August 28, 2004 "LOST AT SEA" Cruise

[Mjasp]

Good Morning all...Had a great night sleep in our OWN bed. It was great meeting everyone. Glad more and more people are getting home.

It will be a memorable vacation. Going back to work, talk to you all soon

We met Lyn at the Radisson and she has a flight home today. Safe travels Lyn.

Joanna

 

[Reenieny18]

Glad to see more people are home and more importantly.. back to the boards. I can't wait to see pics on line, esp Mary Rose and hubbies REAS towel arrangements... What a fabulous time we had. We are booked for another cruise. I was thinking Aug 2006 Eastern.. but I am not liking the excrusions so far..
We are getting remants of FRANCES today with winds 30-40 at our Airport in Syracuse.
It took us 4 hrs to get to MCO and then I had to tell DCL that I needed tranport to SANFORD OLANDO airport. They told me they didnt have MEARS shuttles for hours.. I told them it wasnt fair that they would put me up in a hotel for the night,, but not take me the other 20-30 min away.. Well, within 15 min or so we had a chaffeured Town car taking us to the airport.
It was so great to meet everyone.. I hope to keep in touch over the yrs. and maybe do a reunion cruise. Cindy,, your kids are great..Lyn, I hope you make it home safe to get Matt to school..lol Both my kids are off to school already.. Time to catch up on sleep and laundry.
Thank you all for a great trip....

Doreen

 

[O'BWV]

Hey Joanna! Welcome home! I have been waiting to hear from you & Lyn & Dori & Jill (and J & T who are still on board of course) to make sure everyone got home safely!

Jill & pattiteach - How could we have been on a 10 night cruise, and I never got to meet you??? Sorry about that We were such a large group I guess it was bound to happen to some of us. After 10 nights I bet we saw each other through we just didn't know it.

BTW - I travelled home with 50 lbs of my 100 lbs of liquor!!!!LOL


Doreen - What a blast we had! I hope we didn't shock everyone with our REAS towel swans. Me & John talked about it all throughout our Rasul Surial Bath Did you hear us talking about the pictures over the spa's loud speaker?LOL. Also, did Karen get home safely. She was a lot of fun also, as was Ginny's sis & family! Good times......



-Mary Rose

 

[invaderzim]

updates:

I spoke with Jason and Travis several times throughout the cruise. They were staying on. The shortened cruise was supposed to go to Key West and Cozumel. And yes, they were given 40% off of that cruise price, a $200 onboard credit and 25% off their next cruise.

The people on the Wonder -- who were stranded for five days instead of three, were given a $300 onboard credit and 25% off their next cruise!

We weren't even given a credit for all the ship to shore calls and internet fees! Oh, well -- I'm sure letters will be written.

 

[Mary Anne]

when were the people on the wonder told about their credit and % off their next cruise before they left the ship? Just wondering.

Exactly how soon do they have to take the next cruise to get these "perks"

Personally, I don't care to step on any ship for awhile but....

 

[mikesmom88]

Hi Everyone,

We got home last night around 9:00pm. We were supposed to take the Amtrak Auto Train from Sanford to Lorton, VA but the trains weren't running so we drove. Stopped in South Carolina on Tuesday night for 5 hours sleep and drove the rest of the way on Wednesday.

It was so nice to meet everyone. Bobby, thanks so much for the magnets - they were great!

Bobby and Patti, I will send you the pictures Mike took in the Atrium when they are developed.

Kathy, how was the trip back to Brooklyn?

It was a great cruise - glad everyone got home safe!
Ellen

 

[invaderzim]

On our way to our complimentary room at Port Orleans on Tuesday, we rode with a family who had just gotten off the Wonder. They were told about their onboard credit right away because they knew they couldn't do Castaway Cay, and later were told about the percentage off for a future cruise.

Also, BOBBY, Thank you so much for making those great door decorations. Your daughter was really sweet to come by and put them up and introduce herself. However, like many others, by the second night some of them were gone! They took the one of Mickey Mouse and one other, so we took the rest off and saved them. What a shame!

 

[sandygirl]

All our magnets survived hanging on our cabin door for the entire 10 nights. I did check everytime we came back to the cabin, half expecting to see one or more gone. So sorry some of you were visited by the magnet monger. Bobby did such a great job with all of them. I loved walking around and coming upon a DIS magnet. Made me feel connected.

I also did not get to meet everyone. Jill and my DH had a nice chat while in line for customs in Glaveston. The lady behind us must of thought we were nuts when we realized we were both from the board and started talking a foreign language. At least that is what her face looked like. How can you be standing in line with a bunch of strangers and all the sudden start talking to someone like they are a long lost buddy? She actually moved away from us, I think.

Glad to see more people making it home. Feeling better, Joanna? Mary Rose, you are so sweet. Hope Lyn makes it home today, safe and sound. Spoke with Travis and Jason quite a few times onboard. Hope they are having a great second (1/3) part to their trip. I wonder if the credit and discounts feel worth it to the people who lost time?

Darlene

 

[MoranClan]

Hello Everyone..

Uploaded pictures to my Webshots folders..

Joanna,...I have alot of you and you family as well as Darwin...Email me and I will send them to you....



August 28th Cruise photos

Enjoy

Bobby

 

[paulinewdw]

Bobby...Thanks again for the magnets...I am so sorry that I was unable to connect with anyone else from the boards(my poor DH was sick the first day of the cruise and therefore we were not that sociable)...I managed to meet Bobby and Cindy and family based soley on Cindy's description of him..I am sure that I saw
others but we never actually "met".

 

[MoranClan]

Need some help on the main threads..

I posted that we were on the First 10 night Cruise..and now I getting all this crap..

Here is what was posted and then my response..

"

Originally posted by wayoutwest
Sorry to burst your bubbles....but spending the night in port in Galveston is not exactly cruising.

I agree with disaddiction828........

And somehow I get the feeling that the title of your thread was a deliberate attempt to upstage the cruisers going at Christmastime.
I seriously doubt that they are jealous.

maybe you have no time on your hands..But what we went through on our cruise..Not knowing when we would get home, how our cars were, was a bit hectic..I understand that our cars and way home in now way is as important as the people in the storms path..But give me a break...

I am not trying to upstage anyone..this is what I was told by the ships crew..maybe its you and the other person that are jealous..

All I stated on this thread was that it was DCL's First 10 night cruise...

Maybe Galveston texas isnt exatly cruising..but When the Sun Sets and then Rises the next morning, dosent that constitute a Night?..Just Curious..

and by the way...We arrived in galveston at 7:30 am and departed at 2:00Pm...So you tell me...Where does that night fall into place?..Again Just curious?...

Like I said..maybe its you who are jealous..

Thanks for your comments

Bobby"

 

[gdulaney]

Bobby --- I just responded to the other thread. Some folks gotta get some business of their own...'cause they got way too much time to worry about other folks' business.

Ginny D.

 

[O'BWV]

Bobby - I posted over on that main thread too. Darn it I'm not just tired enough that they got my Irish up! Did a little searching and it turns out that second poster happens to be sailing on that 10 day holiday cruise, sour grapes I guess. Some people need to get a life (like me LOL!)



-Mary Rose

 

[SeaSpray]

If they look at my signature, they'll see that I have "Disney Magic's First Ever 10-night Western Caribbean Cruise Aug. '04" in it, whether anyone likes it or not!

We had no choice in the matter, but the August 28th cruisers are indeed the FIRST cruisers to ever be on a 10-night Disney cruise! I haven't gotten to that thread yet, I just got in, but I'll go check it out now.

Bobby, anyone that knows you, know what a big heart you have and that you'd never say something just to irritate someone else. It's "sour grapes" on their part.

 

[nuts4sn00py]

Hi All! Bobby, Don't worry about it...we know we were on the first 10 night cruise, planned or not. Sometimes I don't post responses because I'm afraid they'll be taken out of context. How I say something in person & how it comes across when I'm typing can be 2 different things, so sometimes I find it's just better to ignore, people sometimes forget we can't give inflection when online. Ellen, glad to see you & your family made it home ok & my DD liked Alex, I'm hoping they stay in touch. MaryRose: Don't forget to say "hi" to Eileen for me, you two must be a blast together, maybe someday we can all get together, BTW, how is her mom doing? It is so nice to finally be able to put faces to the names..I'm sorry I missed some of you, but those I did meet were wonderful. Doreen: Will make sure to get some Amaretto mudslide, thanks for the drinks! Well, I'm at work now, so I guess I better get to it! Talk to you all soon! Kathy

 

[lynr]

Hi Everyone:

Here it is 11:39 PM on Thursday and we finally made it home.

Glad to hear everyone made it home safely.

I was so glad to meet everyone, we made a lot of great friends.
Everywhere we turned there was someone there that I knew from these web pages it was a great feeling.
On other cruises we met with people from the DIS at the original meet on board and didn't see them again. This time everyone felt like extended family.

We met up with a lot of our fellow cruisers at Port Orleans Riverside, but most went home on Wednesday we couldn't get out until today at 4:40 PM.

It was a mess getting off the boat going to Port Canveral and waiting 2 hours for a Disney Rep at the airport to tell us which hotel to go to. That could have been handled a little bit better. But all in all DCL did a great job.

Well got a whole lot of laundry and school stuff to complete tonight. I'll check back tomorrow.

Lyn

 

[trinibjill]

Hi everyone

Disney bused us to the airport & we flew Delta to Atlanta & then on to Philly. We were home by 10 pm

I enjoyed meeting everyone.

Bobby our magnets are probably running around the ship with the invisible Mickeys. The most Important magnet from THE FIRST 10 DAY CRUISE was the green mickey & I will treasure that forever.

Mary Rose - I think we met & didn't know it

Darlene - that lady didn't know what she was missing by not speaking "threads"

We are Eastern cruisin Xmas 2005.

Jill

 

[O'BWV]

Yay Lyn! So glad you're home safe & sound! Sorry it's so darn late! It was really great meeting you!!


Kathy - Eileen was thrilled it was you after all. Small world isn't it? Her Mom is doing well and I'll tell her you asked. Eileen wanted me to tell you again how highly she thought of your Mom and that's she's sorry. She was also asking about your kids & said they're great and so is you DH! Send them her regards and mine also!

Jill - I looked for you all week. On one of the last days I said to Cindy & Bobby "I don't think I've met Jill yet" they told me that you guys had kamikazes. Darn I sure am sorry I missed those!

Hope we will all keep in touch!


-Mary Rose

 

[Mjasp]

Lyn...You are finally home, the last of the Mohegan's (pun intended) Just had to say that LOL Glad you all made it home safely.

Jill...I see you rebooked for Christmas '05.

Anyone else rebook? And if so, for which dates?

Joanna

 

[sandygirl]

Joanna - We rebooked for 2006, but haven't chosen a date yet. Wanted to get the 10% discount and onboard credit.

Lyn - glad to see you made it home. I had all the school forms and books to cover for DD last night. Know how you feel. Welcome home!

Jill - we had such a nice time chatting with you. Your Grandaughter was so nice to keep Sandy entertained. We saw her later onboard and had some more fun.

Bobby - I posted on the other thread. Sometimes we all get misunderstood, but I think there may be a few sour grapes on that posters part. But, then again, maybe we are misunderstanding him. LOL. Anyone who has met you knows how sweet and full of fun you are. Don't let it bother you.

Darlene