Sept 18 2010 WB TransAtlantic Pirates/Capt Jacks Re-Repoing Repossession Cruise Pt.7

[su_kraft]

Oh sounds like a good idea! This was one of the reasons I was thinking keep seperate lists for each group of activities ie. each FE group for example as this limits the number of groups involved that may have an issue.

I don't know what people think? Sue has a fab excel sheet (hope she doesn't mind me mentioning it) that could be used if we want 1 central place or adjusted slightly if we want each group to have one but it just depends what people would rather do?

Nope - I don't mind at all. I do a lot of things like this at work - spreadsheets, pivot charts, power points... I can do it at the office nd no one will be any the wiser... I can also make it a pdf and post it to my photobook so people can have it ahead of time...

OK - does this work?

This was very easy to do and it will be easy to maintain - just remember that when you pick up your list check the outside of the envelope for changes. People can put the change on the outer sheet - or leave me a phone message and we will add it to the list if that is easier.

 

[UKANGEL]

OK...I've been off the boards for the week and I had over 40 pages on Thread #6 and 16 here to catch up on (plus all the other threads I follow...yipes!!). I have skimmed (and I do mean SKIM) all the pages. I am back now and will get back into posting in the next several hours.

I know some people have emailed and PMed me with updates for the lanyard list or to request lanyards for the trip. I will be getting to all those emails and PMs in the next several hours, too!

Had to finish catching up first now we have to find something to eat and I have to rest my poor eyes!!!

welcome 'home'

Hey everyone I just got caught up on this new thread. I just skimmed it so if there is anything I need to react to, please let me know.
Welcome to all the newbies! Hugs to anyone who needs them
Here is the day I've had: My History Midterm exam essay was due today. I printed off the directions from the site and thought it was crazy that I had to answer 11 questions all with 2-3 paragraph essays!! But I buckled down and got to work. Amand came home around 530 and I started expalining on how horrible I thought it was that I had to do all these essays questions. She asked if maybe I had misread the instructions. Of course I had and I only had to do one! I had 10 of 11 completed btw. All that stress for nothing! Going forward, I'll make sure I read the instructions twice.

Have a great weekend everyone

Annette

Oh that sounds so familiar Annette poor you!

I don't even want the Walt Suite, all I want is a stateroom with a verandah! Not too much to ask, is it?

Ditto!

woooooo hooooooo

ONLY 11 WEEKS TO GO UNTIL WE BOARD THE DISNEY MAGIC !!!!!!!!!!

Dancing right along with you Sarah......


I am gettign nervous though that I'm leaving everything to the last minute! Does anyone else feel that way???

 

[LittleDisneyLovers]

Don't you mean SATURDAY MORNING messages !!!!

It's 10pm Saturday Night here

 

[LittleDisneyLovers]

Nope - I don't mind at all. I do a lot of things like this at work - spreadsheets, pivot charts, power points... I can do it at the office nd no one will be any the wiser... I can also make it a pdf and post it to my photobook so people can have it ahead of time...

OK - does this work?

This was very easy to do and it will be easy to maintain - just remember that when you pick up your list check the outside of the envelope for changes. People can put the change on the outer sheet - or leave me a phone message and we will add it to the list if that is easier.

OMG, You are a legend, That is EXACTLY what I had in mind, but it would have taken me 2 days solid to do it!

 

[su_kraft]

OMG, You are a legend, That is EXACTLY what I had in mind, but it would have taken me 2 days solid to do it!

No, so not a legend! I do so many charts like this for work, that it is just easy - not to mention that I had almost everyone in for FE's - so it went very easy.


SPEAKING OF FE's...

Now opening Group Strawberry!! Come one, come all... Please PM me with your DIS name, cabin number if available and the names of people participating. For kids (the little ones) please include an age.

 

[gismo1554]

Of course, we would need to leave the list up and accessible for the entire cruise.
I will probably be the first to get my Fe's delivered, as there is some food as part of my gift, It would be too tempting to have all that yummy food in our cabin! And as for the Candy Swap, I've already had to replace them a few times!
I think everyone can be responsible for collecting their own cabin changes and info, What do you think?

LOL! This is why I have yet to buy my candy! I know I would eat it!

 

[gismo1554]

woooooo hooooooo

ONLY 11 WEEKS TO GO UNTIL WE BOARD THE DISNEY MAGIC !!!!!!!!!!

I love your messages! They're great!

This time in 11 weeks we will probably all be onboard and will be about to go down to the Dis meet at 3

 

[gismo1554]

Nope - I don't mind at all. I do a lot of things like this at work - spreadsheets, pivot charts, power points... I can do it at the office nd no one will be any the wiser... I can also make it a pdf and post it to my photobook so people can have it ahead of time...

OK - does this work?

This was very easy to do and it will be easy to maintain - just remember that when you pick up your list check the outside of the envelope for changes. People can put the change on the outer sheet - or leave me a phone message and we will add it to the list if that is easier.

Same here about the spreadsheet stuff at work. My colleague the other day said "whats your workload like" and I was like "its OK peaks and troughs" and he actually said "you alway look busy though" so I guess dis stuff helps me look busy!

 

[TotallyAngelic]

This time in 11 weeks we will probably all be onboard and will be about to go down to the Dis meet at 3

Now that is way too exciting to contemplate !!!!

LOL! This is why I have yet to buy my candy! I know I would eat it!

my thoughts exactly ... with zero willpower at times there needs to be NO candy / chocolate lurking in my house

 

[gismo1554]

Now that is way too exciting to contemplate !!!!

my thoughts exactly ... with zero willpower at times there needs to be NO candy / chocolate lurking in my house

LOL glad its not just me! Dan brought some Rice cakes last week that are cheese flavour and it tastes like quavers! I managed to eat the whole packet last night just for that fact! Honest my will power is rubbish!

 

[gismo1554]

OK in homage to Sue and her spreadsheets - I decided to do one for the Postcard group so hopefully the first page post will be more visible.

Also I've added in a column for who you would like the card addressed to if anyone. Let me know and I can adjust this. Also if you would like them completely blank let me know and Ill put that on here too.

 

[gismo1554]

OK in homage to Sue and her spreadsheets - I decided to do one for the Postcard group so hopefully the first page post will be more visible.

Also I've added in a column for who you would like the card addressed to if anyone. Let me know and I can adjust this. Also if you would like them completely blank let me know and Ill put that on here too.

OK I'm thick as just spotted my dilliberate mistake! Got my own room wrong!!! What am I doing??????

 

[birkner]

So, I have about 70 people between my groups. I am willing to have the central place, along with groups printed - that way people can grab a list and then make note of the cabin moves right then. Not a problem at all! I don't mind dong the others if you will send me the finished lists. I will just have a FE envelope, a Secret Mickey envelope and a Candy Swap envelope. Easy!

I like this idea. I still don't know whether logistics wise it might be easiest to have one of these for each group of FE's or actual item because that way the list wont be too big and we wont miss any changes.
I dunno, what do other people think? Would it be easier one master list or would people prefer smaller lists for each group?

So far we seem to be a mixed bunch as to whether we seperate out or not so maybe we need a vote.

I vote for seperate but that's just me lol!
Paula's voted for central!

Anyone else want to chip in with a thought?

I agree it may take longer for some people to notify as they have to go to a couple of rooms but my theory was they could deliver their FE/candy at the same time so this would actually be somewhere they would be going anyway and so would make it less time consuming.

What worried me about the central list was loss of data over the cruise. If we have a list of only 10 dis names or so on each door it means that you would have less chance of this information going missing and could keep track of it better.

I agree with you on the Dis name thing! I don;t think its unsafe to post a room number and a dis name as no one other than dis people knows who you are anyway.

Thanks for volunteering - we just need to make sure this doesn't turn out to be a huge mission for you (or anyone else)!

Which activities are reliant on cabin numbers - FE, candy swap, secret Mickey - are there others?

I'm just thinking that if there was a master list something like this on someones door -
Disname Original Cabin New Cabin
MMouse 5431
PaulaSillars 6641 1234

Then when I get notification of my new cabin number (hoping for a free upgrade ), I contact the master list holder via phone to their cabin, and they update the change on the list on their door.

Then once people are ready to drop off their gifts (or whatever), they check the master list and update their delivery list with any changes relevant for their groups.

Just thinking and I'm sure someone could come up with something better



We have been upgraded on every cruise we have been on - twice from a 11/12 to a 9 and on the EBPC, from a 12 to a 4 - we had a leak in the ceiling above the bed. Definitely unheard of!



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Gismo Sarah, You are a legend for doing the navigator, It is really going to help our first cruise experience and I thank-you. I think mid August is a great time to get it out, it gives us time to correct anything and make changes if needed.

You are already doing so much Sue, I know you are a 'momma bear' and like to do it, but I am happy to help or take over with this if you'd like? I realise it is probably safer to do it on your door as you have cabin assignment, but I can look after the list and keep track of changes until the week before the cruise date? Or if you have anything else I can help with, gimme a shout!



You two sound like such a gorgeous couple!



I vote one list. Can you imagine someone who is doing FE, Candy swap, Postcard swap and Secret Mickey having to go around 4 different lists to collect the cabin assignment info. One location for all the info would be better.



OK, I will propose something. What if I make a generic spreadsheet for each person. Every Dis'er will have their own spreadsheet with columns for Dis name, actual names, cabin number, new cabin number and what activity/group it's for. Then they can take that sheet to one location, and fill in the boxes of any new cabin assignments that have been posted on mine or Sue's door. We could have a cut off date, say the end of day 1. If you have not changed cabins, no need to do anything. If you have changed, ring or go to mine or Sue's and notify us of changes. On Day 2 morning the list of changes will be posted on the door with Dis name, old cabin and new cabin numbers.
Does that make sense, what does everyone think. Is this what people were originally thinking and I missed something? I think it would work well.

I'm assuming the list needs to remain up for the entire cruise then incase people don't get a chance to stop by on Day 2. This shouldn't be an issue should it? I'm just thinking we've got Palo Day 2 so prob wont get a chance to do this any time around then

I did think of another option but I think that would be even more work for people and I don't want to give anyone more work especially when I'm not the one doing it but the other thing I thought of is that one person per group (i.e FE/Candy/Postcard/Mickey etc) could volunteer to go get this information and then supply a copy of the room numbers to the other people in their group. That way the list would only need to be on the door for a day or some and then the others could ensure they had the numbers.

This however would be a lot of work I know which is why I don't think its practicle but wanted to suggest it just as I thought about it lol! See I'm rambling now. Need more coffee

Nope - I don't mind at all. I do a lot of things like this at work - spreadsheets, pivot charts, power points... I can do it at the office nd no one will be any the wiser... I can also make it a pdf and post it to my photobook so people can have it ahead of time...

OK - does this work?

This was very easy to do and it will be easy to maintain - just remember that when you pick up your list check the outside of the envelope for changes. People can put the change on the outer sheet - or leave me a phone message and we will add it to the list if that is easier.

Way too much to catch up on since yesterday, but I saw Sue's spreadsheet. Sue, you are just amazing!! I vote for her idea of keeping the one list for cabin assignments and for her to pass it along to the organizer of the each activity if there are any changes in whatever method she chooses.

John and I are having an Anniversary weekend so to speak. He came home early last night and we did my favorite thing, dinner and shopping for the cruise. Our favorite place to shop is the Stanford Shopping Center. My DH loves to take pictures of the flowers. Since he only had his phone with him, I will have to have him send me one of the best pics.

Just my thoughts...

 

[su_kraft]

OK I'm thick as just spotted my dilliberate mistake! Got my own room wrong!!! What am I doing??????

LOL so very glad that I am not the only one to do this... Luckily you found your own mistake... DH pointed mine out...

Luckily once my magnets are on the door and my FE is hanging up I will be able to find it easily...

 

[HallsofVA]

I don't think there is any room under the door but someone will correct me if I am wrong.

I think I remember something was slipped under our door.

Yup... we get out last bill under the door. Our neighbors have their's proped up against the door. You should have heard the thud when it hit the floor!

Yes, as I posted in an earlier post, we've had lots of things slipped under our door, including photos in a photo envelope from Shutters, the bill, concierge stuff, etc. A postcard should fit easily.

So do you turn in one or all 11? Great minds are wondering.....

Turn them all in, and ask that he count the highest grade from the one he likes best, and give you extra credit from the others!

 

[valbob89]

I want to thank all of you who have done such a wonderful job getting this group organized. I am amazed by how much work has been and continues to be done.

Since we just booked this cruise and I have never been on this board before, I am trying to get up to speed on the all the past posting. Unfortunately, I can't send any PMs until I have posted 10 messages (kinda of a strange rule). Therefore, is it ok to put the responses to some of the postings, i.e. flight, hotel, Madeira tour lists here? Maybe someone has another suggestion?

Thanks again and have a great 4th weekend.

Val

 

[birkner]

I want to thank all of you who have done such a wonderful job getting this group organized. I am amazed by how much work has been and continues to be done.

Since we just booked this cruise and I have never been on this board before, I am trying to get up to speed on the all the past posting. Unfortunately, I can't send any PMs until I have posted 10 messages (kinda of a strange rule). Therefore, is it ok to put the responses to some of the postings, i.e. flight, hotel, Madeira tour lists here? Maybe someone has another suggestion?

Thanks again and have a great 4th weekend.

Val

I think it is just fine but be aware once you get up to 10 posts, you might want to resend in the form of PM's. The thread is moving so quickly that I would be afraid responses may get lost.

Just my thoughts...

 

[tig82174]

Morning everyone! I have a 20 minute break between girls here at the gym (preparations for fall try outs have kicked into high gear...so i'm typically coaching tumbling Monday through thursday from the time I get out of work at 5 pm until 9:30pm and on Saturdays from 8am to at least 4pm---AAAAHHHHH!!!----at least it pays well, though....and subsidizes these crazy vacations I take...even if it does mean I never get to see my poor dear partner!! )

Anyhow.....I have been watching the flurry of posts about how we'll know if people in our fish extender group have switched rooms. I'm a little confused by what the final consensus was. Can someone please explain it here (nice and slow...my poor brain is quite addled this summer!! )....AND maybe we should post on page one (or two??) in the post about fish extender gropus the details of what to do onboard to learn if there are room switches.

Now that I think of it actually, it would be worth it for me to know that for lanyards, too....although I am 100% certain we won't be moving rooms onboard so what I may do is, if people don't get their lanyards from me at or before the sailaway party and they DO switch rooms from the one on my list, then I'll have people call me at my cabin and just give me their new room number. That is easier.

 

[Candy Apple]

woooooo hooooooo

ONLY 11 WEEKS TO GO UNTIL WE BOARD THE DISNEY MAGIC !!!!!!!!!!

Just showed this to DS12 and DS10 and they are excited! It's hard to believe it is coming up so soon!!

 

[valbob89]

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll do as you recommend and make sure to both reply in the thread and PM with my info when I can.

For anyone still trying to get a pre-cruise room in Barcelona, Disney advised me they do not have any available rooms at the 4 hotels they can place you with. So I tried the one many of you are listed as staying at; the Praktik Rambla. I was only able to book online for the 14th departing the 17th and a phone call to the hotel confirmed I could only get the first 3 nights. However, I sent an e-mail asking to extend through the 18th and they immediately e-mailed me back with a new reservation number with the 4th night. Sure nice to have that worry taken care of.

I booked the last available dinner at sea dining reservation at Palo's but there are openings for the days we are in port.

Off to the Farmer's Market for this weeks vegetables and fruit.

Val