10/02/04 Antigua Cruise

[cdnmickeylover]

Eric -- that doesn't sound like a great cruise. Have only heard vaguely about it but have really been too busy at work to pay much attention to the news.

I think that Jim has the same thing as Kathy and was basically told the same thing but he'd have to post to clarify. I could have it wrong.

He didn't have a good day yesterday because after he dropped me off at the subway he got 3 tickets on the drive home totalling $265!! Two were because he couldn't produce the ownership or proof of insurance for the car because they are in my wallet. The other was for driving in the commuter/bus lane. The first two he can go to court to have them removed but the third will have to be paid. I rarely (like 2x a year) go to downtown Toronto but had to go yesterday for a seminar. He may not drive me to the subway next time.

Today was the last day of my year long drug study. Yeah. For the last year have been on a drug study to help diabetics lose weight -- didn't help me so I'm guessing I got a placebo. But 8 vials of blood and an ECG later it's over. Two less pills to take every day.

Now can someone help me explain to a teenager that yes, you do need to do your assignments and yes you do need to pass English and no I don't want to talk to your English teacher about this again???

Take care everyone -- like the motto btw.

Fiona

 

[RellingTwin]

Kathy, I like your slogan!

Bette and Kim...I am so glad you did not let the SNAFU put a damper on your vacation or your plans to sail again. I hope someone response to your next letter.

I got my bill from DCL..it was correct except for the deposit for next years cruise! BUT...I'm sure that will show up on my credit card bill.

Eric...it sounds like the cruise you discribed is the cruise from H*ll!!!What a nightmare

 

[Twinave]

Love The Motto

Watched "Finding Nemo" again.

Also got my statement, looks ok, but my credit for my BINGO win was suppose to be $207. They only had it down as $200. I know $7 bucks, no big deal, but I think I'll give them a call anyway.
No verranda for us next year. Unless we get a Magic upgrade. But we can always visit twin sisters room.

"Just keep swimming, just keep swimming" Dory

Later, Ave'

 

[padisneyfan]

Just got back from the first high school hockey game. I had to sell admission tickets since no one volunteered to do it. I was able to get all the remaining slots filled for Nov and Dec. If people don't come forward they are going to be assigned.

Fionna--- I can relate to being on a study drug. I am on a protocol to evaluate a new drug to help prevent bone metatasis in breast cancer survivors. I take 2 pills every morning and every six months need to get blood work drawn. Well, Tues went to have the blood work drawn, when I got home Tues night here is a message from the lab that they didn't draw all the tubes so had to go back this morning to be restuck. So not only the inconvience of going again, but I am not an easy person to get blood from so didn't appreciate having to be stuck again. My study drug is for 3 years, so 1 year down 2 more to go. At the end will find out if I had the drug or placebo.

Kim and Bette--- I'm really surprised that Disney isn't doing something. I would have thougt you would get the price difference between the cat 10 and cat 11. I didn't realize that you found out someone else was in that room. That is very interesting. Maybe you will be like 4nana who had a bad experience last year, and when she went on her cruise this year had VIP treatment. So maybe that will happen for you.

Kathy--- I know the language PVC's and PAC's but wouldn't know them if I saw them on a monitor. Plus clueless to what causes them. Cardiology is not my specialty either. Now if you had a bowel problem, I could really help you out. Hope things will be ok for you.

Cathy--- I love the motto also. It will be perfect for our group. I had to think what the FFFF was.

Ave--- I have yet to see Nemo. I thought I would get to see it on the cruise along with Pirates of the Caribbean. But was always doing something else when it was being shown. I'm going to ask DS #1 to buy it for me for Christmas. Last year he got me Beauty and the Beast.

Eric---- I did read about that cruise ship somewhere on these boards. I didn't realize that 2 people died. Wonder where those bodies are being stored.

I'm really tired so I'm heading off to bed.

Nancy

 

[padisneyfan]

I forgot to mention we got our bill and everything was as it should be. Norm is a cheap date, he only charged $40 the entire trip.

Nancy

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by Twinave
Love The Motto

Watched "Finding Nemo" again.

Also got my statement, looks ok, but my credit for my BINGO win was suppose to be $207. They only had it down as $200. I know $7 bucks, no big deal, but I think I'll give them a call anyway.
No verranda for us next year. Unless we get a Magic upgrade. But we can always visit twin sisters room.

"Just keep swimming, just keep swimming" Dory

Later, Ave'

Finding NEMO will start 11/20 in the cinemas over here!!! My niece was delighted to get a Nemo-mug from us. At BB and TL you had the choice between the mug and your $2-refund for your locker-key and I thought she would like it.
Perhaps I will order the DVD in the States to see it again.

 

[bettemom]

Hi Guys, this is Kim here...


To answer a few inquiries about our problem, the dollar difference was around $380-$400 between the rooms. That is the only thing I asked Disney for, nothing else. Our travel agent is still trying to get some action she is speaking with anyone she can at Disney Cruisel Line / Disney travel Co. but once customer service has sent their official denial of any compensation they say that you have no appeal left with Disney.

Our TA Beci has said that her agency wants to do something to make this up to us next October ( we definately are coming) but Mom & I strongly believe that they had no fault in this mess and should not be placed in a position of compensating their clients for an obvious Disney screw-up.

Mom & I are fine about everything, we never expected to see anything from Disney, but sure we would have loved to be surprised with something from them.. Oh well, cruising goes on...

I will be alot savier next October when checking in and I would suggest you guys do not want to be behind me in the check-in line because I will be going over everything they give me with a fine tooth comb BEFORE I leave the counter.

Ave, I will need to send you a private e-mail later tonight or tomorrow, can you e-mail mom with what address to use?

Bye, Kim

P.S. I am already in the cruise spirit, I am working on a cruise sewing project already....

 

[@GoofyNut]

Eric ... OMG what an awful cruise for those people. I too am wondering where the heck they put the 2 bodies? Then again, maybe that's best unknown.

? -- Do all of you in Germany own a cuckoo clock? I see them advertised a lot and wonder. Remember having one in the house when I was little and the cat kept swinging from the pine cone weights!

Kim & Bette ... Realllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly glad you are taking the snafu so well and back into getting up for the next voyage.

BUT still wondering how Bernie made out once he got home. Is he showing his pictures all around to his "humans"?

Glad to hear the good remarks about the slogan ... seems to fit us well. We're sailing on the MAGIC and for sure will be making some Magical Memories....for sure.

 

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

padisneyfan...Sam is an even cheaper date than Norm--he charged a total of $8.50 for two peach smoothies--one for him and one for me---now I on the other hand, well we won't even go there!!!

Forgot to post that Precious was happy to see us when we returned from the cruise but not overjoyed--how dare you leave me again. Well, the Saturday after we got home, Sam was working and Sarah and I decided to go out and run some errands and do lunch---Precious wanted to go and Sarah said "no, you are a pain in the car!!" Well when we returned home in the afternoon, Precious had ripped two major holes in my living room carpet---quite noticeable--needless to say, I was not too pleased with Precious--my carpet is maroon and she ripped it right down to the backing--now we have two large gray spots to stare at--luckily, we have a carpet supplier that we deal with at the hospital and he is going to have someone come up and repair it!!

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by @GoofyNut
Eric ... OMG what an awful cruise for those people. I too am wondering where the heck they put the 2 bodies? Then again, maybe that's best unknown.

? -- Do all of you in Germany own a cuckoo clock? I see them advertised a lot and wonder. Remember having one in the house when I was little and the cat kept swinging from the pine cone weights!

Kim & Bette ... Realllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly glad you are taking the snafu so well and back into getting up for the next voyage.

BUT still wondering how Bernie made out once he got home. Is he showing his pictures all around to his "humans"?

Glad to hear the good remarks about the slogan ... seems to fit us well. We're sailing on the MAGIC and for sure will be making some Magical Memories....for sure.

I don't know about Bernie, but Fritz is lokking over my shoulder right now. We have a stationary workout bike in my computerroom facing the TV and the screen of the PC and Fritz resides on the handlebars of the bike.

No, Cathy - We don't have a cuckoo-clock. Asking a German of my generation (or even my parents') is the same like asking an American "Where do you park your quarterhorse at the office?" or "Does really everybody wear ten-gallon-hats in the USA?"
If you want to buy a cuckoo-clock in Frankfurt you have to go to a place frequently visited by tourists - Especially Japanese and Americans. But if you want one, I can get one for you for CruisetoberfestIII.

 

[cdnmickeylover]

Mary Jo -- Had to laugh at Precious. My DB and SIL have 2 dogs. In their last house they had a huge family room and the carpet was seamed down the middle although you couldn't see it -- at least until the dogs got to it. The dogs found a loose thread and before they realized what the dogs had done there was carpet missing right in the middle of the room. They finally had to replace the carpet (it was old anyway) and make sure that there wasn't any seams for the dogs to get into.

They are great dogs but one of them also ate a pound of butter and then threw up all over the family room couch. DB and SIL tried everything to get rid of the smell but finally had to replace the couch too. Who said pets are cheap?

Must get back to work -- it's one of those days. I love doing the work the lawyer on the other side should have done a month ago.

Fiona

 

[padisneyfan]

Cathy---We have a cuckoo-clock, it just doesn't work. We had one for nearly 20 years and then it broke and couldn't be fixed. So 2 years ago, I bought Norm a new one for Christmas which only lasted until the warranty expired (1 year). I have offered to get it fixed or buy him a new one, but he said no. It looks lovely hanging on the wall. Norm really liked the clock, but both needed were the style that you needed to pull the chain every 24 hours to rewind. If we get another would like a 7 day one, of course they are more expensive.

Eric-- I didn't realize that younger German's weren't into the cuckoo clocks. I know our first one was made in Germany. I need to look where the second one came from.

Mary Jo--- Sorry about your carpet. Norm has lost all patience with our dogs, so if they did something like that they probably would find themselves staying outside.

Nancy

 

[@GoofyNut]

Geez ... I hope Precious doesn't cough up any "rug balls" cause I don't think she'll get any sympathy from MaryJo, Sarah or Sam!
Boy they can be spiteful when the want to.

OK .. is it me or the weather ow what - is Cruise Withdrawel worse this year than other years?

I WANNA CRUISE AND I WANNA CRUISE NOW!

 

[Twinave]

"Just keep swmming, just keep swimming"...Dory

Hi everyone, Just checking in.
Nancy, Sorry you had to get re-stuck!
Eric, Too funny about the horses and cowboy hats.

We have a new family member. A cat. A very large tabby cat. She used to belong to one of my best friends from nursing school. She and her family were sent to Barahin (sp) and she called me crying about this cat she had found as a kitten. Long story short, I now have a foster cat. Her name was Christen, but we changed it to Fraidy.

Good night everyone!

Later, Ave'

 

[scootersmom]

Hi everyone,

Don here,thought we had better post before we're forgotten.

Table #34 - will be making videos shortly, anyone interested just post and let Colleen know and we'll get a copy to you.

Hello Violet

Yes Fiona, she is feeding me enough ( not the same caliber though )

We booked our same CAT6 room #6110.

We got our room statement, and surprise, I didn't get charged for a bottle of wine I bought at dinner on the last night.

We just booked Hilton Head for June 6th ( 2 bedroom ), Josh's first week of summer vacation.

Better get going, early work (4:00am )

Don

 

[Windermere]

Speaking of cuckoo-clocks, George bought me a 100 acres woods clock one year for Chistmas. Made in Germany. Does the Winnie the Pooh song every hour. Drives visitor insane.

I kind of enjoy that aspect of it.

But then again I throw our a verse of 'It's a small world" every now and then just for kicks.

 

[papa]

Kathy is back at work tonight and she has an appointment with a cardiologist on the 13 Th of this month.

Ave if I knew that you were looking for a cat you could have had mine. He is a 17 year old orange and white tabby.

Hope that the girls have a safe trip this weekend to NY for their shopping session and enjoy the Christmas show.
Work on the new Logo for the cruise is coming along. After it is finished in rough draft form I will submit it to our logo Queen and then we will see how everyone likes it.

Mike

 

[alikat99]

Hey everyone - it's been a while since I've posted, but we're all doing good here in central FL.

I went to the doctor for my monthly checkup. Got to hear the baby's heartbeat. I go back in 2 weeks for my AFP triple screening test, then 4 weeks after that for my ultrasound. Can't wait to see the little one on the ultrasound!!! I still haven't gained my energy back, but the icky stomach feeling is gone. I just really want to get my energy back. It seems so much tougher now than it was with Emily. I think it's because I spend my days chasing a 2 yr old. Oh well!!!

Emily is doing well and she LOVED Halloween!!! She was dressed up like Tinkerbell and the first house she went to was a riot. Chris had taught her how to say "trick or treat" about 2 days before Halloween, so she got to the first house and said it before they even answered the door. Then, when they put the candy in her bag, she just kept exclaiming "Candy, OH BOY, Candy, OH BOY" It was quite cute!!!

We got our bill and it looked fine. The only thing missing from ours was the pics from Shutters that we bought that last morning. But, since the bill was printed at 7am, and the pics were purchased around 8am, I'm sure that they billed us for them.

Well, I'm off to bed now. This is way past my bedtime. (I've been known to go to bed before 10pm lately. Did I say that I wanted my energy back!!!) Plus, I have the day off tomorrow, and we're going to our 5th wedding this year. But, this time, I'm the only one actually in the wedding. Chris and Emily are just attendees.

Take care everyone, and we miss you all so much!!!

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by padisneyfan
Cathy---We have a cuckoo-clock, it just doesn't work. We had one for nearly 20 years and then it broke and couldn't be fixed. So 2 years ago, I bought Norm a new one for Christmas which only lasted until the warranty expired (1 year). I have offered to get it fixed or buy him a new one, but he said no. It looks lovely hanging on the wall. Norm really liked the clock, but both needed were the style that you needed to pull the chain every 24 hours to rewind. If we get another would like a 7 day one, of course they are more expensive.

Eric-- I didn't realize that younger German's weren't into the cuckoo clocks. I know our first one was made in Germany. I need to look where the second one came from.

Mary Jo--- Sorry about your carpet. Norm has lost all patience with our dogs, so if they did something like that they probably would find themselves staying outside.

Nancy

Nancy,
I tried to thing of something more square than a cuckoo-clock, but couldn't find anything
But BMW sells a funny new version as a gag for Mini-owners: It's a large analog clock with a small garage attached to it. On the hour the garage opens, a Mini comes out and lets his engine howl or honks.

 

[@GoofyNut]

Amy ... Last night Art was looking at the posts and saw Emily's picture and said "Here fishy, fishy!" She was just so cute swimming with the StingRays. Actually I think she was braver than some of the adults.

Glad to hear that you are coming along well with the new little one.



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