Wild Turkeys and Dancing Banana Heads Cruise 11/25/06

[JanDave]

Tiggerking: What is bull-puckey!!!! I haven't heard that term before. Is it a Georgia thing -- ha-ha???!!! On our last cruise, we met another DIS couple, Xbearx and gdulaney from Atlanta, GA. I gave Andy a course in Italian slang. He kept me laughing so hard, I needed a box of Depends.....

Kathy: Can't wait to meet you and share our aches and pains.

Dutch's Mommy: Guess we could be the post-Turkey or pre-Christmas/holiday cruisers since we are cruising after Thanksgiving.

Our friends who are cruising with us, Bob and Gitta, are so excited about this cruise. Bob bought snorkeling equipment and is walking around the house wearing his fins.

By the way, my first husband always told me to grow up! Glad I never listened to him!

Enjoy the weekend. 9 months from today, we'll be in SSR.

Jan

 

[disneediva]

I was Captain Jenny Roberts

I felt lost, we have not been home for the last three days while the contractors were doing our floors and kitchen so I have been computerless and it has not been pretty. But alas the work is finally ( a mere 6 months post Katrina) getting done, right in time for our next hurricane season.
My DH ans his brother left to go skiing this morning he did the ritual escape out of Mardi Gras and hit the slopes. My DS and I usually go to Disney at this time but they missed so much school for Katrina that we are only off Monday and Tuesday not the entire week as before.
Welcome to the group Lampy family, I have also seen your posts and it looks like we are in for a great trip

Wendy

 

[LAMPSKIES]

OK - I want to know - can we be the Turkey Day Cruisers for 2006?? Or is that the cruise before us? I am Canadian so you have to excuse me LOL.

Also - did anyone see this:

http://www.fidius.org/quiz/

It's your pirate name - cool.

Thanksgiving is the Thursday before OUR sailing, I was a Turkeyday cruiser each of the last 2 years......the 10 nighter for this x-mas they are the "hams". What shall we name ourselves?

 

[Dixielady908]

Just an update. We were a party of 13, I just found out this eveing that we will now be 4 less. My niece and family had to back out. I'm sad about that. But still looking forward to going and I know that we will still have a great time.

Thanks
Denise

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Hi Dense,
Sorry to hear some are not getting to come , maybe they will get to go another time. We have had that happen to us before too.
I'm sure you'll still all have a magical cruise!!!
We spent our entire weekend painting the inside of our new house, the good thing was that we took along a radio and we heard lots of songs that we have heard on the cruise!! That got us excited for the cruise.
I cant wait.
Have a great week everyone.
mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy

 

[MelanieC]

Hi everyone,

I made it through the party on Friday night!! I also made it through an entire day at the King of Prussia Mall (those in PA know how huge it is) with 3 girls and waiting over 2 hours to eat at the Cheesecake Factory. I'm glad to be going back to work tomorrow, lol!

Denise,
Sorry to hear that some of your party backed out.

Its now less than 9 months away.

 

[DutchsMommy]

How about the 'Turkey Induced Coma' gang? Then we could be the TICs. OK, maybe not. 'Overfed and Underappreciated'? 'The One's that Got Away' - w are the turkeys that didn;t meet their demise on Thanksgiving? OK, OK, these are pretty poor.....anyone else have any ideas?

I guess the flights down to FL that weekend we sail will be pretty full. I wonder if the prices will be higher? Maybe we'll fly out of Toronto this time around - we usually fly out of BUF so it's cheaper - but if it is full fare maybe I can scrounge enough airmiles to justify flying out of Toronto. It would be closer to our house for sure!

 

[DutchsMommy]

Turkey Hangover Cruise '06 ???

Hello...Bueller....Bueller

 

[fourfoxesinpa]

TRIPtophan Clan?

Welcome aboard, Lampy. You too have now been placed on....drumroll please ( ) THE LIST.

SO excited that it's the last day of February. March seems SO much closer to our sailing! Woke up to a surprise coating of snow this morning but no delay for our kids.

 

[LAMPSKIES]

How about the 'Turkey Induced Coma' gang? Then we could be the TICs. OK, maybe not. 'Overfed and Underappreciated'? 'The One's that Got Away' - w are the turkeys that didn;t meet their demise on Thanksgiving? OK, OK, these are pretty poor.....anyone else have any ideas?

I guess the flights down to FL that weekend we sail will be pretty full. I wonder if the prices will be higher? Maybe we'll fly out of Toronto this time around - we usually fly out of BUF so it's cheaper - but if it is full fare maybe I can scrounge enough airmiles to justify flying out of Toronto. It would be closer to our house for sure!

Just a FYI.....We were booked on the 02 cancelled Eastern (our week)and sailed on that exact week in 03.....I found that if you fly Saturday air WAS expensive....but, get a price out of BUF on Thursday...almost NOBODY flies on Thanksgiving and return on the Saturday or ship docs!! There was 4 of us and airfare was about 125.00 per person LESS to fly Thursday than Saturday. 125x4=500.....I booked the Swan for 79 bucks a night (x2=158.00) The girls did MGM on Friday and we did Downtown on Thursday. We did the same thing in 03 except we stayed at POR and for the same $$$$ or less we had 2 extra days of vacation........

 

[disneediva]

HAPPY MARDI GRAS!!!

We just arrived back from the parades and I am worn out . It is tiring catching all those plastic beads. Well everyone have a great day!
Wendy

 

[DenverVal]

...almost NOBODY flies on Thanksgiving and return on the Saturday our ship docs!! There was 4 of us and airfare was about 125.00 per person LESS to fly Thursday than Saturday. ........

I priced airfare for Thanksgiving Day and almost fell over from shock! $349 per person round-trip from Denver! That's $100 more per ticket than I paid last Thanksgiving. My early booking discount and onboard booking discount will be eaten up with four of us.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Wendy,
I'm glad you had a good time!!! I think it was really important for the people there to get back to normal as much as they can and Mardi Gras is one way to do it. I'm sure next year will be even better.

We are beautiful clear blue skies and in the mid to upper 70's in central Florida today. But I will stay in and pack, pack and more packing to move!!!
We will be glad when it is done, then we can concentrate on the cruise more.

Have a great day everyone,
Kathy

 

[fourfoxesinpa]

Mid to upper 70s...ah, that sounds glorious! Be sure to take a few moments to catch a few rays for us Yanks.

I just spend some time researching flights for the way down. We would only save $90 by going out on Thanksgiving night vs. Friday a.m. So, considering we'd have to pay for an extra night hotel and leave family dinners early, I think we're going to stick with our Friday departure. I just got excited when I visited AirTran's site and saw November was added to their dates. But, no flights are showing up...yet. I'll keep checking. We were able to scrounge enough of those Wendy's cups for free flights home so it would be sweet to score $49 tix down.

By the way, go to www.southwest.com and sign up for their sweepstakes for a trip for 8 to Disney. Maybe one of us will be lucky and stay in Orlando for an extended free vacation!

 

[TiggerKing]

The weather in Atlanta, GA is beautiful and sunny today. We are supposed to be up into the low 70s. I was moving "stuff" from the garage to the basement last night and the weather was just perfect. DW gave me a hammock for my birthday in November (she saw how much I loved the ones on CC), and I think it is FINALLY going to be coming out of the box for my enjoyment! She was really thoughtful! Sorry about all you northerners weather. Hopefully it will improve soon!

So, is anyone looking at booking 2007 since the end of year dates are open? I was playing on the DCL web site a few minutes ago and saw that most of the SPH cabins and the secret cat 6 cabins are still available for the same cruise next year.

 

[MelanieC]

Hi Everyone,

I think we are going to cancel this cruise. DD is starting High School this year and someone from the High School came in and talked to them about credits to graduate, retaking entire classes if you miss too many days etc. She also decided she wants to take two honor classes next year. She is really nervous about taking off an entire week next year during the school year. Its amazing how much she is growing up to see her worry about school! She wanted to switch the vacation to the summer. The summer prices for the cruise are way to high, so we decided as a family to go back to Disney this summer.

I'm very sad over the decision, but know its the right one since she is worried about this. I've canceled my Port Canaveral hotel reservations, but still have to cancel my Disney & Cruise ones. I feel so sad and its hard to make myself do it. The good thing is that we get two full weeks this summer in Disney like last year. We had the best vacation w ever had last year so I know this summer will be no exception. Plus its only 5 months away. I spent last night planning which dates at which parks and actually got all our ADR Reservations done!!

The strange thing is, the last time we booked a cruise we canceled in February as well because my DS (4 at the time) wanted to go to Disney instead. He ended up saving our vacation because the 11/25 cruise that year was canceled due to the Norwalk Virus. He saved our vaction that year. We didn't find out till we were in WDW that the cruise for that weekend was canceled. We would have ended up in Florida on Thanksgiving with no place to stay and no cruise.

I'll still check with you all from time to time. I'll be super jealous in November when you are all leaving. I hope I can handle it! At least I'll have 2 fun weeks this summer.

 

[snoopy_mom]

Hi Everyone,

The strange thing is, the last time we booked a cruise we canceled in February as well because my DS (4 at the time) wanted to go to Disney instead. He ended up saving our vacation because the 11/25 cruise that year was canceled due to the Norwalk Virus. He saved our vaction that year. We didn't find out till we were in WDW that the cruise for that weekend was canceled. We would have ended up in Florida on Thanksgiving with no place to stay and no cruise.

I'll still check with you all from time to time. I'll be super jealous in November when you are all leaving. I hope I can handle it! At least I'll have 2 fun weeks this summer.

Oh, Melanie, I hope you did not just jinx us! Too bad you are not going, but everything does happen for a reason!

FYI for those booking airfare -
I got a Delta Song flight out of Boston on 11/24 (my birthday...) with a return of 12/4 (we are staying to see the Christmas parade) for $177 each, which is not too bad. We thought we would have to fly out on Thanksgiving to get a good rate, but $177 was good enough for me!

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Melanie,
so sad to hear you are leaving us. I do wish you a very magical vacation with Disney this summer. That can be an awesome vacation too!! Maybe you will get another chance to go on a cruise in the near future!!

mom x4,grandma x4
Kathy

 

[fourfoxesinpa]

Melanie - Sorry that you won't be with us but say "hi" to Mickey for the rest of us PAers when you see him this summer!

 

[TIGGER41681]

We booked the 11/25/2006 7-day cruise last April.. We are looking forward to it!! It will be our 4th cruise with Disney. See you onboard!!