10/24/2009 Bash On the Boat (I'm with B.O.B.) - Thread #26

[Dyerneeds]

heres a pic of the door magnet i just made.
gotta love a good pillowfight.

 

[JOANNEL]

It's been a long time coming,
Now only 2 months til we cruise;
I got my FL discount,
So I have more cash for booze.

It's not that I'm a lush,
I'm am far from that;
But I like my rum,
when I don my pirate hat.

Hurricane season has started,
But I've paid my debt;
Heck, we just got hit,
by Tropical Storm Claudette.

So storms beware,
We are comin' a sailing;
For it will be laughter not seas,
from what we'll be ailing.

Thanks, you are really good at this, are you sure you are an accountant, most of us don't have the creative brain!!!!

Thanks again. I do like my rum in the frozen variety!!!

 

[JOANNEL]

heres a pic of the door magnet i just made.
gotta love a good pillowfight.

too funny.

 

[JADA]

Getting excited for October! Made the final payment on the cruise and reserved our time in the spa. Exotic Rasul, here we come. I'd like to go ahead and book some Castaway Cay stuff. Has anybody done the stingray adventure. I'd love for my kids to experience it, but I'm betting they'll be big chickens! LOL! Any feedback?

 

[millerpjm]

Getting excited for October! Made the final payment on the cruise and reserved our time in the spa. Exotic Rasul, here we come. I'd like to go ahead and book some Castaway Cay stuff. Has anybody done the stingray adventure. I'd love for my kids to experience it, but I'm betting they'll be big chickens! LOL! Any feedback?

No feedback, but we booked it too (11 am). I'm hoping it's fun!

 

[GOS]

Flight frustrations aired - Things you do on planes that anger other passengers:

1. Thud, thud, thud. “Excuse me, would you mind stopping that?” THUD. THUD. THUD. If this sounds at all familiar then chances are you are among the 97.9% of travellers who loathe seatback kickers in the row behind. The figure comes from a poll by the travel website Travelocity, whose readers despised this favourite pastime of bored children more than any other travel irritant. What many travellers don't realise, however, is that rooting around in the back-of-seat storage pocket or leaning against the seat in front as they get up and down has much the same effect on their seething neighbours.

2. On a similar theme, the travel community TripAdvisor conducted a survey on family travel in April. It revealed that 79% of Britons believed there should be child-free zones on planes (interestingly, that figure includes 71% of parents). But it seems the children themselves are not the main target of travellers’ irritation: rather, it is their oblivious parents for not controlling them better. "The people travelling with kids and the people travelling without them tend to be equally vocal about how annoying the other group is," said Michele Perry, vice-president of global communications for TripAdvisor.

3. Some people read, some sleep and some wile away the long hours in the air by getting to know the people in the neighbouring seats. But while recounting your life story to complete strangers may seem like a friendly thing to do, beware the strained smile and glazed eyes. In another TripAdvisor survey, of the most annoying behaviour among air passengers, travellers who yabber nonstop – despite you sending clear signals you want to be left alone – made a surprise appearance at No 3 in the list.

4. Perhaps airlines should hand out smelling salts and air fresheners on long haul flights. It seems there is much call for them. Fellow passengers with bad breath and BO have been voted the very worst people to sit next to on a flight in a recent poll by the Travel search site Skyscanner. Almost one-fifth of respondents found such malodorous companions unbearable. Barry Smith, Skyscanner co-founder and director, said: “Take a shower and pack breath mints before boarding a flight if you want to stay on the good side of your fellow passengers. For any budding entrepreneurs, there is obviously a big market here for some form of nose plug.”

5. Eating pungent or crunchy food is another habit that gets your fellow travellers hot under the collar, according to TripAdvisor’s survey of annoying travel behaviour. Whiffy cheese-and-onion crisps, rustling sweets and egg and bacon sandwiches are all common offenders – but if it can be smelt or heard from a seat away, chances are you’re offending somebody.

6. Another olfactory offender: you have just settled on to the flight and are starting to think about your stomach, hoping to catch a whiff of approaching food, when another more unsavoury smell assails your nostrils – sweaty feet in the row behind. Bang! There goes your appetite, and with it any chance of a pleasant flight. Wantonly shoeless people were another candidate for the stocks in Skyscanner’s poll of the people you would least like to sit next to on an aeroplane. A spokesman for the company, Sam Baldwin, said: “While it may be more comfortable for you to remove your shoes, make sure you’ve got your odour eaters on if you want to stay on the right side of your fellow travellers.”

7. Partaking of a sip of wine with your meal is one thing. Downing your duty free and giving a rousing rendition of the national anthem is another. Drunken travellers also stumbled close to the top of the list in the Skyscanner poll of irritating fellow passengers. The company's spokesman Sam Baldwin says: “Loud drunkards are especially annoying; your heart sinks when you realise you’re going to be stuck behind a rowdy stag or hen party for the whole flight. Unless you’re part of the party yourself, of course!”

8. You know what to expect from economy class: small seats, limited legroom and minimal personal space. But any further encroachment on to our own little patch of airspace is enough to make the best of us fume. For such an apparently low-level offence, armrest hoggers were a perhaps surprising inclusion among the most despised categories in the Skyscanner survey. Sam Baldwin told us: “There’s always going to be conflict over that middle armrest. Maybe airlines need to introduce some sort of armrest timeshare system?”

9. One of the few recourses left to comfort in a cattle-class seat is to recline your chair and take a snooze. But even this can trigger acute bouts of air rage from your fellow passengers, it seems. The Tripadvisor poll listed reclining your seat without asking as one of the 10 most annoying travel habits. As airlines cut down on already meagre legroom in a bid to fit ever more seats on to their planes, it’s hardly surprising that passengers fear for their kneecaps. There is even a controversial little gadget called a Knee Defender on the market, which prevents the seat in front from reclining.

10. Stocking up on duty free goodies is one of the few distractions during long waits in the airport. But precious overhead luggage space is another battle ground for passengers, according to the TripAdvisor study. Stowing too much baggage or too slowly both infuriated the poll’s respondents, and taking luggage down just as soon as the plane has landed was another common bugbear.

11. So far we have only scratched the surface of all the habits that irk our fellow travellers. The surveys all highlighted a multitude of other offenders: the snorers, the dribblers, the floppers and the sneezers among them. Then there are the people getting up before the seatbelt sign is turned off, and those that read over their neighbours’ shoulders.

How many of those can you identify with?

 

[Scouter]

I just looked up cabin availiability for our Cruise on the DCL site.
Here's what I found. Prices are remaining stable That leads me to believe that the ship isn't filling well as they would have increased prices if it were nearing full. (they've only got about 30 days until they need to move things around a bit to open up lower cabins for discounts.) Cat 12's are now availiable on the website whereas they were not availiable before. But they are only selling GTY. This tells me that they want to have a low price-point to advertise. So opening the category means that all you CAT 12's have an excellent chance of upgrades.
You can still pick rooms in Cat's 8,9,10,11 So lots of availablility there. Cats 5 and 6 are GTY only which means scant availability there. Not good news for Cat's 8,9. The fact that Cat 4 is not GTY means that they have a lot of inventory there. So, some 5 and 6's will get upgraded making way for a few lucky 8 and 9 upgrades.


So, It looks like if I want that Cat 6, I'll need to pay for it.

I wonder if I can get $5200 for that truck?

Thanks for doing all that checking for us Steve

And good luck with selling that truck

 

[gstroop28]

It's been a long time coming,
Now only 2 months til we cruise;
I got my FL discount,
So I have more cash for booze.

It's not that I'm a lush,
I'm am far from that;
But I like my rum,
when I don my pirate hat.

Hurricane season has started,
But I've paid my debt;
Heck, we just got hit,
by Tropical Storm Claudette.

So storms beware,
We are comin' a sailing;
For it will be laughter not seas,
from what we'll be ailing.

 

[JOANNEL]

He is good!!

 

[millerpjm]

Flight frustrations aired - Things you do on planes that anger other passengers:

1. Thud, thud, thud. “Excuse me, would you mind stopping that?” THUD. THUD. THUD. If this sounds at all familiar then chances are you are among the 97.9% of travellers who loathe seatback kickers in the row behind. The figure comes from a poll by the travel website Travelocity, whose readers despised this favourite pastime of bored children more than any other travel irritant. What many travellers don't realise, however, is that rooting around in the back-of-seat storage pocket or leaning against the seat in front as they get up and down has much the same effect on their seething neighbours.

2. On a similar theme, the travel community TripAdvisor conducted a survey on family travel in April. It revealed that 79% of Britons believed there should be child-free zones on planes (interestingly, that figure includes 71% of parents). But it seems the children themselves are not the main target of travellers’ irritation: rather, it is their oblivious parents for not controlling them better. "The people travelling with kids and the people travelling without them tend to be equally vocal about how annoying the other group is," said Michele Perry, vice-president of global communications for TripAdvisor.

3. Some people read, some sleep and some wile away the long hours in the air by getting to know the people in the neighbouring seats. But while recounting your life story to complete strangers may seem like a friendly thing to do, beware the strained smile and glazed eyes. In another TripAdvisor survey, of the most annoying behaviour among air passengers, travellers who yabber nonstop – despite you sending clear signals you want to be left alone – made a surprise appearance at No 3 in the list.

4. Perhaps airlines should hand out smelling salts and air fresheners on long haul flights. It seems there is much call for them. Fellow passengers with bad breath and BO have been voted the very worst people to sit next to on a flight in a recent poll by the Travel search site Skyscanner. Almost one-fifth of respondents found such malodorous companions unbearable. Barry Smith, Skyscanner co-founder and director, said: “Take a shower and pack breath mints before boarding a flight if you want to stay on the good side of your fellow passengers. For any budding entrepreneurs, there is obviously a big market here for some form of nose plug.”

5. Eating pungent or crunchy food is another habit that gets your fellow travellers hot under the collar, according to TripAdvisor’s survey of annoying travel behaviour. Whiffy cheese-and-onion crisps, rustling sweets and egg and bacon sandwiches are all common offenders – but if it can be smelt or heard from a seat away, chances are you’re offending somebody.

6. Another olfactory offender: you have just settled on to the flight and are starting to think about your stomach, hoping to catch a whiff of approaching food, when another more unsavoury smell assails your nostrils – sweaty feet in the row behind. Bang! There goes your appetite, and with it any chance of a pleasant flight. Wantonly shoeless people were another candidate for the stocks in Skyscanner’s poll of the people you would least like to sit next to on an aeroplane. A spokesman for the company, Sam Baldwin, said: “While it may be more comfortable for you to remove your shoes, make sure you’ve got your odour eaters on if you want to stay on the right side of your fellow travellers.”

7. Partaking of a sip of wine with your meal is one thing. Downing your duty free and giving a rousing rendition of the national anthem is another. Drunken travellers also stumbled close to the top of the list in the Skyscanner poll of irritating fellow passengers. The company's spokesman Sam Baldwin says: “Loud drunkards are especially annoying; your heart sinks when you realise you’re going to be stuck behind a rowdy stag or hen party for the whole flight. Unless you’re part of the party yourself, of course!”

8. You know what to expect from economy class: small seats, limited legroom and minimal personal space. But any further encroachment on to our own little patch of airspace is enough to make the best of us fume. For such an apparently low-level offence, armrest hoggers were a perhaps surprising inclusion among the most despised categories in the Skyscanner survey. Sam Baldwin told us: “There’s always going to be conflict over that middle armrest. Maybe airlines need to introduce some sort of armrest timeshare system?”

9. One of the few recourses left to comfort in a cattle-class seat is to recline your chair and take a snooze. But even this can trigger acute bouts of air rage from your fellow passengers, it seems. The Tripadvisor poll listed reclining your seat without asking as one of the 10 most annoying travel habits. As airlines cut down on already meagre legroom in a bid to fit ever more seats on to their planes, it’s hardly surprising that passengers fear for their kneecaps. There is even a controversial little gadget called a Knee Defender on the market, which prevents the seat in front from reclining.

10. Stocking up on duty free goodies is one of the few distractions during long waits in the airport. But precious overhead luggage space is another battle ground for passengers, according to the TripAdvisor study. Stowing too much baggage or too slowly both infuriated the poll’s respondents, and taking luggage down just as soon as the plane has landed was another common bugbear.

11. So far we have only scratched the surface of all the habits that irk our fellow travellers. The surveys all highlighted a multitude of other offenders: the snorers, the dribblers, the floppers and the sneezers among them. Then there are the people getting up before the seatbelt sign is turned off, and those that read over their neighbours’ shoulders.

How many of those can you identify with?

I try to "live and let live" for the most part on a plane...it also helps that with the 3 of us we usually get a row to ourselves so we don't have to fight a stranger for the armrest, and I usually try to be nice to people bringing their kids on a plane.

As for my kid, his carry-on bag is usually packed with entertainment, including my most-favorite invention, the portable DVD player!

 

[Scouter]

Hey, I'm almost to the point of paying the $468 for the Cat 7 from what we have right now and not telling her until we get on the ship, but she'd kill me. We already know we won't be spending much time in the room this cruise and that $468 can be spend elsewhere.

Oh! You mean like buying us rounds of drinks! Good thinking Jeff!

 

[JLDSMD]

Oh! You mean like buying us rounds of drinks! Good thinking Jeff!

I told you Rose, I will get you all the DIET COKE you want.

 

[JLDSMD]

Wow, quiet evening. Almost 2 hours between posts.

 

[JLDSMD]

Hey, if anyone out there is a Packers' fan, looks like Favre signed with the Vikings today. He was on the practice field too.

 

[JLDSMD]

Well, since no one is here to play, maybe I'll go look at the main Cruise board to see what's up there. Haven't been up there in ages. I just come on here.

Maybe I'll take a peak at the Theme Park and Resort boards as well.

 

[Nerbiepie]

ok, where the heck has my sister Bernie been??
i know she broke her toe, but unless she types with her toes, she should be posting.

Oh my dear brother I am here.. I skim most nights.. too tired to post..lol and we are no longer suppose to surf at work so no way of catching up there..lol I have finished finding my pirate outfit tho ordered mine and my daughters now we need to find Sean's

Dis tag gifts are completed mostly and thanks to the all mighty and powerful Cass my shirts and magnets are done.. have I mentioned how freaking awesome that chick is????

I am all happy to be offered any upgrades but will just be happy to be on the cruise

heres a pic of the door magnet i just made.
gotta love a good pillowfight.

hehehe it would make a awesome magnet indeed!!

 

[JLDSMD]

BERNIE!!!!!

How are ya?

 

[JLDSMD]

O.K. where's everyone else?

I show the following people on right now:

Nerbiepie
minnieandmickey
ciao_gina
Cheryl N. WI
captchris​

 

[captchris]

I'm watching that new show on Discovery Channel that is like Deadliest Catch, but instead of crab fishing, it features Sword Boats out of New England. The encore from last week is on now, and the next episode follows in its regular weekly timeslot.

 

[JLDSMD]

Hey, that's 6 of us. Just 7 posts each and we can get this thing over 1,500 posts.