August 20, 2005 - L.A. to Port Canaveral - Eastbound Repo Cruise - The SHIP OF FOOLS Part 2

[mickeyfan1]

Welcome home Mark and Sandra and family. Glad your shoes were still at home.

Mark, next time you are in charge of all luggage.

Glad you got to stay somewhere really nice for the last of the vacation. And I hope you are too snowed in. See you in chat tomorrow, but be forewarned, Grumbo is now the Chat Host and he rules the room with an Iron Fist.

 

[Grumbo]

Grumbo is now the Chat Host and he rules the room with an Iron Fist.

Yeah and if you want to be the host this week just get there before Marsha. It really bugs here when you do it, despite her denials.

Cheers,
Grumbo

 

[izzinmac]

That price is for anyone, I think!! Last year and the year before that we paid 99.00 for our AP's.

If you ask her, the girl on the phone screwed up, but then again EVERYONE messed up on this cruise except her!!

I was getting the car when she went for the luggage at MCO. She forgot to get all the bags!!

I was busy getting our boarding assignments at the desk. So it had to be me who forgot to check that missing piece of luggage, or that darn skycap must have stolen it!!(so Sandy says) Guess what?? It was still in our bedroom. We never brought it to the airport!! Now I'm gonna burn those damn WalMart shoes!!

Will it be a private divorce, or will we all be able watch???

 

[mark & sandra]

I guess the one thing that pissed me off the most was Sandy always looking to cast blame. If it truly wasn't her fault (although it was) she should have excepted it as an accident and moved on. By constantly looking for someone to blame she made it impossible not to gloat when the finger finally pointed to her.

Grumbo, like a bad info-mercial, but wait- there's more.

I told Sandy to bring our unused Disney Park Hopper passes, the 6 unused day passes or the 4 five day park hopper plus passes we just bought before the price increase. Did she?? Nope!! Why not?? She didn't think we needed them. Did they take up much room in our 37 pieces of luggage?? These last 2 days wound up costing me another $1000 bucks. 424.00 for the AP's, 466.00 for the room(2 nights) +food and incedentals.

The flight home was smooth, with only 1 small problem. The people who were sitting behind us had spent the previous 2 days sleeping in the airport terminal. They hadn't had an opportunity to wash up or change their clothing. One guy has a really bad case of intestinal distress and was passing gas almost non-stop. Sandy was yelling out for whoever had the gas to please go to the bathroom and get rid of the problem. Even the flight attendants were covering their faces as they went past. We all had our blowers turned on full for the entire trip.

Needless to say I still enjoyed myself. I'm looking forward to cruising with this crazy bunch!! I even rebooked another cruise while onboard to take advantage of the discounts. I didn't need to because we'll be sailing in August but I hedged against a price increase...Mark

 

[Jennifer & Dave]

Greetings!

I'm delighted to say that Dave and I, along with our new son Alexander, will be sailing with you all on this Panama Canal crossing cruise! Baby Alexander won't be a baby anymore -- he'll be just over a year old when we set sail!

We're very excited, and we'd love to join some of your meets. I see several familiar faces.

Of course, going on the Panama Canal cruise makes writing about all those Mexican Riviera ports for the third edition of our cruise guide that much more fun!!

 

[mark & sandra]

Will it be a private divorce, or will we all be able watch???

We'll each get half of the marital assets. We own a gold mine. She'll get the gold, I'll get the shaft!!


Our anniversary and Sandy's birthday fall on Valentines Day, I think this year I'll get off easy without much complaints...Mark

 

[mark & sandra]

Welcome aboard Dave. Looking forward to our crazy cruise. Does this mean we might get a mention in your 3rd edition??

Dave I've got a bone to pick with you about your 2nd edition issue. After weeks and weeks of waiting for Amazon to send it they finally cancelled my order and then I tried unsuccessfully to buy it direct from your site with no luck. I e-mailed every dept. you have listed and finally weeks later heard from someone who said they never received any of my other e-mails except the one she was responding to. Seems like a void in your system somewhere.

Mark

 

[kpgclark]

Welcome Dave and Jennifer! I found your book really useful on my first Disney Cruise.

 

[mickeyfan1]

Woo hoo, passporter on board!!!! Welcome to the Ship of Fools.

Kathy, I think the Panama excursion thread is a great idea. I hope that the west bounders will post some good reports as to what we should or shouldn't see.

 

[winotracy]

Thanks to Grumbo and Arlene in Canada, I have been bragging all day that I won an "International Photo Contest". Everyone is so impressed .

Dave and Jennifer, so glad to hear you're joining us. Have you been reading our little thread here? I'm keeping a list of the goings on for our cruise with monthly updates, shall we say a Passporterette? If you want to be included, please e-mail me with the e-mail address to use.

Tracy

 

[Jennifer & Dave]

Hi, Mark!

Yep, we plan to mention that we're doing the Panama Canal crossing cruise in the third edition of our guide.

Wow, so sorry to hear about the problems you experienced getting a copy -- you shouldn't have had so much difficulty. I just looked up your e-mail and sent you a note about this. Let me know if you don't get it.

 

[kpgclark]

Here's the thread that was started to discuss ports and excursions for the PC.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=724163

 

[Grumbo]

Hi, Mark!

Yep, we plan to mention that we're doing the Panama Canal crossing cruise in the third edition of our guide.

Wow, so sorry to hear about the problems you experienced getting a copy -- you shouldn't have had so much difficulty. I just looked up your e-mail and sent you a note about this. Let me know if you don't get it.

Hey welcome Jennifer and Dave
Don't pay attention to Mark. He is suffering from sleep deprivation and his computer skills leave alot to be desired. It was probably Sandra that purportedly emailed you, and if you've read his past few posts you can figure out where those emails went She was probably emailing the Guatelmalan Passport Office instead

Cheers,
Grumbo

 

[kmiles]

Hello Jennifer and Dave!

We've sailed together before. Met at the Wine-O Tasting Party!

 

[mississaugamom]

Welcome, Jennifer and Dave (and Alexander!)

After following your online journey to Alexander's arrival, it will be wonderful to see him in person. First Edition of Cruise Passporter is doggie-eared from many (and I mean MANY) read-throughs

I'm looking forward to any input you may have on excursions available during this cruise.

Arlene

 

[RobinMarie]

Greetings!

I'm delighted to say that Dave and I, along with our new son Alexander, will be sailing with you all on this Panama Canal crossing cruise! Baby Alexander won't be a baby anymore -- he'll be just over a year old when we set sail!

We're very excited, and we'd love to join some of your meets. I see several familiar faces.

Of course, going on the Panama Canal cruise makes writing about all those Mexican Riviera ports for the third edition of our cruise guide that much more fun!!

How exciting! I am a big fan and proud owner of the deluxe edition of WDW!

Welcome!

 

[sandygirl]

I would love 3 lanyards! Just let me know when and how to pay.
Thanks
Darlene

 

[mark & sandra]

Hi, Mark!
Wow, so sorry to hear about the problems you experienced getting a copy -- you shouldn't have had so much difficulty. I just looked up your e-mail and sent you a note about this. Let me know if you don't get it.

Currently I cannot access any of my e-mail accounts. Sandy fixed them the day before we left and I cannot open any of them. As you can probably tell by now, she's very handy and doesn't know the meaning of the word failure.

Please send any notes via the PM (private message forum) on these boards.

 

[Grumbo]

Currently I cannot access any of my e-mail accounts. Sandy fixed them the day before we left and I cannot open any of them. As you can probably tell by now, she's very handy and doesn't know the meaning of the word failure.

Jennifer and Dave... I rest my case

Cheers,
Grumbo

 

[Tinkerbel129]

WOW!! We are getting very close to 9,000 posts!