Sept 18 2010 WB TransAtlantic Pirates/Capt Jacks Re-Repoing Repossession Cruise Pt.9

[granmaz]

I remember reading that!!!

The feedback form is something we've taken quite seriously in the past and have been more than happy to fill in - which we'd had them for our builders. Anyway, I only remember receiving 'the speech' once from the servers themselves and that was back in May 2008. On that trip I'd been a little underwhelmed and was in no mood to be trifled with so they got short shrift. I think the Head Server (John from Scotland?) gave it in August 2008 but he did in such a way that it wasn't annoying or obsequious at all. I really thought he and his team were excellent - I don't think he's on the Magic anymore... We always make a point of identifying CMs that have gone above and beyond - which is quite tough for me as I'm hopeless with names... Seriously, I keep a note of those who have made a difference so they're not forgotten...

We haven't had a really fantastic room host in all 5 cruises, though only one who we thought wasn't actually doing a good job. He was the only room host to mention the feedback and almost asked us to mention him by name, and he is actually the only room host we haven't mentioned!!! We had a sweet little Indian man on our last cruise. I think he was new and he was lovely. He is the only room host who has ever come back specially to thank us for our tip, and we have always given more than the recommended amount.

I always find the giving out of the tip envelopes a hugely embarrassing thing, I really do. It kind of spoils the final night's dinner waiting all 'secretly' with the envelopes for the appropriate time.

 

[gismo1554]

Previous post catch up

gpb_1 -> On the WBTA last time we did the DCL transport too and had a tour of Barcelona on the way to the port. Might have been due to arriving at around 9am to get to the port ASAP but it was a great little tour with a few photo stops.

Futurist -> There were 2 shops in the port. Very small duty free shops! That was it!

Valbob89 -> will update the FE details sorry!

OH and I now have DOCUMENTS!!!

Ours also says we have an onboard credit for online booking which I think was $50! We should also have $200 for that letter fiasco but doesn't say!

YEAH!! We are here - do you think this will be the last before the cruise?

Probably not knowing us

 

[gismo1554]

Hi everyone
what are these what do they entail whats the food, I know that the pirates of the caribbean people can and do dress up .. on the 28th is the mickey mouse club house t shirts (which i guess is unofficial and purely DIS)

so whats the deal with the different theme meals whats so special about the night that is villians or prince and princess menu - will there be characters out that fit the theme?

Thanks
Jason

On a really early post I had copies of the menus attached from the last TA. The themes mainly relate to food. The Villians night however is a themed night as well so there may be other Villian stuff going on. The others are just menu nights.

Here's the menus

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=28718645&postcount=3004

Farewell to the Caribbean (similar to the Welcome to Caribbean)

Transatlantic Menu

Prince & Princess Menu

There are more if you want them but these were the ones I think that differ from those shown!

 

[gismo1554]

hi

i am brining a new laptop as well with a DVD writer

i have a piece of software on it that can auto change RAW image files into TIffs and jpegs or vice versa

I work as a project manager in ICT so could help people if you want as well

jason

Are you happy for me to put into navigator Jason?

 

[gismo1554]

Not me but I think she should indicate people should if at all possible bring their own media, preferably a USB memory stick. If they are going to upload, the need to fill up their camera sticks before they download to a USB sticks. I think we would prefer to do it more toward the end of the cruise but will do whatever people need.

Just my thoughts...

Sounds good to me Noel! Ill put something in there about towards end of cruise!

 

[gismo1554]

Here is a link to all the menus from the Med cruise we came off of yesterday - just to give an idea of what might be on offer

http://www.flickr.com/photos/40285840@N03/sets/72157624762416612/

Oh thanks for this!

 

[CustardTart]

I hope you can crunch your numbers positively for the PC cruise. then we can all go over to the thread and liven it up. It is nothing at all like this one!!

I checked out the cost of the PC cruise on DCL website as I thought, mmm maybe, if I like this solo cruising thing, I could try that... Not a chance - it's double the cost of this one!!! I'll just have to wait until the Wonder comes back to the East Coast - if she ever does...

 

[gismo1554]

Does anyone know when the stop serving lunch on Castaway Cay? Trying to plan our day since our time there is so short.

As we don't get in until 11 I would assume fairly late but not sure!

 

[gismo1554]

Hello all....well after a couple of tough days....well weeks actually....I am happy to report my DD is feeling better....know how I know....she is getting fiesty and argumentative.....she had another cath scan today and we do not have the results yet....but she now wants to eat and they are allowing her soft pureed food.....sounds wonderful....but she is making positive strides and I thank all for the pixie dust and prayers.....my wife and I were starting to talk about maybe having to cancel the cruise the other day.....but tonight we had a nice talk about 4 weeks from tomorrow we will be flying out....and we already have put a backup plan in place....my MIL lives in Georgia and in an emergency would fly in to stay with DD.....again....THANKS!
Tom & Marilou

Glad she's feeling better and you've come up with a back up plan!

 

[NoWorriesMate]

Our next planned trip is at Christmas. Our oldest daughter, who is doing a professional internship with Disney, just told us she's in the Candlelight Processional choir! So, we have to go see her sing!

--Lynn

What a wonderful Christmas treat for you!

So, when are you telling his school about this cruise? My older son started school this week and I haven't told them about the cruise yet. When we booked this, he was being homeschooled. My younger son is still homeschooled and I have already notified his principal. Any suggestions on telling the other school about the cruise?

my kids are only back three days before we leave so i was just going to go the due to unavoidable circumstances the children will be absent for approx. 2+ weeks..."

"Originally Posted by Feebs
So we all know about our next vacation However just out of interest has anyone got any future vacations planned???"

We are looking to swap our home in Celebration, FL (next door to WDW) for someplace in Europe for a few weeks next summer (Jul or AUG).

Rene

We love Celebration. however Dubai is far from Europe and summer is a bad time to go there.

So far we are only planning a week at DVC Hawaii which opens in August 2011. Probably in October sometime.
We'll book some dummy dates on board for the Fantasy in 2012 and hopefully something on the Dream sometime next year; followed by a week or two at WDW.

We are looking forward to DVC Hawaii

Hello all....well after a couple of tough days....well weeks actually....I am happy to report my DD is feeling better....know how I know....she is getting fiesty and argumentative.....she had another cath scan today and we do not have the results yet....but she now wants to eat and they are allowing her soft pureed food.....sounds wonderful....but she is making positive strides and I thank all for the pixie dust and prayers.....my wife and I were starting to talk about maybe having to cancel the cruise the other day.....but tonight we had a nice talk about 4 weeks from tomorrow we will be flying out....and we already have put a backup plan in place....my MIL lives in Georgia and in an emergency would fly in to stay with DD.....again....THANKS!
Tom & Marilou

Glad to hear DD is improving



It sounds like you all have some great cruise plans. We have no set future cruises picked out yet, but would love to do Alaska, and Hawaii and the PC and well pretty much anything as long as it is long.

Two other things we are hoping to do sometime are;
Driving around California -or perhaps even branching out further and doing Vegas to SanFran. We might manage this next summer.

And i would love to do the Adventures by Disney Peru - that may be the year after if i can juggle our points well.

 

[gismo1554]

I can't believe that in 4 weeks from right now, we'll be over the Atlantic Ocean somewhere...where did the time go?

As for as dieting is concerned. I had hoped to lose a bunch of weight before the cruise, but my thyroid and PCOS had different ideas. I lost 2 pounds last week and gained 1.6 this week. Next week, I'll probably lose .6 pounds and then the following week, I'll gain 2. I hate the fact that I only have so much control over the weight that I lose - I eat healthy overall and watch my portion sizes. It's just frustrating. Sigh...

I went to the doctor today for my shoulder. He ordered some x-rays and nothing is broken that he can see. I have an MRI scheduled for next Friday to see if there was any internal damage. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they find nothing.

I can't say that I've started to pack, but I've started a small pile! I have my FE kid's gifts and stuff in a bag on the floor in our bedroom. I'll probably end up packing like a day or two before we leave.

No documents yet...I wondering if they forgot about us?

I still have the Xanex prescription in my purse...I need to get that filled and add that to my pile!

Glad there's no break and hope the MRI is OK!

 

[CustardTart]

We haven't had a really fantastic room host in all 5 cruises, though only one who we thought wasn't actually doing a good job. He was the only room host to mention the feedback and almost asked us to mention him by name, and he is actually the only room host we haven't mentioned!!! We had a sweet little Indian man on our last cruise. I think he was new and he was lovely. He is the only room host who has ever come back specially to thank us for our tip, and we have always given more than the recommended amount.

We've always had great ones - except once and that was in the Roy suite on the Wonder!!! Couldn't quite believe it but there you go...

I always find the giving out of the tip envelopes a hugely embarrassing thing, I really do. It kind of spoils the final night's dinner waiting all 'secretly' with the envelopes for the appropriate time.

IKWYM!!! Richard always does it, so I'm just going to have to steel myself this time. Actually, I've just remembered - we forgot once! I think we ate at Palo on the final night or something. Anyway, Richard had prepaid so it was just the slips that were in the envelope and we completely forgot to give those out. When we realised, he rang DCL and they confirmed that the servers would've received their tips anyway so we weren't too distressed..

 

[gismo1554]

Oh and future trips. Me and Dan haven't planned our next one yet but going to Glastonbury with the girls in November

 

[DisneyFreakNo1]

I'm so jealous that you get to live in Celebration! We went last year and I just loved it! I told Gus one way or another we have to have a house there someday!

It has been our dream for 12 years. We bought our house 12 years ago with the goal of it being our retirement home. We rented it out all that time. In April we finally got to move here and it has been everything that I expected and more. We are in paradise! And it doesn't hurt that I am withing spitting distance of WDW.

Rene

 

[granmaz]

I checked out the cost of the PC cruise on DCL website as I thought, mmm maybe, if I like this solo cruising thing, I could try that... Not a chance - it's double the cost of this one!!! I'll just have to wait until the Wonder comes back to the East Coast - if she ever does...

Do keep looking, you never know if there will be deals. It isn't as full as our last one. It really is worth it if you could manage it. Perhaps share with someone? Flights could be expensive. We haven't booked ours yet, hoping for a Sept/Oct sale as in previous years, but Virgin don't appear to have problems with folk not booking with BA!!! So, no need for a sale.

 

[BibbidyBobbidyBoo]

Thanks to everyone for the well wishes... I'll get over not scuba diving, long as I can fly! stupid ear and sinuses.

yeah me too but reminding me i have booked ground transfer in the US to my disneyworld resort but not from barcelona

wow thats cool service right there its personalised

the email says contact us if you need any help to get to your hotel in barcelona WOW

actually i do so time to contact DCL love talking to those guys and girls

haha
i wonder if there are really people out there that get the email and go "oh yeah, I totally forgot we're going to be cruising in a month. I'm so glad we got that email to remind us" LOL

Hope so, hun...

OMG, 2011 is my year of vacations - 5 DCL cruises!!!!

it is!
We have 3 planned next year- well technically 4 but 2 of them are B2B (taking to Alaska then Alaska) - then Dream in August and Dream over new years.
I keep thinking we'll probably cancel the one in August but.. then I don't. It's hard to cancel it when it's so cheap!!!!!! And I'm not sure I can wait till end of Dec to go on the Dream. *sigh* We'll have to see how finances are about time to pay for it and see. If we lived closer it'd be a no brainer but we gotta factor in either a long drive there and back, or flight costs.

I haven't told them yet. I tried last week at registration but the right people were not available. I may try again tomorrow if I can leave work early. I plan on asking for independent study for the 2 weeks but letting them know that whether its granted or not, he will not be at school. I've heard other cruisers report that they 'ask' the school and are told they can't go. I'm not necessarily going to ask, I'm going to tell them he won't be there and find out what we can do to minimize the impact.

That's the way I always did it.
Sometimes some principals would seem to think I was asking and say things like we'll leave it up to the teachers and I'd go tell them and they never had a problem with it- but I wasn't really asking... I was telling. haha

Ok, today I went into Best Buy to "see" what they had. I got a $50 gift card for my birthday. I was going to buy iTunes cards with it to upload or download songs and audiobooks when I came across something that will work much better for me.

I've been downloading some maps and online tour guides for some of the places we are going too on the Med and TA. Well, I've been a bit worried because the battery doesn't seem to last as long as my old iPhone. So as I'm walking past the Apple section I come across a package by Griffin of a wall charger, car charger and a backup battery. It costs $59.99 but with my card it only cost me $15.64 to pay the difference.

The reserve battery will give you an additional 6 hr of music listening and video watching on an iPod Classic and on the iPhone #3G, it will give you an additional 1 1/2 hr of web time (if you surf a lot) and and additional 2 hrs of phone time. The reserve battery attaches to the bottom of the phone where you plug it in and the best part is that the wall charger can be used to charge both your spare battery and your iphone, ipod at the same time.

This particular package works for the following:

iPhone 3Gs - 16 & 32 GB,
iPhone 3G - 8 & 16GB
iPhone - 4, 8 and 16GB
iPod Nano (4th gen)
iPod Nano 5th Gen (video)
iPod Touch (1st gen)
iPod Touch (2nd gen)
iPod Classic

So just assuming anyone else has the same battery life problem I have, this might be something you want to look into also. I got mine at Best Buy in the Apple section and is made by Griffin. They have 2 versions of the package, one contains the 3 items I listed above namely the car charger, wall charger and a spare battery. The other version only carries the wall charger and the spare battery. But they both run $59.99. One says made for iPod Works with iPhone and the other says - Made for iPhone works with iPod. Either way, it works for both. But I needed a car charger so I got the 3 item one. This way I feel like I got more bang for my buck.

Hopes this helps others.

I got some of those reserve batteries that plug onto the bottom for like $10 each on meritline.com -- and they work! I've already tested them out! And they shipped fast everytime I've ordered from them.
Just thought I'd mention that in case someone just wants the reserve battery pack and wants it cheap as possible yet works.. or can't get to a best buy or something.

soooo.. what kind of clothes are people packing (for daily wear- I don't mean dinners) for this cruise? I mentioned it previously but I'm really curious what the majority are planning on wearing. I was in normal cruise mode thinking shorts and maybe capris, mostly wearing flipflops, never needed a jacket or sweater or anything on previous cruises, etc.- but then I see Barcelona (we'll be there 3 days) is low 70's that time of year.. and that's kinda chilly for us Texans. Will it be that cold or colder most of the cruise as well? I really need some help in what to pack....... pretty please?

 

[DisneyFreakNo1]

soooo.. what kind of clothes are people packing (for daily wear- I don't mean dinners) for this cruise? I mentioned it previously but I'm really curious what the majority are planning on wearing. I was in normal cruise mode thinking shorts and maybe capris, mostly wearing flipflops, never needed a jacket or sweater or anything on previous cruises, etc.- but then I see Barcelona (we'll be there 3 days) is low 70's that time of year.. and that's kinda chilly for us Texans. Will it be that cold or colder most of the cruise as well? I really need some help in what to pack....... pretty please?[/COLOR]

I'm thinking the same type of clothes you are and then bringing a wrap or a sweater to wear with each. I color-coordinated so it isn't as many wraps as it sounds like. If nothing else I'm thinking that the wind out at sea might be a little chilly. This is my first cruise so I'm not sure but I'd rather pack a few extra pieces rather than be cold all the time.

Rene

 

[CustardTart]

It has been our dream for 12 years. We bought our house 12 years ago with the goal of it being our retirement home. We rented it out all that time. In April we finally got to move here and it has been everything that I expected and more. We are in paradise! And it doesn't hurt that I am withing spitting distance of WDW.

Rene

That's such a sensible thing to do... I loved Celebration when we visited and fell in love (lust, more like!!!) with the property we saw there...

 

[CustardTart]

Do keep looking, you never know if there will be deals. It isn't as full as our last one. It really is worth it if you could manage it. Perhaps share with someone? Flights could be expensive. We haven't booked ours yet, hoping for a Sept/Oct sale as in previous years, but Virgin don't appear to have problems with folk not booking with BA!!! So, no need for a sale.

I was fully intending on doing it with Sophie when the details were released - we even booked BUT she just couldn't get that much time off work and so we transferred our reservation to the Inaugural Dream.. I think I'll just consign it to the 'Must Do' list...

 

[orlandothebeagle]

"Originally Posted by Feebs
So we all know about our next vacation However just out of interest has anyone got any future vacations planned???"

We are looking to swap our home in Celebration, FL (next door to WDW) for someplace in Europe for a few weeks next summer (Jul or AUG).

Rene

Were doing pc cruise, nothing for summer, pm me, noe sure we would swap but I may be going somewhwre in scotland, weve justa little house though, 1 bedroom and a sofa bedroom.

I have a 4 night mini-trip to WDW in January during the marathon. I hope to get medically cleared by then to start training. I want to do the 5K and not get swept.

My tag says it all. I overcome my post Disney depression by planning another trip. If I don't have another trip in the hopper, I would have to be carried off the ship. It wouldn't be pretty.

I want to do the marathon in 2012.....like rally want to do it.

Hello all....well after a couple of tough days....well weeks actually....I am happy to report my DD is feeling better....know how I know....she is getting fiesty and argumentative.....she had another cath scan today and we do not have the results yet....but she now wants to eat and they are allowing her soft pureed food.....sounds wonderful....but she is making positive strides and I thank all for the pixie dust and prayers.....my wife and I were starting to talk about maybe having to cancel the cruise the other day.....but tonight we had a nice talk about 4 weeks from tomorrow we will be flying out....and we already have put a backup plan in place....my MIL lives in Georgia and in an emergency would fly in to stay with DD.....again....THANKS!
Tom & Marilou

very good.