10/02/04 Antigua Cruise

[two-foxes]

Originally posted by jeanneg
. I'm always wary of doing a "full day" excursion with someone other than DCL for the reason that if something goes wrong and you get unexpectedly delayed, the possibility exists that you could miss the ship's departure from port.

I was assured (as I am now crossing my fingers) we would be back at our meeting site (which is "a 3 minute walk" from the ships dock) by 4:15, and they could make accomodations to those whose departure time was earlier than the typical 5:00. Our itinerary has a leave time of 5:30 and I (once again crossing my fingers!!!!) think it should work out. The tour sounded too good to pass up!!

Can I keep my fingers crossed for another 5 months or so?!

 

[Twinave]

Bettemom....Get Well Soon......Love Ave'

 

[disneybride96]

Jeanne: Hi! Saw you post in another thread from awhile back about changing to the recatagorized Cat 7 room. Thanks for posting that! We were able to move into yourold deck 7 room! We were hoping hoping that one would open up on deck 7! Of course I my never get DH off that Aft Deck 7.

 

[Hygiene99]

Well from watching the news looks like it was just a very nice day there in DC.... blossoms out and i assume everyone is haveing great time at the meet.........


Welcome to all .......


Bette please feel better.........

 

[JanDave]

Before booking the eco tour for the 9/18 cruise, I emailed antigua adventure. I was assured that we would be back at the Magic by 4:15 p.m. This company does a lot of day trips for cruisers and they already knew the Magic's time frame in Antigua. I'll be sure to post a report upon our return from the 9/18 cruise.

Jan

 

[Viking]

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* for Bette, Kim

1971visitor has sent his info and that of another family

Fridayfun, now it's your turn

Perhaps I'll find time this week for an update, but now we'll have to catch up with our favourite series we taped during our trip to London

 

[fridayfun]

OK! All of our info is sent! This is not fair, though! I was excited before about the cruise, now I don't know if I am going to make it until then! But I will ask my first question, though. Formal night - I read that only a few men wear a tux. DH was going to get a nice black suit and dress it up for formal, but wanted to make sure that he would not be alone or if the $85 for a tux rental would be more appropriate. I have seen a few questions about this but that is our one big issue - we want to dress up, but not look out of place!

 

[jeanneg]

Originally posted by disneybride96
Jeanne: Hi! Saw you post in another thread from awhile back about changing to the recatagorized Cat 7 room. Thanks for posting that! We were able to move into yourold deck 7 room! We were hoping hoping that one would open up on deck 7! Of course I my never get DH off that Aft Deck 7.

That means that we'll be neighbors!!!!!! The cabin we switched to is only one door up from the one you have now. I'm so glad you were able to get what you wanted. BTW, it looks like we'll in in good company.....Fiona and Jim ar just a few doors down as well! My husband also loves that deck on 7aft.......whenever he's missing I can usually find him asleep in a lounge chair back there!

fridayfun: if your DH wants to get a tux, by all means go for it. On the other hand, if he hates to dress up, an ordinary suit is perfect. There is a very broad range of what is acceptable for formal night and he should wear whatever is comfortable for him (within reason). We've all seen some super-casual diners (even some with shorts!) and, to Disney's credit, they receive the same attentive and gracious service that everybody else does. Those are the ones that should feel out of place...but never seem to!
I'm sure your hubby will be fine in a regular suit or nice sports jacket. My own hubby wears a suit and tie every day at work, so he does not enjoy getting all dressed up when he's on vacation. He'll bring one dark suit and several different ties to get him through formal, semi-formal and Palo nights. Now that I'm older (and wider!) I too resist getting all spiffied up. I've got some black Chico's travelwear that I absolutely swear by and that, with a few various accessories, gets me through all the dressy occasions. I am also fanatical about packing light (it's a game to me) so I do everything I possibly can to take the absolute minimum.

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by fridayfun
OK! All of our info is sent! This is not fair, though! I was excited before about the cruise, now I don't know if I am going to make it until then! But I will ask my first question, though. Formal night - I read that only a few men wear a tux. DH was going to get a nice black suit and dress it up for formal, but wanted to make sure that he would not be alone or if the $85 for a tux rental would be more appropriate. I have seen a few questions about this but that is our one big issue - we want to dress up, but not look out of place!

I bought a tux for my first 7-day in 2001 and wasn't overdressed at all. I wore it for the formal and the semi-formal. Last 7-day I wore it for the formal and a regular jacket & tie for the semi-formal. We were six couples at our table, some of the men wore a suit, some a tux - and it was like that in all restaurants. So you won't be underdressed with a suit nor overdressed with a tux.
Just flip a coin: Heads=tux - Tails=suit

 

[Viking]

I'll try my very best to squeeze in the time for the necessary update tomorrow, although I'm going to have a very busy day.
Anja has to work the intermediate shift (12pm-8pm) tomorrow and our fridge is totally empty and as the shops in Germany still close at 8pm I'll be kind of in a rush the whole day: Work off the backlog after a vacation, run 6 miles on the treadmill, do the shopping, get home in time for the update, pick up Anja at the hospital.
I'll try my best!!!!
Please send all your changes until tomorrow noon EST.

 

[Hygiene99]

WE have one of the Cat 7 reclassified rooms so that is one iu will not get.... think we r on deck 6....

VIKING Pease check your pm's

 

[two-foxes]

Originally posted by fridayfun
OK! All of our info is sent! This is not fair, though! I was excited before about the cruise, now I don't know if I am going to make it until then! But I will ask my first question, though. Formal night - I read that only a few men wear a tux. DH was going to get a nice black suit and dress it up for formal, but wanted to make sure that he would not be alone or if the $85 for a tux rental would be more appropriate. I have seen a few questions about this but that is our one big issue - we want to dress up, but not look out of place!

Tim bought this beautiful black suit for formal night (he had been eyeballing this suit for some time...he just used the cruise to convice me to let him get it!) He will pair it up with a silky black standard tie for formal, then a silver/black/white striped tie for semi. He was going to do a tux, but he fell in love with the suit. I think either a suit or a tux would do just fine!

 

[disneybride96]

My DH loves to sail, but I am afraid that the cruise ship packages might be a cattle boat. (did one of those on Nantucket. Don't want to do that again) Has anyone chartered with a local in St. Thomas or Antigua on a prior cruise? I'm looking for recommendations!

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by Hygiene99

VIKING Pease check your pm's

Peter,
I just replied - THANK YOU SO MUCH
Sorry for the late reply, but somehow I don't get PM-notifications on my email-account anymore

 

[RellingTwin]

Bette, get well soon!

Eric and Anja..welcome home!

DB96..we were also looking at a sailing trip or a dive trip. This sailing trip looks good:
http://www.vinow.com/phpAdsNew/adclick.php?bannerID=103&dest=http://www.sailjester.com

I found a great Tux on E-Bay for DH. He loves to wear it on the cruise, but a suite is also fine.

The kids are on Spring Break this week, so I get to sleep in an extra half hour since I don't have to drop them at school



Eric...looking forward to the next update.

To everyone who expressed their condolances....Thank you!We did learn that DH's friend did die of a heart attack.

 

[@GoofyNut]

We're back from DC and had a wonderful time ... just too darn short!

Tried to find Piglet at the Smithsonian but couldn't seen to locate her in the throng. Really crowded due to the Cherry Blosson Parade, etc.

Hope it doesn't take Washington too long to recover from us. I'm afraid we carried on a little. We were actually like the "Griswold's on vacation".

Got some great pictures but by the time we got home last night, too pooped to clean them up and send em out to you Eric ... Mike when you have a minute, could you get some to Eric?

Eric ... got the book you wanted (I think) and I'll send it out shortly.

There is soooooooooooooooo much to see in DC, we have decided that it's going to be an annual thing for a few years.

Gotta run --- work calls, I mean screams!

 

[@GoofyNut]

Oops, missed something really important .......

Bette and Jeanniec, hope you are healing well and back to DIS shape really soon!

 

[jeanneg]

Bette and jeanniec: I hope you're both recuperating nicely.

two-foxes: that suit sounds perfect......now think of all the conch coolers you'll be able to have with the tux money!

Jenn: I just checked out the ships floorplan and your cabin would have been immediately under ours with one exception: you're on the other side!

 

[Viking]

OK Folks,
the newest update is in your mail boxes - Check it out.
The file is smaller this time as I dumped the 10%-coupon for the Grills. I'll incorporate it again in another update closer to the cruise.

Thanks for the book, Cathy - But there's really no need to mail it. I can also wait til the cruise.
BTW, did you see anything about my company in the museum. There should be something as our founder, Captain Elrey B. Jeppesen, invented the aeronautical charts, making aviation what it is today.

 

[Viking]

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