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

[DisneyVegas1]

Todd---
You had asked about boarding in LA--In my opinion it was awful. Not at all what we DIS cruisers were used to. Yes they did have a childrens area set up and it was actually much larger but the porters and check in people definitely did not have that Disney attitude. It was not well organized and when they actually began boarding at 1PM (of course Stacey wouldn't know this because she was in the Roy/Walt and got the concierge preboard) it was like MASS trampling. I felt like I was at a Rolling Stones concert.

Stacey were you the holdup?? Is that why we didn't board until 1pm???? Hey by that time I am usually sitting by the pool with a bahama mama in hand after a lunch at Topsiders. I remember it took forever for our suitcases too. I think we got ours at 6pm.

Wow I am surprised at the way you described it ...I would have thought Disney would have went to many lengths to make sure the "Experience" was carried through from the porters till you got onboard ...Hopefully things will be different when we go ..

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

That is cool!! Who took the picture of you on the balcony??

It is usaual for the Panama authorities to allow a couple of ships photograpers off the ship, they will take picutures of you at the locks as the ship moes very slowly.

Suggest you put something on the area you are at, we had an ENGLISH flag in the background and it will help you at shutters as they all look the same.

As this thread has moved on so fast, thank you in 'bulk' for nice comments on my pics.

VM thank you for the AOL radio link I said it was internet radio, the stingray bit was filmed at CC with my familiy there, but they cut our bit!

 

[tynkerbell]

I was born at Sunrise! Most of my immediate family live in Henderson now though.

Both of my kids were born at Sunrise.

 

[justmestace]

Wow I am surprised at the way you described it ...I would have thought Disney would have went to many lengths to make sure the "Experience" was carried through from the porters till you got onboard ...Hopefully things will be different when we go ..

All of the people working at the port were employees of the Port of Los Angeles...dressed in Disney outfits. So they were lacking that Disney attitude.
The slow-downs that I saw were at points where they were Disney people, who just weren't used to doing it differently.

 

[DisneyVegas1]

It is usaual for the Panama authorities to allow a couple of ships photograpers off the ship, they will take picutures of you at the locks as the ship moes very slowly.

Suggest you put something on the area you are at, we had an ENGLISH flag in the background and it will help you at shutters as they all look the same.

As this thread has moved on so fast, thank you in 'bulk' for nice comments on my pics.

VM thank you for the AOL radio link I said it was internet radio, the stingray bit was filmed at CC with my familiy there, but they cut our bit!

Sounds like we will be needing to fly our Pirate Flag as we go through ....On the Double Dip alot of us got Pirate Flags that we got off of ebay for like 7 bucks ...When we pulled into Castaway Cay those that had Balconies flew there flag and those that had windows put there flag in the window ...It was truly a Pirate ship with colors flying ...LOL

If you need to know where to get your Pirate flag let me know

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Travel agent calls DCL on January 31st,
Female CM answers,
I would like to book some staterooms for the East/b repo.
CM say's, You will be lucky they are like Men
T/A Why you you say that?
CM Well all of the best ones have gone, and the ones left are far to small.



NOTE TO MOD/CHILDREN ''''Small '''reference is to the mens hieght! ( but that isnt funny).

 

[DisneyVegas1]

Travel agent calls DCL on January 31st,
Female CM answers,
I would like to book some staterooms for the East/b repo.
CM say's, You will be lucky they are like Men
T/A Why you you say that?
CM Well all of the best ones have gone, and the ones left are far to small.



NOTE TO MOD/CHILDREN ''''Small '''reference is to the mens hieght! ( but that isnt funny).

 

[Michelle2]

My oldest DS was born there ...when did you leave Vegas ????

I left Las Vegas in 1990...I went off to college, eventually got married, and DH's job just didn't exist in Vegas, so I guess I have not technically lived there since then. I miss it alot at times though, but we go down often enough (we live in Boise now) that it seems to help.

From what I have heard, the 10% discount and the OBC will be able to be transferred from the dummy booking to the Repo booking.

WOOO HOOOO!

Clearly price is dictated by demand; that is a given. Sooooo by tracking threads like this one DCL can get a better idea of what is popular and possibly set the initial price point by tracking our insanity.

Perhaps it is not a good idea to show them how interested we are in this cruise. Of course, at this point if I am correct we pretty much already “screwed the pooch”.

DOH!!!!

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Sounds like we will be needing to fly our Pirate Flag as we go through ....On the Double Dip alot of us got Pirate Flags that we got off of ebay for like 7 bucks ...When we pulled into Castaway Cay those that had Balconies flew there flag and those that had windows put there flag in the window ...It was truly a Pirate ship with colors flying ...LOL

If you need to know where to get your Pirate flag let me know

I had a English flag it helped us in PC locate all our pictures and asome ports I was able to zoom in on my camorder on our room, once to watch disney maintenance in our room! You have to keep it tidy as Cptn Tom has told people of for ''washing'' and wet clothes on the verandahs

 

[Buddy Bear]

This'll probably get me in trouble...but I was looking around on the main boards....which I've been told I should never do, because something there always make me mad...but anyway...

Am I the only one who thinks there should be a rule about the minimum number of people in a suite?? Especially the Cat 1's and 2's.....I don't think 2 people should be allowed to book them, they should be saved for families or larger groups who need the space.

I never thought of it that way. We always talk about why you can't book AT LEAST 8 people in the Cat 1s. We know a few families that also have 4 members that it would be fun to split the Roy or Walt but for some reason DCL only allows 7.

 

[Buddy Bear]

NOTE TO MOD/CHILDREN ''''Small '''reference is to the mens hieght! ( but that isnt funny).

Yeah...OK...

 

[DisneyVegas1]

I left Las Vegas in 1990...I went off to college, eventually got married, and DH's job just didn't exist in Vegas, so I guess I have not technically lived there since then. I miss it alot at times though, but we go down often enough (we live in Boise now) that it seems to help.



WOOO HOOOO!



DOH!!!!

Hmmm Out of curiousity what Radio station did you listen to back in 90 ???

You may actually know me ..LOL

 

[Michelle2]

Hmmm Out of curiousity what Radio station did you listen to back in 90 ???

You may actually know me ..LOL

Really??? Were you a DJ there????

 

[justmestace]

I never thought of it that way. We always talk about why you can't book AT LEAST 8 people in the Cat 1s. We know a few families that also have 4 members that it would be fun to split the Roy or Walt but for some reason DCL only allows 7.

We found out that the only way it would sleep 8 is if two shared the master bed (it doesn't split to twins) and two shared the murphy bed in the library, and two in the bunks above the twins in the 2nd bedroom....which is okay if you have kids with you, but not for all adults.
And.....the sofa in the living room of the Walt and Roy does NOT make into a bed at all!

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Yeah...OK...

DONT want to get deleted!

MOD's wouldnt understand anyway ( god now thats a way to ge deleted!)

 

[DisneyVegas1]

Really??? Were you a DJ there????

Yes I was ....Did Radio in Vegas for about 6 years then left and went to Tenn and was the Operations Mgr and DJ at some stations the company owned in Tenn...

 

[justmestace]

Do you Vegas people happen to know a guy named William Watters? He was Willie to me, but I doubt he goes by that now.
We went to school together and dated for a while. He's either an attorney or a judge in Vegas now.

 

[DisneyVegas1]

Do you Vegas people happen to know a guy named William Watters? He was Willie to me, but I doubt he goes by that now.
We went to school together and dated for a while. He's either an attorney or a judge in Vegas now.

Never heard of him ...Sorry

 

[windermerejudy]

Do you Vegas people happen to know a guy named William Watters? He was Willie to me, but I doubt he goes by that now.
We went to school together and dated for a while. He's either an attorney or a judge in Vegas now.

He's probably in an assisted living by now

 

[goofyforlife]

hi Todd......

There's a slim chance that me and your Eunich friend may make this cruise...

We'll have to see on the 31st of course.....