Welcome new “Lurkers”

[soxnation]

well i have posted a few times but tend to pass the time reading everyones stories and laughing on the inside every time a friend mentiones a Wii Fit. So i am Cait from Massachusetts the NH end of things. long time disney fan because it was where we went as kids...ps im still a kid 26 is the new 13! I have listened to the pod cast for a while now as it keeps me quite entertained while i am at the gym. although hearing about all things disney makes me sad about not going again for a while i am glad to hear all the other entertaining banter of the crew. so thats it i have outed myself as a pod cast fan!!!!

 

[Shmily01]

I'm kinda a lurker...i've posted a few replies. I'm still a Disney newbie. I've only been once. But it was enough to hook me! I don't get on as much as I'd like cause I mostly do it at work...which is not what I'm really supposed to be doing. I think they pay me to actually work!! But I enjoy listening to everyone else's stories and banter.

 

[SFBayDon]

It is cool to see everyone replying to this and “UnLurking” (Is that a word?) Anyway feel free to jump in and if you are concerned with what may appear to be inside jokes, just ask. Everyone here has been really friendly when I ask what an abbreviation means, or the some other inside joke.
Let see if we can flush out a few more lurkers.

Have a great day!
Don

 

[ArizonaMom]

Hi All!

Thanks for the invite! I am shy in "real life" and this includes being shy to post online. I love the podcast, and I have to say I feel like I know the team although we never met. I really miss Bawb.

I'm booked on the Podcast Cruise, but I was considering canceling because I haven't posted here enough for anyone to know who I am!

You all seem really nice (and slightly insane!), do you think I could fit in here and on the cruise? I know I can relate to the insane part....

Thanks!

Karen
Mom of twin 5 year olds, Kate and Emma

 

[UrsulasShadow]

Shy people welcome, too! We promise we won't make you climb up on the piano and sing torch with Kevin, but would you object to wearing a jumpsuit for the ABBA number? You can take my place....

 

[ArizonaMom]

Shy people welcome, too! We promise we won't make you climb up on the piano and sing torch with Kevin, but would you object to wearing a jumpsuit for the ABBA number? You can take my place....

That depends.... is it spandex?

 

[TigerTown]

Hello all,

I guess I might as well come clean also. I don’t post often but I do read a lot and have been listening to the podcast for about six months now. My name is Kyle am a late 30’s father of three with a beautiful wife that thinks I’m a Disney nut (Is it bad when the kids tell me too turn off the darn Disney theme park soundtrack and put on some real music?). I met my wife while living in Japan and we have been married for 14 years now. We live half way between Ann Arbor and Detroit and would love to relocate to Florida someday.

My first trip to WDW wasn't memorable because I was only two but I would say my addiction began with my trip in 1992. A group of fourteen college and high school friends went down for a week and had an awesome time.

That’s about it…Nice to meet you all

 

[tammyroo]

I'm pretty much a lurker. I may have posted once. I just don't have much to add really. I came on board through the podcast as well. The most exciting thing to happen last year was having my voicemail on the podcast towards the end of the year. Let me correct that, we did have a lot of excitement (DH had cancer, tornado hit the house, DD left for college, job loss) but obviously not of the fun variety.
I have forced my family to listen and now they love it too.

OK I do have a question and am too lazy to try and find the thread.....what is podcast bingo. I've heard Kevin and others mention it on the podcast and was wondering about how it started and how it is played....

OH....Hello everyone!!

 

[scarlett873]

Hi All!

Thanks for the invite! I am shy in "real life" and this includes being shy to post online. I love the podcast, and I have to say I feel like I know the team although we never met. I really miss Bawb.

I'm booked on the Podcast Cruise, but I was considering canceling because I haven't posted here enough for anyone to know who I am!

You all seem really nice (and slightly insane!), do you think I could fit in here and on the cruise? I know I can relate to the insane part....

Thanks!

Karen
Mom of twin 5 year olds, Kate and Emma

Um...yeah! Don't you DARE cancel that cruise because you think you won't fit in!!!! We're harmless, well...most of us are anyway. And we're all certifiably nuts. I can say that with authority because I have met a good portion of these folks and yes...they are nuts.

But fun nuts!

Don't be shy! Force yourself into the conversations!!! Join us on the podcast cruise thread stickied at the top of the forum! We don't bite!!

Well...watch out for Don...he may bite...and he has a thing for multiple wives...

 

[dpuck1998]

Hello all,

I guess I might as well come clean also. I don’t post often but I do read a lot and have been listening to the podcast for about six months now. My name is Kyle am a late 30’s father of three with a beautiful wife that thinks I’m a Disney nut (Is it bad when the kids tell me too turn off the darn Disney theme park soundtrack and put on some real music?). I met my wife while living in Japan and we have been married for 14 years now. We live half way between Ann Arbor and Detroit and would love to relocate to Florida someday.

My first trip to WDW wasn't memorable because I was only two but I would say my addiction began with my trip in 1992. I group of fourteen college and high school friends went down for a week and had an awesome time.

That’s about it…Nice to meet you all

Hey, sounds like your not to far away from Todd and I. I'm in the same boat as you, father of three who love Disney, but I'm the instigator! My wife thinks we are all nutz, but loves the way I plan our trips to Disney...and loves going to Disney (just not all the "other" stuff)

 

[dpuck1998]

Well...watch out for Don...he may bite...and he has a thing for multiple wives...

grrrrrr.....ruff...

 

[klam_chowder]

Hi All!

Thanks for the invite! I am shy in "real life" and this includes being shy to post online. I love the podcast, and I have to say I feel like I know the team although we never met. I really miss Bawb.

I'm booked on the Podcast Cruise, but I was considering canceling because I haven't posted here enough for anyone to know who I am!

You all seem really nice (and slightly insane!), do you think I could fit in here and on the cruise? I know I can relate to the insane part....

Thanks!

Karen
Mom of twin 5 year olds, Kate and Emma

Karen! I can relate - I just started listening to the podcasts in Jan 2008 but I so miss Bawb too

There's going to be over 300 dis cruisers on board and I know I haven't seen posts from that many There's a handful of really active posters but there's obviously a lot that don't post much or at all, so you won't be alone.

I post occasionally, can count on my toes the number of "real" first names I know of posters, and didn't attend the MouseFest or any other Dis meet so I haven't met anyone in person yet. I'm really looking fwd to the cruise cuz it's going to be a fab time with all that Pete, John & the gang have planned.

If you feel like getting more involved now that we're actually in the year of the cruise feel free to do so. If not, I think the cruise will be welcoming to all, not clique-y, at least I hope so cuz I'm kinda in your boat too!

cheers,

 

[scarlett873]

grrrrrr.....ruff...

Does wife #1 know about the rest of us yet?

 

[KristaTX]

...but I'm afraid of the community board.

The community board scares me………

The community board scares me too!

I used to post over on the CB, but it scares me now.

No, no, no. You guys have got it all wrong. It's the Budget Board that's the scary board .

Actually, there are people afraid of just about every board, including this one. It all just depends on where you've made friends and acquaintances around the DIS. The CB is really okay most of the time, unless it's a big political season. Or maybe American Idol season . If you think the CB is bad, were any of you around when we had the old Debate Board ? I bet Brandie was.

 

[dpuck1998]

Does wife #1 know about the rest of us yet?

Yea, she knows....she thinks its great...gives her more free time!!

 

[scarlett873]

No, no, no. You guys have got it all wrong. It's the Budget Board that's the scary board .

Actually, there are people afraid of just about every board, including this one. It all just depends on where you've made friends and acquaintances around the DIS. The CB is really okay most of the time, unless it's a big political season. Or maybe American Idol season . If you think the CB is bad, were any of you around when we had the old Debate Board ? I bet Brandie was.

That debate board was AWFUL...lol...I never posted to it..mainly because I didn't want to have to defend myself all the time.

I've got a few threads that I have subscribed to on the CB, but I just don't go there anymore...when I go over there, there's a battle brewing somewhere.

And you're right..the budget board is scary...

 

[scarlett873]

Yea, she knows....she thinks its great...gives her more free time!!

 

[MerMom60_94]

Hey, sounds like your not to far away from Todd and I. I'm in the same boat as you, father of three who love Disney, but I'm the instigator! My wife thinks we are all nutz, but loves the way I plan our trips to Disney...and loves going to Disney (just not all the "other" stuff)

Which one????? Sounds like you have many!!!

 

[dpuck1998]

Which one????? Sounds like you have many!!!

Wife #1...shes the only one I've actually met!

 

[ArizonaMom]

Thanks, scarlett873 and klam_chowder! I think my new years resolution will be to post here and join the insanity!

I'm glad to hear there are other people going on the cruise who are not frequent posters. Now I'm really getting that cruise bug back! I signed up so long ago, I guess I was wavering. Now, if only I can convince my husband to go Most likely it will be me alone with my kids. You guys are making me feel like the cruise will be fun no matter what!