8/15/09-Eastern-Tortola Treasure Seekers #4

[Andrew DEREK UK]

says Im login but I cant get anything


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I'm getting the same error! I can't get my reservation retrieved!!! This is so frustrating!!!

I am sorry, but these error messages come up when you log in before 00.00, they are the standard two you see.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

How did everyone get on? I got my preferred Brunch and Dinner times at Palo, my finger slipped and I booked a massage for the afternoon in St Thomas as I know we will be back at the ship and the girls will be done with sightseeing by 3pm (Livvy will need a nap and Izzy will be wanting to go play in the club or use the pool)

Mel
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Finger slipped good one!!!! Congrats

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Well congratulations to all of you who did get what they want, and commiserations to those who had a frustrating night and didn't get what they want.

It is a painful process at times, and thats why, I repeated and repeated the process, to give everyone on this thread the best chance possible.

First thing, this shows, is there is a considerable amount of people on this cruise, but maybe not posting on this thread, giving us a false sense of security.

I said Brunch Sunday am will go in seconds, and it did, that means there is a lot of people out there!!!

Second thing is that horrible 00.00 log in, I know from 2008 Panama cruise, logging in at 11:59:59, will loose you 20 odd minutes. You get those error messages and hitting refresh on the browser of your PC will not work.

It thinks you are there but you cannot access your reservation.

Anyway on Palo all is not lost.

Main option get to the port early say for 10am get a low boarding card and go straight to where they are taking Palo ressies. This is often Rocking Bar D, but I have done it in other places, check your welcome onboard navigator.

Some ressies for Palo, most likely Brunch will come up at 30 days ( or just before), This is when the Private room at Palo is confirmed and those requesting that and being successful, will have to cancel their personal Palo brunch online booking.

No more Palo reservations are released at 75 days.


Anyway, whatever happens everyone will still have a great cruise.

 

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

Main option get to the port early say for 10am get a low boarding card and go straight to where they are taking Palo ressies. This is often Rocking Bar D, but I have done it in other places, check your welcome onboard navigator.

Some ressies for Palo, most likely Brunch will come up at 30 days ( or just before), This is when the Private room at Palo is confirmed and those requesting that and being successful, will have to cancel their personal Palo brunch online booking.

Sorry if I gave Ed a faulse hope ...

BUT HE STILL HAS CHANCES , hasn't he ?? Eg at 30 days mark ... or on embarkation day !!!!

WE did show up at Palo on past cruises and got MORE brunch/dinner reservations at their desk ... Would this still be applicable - as last chance for Ed ????

I so hope he can get what he wants !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Sorry if I gave Ed a faulse hope ...

BUT HE STILL HAS CHANCES , hasn't he ?? Eg at 30 days mark ... or on embarkation day !!!!

WE did show up at Palo on past cruises and got MORE brunch/dinner reservations at their desk ... Would this still be applicable - as last chance for Ed ????

I so hope he can get what he wants !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes that is correct, about 35 days> 30 days keep an eye out a few say 14 for each sea day for brunch will come up.

Then they hold back 50% of slots for onboard booking. But they will go fast....

 

[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

We are excited to be going on our first Disney cruise. My husband and I will be traveling with our four children and meeting up with my sister and brother-in-law at WDW and then on to the cruise. We can't wait!

WELCOME ABOARD !!!!!!!!!!!!


laura

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

90 DAYS

 

[jbm02]

All the brunches are GONE??????!!!!!!!!
Now I have to go wait on line??? Not what I had planned to do. My 5th DCL and I couldn't get a stinkin' brunch...

Ed and Mulan,
We couldn't get a brunch either. And Sean was on right at midnight. Oh well. We'll try to check periodically before the cruise and again at the port to see if something opens up. We'll be there early anyway on the 15th so we might have a chance. But I'm happy that we were able to get a dinner without any problems!! (and maybe that's telling me that instead of being at brunch on a sea day, I should be on the treadmill in the gym....)

In signing up the kids for their programs, we were only able to sign up DD9. There wasn't a link to sign DS14 up for the Stack. Is that how it works - they just show up and whoever is there, that's the group? Any additional accountability? This is our first experience with the Stack so I am unfamiliar with it. And I know that DD9 wants to be moved up to the next age group for the Clubs. I read that the age groupings are 8-9, 10-11 and 12-13. I don't know if that is still accurate or whether it changes based upon the numbers of kids in different age groups on each cruise. She'll turn 10 about a week after the cruise ends; she'd prefer to be with kids in her grade rather than those that are a year behind her in school. Anyone have any experience with asking for something like that?

We also signed up for the Dubloon Sail & Snorkel in St Thomas. The reviews I've read about that sound like it should be alot of fun.

Have a great day everyone. And kudos to those that were lucky enough to get all they wanted!!!
Jude

 

[bbaltes]

Hi Everyone!

This will be #4 for us - and just the start of many more!

We're Ben, Jenny and Lily (DD6) - from the Madison, WI area.

We'd love to meet up prior to cruise time with anyone from southern WI or northern IL with kids the same age so that we can immediately go into play mode when we get on board.

We'll be flying into MCO on Friday about noon and then staying at the Doubletree Oceanside ($99 a night - on the ocean - can't beat it).

Let's start the countdown, everyone!

Ben

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Ed and Mulan,
We couldn't get a brunch either. And Sean was on right at midnight. Oh well. We'll try to check periodically before the cruise and again at the port to see if something opens up. We'll be there early anyway on the 15th so we might have a chance. But I'm happy that we were able to get a dinner without any problems!! (and maybe that's telling me that instead of being at brunch on a sea day, I should be on the treadmill in the gym....)

In signing up the kids for their programs, we were only able to sign up DD9. There wasn't a link to sign DS14 up for the Stack. Is that how it works - they just show up and whoever is there, that's the group? Any additional accountability? This is our first experience with the Stack so I am unfamiliar with it. And I know that DD9 wants to be moved up to the next age group for the Clubs. I read that the age groupings are 8-9, 10-11 and 12-13. I don't know if that is still accurate or whether it changes based upon the numbers of kids in different age groups on each cruise. She'll turn 10 about a week after the cruise ends; she'd prefer to be with kids in her grade rather than those that are a year behind her in school. Anyone have any experience with asking for something like that?

We also signed up for the Dubloon Sail & Snorkel in St Thomas. The reviews I've read about that sound like it should be alot of fun.

Have a great day everyone. And kudos to those that were lucky enough to get all they wanted!!!
Jude

Yes with the kids you only have to register kids up to the age of 11 online after that they come and go as they please, 8 upwards you have the option to let them come and go if you wish. DCL will have a list so they can just turn up.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Hi Everyone!

This will be #4 for us - and just the start of many more!

We're Ben, Jenny and Lily (DD6) - from the Madison, WI area.
We'd love to meet up prior to cruise time with anyone from southern WI or northern IL with kids the same age so that we can immediately go into play mode when we get on board.
We'll be flying into MCO on Friday about noon and then staying at the Doubletree Oceanside ($99 a night - on the ocean - can't beat it).
Let's start the countdown, everyone!

Ben

Welcome, thanks for posting, and please keep checking in, also there is a kids thread.

 

[Melcatfish]

Hi Everyone!

This will be #4 for us - and just the start of many more!

We're Ben, Jenny and Lily (DD6) - from the Madison, WI area.

We'd love to meet up prior to cruise time with anyone from southern WI or northern IL with kids the same age so that we can immediately go into play mode when we get on board.

We'll be flying into MCO on Friday about noon and then staying at the Doubletree Oceanside ($99 a night - on the ocean - can't beat it).

Let's start the countdown, everyone!

Ben

Welcome aboard! Only 90 days now!

Mel
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[caitlinsdad]

I am sorry, but these error messages come up when you log in before 00.00, they are the standard two you see.

Andrew,

In this case I wasn't logged in before midnight. It was 00:00 35 am .
I actually was able to log in at that time. I had a palo brunch for 11:30 am on sunday checked, but when I went to submit the system indicated their was a problem. I tried to submit multiple times after the message and kept getting system error.

I them made the mistake of logging out and tried to get back on the system. That is when the message came.

The system must of thought I was still logged in or linked with someone who was. It took 40 minutes at that point for the system allowed me to log in again.

So you see I wasn't logged in early, but a victim of more people on the system then it could handle.

It's ok, as I would have been only making as brunch for one, as Beth has it in her mind that Palo is too fancy for her tastes and would not have gone anyway.

I got most of what I wanted and may keep looking in case something opens up, but if it doesn't I will not be making that made dash on embarkation day.

It's not that important to me. Just frustated at Disney. There was problems in 2006 for the group I was with due to heavy volume on the site.

You would have thought by now in the last 3 years Disney would have
upgraded the system to handle the volume

Oh well not the end of the world and it still will be a great cruise.

 

[Melcatfish]

I have just added the Exotic Rasul successfully but when I am trying to amend my Flounders hours I keep getting error 500 saying they are having a system error. At the moment all our activities where we need Flounders are covered so it doesn't matter but it is annoying so I really feel your frustration when it was doing it to you when you were trying to make your brunch reservation.

Mel
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[MICKEY'S DREAMERS]

Oh well not the end of the world and it still will be a great cruise.

Ciao Ed , I was feeling bad for you but I'm happy you think this way ... After all it's a vacation !!!!!!

Maybe that someone here who has a brunch booked would be happy to "add" you to their table ... that way you won't enjoy your brunch alone - but with friends !!!!!!!!!!!

laura

 

[kritter]

Hope everyone is sleeping in this morning after staying up till 12:00 am.....LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jenanderson]

Hope everyone is sleeping in this morning after staying up till 12:00 am.....LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not sleeping in here...I only had to stay up until 11:00 p.m. so I was wide awake early. I am trying to enter what everyone booked on our web site and update all of that!

The sun is out today so I am hoping it will be warm enough to open a window up. We are suffering from a cold spell. Good thing I have all this Disney planning to help me though it!

 

[spoohs]

Looks like we will all be there at the same time. We have Monday at 10:30!

We also got Monday at 10:30.

 

[kritter]

Not sleeping in here...I only had to stay up until 11:00 p.m. so I was wide awake early. I am trying to enter what everyone booked on our web site and update all of that!

The sun is out today so I am hoping it will be warm enough to open a window up. We are suffering from a cold spell. Good thing I have all this Disney planning to help me though it!

Oh Jen, I hope you all feel better. Hopie woke up in the night coughing and coughing I think she is getting a cold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[flrickd]

Hi everybody, I was one of the lucky ones to get what a wanted, Rick
Palo brunch 11am Monday
The Baths at Tortola
Butterfly Secrets & Mountain view St. Thomas
Seahorse Catamaran Sorkel Adventure- CC