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

[Trey]

I have to say that it was really cool to see all the lime green shirts in the DCL terminal and we were really easy to find during the sailaway party. Of course, the trail of Miller Lites for Lampie WAS a dead giveaway!

Trey

 

[cody'smom]

Cody's Mom-

Drive to Cocoa Beach (maybe go to RON JON, if I have any room in my suitcase

Of course you will have room- that is if you learned what I did last time!!! I didn't need half the stuff I brought on the cruise!!!
DD left her bathing suit at school when she came home before our cruise. (night before we left!!) Figured we could stop at Walmart or something in Florida and get one. Got to Florida after driving all day from Virginia- stopped at two walmarts and all they had were a few mismatched pieces left. So she and I planned on going to Ronjon in the Am before going to the port. They I read that they were open 24 hours a day, and since it was only 11pm, why not go now and get it over with???? I could have bought everything I needed for the cruise right there!!!!! It was a good thing we went then instead of in the morning, because DH kept us focused on our mission ( getting her suit) and had she and I gone in the morning, we have still been there shopping when the ship pulled out!!!!

I remember you said you were working on shirts- any ideas for a design yet?

Is your DD still not able to go?

 

[favoriteslave]

SO TRUE, SO TRUE

I too learned that I don't need to take the kitchen sink. Honestly, I don't think I will bring more than two or three bathing suits, sarongs (2), flip flops (1) , two shirts for night time activities, two or three t-shirts (past cruise shirts) and then our formal wear and shoes (minus about 2 pairs of shoes from last time). With the motion of the ocean, flip flops are the way to go for dinner. (plus we might need to get up and dance) Snorkeling stuff is already packed in a suitcase waiting to go. My Personal stuff will get carried on with me. I will have to resist the urge to throw some things in at the last minute. I'm sure that Trey will enjoying being the "Packing Mafia" and tell me I can only take one bag.

Remember last year they would take your luggage from the airport to the boat if you have your tags on the luggage? I wonder if that still holds true if you show up the day before the cruise starts. I will have to ask. I would really love that. If so, I will only have a carry-on and a small bag that I will take through security.

T-shirts are being worked on as we speak. I gave him the names that we had come up with. Triptophan Clan, Lotsomagic, Left over turkies, etc. We had some wickely humorous conversations and lets just say, I appologize now for my SICK since of humor. I wanted him to draw turkies with missing body parts snorkeling and sun bathing, people with mickey mouse ears passed out on lawn chairs with turkey legs in their hands, etc. He has a great eye and I'm sure that this will be interesting.

Currently the "Mom" of my step-daughter is saying that school is more important. I understand the logic, but.... My son will miss a whole week too, and I'm not worried. I would rather him get out and see the world, rather than read about it in books. I know that's bad of me, but until the last cruise I had never been outside the US. Plus I have to get him to snorkel again. I only got one picture of him in the water.

 

[cody'smom]

I don't know about the luggage because we drove. The T shirts sound fun and interesting!! Can't wait to see the final product!!!!

 

[MamaKate]

I was wondering when the Annual Mtg. would be held and we never got our proxy vote, annual report, or notice. I guess we slipped through our brokerage's cracks? Did your kids get to go? I think that would be a great learning experience for them. We keep some Disney shares just to show the kids how to look for the ticker symbol in the paper and on CNBC and to explain basic financials to them. It's never to early to learn about the stock market and big business.

The meeting was on Friday 3/10 at the Anaheim Pond. It's the first meeting we've gone to because they are usually too far for us to attend. But since it was local, we went. Only my son went with, because he is a Disney fanatic. We got there pretty early, so we got to sit behind all the Big Wigs of Disney. It was actually pretty entertaining, except for the financial portion . They also gave out free admission tickets to Disneyland or California Adventures, which is nice, but we have AP's, so I'll probably give it away. They also had tons of characters & I was mad I didn't bring the autograph books.

My son was in awe that he got to meet an actual Disney (Roy). His life is now complete .

If it's ever in your area, I'd definately take the kids. It's a great learning experience & was pretty fun.

 

[DenverVal]

(Thanksgiving dinner at Cracker Barrell would Definitley be a let down after after last year's meal on the Magic!!) So, we are leaving Tuesday when kids get out of school, stop in Jackonsville, then on to WDW for Wed and Thurs.

If you want to avoid the Thanksgiving Cracker Barrel experience, be sure to get a priority seating as soon as you possibly can. Everything, and I do mean everything, books up for Thanksgiving dinner at WDW. We did this last year, managed to get a PS for Liberty Tree Tavern. It was nice, but our first Thanksgiving away from home. It felt a little strange. We felt a little silly dressing up to go to the park, but we were in good company. Lots of other people did too. DD10 insisted on dressing up in a colonial outfit and the characters and even the servers made a huge fuss over her!

 

[DutchsMommy]

I think we should go with lime green shirts if they are available. I also don't think "Wild Turkeys" is such a bad name - unless it has already been taken by the group ahead of us? I'm thinking something like:


"Wild Turkeys....The One that Got Away"
DIS Magical Eastern Cruise
Nov 25-Dec 1, 2006

If there is enough $$ maybe we could get our names (board or real) on the front? BUT....because I have no talent and am not devoting the effort to these shirts this is ONLY a suggestion!!

Thanks for the heads up about Ron Jon's. I have been keeping an eye out for the 'matching' Disney wear....I really like the idea of some family pics in the outfits, but there really hasn't been anything out there and because Disney won't ship to Canada placing the order is a bit more of a pain. I'll have to take a look at Ron Jon online.

Has anyone been doing the 'Mystery at Sea' game? It's really fun!

Take care everyone - gotta run - will check back in later.

 

[favoriteslave]

Dutchs Mom-

I IMed my guy with the Wild Turkies, the ones that got away. He likes "Wild Turkey", so he may have already come up with that.

Lime green is great for me. (ANY ONE ELSE want to imput?) I don't know if I will be able to get the name put on the front, BUT.... Julia (an Original Turkey Cruiser) took the printable iron on transfers and made things to go on the back of her shirt. Since it was her family's 2nd or 3rd cruise, she had listed all the previous cruise dates along with their handle here on the boards. It was really cool. I will check into the cost for my guy doing it, but I have a feeling it will be expensive, as they will have to make a new silk screen for each name. But if you don't ask its an automatic NO. (my motto)

Only 252 days for me. Its WAY TOO Long.

 

[Trey]

Morning all!

I just wanted to throw my 2 cents in on the "iron ons" Julia did for last year's Turkey Cruise. Not only did she doctor her family's shirts but she did a special one for Lampie. I don't remember everything she put on it, but it was a cut out of him, smiling ear to ear, toasting w/ a beer in hand. (For those of you who know, this is a standard pose for him.)

Lampie, if you have some time and are feeling daring, take a pic of your special shirt and post it, please.

Tonya is totally correct about them having to create a new screen for an individual's name - $$$. Dutchsmommy, what most people did (as we've discussed) was once they received their shirts in the mail, they doctored them to their liking. For example, the weren't able to get youth sizes (maybe smaller than L, XL - don't exactly remember, slept since then.), so they made a dress out of the oversized tshirt. It was really cute. The sleeves and along the bottom were cut into small strips w/ beads on the end. Tonya & Pam, correct me if I'm wrong, but she was also the one that had Tinkerbell wings on the back as well.

Hope everyone is well!
Trey

 

[woogal]

Hello all ... hubby and I will be on the Magic's Nov 25th Eastern Carribean cruise, our stateroom is on Deck 5 and we are also celebrating our 10th anniversary! We are hoping to "meet" a few people ahead of time and thought maybe a message board was the way to go! Please write if you will be there too. We are in Akron, Ohio.

 

[DutchsMommy]

HI WOOGAL - WELCOME TO THE DIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are a pretty fun bunch ( ) LOL who are DYING for our cruise. I think you will find a TON of useful info on the DIS about the cruise - I know I have. Some of us are in the early stages of thinking about our excursions and pre-cruise accomodations (some people come in the night or a few days before). As you can see above, we are also talking about a 'name' for our group (Go Wild Turkey Go) and some kind soul (Thanks FavSlave!!) is looking into getting us matching shirts. Some of us know each other from past 'turkey' cruises - but others (like myself) have not met before and are REALLY looking forward to getting to know everyone.

So......welcome to the group

 

[favoriteslave]

Welcome Woogal. You'll have to explain the handle, soon. We will want to know about you. Fourfoxesinpa has started a spread sheet with everyones room numbers and names started, so you will have to pm her the information. (unless you want to post here). We look forward to meeting you, and hopefully we won't scare you off.

 

[woogal]

I wrote that post earlier today thinking, I wonder if anyone will write back ... shoulda known better. Afterall, we are DISNEY PEOPLE, right?!

So it sounds like you already have quite a group put together. This is our 2nd DC, the first was last November 2005 over Thanksgiving with my entire family (12 people in all, from 7 to 70). This new one is my 40th birthday present from Hubby and also to celebrate our 10th anniversary. So, just like all of you, we are going pretty much crazy waiting for this damn day to arrive! Our house is inundated with DCL stuff ... books, tapes, DVDs, bookmarks on our favorites ... and we don't even have kids! But you have never been treated as well as you are on DCL!

Thanks for the welcome ... oh, and btw ... woogal is for the town we used to live in ... Wooster (Gal). I know, not as exciting an answer as it could've been. Would you like me to make something up instead?!

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Welcome aboard Woogal!!!!

We are going without kids too, although we are probably a lot older than you guys since we will be celebrating our 33rd anniversary as you are celebrating your 10th. Congratulations on your 10!!!
We are looking forward to getting to know you over the next few months.
Our family here are a great support group for helping the time to go by. We are all in this waiting game together.
mom x4,grandma x4
kathy

 

[DenverVal]

Thanks for the welcome ... oh, and btw ... woogal is for the town we used to live in ... Wooster (Gal). I know, not as exciting an answer as it could've been. Would you like me to make something up instead?!

Sure, you bet, we've got lots of time to kill...be creative!

 

[DutchsMommy]

woogal - we actually have some people cruising with us who were on the Thanksgiving cruise last year - so in fact you may have seen them before!

 

[cruisemutt]

Hi folks...I'm Bill (or mutt-I'll answer to either) I guess you've met my wife, woogal already. I'll follow in her footsteps---Hi! This message board is just another pleasant surprise in the series of steps toward our trip. I'm glad to know that there are others counting the time to departure down to the minute (yeah, I'm pretty excited too). After experiencing our first cruise last Thanksgiving, I just can't wait to do it all over again.
Pleased to meet you all in advance and hope to get to know you!
Bill

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Hi Bill,
Glad to have you with us. We dont get a lot of men on these boards, compared to the amount of women. Guys often have totally different perspective on things, so it will be great to have some different points of view on stuff. I'm sure the other men on this board will be glad to have one more man join their ranks, since they are out numbered here.
Looking forward to meeting you both in just a few short months.
mom x4, grandma x4

Kathy

 

[cruisemutt]

Pleased to meet ya, Kathy... I think my wife will agree that I'm not the "typical" guy and if there's fun goin on, I'll be there. (btw...I can think of worse fates than being outnumbered by women).
Enjoy!

 

[favoriteslave]

Welcome Cruisemutt & Woogal. Myself, Trey and my son were on the Thanksgiving cruise in 2005. I agree with you, this waiting stuff is for the birds. If I would have had the choice, I would have hidden out on ship and cruised with the next bunch last year. But.... life happens.

Here is to getting to know everyone.

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