July 18 2009 Tortola - Part 2!

[31Buzz]

Originally Posted by tinkerbell_29

I'm trying to decide what to do about trip insurance. For our first 2 cruise we used what Disney offered. It wasn't until the end of the last trip that I realized due to preexisting conditions my mom and I would not be covered. I'm not really worried about covering this trip since we booked with points all we would be losing is the 95 dollar fee no insurance is going to cover the points. I am concerned about next summer as I'm not going to Europe w/out insurance. I've got health insurance that covers me where ever i go nobody else in my family does though. Any suggestion about where to find trip insurance?

Lissa

What kind of insurance are you looking for? I would think your travel agent should be able to help you. Usually, any kind of "special" insurance is a bit of a rip-off.

[3princessMommy]

Originally Posted by tinkerbell_29

I'm trying to decide what to do about trip insurance. For our first 2 cruise we used what Disney offered. It wasn't until the end of the last trip that I realized due to preexisting conditions my mom and I would not be covered. I'm not really worried about covering this trip since we booked with points all we would be losing is the 95 dollar fee no insurance is going to cover the points. I am concerned about next summer as I'm not going to Europe w/out insurance. I've got health insurance that covers me where ever i go nobody else in my family does though. Any suggestion about where to find trip insurance?

Lissa

We used insuremytrip.com. They let you compare lots of different options. Then you contact the company directly. This is how we got our trip insurance for this summer. Good luck!!!

[MrsG]

Aaron and JoAnn #2, prayers and pixie dust to your family.

Do we still have 35 FE's?

How many people are doing the Grand Gathering at Epcot the night before we leave?

[3princessMommy]

So we almost finished packing-out today. But just as they were going to start loading the crates, the sky got all dark in the East. Then huge billowing clouds of red dusts appeared on the horizon. It was amazing to watch them. It honestly looked like a huge raging fire pushing smoke and embers into the air - instead it was red dust!!!!

We got everything back in the house just as the storm hit. The air was thick with dust - you could hardly breathe!!!

The movers were bummed that they couldn't finish, but I joked that it was just the Burkina dust coming to bid us a final farewell!!!

But once the rains came about 30 minutes later, the air cleared out and the temperature dropped about 20 degrees. But then it rained or drizzled for the next hour, making it too wet to actually load the crates.

So, one more day of movers!!! (But that means one more day out of the office! - I am sooooo checked out!!!)

[Ramule]

We leave on July 3rd to head to Disney.Is a cutoff date been made? We just do not want to leave anyone out in the F.E.

[Macavity]

Originally Posted by tinkerbell_29

I'm trying to decide what to do about trip insurance. For our first 2 cruise we used what Disney offered. It wasn't until the end of the last trip that I realized due to preexisting conditions my mom and I would not be covered. I'm not really worried about covering this trip since we booked with points all we would be losing is the 95 dollar fee no insurance is going to cover the points. I am concerned about next summer as I'm not going to Europe w/out insurance. I've got health insurance that covers me where ever i go nobody else in my family does though. Any suggestion about where to find trip insurance?

Lissa

I always use insuremytrip dot com

Very good prices, a lot to choose from. I cannot tell you how good they are because all I have ever done is give them my money, I've never had to actually use them.

[noahsmom]

FE Update

I have updated the FE list in post 1. PLEASE take a look and let me know if it has the information you want included. There are a number of participants that don't have names (real and/or screen). More of us have unknown stateroom numbers (hooray for upgrades and FL rates).

Just make sure things are correct. I've tried to keep up but sometimes there are so many posts in a day it's easy to miss something. Especially if there's a up for grabs! Also, for those you just joining us, let me know if you want to joing the FE exchange.

I almost have my FE gifts complete Now I'm trying to decide if I should ship or carry on....

[tinkerbell_29]

Thanks for the suggestion guys. I'll have to check out that website. I've looked at others but they all exclude preexisting conditions. We do not use a TA. I do everything for our trips whether it is booking through member services or something non Disney. I would annoy a TA to death because I hate to let others plan things I need to have control.

Lissa

[Macavity]

Originally Posted by noahsmom

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Just make sure things are correct. <snip>

33. ? TX Gale (Macavity), Bobbie (Figgie), Ali (16)

33. 6088 TX Gale (Macavity), Bobbie (Figgie), Ali (16)

Also, can you take a look at post 1635 - I left a question for you there...

[noahsmom]

Originally Posted by Macavity

Well, since we upgraded and added a person yesterday with the florida rates, yesterday we had a GTY room, this afternoon the GTY changed to room 6088.

Did some research, overall, this seems to be a nice room to be in.

Noahsmom, was someone in your group in one of your cruises in this room?

We are 6 doors down from StarWood

Wow - how did you know that we were in 6088 once? In fact that was our very first cruise - on the Wonder. We are in 6086, so we are neighbors! Keep it down would you? We can party on our adjoining verandas!

[noahsmom]

For those of you with GTY rooms - looks like staterooms have now be assigned! Let me know what you got and I will update the FE list!! It's just all so exciting.

[♥sassy♥tink♥]

Originally Posted by noahsmom

For those of you with GTY rooms - looks like staterooms have now be assigned! Let me know what you got and I will update the FE list!! It's just all so exciting.

We got our Stateroom!! #6054 Thank you for the upgrade DCL...

[Tia]

Originally Posted by ♥sassy♥tink♥

We got our Stateroom!! #6054 Thank you for the upgrade DCL...

We got ours too! We are in 5642!! I am so glad we finally got it.
Here's the info for FE
Donna, Jose, Tony (14)

[cinderella97]

We have staterooms too! No upgrade, maybe we can get one at the port.

For the FE:
We are in 2103
My mom and dad are in 2548

38 days to go!!!!!!!!

[Pyrdum]

Originally Posted by WV Space Monkey

I'm not sure about 'expert'... maybe novice


QUESTION FOR PEOPLE HOW BOUGHT SHIRTS:

Has anyone gotten the shirts with dates from cafe press? Do they actually have a gray box around them in person or is that just a glitch in the pictures online? I cant figure out why that one has it and the other one doesnt.

Hi Everyone! This is our first time to post We have been following the thread for months and finally could not resist getting in on the conversation. I think we are officially addicted to at least reading daily. My sister (Charleen) has posted a few times on our entire groups behalf. So, we are already on the FE exchange list.

You guys are a fun group and we are getting so excited for the cruise. It is our first Disney Cruise with our DS(Jacob 9) and DD(Abigail 6). I hope to meet some of you at the meets so the kids can meet others their age.

So....the FE has been ordered, FE gifts are in process and the shirts have arrived. Thanks Virgil for such a great shirt design. We loved it so much my DH(Stan) and I had to have 2, one with the date and one without. In response to the above question, the one with the date does have a light gray block, even on a white shirt.

Tricia