A DREAM is a wish your heart makes...Halloween on the High Seas edition - updated 09/14/2014 - Page 25 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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Good luck to Mike with his interviews! Hope he finds the right fit, but working at the Disney store in the meantime doesn't sound bad
I love the pictures from the Pirate Party, you all were having a blast! We watched from that same exact spot up on deck 12, it was the perfect viewing spot.
It looks like they're doing the bunny hop in this picture!
all three!
And I busted out laughing when I saw that picture of me "yelling" at you to come out and do the wobble. It actually looks like I'm whining about it instead. And I think that first dance I was doing up on the top deck was the Cupid Shuffle.
I'm glad you were able to get shots of both shows since I never did. And I love how you got the kids on the big screen.
And how sweet that you have all three of them on your computer screen at work. They all look so cute together!
Proof that Melissa was actually there and having a good time.
It looks like you guys had fun at the party, especially the kids. Dinner looked delicious! You, Mike and the boys make some cool pirates!
Melissa just doesn't like to have her picture taken, but I'm sneaky.
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I hope Mike finds something soon! Interviews lined up are always a good thing.
You've got some dancin' fools in the family. Looks like a good time was had by all. Do you know if they let people ride the AquaDuck while the fireworks are going off? That would be cool to do!
Thanks Missy!
No the AquaDuck was closed - it was closed pretty much the whole night because of the pirate shows and stuff. It would be cool to be riding it while the fireworks were going off though.
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Originally Posted by num1DVCfan
The pirate party looked like a lot of fun. I hope the guest is ok, must have been pretty scary for their family.
The pirate party was a blast!
We never heard anything else about the guest so I hope they were ok too - and had travel insurance. I told Mike after that - I said see, this is why we got passports for the boys too. Just in case!
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Originally Posted by JKnott17
Good luck to Mike with his interviews! Hope he finds the right fit, but working at the Disney store in the meantime doesn't sound bad
I love the pictures from the Pirate Party, you all were having a blast! We watched from that same exact spot up on deck 12, it was the perfect viewing spot.
I'm hoping we hear something soon - even from the Disney store. He has a follow up interview tonight and a phone interview of sorts tomorrow afternoon. Dylan asked this morning if Daddy had picked a new work. Poor kid doesn't know it doesn't work that way. I told him, no buddy, someone has to pick Daddy.
It really was a great spot. I'd be happy to see them from that spot again.
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Originally Posted by honeybee723
It looks like they're doing the bunny hop in this picture!
all three!
And I busted out laughing when I saw that picture of me "yelling" at you to come out and do the wobble. It actually looks like I'm whining about it instead. And I think that first dance I was doing up on the top deck was the Cupid Shuffle.
I'm glad you were able to get shots of both shows since I never did. And I love how you got the kids on the big screen.
And how sweet that you have all three of them on your computer screen at work. They all look so cute together!
Ha ha! It does look like the bunny hop!
I need to send you all my pictures still - or some of them at least.
They do look so cute - even Lukas with his ketchup ring around his mouth.
Can't wait to do it again!
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for Mike - hope he hears from one of the places soon!!!
Thanks Holly. He had his 2nd interview last night with a college and is supposed to hear soon from them. He has a phone interview this afternoon. No word from Disney store yet.
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Since you mentioned this...as I was putting Hope to bed last night she started getting all quiet with this sad little look on her face. So I asked her what was wrong, thinking she was going to say she didn't want to go to bed. Nope, out of the blue she tells me she misses the Disney ship, and wants to know when we're going on it again so she can see Dylan, Lukas, Mrs. Kelly and Mr. Mike. Where the heck did that even come from?!?!?
Since you mentioned this...as I was putting Hope to bed last night she started getting all quiet with this sad little look on her face. So I asked her what was wrong, thinking she was going to say she didn't want to go to bed. Nope, out of the blue she tells me she misses the Disney ship, and wants to know when we're going on it again so she can see Dylan, Lukas, Mrs. Kelly and Mr. Mike. Where the heck did that even come from?!?!?
Aw! That's so sweet! Dylan will mention it every once in a while too. I sure hope we can do it next year at the same time. I'm happy they haven't announced dates past April 2015 yet - I need to hold out as long as possible!
Update on Mike: He starts Sunday at the Disney store! I know it won't be much, but this is at least a little something and it will get him out of the house a bit. Just hope full time follows!
Update on Mike: He starts Sunday at the Disney store! I know it won't be much, but this is at least a little something and it will get him out of the house a bit. Just hope full time follows!
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It actually looks like I'm whining about it instead. 
And I think that first dance I was doing up on the top deck was the Cupid Shuffle. 
They all look so cute together!
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for Mike - hope he hears from one of the places soon!!!
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Where the heck did that even come from?!?!? 
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