7/18/2010 Mickey's Baltic Ballyhoo!! Part 5

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Good Morning All!

God that was so loud I herd it over here.

Good Evening,

Its Monday so not around a lot, don't worry!!!!

Repeat of Toyota Joke.

As my friend in his new Toyota car said.......

CANT STOP SEE YOU LATER

'Morning All
Sunny here today, but calling for rain the last half of the week.



Andrew, I heard on tv this morning that we move our clocks ahead 1 hour this weekend.

That is very useful confirmation and information as we do not swap ours to BST from GMT until the months end, hence its an unusual 4am booking window here not 5am, on the 20th.

 

[Madisonznana]

My daughter had her first solo recital this weekend - she completed book 1 of suzuki violin! She did an awesome job

Now that that is over I can maybe get my wife to sit down and look at shore excursions with me

 

[Celestine]

I would vote for this too!!

Motion is passed, but as there doesn't seem to be that many on this thread I'm hoping it is an unrealistic scenario unless of course there are lots of lurkers who appear at the last minute. I'm making my FE gifts so low numbers really works well for me!

Celestine

 

[Madisonznana]

Motion is passed, but as there doesn't seem to be that many on this thread I'm hoping it is an unrealistic scenario unless of course there are lots of lurkers who appear at the last minute. I'm making my FE gifts so low numbers really works well for me!

Celestine

I'm making mine too.

 

[mstinson14]

We are leaving later to find fabric to make our fe. I cannot think of any bright ideas for fe gifts though.

 

[Marla Hellwig]

been busy busy busy

have popped in to lurk and try to keep up but have given up keeping up

hope everyone is having a great or had a great day!

 

[Madisonznana]

We are leaving later to find fabric to make our fe. I cannot think of any bright ideas for fe gifts though.

Oh, this reminds me....Does anyone have a picture of what a FE looks like? and how big should it be?

 

[jilljill]

Oh, this reminds me....Does anyone have a picture of what a FE looks like? and how big should it be?

Check on the main boards for this. I know it's there somewhere, you may have to do a search for it. Not sure if the directions are in the FAQ sticky or not.
On our cruise in Jan. we just used a totebag and zip-tied it to our 'fish'.

 

[Caropooh]

We got exciting mail today! I forgot we booked a "dummy cruise" for December 12, 2010! Got the reminder thing today! Guess we'll have to plan another cruise now!

 

[smilis]

Oh, this reminds me....Does anyone have a picture of what a FE looks like? and how big should it be?

Sorry I haven't responded about the hometown postcard exchange and the FE exchange, but I can't seem to PM the ones needing to know that I'm interested. Perhaps because I haven't posted enough yet to be allowed that privilege. We didn't do a FE last cruise so if somebody could share information about the size of them that would be great

Busy educating myself on the excursions especially for Tallin and St. Pete as tomorrow night is when we go to hear Rick Steves. I'm hoping for some face to face time to ask him questions.

Can someone please explain to this infrequent user how to PM?

Sandy

 

[mstinson14]

The FE list is currently:

Bellelinus
MrsG
Marla Hellwig
Celestine
Bluegrassbelles
KathyinCitrus
Laurie
samanthasmom1
Pixie Dust II
scrapycruiser
madisonznana
poohmomof5

If anyone else is interested in joining the FE, or has any further questions as to what it is, how it works etc. please PM me. Last date for joining this will be the middle of June

Celestine

Could we join? We bought the stuff for our fe today

 

[jilljill]

Reminder:

Hometown Postcard Exchange (contact jilljill to be added)
Bring enough postcards from your hometown to pass out and share with other Ballyhoo'ers.

jilljill
Madisonznana
Andrew DEREK UK
RJAYL (?)
MI-MINI
Marla Hellwig
MrsG
bellelinus
BluegrassBelles
Kathy in Citrus
Samanthasmom1
caropooh
caven553

 

[jilljill]

'Morning all


Since Robert is MIA this morning I guess I'll do the LOUD shout out for the morning.


Sandy, I got your PM so you figured out how to send them.
Also, Tallinn is very easy to get around. In the first post is some info relating to Tallinn, as well as the other ports. Tallinn is the main reason we booked this cruise over Helsinki, we liked Tallinn more than Helsinki.

 

[jilljill]

Could we join? We bought the stuff for our fe today

I've added your name to the first post for the FE and also updated the first post with Celestine's most recent posting of FE's participants.

 

[Celestine]

Oh, this reminds me....Does anyone have a picture of what a FE looks like? and how big should it be?

THis is my FE. Size wise it is about 30cm wide and about a meter long. I made it myself and it survived the EBPC crossing 2 years ago so I'm hopeful it will survive the ballyhoo too!

Celestine

 

[Madisonznana]

THis is my FE. Size wise it is about 30cm wide and about a meter long. I made it myself and it survived the EBPC crossing 2 years ago so I'm hopeful it will survive the ballyhoo too!

Celestine

This is great, thanks for the picture.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Evening......


Send out a search party for Robert, he cant say he is busy......

You might know all this already but a copy of part of an email from concerige, to share with you...

Palo, what days is Brunch offered, ie I am aware its sea days (yes, only sea days), but St Petersburg day as we arrive at 12.30pm? (Sea days only).

Is Palo Dinner on every night? ( yes)

Same as Palo tea, sea days?( High tea, only on sea days)

Do you have any information on finalised dinner and show schedule?

I do not have any information on the show schedule yet…please check back with us closer to the sail date.
Formal night – Night 2
Semi-formal- Night 6 and Night 11
Pirates – Night 9

Does the ship have any contingency for late dinner say on Berlin day when we get back around 8pm?
Dinner time will always be at 830pm(second dining) and early dining (which is what you have) at 6pm. You can always order to your suite. J.

 

[jilljill]

Thanks Andrew. I can see the dining rooms are going to be pretty empty on Warnemunde day, especially first seating.


Maybe Robert's been stuck at the gym under some weights since yesterday morning.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Thanks Andrew. I can see the dining rooms are going to be pretty empty on Warnemunde day, especially first seating.


Maybe Robert's been stuck at the gym under some weights since yesterday morning.

Whilst very fast and polite, they do give minimal answers to questions, and have an art-form of not answering things fully.

Suppose I asked for it, that I can order in my Suite, was thinking what will they do Berlin night, looks like its as usual.

I know there have been threads, maybe the Main Baltic one that said no Palo Dinner at StP's, I said there was, someone then said there wasn't, so thats why I asked it again.

 

[jilljill]

I did notice you weren't getting direct answers from them.
No clue why someone would say they wouldn't have Palo open on StP nights, not everyone will leave the ship in the evenings there.
I still can't believe they want to keep dining times the same in Warnemunde. Wonder if that will be tweaked closer we get to sailing as more people inquire about dining times and options.