12/14/2008 4 Night Wonder

[Betty Breed]

Got our docs day before yesterday. Can't wait. Going to San Antonio on Friday

Betty

 

[tinkerbell*Xo]

Wooooo hoooo
Less than 2 weeks until i begin my land and sea adventure and it feels great!
Happy thanksgiving to all my american disfriends!

 

[jle838]

Wooooo hoooo
Less than 2 weeks until i begin my land and sea adventure and it feels great!
Happy thanksgiving to all my american disfriends!

maybe we will see each other at disney before the cruise. i'm doing the land sea package as well.

 

[tinkerbell*Xo]

maybe we will see each other at disney before the cruise. i'm doing the land sea package as well.

Where are you staying?! We are staying at the Poly! woo hoo im a value girl and can't wait to stay at a deluxe!
Where abouts are you from in canada?! I am from Ontario!
Im on break, on a night shift and am giddy with excitement: )

 

[jle838]

Where are you staying?! We are staying at the Poly! woo hoo im a value girl and can't wait to stay at a deluxe!
Where abouts are you from in canada?! I am from Ontario!
Im on break, on a night shift and am giddy with excitement: )

i'm actually a French Canadian from Quebec and i'll be staying at POFQ. only 12 more days before out trip!

i have to start packing...but don't know where to begin. i want to bring all the children's costume as they enjoy dressing up...but that's a lot of stuff...i have to fit everything in 3 suitcases for 4 people. dh packs his own stuff...

 

[adnil530]

Hope everyone had a great weekend. I know we did. It was great to see my oldest daughter and her family this past week. If anyone is going to San Diego in the near future, we stayed in a RV in a RV park on Mission Bay. I had never done this before, but we rented the RV from a Charity organization. They drove the RV there, set it up and we stayed there for the week! We couldn't stay at my daughter's house because they have cats and my girls have allergies to cats. We were very pleased with the RV. The RV park is gated and we felt very secure. It was a wonderful time. Anyway, we rented it for the week and it cost less than 2/3 nights at a decent hotel.

Now it is time to get everything ready for the Florida trip. We can't wait! I am getting so excited. We are staying at the Poly also, arriving on the 11th.

I know everyone is busy getting things ready for the Holidays, decorating and shopping, but I am all Disney right now. I don't have any shopping or decorating to do...just need to refresh the suitcase and go!

Everyone have a great week...less than 2 weeks and we all sail on the Wonder.

Linda

 

[RhondaInMA]

Hi everyone... I was just curious if anyone was charged for the fuel surcharge. Disney is going to offer on board credit for cruisers starting January 2009. I paid a $216 fuel surcharge that Disney will not be using on fuel now that prices have dropped. Did anyone else pay a surcharge?

I am going to email DCL as well as call tomorrow. I don't think Disney should refund some but not all. There is no reason for Disney to collect extra money from us for fuel if they do not need it for fuel.

There is a thread on the main forum page about the surcharge. I think that if we complain enough maybe we will all be refunded our money even if it is an on board credit.

Rhonda

 

[adnil530]

Hi everyone... I was just curious if anyone was charged for the fuel surcharge. Disney is going to offer on board credit for cruisers starting January 2009. I paid a $216 fuel surcharge that Disney will not be using on fuel now that prices have dropped. Did anyone else pay a surcharge?

I am going to email DCL as well as call tomorrow. I don't think Disney should refund some but not all. There is no reason for Disney to collect extra money from us for fuel if they do not need it for fuel.

There is a thread on the main forum page about the surcharge. I think that if we complain enough maybe we will all be refunded our money even if it is an on board credit.

Rhonda

Rhonda,

I was not charged a fuel charge for this cruise. I checked with my TA AAA today to make sure. We booked last April, before gasoline prices were so high and that could be the reason we weren't charged the fuel surcharge.

However, when talking to my AAA travel agent today she told me that they are giving the excess fuel charge as an onboard credit to everyone who was charged and you don't have to ask for it. Not being involved with the excessive fuel charge, I have no first hand knowledge, but I would certainly call DCL or my TA if I have been charged Fuel Charges. This is certainly a topic in our Transatlantic Cruise in 2010 as we have all been charged fuel surcharges and the talk is that we will be credited onboard credits???

 

[OKW93]

Hi Everyone from Chilly Pennsylvania
Did anyone hear anything about what happend to the Wonder on Sunday? I need to check further. Just got an obscure voice mail from a friend. Hope it's not going to affect us?????
Susan

 

[RhondaInMA]

I did read the post about the Wonder on Sunday. They did sail ...only a little later than usual so I'm assuming everything will be fine with us. Luckily no one was hurt.

 

[Pam I Am]

This is Pam's daughter Jenna. We're still trying to figure out what we're going to do in Nassau but the shore excursions don't have times listed. How do we know what the times are for these?

Also, what's this about the Wonder? I don't like the sounds of "Luckily no one was hurt."

 

[RhondaInMA]

This is Pam's daughter Jenna. We're still trying to figure out what we're going to do in Nassau but the shore excursions don't have times listed. How do we know what the times are for these?

Also, what's this about the Wonder? I don't like the sounds of "Luckily no one was hurt."

Hi Jenna... Unfortunately I can't help you with the excursions. I've visited Nassau so many times that I've decided to just relax... As far as the Wonder. There was a storm which snapped the ropes that kept the ship tied to it's mooring. It broke free and the gangway fell but nobody was hurt. There are pictures posted on a thread on the main cruise forum.
Good luck with choosing your excursions in Nassau!
Rhonda

 

[adnil530]

This is Pam's daughter Jenna. We're still trying to figure out what we're going to do in Nassau but the shore excursions don't have times listed. How do we know what the times are for these?

Also, what's this about the Wonder? I don't like the sounds of "Luckily no one was hurt."

Hi Jenna,

We are doing a walking tour in Nassau. Nothing else sounded great. The bus tour leaves too late in the morning for us, so we will do the walking tour and get back to the ship on the early side as we have a couple's massage scheduled. One of the perks for being married 25 years!

Here is the link for the walking tour. If you guys want to join us, we'd be glad to have you along or you can do it on your own.

Ok, the link won't paste correctly, but do a google search for: frommers nassau walking tour.

As to what happened to the Wonder last Sunday, here is the thread along with photos. http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2022493 Kind of a freak thing. My DH is retired Coast Guard...these type of things do not happen often. It really was a fluke of an accident.

Jenna, I am the person who wanted a newspaper from Austrailia. Can I bring you a newspaper from Sacramento or San Francisco I really appreciate your thinking of me and would like to reciprocate if at all possible. I can probably get some salt water taffy? Let me know. At any rate, we are in Stateroom 7556. You can PM me your stateroom # if you like so I can drop off taffy!

We leave one week from tomorrow, real early, like 4:00 a.m. early. Daughter has her birthday party this weekend. After we get through that, it is all Disney from there

Linda

 

[Pam I Am]

Thanks for the info on the Wonder. Yikes!

Linda/adnil530: thanks for offering, but it won't be necessary to bring me anything. We're in 2039 and the newspaper is on the packing list! We're still undecided about Nassau so not booking anything yet, but thanks for the invite and the info. Decisions, decisions...

 

[tinkerbell*Xo]

maybe we will see each other at disney before the cruise. i'm doing the land sea package as well.

Bonjour!
We live on the border of quebec near Kirkland! We are now leaving in 5 days and I can't wait to get to the warmer weather!! POFQ looks so beautiful! Im sure you will enjoy it there!

 

[jle838]

Bonjour!
We live on the border of quebec near Kirkland! We are now leaving in 5 days and I can't wait to get to the warmer weather!! POFQ looks so beautiful! Im sure you will enjoy it there!

yikes! 5 days...me too.. time to start panicking. i've been planning and putting things aside for this trip for months now and i haven't even started packing yet. it will just have to wait... i'm working this week-end. but at least i can daydream about it at work

 

[OKW93]

Hello everyone....another work week for me (well I only worked one day this week--today--so can't complain too much) Central Florida weather has been beautiful. Cool in the mornings (50s) and in the 70s during the day. Quite a change from what I had up north for the last week. I'll keep you poasted. when does everyone arrive in Florida?

 

[showanna]

One more week!
I'm doing a little doc dance for my parents
They just got their docs today! There was a mix up with UPS. I believe my folks gave the wrong directions (senility? ) and the package was delivered to the wrong neighborhood. They had to do a backtrack to pick up the envelope... it was waiting on their doorstep when we got home today!
I took them out to get hair cuts & manicure. We then went out for lunch (early dinner). By the time we were heading back it was starting to get dark, so I took them for a little ride out in the country to show them a neighborhood that decorates the entire block with Christmas lights and decorations. It's very well done. They enjoyed that.
I think they are really getting excited now. I picked up their suitcase and went over some of the stuff they need for their carry on. They both said they were ready to leave tomorrow. This weekend is going to fly by, and I still have a lot to do. Luckily, I only have 3 and a half more working days left!
Let's get this party started!

 

[adnil530]

Hello everyone....another work week for me (well I only worked one day this week--today--so can't complain too much) Central Florida weather has been beautiful. Cool in the mornings (50s) and in the 70s during the day. Quite a change from what I had up north for the last week. I'll keep you poasted. when does everyone arrive in Florida?

I was hoping that you would post a weather report

We will be in next Thursday.

I only have 1 job scheduled next week and that is on Monday I may turn my cell phone off and ignore the business phone! Don't need to worry too much about emails...my outlook program crashed today. I can't bring it back to life, so I'll just drop it off next Wednesday at the computer shop and pick it up when I get back. Since my phone will be off, it won't pick up my emails either!

My mind is already on vacation...work is left behind

Linda

 

[showanna]

FYI: I am NOT a new poster. It's me, Armandxg!
My computer glitched and it knocked me off and now I have a new name. DH is trying to fix it back to where it was. I am NOT computer savvy and most likely screwed things up when I got knocked off . Hopefully, I will be back to my other name soon.
All is well this morning... the birds are singing, I'm up cleaning, finishing the packing today. With any luck, house will be ready for Christmas tomorrow and I'll be ready for vacation!