Yeah, I can't imagine trying to make a cruise on time through standby. I'm sure that's a big relief.
Looking back, the only thing I should have booked differently was our connection at DFW this time. We have a 55 min connection. I guess Skylink makes it easy to get across it now. We fly out of Terminal D, but I don't know where we'll come in yet. Years ago (last time I was at DFW) we didn't have Skylink as an option and I remember having to rush across the airport.
I saw that you got to enjoy some nice weather in Kansas this past week. Now we're back up into the 100s again here. If you guys in Texas could just cool down and stop sending your heat our way, we'd be very glad to end this summer!
Yes - the KC weather was perfect! It was a nice 48-hour reprieve. This heat is ridiculous. I used to sit out on the front porch and share wine with my nextdoor neighbor in the evenings while Curt is working, but it's been too hot to even do that!
The good thing about your connection is not only Skylink, but the gate agents know the connecting passengers. At least at Southwest, it has been known to hold a plane for connecting passengers, especially if it is a last flight or something like that. Terminal D is nice though, not that you will have to kill any time there. When deplaning, or slightly before, let the Flight Attendants know you are making a quick international connection, and if they can let Ops phone your next gate that you are bookin' it over there. They will probably know, but the extra phone call always helps IMHO.
Hi All,
Seems they did the GTYs. I sent an email last night asking specifically about our room. We are in 5142. It is a slight upgrade, I think based on category, since we paid for a 7A and are now in a 6A--not a completely closed balcony, but a metal one, which is fine--close to the back of the ship.
This has been an interesting experience for us GTY and location wise. This is the first time we will be on a deck with "stuff" and not just rooms. Any experience with the noise level here? Also we usually have better luck with upgrades in GTY than this time, but that is the risk and we still have a balcony, so worth it.
The movers are coming today to pack our stuff up to ship back to America. Going to be a long 2-3 days. We will now be living in an empty house for the next week and out of suitcases! Let's hope that not as much stuff is damaged going back as it was coming over!
Glad to have my room before we leave so I can update the list.
Amanda
Good luck this week with all the move stuff going on! No fun living out of suitcases, but at least you have something to look forward to with the transport home!
Mandy - great to hear that you got Curt on the flight with you. Now we all continue to hold our collective breath that everyone from the US gets out on time. Pixie dust, everyone!
The maps this AM show some tropical system forming in the Gulf of Mexico and moving across FL and up the East coast later this weekend and into next week. I tell you, I think people are screwing with me! At least it looks like TX may finally get some rain, though!
I am going to hack into your computer so that you can not read any more weather websites!!! We definitely need the rain here though, especially with the fires popping up west of Fort Worth again. I really will feel better when we are in Barcelona so that I know we are AT the embarkation port!
Glad Curt has a confirmed seat... I am starting to stress! All this weather is sure hurting my standby plans!
Standby is getting stressful this time around for sure!
Looks like we will get some relief here in Texas next week... After I am gone! Hoping for some nice cool days on the cruise... cool = less than 100 degrees!
Standby was starting to stress him. He had a friend look up the Delta flight, and coach is overbooked by 20. Then the AA flight was also having more standbys than seats - a full week out. He came home last night at 11:00 and said he almost booked JFK-BCN on "mystery airline" for about $500 (which was now $650 when he got home), and then I told him I had gotten that extra 75k AA miles for some credit card offer, let's look at that... so we were able to book DFW-JFK / stopover / JFK-BCN for the 60k miles. Hated spending those miles (yes, I already had plans...) but now we can enjoy the trip and not stress. Had he missed standby, we figured NYC could get expensive in a hurry. At least now he doesn't have to dress up to try to jumpseat on either flight. And on the long flight, I can go have a FAB with Pat a few rows up and let Curt watch the girls.
Room Assigned!!!!
Tojam will be in room 6012....so the website says!
Have been so busy with investigations I have not had a chance to read posts since Monday evening. Hope other GTY's got their assignments too! We are geeked as we wanted one large porthole window over the two smaller ones. PIXIED!!!!
Will catch up later.....gotta go get a bad guy to confess.
Yay for your room!! And hope the morning went well getting the bad guy to confess!!
Thank you for what you do in your line of work!
I would like to echo this statement. Since we booked this cruise (only at the end of June!) we have both had so much fun gettin to know everyone day by day and you have all been so helpful with odd questions from us first time cruisers.
It is actually a little sad that this part of the pre cruise is coming to an end as people now start to make their way towards Spain in various ways. Because this part for us has been made as good as I hope the actual cruise will be when we finally get to meet all of you.
I don't know what we will do with our time after the cruise with no chatting
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Think I'm feeling a bit sentimental today
Ditto! I would have had zero clue about this cruise prior to finding DISboards!!
Shall we designate floor 2 as the fun floor? Hades Underworld haha
Yep!! And hopefully if we DO get into rocky waves, being lower down will help those of us prone to seasickness. I have never ben this low before!
hope everyone who's ill gets well soon. gary still has the remnants of the dreaded man flu so i know what you're all going through!
I hope Gary feels better soon!! Get those sickies out of our systems!
I just wanted to say before everyone leaves off for their various trips to get to the Magic......THANK YOU!!! You have all been a big help to me in getting ready for this trip. It has been a bit of a whirlwind, especially at the end with all of the changing of the flights but hopefully we are good to go to Paris and the train ride will be uneventful. I hope I have been even half as helpful as you guys have been to me. I am praying for safe travels for everyone in getting to the Magic and I look forward to seeing you all on board next week Saturday. If I can swing a connection in Cinncinati I will update you if we make it on our flight. 
No more hitch-hiking this trip for him to get to the cruise. 
Taking lots of Vit. C. Seems to be working so far.
