Julie, are we posting Christmas pictures on the dates listed? I have been away for so long I feel like the new kid on the board!
We had the most wonderful Disney vacation and if I ever wanted to just grab time and make it stand still this would surely have been the time to do it!
The time at WDW was just the best ever and then the cruise was something else, literally! We had booked an Eastern Caribbean and with the weather problems, which being on vacation I was really not paying too much attention to---I did not know until we were ready to leave for the port that the cruise was totally changed!.
Instead of Eastern Caribbean we had a double dip at Castaway Cay and a Western Caribbean. You could not have ordered more perfect weather. Every day was sunny and just delightful. We had wonderful servers and our stateroom host was just the best. Our daughter and son-in-law were so excited every day!.
I thought you might enjoy these pictures from the elevators. We got quite a delight out of them:
Also, I told Mickey all about the Baltic Ballyhoo and this was the look her gave me:
Sorry didn't get back on, had a sh***y night, late home from work, row with kids went to bed
To be honest it is really pretty cut and dry - if the cost of the cruise has not changed since it was booked DCL has to re-price the reservation and the fuel fees automatically come off when they re-price it. If the reservation has increased in price or the category no longer available they cannot take the fees off. Where the price has increased if they try and re-price to take the fuel fees off the reservation will price at the higher rate. I am a TA and have been working on the reservations I personally have over the last two days. I have been able to take the fees off close to 100 reservations. There were a few European cruises that I wasn't able to do that for because the price had increased. DCL didn't give me or any of the other agents in our company any problems making the changes to the reservations that qualified
For the cruises that increased in price they will be looked at on a quarterly basis and if the fuel cost is still under $70 a barrel then the fuel fees will be issued as an OBC for sailings during the following quarter. Example on Dec 18, 2008 they will issue the OBC for sailings in Jan-March 09. On March 18 they will issue OBC for sailings Apr-June 09, etc. as long as the ful costs stays below the magic number
I have been so busy (good thing in this economy and hope it stays that way) that I haven't had much time to be on the DIS lately. Julie thank you so much for putting all the information on page 1 of the thread. Makes it easier to look there to see what is going on
Hey I'm sorry I didn't mean to be having a go at you, it was certainly NOT directed at you personally
Sorry to you and to all of you who have had to listen to me ranting and raving like a mad women all afternoon
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Julie, I guess you aren't at Rockefeller Center at the tree lighting ceremony. DD & I are watching it and she asked why we didn't go up to it.
Hey Jul,
There was a weird quote when I copied Harole Ann's last post. She's the one who wanted to know about the Christmas picture thing with Andrew. I don't have any good pictures (and I'm not too good at posting on these boards) so I didn't sign up. If I get some, I'll give it a try.......
Anyone else starting to panic about how much time we have left before the holidays???????????????
Hey Barb........thx for the card..........what a delightful surprise......(I still haven't done mine........)
You're welcome. I still have a lot of family ones to do and send out.
You're welcome. I still have a lot of family ones to do and send out.
Okay, just so everyone knows how things are ranking........YOUR cards are in the mail, the family cards HAVE NOT been sent yet!!
No, seriously, I'm waiting for the kids picture card before I do the family ones.
That would spoil you and make you think twice before fighting the crowds on a school night. I missed how many people they estimated were there, but it looked like an awful lot in that space.
Funny how we put people we don't know (at least some) before family.
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There was lots of dancing in the aisles and loud audience participation singing 
However it was a very late night as we didn't get home till after midnight . Mick Hucknall looks sooooooo old (I think he's about 44/45) but his voice is to die for 
it has definately matured and mellowed with age.
