April 19, 2008 - Western - VERY Early Roll Call - Anyone??!!

[bdwk1997]

: Debbie, if you'd like any of these, just let me know and I'll be happy to modify them. I did some other ones but these are my favorites.
Denise these are great, would you mind doing a Showers of Happiness for me????? I may have to steal the Tink one too, also, do you know where I might find a Mickey playing hockey. My son said he found one but doesn't remember where....Thanks so much

 

[lilo62]

Hey Lilo,

Definitely better that it happen now rather than on the cruise. Tons of pixie dust headed your way in hopes that you feel better.

Woo hooo!!!!!! I'm the 2000'th post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





Getting totally psyched for this cruise!!! 24 days!!!!!!

Thanks Denise for your well wishes and for the tons of pixie dust!

 

[anty30]

Gina,
I am sorry that you are feeling crappy.
Call me. No school today.
Ant

 

[Hypermommy]

Denise these are great, would you mind doing a Showers of Happiness for me????? I may have to steal the Tink one too, also, do you know where I might find a Mickey playing hockey. My son said he found one but doesn't remember where....Thanks so much

No problem at all. I don't know where a Mickey hockey is, though. You could do a google image search. Don't forget to let me know you're kids' ages for the SoH graphic. Gotta run... at work.... catch you later.

 

[bdwk1997]

No problem at all. I don't know where a Mickey hockey is, though. You could do a google image search. Don't forget to let me know you're kids' ages for the SoH graphic. Gotta run... at work.... catch you later.

Thanks Denise, you're awesome. Here's the info for the graphic...The Gouveia Family, DH, DW, DS7, DS12, and DD10!!! I owe you a glass of wine!!!

 

[Angiefromalberta]

Can someone tell me what GTY is? I keep seeing people talk about it here and am just curious what that is.

Also, do we need a passport for ourselves and our kids for each time we get off the ship or is a photocopy of it ok. It is just unnerving to drag around a passport when you are going to be on a beach and not necessarily watching your bag all the time.

I got my baggage tags from DCL today. I thought the package was going to be a little more exciting than that but still it is cool!

I can't believe how close it is now!

Angie

 

[Tinkified]

Can someone tell me what GTY is? I keep seeing people talk about it here and am just curious what that is.

Also, do we need a passport for ourselves and our kids for each time we get off the ship or is a photocopy of it ok. It is just unnerving to drag around a passport when you are going to be on a beach and not necessarily watching your bag all the time.

I got my baggage tags from DCL today. I thought the package was going to be a little more exciting than that but still it is cool!

I can't believe how close it is now!

Angie

Re: Passports: You leave the ship with your KTTW card and your photo ID, usually your driver's license. We leave our passports locked up in the room safe the entire trip and carry a photocopy of the passport with us to the beach. This was recommended to us by a CM on our last cruise. In the event of an emergency and needing your passports..ie to fly home from a foreign country etc..more than likely someone in your party would be able to return to the ship to collect the passports and belongings etc.

Re: GTY means guarantee. When you book a GTY cabin...lets say a GTY 12..you are guaranteed at least a cat 12 or better but paying the cost of the GTY cabin. So if you book a GTY 10, you are guaranteed at least a cat 10, but you may end up better than a 10 with only paying for a 10.

Hi all! Feel better Gina!
Michelle

 

[Angiefromalberta]

Thanks Michelle,
Not to beat a dead horse but does your response mean that a photocopy of the kids passport and their KTTW card is enough to leave the ship, (seeing as of course they don't have other photo id besides their passport? And should I photocopy the passports in color or does that matter?

And why wouldn't everyone book GTY then? Wouldn't you want to hope for a possible up-grade or do people just want the room that they research and book?

Thanks again,
Angie

 

[Tinkified]

Thanks Michelle,
Not to beat a dead horse but does your response mean that a photocopy of the kids passport and their KTTW card is enough to leave the ship, (seeing as of course they don't have other photo id besides their passport? And should I photocopy the passports in color or does that matter?

And why wouldn't everyone book GTY then? Wouldn't you want to hope for a possible up-grade or do people just want the room that they research and book?

Thanks again,
Angie

Angie: No dead horse here and no worries about asking questions, we were all a first timer at one time! Emily just had her KTTW card..no photo ID. I did not copy the passport in color nor did I use it at all while we were away. No one asks for it and it really is just a safety net so to speak. Here is another passport tip: Leave a copy of them with a relative at home or wherever as well so in case it needs to be referenced by someone at home. Now as I am typing this, this just occured to me..you guys are from Canada, right? Well, that is just a whole other ball of wax. Non-US citizens must hand over their passports for the duration of the cruise. It is a requirement. There is a thread on the main cruise board regarding this..you may have to dig deep for it though. Connie (from Germany) might know more info on this subject. Paging Connie....Connie to the board please!

As far as the GTY goes, I believe that there are only a certain number of cabins that go as a GTY. Having cabins as a GTY allows the ship to shuffle cabins around as they see fit..that is how some people end up with an free upgrade. If you go with a GTY cabin, from what I have read here on the DIS, experienced cruisers say that you MUST be happy with your GTY cabin category..because there are no promises that you will get an upgrade...just hopeful wishes...just like Karen (Daisy) said in her post and is hoping right now!

Hope this helps.

Okay, who has started packing? Me, I am still dieting...last ditch effort...no big promises here...I have endocrine/hormonal issues and some meds I am on basically help me hit a wall when it comes to losing weight. I have put off shopping...Not happy with the way I look, not happy with my clothes etc..but the meds are necessary..so what is a girl to do?

Belated Easter wishes to all...and a very happy Spring...we just counted that we have 17 days left of school before we leave...that is SO do-able!
Michelle

 

[Angiefromalberta]

Thanks Michelle!

Good luck with the diet. I can't believe I didn't lose 1 pound for this trip but I have worked out every day and I think that I look better in a bathing suit. Us girls are so hard on ourselves but it is true that when we feel we look better we feel better and are more happy.

Angie

 

[Daisy5115]

Cheryl! We are also a family of four that is why I am confused. I think I did see that there are some cat 12 cabins that sleep 4? We are also deck 6 forward so we may be neighbors unless an upgrade is still pending. Last time we cruised deck 5 forward just below where we are now and it was fine. The only problem was music/noice from the theatre below, now we won't be directly above the theatre anyway.
Thanks for the info, I'm feeling like the family of four thing may give me hope.

Karen


Karen,
that is most likely your cabin, before that did it say gty??

We have our cabin now too (we booked a gty 12), but we are a family of 4 so we get an cat 11 or higher. but what stinks about our
cabin is we are very forward on deck 6 hope we don't get a little wavey at night .

we always get ourselves an inside cabin, we very rarely do gty though. we do 2 cruises a year so the money we save from an inside we apply it to the next cruise.
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Thanks,
Cheryl

 

[Daisy5115]

Sorry Cheryl, I'm looking at the map of the ship. We are in a cat 11, we are probably stuck there. I just saw a post in the general section from someone who turned down a cat 9 on deck one because they prefer deck 6, so that's good.
thanks for the info.

 

[Hypermommy]

Thanks Denise, you're awesome. Here's the info for the graphic...The Gouveia Family, DH, DW, DS7, DS12, and DD10!!! I owe you a glass of wine!!!

Here ya go... you can pick it up at http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj18/hypermommy_2007/soh_gouveia.jpg. Let me know if it's okay or not (i.e., spelling, relative height of the kids, etc.). And no glass of wine necessary. Quite frankly, you guys have made me feel extraordinarily wonderful because everyone's liked the design so much. Every time I see one of these I have to admit that I'm going to have a prideful smile on my face! I know... pride goeth before the fall... but we're taking an excursion to Hell anyway so I might as well.

Dudes!!! We only have 23 days left!!!!!! Before long we're going to get to do the single digit happy dance!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Hypermommy]

Michelle,

I haven't started packing but there's a pile of cruise stuff over by the fireplace. Yes, we do have those in Fla although it doesn't get used near as much as I'd like. Of course, you know King Charming... he doesn't do anything halfway. When my darling builds a fire he builds a bonfire! Kind of hard to see the flames at first becuase the wood is piled up to the top of the fireplace. But then again, when the wood burns down and the fire is dancing in the embers it's absolutely beautiful!!!!


I gave up on the dieting thing for now. Haven't had time to make it to the gym (I blame the necessary re-do of my website). So I'm gonna be fat and happy in my ball gown that was altered to fit me real well for the way I look right now. And I'm gonna eat and eat and eat (yes, and drink) on the ship. Then I'll worry about the diet when I get home. You just take those meds and remember that it's not what you look like that we love but your wonderful self! Now, let's go get some Bahama Mamas, whether we walk or not

 

[dis2cruise]

Sorry Cheryl, I'm looking at the map of the ship. We are in a cat 11, we are probably stuck there. I just saw a post in the general section from someone who turned down a cat 9 on deck one because they prefer deck 6, so that's good.
thanks for the info.

Hi Karen,
sent you a pm

 

[dis2cruise]

did everyone get their docs yet?? I saw here on our thread some people have already but nothing for me yet

 

[wdhinn89]

No docs for me either. I assume they will go to the travel agent first.

 

[conny264]

Hi everybody.
Finally the snow is gone at last.I don´t want to see any more of that.

On our last 2 cruises we had to surrender our passports at check-in and got them back the last morning.All non-US citizens had to report at 6 o´clock at the Buena Vista Theater for Immigration.
BUT-I read somewhere that they changed that and you go through Immigration when you leave the ship with your luggage.It was on a trial basis and I don´t know what they currently do.
It certainly helps to have a second ID with photo.

I got our docs yesterday and have to admit I started packing,but only a little bit.Had to get me into vacation mood.

Bye from Germany
Conny

 

[crazed'boutmaryP]

I had to laugh when I read KC's trip report about the pile of "cruise stuff" as I have one too. Anybodyelse? I am panicking as my lists keep getting longer instead of shorter. Does anyone know where to get the biosafe sunscreen-for the dolphin swim?

Dieting-uggh-don't go there, in the same boat as everyone.

We received our cruise docs Monday-they were left at our front door so I don't know if the post office delivered it or not. Good thing my daughter was home, since we really don't use that door. I would have been panicking that they didn't come and they would have been sitting there the whole time.

I guess it is now crunch time for shopping and packing. Eperienced cruisers please keep posting your packing tips-they are very helpful. The next 3 weeks are going to go fast.

 

[Hypermommy]

did everyone get their docs yet?? I saw here on our thread some people have already but nothing for me yet

got mine last week. was so happy... one more hurdle cleared. you'll get em soon...let us know.

sitting in boring meeting. would rather be sitting on the deck with the drink of the day.