WBRepo-Ship of Thieves-Remember the Magic Pt 18

[CustardTart]

For those of you who may be Facebook challenged, here is the latest installment of my blog:

http://www.ozhasspoken.com/2010/09/11/lifestyle/the-face-in-the-mirror/

Thanks, Ian - loved it!!! Forwarded it to Richard and he is chuckling as I type!!!

 

[ibouncetoo]

Mrs. Fezziwig could have easily parked next to the parking hog!

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[Tink rules]

That is so very heartbreaking...


There's always a chance!!!


August 30th 2011. Here's the cruise thread.

August 30th? It leaves on a Tuesday?

For those of you who may be Facebook challenged, here is the latest installment of my blog:

http://www.ozhasspoken.com/2010/09/11/lifestyle/the-face-in-the-mirror/

excuse me... I must go and read...

 

[Tink rules]

Hey Kaz... Catherine is on that cruise TDCNala... but it says she might transfer it...

You two would get along great... she's a friend of Planky...

 

[Frodo UK]

So what did you eat?

And, what on earth is Spanikopida?

Cross between green teeth and control undergarment

 

[LisaG520]

So what did you eat?

And, what on earth is Spanikopida?

Greek spinach pie. The spelling might have thrown you off, you've probably seen it spelled more typically as Spanakopita.

That was one of my mom's favorites...and you're all making me hungry.

No, never heard of that either!! Thanks for the explanation.

They usually have a version of it at Food & Wine

 

[LisaG520]

Ok - we've officially booked the cruise that will give us platinum status prior to Alaska (well actually Monica booked it for us...)

We're doing a B2B with the podcast cruise

I'm really excited as we'll be on board when Tron Legacy is released (no movie screen smilie)

 

[granmaz]

Cross between green teeth and control undergarment

Haha Albert. You're just proving you are still reading the other cruise thread!!!! I think when I tried one of those said undergarments on last week I did have green teeth. I felt green all over.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Hellooo John!!!

Sorry if I confused you but we're NOT doing the 1st Alaska cruise, it is just the Repo. I was worried the early Alaska would be too cold for me.. SO we are doing the LAST Alaska cruise at the end of August... Hope that makes sense..?

That does make perfectly good sense now. Thanks for clearing up my senior moments. haha.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Just got home from WDW. Had a great time. Loved seeing Monica but wish we had had more time. Hope everyone is doing well!

Glad you got to see Monica and had such a good time. We'll be there in less than four weeks.....I'm excited to say.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Me too...but on the family beach! Can't swim at Serenity...at least I've never been able to (low tide perhaps?) and I prefer knowing there is a barrier between me and the big fish. Plus, the one time I was at Serenity and the four of us girls got to 'playing'...well, the rest of the adults looked at us like we were ruining their day. I can't imagine any combinate of six of "US" being quite!

Current details are that DCL is doing a soft opening on only two cruises in October (for now). Concierge guests who are on later cruises have been advised to check back later. We are assuming after the 'tests' they will determine final pricing and breaking out the levels of service to different packages and deciding how the cabanas will be offered out. Do not assume at this point that ONLY concierge guests will be offered them in advance (though this could be the way they go). But my guess is if they are offered with advance on line booking, concierge and platinum will snatch them up.

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OK I'm flexible....the family beach sounds fine to me. I've never been there so I have no clue that there are differences. I thought the only difference was kids. hahaha. I'll tell you I did NOT LIKE that HUGE stingray in the water at Serenity beach on the Tortola cruise. Me and Nan flew on top of the water to get away from him. That did it for me, I wouldn't go back in the water....and it's so hot, you have to be in the water.

It's a shame that I'm going in October and won't be able to try them out. I should see if Lisa and Darrell and Jen want to do a share for one at the family beach. If they're even being offered for our cruise. I guess I would have to call to find out. Lisa, should I even bother making that phone call? I wonder what their cancellation policy is? Maybe I should call.

 

[LisaG520]

OK I'm flexible....the family beach sounds fine to me. I've never been there so I have no clue that there are differences. I thought the only difference was kids. hahaha. I'll tell you I did NOT LIKE that HUGE stingray in the water at Serenity beach on the Tortola cruise. Me and Nan flew on top of the water to get away from him. That did it for me, I wouldn't go back in the water....and it's so hot, you have to be in the water.

It's a shame that I'm going in October and won't be able to try them out. I should see if Lisa and Darrell and Jen want to do a share for one at the family beach. If they're even being offered for our cruise. I guess I would have to call to find out. Lisa, should I even bother making that phone call? I wonder what their cancellation policy is? Maybe I should call.

Make the call!!! We would totally split this with you if it's available!!

I forgot to add it would need to be the family beach.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

I was home... just waking up for work... I used to wake up to the alarm on the TV... and Matt Lauer was saying something about a plane crashing into the towers... at that time they thought it was a small commuter that had had problems. I got up and called mom and then I got a call from my best friend, Ray, and all he said was "Are you watching TV???" We talked a bit... then I got a call from my brother... who is a Special Agent in the FBI... he told me to stay home. I was the ONLY one he could get through to (the phone lines were crazy that day - he could call me on one side of town, but not his house on the other side...) He told me that he was called into the city and he didn't know when he'd be home again. The FBI offices were down the street from the towers and had been damaged to a point so they set up emergency headquarters on the Intrepid.

One of my friends was an EMT and was there when Tower 7 came down. He said it went dark as night and they had to dive into the ambulance to take cover.

For a bit... TV transmission went out because the antennaes were on the top of the towers.

One of my friend's husbands worked for the Port Authority and it was their job to take care of the Antenna on the top of the tower - luckily they were working on the top of the George Washington Bridge that day, but saw the first plane go right over the bridge on the way down the Hudson.

Mom came home and we watched the coverage all day... It was eerie not having any planes in the air that day because all we heard, around dinner time and it was VERY LOW... was a fighter jet that went over the house. VERY UNSETTLING...

The very eerie thing that happened was in the day or two after. We were on a train line into the city and we also had a large commuter lot nearby. You went by that lot at night and it was filled with cars, and you knew after a day or so, that it was cars from people who were never coming home again.

Then there were the weeks and weeks of funerals.

There wasn't anyone in the NYC immediate area who didn't know someone who was killed, involved in the cleanup or the investigation. Including us.

Thanks for sharing. It's just too real and scary.

Me, Sandi and the boys were in PA when we heard that another plane was heading for the Capitol building and that it crashed in PA.....only an hour from where we were. I was in Allentown and the plane crashed in Shanksville. That's not too far from Harrisburg. Again, a little too close for my comfort.

John stood on the roof of one of the University buildings and watched as the towers were hit and went down. He was just across the river from them.

So close to home, so horrific and scary.

 

[EllaEnchanted]

Make the call!!! We would totally split this with you if it's available!!

I forgot to add it would need to be the family beach.

OK, it doesn't hurt to find out. I'll call and if one is available on the family beach....we'll book it. Yeah!!!! Let's hope....keep your fingers crossed....we would have six with you four and me and John. Casey is doing other things on CC he won't be with us. That's perfect!

 

[EllaEnchanted]

OK, it doesn't hurt to find out. I'll call and if one is available on the family beach....we'll book it. Yeah!!!! Let's hope....keep your fingers crossed....we would have six with you four and me and John. Casey is doing other things on CC he won't be with us. That's perfect!

OK...just got off the phone with DCL. They're doing a soft opening starting the end of Sept. so chances are good. Also, it's a 3 nighter so many people are first timers. DCL said you go to the Shore Excursion Desk as soon as you get onboard and make your request. She said not many people know that so good luck! I'll be onboard the cruise beforehand so I'll ask and book as soon as we get onboard the 4 nighter. Keep everything crossed. It's looking good.

 

[Tink rules]

Cross between green teeth and control undergarment

Haha Albert. You're just proving you are still reading the other cruise thread!!!! I think when I tried one of those said undergarments on last week I did have green teeth. I felt green all over.

I'm beginning to wonder about you Geezers...

 

[Tink rules]

Anyone want to guess the new addition to CC???

 

[EllaEnchanted]

The next BIG news of the day is.....drum roll please....da dum da dum.....the DROID DOES!!!!!!!It was activated today and I'm playing with it and have no clue what I'm doing, but I'm pressing on everything to see what it does. It's soooooooo much fun. I'll sit down with it and read the book and figure it out soon. I was just having too much fun checking everything out.

 

[gydell]

The next BIG news of the day is.....drum roll please....da dum da dum.....the DROID DOES!!!!!!!It was activated today and I'm playing with it and have no clue what I'm doing, but I'm pressing on everything to see what it does. It's soooooooo much fun. I'll sit down with it and read the book and figure it out soon. I was just having too much fun checking everything out.

What is a DROID?

 

[gydell]

I looked it up. Looks neat!!!