For those that asked - it mentions the FSC refund in the docs on page 7 under "special notes on your reservation".
I think me and DH are all prepared now - 4 weeks today for us
And a very warm welcome to all new cruisers and those just starting to post - if you see me and DH around the ship please do say hello to Chris and Julie.
Ours mentions OBC but doesn't state it's for fuel supplement refund and we have rebooking onboard OBC from
DCL -so it's probably talking about that.
I contacted our
travel agent and got an email reply stating they called and we don't have the fuel supplement refund -and they said that DCL told them NO ONE is getting fuel surcharge refunds in form of OBC on this cruise.
Our travel agent said if we have names or reservation numbers they could basically go at bat for us... but I don't have that info! It just seems like everyone else's says this- but ours.
Interesting......
Just curious- those that say it- are you all DVC? If not, did anyone who received the $100 OBC per person letter also have it stating fuel supplement refunded OBC on the documents? Trying to figure out why others state it but ours doesn't.... and why DCL is telling our TA that no one is getting it on this cruise.
Got my new Capital One credit card today. I applied for one specifically for my travels since they don't charge a conversion fee. Look out, I may just go "waachopin"
I was reading on a link someone posted yesterday on this thread- tips about pickpockets I think it was- and reading further down it mentioned Capital one and it was something about someone researching into which card to use and decided to go with Capital One because they don't charge the 3% intl fee or whatever it's called... but then found out later they neglected to tell them (capital one, when they called researching this) that they charge $10 for cash withdrawal and 24.9% interest on charges made internationally or something like that?
Atleast I think I'm remembering that right?
We've already had the movies confirmed haven't we? I think this was some of them:
TS1 3D
TS2 3D
TS3 3D
Alice in Wonderland 3D
Step Up 3D
The Last Song
Premier of You Again - thanks Noel
The Sorcers Apprentise
Yah!
I held off seeing TS3 here (DH took youngest cause she couldn't wait) because our theatre wasn't showing it in 3D for some reason! I want it in 3D thank you very much! (and I know youngest DD will go watch it a bazillion times with me on the cruise. haha) Loving all the 3D movies since for some reason it's hit or miss (mostly miss) with our theatre when it comes to the 3D. Also didn't Sorcerer's either.
we ordered our euros thru our bank on Friday- but they didn't put the order thru until Monday. They said they were getting them from a Frost bank? or something like that... (our bank is First Financial) anyway, when I picked them up today the exchange rate was 1.3731
doesn't that seem kinda high? Everything I'm finding online for currency calculators says way lower than that. What's the deal? Anyone pay that rate or close to it? Or did we get ripped off or what?
Plus it's all in 100's....... not a problem for paying for the remainder on apt and 300 euros deposit (all has to be paid in euros when we get there) but that might be a problem for other things while there.... ya think? Should I take these back and ask for small denominations? I mean I'm sitting here thinking that like here- if you went around paying everything in $100 bills... you'd have issues. Most places won't accept 50 or 100's because they don't have change for that! Or is it easy to just get small denominations at a bank in Barcelona?
And, tried to contact our "contact" for our apt about if we'd need a power converter to be able to plug things in the apt. A lot of things are provided but we'd need to like charge our laptop, camera, phone, and plug in like hair appliances. Unfortunately I don't think they speak english well- they basically said it's 220v so I should bring the converter- but then said their business guests never have problems with their laptops and mobile (phones I assume.)
So does that mean we need to bring it or not, ya think? remember, I'm trying to pack us all in carryons... so the least we have to bring the better! So it's not just throw it in -in case we need it. We need to bring it only if we NEED to bring it. KWIM?