September 4th (2004) Disney Magic Cruise List

[WILDCATMICKEY]

Western Cruise is suppose to arrive Monday about 11 am at PC.

 

[ganurse]

hey guys. yes, im worried about all of my family, but this board takes me away from my worries for just a few minutes. i am so excited to go on this cruise and to rebook for another one (not in hurricane season). can someone tell me where our dismeet will be? what happens with our REAS package since we were scheduled for spa on monday? just wondering. do you think the cruise will be empty?

 

[Rachelizabeth]

Hi everybody,

I spoke with Disney tonight to let them know that I still want to cruise on Monday and take them up on their generous offers. I spoke with Megan, she was so sweet. Disney certainly has the right people answering the phones. They have all been so pleasant and reassuring....courteous. I'm sure this is a difficult time for them, yet they are patient and doing their best to take care of us. This will be my first Disney cruise. I can't imagine ever sailing with anyone other than Disney in the future. Their customer service shines.

We are driving down on Saturday, will make it a leisurely 2 day trip and hopefully not encounter too many problems with the weather in Georgia and Florida. I'm a little concerned about the drive, don't really know what to prepare for in Georgia and Florida. Only time will tell....I'm still praying.

GA Nurse, I too have the REAS package booked. Megan advised to check my reservations once I check in/board. She said that Debbie probably wont even be able to help, that she wont know what the schedule will be like due to all of the changes. I have Palo scheduled for Thursday night at 9:00 pm and the couples massage for Sunday. We'll miss the massage of course, but hopefully will be able to reschedule it for later in the week.

I'm starting to get excited again.....what a roller coaster.

Hugs to all,

Rachel

 

[TexasGirl]

We can't seem to be able to book a flight to Orlando Airport. They are supposedly closed until noon on Monday and everything available Monday arrives is too late to make the ship. What a nightmare. Here we'd about decided to take the Monday sailing and now we can't seem to get there.

I was told we have until noon on Friday to make a decision. Cancel or take it.

If we reschedule are they letting us do it without a price differential? Are there no incentives at all for having to miss this cruise such as upgrade, % off future, etc?

I've been on the phone with the airlines all night and am about to scream.

Have fun those who are going. I'm still figuring it out.

I'm flying out of DFW and welcome any suggestions. Is MCO for sure closed on Sunday? What happens if I get a flight finally and then it is canceled later (Sunday or Monday) due to weather. I'm past the deadline at that point to make my 'decision.' What does Disney do then?

Augh!!!

 

[Windermere]

DH and I checked in to OKW this evening for our scheduled 2 night stay. At this point we have been told that come Sat at 11 am we are out on our ear because there is 'no room at the inn'. Maybe the Orane County Public School shelters will let us in.

Have to call DCL in the morning again. Was on hold for over 40 minutes tonight to figure out some room arrangements and was told to csll back tomorrow. I think at this point I'll just be glad to have a shower come Monday.

Was offered the 40% and $200 but no mention of 25% off future cruise. Guess I'll need to bring that up tomorrow. That would be a nice discount on the 14 day repo east that we have scheduled.

 

[Doctor P]

Well....we are going to give the 5 day a shot. We were able to cancel our air (after they cancelled our flight in for Friday) and get a FULL refund, cancel our rental cars, cancel our Friday night VWL reservation (and get our points restored), cancel our Saturday night backup at the LBV Fairfield Inn, and get reservations for Saturday and Sunday in Tennessee and Georgia so that we can drive to the port. Going to be very interesting!

 

[rae519]

Doctor P - What airline are you using? Delta offered only 1 year to use ticket PLUS $100 admin fee, unless we book and travel by 9/21.

Good luck to all headed there!

Thanks!
Rae

 

[WILDCATMICKEY]

Originally posted by rae519
Doctor P - What airline are you using? Delta offered only 1 year to use ticket PLUS $100 admin fee, unless we book and travel by 9/21./B]

Delta must pay the Customer Service perople well to charge that for typing.

 

[Doctor P]

We are on United. They told me that the policy changes when the airport actually gets closed, especially with no firm time for reopening. So, they offered a full refund of the ticket which, after reflection, we ultimately took. I was, frankly, surprised, relieved, and pleased. Everyone I have talked with has been very helpful, and United has been good about contacting me to let me know that the flight got cancelled. They cancelled as of about 11:00 am (CDT) yesterday, I saw it on the website and got cracking. In the meantime, they called me to let me know we had been cancelled.

 

[CRSNDSNY]

WE'RE ON OUR WAY!!!!

We've reconsidered. We'll be packing up tomorrow morning and beginning our drive along the coast to Florida!

Let's get an official list going of who is still planning on being there.

I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW STRESSFUL THIS IS!!!

 

[sstucush]

Count us in! We're planning on going and making the best of this situation! If our home were to sustain damage from Frances then we would have to reevaluate things, but for now we're going.

Are we still planning to meet after the drill?

 

[FL_Librarian]

We will be there!!!

 

[CRSNDSNY]

For all of you Floridians, what do you suggest regarding trying to get into FLorida? Shoudl we leave that driving to Monday morning early and get to S Carolina? OR should we try our darndest to get to Cape late Saturday early Sunday?

 

[sstucush]

CRSNDSNY-

I believe hotels may be closed in the PC area. Worried about traffic, I called the Radisson thinking maybe we should get closer to PC on Sunday. I was told they are closed until Sept. 10. Depending on weather, we plan to start out early on Monday. What is usually a three hour drive may take much longer.

You will want to keep a close eye on the weather and maybe see how close to PC you can find a hotel reservation. Stay there Sunday night and make your way to port on Monday. Remember there will be many people making their way back to their homes after evacuating to the north.

 

[Rachelizabeth]

I'm still in, we are driving down Saturday morning.

Rachel

 

[FL_Librarian]

It does look like all of the hotels near the port will be closed.

When I talked to Disney this morning, they said they probably would not open the port until 2:00 p.m.

We are on the Gulf Coast of Florida and are going to drive up leaving EARLY Monday Morning.

There are really no other options for us...so we are just going to hope for the best.

 

[Rachelizabeth]

Monday's Mystery Cruise Cruisers:

Crsndsny
Fl_Librarian
sstucush
Doctor P
Windermere
Texas Girl
GA Nurse
Paulmc80
Mistleto88
Rachelizabeth

Are we missing anyone from the list of Monday cruisers?

God Bless and hugs to all.

Rachel

 

[FL_Librarian]

Threecircles will be there also.

 

[Doctor P]

Well, this looks like it could be a lot of fun! So glad that so many have bit the bullet to try to do the revised cruise. Hope we are all making a good decision. I am really looking forward to meeting you all and will be so glad to finally get on the ship.

 

[CRSNDSNY]

Originally posted by sstucush
CRSNDSNY-

I believe hotels may be closed in the PC area. Worried about traffic, I called the Radisson thinking maybe we should get closer to PC on Sunday. I was told they are closed until Sept. 10. Depending on weather, we plan to start out early on Monday. What is usually a three hour drive may take much longer.

You will want to keep a close eye on the weather and maybe see how close to PC you can find a hotel reservation. Stay there Sunday night and make your way to port on Monday. Remember there will be many people making their way back to their homes after evacuating to the north.

You are absolutely right. I was able to get us a room at the Sheraton Studio City Hotel in Orlando for Sunday evening.

I'll keep checking in over the next couple of days to see how everyone is doing.

Be safe everyone...especially those who live in FL!