July 18 2009 Tortola - Part 2!

[3princessMommy]

 

[scduckman]

Did we evr hear about the second Palo brunch?

 

[bigAWL]

Wow is that two in a row for me? This one will have to be Captian Upgrade.

 

[cinderella97]

That's awesome that you guys are getting these upgrades. I wish my travel agent would call me(AAA). when I called yesterday she said they rarely get offered upgrades and then they would come by fax. I'm not really liking this agent.

I'm hoping to pack the 3 of us in 2 suitcases.

I like the name tags!

 

[cinderella97]

Who got it.

you did again!!! that's not fair!!!!

 

[lwilliam]

found something else on forum board for you guys interested in The Baths:

I don't remember if any one mentioned Speedy's to the Baths is only $40 per person, I would do this over DCL's trip you can spend alot longer there and half the price. We were also hit up leaving the ship for a speedboat to Baths for $48 but he needed so many people, so we just continued to Speedy's.
Bring your own water, and there is lockers at the bottom for a price, showers for a price and a small burger joint, very slow and pricey.


Congrats BigAWL!

 

[Macavity]

Please Please Please Mr. Disney... Please... I just need one Florida rate - just even for one day - I promise, I check every hour to see if you are releasing them... I really want to add my person... with all these upgrades, can't you do those rates too?

 

[noahsmom]

DM, DD, DD (9) in room 2637 from CA

Thanks!

Clarification please- I have Diana, Jennie, Emily (9), is that correct? I don't know where I got TN for your state, I'll make that change!

 

[noahsmom]

I guess I have to eat my words, but I'm more than happy to do so in this case. Today I got an e-mail from our DU travel agent offering us an upgrade from cat 9 rooms to cat 6. I thought, surely she can't mean connecting cat 6 rooms - there can't be any still available. Lo and behold, there was one pair of connecting cat 6 rooms left. So we snagged them. $600 to upgrade two rooms, but worth it I think. This will be our first time with a veranda. New room assignments are 6072 and 6074.

I'm actually surprised at how many connecting rooms there are on board. I guess I had only previously looked at cat 8 and 9 before. But there looks to be 22 pairs of connecting rooms at the cat 6 level alone.

Oh, and these are for DW who said I had to use a smily on this post.

That's terrific!! I'm curious how you know your stateroom already, I got GTY. Although I just checked my reservation and it shows GTY cat 9 - I'm going to call on that!

 

[cinderella97]

I was going to book our excursions tonight, but the website for booking the excursions is down. I can see everything else, my stateroom still says GTY.

Last day of school tomorrow for dd!!

 

[Dizzyworld]

Did we evr hear about the second Palo brunch?

We won't hear anything until around the 30 day mark.

 

[Dizzyworld]

That's awesome that you guys are getting these upgrades. I wish my travel agent would call me(AAA). when I called yesterday she said they rarely get offered upgrades and then they would come by fax. I'm not really liking this agent.

I'm hoping to pack the 3 of us in 2 suitcases.

I like the name tags!

We're with AAA too. Also not liking our agent. I hate when I am trying to reach someone for three weeks and she never responded! I had to go to the office where she was busy with other people so I left a message to call me or respond to my emails. Nothing until I called her. I complained to her boss and they are picking up the tab for our AAA renewal. But the service didn't improve. Very frsutrating. I still like in the beginning when I wanted to add my DS to the reservation and she told me I could add him any time. We all know once the age group is filled, no more can be added. And when I asked if we had decided after Christmas to remove him off the reservation, I was told it wouldn't be a problem they would have to just move us to a smaller cabin. She also told me after I paid the balance before the 90 day window that I could make my excursions etc. 30 days from that point. It would have been below even the 60 day mark. She said that's when they would release the $$ to DCL. Never again.

 

[3princessMommy]

We're with AAA too. Also not liking our agent. I hate when I am trying to reach someone for three weeks and she never responded! I had to go to the office where she was busy with other people so I left a message to call me or respond to my emails. Nothing until I called her. I complained to her boss and they are picking up the tab for our AAA renewal. But the service didn't improve. Very frsutrating. I still like in the beginning when I wanted to add my DS to the reservation and she told me I could add him any time. We all know once the age group is filled, no more can be added. And when I asked if we had decided after Christmas to remove him off the reservation, I was told it wouldn't be a problem they would have to just move us to a smaller cabin. She also told me after I paid the balance before the 90 day window that I could make my excursions etc. 30 days from that point. It would have been below even the 60 day mark. She said that's when they would release the $$ to DCL. Never again.

We've been very happy with Dreams Unlimited. Tracy has handled all of our cruises. Yesterday she e-mailed us about the upgrade and within one hour we had our new cabin assignments, everything was updated on the DCL website and all our ressies remained intact! Way to go DU!!!

And we told her that we would only upgrade if the cabins were connecting, she ensured that they were before she gave the go ahead to DCL.

 

[mickeymo]

Where is everyone????


I want someone to celebrate with!!!

(Or at least make them jealous... )

OK - I'm jealous!!!


Yesterday was the last day of school. The kids came home full of energy, enthusiasm, and excitement. Maggie placed 3rd chair trombone in the #1 band out of 3 bands. She just finished her beginning year and placed ahead of a bunch of rising 8th grade students. Even Mike was excited for her and they were racing in the house to see who could be the first to tell me.

We had our 3rd annual "Thank Goodness School's Out" party with our close family friends. Started as a party for the moms in celebration/relief the boys' first year in jr. high was over - it was a huge transition for all of us. Three years later the tradition continues - and the kids still believe it's a party for them....

 

[gonecrusin]

Okay, was busy yesterday and didn't have time to be on the boards much and now I had to read 5 pages of great news. So much that I can't even think about sending a message for each. SOOOOOOO Congratulations to everyone on everything and best of luck to those that are still waiting .

 

[cinderella97]

We're with AAA too. Also not liking our agent. I hate when I am trying to reach someone for three weeks and she never responded! I had to go to the office where she was busy with other people so I left a message to call me or respond to my emails. Nothing until I called her. I complained to her boss and they are picking up the tab for our AAA renewal. But the service didn't improve. Very frsutrating. I still like in the beginning when I wanted to add my DS to the reservation and she told me I could add him any time. We all know once the age group is filled, no more can be added. And when I asked if we had decided after Christmas to remove him off the reservation, I was told it wouldn't be a problem they would have to just move us to a smaller cabin. She also told me after I paid the balance before the 90 day window that I could make my excursions etc. 30 days from that point. It would have been below even the 60 day mark. She said that's when they would release the $$ to DCL. Never again.

That is very frustrating. When I called my TA I had to ask her where my $50 OBC was from Disney Visa, she said it would "appear" when I checked in I asked her if she put in the code for it she said she didn't have any type of code, so of course I gave her the one from here. So she put me on hold and called DCL, she said it was there now. Sometimes I feel like I know more about Disney than the TA! So now we will have the $125 total OBC. Any little bit helps. But now I can't get into my tours to book my tours, but I can do everything else. I wonder if the TA did something! I haven't checked in yet, I was waiting for my passports and they just came Wednesday, so now I know what I'll be doing this weekend.

Today is the last day of school for us!! Anyone want to celebrate with me!!!

43 days and counting!! I have some of my FE gifts, now I just have to make my FE!!! My dh thinks I'm totally crazy.

 

[bigAWL]

That's terrific!! I'm curious how you know your stateroom already, I got GTY. Although I just checked my reservation and it shows GTY cat 9 - I'm going to call on that!

Well, I'm not sure. I can only guess that because we had connecting rooms, and there was only one pair of connecting rooms open to move us into, that they could just assign them right away.

My travel agent told us the room numbers immediately after making the upgrade. And I verified on the DCL page that our reservation shows the new rooms.

 

[noahsmom]

You are probably correct, I'm sure it had to do with connecting rooms. I did call DCL about Catagory 9 still showing on the website. The very nice CM I got said that it's all correct in the system so I shouldn't worry. He also told me I'd probably know my stateroom number next week.

It's all good!! We will be there soon.....I'm trying not to think about how fast it will be over

 

[Tia]

That is very frustrating. When I called my TA I had to ask her where my $50 OBC was from Disney Visa, she said it would "appear" when I checked in I asked her if she put in the code for it she said she didn't have any type of code, so of course I gave her the one from here. So she put me on hold and called DCL, she said it was there now. Sometimes I feel like I know more about Disney than the TA! So now we will have the $125 total OBC. Any little bit helps. But now I can't get into my tours to book my tours, but I can do everything else. I wonder if the TA did something! I haven't checked in yet, I was waiting for my passports and they just came Wednesday, so now I know what I'll be doing this weekend.

Today is the last day of school for us!! Anyone want to celebrate with me!!!

43 days and counting!! I have some of my FE gifts, now I just have to make my FE!!! My dh thinks I'm totally crazy.

What code from here did you give them because I still do not have my OBC from Disney Visa. I want to get this straightened out. They love ti put out these offers but then makeit so difficult to actually get them!

-Donna

 

[Tia]

You are probably correct, I'm sure it had to do with connecting rooms. I did call DCL about Catagory 9 still showing on the website. The very nice CM I got said that it's all correct in the system so I shouldn't worry. He also told me I'd probably know my stateroom number next week.

It's all good!! We will be there soon.....I'm trying not to think about how fast it will be over

I sure hope this means I will also get my room number next week. I hate not knowing! I have always had my room number from the beginning. I check it everyday.

-Donna