Give Me Liberty or Give Me the Big Cats 10/13/07 (or Give Me Both!)

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tommyjeepster

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Re: Give Me Liberty or Give Me the Big Cats 9/15/07 (or Give Me Both!)

We have stayed right by bayside or what ever it is called a few times. I think one was Marriott or Hyatt and one was intercontenential. Intercontential is really nice but it is not real cheap but it is walking distance to the shops and the food at bayside. We splurged and stayed there on our last cruise. There is a hooters there too. We always have to go there. We will have or vehicle so we can do a soda and beer run for anyone that needs that.

HAPPY new year everyone.

Regina

Happy belated birthday Chris.
 
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tommyjeepster

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Re: Give Me Liberty or Give Me the Big Cats 9/15/07 (or Give Me Both!)

Check Hyatt on priceline that may be the one we stayed at before and it was real cheap on pice line and we were upgraded to a suite.

Regina
 
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cruise-girl

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Re: Give Me Liberty or Give Me the Big Cats 9/15/07 (or Give Me Both!)

Hello my cruising friends….it has been some time since my last visit. George and Jim check your email. I know Cris has been keeping you all up to date on my travels between Orlando and Texas. My dad is home pending his heart surgery. All I can say is insurance sucks. He had to be released from his stroke rehab and home for I think at least two weeks so the insurance would pay for the heart surgery. Have you ever!!! So I am currently home and suppose to leave on Sat. back to TX but I think I may postpone going back until next wed. or sat. depends on what the doctor’s office tells my mom tomorrow. Cris is home sick today…she thinks she has the Norvo Virus. She seems to have all the symptoms. Timing I tell ya :lol I am so thankful for finding Allegiant Air which has had non-stop flights to Shreveport, LA for $59.00 and $79.00. I have never been able to get a direct flight over the past ten years. Usually I have a stop and plane change in Memphis. Makes for a long travel day. This is a direct flight out of Sanford Airport (closer to our house) to Shreveport. An hour and a half and I am there. The only thing is they only fly on Wed. and Sat. between the two cities. I guess that is how they keep the fares low. I am just thankful we stumbled upon it right before Thanksgiving. It was divine timing.

On another note, Doris and I went for a consultation with her brain surgeon and set the date for her to have the surgery for her right side. We will be doing this on March 7th so please keep her in your prayers. It has only been six months but the right side has progressed quickly. We knew this was a possibility but we hoped it would have taken much longer. Doris is a bit nervous because now she knows exactly what she need to go through and some of it was not very pleasant. We keep our focus on the outcome.

Well I have rattled enough. It does not appear that we will be joining you all this year, unless the good Lord above does a miracle. We will have to live our cruise dreams through all of you so keep posting….it is a good distraction. Happy New Year to all of you.[/size]
 
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oriolesfan22

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Re: Give Me Liberty or Give Me the Big Cats 9/15/07 (or Give Me Both!)

Dee - good to hear from you - and of course you and your dad are in our prayers. I am glad you found airfare that makes it reasonable to go back and forth to be there with him and your mom. And tell Cris (if she's not reading posts right now) that there are 3 different types of flu going around this year, according to what I've heard at work. So, she may have one of those, or perhaps she's got norovirus, which originated just 2-3 miles where Greg teaches the paramedic classess (Norwalk, OH.) Please continue to post even if cruising isn't in the plans this year - I, too, am hoping that everyone will post more because I've noticed how many views our thread gets without posts - check that out if you don't already.

No big plans for the weekend here. It's still warmer than normal. None of the ski resorts in this area have opened because it has been too warm to even make snow. Usually they are open before Thanksgiving. I'll probably do more hotel searching over the weekend. I am a little afraid of Priceline for Miami because of the mix of really good and really bad hotels there.

Oh well, off to work. Post away, Cats! Sheree
 
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tommyjeepster

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Re: Give Me Liberty or Give Me the Big Cats 9/15/07 (or Give Me Both!)

Sheree Tom has done priceline for us for Miami for a few trps out of that port and the Hotels have been fine. He will most likely do priceline again for us this year.

Dee I hope all goes well with your Dad and your trips to see him. Sanford airport is so easy to get in and out of compared to the Orlando airport. That little gift shop that you see in the domestic terminal is Alpha the company I work for. Keep us posted on Doris too.

Regina
 
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StudMuffin

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Re: Give Me Liberty or Give Me the Big Cats 9/15/07 (or Give Me Both!)

Good morning all,

Dee good to see you posting, hope (with prayers going your way) everything goes well for your dad and Doris, I'm sure you are scatter brained between the two. I hope you all re-evaluate your cruise plans once the surgeries are out of the way and your dad and Doris have fully recovered and doing cart wheels. It looks like the prices are still the same for our cruise (recent scares might have something to do with that), hopefully they stay that way.

On the hotel front, should everyone want to consider Priceline, I'm pretty sure we can do 5 bookings under one bid. If everyone wants to go this route, we can place the bid and everyone can just reimburse us for there share. Keep in mind if someone else wants to do it, thats fine as well and we will just send the check to that person. Just want to make sure everyone gets to stay at the same place...good or bad ;)
 
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StudMuffin

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Re: Give Me Liberty or Give Me the Big Cats 9/15/07 (or Give Me Both!)

By the way it was Anne's birthday on Wednesday. We went out to dinner and then shockingly went shopping for an outfit for her.
 
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baby love Jim

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Re: Give Me Liberty or Give Me the Big Cats 9/15/07 (or Give Me Both!)

Hi all,
Dee,
Good to see you post I know what you must be going through.Our prayers are going your way. I also hope something happends and yall are able to cruise with us.Say hello to all of the O girls for us :)

Sheree,
No one could have ever perdicted the out come of the florida gators game WOW what a game.

Anne,
Happy Birthday :party :)-D I didn`t know your birthday was in january mine is this tuesday

George,
The deal with priceline sounds good to me just let us know.It would be nice for all of us to stay in the same hotel and do the big cats night before pool party:)

Tommy and Regina,
Hope yall are doing good and recovering from Las Vagas LOL

Well we have have been busy with Bubba`s eagle Scout Court of honor, it is next saturday. We have most everything done his mom has worked very hard on his scrap book and with everything else. The kids are all good and Calum is getting big. After next week I will be getting in cruise mode..I was there at Christmas and we all got cruise stuff..everyone has new cruise tennis shoes that are on my shelf and we will get them about 2 weeks before the cruise to break them in..oh all exept Calum I had got him shoes and he was already to big for them so I orderd more and thay will be to small by the time we cruise so I will wait and get him some just before we cruise so thay will fit. What do grampas know LOL.
Hope all is well with everyone
 
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oriolesfan22

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Re: Give Me Liberty or Give Me the Big Cats 9/15/07 (or Give Me Both!)

Hi gang - yes, Jim, we were shocked that OSU didn't win. After the return on the first play, I was ready to sit back and enjoy the game, but I was in for a surprise! Greg and I have become OSU fans in the last few years, and we pay attention a lot because of the local kids who end up playing there. Plus, with the Browns sucking and all.....

Happy Belated Birthday to Anne! Hope you guys had a good dinner and that Anne enjoyed shopping.

We'd be in for Priceline as long as we all were going to stay together - and bidding together is a great plan as well. We'd bid for all or pay someone else who wants to bid if that is the plan. It looks like the 4 stars in Downtown Miami pretty much guarantee (as much as anything can be guaranteed on Priceline) the Hyatt or the Intercontinental - and those are both close and nice. I think if you bid the 3 stars, it starts to get iffy. And we could always share a taxi van or two to all go to the port together. Though I know it's a little touristy, Greg and I like walking over to Bayside for dinner. My only question on the multiple room bidding issue is what happens if the roooms are under one credit card and we all get to Miami at differnt times to check in? How would all that work out? That would make me hesitate a bit on doing this all together. And also the parking downtown for all the Floridians might be a pain. Oh well - we've got time to figure this one out!

Cris and Dee - hi - and I hope things with the store are going well too.

And Randy, if you are lurking, hope you guys are doing well since we haven't heard from you in a while.

Ok....ciao for now as they say....Sheree
 
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tommyjeepster

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Re: Give Me Liberty or Give Me the Big Cats 9/15/07 (or Give Me Both!)

I have seen the Hyatt for around $80 on priceline
 
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StudMuffin

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Re: Give Me Liberty or Give Me the Big Cats 9/15/07 (or Give Me Both!)

Good afternoon all,

Sheree, to answer your question, Jim and I actually did the two rooms under one credit card...worked out fine. When you make the reservation, you assign names to each room that way there is no problem with checking in or out. All you will need is a print out of the confirmation #, that's it. I like the close walking proximity of the Holiday Inn, but not for the $149 price tag. It's no where as nice as the Hyatt, Sheraton or Intercontinental...even with the cab fares. I would be curious to see if either of the 4* offer shuttle service? Like you, we have no problem with doing the reservation for all, or reimbursing someone else...either way works for us. I'm going to look at Biddingfortravel.com to see what current bids are running.

Now that we are now within 8 months of cruising, I am becoming increasingly aware of my expanding waistline and the need to go on a diet...is anyone game for the challenge this year?

On the weather front, we have set record lows here the last few days. So cold pipes are bursting everywhere. Both of the vacuumm breakers to our pool and irrigation system blew apart last night and the night before. I'm hoping I can get replacement parts without having to sweat on new breakers.
 
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oriolesfan22

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Re: Give Me Liberty or Give Me the Big Cats 9/15/07 (or Give Me Both!)

George - what kind of record lows are we talking? How funny that we are having high temps and you are having low temps. Though we are supposed to wake up to the white stuff in the morning.
 
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tommyjeepster

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Re: Give Me Liberty or Give Me the Big Cats 9/15/07 (or Give Me Both!)

Intercontinental is walking distance to bayside. Unless it is raining......

Regina

George I am on what do I have to do to exceppt your dieting challenge?
 
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StudMuffin

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Re: Give Me Liberty or Give Me the Big Cats 9/15/07 (or Give Me Both!)

Good morning all,

Sheree, our highs have been in the high 30's to low 40's. Our lows have been in the high teens to the low 20's.

C'mon Regina, it's so much easier to lose the weight when others are also partaking in the misery ;)
 
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StudMuffin

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Re: Give Me Liberty or Give Me the Big Cats 9/15/07 (or Give Me Both!)

A tad quiet today. In looking on bidding for travel it looks like the majority of the Hyatt bids are ranging from $60.00 - $90.00. If everyone would like me to do the bidding, just let me know. Also, what dollar figure does everyone want me to start at and what increments to bid in. I know we have plenty of time, but keep in mind others cruising the same weekend are also considering Priceline, so we don't want to wait to long.
 
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oriolesfan22

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Re: Give Me Liberty or Give Me the Big Cats 9/15/07 (or Give Me Both!)

Brrrr George! Phoenix is having Cleveland temps!

On Priceline - if we could hold off until my vacation time is approved (should be 2/1) I'd really appreciate it. I'd love to see us get it for under $80 if possible - because by the time we pay taxes it'll probably be close to $100 then. We might do better if we wait a couple of months before we try bidding since we are so far out right now. Maybe bid around $60 for a while and see what happens? We could always make back-up reservations the old fashioned way and bid into the summer months if we want. I'm just tossing that out there.....
 
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tommyjeepster

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Re: Give Me Liberty or Give Me the Big Cats 9/15/07 (or Give Me Both!)

That sounds good to me Sheree.

Tom
 
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oriolesfan22

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Re: Give Me Liberty or Give Me the Big Cats 9/15/07 (or Give Me Both!)

Ok - where did everyone go? We were actually doing quite well keeping the chatter up.....
 
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StudMuffin

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Re: Give Me Liberty or Give Me the Big Cats 9/15/07 (or Give Me Both!)

Good morning all,

Sheree, sounds good to us on the hotel front. We need to pick a hotel to do a regular booking to have in place just in case the Priceline way doesn't work out. We can start the bidding once you get your vacation time approved. Any thoughts on the hotel for making a regular booking for? The Hyatt seems like the nicest hotel for the price. On the airline ticket front, oil prices are at $50 and the financial news channels are suggesting that a price war is about to break out between the airlines with the oil prices being so low. We are actually considering taking a late night flight on the 13th, which would put us in Miami early in the morning on the 14th.

Jim, I was looking at ideas for possible dives online. Labadee offers nothing and San Juan doesn't seem to offer much either. Which leaves us with St. Marten...what do you think?

Well, thats it for now, hello Regina, Tommy, Denise, Cris, Julie, Doris.
 
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cruise-girl

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Re: Give Me Liberty or Give Me the Big Cats 9/15/07 (or Give Me Both!)

Hey Cats...what is going on with the boards? I am currently in freezing TX. Still awaiting my dads surgery. Just wanted to say hi.
 
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