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

[granmaz]

What happened with the dining, Im thinking that it is time to link dining
I am on late dining, who was taking are of it? Angel sarah?
A few folks said they they wanted to link with the "scottish nutters"
Stand and be counted ye all!

You need to hang off linking dining till after all the reservation nights. On our '08 PC cruise lots of folk and groups were linked, and the system couldn't cope when everyone logged on to book. Everything crashed and it took hours just to get one reservation. Some people didn't get any, and some even lost theirs before hitting the final button!!! It too me about 5 hours just to get one Palo reservation. We call it the night of the fishies because all anyone saw was the waiting page with fish on. Once the US folk started giving up and going to bed we could get on much easier then and book things.

Apparently if reservations are linked only one person at a time from that group can be online trying to book!!!!! They do put a warning up when you log in to make reservations.

Having said all that, I think everyone actually managed to get Palo reservations in the end and onboard ship.

 

[gismo1554]

Hey did anyone see someone posted a special gift they got on the cruise. I hope we get one of these for our cruise:

 

[orlandothebeagle]

You need to hang off linking dining till after all the reservation nights. On our '08 PC cruise lots of folk and groups were linked, and the system couldn't cope when everyone logged on to book. Everything crashed and it took hours just to get one reservation. Some people didn't get any, and some even lost theirs before hitting the final button!!! It too me about 5 hours just to get one Palo reservation. We call it the night of the fishies because all anyone saw was the waiting page with fish on. Once the US folk started giving up and going to bed we could get on much easier then and book things.

Apparently if reservations are linked only one person at a time from that group can be online trying to book!!!!! They do put a warning up when you log in to make reservations.

Having said all that, I think everyone actually managed to get Palo reservations in the end and onboard ship.

Ok, I think I knew that , cheers.

 

[orlandothebeagle]

Hey did anyone see someone posted a special gift they got on the cruise. I hope we get one of these for our cruise:

Thats WELL smart

 

[KermitRocks]

Hey did anyone see someone posted a special gift they got on the cruise. I hope we get one of these for our cruise:

Wow! I love it!! I hope we get one too!!!!

 

[TotallyAngelic]

Well I had my hospital appointment to get my MRI results today. Good news is nothing nasty which is what I anticipated, but they want to take the gallbladder out as there is some inflammation and tiny gallstones. It is the tiny gallstones that are the problem passing down the bile duct and going into the pancreatic one causing the nasty acute pancreatitis. They don't want me to have another attack, and I sure don't. Apart from being one of the most painful things, it can be fatal.

So, that should be done in the next 2-3 weeks, by keyhole surgery hopefully, so no big deal, and I should(barring complications) be absolutely fine for this vacation. I have to continue with my low fat diet till then.

Just need to make sure of the cancellation policy and dates just in case as I can't get insurance till it is all over, and these dates are fast approaching!

I can start looking forward again and planning!!!

Pleased to hear that it is nothing too serious and a lap chole is a straightforwad procedure so you should be fine and more importantly you
can start planning again now ....

my dd had glandular fever last summer too, and it was awful, she still seems to have recurrences to me. Hope Dan is betetr soon x

thanks it has all been really bad timing for him ... GCSE year etc. Had a really bad time of it in Feb and still having the odd day with fatigue etc. How long was your DD affected? Is she better now?

I think we need some updated pics so we can decide if you can cut or not

Definitely need photos

What happened with the dining, Im thinking that it is time to link dining
I am on late dining, who was taking are of it? Angel sarah?
A few folks said they they wanted to link with the "scottish nutters"
Stand and be counted ye all!

We definitely want to link ....... but will do it officially after the 90 day deadline.

 

[TotallyAngelic]

Hey did anyone see someone posted a special gift they got on the cruise. I hope we get one of these for our cruise:

wow ... thats brilliant ... want one !!!!

 

[tig82174]

Eric - is it as long as on the last TA? It looked really good that length!

no it's not quite that long yet...but it might get close to that right before I cut it in Sept.

 

[GOS]

Sign us up for the PIF club!! Feels so good to have it done! So the only things left to do are decide on excursions and book them and then PACK!!!

Wohoo!!!

Congrats, another member

 

[granmaz]

Is there anything inside?

 

[GOS]

I know you all have probably already discussed this, but how far in advance do you think we will find out about the number of formal nights? It looked like the EBTA folks had 2 formal and 3 semi-formal. Will it be about the same for us?

--Lynn

Lynn - I emailed DCL a little while ago and they said 2 formal and 1 semi. Guess we will need to email them again nearer the trip.

 

[birkner]

2010 Disney Transatlantic Cruise Fireworks in Barcelona

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-GJNwEqL68

 

[granmaz]

Oh, that just reminded me. We are PIF too!!!!

Not sure what the exchange rate will do with the election next week. If Gordon Brown keeps making a fool of himself there is more and more chance of a hung parliament and that probably would mean a bad rate for us!(However, a hung parliament might not be a bad thing for a while)

 

[GOS]

I am planning to use disney shampoo and stuff, are you buying suntan lotion to take or buying it in spain.
What about you guys?
For you transatlantic experts......... Do you think they will run out of shampoo and stuff or will they have plenty.

Buy travel size for the first couple of days and the go shopping in Gib. That's what we're gona do.

 

[GOS]

Oh, that just reminded me. We are PIF too!!!!

Not sure what the exchange rate will do with the election next week. If Gordon Brown keeps making a fool of himself there is more and more chance of a hung parliament and that probably would mean a bad rate for us!(However, a hung parliament might not be a bad thing for a while)

Another member.

 

[orlandothebeagle]

Buy travel size for the first couple of days and the go shopping in Gib. That's what we're gona do.

Good plan batman

 

[tig82174]

I've been watching all the conversation about dinner attire and formal nights vs. semi vs. cruise casual, etc....but I haven't ever thrown in my two cents...but I'm procrastinating getting work done so now seems as good a time as any!

I know I'm in the minority here...but I'm hoping for 2 formal nights---that will give me and Jason a chance to wear our various Disney-themed tie/vest and tie/cummerbund (sp?) sets!

People who have cruised with us before know we have this "thing" about dinner attire. I should preface this by saying that at home we never dress up----EVER. Jason works in a very casual job where he can basically wear what he wants to it's jeans and Tshirts or polo shirts most days. I have a "business casual" job where I have to wear khaki pants and most days I wear a polo shirt or MAYBE a collared shirt....but NEVER a tie. And we NEVER wear suits except to funerals and weddings!

On our cruises, however, we wear ties to dinner every single night----we wear DISNEY ties!! This all started on our last TA cruise, the EBTA in 2007. On that cruise we decided we were going to bring a different disney-themed tie for every night of the cruise----and the tradition has stuck! Sometimes we wear the same matching tie....sometimes we wear coordinating ties (like they are different ties but have the same character and/or film theme)...sometimes we just wear whatever ties that don't go together at all....but we wear Disney ties every night. Many of the ties I have scrounged up on ebay over the past couple years, but I have also taken to actually buying fabric and MAKING us ties when I can find fun Disney fabric. I've done the same thing with our formal wear. We have one set of mickey mouse vest/bowties that we bought...but I have since made us several different matching sets of ties and vests or cummerbunds----Mickey Mouse, Disney Princesses, Little Mermaid, 101 Dalmations (that's the photo of us in my signature), Finding Nemo, Tinker Bell----we even have a set of "Golden Mickeys" vests and ties I made after our last cruise for us to wear on Golden Mickey's night----only to find that they got rid of that show!!! (We will probably keep the magic alive by wearing that set on this cruise anyway, though).

So anyhow...we're at the point now where we own just under 50 Disney neckties and at least 6 formal Disney bowtie/vest/cummerbund sets----and we will be bringing and wearing them all....so on the B2B cruise we intend to keep the tradition alive by wearing a Disney tie or formal set to dinner every night----and never wearing the same one twice!!! (As guys we're fortunate we can launder and recycle the dress shirts & slacks and then just wear different ties----so it seems like a whole new outfit LOL).

So if you end up seated near us in the dining room(s), make sure you take note of what the tie for the day is!!

 

[granmaz]

I've been watching all the conversation about dinner attire and formal nights vs. semi vs. cruise casual, etc....but I haven't ever thrown in my two cents...but I'm procrastinating getting work done so now seems as good a time as any!

I know I'm in the minority here...but I'm hoping for 2 formal nights---that will give me and Jason a chance to wear our various Disney-themed tie/vest and tie/cummerbund (sp?) sets!

People who have cruised with us before know we have this "thing" about dinner attire. I should preface this by saying that at home we never dress up----EVER. Jason works in a very casual job where he can basically wear what he wants to it's jeans and Tshirts or polo shirts most days. I have a "business casual" job where I have to wear khaki pants and most days I wear a polo shirt or MAYBE a collared shirt....but NEVER a tie. And we NEVER wear suits except to funerals and weddings!

On our cruises, however, we wear ties to dinner every single night----we wear DISNEY ties!! This all started on our last TA cruise, the EBTA in 2007. On that cruise we decided we were going to bring a different disney-themed tie for every night of the cruise----and the tradition has stuck! Sometimes we wear the same matching tie....sometimes we wear coordinating ties (like they are different ties but have the same character and/or film theme)...sometimes we just wear whatever ties that don't go together at all....but we wear Disney ties every night. Many of the ties I have scrounged up on ebay over the past couple years, but I have also taken to actually buying fabric and MAKING us ties when I can find fun Disney fabric. I've done the same thing with our formal wear. We have one set of mickey mouse vest/bowties that we bought...but I have since made us several different matching sets of ties and vests or cummerbunds----Mickey Mouse, Disney Princesses, Little Mermaid, 101 Dalmations (that's the photo of us in my signature), Finding Nemo, Tinker Bell----we even have a set of "Golden Mickeys" vests and ties I made after our last cruise for us to wear on Golden Mickey's night----only to find that they got rid of that show!!! (We will probably keep the magic alive by wearing that set on this cruise anyway, though).

So anyhow...we're at the point now where we own just under 50 Disney neckties and at least 6 formal Disney bowtie/vest/cummerbund sets----and we will be bringing and wearing them all....so on the B2B cruise we intend to keep the tradition alive by wearing a Disney tie or formal set to dinner every night----and never wearing the same one twice!!! (As guys we're fortunate we can launder and recycle the dress shirts & slacks and then just wear different ties----so it seems like a whole new outfit LOL).

So if you end up seated near us in the dining room(s), make sure you take note of what the tie for the day is!!

Oh I hope we're sitting near you and can see you dressed up with all the ties. What fun!!!!!

 

[GOS]

I've been watching all the conversation about dinner attire and formal nights vs. semi vs. cruise casual, etc....but I haven't ever thrown in my two cents...but I'm procrastinating getting work done so now seems as good a time as any!

I know I'm in the minority here...but I'm hoping for 2 formal nights---that will give me and Jason a chance to wear our various Disney-themed tie/vest and tie/cummerbund (sp?) sets!

People who have cruised with us before know we have this "thing" about dinner attire. I should preface this by saying that at home we never dress up----EVER. Jason works in a very casual job where he can basically wear what he wants to it's jeans and Tshirts or polo shirts most days. I have a "business casual" job where I have to wear khaki pants and most days I wear a polo shirt or MAYBE a collared shirt....but NEVER a tie. And we NEVER wear suits except to funerals and weddings!

On our cruises, however, we wear ties to dinner every single night----we wear DISNEY ties!! This all started on our last TA cruise, the EBTA in 2007. On that cruise we decided we were going to bring a different disney-themed tie for every night of the cruise----and the tradition has stuck! Sometimes we wear the same matching tie....sometimes we wear coordinating ties (like they are different ties but have the same character and/or film theme)...sometimes we just wear whatever ties that don't go together at all....but we wear Disney ties every night. Many of the ties I have scrounged up on ebay over the past couple years, but I have also taken to actually buying fabric and MAKING us ties when I can find fun Disney fabric. I've done the same thing with our formal wear. We have one set of mickey mouse vest/bowties that we bought...but I have since made us several different matching sets of ties and vests or cummerbunds----Mickey Mouse, Disney Princesses, Little Mermaid, 101 Dalmations (that's the photo of us in my signature), Finding Nemo, Tinker Bell----we even have a set of "Golden Mickeys" vests and ties I made after our last cruise for us to wear on Golden Mickey's night----only to find that they got rid of that show!!! (We will probably keep the magic alive by wearing that set on this cruise anyway, though).

So anyhow...we're at the point now where we own just under 50 Disney neckties and at least 6 formal Disney bowtie/vest/cummerbund sets----and we will be bringing and wearing them all....so on the B2B cruise we intend to keep the tradition alive by wearing a Disney tie or formal set to dinner every night----and never wearing the same one twice!!! (As guys we're fortunate we can launder and recycle the dress shirts & slacks and then just wear different ties----so it seems like a whole new outfit LOL).

So if you end up seated near us in the dining room(s), make sure you take note of what the tie for the day is!!

I hear you Eric and agree wholeheartedly. We love changing for dinner each night as it makes the whole trip extra special.

 

[granmaz]

We always changed for dinner anyway, even when we went to Topsiders. Just seems more special.