Way Early I know but anyone going on Eastern May 1-8 2004?

[hydster]

Tracey- Too funny about the hat matching the new suit! Sounds like Logan will keep you matching at all times!
I am so bummed about my suit...it fit me SO good (if that's possible once you have kids and enter your 30's) and I loved wearing it and then the winter came and blew my pounds right back on me. I dont have enough motivation to kill myself like I did before Cancun last year to get down to the Cancun weight. Oh well...at least I dont have to look at me right??? It will be everyone else that will have to endure it!

LOL Alice-I would highly doubt you look like the Wicked Witch on a bike! I hate any form of exercise unless it's tilting a cup full of boat drinks to my lips..other than that no thank you! Finally ended up giving my mountain bike to McKaylee since I never ride and she always wants to ride. Now if I could get the treadmill, total gym and weight set to someone else I'd feel pretty good! LOL That's cool you got some stuff for the cruise! I'm waiting until it gets to the point where it's do or die before I shop for my stuff. I HATE to shop for clothes! Now home decor, shoes, sheets, towels and clothes for the kids are another story!
I had to wait through about 12 inches of snow last week to get to this weather so for awhile I'm keeping it here!

We hope to be able to make it to the top of the tram for drinks but who knows if we will really be able to or not! Usually when we plan something like that Tanner freaks out so we shall see! A nice fruity drink on top of a mountain sounds nice but make sure if we make it that I dont get too many..my luck is I'd fall down the mountain and kill myself! LOL


Jason- That's an awesome patch! Tanner needs some of those since he keeps blowing out the knees in his jeans! We need to get him some "tough skin" jeans (for those of you who are even old enough to know what those are ) but that patch is awesome! I'm still so jealous that you get to go to Disney whenever! I think we need to start looking for jobs near Disney either California or Florida!

Well crap it's time to go get dinner going and help McKaylee with her homework since she missed school all last week due to a nasty case of strep throat!

Later days!
Heidi

 

[ScrapHappyMama]

Hi all, sounds like everyone had a very productive weekend!! We didn't get any cruise clothes shopping done (kids are all done, just need a few things for dh and I) but we did head out to buy a new battery for my camcorder (the old one wouldn't hold a charge) and while we were there, dh decided we should just buy a new camcorder since it wasn't THAT much more than buying a new battery. So now I have a cute little compact camcorder to bring on the cruise, lol.

Jason, we will not be arriving until 5:45 pm on Friday night, so we will be going right to the hotel (we are staying at the Best Western Airport), getting something to eat and getting a good night's rest hopefully!!

I love that patch too. My son (he's 6) is pretty hard on the knees of his jeans too, Heidi. But come summer I will be buying bandaids instead of patches, because he will be being hard on the knees of his knees, lol.

Well, have a great Monday, everyone!! (can you believe we are almost to the 50 day mark????)
Linda

 

[bobbidiboo]

Hi All
Took the week end off from computer. Went to a recreational Show looked at Park models to set up somewhere when we retire umm.. sounds like Florida would be just the place so I can just drop by WDW anytime like you guys Jason & Travis (Sooo.. lucky) Love the patch did you get it at Downtown? Also Congrats on 11 years Bob and I will be 33 yrs. this Aug and you know we don't know too many who have been together that long I think because we are still both kids at heart and LOVE DISNEY really helps the relationship so I guess you all will be making it to a long time too.

Heidi
Bob and I have a day room all set up for the Hyatt our flight leaves at 6:00pm. I called their toll free # (800-233-1234) and got one right away! $60 dollars plus tax for 10a.m. to 6 p.m.

Now all of you girls about the bathing suits, at least I am hearing two pieces from you just wait until post 50 yrs and we are talking one piece with tummy control and a sarong

Our local Wal-Mart has lots of tropical clothes capris, t-shirts,Shirts, bathing suits and hats!! Also jC Penney had lots too.

Tracy
It's so cool you have a hat to match your suit got to love that DS taste in clothes.

Weather wise here in Vermont it is snowing right now it depends on where in Vt you live we still have snowbanks up past our windows but in Burlington near the Lake they have No snow at all! That is only 35 miles from our home. We are into our Maple sugaring big time right now, nothing like fresh boiled maple syrup, but I sure would trade it for that tropical drink on top off Paradise Point any day

 

[conny264]

Hi everybody.

It´s good to hear you all had a nice weekend.I had to work at a very cold Soccer stadium for hours with a bad flu basically waiting(I´m doing make-up for TV and Photoshoots).This day was totally wasted.

Jason-pm sent,hope to hear the result.

Scraphappymama-we are staying at the Best Western Airport on our first night (04.22)before we go to the Animal Kingdom Lodge.Did you know anything about this hotel or did you pick it by chance,it has a good price with a AAA discount.

When I´m reading all your shopping reports,I really get the feeling I have to get started since we leave 9 days earlier than all of you.But right now I´m waiting if Nanci from YMJ is getting us some nice room discounts,so I can make a final budget.Codes are supposed to come out tomorrow,I´m hoping,hoping,hoping.

Bye for now
Conny

 

[Alice Sr.]

Conny good luck on those codes, I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Swimsuits ugh! It's bad enough to have to put one on but the price they charge you for public humiliation just isn't right. I'm beginning to think the only way I'm going to lose 10 pounds before the trip is to donate a limb to science.

We still haven't decided where we are staying Friday night or how we are getting to the port. I guess it would be a good time to give it some serious thought

Hey Travis come out, come out wherever you are

Look forward to seeing you all

 

[ScrapHappyMama]

Conny, we have no experience with that particular hotel. We picked it because it was one of the hotels on my mom's AARP (assn of retired persons, lol) discount card. We have stayed at Best Westerns before and liked it. If you get there and have a horrible experience, you will have to track down an internet connection and warn me, so I can find a different hotel, lol. (or if it is great, let us know that too!!!!)
I did find some tropical capri pants this weekend that are really cute, but had both kids with me and couldn't try them on, so I didn't buy them. I told dh that I need to go shopping BY MYSELF next weekend!!!!
Linda

 

[LogansMommy_MD]

Alice - too funny!! lol.. But you are right - I probably should have sold a limb to pay for my bathing suit!! Ridiculous... So, I will make sure I get my moneys worth!!!!

Linda - I love capri pants but can't wear them very well (too short - me, not the pants!!).. And I guarantee you won't be able to stop shopping with the pants! I'll be eager to hear what else you pick up this weekend!!!!

DS and I are hoping to make it to the top of Paradise Point as well, although I'll be the one partaking in the bushwhacking!! Though if we actually make it back DOWN, will be yet to be determined.. I'm not sure if DS is afraid of heights or not, as we've never quite been up that high!!!

Cool Patch Jason!!!

We are also doing the Dayroom at they Hyatt on Sat. - our flight doesn't leave til 5:00ish.. I'm sure that will be the most UNproductive day of our entire vacation, but I'm sure we will need it. Besides, napping the day away or lounging by the pool doesn't sound half bad to me!!!!


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[hydster]

Ok now this thread is getting very active and I LOVE IT! I'm getting so excited that my family thinks I'm having a nervous breakdown!

Bobbidboo thanks for the heads up on the 800 # for the Hyatt. I just got a day room as well but of course I didnt get as good of a rate as you did but oh well...at least I have one to just chill in for the day! There is nothing worse than sitting in an airport with 3 kids for 5-8 hours..Ryan and I did that once after a Carnival Cruise we let them book the airfare because we didnt want to deal with hotels, transportation and all of that. They booked us on a 5pm flight out of Miami and we were at the airport at about 9:30 so we had to wait forever! Thankfully they still had lockers in the airport at that time so we just got a locker for all of our stuff and just hung out but man it was boring! This will be nice to have a room to watch tv, nap, go swimming and everything else!

Linda--I know..we bought stock in Bandaids when this child was born. (just kidding but we should have) because he is always scraped up. I keep thinking someone is going to call Child Services on me! I havent sucked it up yet and gone and bought any new pants...but I'm going to have to go sometime today!

We are in the mid to upper 50's today and it is SO nice! They reported in our local newspaper that from November 1st until this past Saturday we had experienced only 11 days of sunshine in that time span! It stinks! It's supposed to be in the lower 60's by the end of the week! It was SO nice to send my kids outside yesterday to play! I cannot wait for this cruise....the warmth, sunshine and no phone!

Alice--Girl you are cracking me up with your humiliation and bathing suits! I totally agree!!! And as for me losing weight...I got really serious today when I got on the scale and weighed almost as I did the day I delivered Tanner! I bought me some Slim Fast and lots of veggies and also *shh dont tell on me* bought up bottle after bottle of ephedra before it is completely banned! I'm hoping that in 7 weeks I will be a svelte super model If not then I too will probably be minus an appendage just to appear slimmer! I told Ryan I wanted a boob job to make my stomach and hips look smaller! LOL

Conny--good luck on the codes! I will keep my fingers crossed for you!!! Sorry to hear you had the flu and had to work as well and waste a day! We've all been hit so hard with the flu around here it is insane! I wish we were leaving 9 days earlier than I have posted here...heck I'd be down into the 40's on the countdown! Oh well 7 weeks sounds almost better than 51 that's for sure!!

Tracy--LOL about you not knowing if you'll make it down! I know the feeling! When we were in Las Vegas we did the Stratosphere Tower rides...oh my they were so scary! They have a new ride that slides you over the edge and you hang there looking at the strip for about 10 seconds. It's like a teeter totter but MUUUCCHHH higher!

Well I guess I'll go keep looking through all the summer clothes for the kids to find out what else needs to be bought!

Take Care!
Heidi

 

[DisneyMagicTravis]

Hello! I'm here, actually walking out the door for, ugh, work... Isn't it cruise day yet?!?!?! Just thought I'd say a quick hello. How many more days do we have left?! Right now it's too early for me to even remember who I am! Take care, talk to you soon!

 

[conny264]

hi everyone.

Did by any chance some of you send all this cold weather and snow over here?It´s suddenly so cold and now we´ve got 3 inches of snow and you have better weather.Whoever is responsible for this owes me a drink.

Scraphappymama-I´ll try to let you know,how the hotel is,Promised!(If I don´t forget during all the fun I´m planig to have)
I´m off to a short trip tomorrow,be back on Sunday to read what you all posted.
Till then BYE-BYE

Conny

 

[Belle and Rella's Dad]

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to say that we are also going to be on the Magic on May 1, Myself, the Queen, and the 3 princesses (8, 5, and 2 years old yesterday), along with Grandpa and Grandma, and Good friends with their 8 year old DD.

We are very excited, and also booked with points as we are DVC members. Have not booked any excursions, but will probably do the Tram to PP early so the kids can see the Bird show.

We are staying at the Ron Jon Resort the night before the cruise, I have enjoyed reading all your posts, and look forward to seeing you all on the cruise.

 

[ThreeCircles]

Hello and welcome Belle and Rella's Dad!

Glad to see that we'll be on the same cruise! The consensus on the thread is that excitement rules around here, especially since we're less than two months away from our cruise now!!! Actually, only 52 days out!

Our group has created a Disney Magic May 1st Cruise site at <a href="http://www.threecircles.net">ThreeCircles.net</a> so that we can post info about ourselves and start to get to know one another. Check it out and send in your info if you would like.

Is this your first Disney Cruise or are you Castaway Club Members?



Conny--

Have a safe trip! Just think, we'll be that much closer to the cruise when you return.


Heidi--

A nervous breakdown? Travis and I usually save that for the night before the cruise. That's when we're frantically trying to do everything (i.e. packing, buying last minute things, running to the ATM for cash, etc., etc., etc.) that we should have taken care of weeks ago!

 

[ThreeCircles]

Hello all--

I wanted to share this neat little program with everyone. It's basically a countdown timer similar to the ones that we have in our Dis Board signitures except this is actually downloaded onto your PC. You can set a specific date that you want to countdown to, say, a cruise for example , and then the countdown clock stays on your desktop! That way, you'll always have the exact number of days, hours, minutes, and seconds until we board the Disney Magic!!!

The web site offers a free, "lite" version of the program and you can download it at <a href="http://www.timeleft.info/">TimeLeft</a>. I've had the program (the free "lite" version) for over a year now and love it. From what I remember, the download is very clean and doesn't include any ads or other freeware. Check out the site for screen shots and descriptions of the program!

Have fun!

Jason

 

[ThreeCircles]

The countdown continues....

 

[hydster]

Hey everyone! We leave in 7 weeks from tomorrow...holy crap~!

Conny....have a great time on your short trip!! Sorry about the weather! Right now it is a whopping 55 here in Utah at 11 am. It is SO nice to throw the kids outside for awhile to ride bikes and play on the swingset.

Belle and Rella's...nice to have you on the board. We have a 10 yr dd, 9 yr ds and 5 yr ds. It's nice to have grandma and grandpa go (unless you have MY mother in law) and friends going as well. Our friends backed out on us early in the countdown so we are going all alone which is fine with us! We are hoping to do the tram as well but one never knows with us if we'll make it or not (you could call us flakes) but we will certainly try!!! I heard Ron Jon's is nice...you'll have to let us know what your impressions of it were.

Jason---I tend to freak out and then not freak out and then really freak out about 1-2 days before we leave. My kids teachers are freaking me out a little bit about pulling the kids out of school but oh well..If worse comes to worse I'll homeschool them for a month and then re-enroll them next year. We'll be the ones at the ATM swearing at it an hour before we are supposed to board our flight because we forgot to get cash when the bank was open! LOL We've done that ALOT in the past! We are not a cash carrying family..it's amex or debit for us (gotta get the skymiles right?) so all of a sudden we panic about cash! I did however write it down on the calendar for things I MUST do on Monday before we leave! LOL
Also the countdown timer thing is really neat! Thanks for passing that along! My kids ask me all the time how many days and I always have to log into the Dis to find out...this will save me time from not replying to messages! LOL

Off to get Tanner to preschool!
Heidi

 

[Belle and Rella's Dad]

Thought I would pass along some information about staying the night before the cruise. We booked Ron Jons!!

By the way we ended up using Code 102 at the Ron Jon resort and ended up with three studios at $75.00 each plus tax for a total of $82.50. I just put this out there because it does look like a fantastic resort, they just opened in January and have a 4 million dollar water park.

Thanks for the welcomes, it is nice to find people who understand the excitement that we are going through. By the way Jason should I e-mail you with our info? We have two of the SPH rooms on deck 5, but I don't know what else you need.

 

[LogansMommy_MD]

And welcome Belle & Rella's dad! I have a DS5....

Yep, Jason's right - alot of excited people on this thread!!

Thanks for sharing that countdown link jason - looks pretty cool!!

Ya'll in the "colder weather states" will be happy to know that its cold again here in MD!! BUT - no snow, yet. So, i think the same person who sent Conny cold weather sent it here too.. THANKS!

Heidi - you are a brave soul for doing that STratosphere.. When I was in LV years ago, a few people tried to get me to go - NO WAY!!!!! I have sweaty palms just thinking about it.

Have a great week everyone!!!!!!!

 

[hydster]

WE ARE SO EXCITED!!!! ONLY 7 WEEKS!!!! WOOOOHOOOOOO


How's that for some excitement?? LOL

Bella's---As we get closer to cruise date just watch us get closer to spontaneously combusting! LOL Great info on Ron Jon! If we didnt have to have our Disney Fix on property we would have gotten a room there as well but we cant go to Disney without going to Disney!!! It looked amazing when I checked into the resort!!!

Tracy---AAAHHH finally warming up here! 60 degrees and counting so far today!!! Sunny and nice with no rain or snow predicted for at least 7 days! Sorry you're getting the cold and yucky weather...but it's time for someone else to get it for a change.

As for the stratosphere...Ryan told me if I'd do it (he chickened out as he hates heights) that he would take me to the Vegas Outlet stores and I could have my fun in Tommy Hilfiger! LOL That was the ONLY way I got on those rides!! I got some nice clothes out of the deal too and BRAGGING rights! (*dont tell him I told though...I swore I wouldnt tell...) I cant believe I did it either but just add a little Gin and Tonic and I'd probably do about anything! LOL

Have a good one!
Heidi

 

[LogansMommy_MD]

Thats hysterical Heidi!!!!
But, I can't blame ya.. I'd PROBABLY do that ride if I got some free clothes out of the deal!!!!
But you got me beat with the gin/tonic - not much I'd for for one of those.. Make it a few chocolate martini's and thats a different story!!!

And don't worry - "mums" the word!

 

[ThreeCircles]

Did someone say chocolate martini?!?!