Wonderful Panama Canal Sept 2014

[davidls]

I feel bad for those displaced on those cruises but I can't help thinking "Man I wish I had a dummy cruise booked on one of those! I'd love a 25% discount. I'd probably cruise concierge!

Lordy, me too!!! I wish I could do concierge on THIS cruise!!!

I'm with you guys on that.................sailing concierge. That would be GREAT. DW and I would love to cruise concierge on this cruise too Stephanie. I did look at it when this cruise opened up. As soon as I saw the price, knew it wasn't going to be this time. When we hit the lottery though................................... Concierge here we come!!!!

 

[DisneyMouseHouse]

Someone posted that they were notified that their cruise in January on the Wonder had been cancelled so the ship could go into dry dock and they were
now having to find another cruise to book.

That explains the request I received today about someone being bumped from their cruise on the Wonder and asked for me to re-do a graphic..........at first I thought "How in the world do you get bumped from a DCL Cruise?" - then I thought maybe they just rescheduled..........but this explains a LOT!

 

[davidls]

Ok everyone....................I have something to tell ya'll. This is very hard for me to write.................let alone think about it. I'm getting chocked up a bit just sitting here thinking about writing this to you all. Not sure I can do this tonight................ It's just too much for me to say................it's hard for me to put into words. I'm going to have to sleep on this tonight and see if I can't put it into words for all of you tomorrow.

 

[KyCruisinSusan]

Ok everyone....................I have something to tell ya'll. This is very hard for me to write.................let alone think about it. I'm getting chocked up a bit just sitting here thinking about writing this to you all. Not sure I can do this tonight................ It's just too much for me to say................it's hard for me to put into words. I'm going to have to sleep on this tonight and see if I can't put it into words for all of you tomorrow.

why do I get the feeling that you won't be sailing with us?

 

[Va-NanaTink]

Ok everyone....................I have something to tell ya'll. This is very hard for me to write.................let alone think about it. I'm getting chocked up a bit just sitting here thinking about writing this to you all. Not sure I can do this tonight................ It's just too much for me to say................it's hard for me to put into words. I'm going to have to sleep on this tonight and see if I can't put it into words for all of you tomorrow.

why do I get the feeling that you won't be sailing with us?

 

[Shelljay]

@Davidls....is it that it's less than a year until we cruise?

 

[JimmyL47]

I feel bad for those displaced on those cruises but I can't help thinking "Man I wish I had a dummy cruise booked on one of those! I'd love a 25% discount. I'd probably cruise concierge!

DW and I were booked on the January 19th sailing as part of a B2B. Our TA got us rebooked (with the 25% savings) for January 10th preserving our B2B. To get the same cabin on both ends we had to upgrade and of course the airfare is now $125 more being a weekend to weekend so overall the prices actually work out to being close to a wash.

 

[dsnydaddy]

Ok everyone....................I have something to tell ya'll. This is very hard for me to write.................let alone think about it. I'm getting chocked up a bit just sitting here thinking about writing this to you all. Not sure I can do this tonight................ It's just too much for me to say................it's hard for me to put into words. I'm going to have to sleep on this tonight and see if I can't put it into words for all of you tomorrow.

I hope everything is OK David.

 

[Va-NanaTink]

DW and I were booked on the January 19th sailing as part of a B2B. Our TA got us rebooked (with the 25% savings) for January 10th preserving our B2B. To get the same cabin on both ends we had to upgrade and of course the airfare is now $125 more being a weekend to weekend so overall the prices actually work out to being close to a wash.

Glad your TA worked it out for you, but a wash is better than a loss AND...you got to upgrade basically for free!!!

 

[kdeans1010]

Ok everyone....................I have something to tell ya'll. This is very hard for me to write.................let alone think about it. I'm getting chocked up a bit just sitting here thinking about writing this to you all. Not sure I can do this tonight................ It's just too much for me to say................it's hard for me to put into words. I'm going to have to sleep on this tonight and see if I can't put it into words for all of you tomorrow.

Deets. No offense but you can't write that post and leave us hanging...

So I did something awesome or crazy or dumb. The way my work schedule works out is 3 days on, 1 day off, 4 days on, 6 days off. So I just worked my 3 days on, and I have 1 day off and noticed we could be short staffed tonight (4 aides on, but no one in the ICU and one gal called in sick last night. So if the gal wasn't sick it would be 3 on the floor, 1 in the ICU. The kicker is someone may need to be in the ER tonight.). I signed up to work tonight meaning 8 days in a row on. But with the 2 hours of overtime from a couple nights ago with possibly working tonight means more cruise fund money. That or bridesmaid dress. Either way.... And we're short staffed next week as well so I maybe adding extra shifts for fun and games. Because nothing like having a 0.7 FTE, and thinking "I have a week off, I should use it!"

 

[OMD13]

Ok everyone....................I have something to tell ya'll. This is very hard for me to write.................let alone think about it. I'm getting chocked up a bit just sitting here thinking about writing this to you all. Not sure I can do this tonight................ It's just too much for me to say................it's hard for me to put into words. I'm going to have to sleep on this tonight and see if I can't put it into words for all of you tomorrow.

Hope everything is ok.

 

[JimmyL47]

Glad your TA worked it out for you, but a wash is better than a loss AND...you got to upgrade basically for free!!!

We did. Unfortunately there are a few people telling about losing over $1000 because of not being able to rebook this cruise and having non-refundable airfare. We were very lucky we didn't have any issues along those lines.

Anyway we get our Disney fix so we don't go to far into withdrawal before the Panama Canal cruise.

 

[davidls]

why do I get the feeling that you won't be sailing with us?

@Davidls....is it that it's less than a year until we cruise?

I hope everything is OK David.

Hope everything is ok.

Deets. No offense but you can't write that post and leave us hanging...

Ok, ok, ok, ok, Sorry everyone. I was going to post yesterday, but had to go out for a while and that turned into an all day errand. (That's what I get for volunteering to lend a hand!!! DW keeps telling me to keep my big fat mouth shut!!! Why don't I listen to her!!!)

This was my stupid attempt at trying to be funny..................and I blew it. Sorry everyone. Nothing serious. What I was talking about is that DW and I are going on a cruise..........................but not a Disney Cruise!!! We are going on Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas in about 3 weeks. I was going to say something like I felt like we were being traitors or something along those lines. How I felt like we let everyone down by not sailing Disney. Anyway, a stupid idea on my part. Hope ya'll can forgive me for posting a stupid thing like that.

I do have a question for all of my fellow cruisers who fly often. DW and I haven't flown in gosh, it must be something like 15 or 20 years. Do you have to pay extra to get two seats together on a plane? The last time we flew that was not a problem or even an option. When you made reservations for two the seats were together. But we have heard you have to pay extra to get two seats together, is this true? Thanks everyone, and again, so sorry for the stupid idea I had. (I'm full of bad ideas...............just ask DW.............she'll tell you it's true!!!)

 

[kerstfan1]

Ok, ok, ok, ok, Sorry everyone. I was going to post yesterday, but had to go out for a while and that turned into an all day errand. (That's what I get for volunteering to lend a hand!!! DW keeps telling me to keep my big fat mouth shut!!! Why don't I listen to her!!!)

This was my stupid attempt at trying to be funny..................and I blew it. Sorry everyone. Nothing serious. What I was talking about is that DW and I are going on a cruise..........................but not a Disney Cruise!!! We are going on Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas in about 3 weeks. I was going to say something like I felt like we were being traitors or something along those lines. How I felt like we let everyone down by not sailing Disney. Anyway, a stupid idea on my part. Hope ya'll can forgive me for posting a stupid thing like that.

I do have a question for all of my fellow cruisers who fly often. DW and I haven't flown in gosh, it must be something like 15 or 20 years. Do you have to pay extra to get two seats together on a plane? The last time we flew that was not a problem or even an option. When you made reservations for two the seats were together. But we have heard you have to pay extra to get two seats together, is this true? Thanks everyone, and again, so sorry for the stupid idea I had. (I'm full of bad ideas...............just ask DW.............she'll tell you it's true!!!)

so u are doing the ebpc and on the oasis

 

[davidls]

so u are doing the ebpc and on the oasis

No, sorry for the confusion. We are still going to be on this cruise the 2014 East Bound Panama Canal cruise with all of you. We are just sneaking in another cruise on the Oasis. I will be a 7 day Eastern Caribbean cruise on the Oasis. My silly attempt at trying to be funny really blew up in my face!!! Again, sorry everyone.

 

[kayaker35]

WHEW.... glad to hear that you didn't have something serious going on that would have changed your plans for the cruise! If sailing with another cruise line is being a traitor, I would imagine there are a number of us here on the group. Ed and I took a Princess cruise immediately before the Disney one to Alaska last month. It was wonderful.... but it was a different experience. I can't honestly say that I enjoyed one more than the other, but there are times I would choose Disney over Princess, and vice versa.

We have friends who only sail Royal Caribbean. We tried to get them to come to Alaska with us on the Wonder, but no dice. They don't want to give up their perks for having sailed so many times with RC. If we hadn't taken the Princess cruise to Alaska on a whim.... we wanted to see more of the Alaska coast than the Disney cruise allowed.... I would probably be just as adamant as our friends about sailing with Disney, because it was all I knew, and I would be looking to racking up cruises to get to the next level of the Castaway Club. But now that I've tested the Princess waters, I wouldn't hesitate to sail with them again, and we will be in March when we go to the Caribbean . Princess is more of an adult experience. There are children, but not a great number of them, and the cruise doesn't put primary focus on their entertainment. Food and service are fantastic, and the ship (Sapphire) was gorgeous.

That said, I can't imagine sailing with anyone but Disney if we are going on vacation with our kids and grandchildren. We're hoping to do that again in 2015, and it will definitely be on Disney! And as far as the Panama Canal cruise is concerned, we're eager to sail on the Wonder again.

I guess what I'm trying to say, in overly-wordy fashion, is that we don't have to be one-note Sambas. We can like more than one cruise line without saying one is better than the other. At least with the two I'm now familiar with, the each have their own attributes, and we may prefer one in a particular instance, and another when circumstances are different.

Have a fantastic time on your upcoming cruise! Three weeks..... how can you ever pack in time, lol. Where are you going?

As far as seats together on a plane... I don't know why you'd have to pay extra to sit together. Someone else might have a definitive answer. We fly Southwest when we can, and they have open seating. I don't know what the rationale would be to charge two people extra to sit together. But these days, who knows?

Karen

 

[davidls]

WHEW.... glad to hear that you didn't have something serious going on that would have changed your plans for the cruise! If sailing with another cruise line is being a traitor, I would imagine there are a number of us here on the group. Ed and I took a Princess cruise immediately before the Disney one to Alaska last month. It was wonderful.... but it was a different experience. I can't honestly say that I enjoyed one more than the other, but there are times I would choose Disney over Princess, and vice versa.

We have friends who only sail Royal Caribbean. We tried to get them to come to Alaska with us on the Wonder, but no dice. They don't want to give up their perks for having sailed so many times with RC. If we hadn't taken the Princess cruise to Alaska on a whim.... we wanted to see more of the Alaska coast than the Disney cruise allowed.... I would probably be just as adamant as our friends about sailing with Disney, because it was all I knew, and I would be looking to racking up cruises to get to the next level of the Castaway Club. But now that I've tested the Princess waters, I wouldn't hesitate to sail with them again, and we will be in March when we go to the Caribbean . Princess is more of an adult experience. There are children, but not a great number of them, and the cruise doesn't put primary focus on their entertainment. Food and service are fantastic, and the ship (Sapphire) was gorgeous.

That said, I can't imagine sailing with anyone but Disney if we are going on vacation with our kids and grandchildren. We're hoping to do that again in 2015, and it will definitely be on Disney! And as far as the Panama Canal cruise is concerned, we're eager to sail on the Wonder again.

I guess what I'm trying to say, in overly-wordy fashion, is that we don't have to be one-note Sambas. We can like more than one cruise line without saying one is better than the other. At least with the two I'm now familiar with, the each have their own attributes, and we may prefer one in a particular instance, and another when circumstances are different.

Have a fantastic time on your upcoming cruise! Three weeks..... how can you ever pack in time, lol. Where are you going?

As far as seats together on a plane... I don't know why you'd have to pay extra to sit together. Someone else might have a definitive answer. We fly Southwest when we can, and they have open seating. I don't know what the rationale would be to charge two people extra to sit together. But these days, who knows?

Karen

Thanks Karen. We have wanted to check out the Oasis every since she was built about 3 or 4 years ago. But just never had the opportunity to do so. We do love sailing with Disney, and will continue to do so. But we got the chance to sail on the Oasis and at such a great price, well, we couldn't pass it up.

Donna is the one who heard, or read somewhere that you had to pay extra to get two seats together. We didn't know, since we haven't flown in so many years. We'll definitely check out Southwest when booking opens up for our flight out to Sunny California next year for this cruise.

 

[kayaker35]

Thanks Karen. We have wanted to check out the Oasis every since she was built about 3 or 4 years ago. But just never had the opportunity to do so. We do love sailing with Disney, and will continue to do so. But we got the chance to sail on the Oasis and at such a great price, well, we couldn't pass it up.

Donna is the one who heard, or read somewhere that you had to pay extra to get two seats together. We didn't know, since we haven't flown in so many years. We'll definitely check out Southwest when booking opens up for our flight out to Sunny California next year for this cruise.

Sounds great. You can't fight a great price! It's one big reason we're sailing on Princess in March. Nine nights on the Ruby for substantially less than seven nights on the Fantasy. We figured it was a no-brainer.

One reason we like Southwest is that their prices are good, and because they also allow two checked bags without a surcharge. You can't book them through places like Expedia or Priceline.... you have to go direct. We like them, but they're not for everybody.... no frills. But the price is right

 

[DionysiusP]

Sitting together fee!

Some airlines "reserve" certain seats (window/aisle) for frequent flyers and/or those not willing to sit in the middle (in exchange for $$$). That said, make your reservations early enough and select your seats if you have the opportunity. Delta provides the option but Southwest is open seating. My wife, Chrystinap, and I fly fairly often and are most always seated together. Exceptions are usually late reservations and/or when we get upgrades. The bigger the group, the more difficult it gets to sit together.

Hope that helps

 

[mmbl]

Ok, ok, ok, ok, Sorry everyone. I was going to post yesterday, but had to go out for a while and that turned into an all day errand. (That's what I get for volunteering to lend a hand!!! DW keeps telling me to keep my big fat mouth shut!!! Why don't I listen to her!!!)

This was my stupid attempt at trying to be funny..................and I blew it. Sorry everyone. Nothing serious. What I was talking about is that DW and I are going on a cruise..........................but not a Disney Cruise!!! We are going on Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas in about 3 weeks. I was going to say something like I felt like we were being traitors or something along those lines. How I felt like we let everyone down by not sailing Disney. Anyway, a stupid idea on my part. Hope ya'll can forgive me for posting a stupid thing like that.

I do have a question for all of my fellow cruisers who fly often. DW and I haven't flown in gosh, it must be something like 15 or 20 years. Do you have to pay extra to get two seats together on a plane? The last time we flew that was not a problem or even an option. When you made reservations for two the seats were together. But we have heard you have to pay extra to get two seats together, is this true? Thanks everyone, and again, so sorry for the stupid idea I had. (I'm full of bad ideas...............just ask DW.............she'll tell you it's true!!!)

Oh my goodness! If you're a traitor, I guess there are a lot of us! We leave for New Hampshire this Wed. and sail on RCCL Brilliance from Boston on Sunday. We are Diamond on RCCL and LOVED Oasis! Make sure you pre-reserved your seats for the shows on-line.
No, there is no cost to sit together, at least not on any airlines that we have flown. You need to get on-line and select your seats asap assuming from your post that you haven't already. We usually select our seats at the time of booking. You might not have seats together at this late date, but looks as if you need to check- now!
Good luck!