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

[captaincrash]

Well I am glad you are 'content' with your allocation, and well done for the prompt to DCL, they are tarnishin theirbrand name on this.

As a moderator I accept the word *stinks* we would use other words and you would delete it.

Well now.. maybe we can make this a term to be used universally whenever we might otherwsie get in hot water with another term?

 

[micmse2003]

I don't know how to quote from an old thread, so I had to manipulate it!
Anyways, any new info on the scrapping?

I used to be a Creative Memories Consultant, so I would be willing to help out with this. Send me a PM if anyone is interested.

--or send me a PM and point me to the leaders because I don't see the info posted anywhere ---but it could be buried somewhere in the old thread and I missed it!

E-mal Step5. Steph5 and myself signed up to do it last year but was told there were others planning it. I have lots going with other committees for this thread but she is looking to do it with someone. Thanks for offering.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

We had the 23rd booked for dinner....checked this morning and it's gone!

On the main forum, people are oposting they didnt know you have to 'confirm' the final unconfirmed bookings, you choose a Palo, or shore trip it goes into a holding list and then you confirm, people have lsot out not knowing there is one more stage to it.

Plus if you lost the link between this process, its dropped.

 

[mjy]

Mike,

Since Deanna was citing Tom31s potential inclusion on this fabled "list" ... I can only take it to mean you see Andrew and I as already occupying this "mysterious" list. Gee... and I thought I was still on the INNOCENT bystanders list?!

With all the tension, stress, and generally DCL-negative feelings over the "process" this morning, your reply was just what I needed.

You, innocent.

Oh God, I cannot stop laughing!!!

P.S. I know, I know . . . I'm going to pay for this later!

 

[justmestace]

Having been upgraded (or at least offered it) on almost ALL of our DCL cruises, here's my theory.

Once the ship starts to fill up, DCL wants to release more of the lower category rooms, which are the ones most last-minute cruisers want to book (least expensive).
They (DCL) have to take into consideration the number of people in each life boat section, so they will choose a cabin with the appropriate number of people to move up. How they choose them other than by number of people is anyone's guess....because we were chosen as 1st timers, as CC members and as suite guests. And with no regard as to when we booked or paid in full....because each time for us was different.

As far as GTY....they remain GTY until DCL can get a really good idea of the number of people...again, for lifeboat reasons.....and once they can begin to even things out, they will assign room numbers.
It does seem that once a room number is assigned to a GTY that a lot of them are "upgrades" and I think it follows along with the theory of needing to free up lower category rooms with new bookings at the higher tier price.

 

[captaincrash]

Have those people who have gotten room assignments been assigned cabins in their category or are upgrades being doled out?

We're still GTY - which I'm assuming is a good thing at this point....

My understanding is that upgrades are doled out based on:
1. Date of reservation.
2. # of cruises taken
3. Amount actually paid.

(I think I read this last year on the Med cruise threads).

Unfortunately, things are not as good this year as then. Last summer I had booked on day 1, had paid the same as all the other cat 12's, and was on my 5th cruise or so.

This year I'm booked on day 1 - but so is most everyone else (do they take time into account? I was booked in the first hour).
Amount paid will almost certainly be less than people booking after.
# of cruises is about 6, which is ok.

So I'm hoping, but am not particularly optomistic about my chances....

I ran a couple of semi-scientific polls a few years ago and found 1st time cruisers were more likely to receive a FREE cabin bump from a guarantee. So being a repeat cruiser seemed to have no bearing. And there seemed to be no difference if you were booking through a TA or DCL directly. Also, the TYPE of bump seemed to be greater with 1st time patrons versus repeat patrons.

Not true about the upgrades. The Med cruise was my first ever. I booked on the first day, got first tier pricing. Then jumped on the Cat 12 deal, so I didn't pay that much. Still got upgraded to a 9 from a 12.

THIS sounds like a really nice bump Monica! Plus you captured one of the lower prices on the voyage too... obviously less cost than your tier 1 in the higher than cat 12 original booking. Impressive!

 

[justmestace]

With all the tension, stress, and generally DCL-negative feelings over the "process" this morning, your reply was just what I needed.

You, innocent.

Oh God, I cannot stop laughing!!!

P.S. I know, I know . . . I'm going to pay for this later!

I was worried about you! Did you finally get in there and get what you wanted??

 

[mjy]

I am leaving shortly for a diocesan seminar out of town. I will not be back until Thursday.

IF there is no internet where I will be staying, there is no way in God's green earth that I will be able to keep up with this thread the way that we are writing!

So, in case I am not able to connect until Thursday night, see you.

However, while I am driving there, I'm going to be praying for internet access. You folks will help me "decompress" from our sessions!

 

[justmestace]

On the main forum, people are oposting they didnt know you have to 'confirm' the final unconfirmed bookings, you choose a Palo, or shore trip it goes into a holding list and then you confirm, people have lsot out not knowing there is one more stage to it.

Plus if you lost the link between this process, its dropped.

I TRIED to tell people here that they ABSOLUTELY HAD TO hit "submit" if they really, really wanted something!! Too bad they didn't follow the thread!!

 

[mjy]

I was worried about you! Did you finally get in there and get what you wanted??

Relatively.

There are a couple of things that I wanted but they were full already.

I've also wanted to do a Palo Brunch or Tea -- several cruises and never been able to schedule one. (Hopefully I will be able to get one when we board.)

Well, off to work . . . nice day for a drive!

By the way, thanks for thinking of me and asking!

 

[buckifan]

AND - he's a Buckeye fan! BIL went there.

Rob will have a new buddy!

 

[buckifan]

I can't believe that we leave NEXT WEEK!!
Actually, I AM very calm (so far) and have a lot of things ready to pack. I've also gotten Jared's and my things ready to pack for the cruise the next weekend. I don't want to wait til the last minute.

I am praying we have good weather while you are here!

 

[danfromca]

I ran a couple of semi-scientific polls a few years ago and found 1st time cruisers were more likely to receive a FREE cabin bump from a guarantee. So being a repeat cruiser seemed to have no bearing. And there seemed to be no difference if you were booking through a TA or DCL directly. Also, the TYPE of bump seemed to be greater with 1st time patrons versus repeat patrons.

Well, I can only hope they've changed policies since then, or that Andrew is right and it's all operational and we get lucky, or that my other theory is correct - and that it really is up to the Fairy Godmother department to decide, and that we are somehow worthy .

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Having been upgraded (or at least offered it) on almost ALL of our DCL cruises, here's my theory.

Once the ship starts to fill up, DCL wants to release more of the lower category rooms, which are the ones most last-minute cruisers want to book (least expensive).
They (DCL) have to take into consideration the number of people in each life boat section, so they will choose a cabin with the appropriate number of people to move up. How they choose them other than by number of people is anyone's guess....because we were chosen as 1st timers, as CC members and as suite guests. And with no regard as to when we booked or paid in full....because each time for us was different.

As far as GTY....they remain GTY until DCL can get a really good idea of the number of people...again, for lifeboat reasons.....and once they can begin to even things out, they will assign room numbers.
It does seem that once a room number is assigned to a GTY that a lot of them are "upgrades" and I think it follows along with the theory of needing to free up lower category rooms with new bookings at the higher tier price.

Logical.

I TRIED to tell people here that they ABSOLUTELY HAD TO hit "submit" if they really, really wanted something!! Too bad they didn't follow the thread!!

Yes

And this is how a quick fix would take pressure of the internet and server system.

105 days Cat 1/2/3 –everything.
100 days Reas
95 days Palo CC Members
90 Shore Trips CC Members
80 days Palo -all
75 days Shore trips-all.

 

[justmestace]

Relatively.

There are a couple of things that I wanted but they were full already.

I've also wanted to do a Palo Brunch or Tea -- several cruises and never been able to schedule one. (Hopefully I will be able to get one when we board.)

Well, off to work . . . nice day for a drive!

By the way, thanks for thinking of me and asking!

Wanna come to Brunch and Tea with the Moms?? We have room!

 

[justmestace]

I am praying we have good weather while you are here!

Megan's worried it will rain on her wedding. I told her that she should stress over something she has control of. If it does, we adapt.
Although I do understand a bride not wanting a rainy wedding day.

 

[buckifan]

I TRIED to tell people here that they ABSOLUTELY HAD TO hit "submit" if they really, really wanted something!! Too bad they didn't follow the thread!!

I read your post, and it really helped me. Thank you! I can see how people could have easily missed that they needed to click on 'submit'.....

 

[buckifan]

Megan's worried it will rain on her wedding. I told her that she should stress over something she has control of. If it does, we adapt.
Although I do understand a bride not wanting a rainy wedding day.

Absolutely! We have had a fair bit of rain already, so she is due a nice, pleasant sunny wedding day.

 

[Lil' Grumpy]

well..if i had..hair..i'll be yanking it out! thanks goodness, crash is a
lifesaver...,

...i was minding my own buisness....when all his went down, next thing
i knew...my wife was hollerin.." did you let..that strange..woman on
our reses?!!"....[ thinking..she meant..late dinning with mismce , ]

...& in her panic..., i reacted in & had forgotten about what cheryl
had told..us { not jinixing until after the 90 days mark } . and be her tones
of frustration,i was trying the fastest escape cause..i could....but all i
could get out..was.."crash did it"! whew!...* she thought i was talking
about...crash..in the third person....but i was really thinking "captain".



signs?...logged in...the dcl & when i put..in our reses..our
starts..smoking...?


ps..cheryl..all women..by my wife's 's eye..are strangers.



well..the way i see it..we're all in the dcl's insane boat....crawling with

pirates, scrondrels, {one or 2 swashbucklers, me & crash. swashbucker?
a pirate doing it for wenches- } & a few peanuts.

grace?...our saving grace..are the wenches,

ps x 2..see? cheryl..no one went for my senior discounts? dwats the
timber?

by the way..when did ...we changes our mas-snot...from monkees to
rats? did something happened...that could restore...our...happiness?

 

[captaincrash]

With all the tension, stress, and generally DCL-negative feelings over the "process" this morning, your reply was just what I needed.

You, innocent.

Oh God, I cannot stop laughing!!!

P.S. I know, I know . . . I'm going to pay for this later!

well...

... I don't mind sticking my neck out to "suggest" self-incrimination for a few chuckles (I am decidedly quite INNOCENT after all?) ... and I must agree, the tension is so thick around here I can feel the resistance of cutting through it with my scrolling cursor! And I am extremely sympathetic - don't get me wrong. Just because I'm not trying to book anything except Palos things - doesn't mean I've escaped the fury of the last 24 hours.

At any rate, I am pleased to no end that someone shared their chuckles over the bit of whimsy I toseed in here. I hope more than one had a chuckle out of it. No need to say say - I just suspect there are others who at the minimum cracked a silent smile at it ... especially since you posted your good cheer here.

Ok... time for me to leave a little acerage for more substantive content ....