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dolphingirl47 · 11-03-2009, 04:16 PM

Well, I thought I had it all planned. When I was on the Disney Magic, I booked the Eastbound Transatlantic. We had the Westbound Transatlantic booked for over a year, but I really wanted to do both. I did a lot of adding up and found that between annual leave and lieu days, I had enough vacation time to do both. Today I found out more or less by accident that they have shortened the opening ours over Christmas and that means that they need only two team leaders. As I car share with one of the other team leaders and he is the one that drives, they decided that they would put me down for mandatory leave. That means that I now don't have enough vacation time to do both cruises. I am so upset right now. Now I have to make the decision which cruise to cancel.

Corinna

PoppyAnna · 11-03-2009, 04:21 PM

Don't know enough about the cruises to offer my opinion Corinna but sending

to you.

Netty · 11-03-2009, 04:23 PM

oh sorry to hear this Corinna, cant you explain that you have booked already??

mandymouse · 11-03-2009, 04:24 PM

So sorry that you're unable to do both cruises Corinna

dolphingirl47 · 11-03-2009, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Netty

oh sorry to hear this Corinna, cant you explain that you have booked already??

The problem is that we are not able to book leave until the first of the year and we are not supposed to book our holidays until our leave is confirmed. So unfortunately I haven't got a leg to stand on.

Corinna

Pinky166 · 11-03-2009, 04:37 PM

Oh no that sucks!

Can't you explain to them that you've already booked your holidays having taken into account all the holiday entitlement you have left/saved....surely they can't force you to take mandatory leave?

dolphingirl47 · 11-03-2009, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pinky166

Oh no that sucks!

Can't you explain to them that you've already booked your holidays having taken into account all the holiday entitlement you have left/saved....surely they can't force you to take mandatory leave?

No, they cannot, but there is an additional problem. I work 30 minutes drive away from home and I don't drive and we don't own a car. I car share with one of my colleagues. They made it pretty clear that it is one or the other who will be working. As there is no public transport over Christmas, I would have no way to get there. So I have no choice other than staying at home and accepting the mandatory leave.

Corinna

Ware Bears · 11-03-2009, 04:43 PM

Oh no

jjk · 11-04-2009, 02:01 AM

sorry you cant do both cruises

natalielongstaff · 11-04-2009, 02:56 AM

so sorry Corinna xx

Muscateer · 11-04-2009, 03:36 AM

Aww thats not good news about your two cruisies. Could you not take a couple days without pay or work bank holidays?

Workplaces can be so annoying interfering with holidays.

tennisfan · 11-04-2009, 05:24 AM

Sorry to hear this. I agree with Sadie, is it not possible to take unpaid leave?

dolphingirl47 · 11-04-2009, 12:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Muscateer

Aww thats not good news about your two cruisies. Could you not take a couple days without pay or work bank holidays?

Workplaces can be so annoying interfering with holidays.

My whole calculation was based on getting all my lieu days between December 2009 and August 2010. We get a lieu day if we either work on a Bank Holiday or have a rostered day off/:happytv.

Quote:

Originally Posted by tennisfan

Sorry to hear this. I agree with Sadie, is it not possible to take unpaid leave?

Unpaid leave is against company policy. What really annoys me that I still have two weeks leave for this year, vacation time that I neither need nor want this year, but we are not allowed to carry it over to next year either. Only lieu days can be carried over. So I will have a week off next week and will twiddle my thumbs and then again just before Christmas just so that I don't lose the leave.

Anyway, I feel a bit happier now. Rather than cancelling the booking and losing my on board credit and discount, I might try to transfer it to a 4 nighter on the Disney Dream in 2011. I have already got a 7 night cruise booked on the Magic for February 2011 and if I can get a reservation on the Dream for the day after the cruise on the Magic ends, that would be ideal.

I also have not given up on the idea of a solo Eastbound Transatlantic Cruise. I am hoping and expecting that the Disney Magic will come to Europe more or less permanently in 2012. I think it would be rather special to be on the cruise that takes her to her new home.

I am leaning towards canceling the Eastbound as this would have been a solo cruise for me and both of us are booked on the Westbound.

Anyway, there might well be a silver lining to that particular cloud. DH hates Christmas with a passion. So me working over Christmas suits him just fine as he can then just ignore the fact that it is Christmas. When I told him that I would now not be working over Christmas, he asked me what the prices for hotels in Dubai would be like over Christmas. I had a look and there is some good deals around. I have been in Dubai about 18 months ago and loved it. DH has never been. So now I have to check how many days off I will have in a row over Christmas and if I can get staff tickets. If that all works out then hopefully we will fly out of Manchester on Christmas Eve and then come back a few days later hopefully flying on the Airbus A380 into Heathrow (I would love to experience that plane).

Corinna

11-03-2009, 04:16 PM	#1
dolphingirl47 I will post my goodies once I am back I have always been too worried to use the pillowcase Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 24,417	Sometimes life stinks Well, I thought I had it all planned. When I was on the Disney Magic, I booked the Eastbound Transatlantic. We had the Westbound Transatlantic booked for over a year, but I really wanted to do both. I did a lot of adding up and found that between annual leave and lieu days, I had enough vacation time to do both. Today I found out more or less by accident that they have shortened the opening ours over Christmas and that means that they need only two team leaders. As I car share with one of the other team leaders and he is the one that drives, they decided that they would put me down for mandatory leave. That means that I now don't have enough vacation time to do both cruises. I am so upset right now. Now I have to make the decision which cruise to cancel. Corinna __________________ Two Trips to Paradise Staying at Mouse House Central Cheating on the Mouse Boats Of Mice, Dolphins and Other Wildlife Sun, Sea, Sand and Camels Magical Mystery Tour Transatlantic Adventures East Meets West Pirates, Princesses and Pumpkins Taking Stitch to Hawaii and NOT Leaving Him There Christmas Has Come Early

11-03-2009, 04:21 PM	#2
PoppyAnna Despite the end of tWW I'm still crazy about Josh Lyman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Beckenham, Kent. UK. Posts: 7,134	Don't know enough about the cruises to offer my opinion Corinna but sending to you. __________________ Joanne. 1982 WDW off site * May 2001 WDW off site * May 2005 DLRP * May 2007 WDW off site * Oct 2007 WDW off site * May 2009 DLRP * DLRP Christmas 09 * April 2011 3 wks Emerald Island, 3nt Dream cruise & Miami Beach * November 2011 SSR & VWL

11-03-2009, 04:23 PM	#3
Netty A six foot palm from Wal-Mart would make a very festive Christmas tree Especially if covered with FROG ornaments! Join Date: Jan 1999 Location: PRESTATYN N. WALES Posts: 8,779	oh sorry to hear this Corinna, cant you explain that you have booked already?? __________________

11-03-2009, 04:24 PM	#4
mandymouse If It's Not A Bahama Mama Then I'm Not Interested Can I put my Christmas Tree up yet ? Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Nuneaton U.K. Posts: 71,938	So sorry that you're unable to do both cruises Corinna __________________ Mandy xx

11-03-2009, 04:37 PM	#6
Pinky166 a little on the OCD side very impulsive, which doesn’t bode well for our credit cards! They don't call me "Clever Claire" for nothing! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Herts, England Posts: 13,895	Oh no that sucks! Can't you explain to them that you've already booked your holidays having taken into account all the holiday entitlement you have left/saved....surely they can't force you to take mandatory leave? __________________ Claire Sept 2000 - I-Drive, Sept 2002 - Kissimmee, Sept 2003 - AKL, Sept/Oct 2006 - Univ PBR, June 2008 - DLRP, Hotel NY, Dec 2008 - Univ HRH, WL & YC, Sept 2009 - OKW, 4n Wonder & Poly, June 2010 - BLT, Nov 2010 - DLRP, Sequoia Lodge, Jan 2011 - Univ RPR, Dream Maiden Voyage & AKV, Sept 2011 - WBTA & BLT, Oct 2012 - Paris & DLRP, June 2013 - 7n Med Cruise, Oct 2013 - Univ RPR, SSR, & Fantasy, May 2014 - EBTA, Sept 2014 - WBTA

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11-04-2009, 02:01 AM	#9
jjk Pete and I wait and watch some lovely baby lizards I have always booked myself "Play Up Pompey" Join Date: May 2004 Location: Reading UK Posts: 21,331	sorry you cant do both cruises __________________ Rachel "Play up Pompey, Pompey Play up" Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Calorie Counter 2000 Disneyland paris 2003 Ramada inn 2004 Quality inn plaza2005 Cumbrian lakes2006 Emerald Island July and December2007 Emerald Island May and July2008 Emerald Island and Contemporary Resort2009 Saratoga Springs 2010 Animal Kingdom lodge2011HRH Animal KingdomLodge 2012Holiday inn Miami ocean front /Animal Kingdom lodge

11-04-2009, 02:56 AM	#10
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11-04-2009, 03:36 AM	#11
Muscateer DIS Veteran Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Sandpit Posts: 7,058	Aww thats not good news about your two cruisies. Could you not take a couple days without pay or work bank holidays? Workplaces can be so annoying interfering with holidays. __________________ Sandra

11-04-2009, 05:24 AM	#12
tennisfan Was told off for sliding down the banister at the SL South Africa or California for me Popped to the Boots Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Kent, UK Posts: 23,622	Sorry to hear this. I agree with Sadie, is it not possible to take unpaid leave? __________________ Nikki Trips: DLRP - Hotel Cheyenne, October, 1994, DLRP - Hotel New York, October, 1998, DLRP - Hotel New York, June, 1999, DLRP - Sequoia Lodge, October, 1999, DLRP - Hotel New York, October, 2000, DLRP - Sequoia Lodge, October, 2001, Walt Disney Studios preview, February, 2002, DLRP - Hotel Cheyenne, August, 2002, New York City, Easter 2004, DLRP - Hotel New York, August, 2004, DLRP - Day trip, November, 2004, DLRP - Day trip, September, 2005, DLRP - Sequoia Lodge, Easter 2007, DLRP - Kyriad, June 2007 DLRP - Sequoia Lodge, June 2009 DLRP - Day trip, November 2009 New York City, February 2010 DLRP - Disneyland Hotel, June 2010 DLRP - Sequoia Lodge, September 2010 Stratosphere Hotel, Las Vegas, October 2010 DLRP - Day trip, January 2011, DLRP - Sequoia Lodge, August 2011, DLRP - Day trip, January 2012, DLRP - Sequoia Lodge, June 2012, DLRP - Santa Fe, November 2012,

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