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

[OCD for WD]

Wear this outfit.

Woody

I think a badminton racket would be better to hit a birdie.

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.

So just wanted to know if you saw in your skimming that we're all pitching in to plan your DIS wedding for the middle of the ocean or on Castaway Cay...

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 explaining 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 NO!! I would want to just scream!! Especially since the subject was history - makes my eyes twitch...

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!

Was I your neighbor??

 

[birkner]

Just a quick post about my DH's cousin Diane's daughter Christie. She is a budding young country singer so if you like country music, check out her website: http://www.reverbnation.com/c./poni/14115944

 

[birkner]

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.

If I understand the flurry, Sue Kraft is the conduit for all changes. Someone will correct me if I am wrong. Have fun coaching!!

 

[birkner]

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

Time is really going to go quickly now!!

Part of our anniversary celebrations during this 3 day weekend are to finalize plans for shore excursions, take a stock of what we still need to buy and weigh all our good with DH's new Balanza scale!!

 

[OCD for WD]

And I forgot to mention that "Buckeye Gal" Kimberly and I had our first DIS mini-meet the other night and now the cruise feels ever so closer!! How much fun we're going to have!!!

 

[birkner]

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

Good on you that got ressies at the Pratik and at Palo. Which Farmer's Market are you shopping at this weekend? We buy all our veggies, fruit etc. at De Martini Orchard. http://demartiniorchard.com/

 

[tig82174]

OK, the most recent round of updates, changes, and additions have been made to the lanyard list. You can view it HERE. Please continue to double check that your information is correct on that list. Also, as cabins start getting assigned (hopefully very soon), make sure that you send me that info either in a PM or by email at wbtalanyards@yahoo.com

And finally.....

We are now up to about 239 of our 300 lanyards spoken for (and I'm still really suspicious that 3 of those are people who aren't on this cruise anymore---figment795, tigger795, and KAP185---because they have never replied to emails or PMs to confirm their status). I'm guessing that means we have just over 60 lanyards in our possession that nobody has claimed yet.....which means that if you are new to the group or you are a procrastinator---THERE IS STILL TIME TO GET LANYARDS FOR THIS CRUISE!!! Simply send me a PM or an email (wbtalanyards@yahoo.com) to give me your DIS name, First name (of everyone in your party) and your room # (and if you're on the B2B, let me know that, as well.....because Jason and I are on the B2B so I'll gladly give B2B cruisers their lanyards when we board for the Med).

 

[birkner]

And I forgot to mention that "Buckeye Gal" Kimberly and I had our first DIS mini-meet the other night and now the cruise feels ever so closer!! How much fun we're going to have!!!

Sooooo....where are the pics of the mini meet? Great minds need to be informed!!

 

[birkner]

OK, the most recent round of updates, changes, and additions have been made to the lanyard list. You can view it HERE. Please continue to double check that your information is correct on that list. Also, as cabins start getting assigned (hopefully very soon), make sure that you send me that info either in a PM or by email at wbtalanyards@yahoo.com

And finally.....

We are now up to about 239 of our 300 lanyards spoken for (and I'm still really suspicious that 3 of those are people who aren't on this cruise anymore---figment795, tigger795, and KAP185---because they have never replied to emails or PMs to confirm their status). I'm guessing that means we have just over 60 lanyards in our possession that nobody has claimed yet.....which means that if you are new to the group or you are a procrastinator---THERE IS STILL TIME TO GET LANYARDS FOR THIS CRUISE!!! Simply send me a PM or an email (wbtalanyards@yahoo.com) to give me your DIS name, First name (of everyone in your party) and your room # (and if you're on the B2B, let me know that, as well.....because Jason and I are on the B2B so I'll gladly give B2B cruisers their lanyards when we board for the Med).

If all info is correct, shall we just let sleeping dogs lie or do you want a confirming PM that all is ok with info?

 

[M4travels]

Well, Hurricane Alex, though no longer in most peoples' minds, created havoc in the area of Mexico where our mover was planning to cross to come into the US. He was stuck in Monterrey, MX for 2 days waiting for the rain to stop and the roads to become visible again, so our move is now totally off kilter.

We've been told he's crossing today and we should expect him in L.A. in 2 days. We now expect to be on the road on Tuesday! We are back to having dinner in Phoenix the first night!

At least we haven't turned the internet/cable system off yet! We can surf, we can surf, we can surf!!!

We are surrounded by boxes and we still have a few small things to do. The good thing about packing up - we found about $400 in Disney Gift Cards that we didn't know we had! That will definitely help pay that final bill onboard!

Michael

 

[tig82174]

If all info is correct, shall we just let sleeping dogs lie or do you want a confirming PM that all is ok with info?

Let sleeping dogs lie (even though that one is apparently dancing )

 

[gismo1554]

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...

LOL! This is my main reason for decorating my door!

 

[gismo1554]

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

Im sure its fine. PM's are to make sure that people notice things. Just post replies for now and then pm later

 

[gismo1554]

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.

I think the consensus is that there is 1 room where we all note room changes on the first day - Not sure who;s yet???? Then they will post a list with all the new rooms on it.

 

[gismo1554]

Well, Hurricane Alex, though no longer in most peoples' minds, created havoc in the area of Mexico where our mover was planning to cross to come into the US. He was stuck in Monterrey, MX for 2 days waiting for the rain to stop and the roads to become visible again, so our move is now totally off kilter.

We've been told he's crossing today and we should expect him in L.A. in 2 days. We now expect to be on the road on Tuesday! We are back to having dinner in Phoenix the first night!

At least we haven't turned the internet/cable system off yet! We can surf, we can surf, we can surf!!!

We are surrounded by boxes and we still have a few small things to do. The good thing about packing up - we found about $400 in Disney Gift Cards that we didn't know we had! That will definitely help pay that final bill onboard!

Michael

Oh big bummer Michael! But well done for finding the gift cards!

 

[birkner]

Let sleeping dogs lie (even though that one is apparently dancing )

Aye, aye!! Love the dancing dog!!

 

[birkner]

Well, Hurricane Alex, though no longer in most peoples' minds, created havoc in the area of Mexico where our mover was planning to cross to come into the US. He was stuck in Monterrey, MX for 2 days waiting for the rain to stop and the roads to become visible again, so our move is now totally off kilter.

We've been told he's crossing today and we should expect him in L.A. in 2 days. We now expect to be on the road on Tuesday! We are back to having dinner in Phoenix the first night!

At least we haven't turned the internet/cable system off yet! We can surf, we can surf, we can surf!!!

We are surrounded by boxes and we still have a few small things to do. The good thing about packing up - we found about $400 in Disney Gift Cards that we didn't know we had! That will definitely help pay that final bill onboard!

Michael

How frustrating to be behind schedule. I know that once you are in moving mode, you just want it to be over. Glad you can still chat with us.

Good on you for finding the gift cards. Such a nice bonus for the cruise.

 

[OCD for WD]

Sooooo....where are the pics of the mini meet? Great minds need to be informed!!

Kimberly took the picture on her camera. So, Kimberly...

Let sleeping dogs lie (even though that one is apparently dancing )

 

[birkner]

LOL! This is my main reason for decorating my door!

And I thought I was the only one....

 

[birkner]

I think the consensus is that there is 1 room where we all note room changes on the first day - Not sure who;s yet???? Then they will post a list with all the new rooms on it.

I thought Sue Kraft was the one???? Please correct me if I am wrong???