Something About Nothing ... #12

[Chuckers]

Chuckers, even if you prepaid, you might have to call, but I am sure they will let you cancel.

I just called Hertz and the moment I said 'Orlando' she said 'and you need to cancel?' They waived the cancellation charge and I'll be fully refunded.

 

[Lynne G]

I just called Hertz and the moment I said 'Orlando' she said 'and you need to cancel?' They waived the cancellation charge and I'll be fully refunded.

Yay!

 

[Bluer101]

Well, looks like all of Florida into Georgia is screwed.

 

[tink1957]

Well, looks like all of Florida into Georgia is screwed.

Hope my flight on the 12th isn't cancelled but it doesn't look good ...just this morning it was supposed to miss Atlanta

 

[Metro West]

Well, looks like all of Florida into Georgia is screwed.

Yeah...pretty much. Now the news is saying a CAT 2 when it arrives in this area but it's going to be bad. I hope it doesn't turn out to be a bad as they are saying. The storm is so damn big everyone is going to get in on the action and you're right...GA and even SC need to be prepared.

 

[Lynne G]

This weekend, stay safe everyone. Let's hope the parks has the little effect that Matthew did. Irma is a terrible storm.

Wahoo! It is a Friday! And I am so happy. Even though it was a short week,

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Beautiful, but cool start to a lovely day. The sun is out in force, with less and less clouds. Depending on the final path of Irma, we may have a wet Tuesday.

Hope Schumi and DH are enjoying NYC today.

Time for tea. The Tastykake was not enough, looking for more food. And more tea.

Good Morning homies.

 

[macraven]

Good to know it is Friday
Since we retired I use this thread to know the day of the week

Broke records of cold temps two nights in a row
Damn storm
Never had the heat on until Jan or feb last two years
Grocery shopping today as bad rain up to Wednesday for the week once Irma makes landfall
Florida looks sad with what can happen this weekend
Hang in there homies !

 

[Chuckers]

Morning peeps! I guess I'll move my vacation today. On the plus side, y'all get 4 more months of my count downs!

 

[Chuckers]

So let's start the count down now!

Only 3 months, 29 Days, 15 Hours, 25 Minutes, and 22 Seconds
OR

17 Weeks
121 Days
2904 Hours
174240 Minutes
10454400 Seconds.

I can wait 121 Days, it's the 10,454,400 seconds that kill me.

 

[Charade67]

Good morning everyone. Like everyone else I am keeping a close eye on Irma. I have family in Georgia and South Carolina, but I think they will be okay where they are. I'm most concerned about my friends who live in south Florida.

Chuckers - I'm sorry you have to postpone your vacation. January should be a fun time to go though.

I'm off to go live my super exciting life. Today I get to do laundry and put new license plates on my car. Woo-hoo!

 

[Chuckers]

Now I am currently on the phone fighting with Delta to get my miles back that I used to upgrade the first set of flights and then using them to upgrade the new set of flights. I have a clueless customer service rep. I've explained the situation to her 4 times and she comes back with "I see that your original flight was Delta Comfort +, your new flight is Basic. I can upgrade your new flight to Comfort +, but there will be a charge for the difference in fares." Ummm... No.

 

[keishashadow]

It was most excellent dudes

Love my Tim Curry, was worried for nuthin

Chuckers great attitude! Counting on fingers & toes, looks like 2nd weekend in January? A nice time, crazy cold snap last year for us a few days. MK was, as expected, slammed on MLK, otherwise crowds were fine @ both U & WDW. SW was d-e-a-d but many of the rides weren't running mid week either, including the penguin attraction & the water ride. Told they only have been opening them in off season on the weekend then. Not sure how that goes now.

Tink - i just saw ATL was on fringe, thinking it might head more towards mac. What track are you following? The spaghetti monster is still all over the place. Look for ARS

This is from 5 hours ago

Have you considered trying to flip it over to early Wednesday if SWA will work with you?

 

[kohlby]

Checking in. Took a break from Hurricane prep and went to Epcot last night and saw Fuel. It was nice to have a break. I really needed it. I'm very glad they're saying cat 2 now. Hoping that stays or decreases. I'm almost right on the line of the very, very center. I'm less than five miles east from that so hoping it shifts. It's going to have to shift quite a bit to get me out of the eye though.

 

[Chuckers]

It was most excellent dudes

Love my Tim Curry, was worried for nuthin

Chuckers great attitude! Counting on fingers & toes, looks like 2nd weekend in January? A nice time, crazy cold snap last year for us a few days. MK was, as expected, slammed on MLK, otherwise crowds were fine @ both U & WDW. SW was d-e-a-d but many of the rides weren't running mid week either, including the penguin attraction & the water ride. Told they only have been opening them in off season on the weekend then. Not sure how that goes now.

Luckily, I am there the week BEFORE MLK day. MLK is the 15th, I leave on the 14th. I'll do a day at Disney and I'll skip SeaWorld if the coasters aren't running.

I'm kinda ticked at myself right now tho.. I canceled my MNSSHP ticket yesterday and was told I get a refund. This morning I got an email from Disney saying they've cancelled the party and I had a choice of a refund, a MNSSHP ticket for another date, a MVMCP ticket, or a 1 day pass with park hopper option good for 2 years. If I had known that I would have picked the park hopper!! I am on the phone with them now (on hold) to see if I can change my option if it's not too late.

 

[tink1957]

Take care kohlby

@keishashadow ...If my flight gets cancelled I will try for Wednesday. My flight leaves at 1:30 So hoping for the best. If the forecast holds, we will get to the airport after the worst has passed but our flight will probably be delayed.

I hate waiting

 

[Lynne G]

Yeah, waiting is not the fun part either Tink. I think you have a good chance to get in on Wednesday. I'd not give up my seat though. I assume, unless enough damage, airport will be back in order and planes arriving early Tuesday morning. Quite the back up of unlucky travelers cancelled flights and fighting for a new one. I had to do that for a blizzard at home. Took two extra nights, and a connecting flight to get home. Stressful was the word. At least our works were also closed the days we missed by the delay.

Chuckers, glad to see a new countdown. Make sense to switch. I hope all works out with Delta. You should get what you had before.

Kohlby, thanks for checking in. Hope this is like Matthew and not a big deal for those around the parks and the parks. Matthew was in the middle of my trip, so 2 days stuck in a hotel room was not that bad. At least I could walk around the resort and got a bus to the overly crowded Disney Springs. Took the boat back. Stay safe, you and your family.

Charade, nice to see ya. Hope school is going well for your Junior in the Senior High. My little one is fine, and was not too happy with her schedule before school, but once she started school, all okay. Seems to like her teachers. And sigh. She has her eye on over the knee boots. So far, have not seen color and heal size she wants. I am sure more boots will be flooding the market soon enough. All the summer stuff is in the back or gone. Fall colors in all the stores.

Time for tea, cool inside, but the outside is a glorious yellow out. Sun almost all day so far. Loving it.

Need more tea.

 

[macraven]

in case you did not see my thread, will do part of it here:

Universal Orlando:
Hurricane Irma Update: Resort to Close at 7pm on Saturday, September 9 – More Details Below (updated 9/8/2017 at 12:30pm)
Hurricane Irma Update: Resort to Close at 7pm on Saturday, September 9 – More Details Below (updated 9/8/2017 at 12:30pm)
Out of concern for the safety of our Team Members and our guests, Universal Orlando has made the following operational changes due to Hurricane Irma:

• The theme parks and CityWalk will close at 7:00pm tomorrow (Saturday, Sept. 9). We will be fully closed on Sunday and Monday. As such, Team Members scheduled to report after 7pm on Saturday night should not report to work on Saturday night. We anticipate normal operating hours on Tuesday, Sept. 12.
• Our on-site hotels are currently at full capacity and will remain operational as they focus on taking care of our on-site guests.
• As previously announced, we will hold our Rock the Universe event at Universal Studios Florida tonight, Friday Sept. 8 and will welcome Saturday ticket-holders tonight as well. The event will be cancelled on Saturday night and Sunday morning.

 

[macraven]

think disney is just released info now for their closing plans

 

[Chuckers]

Turns out I used my mileage as money so the mileage doesn't get refunded and the money was put towards the new ticket. It ended up being $160 extra to upgrade to comfort +, but I did it anyway.

I just booked a room close to Six Flags Great Adventure for next weekend. At least I'll get my coaster fix in!

 

[Chuckers]

in case you did not see my thread, will do part of it here:

Universal Orlando:
Hurricane Irma Update: Resort to Close at 7pm on Saturday, September 9 – More Details Below (updated 9/8/2017 at 12:30pm)
Hurricane Irma Update: Resort to Close at 7pm on Saturday, September 9 – More Details Below (updated 9/8/2017 at 12:30pm)
Out of concern for the safety of our Team Members and our guests, Universal Orlando has made the following operational changes due to Hurricane Irma:

• The theme parks and CityWalk will close at 7:00pm tomorrow (Saturday, Sept. 9). We will be fully closed on Sunday and Monday. As such, Team Members scheduled to report after 7pm on Saturday night should not report to work on Saturday night. We anticipate normal operating hours on Tuesday, Sept. 12.
• Our on-site hotels are currently at full capacity and will remain operational as they focus on taking care of our on-site guests.
• As previously announced, we will hold our Rock the Universe event at Universal Studios Florida tonight, Friday Sept. 8 and will welcome Saturday ticket-holders tonight as well. The event will be cancelled on Saturday night and Sunday morning.

I would have lost two days of my vacation and I probably would have been miserable. But RPR definitely has one room available for Sunday and Monday night now...