Aida

[Shep]

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Originally posted by eBrit
It's been great fun catching shots of it all. Thanks for the thanks from you all.

eBrit

Dear eBrit: All of our family has been having great fun thanks to your wonderful efforts! Each day we find out something new about the progress of our MINI, aboard (we hope) Aida. Indeed, we are sure that one of your photos shows our Max (red, white roof) driving on board the vessel.

We'll buy you a pint next time we come to Southampton!

[Shep]

We're on board!

I have just checked WW again for our Aida booking, and find for the first time "Loaded on Vessel 27/07/92 16:57". So I guess we're on the ocean! (Our MINI had arrived at the dock on 20/07/02).

Hope the rest of you find the same message. Good luck.

[jlivingood]

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Originally posted by Lizzybobio
The Isolde actually has a shorter trip to NY. Hopefully, I missed the AIDA (Booking GBSOU88327), and am loaded up on for the shorter trip. What's the call sign for the Isolde? I can't find it anywhere!

You can search for ship call signs at http://psix.uscg.mil/psix2/vesselsearch.asp.

The call sign for the Isolde is 9V5544. It was built in 1985 and flies the flag of Singapore. It can carry up to 5,290 cars! And it was last inspected by the US Coast Guard on April 3, 2002.

Jason

[jlivingood]

Looks like *some* of the cars have been updated in the WW system, though not all I suspect will show the proper status for a day or two more. I think their system is updating NOW since it is very slow and I cannot get any responses on the last booking #.

Hopefully, any who miss Aida will get Isolde. Two things for those of you who did not get loaded to keep in mind:

1. Check back tomorrow and Wednesday to see if the system updated your status. There is a chance that you car is not updated yet. Also, you may find yourself assigned a new booking # for the Isolde.

2. When you show as being "assigned" to a voyage # and ship, that does not necessarily mean you have a firm booking on said vessel. WW apparently places cars on a "wait list" in various bookings (may even just be part of a booking #) so that cars can be loaded if there is room. They do this so that say cars or a big piece of equipment was not loaded in an earlier port they can utilize the space later in the voyage. Unfortunately, the WW web-based tracking system does not reflect whether or not a particular piece of cargo is in this wait list status or is indeed firmly booked.

Here's a run down of booking #s I found in this thread:

GBSOU85130E (100%)
3 cars, all loaded on Aida
These cars were stragglers that arrived at port on June 14th (can you imagine waiting more than a month!!)

GBSOU85206C (49.5%)
101 cars in this booking #. 50 show as loaded on the Aida at this time - just under 50%. Some of the cars date back to July 2nd and July 6th from a random check I performed of cargo ID #s.

GBSOU88296A (99.3%)
138 cars in this booking #. 137 cars show as loaded on Aida at this time - nearly 100%. The one car that missed it was TE12046 and that arrived at port on July 18th.

GBSOU88327
569 cars in this booking #. A small % of cars look to be loaded but I cannot tell as the system stopped responding to queries.

Jason

PS - Still cannot figure out if my car has been loaded or not since the booking # associated with my car still shows booked on the Takasago, which is really old information.

[Thuma]

HI, My MCS isn't even built yet, but it's been fascinating reading through this thread. I sure hope when I get close to going to port that there is some kind soul like ebrit to also repeat this sort of fantastic updates at the port. At the very least, I've kept all the website of interest that have been posted here, ie. call sign, WW, oceanweather etc. So, thanks to everyone on this thread for making my tracking that much easier when it does happen.
Jeffrey Thuma
Royal Palm Beach, FL, USA
MCS DS/B Sport Package, Cruise, Cloth seats
(the stealth MINI, we are going to call Zippy!)

[Cape Cod MINI]

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Originally posted by jlivingood

GBSOU88296A (99.3%)
138 cars in this booking #. 137 cars show as loaded on Aida at this time - nearly 100%. The one car that missed it was TE12046 and that arrived at port on July 18th.
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How did you figure this? I was originally on the Takasago (booking #gbsou88296) having arrived in port on July 8 but got bumped. Got two email messages from WW personnel stating that I would be on the Aida and the new booking # was gbsou88296A. Based on my just performed search at the WW site, I'm not on so you may need to add TD54688 to your missed the boat list.
I sure as hell hope they are wrong and just not updated.

[Peter-NYC]

Well, misery loves company so just so that you're not feeling left off the boat all alone, my TE11815 also looks like it missed the Aida, and has now been sitting waiting to get on a boat since July 6th

[Terrence]

All this checking and rechecking is making me CRAZY !
I amlost wish i new nothing of the tracking system i am spending way too much time on this computer .
My only joy is knowing that i am not alone in my QUEST for knowledge . According to 866 ASK MINI i am stage 193 so they say i am not on a ship now ( go figure )
WW still say booked on AIDA /and at terminal
Will tomorrow never come
I MUST FIND MY BABY !!

[zippeeee]

2wglobal finaly shows me on the aida, been on the dock since july 11,, now i figure that the isolde will unload a bunch of mini's ahead of me and will get to sit in the processing center for another couple of weeks, don't know how you guys that have been on the dock since the first of july can stand this,, my only fear now is that there might be a family of critters living in my car !!!!!!!!!

[jlivingood]

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Originally posted by Cape Cod MINI
How did you figure this? I was originally on the Takasago (booking #gbsou88296) having arrived in port on July 8 but got bumped. Got two email messages from WW personnel stating that I would be on the Aida and the new booking # was gbsou88296A. Based on my just performed search at the WW site, I'm not on so you may need to add TD54688 to your missed the boat list.
I sure as hell hope they are wrong and just not updated.

Well - you are so far the only car I can find that's in the exact same situation as I am! You didn't get loaded on the Takasago, yet your listing still shows as booked on that ship. And you didn't get your booking # changed to have the "A" on the end.

Pretty freaky, if you ask me. Emails I sent to WW indicate that I was supposed to be added to the new booking # (that ends in 'A') but that "the systems weren't updated" or something to that effect.

I can only hope we both got on - only time will tell... I sent an email to WW this afternoon so hopefully there's an answer in the morning.

Jason

[jlivingood]

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Originally posted by zippeeee
2wglobal finaly shows me on the aida, been on the dock since july 11,, now i figure that the isolde will unload a bunch of mini's ahead of me and will get to sit in the processing center for another couple of weeks, don't know how you guys that have been on the dock since the first of july can stand this,, my only fear now is that there might be a family of critters living in my car !!!!!!!!!

Yes, that's a tough situation. I think the VPC is setup to accept a few hundred cars every week. They'll be taking in possibly 2 weeks worth in 2 days so I have a sinking feeling that while we're on a boat - no small feat mind you - that we may simply end up sitting at the VPC for some period of time longer than normal.

Arrrgh!

Jason

[Cape Cod MINI]

Quote:

Originally posted by jlivingood

I can only hope we both got on - only time will tell... I sent an email to WW this afternoon so hopefully there's an answer in the morning.

Jason

Maybe that's why we are never loaded! We complained and have been sent to WW detention The stevedores eat lunch sitting on our cars every day, leaving sardine stains and cracker crumbs and cigarette ashes on our babies

[jlivingood]

Previously
Jul-29-2002 06:00
50 30' N
14 18' W
SCFI

More progress being made by our dependable vessel!

Jul-29-2002 18:00
50 42' N
19 48' W
SCFI

[zippeeee]

GO AIDA !!!! Go AIDA !!! GO! GO! , smack those waves, full steam ahead, pedal to the metal,

[zippeeee]

if this is your booking number you are probably on the aida,, there were 138 with this number and they are all loaded on the vessel,, i think this is the group that was booked on the takasago under gbsou88296 and was left at the dock while the takasago sailed away