11/28/09 - 12/5/2009 The Nana's Ride the Seas Again #5

[Duck Addict]

Greetings everyone!

Not sure if I've checked in here yet but I am on this cruise and have been too busy to read the boards recently. Can't wait for the cruise. Time really is flying by.

I just checked and got my room number! I was upgraded from Cat 9 up to a Cat 6 with Veranda right at the Deck 6 Midship elevators!

Im so happy! Can't wait!

Congratulations on the upgrade

 

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Greetings everyone!

Not sure if I've checked in here yet but I am on this cruise and have been too busy to read the boards recently. Can't wait for the cruise. Time really is flying by.

I just checked and got my room number! I was upgraded from Cat 9 up to a Cat 6 with Veranda right at the Deck 6 Midship elevators!

Im so happy! Can't wait!

Hi and welcome! Congrats on the upgrade.

It's Monday. We leave for WDW in a month's time! Yeah!!!
We got our "boarding" shirts yesterday. I don't try to make us wear matching shirts but do try to make us wear something similar so we look good in the picture. This year we went with red "pirate" type shirts. They have little skulls on them. Last cruise we were definitely classier. This cruise we are definitely more on the fun side! One thing down, 8 million more to go.

 

[jd99]

Wow my counter says 30 days. How did that happen? And how will I get everything I'm working on right now done...

 

[DisneyCrunch]

Today I don't feel like I can even wait another 30 days! Some days I feel more patient than others...

Some questions for the day: What does GTY mean?

Does anyone play Mah Jong?

 

[Eeyore'sthebest]

GTY - means guarantee. Means if you booked a Cat. 9 stateroom GTY it means you are guaranteed at least a Cat. 9 stateroom.

And I thought you could only play Mah Jong on the computer.

 

[Duck Addict]

Today I don't feel like I can even wait another 30 days! Some days I feel more patient than others...

Some questions for the day: What does GTY mean?

Does anyone play Mah Jong?

Don't play mah jong

GTY means Guaranteed Category.
You do NOT get pick your room, but are guaranteed a room in the category you paid for. Often GTY bookings get an upgrade at no extra charge (I know I am getting on on this cruise ) Be warned, you may not get one.
(When your room shows on line it will show what you PAID for, but then investigate the room number. Mine says cat 8 but is a cat 6 room)

 

[DisneyCrunch]

I was guessing GTY was guarantee...I just couldn't figure out what was guaranteed We were assigned a room number when we booked...must have been cause we booked so late?

Now I have another question BUT I still want to hear from any Mah Jong players! There must SOMEBODY else on the boat who plays? No?

Oh and Allison real-life Mah Jong is 100% a different game than the one online. So odd.

So my new question: coffee. I fancy myself a coffee snob (not really actually--I'm a fan of dark roast coffee ) Am I SOOL? Maybe bring a french press and my own beans and acquire hot water to brew it? There's no snobby coffee on board and no other coffee maker options right?

 

[Disneyholic]

I was guessing GTY was guarantee...I just couldn't figure out what was guaranteed We were assigned a room number when we booked...must have been cause we booked so late?

Now I have another question BUT I still want to hear from any Mah Jong players! There must SOMEBODY else on the boat who plays? No?

Oh and Allison real-life Mah Jong is 100% a different game than the one online. So odd.

So my new question: coffee. I fancy myself a coffee snob (not really actually--I'm a fan of dark roast coffee ) Am I SOOL? Maybe bring a french press and my own beans and acquire hot water to brew it? There's no snobby coffee on board and no other coffee maker options right?

Have played computer version of MahJong.

As far as coffee press and hot water, bring coffee press and order hot water for tea at breakfast or dinner or get hot water at beverage station. (they have hot water there for tea and cocoa)

 

[Griffith6]

Just bought some on ebay to get my kids started. Anyone else do this on the cruise? I figured they would get a kick out of meeting people by trading pins.

 

[Griffith6]

I am new at this meet threads, but wondering if it makes sense (and is possible) to rename our thread (ie. take out the "Nanas Ride the Seas Again" ) from the thread? I know I was reluctant to read all the exchanges the first time I checked it out because sounded like it was a family reunion and everyone knew each other. I believe the "Nanas" are not even going on this cruise week if I remember (except Jeff).

Wondering if anyone agrees? Just kind of surprised that there are not more new people popping up - I assume the ship will be sold out?

 

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Morning all. I'll try to answer some questions.

1) Yes, DD pin trades. On the boat you trade, as in the parks, more with CMs. They wear their lanyards frequently. There are also pin trading events and DD has traded with other children there. I watch her like a hawk because she will trade anything with anybody and will get stuck with bad pins (non-Disney and untradeable) if I don't watch her. She hates to disappoint other people so she'll trade even if she doesn't want their pin. Anyway, she usually trades and hands me her pins she traded for and then anything on the lanyard is tradeable. This way I know she isn't giving away something that she really wanted.

2) Yes, there is a coffee bar at the Cove Cafe. I believe you have to pay extra for the specialty coffee. I wouldn't go to the hassle of bringing a french press but that's just me.

3) GTY status - Jen you didn't get a GTY status because you picked your stateroom # directly. GTY is used when a category sells out, I believe, and that's the only category you want to book. For example, there are only 12 category 12 staterooms (or some really small number) so they will sell them on a GTY status. We never do GTY as we need a HCA stateroom.

4) Name changing - If everyone wants to change the name of the thread then I have no problem reaching out to the original OP to have it done. Just let me know and provide a new title. I am soooo not creative enough to think of one.

It's raining here in NYC. Blech! I was supposed to go to a conference this morning (free) but I think I'll pass because I don't want the hassle of dealing with trying to get a cab on a rainy morning and its too far to walk in the rain (nice weather I would walk - not this downpour crap).

Have a good day everyone!!

 

[DisneyMommaSteph]

I think changing the name is a great idea....

We can try and come up with a snappy name if ya'll wanted to....but for now maybe just have it be 11/28/2009-12/05/2009 Magic Western...or something basic so that people can identify it....

I would like a name that was inviting....I'd love more ppl who are cruising to pop in and join us without being intimidated, yanno?? Or even something cutesy....Like "Stuffed and Hitting the Seas"...cause it's after Thanksgiving... (although...I guess we have some people who might not celebrate turkey day....!)...

Let's brainstorm!

We're getting down to the last month. So close, yet so far away....

 

[Disneyholic]

The other problem with this thread is you have to go thru all the other threads to get to this one if it changes to a new thread and the subscription doesn't catch up. If you are first coming to this thread you have to go thru the other 4 or 5 threads to get to this one, with us on it, which could be frustrating to someone trying to find us.

I know we had fun with the Bananas and trying to reach top of page last year and that filled up the threads very quickly necessitating new threads. This can be very confusing to someone who isn't up on the boards. Can the old threads be mothballed and this thread be the main thread for this cruise on the cruise meet board under our date? Not that the older threads weren't fun, but it's an awful lot to go thru to find us if you don't know what you're looking for.

Jus checked on the Cruise Meet links for our cruise. The first link for our date is the 2007 starting thread. The second is our 2009 one. If the order could be reversed and the name changed it would probably make it easier.

 

[jd99]

I was guessing GTY was guarantee...I just couldn't figure out what was guaranteed We were assigned a room number when we booked...must have been cause we booked so late?

Now I have another question BUT I still want to hear from any Mah Jong players! There must SOMEBODY else on the boat who plays? No?

Oh and Allison real-life Mah Jong is 100% a different game than the one online. So odd.

So my new question: coffee. I fancy myself a coffee snob (not really actually--I'm a fan of dark roast coffee ) Am I SOOL? Maybe bring a french press and my own beans and acquire hot water to brew it? There's no snobby coffee on board and no other coffee maker options right?

I am new at this meet threads, but wondering if it makes sense (and is possible) to rename our thread (ie. take out the "Nanas Ride the Seas Again" ) from the thread? I know I was reluctant to read all the exchanges the first time I checked it out because sounded like it was a family reunion and everyone knew each other. I believe the "Nanas" are not even going on this cruise week if I remember (except Jeff).

Wondering if anyone agrees? Just kind of surprised that there are not more new people popping up - I assume the ship will be sold out?

Re coffee - you ARE SOL. I am a bit of a coffee snob too and the regular coffee in the dining room, etc is that horrible nescafe they serve in the parks and at resorts. The Cove Cafe has Latte's and mochas and the coffee there is a tad better and worth the extra cost but still not starbucks or seattle's best.

Re changing the name of the thread - I am DEFINITELY in favor of this. I had been begging for months for the craziness to stop on this thread so new people would come on since the folks who were posting here were not even going on the cruise. I nearly started a new thread. So if anyone can figure out how to do this I say please go for it! I of course can't do anything since I can't PM.

 

[mom x4 grandma x4]

Just so everyone knows i have tired to edit and change the name for everyone after all but one bananahead dropped out this time. I just tried again.

I am so sorry but it wont let me edit the title. I have tried even to delete everything to start over but nothing seems to work, so if you want to rename please start a new thread.

Sorry this happened but I cant fix it, I have tired for the last 3 months and again today.

Kathy

 

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Thanks for trying Kathy. Maybe I'll just start a new thread and ask the mods to link up to it somehow. Title recommendations anyone??

 

[Eeyore'sthebest]

Okay, here is the new thread link. Come on over and hopefully we will get some new posters.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=34099375#post34099375

I'll send a note to the moderators and ask them to change the link to the new thread on the roll call list.

See everyone over there!!!

 

[Griffith6]

Okay, here is the new thread link. Come on over and hopefully we will get some new posters.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=34099375#post34099375

I'll send a note to the moderators and ask them to change the link to the new thread on the roll call list.

See everyone over there!!!

Allison - thanks for working on this - I hope I did not hurt feelings just trying to make it easier and more attractive for people to post!

Debbie