*Sept 10th 2011 WB Transatlantic* From Spain to Space Mountain - Part 4

[granmaz]

i just hope people who have committed to joining group brunch dont try to get own reservation as it will be letting the others down if the numbers go below 12 and it has to be cancelled

I noticed that comment. Previously if people cancelled the others had to pay the extra charges(?$20 per missing person) so they must have changed the rules.

I think in the past if you have a group reservation you won't be able to physically book an individual one as it will be in the computer. However with a quiet cruise they might let them go on a waitlist for a second one once onboard.

 

[Chris&Jeremy]

Today's a good day!

I just looked at our reservation on American Airlines and noticed two exit row seats were open between JFK and Barcelona and I snagged them!

We are flying on what are called "AAnytime" awards, which means that it treats them like full fare coach. This gets us the benefit of two free bags each and the ability to book exit rows in advance!

It's not business class unfortunately, but this is the next best thing on a 7.5 hour flight! And the tickets only cost us $10 each (stupid security fee)!

 

[Dgentrysim]

Today's a good day!

I just looked at our reservation on American Airlines and noticed two exit row seats were open between JFK and Barcelona and I snagged them!

We are flying on what are called "AAnytime" awards, which means that it treats them like full fare coach. This gets us the benefit of two free bags each and the ability to book exit rows in advance!

It's not business class unfortunately, but this is the next best thing on a 7.5 hour flight! And the tickets only cost us $10 each (stupid security fee)!

Wish we had checked that out! Exit seats give you SO-O-O-O much more leg room which is always a good thing (especially on a long flight!) That's great!

 

[poohluv2u]

Here's a heads up for scrapbookers. I was at JoAnn Fabric yesterday and picked up these borders for scrapbooking ... as soon as I saw the row of drinks I thought of you guys and your FABs They were on sale at 40% off so I only paid $2.19 for them .. great deal! They are so much cuter IRL than the picture, about 1/2 of them have glitter

PS: the 40% off scrapbooking supplies is good until 7/17

 

[Beauty & the Best]

Sur La Table?

Are you a Sur la Table addict too? I just love it in there

Congrats on the great airfare. I wish we could get our seat assignments - we are flying on AA too but Iberia is doing part of it I think. Anyhow, we keep calling but nobody wants to give us seat assignments.

Maybe you have your Karens mixed up ... I'm pretty sure that Karentan lives in England

You're right! I was confusing Karentan w/ Rikersmom. Sorry guys!

 

[Chris&Jeremy]

Are you a Sur la Table addict too? I just love it in there

Congrats on the great airfare. I wish we could get our seat assignments - we are flying on AA too but Iberia is doing part of it I think. Anyhow, we keep calling but nobody wants to give us seat assignments.

Sur La Table, Crate & Barrel, Williams Sonoma. I love any store selling kitchen gadgets!

We are solely on AA, but I saw that they are doing some flights with Iberia now (through Miami?).

 

[Pinky166]

Here's a heads up for scrapbookers. I was at JoAnn Fabric yesterday and picked up these borders for scrapbooking ... as soon as I saw the row of drinks I thought of you guys and your FABs They were on sale at 40% off so I only paid $2.19 for them .. great deal! They are so much cuter IRL than the picture, about 1/2 of them have glitter

PS: the 40% off scrapbooking supplies is good until 7/17

WOW they are fab!!!!!!!!!!! Perfect for this cruise!!!!

It makes me cry that I can't get stuff like that over here.

 

[Pinky166]

some positive news for those of us in the 2 brunch groups, email from kelly at dcl heres hoping

Good Day Sarah

I have received your request for the Palo Private Room for Brunch for your sailing on September 10th, 2011. I cannot confirm the Booking of the Private Room until August 10th, 2011. The Disney Magic will not release the Private Room to the Cruise Activities Team until 30 days prior to the sailing. With that said there is availability for each sea day; Sept 11th, 13, 15, 16,17,18,19 & 22 at this moment. Brunch in the Private Room commences at 10:30am With that said – and going forward if your party goes below the minimum of 12 Guests, you will have to forfeit the Private Room. Likewise, if your party goes above 14 Guests, the Private Room can only accommodate up to the maximum of 14 Guests. Thank you for the list of names of those who will be joining you. If the Private Room is confirmed, any Guests that have their own independent Brunch Reservation will have it removed. Each Stateroom is only allowed one Palo Brunch dining per sailing. Once I can confirm the Palo Private Room for your party, you will receive a Confirmation Email. Please make sure to read and inform all Guests of the Policies and Procedures. Regards Kelly BrooksDisney Cruise LineCruise Activities Specialist

Sounds promising, fingers crossed for you guys.

just spent a fortune in the disney store, 50% off sale meant it had to be done lol

really wanted this but was sold out

Aww that's a shame, you little 'un would have looked so cute in that outfit.

Good morning everyone!!

Are people taking a nice 3 or 4 day weekend this weekend for the holiday?

I am working about 1-2 hours today and then off to do some shopping - off to the produce market since I am making seafood gumbo tonight (yum!) and then Sur La Table for a cherry pitter since I am making cherry pie this weekend and then Ann Taylor Loft since they are having 40% off everything in store and I just can't stay away!!!!

It looks like rain here today and we've had a lot of thunder this morning but no drops yet. We plan to hit the beach w/ our dog this evening, but it depends on the weather.

Here is a photo of my dog at the beach. He loves it there.

Cute doggie.

Sounds like you have some fun things planned to celebrate 4th of July.

It's our 10th wedding Anniversary on Monday and i've planned a surprise for Lee, we are going to London on Sunday & staying over night. I've got lots of surprises booked for us and I can't wait!

Hope you all enjoy your celebrations, whatever you are doing.

Today's a good day!

I just looked at our reservation on American Airlines and noticed two exit row seats were open between JFK and Barcelona and I snagged them!

We are flying on what are called "AAnytime" awards, which means that it treats them like full fare coach. This gets us the benefit of two free bags each and the ability to book exit rows in advance!

It's not business class unfortunately, but this is the next best thing on a 7.5 hour flight! And the tickets only cost us $10 each (stupid security fee)!

That's great, you will definitely appreciate the extra leg room on the long haul flight.

I'm curious, do you not have to pay any taxes when booking your flight using your awards/points?

We got stung over $300 in taxes for our flight from Miami to London after the cruise, I booked it all using our Virgin Atlantic miles.

 

[Chris&Jeremy]

That's great, you will definitely appreciate the extra leg room on the long haul flight.

I'm curious, do you not have to pay any taxes when booking your flight using your awards/points?

We got stung over $300 in taxes for our flight from Miami to London after the cruise, I booked it all using our Virgin Atlantic miles.

I guess not. In the US we have to pay $2.50 per flight segment for the "September 11 Security Fee" (read: a fee for what I like to call TSA Security Theater).

So it's $5 each way for each of us, as we have connecting flights in each direction.

We didn't have to pay any fuel surcharges, taxes or other fees on the ticket.

 

[Dgentrysim]

Here's a heads up for scrapbookers. I was at JoAnn Fabric yesterday and picked up these borders for scrapbooking ... as soon as I saw the row of drinks I thought of you guys and your FABs They were on sale at 40% off so I only paid $2.19 for them .. great deal! They are so much cuter IRL than the picture, about 1/2 of them have glitter

PS: the 40% off scrapbooking supplies is good until 7/17

So cute! Would be great for Tortolla - Soggy Dollar Bar! I'm heading into Raleigh tomorrow for some errands before going to the beach. *Message to self - go by JoAnn Fabric for borders!* Thanks for the tip (and getting 40% off is not shabby either! lol)!!!

 

[Dgentrysim]

WOW they are fab!!!!!!!!!!! Perfect for this cruise!!!!

It makes me cry that I can't get stuff like that over here.

Would you like for me to pick some of these up for you???? I'm going tomorrow (hopefully they will have them at our JoAnn Fabric store!!) Be glad to do it!

 

[Pinky166]

I guess not. In the US we have to pay $2.50 per flight segment for the "September 11 Security Fee" (read: a fee for what I like to call TSA Security Theater).

So it's $5 each way for each of us, as we have connecting flights in each direction.

We didn't have to pay any fuel surcharges, taxes or other fees on the ticket.

Wow, i'll trade you then. You can pay my surcharges & i'll pay yours.

Would you like for me to pick some of these up for you???? I'm going tomorrow (hopefully they will have them at our JoAnn Fabric store!!) Be glad to do it!

I would LOVE that, if your sure you don't mind.


I will paypal you the money etc if you are able to get them. Thank you so much Deb.

 

[Dgentrysim]

I would LOVE that, if your sure you don't mind.


I will paypal you the money etc if you are able to get them. Thank you so much Deb.

I'll be glad to pick them up for you. I'll let you know tomorrow evening if I am able to get them!

 

[karentan]

Karen, you like to dance at the parties? Me too! But my husband never dances w/ me, so maybe I will have to find you at the deck parties so I have a dancing partner

yeah i'm not against making a fool of myself doing all the party dances. gary will probably be in the adult hottubs anyway avoiding the party so need a dance partner!

Noticed this wasn't answered, so I'll give it a shot:

A whole bunch of this crew has gotten cabins in the same area of the ship - either Deck 5 or 6, probably forward, as they were looking at sideways cabins.

They'll be dancing in the hallways with each other, they're so happy to be on the Party Deck. Okay - that's it in a nutshell.

Now someone can do a better job than my description, right - please? !

it started because all the people on deck five were telling the deck six people to keep the noise down. so we started threatening to do the riverdance just to annoy them!

just spent a fortune in the disney store, 50% off sale meant it had to be done lol

really wanted this but was sold out

what size do you want? i'm not at work til sunday now but if there's still any left when i get there i'll be more than happy to pick you one up

Maybe you have your Karens mixed up ... I'm pretty sure that Karentan lives in England

i wish i did live in florida!

Today's a good day!

I just looked at our reservation on American Airlines and noticed two exit row seats were open between JFK and Barcelona and I snagged them!

We are flying on what are called "AAnytime" awards, which means that it treats them like full fare coach. This gets us the benefit of two free bags each and the ability to book exit rows in advance!

It's not business class unfortunately, but this is the next best thing on a 7.5 hour flight! And the tickets only cost us $10 each (stupid security fee)!

man thats an awesome deal! wish i could get something like that

 

[karentan]

oh and just wanted to say sorry to anyone who's PM'd me the last couple of days, not been well so just been on here to check posts quickly. havent got round to answering any of them. but will sort them out soon

 

[granmaz]

Poor you Karen. Are you feeling better now?

 

[Pinky166]

I'll be glad to pick them up for you. I'll let you know tomorrow evening if I am able to get them!

Thank you. I may not be around much after tomorrow evening as we are away until Tuesday so i'll sort it out with you when i get back.

oh and just wanted to say sorry to anyone who's PM'd me the last couple of days, not been well so just been on here to check posts quickly. havent got round to answering any of them. but will sort them out soon

There is a lot of it going around at the moment, Lee & I have been ill all week too. Hope you're feeling better soon hun.

 

[Chirpee]

It's our 10th wedding Anniversary on Monday and i've planned a surprise for Lee, we are going to London on Sunday & staying over night. I've got lots of surprises booked for us and I can't wait!

Many congratulations Claire and Lee on your 10th Wedding Anniversary.

Hope you have an awesome time in London celebrating!

 

[eeyorelvr10]

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[jinxleprechaun]

Sorry, been superbusy and I'm way behind on the posts here. I have heard from quite a few people. Is there a group of 4 or 2 and 2 or 3 and 1 who specifically want to join us (2 young kids/boys, and adult with limited mobility) and then maybe everyone else get together to do his earlier/morning tour that he has available? I'm happy with anyone joining us, but don't want to slow anyone down or cramp their style - if you don't want to be around kids i will understand.

Hi No worries time is slipping away fast - we have contacted Paul (Gib tour) to see if he has a second bus - waiting for a reply -will update if we have any seats free when we hear back from him

Well we leave for Orlando tomorrow and just in case I don't have time to log on in the morning ( I will try though) I just want to say goodbye to everyone for 17 days. This is the first time I have been to Florida with absolutely no fixed plan of attack and it feels really strange to be winging it like this, but with not knowing Taryn's shifts etc it is hard to plan ahead.

Have a great holiday

Count us in as cruising- as of TODAY!!!

We just paid for our cruise, and are making flight arrangements as I type...
We're SO excited !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Now that we're onboard- I've got to look around and see what we want to participate in!!

WOO HOO !!!!!!

Glad to hear the good news -

Happy 4 of July to all U.S. fellow cruisers, Happy Canada Day to all Canadians, and just a general "Happy Week-end" to everyone else! Have a safe week-end!

Happy Holidays / Anniversaries / Birthdays

oh and just wanted to say sorry to anyone who's PM'd me the last couple of days, not been well so just been on here to check posts quickly. havent got round to answering any of them. but will sort them out soon

Hope you're feeling better soon



Noel: many thanks for your efforts