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iSpot Copenhagen is on my phone... and that reminds me I need to go to Verizon after 3 May and add the international plan to our phones (and remember to cancel it as soon as we are stateside.. before 3 June - so we only get billed for one month).
Oh, thanks for the reminder! I need to add that to Dave's list...
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25 days to go.
We stopped at one of the currency exchange places in Orlando (Mall at Millenia) and they had Canadian dollars on hand, but Norway and Iceland have to be ordered (I am seeing a trend here). So - since my dad has to order his from his bank - we called him and asked him to throw an extra $100 of Norweign and Icelandic currency onto his order. Then they will bring it with them when they come to Port Canaveral since our credit union doesn't do this and my bank only has one branch, in Texas (this is probably the first downside I've seen to USAA).
I went ahead and put in the request to hold mail today and based on a post I saw here on the boards, I asked TA extraordinaire to check with DCL and see if we can purchase cruise-length rainforest passes before we board. Waiting to hear the results of that request.
This afternoon I will take my camera to Best Buy to submit a repair under warranty request. While I am upset my camera isn't working correctly, I am glad I found out now and not next month on the cruise. Hopefully I will have a repaired camera or a new camera before we sail on the 15th.
My new Southwest credit card with chip arrived in the mail while we were in WDW.
I need to begin moving clothing and stuff to the second bedroom to begin the packing effort.
Adding things to the to do list while crossing others off.
Do let us know about the length of cruise Rainforest pass, as I'm thinking of doing exactly the same thing and asking our travel agent extraordinaire to sort that out for our Alaskan cruise - once I pay the thing off in full later this week, that is...
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I saw where you were having trouble! Glad you found out now though!
I still have to go to the mall and get the money situation straightened out. Haven't moved on that.
WOW, only 25 days to go?! How awesome!
Hope the camera is worked out in short order, and as you said, better to find out now than on the cruise! I will have at least one backup camera on the Alaska cruise - but not with 50x zoom!
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Camera update - I dropped it off at Best Buy. Per the warranty program, they ship it to the repair center and then they determine if they can fix it - if not, they will notify me and I get a store credit of the value that I paid for the camera and I can replace it. If they can repair it - they will ship it directly to my house. Expected resolution date - 11 May... 4 days before the cruise. I am hoping that I hear something back before then. I did get a tracking number so that I can track the analysis/repair as it goes through the process.
I also looked to see if they have the Sony DSC HX400 in stock - not yet. They do have my camera (the 300) in stock... so not sure if I replace it if I will get the 400 (if it is in stock before we go) or if I will be forced to replace the camera with the same model I have (which is a 2 year old model). At this point, the Best Buy website says that any store in Jacksonville is a 5-7 day wait on the arrival of the 400.... which leads me to believe they aren't carrying it in stock. Hmmmm.... since they are going to give me a store credit, I don't know if I can use that on their website or not... this is annoying. I need a plan!!
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TA extraordinaire called DCL and she was told that you cannot purchase cruise length rainforest passes in advance of the cruise. You can purchase single day passes online, but that is all. I would assume (and I may be wrong) that a cruise length is less expensive than the price of the same number of days * the one day cost ($18). For example - if it was a 10 night cruise - and you paid for each day as a single day = $180. I would hope that the cruise length pass would be less than that - like $150 or something like that. I guess I will find out in 25 days.... since we are on a 15 night cruise - that would be $270 if we purchased each day separately.
for your camera! How frustrating!
I so get wanting to know which direction to go. Even if you could use your store credit on the website, does that leave enough time for you to get the camera?
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