Sept 18 2010 WB TransAtlantic Pirates/Capt Jacks Re-Repoing Repossession Cruise Pt.5

[gismo1554]

I believe that the "no jeans" only applies to Palo.

Thats what I thought and planned for.

 

[gismo1554]

I have started my ocd checking for room number.
When will we get them do you think?

Lynne Im thinking after penalty date - is that 75 days out?

Any UK people thought about insurance yet?

 

[granmaz]

That's just insane to have a 30 minute wait at 2am!! I'm hoping we will get lucky and just pick an off time (if there is such a thing).

Anyhow, I'm finally getting around to planning all the little details and I'm trying to pick between 2 places to eat at Heathrow Airport during our layover.
After looking on the airport website and reading some reviews we are thinking either Crown Rivers or Huxley's. Has anyone been to either of these?
We'll be in Terminal 5 so we are limited to what's there. Niether of us are big seafood eaters but I'm interested in some Fish & Chips and Gus is a burger kind of guy so if you can recommend someplace else, let us know!! I don't normally plan airport meals but since we have never been to London thought it might be fun to try something localish, even if it is airport food.

Chasity

Sorry I don't know Terminal 5, but hopefully we will see you there!!! I can ask over on a UK board I am on if you like and will probably get some answers.

Howdy all!

Back home from helping out with the parents for the past month.

I have a couple of weeks here then we fly up to see my DD and SIL (he wouldn't want to be called darling!) in Canada for a week. Booked it long ago when things were not chaotic.

Then home for 2 days and then back to the folks for the rest of the summer until we get them moved out of the house, fix up the house, have a giant garage sale, and get their house sold. We have to get it done before my sis has to go back to teaching in August. We will probably have to call in the whole clan, it is a huge project.

I was hoping to get some more research for the cruise done before I booked excursions this weekend, but I think we will eeny-meeny-miney-mo!

My research this week has turned into getting a rental car in Toronto and figuring out if we need to book any touristy thing in advance there. We are looking forward to seeing DD's first house!

I will try to get on the boards from time to time. Sadly, it will not be as much as I had hoped.

I missed twenty pages in the middle of the thread. I hope it wasn't anything good!

Wow, your life is hectic at the moment. Do take some time to put your feet up won't you, and do take care. I hope all goes well and trouble free.

I am the same way about toliets! I think I've passed it on to my 3 year old too! So, we'll see what happens!!

I am so toilet fussy! I have decided to NOT go to toilets in Barcelona!!! We are there 4 nights and I will hang on till i get back to my hotel room!!!

I have already packed - I'll probably unpack and repack a couple more times yet but this is what I have thus far... note - throw away in some cases means thrift store once we get to Florida.

Wearing
Black shoes (to wear for dinner on cruise) – throw away
Green leggings – throw away
Grey pants – throw away
Orange long sleeve tshirt – throw away
White fleece – throw away
White socks – throw away
Long thermal socks – throw away
Knickers – throw away
Hankie – throw away

Shoes
Red Nike Presto
Sandals

Toiletry Bag
Mickey Mouse over the door toiletry bag and contents

Swimwear
Swimsuits x 2
Snorkle
Mask
Shorts
Swim shoes

Underwear
10 Hankies – throw away
4 pairs socks for day wear – throw away
1 pair socks for dining – throw away
3 pairs of socks
1 knickers – throw away
****1 pair long socks to wear home -still to go into suitcase
**** knickers -still to go into suitcase
**** Bras -still to go into suitcase

Bottoms
¾ Pants – throw away
Red Pants – throw away
Brown Pants
Khaki Pants
Blue Asian print pants for dining – throw away
Black Satin pants for dining – throw away

Tops
Black t-shirt for dining – throw away
Pink Cardigan for dining – throw away
Dis Unplugged t-shirt
White shirt
Green T-shirt – throw away
Green ¾ t-shirt – throw away
Pink ¾ t-shirt – throw away
Red striped t-shirt – throw away
Pink striped t-shirt – throw away
Pink long sleeve t-shirt – throw away
Black&grey long sleeve t-shirt – throw away
**** Mickey Mouse Gold Tone Jumper -still to go into suitcase

Nightwear
1 pair shortie PJs – throw away
1 old Tshirt – throw away
2 old PJ shorts – throw away
* some of the throw away tops will be recycled for nightwear once in Florida

Misc
Hat – throw away
Rain jacket
2 bags chocolate bars
? books
CDs for rental car – throw away
Door magnets
**** book exchange bag -still to go into suitcase
**** FE Gifts -still to go into suitcase
**** iPod charger -still to go into suitcase
**** Camera battery charger -still to go into suitcase


I feel the cold really badly, I have poor circulation so I simply start shivering in aircon so its usually long sleeves for me and long pants.

I am so impressed with all the throwing away. I do usually bin a few things like worn our swimsuits or baggy older t shirts, but always rethink other clothes as I always think they will do another trip!!! I like to travel in older less than perfect knickers(+ a spare pair in hand baggage) and I can bin those straight away though.

 

[gismo1554]

After two previous flights from UK to Barcelona have been cancelled after booking, Lyn (Lyn9856) has booked our flights again. Fingers crossed that these ones don't get cancelled. If they do I will start to suspect someone doesn't want us cruising Don't they realize well be getting there one way or another

Jon

LOL I hope not for both of your sakes! Who are you flying with this time?

 

[gismo1554]

Just as long as our atlantic crossing flight doesn't get cancelled. If that one gets cancelled then I may get nervous

Jon

I dunno getting stuck in Florida? Sounds ideal!

 

[eeyorelvr10]

Hm.....with Paula throwing away her clothes - what does that say about the rest of us?

Sorry - thought got interupted - to be continued later on......on IM with friends in Barcelona now. BRB

 

[gismo1554]

Sarah, as I said above Terry doesn't have long pants either. He will probably be wearing his good jeans a few times. If he wears his jeans I'll make sure he wears a nice button up shirt with them.

Yeah! Well sit Terry and Dan in a corner so they don't look out of place lol

 

[gismo1554]

Hey Woody!!! Looking forward to hearing all about your travels since the WBTA on the EBTA - looking forward to some more afternoon chats on the WBTA hopefully - it was just nice to sit and talk in the Promedade lounge. Hope the rest of your travels are great!

I read about this also before the EBTA and so I was freaked out as that is what DH wears mostly BUT we never got a letter like that for regular dining - now our papers about Palo did say no jeans (which we knew) - so I did not feel like we were going agaist policy as we had nothing saying no jeans for the main dining rooms.

on the EBTA upgrades/cabin assignments went out on Feb. 23 - I remember because it was my birthday!

ummm - maybe I should not be saying this as I am giving away my secret (JUST KIDDING) but yes the laundry rooms are open 24 hours - I did laundry one morning from 2 - 4 am - used 4 washers and 4 dryers and there were still ones left over Laundry rooms are located on Decks 2, 6, 7 and 7 is the largest.

Maybe we can pick a night, put our clothes in and go up to deck 9 and party while we wash/dry


Krisann

Thanks for this Krisann. Can you remember when penalty date was for the EBTA? Was wondering if this influenced stateroom assignment?

 

[LittleDisneyLovers]

Thats what I thought and planned for.

OK, just checked the FAQs on the Disney Cruise site. It clearly state cruise casual is no shorts, swimwear or tank tops. Doesn't say anything about jeans, so I'd assume they are OK. I will be wearing them if I'm cold. Our jeans are nice jeans, not ripped or dirty, and I promise not to have a 'plumbers crack'!

I am so impressed with all the throwing away. I do usually bin a few things like worn our swimsuits or baggy older t shirts, but always rethink other clothes as I always think they will do another trip!!! I like to travel in older less than perfect knickers(+ a spare pair in hand baggage) and I can bin those straight away though.

I'm the opposite. I tend to take my best knickers, or even buy new ones.......I'm paranoid my bags will be searched in the airport in front of heaps of people and all my old ugly knickers will be on show! Silly, I know!

 

[TotallyAngelic]

Any UK people thought about insurance yet?

I did it last week .... thought I better had. We got annual worldwide for about £35 for a couple. Booked through MoneySupermarket.com.

I'm the opposite. I tend to take my best knickers, or even buy new ones.......I'm paranoid my bags will be searched in the airport in front of heaps of people and all my old ugly knickers will be on show! Silly, I know!

I always buy new underwear for holidays .... just makes me feel better. I wouldn't feel right with a lovely evening dress on and crappy old underwear underneath.

 

[gismo1554]

That's just insane to have a 30 minute wait at 2am!! I'm hoping we will get lucky and just pick an off time (if there is such a thing).

Anyhow, I'm finally getting around to planning all the little details and I'm trying to pick between 2 places to eat at Heathrow Airport during our layover.
After looking on the airport website and reading some reviews we are thinking either Crown Rivers or Huxley's. Has anyone been to either of these?
We'll be in Terminal 5 so we are limited to what's there. Niether of us are big seafood eaters but I'm interested in some Fish & Chips and Gus is a burger kind of guy so if you can recommend someplace else, let us know!! I don't normally plan airport meals but since we have never been to London thought it might be fun to try something localish, even if it is airport food.

Chasity

Ill worn you know if Terminal 5 is anything like the other terminals the food is not up to much at all! I haven't eaten in either but I'd just say from experience of London airport food it isn't a good representation of British food in the slightest!

 

[gismo1554]

Oh wow! Thanks for letting us know. Can you get sandwiches or anything around dinner time??

Most of Spain shuts down for a seista between 3 and 5 I think it is (can't remember precise times) so a lot of restaurants also shut down. I can't remember if many places stayed open last time I was there sorry. Its an old tradition to do with paying people for lunch hours if they work over a certain amount of hours a day.

 

[gismo1554]

I have already packed - I'll probably unpack and repack a couple more times yet but this is what I have thus far... note - throw away in some cases means thrift store once we get to Florida.

Wearing
Black shoes (to wear for dinner on cruise) – throw away
Green leggings – throw away
Grey pants – throw away
Orange long sleeve tshirt – throw away
White fleece – throw away
White socks – throw away
Long thermal socks – throw away
Knickers – throw away
Hankie – throw away

Shoes
Red Nike Presto
Sandals

Toiletry Bag
Mickey Mouse over the door toiletry bag and contents

Swimwear
Swimsuits x 2
Snorkle
Mask
Shorts
Swim shoes

Underwear
10 Hankies – throw away
4 pairs socks for day wear – throw away
1 pair socks for dining – throw away
3 pairs of socks
1 knickers – throw away
****1 pair long socks to wear home -still to go into suitcase
**** knickers -still to go into suitcase
**** Bras -still to go into suitcase

Bottoms
¾ Pants – throw away
Red Pants – throw away
Brown Pants
Khaki Pants
Blue Asian print pants for dining – throw away
Black Satin pants for dining – throw away

Tops
Black t-shirt for dining – throw away
Pink Cardigan for dining – throw away
Dis Unplugged t-shirt
White shirt
Green T-shirt – throw away
Green ¾ t-shirt – throw away
Pink ¾ t-shirt – throw away
Red striped t-shirt – throw away
Pink striped t-shirt – throw away
Pink long sleeve t-shirt – throw away
Black&grey long sleeve t-shirt – throw away
**** Mickey Mouse Gold Tone Jumper -still to go into suitcase

Nightwear
1 pair shortie PJs – throw away
1 old Tshirt – throw away
2 old PJ shorts – throw away
* some of the throw away tops will be recycled for nightwear once in Florida

Misc
Hat – throw away
Rain jacket
2 bags chocolate bars
? books
CDs for rental car – throw away
Door magnets
**** book exchange bag -still to go into suitcase
**** FE Gifts -still to go into suitcase
**** iPod charger -still to go into suitcase
**** Camera battery charger -still to go into suitcase


I feel the cold really badly, I have poor circulation so I simply start shivering in aircon so its usually long sleeves for me and long pants.

Now this is a list I can use! Love it

 

[gismo1554]

OK, just checked the FAQs on the Disney Cruise site. It clearly state cruise casual is no shorts, swimwear or tank tops. Doesn't say anything about jeans, so I'd assume they are OK. I will be wearing them if I'm cold. Our jeans are nice jeans, not ripped or dirty, and I promise not to have a 'plumbers crack'!

LOL! Well thats OK then! Builders/Plumbers cracks are definately banned

 

[gismo1554]

I did it last week .... thought I better had. We got annual worldwide for about £35 for a couple. Booked through MoneySupermarket.com.
:

Thats what we were looking at. Who did you go through? I was getting panicky thinking should we pay £130 and get ash insurance!

 

[granmaz]

OK, just checked the FAQs on the Disney Cruise site. It clearly state cruise casual is no shorts, swimwear or tank tops. Doesn't say anything about jeans, so I'd assume they are OK. I will be wearing them if I'm cold. Our jeans are nice jeans, not ripped or dirty, and I promise not to have a 'plumbers crack'!



I'm the opposite. I tend to take my best knickers, or even buy new ones.......I'm paranoid my bags will be searched in the airport in front of heaps of people and all my old ugly knickers will be on show! Silly, I know!

Nice jeans will be just fine.

Oh, I only travel in less than perfect knickers, and they aren't that bad I can assure you. I decided if I had an accident then the state of my undies will be my least concern!!! Other than that, at my age my packed ones can be a bit embarrassing even if new!!!! To be honest I would be more embarrassed if they consisted of thongs nowadays.

 

[gismo1554]

We got ours couple of weeks ago. We are using points not cash for this cruise. I wonder if that makes a difference?

I know that someone posted what they thought the schedule would be a week or so ago (Formal, semi, pirates nights etc). Was that the final answer? We can make our Palo ressies/excursions this Saturday (Yippee!), if someone can post it again, that would be great.

Thanks
Annette

So I think we are going with - well until Sue gets back to us:

Disney Magic 14 Night Transatlantic 2010 09/18/2010
Port of CallDay's & Dates - MenuRotation

BARCELONA Saturday, September 18, 2010 - Let The Magic Begin

AT SEA Sunday, September 19, 2010 - Prince & Princess - Formal

GIBRALTAR Monday, September 20, 2010 - Flavours of the Med

AT SEA Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - Rotation

MADEIRA Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - Rotation

AT SEA Thursday, September 23, 2010 - Rotation

AT SEA Friday, September 24, 2010 - Transatlantic - Formal

AT SEA Saturday, September 25, 2010 - Villians

AT SEA Sunday, September 26, 2010 - Master Chef

AT SEA Monday, September 27, 2010 - Taste of the Caribbean

ST MAARTEN Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - Pirates

TORTOLA Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - Around the World

AT SEAThursday, September 30, 2010 - Captains Gala - Semi Formal

CASTAWAY CAY Friday, October 01, 2010 - Till We Meet Again

Well at least this was my interpretation of what it is likely to be based on what we've been told. Do I win a prize if its right?

 

[gismo1554]

Nice jeans will be just fine.

Oh, I only travel in less than perfect knickers, and they aren't that bad I can assure you. I decided if I had an accident then the state of my undies will be my least concern!!! Other than that, at my age my packed ones can be a bit embarrassing even if new!!!! To be honest I would be more embarrassed if they consisted of thongs nowadays.

This reminds me of my embarressing travelling underwear story which I have to share because it was so so embarressing.

When I went to work in Disney there were around 11 of us flying out together from the UK on the same flight, via Washington Airport. We all met up at the airport as we got email addy's before we left so we could chat etc. Anyway when we got off in Washington we went through security and low and behold I set the scanner off. So after about 4 times through this scanner, taking off every peice of metal I could think of I had to have the hand-scan over my body thing - bearing in mind that the other 10 people were stood waiting looking very bored by this point! Anyway, it turns out after lots of "adjusting" shall we say, it was my underwire setting the machine off! I have never been so mortified in my life! Honestly I don't know what setting they had that scanner on but it was nuts! That bra went straight in the bin!

 

[LittleDisneyLovers]

I always buy new underwear for holidays .... just makes me feel better. I wouldn't feel right with a lovely evening dress on and crappy old underwear underneath.

So true!

Nice jeans will be just fine.

Oh, I only travel in less than perfect knickers, and they aren't that bad I can assure you. I decided if I had an accident then the state of my undies will be my least concern!!! Other than that, at my age my packed ones can be a bit embarrassing even if new!!!! To be honest I would be more embarrassed if they consisted of thongs nowadays.

You are so funny! I'm sure the people see all kinds of things in suitcases and my knickers (or yours) are really not that interesting to them, I'm just silly. I must admit I do wear thongs, my husband calls them 'eyepatches', does that make them suitable for Pirates night?

 

[LittleDisneyLovers]

This reminds me of my embarressing travelling underwear story which I have to share because it was so so embarressing.

When I went to work in Disney there were around 11 of us flying out together from the UK on the same flight, via Washington Airport. We all met up at the airport as we got email addy's before we left so we could chat etc. Anyway when we got off in Washington we went through security and low and behold I set the scanner off. So after about 4 times through this scanner, taking off every peice of metal I could think of I had to have the hand-scan over my body thing - bearing in mind that the other 10 people were stood waiting looking very bored by this point! Anyway, it turns out after lots of "adjusting" shall we say, it was my underwire setting the machine off! I have never been so mortified in my life! Honestly I don't know what setting they had that scanner on but it was nuts! That bra went straight in the bin!

That's very funny! Now, probably not so much when it was happening, lol.
My friend just broke her hip and has had screws put in, her doc gave her an airport security letter for future travel in case she sets off the scanner thingy! I had a screw in my nose (car accident) and never set it off, That must be some heavy duty underwire!