10/02/04 Antigua Cruise

[piglet33]

I can get a list of everyone that wants to do this. Just PM me your full names since that is probably what they will want. Since I am going to send them a list of people, they might want some money upfront. We'll see......

Renee'

 

[jeanneg]

What can I contribute? With all this talk about people bringing lanyards, magnets, glo bracelets, foam balls,etc., I would also like to bring something for the group. Any suggestions on what is needed or would be useful? My only requirement is that it would be physically on the small side since we are flying in and have to deal with the luggage constraints.

Welcome, ciadriamom! The more the merrier!

Glad everything is well with your car, Arlene!

 

[two-foxes]

Good Morning....thanks goodness for days off...sleeping in and coffee, the good things in life!

So, I came across this web site about Coral World, which is located off Coki Beach. It may be of interest to some who are planning on visiting Coki Beach for the day.

http://www.coralworldvi.com/launch.htm

It looks pretty interesting, kids may love it!

 

[bettemom]

Originally posted by piglet33
Hi Kim - Count us in on this one. It sounds so beautiful and relaxing. By the way, I emailed them in March to ask about reservations and stuff. Here is what they said:


Day pass can be confirmed with me. Closer to the date kindly give me a reminder so that I ca inform the necessary persons before you arrive. Yes you will have full access to the beach. Upon arrival you will pay $70.00 for both of you, the baby will get a comp on the house.

I will be looking forward to hearing from you. You can respond directly to my email address (MAlfred@ANTIGUA.AllegroResorts.com).

Myriam Alfred


So it looks like we can wait a little while to do this or we can get a list of people that want to do this and make one ressie. Any thoughts?

Renee'

Hi Renee'...

My thoughts are...

Let's go with one list and make a group reservation. Do you want to take over this activity ???

PLMK,

Bye,Kim

 

[piglet33]

Hi Kim,

I can do this if you want me to. Not a big deal as long as you don't mind.

Renee'

 

[ARLO1]

Any plans made/suggestions for St Thomas?

Arlene

 

[bettemom]

Originally posted by ARLO1
Any plans made/suggestions for St Thomas?

Arlene

We are trying to get enough people to confirm, and we will have a private bus and tour, I will send an update this weekend. We only need 7 people, ( I think) to join and we have the 20 minimum we need.

Bye, Kim

 

[bettemom]

Originally posted by piglet33
Hi Kim,

I can do this if you want me to. Not a big deal as long as you don't mind.

Renee'

Super Renee',

You do this group activity and I will work on St. Thomas Activity and on Grills for dinner Friday night 10/1/04.

Please count Bettemom and I in for Antigua...

Bye, Kim

 

[Viking]

Renee',
congrats on winning post #2000

I have a preposition to make:

What about an Activity List containing the following features (So far)?
-Pre-Cruz-Activities
-Grills (Bette & Kim)
-Radisson-Pool-Party
-RonJon-Pool-Party

-Sea-Day-activities
-Morning Walk or Jog
-Going to a show together
-Rocking the house in the Disco
-Bingo
-Karaoke

-Shore-Activities
-Antigua
-Eco-Tour (Jill)
-Resort-Day (Renee')

-St Thomas
-CokiBeach Dive & Snorkel Adventure (Eric)
-Private Bus Tour (Bette & Kim)

I put names behind some of the activities, these people would be in charge of setting up the respective activity, answering questions, etc.
I would create this List containing all the abovementioned activities and everything else the group will come up with, the names of the respective "leaders" and their e-mail-adresses.
Concentrating this on some key-people and doing the planning via email instead of the thread will facilitate everything, and will also make it easier to participate for those of us who do not have the possibilty or time to follow the thread as actively like us 'Hardcore-Posters'

What do you think about it? Give me your feedback via the thread or our mail-account, and if it is an 'Aye', tell me the Activity you will be 'responsible' for and the e-mail-adress you will use for it.

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by jeanneg
What can I contribute? With all this talk about people bringing lanyards, magnets, glo bracelets, foam balls,etc., I would also like to bring something for the group. Any suggestions on what is needed or would be useful? My only requirement is that it would be physically on the small side since we are flying in and have to deal with the luggage constraints.

Q: Any suggestions on what is needed or would be useful?
A: You & DH


BTW, here's what we will bring: Miniature bottles of Schnapps, probably 40 to 50. I have to check the US Customs Regulations on how much booze we will be allowed to bring for the exact number. Last time we had 20 and Jeff & Gaby brought another 20.
I know what you mean, Jeanne: Getting all this stuff in via plane is a chore, but fortunately transatlantic flights allow 64 Kilogramms per person (~140lbs). The only problem is that we'll have to carry this stuff with us for three weeks before the cruise.

BTW, we have to cross the state borders of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina transporting booze. Could that be a problem? I know that you have a lot of (At least for us Europeans) very weird laws concerning alcohol, especially when it comes to crossing state borders. I don't want to get into trouble with Jill & Tim's colleagues

Speaking of car-trouble: Yesterday a nice old lady informed me that one of my headlights was 'blind'. So after work I went to a shop got a new bulb, and while waiting for Anja at the tram-station I replaced it. The engine-compartment of our convertible is kind of cramped as it is based on a small compact with a 1.1 litre-engine/55hp as a base-motor. In our car there is a 2.0 litre/136hp, and then all the stuff like power-steering-pump, ABS-hardware, A/C-compressor, an extra-large-battery due to the electrically driven retractable hardtop, etc. I needed 20 minutes, nearly twisted fingers, got some bruises, but in the end I had it fixed - and wished all French engineers to hell. But when I told this a friend at the gym, he just said I could call myself lucky: In his Volkswagen Golf you have to remove the complete headlight to change the bulbs and have it readjusted afterwards, which can only be done in the shop. €100 for replacing a €3-part

 

[bettemom]

We almost always send a box or two ahead to whatever hotel ahead of time.That way we avoid carring a lot of "STUFF" while traveling...If you call ahead and let them know how many packages you are sending the hotel folks are great about holding things....

 

[piglet33]

Originally posted by Viking
Renee',
congrats on winning post #2000

I have a preposition to make:

What about an Activity List containing the following features (So far)?
-Pre-Cruz-Activities
-Grills (Bette & Kim)
-Radisson-Pool-Party
-RonJon-Pool-Party

-Sea-Day-activities
-Morning Walk or Jog
-Going to a show together
-Rocking the house in the Disco
-Bingo
-Karaoke

-Shore-Activities
-Antigua
-Eco-Tour (Jill)
-Resort-Day (Renee')

-St Thomas
-CokiBeach Dive & Snorkel Adventure (Eric)
-Private Bus Tour (Bette & Kim)

I put names behind some of the activities, these people would be in charge of setting up the respective activity, answering questions, etc.
I would create this List containing all the abovementioned activities and everything else the group will come up with, the names of the respective "leaders" and their e-mail-adresses.
Concentrating this on some key-people and doing the planning via email instead of the thread will facilitate everything, and will also make it easier to participate for those of us who do not have the possibilty or time to follow the thread as actively like us 'Hardcore-Posters'

What do you think about it? Give me your feedback via the thread or our mail-account, and if it is an 'Aye', tell me the Activity you will be 'responsible' for and the e-mail-adress you will use for it.

Wow 2000! I didn't even know it. We're really going strong posting.

Anyway, Eric I think this is a great idea, so 'Aye' for me.

Renee'

 

[papa]

Eric to change the headlight bulb in the Volkswagen Beetle you have to take it back to the shop. Vue is still in shop as the part did not come in. I told my service consulate that she could just give me one of the new ION red line cars when the come in. 2 Liter-200 hp 5 speed supercharged inter-cooler.

Is it October yet??

Arlene down here we don't get a butterscotch just peppermint mints from the service department.

Coral world was nice. I still haven't ridden the cable cars to the top of the hill by the docks yet. Mike

 

[Twinave]

Kim and Renee, Sorry for the mix up. Still torn between the day at the resort and the Eco-Tour. I guess it's time for a family meeting.
But we are definatly doing the Coki Beach snorkle/dive in St Thomas.
Eric, Love the activities list idea. As I have said before I am interested in planning a brunch or lunch on one of our days at sea. It would be at either Parrot Cay or Lumiers.
I have driven my car from FL to SC with alcohol in the car. Never had a problem. As long as you are not trying to sell it, it should be OK. I don't think there would be much profit in flying over from Germany in order to sell 40 oz. of Schnapps.
Hope everyone is back behind the wheel now. Hate it when my car is broke.
I'm taking tomorrow off! Well, I will go in for an hour or so, but I will not have to be there early. Sleep-in.
Later, Ave'

 

[1971visitor]

I used to work for American Airlines. We flew free but were restricted on the amount of luggage we could carry with us (carry on only). We shipped excess luggage via FedEx or UPS to the hotel at our destination in advance. It was much more reliable and hassle free...It's an option...

 

[papa]

Jamie did you ever get the email I sent you so that we could put all the Lebanon people on the list?? Mike

 

[ciadriamom]

Thanks again for the warm greetings. I so much more excited now!!!!!

Twinave, pm me your/her e-mail address. My dauther's is iluvdarie@aol.com. Put DIS boards in the subject line so she can identify her.

Is anyone bring bubbles for the sail away party? If not, I'm offering to bring them, just let me know how many.

The list of activities sounds awesome. Eric, will there be details in your e-mail?

P.S. Don't feel bad, I'll probably be working some time this weekend as well.

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by papa
Jamie did you ever get the email I sent you so that we could put all the Lebanon people on the list?? Mike

Mike,
he send sent me his info using the blank list, but stated that he has to talk to rest of his friends before he seds theirs.

Yes Sharon,
details will follow. I'll do the update tomorrow night, but as I'm 6 hours ahead of you, you should have it in the afternoon EST. I hope that I'll also find time for the Activity-List tomorrow.

Mary,
I'll put you on it as being in charge of the Brunch-thing.

 

[bettemom]

Hi Eric, Kim here...

I hava a suggestion, since we are putting more info into groups how about dining table groups. This might help some of the newer cruisers to our group "break" the ice ...

1) Those that have established a group table for dinner can list who is at that table, if they have a table name and are they early or late dinner.

2) Diser's who have not joined a dinner table can start a list for early dinner, and for late diner and people can see who is looking for dinner companions and then they can form their own table (s).


Our dinner table guests ( early seating) are:

Bette & Kim ( bettemom)
Renee, Lenny & Haley ( Piglet33)
Fiona & Jim ( cdnmickeylover)
Chris & Denise ( FridayFun)
Jeanne & Sam ( JeannieC)

:thewave:

Bye, Kim

 

[papa]

Hi everyone,

Yes the Saturn Vue is still in the shop. (sigh) We do miss him. We call him Big Red. We were talking about the Lemon Law here and when I called the complaint line at Saturn I told them that I did not have a problem with the dealership or their service department but the Saturn has been in the shop at least 8 times for the same reason. Then Mike gets on the phone and was very nice to them and they gave us another car to drive. I hope we aren't renting it. I haven't even been in it because I have been working at the hospital and driving the Beetle back and forth.

Poor Eric, I can understand what you went through with the 'blind' headlight. Unfortunately it takes quite a bit of money to get our 'fiddidles' (Teenage term ) fixed on the Volkswagen. Mike worked for a while to fix one of our bad headlights and we found out that if he had kept on he might have really done some damage to something in the headlamp and it would have been a lot more money.

A big HELLO to all the newbies. Welcome. We look forward to meeting you.

Take care everyone. Kathy with a K, DW of Papa