*Sept 10th 2011 WB Transatlantic* - From Spain to Space Mountain - Part 5

[PFlamingo]

ATTENTION ALL FE PARTICIPANTS!!​

​

I've had one person ask me about signing up for the FE since the cutoff date. I know we said any late-comers would be on a separate list, but what if no one else signs up?

I can see a couple of possibilities here. I'd like opinions from everyone who has signed up as to what you would prefer.

A) I could just add them to an existing group. This would mean one group has 21 cabins instead of 20.

B) I could make a new group consisting of people who volunteer to be on this list. Chances are, many of the people will already be on multiple lists, so there may be quite a bit of overlap.

C) I could tell them they will have to take their chances with the late list.

It's one adult and one child. I, personally, have no problem with either A or B. I'm already making 120 adult gifts, so one more is neither here nor there for me, and I have extra kid gifts anyway. BUT... I know luggage space, budget, and time are problematic for some people and one more gift is just not possible. So...

Please let me know what you think I should do. If you vote for option B, it doesn't necessarily mean that you are volunteering. If this is what we do though, and you would like to volunteer for the list, you can PM me. Also, if you prefer not to voice your preference publicly, you are welcome to PM me.

No hard feelings, whatever you think or decide! But please let me know quickly so I can take care of the details.

Thanks!!

 

[TotallyAngelic]

HI everyone ... some good news re. the Hard Rock pre-cruise gathering

I have managed to organise the same deal as we had last year on the pre-cruise HRC gathering ... basically we will get the use of a downstairs room for drinks, which we can get at the discounted price of 3 euros for a soda, and 6 euros for a local beer / glass of wine.

We need to meet up at 6:30 pm outside of the hard rock and we will have wristbands given to us for the reduced drink prices.

I also need to know how many people are planning on eating their evening meal at the Hard Rock, so I can let them know how many tables to set up for dining.

So could you please let me know if you plan to eat there. Thank you

Sarah xx

 

[Dgentrysim]

ATTENTION ALL FE PARTICIPANTS!!​

​

I've had one person ask me about signing up for the FE since the cutoff date. I know we said any late-comers would be on a separate list, but what if no one else signs up?

I can see a couple of possibilities here. I'd like opinions from everyone who has signed up as to what you would prefer.

A) I could just add them to an existing group. This would mean one group has 21 cabins instead of 20.

B) I could make a new group consisting of people who volunteer to be on this list. Chances are, many of the people will already be on multiple lists, so there may be quite a bit of overlap.

C) I could tell them they will have to take their chances with the late list.

It's one adult and one child. I, personally, have no problem with either A or B. I'm already making 120 adult gifts, so one more is neither here nor there for me, and I have extra kid gifts anyway. BUT... I know luggage space, budget, and time are problematic for some people and one more gift is just not possible. So...

Please let me know what you think I should do. If you vote for option B, it doesn't necessarily mean that you are volunteering. If this is what we do though, and you would like to volunteer for the list, you can PM me. Also, if you prefer not to voice your preference publicly, you are welcome to PM me.

No hard feelings, whatever you think or decide! But please let me know quickly so I can take care of the details.

Thanks!!

Pat.....I'm fine with having 21 in our group...if the others are! Thanks for all your hard work on the FE's!

 

[Tubbsteruk]

HI everyone ... some good news re. the Hard Rock pre-cruise gathering

I have managed to organise the same deal as we had last year on the pre-cruise HRC gathering ... basically we will get the use of a downstairs room for drinks, which we can get at the discounted price of 3 euros for a soda, and 6 euros for a local beer / glass of wine.

We need to meet up at 6:30 pm outside of the hard rock and we will have wristbands given to us for the reduced drink prices.

I also need to know how many people are planning on eating their evening meal at the Hard Rock, so I can let them know how many tables to set up for dining.

So could you please let me know if you plan to eat there. Thank you

Sarah xx

Hi Sarah,

Thanks for organising this . I was a bit worried we would be stood queueing to get in as I've previously experienced at HRC.

Could you put us down for 2 adults and 1 child eating

See you outside at 6.30

Thanks

Paul, Helen & Grace

 

[magic123]

door bell has just rung..... there's only one person who comes to my door at 8 ish in the morning, the Fed-Ex man

Cruise docs are here

Of course, they are addressed to DH, but I opened them

Yay we got ours today, and I did try to open them but lol I just didn't have the strength so DH had to do it !! I just think I was overcome with excitment

And guess what we are staying at the London City Travelodge, but at the moment not sure when we plan to arrive, because we are getting a lift from Dover.Maybe we should PM to arrange a meet at airport/exchange mobile no /or we could always just wear micky ears or maybe not !!

ATTENTION ALL FE PARTICIPANTS!!​

​

I've had one person ask me about signing up for the FE since the cutoff date. I know we said any late-comers would be on a separate list, but what if no one else signs up?

Thanks!!

Pat it seems that a few people are booking this cruise near the date... it would be a shame for them to miss out on the fun, I think we could manage one more adult and child but not any more. And you are right that you may not get anybody esle sign up. But I suppose in the end you will have to have some cut off

margaret

 

[TxMermaid1]

ATTENTION ALL FE PARTICIPANTS!!​

​

I've had one person ask me about signing up for the FE since the cutoff date. I know we said any late-comers would be on a separate list, but what if no one else signs up?

I can see a couple of possibilities here. I'd like opinions from everyone who has signed up as to what you would prefer.

A) I could just add them to an existing group. This would mean one group has 21 cabins instead of 20.

B) I could make a new group consisting of people who volunteer to be on this list. Chances are, many of the people will already be on multiple lists, so there may be quite a bit of overlap.

C) I could tell them they will have to take their chances with the late list.

It's one adult and one child. I, personally, have no problem with either A or B. I'm already making 120 adult gifts, so one more is neither here nor there for me, and I have extra kid gifts anyway. BUT... I know luggage space, budget, and time are problematic for some people and one more gift is just not possible. So...

Please let me know what you think I should do. If you vote for option B, it doesn't necessarily mean that you are volunteering. If this is what we do though, and you would like to volunteer for the list, you can PM me. Also, if you prefer not to voice your preference publicly, you are welcome to PM me.

No hard feelings, whatever you think or decide! But please let me know quickly so I can take care of the details.

Thanks!!

Pat, I don't mind an extra adult and child, I too have extra's...

 

[cliffy97]

Linked Dining!
Requests are no longer being taken and the lists have been sent to DCL. If you provided any specific instructions (Who you want to sit with etc.) I have sent those through as well.

Can wait to see all of you on the cruise.

Current Linked Dining List:
Main Lindababe
Main fly4free2 / Sinnika
Main RubyBlue
Main pKicinski@yahoo.com
Main giraffe104
Main Cruising Swedes
Late Cliffy97
Late Chris&Jeremy
Late Sue L
Late Pflamingo
Late Magic123
Late Jinxleprechaun
Late Pixie Dust For Me!
Late Seraphine
Late Fontabel
Late Binkeytell
Late HazelandAnnie
Late Ebony
Late Julie2009
Late Mandygirl
Late Liesbeth1012
Late Birkner
Late STLUCIELADY
Late The Viking
Late Sorcerer-Mickey
Late IansGran
Late Poohluv2u




The Magic Pub Crawl 2011

Chris&Jeremy and I (Cliffy97 - Dan & Bruce) are hosting the Magic Pub Crawl.

This will be held on: Thursday 15 September @ Starting at 13:00 - 17:00.

The Route for the crawl will be:

Diversions
Rockin Bar D
Promenade Lounge
Signals
Cove Cafe


Those who are interested would meet in one of the bars for (Traditionally a half pint pounded, I would suggest a drink of your choice) and then visit (Crawl) every other bar on the ship at least once.

As we do not have to worry about anything closing or how we are getting home, I would imagine we can spend 20-30 min at each location versus the 5-10 min you have on the monopoly pub crawl in London.


Also, Please remember that you do not have to sign up and you may join for all or part. Really the more the merrier. The sign up is really just more for us to see who willbe with us



Current Pub Crawl Group (45 ppl have said I want to join):
Chris&Jeremy
Cliffy97
GA-YAYA
Tod&Copper
Grumpy1234/Magic 123
Disneyfan_SD
Dgentrysim2
Goofy Adpi
Seraphine
col1
Karentan
Fontabel
Pflamingo
Binkeytell
TXmermaid1
Sue L
fontabel
TotallyAngelic
Nick262/Dom262
Seamour
Krystyneb
IansGran
christannj




Please PM Chris&Jeremy or Cliffy97 with questions. Thanks!

 

[magic123]

Hi Jacqueline

it's so good to see you back on the dis everyone's been concerned for you. It's so sad that the care you have recieved has been so lacking, but it's good for you to be back in your own home. I just hope that your future care and care plan can be put right and aid you on the road to recovery. It's such a shame you will not be with us all since you have been such a main stay of the dis over the preceeding months.Sending you pixe dust

margaret

 

[Pinky166]

ATTENTION ALL FE PARTICIPANTS!!​

​

I've had one person ask me about signing up for the FE since the cutoff date. I know we said any late-comers would be on a separate list, but what if no one else signs up?

I can see a couple of possibilities here. I'd like opinions from everyone who has signed up as to what you would prefer.

A) I could just add them to an existing group. This would mean one group has 21 cabins instead of 20.

B) I could make a new group consisting of people who volunteer to be on this list. Chances are, many of the people will already be on multiple lists, so there may be quite a bit of overlap.

C) I could tell them they will have to take their chances with the late list.

It's one adult and one child. I, personally, have no problem with either A or B. I'm already making 120 adult gifts, so one more is neither here nor there for me, and I have extra kid gifts anyway. BUT... I know luggage space, budget, and time are problematic for some people and one more gift is just not possible. So...

Please let me know what you think I should do. If you vote for option B, it doesn't necessarily mean that you are volunteering. If this is what we do though, and you would like to volunteer for the list, you can PM me. Also, if you prefer not to voice your preference publicly, you are welcome to PM me.

No hard feelings, whatever you think or decide! But please let me know quickly so I can take care of the details.

Thanks!!

Hi Pat, I don't mind a few extras but not too many.

HI everyone ... some good news re. the Hard Rock pre-cruise gathering

I have managed to organise the same deal as we had last year on the pre-cruise HRC gathering ... basically we will get the use of a downstairs room for drinks, which we can get at the discounted price of 3 euros for a soda, and 6 euros for a local beer / glass of wine.

We need to meet up at 6:30 pm outside of the hard rock and we will have wristbands given to us for the reduced drink prices.

I also need to know how many people are planning on eating their evening meal at the Hard Rock, so I can let them know how many tables to set up for dining.

So could you please let me know if you plan to eat there. Thank you

Sarah xx

Thanks for organising this Sarah, Lee & I will be eating at the HRC.

The Magic Pub Crawl 2011

Chris&Jeremy and I (Cliffy97 - Dan & Bruce) are hosting the Magic Pub Crawl.

This will be held on: Thursday 15 September @ Starting at 13:00 - 17:00.

Hi Dan

Can you add myself & Lee back on the list as we can do that date.

Thanks

 

[squitty]

Yes, we got ours today.

Just called virgin to see if they were holding our cruise documents hostage and the lady explained that we would receive them 7-10 days before we travel!!!!! Not happy about that thinks I.
So I ask do you actually have them in your possession as people are receiving theirs and I would quite like ours.

"hang on a minute and I'll have a word with the ticket people"

Off she goes, few minutes later she comes to explain they have to send things out in date order and they are still sending summer holiday tickets out. BUT her ticket lady said she will kindly post them either today or tomorrow so we can have them early!!

Woohoo! Glad I called now

Hope you get them soon

Yep, surprise I'm home. Sorta. It took so long because as usual I ran into the "you don't fit the standard protocol and thus it's all in your head"-arrogance. Not fitting protocols is standard with my condition but that seems to hold little value. On thursday evening I decided to call it quits and run my own show bascially (read; was given the "amnesty" while awaiting the psychiatrist being called in ). Lo and behold, following the path I took previously when getting started with my feedingpump worked once again, just doesn't fit protocol. Within 4 days I was back to both drinking enough AND getting (more) enough calories. Took me until today to get back to my original pumpschedule, but that's less important. Thankfully had an amazing religious worker (and aren't even religious ) who kept me sane and opened my eyes.

My case was dealt with so poorly on all fronts that he also discussed it very carefully with some higher staff and I was given the message to please put my experience in writing, amongst others by the head of the complaints board. Apparently both the "it's in your head"-abuse and lack of proper care in some areas is happening more and more and they're seeing the hospital being damaged but can't really do anything about it because nobody dares to speak up officially. One day I will, but for now all is put into recovering. To be honest; it's been a bit of a challenging time and am still finding out about more and more mistakes being made. Amongst others I dealt with a temporary halfsided paralyses due to untreated low bloodsugars, (still) got very bad vitamine deficiencies that GP and/or hospital didn't pick up on etc. etc. We're trying to get things clear and treated but it's hard work to do so when nobody seems to be able to not make huge mistakes.

Knock on wood the help and aids I'm trying to arrange isn't too overly expensive. If that's the case, I'm planning on hitting WDW in december 2011. Plans were 1st-22nd but looks like it'll be 5th-22nd. If so and anybody else will be there; would love to see if we can arrange a mini-meet.

Hi Jacqueline - glad your home and posting again.

Thanks Mary!! I read the cellular at sea on my providers site, and it is 50 cents a text sent, 5 cents for one recieved. I don't plan on talking on the phone, just getting a text from my sister...i'm her donor, so this is extra special for me!!

I can't believe in 4 weeks, I will be in London for the day!!

That's lovely Good Luck to your sister.

As a couple who have struggled with infertility ourselves, I just want to say what an amazing gift you have given to your sister, I hope things go well for her and you will soon be a proud Aunt

Our documents arrived today

And my documents arrived Still GTY

Yay we got ours today, and I did try to open them but lol I just didn't have the strength so DH had to do it !! I just think I was overcome with excitment
margaret

Great news everybody. Glad your doc's have arrived.

 

[MandyGirl]

Pub Crawl --- Hey guys - I will probably try to join in. At least for the first hour. Grabbed some nursery time just in case... hopefully Curt will join. Kinda depends on the kiddos.

ATTENTION ALL FE PARTICIPANTS!!​

​

A) I could just add them to an existing group. This would mean one group has 21 cabins instead of 20.

It's one adult and one child. I, personally, have no problem with either A or B. I'm already making 120 adult gifts, so one more is neither here nor there for me, and I have extra kid gifts anyway. BUT... I know luggage space, budget, and time are problematic for some people and one more gift is just not possible. So...

I'm good with adding!

HI everyone ... some good news re. the Hard Rock pre-cruise gathering

I have managed to organise the same deal as we had last year on the pre-cruise HRC gathering ... basically we will get the use of a downstairs room for drinks, which we can get at the discounted price of 3 euros for a soda, and 6 euros for a local beer / glass of wine.

We need to meet up at 6:30 pm outside of the hard rock and we will have wristbands given to us for the reduced drink prices.

I also need to know how many people are planning on eating their evening meal at the Hard Rock, so I can let them know how many tables to set up for dining.

So could you please let me know if you plan to eat there. Thank you

Sarah xx

YAY YAY YAY, Sarah!! Yes - please put us down for dining as well! 2 adults, 2 children. Thank you!

ETA: I know we are already on the original list on page one - just letting you know you can count on us for drinks AND dinner.

 

[MandyGirl]

Linked Dining!


Current Linked Dining List:

Late Cliffy97
Late Chris&Jeremy
Late Sue L
Late Pflamingo
Late Magic123
Late Jinxleprechaun
Late Pixie Dust For Me!
Late Seraphine
Late Fontabel
Late Binkeytell
Late HazelandAnnie
Late Ebony
Late Julie2009
Late Mandygirl
Late Liesbeth1012
Late Birkner
Late STLUCIELADY
Late The Viking
Late Sorcerer-Mickey
Late IansGran
Late Poohluv2u

WooHoo!!! What a Group!! Many of our favorite cruise memories come from dinner - in 7 of the 8 cruises we have taken, we chose "large" tables and had a blast (with 6 of those 7)!!! This will be greatness!


The Magic Pub Crawl 2011

Chris&Jeremy and I (Cliffy97 - Dan & Bruce) are hosting the Magic Pub Crawl.

This will be held on: Thursday 15 September @ Starting at 13:00 - 17:00.

The Route for the crawl will be:

Diversions
Rockin Bar D
Promenade Lounge
Signals
Cove Cafe


Those who are interested would meet in one of the bars for (Traditionally a half pint pounded, I would suggest a drink of your choice) and then visit (Crawl) every other bar on the ship at least once.

As we do not have to worry about anything closing or how we are getting home, I would imagine we can spend 20-30 min at each location versus the 5-10 min you have on the monopoly pub crawl in London.


Also, Please remember that you do not have to sign up and you may join for all or part. Really the more the merrier. The sign up is really just more for us to see who willbe with us



Current Pub Crawl Group (45 ppl have said I want to join):
Chris&Jeremy
Cliffy97
GA-YAYA
Tod&Copper
Grumpy1234/Magic 123
Disneyfan_SD
Dgentrysim2
Goofy Adpi
Seraphine
col1
Karentan
Fontabel
Pflamingo
Binkeytell
TXmermaid1
Sue L
fontabel
TotallyAngelic
Nick262/Dom262
Seamour
Krystyneb
IansGran
christannj




Please PM Chris&Jeremy or Cliffy97 with questions. Thanks!

Should've quoted above - but will try to make it at some point, hopefully the kickoff hour. Snagged nursery time so Curt can join in.

 

[liesbeth1012]

ATTENTION ALL FE PARTICIPANTS!!​

​

I've had one person ask me about signing up for the FE since the cutoff date. I know we said any late-comers would be on a separate list, but what if no one else signs up?

I can see a couple of possibilities here. I'd like opinions from everyone who has signed up as to what you would prefer.

A) I could just add them to an existing group. This would mean one group has 21 cabins instead of 20.

B) I could make a new group consisting of people who volunteer to be on this list. Chances are, many of the people will already be on multiple lists, so there may be quite a bit of overlap.

C) I could tell them they will have to take their chances with the late list.

It's one adult and one child. I, personally, have no problem with either A or B. I'm already making 120 adult gifts, so one more is neither here nor there for me, and I have extra kid gifts anyway. BUT... I know luggage space, budget, and time are problematic for some people and one more gift is just not possible. So...

Please let me know what you think I should do. If you vote for option B, it doesn't necessarily mean that you are volunteering. If this is what we do though, and you would like to volunteer for the list, you can PM me. Also, if you prefer not to voice your preference publicly, you are welcome to PM me.

No hard feelings, whatever you think or decide! But please let me know quickly so I can take care of the details.

Thanks!!

I am fine with 21 in our group. So option A.

 

[TotallyAngelic]

Thanks Mary!! I read the cellular at sea on my providers site, and it is 50 cents a text sent, 5 cents for one recieved. I don't plan on talking on the phone, just getting a text from my sister...i'm her donor, so this is extra special for me!!

I can't believe in 4 weeks, I will be in London for the day!!

You are doing a wonderful thing. I hope you get some wonderful news to celebrate on the cruise

Our documents arrived today

Ours too

Jacqueline .... pleased to hear you are home but so sorry to hear about your
traumatic experience over the last few weeks. Hopefully you will soon be on your way to a full recovery. We are all thinking about you. Sending Take care and keep well xx

 

[TotallyAngelic]

Re Hard Rock Diners .. perhaps you should PM me ... worried that your plans may get lost in the threads ... so far I have the following on my list:

Sarah and Tony
Paul, Helen and Grace
Lee and Claire
Mandy and Curt plus 2

 

[Fontabel]

On FEs, I am fine with just one more person if it comes to our group as well. I counted us in our 20 cabins so I have extra gifts.

On the cell phones, depending on what kind of phone you have it may not work at all in Europe. You really should talk to your cell phone provider. If you do not have GSM functionality on your current cell phone it will not work in Europe. When we lived in the states (2008) many phones did not have this, especially if you have Verizon. If you phone does have this functionality, you will need to find out what the international roaming charges are for both data and phone. It is likely to be VERY expensive given our experience. The United States is way behind on cell phone technology that can be used globally.

In the middle of the ocean, not sure you would even get a signal or which roaming charges my apply. Just my two cents, but isn't the whole point of being in the middle of the ocean to *not* be found??

Word to the wise, talk to the provider before you use the phone cause I would rather spend my hard earned cash on more FABs than email...but that just may be me.

Amanda

 

[Just love Eeyore]

ATTENTION ALL FE PARTICIPANTS!!​

​

I've had one person ask me about signing up for the FE since the cutoff date. I know we said any late-comers would be on a separate list, but what if no one else signs up?

I can see a couple of possibilities here. I'd like opinions from everyone who has signed up as to what you would prefer.

A) I could just add them to an existing group. This would mean one group has 21 cabins instead of 20.

B) I could make a new group consisting of people who volunteer to be on this list. Chances are, many of the people will already be on multiple lists, so there may be quite a bit of overlap.

C) I could tell them they will have to take their chances with the late list.

It's one adult and one child. I, personally, have no problem with either A or B. I'm already making 120 adult gifts, so one more is neither here nor there for me, and I have extra kid gifts anyway. BUT... I know luggage space, budget, and time are problematic for some people and one more gift is just not possible. So...

Please let me know what you think I should do. If you vote for option B, it doesn't necessarily mean that you are volunteering. If this is what we do though, and you would like to volunteer for the list, you can PM me. Also, if you prefer not to voice your preference publicly, you are welcome to PM me.

No hard feelings, whatever you think or decide! But please let me know quickly so I can take care of the details.

Thanks!!

I'm fine with 21 in one group.

Christina

 

[IansGran]

I hope they come soon Sarah

My fed-ex man is a right blether, we were chatting for about 5 mins and he said that they are really short staffed with the summer holidays and staff being away, so he is working longer crazy hours to try to fulfil the deliveries. Maybe that's the reason for your delay too ??

Ihaven't heard that term in years! What a joy1 My Gran used to call me "a right wee blether" The memories just came rolling in. We're from Ayrshire but my Uncle had a brother in Inverness - Frank Hill. He used to say whenever the post card sales dropped off, ther would be a sighting of Nessie. Still the same? Jean

 

[tojam]

Linked Dining!
Requests are no longer being taken and the lists have been sent to DCL. If you provided any specific instructions (Who you want to sit with etc.) I have sent those through as well.

Can wait to see all of you on the cruise.

Current Linked Dining List:
Main Lindababe
Main fly4free2 / Sinnika
Main RubyBlue
Main pKicinski@yahoo.com
Main giraffe104
Main Cruising Swedes
Late Cliffy97
Late Chris&Jeremy
Late Sue L
Late Pflamingo
Late Magic123
Late Jinxleprechaun
Late Pixie Dust For Me!
Late Seraphine
Late Fontabel
Late Binkeytell
Late HazelandAnnie
Late Ebony
Late Julie2009
Late Mandygirl
Late Liesbeth1012
Late Birkner
Late STLUCIELADY
Late The Viking
Late Sorcerer-Mickey
Late IansGran
Late Poohluv2u




The Magic Pub Crawl 2011

Chris&Jeremy and I (Cliffy97 - Dan & Bruce) are hosting the Magic Pub Crawl.

This will be held on: Thursday 15 September @ Starting at 13:00 - 17:00.

The Route for the crawl will be:

Diversions
Rockin Bar D
Promenade Lounge
Signals
Cove Cafe


Those who are interested would meet in one of the bars for (Traditionally a half pint pounded, I would suggest a drink of your choice) and then visit (Crawl) every other bar on the ship at least once.

As we do not have to worry about anything closing or how we are getting home, I would imagine we can spend 20-30 min at each location versus the 5-10 min you have on the monopoly pub crawl in London.


Also, Please remember that you do not have to sign up and you may join for all or part. Really the more the merrier. The sign up is really just more for us to see who willbe with us



Current Pub Crawl Group (45 ppl have said I want to join):
Chris&Jeremy
Cliffy97
GA-YAYA
Tod&Copper
Grumpy1234/Magic 123
Disneyfan_SD
Dgentrysim2
Goofy Adpi
Seraphine
col1
Karentan
Fontabel
Pflamingo
Binkeytell
TXmermaid1
Sue L
fontabel
TotallyAngelic
Nick262/Dom262
Seamour
Krystyneb
IansGran
christannj




Please PM Chris&Jeremy or Cliffy97 with questions. Thanks!

Pls count in two for Tojam (Waiting on the shirt as we speak!)

 

[GatorMomInNC]

I just got all my FE stuff I ordered in the mail yesterday. I think I have a little extra, but even if I don't I can just by something at the dollar store for the extra people, so I'm fine with adding another to our group also.