20041009 - 10/9/04 - Western

[crainbow]

Our 8th anniversary is on the 10th.

Tracy if they do seat that way, we might be seated together. We own at BVC and are traveling on points.

Chuck

 

[crainbow]

Jeff and Jenn, are you OK?

 

[JenKatt]

Yeah, we're okay, a bit wet, but okay. The storm went 2 hours south of us, so we were spared....

 

[crainbow]

Glad to hear it. One of the Sales folks that I support lived in Tampa. Evac'd to Orlando and got it there.

Chuck

 

[S.S.WILSON]

Hello everyone, been a while since i've posted, just wanted to say hello from Arizona and also would like to add us to the list that everyone talks about. Do I email someone? So far we have planned the Half day snorkel thru Capt. Marvins in Grand Cayman and the dolphin encounter in Cozumel, maybe hitting a beach after, any ideas on a beach would be greatly appreciated. Key west we are kinda open cause were not sure what to do? Anyone know of something not to be missed on Key West? Thanks you guys sure know your stuff. Oh I forgot I have two girls five and seven. We could do solo stuff on Key West if the kids will stay on ship, pretty sure they will. Thx for the help.

Suzy

 

[traycie2201]

UKIan - Hi , 7 and 3 are great ages for some of the excursions , i'd get at least one booked, how about stingray swim through nativeway watersports, if 3 yr old doesn't want to go in mum and dad can take it in turns to stay on board while the other one swims with 7 yr old ?

Jen and Jeff, so glad you're okay.

Crainbow, that would be great , are you doing Palo on your anniversary night ? p.s don't you just love dvc points we own at OKW but have never stayed there.

ss wilson - Paradise beach on cozumel gets fantastic reports around $12 taxi from pier, free entry , watertoys all free, full restaurant with great prices, here's the link www.cozumel-beach.com , if you want to join on to the who's cruising with you list Tigfanjeff and Jenkatt did a great job in setting this up so drop Jen a line and she'll add you.

 

[crainbow]

Crainbow, that would be great , are you doing Palo on your anniversary night ? p.s don't you just love dvc points we own at OKW but have never stayed there.


Tracy,

We have not decided when do Palo. We might go to the brunch on Sunday. As for DVC, I wish that we could have afforded it earlier. We own at BVC and stayed there summer 03. I know that it is "cheaper" to use $$ for the cruise and rent the points, but where else could I have gotten a week long cruise for $75?

Chuck

 

[LenDVC92]

As you might guess from my screen name we're been DVC members for a while too. We've used points for our previous cruises, but decided that cash was a better way to go for this trip.

Len.

 

[traycie2201]

Welcome Len, look forward to cruising with you.

Chuck , you're so right a bargain hey LOL I know it's meant to be better to rent and use the $$ but i'm still a bit unconfident about doing that and this will only be our 3rd trip with points, p.s knowing me i'd have spent the cash already and had no cruise to show for it, this way i get a week at the boardwalk and a week for 3 on the cruise for the markdown price of $75 ! well okay and the monthly loan payments and the annual fees etc etc etc even so my points have more than paid for themselves already and still 39 lovely years of travel still to go
anyone know when we get our docs ?

 

[crainbow]

So right Tracy. The money that I would have spent on the cruise I can now use to buy beer and other adult refreshments on the cruise. As well as the excursions of course.

From my understanding the docs are sent out about a month before the departure. So in about 3 weeks we should be seeing them.

Chuck

 

[allforpooh]

Congratulations to everyone celebrating Anniv....

Traycie2201 - DD is 11 1/2 and normally would not do the stingray's but seems to be willing so we will have to wait and see how that goes - Hopefully we can meet before the excursion if not we will see you there. How old is your DS, if he wants to he can pm me and they can exchange emails.

We are also DVC, but this is our first cruise and decided to go on Cash ressie's, so we will probably not be seated with other DVC'ers. We are taking my DH's brother's and their family's to BCV in March - 3 rooms used up all of 2004, and most of 2005 points.

I don't know about anyone else. but the wait is killing me...

Denise

 

[traycie2201]

Hi chuck - exactly

Hi Denise, DS turned 13 on saturday, he's not great at corresponding i'll have a go though, but i know he would love to meet your ds and others of similar age at the dismeet on sailaway day, we used 3 years of points for cruise and stay and the wait is definately a killer just realised though on sat it's only 6 weeks for us, can't wait to get docs to make it feel real.

 

[crainbow]

We used about 2 years of points. But we had a bunch that were put in the bank from last year. We have only owned for about 2 years now. Wish I could have afforded it earlier. Just looking forward to the cruise. All in all this is the first one that I have had to pay for and they will not be shooting/landing aircraft on.

Chuck

 

[traycie2201]

Chuck it'll be great foryou to be on the guest end and not the working end of a ship, i bet you'll see alot of differences, is Mina looking forward to it too ?

We bought DVC in 2000 on impulse, we blew a massive amount of money on a once in a lifetime onsite stay in disney using compensation from an accident thinking , well hey we're only doing it once so we'll do it in style, THEN we strolled into a dvc information tent and next thing you know we're owners for practically the same price as the vacation we were on, ah well you live and learn, i love totting up how much the holiday would cost if i was booking through a TA , so far we've had 10 days in boardwalk 1 bed villa, 1 week in studio at wilderness lodge and 1 week boardwalk studio , 3 nights in disneyland paris which includes all your breakfasts and park tickets and now this one coming, i figure i've had my moneys worth even if i was never to go again

p.s what excursions did you book ?

 

[suzyfly]

We are cruising too on 10/9 and can't wait! Joining us are our DD - 11, DS - 7 and Grandmom! DD would love to start getting to know some of the others in her age group so feel free to pm.

 

[traycie2201]

Hi Suzyfly, welcome to our cruise, we've got a dismeet planned for just after the lifeboat drill. look forward to seeing you there. Traycie

 

[cindy21494]

Suzyfly, welcome to the boards! I sent you a PM about your DD meeting our DD.

What part of PA are you from? I'm not sure where Delaware CO is.

Cindy

 

[suzyfly]

Hi Cindy!

Expect an email from my DD, Holly, soon. We live about 20 minutes south of Philadelphia. I see you hail from PA as well -- what part?

 

[cindy21494]

Suzyfly, we live about 30 minutes south of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area. It is a small town called Drums.

Are you leaving from the Philadelphia airport? We are flying out on 10/8 with US Airways.

Do you have your shore excursions planned yet? We are just winging it on Key West, Horseback riding on the beach on Grand Cayman, Dune Buggy tour on Cozumel, and the Nature Walk/Kayaking tour on Castaway Cay.

We will be at the dismeet the first day, hope to see you there.

Cindy

 

[suzyfly]

Cindy,
We were just in Scranton at Steamtown this past weekend! DS is a huge train fan. We are actually flying out of Phila on 10/9 at 7AM. We just couldn't swing an earlier flight -- schedules didn't permit. I'm a little nervous about that but I'm sure it will all work out okay.
We are definitely doing the conch train in Key West -- DS wouldn't have it any other way (even though it is not a real train). We've planned the Beach Break for Cozumel and Stingray City Observatory and Island tour for Grand Cayman. Castaway Cay is just going to be a play day.

It won't be long now!