Aug. 21, 2004 Eastern Magic check in list

[Verandah Man]

I've been checking the USAir website, so far my flight is still scheduled to take off on time later this evening. I was told that MCO was to open to arriving flights and departing flights at noon today.

 

[goingbacksoon]

Andy -

Safe travels to you! From the MCO website and Orlando Sentinel, flights arriving seem to be okay. If you're leaving MCO, that may be another issue.

And you won't be the only one in tropical gear if anything changes. I don't plan on finding an eyepatch before we leave Friday.

 

[Verandah Man]

We just got a call from USAir our flight was cancelled and we could not get a flight now to Orlando until Tuesday. We will now be driving to Florida leaving after Charley passes us by later this evening. Looking forward to meeting y'all next week.

 

[Mary Anne]

Good luck Andy! You are the poster child for leaving the week before. Could you imagine if you had planned on flying out early today for today sailing?

Sorry for the bump in your plans but have a safe trip.

 

[Verandah Man]

I read that the Magic will be leaving today with only about 1/2 of the ticketed passengers due to flights being cancelled. At least we have a week before we are scheduled to sail. I feel so bad for those who won't be able to make their cruise today.

 

[dannyb]

Originally posted by Verandah Man
We just got a call from USAir our flight was cancelled and we could not get a flight now to Orlando until Tuesday. We will now be driving to Florida leaving after Charley passes us by later this evening. Looking forward to meeting y'all next week.

Have a safe trip down.

I'm feeling rather glad that I planned to fly down a day early, now.

Dan

 

[dannyb]

Here's an interesting post about the late arrival of last week's Magic sailing and the resulting late departure of this week's sailing:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=625272

 

[moinab]

Hi Andy,

I thought I would check in here (rather than pestering you with an email , ) to see if everything was progressing with your vacation plans. I'm so sorry to hear about your flight being cancelled. I hope your drive goes smoothly. Let me know if I can be of any help.

Maureen

 

[Gayle17]

Andy I am so sorry your flight was cancelled. That is a long drive to make. Did you try and get a flight closer down south to cut down on your driving?

I am getting a little nervous about not flying in until next Sat morning. We are staying out by Kennedy Friday night since we have a 7 AM flight out. We are debating whether to fly in on Friday now just in case. Since I am off all summer it wasn't a problem for me but my daughter and sister would have had to take an extra day from their jobs.

I will be watching the 2 new storm activities forming and see at the beginning of the week if we need to change things around.

I feel so bad for those people that aren't able to get down for this weekend's cruise.

Have a safe drive Andy, sending you some pixie dust.

Gayle

 

[pixie_luver03]

sweet im gonna be on this cruise

 

[goingbacksoon]

Andy -

Sorry about your cancelled flight, although it's good to be close enough (relatively) to be able to drive. Hope your new road trip is a fun one.

Alan

 

[pixie_luver03]

aww sorry to hear about that

 

[Verandah Man]

We just arrived home from Friendly's at our local mall. The rain is really starting to pick up in our area, when we left to go to the mall, it was a very light drizzle. We are turning the weather channel back on to check for updates on the track of Charley. We are just rolling with the punches on this trip, LOL!!!

We have to do some repacking as well. Oh, the joys of travel, LOL!!!

 

[Credit Man]

Have a safe drive down, Andy. Seems like your travel plans have come full circle.

 

[Verandah Man]

Originally posted by Credit Man
Have a safe drive down, Andy. Seems like your travel plans have come full circle.

We were talking about that at dinner tonight. At first, we were going to drive down leaving this coming Wednesday (8/18). I guess it was meant for us to drive this trip!!!

 

[Disneycrazymom]

Drive carefully, you may run into some left over rain. We will look forward to seeing you on Sat.

Welcome to the Dis and our cruise Pixie luver03. We have a pretty lage group going, and we are going to meet up right after the Safty Drill next Sat. Hope to meet you there.

 

[DuncanLL]

Andy-


Have a safe trip down. I hope the drive doesn't seem to long. What a coincidence we were just down the street from Friendly's we could of came and had sundes with you all. Safe travels. See you next Sat.

This was written by DuncanLL's DD

 

[Hygiene99]

Andy Do have a Great trip and we look Forward to hearing from u
WHEN u Board the Ship...

Im SURE u Will Be Treated Like A King ..

Peter

 

[goingbacksoon]

Any other CAers worried about the flight next week?

Alan

 

[buzzdad100]

Andy,

A year ago tomorrow, we were plunged into darkness while packing for our cruise. Our 4pm flight (thanks Delta) was cancelled. We made the port from NYC in 20 hours (kids, grandpa, grab a pillow - ROADTRIP). Try to turn it into an adventure. Since you have time, I would suggest thinking about getting back. The drive down was not so long. On the other hand, getting off the ship Saturday and knowing that the car was in the parking lot rather than a bus to the airplane, well, anyhow.

We are set to fly down on Tuesday. We learned our lesson from last year. Isn't it amazing how this has happened to our little band two years in a row!

Have a safe drive and see you on board.