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

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Has anyone gotten response from DCL regarding the lockout of adding/deleting from wish list for excursions?

Their 'working' on it

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Me, neither! My TA even called DCL a few weeks ago to have them resent and I STILL can't get a planning packet . . . if I didn't see my reservation on the DCL site, I'd be worried they didn't know I was on the ship!

Hope they sort it out.



Whats a cruise with out JULIE?





Not a good cruise

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

I know a lot of posters on this thread are doing the Pirate ship in Aruba,

But this is for anyone else. ISLAND TOUR

I have booked a private tour with a well recommended local man in Aruba from 8am for four hours. He as said is very recommended, and for my family this will be cheaper than DCL shore trips in a private new air conditioned Taxi.

Its limited to 5.

But...if anyone wants to book him for an afternoon session, say 1pm on-wards- we are in port a long time, -UPDATE NOW ON OFFER.

You can book him for less time, say two hours, up to you, !

 

[Downrivermama]

Great minds get frustrated by Disney alike.
Um, I mean think alike.

LET'S GO CAPS!

No -- GO STARS!!!

OH, I don't think so.......

Hockeytown! Go Wings!!!

Heck I havent even got my DCL packet yet ...

Me either.
Still.

You really aren't missing much. It wasn't much of anything. No specific info on any of the ports.

 

[sk8ingmom]

OH, I don't think so.......

I'm not a Red Wings fan, but I gotta say I love the octopus tradition.
In Alaska we threw fish for the first goal.

 

[bellelinus]

Yes there are rumors about that in New York, the 'viewing' figures are high, -How is Frabrizo?

Fabrizio failed to live up to his fabulous name . . .

 

[bellelinus]

Hope they sort it out.



Whats a cruise with out JULIE?





Not a good cruise

Hopefully you won't have to find out, this time at least . . .

It's not even that the planning packet/letter is all that great -- it's just knowing that I haven't gotten it!

 

[Esteri]

Hertz just started a service called Simply Wheelz at MCO - price is dramatically less than their regular rentals (I'm paying about $100 for a week this week + about $40 for the GPS rental). Internet bookings only (Expedia and www.simplywheelz.com).

Thanks for the tip! DH and I are off to WDW for a grow ups only trip May 8-14. And for $100 our own car might be worth it.

I know stuff.

AH.... But is it stuff worth knowing??

Task Force Formation Alert

I started a thread on the pirate zone for anyone interested.

Last time we cruised, I made journals for the kids. For our WDW days, I used the ones from www.themouseforless.com, but I wasn't thrilled with their very general DCL pages, so I made my own. There was a double page spread for each day with a few activities (word search, solve a puzzle, find the answer to a question type of thing) related to where we were that day (look for 6-toed cats in Key West, learn a few Spanish words in Costa Maya, etc.). On sea days, I had some on-board things to do (how many steps is our room from the kids club, go down the Mickey slide at least 5x, how fast is the ship going right now). I'll see if Tom can post an example on the pirate zone.

Creating the pages required a little bit of kid-level research about each of the ports and and some creative brain time making up activities. So here is my thought on a task force - if we have enough interested parents, each persons could volunteer to 'research' a port and come up with a few kid-level facts, questions, activities & we would need a few volunteers to think of sea day activities (I have 2 sea day pages already). I would be happy to create the page layouts post .pdfs for people to download and print pre-cruise.

Any takers?
If so, post here
http://www.thepiratezone.us/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=137

This is an AWESOME idea, and I hope we can pull it off. Sadly, my volunteer hours for the crew are allocated to other things, so I can't help.

Hey Pete ,

Good to see you back , glad you had a great time , we are about 10 days away from our trip to OKW at WDW were excited about OKW . The day we come back (the 10th) the Magic starts its journey west.

How funny is that! We arrive on the 8th! Wanna try to get together??
.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Fabrizio failed to live up to his fabulous name . . .

Wore him out?

Hopefully you won't have to find out, this time at least . . .

It's not even that the planning packet/letter is all that great -- it's just knowing that I haven't gotten it!

Its a let down on the Med one, not a lot in it.

 

[Nutty4Disney]

I decided since we were having the mayor at our office for a meeting today I would wear the new shoes I bought for the TOAL. Need to break them in before the cruise right? Bad idea. I was running around all morning setting things up and my feet are killing me. So I decided to take them off. Another bad idea. Now I can't get them back on. Can you tell I don't wear heels often (even if they are only 1 1/2"). So I guess I will be walking barefoot to the parking garage this evening...with a bag of leftover food from the luncheon. I am afraid I am going to look like a homeless person. These shoes are most certainly for formal/semi-formal night dinner only.

 

[m&m's mom]

I decided since we were having the mayor at our office for a meeting today I would wear the new shoes I bought for the TOAL. Need to break them in before the cruise right? Bad idea. I was running around all morning setting things up and my feet are killing me. So I decided to take them off. Another bad idea. Now I can't get them back on. Can you tell I don't wear heels often (even if they are only 1 1/2"). So I guess I will be walking barefoot to the parking garage this evening...with a bag of leftover food from the luncheon. I am afraid I am going to look like a homeless person. These shoes are most certainly for formal/semi-formal night dinner only.

I preach The Walking Company. They are on the web also and all of their shoes are built for comfort- even the heels!

 

[sk8ingmom]

AH.... But is it stuff worth knowing??

Well, I have been called the queen of useless knowledge.

It's worth knowing so I can answer random questions.

 

[Stepht5]

Hockeytown! Go Wings!!!

28ds is a Red Wings fan..... Dh was in Grand Rapids (on business) the year that the Stars played the Red Wings for the CUP. He watched our winning game in the bar of the hotel w/one of my cousins (they live in MI). He said the rest of the place didn't quite understand when he stood and cheered upon our winning goal.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

I just read this on another part of the Dis, does anyone know any more about it? I am staying at the Disneyland Hotel.

"The Disneyland Hotel is about to undergo a massive refurbishment to its aging towers that will take several years to complete. After the recent success of the specially themed extra-cost suites, more will be on the way once the Disneyland Hotel is finished with its refurbishment. Each tower will basically be stripped down to the skeleton and rebuilt from the inside out one by one. The grounds, restaurants, shops and amenities will also all be gutted and rebuilt at the same time."

Another site said the hotel would be torn down completely because the 50 year-old infrastructure needed to go. I am having a really hard time paying how much we are per night to stay at a property that is so outdated it needs to be gutted or razed not long after we stay (or during.)

 

[Stepht5]

I preach The Walking Company. They are on the web also and all of their shoes are built for comfort- even the heels!

The day that I saw you post about htis store dh came home from work and started telling me about this store! LOL! I think it was meant for me to go shopping there.....

DH and all 3 of our dd's have wider then *extra wide* feet and so it is very difficult to find comfortable shoes for them.

 

[PBader]

Mr. Emerald has assured me that he will have some information and prices to me in the next couple of days. I will post them when I get them.

 

[PBader]

I decided since we were having the mayor at our office for a meeting today I would wear the new shoes I bought for the TOAL. Need to break them in before the cruise right? Bad idea. I was running around all morning setting things up and my feet are killing me. So I decided to take them off. Another bad idea. Now I can't get them back on. Can you tell I don't wear heels often (even if they are only 1 1/2"). So I guess I will be walking barefoot to the parking garage this evening...with a bag of leftover food from the luncheon. I am afraid I am going to look like a homeless person. These shoes are most certainly for formal/semi-formal night dinner only.

I KNOW that feeling Terri. I have been trying to get my feet used to heels for the last year. It is getting better, but my feet prefer flats

 

[buckifan]

Mr. Emerald has assured me that he will have some information and prices to me in the next couple of days. I will post them when I get them.

I will be interested in what you find out, Paula. Thanks for checking into this.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Mr. Emerald has assured me that he will have some information and prices to me in the next couple of days. I will post them when I get them.

This sounds interesting, is this a large vehicle, if so could I be kept informed, Ta

 

[Sarangel]

I would wear the new shoes I bought for the TOAL. Need to break them in before the cruise right? Bad idea.

One way to break shoes in is to wear them for an hour or so in the evenings with sweat socks... That way you're actually streching them to the shape of your feet, but with just enough extra room that with stockings they fit perfectly. Shouldn't take more than a week or so of wearing them.