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

[TotallyAngelic]

We are sleeping in our living room tonight - we have setup the couches near the table for safety and are having a "sleep over" - dogs included. Its just simply too unnerving to be even thinking about going to bed. There is comfort in sitting up with a blanket instead.

We are having lots of after shocks and have had more than 20 today that have been over 4 on the richter scale. Its quite simply terrifying and we are all a bunch of nervous wrecks.

The after shocks are varying from gentle swaying which you can barely feel to jolts like someone has just picked up the house and dropped it - its surprisingly noisy too and sometimes you just hear or feel tremors.

Paula ... keep safe. Hope the aftershocks stop soon .. it must be absolutely terrifying. Sending

 

[granmaz]

Argghhhh
This packing thing is just not happening for me, I have everything I NEED out, and it just won't fit, It's not the space, It's the weight! I have my luggage scales and my kitchen scales in the spare room trying to make it work!
I have 5kg's of just Tim Tams, then 8kg's of Bella's sweet bag's, plus who know how much in Caramello Koala's for the candy swap, FE's and bags and bags of extra's for friends and CM's!!! Add to that my FE's and random gifts, Disney pins, kids activities, etc.....BUT.....The good news is most of that stuff won't be my problem a couple of days after we board the ship......it will be yours, Bahahahahaha, most of it is FE's and gifts, Bahahahahah!!!!
I don't have any room for clothes, what's that old saying? Less is more, well that is going to be my motto when dressing everyday It's all worth it so I get to shop when we get to America!!! YAY!!!


OH, and I bought a bikini this week, I really should have had a few drinks before I went, those mirrors are just plain scary! Anyhoo, I bought one, so no laughing, I know it's a car wreck, just keep moving

You can't wear sweets/candy!!! Well I guess you could if you were inventive. I would ditch some gifts for clothes. You could go shopping at Marks and Spencer in Gibraltar though. Then at least you could have some cruise clothes. Or get another bikini or two and wear them all the time onboard - light weight, packs small, comfortable!!!

 

[TotallyAngelic]

Argghhhh
This packing thing is just not happening for me, I have everything I NEED out, and it just won't fit, It's not the space, It's the weight! I have my luggage scales and my kitchen scales in the spare room trying to make it work!
I have 5kg's of just Tim Tams, then 8kg's of Bella's sweet bag's, plus who know how much in Caramello Koala's for the candy swap, FE's and bags and bags of extra's for friends and CM's!!! Add to that my FE's and random gifts, Disney pins, kids activities, etc.....BUT.....The good news is most of that stuff won't be my problem a couple of days after we board the ship......it will be yours, Bahahahahaha, most of it is FE's and gifts, Bahahahahah!!!!
I don't have any room for clothes, what's that old saying? Less is more, well that is going to be my motto when dressing everyday It's all worth it so I get to shop when we get to America!!! YAY!!!


OH, and I bought a bikini this week, I really should have had a few drinks before I went, those mirrors are just plain scary! Anyhoo, I bought one, so no laughing, I know it's a car wreck, just keep moving

Chocolate bars etc really do weigh a lot .... especially when you add them all together. For this reason we have decided to buy ours in Morissons in Gibraltar, as no way could we fit it into our weight allowances. Can you not get some of it into your carry on bags to save on the weight issues. I know I will be trying to put my heaviest items in the carry-ons. Even my FE gifts which I thought were lightweight, are not so light weight when you add them all together

 

[granmaz]

Chocolate bars etc really do weigh a lot .... especially when you add them all together. For this reason we have decided to buy ours in Morissons in Gibraltar, as no way could we fit it into our weight allowances. Can you not get some of it into your carry on bags to save on the weight issues. I know I will be trying to put my heaviest items in the carry-ons. Even my FE gifts which I thought were lightweight, are not so light weight when you add them all together

Chocolate bars weight a lot when I eat them too!!! Good idea to buy in Gibraltar Sarah.

 

[epcot1stfave]

We are sleeping in our living room tonight - we have setup the couches near the table for safety and are having a "sleep over" - dogs included. Its just simply too unnerving to be even thinking about going to bed. There is comfort in sitting up with a blanket instead.

We are having lots of after shocks and have had more than 20 today that have been over 4 on the richter scale. Its quite simply terrifying and we are all a bunch of nervous wrecks.

The after shocks are varying from gentle swaying which you can barely feel to jolts like someone has just picked up the house and dropped it - its surprisingly noisy too and sometimes you just hear or feel tremors.

Have just heard about the quake this morning, so scary, pleased that you and your family are OK and managing to get through. Seems to have been a lot of damage by what the TV are showing,

 

[gismo1554]

OK so were dog sitting this weekend for my sister so can't do any packing. So instead I got an email from Crocs UK mentioning a sale! I just spent £30 buying 2 more pairs of flip flops one of which is identicle to the pair I have but means if mine gets damaged while Im away I have a pair for when I get back. Oh well! Hope they arrive in time! It said 7-10 days! Fingers crossed!

 

[gismo1554]

Opposite of my dd Sarah......she's 22 and is always being asked if she wants a child fare on the bus (under 16 here), and can never buy alcohol or even paracetamol in the supermarket without being ID'd......I keep telling her she'll love it when she's older!!

LOL! She will definately love it!

 

[gismo1554]

Paula on FB
Paula Sillars Lots of tremors and after shocks and still no power - phone system overloaded - cant get hold of Roberts Mum to see if she is ok - lounge awash from fish tank - stuff fallen and off shelves but no major structural damage but waiting for daylight to see for sure
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Paula Sillars Its just about dawn - it happened about 4.30am - @sl just hoping i can complete it this weekend - depends how long power stays out
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Paula Sillars Safe but very shaken
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Paula Sillars Friend had her chimney come through her roof - i just have a mess to clear up - huge aftershocks too
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Hope everythings OK now!

 

[gismo1554]

Was reading the navagator and the first pages of the thread trying to remember all the fun events everyone has planned. Come across a reference to the FE competion. Is everyone who is in a FE group in the competition? If not, is it to late to join in? Is whomever is organizing it in need of funds or help with the "prices"? val

For the life of me I can't remember who was organising it but I think it was anyone with an FE as far as I know.

 

[gismo1554]

Just had a letter from Disney telling us that we need to bring with us the ESTA application response as a record of our application number and to confirm our status.

No problem with that but the application response we have from ESTA only has the application number on it & the expiration date on it, but no details about who it relates to.

Is that OK ?

The application response also states that you are not required to present a copy of your authorization in order to travel & therefore why is Disney asking for it.?

Don't worry thats all I have too! I think its due to the fact that immigration at the port don't have access to computers like they do in airports so I assume Disney will be sending them the ESTA numbers so they can look them up before we arrive.

We however haven't had anything to say we need this! I'm thinking I might reprint ours just incase

 

[gismo1554]

I thought they may ask for that. I did our Esta`s a couple of months ago but only had the numbers. DH re did them a couple of days ago and printed out the confirmation page with all our details on it.
You can redo them, in fact they are starting to charge $14 each from the 8th.
I just didn`t want to have something else to worry about.

The confirmation page though just has your number on doesn't it not any other details?

 

[gismo1554]

The problem is the acceptance number has no personal details on it & therefore if Disney intend checking the acceptance its going to take longer to check in

I don't think Disney will be checking them it will be when we get to Port Canaveral! Up until that point it doesn't matter. I would think DCL will give US immigration our names and numbers when we board and they then have 2 weeks to check us all out.

 

[gismo1554]

well i have a printout with all my details, including where i am staying when in the USA and the number and it says approved so i think i am fine in terms of what DCL want

Was this from when you first applied? I only have our numbers as did it on my home pc that doesn't have a printer so reprinted from work

 

[gismo1554]

They are on and in first class!!!!!!!

Thats great news!

 

[gismo1554]

Hello Everyone, I am FashionistaGirl, HoagiePie's daughter. I finally was able to get accepted into the boards!! Yeah

Welcome Abby! Glad you got it sorted!

 

[gismo1554]

Thanks all for your concern, prayers and pixie dust!

We actually live in Christchurch so are right in the middle of it, we are considering ourselves terribly fortunate that we have no damage other than some broken items in the kitchen - mugs, casserole dishes etc.

Other parts of the city are not so lucky, I have two friends with their chimney's now in their homes. Robert's Mum has her neighbors chimney on her lawn - it just missed the house.

We are still having massive aftershocks and tremors nearly 8 hours later and this could go on for days if not weeks.

A state of emergency has been declared and the city is off limits as many buildings are damaged majorly. I think the airport is still closed but they are hoping to open it soon. They might have to evacuate some neighbourhoods soon though so its not over yet.

Luckily with it happening at 4.30am, there were few people out and about - it would have been much worse if it happened 12 hours earlier when people were in the city on a Friday afternoon!

On the bright side, its a gorgeous day and we have power to our home - much of the city is still without. Water could be an issue in the next few days though!

Paula so glad that everyones OK! Keep safe!

 

[gismo1554]

At DCL that is... Watchout, major vent ahead... Feel free to press the page down key now...

How many months ago did we reach out to them for tastings? 4. What was I told? Not a problem, send me the lists in late July. What happens? I send the lists only to learn that my contact is on vacation for 2 weeks!
Now here we are, 11 days until we fly out and I still have nothing confirmed. DCL stateside says the ship is working on it. I still have nothing more than what I shared about not being able to fill the standard DCL seminars wtih DIS people... So, I am now writing to DCL DAILY! and what did I learn today? That my main contact is sailing on the last MED trip - so she is going to be on the ship!! And we still have nothing.

So, today I wrote her back and asked if this was going to happen and the reply was that the ship has been notified and is tryingto fit us in. So, I am reaching out to the concierge on Tuesday to see if she can help me out.

I did finally tell them that we are a highly organized and motivated group of experienced DCL passengers. I shared the web site (which they thought was great!) and I also mentioned that I was preparred to board and go directly to GS with my lists and take every available ticket there was for each event we were interested in, and get everyones tickets.

I mean, really? Seriously? I played by their rules and am finding out that it really didn't matter... UUGH! Hope to post something more positive on Tuesday... I am not giving up, just letting you all know where we are with the tasting seminars.

Come on DCL - get your act together!!!

Sue I can't believe this is still all up in the air! Hopefully well get some news this week. I'm leaving off the final version of the navigator in hope that this will come in time! I've pmd all those I know are leaving beforfe the 12th so they know but I guess were in DCL's hands. If we haven't heard anything by next weekend I'm doing the final version!

 

[gismo1554]

Oh no......I just realized I didn't pack underwear! Okay - it's time to give up and just go to bed. Tomorrow IS another day!

LOL you sound like me when I pack!

 

[gismo1554]

Right,.....
I have a zillion things to do and Im dissing ,lol

We are away for the weekend, so stay groovy everybody and see you all later, my new phone,well the second new one has the net so I think I will be able to read just not post,
Elgin is meant to be lovely so it is nice weather, lens doing full and I am doing half marathon.
I will take my camera so I can show you guys. byeeeeeeeeeeee

Have fun Lynne!

 

[gismo1554]

Those pilots are definitely heroes. Without their skill, there could have been a huge loss of life - how terribly sad for their families though

A very frightening experience for everyone though.

Thank goodness!

We are sleeping in our living room tonight - we have setup the couches near the table for safety and are having a "sleep over" - dogs included. Its just simply too unnerving to be even thinking about going to bed. There is comfort in sitting up with a blanket instead.

We are having lots of after shocks and have had more than 20 today that have been over 4 on the richter scale. Its quite simply terrifying and we are all a bunch of nervous wrecks.

The after shocks are varying from gentle swaying which you can barely feel to jolts like someone has just picked up the house and dropped it - its surprisingly noisy too and sometimes you just hear or feel tremors.

Oh God Paula! Thank God you're going on holiday soon with all this stress! Does your mum fly on Monday?