Woe is my DD .....

[Carol C Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Carol C]

I spoke toooooooo soon, DD just called and they are on the runway with 30 planes ahead of them for take-off.

I am gong to try and get some sleep, told her to call me when they are 2-3 planes away from take-off

Yikes! Is it still snowing there, or is the 30 plane backup not weather-related but merely a JetBlue thing?

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

Yikes! Is it still snowing there, or is the 30 plane backup not weather-related but merely a JetBlue thing?

Weather's clear, now they're playing 'catchup...'

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

I spoke toooooooo soon, DD just called and they are on the runway with 30 planes ahead of them for take-off.

I am gong to try and get some sleep, told her to call me when they are 2-3 planes away from take-off

Oh, the joys of motherhood!

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

I spoke toooooooo soon, DD just called and they are on the runway with 30 planes ahead of them for take-off.

I am gong to try and get some sleep, told her to call me when they are 2-3 planes away from take-off

From Jet Blue website

775 ARRIVED
JFK 9:30PM - scheduled departure
Mar 18
10:46PM - actual departure (I know THIS is incorrect! Must be when they left the gate)
Mar 18
CUN 11:40PM - scheduled arrival
Mar 18
2:17AM - (Actually 3:17 am NY time) - Actual arrival - I hope it was somewhere near this time!
Mar 19

The 3:17 am arrival time is consistent with leaving JFK at around 12:10 am as they say flying time is 3 hours 10 minutes.

I am not going to call Cancun to see if they arrived at the hotel as there plan was to arrange the van to go to Playa around 7 or 8 am.

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

From Jet Blue website

775 ARRIVED
JFK 9:30PM - scheduled departure
Mar 18
10:46PM - actual departure (I know THIS is incorrect! Must be when they left the gate)
Mar 18
CUN 11:40PM - scheduled arrival
Mar 18
2:17AM - (Actually 3:17 am NY time) - Actual arrival - I hope it was somewhere near this time!
Mar 19

The 3:17 am arrival time is consistent with leaving JFK at around 12:10 am as they say flying time is 3 hours 10 minutes.

I am not going to call Cancun to see if they arrived at the hotel as there plan was to arrange the van to go to Playa around 7 or 8 am.

What a lot of work and stress this is turning out to be for both you and DD. I'm sure she will call as soon as she gets a chance.

By the time we see you you will SERIOUSLY need a drink.

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

Yikes! Is it still snowing there, or is the 30 plane backup not weather-related but merely a JetBlue thing?

Jet Blue had them on the plane and ready to go for 9:30.....but due to all the delys and additional planes they just had to wait their turn to take off.
When Lindsay called, some of her friends were already asleep - thank god on Jet Blue they have those TVs so it kept them occupied.

Can't blame Jet Blue on this one - it was just 'traffic' and catch up!

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

I'm sure she will call as soon as she gets a chance.

Fat Chance....LOL


A phone call can only mean a problem at this point

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

Update, they finally left JFK and arrived in Cancun around 4am - this I found out from the Jet Blue website.....and I didn't hear anything else...which I take to be good news as they sure were in touch with me when the news was BAD

I will let you know when I hear from DD on Saturday...thanks for all the comments and support.

[taffy19 Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close taffy19]

No news IS good news and certainly with the younger generation. I hope theye will have a great cruise together.

[IreneLF Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close IreneLF]

Pat I'm glad things seems to be going well. I wasn't around for all the drama and didn't catch the whole thing until now or I would have posted before.
Irene

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

Update.....

Got a phone call from DD at 7:30 am - they were still on the ship packing.

Jet Blue finally took off Sunday night - and they arrived in Cancun around 3:45 am - got to the Marriott hotel around 4:30 and they only had ONE reservation for one room.
All 8 of them crashed for 2 hours and left soon after 6 for Playa Del Carmen - reached Cozumel by 8 am and were able to board the ship.
DD said the Carnival Ship was kinda' tacky/modern/weird compared to the elegance of Disney Cruise Line but their balcony room was fine.
They were at the dock in Cozumel (and Jamaica) so the only place they had to tender was Grand Cayman.
Apparently there was quite a bit of drinking and DD feels she might want to give it up - let's see what she says tomorrow.
They were at the Miami airport this morning at 10:30am for an 11:30 flight back to Boston...

Thanks everyone again for the support and suggestions this week

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

Pat....It was a lot of work, but I'm glad that eventually, they took off, on their cruise. Sounds like they had a great time!!!!

[jackio Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close jackio]

I'm glad everything worked out in the end. I bet she'll reconsider the part about giving up drinking