Sept 18 2010 WB TransAtlantic Pirates/Capt Jacks Re-Repoing Repossession Cruise Pt.3

[orlandothebeagle]

Yeah Sarah! You make one more . . . scrapbooking is a blast, but seems to take so much time and creative energy. Hope we get a bunch. It makes for a great sea day activity.

I do mines at work when its quiet!
You can make some mess!

 

[manascarfan]

Here is a video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAfQwDizpRo

Great Video...Thanks for the post

 

[granmaz]

thankyou.Ive posted a thread, see what we get

Oh come on, be a dare devil!


Its funny, somehow I got to 37 years of age not knowing what that word means! It is so right for so much stuff!

Any way, guess what the beagles done today??
Opened ALL the prezzys from underneath the xmas tree, they are a pair of little devils, you should have seen the place, they had been playing with there toys they unwrapped and left all the stuff that wasnt for them, all the clothes were just left, no damage thankfully!but they opened EVERY single parcel to see what was available to them.
Len was not impressed and blamed Ruby as Orly has never done it before!

Naughty naughty beagles. Though I did have a little laugh. I think they are the most mischievous dogs out there.(From personal experience!!)

 

[alexandmaddie]

Yeah Sarah! You make one more . . . scrapbooking is a blast, but seems to take so much time and creative energy. Hope we get a bunch. It makes for a great sea day activity.

I'd love to join in on the scrapbooking too.

 

[alexandmaddie]

Any way, guess what the beagles done today??
Opened ALL the prezzys from underneath the xmas tree, they are a pair of little devils, you should have seen the place, they had been playing with there toys they unwrapped and left all the stuff that wasnt for them, all the clothes were just left, no damage thankfully!but they opened EVERY single parcel to see what was available to them.
Len was not impressed and blamed Ruby as Orly has never done it before!

Naughty puppies!! As the owner of a very lovable beagle named Rocky, I can relate to the naughtiness!!

Krista

 

[orlandothebeagle]

Naughty naughty beagles. Though I did have a little laugh. I think they are the most mischievous dogs out there.(From personal experience!!)

Naughty puppies!! As the owner of a very lovable beagle named Rocky, I can relate to the naughtiness!!

Krista

Oh, yes, naught he does, she is naughty but sensative, he truly does not give a ........

This is him at my friends house, I was so worried leaving him, ..........

 

[Bareacuda]

thankyou.Ive posted a thread, see what we get

Oh come on, be a dare devil!


Its funny, somehow I got to 37 years of age not knowing what that word means! It is so right for so much stuff!

Any way, guess what the beagles done today??
Opened ALL the prezzys from underneath the xmas tree, they are a pair of little devils, you should have seen the place, they had been playing with there toys they unwrapped and left all the stuff that wasnt for them, all the clothes were just left, no damage thankfully!but they opened EVERY single parcel to see what was available to them.
Len was not impressed and blamed Ruby as Orly has never done it before!

They are real problems in pairs.
Last year my Jack Russell ATE at least 8 starfish off my tree. YUP... real dried starfish, man, was he sick for days. This year...they are higher up the tree!

Ann

 

[kamgen]

Hey wait . . that sounds like my list from our LAST cruise! I think I did all of them . . .I'll save you a cushy seat by the Cove cafe. It's a terrific place to read many books. And sitting in those tiled loungers each night before dinner sure made the late dinner an even bigger treat . . .I was so relaxed Would be nice to have a buddy to chat with a little bit, though

Dialady- awesome!!! Its a date!

 

[pilk]

Looks like I have missed a few things over the past couple days. Away for training since Monday and grabbed the wrong charger for the laptop. Luckly, one of the others in the course had a matching laptop. Another two days then I get to go home.

Sorry to hear that some have had a rough time or unpleasant experiences.

As for the questions:
#1 I will just be looking forward to being away from work for that long.
#2 I am working on Christmas but am fortunate that I can go to the office in the morning and get a truck then go back home. If I am needed they can call me. Hopefully, I don't get called, cuz if I get called that means someone else is really not having a good day.

Jon

 

[TotallyAngelic]

Any way, guess what the beagles done today??
Opened ALL the prezzys from underneath the xmas tree, they are a pair of little devils, you should have seen the place, they had been playing with there toys they unwrapped and left all the stuff that wasnt for them, all the clothes were just left, no damage thankfully!but they opened EVERY single parcel to see what was available to them.
Len was not impressed and blamed Ruby as Orly has never done it before!

Oh no .... what naughty doggies .... but cute really

Hey wait . . that sounds like my list from our LAST cruise! I think I did all of them . . .I'll save you a cushy seat by the Cove cafe. It's a terrific place to read many books. And sitting in those tiled loungers each night before dinner sure made the late dinner an even bigger treat . . .I was so relaxed Would be nice to have a buddy to chat with a little bit, though . . .

Tiled loungers and Cove Cafe ..... missed both of these on my first cruise so they are definitely on the "to do" list for the next one !!!

Just as cute as I thought .......

 

[gismo1554]

Oh, yes, naught he does, she is naughty but sensative, he truly does not give a ........

This is him at my friends house, I was so worried leaving him, ..........

LOL how cute!!!!!!

 

[gismo1554]

OK so this is what I got about Maho beach from another site - posted on here back in Aug on the main cruise board and got nothing so went elsewhere:

When you get off the ship and walk through the shopping area, there will be an area for taxis. They try to group you according to where you are going so as to keep the cost down. As far as Maho Beach, I can't help you. We went to Orient Beach. I can't remember the cost, but I don't recall it being too expensive. The more in your van, the cheaper it is. When we got to Orient, our whole group decided on a certain time and our cab driver was there waiting for us when we got back to the parking lot. Hope this helps a little.

Maho is about 20 minutes away, depending on traffic (which can be nasty)

The cost is around $20

Taxi's are everywhere.

Yes they are, we normally set up a time for the driver to pick us up to go back to the ship.

That really is the only way to get there.

Also, Maho is fun, I love it, the wife not so much, I am a plane nerd , you may also want to look at mullet bay, it's the next bay over from Maho and is well, amazing, think Corona ad type place.

There is a stand there that sell's beer and food.

The price for a taxi from the Cruise Facility to Mullet Bay/Maho is set. For a party of two it is $18. After that it is $8 per person or less depending on the number of people in the taxi. Allow at least an hour for transfer back it takes about 20 mins when no traffic.

With the help of my CC friends, we found our way to the city buses (vans really) on BACK STREET. We waved a bus that said MAHO BEACH on it (you can also get one that says Mullet Bay which passes Maho Beach first) paying $2 per person (each way) and went to MAHO BEACH next to the airport to see the planes land & depart. WHAT A BLAST, literally!!! We had such a great time! My husband was like a little boy waving his arms as the planes flew above us, wanting us to take his picture and video him too! The bus ride took about 30 minutes on the way there and about 25 minutes on the way back. We picked up and dropped off local people--everyone decent and polite. As others have posted about this bus ride, we felt safe, and our girls thought it added to the experience and was cool that we were traveling like the locals. It seemed we were mostly on the main road along with other taxis. Best times to see planes as posted was between 12noon and 2:30pm (giving you 2:30 as a safe time to head back for 5:30 sailing.)
Okay, the one thing I messed up on was finding BACK STREET in the first place. I took directions with me from these boards, but once there I was a little confused and had to ask a couple of people. So I wrote down very specific directions with a more scenic route through the BOARDWALK to help out those who want to try it. You can take the water taxi from the pier to the Boardwalk for $6 per person roundtrip, but we decided to take this walk which was about a 1 mile/15 minute walk, really not bad at all!
Here are DIRECTIONS:

Walk straight to the end of the shops at the pier, turning right at the end of the straight line of shops, to exit the entire pier area. You will exit passing the security guardhouse and out through the bluish gates onto the main city street. Once there, turn LEFT walking on the paved sidewalk on the left side of the road. On your left you will pass the construction site of the Pier Improvement Project and then a boat dockyard. Once you pass the boat dockyard look for a green gate with a sign on it for FRONT STREET & BOARDWALK. Turn left into there to follow the paved walkway. If you pass the Shell Gas station you have walked too far. Follow the pavement along the BOARDWALK which lines the beach there and is very picturesque & beautiful. The beach is pretty there with lots of colorful bars restaurants & shops. This area is only about 4 yrs old and very cosmopolitan looking. Walk to the area of the main WATER TAXI pier which is at the mid-length of the beach & Boardwalk. This is the cross street where you will turn RIGHT--when you turn right you will be facing the COURTHOUSE. Walk past the first block which is FRONT STREET to the next block behind the courthouse which is BACK STREET. Once on Back Street you will find the city bus/vans driving by with their signs on the window. You can try to find a bus stop sign (a symbol really) or just flag a bus down from anywhere which is what most of the locals do. Don't be afraid to ask for directions as the people there are quite friendly and helpful. Also, at the water taxi building area, there is a Tourist Information Booth you can get help at. I also got a great map of the area on the ship right before you swipe your sea pass to debark. Silly me though, I didn't actually look at it until afterwards!

 

[orlandothebeagle]

They are real problems in pairs.
Last year my Jack Russell ATE at least 8 starfish off my tree. YUP... real dried starfish, man, was he sick for days. This year...they are higher up the tree!

Ann

oops!

Looks like I have missed a few things over the past couple days. Away for training since Monday and grabbed the wrong charger for the laptop. Luckly, one of the others in the course had a matching laptop. Another two days then I get to go home.

Sorry to hear that some have had a rough time or unpleasant experiences.

As for the questions:
#1 I will just be looking forward to being away from work for that long.
#2 I am working on Christmas but am fortunate that I can go to the office in the morning and get a truck then go back home. If I am needed they can call me. Hopefully, I don't get called, cuz if I get called that means someone else is really not having a good day.

Jon

Fingers crossed for no calls!

I posted a thread, got some snippets of info, Ive just emailed your last post to myself Sarah so I can find it nearer the time, thanks!


http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=34620288#post34620288

 

[granmaz]

Well I only booked our British Airways one way flight from London Heathrow to Barcelona a few days ago and already the time has changed!!! Just 35 minutes later so no real problem. Longer to get down there from 'Up North'!!!

 

[pjpoohbear]

Super sweet pooch!

I just was playing on DCL and all staterooms cat 5 and down to 11 are not showing for even just two adults.

Pj

 

[Buckeye Goofy]

Howdy all,

I'm pretty new to the disboards, lurked for a while before joining. My DW (su_kraft) has been around for a while, and got me interested. The WBTA will be our 3rd cruise, others being Eastern Caribbean-2005 and Western Caribbean-2009 on the Magic. In addition to DW, have DS12 and DD5.

We're currently living in Canton GA, suburb on NW side of Atlanta, but I'm a Buckeye at heart.

Buckeye Goofy aka Glenn

 

[woody73]

I'm pretty new to the disboards . . .
The WBTA will be our 3rd cruise . . .

Welcome.

Woody

 

[pjpoohbear]

Welcome aboard Glenn and family!

 

[Bareacuda]

Howdy all,

I'm pretty new to the disboards, lurked for a while before joining. My DW (su_kraft) has been around for a while, and got me interested. The WBTA will be our 3rd cruise, others being Eastern Caribbean-2005 and Western Caribbean-2009 on the Magic. In addition to DW, have DS12 and DD5.

We're currently living in Canton GA, suburb on NW side of Atlanta, but I'm a Buckeye at heart.

Buckeye Goofy aka Glenn

to this busy bunch of talkers...


Ann

 

[pilk]

Howdy all,

I'm pretty new to the disboards, lurked for a while before joining. My DW (su_kraft) has been around for a while, and got me interested. The WBTA will be our 3rd cruise, others being Eastern Caribbean-2005 and Western Caribbean-2009 on the Magic. In addition to DW, have DS12 and DD5.

We're currently living in Canton GA, suburb on NW side of Atlanta, but I'm a Buckeye at heart.

Buckeye Goofy aka Glenn

Welcome to the group.

Jon