TxTeach79's Pride LIVE 5/28: Post Drydock European Adventure!

[LatinaInTexas]

I don't know how you have managed to handle all these events and take it all in stride, bravo!

All I can think of is if it was me my poor, poor husband. Because no matter what everything would have somehow, someway all been his fault lol.

[lazydayz]

Rest well!  Looking forward to your adventures tomorrow.  

[carohs]

WTH are bravisimas descaradas?? Is that the potatoes? For sure the name does not translate 😂😂

[LUVMYGSDOG]

So glad you are finally at your hotel!  Hope you bags show up soon.

 

Kkm

[el344]

Could have been worse — at least we made it, even if our bags didn’t.

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/british-airways-flights-cancelled-system-outage-b2345934.html

[Hogladyrider]

@TxTeach79... you two get some well earned REST!

[Mycykfamilytime]

2 hours ago, TxTeach79 said:

Finally. He’s taking all our contact info, hotel info, ship info…..

 

Poor guy… he’s got to be having a rough day.  Not as bad as yours but not his finest! 

[EllieinNJ]

We are at Newark.  Plane was suppose to go at 7 30pm.  Now delayed until 9 15pm.  Sigh 

[scottasp]

9 hours ago, TxTeach79 said:

Oh, and we can expect some considerable turbulence on the way into BCN. Of course we can! 
 

Same reason Rice plays Texas. Hope your luggage arrives by morning.

[natefish95]

Oh geez, traveling is so stressful these days. This reminds me of when Delta cancelled two of my flights, I got stuck in Detroit, had to book a last minute flight on American, that plane hit a bird, etc etc. 

 

Hope you're reunited with your bags soon! Those first drinks on the ship will feel so much better when you can finally relax! 

[oakridger]

2 hours ago, el344 said:

Could have been worse — at least we made it, even if our bags didn’t.

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/british-airways-flights-cancelled-system-outage-b2345934.html

 

Thanks for sharing this!  At least their plane did get to BCN and not stuck in LHR only to go through the whole security and checking in mess again tomorrow!!

 

~Nancy

[#55worktoplay]

Wow what a time to get there. I’m sure you are enjoying your rest right now. 
 

Glad you made it and really hope you get your bags soon. 
 

Thanks for sharing. 

[maxandmolly]

Such drama!  So sorry your bags were left behind. Hoping they catch up to you soon. 

[WhiteOptima]

4 hours ago, ninjacat123 said:

Something I had never considered was buying a bag to check in on return home at the end of your trip.  Packing that bag with the purchased stuff and checking it. Since you have already "done" your trip it doesn't matter if it shows up late at home.

The shop on the ship has soft sided bag that folds up.  One of our first cruises between shopping and alcohol I needed something for clothes. Bring it every time now and will use as carry on if I need room in my suitcase.  Have checked it too.

[atticusthegreat]

34 minutes ago, natefish95 said:

that plane hit a bird, etc etc. 

this just reminds me of the time my best friend's mom hit a bird (or really, the bird hit US) on our way to a chorus thing at an amusement park in middle school. it was loud and scary, but she just kept going. I still think about it frequently ~30 years later.  I'm sure a plane can handle hitting a bird 😂

[natefish95]

10 minutes ago, atticusthegreat said:

this just reminds me of the time my best friend's mom hit a bird (or really, the bird hit US) on our way to a chorus thing at an amusement park in middle school. it was loud and scary, but she just kept going. I still think about it frequently ~30 years later.  I'm sure a plane can handle hitting a bird 😂

1 bird could take out an engine. A flock of birds caused that US Airways plane to land in the hudson river years ago.

[Island2Dweller]

Manage your expectations on when you will be reunited with your bags.  BA have failed to invest in IT for years and their systems have crashed yet again.  Now that the systems are back up, they are concentrating on getting today's schedule running.  Dealing with left behind bags is a low priority (to BA, I know it isn't low priority to you).

When they lost my bags a couple of years ago, it was six weeks before the bags were returned to me

[TxTeach79]

Morning CC fam - what a long, strange journey it’s been…. Waking up slowly here in Gava Mar…. Gathering all my documentation from BA (at least wanting that 75 GBP bag fee refunded, come on, that’s casino money!), trying to clear the cobwebs. 
 

It’s 10:40a here in Spain, AirTags show bags still at Heathrow as of five minutes ago- but maybe they’ve moved towards a plane? We were promised bags delivered this morning, but he took the names of both hotels and the ship. That’s my other concern, we move hotels today. Can I assume BA is gonna keep THAT straight when they’ve been unable to do anything else right??

[TxTeach79]

Looks like my mobile key is for room 120. We’re in 125. Maybe I should go check in on my neighbors, see if their bidet is working 

 

[TxTeach79]

Logged into the BA lost luggage tracking site using the info given to us at the desk last night. The only hotel info put in at all was the Gava Mar, which we are about to leave. It also says they haven’t located our bags. I updated it manually to the new hotel where we’ll be the next two days. Also, I enjoy that my baggage tags say “NORTH TAXES”…. That’s me, huge fan of taxation 

 

 

 

[TxTeach79]

10 hours ago, el344 said:

Could have been worse — at least we made it, even if our bags didn’t.

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/british-airways-flights-cancelled-system-outage-b2345934.html

how we’ve managed to be caught in the Southwest fiasco and now this… pretty impressive, kudos to me tbh 

[TxTeach79]

Shower gave me life. I’d love to change my contacts, but 🤷🏻‍♂️. B is getting every extra minute of sleep she can. Meanwhile, I hear tennis outside my window. Buncha Rafa Nadals around here….

[TxTeach79]

OMG A BIT OF GOOD NEWS 

 

[TxTeach79]

And it looks like my stuff is finally getting on a plane at least….

 

[TxTeach79]

a nod to @IntrepidFromDC’s great Venezia Live (seriously, go check it out) from our balcony 

 

 

wait… is that a black cat just waiting outside my window, staring at me?? Checks out….