Aida

[apexchaser]

My car, which was part of booking # GBSOU88327, appears to be one of the 500+ that was booked on the Aida and then left on the dock (the w&w site still shows most of my booking as "received at terminal"). Any other poor souls out there who are "in the same boat"? (or rather, NOT in the boat... )

Man... a few days ago I thought I was soooo lucky. My car was a production date of 7/26, was completed on 7/24, and then booked on the Aida leaving Southampton on 7/27. Wow, I thought; perfect timing! But too good to be true, it appears.

If any of the folks who were apparently also left on the dock find out any good info, pls. post!

Still waiting to motor,
apexchaser

[Nowhere]

I'm with you apexchaser, but I think I'll give it another few days and hope they are just slow updating the tracking system. If not, it looks like we might have to send our photographer eBrit behind enemy lines to start checking for our VIN numbers I just hope they don't have any nasty dogs with big pointy teeth guarding the area...
Chris

[MiniJT]

Sadly, I am also with you apexchaser I am going to wait a couple of days and check to see if by chance those in limbo-land from our batch made it onto the Isolde, which left a day later, but arrives in NJ a day earlier than ADIA. I just wish I knew either way... Not knowing what's going on is a bit rattling!

Cheers, eBrit for the photos and info at the weekend. Even if we were left behind, we have the full picture.

[Pamlico]

I'm in (or rather not in) the same boat. Built on July 15, arrived at terminal on July 20 and booked on Aida, but looks like still in Southampton.

[bassplayer]

As many of you said before me, I'm not on the boat either, but in the same boat as you all. My MINI has a birthday of about July 18th, it made the dock on the 19th, was scheduled on the Aida, but apparently didn't make the ship. I'm not totally giving up hope yet that the system hasn't been fully updated. I only counted 47 cars from our booking number GBSOU88327 that indicate "Loaded on vessel" and surely there was more than that. I just hate not knowing.

[qwik]

My Mini is also not showing loaded . I did call ask-mini and they said it did not make the boat but I am hopeing they are wrong and there system is not updated yet . I think if the ww site was updated it would(or should) at least show what boat we are now booked on if we did in fact miss the AIDA .

[stanMINI]

I am in the same boat, so to speak. I know the people at MINI USA only know what pops up on the monitor, but I wish they were a little more in the know. This not knowing is becoming very frustrating and it will be even more annoying to find out that cars that were just built made it onto two ships while mine just sat.

[jlivingood]

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

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

Now --
Jul-30-2002 12:00
50 36' N
27 48' W
SCFI

[jlivingood]

If you missed the boat please keep the following in mind and try not to let it get to you (see below). I still don't know if I am on the boat yet or not but I was "booked" on an earlier boat (Takasago) and missed it. It looks like about half of the time cars don't make a boat due to simply being on a wait list - just in case.

J

Quote:

Originally posted by jlivingood
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.

[qwik]

I just wish WW would ship first in first out , A few of the cars that did make the ship have been sitting on the dock for only a day or two . I am glad for those owners and have no problem waiting my turn as long as it goes by some type of order, not nearest to the ship wins!

[qwik]

Well my patience or lack of got the best of me so I called WW to see if I could find anything out. First off ,the phone staff are great, they switched me over to the port and I was told the Manifest is not yet complete for the Aida . It will be complete appr. 2 days before she docks(Aug 6th), so it looks like we will know for sure on the 2nd if(that,possitive thinking) we are all aboard . Now its time to be nice to others, help old ladies across the street and whatevevr else I can do to get some good Karma going.

[Rynyin]

My cooper s arrived on the docks on the 19th. The ww site told me my car arrived safely and was booked. Unfortunately, askmini has informed me that not only did the Aida leave without me, but the Isolde left me behind as well. When I asked why cars that were dropped off at a much later time got on the vessel and mine is still buried in a corner the representative said that its a first in last out process. Nice of them, huh!
I am really getting heated! Looks like im not going to get to try out the sunroof in the nice august heat!!! I know a lot of you are in my same shoes. Lets all go to Southampton and get our cars ourselves..... No that just wouldn’t work.........

[CoopR]

Well, I just checked my Cargo Status History and here's the latest:

Booking Number: GBSOU88327A
Vessel: ISOLDE
Voyage: EC215-ISO

I was originally booked on the Aida but obviously didn't make that voyage. I'm now showing as booked on the Isolde, but the status is still showing "BOOKED" and "RECEIVED AT TERMINAL". Not sure if the car actually made it onto the ship . . .

[jlivingood]

Checking my schedule for later today - seeing when I can fit in some time to go outside and scream at the top of my lungs or some similar activity to vent my frustration.

It occurs to me that WW is like the CIA in some ways. They can neither confirm nor deny anything at all in particular. Some information conflicts other information - perhaps some of it is disinformation. Things are scheduled, things are not really scheduled, somethings are maybe just a ruse.

A message back from one of my contacts indicates that my car did **not** make it onto Aida. They believe it **may** have made it onto Isolde but neither they nor WW can either confirm or deny this as various systems appear to disagree on exactly where my can might be exactly.

I am now in the "Land of Lost Cargo" - which is:
STATUS 404 - CAR NOT FOUND.

Grrr....

Jason

[bassplayer]

I hear you guys, and I'm right with you. I just checked the WW site and I too am now booked and received at terminal on the Isolde (same info as Coopr). It sure would be nice to have some confirmation that we got on that ship. The Isolde actually arrives in NY a day before the Aida, so that could be good news.