without any hassles.

Rae

 

[CRSNDSNY]

Originally posted by rae519
Heard the report this AM and looks bad for our friends, Jason and Travis and a few others there. We can just pray that (1) the hurricane diverts or (2) damage is minimal and insurance will cover it without any hassles.

Rae

Hope all is well.

 

[Doctor P]

Having been through one hurricane and the storms associated with lots of hurricanes, I hope the storm weakens a lot very quickly. At least with hurricanes there is typically a fair amount of time to prepare and buckle down. Just hope there isn't much damage and that this weeks cruisers are minimally affected (especially in terms of flying in today).

 

[rae519]

Oh, the joy of flying when there are strong winds......NOT!

Rae

 

[ganurse]

my thoughts and prayers are with you guys. I went through Hurricane Andrew and all ofmy family is in central florida...glad the cruise iscoming up so that you will have time to relax as well

 

[moinab]

Hi again, 9/4/04 cruisers!

I wanted to check in on Jason and Travis, wondering if they are in the mandatory evac zone. The good news is that Charley is turning more easterly, so the Tampa area may not take a direct hit. The bad news is that it's been upgraded to catagory 4, and is looking to hit Sanibel Island/Fort Myers.

It's also tracking toward us, here in NE FL, for later tonight. We're under flood and tornado watches for the next 16 hours, as well as tropical storm/hurricane warning. Good luck, everyone!

Maureen

 

[DisneyMagicTravis]

Hey there. No we are not in an evacuation area. Looks like it is going to hit a bit south of here. Looked as if we were the target for the last day or so, but it took a right turn somewhat. It would have been a very bad storm though, now that it's a cat 4. Remember that's what Andrew was. Hopefully everyone in Ft. Myers and Port Charlotte will be OK. It's cloudy here right now, very still outside. We've only had one feeder band come through so far. Other than that now I'm bored. Everything is closed so there is nothing to do. I hope Disney is able to re-open tomorrow morning. Talk to you all soon.

 

[rae519]

Just keep the chardonney flowing!

Rae