10/02/04 Antigua Cruise

[@GoofyNut]

Welcome SueCot2000 and Sis ... We're really a fun bunch BUT for some reasxon right now we are a QUIET bunch!

Don ... keep repeating to yourself DO NOT DRINK THE WATER!

 

[papa]

Welcome SueCot 2000 to the greatest group of people. You are also our next door neighbors on the ship. Mike

 

[cdnmickeylover]

Have a good trip Don! Regardless of why you are going at least it's going to be warm there. Had to scrap my windshield this morning.

Welcome Suecot2000! It's a fun bunch truly. We were welcomed with open arms on the last cruise and had a great, fantastic time.

Busy weekend -- had to go to a gala Friday night. Yup, Jim had to wear his suit once again -- he was thrilled. Food was good but late -- 9:15pm for the main course. Dinner wasn't over til almost 10:30pm. Main dining is certainly for us! Didn't bid on any of the silent auction items -- can't afford $1000 for Leafs tickets or Raptors tickets. And amazingly the gift baskets that they had went for more than their value!

Saturday we went to London for a dismeet -- yup Mary Jo -- we met Tony and Debbie -- great fun. We met at 1pm for lunch and finally left at around 4:30pm. One person brought their laptop so that we looked at great photos from WDW. Others brought photos of Disneyland Tokyo and Disneyland Paris which were really neat to see.

Nov 22nd we are going to Niagara Falls to see the opening of the Disney lights there and see Haunted Mansion in Buffalo with Scratch42 (who just might cruise with us hopefully).

Sunday basically did nothing but drive Chris around -- he had to be at the Armouries at 9am for a Remembrance Day ceremony -- then he had to be picked up and then he had to be picked up again at the movies later on. The other parents drove them to the movies but I had to pick them up.

Leaves are still on the ground but must do that this weekend before it snows. It has already snowed north of us so don't want to be raking while it snows around us.

Work is busy and will probably be busy through the end of December. It will then be not busy at all in January. Are debating whether or not to go to WDW sometime in Jan/Feb/Mar. Our annual passes seem to be burning our hole in our pockets! We are thus waiting for AP rates to come out and then may be heading south again.

Must get back to work to pay for all this.

Fiona

 

[Hygiene99]

Ok i can relate to the Drunk Employee thing.... Also had one...

And here is how it goes... After not being paid for 3 weeks
for me and 4 for my partner Lou.. was only 3 for me cause i was on vacation .... on a Disney cruise... had a great time..
but anyways back to the story......

was not the first time and we had had it.....

So being a Union employee we called our Business Agent and told him He SAID SIT DOWN..... No money no work
so we showed up at the job and sat in the office until we heard back from him about 3 hours later we got a call from him saying go back to work the employeer would be there before the end of day with CASH.... day ends at 3;15 at 5;00 she showed up and paid us for 1 week and said she would return in am with rest of money By 9 am. ok fine gave her benifit of the dought...

Also when talking to Business agent He wanted the name of the 4 employees involved we told him only 3 the other employee was non union.... He told us that the Job 100%
union ..... and to have the other employee to leave the job site.... sometimes jobs r 1 union and 1 non union
and this is was we had been told by employer which was not true.. 100% union job... Being nice guys we decided to allow this non union gentlemen to finish the week.... this was thursday...... so he finished day on thursday....



Friday 7 am Lou and the other guy where going to be working
at this job and I had gone to another job for the day as a matter of fact it is a Krispy Kreme Doughnuts we r building...
lol

at 7:15 I get a call it is my friend Lou the other guy had shown up drunk and he wanted to know what he should do ???
He had lock himself in the van and was going no where Lou had the keys
I told him to call employer, and he did 2 minutes later I get phone call .. i know have to leave the job Im on and go to other job to work with Lou and the guy i was with was instructed to drive him home.... they r friends.... so with that lou and i went back to work .... Having this little problem set the employer behind and she told us she would be there Before end of day
At 5:00 pm we got a call she was on route 24 with flat tire , Yea right.... she said she would be at my house on Saturday Morning with the Cash and she did show up and paid us both ....
so it was a intresting weekend for us .....
Oh yea Saturday Morning I get a call from LOU He was on his way to the Police Department to BAIL out the other guy who is friends with the guy who showed up drunk.. for DWI
lol
and to get Company vehicle out of impound so we can have it for Monday so we can work.......



Monday was just a normal work day...

Tuesday is a Holiday


Oh yea and Saturday Night
we leave for our 4 day Wonder Cruise......

or at least that is what the Bride thinks...
Jens Brother Chris is getting Married and Jen is in the Bridal party
So she has been planning a Surprise Shower for the Bride
So to have her think that it is not this weekend
We told her that while on our cruise in October, they had the
$99.00 dollar special going on the Wonder and we could not resist.. They actually got in on that deal , while on the Wonder
years back... so it was believeable..
And with Jen out of Town there would be no Shower

So at 6:30 they r coming to take us to the Airport..
then we have someone else picking us up at the Airport
and her shower is on Sunday morning....

She thinks, Chris being invovled with polatics had His friend the State Rep.. send him a invite to a coffee with the Canadiates breakfast... which he does all the time anyways
so that is where they r headed...
Also has been sent an invite to a baby shower from her friend
to go with her so she will not have to go alone the following week
so she probably thinks that is her shower.....

 

[Twinave]

Peter, Funny Stories! Thanks.

Ther is no way Jen's future sister-in-law will know that here shower is this weekend. You guys are too sneaky!

Welcome to Suecot200 and her sister!!

Later, Ave'

 

[RellingTwin]

Welcome to SueCot2000 and sister!

Don...have a great trip!

I have not seen any other Bios...what up????

The New York trip sounds like a blast! I love St Pat's Cathedral! It takes my breath away!

MaryJo...I am looking forward to info about Antigua.

Time for work!

 

[jeanniec]

I have been too busy to get to my computer for the past several days. This thread has really grown. It's great to get to know fellow cruisers by reading the the posts. I am more of a lurker myself, but I was just wondering how many of you are DVCer's. We bought OKW in '94, VB in '95 and HH in '96. I think I got those dates right. It would be really neat to be able to talk some DVC on the cruise, too.

 

[Viking]

Originally posted by RellingTwin

The New York trip sounds like a blast! I love St Pat's Cathedral! It takes my breath away!

Mary,
you should come to Rome, the churches there are really breathtaking. The most impressive IMHO is St. Paul which has markings inside showing the lenths of several other churches, it being the longest in the world. And St. Peter and the Sistine Chapel really leave you gaping - Open mouth and all

 

[Viking]

For those who sent PMs to me:
I don't know why, but I didn't get any notifications
Today I checked them routinely and found some:
Bette & Kim: You should have received The List, I transferred all you data from the old one and mercilessly adjusted your age

The deleted List will be sent again soon

 

[bettemom]

Hi Guys, Kim here...

Those of you whom we cruised with know the whole story of what went wrong with pur reservation/room and what Disney DID NOT DO to make things better.

I thought that I was doing fine with everything that occured, and then I come by this posting on the general Disboard just a few minutes ago:


DIS Veteran

Registered: Nov 2000
Location: Bloomfield, NJ USA
Posts: 136
Just Back...Upgraded to Concierge!!! Fabulous
We just got back from the 11/1 Eastern and we had booked a category 6 and when I got into the room, the balcony had a completely obstructed view. I was very upset since I booked the 6 because last year we had a cat 7 and my son kept climbing up to see the view.

I went to guest services and they told me the ship was booked and there was a sign stating no upgrades. I told them I didn't want an upgrade, I just wanted what I booked. They told me that my room was a cat 6 but I told them that as far as I was concerned, it was a cat 7 since the view was obstructed and that is the only difference between the two rooms. If they didn't have a cat 6 with the plexiglass balcony I wanted a credit for the difference in price from the 7 to the 6.

They told me to wait until we sailed to see if people didn't show up. Fat chance of that I told them. They also told me that they couldn't do anything about the credit until Monday since the offices were closed on the weekend.

Whatever, I was on the boat anyway so I figured I would just wait. Anyway, Sonia from guest services called us about 5:45 and told me to come and look at a room she had available for us.

OH MY GOD it was gorgeous!! Beautiful huge balcony with 4 lounge chairs and a table with 4 chairs, a living room with pull out couch, desk and wall unit with dvd and cd player, also a kitchen typ area with table and chairs, 2 huge bathrooms and 1 walk in closet in the bedroom and a closet in the front room.

I thanked her profusely since all I was looking for was just a credit. She kept calling to check on us to make sure everything was okay. That's Disney for you, always striving to be the best.

Thank God we had the upgrade since we had very rough seas and my 4 1/2 yo son had terrible sea sickness. If I was to be confined to a room for that length of time, I was very thankful that it was a large beautiful room.

Thanks again to Sonia and all the Disney folks at Guest Services.

The only problem now is that I told my husband we can't go back again because I'll have to have the same kind of room...haha

Lori



This persons situation was identical to ours and even the same manager handled the situation, and we get a " too bad" from Disney and they get a concierge suite ! ... Oh my god, does this make us feel like 3rd class cruisers..

Bye, Kim

 

[cdnmickeylover]

Kim, Just saw that post and thought of you immediately. Couldn't believe that the two situations were handled so differently. I'd be tempted to copy the post, send it to Disney and ask why?

Must get back to work.

Fiona

 

[Hygiene99]

THINK COOKIES let the other thing Go.....
Think Lasagna garlic bread and salad .........
Think nice people...... think October 2,04
think is does not matter and let it go .....
Easier said than done but if u dont there will be no big hug from me on Dec 19th... lol only kidding i know Powerless ........



Bettemom u r bigger than them .........

 

[Sarah'sMomfrom PA]

Kim and bettemom..am sending you a pm...be on the lookout!!

 

[padisneyfan]

Welcome to SueCot2000

MaryJo, Sarah, Cathy & Art--- It sounds like you had a wonderful trip to NYC. I will never get Norm back there after our last nightmare trip many years ago. He said he didn't lose anything in New York so he has no need to go back.

jeanniec---- We are DVC members since Feb 1993. OKW is our home resort. Added extra points to that resort. I believe there is a number of us who are DVC members. We booked this cruise with DVC points. They are now giving discounts on the cruises if you rebook within 3 days after getting off the ship.

Fionna--- What are the Disney lights at Niagara Falls?

Kathy--- How are you doing?

Mike--- Norm and I are going to start to look for a digital camera as our Christmas gift. I'm slowly moving into the 21 st century.

Peter--- Your posts are so funny.

Kim and Bette--- I can see why you are upset. Plus it sounds like they booked an aft cat 6 stateroom which has the solid verenda not plexiglass. It is no way considered an obstructed view. She got what she paid for. These boards have gone over the difference between the solid and plexiglass veranda a zillion times in Cat 6. I would copy that and mail to the person who sent you the previous reply. The one thing with Disney is they don't do things consistently. I can never figure out why they don't. Especially the way things get communicated to the world anymore. I have to admire that even with all your problems that you still are going to cruise with us again. I only hope that Disney will eventually make things right for you. Even if it takes them until our 10/2 cruise and you get extra special treatment.

Eric--- A friend of mine is leaving Sat morning to start a cruise on the Rhine for the next 7 days. She is very excited about it.

Hope everyone else is doing well.

Nancy

 

[Viking]

Nancy,
unfortunately for your friend the weather has taken a turn towards bad Tell her to pack warm clothes-Especially a scarve, gloves and a hat. Foliage ist still coloured greatly over here and the Rhine valley can be nice in every weather. She shall be careful when buying gifts: All the small towns along the Rhine have high prices for souvenirs, but in Cities like Koblenz, Köln (Cologne), Düsseldorf you get the same stuff in big department stores for less - A LOT LESS!!! She shall look out for KARSTADT and KAUFHOF, which are the two biggest department store chains over here. Especially in Cologne the big shopping mall is very close to the spot where the cruise ships usually are moored. The mall is not an enclosed building, but an open pedestrian area in the heart of the city. It's similar to 16th Street Mall in Downtown Denver/CO - Just bigger. And starts just opposite the Cologne Cathedral, where she will go anyway.

 

[bettemom]

Nancy,

Thanks for the kind words....

It is the wonderful group of "DISERS" that have us sailing again...We miss you all...

Bette & Kim

 

[ohioscootersdad]

Jeanniec,

We are DVC members,HH, BCV, and VB. We will be at HH the beginning of June, for a week.

Kim, I would be extremely P----- OFF, I would have to go over Sonja's head until I got some results.

Back to the grindstone, talk to everyone later.



Don

 

[padisneyfan]

Eric--- Thanks for the information, I will pass it onto my friend. She enjoys doing cruises and traveled down the Nile 2 years ago. In Jan she was to go to Asis, but because of SARS the trip was cancelled. She did Panama Canal instead. She has been to Europe before, but not on a Rhine cruise.

Another of my friends is leaving for Paris in early December. It is his wife's 40th birthday. On Expedia, he was able to get a great package $1200 for 5 days. Only extra they have to pay for his food. I guess the exchange rate is good for us.

Need to get to work. Rainy dreary day.

Nancy

 

[jeanniec]

Nancy -- Are you saying that you can get a "points" discount on a future cruise if you book within 3 days after the current cruise ends? Very much of a discount? We did our first DCL cruise paying for one with points and one with cash. The second cruise was paid for all with points -- a great point discount when the 7 day Eastern Carribean cruise started -- I think it was around 126 points per person for Category 6 verandah room. This cruise is being paid entirely in cash.

Don -- Our DVC homes are very similar. We each have a resort @ WDW and then VB & HH. I think you are about the only other HH owner that I have seen on any of the boards I visit. We must be a small select group. We just love HH!

Looking forward to meeting both of you on the cruise.

 

[cdnmickeylover]

Nancy -- The Disney lights are a series of displays of Disney characters in christmas lights that are set up in the parks around Niagara Falls, Canada. It starts on the 22nd of November and I believe lasts through Christmas. The characters and light displays are different each year and they've done it for the past 4(?) years I think. We try to go down each year to have a look at them.

We don't own DVC but maybe when the student loans are paid off.

Back to work.

Fiona