20050514..May 14, 2005...Official Check in Disney's 1st 14 Day thru Panama Canal Part 4

[bonzie1]

Good morning everyone!

Well, the rain has begun again...the creek is almost over the bridges and the waterfall is really flowing...beautiful sight, but devastating for erosion control!

We took Q to see Eight Below. Michael and I are both crybabies and were sobbing at the end. Q kept looking at me then would wipe my tears away. There is one part that was a little scary that had her in tears! But, when we returned home we gave our Nikko a big, big, big hug and she got extra special treats!

My brother and sister-in-law were in town over the weekend. Had wonderful times with them and decided to visit Italy next summer (June 07) to celebrate their 20th anniversary and our 10th. How perfect will it be to just hop on the Magic for a continuation of our trip?!?! Does anyone know what the ports are for these cruises?

Have a great day!

Hi Laurie!

Good to hear from you!

Hope your "CRICK" doesn't do any damage!!!

As far as the 2007 cruises to Europe. The 2007 thread indicates there really was a waitlist at DCL which is now closed... Don't know if this is true or not, but there are several on that thread who have confirmed places on specific cruises., requested as early os August '05. Joe + I are very discouraged to learn this, especially after repeated calls to DCL about these cruises, with little information gleaned. I will call DCL again tomorrow to ask for the truth It will be an interesting call... pray for the CM who answers the phone to speak with this Lanyard person!

In the meantime I plan on contacting every TA on the planet to try to get a place on the 1st repro. Thanks to DCL's approach to advertising about these cruises, I will also be calling on April 4th regardless of how many waitlists I'm on, or how many reservations I have on hold. We were really looking forward to this trip. Now, I don't even know if we have a fighting chance... and everything is still "Un-Official"!

Georgie

 

[icunurse_celeste]

Laure, I thought of you this morning as I was driving home from work when I heard that it was going to be raining a lot in California this week and how you had already had problems with water. Hopefully the creek will stay put and look pretty where it belongs- rather than in your basement.


Georgie, did you try contacting the TA you asked me about? I have been put on the waitlist by them before and had success. I was able to get a booking for the September cruise this way- my TA got me tentaive bookings for the 10 and 11 day cruise, upon which I had a few days to place the deposit. Maybe that will help?

Anyone else get an "islandgram" this week? I got one that talked about upcoming cruises, but stated that nothing was set in stone- yeah right. There was also a shell that had Don Ducky Williams showing how to draw Mickey.


Two more weeks of night! Half way done!

 

[Mickey&JoshNut]

HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
LESLIE
(DisneyPinDiva)

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[BobandLee]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDMA DPD!

 

[BobandLee]

MARDI GRAS!
....Laissez le Bon Temp Rouler!

Start cookin' the Jambalaya, frostin' the King Cake and mixin' the Huricanes!

 

[Scott H]

Happy Birthday Leslie, Have a great day.

 

[bonzie1]

HAPPY

BIRTHDAY

LESLIE



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[bonzie1]

Georgie, did you try contacting the TA you asked me about? Maybe that will help?:

Thanks Celeste... I will do that and hope for pixie dust!

Anyone else get an "islandgram" this week? I got one that talked about upcoming cruises, but stated that nothing was set in stone- yeah right. There was also a shell that had Don Ducky Williams showing how to draw Mickey. :

We'll watch our mailbox!

As far as the 2007 cruises to Europe. The 2007 thread indicates there really was a waitlist at DCL which is now closed... Don't know if this is true or not, but there are several on that thread who have confirmed places on specific cruises., requested as early os August '05. Joe + I are very discouraged to learn this, especially after repeated calls to DCL about these cruises, with little information gleaned. I will call DCL again tomorrow to ask for the truth It will be an interesting call... pray for the CM who answers the phone to speak with this Lanyard person!

HERE'S WHAT I FOUND OUT TODAY 02/27/06:
I called DCL and asked to be transferred to a manager. After a long wait I was connected. I first thanked him for taking time to clarify mis-information I had received from DCL on a previous call and went on to ask if there was a DCL waitlist for the upcoming, still "unofficial" "yet-to-be-announced" European cruises in 2007.

YES, THERE IS A WAIT LIST.

I will spare everyone my complete conversation, but will say my premise was one of huge disappointment, and not anger. He apologized that things had been done this way, and explained that DCL's Inventory Control Number has always been used for specific requests... Africa, Australia, you name it... DCL actually keeps these requests and builds lists.

Things had gotten out of hand with the requests received for the European sailings, and this list was closed. But, it will be used, and given priority.

FACT:
Those on this list (first come, first served) will be given DCL reservations once the bookings begin (date to be announced). Yes, these dates go back to 2005. Reservations from this list will be made prior to the phone lines opening to the public. I did express, in all fairness, the phone number should be posted on their website, in plain view for all. Yet, I also said I understood why its use is not encouraged by DCL. Again, I made my points, but will spare the details.

I asked what he would suggest for those of us who are not on the wait list for the European cruises.

Once the date is announced, call DCL. If your category is sold out, ask to be wait-listed. (Once bookings begin there will be a new wait list)

You can go through a TA, but at this point, since there is no more pre-booking wait list, your TA will also have to call for reservations, and will be competing against all calls.

Hope this helps.

 

[Q's My Princess]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LESLIE

 

[Q's My Princess]

Once the date is announced, call DCL. If your category is sold out, ask to be wait-listed. (Once bookings begin there will be a new wait list)

I know there has been talk of the date being April 4th, and I really hope that is wrong and they will push it to any day past the 5th. We are in Ireland and London until the 5th...I'll be keeping my fingers crossed that it is later!

 

[Q's My Princess]

Laure, I thought of you this morning as I was driving home from work when I heard that it was going to be raining a lot in California this week and how you had already had problems with water. Hopefully the creek will stay put and look pretty where it belongs- rather than in your basement.

Thanks Celeste...thankfully it let up last night and to our surprise, this morning we had hail! Here is a picture more of the up the hill, but if you look at the hottub cover it is covered with hail.

 

[airtime247]

Happy Birthday Leslie!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[auntrenae]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LESLIE!!!!! I hope the grandpuppies behave, Woody and Tink continue to be adorable, and Joe makes you a wonderful dinner!!!

Georgie, So, do I understand that you are planning to do the repo to the med and not one in the med? What are the rest of you guys thinking about which to do? We've been stewing about it for a while, and we think we're going for the first one actually in the med, but it will depend on which italian ports it goes to. Eric served in Rome and Sicily as a missionary, so we'd love to go there and see some of the people he knew... also, he's been raving about a specific pizzaria in Rome for almost 27 years, so I want him to take me there....yum!

Renae

 

[Mickey&JoshNut]

Thanks Celeste... I will do that and hope for pixie dust!


We'll watch our mailbox!



HERE'S WHAT I FOUND OUT TODAY 02/27/06:
I called DCL and asked to be transferred to a manager. After a long wait I was connected. I first thanked him for taking time to clarify mis-information I had received from DCL on a previous call and went on to ask if there was a DCL waitlist for the upcoming, still "unofficial" "yet-to-be-announced" European cruises in 2007.

YES, THERE IS A WAIT LIST.

I will spare everyone my complete conversation, but will say my premise was one of huge disappointment, and not anger. He apologized that things had been done this way, and explained that DCL's Inventory Control Number has always been used for specific requests... Africa, Australia, you name it... DCL actually keeps these requests and builds lists.

Things had gotten out of hand with the requests received for the European sailings, and this list was closed. But, it will be used, and given priority.

FACT:
Those on this list (first come, first served) will be given DCL reservations once the bookings begin (date to be announced). Yes, these dates go back to 2005. Reservations from this list will be made prior to the phone lines opening to the public. I did express, in all fairness, the phone number should be posted on their website, in plain view for all. Yet, I also said I understood why its use is not encouraged by DCL. Again, I made my points, but will spare the details.

I asked what he would suggest for those of us who are not on the wait list for the European cruises.

Once the date is announced, call DCL. If your category is sold out, ask to be wait-listed. (Once bookings begin there will be a new wait list)

You can go through a TA, but at this point, since there is no more pre-booking wait list, your TA will also have to call for reservations, and will be competing against all calls.

Hope this helps.

Georgie

Thanks for taking the time to call DCL and to post to clarify the situation. It seems like you got "connected" to the right manager.

I have a feeling that there is a good chance that many of the people that are "wait-listed" may pass once they hear the prices of the cruise.

From experience, I inquired onboard our November '04 cruise about the Panama Canal cruise as did my tablemates and we were told both cruises were "sold out"....you can imagine my surprise when I called one evening in early January '05 to inquire about doing back to back Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises and the CM suggested we just do the 14 day Panama Canal crossing cruise instead....the CM placed our reservation on a courtesy hold for 24 hours but I only needed 2 hours to decide to go ahead and book the cruise.

Georgie....think Field of Deams here....If you wish hard enough....it will come true!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bonzie1]

Georgie....think Field of Deams here....If you wish hard enough....it will come true!!!!!!!!!!!

wish... WISH... W I S H ... Thanks Elaine! ​

Renae... Yes, Joe + I would like to do the crossing (we'd REALLY like to do both ) Once there, we'd like to to Euro Disney (DL Paris) before coming home. There's just something exciting to us about going down to WDW, getting on a ship and sailing over to Europe. Of course, that's why Joe also wants a cat 6 (gulp). Don't know if we can even swing that one, but, as long as we're wishing we'll wish... BIG!

Hey, We'd even like to try to get a lot of us to pitch in for a fireworks event at EPCOT before we sail!

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[Hygiene99]

Ken Thank You so much

The lanyard you made for Emma Grace arrived in the mail today ..
Much to the Surprise of the Parents.. and Emma..
Thanks Again . Peter

 

[kpros]

Happy Birthday Leslie! Have a great one!

Ken

 

[Scott H]

Hey Linda, we saw your boat in the Port Lucaya Marina.

 

[auntrenae]

AWWWWW.... that's so cute! From my memories, there needs to be something to hang the binkies from...lol! I used my gold chains with my first, thinking it would look nicer than the 1981 equivalent of the lanyard, but he broke every one I had!!! It only took me 2 weeks to realize what it looked like wasn't as important as durability and washability.

Scott, did you ask the captain of the Sea U Later if you could come onboard for dinner?

ttfn,
Renae

 

[DisneyPinDiva]

Thank you ​

everyone for ​

the lovely birthday wishes! ​