Sept 18 2010 WB TransAtlantic Pirates/Capt Jacks Re-Repoing Repossession Cruise Pt.10

[birkner]

When everyone gets their next cruise plans more firmed up, I would be happy to amend Post #2 to show our fellow cruisers next DCL cruise or other cruise line plans.

If people want, I could add post cruise meet dates as well.

 

[TotallyAngelic]

When everyone gets their next cruise plans more firmed up, I would be happy to amend Post #2 to show our fellow cruisers next DCL cruise or other cruise line plans.

If people want, I could add post cruise meet dates as well.

That would be a great idea Noel

On a positive note I have heard back from DCL and they have applied the OBC and I will recieve a refund to my credit card of the $200. No hassle whatsoever. Thank you very much DCL.

 

[UKANGEL]

It's been an interesting two days.

Yesterday, my sister came home from school (she's a teacher) with stomach pains thinking she had a virus. Around 2:30pm she was getting worse so my mom and I took her to the ER. After bloodwork, IV, a CAT Scan and morphine, the doctor's determined it was pancreatitis (sp?). Anyway, Beth isn't a drinker at all - she can't drink because she gets a migrane the next day so it was a surprise to all of us. However, she was put on steroids (perdnesone sp? again) and they think that could have caused it with the combination of the other meds she is on. She was admitted to the hospital last night with NBM - Nothing By Mouth until further notice. No drinks or food. She has an IV that is giving her fluids, but nothing else. Needless to say, she's thirsty and hungry but getting better.

On a sad note, my great aunt passed away this morning. She waited until her family wasn't really paying attention and passed away peacefully around 7:18 am. When I arrived at the hospital to visit my sister this morning, my cousin (my aunt's granddaughter) and her son and nieces were there to see Beth. My cousin's son said to Beth, "It's been a bad day. Great Nanna died and now you're in the hospital". It was very cute but sad. Her funeral is on Monday so that will be a sad day to say good bye to her. She was suffering from dementia for the last couple of years so she wasn't the Aunt Margy that I grew up around. I will remember her before the dementia set in.

Other than that, life is going well. Hope all is well with everyone!

Sad to hear about your Aunt, Amy, but at least it was peaceful x
Hope Beth starts to feel better soon, sounds horrible

Here are my "Top Ten" experiences for the cruise:

In decending order...


10. Smiles, greetings, and friendliness of fellow shipmates (and DISers)

9. Daily stateroom cleaning and towel animals by Jenny

8. Jogging on deck 4, sometimes with DIS lap counters

7. Meeting Special Guests Don “Ducky” Williams and Paige Hemmis

6. Pirate Night with fireworks

5. Bring a friend message with my wife

4. The Shows especially “Walt Disney, The Dream Goes On”

3. The food…yum! (and Mickey Bars)

2. Dining room servers; Toto and Cindy

and

1. Conversations with tablemates (M&M, M&K, and A&B)

What is your "Top Ten"?

Oh goodie.....a 'Top 10'!

Mine:

The fantastic weather
Wonderful customer service throughout the cruise
Fun tasting sessions
Castaway Cay day spent with the 'gang'
Meeting some lovely new friends and getting to know them
Brunch at Palo with dh & Karen
Lovely romantic dinner at Palo
5 relaxing days at sea
Great food & cocktails
.....and last but not least...spending so much wonderful time with my fabulous husband

The WBTA UK reunion meet up doesn't have to be that weekend ... we would have to see what suits everyone best. I was just chucking that idea out for perusal in case lots of us wanted to go to Mousemeets. Personally I would only go to Mousemeets again if lots of my Disney friends were going there anyhow.

We might be otherwise occupied in April anyhow, as ( and I really can't bring myself to say this next sentence ) we may be cruising the Eastern Med on a non-DCL cruise I have seen some great itineraries and great prices cruising to Venice, and if DD gets on the international college programme we will have to go to WDW in the late summer and that will mean we can only take a cruise in April, May, June or October / November and we will want to do the Med for sure as I don't want two long haul flights in a year

Everything is so up in the air until we know about the college programme, and it's driving me crazy.

Wherever/whenever is best for everyone is fine by me Sarah!

When everyone gets their next cruise plans more firmed up, I would be happy to amend Post #2 to show our fellow cruisers next DCL cruise or other cruise line plans.

If people want, I could add post cruise meet dates as well.

That sounds like a good idea Noel

 

[granmaz]

That would be a great idea Noel

On a positive note I have heard back from DCL and they have applied the OBC and I will recieve a refund to my credit card of the $200. No hassle whatsoever. Thank you very much DCL.

Excellent. I did wonder if you might have problems, so good news.

 

[dolphingirl47]

When everyone gets their next cruise plans more firmed up, I would be happy to amend Post #2 to show our fellow cruisers next DCL cruise or other cruise line plans.

If people want, I could add post cruise meet dates as well.

Our plans for 2011 are as firm as they are going to get:

January 6th to 21st 2011 Panama Canal Cruise on the Wonder
October 2nd to 9th 2011 Mexican Riviera Cruise on the Wonder (Vow Renewal)

That would be a great idea Noel

On a positive note I have heard back from DCL and they have applied the OBC and I will recieve a refund to my credit card of the $200. No hassle whatsoever. Thank you very much DCL.

I am glad that they have come through for you.

Corinna

 

[birkner]

Our plans for 2011 are as firm as they are going to get:

January 6th to 21st 2011 Panama Canal Cruise on the Wonder
October 2nd to 9th 2011 Mexican Riviera Cruise on the Wonder (Vow Renewal)
Corinna

Thanks Corinna, I amended Post #2

 

[su_kraft]

Thanks Corinna, I amended Post #2

Noel,

Can you add us as well?

Booked
September 17 - 23 2011 - Carnival Dream - Western Exotic
DCL Dummy Date
To be used for September 15 - 21 2012 - DCL 7 night somewhere

 

[birkner]

Noel,

Can you add us as well?

Booked
September 17 - 23 2011 - Carnival Dream - Western Exotic
DCL Dummy Date
To be used for September 15 - 21 2012 - DCL 7 night somewhere

Thanks Sue, I updated post #2

 

[UKANGEL]

...and us too please...

B2B - 6th Nov 2011 - 13th November 2011 (Dream)

 

[birkner]

...and us too please...
B2B - 6th Nov 2011 - 13th November 2011 (Dream)

Done on post #2.

 

[alexandmaddie]

Hi Noel,

Could you please add our 2011 cruise plans to the list?

8/23/11 - 8/30/11 Alaska (Wonder)
11/12/11 - 11/19/11 Western Caribbean (Magic)

Thanks!

Krista

 

[dolphingirl47]

Here are the beginnings of my trip report:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=38591192&posted=1#post38591192

Once it is a bit further along, I will link it in my signature.

Corinna

 

[birkner]

Hi Noel,

Could you please add our 2011 cruise plans to the list?

8/23/11 - 8/30/11 Alaska (Wonder)
11/12/11 - 11/19/11 Western Caribbean (Magic)

Thanks!

Krista

Done and on post 2.

 

[GrayFal]

Well, we are back home and simply collapsed last night. We arrived in Mexico City on Friday evening and stayed at a hotel near the airport. Took the bus from the airport to home on Saturday arriving about 2:30 p.m., so it wasn't too horrid. We get to pick up the dogs today; wonder if they'll remember us?

It was great meeting so many of you; lots of fun conversations everywhere we turned. We booked a few cruises for down the road (rebooked the TA for next September but may have to postpone that one) so hope to see some of you on those as well!

Be well, everyone!!!

Michael

It was so nice meeting you and Marc - Tom and I looked forward to dinner every evening.
We may have to push our 2012 cruise - DD became engaged this past weekend!
But it is hard to imagine cruising for less then 14 days - we certainly are spoiled....

 

[GrayFal]

Mum and I arrived back home on Sunday morning after a week at my villa.

What an amazing cruise! great weather, smooth seas beautiful ports and the most amazing group of people. Thank you to everyone who helped make it such a memorable trip.

We had fantastic dinner companions, tasting buddies, excursion friends and enjoyed meeting with everyone, just sorry we didn't have time to get to know more people.

Meal times will never be the same again, Marc & Michael, Pat & Tom and Jan & Karl thanks for the laughter.

Special thanks to our MNSSHP guides, Amanda & Annette, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

We would love to cruise with everyone again soon.

Sarah - count us in for a UK meet.

The last few days have been very depressing, at least we have only 5 weeks on Friday until our next trip, just don't know how I'm going to fit any work in!

to everyone, Sarah & Elizabeth

It was wonderful meeting you as well - Tom and I looked forward to our dinner every evening...we sure had a LOT of laughs.

I hope you will be able to send me your picture you took of our table - and Michael should have one, too.

Reality stinks but we really have such lovely memories of an exceptional trip - thanks for helping us make it so.

On a HAPPY note, our DD becaame engaged this weekend so we have LOTS of fun planning ahead.

 

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Beth is doing very well. She slept great last night and even was allowed some liquids today. Jello, apple juice, tea and chicken broth were on her menu for the day. Hopefully if all goes well, she'll get to start eating solid food tomorrow and maybe even come home.

Noel, we are currently on the August 9-16 AK cruise on the Wonder. We have another one on the Dream in October, but I can't remember the dates...and I'm hoping we can afford it!

 

[MrsMork]

Finally home, back to reality. Several loads of laundry done today, went thru a months worth of mail and a trip to the grocery store.

We had 10 wonderful days at WDW after the cruise and loved seeing friends around. We flew to Spokane, WA on Tues evening, arrived around 11 pm WA time and stayed with friends overnight. Friends from Missoula drove the 3 hours trip to pick us up yesterday and then drove us home. It was a beautiful drive, the leaves are turning coming over the passes.

I have to check on our rebooked trips. We booked them, then Leslie told Penny that "Mom and Dad" had a couple of trips on hold. Penny told her she was sure we thought they were booked. We received confirmed schedules from her after that, but DU has sent us an email saying we could get OB credit if tx to them. Seems Leslie may not have tx the bookings to DU as we requested. Tomorrow I will try to follow up on that.

 

[granmaz]

Finally home, back to reality. Several loads of laundry done today, went thru a months worth of mail and a trip to the grocery store.

We had 10 wonderful days at WDW after the cruise and loved seeing friends around. We flew to Spokane, WA on Tues evening, arrived around 11 pm WA time and stayed with friends overnight. Friends from Missoula drove the 3 hours trip to pick us up yesterday and then drove us home. It was a beautiful drive, the leaves are turning coming over the passes.

I have to check on our rebooked trips. We booked them, then Leslie told Penny that "Mom and Dad" had a couple of trips on hold. Penny told her she was sure we thought they were booked. We received confirmed schedules from her after that, but DU has sent us an email saying we could get OB credit if tx to them. Seems Leslie may not have tx the bookings to DU as we requested. Tomorrow I will try to follow up on that.

Our reservations had gone through and indoor Dreams name, but DCL never informed them. I emailed Kelsie at Dreams and she could access the reservation and sorted it. So, seems they were actually transferred, but no notification sent to Dreams.

 

[GrayFal]

...and us too please...

B2B - 6th Nov 2011 - 13th November 2011 (Dream)

I will be on the 11/10-13/11 Dream for my DBrothers 50th birthday - see you there!

 

[granmaz]

Our reservations had gone through and indoor Dreams name, but DCL never informed them. I emailed Kelsie at Dreams and she could access the reservation and sorted it. So, seems they were actually transferred, but no notification sent to Dreams.

Quoting myself as I haven't learned how to do some things on my iPad like when replying to a quote, being able to scroll down to the bottom like I can on a normal computer!!!! Also there is somt predictive stuff going on when I type and if I don't check thoroughly some odd words appear

So, sorry about the typo above. Just meant the reservation went through and IN Dreams'.