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

[su_kraft]

One more post . . .and I promise I'll go to bed . . .

Would love to hear what others are doing BEFORE the cruise . . .

We're considering flying into Madrid and traveling up to Barcelona on the trains. I"m concerned about too much luggage, but my experience on European trains was 20 years ago and I only had ONE bag then . . .LOL.

Do you have some great touring ideas, too?

Can't wait! 2010 is only days away!

We are leaving Atlanta the evening of the 15th, arriving Barcelona 9am on the 16th. I figure we will check into the hotel, nap a bit, and then start to explore the city a bit. I woiuld love to do the Chocolate factory with the kids, and I really want to see the Goudy chapel/church. The aquarium is also supposed to be wonderful (and I would love to be able to compare to the Atlanta Aquarium... Other than that, who knows... We were thinking about being at the port early, but there are no cat 3, 2 or 1 available so that could change, and we might try and fit in an extra half day...

Sue

 

[DiaLady]

I have a question for the Monday question ......

As it is almost 2010 ..... do you have any New Year Resolutions and what are they?

I'm still thinking on mine, but they're probably about weight loss (I've already started exercising more since I got Wii Plus)

The rest of the resolution has to do with continuing business development. My desire is for my web design business to produce more than enough to pay for my boys to attend college. I figure when they leave our food budget will be almost nothing (as compared to now with 2 teen boys). If my business profits pay for school than everything then we'll still have enough to continue traveling . . .LOL.

Looking forward to all that 2010 will bring. It's going to be awesome!

 

[orlandothebeagle]

Would love to hear your source for finding an apartment. Do tell . . . I've heard that is a great way to see Rome, but didn't even think about doing it in Barcelona. I would like to hit Spain about 5 days before leaving on the ship (but I'm still negotiating with DH . . .LOL). Having a base with a little more space would be wonderful.

http://www.pillowapartments.com/
We are using pillow apartment but if you google barcelona apartment you get lots and lots that come up, it took me w hile to find our apartment as I wanted a good view for my boat loving father!

 

[orlandothebeagle]

UK airline Monarch has vigorously denied that it is in financial difficulty after a bookmaker slashed the odds that it will become the next victim of the turmoil in the airline sector.

Luton-based Monarch insisted today that it is trading well and that it holds "substantial assets in its balance sheet".

Its assurance came after Paddy Power said it had received more than 100 bets in the last week that Monarch will suffer the same fate as FlyGlobespan, which collapsed two weeks ago. The bookmaker has now made Monarch the favourite in its "Next Airline to go bust?" market, cutting its odds from 50-1 to 4-1.

Monarch, though, insists that there is no reason for passengers to worry.

"Monarch is one of the UK's leading low cost airlines and is the airline of choice for independent tour operators in the UK. It has recently launched a series of new routes to Turkey for summer 2010 and has invested close to $1bn in a fleet of six Boeing 787 Dreamliners. It will be the second UK airline to take delivery of these aircraft," Monarch said in a statement.

"Monarch is currently 2% ahead on scheduled load factors for December 2009 compared to the same month last year, with forward bookings into 2010 ahead of forecasts," it added.

In early September 2008, Paddy Power stopped taking bets on XL Leisure after receiving over 200 bets in 24 hours that it would be the next airline to fail. XL collapsed days later, leading Paddy Power to pay out £15,000 to punters.

The betting firm said today it faces a payout of £7,000 if Monarch does collapse.

"Punters seemed to have latched on to Monarch in a pattern which echoes betting patterns in the immediate runup to the demise on XL Airways in September last year," a Paddy Power spokesman said.

"We'll be monitoring the situation very closely over the new year."

A year ago, the Advertising Standards Authority banned Paddy Power from running an advertisement promoting this market. The watchdog said the advert "unfairly discredited" airlines whose odds suggested they were at risk of entering administration.

Monarch is the UK's largest independent charter airline, and also operates scheduled flights from London Luton, London Gatwick, Manchester and Birmingham airports. It has been operating since 1968, and carries more than 6 million passengers a year on its 32 aircraft.

The Monarch website is offering extra discounts to anyone booking online before the end of 2009.

A Civil Aviation Authority spokesman confirmed that Monarch currently holds all the licences required to operate as an airline and a tour operator. This means it has satisfied certain financial and safety requirements.

Earlier this month Iata, the industry's trade body, warned that it expects airlines to lose a total of $5.6bn (£3.5bn) in 2010, up from an earlier estimate of $3.8bn.

 

[DiaLady]

UK airline Monarch has vigorously denied that it is in financial difficulty after a bookmaker slashed the odds that it will become the next victim of the turmoil in the airline sector..

In the states, most folks depend on the company stock as a predictor. Interesting the the UK has bookies that do it . . ..LOL. Hope you didn't book your flight to Barcelona with Monarch.

And thanks for the info on the apartments. I'll take a look see . . . .

 

[gismo1554]

Lynne Im sure it will all be OK. Probably just scarmongering!

 

[orlandothebeagle]

In the states, most folks depend on the company stock as a predictor. Interesting the the UK has bookies that do it . . ..LOL. Hope you didn't book your flight to Barcelona with Monarch.

And thanks for the info on the apartments. I'll take a look see . . . .

Ofcourse i did

 

[pjpoohbear]

Angie, I found your magnet from the WBPC cruise,

Pj

 

[Bareacuda]

Angie, I found your magnet from the WBPC cruise,

Pj

That's great... looks like me the past few days, my fibro has been acting up!

Ann

 

[Buckeye Goofy]

Ahoy,

The transatlanticpirates.com website is back online. We've pretty much started the site from scratch as we are using a different technology to build the site, it's entirely database driven.

The first thing we built was a new rollcall page, but since many of the people previously on the list have dropped the cruise, we'd like for everyone to sign-up again. It's simple and painless to use the submission form, which posts directly to a database and is immediately updated on the site. The only part that takes any manual effort is uploading pictures, instructions for this are on the sign-up form.

Still to come.... lanyard sign-up, fish extender exchange, secret Mickey, and much more.

Buckeye Goofy and su_kraft
aka Glenn and Sue

 

[woody73]

The transatlanticpirates.com website is back online.

Nice!

Woody

 

[Bareacuda]

Ahoy,

The transatlanticpirates.com website is back online.

Great Job!!! Thanks!

Ann

 

[MrsMork]

Angie, I found your magnet from the WBPC cruise,

Pj

OH!! Bring it!

Ahoy,

The transatlanticpirates.com website is back online. We've pretty much started the site from scratch as we are using a different technology to build the site, it's entirely database driven.

The first thing we built was a new rollcall page, but since many of the people previously on the list have dropped the cruise, we'd like for everyone to sign-up again. It's simple and painless to use the submission form, which posts directly to a database and is immediately updated on the site. The only part that takes any manual effort is uploading pictures, instructions for this are on the sign-up form.

Still to come.... lanyard sign-up, fish extender exchange, secret Mickey, and much more.

Buckeye Goofy and su_kraft
aka Glenn and Sue

Thanks. I will try to figure it out tomorrow. A bit techno challanged, but will get it.

 

[orlandothebeagle]

Ahoy,

The transatlanticpirates.com website is back online. We've pretty much started the site from scratch as we are using a different technology to build the site, it's entirely database driven.

The first thing we built was a new rollcall page, but since many of the people previously on the list have dropped the cruise, we'd like for everyone to sign-up again. It's simple and painless to use the submission form, which posts directly to a database and is immediately updated on the site. The only part that takes any manual effort is uploading pictures, instructions for this are on the sign-up form.

Still to come.... lanyard sign-up, fish extender exchange, secret Mickey, and much more.

Buckeye Goofy and su_kraft
aka Glenn and Sue

Thanks guys

 

[pilk]

Ahoy,

The transatlanticpirates.com website is back online. We've pretty much started the site from scratch as we are using a different technology to build the site, it's entirely database driven.

The first thing we built was a new rollcall page, but since many of the people previously on the list have dropped the cruise, we'd like for everyone to sign-up again. It's simple and painless to use the submission form, which posts directly to a database and is immediately updated on the site. The only part that takes any manual effort is uploading pictures, instructions for this are on the sign-up form.

Still to come.... lanyard sign-up, fish extender exchange, secret Mickey, and much more.

Buckeye Goofy and su_kraft
aka Glenn and Sue

Thanks for your time and work.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE

Jon

 

[MagicMe]

Ahoy,

The transatlanticpirates.com website is back online. We've pretty much started the site from scratch as we are using a different technology to build the site, it's entirely database driven.

The first thing we built was a new rollcall page, but since many of the people previously on the list have dropped the cruise, we'd like for everyone to sign-up again. It's simple and painless to use the submission form, which posts directly to a database and is immediately updated on the site. The only part that takes any manual effort is uploading pictures, instructions for this are on the sign-up form.

Still to come.... lanyard sign-up, fish extender exchange, secret Mickey, and much more.

Buckeye Goofy and su_kraft
aka Glenn and Sue

Looks Great!!! Added myself to the roll call.

thanks for all your work!

Still early here but for all those on the other continents and just heading out or coming back for/from festivities -
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!


Won't be long now before I can say "I'm cruising this year!!!!!"

 

[granmaz]

Buckeye Goofy, thanks for the work with the website. I've added ourselves.

Seems much more real now.

 

[orlandothebeagle]

Lynne Im sure it will all be OK. Probably just scarmongering!

Hi, how are you all doing???

 

[woody73]

Happy New Year.

Woody

 

[MrsMork]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Just a few more hours and we will be able to say we are sailing THIS YEAR!!!!