WBRepo-Ship of Thieves-Remember the Magic Pt 14

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Night Bubba... Love to V!!!

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Good Morning All.

Shannon, AWESOME pictures. Thanks.

Michelle, glad the concert was good.

Holly, rest up and feel good.

Marilyn, one more day closer to leaving all the chaos at home behind.

Kathe, LOVED your beautiful lake pictures.

Hi Bubba, hugs to V for me.

Such sad news today about Ted Kennedy. It marks the end of an era of Camelot.....or as some say, American royalty. He was the youngest of all the Kennedy children. Unlike three of his brothers, at least he got to live a long life.

I FINALLY, after waiting five months, have my fiduciary meeting with the VA today. YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's at 10 am down the road at Mrs. Bush's. They want to meet with Ray too. That should be fun. Wish me luck that all goes well.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Just because I know you all want to know....can we get excited now!

Disney Dream Keel Laying

Pixie-Dusted Coins – Captain Tom Forberg and Donald Duck did the honors of placing the special Disney Cruise Line coin under the keel of the Disney Dream, Disney’s newest cruise ship, currently under construction at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. In maritime tradition, the ceremony marked a momentous occasion when the first block of the ship is lowered into the building dock and a coin is placed under the keel for good fortune. Both of Disney’s new ships, the Disney Dream and the Disney Fantasy, scheduled to debut in 2011 and 2012, respectively, are destined to expand family cruise options to more people in more places around the world. Captain Tom has been named as Master of the Disney Dream.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

More news....

Disney Dream Begins to Take Shape

Download Image PAPENBURG, GERMANY (August 26, 2009) – Today, Disney Cruise Line celebrated the keel laying of the Disney Dream, the first of two newly-designed ships destined to expand family cruise options to more people in more places around the world.



“Since our inception, families have come to know and love Disney Cruise Line, and they are looking for additional ways to enjoy all that we have to offer,” Disney Cruise Line President Karl Holz said during the ceremony at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. “Our fleet expansion will allow us to satisfy demand on both the East and West coasts of the United States while also giving us the flexibility to explore additional global destinations for our Guests.”



The keel laying ceremony is the first time the Disney Dream will begin to take shape after many years of design work. In the maritime industry, the ceremony marks a momentous occasion when the first block – or section – of the ship is lowered into the building dock and a coin is placed under the keel for good fortune.



Doing the honors of placing the coin was Captain Tom Forberg. With a distinguished maritime career aboard Disney Cruise Line, Forberg was the first crew member hired and the captain who launched the Disney Magic and the Disney Wonder. Recently, Forberg was named as the future Master of the Disney Dream.



The ship will continue to take its form through a block construction process in which pre-fabricated complete hull sections are joined together in block units and are then brought together to form the ship. The Disney Dream will be made up of 80 blocks, with the first block weighing in at approximately 380 tons.



Designing the Disney Dream

The Disney Dream is scheduled to join the current fleet in 2011, followed by Disney’s second new ship, the Disney Fantasy in 2012. Together the two new ocean liners will more than double the capacity of Disney Cruise Line, each having 1,250 staterooms and a tonnage of 128,000.



Bringing together innovation in superb shipbuilding and creativity in imaginative storytelling, Disney Cruise Line and Walt Disney Imagineering, along with the Meyer Werft shipyard have created a truly distinctive design. Like the existing ships, these ocean liners were designed to deliver a unique vacation that every member of the family believes was created just for them. Design details will be revealed later this fall.



Synonymous with its name, the Disney Dream will evoke the unique heritage of the company’s ideals in creating enchanting places and stories where families’ vacation dreams come true.



Homeports

Both new ocean liners will call Port Canaveral, Fla., their home, where expansion efforts are underway to accommodate the larger ships and additional guests. In addition to an extension of the dock and enlargements to the one-of-a-kind Disney terminal building, a new multi-level parking structure will be built, complementing the design and storytelling elements of the ships. The new enhancements will provide guests an even more seamless transition from land to sea during their vacation experience.



Disney Cruise Line also recently announced that the Disney Wonder will operate from the Port of Los Angeles starting in 2011.



Future Itineraries

In addition to the new ships, Disney Cruise Line continues to expand itineraries, with plans to once again sail the Mediterranean region aboard the Disney Magic during the summer of 2010. In addition to the popular ports in Spain, Italy and France, the ship will visit Tunis, in Northern Africa, the island nation of Malta and Corsica. Disney Magic will also visit the historic cities of Northern Europe for the first time calling on Warnemunde, Germany, the gateway to Berlin and St. Petersburg, Russia. Enchanting Scandinavian ports like Oslo, Copenhagen and Stockholm, will also be a first for Disney.

Holz noted that the company will begin to announce some itineraries for 2011 in September during the D23 EXPO, the ultimate fan experience where the entire world of Disney will come together under one roof at the Anaheim Convention Center in California.

Based in Celebration, Fla., Disney Cruise Line established the family cruise market when it launched its business in 1998. Recently the line was named the best large cruise ship for families by Travel + Leisure magazine in its annual readers’ poll.

To learn more about Disney Cruise Line or to book a vacation, guests can contact their travel agent, visit disneycruise.com or call Disney Cruise Line at (888) DCL-2500 or (407) 566-7000. Travel agents can call Disney Cruise Line at (888) 325-2500 or visit disneytravelagents.com.

 

[scottishwee35]

wow, thanks Deb

for your information...

saw another forum, thought share it...

I just saw this on twitter and thought I'd share with all my fellow DISers. Here's a URL for any who'd like to read more. You can follow more DCL-related news on Twitter @DCLNews.

http://www.disneycruisenews.com/AssetDetail.aspx?AssetId=7fca6e5f-3e6a-4ab0-8768-ea63aa8e8786

Scottishwee35

 

[LuvBaloo]

Deb - good luck with your v-meeting today!


And thanks Deb and Deborah for sharing the Disney Dream news

 

[mishoe01]

So cool seeing those pics of the Keel laying ceremony....I might have to join Twitter just to get the news

I have loved all the pics everyone else has posted....sorry I've been "missing" quite a bit lately....I have trouble alot at work w/ the DIS.

Deb - good luck w/ the meeting today....post how it went please

Hope all the kiddos started out the year well

NOthing to update here....everyone is doing well (Dad included) so am Thankful & grateful.

 

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Here it is on You tube...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2W3tIWDTJg

 

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I FINALLY, after waiting five months, have my fiduciary meeting with the VA today. YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's at 10 am down the road at Mrs. Bush's. They want to meet with Ray too. That should be fun. Wish me luck that all goes well.

yeah... come on... we want news!!!! (I don't have to go and threaten anyone again, now do I??? )

 

[EllaEnchanted]

...Just got back. I was there all morning. It's a lot of information and requirements and procedures and MORE PAPERWORK, but we're nearing the end of the tunnel. A check should be in the mail sometime in October....so he says. Well we're definitely able to see the light at the end of the tunnel now.

The first thing he said to me was, "So you wrote a letter to the Congressman?" I said YES I did....it's been five months getting this meeting scheduled. He said, "That's all? Most people wait over a year." I said, There was no way I could have waited that long. I'm going broke. Then we proceeded to dissect every penny of Ray's expenses and how much he pays and how much I pay....and how we will handle Ray's money in the future that he gets from them. If I spend so much as a cent without accounting to them for it, it's fraud and they will bring me up on criminal charges. Any expenses for Ray over $500 they will have to approve. You would think that they were footing the whole bill. I payout over $3k a month for him. They are going to be paying half....but they get to control everything. Whatever, as long as I don't have to pay.

Now I have to start the paperwork trail to prove everything I just told them. Then continue keeping accurate records and receipts or I'm going to jail. They're serious. He stressed it many times and gave me an example of a woman they are charging now with fraud because she does not have receipts for her expenses.

Now I've got to go pay my household bills and then I can start on the countless amounts of paperwork that the VA is expecting to receive from me immediately.

I'll catch up with you all later.

Thanks for ALL of your help Shell....drinks onboard if you hit paydirt on time! Otherwise, we'll have to plan a roundezvous at Mickey's house sometime soon.

Monica, SO glad Dad is good. Happy you joined twitter. Click on who I'm following and get a list. I have lots of Mickey tweets and some Disers that I follow. You can just click on an icon to follow them also as you scroll down the page. Have fun with it.

Everyone else....Hi....be back real soon.

 

[Tink rules]

Sounds like progress...

Also sounds like they didn't like your contacting your congressman... BUT... if you have any problems... they are there for you... so... keep breathing and when he wants receipts... hand him the old shoe box filled!!! (ok... maybe a bit more organized... )

If you need any more help... call the Plankman for an appt with my office...

Sending lots of these...

 

[gydell]

Deb - at least you have the ball rolling in the right direction!

 

[granmaz]

Deb, that is good news. Lets hope things move quickly!!!

 

[nskjerven]

Deb:

Congrats on getting your meeting and the good news is that they will pay.

I think they are trying to scare you with all the fraud talk. Don't let them, that is just plain nonsense in this case.

Just keep all receipts and make sure you get receipts for EVERYTHING for him. Stick it all in one place, envelope, box whatever. Then if you really need to show them you'll have it. The chances are they will never really ask you to produce the records once you are in the system.

This might be a little different from most situtations since you are not a natural child, but an adult step-child thru marriage, who knows.

Glad you found a resource for this, it still makes me that Ray's child(ren) aren't taking care of this on his behalf. You are making your mama proud she raised such a caring daughter

 

[EllaEnchanted]

wow, thanks Deb

for your information...

saw another forum, thought share it...



Scottishwee35

Hi Deborah, great pictures....thanks for putting them up.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Deb - good luck with your v-meeting today!


Thanks Shannon. It was overwhelming and exhausting for me. But it's worth it. Your good wishes helped.

And thanks Deb and Deborah for sharing the Disney Dream news

Hope we can all sail on it together.

 

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Hi Deb!!!!!

Deb:

Congrats on getting your meeting and the good news is that they will pay.

I think they are trying to scare you with all the fraud talk. Don't let them, that is just plain nonsense in this case.

Just keep all receipts and make sure you get receipts for EVERYTHING for him. Stick it all in one place, envelope, box whatever. Then if you really need to show them you'll have it. The chances are they will never really ask you to produce the records once you are in the system.

This might be a little different from most situtations since you are not a natural child, but an adult step-child thru marriage, who knows.

Glad you found a resource for this, it still makes me that Ray's child(ren) aren't taking care of this on his behalf. You are making your mama proud she raised such a caring daughter

& Nan's right... (did I say that???? )

 

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Well, mom and I went walking tonight... trying to keep the old girl healthy...

have decided to skip the track until next week... It's the Travers this week (Saratoga's version of the Kentucky Derby) and after the crowds I encountered last night... I don't want to go near the place...

Thanks to everyone who has friended the little green furry butt on FB... he is forever grateful and it's now official... I DO have a split personality...

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Sounds like progress...

Also sounds like they didn't like your contacting your congressman... BUT... if you have any problems... they are there for you... so... keep breathing and when he wants receipts... hand him the old shoe box filled!!! (ok... maybe a bit more organized... )

If you need any more help... call the Plankman for an appt with my office...

Sending lots of these...

Thanks Shell, we do great work together. He definitely did NOT like me contacting the congressman, but it worked. My check will be here before others even get their appointments. What a system.

 

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I could have sent Planky after them...