8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 15

[DisneyVegas1]

Add me to the list please :wave2:

:thumbsup2 Cool , looks like we could have a pretty big Mini Meet ...That would be AWEsome ...


pirate:

[justmestace]

thanks for all the well wishes everyone!!!
we've been trying since before we booked this cruise, but it just wasn't working. this was our last month of trying before the cruise. we've always wanted 4, but i would have been happy with the 3 i have. my parents and dh's parents of course will have other thoughts!! i'm sure they will have something to say about it messing up our cruise plans, but little do they know that i was praying and hoping....and TBA wheeler baby is already booked for passage!!!! he/she was listed on our ressie jan 31st!!
the kids will be very excited when they find out. they've recently been commenting on how i should have another baby. i think it must be a 6th sense of thiers or something. they will be 10, 8, and 5 at the time of birth....wider age range than i wanted between the last one, but i'll take it!!!


That is awesome news, Shannon! Your kids are a perfect age to have a new baby brother or sister. Congratulations!!

There's 8 years between my oldest and the next one, and 11 years between my oldest and my youngest. We'd been working on it all those years, but I guess God did it the way He wanted it done! Amazingly, all are close friends now that they are 25, 17 & 14.

Congrats again!!!!



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[justmestace]

:thumbsup2 Cool , looks like we could have a pretty big Mini Meet ...That would be AWEsome ...


pirate:



Less than two months now, until we can book our rooms! :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

[tiggrbaby]

I haven't been in the greatest of moods this week but I want to thank you all for all your comments made on this thread. They make me laugh and then I feel better. I go to the Dr's tomorrow and hopefully we will find out what is going on.

Have a Great Sunday!!!!

Karen

Prayers that things go well for you tomorrow. Knowing is always better than not knowing.

[justmestace]

Just thinking.....is this going to be our first DIS baby?? Following along is going to be sooooo exciting!!! He or she will have LOTS of aunties and uncles!!
:banana:

And March is a GREAT month for birthdays. ;) Right, Captain?pirate:

[tiggrbaby]

thanks for all the well wishes everyone!!!
we've been trying since before we booked this cruise, but it just wasn't working. this was our last month of trying before the cruise. we've always wanted 4, but i would have been happy with the 3 i have. my parents and dh's parents of course will have other thoughts!! i'm sure they will have something to say about it messing up our cruise plans, but little do they know that i was praying and hoping....and TBA wheeler baby is already booked for passage!!!! he/she was listed on our ressie jan 31st!!
the kids will be very excited when they find out. they've recently been commenting on how i should have another baby. i think it must be a 6th sense of thiers or something. they will be 10, 8, and 5 at the time of birth....wider age range than i wanted between the last one, but i'll take it!!!

Congratulations!! You are the ones who need to be happy! Glad to hear everything fell into place just in time! Prayers for continued good health!

[disneyjunkie]

thanks for all the well wishes everyone!!!
we've been trying since before we booked this cruise, but it just wasn't working. this was our last month of trying before the cruise. we've always wanted 4, but i would have been happy with the 3 i have. my parents and dh's parents of course will have other thoughts!! i'm sure they will have something to say about it messing up our cruise plans, but little do they know that i was praying and hoping....and TBA wheeler baby is already booked for passage!!!! he/she was listed on our ressie jan 31st!!
the kids will be very excited when they find out. they've recently been commenting on how i should have another baby. i think it must be a 6th sense of thiers or something. they will be 10, 8, and 5 at the time of birth....wider age range than i wanted between the last one, but i'll take it!!!

Congratulations!!:yay: :yay:

[AndyR]

Andy are you a local So Cal? I am not sure what state South of Disorder is located. :confused3

We're physically in Santa Cruz (Mid to Nor-Cal), but in a permanent Jimmy Buffet state of "south of disorder"

Andy

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

Yep ...we Leave Early morning on the 16th ..dang .....Well dont forget we are planning a DIS meet at DL the weekend of March 14 ..Dont forget ...I think a nice lunch or dinner in DTD or DL at the Blue Bayou would be the perfect setting for us Pirates ....


pirate:

Sounds like a plan.

March 2008? Count us in. Somehow we'll find the time to get down there.

Sounds like a plan. We will have to see how many West Coasters we can round up for this. :cool1:

WE are in!!!!! This can be our West Coast Mini-Meet & celebrate the Captain's B'day!!

Ouch twist my arm some more ;) .......I'm sure I can persuade DW and DD to come.

Andy

http://www.foundationforocps.org/Portals/0/CMI%20Files/CountMeIn-3%20purple.jpg

If you'll have us - then count us in! I promise not to post many images from the meet. I'll limit it to the stuff that's only good for petty extortion and low intensity racketeering... OK?

Add me to the list please :wave2:

:thumbsup2 Cool , looks like we could have a pretty big Mini Meet ...That would be AWEsome ...


pirate:

Less than two months now, until we can book our rooms! :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

This is the list of pirates that have responded "Aye" to the DL mini-meet in March of 2008. I know that there are more of us West Coast pirates out there so more are possible. I will mark the calendar on the website.

[magiroux]

hmmm....march 2008.....seems like something is going on in march 2008. oh yeah...that's right...

we just found out we are expecting wheelerkidz #4 then!!!!!!!:cool1:

Congratulations, Shannon!!! :hug: Luv those little babies

On our last cruise it was easy to recognize one of the DIS Cabins by the way the doors were decorated.



Funny you should say that...that is how I knew that a family that I had made a gift bag for had moved. I thought, there is no way a DISer would have a plain old, undecorated door like that ;) . Problem was I had pre-made all my bags with family names and cabin numbers and I ended up with some without a home :upsidedow



I wonder if any think of me as more than just the clowning around sort ... sometimes. I'll be sure to tell my parole officer I've been recognized as a decent sort again! <chuckles> And NO.... I don't have a parole officer - for those who pause to reflect a little more then they should on my remarks...


You just crack me up with your "clowing around". Love all your posts and pitcures

Sure, Crash, you are now IN CHARGE of everything you suggested! ;)

HA!!! This is what happens to me when I make suggestions at PTO Meetings. I have long since learned to keep my big mouth shut :rotfl:



I know there has been many posts about getting penpals for our various offspring & wondered whether it was worth trying to specifically co-ordinate something? What are people's views & how viable do we think it would be? I'm daft enough to say I'd be happy to co-ordinate a list as I know my DD (7) enjoys corresponding with others prior to the cruise.

Last cruise there was a sererate thread for the kids. DD is not much into emailng or communcating via computer, but she did post occasionally. I guess she was more of a "lurker" :rotfl: . She really enjoys meeting people in person though.

Fish Extender = roughly 8" wide set of pockets that you hang from your Mail Fish, so that all the DISers who want to can put stuff in the pockets. There ought to be a link around somewhere...

Wasn't there an Ebay'er/DISer that makes these??? I have always cruised during Christmas so have used a stocking for my Fish Extender in the past.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TINA/Downrivermama!!!

http://tripletmomtreats.com/images/fondant-flowers-lg.jpg

pirate: pirate: Pirating one of Diane's beautiful cakes to wish a Happy (belated) Birthday, Tina

Well...

... chat was nice tonite. Not the usual mass crowd - but nice. May I offer public thanks to JR for graciously setting it up in "The Pirate ZONE" for us in a snap tonight!

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Yes, thanks J.R. - you are one classy guy :thumbsup2

[magiroux]

I haven't been in the greatest of moods this week but I want to thank you all for all your comments made on this thread. They make me laugh and then I feel better. I go to the Dr's tomorrow and hopefully we will find out what is going on.

Have a Great Sunday!!!!

Karen

Karen,

Hoping all works out OK with you tomorrow :grouphug:

[magiroux]

heck no!! we are gonna get alot of flack from some of our family members, so we won't be telling for a bit! glad i have the dis to spill the beans. i just took the test a few hours ago!!!


FLACK!!!?!!! Even if it is a total stranger is annoucing a baby on the way I can't help doing anything but smiling ear to tear.....Luv those Babies :cloud9:

Anyone gives you flack, you just come here to your DIS friends for that "good" karma :tink: :grouphug:

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

We're physically in Santa Cruz (Mid to Nor-Cal), but in a permanent Jimmy Buffet state of "south of disorder"

Andy

Great area Andy and looking forward to seeing you in March.

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

I know there has been many posts about getting penpals for our various offspring & wondered whether it was worth trying to specifically co-ordinate something? What are people's views & how viable do we think it would be? I'm daft enough to say I'd be happy to co-ordinate a list as I know my DD (7) enjoys corresponding with others prior to the cruise.

We have 3 DDs in the 7yr old range that have started corresponding recently. PM me with your email so we can include your daughter.

[captaincrash]

hmmm....march 2008.....seems like something is going on in march 2008. oh yeah...that's right...



















we just found out we are expecting wheelerkidz #4 then!!!!!!! :cool1:

WoW! (Yeowch?)

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That's wonderful news! This stirs my memory of when my spouse declared we were expecting a child! The first time she was screaming from the bathroom and I thought she had an emergency or hurt herself - on seeing her OK but hysterical - I started to turn away and she demanded of me: "do you see this?! Look at this ... is that a line?IS THAT A LINE?".... I glanced and said "ohh.. yeah, I see it"... I paused with a blank unawareness and began to turn again to go... and she stammered: "it's as dark a line as (and so and so)"... and that's when her expression and gesturing hit me ... and I understood.

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[kap158]

I want to thank everyone for their well wishes. You have no idea how much I cherish my fellow disers:grouphug:

I know that if I am in a funky mood you guys can cheer me up and it has helped me alot during this week of waiting.

Karen

[DisneyVegas1]

Less than two months now, until we can book our rooms! :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

Is that when DVC can book as well ?????

pirate:

[DisneyVegas1]

Just thinking.....is this going to be our first DIS baby?? Following along is going to be sooooo exciting!!! He or she will have LOTS of aunties and uncles!!
:banana:

And March is a GREAT month for birthdays. ;) Right, Captain?pirate:

Of course it is .....April is too so I can include My Sweet Melissa and the ST of course too ...lol

pirate:

[captaincrash]

http://www.worldflight2000.com/data/gallery_images/291_sunrise.gif

What a great looking sunday morning (out west)...

... I'm gonna take my older daughter who just woke up out for breakfast.

< One of these days I'm gonna take the time to see a sunrise from the POV above (the seat on the LEFT) ... yeah! >

Say... this was my 5,900th DIS posting.
100 to go til 6000!

[goofyforlife]

Is that when DVC can book as well ?????

pirate:
DVC is 11 months from checkout date.

So mid-sept....

[lotsofboys]

Has anyone received correspondence from DCL regarding an additional $100 per person and a revised balance due?

Per letter from DCL:


The Panama Canal has recently adjusted the per person amount charged for Government Taxes and Fees to transit the canal. As a result, there is a need to collect an additional $100.00 per person for your party. We have enclosed a new confirmation, which reflects the revised balance due.


I have been keeping up with this thread as best I can but don't recall anyone discussing this. That is an additional $500 for our family :eek:

Michelle

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

Has anyone received correspondence from DCL regarding an additional $100 per person and a revised balance due?

Per letter from DCL:



I have been keeping up with this thread as best I can but don't recall anyone discussing this. That is an additional $500 for our family :eek:

Michelle

Thanks Michelle, no one has mentioned this. When did you get this? This would definitely be a downer especially for larger families. That sound like a lot for a port tax/canal tax.

[captaincrash]

Has anyone received correspondence from DCL regarding an additional $100 per person and a revised balance due?

I have been keeping up with this thread as best I can but don't recall anyone discussing this. That is an additional $500 for our family :eek:

Michelle

http://www.operagastro.com/cocktail/images/shirleytemple.jpg

Shoot!

The Panamanians just tagged my party for another $3000! And on the Magic with a registry capacity of 1,754 passengers this will ding us ALL for a collective $175,400! Maybe Disney will do something nice for us to offset this developement? I say they offer free RUM and Shirley Temples for all 15 nites on the sailing?! I'll take a Shirley Temple with an extra cherry please.

http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/hsc1535l.jpg

[kap158]

http://www.operagastro.com/cocktail/images/shirleytemple.jpg

Shoot!

The Panamanians just tagged my party for another $3000! And on the Magic with a registry capacity of 1,754 passengers this will ding us ALL for a collective $175,400! Maybe Disney will do something nice for us to offset this developement? I say they offer free RUM and Shirley Temples for all 15 nites on the sailing?! I'll take a Shirley Temple with an extra cherry please.

http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/hsc1535l.jpg


I'll Take the RUM!:drinking1

Karen

[lotsofboys]

Thanks Michelle, no one has mentioned this. When did you get this? This would definitely be a downer especially for larger families. That sound like a lot for a port tax/canal tax.

We received it in the mail yesterday, 7/21 directly from DCL. It came with the letter I quoted and a revised confirmation.

It seemed steep to us as well considering we didn't have to pay it on the 2005 repo.

Michelle

[buckifan]

thanks for all the well wishes everyone!!!
we've been trying since before we booked this cruise, but it just wasn't working. this was our last month of trying before the cruise. we've always wanted 4, but i would have been happy with the 3 i have. my parents and dh's parents of course will have other thoughts!! i'm sure they will have something to say about it messing up our cruise plans, but little do they know that i was praying and hoping....and TBA wheeler baby is already booked for passage!!!! he/she was listed on our ressie jan 31st!!
the kids will be very excited when they find out. they've recently been commenting on how i should have another baby. i think it must be a 6th sense of thiers or something. they will be 10, 8, and 5 at the time of birth....wider age range than i wanted between the last one, but i'll take it!!!

Shannon....I just read of the good news! That is wonderful....congrats!

[got2travel]

hmmm....march 2008.....seems like something is going on in march 2008. oh yeah...that's right...



















we just found out we are expecting wheelerkidz #4 then!!!!!!!:cool1:





Congratulations



:cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

[goofyforlife]

We received it in the mail yesterday, 7/21 directly from DCL. It came with the letter I quoted and a revised confirmation.

It seemed steep to us as well considering we didn't have to pay it on the 2005 repo.

Michelle

Wasn't the canal still under US control in 05.....? Now that the Panamanian gov has control, maybe this tax is their way to stick "it" to us foreigners.

Guess i will have spend $300 less in drinks/pictures/shore excursions....

Hear that Mickey....?:sad2:

****update..just checked and control of canal went over in 1999.
But if we all get this fee...That bites

[got2travel]

:thumbsup2 Cool , looks like we could have a pretty big Mini Meet ...That would be AWEsome ...


pirate:


We should be able to make it too

[got2travel]

Has anyone received correspondence from DCL regarding an additional $100 per person and a revised balance due?

Per letter from DCL:



I have been keeping up with this thread as best I can but don't recall anyone discussing this. That is an additional $500 for our family :eek:

Michelle


haven't gotten anything here

[tom31b]

Has anyone received correspondence from DCL regarding an additional $100 per person and a revised balance due?

Per letter from DCL:



I have been keeping up with this thread as best I can but don't recall anyone discussing this. That is an additional $500 for our family :eek:

Michelle


This was on some of the other boards too......

It just stinks! :mad: :mad: I have read and re-read the fine print and can't see anything about who bears the risk of increased fees.

I would strongly encourage everyone to call DCL when you get this letter and hem and haw (nice way of saying witch and complain?) and when the regular phone answerer can't help you, ask to talk to a manager and demand that they show you exactly where it says in clear plain English that they can do this. Maybe if enough call, they might do something about it....:confused3

[micmse2003]

I just wanted to say are mini meet was great!!!!!:banana: :thumbsup2 :woohoo: :yay: :dance3:

We got to meet with castoff (Tina, DD... Brooke, and DH... Chuck),geffric (Susan and her DH.... Scott), and pdarrah(Pamela and DS... Darrah)Pammela's DH... Dan put in retaining wall this morning and was exhausted:sad2: !!! What a great bunch of people from the Chicago area.

We all laughed,ate, and talked alot!!!! We are all hoping to plan something again before the cruise.:cheer2: :cheer2: :yay: :yay:

[castoff]

I just wanted to say are mini meet was great!!!!!:banana: :thumbsup2 :woohoo: :yay: :dance3:

We got to meet with castoff (Tina, DD... Brooke, and DH... Chuck),geffric (Susan and her DH.... Scott), and pdarrah(Pamela and DS... Darrah)Pammela's DH... Dan put in retaining wall this morning and was exhausted:sad2: !!! What a great bunch of people from the Chicago area.

We all laughed,ate, and talked alot!!!! We are all hoping to plan something again before the cruise.:cheer2: :cheer2: :yay: :yay:

:rotfl2: I had a feeling you would beat me on here before I could.
Ditto to everything Cheryl said !:thumbsup2

Oh I am posting some pics from yesterday, some I know you will enjoy and the rest are for the pirate:

[tom31b]

Anybody know what the PC/UMS net ton of the magic is?

[castoff]

One of my now favorite castles...............
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/tazzinna/ScienceDis-meet011.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/tazzinna/ScienceDis-meet010.jpg

This is from the show CSI, actually the miniture they used, quite cool.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/tazzinna/ScienceDis-meet002.jpg

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/tazzinna/ScienceDis-meet014.jpg

[micmse2003]

These are pictures of the Chicago mini meet thanks to Tina!!!:cool1:

This picture is of Pamela and her DS darrah
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/tazzinna/ScienceDis-meet018.jpg

This picture is of Tina on the left and her DH Chuck and of course John and myself.
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Susan and her DH Scott were hidden!!!:sad2: Tina's daughter Brooke was a little camera shy!!!:rolleyes1

And of course the ballons were Pirates of the Caribbean!!!! :yay: :yay:

[castoff]

hmmm....march 2008.....seems like something is going on in march 2008. oh yeah...that's right...
we just found out we are expecting wheelerkidz #4 then!!!!!!!:cool1:



:cheer2: :cheer2: Congratulations !


On our last cruise it was easy to recognize one of the DIS Cabins by the way the doors were decorated.


Nice door signs :)



http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b144/brackjr/fishextender.jpg

My DW just bought one with the Disney cartridge. :woohoo:

I don't even think I want to know more about Disney Scrapbooking stuff.;)

[micmse2003]

I don't even think I want to know more about Disney Scrapbooking stuff.;)

Thanks Tina:banana: I did not waste any time posting the pictures:woohoo:

[castoff]

:thumbsup2 Cool , looks like we could have a pretty big Mini Meet ...That would be AWEsome ...


pirate:


Wish I could be there.:sad2: Have a Great time.:)


Has anyone received correspondence from DCL regarding an additional $100 per person and a revised balance due?

Per letter from DCL:



I have been keeping up with this thread as best I can but don't recall anyone discussing this. That is an additional $500 for our family :eek:

Michelle

I just paid off cruise last week. ( By Check ) I haven't heard anything about this. Anyone through dreams? Have you been contacted?

Belated Birthday Wishes Tina
Hope it was a nice one.:bday: :cake:

[captaincrash]

http://www.partirencroisiere.fr/images/navire/big/big_Costa-Fortuna.jpg

We were wandering around the web looking at cruises - one my Dad wanted to do in February and while doing it we noticed a deal with Costa. They're doing Eastern sailings on the Fortuna with kids sailing FREE... and the 7 nite sailings start around $399 for the first two. Thats' a Eastern circuit R/t from FLL with San Juan, St Thomas, Catalina Island, Casa de Campo/la Romana and Nassau. The lowest price starts on the date we selected totals $1068 for the four of us in a catagory 5! Our cabin location looks good with the beauty salon above and sleeping rooms below... and a position slightly forward of center.

http://albertjanbouwknegt.nl/images/PICT0599web2.jpg

Air fare from LA to FLL with no extra time there runs us just under $300 pp... however we prefer to fly United and that's gonna cost us almost $330 for the privilage of accumulating qualifying miles with them.

At any rate - we've never sailed Costa - and I think I'll be fishing through Cruise C R I T I C boards a bit as I evaluate whether this ship, line and port rotation is the bargain I think it is. I figure air is slightly high - but the cruise is pretty cheap for a week - especially for ports which are of sharp interest to us... San Juan, St Thomas and Nassau. The other ports I have not hesrd of before - so there will be an element of discovery in those places.

http://www.kreuzfahrt-sonne.de/AASchiffsdatenbank/Costa/Costa_Fortuna/atrium.jpg http://www.kreuzfahrt-sonne.de/AASchiffsdatenbank/Costa/Costa_Fortuna/pianobar1.jpg

Anyone have any opinion on this or Costa in particular? The "Fortuna" is a behemouth at 105,000 tons and not too old as a 2002 launched ship. PAX loading seems to be 2720 with an Italian/International crew of 1068 which - coincidentially is the price we're paying in dollars. The bottom level cabin we've reserved is only 160 feet - but tomorrow when I talk to thier reservationists maybe we'll consider other digs.

http://www.kreuzfahrt-sonne.de/AASchiffsdatenbank/Costa/Costa_Fortuna/theater.jpg http://www.kreuzfahrt-sonne.de/AASchiffsdatenbank/Costa/Costa_Fortuna/restaurant3.jpg

I figure that sailin' a non-Disney line periodically refreshes our sense of perspective in appreciating DCL. I already know this will not be anything like a Disney cruise - but it is less then half the cost and covers several ports we would not otherwise see.

[dahuffy]

Has anyone received correspondence from DCL regarding an additional $100 per person and a revised balance due?

Per letter from DCL:



I have been keeping up with this thread as best I can but don't recall anyone discussing this. That is an additional $500 for our family :eek:

Michelle

Nothing here!

[castoff]

Thanks Tina:banana: I did not waster any time posting the pictures:woohoo:

Your Welcome.:) Brooke better get over her camera shy by next Aug. Oh are there going to be some pictures.:rotfl2:



Tom: Sent you a PM :rolleyes1


Need to go for now, feel like I can say I have friends in Chicago.:goodvibes It's a good feeling.

[geffric]

I just wanted to say are mini meet was great!!!!!:banana: :thumbsup2 :woohoo: :yay: :dance3:

We got to meet with castoff (Tina, DD... Brooke, and DH... Chuck),geffric (Susan and her DH.... Scott), and pdarrah(Pamela and DS... Darrah)Pammela's DH... Dan put in retaining wall this morning and was exhausted:sad2: !!! What a great bunch of people from the Chicago area.

We all laughed,ate, and talked alot!!!! We are all hoping to plan something again before the cruise.:cheer2: :cheer2: :yay: :yay:

It was great fum.. thanks for organizing this Cheryl..

[dahuffy]

http://www.operagastro.com/cocktail/images/shirleytemple.jpg

Shoot!

The Panamanians just tagged my party for another $3000! And on the Magic with a registry capacity of 1,754 passengers this will ding us ALL for a collective $175,400! Maybe Disney will do something nice for us to offset this developement? I say they offer free RUM and Shirley Temples for all 15 nites on the sailing?! I'll take a Shirley Temple with an extra cherry please.

http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/hsc1535l.jpg

How 'bout OBC!

[geffric]

Your Welcome.:) Brooke better get over her camera shy by next Aug. Oh are there going to be some pictures.:rotfl2:

I am sure she will be more in the mood once we get on the ship.. and she has more kids her age around.. It is a shame that I couldn't convince Eric to come, he would have flirted with her..:hippie:

Need to go for now, feel like I can say I have friends in Chicago.:goodvibes It's a good feeling.

Doesn't it make ya feel like singing the song from Toy Story.. You've got a freind in me..

You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
When the road looks rough ahead
And you're miles and miles
From your nice warm bed
You just remember what your old pal said
Boy, you've got a friend in me
Yeah, you've got a friend in me

You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
If you've got troubles, I've got 'em too
There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you
We stick together and can see it through
Cause you've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me

Some other folks might be
A little bit smarter than I am
Bigger and stronger too
Maybe
But none of them will ever love you
The way I do, it's me and you

Boy, and as the years go by
Our friendship will never die
You're gonna see it's our destiny
You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me

[micmse2003]

We received it in the mail yesterday, 7/21 directly from DCL. It came with the letter I quoted and a revised confirmation.

It seemed steep to us as well considering we didn't have to pay it on the 2005 repo.

Michelle

Wish I could be there.:sad2: Have a Great time.:)

I just paid off cruise last week. ( By Check ) I haven't heard anything about this. Anyone through dreams? Have you been contacted?


Has anyone received correspondence from DCL regarding an additional $100 per person and a revised balance due?

Per letter from DCL:

I have been keeping up with this thread as best I can but don't recall anyone discussing this. That is an additional $500 for our family :eek:

Michelle

Thanks Michelle, no one has mentioned this. When did you get this? This would definitely be a downer especially for larger families. That sound like a lot for a port tax/canal tax.

You have the right idea!!!

haven't gotten anything here


This was on some of the other boards too......

It just stinks! :mad: :mad: I have read and re-read the fine print and can't see anything about who bears the risk of increased fees.

I would strongly encourage everyone to call DCL when you get this letter and hem and haw (nice way of saying witch and complain?) and when the regular phone answerer can't help you, ask to talk to a manager and demand that they show you exactly where it says in clear plain English that they can do this. Maybe if enough call, they might do something about it....:confused3


I just called DCL when I got home from mini meet. I was told that if cruise was not paid in full, additional taxes would be charged. She did not give me an exact amount because I was told my TA(Dreams) would be contacting me!!:mad: I figure I made more than that in interest if I let DCL have my money early. I just said I would be spending $200 less on pictures, gifts, and excursions!!!

[geffric]

I just called DCL when I got home from mini meet. I was told that if cruise was not paid in full, additional taxes would be charged. She did not give me an exact amount because I was told my TA(Dreams) would be contacting me!!:mad: I figure I made more than that in interest if I let DCL have my money early. I just said I would not be spending $200 less on pictures, gifts, and excursions!!!


I would think that not many people have paid in full a year in advance..so... I guess I'll call the TA tomorrow and see what is up.. :confused3

[Stepht5]

We all laughed,ate, and talked alot!!!! We are all hoping to plan something again before the cruise.:cheer2: :cheer2: :yay: :yay:

What a surprise! :rotfl: :rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl:

I'm so glad y'all had fun today!!!

[tiggrbaby]

Hey, I may actually be able to help you for a change! We went on Costa Mediterranea in April (Easter week). We went because we were looking for something last minute and inexpensive. We got obstructed view (cat 6) staterooms. With insurance and fees it was just over $1500 a cabin for two. We felt the cabin was a decent size and had ample storage space. We were thrilled with the one cabin that was on the end nearest the elevator as it had a triple length balcony! The balcony actually went past the length of the cabin and behind the service area. We were on deck 5, which made an easy walk down to deck 2 for the dining room and up to deck 9 for the buffet/pool.

I felt it was a very casual cruise; they really were not too strict on their dress code. Even formal night seemed to be a suggestion. They did a few cute things in the dining room, but where we were sitting made it difficult to see. We did need to get our table reassigned as they split our two cabins up, but that could have been due to the fact we booked so late. I thought they could have handled that better, but it didn't spoil the week!

One really nice thing I learned about on the CC website was this option for your keycard. You pay a fee (it was about $11.50 a day per person who wanted it) to get unlimited house wine, tap beer, bottled water, and soda at meals only. My sister and I decided to do it, and even though we did not have too many lunches on board (we did not find too many bar tenders willing to serve outside the hours after the first day!) we thought it was worth it. After showing the card the first night, the waiter brought bottled water right away, and always gave us the full bottle of wine, not just the glass. We usually went through two bottles of water and at least a bottle of wine each night just the two of us! I believe this is something you must buy before the cruise, you cannot get it onboard, so if you have wine or beer with your meals and you ar not fussy about the lable, I would suggest this option.

I can't really tell you about the kids program as I have teen boys and they really just like to eat; their idea of a good time is to order room service! We did not go to any shows as we were doing 4 ports and we wanted to be up and ready. We did use our balcony, and we did use the fitness center, which was nice. Oh, we did use the slide once. It was fun, but the water was cold!

I guess we were most impressed with how clean everything was. And they have a toga night, which was a lot of fun! They leave white sheets in the cabins with directions on how to wrap it. Some people bring their own, and bring accessories. I would say about half the people dress in the togas for dinner. We brought ivy and coin trim from the craft department at Walmart and lots of safety pins!

PM me if you want more info; hope this helps!
http://www.partirencroisiere.fr/images/navire/big/big_Costa-Fortuna.jpg


We were wandering around the web looking at cruises - one my Dad wanted to do in February and while doing it we noticed a deal with Costa. They're doing Eastern sailings on the Fortuna with kids sailing FREE... and the 7 nite sailings start around $399 for the first two. Thats' a Eastern circuit R/t from FLL with San Juan, St Thomas, Catalina Island, Casa de Campo/la Romana and Nassau. The lowest price starts on the date we selected totals $1068 for the four of us in a catagory 5! Our cabin location looks good with the beauty salon above and sleeping rooms below... and a position slightly forward of center.

http://albertjanbouwknegt.nl/images/PICT0599web2.jpg

Air fare from LA to FLL with no extra time there runs us just under $300 pp... however we prefer to fly United and that's gonna cost us almost $330 for the privilage of accumulating qualifying miles with them.

At any rate - we've never sailed Costa - and I think I'll be fishing through Cruise C R I T I C boards a bit as I evaluate whether this ship, line and port rotation is the bargain I think it is. I figure air is slightly high - but the cruise is pretty cheap for a week - especially for ports which are of sharp interest to us... San Juan, St Thomas and Nassau. The other ports I have not hesrd of before - so there will be an element of discovery in those places.

http://www.kreuzfahrt-sonne.de/AASchiffsdatenbank/Costa/Costa_Fortuna/atrium.jpg http://www.kreuzfahrt-sonne.de/AASchiffsdatenbank/Costa/Costa_Fortuna/pianobar1.jpg

Anyone have any opinion on this or Costa in particular? The "Fortuna" is a behemouth at 105,000 tons and not too old as a 2002 launched ship. PAX loading seems to be 2720 with an Italian/International crew of 1068 which - coincidentially is the price we're paying in dollars. The bottom level cabin we've reserved is only 160 feet - but tomorrow when I talk to thier reservationists maybe we'll consider other digs.

http://www.kreuzfahrt-sonne.de/AASchiffsdatenbank/Costa/Costa_Fortuna/theater.jpg http://www.kreuzfahrt-sonne.de/AASchiffsdatenbank/Costa/Costa_Fortuna/restaurant3.jpg

I figure that sailin' a non-Disney line periodically refreshes our sense of perspective in appreciating DCL. I already know this will not be anything like a Disney cruise - but it is less then half the cost and covers several ports we would not otherwise see.

[dahuffy]

http://www.partirencroisiere.fr/images/navire/big/big_Costa-Fortuna.jpg

We were wandering around the web looking at cruises - one my Dad wanted to do in February and while doing it we noticed a deal with Costa. They're doing Eastern sailings on the Fortuna with kids sailing FREE... and the 7 nite sailings start around $399 for the first two. Thats' a Eastern circuit R/t from FLL with San Juan, St Thomas, Catalina Island, Casa de Campo/la Romana and Nassau. The lowest price starts on the date we selected totals $1068 for the four of us in a catagory 5! Our cabin location looks good with the beauty salon above and sleeping rooms below... and a position slightly forward of center.

http://albertjanbouwknegt.nl/images/PICT0599web2.jpg

Air fare from LA to FLL with no extra time there runs us just under $300 pp... however we prefer to fly United and that's gonna cost us almost $330 for the privilage of accumulating qualifying miles with them.

At any rate - we've never sailed Costa - and I think I'll be fishing through Cruise C R I T I C boards a bit as I evaluate whether this ship, line and port rotation is the bargain I think it is. I figure air is slightly high - but the cruise is pretty cheap for a week - especially for ports which are of sharp interest to us... San Juan, St Thomas and Nassau. The other ports I have not hesrd of before - so there will be an element of discovery in those places.

http://www.kreuzfahrt-sonne.de/AASchiffsdatenbank/Costa/Costa_Fortuna/atrium.jpg http://www.kreuzfahrt-sonne.de/AASchiffsdatenbank/Costa/Costa_Fortuna/pianobar1.jpg

Anyone have any opinion on this or Costa in particular? The "Fortuna" is a behemouth at 105,000 tons and not too old as a 2002 launched ship. PAX loading seems to be 2720 with an Italian/International crew of 1068 which - coincidentially is the price we're paying in dollars. The bottom level cabin we've reserved is only 160 feet - but tomorrow when I talk to thier reservationists maybe we'll consider other digs.

http://www.kreuzfahrt-sonne.de/AASchiffsdatenbank/Costa/Costa_Fortuna/theater.jpg http://www.kreuzfahrt-sonne.de/AASchiffsdatenbank/Costa/Costa_Fortuna/restaurant3.jpg

I figure that sailin' a non-Disney line periodically refreshes our sense of perspective in appreciating DCL. I already know this will not be anything like a Disney cruise - but it is less then half the cost and covers several ports we would not otherwise see.

FLL?

[tiggrbaby]

FLL?

Ft. Lauderdale

[Stepht5]

That is awesome news, Shannon! Your kids are a perfect age to have a new baby brother or sister. Congratulations!!

There's 8 years between my oldest and the next one, and 11 years between my oldest and my youngest. We'd been working on it all those years, but I guess God did it the way He wanted it done! Amazingly, all are close friends now that they are 25, 17 & 14.

Congrats again!!!!


That's like us -- 27ds, 24dd, 16dd, 9ds & 6dd. ;) He had an awesome plan for us! :)

[Stepht5]

hmmm....march 2008.....seems like something is going on in march 2008. oh yeah...that's right...




we just found out we are expecting wheelerkidz #4 then!!!!!!!:cool1:


:dance3: :dance3: :dance3: :dance3:

How exciting!!! Two (of our five) were March babies! :)

[Stepht5]

My DW just bought one with the Disney cartridge. :woohoo:

Cool! :thumbsup2

I asked dh to try to see if he could get me one at wholesale cost -- he's in the craft business and they do some work with ProvoCraft..... I want the big machine (that cuts paper up to 12 x 24 size) and all 4 of the Disney cartridges.....

[Stepht5]

heck no!! we are gonna get alot of flack from some of our family members, so we won't be telling for a bit! glad i have the dis to spill the beans. i just took the test a few hours ago!!!

:hug: I know that feeling well!!!! When we were pg with #3 my IL's told our other two (10 & 7) that they had only wanted one grandchild...... :sad2:

When I was pg with #5 my dad used to make comments in front of me to toher people (things like I sure hope this is the last, etc...) We were with a room full of his family (my Aunts & Uncles, cousins, etc... after the funeral of one of his sisters) and I said *Yea. It's a shame Grandma didn't stop at Five.* My dad is number 6..... :rotfl: :rotfl: He never said that again! ;)

[Stepht5]

My DW was in that part of the DFW area yesterday visiting a big scrapbook store.

We're here until Friday of next week.

Recollections? That is about 10 min from my house -- I live right off of the Interstate! :)

I wish I had PM'd you my cell number I could have met her there! ;)

[Stepht5]

The closest I come to any "games" is online Hangman on the Pogo site! :lmao: Kev and I have no kids so you'll find no Xboxes,Nintendos,Wii, Ipods,Bluetooths,etc. in our house. Hell, I still have all of our LPs!

Kev plays "Hero" with a group of his buddies, not any online games. They've been off for the summer but normally get together every other week or so.

hhmmm...All of oldest ds friends thought it was so cool that he always had the newest game system & games.... He would always tell them *It's my dad's but, he lets me play whenever I want* :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: A few years ago *Santa* thought everyone in the house needed an iPod for Christmas.......:rotfl: :rotfl: We call dh the *High Tech Redneck* :laughing:

[dahuffy]

:hug: I know that feeling well!!!! When we were pg with #3 my IL's told our other two (10 & 7) that they had only wanted one grandchild...... :sad2:

When I was pg with #5 my dad used to make comments in front of me to toher people (things like I sure hope this is the last, etc...) We were with a room full of his family (my Aunts & Uncles, cousins, etc... after the funeral of one of his sisters) and I said *Yea. It's a shame Grandma didn't stop at Five.* My dad is number 6..... :rotfl: :rotfl: He never said that again! ;)

I married the youngest of 5 boys....28 yrs. ago. :)

[dahuffy]

hhmmm...All of oldest ds friends thought it was so cool that he always had the newest game system & games.... He would always tell them *It's my dad's but, he lets me play whenever I want* :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: A few years ago *Santa* thought everyone in the house needed an iPod for Christmas.......:rotfl: :rotfl: We call dh the *High Tech Redneck* :laughing:

:lmao: I have a BIL that is a true Techno Geek! Always has to have the latest and greatest gadgets when they first hit the shelf. My SIL is always asking him "How many cell phones does one man need anyway?" Gotta love 'em. ;)

[dahuffy]

Hey, I may actually be able to help you for a change! We went on Costa Mediterranea in April (Easter week). We went because we were looking for something last minute and inexpensive. We got obstructed view (cat 6) staterooms. With insurance and fees it was just over $1500 a cabin for two. We felt the cabin was a decent size and had ample storage space. We were thrilled with the one cabin that was on the end nearest the elevator as it had a triple length balcony! The balcony actually went past the length of the cabin and behind the service area. We were on deck 5, which made an easy walk down to deck 2 for the dining room and up to deck 9 for the buffet/pool.

I felt it was a very casual cruise; they really were not too strict on their dress code. Even formal night seemed to be a suggestion. They did a few cute things in the dining room, but where we were sitting made it difficult to see. We did need to get our table reassigned as they split our two cabins up, but that could have been due to the fact we booked so late. I thought they could have handled that better, but it didn't spoil the week!

One really nice thing I learned about on the CC website was this option for your keycard. You pay a fee (it was about $11.50 a day per person who wanted it) to get unlimited house wine, tap beer, bottled water, and soda at meals only. My sister and I decided to do it, and even though we did not have too many lunches on board (we did not find too many bar tenders willing to serve outside the hours after the first day!) we thought it was worth it. After showing the card the first night, the waiter brought bottled water right away, and always gave us the full bottle of wine, not just the glass. We usually went through two bottles of water and at least a bottle of wine each night just the two of us! I believe this is something you must buy before the cruise, you cannot get it onboard, so if you have wine or beer with your meals and you ar not fussy about the lable, I would suggest this option.

I can't really tell you about the kids program as I have teen boys and they really just like to eat; their idea of a good time is to order room service! We did not go to any shows as we were doing 4 ports and we wanted to be up and ready. We did use our balcony, and we did use the fitness center, which was nice. Oh, we did use the slide once. It was fun, but the water was cold!

I guess we were most impressed with how clean everything was. And they have a toga night, which was a lot of fun! They leave white sheets in the cabins with directions on how to wrap it. Some people bring their own, and bring accessories. I would say about half the people dress in the togas for dinner. We brought ivy and coin trim from the craft department at Walmart and lots of safety pins!

PM me if you want more info; hope this helps!

Are there a Lot of smokers on these ships? I have asthma,that's why I ask.

[got2travel]

:hug: I know that feeling well!!!! When we were pg with #3 my IL's told our other two (10 & 7) that they had only wanted one grandchild...... :sad2:

When I was pg with #5 my dad used to make comments in front of me to toher people (things like I sure hope this is the last, etc...) We were with a room full of his family (my Aunts & Uncles, cousins, etc... after the funeral of one of his sisters) and I said *Yea. It's a shame Grandma didn't stop at Five.* My dad is number 6..... :rotfl: :rotfl: He never said that again! ;)



nice comeback...sure put him in his place

[tiggrbaby]

Are there a Lot of smokers on these ships? I have asthma,that's why I ask.

I believe smoking is limited to certain areas of the ship, but there are a lot of Europeans on the ship (every announcement is made in five languages!), and they are usually known for smoking more. The only time I really remember being near anything smokey was when we were looking for lounge chairs in the shade and we ended up near one of the ash tray boxes. We just moved the chairs. I am not sure about the lounges and casino, either. My sister and I actually went to Mass twice in one of the theatres, and I don't remember it being smokey. We were also there for the Captain's gala night and the opening show, and I don't remember smoke then, either. I do remember moving ashtrays from tables near the bar outside the buffet near the pool on deck 9, but I don't remember anyone smoking while I was there, although if there were ashtrays there, that must mean they can smoke at that bar area. But I don't have asthma, so I would probably not be as attuned to it as you would.

Hope that helps!

[got2travel]

OMG!

I was flipping through channels and on the Weather Channel they are showing footage from a ship in a storm. They are all sitting in interior areas with life vests on and are sliding back and forth across the floors. Full grown adults sliding around. In one hallway one of the girls went in her cabin to grab something and you could hear her getting thrown against the wall.

It's not anything current, I don't even know when it happened. Finally caught the name of the ship, the Explorer. Seems to have a lot of students on it, not sure if it's a teaching ship or what.

Scary! They've moved on now to some other disaster. I don't think I like watching the Weather Channel now.

[cruisin'Mike]

hmmm....march 2008.....seems like something is going on in march 2008. oh yeah...that's right...



















we just found out we are expecting wheelerkidz #4 then!!!!!!!:cool1:

CONGRATULATIONS!



I go to the Dr's tomorrow and hopefully we will find out what is going on.


Karen

Karen, prayers and pixie dust that everything goes well for you tomorrow.

[dahuffy]

I believe smoking is limited to certain areas of the ship, but there are a lot of Europeans on the ship (every announcement is made in five languages!), and they are usually known for smoking more. The only time I really remember being near anything smokey was when we were looking for lounge chairs in the shade and we ended up near one of the ash tray boxes. We just moved the chairs. I am not sure about the lounges and casino, either. My sister and I actually went to Mass twice in one of the theatres, and I don't remember it being smokey. We were also there for the Captain's gala night and the opening show, and I don't remember smoke then, either. I do remember moving ashtrays from tables near the bar outside the buffet near the pool on deck 9, but I don't remember anyone smoking while I was there, although if there were ashtrays there, that must mean they can smoke at that bar area. But I don't have asthma, so I would probably not be as attuned to it as you would.

Hope that helps!


Thank you dear. I'm also an ex-smoker myself, so I can really smell it now. I haven't had one in 10 yrs or so...doesn't mean I don't crave one once in while! ;)

[pdarrah]

I told DH about the possible $100/person panama canal fee, so he started poking around the net. He found this site http://www.pancanal.com/eng/maritime/tolls.html which looks like it is indeed a new toll they are charging - it goes into effect this October.

I agree with Tom that we should all call Disney and protest - I doubt they will just eat the cost, but maybe they will give in on some sort of onboard credit to offset it a little - even $50 per person would make it more palatable and feel like DCL was at least trying to share the cost.

With the ship sailing completely full, they can't be cutting it close on profit on this sailing.

Pamela (pdarrah)

[tiggrbaby]

Thank you dear. I'm also an ex-smoker myself, so I can really smell it now. I haven't had one in 10 yrs or so...doesn't mean I don't crave one once in while! ;)

Wow, that's great! Good for you to give it up!

[roseprincess]

Thank you mcimse2003, for letting my family and I come by and visit awhile at your cruise Dismeet!!:goodvibes
It was nice to visit with other Chicago area Disers! :thumbsup2
Sorry we had to leave a little early, my DD doesn't like to stay long at places, when it has to with us(parents). DD is special needs and doesn't have the attention span at times.

It was nice to meet with you, mcimse2003 and your DH.:thumbsup2
It was nice to visit with Geffric again and meet her DH.:thumbsup2
It was nice to meet with you, castoff, and meet your family :thumbsup2
And it was nice to meet Pam and her DS :thumbsup2

Thanks again for letting our family visit with all of you! :cool1:

[dahuffy]

I told DH about the possible $100/person panama canal fee, so he started poking around the net. He found this site http://www.pancanal.com/eng/maritime/tolls.html which looks like it is indeed a new toll they are charging - it goes into effect this October.

I agree with Tom that we should all call Disney and protest - I doubt they will just eat the cost, but maybe they will give in on some sort of onboard credit to offset it a little - even $50 per person would make it more palatable and feel like DCL was at least trying to share the cost.

With the ship sailing completely full, they can't be cutting it close on profit on this sailing.

Pamela (pdarrah)

I sent an email to my TA at Dreams and she said that she hadn't heard anything about it..yet. But if she does, someone from DU will contact me.

[captaincrash]

Hey, I may actually be able to help you for a change! We went on Costa Mediterranea in April (Easter week). We went because we were looking for something last minute and inexpensive. We got obstructed view (cat 6) staterooms. With insurance and fees it was just over $1500 a cabin for two. We felt the cabin was a decent size and had ample storage space. We were thrilled with the one cabin that was on the end nearest the elevator as it had a triple length balcony! The balcony actually went past the length of the cabin and behind the service area. We were on deck 5, which made an easy walk down to deck 2 for the dining room and up to deck 9 for the buffet/pool.

I felt it was a very casual cruise; they really were not too strict on their dress code. Even formal night seemed to be a suggestion. They did a few cute things in the dining room, but where we were sitting made it difficult to see. We did need to get our table reassigned as they split our two cabins up, but that could have been due to the fact we booked so late. I thought they could have handled that better, but it didn't spoil the week!

One really nice thing I learned about on the CC website was this option for your keycard. You pay a fee (it was about $11.50 a day per person who wanted it) to get unlimited house wine, tap beer, bottled water, and soda at meals only. My sister and I decided to do it, and even though we did not have too many lunches on board (we did not find too many bar tenders willing to serve outside the hours after the first day!) we thought it was worth it. After showing the card the first night, the waiter brought bottled water right away, and always gave us the full bottle of wine, not just the glass. We usually went through two bottles of water and at least a bottle of wine each night just the two of us! I believe this is something you must buy before the cruise, you cannot get it onboard, so if you have wine or beer with your meals and you ar not fussy about the lable, I would suggest this option.

I can't really tell you about the kids program as I have teen boys and they really just like to eat; their idea of a good time is to order room service! We did not go to any shows as we were doing 4 ports and we wanted to be up and ready. We did use our balcony, and we did use the fitness center, which was nice. Oh, we did use the slide once. It was fun, but the water was cold!

I guess we were most impressed with how clean everything was. And they have a toga night, which was a lot of fun! They leave white sheets in the cabins with directions on how to wrap it. Some people bring their own, and bring accessories. I would say about half the people dress in the togas for dinner. We brought ivy and coin trim from the craft department at Walmart and lots of safety pins!

PM me if you want more info; hope this helps!

http://www.cruise24.de/images/ships/costa/costa_fortuna/costa_fortuna_aussen.jpg

Thank You for the reliable insights Tiggrbaby!

... We were looking for the background info on a sailing my Dad sudddenly expressed interest in - when we stumbled upon this Costa offer. As it turns out we can do it - but were still reviewing the details to ensure all our "ducks are in line".

It sounds as if you had no gripes or disappointments - and that's good. And I must say the $1500 for an obstructed veranda sounds like a fair deal! Our thing is thier cheapest inside deal - which happens to place us in thier top inside catagory. The direct pricing is lower then the TA site where we found the deal. In a few moments I'm going to try for the TA reverse auction site - CRUISE COMPETE. However, it's already cheap enough - as in - how much cheaper can it get?

Aside from that - we know next to nothing about this line. I think when they sail in Europe the ships see a lot of Europeans and - that means a lot of smokers. Something we're not too keen of - but when saving about half with some compromises (no Giant Mouse or Walt themed things) then we have to expect some losses for the savings.

At any rate = we will probably book this tomorrow - unless we find a better deal somewhere.

Thanks again for your insights - if we have any Qs which we feel you might know about - then we'll PM ya' - thanks fer the offer of further insights!

[lotsofboys]

This was on some of the other boards too......

It just stinks! :mad: :mad: I have read and re-read the fine print and can't see anything about who bears the risk of increased fees.

My DH did the same thing and could not find anything that indicates one way or the other whether DCL can pass this on to us. I have a feeling that it is hidden somewhere :confused:

Michelle

[captaincrash]

Well....

... seeing as this is not a US flagged ship they adhere to the maritime laws of their flag. And they obviously choose to flag their ships where the laws are VERY favorable to them. So - off hand I don't see as to how we could resist being charged for the $100pp.

Of course, polite griping can't hurt too much. I mean a bunch of us are still awaiting guarantee assignments - so that means if anyone were too intense in thier complaints they misght still get a cabin assignment under the Rockin' Bar D or next to the engine room, eh?

http://www.skyscrapersunset.com/log/images/050804.jpghttp://www.etplanet.com/download/gallery/gal/funny%20picture/funny%20picture%2007/monkeycartoon.gif
Above left is an image of the north-bound 101 freeway just above Ventura. On the right is a dramatization of me tomorrow morning...

At any rate - to change gears briefly now - I am gonna be on the road monday and tuesday so may not lurk as much as I might otherwise. Of course, everyones' heard that from me before - right? And I have a new notebook to try at the hotel tomorrow. So I'll maybe hook up in the evening.

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

Hello All
Just checked my online ressie and indeed an extra $400 has been added on already :mad: This is not going to go over very well. I think that all of us were at or above our max price when we booked this cruise and now hidden charges. DCL had to of known about this back when they were negotiating with the canal for passage. I do think that there is a clause in the cruise contract (will check tomorrow) that allows for changes in port charges but not $100/pp. I am expecting the letter this week and will definitely going to phone to give them my opinion.

[Friend_of_Piglet]

Have a Happy Monday everyone!!! :hippie: :grouphug: pixiedust:

[paulasillars]

hmmm....march 2008.....seems like something is going on in march 2008. oh yeah...that's right...
we just found out we are expecting wheelerkidz #4 then!!!!!!!:cool1:

:cool1: Congratulations to you and your family! Very exciting news!

Paula
NZ

[Verandah Man]

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Laura/eeyorelvr10

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[captaincrash]

http://helpdesk.boisestate.edu/tonya/Hobbies/Laura's_birthday_cake.jpg

Have a HAP-PEEE BURTH - DAAAAEEE Laura!

[captaincrash]

Hello All
Just checked my online ressie and indeed an extra $400 has been added on already :mad: This is not going to go over very well. I think that all of us were at or above our max price when we booked this cruise and now hidden charges. DCL had to of known about this back when they were negotiating with the canal for passage. I do think that there is a clause in the cruise contract (will check tomorrow) that allows for changes in port charges but not $100/pp. I am expecting the letter this week and will definitely going to phone to give them my opinion.

I'm only posting this image 'cause certain friends are on Kauai now and less likely to see it ... <chuckles>
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/wip/examples/gas2/OilPricesFirstBorn.jpg

I must agree entirely - however - I don't want to inspire a full on revolt. Not yet at least. I figure we can wait til we're all aboard and have the crew out-numbered.

Seriously, I don't know what we can do. In a sold out state it's a pretty hot commodity - and Iwonder how many will seriously cancel. I am not sure about this - except to say this is not benefiting Disneys' bank UNLESS anyone cancels and they resell the cabin at top dollar. Either way.... most of us are gonna notice the extra cost - no doubt about it.

Oh well... if you sense any sympathy or wiggle room on Disney responding or offerring anything tangible we'd all appreciate the heads up. I think I'm gonna call tomorrow too - and probe the issue for weakness and look for some kind of benefit for all of us. Maybe they'll seriously do something.... anyhthing as a gesture of good faith. EH? Everyone getting $100 in Shutters credit for each CABIN would not hurt them any would it? Or how about some kind of BOOST to a cabin gift of some magnitude? What? I don't know .... but if they do nothing - I can easly envision lower sales in Shutters and the spa. No doubt about it.

On he other hand - I would like to urge some degree of calm. This is still a fair value for an amazing voyage.

[captaincrash]

ZZzzzzzzzzz......

http://www.gifted.uconn.edu/nviews/images/sleepy.gif

Have a great week folks!

[LITTLEKID58]

:surfweb:

GM pirate:

Presently 73 going up to 85 here in Sunny Central Florida possible chance of rain 70 per cent

party: :bday: party: :bday: party:

:welcome: aboard to all the newbies

pixiedust: :grouphug: :hug: and prayers to everyone who is going to need it today.

Have a great Monday

[bellelinus]

:bday: :bday: :bday: :bday: :bday:

Happy Birthday, Laura!!! (eeyorelver10)

[tiggrbaby]

Happy Birthday Laura!
http://www.commentreload.com/Images/birthdays/images/cakes.jpg
eeyorelver10

[joksten2000]

26 days to our cruise, everyone is very excited even Ian Thomas (.7 yrs)

Sorry to hear about the Canal Tax, that's another $900 for me.

I've had no luck getting on the new web site. Have followed directions that were sent, anyone can help!!!

#800 never thought I'd get there.

[kap158]

Good Monday Morning Everyone!!!:surfweb:

I haven't seen anything in regards to the extra $100.00pp.

I will definitely call my TA today!


Have a Great Monday!!!!


Karen

[Verandah Man]

#800 never thought I'd get there.



:thumbsup2 Congrats on post #800 John!!! :thumbsup2

[Stepht5]

Thank you dear. I'm also an ex-smoker myself, so I can really smell it now. I haven't had one in 10 yrs or so...doesn't mean I don't crave one once in while! ;)

My mother quit for a couple of years and she said that she would have dreams about going out and buying cigarettes....

[Verandah Man]

I'm sitting here waiting for our family doc's office to open at 9am. I've been up and down all night, that's why I posted around 3am this morning. I think I either pulled or strained a muscle on the right side of my chest as I was moving heavy furniture the other day for Hazel. :sick: I've tried everything I could think of to relieve the pain, but nothing has helped. At 3am this morning my chest felt as though it was on fire so I put an ice pack on it and was able to fall back to sleep until 6am.

I called out of work today, with the extra help that I received over the past few weeks, the water meter readings are actually ahead of schedule(for a change). :thumbsup2

If anyone has any extra :wizard: I'd appreciate some of it sent my way.

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/GoofyontheHiSeas/wontsing.jpg

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
LAURA
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a352/GoofyontheHiSeas/26798.jpg

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

I'm sitting here waiting for our family doc's office to open at 9am. I've been up and down all night, that's why I posted around 3am this morning. I think I either pulled or strained a muscle on the right side of my chest as I was moving heavy furniture the other day for Hazel. :sick: I've tried everything I could think of to relieve the pain, but nothing has helped. At 3am this morning my chest felt as though it was on fire so I put an ice pack on it and was able to fall back to sleep until 6am.

I called out of work today, with the extra help that I received over the past few weeks, the water meter readings are actually ahead of schedule(for a change). :thumbsup2

If anyone has any extra :wizard: I'd appreciate some of it sent my way.

Take care of yourself Andy.
:grouphug:

[tom31b]

I told DH about the possible $100/person panama canal fee, so he started poking around the net. He found this site http://www.pancanal.com/eng/maritime/tolls.html which looks like it is indeed a new toll they are charging - it goes into effect this October.

I agree with Tom that we should all call Disney and protest - I doubt they will just eat the cost, but maybe they will give in on some sort of onboard credit to offset it a little - even $50 per person would make it more palatable and feel like DCL was at least trying to share the cost.

With the ship sailing completely full, they can't be cutting it close on profit on this sailing.

Pamela (pdarrah)


WARNING, MATH ALERT (BUT MONEY INVOLVED)


Now they charge on a special Panama canal ton which is based on volume. Gross tonnage is also based on volume. I don't know the Magic's weight in PC tons, but in Gross Tons, the tax is about a $35,000 difference, based on Magic's capacity of (what did Crash say 1,750 people) and a likely cruise population of about 1,500, the per person charge is about $25.00.


...................................old............ ........new..................diff
First 10,000...........$ 29,600.00.......$ 33,900.00........$ 4,300.00
Second 10,000.......$ 29,000.00.......$ 33,200.00........$ 4,200.00
Balance 63,000.......$179,550.00......$205,380.00.......$2 5,830.00
Total 83,000..........$238,150.00......$272,480.00...... $34,330.00

So, unless the PC Ton is about 4 times a Gross ton, Disney is goughing us here! (unless its $100 per cabin, not passenger...)

[tom31b]

Well....

... seeing as this is not a US flagged ship they adhere to the maritime laws of their flag. And they obviously choose to flag their ships where the laws are VERY favorable to them. So - off hand I don't see as to how we could resist being charged for the $100pp.

Of course, polite griping can't hurt too much. I mean a bunch of us are still awaiting guarantee assignments - so that means if anyone were too intense in thier complaints they misght still get a cabin assignment under the Rockin' Bar D or next to the engine room, eh?



Except that the contract we have is with Disney Travel or some such, a US company, located in Florida and we have agreed to venue our disputes in Florida..... (of course we didn't really sign a contract did we....)

[tom31b]

Hello All
Just checked my online ressie and indeed an extra $400 has been added on already :mad: This is not going to go over very well. I think that all of us were at or above our max price when we booked this cruise and now hidden charges. DCL had to of known about this back when they were negotiating with the canal for passage. I do think that there is a clause in the cruise contract (will check tomorrow) that allows for changes in port charges but not $100/pp. I am expecting the letter this week and will definitely going to phone to give them my opinion.

The toll increase came out in May. However, the tolls have increased similarly the last 4 years, they should have known.

[tom31b]

26 days to our cruise, everyone is very excited even Ian Thomas (.7 yrs)

Sorry to hear about the Canal Tax, that's another $900 for me.

I've had no luck getting on the new web site. Have followed directions that were sent, anyone can help!!!

#800 never thought I'd get there.

Anyone with website problems should use the address on the website front page to e-mail the webmaster.

[Downrivermama]

Hey all, we are back form WDW. Had a magical birthday! Didn't see the dream team except once. Saw people with fast passes but that was it. It turned out to be an expensive trip, but the next time we go they will "Welcome us home at SSR!"

We flew Southwest for the first time. They are awesome! The employees are actually happy.

Now it looks like I've got alot of ketchup to do!

[tom31b]

Hey all, we are back form WDW. Had a magical birthday! Didn't see the dream team except once. Saw people with fast passes but that was it. It turned out to be an expensive trip, but the next time we go they will "Welcome us home at SSR!"

We flew Southwest for the first time. They are awesome! The employees are actually happy.

Now it looks like I've got alot of ketchup to do!

Welcome Home!

[buckifan]

Hey all, we are back form WDW. Had a magical birthday! Didn't see the dream team except once. Saw people with fast passes but that was it. It turned out to be an expensive trip, but the next time we go they will "Welcome us home at SSR!"

We flew Southwest for the first time. They are awesome! The employees are actually happy.

Now it looks like I've got alot of ketchup to do!

Welcome back, Tina! Hope you had a great Birthday!!

[buckifan]

Hello All
Just checked my online ressie and indeed an extra $400 has been added on already :mad: This is not going to go over very well. I think that all of us were at or above our max price when we booked this cruise and now hidden charges. DCL had to of known about this back when they were negotiating with the canal for passage. I do think that there is a clause in the cruise contract (will check tomorrow) that allows for changes in port charges but not $100/pp. I am expecting the letter this week and will definitely going to phone to give them my opinion.

Roger....did you transfer your ressie to a TA? I looked on DCL site, and my balance doesn't even show up. Looked on DU site, and my balance is the same as it was, no increase.

Not that this is fair at all, but is it possible they cannot charge the increase if a TA has the ressie?

Only reason I ask is that someone stated earlier that DCL said if balance is not paid in full, they will charge the increase.

Either way....this HOOTS!

[Downrivermama]

Thanks you guys. We had a blast, even though dd pouted abit that it was my birthday and not hers! Of course she got to pick where we would go. Can't wait to go back and stay at SSR. The models were great. DD was having FL withdrawl this morning. She wants to move there!

[bellelinus]

I'm sitting here waiting for our family doc's office to open at 9am. I've been up and down all night, that's why I posted around 3am this morning. I think I either pulled or strained a muscle on the right side of my chest as I was moving heavy furniture the other day for Hazel. :sick: I've tried everything I could think of to relieve the pain, but nothing has helped. At 3am this morning my chest felt as though it was on fire so I put an ice pack on it and was able to fall back to sleep until 6am.

I called out of work today, with the extra help that I received over the past few weeks, the water meter readings are actually ahead of schedule(for a change). :thumbsup2

If anyone has any extra :wizard: I'd appreciate some of it sent my way.

pixiedust: pixiedust: pixiedust: pixiedust: pixiedust: pixiedust: pixiedust:


Hope you feel better soon, Andy! pixiedust:

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

Roger....did you transfer your ressie to a TA? I looked on DCL site, and my balance doesn't even show up. Looked on DU site, and my balance is the same as it was, no increase.

Not that this is fair at all, but is it possible they cannot charge the increase if a TA has the ressie?

Only reason I ask is that someone stated earlier that DCL said if balance is not paid in full, they will charge the increase.

Either way....this HOOTS!

I orginally booked directly on the DCL website and have not yet transferred to a TA. My confirmation number has not changed but there is an additional $400 on my bill from the last time I checked. This works out to a 6% increase for us. There went my Tier 1 pricing.

[Verandah Man]

Hey Guys,

I just arrived home from seeing the doc and stopping at CVS after having two prescriptions filled. What I thought was pain from a sore muscle, turned out to be a case of Shingles. As soon as the doc saw a rash on my back, he knew exactly what I had. He said the Shingles is what was causing the burning sensation I was feeling. WOW, lucky me!!!

The doc said stress could bring on the Shingles, and I told the doc I have been under a great deal of stress with work, see I knew this job was getting the better of me...........:lmao:

Oh well, I already had Thursday and Friday scheduled off as vacation days, so I will go back to work for Tuesday and Wednesday, a very short two day work week for me..........:goodvibes

Thanks for the :wizard: everyone!!! ;)

[tom31b]

Hey Guys,

I just arrived home from seeing the doc and stopping at CVS after having two prescriptions filled. What I thought was pain from a sore muscle, turned out to be a case of Shingles. As soon as the doc saw a rash on my back, he knew exactly what I had. He said the Shingles is what was causing the burning sensation I was feeling. WOW, lucky me!!!

The doc said stress could bring on the Shingles, and I told the doc I have been under a great deal of stress with work, see I knew this job was getting the better of me...........:lmao:

Oh well, I already had Thursday and Friday scheduled off as vacation days, so I will go back to work for Tuesday and Wednesday, a very short two day work week for me..........:goodvibes

Thanks for the :wizard: everyone!!! ;)


Thank God it is just shingles and not a heart attack or something like that.

Stinks that you have to deal with this.....

Get better.

[got2travel]

I'm sitting here waiting for our family doc's office to open at 9am. I've been up and down all night, that's why I posted around 3am this morning. I think I either pulled or strained a muscle on the right side of my chest as I was moving heavy furniture the other day for Hazel. :sick: I've tried everything I could think of to relieve the pain, but nothing has helped. At 3am this morning my chest felt as though it was on fire so I put an ice pack on it and was able to fall back to sleep until 6am.

I called out of work today, with the extra help that I received over the past few weeks, the water meter readings are actually ahead of schedule(for a change). :thumbsup2

If anyone has any extra :wizard: I'd appreciate some of it sent my way.


:grouphug: Hope the doc can help you out Andy :grouphug:




ok, I see you're back already.....glad they got it figured out and it wasn't any worse

[buckifan]

Hey Guys,

I just arrived home from seeing the doc and stopping at CVS after having two prescriptions filled. What I thought was pain from a sore muscle, turned out to be a case of Shingles. As soon as the doc saw a rash on my back, he knew exactly what I had. He said the Shingles is what was causing the burning sensation I was feeling. WOW, lucky me!!!

The doc said stress could bring on the Shingles, and I told the doc I have been under a great deal of stress with work, see I knew this job was getting the better of me...........:lmao:

Oh well, I already had Thursday and Friday scheduled off as vacation days, so I will go back to work for Tuesday and Wednesday, a very short two day work week for me..........:goodvibes

Thanks for the :wizard: everyone!!! ;)


Take it easy, Andy......hope you feel better soon.

Roger......that is a significant % increase. This is really stinky. I have a $400 OBC right now, so there goes the benefit of that! Of course, I'm still living if fantasyland that they may just "forget" to charge me the increase....I think I continue living there until I actually get that letter.

[Sarangel]

hmmm....march 2008.....seems like something is going on in march 2008. oh yeah...that's right...
we just found out we are expecting wheelerkidz #4 then!!!!!!!:cool1:

Woo Hoo! Congratulations! 'Course, that probably lets you out on the travelling front...

[goofyforlife]

we just found out we are expecting wheelerkidz #4 then!!!!!!!:cool1:

Pirates response: Yeah Congrats:banana:

DCL Response: That'll be another $100 please

No wait that's $600 for your immed. family. :scared1:


BTW all....I e-mailed my TA to see if she knows anything....

[mkygrl]

Hi everyone! Hope we all had a nice weekend!

Getting ready to go to Vermont/Montreal...


Andy ...hope you are feeling better soon...just take it easy!

Laura...Happy Birthday!!!!!


Chrissie

[micmse2003]

I told DH about the possible $100/person panama canal fee, so he started poking around the net. He found this site http://www.pancanal.com/eng/maritime/tolls.html which looks like it is indeed a new toll they are charging - it goes into effect this October.

I agree with Tom that we should all call Disney and protest - I doubt they will just eat the cost, but maybe they will give in on some sort of onboard credit to offset it a little - even $50 per person would make it more palatable and feel like DCL was at least trying to share the cost.

With the ship sailing completely full, they can't be cutting it close on profit on this sailing.

Pamela (pdarrah)

I totally believe DCL will not take a loss on the cruise. :lmao: Maybe a few picture credits or just credit to spend in the store would be goodwill towards the devoted Disers!!:yay: I will definely let DCL know again once I receive the letter from the DCL to my TA.:rolleyes1

Thank you mcimse2003, for letting my family and I come by and visit awhile at your cruise Dismeet!!:goodvibes
It was nice to visit with other Chicago area Disers! :thumbsup2
Sorry we had to leave a little early, my DD doesn't like to stay long at places, when it has to with us(parents). DD is special needs and doesn't have the attention span at times.

It was nice to meet with you, mcimse2003 and your DH.:thumbsup2
It was nice to visit with Geffric again and meet her DH.:thumbsup2
It was nice to meet with you, castoff, and meet your family :thumbsup2
And it was nice to meet Pam and her DS :thumbsup2

Thanks again for letting our family visit with all of you! :cool1:

I am glad you joined us for short while. It was our pleasure to meet with you as well!! I was thinking about checking out the Chicago thread as soon as things slow down a bit!!:thumbsup2 .



Hey Guys,

I just arrived home from seeing the doc and stopping at CVS after having two prescriptions filled. What I thought was pain from a sore muscle, turned out to be a case of Shingles. As soon as the doc saw a rash on my back, he knew exactly what I had. He said the Shingles is what was causing the burning sensation I was feeling. WOW, lucky me!!!

The doc said stress could bring on the Shingles, and I told the doc I have been under a great deal of stress with work, see I knew this job was getting the better of me...........:lmao:

Oh well, I already had Thursday and Friday scheduled off as vacation days, so I will go back to work for Tuesday and Wednesday, a very short two day work week for me..........:goodvibes

Thanks for the :wizard: everyone!!! ;)

I heard shingles can be very painful Andy.:eek: I guess Ther-a-gisic will not fix that.:sad2: Hope you have a better day tomorrow.:goodvibes

[mkygrl]

Hey!?

When did I go over 800! I missed it!!!

Chrissie

[tom31b]

Hey!?

When did I go over 800! I missed it!!!

Chrissie

About 7 messages ago! :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

Congrats on the 800 and you are at 414 on the thread.... :cool1:

[mkygrl]

About 7 messages ago! :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

Congrats on the 800 and you are at 414 on the thread.... :cool1:

Ahhh Smarty!

414 on thread?? What does that mean?

Chrissie
(thanks for the congrats!)

[The FairyGodmother]

Hi everyone,
Sorry it has been SOOO LOOONG since I posted. Seems like life is flying by. We had our vacation and then Elizabeth's surgery and I just didn't seem to have the time to devote to reading along. I am so sure I have missed a ton of stuff. Saw a post about the website. Great to hear about that. I am sure it is great.
Elizabeth is in the recovery stage of her surgery and is still not able to put any weight on her leg so she pretty much stays on the couch or wanders around on her crutches. I spend my time playing nurse and waitress. They found some missing cartilage and a tear inside the hip joint. We are praying that they have fixed the problem. Not much they can do about the missing cartilage but they fixed the tear and hope that will give her some relief. Right now she is in so much pain from the actual surgery she can't tell if there is a difference yet.
I only read the last couple pages and have no plans to try to catch up on what I missed but I wanted to tell Andy that I hope he feels better soon.

And to my DISsister Laura I want to wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t222/TheNextFairyGodmother/Birthdayballoons.gif Have some cake for me since it my birthday too but I can't have cake since I weigh in tomorrow.

[Sarangel]

:thumbsup2 Cool , looks like we could have a pretty big Mini Meet ...That would be AWEsome ...
pirate:

If enough of us come, does that make it a MAXI-Meet?

I want to thank everyone for their well wishes. You have no idea how much I cherish my fellow disers:grouphug:

I know that if I am in a funky mood you guys can cheer me up and it has helped me alot during this week of waiting.

Karen

Be well Karen. Prayers & Pixie Dust & all that.


Has anyone received correspondence from DCL regarding an additional $100 per person and a revised balance due?

No letter, and I haven't checked the website... I guess I really do need to sit down & write the complaint letter I've been thinking about (I'm still steamed about how poorly they handled the reservations).

If anyone has any extra :wizard: I'd appreciate some of it sent my way.

pixiedust: pixiedust: pixiedust:

I hear Shingles can be quite painful... Here's hoping your case is mild & doesn't last long.


It turned out to be an expensive trip, but the next time we go they will "Welcome us home at SSR!"

Now THAT'S a birthday present. Welcome Home!

[mkygrl]

Hi everyone,
Sorry it has been SOOO LOOONG since I posted. Seems like life is flying by. We had our vacation and then Elizabeth's surgery and I just didn't seem to have the time to devote to reading along. I am so sure I have missed a ton of stuff. Saw a post about the website. Great to hear about that. I am sure it is great.
Elizabeth is in the recovery stage of her surgery and is still not able to put any weight on her leg so she pretty much stays on the couch or wanders around on her crutches. I spend my time playing nurse and waitress. They found some missing cartilage and a tear inside the hip joint. We are praying that they have fixed the problem. Not much they can do about the missing cartilage but they fixed the tear and hope that will give her some relief. Right now she is in so much pain from the actual surgery she can't tell if there is a difference yet.
I only read the last couple pages and have no plans to try to catch up on what I missed but I wanted to tell Andy that I hope he feels better soon.
And to my DISsister Laura I want to wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Have some cake for me since it my birthday too but I can't have cake since I weigh in tomorrow.

Happy Birthday to you!

Wishing Elizabeth a speedy recovery!:grouphug:

Chrissie

[DisneyVegas1]

DVC is 11 months from checkout date.

So mid-sept....

thats for your home resort ...I think its 7 months for everything else ..

pirate:

[goofyforlife]

thats for your home resort ...I think its 7 months for everything else ..

pirate:

Nope DLP, DCL, & DL other ressies go under a 11 month rule....

Disney collection i believe.....

[goofyforlife]

Here from the DVC Site:

The Disney Collection
Please note:

60-day rule applies (excluding Disneyland® Resort Hotels in California).
All reservations are subject to availability.
If payment of fees is not received at the time of confirmation, Disney Vacation Club reserves the right to cancel the reservation.
Some Reservation Points charts may not be available at the 11-month booking window.
A non-refundable $75 transaction fee applies per confirmed reservation through Disney Cruise Line®.
Walt Disney World® Resort in Florida
Book your vacation from 11 months to 2 days in advance.

Disneyland® Resort in California
Book your vacation from 11 months to 2 days in advance.

Disneyland® Resort in Paris
Book your vacation from 11 months to 14 days in advance.

Disney Cruise Line®
Book your vacation from 11 months to 14 days in advance.

Hong Kong Disneyland ® Resort
Book your vacation from 6 months to 14 days in advance.

Tokyo Disney® Resort
Book your vacation from 6 months to 14 days in advance.

Adventures by Disney
Book your vacation from 11 months to 30 days in advance.

[DisneyVegas1]

Hey all, we are back form WDW. Had a magical birthday! Didn't see the dream team except once. Saw people with fast passes but that was it. It turned out to be an expensive trip, but the next time we go they will "Welcome us home at SSR!"

We flew Southwest for the first time. They are awesome! The employees are actually happy.

Now it looks like I've got alot of ketchup to do!

Welcome Back and Congrats on the DVC ....


pirate:

[castoff]

Good Morning Everyone :goodvibes
I didn't have time to get back on here last night. Good reason though, We finished our puzzle within a puzzle.:cheer2: :cheer2: Yes Brooke helped and even Dante with 2 pieces.:rolleyes1 I don't think his work will show through though.:rotfl2: Here is the pic. of it. Hope you can see all the detail, it was really hard. Off to post office, bank and frame shop to get puzzle framed to be put in our bedroom. I will ketchup :surfweb: later. Tina
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/tazzinna/Puzzle001.jpg

[goofyforlife]

Good Morning Everyone :goodvibes
I didn't have time to get back on here last night. Good reason though, We finished our puzzle within a puzzle.

Cute.....Devon just finshed a POTC one. It was only a 300 piece one so only took her couple days.

[DisneyVegas1]

Here from the DVC Site:

The Disney Collection
Please note:

60-day rule applies (excluding Disneyland® Resort Hotels in California).
All reservations are subject to availability.
If payment of fees is not received at the time of confirmation, Disney Vacation Club reserves the right to cancel the reservation.
Some Reservation Points charts may not be available at the 11-month booking window.
A non-refundable $75 transaction fee applies per confirmed reservation through Disney Cruise Line®.
Walt Disney World® Resort in Florida
Book your vacation from 11 months to 2 days in advance.

Disneyland® Resort in California
Book your vacation from 11 months to 2 days in advance.

Disneyland® Resort in Paris
Book your vacation from 11 months to 14 days in advance.

Disney Cruise Line®
Book your vacation from 11 months to 14 days in advance.

Hong Kong Disneyland ® Resort
Book your vacation from 6 months to 14 days in advance.

Tokyo Disney® Resort
Book your vacation from 6 months to 14 days in advance.

Adventures by Disney
Book your vacation from 11 months to 30 days in advance.

Cool ....Thanks

pirate:

[kap158]

I'm sitting here waiting for our family doc's office to open at 9am. I've been up and down all night, that's why I posted around 3am this morning. I think I either pulled or strained a muscle on the right side of my chest as I was moving heavy furniture the other day for Hazel. :sick: I've tried everything I could think of to relieve the pain, but nothing has helped. At 3am this morning my chest felt as though it was on fire so I put an ice pack on it and was able to fall back to sleep until 6am.

I called out of work today, with the extra help that I received over the past few weeks, the water meter readings are actually ahead of schedule(for a change). :thumbsup2

If anyone has any extra :wizard: I'd appreciate some of it sent my way.

Andy,

I hope you make out ok at the DR'S.pixiedust: is coming your way.


Karen

[kap158]

Hey all, we are back form WDW. Had a magical birthday! Didn't see the dream team except once. Saw people with fast passes but that was it. It turned out to be an expensive trip, but the next time we go they will "Welcome us home at SSR!"

We flew Southwest for the first time. They are awesome! The employees are actually happy.

Now it looks like I've got alot of ketchup to do!

Glad you had a wonderful birthday at WDW. What better place to spend it!!!!!




Karen

[The FairyGodmother]

Good Morning Everyone :goodvibes
I didn't have time to get back on here last night. Good reason though, We finished our puzzle within a puzzle.:cheer2: :cheer2: Yes Brooke helped and even Dante with 2 pieces.:rolleyes1 I don't think his work will show through though.:rotfl2: Here is the pic. of it. Hope you can see all the detail, it was really hard. Off to post office, bank and frame shop to get puzzle framed to be put in our bedroom. I will ketchup :surfweb: later. Tina
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/tazzinna/Puzzle001.jpg


I've done this one too. I love it. It is hanging in my workroom.

[tom31b]

Ahhh Smarty!

414 on thread?? What does that mean?

Chrissie
(thanks for the congrats!)

414 (now 15) posts on this thread alone (go to the "Cruise Meets" page and look for this thread then click on the column with the number of posts and you will get a list of who has posted how many times).

[tom31b]

So where are the Harry Potter fans on the thread? Still pouring through the 759 pages?

[The FairyGodmother]

So where are the Harry Potter fans on the thread? Still pouring through the 759 pages?

My DS read it last night. He is sworn to secrecy so that the others who want to read can read it with out him ruining it.

He said it was good. I haven't read any of them. So Mark is going to get me the CD's so I can catch up while I walk.

[mousehouseman]

Good Morning Everyone :goodvibes
I didn't have time to get back on here last night. Good reason though, We finished our puzzle within a puzzle.:cheer2: :cheer2: Yes Brooke helped and even Dante with 2 pieces.:rolleyes1 I don't think his work will show through though.:rotfl2: Here is the pic. of it. Hope you can see all the detail, it was really hard. Off to post office, bank and frame shop to get puzzle framed to be put in our bedroom. I will ketchup :surfweb: later. Tina
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Hey Tina, we have the same puzzle. When I was home with my 2nd by-pass Cheryl and I worked on it for the full 8 weeks. have not had it framed to date. I'll probably make my own frame since I have the tools and machines to do it.

John

[justmestace]

Hi Tina! Glad you had a GREAT birthday!!

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Jared and I are flying Southwest tomorrow to Omaha. I don't like the "no seat assignment" thing, but have to admit, they do make the flight entertaining.
When we flew to Vegas last month, one flight attendant had us in stitches the whole time.




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[justmestace]

Andy...I hope the meds work right away and you're feeling 100% (or as close as we can hope to get) SOON!

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[mousehouseman]

Happy Birthday Laura, from Cheryl and John. Cheryl asked me to tell you because she is laying out in the yard today soaking in the sun, while I'm here at work. She'll post a cake later.


:bday: :bday: :bday: :bday:

[tom31b]

My DS read it last night. He is sworn to secrecy so that the others who want to read can read it with out him ruining it.

He said it was good. I haven't read any of them. So Mark is going to get me the CD's so I can catch up while I walk.

But I want to tell people about all the deaths, mayhem, destruction.....

[Sarangel]

So where are the Harry Potter fans on the thread? Still pouring through the 759 pages?

Page 691... I should be able to polish it off at lunch today. Then DH gets it.

[dahuffy]

Happy Birthday Laura!
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eeyorelver10

Oooo-Ahhhh Pretty!!!:rotfl:

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

So where are the Harry Potter fans on the thread? Still pouring through the 759 pages?

Shhhhhhh!!!!

I have about another week on Upcountry by Nelson DeMille before I can start #7. After I am done we can talk.

[tom31b]

Page 691... I should be able to polish it off at lunch today. Then DH gets it.

Oh, so you are right at the part where...........:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

We just bit the bullet and bought 2, I wasn't gonna wait .......

[tom31b]

DVC is 11 months from checkout date.

So mid-sept....

So for the calendar challenged.... September 17, 2007?

[dahuffy]

My mother quit for a couple of years and she said that she would have dreams about going out and buying cigarettes....

:thumbsup2 I can really relate to that! I have dreams all the time that I'm lighting one right after the other...pretty much like I used to. And I always wake up like "What the hell are thinking?" :lmao:

[dahuffy]

I'm sitting here waiting for our family doc's office to open at 9am. I've been up and down all night, that's why I posted around 3am this morning. I think I either pulled or strained a muscle on the right side of my chest as I was moving heavy furniture the other day for Hazel. :sick: I've tried everything I could think of to relieve the pain, but nothing has helped. At 3am this morning my chest felt as though it was on fire so I put an ice pack on it and was able to fall back to sleep until 6am.

I called out of work today, with the extra help that I received over the past few weeks, the water meter readings are actually ahead of schedule(for a change). :thumbsup2

If anyone has any extra :wizard: I'd appreciate some of it sent my way.

Ouchy :headache: Andy you gotta be more careful, you're not 20 yrs old ya know. And besides, you have nothing to prove to Hazel, she already knows you're a Macho Man :firefight pirate: ::cop: :cool2: :moped: :rotfl2:

[got2travel]

So where are the Harry Potter fans on the thread? Still pouring through the 759 pages?


I read the books but usually months after they come out once I can finally snag a copy from the library. I've got a few friends who got it at midnight and have already finished. Maybe I'll borrow their copy.

[Downrivermama]

Welcome Back and Congrats on the DVC ....


pirate:


Thanks. I'm excited about it. Had my mind 95% made up to do it, just needed to be pushed over the edge! Who am I kidding, I knew I would, just wanted to check out the accommodations! Very nice. Wasn't real impressed with mousekeeping at Pop this time.

Here from the DVC Site:

The Disney Collection
Please note:

60-day rule applies (excluding Disneyland® Resort Hotels in California).
All reservations are subject to availability.
If payment of fees is not received at the time of confirmation, Disney Vacation Club reserves the right to cancel the reservation.
Some Reservation Points charts may not be available at the 11-month booking window.
A non-refundable $75 transaction fee applies per confirmed reservation through Disney Cruise Line®.
Walt Disney World® Resort in Florida
Book your vacation from 11 months to 2 days in advance.

Disneyland® Resort in California
Book your vacation from 11 months to 2 days in advance.

Disneyland® Resort in Paris
Book your vacation from 11 months to 14 days in advance.

Disney Cruise Line®
Book your vacation from 11 months to 14 days in advance.

Hong Kong Disneyland ® Resort
Book your vacation from 6 months to 14 days in advance.

Tokyo Disney® Resort
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Thanks.

Hi Tina! Glad you had a GREAT birthday!!


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Jared and I are flying Southwest tomorrow to Omaha. I don't like the "no seat assignment" thing, but have to admit, they do make the flight entertaining.
When we flew to Vegas last month, one flight attendant had us in stitches the whole time.




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Thanks! It was a chance to recharge before school starts! I thought that the seating would really bother me, but I managed to get A boarding passes coming and going, so it worked out. It's just nice that there is an airline out there that isn't having a labor dispute and the employees seem happy!:)

[dahuffy]

Roger....did you transfer your ressie to a TA? I looked on DCL site, and my balance doesn't even show up. Looked on DU site, and my balance is the same as it was, no increase.

Not that this is fair at all, but is it possible they cannot charge the increase if a TA has the ressie?

Only reason I ask is that someone stated earlier that DCL said if balance is not paid in full, they will charge the increase.

Either way....this HOOTS!

I'm with DU also and there's nothing added to ours ...yet.

[goofyforlife]

My TA just called Disney and confirmed that prices increases did go into effect for everyone.... :headache:

(Except those paid off; blah, blah, blah, something about paids having contract obligational yada yada... Still not fair :mad: )

Like i said.... minimal costs around... No photos, no drinks that i don't bring on-board myself. (They better not even think of banning my cases of water.) No :scared1: Spa.

[dahuffy]

Hey Guys,

I just arrived home from seeing the doc and stopping at CVS after having two prescriptions filled. What I thought was pain from a sore muscle, turned out to be a case of Shingles. As soon as the doc saw a rash on my back, he knew exactly what I had. He said the Shingles is what was causing the burning sensation I was feeling. WOW, lucky me!!!

The doc said stress could bring on the Shingles, and I told the doc I have been under a great deal of stress with work, see I knew this job was getting the better of me...........:lmao:

Oh well, I already had Thursday and Friday scheduled off as vacation days, so I will go back to work for Tuesday and Wednesday, a very short two day work week for me..........:goodvibes

Thanks for the :wizard: everyone!!! ;)

Oh, Andy :sad2: I know my mom and FIL can fell for ya. Their's both went undiagnosed for a long time and I know that they both really hurt. We had a quack country doctor tell mom that she didn't have shingles because there was no rash. She "self doctored" for a couple of months. Finally saw a dermatologist who confirmed that yes it was shingles and if she had caught it sooner, it wouldn't have been so far advanced and she wouldn't have been in such pain. Her's hit her back and arms.

[dahuffy]

Pirates response: Yeah Congrats:banana:

DCL Response: That'll be another $100 please

No wait that's $600 for your immed. family. :scared1:


BTW all....I e-mailed my TA to see if she knows anything....

Mine at DU hasn't heard anything yet.

[dahuffy]

Ahhh Smarty!

414 on thread?? What does that mean?

Chrissie
(thanks for the congrats!)

You've posted 414 of your 807 messages on this meet thread! :woohoo:

[dahuffy]

My TA just called Disney and confirmed that prices increases did go into effect for everyone.... :headache:

(Except those paid off; blah, blah, blah, something about paids having contract obligational yada yada... Still not fair :mad: )

Like i said.... minimal costs around... No photos, no drinks that i don't bring on-board myself. (They better not even think of banning my cases of water.) No :scared1: Spa.

Damn!!

[bellelinus]

So where are the Harry Potter fans on the thread? Still pouring through the 759 pages?

Two of my daughters and I were at a Midnight Madness party Friday night here in NYC . . . got ours a little after midnight . . . by Saturday breakfast time I was finished . . . I thought it was wonderful.

[tom31b]

Two of my daughters and I were at a Midnight Madness party Friday night here in NYC . . . got ours a little after midnight . . . by Saturday breakfast time I was finished . . . I thought it was wonderful.

I found it to be surprising (not how I expected to get there), but a great ending to the series

Also, remember she knew what the last three words were when she started writing.

[Verandah Man]

Oh, Andy :sad2: I know my mom and FIL can fell for ya. Their's both went undiagnosed for a long time and I know that they both really hurt. We had a quack country doctor tell mom that she didn't have shingles because there was no rash. She "self doctored" for a couple of months. Finally saw a dermatologist who confirmed that yes it was shingles and if she had caught it sooner, it wouldn't have been so far advanced and she wouldn't have been in such pain. Her's hit her back and arms.



I did some research about Shingles after I returned home from the doc this morning. I did read where it stated that a rash does not always show up. I don't know how they could have gone on for so long, this pain is ungodly at times. I took my meds about 10:30am and the Lyrica knocked me out for a couple of hours, but when I woke up, my chest felt as though it was on fire again, this is no fun, whatsoever..............:sad2:

[Sarangel]

I found it to be surprising (not how I expected to get there), but a great ending to the series

Also, remember she knew what the last three words were when she started writing.

I can second that (without giving anything away). More twists & turns than expected, but all of them served a purpose. Not that it isn't already, but this will likely be one of the book series we pass down to our children.

[dahuffy]

And it ain't Goldilocks!
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[Pluto,]

for those people who havent got it yet the statement says

the panama canal has recently adjusted the per person amount charged for gov taxes and fees to transit the canal. as a result there is a need to collect an additional 100.00 dollars per personfor your party.

[tom31b]

At any rate - to change gears briefly now - I am gonna be on the road monday and tuesday so may not lurk as much as I might otherwise. Of course, everyones' heard that from me before - right? And I have a new notebook to try at the hotel tomorrow. So I'll maybe hook up in the evening.

So then we will get the age old question answered "If Crash is not around to post on the board, does the board grind to a halt?"

:lmao: :lmao:

Certainly the entertaining pictures will be less.....

Have a good time.

[goofyforlife]

And it ain't Goldilocks!
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/dahuffy/P1000248-1.jpg

Aww... i met a dobbie at the dog park yesterday with a let's just call it (unique) ear job. His literally was a triangle on his head...

I saw him and immed thought of your description of your boxer's ears..

(they don't look that bad BTW)

[dahuffy]

So then we will get the age old question answered "If Crash is not around to post on the board, does the board grind to a halt?"

:lmao: :lmao:

Certainly the entertaining pictures will be less.....

Have a good time.

:lmao: :rotfl2: Boy,have you got that one right!

[dahuffy]

Aww... i met a dobbie at the dog park yesterday with a let's just call it (unique) ear job. His literally was a triangle on his head...

I saw him and immed thought of your description of your boxer's ears..

(they don't look that bad BTW)

This taping(the 6th) has only been off since Friday,so we'll see it they stay up the way they're supposed to. :wizard:

[Celestine]

I just called DCL when I got home from mini meet. I was told that if cruise was not paid in full, additional taxes would be charged. She did not give me an exact amount because I was told my TA(Dreams) would be contacting me!!:mad: I figure I made more than that in interest if I let DCL have my money early. I just said I would not be spending $200 less on pictures, gifts, and excursions!!![/QUOTE]

Well if that is the case, I'm pleased we have paid off the cruise over a year out! I wonder how much impact this will have on a sold out cruise suddenly become not!

[bellelinus]

I found it to be surprising (not how I expected to get there), but a great ending to the series

Also, remember she knew what the last three words were when she started writing.

Yes, although I had heard a long time ago that she said the last word in the final book was "scar" and then recently heard that although she had not changed the meaning of the ending, had rearranged the words. I don't want to talk about the book for fear of ruining it for others, but I agree with you that it was a satisfying ending.

[castoff]

Good Afternoon All :goodvibes
Back from doing errands and Brooke yes Brooke picked out another puzzle. At least it's not another puzzle within a puzzle. It's from the older days of Mickey and minnie. Time to ketchup for a bit.:surfweb:

[Celestine]

Okay, so I've somehow managed to delete the quote in my post above so it probably doesn't make much sense now!

Andy - hope your shingles clears. I understand it's supposed to be horrendous. I thought it was routine in the US to vaccinate against chicken pox so you didn't get shingles! When the youngest DD caught it on holiday at Easter (2 days before our flight home) that is what the Dr told me. All I could say was that I was pleased we had travel insurance!

DH bought me HP on Saturday, but need to finish the Jeffrey Deaver book I'm reading first, so I'll just have to wait a bit longer - maybe the 4hour ferry trip on Saturday to Ireland?

[allshookup]

hmmm....march 2008.....seems like something is going on in march 2008. oh yeah...that's right...

we just found out we are expecting wheelerkidz #4 then!!!!!!!:cool1:

Woohoo! I'm so excited for you!
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Thanks you guys. We had a blast, even though dd pouted abit that it was my birthday and not hers! Of course she got to pick where we would go. Can't wait to go back and stay at SSR. The models were great. DD was having FL withdrawl this morning. She wants to move there!

I wanna move there too! :guilty:

And Welcome Home!!! :yay:

I did some research about Shingles after I returned home from the doc this morning. I did read where it stated that a rash does not always show up. I don't know how they could have gone on for so long, this pain is ungodly at times. I took my meds about 10:30am and the Lyrica knocked me out for a couple of hours, but when I woke up, my chest felt as though it was on fire again, this is no fun, whatsoever..............:sad2:

So sorry to hear you are in so much pain! Wanted to post a Get Well cake but I found a cookie instead!

http://www.arizonasweets.com/productcart/pc/catalog/b_get-well_2174_thumb.jpg

My TA just called Disney and confirmed that prices increases did go into effect for everyone.... :headache:

(Except those paid off; blah, blah, blah, something about paids having contract obligational yada yada... Still not fair :mad: )

Like i said.... minimal costs around... No photos, no drinks that i don't bring on-board myself. (They better not even think of banning my cases of water.) No :scared1: Spa.

Well isn't this a nice "How do you do!" Like this cruise isn't expensive enough? Are they not making enough of a profit? I was hoping to hear news more along the lines of, "DCL is so honored to have you as a repeat guest that they're offering you an onboard credit!" Well it was a nice dream while it lasted!

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[castoff]

It was great fum.. thanks for organizing this Cheryl..


:thumbsup2 Forgot to thank you Cheryl. We had alot of fun.:yay:


Doesn't it make ya feel like singing the song from Toy Story.. You've got a freind in me..

You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
When the road looks rough ahead
And you're miles and miles
From your nice warm bed
You just remember what your old pal said
Boy, you've got a friend in me
Yeah, you've got a friend in me

You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
If you've got troubles, I've got 'em too
There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you
We stick together and can see it through
Cause you've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me

Some other folks might be
A little bit smarter than I am
Bigger and stronger too
Maybe
But none of them will ever love you
The way I do, it's me and you

Boy, and as the years go by
Our friendship will never die
You're gonna see it's our destiny
You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me

You have the right idea!!!


Aw Susan.............Thanks, love that song. :)




I just called DCL when I got home from mini meet. I was told that if cruise was not paid in full, additional taxes would be charged. She did not give me an exact amount because I was told my TA(Dreams) would be contacting me!!:mad: I figure I made more than that in interest if I let DCL have my money early. I just said I would not be spending $200 less on pictures, gifts, and excursions!!!


Hmm well my check hasn't been cashed yet. Maybe I will just pretend it was pay off in full and I will luck out.:rolleyes1


Cool! :thumbsup2

I asked dh to try to see if he could get me one at wholesale cost -- he's in the craft business and they do some work with ProvoCraft..... I want the big machine (that cuts paper up to 12 x 24 size) and all 4 of the Disney cartridges.....

Lucky Girl :thumbsup2

[Verandah Man]

So sorry to hear you are in so much pain! Wanted to post a Get Well cake but I found a cookie instead!

http://www.arizonasweets.com/productcart/pc/catalog/b_get-well_2174_thumb.jpg


Thanks Diane :thumbsup2 those cookies will do just fine...........:goodvibes

[castoff]

Thank you mcimse2003, for letting my family and I come by and visit awhile at your cruise Dismeet!!:goodvibes
It was nice to visit with other Chicago area Disers! :thumbsup2
Sorry we had to leave a little early, my DD doesn't like to stay long at places, when it has to with us(parents). DD is special needs and doesn't have the attention span at times.

It was nice to meet with you, mcimse2003 and your DH.:thumbsup2
It was nice to visit with Geffric again and meet her DH.:thumbsup2
It was nice to meet with you, castoff, and meet your family :thumbsup2
And it was nice to meet Pam and her DS :thumbsup2

Thanks again for letting our family visit with all of you! :cool1:


Nice to meet your family also.:)


I sent an email to my TA at Dreams and she said that she hadn't heard anything about it..yet. But if she does, someone from DU will contact me.


Good to know, thanks

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Laura/eeyorelvr10

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Ditto...........had to pirate: this.


26 days to our cruise, everyone is very excited even Ian Thomas (.7 yrs)

Sorry to hear about the Canal Tax, that's another $900 for me.

I've had no luck getting on the new web site. Have followed directions that were sent, anyone can help!!!

#800 never thought I'd get there.

Ouch that could make a dent in wallet.


I'm sitting here waiting for our family doc's office to open at 9am. I've been up and down all night, that's why I posted around 3am this morning. I think I either pulled or strained a muscle on the right side of my chest as I was moving heavy furniture the other day for Hazel. :sick: I've tried everything I could think of to relieve the pain, but nothing has helped. At 3am this morning my chest felt as though it was on fire so I put an ice pack on it and was able to fall back to sleep until 6am.

I called out of work today, with the extra help that I received over the past few weeks, the water meter readings are actually ahead of schedule(for a change). :thumbsup2

If anyone has any extra :wizard: I'd appreciate some of it sent my way.

:wizard: :wizard: Sorry Andy, does it itch? I will never forget when Brooke gave me chicken pox on my 35th birthday. It was so bad I had to go to hospital. Feel better soon.

[dahuffy]

Okay, so I've somehow managed to delete the quote in my post above so it probably doesn't make much sense now!

Andy - hope your shingles clears. I understand it's supposed to be horrendous. I thought it was routine in the US to vaccinate against chicken pox so you didn't get shingles! When the youngest DD caught it on holiday at Easter (2 days before our flight home) that is what the Dr told me. All I could say was that I was pleased we had travel insurance!

DH bought me HP on Saturday, but need to finish the Jeffrey Deaver book I'm reading first, so I'll just have to wait a bit longer - maybe the 4hour ferry trip on Saturday to Ireland?

The CPox vaccine hasn't been around that long so a lot of us adults never had it. I remember having a terrible case of pox when I was a little girl in the 60's, I thought I had bugs crawling on me all the time. :eek:

[Verandah Man]

Andy - hope your shingles clears. I understand it's supposed to be horrendous. I thought it was routine in the US to vaccinate against chicken pox so you didn't get shingles! When the youngest DD caught it on holiday at Easter (2 days before our flight home) that is what the Dr told me. All I could say was that I was pleased we had travel insurance.


I had Chicken Pox when I was a wee little lad, from what I understand the CP virus stays inactive in your body, but things such as stress can make the virus active again. I think the stress that I have been under at work most likely triggered the Shingles. I truly don't remember there being a vaccination for Chicken Pox (I could be wrong), but I think we might have gotten a vaccination for Small Pox when I was younger. Maybe someone in the medical profession could help us out with this??? :confused3 I know we got vaccinated for a whole bunch of stuff.

I also remember getting the measles when I was a Senior in high school...........:rolleyes: Boy, did I get teased about that.........:laughing:

[allshookup]

Happy Birthday Laura (eeyorelver10)

And

Laura (The FairyGodmother)!!!

http://www.3ddesserts.com/images/MiniCakes4.jpg

[castoff]

I've done this one too. I love it. It is hanging in my workroom.


How long did it take you to finish?:rotfl2:


Hey Tina, we have the same puzzle. When I was home with my 2nd by-pass Cheryl and I worked on it for the full 8 weeks. have not had it framed to date. I'll probably make my own frame since I have the tools and machines to do it.

John

Hi John, I am just getting a simple black frame with spacers put in to protect from getting stuck on glass. Not sure how much $$ but can't wait to hang it on our bedroom wall. It took us about 4 weeks.

[bellelinus]

I had Chicken Pox when I was a wee little lad, from what I understand the CP virus stays inactive in your body, but things such as stress can make the virus active again. I think the stress that I have been under at work most likely triggered the Shingles. I truly don't remember there being a vaccination for Chicken Pox (I could be wrong), but I think we might have gotten a vaccination for Small Pox when I was younger. Maybe someone in the medical profession could help us out with this??? :confused3

The chicken pox (varicella) vaccine was only created and tested fairly recently. I think it started being available around 1995. So no adults would have had it. The jury is still out as to whether being inoculated against chicken pox will prevent shingles down the road, but those of us with kids who were inoculated can hope so, for their sake!

Hope you feel better soon, Andy.

[dahuffy]

Here are 2 of my favorite photos from our last cruise.
Our Lifestyle photo:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/dahuffy/P1000255.jpg

And our Palo Night:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/dahuffy/P1000251.jpg

Kevin had shaved of his mustache and goatee just before the cruise(easier for snorkeling)...first time in 27 yrs. that I'd seen him without a mustache :eek:

[castoff]

My TA just called Disney and confirmed that prices increases did go into effect for everyone.... :headache:

(Except those paid off; blah, blah, blah, something about paids having contract obligational yada yada... Still not fair :mad: )

Like i said.... minimal costs around... No photos, no drinks that i don't bring on-board myself. (They better not even think of banning my cases of water.) No :scared1: Spa.


Wonder when the cut off was for paying it off? If I just sent the check last week and still have to pay extra, well i will be bummed.


And it ain't Goldilocks!
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/dahuffy/P1000248-1.jpg

What a cutie............that would be my Dante also.

[Verandah Man]

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Laura/The FairyGodmother

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[4boons]

Well....

. - I am gonna be on the road monday and tuesday so may not lurk as much as I might otherwise. Of course, everyones' heard that from me before - right? And I have a new notebook to try at the hotel tomorrow. So I'll maybe hook up in the evening.

Crash, do you ever just lurk?

I don't think so. :banana:

[Verandah Man]

The chicken pox (varicella) vaccine was only created and tested fairly recently. I think it started being available around 1995. So no adults would have had it. The jury is still out as to whether being inoculated against chicken pox will prevent shingles down the road, but those of us with kids who were inoculated can hope so, for their sake!

Hope you feel better soon, Andy.


Thanks Julie, I didn't know about that, Angelina had the Chicken Pox in 1993, so the vaccine was too late for her as well.

[Verandah Man]

Debi--very nice pics of you and Kevin, I really like the lifestyle pics, but what is Kevin doing wearing my socks in the white background photo??? :laughing:

[castoff]

Laura/The FairyGodmother

:bday: :cake: :bday: :cake:

[The FairyGodmother]

How long did it take you to finish?:rotfl2:




Hi John, I am just getting a simple black frame with spacers put in to protect from getting stuck on glass. Not sure how much $$ but can't wait to hang it on our bedroom wall. It took us about 4 weeks.

Not to long because the dog wants to eat the pieces so we do it pretty quick. I think that might have been during the big power outage when we didn't have anything else to do.

We used puzzle glue and then put it in a black frame. If you look close you can see it in the back of this picture.http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t222/TheNextFairyGodmother/DSC00382.jpg

[dahuffy]

Debi--very nice pics of you and Kevin, I really like the lifestyle pics, but what is Kevin doing wearing my socks in the white background photo??? :laughing:

Yeah,I know. He didn't hear me when I told him to take them off. :lmao:

[The FairyGodmother]

Here are 2 of my favorite photos from our last cruise.

Kevin had shaved of his mustache and goatee just before the cruise(easier for snorkeling)...first time in 27 yrs. that I'd seen him without a mustache :eek:

Great pictures. You guys look great. I have known Mark since 84 and have never seen him with out a mustache.

[dahuffy]

Just checked my box....

----- Original Message -----
From: dcl.reservations
To: DCL.Reservations@DreamsUnlimitedTravel.com
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 4:20 PM
Subject: Important: Increase in Government Taxes and Fees for your PanamaCanal Crossing Disney Cruise Line Vacation


Dear Valued Dreams Unlimited Travel Client

We have just been informed by Disney Cruise Line that the Panama Canal has recently adjusted the per person amount charged for Government Taxes and Fees to transit the canal. As a result, Disney Cruise Line needs to collect an additional $100 per person booked on these cruises.

Dreams Unlimited Travel will be updating all of our client’s reservations in our system over the next week or so with the new reservation totals. Once we have completed updating your reservation we will send you an email with instructions on how to access your Client Services area of our site to review your new pricing. We appreciate your patience as this process may take an extended period of time while we make sure all our client’s reservations are updated accurately.

We apologize for this inconvenience and hope you understand that this increase is for the Government Taxes and Fees being assessed by the Panama Canal. This increase is not coming from Dreams Unlimited Travel.

Sincerely,

The Cruise Concierge Team
Dreams Unlimited Travel

[4boons]

WARNING, MATH ALERT (BUT MONEY INVOLVED)


Now they charge on a special Panama canal ton which is based on volume. Gross tonnage is also based on volume. I don't know the Magic's weight in PC tons, but in Gross Tons, the tax is about a $35,000 difference, based on Magic's capacity of (what did Crash say 1,750 people) and a likely cruise population of about 1,500, the per person charge is about $25.00.


...................................old............ ........new..................diff
First 10,000...........$ 29,600.00.......$ 33,900.00........$ 4,300.00
Second 10,000.......$ 29,000.00.......$ 33,200.00........$ 4,200.00
Balance 63,000.......$179,550.00......$205,380.00.......$2 5,830.00
Total 83,000..........$238,150.00......$272,480.00...... $34,330.00

So, unless the PC Ton is about 4 times a Gross ton, Disney is goughing us here! (unless its $100 per cabin, not passenger...)

I can't imagine that Disney would charge even $1.00 more than justifiable.

They know this ship is full of their most loyal customers and I don't think they would risk alienating a major customer base.

I would wager that DCL is not passing on the full cost of the increase.

They're not stupid.

[4boons]

Take it easy, Andy......hope you feel better soon.

Roger......that is a significant % increase. This is really stinky. I have a $400 OBC right now, so there goes the benefit of that! Of course, I'm still living if fantasyland that they may just "forget" to charge me the increase....I think I continue living there until I actually get that letter.

Went to the mail box and there it was. I don't like it but I don't think DCL would risk making one of it's major customer bases mad without justification.

And with the number of Castaway Club members on this cruise, I don't think they would risk an all out revolt by charging more than the actual cost.

There is only so much money for this trip so I guess we will have to rework our budget.

[dahuffy]

Went to the mail box and there it was. I don't like it but I don't think DCL would risk making one of it's major customer bases mad without justification.

And with the number of Castaway Club members on this cruise, I don't think they would risk an all out revolt by charging more than the actual cost.

There is only so much money for this trip so I guess we will have to rework our budget.

My sentiments exactly. May have to forgo that Harley Davidson Excursion on Aruba I was planning on. :sad1:

[4boons]

Good Morning Everyone :goodvibes
I didn't have time to get back on here last night. Good reason though, We finished our puzzle within a puzzle.:cheer2: :cheer2: Yes Brooke helped and even Dante with 2 pieces.:rolleyes1 I don't think his work will show through though.:rotfl2: Here is the pic. of it. Hope you can see all the detail, it was really hard. Off to post office, bank and frame shop to get puzzle framed to be put in our bedroom. I will ketchup :surfweb: later. Tina
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/tazzinna/Puzzle001.jpg

I love the puzzle. Wonderful job.

[mkygrl]

So where are the Harry Potter fans on the thread? Still pouring through the 759 pages?

Ihaven't read any of the books. Brendan has (got the new one Saturday). I have seen the movies though.

I read the last 2 pages of Brendan's book! LOL

Chrissie

[micmse2003]

How long did it take you to finish?:rotfl2:




Hi John, I am just getting a simple black frame with spacers put in to protect from getting stuck on glass. Not sure how much $$ but can't wait to hang it on our bedroom wall. It took us about 4 weeks.


Took us longer because we're older.
I'm using Cheryl's computer.

John

[captaincrash]

WARNING, MATH ALERT (BUT MONEY INVOLVED)

Now they charge on a special Panama canal ton which is based on volume. Gross tonnage is also based on volume. I don't know the Magic's weight in PC tons, but in Gross Tons, the tax is about a $35,000 difference, based on Magic's capacity of (what did Crash say 1,750 people) and a likely cruise population of about 1,500, the per person charge is about $25.00.


...................................old............ ........new..................diff
First 10,000...........$ 29,600.00.......$ 33,900.00........$ 4,300.00
Second 10,000.......$ 29,000.00.......$ 33,200.00........$ 4,200.00
Balance 63,000.......$179,550.00......$205,380.00.......$2 5,830.00
Total 83,000..........$238,150.00......$272,480.00...... $34,330.00

So, unless the PC Ton is about 4 times a Gross ton, Disney is goughing us here! (unless its $100 per cabin, not passenger...)

http://www.eyedocgreg.com/ImagesNGRWEB/evil_eye.gif


Now THIS is turning my eyes RED with annoyance. If this is the case then the price change to $100 per person would be gouging us! And in my groups' case the $3000 increase would be about 75% unjustified.

I know some have said they can't imagine Disney making too much off us loyalists... but in spite of the "feel good" product they market - it is a business after all. They have two huge new ships to finance and shareholders to answer to. They are in the business to make $$$$ ... and we are thier crop to harvest and manage.

http://www.arnes.si/pics/help/trojan-horse.gif

Right about now I am suspicious of being a bit mishandled as a PATRON. Especially since I'm in the midst of booking a little cruise on Costa. I'm fixing to pay $1449 for a window cabin for 7 nites with a great eastern port rotation. Comparing the Magic on the same dates (a western port rotation) the price with Costco for a window was $4150 with a $350 Costco cash card.... net cost about $3750. Hmmm ..... On the one hand it's $3750 for a less desirable (to us) western voyage versus $1449 for a more desirable eastern voyage. Granted, the cabin on the Magic is a little larger at 180+ feet versus Costa with 160'.... but I could sail Costa just over 2.5x for the price of DCL. I smell something fishy though with this new DCL fee accessment.

http://www.danamania.com/temp/cow-fire.jpg

Don't get me wrong - I love DCL - and I've always felt their rates were tolerable to us. However, piecemeal gouging like this is annoying. I had assumed the $100 per person was just the Panama tax - not a new repricing. When we booked and placed a deposit that fateful morning I thought we were LOCKING in the price FROM Disney. Tax changes are acceptable - not additional skimming!!!! I'm going to weigh my words and have a chat with DCL tomorrow or some time very soon. Not that I'm anyone special - but in combination with everyone else griping maybe something will come of it. This cash cowis not going to be impolitely MILKED by DCL quietly....

[Grandma x3]

Happy Birthday Laura!
http://www.commentreload.com/Images/birthdays/images/cakes.jpg
eeyorelver10

pirate: ing! Hope your B'day is Wonderful!!!!!

[Grandma x3]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a118/VerandahMan/birthday3.gif

Laura/The FairyGodmother

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a118/VerandahMan/birthday1.jpg

pirate: 'ing - Hope your B'day was the Best!!!!!

[micmse2003]

Happy Birthday Laura!
http://www.commentreload.com/Images/birthdays/images/cakes.jpg
eeyorelver10

I am once again doing a little piratingpirate: :goodvibes

Happy birthday Laura!!!!! I almost figured out how to post a picture from google:laughing:

[allshookup]

Just checked my box....

----- Original Message -----
From: dcl.reservations
To: DCL.Reservations@DreamsUnlimitedTravel.com
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 4:20 PM
Subject: Important: Increase in Government Taxes and Fees for your PanamaCanal Crossing Disney Cruise Line Vacation


Dear Valued Dreams Unlimited Travel Client

We have just been informed by Disney Cruise Line that the Panama Canal has recently adjusted the per person amount charged for Government Taxes and Fees to transit the canal. As a result, Disney Cruise Line needs to collect an additional $100 per person booked on these cruises.

Dreams Unlimited Travel will be updating all of our client’s reservations in our system over the next week or so with the new reservation totals. Once we have completed updating your reservation we will send you an email with instructions on how to access your Client Services area of our site to review your new pricing. We appreciate your patience as this process may take an extended period of time while we make sure all our client’s reservations are updated accurately.

We apologize for this inconvenience and hope you understand that this increase is for the Government Taxes and Fees being assessed by the Panama Canal. This increase is not coming from Dreams Unlimited Travel.

Sincerely,

The Cruise Concierge Team
Dreams Unlimited Travel

I just got this sad sad email too! :sad1: ;)

Oh well when I told DH, he didn't tell me to cancel. So that's a good sign considering he's already balking at the cost! :rolleyes:

[allshookup]

On a lighter note....we just received our passports this morning just in time for our Bahamas cruise next week! :woohoo:

[micmse2003]

Here are 2 of my favorite photos from our last cruise.
Our Lifestyle photo:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/dahuffy/P1000255.jpg

And our Palo Night:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/dahuffy/P1000251.jpg

Kevin had shaved of his mustache and goatee just before the cruise(easier for snorkeling)...first time in 27 yrs. that I'd seen him without a mustache :eek:

Nice pictures Debi!!!:thumbsup2

Wonder when the cut off was for paying it off? If I just sent the check last week and still have to pay extra, well i will be bummed.




What a cutie............that would be my Dante also.

Tina maybe you made it under the wire!!!:wizard:

Not to long because the dog wants to eat the pieces so we do it pretty quick. I think that might have been during the big power outage when we didn't have anything else to do.

We used puzzle glue and then put it in a black frame. If you look close you can see it in the back of this picture.http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t222/TheNextFairyGodmother/DSC00382.jpg

I think I need to hang up my puzzle too!!! It is hiding under the couch for the last two years.:laughing: :laughing:

On a lighter note....we just received our passports this morning just in time for our Bahamas cruise next week! :woohoo:

How long did your take???? :confused3 I went April 11th and still nothing.:sad1:

[allshookup]

Here are 2 of my favorite photos from our last cruise.
Our Lifestyle photo:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/dahuffy/P1000255.jpg

And our Palo Night:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/dahuffy/P1000251.jpg

Kevin had shaved of his mustache and goatee just before the cruise(easier for snorkeling)...first time in 27 yrs. that I'd seen him without a mustache :eek:

Beautiful Pics!!! :thumbsup2

[allshookup]

How long did your take???? :confused3 I went April 11th and still nothing.:sad1:

Cheryl we applied on May 2nd. We also put that we were sailing on Aug. 3rd so maybe that's why they got here just shy of 12 weeks? :confused3

[micmse2003]

I think I did it. My first posting of my own cake!!!!

Happy Birthday Laura


http://www.annettescatering.com/service/birthday%20images/decorator%20birthday%20cake.gif

[allshookup]

I think I did it. My first posting of my own cake!!!!

Happy Birthday Laura


http://www.annettescatering.com/service/birthday%20images/decorator%20birthday%20cake.gif

Woohoo! Good job Cheryl!!!

Just don't send yourself a Mickey Cake okay? :rotfl:

[micmse2003]

Cheryl we applied on May 2nd. We also put that we were sailing on Aug. 3rd so maybe that's why they got here just shy of 12 weeks? :confused3
I guess I am going to call the passport office. It is open til midnight!!!:thumbsup2


Woohoo! Good job Cheryl!!!

Just don't send yourself a Mickey Cake okay? :rotfl:

Don't worry about me sending another cake. It took me over an hour how to figure it out. :rolleyes: By tomorrow I will have forgotten how.:laughing: :laughing:

[justmestace]

I think I did it. My first posting of my own cake!!!!

Happy Birthday Laura


http://www.annettescatering.com/service/birthday%20images/decorator%20birthday%20cake.gif

And you did it so well, that I'm going to pirate: it!! Good job!!


HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAURA!!!

[justmestace]

Those are really, really nice pictures, Debi! :thumbsup2

[wheelerkidz3]

well, new update...
:sad2: no little dis baby born in march...at least not from us! :sad2:
not sure what is going on...but i went in for a blood test today just to confirm, and it came back that i am not pg...i took 2 at home ones that said i was, and that is what i based it on the other day. guess i jumped the gun...:sad2:
only good thing is that i miscalculated, and we have one more month to try!! thing is it would make for a very very young infant on the cruise. we'll see how things work out.

[dahuffy]

well, new update...
:sad2: no little dis baby born in march...at least not from us! :sad2:
not sure what is going on...but i went in for a blood test today just to confirm, and it came back that i am not pg...i took 2 at home ones that said i was, and that is what i based it on the other day. guess i jumped the gun...:sad2:
only good thing is that i miscalculated, and we have one more month to try!! thing is it would make for a very very young infant on the cruise. we'll see how things work out.

Ah sweetie, I'm so sorry. We tried for 10 yrs. just wasn't meant to be,for us anyway. :confused3

[dahuffy]

And by the way, thank you for all the nice compliments! I hate having my picture taken. :rolleyes: When did I turn into my Mother?

[justmestace]

Aw, Shannon! I feel a loss. But....there's always next month. Have fun trying!
;) ;) ;)

[cruisin'Mike]

So where are the Harry Potter fans on the thread? Still pouring through the 759 pages?

Finished it yesterday after work! We bought 2 copies so DW and I wouldn't fight over it. We ordered them before she switched jobs. Now she works 12 hour shifts on the weekends and hasn't had time to touch it yet. We could have gotten by with just one copy. But more impoortantly, I can't wait til she finishes so I can talk about it without spoiling anything.



Jared and I are flying Southwest tomorrow to Omaha. I don't like the "no seat assignment" thing, but have to admit, they do make the flight entertaining.
When we flew to Vegas last month, one flight attendant had us in stitches the whole time.




We were afraid of the no assigned seating on SWA, but since we tried them, we won't go back to US Scare again.

I'm with DU also and there's nothing added to ours ...yet.

We got our email from DU tonight. It stinks, but I'm glad I heard about it here first and didn't totally freak out when I got the email.

I agree that maybe we'll try to spend a little less on the cruise. If needed, we can cut off a pre-cruise day at DL, but I really don't want to. After all, it's the TOAL.

I did some research about Shingles after I returned home from the doc this morning. I did read where it stated that a rash does not always show up. I don't know how they could have gone on for so long, this pain is ungodly at times. I took my meds about 10:30am and the Lyrica knocked me out for a couple of hours, but when I woke up, my chest felt as though it was on fire again, this is no fun, whatsoever..............:sad2:

Andy, so sorry to hear about your case of Shingles. Hope the meds kick in and have you feeling better soon.

I had Chicken Pox when I was a wee little lad, from what I understand the CP virus stays inactive in your body, but things such as stress can make the virus active again. I think the stress that I have been under at work most likely triggered the Shingles. I truly don't remember there being a vaccination for Chicken Pox (I could be wrong), but I think we might have gotten a vaccination for Small Pox when I was younger. Maybe someone in the medical profession could help us out with this??? :confused3 I know we got vaccinated for a whole bunch of stuff.

I also remember getting the measles when I was a Senior in high school...........:rolleyes: Boy, did I get teased about that.........:laughing:


The Chicken Pox vaccine was liscensed in 1995. Newer is the Shingles vaccine. The CDC recommended in Oct of last year that people over 60 should receive the vaccine. One of my part-time jobs is at the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital. Here's a link to some info about the vaccine:
http://www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/division/generic.jsp?id=85349

[Lil' Grumpy]

...first things, first....:thumbsup2 ,dahuffy -what a handsome
couple ..you guys made...what was that?...you prom pic.? ***
you sure looked like youngster ?

iam sorry ..for the disappointment, ms. wheeler....but ,test aside
how do you feel? either way, good luck toward making your dreams
come true...pixiedust: . its been awhile..but if memory served me
right..you know..the older you go...the % chances for twins..go up

..ahh, iam sure you guys can handle them.

from what i am reading...is this true?...if we pay off our cruise before
they add these new taxes....then they can't/won't????

but from our math whiz...:thumbsup2 , they are soaking the others for
the loss revenues?..instead of $25, its $100? that is business savy but
not disney like?

..oh, tell mr.dahuffy..i never could look that good....shaved or unshaven,

:rolleyes1 ..psst, red look great on you! and there somthing else..i been
forgetting..yor signature quote about shoes...would be prefect match...
..with my wife's attitude.

[m&m's mom]

Good Morning Everyone :goodvibes
I didn't have time to get back on here last night. Good reason though, We finished our puzzle within a puzzle.:cheer2: :cheer2: Yes Brooke helped and even Dante with 2 pieces.:rolleyes1 I don't think his work will show through though.:rotfl2: Here is the pic. of it. Hope you can see all the detail, it was really hard. Off to post office, bank and frame shop to get puzzle framed to be put in our bedroom. I will ketchup :surfweb: later. Tina
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/tazzinna/Puzzle001.jpg

I am totally in awe of your work!:worship: :worship:
My DD's (11 and 7) worked on this puzzle for 30 mins and got 8 pieces and we were not even sure those were correct. :) We gave up.

[PBader]

I'm only posting this image 'cause certain friends are on Kauai now and less likely to see it ... <chuckles>
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/wip/examples/gas2/OilPricesFirstBorn.jpg


:lmao: Can you imagine the look on a clerk's face if you threw 2 legs on the counter:lmao:

[PBader]

Hi All,
We had a wonderful vacation--lots of rest and relaxation. What a beautiful place!

[magiroux]

Aww, Shannon - I am so sorry to hear that :sad1: . I am sending you some cyber chicken soup and hugs :hug: :hug:

[PBader]

party: Happy Birthday!party:
Laura
&
Laura

[Sarangel]

well, new update...
:sad2: no little dis baby born in march...at least not from us! :sad2:
not sure what is going on...but i went in for a blood test today just to confirm, and it came back that i am not pg...i took 2 at home ones that said i was, and that is what i based it on the other day. guess i jumped the gun...:sad2:
only good thing is that i miscalculated, and we have one more month to try!! thing is it would make for a very very young infant on the cruise. we'll see how things work out.

I'm so sorry - it sounds like your hormone levels were just off (possibly from spontaneous miscarrage). It took me 8 years, 4 miscarrages & 2 husbands before DD was born. At least part of the process is fun.:love:

[dahuffy]

Somebody's trying to "Drum up" business. Isn't this against the board rules?

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1525578

[magiroux]

I think I did it. My first posting of my own cake!!!!

Happy Birthday Laura


http://www.annettescatering.com/service/birthday%20images/decorator%20birthday%20cake.gif

Such a nice job on your first cake, I think I'll just pirate: pirate: it.

Happy Birthday, Laura

[m&m's mom]

well, new update...
:sad2: no little dis baby born in march...at least not from us! :sad2:
not sure what is going on...but i went in for a blood test today just to confirm, and it came back that i am not pg...i took 2 at home ones that said i was, and that is what i based it on the other day. guess i jumped the gun...:sad2:
only good thing is that i miscalculated, and we have one more month to try!! thing is it would make for a very very young infant on the cruise. we'll see how things work out.

I am sorry. I have had 2 miscarriages. In 4 pregnancies the furthest I have gotten in 34 weeks. Thankfully both DD's were healthy enough to survive and thrive being early.

[magiroux]

Here are 2 of my favorite photos from our last cruise.
Our Lifestyle photo:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/dahuffy/P1000255.jpg

And our Palo Night:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g161/dahuffy/P1000251.jpg

Kevin had shaved of his mustache and goatee just before the cruise(easier for snorkeling)...first time in 27 yrs. that I'd seen him without a mustache :eek:


What nice Pics :thumbsup2

That red dress looks absolutely lovely on you!!!!!

[4boons]

WARNING, MATH ALERT (BUT MONEY INVOLVED)


Now they charge on a special Panama canal ton which is based on volume. Gross tonnage is also based on volume. I don't know the Magic's weight in PC tons, but in Gross Tons, the tax is about a $35,000 difference, based on Magic's capacity of (what did Crash say 1,750 people) and a likely cruise population of about 1,500, the per person charge is about $25.00.


...................................old............ ........new..................diff
First 10,000...........$ 29,600.00.......$ 33,900.00........$ 4,300.00
Second 10,000.......$ 29,000.00.......$ 33,200.00........$ 4,200.00
Balance 63,000.......$179,550.00......$205,380.00.......$2 5,830.00
Total 83,000..........$238,150.00......$272,480.00...... $34,330.00

So, unless the PC Ton is about 4 times a Gross ton, Disney is goughing us here! (unless its $100 per cabin, not passenger...)


www.pancanal.com/eng/maritime/tolls.html

"In the case of passenger vessels, the ACP will assess tolls based on the maximum passenger capacity in accordance with the International Tonnage Certificate 69, or the vessel’s passenger ship safety certificate; vessels over 30,000 gross tons and whose PC/UMS ÷ maximum passenger capacity ratio is equal to or less than 33 will be charged on a per berth basis according to the following table. In addition, Panama Canal tolls per market segment are increased, in general terms, as shown in the following table."

I'm sorry I can't get the table to copy. However, under "market Segment"

Passenger Vessels toll per berth

Present toll N/A
October 2007 $100
October 2008 $115

I'm no expert, but it looks like at the present time there is no toll for passenger vessels

Beginning October 2007, the fee will be $100 per berth

Beginning October 2008, the fee will be $115 per berth

It looks to me like DCL is charging us exactly what the ACP, Canal Authority, is charging them.

[magiroux]

Jared and I are flying Southwest tomorrow to Omaha. I don't like the "no seat assignment" thing, but have to admit, they do make the flight entertaining.
When we flew to Vegas last month, one flight attendant had us in stitches the whole time.



Omaha!!?! WTH is in Omaha??? :rotfl: J/K ;)

I only flew SW once and we had a crew that was a total crack-up. During the safety demo (you know, the one you usually totally ignore) , the flight attendant stated, "Should your flight suddenly turn into a cruise", and began to explain the seat cushion/flotation device segment and the plane was in stitches. They were like a comedy show.

[The FairyGodmother]

Omaha!!?! WTH is in Omaha??? :rotfl: J/K ;)

I only flew SW once and we had a crew that was a total crack-up. During the safety demo (you know, the one you usually totally ignore) , the flight attendant stated, "Should your flight suddenly turn into a cruise", and began to explain the seat cushion/flotation device segment and the plane was in stitches. They were like a comedy show.

Sounds like the crew we had when we flew from Detroit to Orlando. They were alot of fun. We ended up in the bulkhead so we had plenty of chat time with them. It was a great flight.

[magiroux]

Hey Guys,

I just arrived home from seeing the doc and stopping at CVS after having two prescriptions filled. What I thought was pain from a sore muscle, turned out to be a case of Shingles. As soon as the doc saw a rash on my back, he knew exactly what I had. He said the Shingles is what was causing the burning sensation I was feeling. WOW, lucky me!!!

The doc said stress could bring on the Shingles, and I told the doc I have been under a great deal of stress with work, see I knew this job was getting the better of me...........:lmao:

Oh well, I already had Thursday and Friday scheduled off as vacation days, so I will go back to work for Tuesday and Wednesday, a very short two day work week for me..........:goodvibes

Thanks for the :wizard: everyone!!! ;)

I hope you feel better quickly. All I know about shingles is, I have heard it is very painful. I hope they have given you something to help you deal with the discomfort. Hope you feel better, Andy :flower3: . Here, you sound like you need some cyber chicken soup too......

[magiroux]

Hey!?

When did I go over 800! I missed it!!!

Chrissie

Well then......


Congrats(belated) on you 800th post!!!!

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
LAURA/TheFairyGodMother



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[dahuffy]

What nice Pics :thumbsup2

That red dress looks absolutely lovely on you!!!!!

Thank very much Mary Ann. Would you believe I bought this at Ross for less than $25.00? It's made to look like a 2pc with a sequin applique on the top and one on the skirt. And the best part...it's machine wash!

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

well, new update...
:sad2: no little dis baby born in march...at least not from us! :sad2:
not sure what is going on...but i went in for a blood test today just to confirm, and it came back that i am not pg...i took 2 at home ones that said i was, and that is what i based it on the other day. guess i jumped the gun...:sad2:
only good thing is that i miscalculated, and we have one more month to try!! thing is it would make for a very very young infant on the cruise. we'll see how things work out.

Sorry to hear of this Shannon, I think we all could tell how exciting this was for you. Maybe you will have good news for us next month.

[AndyR]

Well sure enough, there waiting in the mail box was a little letter from DCL with the 'please add $100/pp' message.

Andy

[magiroux]

Thank very much Mary Ann. Would you believe I bought this at Ross for less than $25.00? It's made to look like a 2pc with a sequin applique on the top and one on the skirt. And the best part...it's machine wash!


Well now, it really doesn't get much better than that, does it? :thumbsup2. I love it when everything just falls into place (clothes-wise)

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

Well sure enough, there waiting in the mail box was a little letter from DCL with the 'please add $100/pp' message.

Andy

Officially received ours today also. Normally if we were to get something from DCL in the mail everyone gets all excited and is anxious to open it, today however that was not the case. :sad2:

[magiroux]

Well sure enough, there waiting in the mail box was a little letter from DCL with the 'please add $100/pp' message.

Andy

Well, no notification for me yet. I suppose I should dig out my confirmation number to check the DCL website directly.

Hey, who knows, maybe they will actually give me a cabin number with my $300 surcharge :rotfl: :rotfl:

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

Well, no notification for me yet. I suppose I should dig out my confirmation number to check the DCL website directly.

Hey, who knows, maybe they will actually give me a cabin number with my $300 surcharge :rotfl: :rotfl:

Mary Ann only if you slip a couple of $20s with it. :rotfl2:

[PBader]

Andrew and David, hope you all are doing OK with all the rain and flooding. I was catching a bit on the news and was thinking of you all.

[captaincrash]

:lmao: Can you imagine the look on a clerk's face if you threw 2 legs on the counter:lmao:

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/wip/examples/gas2/OilPricesFirstBorn.jpg

Paula -

- I thought you might not see this until you got back from Kauai - but obviously you're not THAT far from civilization if you're lurkin' <chuckles> At any rate, you'll notice that this image happens to feature itself as Tom's Shell.... meaning MY kind of pricing might be like this! And yes - you don't know what kind of counter transactions I'd be having. However, I can say that its' safe to assume I would not be at much risk for being robbed by wandering low life types. Cuz - my staff would be trained to COLLECT from THEM on the SPOT as opposed to get taken!

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[wheelerkidz3]

iam sorry ..for the disappointment, ms. wheeler....but ,test aside
how do you feel? either way, good luck toward making your dreams
come true...pixiedust: . its been awhile..but if memory served me
right..you know..the older you go...the % chances for twins..go up
..ahh, iam sure you guys can handle them.
bite your tongue lil grumpy!! LOL!!! in all seriousness though, i'm feeling fine...quite bummed, but we'll be fine. dh i think is a lil more bummed than me.

Aww, Shannon - I am so sorry to hear that :sad1: . I am sending you some cyber chicken soup and hugs :hug: :hug:

thanks everyone for the thoughts, and for the cyber chicken soup. funny...we had soup tonite for dinner. it just seemed like a good nite for soup and sandwiches, so youngest ds yelled that he couldn't wait for his "slurpy soup"

[got2travel]

www.pancanal.com/eng/maritime/tolls.html (http://www.pancanal.com/eng/maritime/tolls.html)

"In the case of passenger vessels, the ACP will assess tolls based on the maximum passenger capacity in accordance with the International Tonnage Certificate 69, or the vessel’s passenger ship safety certificate; vessels over 30,000 gross tons and whose PC/UMS ÷ maximum passenger capacity ratio is equal to or less than 33 will be charged on a per berth basis according to the following table. In addition, Panama Canal tolls per market segment are increased, in general terms, as shown in the following table."

I'm sorry I can't get the table to copy. However, under "market Segment"

Passenger Vessels toll per berth

Present toll N/A
October 2007 $100
October 2008 $115

I'm no expert, but it looks like at the present time there is no toll for passenger vessels

Beginning October 2007, the fee will be $100 per berth

Beginning October 2008, the fee will be $115 per berth

It looks to me like DCL is charging us exactly what the ACP, Canal Authority, is charging them.



wouldn't per 'berth' mean per cabin, not per person??

[got2travel]

Shannon - I'm sorry about the disappointment. Hang in there and if it's supposed to happen, it will.

[justmestace]

Omaha!!?! WTH is in Omaha??? :rotfl: J/K ;)



Not a whole lot. Except my Mom, my Dad, my brothers, my nieces and nephews.......;)


I like the line the Southwest attendants use: If you are traveling with a child, please secure your own oxygen mask first before helping them with theirs. If you're traveling with two children, pick your favorite!

[paulasillars]

My TA just called Disney and confirmed that prices increases did go into effect for everyone.... :headache:

(Except those paid off; blah, blah, blah, something about paids having contract obligational yada yada... Still not fair :mad: )


Does anyone know what date this came into affect? We paid last week so I have my fingers crossed we got in just in time.

Paula
NZ

[LITTLEKID58]

:surfweb:

GM pirate:

Presently 73 going up to 90 here in Sunny Central Florida looks like about 70%chance of rain this afternoon..

party: :bday: party: :bday: party:

:welcome: aboard to all the newbies

pixiedust: :grouphug: :hug: and prayers to everyone who is going to need it today

Have a great Tuesday

[Verandah Man]

The Chicken Pox vaccine was liscensed in 1995. Newer is the Shingles vaccine. The CDC recommended in Oct of last year that people over 60 should receive the vaccine. One of my part-time jobs is at the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital. Here's a link to some info about the vaccine:
http://www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/division/generic.jsp?id=85349


Thanks Mike, I read the article. A question though, since I just turned 52 in April, and the article said it the vaccine was for those 60 and over, would I be able to get the vaccine at 60, even though I have had Shingles already, or would it be too late for me to get the vaccine?

Mary Ann, thanks for the cyber chicken soup, but chickens aren't my favorite thing right now............;)

[tom31b]

Yes, although I had heard a long time ago that she said the last word in the final book was "scar" and then recently heard that although she had not changed the meaning of the ending, had rearranged the words. I don't want to talk about the book for fear of ruining it for others, but I agree with you that it was a satisfying ending.

The epilog (sp?) was weak, but the overall ending was unexpected and good

[tom31b]

I asked my TA to inquire:

1) Where in the terms and conditions does it say that Disney is not bound by the price they offered the cruise for?
2) How they arrived at the $100 figure, everything I see from the Panama Canal website puts the figure at $35 per person or less?
3) How many more of these "tax increases" we can expect?
4) Is it true that anyone paid in full is not subject to this increase?

[tom31b]

www.pancanal.com/eng/maritime/tolls.html

"In the case of passenger vessels, the ACP will assess tolls based on the maximum passenger capacity in accordance with the International Tonnage Certificate 69, or the vessel’s passenger ship safety certificate; vessels over 30,000 gross tons and whose PC/UMS ÷ maximum passenger capacity ratio is equal to or less than 33 will be charged on a per berth basis according to the following table. In addition, Panama Canal tolls per market segment are increased, in general terms, as shown in the following table."

I'm sorry I can't get the table to copy. However, under "market Segment"

Passenger Vessels toll per berth

Present toll N/A
October 2007 $100
October 2008 $115

I'm no expert, but it looks like at the present time there is no toll for passenger vessels

Beginning October 2007, the fee will be $100 per berth

Beginning October 2008, the fee will be $115 per berth

It looks to me like DCL is charging us exactly what the ACP, Canal Authority, is charging them.

You need to read the footnote, there is a second calculation if the tonnage divided by passengers is a certain ratio.

Also, prior to this there was a fee to cross the canal. DCL didn't go for free, so even if its $100, they aren't deducting out the prior toll.

[tom31b]

wouldn't per 'berth' mean per cabin, not per person??

Berth = bed

[bellelinus]

The epilog (sp?) was weak, but the overall ending was unexpected and good

I agree.

[bellelinus]

well, new update...
:sad2: no little dis baby born in march...at least not from us! :sad2:
not sure what is going on...but i went in for a blood test today just to confirm, and it came back that i am not pg...i took 2 at home ones that said i was, and that is what i based it on the other day. guess i jumped the gun...:sad2:
only good thing is that i miscalculated, and we have one more month to try!! thing is it would make for a very very young infant on the cruise. we'll see how things work out.

Sorry for the disappointment . . . take care of yourself and try not to let it get you down.

[mousehouseman]

I think I did it. My first posting of my own cake!!!!

Happy Birthday Laura


http://www.annettescatering.com/service/birthday%20images/decorator%20birthday%20cake.gif

Don't get cocky now!!!!!!!:rolleyes:

[mousehouseman]

well, new update...
:sad2: no little dis baby born in march...at least not from us! :sad2:
not sure what is going on...but i went in for a blood test today just to confirm, and it came back that i am not pg...i took 2 at home ones that said i was, and that is what i based it on the other day. guess i jumped the gun...:sad2:
only good thing is that i miscalculated, and we have one more month to try!! thing is it would make for a very very young infant on the cruise. we'll see how things work out.

So sorry Shannon,:flower3: you can always try again.

John (Cheryl's DH)

[Verandah Man]

Don't get cocky now!!!!!!!:rolleyes:


Spoken like a true DH............................:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:


But I must say, congrats Cheryl on posting the cake photo...........:thumbsup2 :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2

[cruisin'Mike]

Thanks Mike, I read the article. A question though, since I just turned 52 in April, and the article said it the vaccine was for those 60 and over, would I be able to get the vaccine at 60, even though I have had Shingles already, or would it be too late for me to get the vaccine?

Mary Ann, thanks for the cyber chicken soup, but chickens aren't my favorite thing right now............;)

Andy, I'll double check with my boss at work today. It's recommended for everyone over 60, but you should be able to get it earlier than that. That's probably a good idea. With chicken pox, it's usually a one time infection, but from what I understand, you can have more than one outbreak of shingles. I'll let you know what I find out.

[Verandah Man]

Andy, I'll double check with my boss at work today. It's recommended for everyone over 60, but you should be able to get it earlier than that. That's probably a good idea. With chicken pox, it's usually a one time infection, but from what I understand, you can have more than one outbreak of shingles. I'll let you know what I find out.



Oh Heavens, thanks Mike :thumbsup2 I would really like to prevent anymore outbreaks from this if at all possible!!!