8/17/08 Captain Jack's Repossession Repo Cruise to PC thru TPC Part 15

[Verandah Man]

Andy you would not believe how many times she wanted to high five. I was, "Alright give it a rest."

 

[jonesing]

My mom tried to get em to catch the "pox" when i was 3 (becauase my slightly older aunt had them). Turns out i never got them until 2nd grade and boy was i miserable.

Did you see the episode of South Park where the kids' parents tried this? Someone had CP and so they brought all the kids over to play so they could get infected.

The kids found out and to exact their revenge they found a, uh, working girl, the skankiest one in town with herpes and who knows what else to go to their houses and use their parents toothbrushes etc.

 

[JLDSMD]

2) How they arrived at the $100 figure, everything I see from the Panama Canal website puts the figure at $35 per person or less?

If that is correct, DCL just made $182,000 profit based on 2,800 passengers. Nice.

Although I know I can't blame DCL for the actual fee, I do blame them for how they are handling this. First, they must have known that this was in the works. Just browsing around on the web it is obvious that this has been discussed for quite a while and through various boards/committees or whatever other beurocracy the Panama Canal Authority has. DCL should have either built this fee into the original prices or made a very clear upfront statement that we should be expecting this increase. Surprising us with it after 6 months of planning our budgets and how we are paying for this TOAL just isn't a good way to present it.

All -- sad to hear about the $100 fee. Reaffirms our decision to cancel -- that would have killed our OBC and Disney VISA points we were planning to use for on-board spending. It's pretty lousy of DCL to pass that along to people with confirmed reservations. I know they are running a business, but like someone else said, this wasn't out of the blue and they could have built it into their pricing structure.

To say the least, you'd think, since they always "hold up" the schedule because they are "working on the details" of these special cruises, they would have taken the time to secure the fees/taxes/tarrifs. Granted these things can change, but one would think they could have negotiated this when they decided on passage through the canal. But hey, what do they care, they won't pay for it.

 

[mkygrl]

In 1984 CP went crazy through my family....one cousin got it...then their sibling and passed on through the family. I got them on Mother's Day! I was in 4th grade and there was a huge Mother's Day Luncheon for our entire family (nana,aunts,uncles etc) at a really nice restaurant (I didn't like this place). So, Mother's day morning I went in and said "Happy Mother's Day MOM! I have Chicken Pox!"
Not to mention the Friday before I told all the kids at school I would be out for awhile because I would be getting chicken pox! The all laughed. I was right!

Chrissie

 

[Verandah Man]

I can also see your pictures of the cruise hanging on the wall. I have a feeling all our houses look the same.

So true Cheryl..... Here is a pic of one wall in our livingroom, these pics were taken during our first DCL cruise in August 2003.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

So true Cheryl..... Here is a pic of one wall in our livingroom, these pics were taken during our first DCL cruise in August 2003.

Very nice

 

[dahuffy]

Please remember this is a family friendly board, all those people in the GTY room in one bed.....

Sounds like one helluva Pajama Party!

 

[mkygrl]

So true Cheryl..... Here is a pic of one wall in our livingroom, these pics were taken during our first DCL cruise in August 2003.

Very neat!

Hey where did you get the Captain Mickey?

Chrissie

 

[dahuffy]

This whole $100 per person thing has pretty much clinched my decision to cancel the DCL Transfers for our reservation. I am pretty sure that by arranging our own I can save about $100 so that is 1 of the 3 of us covered there.

Actually, if this group here decides to put together a bus or something from either DL to the port or Port Canaveral to MCO it could possibly save even more. The most expensive leg of the trip I am estimating will be from Disneyland to the port - the cheapest shuttle service I have found would be around $55 for the 3 of us. If we don't end up with a group bus or something like that - are they any families of 3 or 4 that plan to stay at the HoJo? A single group of 6 or 7 is cheaper on most of the shuttles than 2 groups of 3 or 4!

Pamela (pdarrah)

Does a family of 2 count?!

 

[dahuffy]

Hi,
Both Juie & I are researching this - iin fact, I delegated this to my daughter - she works in a High end entertainment law firm & she has a TA contact to find buses from DL to the port for us.
But, we're waiting until Jan '08 to begin negotiations - and will likely have a more accurate head count by then.
But - the price will be much more affordable than the DCL transfers from the early $ quoted. (the buses looked like tour buses to me rather than the small airport shuttle type bus)

Wonderful, I had forgotten that you were looking into this for us. Again,thank you!

 

[dahuffy]

Thank you.

Also DREAMS tell me I do not have to pay the tax increase as I am paid in full.

I'm very happy for you Andy. Hey everybody, drinks are on Andy!

 

[Verandah Man]

Very neat!

Hey where did you get the Captain Mickey?

Chrissie

Mickey and Minnie and the Disney group on CC was in a package of postcards that I found on e-bay after our cruise. The group postcard actually had the year 2002 on it, I used a black marker and changed the year to 2003. As soon as I saw those postcards I knew I had to have them. There was another postcard in the package of Goofy, but I sent that postcard out to a special needs child through the postcard thread here on the DIS.

 

[dahuffy]

Tom, if you think Kevin and I look like Corndogs" in those 2, how about these?

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

I'm very happy for you Andy. Hey everybody, drinks are on Andy!

Glad that Verandah man (Andy) is up for buying, but tight old Andrew, well has to pay his stateroom bill on the Magic next week,

 

[Verandah Man]

I'm very happy for you Andy. Hey everybody, drinks are on Andy!

Debi-you better make that drinks are on Andrew!!!

 

[Verandah Man]

Looks like Andrew and I posted at the same time about your drinks post Debi........

 

[mkygrl]

Mickey and Minnie and the Disney group on CC was in a package of postcards that I found on e-bay after our cruise. The group postcard actually had the year 2002 on it, I used a black marker and changed the year to 2003. As soon as I saw those postcards I knew I had to have them. There was another postcard in the package of Goofy, but I sent that postcard out to a special needs child through the postcard thread here on the DIS.

Thanks for the info....Now I have to start stalking ebay!


Chrissie

 

[Verandah Man]

OK gang, I took my meds a little bit ago and the couch is calling my name, I'll check back in later, after my nap...............

 

[got2travel]

Did you see the episode of South Park where the kids' parents tried this? Someone had CP and so they brought all the kids over to play so they could get infected.

The kids found out and to exact their revenge they found a, uh, working girl, the skankiest one in town with herpes and who knows what else to go to their houses and use their parents toothbrushes etc.

If that is correct, DCL just made $182,000 profit based on 2,800 passengers. Nice.


To say the least, you'd think, since they always "hold up" the schedule because they are "working on the details" of these special cruises, they would have taken the time to secure the fees/taxes/tarrifs. Granted these things can change, but one would think they could have negotiated this when they decided on passage through the canal. But hey, what do they care, they won't pay for it.

Ok, so these quotes have nothing to do with each other. But, I read jonesing's then move on the Jeff's and what avitar do I see? Cartman.


Just made me giggle. I almost thought it was an evil twin about to make some joke about the SP reply.

 

[got2travel]

My CP story. And to this day I will not let my mother live this down!

I was 5 or 6, so either K or 1st grade. It was during the winter. It started snowing at our house and I wanted to go play in it. My mother would not let me and told me it would snow again and I could go play in it then. Now 30+ years later, I'm still waiting for it to snow again!!!!!!!!!!! You see, we live in CA, just 10 miles east of San Francisco. Sometimes there's a light dusting of snow on the mountain tops off in the distance. But there has never again been snow down to the level of our house. (Parents are still in the same house I grew up in). My mother lied to me!