Something About Nothing..........#5

[Akdar]

Happy Thursday all ...

Mac & Dave - I'm also watching for the discount. We've got three trips planned for 2009 ... one of those (January) I've already booked the resort for, and if is the buy 4, get 3 free, that won't help us for our January trip - but hoping that'll it'll help for May!!!

When are you guys going in May? We are going to Atlanta for my nephews graduation in May, and I can't go below the Mason Dixon Line without going to Uni. We're working out the scheduling now. My nephew graduates on the 21st, so here's my preliminary plan.

We fly to Atlanta, rent a car, drive to my sister's house, tape a card with some money on it to the door, ring the doorbell, run back into the car (that Sherry still has running) then drive to Orlando for a 10 day stay. Leave the car at MCO, and fly back to Philly! I think it's a great plan......

 

[macraven]

When are you guys going in May? We are going to Atlanta for my nephews graduation in May, and I can't go below the Mason Dixon Line without going to Uni. We're working out the scheduling now. My nephew graduates on the 21st, so here's my preliminary plan.

We fly to Atlanta, rent a car, drive to my sister's house, tape a card with some money on it to the door, ring the doorbell, run back into the car (that Sherry still has running) then drive to Orlando for a 10 day stay. Leave the car at MCO, and fly back to Philly! I think it's a great plan......

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

bonny, i really like the pic in your avator.

you both look so nice....

where the heck is mr andy now a days........

Thanks Mac ... it's one of the few Disney Photopass ones I like ... I find that their pics are hit or miss.

... come to think of it, you're right - haven't heard from Andy in a few

When are you guys going in May? We are going to Atlanta for my nephews graduation in May, and I can't go below the Mason Dixon Line without going to Uni. We're working out the scheduling now. My nephew graduates on the 21st, so here's my preliminary plan.

We fly to Atlanta, rent a car, drive to my sister's house, tape a card with some money on it to the door, ring the doorbell, run back into the car (that Sherry still has running) then drive to Orlando for a 10 day stay. Leave the car at MCO, and fly back to Philly! I think it's a great plan......

... I like that plan!!!

We're not exactly sure yet. We have our Canadian holiday on May 18th (equivalent to your Memorial Day) and are either going the week before or the week during. A lot depends on the exchange rate for our dollar and prices for flights.

 

[dlbbwu]

Good morning everyone!

1) Computers: Sorry, but it's Dell for me. The company I work for has a discount with Dell and I always use it for all our computers. I can and will take apart and work on mine if need be, but (knock on wood), I have never had to. Of course the computer industry is crazy with changes daily. More memory, video cards, etc. I can remember when supposedly 512K was enough memory ro run a computer and was told we would not need that much...Now I have 3 GIG of memory running our computer..

2) Ok, Mac and everyone...this is crazy. The deal that they are currently offering is 4 nights + 3 free correct? So I am thinking this is a great deal! The problem I am having is trying to get flights around 7 days. Since we live in Evansville, Indiana...Nashville, TN, Louisville, KY are the closest aiports (we have one in Eville, but it is very small), we would even drive to Indy if we had to in order to save money. So far I have found the cheapest to be Southwest out of Nashville and total cost for 4 = $1450.00. Our dates are somewhat flexible. Spring Break starts on Friday afternoon (3/20) and they have to be back in school Monday (3/30). SO any 7 days in there would be great. I just can't get the cost of flights down. If everyone remembers (like I expect you all to), I just went this past Spring Break to Universal and four of us cost $650.00 on Southwest out of Nashville......What to do, What to do????? I hate the idea of a 14 hour drive and extra time to get there and back, but the price of gas has gone down to $1.90 here in Evansville.

Please help me I am dying not knowing where to begin...someone, anyone??

And as if this wasn't long enough....

IT'S FRIDAY...Off to Cincinnati for a tennis tournament all weekend long...oh boy..

I did get your PM, Mac, and answered with my email address...Thanks! Good morning Donald....

 

[donaldduck352]

Good morning all~~itsFRIDAY!!

$1450 to fly-WOW.Me personaly would drive it,but it takes alot out of YA.
I made it too Cincci in 13 hrs one time and that was using I-75.
65 out ofTennessee through Alabama to 10 to 75 is a whole lot better and less traffic(no Atlanta)..
Thats a tough question Dave!!

Well have a great day everyone...

 

[dlbbwu]

Good morning all~~itsFRIDAY!!

$1450 to fly-WOW.Me personaly would drive it,but it takes alot out of YA.
I made it too Cincci in 13 hrs one time and that was using I-75.
65 out ofTennessee through Alabama to 10 to 75 is a whole lot better and less traffic(no Atlanta)..
Thats a tough question Dave!!

Well have a great day everyone...

Out of the 17 times to Florida (Magic or universal), we have only driven three times. It has been so long ago, I have forgotten the route. Maybe your route will be better. i will keep it just in case we drive. As usual, thanks Donald!

 

[Metro West]

Morning!

 

[keishashadow]

morning all

todd - sorry to hear, we had to break into our Dell within a month of purchase , after several shipments back& forth it's finally a-ok, yet im thinking that even though i asked for topofline/gaming card it's probably the reason we cannot play some of the newer games ; guess Santa will have to look into more power lol. we've had no luck w/compaq, slightly better w/HP, yet Dell was only one where i could avoid the dreaded VISTA last year & still run XP!

mac - hope ur right & they extend the deal, enough to make me consider renting my DVC points or banking for next year (since i have no plans to buy an AP)...have to run the #s. Everytime i go to the code board, i want to scream , wonder if they r honoring the AAA rate on ROOM ONLY portion of pkgs as they have done in the past?

off to work on raking out my dump, family-way more than i had hoped-coming for Thanksgiving

 

[scotlass]

Hey youse....

mac - its my middle right finger,it looks like Im flickin the bird to the world....as Im sure you can imagine The Boy thinks that is hysterical !!

Bard - I was doing pad work and I find the gloves slip.
Lesson learnt tho.
To be fair I think I had hit the pad so hard and soooo wrong (at an angle,not straight on) I dont think gloves would have helped.
It could not have happened at a worst time because im going to be out for a while and I have my 2nd Kyu grading comin up.Oh well, just have to wait and see.
Im glad Bubba is still enjoying it.
The Boy got moved up to the seniors class and he found it hard at first but is lovin it now.

Right wee hard nuts we'er raisin....

Hope youse guys are all well.x

 

[ky07]

Good morning Homies

 

[dlbbwu]

Mac:

Thanks for the email....check yours, I just replied...need the help...kinda concerned I made a mistake (or maybe not)....
Here is currently what is happening with Spring Break plans:

1) Made a reservation from the 21st of March to the 30th of March, with tickets, dining, etc. (of course this is more nights than I want to stay, but was assured we can change the reservation)
2) Put a $200.00 REFUNDABLE deposit (supposedly)
3) Have tried to get a GOOD price from Southwest, but no luck yet.
4) Sweating bullets thinking I made some type of mistake.
5) Hoping Mac or someone can guide me through this mess

And of course the wife only knows the above through email....LOL....NOW that's priceless..

 

[macraven]

[SIZ

2) Ok, Mac and everyone...this is crazy. The deal that they are currently offering is 4 nights + 3 free correct? So I am thinking this is a great deal! The problem I am having is trying to get flights around 7 days. Since we live in Evansville, Indiana...Nashville, TN, Louisville, KY are the closest aiports (we have one in Eville, but it is very small), we would even drive to Indy if we had to in order to save money. So far I have found the cheapest to be Southwest out of Nashville and total cost for 4 = $1450.00. Our dates are somewhat flexible. Spring Break starts on Friday afternoon (3/20) and they have to be back in school Monday (3/30). SO any 7 days in there would be great. I just can't get the cost of flights down. If everyone remembers (like I expect you all to), I just went this past Spring Break to Universal and four of us cost $650.00 on Southwest out of Nashville......What to do, What to do????? I hate the idea of a 14 hour drive and extra time to get there and back, but the price of gas has gone down to $1.90 here in Evansville.

Please help me I am dying not knowing where to begin...someone, anyone??

And as if this wasn't long enough....

IT'S FRIDAY...Off to Cincinnati for a tennis tournament all weekend long...oh boy..

I did get your PM, Mac, and answered with my email address...Thanks! Good morning Donald....

ok, my family is from mt carmel and i drive from there to belleville a lot when i go down there. just came back sept 15 from my last trip.

it is 150 miles for that drive, i did it in 90 minutes last time.
evansville is what, about an hour drive to mt carmel??

a little known secret is Scott Air Force base has been using commercial planes to beef up their place. last year in the fall, Spirit had flights from SAFB non stop to Orlando/mco for $49 a person.



call spirit and see if they still have those flights. google SAFB and see what other airlines fly out of there.
they have a park and stay available for that airport.

thing change over a year but its worth a shot to check it out.

also, Air TRan flights can be booked with a disney cm with your reservation.

Hey youse....

mac - its my middle right finger,it looks like Im flickin the bird to the world....as Im sure you can imagine The Boy thinks that is hysterical !!

Bard - I was doing pad work and I find the gloves slip.
Lesson learnt tho.
To be fair I think I had hit the pad so hard and soooo wrong (at an angle,not straight on) I dont think gloves would have helped.
It could not have happened at a worst time because im going to be out for a while and I have my 2nd Kyu grading comin up.Oh well, just have to wait and see.
Im glad Bubba is still enjoying it.
The Boy got moved up to the seniors class and he found it hard at first but is lovin it now.

Right wee hard nuts we'er raisin....

Hope youse guys are all well.x

we need a picture of how they flip the bird over in scotland........

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

Please help me I am dying not knowing where to begin...someone, anyone??

OK, I'm in a silly mood today - first thing I thought of when I saw this was
... Bueller ... Bueller ... Bueller

2) Ok, Mac and everyone...this is crazy. The deal that they are currently offering is 4 nights + 3 free correct? So I am thinking this is a great deal! The problem I am having is trying to get flights around 7 days. Since we live in Evansville, Indiana...Nashville, TN, Louisville, KY are the closest aiports (we have one in Eville, but it is very small), we would even drive to Indy if we had to in order to save money. So far I have found the cheapest to be Southwest out of Nashville and total cost for 4 = $1450.00. Our dates are somewhat flexible. Spring Break starts on Friday afternoon (3/20) and they have to be back in school Monday (3/30). SO any 7 days in there would be great. I just can't get the cost of flights down. If everyone remembers (like I expect you all to), I just went this past Spring Break to Universal and four of us cost $650.00 on Southwest out of Nashville......What to do, What to do????? I hate the idea of a 14 hour drive and extra time to get there and back, but the price of gas has gone down to $1.90 here in Evansville.


And as if this wasn't long enough....

I was thinking of using the 4/3 deal for our May trip ... but with APs, I think we can get a better deal room wise Plus we don't need the park tickets, and we won't get the $200 gift card as our trip is after March.

We're lucky - we only have to drive about 45 min to the airport here and have been fortunate to get good deals with the US carriers. Unfortunately we don't have access to carriers like Southwest for the really good deals

We're still looking at flights for our January trip, never mind May ... luckily we have FFP that we can use which will help. The problem right now is the exchange rate on the dollar. We're only getting 84 cents for every US dollar which really sucks. I'm hoping that the markets will go back up and the exchange rate improves soon.

 

[patster734]

Dave,

I found this:

Southwest Airlines Air Itinerary and Pricing
Air Itinerary
Trip Date Day Stops Routing Flight Routing Details
Depart Mar 23 Mon Nonstop BNA-MCO 1664 Depart Nashville (BNA) at 7:55 PM
Arrive in Orlando (MCO) at 10:40 PM

Return Mar 30 Mon Nonstop MCO-BNA 2552 Depart Orlando (MCO) at 7:45 PM
Arrive in Nashville (BNA) at 8:40 PM

Pricing
Passenger
Type Trip Routing Type of Fare Base Fare U.S.
Taxes PFC Security
Fee1 Passenger(s) Total
Adult Depart BNA-MCO Wanna Get Away $133.95 $13.55 $3.00 $2.50 4 $612.00
Return MCO-BNA Wanna Get Away $94.88 $10.62 $4.50 $2.50 4 $450.00

Total $228.83 $24.17 $7.50 $5.00 $1062.00
1 Security Fee is the government-imposed September 11th Security Fee.

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

... *clears throat* ... by the way Mac, I see you haven't visited our trip report in some time ...

 

[tlinus]

We'll be waiting for ya next year Gotta wonder how much $$ the peeps who bet ON the Phils won (I know the Rays were favored)

well???

what????

we WERE in Vegas in April, ya know. Got to bet the sports books futures when you are there!!! Got two tickets for the Eagles to win the Superbowl too.......


Just mailed our tickets to Mandalay Bay and The Luxor, REGISTERED MAIL, on Wednesday.

 

[tlinus]

This was my third Dell and I never really had problems before. My current Dell is just old and is wearing out but I've never sent one back before. I guess it just shows how quality has gone downhill over the years.

sorry to hear about the computer problems, Todd.

My laptop is a Dell and it pretty good - our PC is a Compaq and hasn't been upgraded in like 2 years - still runs great. I guess it really all depends on what you use the PC for (ie internet vs gaming)

I am not a computer tech, nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, BUT it does sound like the video card (said in my best wife-to-the-computer-tech voice)

Good Luck and let us know how you make out

 

[macraven]

... *clears throat* ... by the way Mac, I see you haven't visited our trip report in some time ...

who me.....??

i have read it twice.

i even made a post on the last page today.


so glad to hear you found your marbles....

 

[tlinus]

ohh

a nice round number for me 2600 posts now

I really need to make more time to hang wit da homies......

 

[macraven]

yes you do miss smurf


run with the big doggies and your count will go sky high.....