"Double Dip Delight" 09/27/08 - Take 2 with Link to Original Thread!

[rkandmjsmommy]

I'm with DU too. I have no envelope.

Wanna have a Disney Pity Party together, I am SUPER BUMMED
You said REAS comes with dinner, can I also book Brunch the same time I book dinner at 105 days? Or can I just book dinner adn have to wait until 75 for bruch, I am SO confused

Denise, I had also transferred my reservation to Dreams. I hope yours comes soon. As others have said, there really isn't much in there that you don't already know, especially since they left out the excursions. Although I was very excited to see decent pictures of the DCL exclusive stateroom gifts. It really does come down to just being excited that "you got mail" for your cruise! Fingers crossed that yours comes soon!

The reality is, I think you know more than the book so I will stick with "hanging out with you"

 

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Good morning everyone!!!!

I hope anybody from the Northeast who had a storm last night didn't have too much damage. We lost power here at work (well...I guess it didn't matter since the A/C is broken anyway!) but that was about it. There was a lot of debris in the streets this morning that was being picked up by the township and the city. It was a crazy night last night! I was down at my DBF's house and thankfully he didn't lose power but a lot of other people in his neighborhood did.

Have a great day!

 

[Gramto3]

I received my travel kit on Monday!!!!

Jeninpa didn't get one yet, so I gave mine to her.......

Here's pixie dust you all will receive yours soon

 

[Gramto3]

Does anyone know how to say Chankanaab???

 

[flower91882]

Kimberly: You should get yours started soon! Just one more thing for me to read to pass the time

I second! Start now! hahaha.

I like to live vicariously through others.

 

[lenzs4]

GOT MY BOOK!!!!! YAHOOO! I already have three but I wanted another and I finally got it. It must be very random since I booked onboard and my ressie is with Disney, last name starts with L and my parents that cruise after me had theirs 3 weeks ago.... and they live less than a mile away so it does not go by address.

 

[cyndifan]

zwiehund, thanks for the advice.

i actually dislocated my shoulder and broke the humerus in a couple of spots. the ball at the top of the bone broke completely off the shaft of the humerus. then, the ball itself (i know there has to be a medical term for the "ball") broke in half. a number of pieces also broke off the ball. anyhow, they tried something they thought is fairly new, instead of putting in some plates with screws, they took me to the operating room and did what they called stop action photography with an x-ray machine as they manipulated the bones back into place.

the advantage, obviously, was that they didn't have to cut me open, the disadvantage is that recovery is quite a bit longer. i was ok with all of that until a couple of days ago.

when i went in for my last visit with the orthopedic surgeon he was glad to see that the bones were healing fairly well, unfortunately he thinks that i have also torn the rotator cuff. up here in the land of free health care an mri can take several weeks, so we won't know for sure for a while. best case scenario is that the bone willl heal well enough to re-attach the muscle in late july or early august (assuming of course i have been able to get an mri). if i have surgery that late, we won't be joining y'all on this cruise.

right now i am pretty bummed.

i have spent the last few days praying the doc is wrong and the rotator is fine and we can go on our trip.

i am glad that the kids don't know about the cruise so if we can't go they won't be disappointed.

bet you're sorry you asked.

trav

Major OUCH!!! I'm sorry to hear about your shoulder - makes mine ache just to read about it. I've dislocated my shoulder (nothing broken or torn thank goodness) - the pain before someone puts it back in is just incredible. I've also had surgery on both shoulders to 'clean them out' - the hole the tendons & stuff go through is a little too small & caused things to get inflamed. The pain from the surgeries wasn't fun, but I think its nothing compared to what you're going through. I would second that about getting physical therapy. My dad has had shoulder surgeries as well. His dr didn't send him soon enough for pt (& he didn't do his exercises at home like he should have) so now he has limited mobility in one shoulder & has to have help w/things like putting on or taking off a jacket, fastening the seat belt, etc. So....when you go for pt, do your exercises at home - they are a pain, but much better than the alternative.

Hope you heal up really soon!!

You said REAS comes with dinner, can I also book Brunch the same time I book dinner at 105 days? Or can I just book dinner adn have to wait until 75 for bruch, I am SO confused

As far as I understand, we can book everything at 105 days - that's 12:01AM THIS Saturday.

We received our packet yesterday. I think we may be ordering at least one of the items...........

 

[Fizzgig]

I just want to point out that there are still no excursions up for Costa Maya...

 

[TheDisneyGirl02]

I just want to point out that there are still no excursions up for Costa Maya...

I know...it's a bummer! Do you think it's because they still aren't 100% sure if the port will be ready yet?

 

[Epperbiker]

Does anyone know how to say Chankanaab???

Chon-ka-Nob

 

[cyndifan]

I know...it's a bummer! Do you think it's because they still aren't 100% sure if the port will be ready yet?

I think there are several things going on, all linked though:

• final decision not yet made by DCL 'higher ups'
• DCL excursion team may/may not have made trip down to CM to set up vendors
• if vendor info has been finalized, all of the logistics may not yet be worked out to enable things to be loaded on DCL system

 

[TheDisneyGirl02]

I think there are several things going on, all linked though:

• final decision not yet made by DCL 'higher ups'
• DCL excursion team may/may not have made trip down to CM to set up vendors
• if vendor info has been finalized, all of the logistics may not yet be worked out to enable things to be loaded on DCL system

Interesting...never thought about that!

 

[Buckeye Gal]

....The reality is, I think you know more than the book so I will stick with "hanging out with you"

Oh please! I do not know NEARLY as much as others here!! I admit I've done so much reading that I feel like I've already been on the ship, but there are always new questions that pop up in my head!

Nonetheless, I'll hang out with you!!

I second! Start now! hahaha.

I like to live vicariously through others.

LOL! Okay....okay. I'll try to start working on it this weekend. I need to outline it first though, otherwise, I'll be saying "oh yea...remember back in Post #4, I cannot BELIEVE I forgot to tell you "this" happened before Post #5 was even a thought on my mind"! I admit I am anxious to journal this whole experience though!

 

[nenner1]

Okay....if any of you book through Dreams, or have in the past, help me out...We still book our own stuff (excursions, Palo, etc.) through the DCL website using our original DCL confirmation number, correct? For some reason I cannot log in to the DCL site, I keep getting this error message: (of course the info I entered numerous times was correct)


Sorry there's been an error. Please correct the information below to proceed.

We're having a problem with our reservation system that will prevent you from booking your vacation package or retrieving your reservation right now. We're sorry for any inconvenience. Please call your travel agent or call (800) 951-3532 weekdays 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. ET or weekends 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. ET and our agents will gladly assist you. (300)

I'm not trying to book now, I just want to look at my ressie..maybe see if I have been assigned a stateroom yet. Egh. This has gone on for a couple of days. I swear I had been able to log in to DCL previously (yet after transferring over to DU). Anyone else have this issue or am I doing something wrong???

A few October Double Dippers have mentioned to me that they really want to keep up with us and our Trip Reports. Of course they're likely most interested in our post-trip reports so they know more about our Double Dip and Costa Maya experience as well as the Magic herself after dry-dock.

That got me to thinking that not only for their benefit (several of them have been going to Post #6 to check us out), but for each of us as well, we should have these indexed on the go-to post. I looked out on the Forum, and only see two (ancc22 and zeihund) for this vacation. If/when you start your report, let us know on the board or PM me so I can add your story to the index!

Who knows when I'll get mine started!

Uh. I have to finish the one from last October first.....

 

[scoutsmom99]

There use to be 3 packages of cards to play.. $10, $25 & $35.. They play a few games at a time and as far as I know Yes, it is once a day.. but, I am not a "regular" Bingo person so I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong..

Thanks for the information!!!

 

[scoutsmom99]

I just want to point out that there are still no excursions up for Costa Maya...

That is so freaking annoying!!!

 

[scoutsmom99]

Okay....if any of you book through Dreams, or have in the past, help me out...We still book our own stuff (excursions, Palo, etc.) through the DCL website using our original DCL confirmation number, correct? For some reason I cannot log in to the DCL site, I keep getting this error message: (of course the info I entered numerous times was correct)

I'm not trying to book now, I just want to look at my ressie..maybe see if I have been assigned a stateroom yet. Egh. This has gone on for a couple of days. I swear I had been able to log in to DCL previously (yet after transferring over to DU). Anyone else have this issue or am I doing something wrong???
:

I'm booked with DU as well and just logged into DCL successfully with my DCL confirmation number. Last summer though I had that problem and found out that Dreams had my birth date down wrong and that was why I could not access my ressie on the DCL site.

 

[scoutsmom99]

I just logged into DCL and saw this:

Saturday, September 27, 2008 Port Canaveral
Sunday, September 28, 2008 Castaway Cay
Monday, September 29, 2008 At Sea
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Grand Cayman
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 Cozumel
Thursday, October 2, 2008 At Sea
Friday, October 3, 2008 Castaway Cay
Saturday, October 4, 2008 Port Canaveral

I'm so bummed I wanted to go to Costa Maya so badly.

ETA: On the main DCL page it still shows Costa Maya, but when you are logged in with your confirmation number it is showing what I posted above. Anyone know what the case is with that?

 

[Buckeye Gal]

I just logged into DCL and saw this:

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Grand Cayman

I'm so bummed I wanted to go to Costa Maya so badly...

I am 90% positive that I was on there late last week and it said CM after you logged in. Man....that's really going to mess up our logo.

 

[scoutsmom99]

I am 90% positive that I was on there late last week and it said CM after you logged in. Man....that's really going to mess up our logo.

I was trying to find that website that shows what ships are in port on various days, but I must not have bookmarked it. I did however go to the Cayman Island Port Authority Website and they have us down and the October Double Dip:
Disney Magic Disney Cruise Lines 2500 2008-09-30 08:00:00 2008-09-30 16:00:00
Disney Magic Disney Cruise Lines 2500 2008-10-28 08:00:00 2008-10-28 16:00:00