8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC #5

[GoofyontheHiSeas]

Could you please post in a larger font, that is hard to read!

Mom......Cheryl's yelling at me....make her stop

Hey, leave her alone, she is late middle age!!!!! Wait till you all ketchup and can't see.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Andrew, as always, thanks so much for your love and support . . .

NO PROBLEM DARLING!

Great minds.......
are probably on another board, smart adds, we have our fill!

I have been doing my ASBO time, (a Game of Cat and Mouse)

I missed you!!!
You didn't need reading glasess did you???

Pardon, I didnt hear what you were posting, er, taste the text, er, oh...

 

[geffric]

Hi..

BIG excitment HERE!!! We finally booked air far to LAX!!! YEAH!!

Here is the story.. skip if you don't wanna here the vent..

Once upon a time, I worked with some people that would fly north to go south 'cause it was more miles.. . I always thought that was stupid and that my time was much more valuable than wasting another few hours in the air or at an airport..

Well, last night DH was finally focused on the air fare issue..he is tried of my bringing it up that we need air fare to the cruise ... so he starts looking at flights.. I am thinking Direct to LAX.. but no he is thinking stops, lots of legs, MORE MILES!!! He explains that if it stops and we have another leg it is more miles and he is into triple miles and it could be a big bunch...well since we are going to fly on Saturday instead of Sunday.. I keep my big mouth shut.. and do the YES DEAR thing..

So we are booked, and have lots of miles but we arrive on Saturday and I am VERY happy to have airfare... now to work on getting us home on Monday Sept 1st, hotels, transfers et al.....

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Hi..

BIG excitment HERE!!! We finally booked air far to LAX!!! YEAH!!

Here is the story.. skip if you don't wanna here the vent..

Once upon a time, I worked with some people that would fly north to go south 'cause it was more miles.. . I always thought that was stupid and that my time was much more valuable than wasting another few hours in the air or at an airport..

Well, last night DH was finally focused on the air fare issue..he is tried of my bringing it up that we need air fare to the cruise ... so he starts looking at flights.. I am thinking Direct to LAX.. but no he is thinking stops, lots of legs, MORE MILES!!! He explains that if it stops and we have another leg it is more miles and he is into triple miles and it could be a big bunch...well since we are going to fly on Saturday instead of Sunday.. I keep my big mouth shut.. and do the YES DEAR thing..

So we are booked, and have lots of miles but we arrive on Saturday and I am VERY happy to have airfare... now to work on getting us home on Monday Sept 1st, hotels, transfers et al.....

Congrats on booking, a lot of airmiles earnt today.

 

[eeyorelvr10]

Regarding cruise guide book, I was looking out my window and a UPS van came down our road, its no through and we do not see them often, so I thought great its here, my stuff always comes UPS from DCL, rather than Royal mail.

It drove around at the bottom and went away again, no booklet,

I don't have mine yet either

Me either.

You mean they actaully are supposed to come BEFORE the cruise? I got my Med one from my TA about 2 weeks after the cruise.

Hi, everyone . . . we're back from WDW, which was a great trip but seemed over with all too soon. I will never take the time to go back and read the last of the old thread or the beginning of this thread, so if I missed anything important I'll figure it out eventually!

You were missed.......by someone!......?


WELCOME BACK

Don't Believe him Julie - he did miss you - I know because he took a break from posting while you were gone! Although he was right - I was going to send out a search party for you after today. I missed a lot of the threads and didn't hear of your plans, someone nice here -was it Coral? Lisa? Someone mentioned you might have gone to WDW then realized it was spring break so back. Back to the grind I guess.

Andrew, as always, thanks so much for your love and support . . .

Great minds.......

are probably on another board, smart adds, we have our fill!

This one made me laugh out loud - DH doesn't get our humor sometimes but DD picked right up on it. Now off to breakfast I go - I have a 3 pm training session which I am not looking forward too. Didn't have a giant burrito but had worse - Stage Deli Strawberry Cheesecake from Vegas last night. Yummy! But just gained back all my weight I've worked so hard to lose. But some on - its Strawberry cheesecake from Stage Deli!!!

 

[tom31b]

I missed you!!!



You didn't need reading glasess did you???



Vision impaired too!!!



Maybe if I could put in a size 8 or 9 font!!!



Reminder........Anyone want to link up for early(6:00pm)dining or late (8:00)pm dining with the Dis people from this thread.....check out first page of thread and e-mail info!!!

Is this better Monica!!!

Thank you!!



Speak for yourself!!!!!!l

Thanks Tina....just curious. Maybe you need to make a reading, vision, and brain impaired announcement too!!!

If Andrew was reading, Tina vision, I think I'm insulted!

 

[arlenesp]

Good Morning!

I received mine the other day. I noticed they did not have me as a CC member - showed me not being able to book excursions until June 3rd. I had to send an email to my TA so they can get that fixed before the big day!

Penny

Just curious, where did you notice the lack of the CC#?

Wow!!!! Are you going to have a fun TOAL!!!



Coral.....you deserve the vacation after what you are going through!!! Children adapt better than you think!!!



Could you make a plan and rules for the Three Giant White Chocolate Bunnies I have staring at me!!!

Send them here.

Have you a large version of this I cannot read it, very well?

I didn't need the computer glasses for this one

Susan, glad you are finally booked.

It has been raining here since 2pm.
DH is only 12 miles away and no rain. So a rainy Monday. Yuck. Hope it stops by the time I leave tonight. The news of only 20 Mondays left certainly puts the trip closer.

One of the teams has been selling baked goods for Junior Acheivement. $.75 brownies. Have to walk the other way. Too tempting.

Have to run...............

 

[bellelinus]

You mean they actaully are supposed to come BEFORE the cruise? I got my Med one from my TA about 2 weeks after the cruise.


Don't Believe him Julie - he did miss you - I know because he took a break from posting while you were gone! Although he was right - I was going to send out a search party for you after today. I missed a lot of the threads and didn't hear of your plans, someone nice here -was it Coral? Lisa? Someone mentioned you might have gone to WDW then realized it was spring break so back. Back to the grind I guess.

Hi Laura!!!! I did post a few times that we were going to WDW for a week, but you must have missed it . . . but at least one of the other pirates did fill you in. It was 7 days/6 nights but passed really quickly, in part because we did a split stay between the Poly and the BWI (for monorail vs. walking to Epcot and Studios convenience) and while I liked having the two resorts, I think it might have made the trip go by quicker . . . We had great weather, didn't get too hot until the weekend and no rain at all, no travel delays, etc., etc.

 

[tom31b]

http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol...ountry=&nCity=&nHolidaytype=&nHolidaysubtype=

Cartagena info.

Below is an article from this week's Sunday Times travel section which I've typed up for your delight!

Visiting film locations can be disappointing. Once the set designers and prop masters have left town, and the CGI wizards have worked their magic, there is often little correlation between the place on screen & the real thing.

Cartagena is a glorious exception. A former Spanish port on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, it is both the setting and stage for Love in the Time of Cholera, a classic novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and now a movie by the British director Mike Newell.

The story tells how love struck young clerk Florentino Ariza, played by Oscar-winner Javier Bardem, waits 50years for the hand of his childhood sweetheart, Fermina Daza. Set around the turn of the 20th century, Garcia Marquez’s tale of magical realism is infused with the sultry, torpid atmosphere of Cartagena, where he worked as a young reporter.

Because of fears surrounding Colombia’s recent violent past, the studio had planned to use Brazil for the location work – until Newell visited Cartagena and fell in love with it. So exquisitely preserved is the fortified old town, with its 18th century colonial mansions and perfumed courtyards, that little work was required to age it by more than 100years. Although the resulting movie has received mixed reviews, Cartagena itself easily takes the full five stars.

In the old town, horse-drawn buggies rattle along narrow cobbled streets and bougainvillea spills from carved wooden balconies. In the Parque de Bolivar, shoeshine boys shelter from the punishing midday sun beneath the shade of tall palm trees and rubber trees. Across the street, under the arches of the Plaza de la Proclamacion – where the market scenes were filmed – women in billowing skirts balance bowls of watermelon on their heads.

Wrapped around the old town are battlements, built by 8000 African slaves to protect their colonial masters from pirates. For more than 200 years, Cartagena grew rich on plundered treasure. Gold and emeralds stolen from indigenous South Americans were stashed in warehouses, loaded onto fleets of galleons and sailed back to Spain. Some ships fell to pirates – among them Sir John Hawkins and Sir Francis Drake. One vessel, the San Jose, was said to have been sunk by the Spanish just outside Cartagena lest its hoard fall into British hands. The wreck has never been recovered.

Today, the best introduction to Cartagena is to walk the ramparts, gazing across terracotta rooftops at ornate church towers and voluptuous cupolas. In the late afternoon, as a welcome breeze blows off the Caribbean, students from the nearby university stroll arm in arm, and lovers curl up in the embrasures.

In the people of Cartagena it’s easy to see the influences of Africa, Europe and South America, mixed and melded over the centuries. Charming and friendly, they move with a languid grace and exude an effortless sensuality, the men handsome, the women flirtatious.

Nor do you need to look hard to find characters who could have been lifted from the pages of a Garcia Marquez novel. My guide, Andres, who worked last year on the production of the movie, introduced himself with a soft handshake: “I am 59 years old and have lived everyday of my life in the city”.

In the atmospheric church of San Pedro Claver, where Fermina’s wedding to Dr Jevenal Urbino was filmed, he pointed out an elderly man with silver hair and small round spectacles who knelt and prayed silently in the back pew. “Every time I come, he is there, always in the same place. Don’t ask me why”, Andres whispered.

Pedro Claver, a Spanish priest, devoted his life to improving the lot of the city’s slaves and is revered in Cartagena. He was canonised in the 19th century, and his bones lie in a glass-sided coffin beneath the church’s altar, his skull resting on a pillow. Next door, beneath the crumbling porticoes of a former convent, is the sell where he lived and died.

Across town, another convent has been cleverly transformed in to Cartagena’s finest hotel. Retaining much of the original structure, including a splendidly overgrown courtyard, the Sofitel Santa Clara has incorporated a sumptuous pool and spa. Drop by for a cocktail and sneak to the fifth floor terrace to gaze into the garden of the neighbouring house, owned by Garcia Marquez.

It’s possible than within a few years Cartagena will lose some of its magic. Spiralling property prices may force local people out of the old town and strip it of its authenticity. Right now, though, the city is perfect: romantic, unspoilt, safe and cheap.


Celestine

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Don't Believe him Julie - he did miss you - I know because he took a break from posting while you were gone! Although he was right - I was going to send out a search party for you after today. I missed a lot of the threads and didn't hear of your plans, someone nice here -was it Coral? Lisa? Someone mentioned you might have gone to WDW then realized it was spring break so back. Back to the grind I guess.

Don't give away all my secrets please, its like having a younger brother or sister reporting on you!!!!!!

 

[tom31b]

Don't give away all my secrets please, its like having a younger brother or sister reporting on you!!!!!!

Here, more like 50 bros and sis'

 

[geffric]

We love the taste of the tap water onboard,it's already filtered!

I thought the water was okay too.. but I still need a bottle of water to carry with me on the excursions.. maybe I'll buy one at the store when i pick up the wine..



Welcome home from WDW and beyond all Spring Breakers.. and happy b'day to those I missed..

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Here, more like 50 bros and sis'

Only 50, gone down in popularity!

 

[luvmy3sons]

Just curious, where did you notice the lack of the CC#?

On the bottom of the cover letter it says Disney Cruise Liine Planning Calendar. Right below that it has 03-Jun-2008 Hassle Free Date: Shore Excursions, spa appointments, Palo Reservataions......blah blah blah

It was the date I noticed, not the lack of a CC#.

When you all get your planner, doulble check the date!

Penny

 

[msaseifert]

Cheryl to finally answer your question. So far 48 adult and 27 kids.

So please vote on the wrist bands/bracelets before I have to go "Huge Font" on everyone!

Sorry, couldn't resist!

Oh, I just realized only 3 Mondays till we go to WDW!

Okay....I must have missed this discussion - I am off to the first page to see if I can find the info and put in my request THANKS!

 

[got2travel]

I missed you!!!



You didn't need reading glasess did you???



Vision impaired too!!!



Maybe if I could put in a size 8 or 9 font!!!



Reminder........Anyone want to link up for early(6:00pm)dining or late (8:00)pm dining with the Dis people from this thread.....check out first page of thread and e-mail info!!!

Is this better Monica!!!

Thank you!!



Speak for yourself!!!!!!l

Love ya Cheryl

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Love ya Cheryl

x 2

 

[got2travel]

Hi..

BIG excitment HERE!!! We finally booked air far to LAX!!! YEAH!!

Here is the story.. skip if you don't wanna here the vent..

Once upon a time, I worked with some people that would fly north to go south 'cause it was more miles.. . I always thought that was stupid and that my time was much more valuable than wasting another few hours in the air or at an airport..

Well, last night DH was finally focused on the air fare issue..he is tried of my bringing it up that we need air fare to the cruise ... so he starts looking at flights.. I am thinking Direct to LAX.. but no he is thinking stops, lots of legs, MORE MILES!!! He explains that if it stops and we have another leg it is more miles and he is into triple miles and it could be a big bunch...well since we are going to fly on Saturday instead of Sunday.. I keep my big mouth shut.. and do the YES DEAR thing..

So we are booked, and have lots of miles but we arrive on Saturday and I am VERY happy to have airfare... now to work on getting us home on Monday Sept 1st, hotels, transfers et al.....

Saturday the day before we leave or a week before? Just wondering if this means more DL or California time? Either way, congrats on getting this accomplished.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Found something very interesting... giving you the heads up a few hours early now......

Disney Cruise Vacations
Guest Communications
Post Office Box 10238
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830-0238

Booking for 2010 opened up.

Disney cruise line announced that booking for the Disney Enchanted in 2010 will open up on Tuesday morning.

The ship’s name was released last week with its sister ship the Disney Celebration, and is currently being built at the Meyer Werft shipyard, based in Papenburg, Germany.

The new 122,000-ton new cruise liners will be two decks taller than the existing 83,000-ton ships, the Disney Magic and the Disney Wonder.

Each ship will have 1,250 staterooms. Specific design plans and itineraries for the yet-unnamed ships are still in development and will be unveiled at a later date, however they are said to include five rotational restaurants, and two Adult only Restaurants, Narcoossee’s, and Citricos . Cruisers will rotate around all five restaurants which in addition to the current Parrot Cay, Lumiere's, and Animators palate, will include a Character ‘Chef Mickey’s’, based on the Contemporary resort. Disney cruise line said on surveys cruisers have requested this type of establishment time and time again and they are pleased to have recreated it, with its own, (smaller) version of the monorail, going around.

The pool areas have also been increased with the Enchanted having its own Typhoon lagoon including a wave pool and lazy river. A long water shoot, nicknamed Splash Mountain is included.

The Enchanted, has completed its first stage of construction in record time, and is well in advance of its schedule. So Disney cruise line have decided to open reservations now.

Both ships will be based at Port Canaveral and replace the Disney Magic and Wonder.

Opening of reservations will be for the Enchanted and Magic only, for advance reservations from July 2010.

The Enchanted will take over the existing Magic seven night routes both east and western cruises, but due to the depth of the port at St Thomas, the Enchantment will call at Tortola instead.

Disney cruise line surprised everyone with some extra news, that it has purchased another island, The Magic will transfer to its new base at San Pedro Los Angeles, and it will have seven night cruises calling at Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta and their Island. this time off the coast at San Deigo is the Pacific answer to Castaway Cay, and this island will be called ‘Treasure Island’ after the Peter Pan film. Its current name is Riflapolo Island and was purchased for an undisclosed sum.

Treasure Island will have two beaches on it one for families one for Adults and a great addition a full theme park in the middle already in development called Madagascar.

Stateroom prices for these cruises will appear on the DCL website Tuesday morning and will be at first price tier for the full day only. Demand is expected to be high and prices are likely to rise very quickly after Tuesday.


You can book online or call (800) 951-20080401†.for any of these trips. If lines are busy please be patient and only use this line and not the main number.






Dated 1st April 2008.

I am off to bed but it will be April in the morning!

 

[micmse2003]

Hey, leave her alone, she is late middle age!!!!! Wait till you all ketchup and can't see.

You tell them Roger!!!! But it did draw attention to getting people to sign up for bracelets.

I have a great plan! Send them to me. I love white chocolate.

I am doing you the favor and eating them!!!!

If Andrew was reading, Tina vision, I think I'm insulted!

Tom......Your a lawyer. Lawyers never get insulted. Is this better!!

Love ya Cheryl

x 2

Aw Shucks....you are making me blush!!!