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

[Alice Sr.]

Oh Linda that really stinks! I was sitting here feeling all sorry for myself because we got a couple of inches. I would love a day off from work but not that bad LOL.

No clue on the riddle, apparently I am riddlely handicapped but I'll keep trying

Alice

 

[ThreeCircles]

Good afternoon everyone!

I really, really, really hope that we'll be receiving our cruise docs soon too! It makes it that much more official!

Sorry about all the snow that everyone is getting. I haven't seen snow (in person) for 11 years! Can you believe that?!?! In fact, I wonder if snow is even real or if it's just a figment of Northerners' imaginations???

Well, well, well. Looks like yesterday's riddle stumped y'all. I won't give you the answer yet, just in case you have some more guesses. But, here's today's:

PLUS

Good luck!

 

[ScrapHappyMama]

Hey, I think I might actually know a riddle..... is the second picture IV IV?? (as in 44 in Roman Numerals??)

Linda, who is back at work today, but wishing she was home for another snow day, because she had LOTS of fun playing in the snow with her kids yesterday

 

[LogansMommy_MD]

Sorry to hear you're back at work!! Glad you enjoyed your day off yesterday!!

I couldnt' figure the 2nd pic out, but IV sounds right to me!!!

I know the first one is XL=40 so, i'd say 40 + IV which is 44
???

Hope everyone has a nice day. Stay warm!!!



Tracey

 

[ScrapHappyMama]

Oh, of course.... duh Linda. I was thinking it was two separate riddles, and since there were two IV bags, I thought it would be IV IV, or 44, but I am sure you are right, because now I see the word PLUS in there. DARN, I was so close to getting a riddle, lol

Linda

 

[Belle and Rella's Dad]

Jason,

I have a shovel with your name on it, if you ever want to come up and see snow again. I can tell you that us up here in the north only wish it was a figment of our imagination, and with the first day of spring this Saturday then to look outside of my office and see it snowing, I can only daydream of a time that I will be either on the Magic or retired to a much warmer place. Wow, when I day dream I also ramble, so sorry.

I have to tell everyone that unfortunately I wasn't in my office yesterday, because I had the greatest clue. I was driving in northern Michigan and happened to drive by a sign that said I was crossing the 45th parallel, and all I could think of was 45 days till we cruise and what a great clue that would have been. I guess I am obsessed with this cruise.

I also still have to get Jason my information for the website, sorry it has taken me so long, but I have also been planning a work trip to Vegas (Heidi, would you like me to look for your lost article of clothing? If I found it I could return it to you on the cruise.) two weeks before we cruise. So, Jason I will get that to you shortly.

 

[LogansMommy_MD]

Well, Linda, we helped each other out, so I think if the answers right, you and I should both be deemed today's riddle solvers....

Whatcha think??

 

[ThreeCircles]

Congrats to Linda and Tracey for solving today's riddle!

You both get 100 points *plus* I'll buy you a Coca-Cola at dinner on the first night of the cruise.

The roman numeral for 44 is, indeed, XLIV. I thought that would actually stump everyone but I see that my riddle-creating skills need improvement for this group! And yet, we still have yesterday's???


Belle and Rella's Dad--

Thanks for the invite! Hmmm, wait a minute, shoveling snow sounds like work... As far as dreamin' of the Magic, well, in not too long you won't have to dream anymore. You'll be livin' it up on the high seas!

Sorry to hear that you didn't get a chance to use your pic for yesterday's riddle. Would have been a great one! We'll still give you 100 points for it anyway though!

I'll keep an eye on the e-mail for your info and post it as soon as it comes in. Looking forward to adding you guys to the list.


Linda--

You know, your interpretation of the riddle would have worked too! I never even though of the two IV bags. IV and IV would be 4 and 4, huh? You people really are good!

 

[abjennings]

It is so nice to know you people are as excited about the May 1 Magic cruise as I am. But DS, Noah(6) came running into my room this morning yelling, "Mom, today we go on the Disney cruise!!". He then remembered it was Saint Patrick's Day NOT the Disney cruise day. I have already planned our first day on the ship, but also leaving our options open. BTW, we have late seating for dinner and I will add that to threecircles web site when I get my room assignment. Talk to you soon,...Allison

 

[ThreeCircles]

Allison--

Awww.. That's too cute about Noah. It sounds as if he was very excited and all set to go. Kinda like the rest of us on here!



Everyone--

This <a href="http://www.sptimes.com/2004/03/17/State/Cruise_industry_gets_.shtml">story on the cruise line industry</a> was on the front page of the St. Petersburg Times this morning. I thought you all might find it interesting given the context of this board!

 

[Boatingman]

Hello All!

FYI-Another snowy day here in Long Island NY . Just a little messy right now but another 4-7 inches of snow predicted. Can't wait for vacation.

I picked up an over the door shoe bag for 50 cents. Wha Hoo!That and the T shirts and Lotion I purchased the other day is the extent of my shopping so far. Anybody have any advice to get me going please let me know. I got a Speigel catalog, circled a few things with a marker and then decided that I really didnt need them.

I don't get any of the riddles but I came closer last time. I at least knew it was a Roman Numeral.

Question.... What is 80's night you all keep talking about? Is it early 80's or late 80's?

Oh well... Just rambling.

42 MORE DAYS FROM NOW AND I'LL BE IN THE LIMO ON THE WAY TO THE AIRPORT!!

-Kathy

 

[LogansMommy_MD]

High 50's today in MD... can't complain, at least its not raining..

Allison - thats so cute about Noah.... Thats sort of like Logan, he'll be like " so we're going on the cruise in 2 weeks?" but what he means is MONTHS..

Kathy:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=530429
There was a thread started on the boards about 80s night, and I'm sure maybe Heidi can tell if its early or late 80's.. I was pretty much into the whole 80's as my teenage years started in 1980!!
Congrats on getting the shoe holder and good luck on your shopping...

Jason - interesting article.. thanks for sharing!!

Have a great day all.

 

[conny264]

Hi you all

Woke up this morning and thinking 6 more weeks and you are on a British Airways plane going to Orlando.I took me a few hours to discover:hey its only 5 weeks.Time flies.I wonder if it´s to early to start packing?
Luckily,the weather here improved again,it´s sunny and mild and I had my first Latte machiatto at an outdoor cafe.i´m feeling so sorry for all of you who are still stuck with snow.Don´t woory and keep counting the days.
Bye,Conny

 

[ScrapHappyMama]

Allison, too cute about Noah!! My ds 6 (Robbie) is the same way, he is soooo excited. He has even built "models" (out of cardboard boxes) of the plane, bus and ship. They are actually pretty darn good, but of course I have to think that, I am his mom afterall!! For the ship he used little red Pringles cans for the stacks and made the Mickey slide out of masking tape, lol. My dd 3 is also totally excited, and anytime she sees a picture of ANY ship, she will scream/shriek at the top of her squeaky little lungs "the cruise, the cruise, look mommy, the cruise" lol

Conny, I am jealous! I have never had a Latte machiatto, but Caramel machiattos are my absolute FAVE!! I am really hoping that the Cove Cafe has them.

Jason, thanks for giving my interpretation of your riddle the nod of approval, even though I was way off base, lol. And thanks for the link to the article, it was very interesting!!

Did you guys see that a Las Vegas hotel was hit with the Norwalk virus?? Maybe now people will stop calling it the cruise ship virus!!

Have a great day, we are getting closer and closer!!!!
Linda

 

[ThreeCircles]

Originally posted by Boatingman
Question.... What is 80's night you all keep talking about? Is it early 80's or late 80's?

Oh my gosh! 80's night, and all the other themed nights (60's, 70's) as well, are a total hoot!

The "Disney Magic Cruise Entertainment Staff", as they fondly refer to themselves, come out all dressed up as popular figures from each time period. I won't give away which ones as it's fun to experience for yourself. Of course they play music from that period and they do all the popular dances from that time too. For instance, one evening opens up with the "Time Warp" from Rocky Horror Picture Show. The staff attempts to get everyone up on the stage and dance floor doing these dances.

Then they do contests based on dances. Like who can do the Twist the best, The Mash Potato, and on and on and on...

(I usually hide in the back row and just watch. Of course, you have to be ready to bolt out of Rockin' Bar D at a moments notice as the entertainment staff will drag you up on stage. Even if you're kicking and screaming!

 

[hydster]

Hello everyone!!! The weather here has been way to nice to sit indoors on the computer surprisingly! I did a little spring cleaning yesterday and FINALLY had my kids try on all of their clothes. I dont think I'll need to buy too much for them!! SO here is my "all-in-oner" message for this morning! It's going to be long!

Belle & Rella---I would put Jason to work with a snow shovel as well...it's not fair that he hasnt seen snow for 11 years! I saw how much snow the Eastern half of the country got and I was SO glad I lived West right then! I HATE snow! I do like to drink water though so I shouldnt complain right??? As for looking for my missing article of clothing...you could see if MGM has a lost and found from Tom Jones shows! LOL That would be awesome! What are you doing in Vegas??? Fun or Business??? I could live in Vegas in the winter but not the summer! It's a great place to go play and only 5 hours from my house (it's a little closer than it probably should be) but I'm jealous! If you have time and it interests you you should go to the Bellagio Art Gallery! I'm sure it's changed by now but when we went it was all works from Monet! They were amazing!! Your cruise sign is cool as well!

Alison--My kids ask me incessantly every day how much longer! We werent even going to tell them about it until the first of April but it got the best of us at Christmas when the kids didnt get much so we broke down and told them. Of course they were ticked it was so long away...but they get more excited every day! Tanner I think is still a little young to get excited about 4 hours on a plane and so he's a little nervous but it's ok!
I have enough excitement for anyone that's for sure! We are down to the 30's as of tomorrow...which I never thought we'd see!

Jason that news article was very interesting! It's funny but the one place I never did worry about getting attacked was on a cruise ship. Maybe because we were in Disneyland when the 9-11 stuff happened and being away from home in a pretty likely target (disneyland/disneyworld) was really scary! We had to extend our stay at DL for 4 extra days (darn it really stunk! LOL) and Disney let us in for all those days for free when our Park Passes ran out..we just had to show them our airline tickets every day to prove we were indeed supposed to have gone home on 9-12 and they let us in for free! But a cruise is one place I never really thought about having a problem! I guess I'm just naive!

Kathy-sorry to hear about the snow! I'm in my capri's and short sleeved shirt with sandals today! So I definitely feel for you! Good job on the over the door holder! I dont know how we would have survived without ours! I have kind of the same problem getting motivated to go shopping like you! I told Ryan he had to MAKE me go this weekend and get it started at least! Cant have naked kids running all over on the cruise now can we? LOL When we went to 80's night they did "skits" (kind of like) so they had a skit of Michael Jacksons' Bad with the rival gangs and did stuff like that. It seems like it encompassed songs from each part of the 80's early, middle and late but I cant really remember! It was alot of fun though! They also do one for the 70's as well and they have people come up and be the Village people and stuff! Hope that kind of helps although I'm sure Jason or Travis can tell you more about it! We didnt stay through the whole thing but just peeked in for a minute. Are you taking a limo from your house or to the port??? We have a limo from Port Orleans Riverside to the port and back. Cant wait! It was our 1 and only splurge! The kids are so excited about the free pop and dvd! LOL

Tracey---It's 70 here today and supposed to be mid 70's tomorrow and almost 80 by Saturday and Sunday! I LOVE SPRING! LOL My teen years started in the 80's as well and I am still hooked on them! I love the music from them still!! Also if you go to Barb's site she has pics of the 80's and 70's nights...here is the link to her site..just click on the pictures button and then click on 70's or 80's night...it will give you a feel for it at least
http://www.castawayclub.com/
Her site always gets me pumped up about going!! (not that I need much help!)

Conny---I think we have 40 days today or just under 6 weeks til we leave as well and I cannot wait!!! LOL I do dread the flight although it's nothing like your flight! Tanner does NOT do well on airplanes for very long..so I think we may get kicked off the plane as soon as we touch down! I plan to start the packing process (at least the organization of it) in about 3 weeks. I gotta go get my ziploc bags for all the kids stuff (so much easier) and get stuff ready! We are basking in 70 degree weather here so I cant complain!

Linda--The models Robbie makes sound really cute! Tanner draws pictures of it all the time and even did a pretty good interpretation of a Mickey Mouse! Like you as his mom I thought they were good!

We heard about the Vegas thing but I didnt hear which hotel it was! Glad I'm not down there! LOL

Well I'm off to preschool and lunch with Ryan! Take care everyone!

Heidi

 

[CM_Mom]

Hi folks. We think we're going to be on the Magic for the May 1 sailing. DD is a CM (hence the name) so we're waiting for her discount which is space available...and that hasn't been posted. For obvious reasons, Disney wants to get as many full fare customers as possible before they open up the crew discounts. No telling what room we'll have. We just want to go.

FYI, I'm DW Reine, DH is Paul, we'll be sailing with my DD, Mom and Aunt.

For all you guys with kids, unfortunately the very best Youth Counselor in the Club (well I may be slightly prejudiced) will be ending her contract on May 1 so your kids won't have her but from what she tells me the rest are almost as good as she is. The activities she's talked about leading sound like loads of fun, and the kids really love the theme in the Club.

I'm envious of all of you who've done shopping and are getting ready to pack. Haven't bought a thing but will talk to DD this weekend to see what she recommends.

Since we aren't even officially booked yet, this will definitely be one vacation that has a spontaneous element.

Just found this thread today. Do you have any IDEA how LONG it takes to read through it.

DD's favorite places are St. Thomas and Castaway Cay and she's been on the ship since Feb 1.

For those of you who are interested, the requirements when she applied for the job as a Youth Counselor were a college degree in a related field and at least two years experience working with groups of kids. So far she's having a ball.

Glad to hear everyone is having such fun planning their cruise.

BTW, the weather here in Plano was 82 this afternoon. We had to turn the air conditioning on. That's fine cause I'm ready for summer.
Reine

 

[ThreeCircles]

Originally posted by CM_Mom
Just found this thread today. Do you have any IDEA how LONG it takes to read through it.

Hello and welcome CM_Mom!

Is the thread really that long?!?! I guess you have to attribute it to the level of excitement among the Disney Magic May 1st Cruisers. It's like we can't sit still and we pour all of that hyperactive energy into our computer keypads!

I've been watching this cruise for Florida Resident Rates as well. I actually booked at the Early Booking fare several months ago but am still hoping that they will release the Florida discount and that we can switch our reservation to that. I usually call DCL every day now just to be sure. From what the reservation cast members have been telling me, DCL is waiting until spring break is over to see how full the cruise is. At this point, from what they say, there is still plenty of room on our sailing so we may have a good chance!

Well, we're glad you found the thread and again, welcome!

 

[LogansMommy_MD]

Welcome CM_Mom!! I too, didn't realize how long the thread was, but just like Jason said - we're a bunch of excited folk here!!

Heidi - thanks for the pic info on Castaway Club on 80's night - looks like such a hoot!! Looking forward to that!!

Have a great day everyone!!


-Tracey
<doing the 6-week dance!>

 

[ThreeCircles]

I guess all the warm weather is driving everyone outside and away from the Dis Boards as Heidi said!

All of a sudden, it's so quiet in here...

<a href="http://www.code16.com/badger/">This should wake everyone up!</a>

WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!

The above link can be very hypnotic!