Invasion 2016 Travel Details Thread

[ROXANNE]

Hi,
I am going to take a stab at these numbers:

According to the Dec 3rd At 5 pm posting from Cardzard (from Larry) above, I believe they are including the $20/person taxi ride in the new $180 price. So the room for 2 plus the taxi ride for 2 would be: $140 + $40 = $180.

I would disagree with Larry's numbers from Dec 4th 4 pm posting for a single person room and taxi: $140 + $36 = $176 (not the $160 listed above).

I'm not sure what your question is.

 

[snowdog61]

Ok so just booked our flights - MCO-MNL $1337 PP RT. We will be arriving MNL 6/10 then continuing on to Palau for the week. Back in MNL 6/18 @ 0855 for the Invasion then heading back to Orlando (MCO) 7/2 0930 on ANA/United. Still have to book 2 nights in Manila through Madura but think the hard part is over! Woohoo!

 

[snowdog61]

As an FYI -
I ended up booking through cheapfareguru.com - was a few hundred less than expedia. Expedia was cheaper going to Palau though so go figure. Anyways, the rule used to be 128 days out and on a Tuesday. Can't say if that still holds with the way things are now with the internet and high speed transactions but for the Eastcoasters, flight travel times vary from 21+hrs to 40+hrs with those being calculated incorrectly, omitting entire legs of the flight at times. So verify the math and check more than one site if you are doing the travel yourself. Also I found it was way cheaper to go end to end roundtrip (MCO to MNL for us) rather then try and get flights on individual legs(eg MCO-LAX, LAX-HWI, HWI-GUM, GUM-MNL) by a large amount. Makes sense though since the airlines get to keep their books a bit more tidy

 

[FuzzyNutz]

Are there any clothing requirements for dining? Like no flip flops at dinner, long pants required, or shirts must have sleeves, etc.? Can you be in a bathing suit / rolled down wetsuit, no shirt and barefoot for lunch? Are there any times we will be required to dress "fancy"?

What's everyone bringing for underwater wear? You know I usually stick to just some jammers, but I was thinking of picking up a 1mm wetsuit. Would this be fairly appropriate for the location - similar to Coz temp conditions?

 

[Audsred]

When I was at Dumagette - I usually wore a swimsuit w/ cover-up. if I wasn't night diving I would wear t- shirt and shorts. I think the chairs might be cloth so probably nothing to wet, if I remember correctly the restaurant has open sides.

You might want to bring a 3mm for the second week - I usually dive the first week in a skin but the second week I start to get chilled from being in the water so much and need a 3 mm.

 

[ROXANNE]

:whacky:Thanks Audrey! I'm finishing up the details for the Packing, Travel and Diving Tips thread and should have it up by midweek.

 

[MNJoe]

Are there any clothing requirements for dining? Like no flip flops at dinner, long pants required, or shirts must have sleeves, etc.? Can you be in a bathing suit / rolled down wetsuit, no shirt and barefoot for lunch? Are there any times we will be required to dress "fancy"?

What's everyone bringing for underwater wear? You know I usually stick to just some jammers, but I was thinking of picking up a 1mm wetsuit. Would this be fairly appropriate for the location - similar to Coz temp conditions?

John,

Just a wild guess, but I am pretty sure you won't be able to wear your Borat Suit to dinner.

 

[FuzzyNutz]

John,

Just a wild guess, but I am pretty sure you won't be able to wear your Borat Suit to dinner.

AWWWWHAATTT, but I just got one in cheetah print!! … am I joking?? ahhh, who knows, hahahahaha.

This should be suitable for dinner though, bow ties are classy.

 

[Freakita]

Why? OMG whyyyy!!!??

 

[Kevrumbo]

Easy packable, between dives/after dives, SE Asia Tropical Casual Wear: Ladies/Guys just shop around for a durable, inexpensive nice color pattern AND MODEST COVER-UP Sarong/Lava-Lava. . .