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

[karentan]

Not just A cookie. 6 between the two of us (where's that blushing smilie?)

you say that like its a bad thing?!

 

[Donaldcp98]

O, I love blue cheese on a cracker with home made pearschutney.
And also the italian peccorino cheese with a sweet figsconfiture.
I shall order room service for certain as I see these photo's

DH and I love cheese too. I am not a big fan of Blue but my husband loves Blue the stronger the better. For those that are cheese fans and have not been to brunch there is a pretty good selection of cheeses there. If I knew how to post pictures I would show you some.

 

[Pinky166]

Yes, of course - pm me your email addy and I'll share some with you right now. We've seen his stuff in Pittsburgh, Columbus, Cleveland, St. Louis . . .

Sent, thanks.

 

[karentan]

DH and I love cheese too. I am not a big fan of Blue but my husband loves Blue the stronger the better. For those that are cheese fans and have not been to brunch there is a pretty good selection of cheeses there. If I knew how to post pictures I would show you some.

garys a fan of strong cheese. me i hate the stuff.
then again, it backfires on him if he eats it too late at night because he ends up having nightmares of aliens chasing him

 

[KiwiMatt]

GOOD Morning, Happy Cruisers!

Lovely weather day today in the great north east. I'm busy packing for my weekend - we're having a Disboards meet on Friday, "roommates meet" on Saturday , and Sunday, driving up to Boston to the Chihuly exhibit (designer of the Magic atrium chandelier).

Yesterday, I called Chase about the credit card. They sent me over to special services who said yes, they had had some reports of cards not being accepted at certain places (including some automatic ticket machines) in Europe.

However, they had little to offer by way of work arounds. The only card Chase has with a chip is their JPMorgan card, which has an annual fee associated with it. And that, apparently, is one of only 2 in this country that offer chip technology.

MY personal work around is going to be 'cash'. I'm going to buy the number of Euros (at AAA) I think I'll need for my three days in Spain - any leftovers will go on my shipboard account or be spent in St. Maarten.

Happy Day All!

Another option for any US based person is to get a prepaid Chip and PIN card from TravelEx.

They call it the Cash Passport and will issue it in most/all TravelEx locations as well as online. Obviously they charge fees for some transactions, but it looks pretty reasonable on their website.

Also its re-loadable. Check out their website for more details.

Cheers
Matthew

 

[TxMermaid1]

Disney does not care how much liquor you bring on board. We had a suitcase packed with nothing but liquor and it weighed 50lbs You would think we were alcoholics...lol Many of the EBTAers brought lots of liquor and we meet at Promenade lounge every night around 10:30 and shared drinks and socialized til around 1 or 2 AM! We would take our glass of wine to dinner and there was no problems with that. However as mentioned before, if you take the bottle to dinner, you will be charged a $18 uncorking fee...


Oh you so sound like my kind of people

who? little ole me?



We had so much fun on the EBTA we did not want to get off.. You'll find us in the Promenade Lounge around 10:30 to 11:00 every night....

 

[hazelandannie]

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I would be more than happy to bring you some. I so know how you feel. Have you ever tried Prevacid? it is over the counter here. I had reflux and sever heartburn for about 20 years before I had surgery to correct it last year. The only thing that gave me any relief was the prevacid. I will have some with me if you want to try it. It last 24 hours so one a day and your good to go.

Thankyou so much that would be very nice of you. If you let me know how much it is then i will transfer money via paypal to you straight away. No havent tried Prevacid. Usuallu just rely on the Gax X Stips and Pepto Bismol.

 

[TxMermaid1]

Cookieholic here - every night on the PC cruise my roommate and I had tea and cookies before bed. Not just A cookie. 6 between the two of us (where's that blushing smilie?)

I know what you mean... my DH likes them so much we call him cookie monster.

Thankyou so much that would be very nice of you. If you let me know how much it is then i will transfer money via paypal to you straight away. No havent tried Prevacid. Usuallu just rely on the Gax X Stips and Pepto Bismol.

I'll get with you on the ship on the $$ np. It is so miserable to have heartburn..... Would you PM me so I will be have it in my PM mail, with your name and if you know it, your cabin #?

 

[karentan]

Now I don't want anyone to get too worried but I think the ship is getting full....... Sorry can't pull off deadpan sarcasm in writing! Seriously, two months out and only one category (10c) is sold out. Everything else is open! This is going to be a great cruise!

 

[birkner]

Another option for any US based person is to get a prepaid Chip and PIN card from TravelEx.

They call it the Cash Passport and will issue it in most/all TravelEx locations as well as online. Obviously they charge fees for some transactions, but it looks pretty reasonable on their website.

Also its re-loadable. Check out their website for more details.

Cheers
Matthew

We use the TravelEx option. Whatever you don't use they will buy back. Great for purchases but don't use for hotel or car rental. Here is there link: TravelEx

 

[Chris&Jeremy]

Now I don't want anyone to get too worried but I think the ship is getting full....... Sorry can't pull off deadpan sarcasm in writing! Seriously, two months out and only one category (10c) is sold out. Everything else is open! This is going to be a great cruise!

I assume that this means that any hope for pixie dust upgrades will be slim to none?

 

[granmaz]

I would think it would mean more chance!!

 

[auntlynne]

just wish i could figure out this 10 post rule???

Pat,

I've sent you a PM about Palo Brunch - you can open it by clicking on "Private Messages" in the yellow box in the upper right hand corner.

 

[Donaldcp98]

I assume that this means that any hope for pixie dust upgrades will be slim to none?

Last year on the EBTA it was like Christmas. A lot of people got surprised and some people didn't. I know that we booked a NAV Verandah and got upgraded to a partial Verandah (meaning that the railing was metal not the normal verandah) We were happy. Some people got upgraded from inside staterooms to Nav Verandahs or regular Verandahs and some people were left exactly where they booked. It will depend on a lot of factors as to whether or not you will be upgraded but as I told people last year that were mad because they weren't upgraded "book what you want and if you are upgraded great but if you aren't you will still be happy."

 

[birkner]

Pat,

I've sent you a PM about Palo Brunch - you can open it by clicking on "Private Messages" in the yellow box in the upper right hand corner.

Lynne, I couldn't PM you earlier as it said your PM box was full.

 

[poohluv2u]

If you have an adventurous spirit and want to have a great time with your partner, go for it. If you're looking for a typical spa treatment, don't bother. This was the only thing other than Palo that I couldn't wait to book . I had no complaint about the cost...well worth it.

Last year was our first experience with DCL; we booked the EB Jan 30th for the April 10 sailing. Larry researched everything except the spa, so I booked the ER and surprised him with it. I had no idea what to expect (he, of course, didn't have a clue what an ER was) and I will say it was a bit intimidating at first. Just getting comfortable in the room and worrying about the time factor detracted from the mood a little bit, but it really was a great time. Yes the sauna is hot, but it was a beautiful room and not unpleasant for a short time (I am definitely not normally a sauna person). The outer area with the bench and shower was cooler/quite comfortable. Larry absolutely loved it! We were celebrating our 30th anniversary (early...our 31st will be this Sat ), so it was a great unexpected gift for him.

Karen, if you have not done this you should. It is a must try!... If the sauna is too hot or the room too cold, open the door. That is what we did. Ok I should set it up for you. There is a room you go into, they have you lock the door, It has a shower, large tile bench and is all tiled.. floor and wall. It will get quite wet in this room. There is an adjoining sauna. Very nice and it has cool off water hoses in there. You can open that door to adjust temp. Go have fun with it....

Thanks Ladies, I'm going to go ahead and book it

Hello everybody! I haven't been on the board lately, I've been super busy with work and graduating university. After much deliberation and excellent deal with disney/priceline, i decided to bite the best feeling bullet ever. I'm officially a proud owner of a WBTA interior room, yet to be assigned! Its going to be great to be on the ship.

Now its time to dig out the passport and sort through of these threads! Definitely up for a pj breakfast. So excited to figure out the cruise details!

Welcome aboard, this is going to be a blast

Here's a photo of the cheeseboard from room service DH had on our med cruise, he said that the portion wasn't that big, so get one each

I have to say when we ordered the cheeseplate it was very disappointing ... although you couldn't tell from the 'cheesy grins' on our faces ..

Our platter looked like they had opened a pack of Ritz crackers (you can see them peeking over the napkin in front of Ed) and layed out a few squares of the cheese they topped their burgers with

We had better cheese samples from a little snack area by the adult clubs. The Key Lime pie was delish

<snip> Luckily you just walked right off the train into the terminal.

Don't call the French police on me - I'll deny it until the end.

 

[auntlynne]

Lynne, I couldn't PM you earlier as it said your PM box was full.

Thank you - cleared now

 

[Chris&Jeremy]

Last year on the EBTA it was like Christmas. A lot of people got surprised and some people didn't. I know that we booked a NAV Verandah and got upgraded to a partial Verandah (meaning that the railing was metal not the normal verandah) We were happy. Some people got upgraded from inside staterooms to Nav Verandahs or regular Verandahs and some people were left exactly where they booked. It will depend on a lot of factors as to whether or not you will be upgraded but as I told people last year that were mad because they weren't upgraded "book what you want and if you are upgraded great but if you aren't you will still be happy."

Did people find out about these at the port or was this at the time of GTY assignments?

 

[birkner]

Thank you - cleared now

I was just copying you on the reply to the post you asked me to answer. I don't save any of my posts on the DIS, I just bcc myself so my DIS PM box is always empty when I answer the PM.

 

[auntlynne]

Last year on the EBTA it was like Christmas. A lot of people got surprised and some people didn't. I know that we booked a NAV Verandah and got upgraded to a partial Verandah (meaning that the railing was metal not the normal verandah) We were happy. Some people got upgraded from inside staterooms to Nav Verandahs or regular Verandahs and some people were left exactly where they booked. It will depend on a lot of factors as to whether or not you will be upgraded but as I told people last year that were mad because they weren't upgraded "book what you want and if you are upgraded great but if you aren't you will still be happy."

Oh, yeah, upgrade time is not a happy time around here on the DISboards. The overall understanding is that upgrades are random - no one has been able to discover the determining factor(s) for who gets an upgrade. For example, repeat cruisers don't seem to get any preference over 1st or 2nd timers.

And yet so many of us get excited when upgrades and assignments come in and we hope we will be pixie-dusted and then end up in the same room or just get what we paid for. It's hard not to hope for more, but remember, it's not the under the cruisers' control that they were lucky. This is my heads' up warning - now if I can just remember that when I get a cabin with 2 portholes on Deck 2 for my Restricted Guaranty Oceanview non-changeable ticket.