5/27/06 "Il pochi il fiero i blabbermouths" We *will* sail again Part 12

[ohiominnie]

Just in case it helps:

 

[WDWLVR]

THAT, my dear, is the mayor of St. Maarten!!!

If you're lucky, you'll bump into him next April!

If I SEE him next April I'm running the other way!

 

[justmestace]

I haven't been this popular since I had the last candy bar at Girl Scout Camp!

Hey, how come the Tag Fairy never comes here? This one was a good one.

 

[justmestace]

If I SEE him next April I'm running the other way!

If you BUMPED into him, you'd probably be bounced all the way to the French side!!

 

[chip&dale&fun]

Well now she just has to wait for the offers from Virgil, Irene, Pam and Amanda to use their names.

Diana - could it be that New Mexico is one of the states where you aren't allowed to get referral dollars?

Edited to Add IRENE only - yup, that's the ticket!!!

First case of a referral split 12 ways!

ok DVC vets, I need help, I am stuck with a few points which are banked...leftovers from the November cruise, what can I do?

 

[Hedgie]

Auntie Stacey please pick us!

me, me, me, pick me......pretty please

 

[ohiominnie]

Edited to Add IRENE only - yup, that's the ticket!!!

First case of a referral split 12 ways!

ok DVC vets, I need help, I am stuck with a few points which are banked...leftovers from the November cruise, what can I do?

What's your use year?

 

[dzneprincess]

No, she's going to use MY name. Actually, someone did use my name last year, and I didn't get anything for it. Maybe I should check on that.

Stacey, it's costly to stay at the Grand Californian for points, but not much worse than CASH. If they have a DVC there, you can stay on points. I don't know where they would put it, but I'm thinking it would be a quick sell.

Diana,
I tried to use you guys when we bought in....my guide told me New Mexico was not eligible..I also tried to use my friends in Portland....same deal....

 

[Dancind]

Well, that explains it. And it stinks! Stacey, I guess you can take me off the list.

 

[dzneprincess]

Edited to Add IRENE only - yup, that's the ticket!!!

First case of a referral split 12 ways!

ok DVC vets, I need help, I am stuck with a few points which are banked...leftovers from the November cruise, what can I do?

Transfer to a good friend in Georgia?!?

 

[justmestace]

Maybe they weren't crediting referrals for "west coast" people...but maybe they will now that they're going to have DVC at Disneyland...

 

[Dancind]

Maybe they weren't crediting referrals for "west coast" people...but maybe they will now that they're going to have DVC at Disneyland...

No, it's probably got something to do with state laws regarding timeshares. NM has some antiquated laws. But at least we can buy timeshares by mail etc. Some states can't do that!

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Oh man.
I was just reading, after a long hiatus (sorry, between the move right at Thanksgiving, Christmas and practically every kid in my extended family having a birthday except my youngest, etc. I've been so extremely busy!) from the board I was just reading to catch up on things. I decided after cruising various forums to read the links at the top that caught my interest and omg

Are they only doing 7 day cruises out of LA in summer 2008???
Am I reading that right?
Is everyone still planning on going and if so- what dates?

I don't know what to do. we've already rebooked onboard for June 8th week and was supposed to receive a call or email from our agent as soon as the dates came out so we could book the 2nd week since after we got off the ship we decided to do 3 weeks in a row- but I'm not sure we want to do that cruise- no, I'm almost positive we won't want to. It's not the going out of LA and not doing WDW beforehand but primarily no stops in Castaway Cay? I'm sorry but we're not doing cruises without a stop there. Even double dip last time didn't seem like enough and we can go on ANY cruise for a lot less money for that itinerary. I'm disappointed.

Is it the entire summer?
Are y'all still planning on going? i can't keep up with this thread if my life depended on it. LOL

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Nevermind my question about whether I read it right. After reading the title and then reading the first post of this thread- I see I read it right.

I'm tempted to just let the onboard credit go and get our deposit back (well, it's no small potatoes for a family of 5 for 2wks cruise!) because I'm not sure I want to tie up that money for this long. It was already going to be 2yrs since our last cruise- and who knows.. in 2009 they might think up some other special itinerary!

I'm upset with them and I am tempted to write or call to complain. I am okay with them doing special itineraries every other year- this keeps those that want a change happy. But to do special itineraries EVERY summer is ridiculous. That is the one time of year the MOST people (especially with kids!) can go, and they keep doing special itineraries out of other areas with ports we're not interested in (or in the case of 2007 can't afford) and no stops at Castaway Cay, etc? Every other year is fine, EVERY summer is not cool- in my book.

Oh and I just thought of something else... the kids ages. If we would have went on the back to back cruises in 2008- our youngest would be 7 the first week, 8 the 2nd week. Our middle child would be 10, and our oldest would be 14.
Because of what THEY would have available for them to do (especially the oldest) we had decided on the back to back because we weren't SURE if we'd do another cruise for several years because we really don't anticipate our oldest being "mature" enough to want to just hang out with teenagers up to the age of 18 and do the things they do/etc. That's the last age she wouldn't have had ONLY hanging out with teenagers up to age 18 to do while on the cruise.

Now even if we decide to wait and see what 2009 is doing- youngest will be 9, middle 11 (so they won't be together in the clubs ever) and oldest will be 15- and like I said... most likely not mature enough to be interested in what is available for that age group nor would we even want her to hang out with kids up to age 18 when she would have just turned 15.

It really looks like we have no choice- we probably won't be doing Disney cruises for a long time. We don't really want to take the kids out of school because they are getting older (oldest will be in highschool by then and middle child in middle school- what we used to call jr high btw) and because a cruise is so much time. Texas is pretty strict. We can get away with taking a few days out of school if the teachers agree and the kids can do the work ahead of time or make it up afterwards- but that is going to be harder as they get older and a cruise is more than just a few days off from school. So the summer is all we have- and Disney cruiseline has decided to mess that up for us.

I'll have to talk to DH but we'll probably just be nixing any Disney cruises for quite some time- because even when the oldest is old enough and mature enough to go and still have fun- then our middle child will be at the same age having the same issue... 14/15 and I'm NOT keen on that age just hanging out with kids up to the age of 18yrs old (most of the time just "hanging out" anyway- and I witnessed one of the activites for that age group on the last cruise- the dancing to moonlight- NOT something I want my kids involved in at that age! Definitely not something I'd want them involved in until they were atleast 17, if ever. LOL) Then after him- same thing with the youngest since she's 2yrs younger. Quite frankly we probably would have made the 2008 back to back cruises our last ones for a long long while. And now that's blown. ugh! I don't know what we'll do. I guess we're back to just visiting WDW. Is that what Disney wanted?

We'll have to do some thinking about this. I may just stick with what we have booked now- we booked the Dec 15th 7 day cruise because it was the last available at the time (besides Christmas week I think- which now I wish we'd grabbed that instead if it was available, I can't remember now) because it will probably be our last cruise for awhile and I'm not ready to just "not cruise" again for such a long time. I'm not interested in paying for the 2 staterooms (one verandah, one inside stateroom across the hall) for the Christmas week now to make it back to back because that would add almost DOUBLE the first week (about 11,500 more for the 2nd week added on). I'm not even sure I'd like to be on the cruise over Christmas anyway. The only time we haven't been home for christmas is when our oldest two were much younger (youngest not even born yet) and even then it was a mess. We went to visit family in Michigan during that time and it just wasn't the same not being home, opening their presents under their tree, etc. on Christmas morning and coming home to it a week after Christmas- yanno?
But, if we do decide we'd like to be on a Disney cruise over Christmas- maybe we'll do the one week we already have booked Dec 15th, 2007 and then do a 4 day cruise after that- something different and a lot less expensive. I just don't know. The kids ages would be fine (for me) at that point. They would be 7, barely turned 10 and still 13 because the oldest wouldn't turn 14 until Jan 2008. Those ages would be fine with me. Such a mess. I really had no idea they'd do special itineraries TWO summers in a row. I would have bet money (and in fact kinda did gamble on that) that they wouldn't. *sigh*

Oh and yeah, we have to consider the weather in Dec also. We're Texans... we're not used to cold weather so if it's even slightly cold that will ruin any plans for us to do anything water related or even outdoor related- and ofcourse have to pack more clothing, jackets, etc.

 

[scuba diver]

Good morning.

That's all I got to say!

 

[WDWLVR]

Good morning Jim!

Morning everyone! Have a great day!

 

[TiggerInNY]

You've got the best smileys...um yea, the best smileys around. You kill me.

 

[TiggerInNY]

Good morning everyone. We're getting ready here in NY for the arctic blast to come through tomorrow. The high temp is supposed to be around 18 degrees with a low of 4 degrees. MMmmmm, yummy! Better get the wood ready for the fireplace and stay snug as a bug. Winter is finally here...with avengance!!!

WOO WOO A UTOP WITH THE UPCOMING ARCTIC BLAST!!!

 

[mickeymo]

sigh

wish I were

Supposedly we've set the record for the least amount of sun in January for Houston...I think we're on at least 10 straight days of rain...

 

[Dancind]

Hi BBB. I didn't read all that, but yes, we're disappointed too. Some are going on the Mexican cruise that week, some are going on an Eastern in April 2008, some are thinking they can't afford the new prices. Some day, some how, we hope to cruise together again. But I don't think we have any idea where or when that will be just yet.