September 4th (2004) Disney Magic Cruise List

[WILDCATMICKEY]

mistleto88
Good information. Thanks for the DCL update.

 

[Rachelizabeth]

Has anyone heard from Jason or Travis? I'm just wondering how they are doing. If the progression path of Frances is correct, it looks like they will have to go through the hurricane to get back to Port Canaveral. Any thoughts or ideas?

Rachel

 

[mistleto88]

Just heard the latest update on the news.... and it's still anyone's guess.... I think it will miss PR and the USVI (it's path is just above them) but the Friday/Saturday forecast has it going anywhere in the state of Florida. There aren't any real significant high/low pressure systems that are going to move it dramatically, at least not that they can see yet. Unfortunately, it will be the waiting game.

People in South Fl are already starting on the water/wood/generator runs.

Melissa

 

[ganurse]

so does everyone have a back up plan to get to tampa if needed. can we just drive there or do we need to ride in the bus..Im not saying it will be tampa, but it would the closest. we are driving to orlando on thursday so hopefully we will be able to figure out where we will be able get on the ship, if we get to go on a ship.!!!!

im glad we are all hanging in there!

 

[pogopossum]

the thing about driving direct to tampa and parking there is, will they sail back to tampa if weather is fine 0n the 10th. if they sail back to pc then your car is in tampa, so you are probably better off driving to pc and hoping for disney transpo to tampa.

 

[ganurse]

how will they let us know whats going on? call? email? is there a site we are to check? a number to call? ohhhh, im so confused

 

[pogopossum]

like posted on this or other threads, they will call or email i guess, now what that does to those that are traveling in early i don't know. guess i'll just have to check voice mail and email at hotel, but we may know nothing until almost time to board.

 

[pogopossum]

hey ganurse i hope that it is a quiet work night for you, but i just wouldn't worry, they will get us out to sea and keep us pointed in a sunny dry direction. we spent week on the magic right at the beginning of the seven night cruises in 2000, and the captain made a decision to scrap original itinerary in the middle of the night and the next morning to our surprize we in the western caribbean, and eventually ended up at cozumel. so it has been done before that they sailed an eastern itinerary into western one.

 

[WILDCATMICKEY]

Just finished looking at several Hurricane sites and it is still out there. Still a cat. 3 but has sped up to 15 mph. Friday can't get here soon enough, might be spending the night at the airport.

 

[ganurse]

im still getting very excited!

 

[ganurse]

ok, im depending and trusting you to letme know what you hear from disney..i have to work all night and sleep all day so i want some good news when i wake up

amy

 

[dlwharp]

HI all,

Just found this forum yesterday, thank goodness. Thanks everyone who is sharing information. I'm very nervous that our flight is going to be cancelled. We're to fly into Orlando late Friday night from Philadelphia and I'm wondering if we should try to change our flight to Thursday? Anyone else contemplating the same thing?

Hope to see everyone on the ship on Saturday!!

 

[TexasGirl]

Surely everthing will work out. Here's hoping.

We leave Friday, afternoon to fly in to Orlando. I'm glad we are going in a day early with all the uncertainty going on.

We're celebrating 11th anniversary and bring our 4 year old. We can't waiit.

 

[rae519]

We are also flying in on Friday (afternoon arrival) and after listening to Dr. Jon Nese on the Weather Channel, I must admit the words "Major Hurricane when it reaches the southeast coast" has me VERY concerned.

This will be a great test for our travel agents to see how they will help us out!!

Anyone hear from their TA lately?????

Rae

 

[CRSNDSNY]

Originally posted by dlwharp
HI all,

Just found this forum yesterday, thank goodness. Thanks everyone who is sharing information. I'm very nervous that our flight is going to be cancelled. We're to fly into Orlando late Friday night from Philadelphia and I'm wondering if we should try to change our flight to Thursday? Anyone else contemplating the same thing?

Hope to see everyone on the ship on Saturday!!

Us too! But we're flying out of Avoca (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton) with a stop in Atlanta. We're set to arrive at MCO at 11:30pm. We're going to cross our fingers and stick to this plan.

I hope your's works out, too!

 

[CRSNDSNY]

Originally posted by rae519
Anyone hear from their TA lately?????

Rae

My TA called DCL and said nothing has yet changed.

I'm just really worried about our flight. What if we can't fly in? If we have a layover in Atlanta, will Delta allow us to stay in Atlanta even if MCO is shut down? Or will our entire flight be cancelled?

I am now officially hitting panick mode.

 

[Scrappy520]

We're flying out of Phili on Fri @ 11am. I hope our flight is not cancelled. I'm looking into the cost of flying out on Thursday nite.

I called my TA & left him a msg. I just want to know if he can give me a phone # to call to find out if the cruise changes port for Saturday. I'll be staying on Fri. nite @ a friend's house & have a car p/u for Sat. early am.

Let's pray that we all arrive at the port safely & that we all have an incredibly memorable cruise.

 

[Scrappy520]

Well, my TA wasn't much help, which surprises me b/c he's always been great. He suggested we call DCL on Friday pm & check the status of the cruise then.

 

[dlwharp]

Hi,

I think Friday PM might be too late! If they cancel flights into Orlando and we wait until then to do anything, we're sunk (no pun intended!). I think it takes 24 hours for us to drive to FLA from Philly, so that wouldn't be an option. My TA said that airlines will usually let you change your flight to an earlier one without charging you a new fare if it looks like the original flight will be cancelled. She suggests trying that the day before we leave (on Thursday). I'd love to just change my flight to Thursday night.

Oh, what to do, what to do!

I just heard on the news though that Frances might not make landfall in FLA until Sunday (hitting the Bahamas as early as Friday night).

 

[WILDCATMICKEY]

Just saw a map and they are now prepdicting that it will hit land at the GA/FL/SC lines on Sunday so that is really good. I THINK!