10/02/04 Antigua Cruise

[disneybride96]

Originally posted by jeanneg
dsncruise lover: OK, now i get it....you're just choosing to ignore any minutes that amount to less than a full day.......by that definition, yes, we have hit the 60-day mark! And I bet you always see the glass as "half full"........!!!!!

All I know is that I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!!!

 

[RellingTwin]

IT'S HERE!!! The 60 day mark! YIPEEE I hope everyone has their excurtion form filled out and ready to fax (or call) today!
Other things to do this month:
Make hair and pedicure apointments
Get the Tux cleaned/pressed
Get the car tuned up
line up care for the pets

No sense in waiting until the last minute

 

[bettemom]

Hi guys, Kim here...


For those lucky cruisers who have chosen to join the St. Thomas tour the itinerary is finished. I will post everything tonight....

Bye, Kim

 

[RellingTwin]

Kim, I just sent you a PM

 

[piglet33]

Good morning everyone!!

Just booked our shore excursions. Got Lenny the 10:30 parasailing at CC and booked us on the Paradise Point Tram for St. Thomas so we can do that after the tour that Kim is working on.

Reneé

Edited to say - no shirts from zazzle yet!

 

[The Adams Family]

my 4 daughters want to go on the banana boats but i see that an adult needs to go with them because of their ages but i am a bit worried about going. my dh is hoping to go fishing at cc and has had back surgery so i think that will elimidate him from going so that means me needing to go but i am a very plus size woman and i am worried if i fall off i wont get back on it. any ideas out there. and also does it have to be one adult per child?

thank you
Jill

 

[The Adams Family]

does anyone know the amount of walking with some of the island tours? due to Autumns health she only can manage walking short distances unless i bring her scooter which i am trying to avoid doing on the islands because of the hassles.

thank you again
jill

 

[bettemom]

Just booked Paradailing at 11:30 am for the " old" lady, bettemom... I also have a reservation.

Bye, Kim


Just had a ??? about lanyards,

I am working on them and I will have them for all, for the cruise. For those I see early at Grills, I will bring them also, for everyone else hopefully we catch up at the terminal.

Bye again, Kim

 

[piglet33]

My shirts arrived today from zazzle.com, but they're wrong. I had 3 different designs created (one for each shirt), and they put the wrong ones on the wrong shirts. I just checked my email for the order, and I'm right. Guess in all the rush to finally get them out to me, they put the wrong designs on the wrong shirts.

Oh well, I just found some software from Hanes on hanes2u.com that I downloaded and bought the iron on paper from them since it seems like a pretty good quality. I also bought the shirts from another site that zazzle used since they are pretty heavy duty. I'll just wait for them to come in the mail and make my own.

Boy what a problem this whole thing was. Glad it's over though, and I did learn a lesson to never order from them again.

Reneé

 

[bettemom]

Hi Guys, Here it is, the itinerary for the private St. Thomas tour. We worked hard to give everyone a bit of what they asked for..


8:00 - 8:30 Pick up by safari jeep at the ship ( Disney magic 10/6
Godfrey is the owner of the business and he will be
at the pier with a sign for our private tour.

8:30-10:00 shopping downtown historic shopping area.

10:00- 12:00 Visit: Scenic Drive to Bluebeards Castle , Drakes Seat , drive to very scenic gorgeous Magens Beach for short visit/ local cocktail or cold drink /swim. Any other sights that the driver has time to take us too we will add on to the tour. There might be a $ 2.00 admit fee for Magens Beach but I am not totally sure.

12:30-1:30 Lunch @ Duffys Luv Shack in Red Hook (near Saphire Beach) www.duffysloveshack.com Lunch costs are each persons responsibility, they have a real fun menu posted on the web site, very affordable prices.The restaurant is expecting us and has no problem issueing individual checks, they DO NOT take credit cards).


1:30- 2:30 Quick swim at Saphire beach, and a ( mini tour of the area by safari jeep for non beach people)


2:30 Drop off people at the ship who are tired .
Drop off people to take the scenic tramway up. Additional $$
Drop off people to the top of the mountain who want to take the tram down not up. ( To access the tram there are 3 steep flights of stairs 36 stairs total, I spoke with the tram operators and they do not have an elevator.
Drop group of Die hard shoppers off for last minute retail therapy downtown .


3:45 Pick up last group of shoppers from pre- arranged meeting
spot and take back to ship to make 4:30 sailing.



I hope everyone is pleased with the tour itinerary. We are at this time are a few people short of the 20 person minimum for the $ 20.00 pp cost. However it will only cost our group a couple dollars more per person if we do not get a few more to join us and we then are all set for the tour. The safari jeep costs $ 400.00 for the day plus I think we need to tip the driver.

Here is a list of the cruisers that are confirmed on this tour:

1) Bette BETTEMOM
2) Kim BETTEMOM
3) Renee’ & Haley PIGLET33
4) Lenny PIG;ET33
5) Mary Jo SARAHSMOM
6) Sara SARAHSMOM
7) Sam SARAHSMOM
8) Arlene ARLO1
9) Andy ARLO1
10 Jen hygiene99
11 Peter hygiene99
12 Jeanne C jeanniec
13 Sam C jeanniec
14 Sharon ( ciadriamom)
15 Ciara (ciadriamom)
16 Adaria (ciadriamom)
17 Jeanne ( jeanneg)
18 john ( Jeanneg)

If I forgot to add you or I added you and/or you have second thoughts about the best tour you could take (LOL LOL) then PLMK. I worked hard to give everyone a little of what they asked for, I hope this meets everyones expectations.

I asked godfrey to have a case of frozen water bottles for us to have right off. I would be glad to pick up this cost, perhaps someone wants to check on the ship and see if they would freeze a 2nd case of water bottles for us to have, as I am sure it will be very warm...

Bye, kim

 

[piglet33]

This sounds good Kim. Now I really can't wait.

Thanks for all your work with this.

Reneé

 

[RellingTwin]

YIPEE! I got the fishing trip for DH and DS on Castaway Cay! I called at 8:01 this morning!

Did everyone get the tours they wanted?

 

[Hygiene99]

Sounds like a good time Kim...
thanks for all of your hard work.

this is the only tour or excursion we have Booked

kinda just like to go with the flow....


one question can we Book the jet ski excursion
online or ahead of time ????

and are they like the ones at the World with a govenor on them so the Will not go over 30 ??????
we rented them at the poly was Dissappointed
Will use other Rental place if this is the case .

Was not informed that they Govern the Speeds
until we got out on the water

told Guide Something was wrong with my Ski as it will oonly Reach 30 MPH... Nephews went to 35 probably dues to Weight difference.... could not Keep up with him kinda Stunk...



peter

 

[disneybride96]

Originally posted by RellingTwin
YIPEE! I got the fishing trip for DH and DS on Castaway Cay! I called at 8:01 this morning!

Did everyone get the tours they wanted?

Wow...I called at 8:30 eastern time and the early Antigua 4x4 excursion was already sold out. I never imagined it would sell out so quick...wish I would have pulled the car over and made the call on my way to work instead of waiting. All is not lost though...we did get the 12:15 trip, so we are not dissappointed. I think DH is actually happy that he gets to have his coffee on the veranda an extra morning.

Kim- that St. Thomas trip sounds great, but we REALLY REALLY want to see St. John. I have been to St. Thomas twice, and we have seriously considered camping at USVI National Park...so this is our chance to check it out. We are doing the St. John Island Tour.

 

[jeanniec]

Kim -- what a great itinerary! You did a wonderful job. Thanks again for all the planning and work you did for us. Can't wait for the tour.

 

[ciadriamom]

Bette what an awesome itinerary. You did a terrific job. I'd love to buy you the drink of your choice at lunch to say thanks!!

Booked our excursions this morning. Took the early morning Jolly Roger in Antigua and the Tramway for St. Thomas. Will probably ride up and take the steps down, too much exercise the other way. This is vacation after all.

Booked wild side for Ciara. I can't belive it's finally getting within touching distance.

 

[The Adams Family]

book all our excursions and got all of them that we wanted. DH even gets to go fishing on CC at 915 and we go the 4x4 jeeps at 12:10 in antigua.

wow this trip is feeling more real every day

Jill

 

[RellingTwin]

Kim...Great job on the tour!I'm betting this will bring out some lurkers who will want to join the tour.

Jill (Adams) looks like you DH will be fishing with my guys!WAY COOL!

 

[Zapp1213]

Hey everyone.

Today is David's 10th birthday!!!!! He's so excited. "I have to use all of my fingers now."

Our excursions are booked: Dolphin & stingray adventure on Antigua, Kayaking on St. Thomas, and David & I are catamaraning on CC.

Just one problem. The woman told me Wild Side on CC is very strict that the child MUST be 13 on the date of the excursion. Heidi will be 13 on the 10th (2 days later!). She wouldn't let me book it for Heidi. Does anyone think they'll let her go, once we get there? She's going to be SOOOOO disappointed when she finds out. I may have to cancel catamaraning, as Heidi refuses to go snorkeling--unless she finds someone to hang out with that isn't going to the Wild Side.

No marital updates to report--I'm planning this trip as if Tom's not going. (He hasn't given me an inkling of hope that he will change his mind.) We did have a good exchange yesterday. No begging, crying, arguing or hurtful words from either of us. Perhaps...

Happy birthday Kathy w/a K.

Papa-Congrats on #3,600

Reneé-I'm sorry about your zazzle.com experience. Can you dispute the charges? What a waste of time, energy & t-shirts!

Mary (and others on the East Coast)-How are you holding up with Hurricane Alex? David tried to call George tonite, and left a message.

We're having thunderstorms tonite. It's about time, too. My grass was getting brown. Tom's the one who always mowed & watered. I never think of it.

David pointed out that it always rains on his birthday. I'm not sure if that's accurate, but it did come down in buckets the night he was born. I think that's why he loves storms so much!

He was sweet this morning, too. He asked me to tell him the story of his birth. In the middle of the story, I had to stop & make a deposit at the bank. When I got back in the car, he said, "Okay, you can keep going now." They never tire of hearing about themselves, do they?

Well, bedtime. Good nite, everyone.

Marianne

 

[Zapp1213]

Oh yeah. Heidi is away at a sleep-away camp. Her first one. She was really excited. I signed her up w/a friend from church. Afterward, she found out two friends from school were also going, so the four of them are bunking together.

Tom took her there on Sunday (I had to go to Chicago overnite for a business meeting), and I'll pick her up on Saturday.

I sent them some cards to give her one a day till Friday. She has paper & stamps, so I hope I'm getting a letter tomorrow.

Okay, goodnite.
Marianne