12/09/06 Cruise Continued ~ Pirating Bananas DIS Geekorama Part 2

[lbgraves]

How did you save money if you already purchased the insurance???? I don't understand. Once we buy the insurance, that is it. Did DCL let you cancel the insurance & refund you? WOW!

 

[GoofyFD]

How did you save money if you already purchased the insurance???? I don't understand. Once we buy the insurance, that is it. Did DCL let you cancel the insurance & refund you? WOW!

I called and they said you can cancel up until your last payment.

 

[Jhalkias]

Happy BD to everyone I missed too . . .

Vanessa, we are having Sophia's party on Saturday . . . Princess party with all the little girls from her Kindergarten class.

Lisa G. - Had dinner with your DH tonight in DC at the Capital Brewery and Restaurant across from my hotel here. I can vouch that we only had ONE craft made brew each! Nice to see a familiar friendly face, and he is looking forward to you and the kids visiting soon.

I did not meet with my Congressman (actually his aide) until 5:00 today, so I visited the National Mall / Smithsonian and toured the National Museum of Art (Cezzane exhibit - GREAT), The National Archives (Declaration of Independence and Constitution), Natural History Museum, Air and Space Museum, and even had time to get to the top of the Washington Monument! I had my WDW feet on today! While I did not do indepth touring of any of the museums, I got to see the things I really wanted to see. DD would have LOVED the Museum of Natural History. The best part . . . Admission is FREE to everything - an unbelievable wealth of history and amazing things in such a relatively small area. I did'nt even get to three other places I wanted to see!

Washington is so cool!

Flight tomorrow at 6:30 am, so I need to pack, and get to bed soon.

John

 

[lbgraves]

I called and they said you can cancel up until your last payment.

I guess that is because it is part of a package. Once you purchase the insurance outright from the company you are just out the money if you cancel the trip before final payment.

 

[lbgraves]

John, glad that you met up with Mike today. I know that he was happy to see a familiar face too. Nothing wrong with enjoying the brew up there...neither one of you were driving. He emailed me about the kid's surprise next weekend. DD is going to FLIP out!

 

[MrsMork]

Washington is so cool!
John

YES IT IS!!!! So glad you at least got to see some things.

 

[jordanyosh]

Here I am on the thread alone.......

 

[jordanyosh]

Still warm today. The brush fire doesn't seem as bad today. I think the evacuations have been lifted.

 

[jordanyosh]

I would also like to know if the ruins tour would be for all ages as I am travelling with Wendy and her family. I don't know if I would do an excursion seperate from them...

 

[jordanyosh]

Hey Mark. My friend in Danville goes to a church called New Life. Is that the one you go to? If so, PM me.

 

[BuzzBoyMom]

How did you save money if you already purchased the insurance???? I don't understand. Once we buy the insurance, that is it. Did DCL let you cancel the insurance & refund you? WOW!

I called Access America and spoke with a very very very nice lady who allowed me to change the policy I had to a AAA version. She even back dated the policy to cover all preexisting conditions.

This follows the "it never hurts to ask" concept.

The only notable for anyone else considering doing this: the medical transportaion (I read it as a medical evacuation cost) was significantly lower with AAA than their website version. So if there is any likelihood that you might have to be evac'd from an island, you might not want to purchase the AAA.....BUT ask them the difference.... the very very very nice lady mentioned something about a 2005 version vs. a 2006 version. So the policy coverage might have changed in 2006.

 

[lbgraves]

OK...it helps that it was with the same company then.

 

[brack]

Good morning. Just read all the new posts so it is off to work. Talk to you all tonight.

 

[BuzzBoyMom]

I just noticed that 10 months from today I will be flying to the sunny state.

In the mean time, we'll keep busy with our new pool project. Pool company, landscapers, concrete people, construction guys....my backyard is one big mud pit right now. Has anyone ever tried to keep 2 boys out of a mud pit?!!! NOT EASY!!!!

 

[dutch_girl_scout]

I just noticed that 10 months from today I will be flying to the sunny state.

In the mean time, we'll keep busy with our new pool project. Pool company, landscapers, concrete people, construction guys....my backyard is one big mud pit right now. Has anyone ever tried to keep 2 boys out of a mud pit?!!! NOT EASY!!!!

10 MONTHS!!!! This is an exercise in patience. I'm not patient. We booked our last cruise three months before we went, and that seemed like waiting forever.

Good luck keeping the boys out of the mud. My DD would do anything to have a pool at home. The last few summers we've had an above ground pool. It was one like Wal-Mart sells that are the big blow up kind but we bought the biggest one they made directly from the company. It worked good but this past summer we weren't home enough to keep treating it and messing with it, then it got a hole in the bottom so it's gone now. DD wants one of the current pools or an in ground pool, so she can practice swimming at home. Somehow the cost and the fact that we're in the middle of Iowa doesn't make an in-ground pool seem logical.

Where do I find the amounts for what the Disney insurance covers? I'd like to check into getting the insurance somewhere else.

My laptop is going psycho on me so it's getting sent in today for repair We just got it in October. It just freezees up and doesn't work. It's never been a day without virus protection. They kept saying "It's a software issue", I reinstalled everything yesterday, and guess what? It's not a software issue, now they'll look at it. We'll be down to one computer for 10-14 days. OUCH!

 

[GoofyFD]

Hey Mark. My friend in Danville goes to a church called New Life. Is that the one you go to? If so, PM me.

Our church is Crosswinds. It's with the Willow Creek Association. We are going to The New Life Church for our small group in March. I'll have to PM you and talk about how it was growing up as a PK. I might go that way soon.
Mark

 

[GoofyFD]

Well off to take the kids to school. Then the gym. I really need to go regularly. Have a great day everyone!

 

[brack]

10 MONTHS!!!! This is an exercise in patience. I'm not patient. We booked our last cruise three months before we went, and that seemed like waiting forever.

We booked this cruise a year ago in January 2005 while on our last DCL cruise. That is a 22 month wait! How anxious do you think we are?

I can't wait.

 

[GoofyFD]

I hear you Brack. We booked ours November 12, 2004.....It's been along wait!!!!!

 

[MrsMork]

We booked in Dec 2004, but then we also booked one for Dec 2005 at the same time so that eased the pain a bit. It is still a long wait from year to year. The DIS gets us thru it though.