Turkey Day Gang 2009

[ratt1345]

Trace, great to hear that you got the ressie you wanted. I would have had my heart pounding so hard, the next county would have heard it!!!!

As for a nude beach, I got my first and only taste of one when I was in Nice, France in '85. What I saw should have had clothes on!!!Yes, I said clothes and not bathing suit. It was THAT bad. I don't care to be at another one of those beaches again!!!

Mommyminnie, did I see that right? 30 rooms particpating in FE!?!? that is great.

82 days to go!!!

Charlie

 

[Mickeyhugger]

Trace, great to hear that you got the ressie you wanted. I would have had my heart pounding so hard, the next county would have heard it!!!!

As for a nude beach, I got my first and only taste of one when I was in Nice, France in '85. What I saw should have had clothes on!!!Yes, I said clothes and not bathing suit. It was THAT bad. I don't care to be at another one of those beaches again!!!

Mommyminnie, did I see that right? 30 rooms particpating in FE!?!? that is great.

82 days to go!!!

Charlie

Hey Charlie

The ones that I saw at Orient beach need clothes on too

Rob

 

[Morgey24]

Good morning all!!

Questions for the professionals! We went on our first Mickey Cruise in June and we had a verandah. Since I couldn't shake the "bug", I booked the Turkey Day Cruise and I'm trying to spend the least amount of money as possible! I booked a category 11 (room 7543) which is across the hall from our last room. When I checked last night, it shows some of the sideways category 11's (5501, 5505, 5509, 5513) are available. For anyone that has stayed in those rooms, are they that much better? I liked being on deck 7 for location, but if the layout for space is that much better, I may try to call tomorrow to change (if they are still available).

Have a great day!!
Lynn

Hi Lynn,
the Sideways Cat 11's are supposed to be really nice (my TA loves them) and they are super convenient to the kids clubs but those that you have listed on 5 are all of the way forward. Some people say it matters in terms of feeling the motion of the ocean (oops, not that kind ), but others like me don't care where we are on the ship as long as we are on the ship!
People do report that they feel larger because of the configuration, but it puts the kids closer to the door of the cabin and, personally, I like to be a barrier between the door & my kiddo.

On the other hand, the 7th deck is right near the "not so secret" public verandah so that's a plus, IMO.

It's going to be terrific anyway you go!

PS - we've never been to Orient Beach... there were lots of topless folks when I went to the beaches in Germany a million years ago; those girls, however, were generally lovely and made me feel like a schlump.

 

[alwayslisad]

Hiya all -- hope all are doing well - just getting more and more excited each day!

DSis and I are now both in GTY12's so our rooms on the FE's are not right - we will get the rooms a month before I am told - so I have to be patient I guess

I am not sure if I told you all that my DD can now drive our cars
Well two weeks ago - while driving my SUV - she said a car hit her in the parking lot - so I was ok with it - when my baby (SUV) got home I went to look at it - the mark was far toooooo big for a car.... I asked her if she hit anything and she said nope... a few days later she and I were picking up her friend and I noticed a large mark on the HOUSE - so I asked her to get out of the car and look - lo and behold the mark was the HOUSE PAINT not a car...
: sigh :

Yesterday I asked her to run to the bakery for some bread for dinner - I watched her back down our driveway and smack into our landscaping wall - sadly Daddy's Baby (his truck) fared far worse - FARRRRRRRR - it got PINNED between the stairs and wall - that boo boo will cost about $300 - $500 out of pocket for us - well her -- guess her spending money for the cruise is a LOOOOOTTT less now...

Sigh....DISNEY TAKE ME AWAY!!

 

[MommyMinnie]

Hi Lisa,

I updated you to GTY 12's and took the nephews off your group. Just keep sending updates till you board and I should be able to keep the blog updated.

Have ya'll been keeping up with the Castaway Cay upgrades scheduled for next year? I swore to myself April would be my last cruise but I just might be wrong.

 

[eeyoremommy]

Yes mommyminnie, I've convinced my mom to do it. She is always up for secret pals, secret santa, those types of things. I knew she'd enjoy the FE.

Charlie, I told my dad the same thing that you're telling everyone here about those with clothes off shouldn't have. He said that he didn't care. It was worth the risk to see even one that should have them off. With a DS 5, I don't think DS, DD, and I will trek to the beach. DS is the type to comment on why that large person isn't wearing clothes and what a big splash he/she must make or worse. I still hope those that go enjoy.

 

[alwayslisad]

Hello all

Since I had a day off today - and the afternoon to do nothing - of course I spent my time DIS'ing...
so GTY rooms - for Category 12 have only 13 rooms - I am pretty certain there are more than 13 people registered to this category - so meaning SOME people will get upgrades --

now not sure if this will play into anything - but heck it was fun - also taking into account that some rooms will open up after the Deadline for final payments are made - the rooms could change...

so here is my boredom -- the rooms NOW available at DCL site - for each category -- HEHE -- category 8 and category 10 have "NO AVAILABILITY"

Cat11
6019
6521
6313
6011
6141
6311
6309

Cat9
2562
2078
2080
2580
2082
2088
2050
2550

Cat7
6636
6638
7622
7124
7624
7626
7628

Cat6
6542
5122
5622
5124
5624
5126
5626
5128

Cat5
7068
7112
7114
7614
7116
7118
7064
7052

Cat4
8044
8552
8554
8556
8558
8060
8560
8062


Phew DH is now home so I can be an adult again and should probably stop playing

 

[Tinkerbell 99 Mom]

 

[Tinkerbell 99 Mom]

 

[Tinkerbell 99 Mom]

 

[Tinkerbell 99 Mom]

 

[Pixie Dust for Me!]

On the other hand, the 7th deck is right near the "not so secret" public verandah so that's a plus, IMO.

Gasp...you don't mean my "private and extra large verandah" do you? Seriously, our inside (category 11) cabin is just around the corner from that "secret" deck and most times when I was out there it was just me! So, we began to jokingly call it my personal "private and extra large verandah!"

Sigh....the cruise is much too far away!

Kare

 

[Pixie Dust for Me!]

Yeah but...it's been a frog kind of a day! Thanks Wendy, I do love to see all the magnets as it makes the cruise seem not quite as far away.

Karen

 

[Tinkerbell 99 Mom]

 

[Tinkerbell 99 Mom]

 

[Pixie Dust for Me!]

LOVE this one!!!! I wonder if we'd get into licensing issues if we tried a design like this? Guess it would have to go on a white shirt though...and I can never wear a white shirt without getting something on it! (Why is it that red pasta sauce always finds a way of glopping down the front of my shirt...particularly if I have an important meeting that day?)

Hope everyone is well. By the way Wendy, what "version" of Adobe Photoshop do you use? We went looking and there's like 7 different versions out there !

Karen

 

[Tinkerbell 99 Mom]

Just trying to bump the numbers....

We are a couple of days into the new school year. All is well so far.

We are working to get our final arrangements made also.

Looks like the FE group is going to be great.

w

 

[Tinkerbell 99 Mom]

Karen/Andrew:

We use Photoshop CS4 and Photoshop elements. I will have my laptop on the cruise. We can have a Dis graphics lesson. It would be fun.

w

 

[ICEMANPAD]

Karen - i seem to recall you cat 11 was kinda nicer than most cat 11's..

Wendy - lisa will love to add more door signs to our collection...we have enough to decorate by theme of each day...LOL

and about the cat 12 gty - cat 12 rooms only hold 3 people, so what a lot of folks do if they have 4 people is book a cat 12 gty b/c they will always get bumped up to a cabin that sleeps 4 people....that said, there are a lot of vacancies as of now... i know b/c we already switched to Florida resident rate and they are offering to cast members i hear (though i cannot say where i heard that)...thus, you stand a decent chance of scoring an 11 or 9...the 10's go fast b/c they cost about the same as an 11, but have more space and the double bath...there are very few 8's to begin with.

Chuck

 

[Ima Princess]

Hooooo boy! I've been away from the boards for a while and y'all have been chatty!

I did a quick look at the last few pages and:

Wendy, I **LOVE** the autumn leaf Mickey! (the same one Karen likes)

Karen, thanks for getting the kids board set up. My DD Megan has been chatting with a few of the kids -- Lindsey, Andrew, Taylor... Apparently, there will be a lot of pin trading.

We have Palo dinner on Sunday night -- the Golden Mickey night -- and brunch on Thanksgiving. Mmmmmmm....

If anyone is doing the Castaway Parasailing -- what time did you book? DH & DD have the 10:30am slot.

And my most exciting news -- I got the job I interviewed for! I will be working at a local elementary school screening kids K - 3rd grade on literacy skills. Those who fall below a certain benchmark get additional assistance from me through the year, and are re-evaluated at the end of the year. I truly feel it's the perfect job for me: I am passionate about reading, I love those younger kids (I work with the same ages at my church) and I will have summers off with my girls! I expect it will be challenging, yet hopefully rewarding. School doesn't start here until the 8th, so I will SAVOR these last few days of summer!

So, due to the new job (income + time off) we will likely be FLYING to MCO instead of driving to the port. I was not looking forward to the looong, Thanksgiving-weekend drive up I-95, so I'm thrilled!

Have a great week!