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

[conny264]

@Jason: You are our hero, thank you!!

 

[ThreeCircles]

No problem ladies! The smiley is cute. Actually, they have a lot of cute ones over there on that forum. The only problem is, I don't speak German!

 

[saturday97]

Thanks for the info Jason, I may wait for the resorts to pick up a bottle. My Jason doesn't drink a whole lot of champ but we are meeting friends at the parks and I KNOW they'll be into it. Of course, there's no harm in buying a bottle onboard for me to try first, you know, quality assurance!!

The smilie was so cool-- that's about how chocolate is taken care of around here!! MMMmmm...chocolate bunny ears and champagne!

 

[ThreeCircles]

Quality assurance. Hmmmmm... Sounds good to me!

 

[CM_Mom]

Hello all,

We are back from East Texas and normal Texas spring weather. It was 80 and sunny yesterday morning. Then about lunch time some of Heidi's damp and chill blew in and it dropped to the low 50s. That prompted us to all take naps. When we go up we built a fire and listened to the Rangers win a ballgame. Today was a drizzly 51 so we just built a fire and relaxed with books and cross stitch.

Talked to DD yesterday and still no news. She called this afternoon from Key West to get birthdates for GMA and AM (our abbreviations for grandma and aunt) so I know she was completing the paperwork for cabin requests. Now we WAIT ..... AGAIN ... STILL.

Heidi, thanks for checking out the available cabins. At this point we're not picky. I told DD, either two cabins or one that can sleep 5 would work.

Conny the smiley was hilarious. Thanks for the chuckle.

Jen, glad your group got to spend some time together before you go. It's always easier when the kids know each other.

I know there are some other things I wanted to comment on but I had 2 1/2 pages to read and I've forgotten half of what I thought of while reading.

Hope everyone has completed their shopping and is almost ready to start packing. I'm beginning to stack "Cruise Only" stuff on the guest room bed so I won't forget it. I'll get my list completed this week and then just need to get the stuff together. Only thing that's left to shop for is Teva type sandals. Found some for DH but haven't found any for me yet. Since it's supposed to be cold and damp tomorrow night, that might be a great time to shop. I stll have yard work to do when it gets warm again.

Check you guys out later.

Reine

 

[LogansMommy_MD]

Okay - had to bump this thread back up towards the top!!

Happy Monday everyone - only two more Monday's to go!!



Hope everyone had a nice enjoyable Easter!

 

[hydster]

Happy Monday to all of you! Hope everyone survived Easter! At our house it was a crummy crummy weekend and so I'm glad to have it all behind me now! NOW I can look forward to the cruise again! Ryan worked ALL DAY LONG on Saturday from 10 am until 9 pm straight. Needless to say I hated being a Single Married Mom of Three (tracey I don't know how you do it even with just one...kudos to you!) and then of course he got ANOTHER speeding ticket (just got one in December and now another one) so it looks like traffic court is in our very near future once again to keep it from going on the insurance again! Yesterday was nice but dealing with family and holiday's stinks!!

Conny and Silke--I love the smiley you were looking at! It was really cute! You guys HAVE to be in the single digits right?? I can't remember what day you leave! I'm so excited...one week from today and I will be in single digits as well!! So much to do so little time!!

Jason- Thanks for the tip on the champagne! I haven't ever tried GOOD champagne only crap so I may have to try it! That is why I "graduated" to G&T because all the wine and champagne tasted like crap!!

Reine--Sorry to hear you got our crummy cool weather! It is FINALLY nice here again today so the kids can play outside and in the hot tub and get out of my hair! Ryan is in a golf tournament today so it's good the kids can be occupied outside! LOL The fire building and napping sounds nice though!!!
I checked the cruise.com website and they list the following cabins STILL available

6015,5013,5001,2528,2530,7010,7500,5632,5138,8010 and 1 Guarantee on deck 7. Hopefully they open it up to crew and families soon and you are on board!!! The thread went nutty in the last few days! sorry if you had to play catch up! OH well something to do right???

I've got EVERYTHING sorted out..just need to iron, wash and pack! Got last minute stuff this weekend while Ryan was gone to work so we are all set! 16 days from today I will be getting ready to board an airplane!!

Ok..off to check the hot tub chemicals for the kids, clean and eat some left over easter dinner!
Heidi

 

[ThreeCircles]

Good afternoon all!

It's rainy and windy here in Tampa Bay. Almost got blown off the causeway bridge coming home from class!

I can't believe that there are still cabins open this close to the cruise date. I would have thought that they would all be booked full by now.

Hmmm.... I'm still hodling out for a Florida Resident Rate but somehow I don't think it's going to happen this time.

 

[ScrapHappyMama]

My Monday just got WAY better!!!! I just got home from work and checked my voice mail..... and OMG..... we were upgraded from cat 4 to cat 3!!!!!! My head is spinning I am sooooo excited I can hardly stand it!!!

Wow, seems like our group has really been blessed by upgrades!! Our new room is 8548, still midship, but starboard side instead of our old 8038. I was starting to get a little concerned about if the five of us were going to be a little cramped in the Cat 4 and then this happened!!! whoooo hoooo!!!!!!!



Told dh already, but haven't gotten a hold of mom yet. Had to come share with you guys first, lol

Have a great night,
Linda

 

[ThreeCircles]

Wow! We've had a LOT of upgrades among the Dis group on this cruise!

Congratulations Linda!

 

[CM_Mom]

Hi all, I'm just home from work and Curves and DH is watching Simpsons so I can post in peace. I'm not really a Simpson's fan but I think it's his favorite show and they've been on long enought that it comes on at 6:30 every night.

Jason, can we have our cabins before you get your FL discount? Pretty please. As of a minute a go DCL showed cats 4,5,7,8,9,11 available. Maybe some of the TAs are releasing their rooms. The May 8 Western is completely sold out and has been for a week so I'm glad we're planning to go on the May 1 cruise.

Heidi, thanks for checking. I couldn't get the Cruise.com site to work the way I wanted it to. Our weather is supposed to improve but our resident Garden Guy sent out an e-mail alert to the folks who subscribe to his webletter with a frost warning for north and west of Dallas. We have a fire in the fireplace here at home tonight. Probably the last one of the season. My only problem is that the computer isn't in the den where the fireplace is. I guess I'm going to eventually break down and get a laptop and a wireless lan. Too cheap so far.

I think I just heard another e-mail alert so I'll post this and then check the thread.

Happy Monday.
Reine

 

[CM_Mom]

Hey Linda, Great news about the upgrade. Maybe that means the cabin you left is now available. I hope, I hope. It's going to be interesting to see where we all end up since they're on a upgrade mania.

 

[ThreeCircles]

Reine--

Don't worry, I'll be happy to wait for Florida Resident Rates until after you guys get your cabin!

Somehow, I think that all of these upgrades will mean good things for your group. Lots of open cabins is bound to lead to Cast Member slots.

 

[ScrapHappyMama]

Reine,

I really hope you do get our old room (8038), that would put us practically across the hall from each other!!

Good luck,
Linda

 

[abjennings]

Hey everybody!!!
'Sorry I haven't replied in a while, but as I said in earlier posts, I NEVER miss anything that is going on with all off you. I can't wait to really meet everybody on the ship.
I picked up my documents today!!!!

Looks like everything is smooooooth sailing for the Jennings family!!
We didn't get an upgrade,... but no big deal because the room we are going to be staying in will be awesome (#6004). I went on a cruise with my DM in Nov 2003 and the sq. footage was 108'. It was a great cruise, don't get me wrong (NCL Majesty)!! I mean how do you think I talked my DH into going on a Disney cruise ? my DH didn't go on the NCL cruise with me ( 108' sq. footage) This room on the Disney Magic will be huge!!!
We will be staying "forward" on the ship. My DH is a former commercial long-line fisherman and boat captain, so HE won't be getting seasick, although I have been known to. I am so excited because DH swore I would never get him on another boat (ship, whatever). I know he is going to have an awesome time.
Anyway,.......

Got my docs!!!
BTW Heidi, I could turn you on to some really good wines!!!
Can't wait to meet everyone,............Allison

 

[Boatingman]

OK I'm going to type fast so I don't get kicked off...Here goes:

Hello all. Hope your Holiday was Hoppy!

I'm trying to catch up so just a breif note to some of you.

Tammy: Hope to see you at Coki. Don't forget to check out the web site for the coupon.

Alice: Yes IPLAN on the gym. PLAN is the key word. If I idrink too much I won't feel like doing anything.(except drink & dance and act stupid) As of now I'm trying to think of a reaso I should skip tommorrow morning.rolleyes:

Heidi: I saw your thread regarding pillows. I can relate. But the way I figure it ... you just have to have another G&T and you won't care who has slept there before. When I meet you ask me to tell my Key West/Islmorada story. Its real gross!!

Reine: I still have to believe you'll be there. Patience. We still technically have two weeks and four days. Anything can happen:

Linda:
Good thing you're still mid ship. We still need that 1/2 way point on Dec 8.

Allison: And your cabin will be just huge if you're used to 108 sq. Ft.


Hope everyb0ody is still as excited as I am.

Travis: Any decision on the dis meet yet??


Can' t wait to


Have a good week and see you all soon
-Kathy

 

[hydster]

Happy END to the Monday 2 weeks before we SAIL!!!!! Only 15 days for us and we will be on an airplane right now almost ready to land at MCO!

Linda--OK NOW YOU got the MOTHERLOAD of upgrades! The party just got moved from my 2 adjoining balconies to your SUITE! You have to let me check it out just because you have one and I doubt I'll ever know anyone who has one again (even figuratively!) but that is awesome!! I want a Cat 3 just to get Palo and spa ressies before we leave!!! Like Kathy I'm glad you are mid ship still as well as we will definitely need a place to stop for another "beverage" on the way from her balcony to ours!

Reine--Good for you on coming back from Curves! I need to get back into the Yoga thing again. I didn't do it while I was burned and now I'm just SO not in the mood!!! I may do some tomorrow morning (may is the operative word there). I see Cruise.com still has the same cabins available basically so there is serious hope that the TA's are FINALLY releasing their cabins! I will keep praying you are on the ship! Our weather here is glorious!! It was 68 today and supposed to be near 80 tomorrow with sunshine which will help the LAST day of Spring Break for our kids go faster for me! I wish we'd get some frost just to kill the stupid weeds that have infested our front yard. We bought some drought resistant grass but didn't get it in soon enough last fall to germinate all the way so we are stuck with 1/2 our front lawn with terrible weed infestations! We have a wireless internet on Ryan's laptop and I had it on mine before my mom blew up my laptop! LOL It was nice but I still hate laptops for the most part!

Allison--Glad to see you check in again! I've been wondering where all the people are. I assume Belle and Rella is in Las Vegas hopefully looking for my bra and there are few other's we haven't heard from in forever like Lisa, Brenda, Teri, and a few days from Alice. I hope all is going well with all of you "lurkers" today! I know all about the small cabins and the DCL cabins feeling like a suite! I wouldn't care if I was in the luggage hold as long as I could be on this cruise with all of you! I can't wait to have you turn me on to some great wines! Bring it on! I haven't ever had a real taste for Wine or Champagne but that's because I've only had White Zinfandel (ewww) and gross cheap Champagne! Please turn us on to some good ones and then I'll pray to be able to get them here in the non-drinking capital of the world! LOL

Kathy--LOL about the pillow thing! For some reasons pillows just gross me out beyond thought! I saw some really gross stuff in the hotel business on sheets, pillows and blankets. It really turned me off on staying in a "public" bed! I will make sure to remember to ask you about your Key West gross story! *note to self ask BEFORE I eat anything substantial!* I'm as excited as you are! Only 2 more weeks and it will be packing nightmare central!! LOL

Well I'm off to put the kids to bed, watch Somethings Gotta Give before I Have to send it back and then pass out in bed!

Have a good rest of the Monday night!
Heidi

 

[Alice Sr.]

Onboard the bottles run about $39.00 but at Disney we can get it for about $28!

Jason can I buy it at DTD on Friday night and bring it on board Saturday morning? I'm still going to have it delivered to the room the 1st day so it's cold (and we love chocolate covered strawberries)

Kathy LOL you have that paranoia thing going about posting too. If we are talking real fast on the cruise people will just have to understand.

Hey Allison - Jason and I are going to be calling you on a daily basis to get the inside scoop on the wine selections.

Yea Linda that's great! I think that everyone that got an upgrade should have to hold an open house in their cabin for the rest of us.

I'm sorry Heidi here I was sitting around like a big fat smarty pants thinking "How the heck did she get that burned in the tanning bed" I have never gotten burned. So of course God gave me 1st hand knowledge how it happened That was on Saturday and I am still way to red to go back yet. I'll buy you a drink at Linda's open house to make up for doubting your tanning abilities.

Oh Conny and Silke I pm'd you.

Ok time seems to be going much faster now.


Alice

 

[ThreeCircles]

Alice--

You know, I don't know that I've ever seen the Failry Tale at Downtown Disney. I know they used to have quite a wine (and liquor) selection at the Kitchen Pantry but I don't believe that store is there any longer. I think it was changed into an Earl of Sandwich shop.

I do know that I've seen the Fairy Tale at most of the resorts. We usually buy ours at the Contemporary. It's really cool because in the little Sundries shop they have an entire cooler full of the stuff. It must hold 300+ bottles!

I've also seen it at Poly, Old Key West, and Coronado Springs. It all runs the same price on property as it's all the same company selling it, of course.

If you would like, I'm sure Travis and I will be at Disney prior to the cruise. We would be happy to pick you up a bottle, or two, or a case.

 

[CM_Mom]

Jason, I sent you an e-mail with our family info. I'll see if I can find a picture and scan it in later.

Kathy, glad you were able to get your post typed before you got kicked off. I have DSL and have gotten VERY spoiled. We changed phone carriers last spring and I was without the DSL for a month and I thought I was going to go nuts but since DH works for SBC and we could get a discount....need I say more.

Like I've said before, I needed to get the CheapMom handle before the person who has it did. Oh well, I've had fun with the CM_Mom name and I've been able to answer a few questions for others posting on the boards that hopefully have set their minds at ease before they cruise.

I think we're beginning to get in the cruise spirit. DH said tonight that he thinks he might buy another tropical shirt and did I think he needed another pair fo shorts. This from a man who hasn't worn shorts in over 10 years!

Alice, sorry about the tanning excess. Hope you AND Heidi are feeling OK now.

I think there are some other posts I need to read but want to post this before I hit the wrong key and it goes bye-bye.
Reine

Have all of you noticed that our clocks are all below 20 now...we're doing the teen countdown... and some of you are really close.