8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC #6

[goofyforlife]

Lets's see.... MATH ALERT!!!!

.. well.. sort of a math alert... (ding) ..... divide the $6,000 cost for 4 in a window cabin (after adjustment for TA and DCL cabin Credits) .... and you're paying $400 a nite. Estimate $50 for dinner/adult and $30 per child = $160. Estimate $25/adult and $15 per child for lunch = $80. And a flat $50 for breakfast = $290. Then $100 fer the room = $390. Then $2.50 per person for the shows and entertainment... and chuld care is free....

Yeah... it's a bargain.

I rarely spend $160 let alone $50 for dinner.....
and Just how much bacon do i have to eat to take care of that $50 you alotted to breakfest...

When your budget based more purely on food it's a downer for me...

I look as it more like 200-300 a night for nice hotel room (hey it floats ) and then the rest takes up meals...

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (CA, FL, Tokyo and Paris)
Space Mountain (All 5 Resorts)
Splash Mountain (CA, FL and Tokyo)
Matterhorn (CA)
Everest (FL)
Mount Prometheus (Journey to the Centre of the Earth - Tokyo)
and CyberSpace Mountain at DisneyQuest (FL) and Walt Disney Studios (Paris)

I thought the question was name 17 "Florida Mountains"

add Mount Rustmore (Typhoon Lagoon)

it wasn't till I came here that I realized how little we did on the DCL .....

I just realized how little i care about hobnobbing with the crew...I'M ON VACATION...

 

[radioclash2]

Apparently I'm on the "troublemaker" list with DCL, I should't e-mail anymore, just check the website. Anyone know if the website shows theme nights, etc. once they are decided?

Francesca seems not so disney friendly...

 

[radioclash2]

I just want you to know that you ARE on their list as confirmed by the following note:



I thought that was a friendly enough note to me . . . but it's sure bad to be you!

 

[got2travel]

Oh no... 6 years AND 60 pounds or 6 years OR 60 lbs.

I really have no interest in lugging a car seat for a 53 lb. 8 year old! Heck, DS9 is only 64 lbs.

Sorry, should have specified 6 or 60


As for the shuttles, I'm not clear on the law. You might try calling the shuttle company and asking. I know the rental companies can provide them for free, but I don't know how it works with shared vans.

 

[sk8ingmom]

gnu ??

I'm still wondering why anyone would ever want to oil an emu.

 

[sk8ingmom]

Sorry, should have specified 6 or 60

Oh good. Thanks.

 

[radioclash2]

I had flashbacks to the ending of the Schoolhouse Rock song "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, get your adverbs here."

Father, son & Lolly selling adverbs here...

 

[radioclash2]

I found this on another board -- I am pretty sure this is the place most of us are ziplining in Puerto Vallarta:

MONKEYS!!!!
Why, it is was one of the highlights of our entire cruise, just 2 weeks ago!
Yes, in Puerto Vallarta...at the end of our zipline excursion with Los Veranos...they had a couple of large walk-in cages full of monkeys...never saw any animal cuter in my life...alot of those were miniature monkeys (forgot what they're called) small enough to sit in the palm of your hand. The girl in charge there asked if we wanted to go in the cages with the monkeys, so yes, of course, my husband, 18-yr-old son, and myself were each given a bamboo container filled with (monkey food?) and were shut in the large cage. It was just us...they allow only 2-3 people in there at a time. So immediately upon entering, those monkeys were all over us...sitting on our shoulders and arms and feeding directly out of our hands. We must have taken 20-30 pictures just in there! Before we went in, the girl had us empty our pockets outside of the cage and we found out why...my husband accidently left his ship sea pass card in one of his velcroed shut pockets...well when we ran out of the food we took in there, obviously it wasn't enough for the monkeys, so one monkey opened my husband's pants pocket, reached in with his cute little monkey paw, and, before my husband had a chance to react, this particular monkey had the sea pass in his paw, brought it up to his cute little monkey lips to see if it was edible, and flung it across the cage when he discovered he couldn't eat it! Lots of fun!
This was a first for us....never before this have we had an opportunity to interact in this way with monkeys!
Definitely look into this one!

hhhmmmm, so it sounds like the monkeys are really small. guess we'll have to add about 10 to the skinnies on the zip lines.

 

[radioclash2]

Thanks for posting this. I'm even more excited! I have a thing for the pygmy marmosets at the Philly zoo.

does Linda know about this "thing" ?

 

[radioclash2]

Having lobster with Cheryl?

mmmmm lobster.

 

[radioclash2]

But of course. I'm less likely to look like I am double fisting if I have four fists to work with.



Didn't you know that Wednesday is Lobsterpalooza in the Death Star cafeteria?

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[radioclash2]

If I Had $1000000

 

[MrsScooby]

had to chime in!

DH and I love BNL too!

they used to play Rochester NY quite often...we got to spend New Years Eve at a BNL concert one year....so much fun!!!

Are you from Rochester ? My DH and I went to University of Rochester. I loved it there

I am pretty excited.

I have purchased my camera for the EB cruise.

It is a Nikon D40.

Here are a couple of samples as I have been playing with its features including its zoom.

Far, then zoom:

Beautiful photos Mike

Hi Folks --

With all the discussion about baggage costs, I thought I'd post this great summary that was part of my newsletter from VACATIONS TO GO.

TTFN
Theresa

Thanks for the baggage info Theresa I forgot you are also in southern Virginia. How close did the tornados get ?

I'm really horrid at the multiquote, but just wanted to say THANKS to all of you for your input on my DS's issues ... somehow it's comforting to know that we're not alone and as frustrating as it is, this is all pretty "normal"

I also was a bit relieved to see so many others dealing with the same issues

We are all okay here - Thanks for thinking of us. There were some tornados VERY close to us but we are okay.

I had a wonderful weekend ALL Alone in my house this past weekend, kids and DH went camping and I had a wonderful weekend. Sunday night I started feeling not so good. By Monday evening I knew I had strep throat so off to the doc to get antibiotics. I have slept now for 2 days, today I feel a little better but my throat is still super sore even 48 hours after antibiotics. I guess one of my little snot nosed monsters at school gave it to me.

I have to admit I HAVE been lurking a bit - I just have not been up to posting.

Congrats to those who are PIF - its a great feeling!

Monica, so happy you are still sailing with us.

I still want to help with a journal page so I am going to head to the piratezone and see whats left to do.

As far as the Quest vs stack for teenagers - I think DCL will make sure there are appropriate activities for our kids. DS Alex will turn 13 on August 14 so he will JUST be 13 when we cruise.

Good luck to those who are making excursion ressies this weekend. If you can tell us what the departure times are for some of the excursions that would be great!

Probably won't be around much the next few days. DD is doing first communion saturday morning, then her and I are headed to VA Beach Aquarium for a girl scout overnight - we get to sleep with the fishes!

DS and DH are going to G-Force go karts to meet Casey Mears #5 Kellogs driver tomorrow night and DS will go to the Nascar race here in Richmond on Saturday night with our neighbor!

BUSY weekends!

Hope you feel better soon Glad you missed the tornado

 

[radioclash2]

Good thing we will all be drunk and DCL will have to deal with them.....

wait a minute... I didn't think you could drink on the dcl if you had kids. The other DISers will frown upon it.

 

[goofyforlife]

and DCL will have to deal with them.....

Uhhh Tom... Remember 11yr old group doesn't sign in or out and can come and go.... (and we're not sure they'll even have daytime activities)

Thar be an 11yo mutiny brewing....i call it by say the third night...

 

[radioclash2]

I'm still wondering why anyone would ever want to oil an emu.

to make it slippery, of course.

 

[tom31b]

Of course, do you know the lyrics to "One Week" and can you sing them to the beat?

Even better, can you sing them to the beat after drinking?

 

[radioclash2]

ok, it's 10:30, and the music from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is playing in the background. I'm either having a bad dream, or I'm up past my bed time playing on the DIS...

Good Night All

 

[tom31b]

wait a minute... I didn't think you could drink on the dcl if you had kids. The other DISers will frown upon it.

Lisa is the designated babysitter!!!!

 

[micmse2003]

As to the pictures of the people, those pictures would never be posted. I know "What happens on the ship stays on the ship!"

I Believe, scratch that, I'm learning... That you can keep going long after you think you can't

I believe good things will come to you!!!! It just needs to be soon!!

PIF!!!

I guess that means we will really have to go, now.

Is it August yet?

Congrats on PIF!!!!

Aaaah that one, ok I can go to bed now happy! I thought it was my xxxxx Posts!


I went to a psychiatrist once, I said to him I thought I was a fly, he said what do you want me to do about it, I said nothing,

So why come in here then? he asked.

I said the light was on.

Night.

Cheryl, Cheryl, Cheryl....

.... I wuz trying to be diplomatic about this. Now ... how can I compare vacationing on the cheap with this? Disney is about $400+ a bit per nite. And when I fly to Hawaii we stay for ZERO cost with family and get most of our meals from our relatives' fridge. FOr wheels I borrow whatever is not being driven at the time ... that is... except for my SILs' Ferrari or Porsche. AND, otherwise we DO rent a car a lot of the time. SO... my cot for a 15 nite stay in Oahu or Maui runs AIR FARE + rental car, and about 1/3rd or less of the meals eaten out.... and 1/3rd of the meals we contribute with groceries. This works out to maybe $600 for air ... (2400)... and maybe $250 for a car since we only rent half the time we're there typically... and probably we spend under $500-700 for meals. Add incidentials of maybe another $500 and we're mostly covered. SO, we get by with a budget of about 3650-3850. And of course, we could easily add another $3000 for a $200 a nite hotel. And lets hope entertainment does not go anywhere beyond watching cable TV or the free Hula shows on the Wikiki sand... which sometimes features relatives doing the dancing.

So.... our kind of trips can run anywhere from $3650 up to $6850.... so YEAH, it looks tolerable to Sail Disney for what it generally costs us. And to think... we all get Soooooooooo much for our money too!

So Shuuuuuu.... no one tell the DCL folks that we're OK with the cost. Better we start posting moans and groans about the onerous expense involved.... and the burdon associated with heavy dieting which follows EVERY voyage.

What about the dieting before every voyage???

Don't bother, I e-mailed back to DCL to ask where on the website I could find the info and got the truth, whole truth and nothing but the truth:
And it was unsigned!

Tom...I hate to tell you but DCL has signs up related to all your e-mails......