Turkey Day Gang 2009

[Morgey24]

you guys are too funny... 2241... going to Cracker Barrel for dinner for some country fried something ... or lots of country fried somethings with a pat of butter on the side

This is livin' large in O'Town

 

[Pixie Dust for Me!]

OK...so...Andrew and I are working on our fish extender items... We have like 12 done and I think 20 more to go. I'm doing a "craft-type" item for each family "unit" in a cabin (so, for example, I'm doing 2 for Rob and Priscilla since their DD's BFF is cruising with them). Lisa, is it just the nephews who aren't coming or is it the inlaws too?

For some reason my brain is simply fried today....can't tell you the number of typos I've fixed in this post! I'm thinking a nap might just be in order....

Karen

 

[Pixie Dust for Me!]

you guys are too funny... 2241... going to Cracker Barrel for dinner for some country fried something ... or lots of country fried somethings with a pat of butter on the side

This is livin' large in O'Town

LOL...Steve loves Mamma's Pancake Breakfast. Doesn't matter the time, when we go that's what he gets! Me, I just found out that you can order an omlet there. It's not on the menu...but they'll do one up for you!

Hmm...definitely nap time (particularly since I misspelled nap 3 times while typing it!)

Karen

 

[lynnivey]

Well, 77 days from now I will be at the Welcome Aboard show and then waiting on dinner! This is my first time to participate in the FE exchange. I wish I could think of something original or creative, but I'm clueless!! I should be working on them now cause I know I'll be stressed out when it gets close to time and I don't have them ready! Anyway, that's what's on my cruisin' mind tonight. Just trying to post to contribute for the day!!

Lynn

 

[mwstar]

Just booked today! It has been almost 2 years since we have traveled on Disney. Did the Christmas cruise with the same itinerary in 07. I am addicted to cruising, this will be our third this year. Just returned from sailing Freedom of the Seas in late July and couldn't wait until next summer. Earlier this year we did MSC, and italian cruise line. Now that was interesting

We picked up connecting rooms on deck 7 aft, our favorite place to be. We are a family of 6 plus my daughter's friend. So we will have 17 (DD), 17(F),
7(DD), 5(DD) and 5(DS)

We did the short version of the Turkey day cruise back in 2006. Glad to see some good rates and still rooms left on short notice!

 

[lynnivey]

Welcome! We're doing our 2nd Disney cruise and our first was just in June. This is the first time I've ever done 2 in one year and that says a lot about Disney! I have 2 boys 7 & 5. I'm very excited about going during the holidays and seeing the boat and CC decorated. I haven't done the Eastern intinerary in 20 years!! Anyway, glad to have you! If you're interested in participating in the FE exchange, you'll have to wait on someone to post the link because I don't have it!!

Lynn

 

[Pixie Dust for Me!]

Welcome to our new members!!!!

So, in a nutshell, here's what you need to know:

1. We have a FE blog. You can go here to view and enter your family in it: http://112109.blogspot.com/ How we do the FE is up to you! You can go 1 item, one time, items everyday, items for kids, etc... It's strictly up to you.

2. Chuck (aka Icemanpad) is going to link us together for purposes of dining. He did this for us 2 years ago and all of us that had late seating wound up sitting in a group which was a ton of fun.

3. I am coordinating t-shirts for the gang. We got some printed 2 years ago and all wore our shirts on the first day of the cruise. It made it easier to spot those who were on the Disboards with us (and made everyone else wonder who we were!).

3. Chun (Bigeskimodog) and Wendy (Tinkerbellmom99) are both terrific at designing door magnets, signs, etc. They've posted some great ones!

4. If you have kids...there is a kids thread where some of the kids have been yakking about what they want to do on the ship and just getting to know each other a bit. I think it's called Turkey Day Gang 2009 Kids Thread. It was started by my son Andrew (he's 11) under his user name "TheDuckStopsHere".

And finally, though some of us have cruised together before, we welcome all the newbies! We caution you that the Disboards can become addictive and that some of us are very excited about this cruise...and some of us are perhaps more excited than our children are....please don't hold that against us!

Karen

Welcome MWStar....this should summarize things for you.

Karen

 

[Pixie Dust for Me!]

Just booked today! It has been almost 2 years since we have traveled on Disney. Did the Christmas cruise with the same itinerary in 07. I am addicted to cruising, this will be our third this year. Just returned from sailing Freedom of the Seas in late July and couldn't wait until next summer. Earlier this year we did MSC, and italian cruise line. Now that was interesting

We picked up connecting rooms on deck 7 aft, our favorite place to be. We are a family of 6 plus my daughter's friend. So we will have 17 (DD), 17(F),
7(DD), 5(DD) and 5(DS)

We did the short version of the Turkey day cruise back in 2006. Glad to see some good rates and still rooms left on short notice!

We will be on deck 7 aft also. In 7631.

 

[alwayslisad]

Hello and welcome

My nephews are the only ones not coming at this point - my sister and brother in law are coming

 

[bigeskimodog]

Welcome aboard.


Seems everyone is doing their parts to reach 5000 (or 6).

Today has been fairly exhausting just hanging in the pool and trying to work off lunch. Tomorrow will be even more tiring as we will head to Disneyland. Somehow we are still achieving the goal of avoiding manual labor while keeping ourselves occupied this weekend.

-Chun

 

[bigeskimodog]

Also I like to share some happy news.

Persistence paid off once again. Remember our Palo Brunch ressies was lost because I failed to save it. Well after checking almost daily we finally managed to rebook brunch for Monday morning at 10:30am. Guess a little Pixie Dusts came our way.

-Chun

 

[Morgey24]

Also I like to share some happy news.

Persistence paid off once again. Remember our Palo Brunch ressies was lost because I failed to save it. Well after checking almost daily we finally managed to rebook brunch for Monday morning at 10:30am. Guess a little Pixie Dusts came our way.

-Chun

OOOH, I was just coming on to post that if anyone was cancelling a Palo Brunch ressie to please PM me when you do so that I can try to grab it. There are none and I have been looking all week.

 

[Morgey24]

We will be on deck 7 aft also. In 7631.

Us, too, 7136

 

[alwayslisad]

Sadly - Dsis and I are still GTY rooms - wahhhhh

 

[pillow]

OOOH, I was just coming on to post that if anyone was cancelling a Palo Brunch ressie to please PM me when you do so that I can try to grab it. There are none and I have been looking all week.

We will probably cancel ours, so I'll give you a shout if we do.

Jodie

 

[sherreis]

Welcome mwstar and family! This is our first cruise and can't believe how close it is getting.

 

[mwstar]

Let's us know too! Thank you!

Just moved our cabins this morning. We are now forward deck 8 (8504/8506 connecting). Since we are a party of 7 and want to sleep 5 and 2 this made more sense for an extra few hundred bucks FLR. I really want to be in the aft though. There is a cat 3 open with a cat 4 next door. Boy I am tempted.......

Did make a palo dinner, but really want to change it to a brunch. I will keep trying.

 

[mwstar]

Forgot to ask, what are the current show on the 7 day eastern and what nights are they. My computer is running slow today and searching is taking for ever!

Thank you

 

[Pixie Dust for Me!]

Hey everyone,

Just a small "plug" for those of us making family items for the FE. Can you please:

1. Go to the blog (http://112109.blogspot.com/ ) and post your family size (i.e., mine is DH, DM and DS 10).
2. If you know your cabin number, please post that too (I'm thinking this will help Wendy as she puts together our mini-Navigator). (Thanks to Wendy for doing this!)

Thanks,

Karen

 

[Pixie Dust for Me!]

So, I've been gathering the number of t-shirts needed, sizes, etc. I talked with our printer on Friday morning and it sounds like they will be in the same ballpark cost wise as last time. Adult shirts are about $10 to $11 each and kids shirts are about $9 each. )Note: I will update this when I have final cost from the printer.) Last time I shipped them in a "flat rate" box by the post office and that seemed to work out well.

So, here's what I propose:

1. I need to have your tshirt order (with sizes) by October 1.
2. I will place our order shortly after that and the order should get back to my house by October 25 (at the latest).
3. I will then sort, and pack everyone's order and will ship it to you (at the address you specify) via priority mail, flat rate box. We should all have our shirts by November 7 so that they can get washed and packed with our cruise stuff.

I've gotten some orders already...I'll post later who I've heard from (once I get that list together...I feel like the list-making queen right now!)

More later,

Karen