8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC #14

[mjy]

We're Home!​

Monday, September 1, 2008
Sunrise, 7:02 a.m. / Sunset, 7:42 p.m.
THE END OF THE 15 DAY PANAMA CANAL CRUISE
We have travelled 4841 nautical miles from Los Angeles to Port Canaveral
which is equivalent to 5,567 land miles.
Disembark - After breakfast

Whatever dining room we had dinner in on Sunday evening is the dining room that we were to report to for breakfast for the ending of the 15 Day Panama Canal Repositioning Cruise. For me, this means that I need to be at breakfast at Animator's Palate at 7:00 a.m. I want to do this so that I can say goodbye to Amanda & Joe and their son, Jake.

This has been a wonderful time for me and I am looking forward to the next days on the special 5 Day Bahamian Cruise.

The people who are leaving the ship for the end of their cruise are to do so immediately after their breakfast.

For the several of us who are remaining for the 5 Day cruise, we have a different set of instructions.

For those leaving, their luggage had to be left outside their room last night (Sunday evening). For those of us remaining, our luggage needed to be packed and remain in our rooms so that the room stewards could move the luggage to the new rooms.

For the very few lucky (myself included) who have the same room assignment, I do not have to do anything with my "stuff" and/or my luggage. I am staying in this room, so there is no worry.

Those of us remaining have to meet the Clearance Officer at the Shore Excursion Desk this morning at 9:30 a.m. We will be escorted off the ship and through a special line to clear customs. We will then be escorted to the check-in desks in the port terminal at 10:00 a.m. As soon after 10:00 a.m. as they can, they will check us in for our 5 Day cruise and then escort us back on board the ship. General check-in and boarding does not happen until much later (boarding usually begins around 12:00 Noon). So, for us, we will have the run of the ship for a couple of hours!

I will post more this evening about the first day of our "new" cruise. I am posting this now as the "official closing" of my 15 Day Panama Canal Repositioning Cruise. It was GREAT and I thank all of you who left comments and/or sent me email. I will be home this coming Saturday evening (September 6th) and, for those of you who are my parishioners who have been watching this blog, I will see you at the 10:00 a.m. and 12:00 Noon Masses Sunday, September 7th. But until then, I am still on vacation!!!

And, since I have been praying for you so hard during the repositioning cruise, I ask you to return the favor. We are watching the weather forecast very carefully as we learned that Hanna has just "earned" hurricane status. It is supposed to hang out in the Bahamas for a few days this week and hit the east coast of Florida Friday night/Saturday morning. Those just happen to be the times that we could be at Castaway Cay and Nassau during the week and attempting to return to Port Canaveral this coming weekend. It could make for a very messy 5 Day cruise. So, please keep us in your prayers as we all pray for those who will be victims of Hurricane Gustav today.

 

[mickeymom923]

WELCOME BACK EVERYONE. Can't wait to hear all about your trip.

Bev

 

[eeyorelvr10]

Hi Everybody! I hope that you all have had a safe and uneventful trip home. I am currently sitting in the Adult lounge and am taking full advantage of non-Disney internet service.

I just wanted to wish everyone a safe trip and continued safeness. We are about to embark on our next portion of our journey. DCL has changed the itinerary due to Hurricane Hannah and we are now scheduled for , today, Port Canaveral, Tuesday - Castaway Cay, then sea day on Wednesday and Nassau on Thursday and then Castaway again on Friday with Saturday disembarking.

As some of you later disembarkaters know - Brent is now onboard. I got this huge grin when Chicken Boy made an announcement. Cpt Jack and I managed to see Christian as he was disembarking today from deck 10.

I met up with Disney Sweetie at about 12:30 and we ate lunch at Parrot Cay. Later going to our room we ran into grumpylover54 and picked up my drugs that I asked for. Seems that I woke dripping and used some zircam and now I am fine and dandy.

I put in my request for M's ship of idiots...mmmmmmmmm...dummy cruise so someone send me the link and I can subscribe!

Ran into Aly at the rope line and she managed to sneak her way into the crowd and take some pictures with some of the stinky teens then she hightailed it up the staircase. Course, I had to open my mouth and insert my foot and mention to a lady that was standing next to me - "either she's brave or she's looking for attn. Didn't dawn on me that she may be with that party until she looked at me so Coral - you don't have to worry about your foot in mouth disease - I contracted it but good!

Anyway, it was an awesome experience to have met everyone and I sincerely hope that we do stay in touch. I have declared next year a non-cruising year but of course, that depends on what you all are doing. LOL

Let me know and I'll go with the flow.

That's all for now - got to go and download some last minute shots.

Take care all and talk to you all soon.

 

[arlenesp]

HOME!!!!!!
It was an unforgettable experience. We are staring at the luggage and I can't bear to deal with it so soon. Have so much to catch up with. Laura I still never got how much I owe you!!!!!. Thanks
I have so many thank yous to all the disers and non disers who helped make this trip truly a TOAL and were kind enough to help Rich when needed. He really needed this trip. We are very glad we took the challenge to take this trip and hopefully will be able to do the future one as well.
Now if I can only figure out how to get the pictures from the laptop to the computer.

 

[Pluto 2]

well i got home about 30 minutes ago. we had a great time. smooth sailing the whole way.

 

[got2travel]

Half way home. Sitting in Devner waiting for the 2nd leg of our flight.

Very sad I was not able to stay on for the 5-day, but then again, not sure I want to run from the hurricanes.

Had a great time with everyone, even those I just had a chance for a quick hello passing through the halls. Sorry I wasn't able to meet everyone.

Probably won't get to any pictures tonight. Not that I took that many anyway. I'm relying upon our photo share site for all those great shots that I missed.

 

[arlenesp]

Hi everyone on the Repo !!

Just a quick note to let you know we're leavng for the airport in the next 20 minutes so the next time I post will be in the USA.

Look forward to meeting you when you disembark on 1st of September.

Safe journey.

David

David, sorry I didn't get to see you. Cheryl told me you were by the buses and we were picked up in the other direction. Have a great cruise.

 

[got2travel]

Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Sunrise, 6:30 a.m. / Sunset, 6:53 p.m.
Evening Attire: Cruise Casual
Dinner Menu: Lumiere's - Master Chef: A menu created by our world-famous chefs

Presently, it is 2:30 p.m.

Very relaxed day at sea today.

Mass was at 8:30 a.m. It was such a lazy morning that I came back to the stateroom after Mass and took an hour's nap! That is so unusual for me, but there was not much stirring on the ship yet. I think a lot of passengers were sleeping in because it was a sea day and also because they lost an hour's sleep due to the time change last night.

As of 2:30 p.m., here are some statistics:
Weather is "partly cloudy"
Temperature is 89.6 degrees
Humidity is 50%
Sea conditions are "slight"
Distance from Port of Los Angeles: 3486 nautical miles
Distance from Port of Cartagena: 175 nautical miles
Distance to Oranjestad (Arruba): 205 nautical miles
Present speed: 9.2 knots
We are in the Caribbean Sea where the water is a delightful blue color, skies are blue and very cloudy.

I saw WALL-E at the Buena Vista Theatre this afternoon. Certainly was a different kind of movie. Plenty of message, that is for sure.

From 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Ducky Williams will be available for anyone who wants his autograph from staterooms on Decks 1 & 6. Because they are expecting a lot of people to attend, they are limiting the autographs to two pieces. I am hoping to get him to sign the lithograph that was presented to us. I am still trying to figure out how I am going to get it home without damaging it. I tell you this, if I can, it will definitely be framed and hung on my office wall!

Tonight's entertainment? Siegfried & Roy present Darren Romeo: The Voice of Magic. He has been named Show of the Year for two years in a row by Branson Critic Awards, Magician of the Year by the Academy of Magical Arts, and Entertainer of the Year by the International Magicians Society. From all that I have heard from some of the crew, this is most definitely not a show to miss.

For now, that is about all. I am going to post this and hope to give you some ideas about the show later. Have a great day!

Clearly this was written prior to the evening show. Sad to say but Darren Romeo was the worst show I saw on board. But then again I didn't go see Aly and AJ and I heard that was bad. I don't understand how Darren Romeo could have won "Entertainer of the Year".

 

[disneyjunkie]

Welcome home pirates

 

[got2travel]

Hello Shipmates!!!!

OMG CC tomorow,already, it's been a great trip. The doors are fantastic... All of the islands have been wonderful. Columbia is very nice, my son was interviewed by a local reporter, and she asked how he liked Columbia, he gave good reviews, it helped the reporter was cute.
Everyone of the crew has been great. We were invited to PALOS for Aruba nite to dine with Christian, Shannon and Scott (HR Guy) Chrsitains Mom's on board so she was with us telling some of his childhood stories when he left the room to attend to the show with the two girls AJ & Alley, I think they are.
The crew talent show was a hoot. Very funny. The magcian was good, needed more magic and less singing.

Well here's to a Great time thank you all, and wishing everyone a safe trip home.

So that's who that woman was. I was trying to figure it out. She was in Rockin Bar D every night and all the staff were constantly chatting with her. I even saw David bring the band out to meet her.

 

[m&m's mom]

Hi Everybody! I hope that you all have had a safe and uneventful trip home. I am currently sitting in the Adult lounge and am taking full advantage of non-Disney internet service.

I just wanted to wish everyone a safe trip and continued safeness. We are about to embark on our next portion of our journey. DCL has changed the itinerary due to Hurricane Hannah and we are now scheduled for , today, Port Canaveral, Tuesday - Castaway Cay, then sea day on Wednesday and Nassau on Thursday and then Castaway again on Friday with Saturday disembarking.

As some of you later disembarkaters know - Brent is now onboard. I got this huge grin when Chicken Boy made an announcement. Cpt Jack and I managed to see Christian as he was disembarking today from deck 10.

I met up with Disney Sweetie at about 12:30 and we ate lunch at Parrot Cay. Later going to our room we ran into grumpylover54 and picked up my drugs that I asked for. Seems that I woke dripping and used some zircam and now I am fine and dandy.

I put in my request for M's ship of idiots...mmmmmmmmm...dummy cruise so someone send me the link and I can subscribe!

Ran into Aly at the rope line and she managed to sneak her way into the crowd and take some pictures with some of the stinky teens then she hightailed it up the staircase. Course, I had to open my mouth and insert my foot and mention to a lady that was standing next to me - "either she's brave or she's looking for attn. Didn't dawn on me that she may be with that party until she looked at me so Coral - you don't have to worry about your foot in mouth disease - I contracted it but good!
Anyway, it was an awesome experience to have met everyone and I sincerely hope that we do stay in touch. I have declared next year a non-cruising year but of course, that depends on what you all are doing. LOL

Let me know and I'll go with the flow.

That's all for now - got to go and download some last minute shots.

Take care all and talk to you all soon.

That does not sound too bad. I have done much worse in my time.
I am pretty sure I saw Pikey in the airport today. Did he get off too?

 

[alanapapa]

Hi all,
Caropooh & I are sitting in Albuquerque waiting for our next flight, a three hour lay-over.

We too are sad to leave the Magic and get back to the real world. Our flight from MCO to ALB had TravelingFam sitting in the seats in front of us.

Pikey is scheduled to stay on the Magic through Drydock and then I believe he said he and is DF will be heading for another Holiday in England.

 

[NotSoLittleMermaid]

Welcome home, EBers! I've been reading your recent comments and remembering the feelings I had when it was all over. It sounds like you had the TOAL, just like we did! Now get busy and plan your reunion cruise so you have something to look forward to! That's what some of us have done!

 

[sk8ingmom]

Live! From MCO Chili's!!
MK was empty today. We rode all the big rides in 5 hours. And yes, I did have a bicoastal Dole Whip!

 

[Caropooh]

Anyone have the link to where we can get the release for Shutter's? DH asked there last night and the guy had no clue what we were looking for.

 

[crzy4dals]

Live! From MCO Chili's!!
MK was empty today. We rode all the big rides in 5 hours. And yes, I did have a bicoastal Dole Whip!

We ate at Chili's too! the airport was dead... ate lunch then through security in 5 minutes....

WOW what a trip. Luggage is in the house and that is as far as it gets tonight. Not going to deal with it.

It was great to meet a handful of this massive group.

Sweet dreams everyone!

 

[crzy4dals]

https://www.image.com/html/guest-postcruiseCopyrightReleaseForm.cfm

Shutters release form

 

[GatheringNoMoss]

We ate at Chili's too! the airport was dead... ate lunch then through security in 5 minutes....

WOW what a trip. Luggage is in the house and that is as far as it gets tonight. Not going to deal with it.

It was great to meet a handful of this massive group.

Sweet dreams everyone!

We had a little more wait, but must agree, WOW what a trip. Avoided making dinner tonight, but tomorrow it is back to reality, school and all.

Thank you to everyone for adding to our TOAL; it truly was just that!

 

[Downrivermama]

Hey all! We got home around 4:00 PM. Glad to hear everyone is making it home safely. There were many EB people on our NW flight. DisneyPilots and Fairygodmother and some others I met onboard. Thanks Mark for helping me get the cart to my Jeep at DTW!

School starts tomorrow. Making tonight an early night. Ya'll I had a blast!

 

[geffric]

we just got home a little bit ago.. reintroduce ourselves to the boys..

THANKS for making this trip so special... it was great to meet so many pirates..

Thanks for making this truely a TRIP OF A LIFETIME..