8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC #15 /Life After the PC

[micmse2003]

another repost from the tail of thread #14

The ROAMING GNOME....

Thanks for those that participated!

BEFORE:

AFTER:

The gnome was fun Sil and I did get the postcard and loved it. Since my passport is empty........at least I have your stamps now.

 

[cruisin'Mike]

Just a post to subsribe. Still uploading pics to the Smugmug site.

Andy

Thanks to all who have posted pictures on the smugmug site. I have enjoyed glancing through them and seeing great shots of friends. It will be nice to be able to download some of the pictures of people who we shared a great time with, but didn't get pictures of.

So please upload your photos to the site! I promise to do so once I get them a little more organized.

 

[ga9497]

Someone on the main board found that the Magic is listed as visiting Oslo, Norway during the summer of 2010

Andrew did a print screen of the website and I am moving it over here for anyone else that would be interested in it

 

[Stepht5]

Oh Stephanie... sorry. I did know you had moved awhile back but just wasn't thinking and thought OMG she moved again? where to? hopefully not further away! LOL
I totally understand and know what you mean about wanting to keep everything! More attic space in this house made me want to take everything too hehe
(I may give you a run for your money on that queen of procrastination title though. we'll see who ends up getting completely unpacked first. For this cruise I had ONE carryon bag STILL UNPACKED from the last cruise 2.5yrs ago! Granted it was set aside in a closet and forgotten- but still that's not the point. I actually had a bag from the last cruise still not unpacked 2.5yrs later. Crazy huh? LOL It wasn't clothes or necessary items obviously LOL)

I have everything out of the suitcases -- so, that they could be put int he attic.... BUT, everything isn't put where it belongs.....

In regards to the door decorations, which I did too because it's cool and it helped identify which room was mine, while I was in the room one day, I heard kids passing by and one girl said that she loved that people decorated the doors and that the decorated doors made her happy. I thought it was funny and I'm sure that on the next cruise, her door will be decorated too.

We didn't have anything stolen off of our door, but people did keep writing random things on our dry erase board, which annoyed my sister to no end, though I don't know why.

I'm a victim of antenna topper theft. A few years ago, when I went to the Disney Store in San Francisco, I bought a Mickey antenna topper. I was so excited to put it on my Wrangler, and it was there for a few days, until I parked it at the mall and then it was gone. I was really upset for a multitude of reasons, the two major ones being I couldn't find it being sold anywhere and the other being why was someone touching my car?!?!

CC day we had a heck of a time realizing which door was ours since I had removed our decorations (I packed them up!)
DH & the kids turned to me and said *What number is our stateroom?*

 

[got2travel]

LOL, Jo, I was just coming to give the same info.

Not sure I'm interested in a Baltic cruise. Might consider the transatlantic again. Especially since DS really wants to do that one. Problem is, I wouldn't want him to miss school again. I may book it just to have it, then see if it works out once we get closer to 2010.

 

[ga9497]

LOL, Jo, I was just coming to give the same info.

Not sure I'm interested in a Baltic cruise. Might consider the transatlantic again. Especially since DS really wants to do that one. Problem is, I wouldn't want him to miss school again. I may book it just to have it, then see if it works out once we get closer to 2010.

Hi Monica - I always wanted to do a Baltic cruise. It is part of the world that I would love to see and cruising is the way to go for us because we wouldn't cover as much ground as we would on a cruise

I would love to do a transatlantic but May doesn't work and I need to be home the last week of August with DD in high school now because all the sports or other school things begin then

It was great to meet you by the way

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

a few comments


Never got the gnome, wasn't even sure he made it to Deck 5 until I saw the signatures and see that he did. I love the idea of it, just wish he would have visited me. Alas, on my last cruise the door tag magnet didn't make it to my cabin either. Someone must be telling me somthing.

Didn't have any magnets stolen. Not sure about FE gifts since there's no way to know if we got them all or not. Not fair to blame any other internet board. If kids were stealing magnets and FE gifts, it's not because of what board their parents post on. It's because they are kids who were largely unsupervised and felt like being unruly. My son, whom many of you have told me in person or posted her that when you met him he was quite polite. Well, he still got caught in the halls a few times. He was even quite embarassed that BIP saw him acting up. I don't think he took any gifts or magnets, but I'm not entirely sure. He never came back to the room with anything extra.

Business cards handed out - why not? You've got an audience that obviously likes the product you sell, why not solicit more business. It's not like all you got in your FE was a business card. There was other stuff given out with it too. Other FE gifts were pushing a specific agenda too, yet no one is complaining about those.

What?
I totally do not even remember ever seeing Trevoy acting up- seriously. PM me what happened or something because I don't remember it! I thought Trevoy was a sweet (and yes, very polite) kid and don't remember him acting up in any way! I was even thinking I wish I'd put Ruby in the OQ because she probably would have hung out with Trevoy since they hit it off so well before the cruise hanging out swimming and stuff. So what did I catch him doing that for some reason my brain decided to totally forget? LOL

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Someone on the main board found that the Magic is listed as visiting Oslo, Norway during the summer of 2010

Andrew did a print screen of the website and I am moving it over here for anyone else that would be interested in it

Well that's interesting........

 

[dahuffy]

Someone on the main board found that the Magic is listed as visiting Oslo, Norway during the summer of 2010

Andrew did a print screen of the website and I am moving it over here for anyone else that would be interested in it

Start saving now for TOAL #2!!!!

 

[lbgraves]

Has anyone heard from MaineJennifer
Her DM got sick while on the TOAL and they had to leave early
I know she was stable when they left and they were mostly being cautious, but I haven't seen her post yet. I hoping everything turned out ok
They were great tablemates.

That is such a shame. I didn't realize that one of the DISers had to leave the ship early. Hope that everything is Okay and will look for an update.

 

[lbgraves]

Someone on the main board found that the Magic is listed as visiting Oslo, Norway during the summer of 2010

Andrew did a print screen of the website and I am moving it over here for anyone else that would be interested in it

Hmmm...wonder how long before DCL gets them to delete that information from their site like they did when DISers found info on the Med?

 

[lbgraves]

I have everything out of the suitcases -- so, that they could be put int he attic.... BUT, everything isn't put where it belongs.....

I can relate to that! DH is trying really hard to not get upset by the mess here. DD's room is cleaned up now from our fall cleaning session yesterday and the living room just needs a deep dusting of the shelving and moldings and it will be done too. In a couple weeks things will be back to the normal clutter that is our lives.

 

[dahuffy]

I can relate to that! DH is trying really hard to not get upset by the mess here. DD's room is cleaned up now from our fall cleaning session yesterday and the living room just needs a deep dusting of the shelving and moldings and it will be done too. In a couple weeks things will be back to the normal clutter that is our lives.

I still haven't unpacked!

 

[dahuffy]

Well,Harley was so happy to see me when I picked him up at the vet, he peed all over my feet! Good thing I was wearing flip flops and not my sneakers or those shoes would have been toast! I had a warm can of coke in the car and I just poured it ontop of my feet before I got in.

 

[RRBB]

another repost from the tail of thread #14

The ROAMING GNOME....

Thanks for those that participated!

I never saw the roaming gnome, but what a great idea. I'll have to remember it for the next time we cruise, whenever that may be.

 

[RRBB]

Since my passport is empty........at least I have your stamps now.

Yeah, it's a bummer that we couldn't get them stamped at each port. We were so disappointed to get the message from guest services to come pick up our empty passports.

 

[Thistle]

This was the first cruise we never missed anything on our door and then all the other times it was usually just down on someone elses door. Kids are bored, I guess moving magnets is fun.

 

[Celestine]

Well, we all made it back to the UK & are now back in to some sort of normality with school & work. I also came home with the mother of all colds & am still suffering now - at least the CC rugby sunburn has now subsided! Have finally unpacked & cases are away, so just need to sort out the photos & upload them onto the site.

It was wonderful to meet so many of you & I can genuinely say we made some friends that will last beyond the TOAL. I still find it amazing that there were so many people we never met.

Thankyou to everyone who made our trip a TOAL, from those who organized activities, to those in the FE & SM & also those that just said "Hi!".

We are eagerly awaiting October & the 2010 itinery & hoping it is Europe.

Celestine

 

[micmse2003]

Thanks to all who have posted pictures on the smugmug site. I have enjoyed glancing through them and seeing great shots of friends. It will be nice to be able to download some of the pictures of people who we shared a great time with, but didn't get pictures of.

So please upload your photos to the site! I promise to do so once I get them a little more organized.

I have a great picture of my 3 lobsters the first night but I only ate two the second time for formal night. We just have not had time to organize the pictures or get off the mini DVD camera. I have lots of incriminating videos of lots of activities.

LOL, Jo, I was just coming to give the same info.

Not sure I'm interested in a Baltic cruise. Might consider the transatlantic again. Especially since DS really wants to do that one. Problem is, I wouldn't want him to miss school again. I may book it just to have it, then see if it works out once we get closer to 2010.

Not sure either if I want the Baltic but it all depends on the economy. I think we will also try to book it and see what happens.

Well,Harley was so happy to see me when I picked him up at the vet, he peed all over my feet! Good thing I was wearing flip flops and not my sneakers or those shoes would have been toast! I had a warm can of coke in the car and I just poured it ontop of my feet before I got in.

Wow!!! What a greeting Debi.

 

[pdarrah]

Hi Everyone!

Just a thought for those who have lost memory cards or had cameras lost or damaged - a good habit is to have more than one card and swap them around each day. Even if you only have 2, if you swap them each day and end up losing one or having it die (they can self-destruct - it's just not that common) you would still have an assortment of photos from throughout your trip. Even better is to have 3 or 4 cards and keep switching them around.

Monica - My DH commented to me one day that it was totally unfair to call Trevoy a ST since he was a very polite, pleasant young man!

Smugmug - have only managed to get a few days uploaded. I'm still sorting through all the photos. We took around 1700 (which is small beans compared to some) and it takes me a while (they were spread across 8 memory cards!)

Baltic - I would LOVE to go to the baltic. My parents did a Baltic cruise this June and loved it. Their photos are fantastic. There are so many amazing ports there. We'll have to see what the prices are like - if we can afford it, I would love to go there.

SIL - It is so nice of you to offer to make more postcards for those of us who didn't get them! I certainly didn't post about it to make more work for you - I just wanted the others who posted about not getting various things to know that it was a somewhat common problem and not just them. If you end up making more, I'll send you a stamped self-addressed envelope to make it easier on you. If you don't have the time, please don't worry about it - it would be a great souvenear for the scrapbook, but we can certainly survive without

Pamela