May 26, 2007 (5/26/07) "First Magical Med Cruise!!" (The M&M's!)

[LegalBriefs]

Hello all! :wave2: and Welcome to all those cruising on this, the very first Mediterranean Cruise, and Welcome to all those cruising on future Med. cruises... We will do our best to have a great time :banana: and to give you all tips on the various excursions and fun to be had! :cool1:

Once again, Welcome! party:

[first timers]

Hello all! :wave2: and Welcome to all those cruising on this, the very first Mediterranean Cruise, and Welcome to all those cruising on future Med. cruises... We will do our best to have a great time :banana: and to give you all tips on the various excursions and fun to be had! :cool1:

Once again, Welcome! party:

Hi Ron. We were on the first West Coast Cruise and we will be on the Wonder 10 day cruise in Sept. There are several people hoping to do the transatlantic repo and the first med cruise (us included). We are nearing 30 DCL cruises with the ones we have booked. We always have a great time. Look forward to meeting you. Alex and Carolyn :donald: :donald: :donald: :donald: :donald:

[littleowensmommy]

We are booked! We'll be doing the Repo as well. DH (Ted) and I will be traveling with our DS (Owen, 8 at time of sailing) and DD (Amy, who will be 5). We'll be in the 6056 for both cruises and we'll be switching from early dining on the repo to late dining on this cruise. We look forward to getting to know everybody!

Kathy

Ron, Congratulations on booking the Roy Suite!!!

[LegalBriefs]

ALEX AND CAROLYN, :welcome: That is outstanding! We will be seeing a lot of each other...! I'm surprised we did not meet on the First West Coast Cruise... I hope we have a fun group for this cruise... but, I can say that I have never had a bad time with any DIS'ers... :disrocks: I'm sure this cruise will be wonderful and memorable... :sail:

Kathy, :welcome: I am Excited to hear you will be in the late seating as well... Thanks for the Congrats on the Roy Suite, I was really excited! We were told that we were the 2nd ones to sign up for the waiting list way back in 2004, who woulda guessed! I will be travelling with my buddy David, and our respective significant others... I will talk to them, but, I'd love to set up a nice DIS meet in our suite one night...

Alex and Carolyn... PS- I think I met one of your fellow "First Timers" on the the inaugural west coast cruise... you are all crazy, but what a cool tradition you have going! :worship: How many of you are left that have "Done it all?"

[Soccermom-Cheri]

OK, guys. Those of us going in June '07 will be looking to you. (excursion info, hilarious trip reports, etc - but no pressure :teeth: )

Until our own thread gets going, we'll be lurking here. :smooth:

Cheers,
Cheri

[littleowensmommy]

Ron, Wow a DIS meet in your suite would be great! We were on the 30 July Western cruise last year. We were part of a fantastic DIS group. It was our 3rd cruise but it was our 1st time cruising with DISers. We had so much more fun! We decided to opt for late seating on this cruise so we wouldn't have to rush back from the ports to make it to early dinner on time.

I see that you're from Vegas...love that town! Ted has a conference at the Venetian in October and I plan to tag along. I hope it turns out to be the same weekend Jimmy Buffett's at the MGM. We also hope to see the new Cirque du Soleil Beatles show that will be at the Mirage.

[LegalBriefs]

Cheri, you are quite welcome! Hang out and enjoy our company, and we will be sure to tell you about things as we find out...! :thumbsup2

Kathy and Ted, please let me know when you are here in Las Vegas, we will have to have drinks or dinner...! :drinking1

So, where is everyone else? :confused3

[AnnaS]

Hi Ron - :wave2:

We met on the West Coast Cruise - yes in your suite :lmao:

with Wendy Pierce (AOIP57 - at the time). We are hoping to book on the July 28. Sorry we will miss each other. I see some dates/threads started here already. We are also hoping to get some ideas/tips/suggestions from cruisers before us. Can't wait.

[Disneynut1955]

Hi Ron. We were on the first West Coast Cruise and we will be on the Wonder 10 day cruise in Sept. There are several people hoping to do the transatlantic repo and the first med cruise (us included). We are nearing 30 DCL cruises with the ones we have booked. We always have a great time. Look forward to meeting you. Alex and Carolyn :donald: :donald: :donald: :donald: :donald:

Hi everyone! My name is David. My wife (Monica) and I will be sailing with Ron (lglbriefs) for this cruise. We are also on the 10 night Caribbean which Ron and others will be on as well.

We look forward to the Med cruise and the 4 Disney cruises we have scheduled prior to it!

As Ron suggested, we should have a party in the suite. We managed to fit close to 100 people into the Roy on July 4, 2005. Hope to learn more about everyone prior to sailing.

[littleowensmommy]

Ron, Dinner and/or drinks in October...it's a plan. We look forward to meeting you!

[LegalBriefs]

Anna, :welcome: Yes, of course, I recall meeting you, sorry we will miss you on this cruise, but we will do our best to give some great reports...! :surfweb:

David, :welcome: Good to see you here buddy! This is going to be an amazing cruise, by the time it comes around you will be even more DCL experienced than me! :worship:

I cannot wait to hear what sort of special send-off party: we will get for the inaugural cruise! The escorts, fireworks and fun on the west coast inaugural cruise were amazing! I bet there will be similar fanfare for this cruise as well... :cheer2:


I guess this board will start getting busier after the 4th... :confused3 at least I hope so! LOL... :banana:

[littleowensmommy]

06/01/06 3 Night Disney Wonder (Cat. 2), 09/07/06 10 Night Southern Caribbean (Cat. 2), 11/11/06 7 Night "Double Dip" (Cat. 3), 01/07/07 4 Night Disney Wonder (Walt Disney Suite), 05/26/07 11 Night Med (Roy Disney Suite), 07/28/07 11 Night Med (Cat. 3), 09/08/07 7 Night Western (Walt Disney & Roy Disney Suites), 09/15/07 7 Night Eastern (Walt Disney & Roy Disney Suites), 09/22/07 Walt Disney World / One week of fun! 09/29/07 7 Night Eastern (Walt Disney & Roy Disney Suites)


Wow Dave!!! Are you planning to stay in Europe between your 26 May cruise and your 28 July cruise?

[first timers]

Alex and Carolyn... PS- I think I met one of your fellow "First Timers" on the the inaugural west coast cruise... you are all crazy, but what a cool tradition you have going! :worship: How many of you are left that have "Done it all?"

Ron- There is another couple from Chicago (Ted and Karen) and a single guy (Michael) who had been in Celebration,FL but has moved since. Ted and Karen have been on more DCL cruises the we have, but we will probably all be on the Woder 10 day and the Med repo. Alex

[AnnaS]

Ron and Dave - I don't know how you manage to remember everyone.

I want some of those frequent air miles. :teeth:

[sweetsue]

What DIS activities will there be?
Ken (kpros) has a great post that includes all of that information. You can find it here (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=16789644&postcount=811).
Sue (sweetsue a.k.a ME!) also has a few Barcelona activities here (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=17433386&postcount=1441).

DINING AND ENTERTAINMENT

What night will be our first "assigned" rotation night? The 26th or the 27th?
Saturday the 26th.
What are the theme nights on the cruise? And what days are
they?
When are the formal night(s)?
There are rumors that Disney will change the dining. Why wouldn't we have rotational dining with the same servers?
DCL will be having rotational dining. Seating times are 6pm and 8:30pm.
There will be one formal night, two semi-formal nights and a pirate night. The formal night is the first sea night. The semi-formal nights are on June 1st (at sea night) and June 4th (Villefranche night). General agents do not yet have the dining rotation. When/if the information becomes readily available, I will post it here.
When is the sail away party?
10 pm
When is Tea for Wendy?
On the sea days at 4pm.
When is the Goofy PJ slumber party for the kids?
Are there any special wine seminars/tastings/classes?
You’ll just have to wait until you see the events in your personal navigator. Surprise!
What shows will there be?
See post from winotracy here (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=18355216&postcount=2611)
AND
see post from princesslisa71 here (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=18576645&postcount=3307)

BOARDING, LUGGAGE, DISEMBARKING

When is boarding?
It begins at 1pm until 4pm in the terminal. After 4pm until 9pm at the ship itself.
On boarding day, can we go on and off the ship until sail-away?
In other words, can we check-in, go to our staterooms and then leave the ship for a few hours?
Yes you can come and go from the ship in Barcelona - bring your passports with you when you leave the ship.
What time do we have to be on the ship in Barcelona?
Everybody must be onboard by 9 pm.
Can we check-in or drop our luggage at the port and then leave for awhile to see Barcelona before we check-in for our stateroom?
Yes
What time?
Check-in begins at 10am.
Is left luggage available at the Barcelona port?
Disney said probably no but they do not have control over this.
What is the latest DCL transfer from port back to airport?
Everybody needs to be offboard by 9 a.m.
9:30 a.m. is the last transfer
What terminal will DCL be in at Barcelona?
Moll Adossat - Terminal C
Can you purchase transfers if you are staying at a hotel not booked through DCL?
Only from the hotel to the port and back, not from the airport to the hotel

PORTS

What ports require tendering?
La Spezia
Villefranche
What is the liquids policy for Barcelona?
We'd like to carry aboard wine like we have in Port Canaveral; will the policy be the same?
What about at ports (like Marseille/Nice)?
Same policy as Port Canaveral - you can carry on unopened wine and other liquids.
Are we allowed to bring food, wine and olive oil on the boat from our ports?
Bringing food onboard is a definite no according to DCL. Unopened wine and other liquid bottles are ok.
Here is the official policy from DCL. It is supposed to stay the same for the Med:
Coolers are not permitted except for Guests needing to store medications, baby food, or items related to a dietary constraint. Coolers containing personal items (e.g. soda or snacks) may not be brought on board.
• Homemade, pre-cooked or other perishable items plus any open snack containers will not be allowed to be brought on board
• Non-perishable, USDA approved snack food items in their sealed original packaging may be brought aboard ship and must be consumed prior to returning to Port Canaveral after their cruise
• Disney Cruise Line regrets that the crew members on board are unable to provide food preparation, refrigeration, or storage on board for personal food or beverage items
• Limitations on food items permitted to be brought aboard are directly related to concerns for food safety and contamination prevention. Disney Cruise Line cannot verify the cleanliness of the environment in which pre-cooked or homemade food items were prepared. For the safety of all guests and crew, these items are not permitted aboard ship
Are we allowed to bring food and snacks from the ship into the ports? Specifically breakfast bars, sandwiches, chips, fruit, etc.?
DCL’s policy will be the same – no official or separate announcement for the Mediterranean cruises. They do request people only take off wrapped items such as breakfast bars and chips.
It’s also important to note that most countries do not want you bringing fruit or other meat products into their country. This is how disease is spread from one country to another such as citrus cancer and mad-cow disease.
Is it possible to book two excursions in the same day? I would really like to see Cinqe Terre and Pisa. (The DD really wants to see the Leaning Tower. She has seen it on Disney' Little Einsteins; the tower symbolizes Italy for this 5 year old) Is it possible to do both in the same day?
Yes - as long as the excursions don't overlap. Sweetsue and family are doing this in both Marseille and Villefranche. DCL will allow you to meet the second excursion on the dock so you don't have to reboard the ship or tender.
Does anyone have any restaurant ideas for Barcelona?
Best bet - wander the Gothic Quarter stopping in little places that look interesting and have "little plates" (tapas). Worst place - the little sidewalk cafes on Las Ramblas - high on $ and low on quality - but great for people watching! Great pick it up and go spot - La Boqueria market on Las Ramblas. Seafood - lots along the port area. Be cognizant of typical Barcelona hours (lunch starts at 1, dinner at 9). Look for a crowded restaurant (at those times) - an empty restaurant is empty for a reason.
Any idea on how soon we can get off the boat in Rome? The Disney stuff says something about 7:30, but I wasn't sure if that was realistic. I have never been on a cruise before, so I do not know what logistics are involved.
In general, you will be able to get off of the boat at the stated time. The ship has to clear customs with the port authority before anyone can go ashore, so the time is only an estimate.

GENERAL BOAT QUESTIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS

Is there a number that we can give our families if they need to reach us in case of emergency?
Yes. It is very expensive though and should only be used in real emergencies. You will incur ship to shore charges for every minute even if they are just leaving voicemail. Ship to shore charges are satellite charges and $$$$$$$.
From padalyn:
You can direct dial anywhere in the world right from your stateroom. Ship-to-shore rates apply and will be posted in your stateroom.
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The phone number to the Magic is:
1-888-DC AT SEA (322.8732)
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When is the lifeboat drill?
5:45 PM, however the announcement begins at 5:15. Shipboard services are suspended from 5:15 pm to 6:00 PM.
With the recent sinking of the boat in the Greek isles, it would probably be a good idea that everyone goes just to make sure they know where their lifeboat station is.
This is DCLs info on “missing” the drill. The safety drill is very important and the ship strongly suggests that everyone participate. Safety regulations are taken very seriously onboard.

If you should, by some chance, miss the drill, you will receive a letter in your stateroom as role call is taken during the drill so the ship is aware of what guests have not participated.

Again, it is very important to participate in the safety drill.
Will euros be available on the ship for exchanging $$?
Yes there will be euros on the ship.
Here is some additional info from Scooby3x1y:
Regrettably Guests are not able to obtain cash advance on a credit card
from Guest Services.

Guests are able to cash personal checks drawn from U.S. banks only up to
$100.00 per guest, per voyage onboard at the Guest Services desk.
Personal checks (no temporary checks) need to be accompanied by:

One of the following photo id's:
Valid Driver's License
State issued ID with picture
Active Military ID (green)
Passport

One of the following Credit Cards
American Express
Visa
MasterCard
Discover
The Disney Credit Card
Diner's Club / Carte Blanche

Traveler's Checks can be cashed with a photo ID. There is no limit for
Traveler's Checks, but the checks need to be in US Dollars.

We look forward to sailing with your family in the Mediterranean!

Angela
Reservations Department
Disney Cruise Vacations

Another response:

An onboard credit can be used to cover anything that is charged to the
stateroom account (i.e. gifts, merchandise, refreshments, etc.) and is
placed on the stateroom folio. Guests receive an enclosure card in
their stateroom that notifies them about the onboard credit, who
arranged it, and any special message.

To purchase an Onboard Credit, please call 800-601-8455 Monday - Friday
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM (EST) or Saturday - Sunday 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM (EST).

Guests can exchange dollars for Euros or Euros for dollars onboard the
ship at Guest Services. It will be exchanged at the prevailing rate,
there will not be a charge for the exchange.

We look forward to sailing with you! Have a Magical Day!

Kaye
Reservations Department
Disney Cruise Vacations
Are we going to get a special litho for the Med repo or First Med cruise. That would be good to know so that we could include a mailing tube in our bags?
Sorry – we won’t get this one answered before the cruise.
I know that it is sick to think of work while on a cruise - but does anyone know if there is a business center or internet cafe onboard where I can get caught up on e-mails? I do not want to lug a laptop. If so, any idea as to the cost?
There are internet cafes onboard with wired packages. You can't use them for anything other than surfing the web. Here is information on the wireless packages:
*** NEW UPDATE (thanks to winotracy and Kissimmee ***)
Wireless will be available throughout the ship (including staterooms) beginning Saturday, May 12th!
From Scooby3x1y:
We are pleased to announce that guests who bring their wireless ready laptop will be able to utilize our wireless Internet access onboard and get connected! The wireless Internet and Internet Cafe are interchangeable. For example, guests who purchase a block of minutes for the wireless system can use those minutes on an Internet Cafe desktop computer and visa versa. Below, please find the locations from which you may gain access and a selection of plan pricing.
Cadillac Lounge
Wavebands
Promenade Lounge
Studio Sea Deck
Cove Cafe Deck
Open Decks (Decks 9 & 10)
Atrium Decks (Decks 3, 4, & Mid-Ship)
$.75 per minute pay as you go
$27.50 for 50 minute plan ($.55 per minute)
$40 for 100 minute plan ($.40 per minute)
$75 for 250 minute plan ($.30 per minute)
Currently on the wireless plan you may surf the Internet, send/receive email, download/upload files, print and open/send attachments. Guests will also have free access to disneycruise.com. An unlimited package is unavailable with the wireless Internet offering, because the capacity of the wireless system is limited.
Some additional info from DCL:
To get started Guests must open their internet browser. They will automatically be directed to a Log-in page which will ask for a user name and password.
The user name is the guest's first initial, last name and stateroom number, all lower case with no spaces. Example: jdavis1431 (for John Davis in Stateroom 1431)
The password is the Guest's birthday in six digit format: mmddyy. Example 043060 (for April 30, 1960). The system will ask the guest to enter a new password. This new password will be used for all future log-ins.
Once the guest is logged in a pricing option screen will appear. The guest must select a plan for internet access.
Finally, a separate browser window will open which displays a count-down of time used. This window should be kept open until the Guest is ready to logout or end the session. If the window is closed inadvertently, it can be accessed by typing the following URL in the address bar: http://1.1.1.1
To stop the timer and log-out the guest must select the LOGOUT icon located on the desktop.
Can we use Skype?
Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is accessible; however, due to limitations of the wireless service uninterrupted connectivity and quality cannot be guaranteed.
What is the size of the closet in the staterooms (for luggage storing)?
For Category 4 through 10 (category 11/12 is smaller, Cats 1-3 have at least one walk-in closet in addition to this closet, handicapped Cat 6’s have a second “drive-in” closet great for luggage storage, not sure about other handicapped rooms)
From Jeisur:
The closet base measures 27.75 inches by 18.5 inches. It is nice to have nesting luggage that fits at the bottom.... otherwise there is the standing suitcase issue with anything longer than a t-shirt.

I THINK under the beds was just shy of 10 inches but YES you DO have to lift the bed if the item is a bit larger... garment and duffle bags tuck under nicely. Little kids can fit under nicely but are hard to get out.
So just what is this talk about GSM, SIM cards and cell phone usage in Europe?
See Rick Steve’s awesome article on this (http://www.ricksteves.com/plan/tips/mobilephones.htm)
The Magic (beginning May 12th) will offer cell phone usage onboard ship. The major carriers are AT&T, Sprint and TMobile although they state “with most cellphone providers, … you can make and receive calls and text messages on your personal cell phone. International roaming charges may apply. You’ll want to contact your provider to obtain information on international roaming rates, as rates for usage are determined by your home carrier.”
Kissimmee provided additional information that TMobile wants to charge $4.99/minute and this includes unanswered calls and voice mail notifications.

CUSTOMS, LIQUIDS POLICY, ETC.

What is the liquids policy for Barcelona?
We'd like to carry aboard wine like we have in Port Canaveral; will the policy be the same?
What about at ports (like Marseille/Nice)?
Same policy as Port Canaveral - you can carry on unopened wine and other liquids.
Are we allowed to bring food, wine and olive oil on the boat from our ports?
Bringing food onboard is a definite no according to DCL. Unopened wine and other liquid bottles are ok.
Are we allowed to bring food and snacks from the ship into the ports? Specifically breakfast bars, sandwiches, chips, fruit, etc.?
DCL’s policy will be the same – no official or separate announcement for the Mediterranean cruises. They do request people only take wrapped items off of the ship, items such as breakfast bars and chips
It’s also important to note that most countries do not want you bringing fruit or other meat products into their country. This is how devastating crop and livestock diseases are spread from one country to another.

SHIPPING STUFF TO THE SHIP

How do I send stuff to the ship like we do for Port Canaveral?

Shipping stuff to Barcelona (from winotracy)
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Hey everyone. I got this information from my contact at DCL:
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Package Delivery to World Trade Center Terminal - Barcelona Blue Water Shipping- packages, boxes, gifts

Packages and boxed gifts can be delivered to the ship via the Blue Water Shipping Espana S.A. in Barcelona.

Items that cannot be shipped to Blue Water Shipping and delivered to the ship include: food products (all and any food products including baby food/formula), beverages (liquor, water, etc.), chemicals and luggage.

Shipping Packages and Boxes Gifts - Internationally

* Guests should allow approximately 10 business days for delivery
* International shipping rates apply
* The following information needs to be listed on the package being delivered:
* Name
* Sail Date
* Ship
* Stateroom Number
* Packing slip that details contents of the package.

* DHL is a common carrier service in Barcelona

The address to send packages to is:
Blue Water Shipping Espana S.A
C/ Atlantic, 109-111
Z.A.L (Zona Actividades Logistica)
08040 Barcelona
Ph: 34 93 295 4848

[4fosterkids]

Hi Ron
We met you on the 7/2 West Coast cruise, and enjoyed our tour and party in the suite on the 4th of July! Ahh...great memories!
Congrats on your new bookings. I'm very bummed we cannot do either repo cruise this time. My teacher friends cannot get that time off. We are hoping to get on one of the late June or Mid July cruises. I look forward to hearing all about your ventures...you guys know how to do it up good!
Take care
Jill and family/friends from the 7/2/05 cruise

[littleowensmommy]

My DD will be almost 6 when we cruise next year so we'll have to get the girls together since my DS will be 8 and in a different age group in the club. We also have late dining. Good luck on Tuesday!

Kathy

[sweetsue]

My DD will be almost 6 when we cruise next year so we'll have to get the girls together since my DS will be 8 and in a different age group in the club. We also have late dining. Good luck on Tuesday!

Kathy

That sounds great! My DD will have just finished kindergarten when we sail. We're taking her out of school a few days early (school doesn't end until May 29th). She'll love having a new friend when she goes - and I'm sure it'll make your DD more comfortable since her brother won't be with her.

Sweet Sue

[first timers]

:wave2: I'm hoping to be joining you on this cruise! We'll have to see what happens on Tuesday. I"ll be traveling with my DM and DD6 (at the time). Never thought I'd take a 6 year old to Europe - but it's DISNEY after all!
Sweet Sue

Sue-
There are three stops in Italy on the cruise and the things you can see will be something a 6 year old will remember for a lifetime. We just returned from a week in Rome. A trip to the Vatican is unbelievable. The Cistien Chapel, the Piata, St. Peter's basillica. What a great opportunity to study the history with children and then see it in person. The stop in Naples should allow for a trip to Pompei. And doing all that with Disney! This is going to be a great cruise.
:cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: Alex

[AnnaS]

Ron -

What happened/where is Barb (Barb & Tony)? I don't see her name listed on the moderator list either. I was just wondering if she booked one of the the repo cruises or one of the med. cruises.

[sweetsue]

Sue-
There are three stops in Italy on the cruise and the things you can see will be something a 6 year old will remember for a lifetime. We just returned from a week in Rome. A trip to the Vatican is unbelievable. The Cistien Chapel, the Piata, St. Peter's basillica. What a great opportunity to study the history with children and then see it in person. The stop in Naples should allow for a trip to Pompei. And doing all that with Disney! This is going to be a great cruise.
:cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: :cool1: Alex

I am really looking forward to it! If you were to hit just one or two of the "must sees" on the Rome list, what would you recommend? I'm not sure my DD6 will be up to visiting everything in one day. Instead, I'd rather spend more in-depth time getting the flavor - and having an excuse to return on another trip to see the rest!

Sweet Sue

Sweet Sue

[bettemom]

Please add 2 of us to the roster for this cruise. Myself (Kim) and my mother
(Bette). This will be our 7th Disney cruise. Last May we were able to go on the panama repo cruise which was fantastic.

We will be cruising alone since none of the other families members like to cruise. We will be in a cat 9 which we have come to really like.

Bye, Kim

[DebWills]

Hi Everyone,

Please add me to the May 26th 11 night cruise. I am SO excited. We were also on the first West Coast Cruise out of LA a number of other Disney Cruises.

It's my first trip to Europe.. Cat 7!!

There are 2 of us (Deb and Linda) and hopefully the others in our group got their cabins too!

Deb

[jeanneg]

Please add us to the ever-growing list:

DH(John) and I are confirmed in stateroom 6128! We're delighted to be sailing with Kim and Bette again and look forward to meeting all of our new fellow cruisers. Let the celebrating begin!

[Hygiene99]

Woo-Hoo!! Hi everyone! Add Peter and I to the list! I am just so excited I could bust! So happy to see so many friends, and looking forward to making lots of new ones!

[poconoboatniks]

Hi Ron, Deb & Linda,

As of now, all 8 of us from the Calif trip are booked on this trip. We'll be celebrating Mom's birthday again!

Poconoboatniks

PS Deb, Are you going to the Dis Meet in Allentown this year? We're planning on attending the event. We had a good time last year.

[kpros]

DW Shari (spros) and I will be on board - we are doing the repo and this cruise back to back in a Cat 11 on deck 6.

Ken

[figment52]

Hi Everyone,

Please add me to the May 26th 11 night cruise. I am SO excited. We were also on the first West Coast Cruise out of LA a number of other Disney Cruises.

It's my first trip to Europe.. Cat 7!!

There are 2 of us (Deb and Linda) and hopefully the others in our group got their cabins too!

Deb

HI Deb -

Glad you are going to be on this cruise too . We had a blast with you last year on the Ing. Mexico. Cousin Sharon and I have our confirmation for this one too. It is going to be so much fun.

I had to make a count down ticker for this one. But I have to concentrate on Alaska for the next few months lest my travel group will think I lost interest in it - lol.

We are going to have so much fun.

[meb51]

I'm seeing a lot of familiar names from the May Repo cruise to California. :) We didn't get to know many of you very well (there was just too much to do on that cruise :goodvibes) but I really enjoyed following the precruise discussion on the cruise meet thread and look forward to all the good information for this cruise. There are six of us in 3 cat 11s. Me, DH, MIL, Adult stepdaughter, DD (age 15 at time of cruise), DS (age 11).

Marie

[milestogo]

Posted this earlier on another thread:
Hi everyone,
After a long phone wait (1:15min.), we booked online and then got all the details we wanted taken care of over the phone. We were lucky to get the repo 5/12 then the 11 night med. with the rooms we wanted. Is anyone else doing both cruises? We wanted to make this the big trip before our DD heads off to Kindergarten. I'm curious how many others are able to do a May trip before school is out? I heard that the Panama repo in May was not as crowded as the August - anyone know if that is true? Hope to see you there and we can't wait to eat the food in France and Italy - good thing the gym was expanded!
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Now that I found the cruise meets thread, I'm getting goose bumps at how many of you were on the first west coast cruise. We went 5/28/06 and loved it so much that we went again while it was on the west coast on 7/17/06. This is very exciting!

[NancyIL]

Did you find there were a lot of "kinks" to be worked out, since it was the first time DCL had sailed to some of those ports? I'm asking because I would love to sail on the May 26th Med. cruise, but am nervous about it being the "guinea pig cruise"!

[milestogo]

Yes, there were a few glitches. When we arrived at the terminal the computers crashed and it took them about 3-4 hours to get us through the line and on the boat. We arrived at 10:45am missed the lunch and barely got around before the very exciting departure. By our second cruise a month and a half later, it was smoooooooooth! People were very understanding about it.

There was little confusion about all the time changes and some missed there excursions.

Everything else was a dream come true, obviously.... since we booked two!

My concern is where will the luggage go if we are on the repo and the first med cruise? We don't want to carry it around Barcelona for a few hours (ha-ha) Any thoughts on how that works for those of you who took the Panama repo and inaugural cruise?

[LegalBriefs]

Hi Ron
We met you on the 7/2 West Coast cruise, and enjoyed our tour and party in the suite on the 4th of July! Ahh...great memories!
Congrats on your new bookings. I'm very bummed we cannot do either repo cruise this time. My teacher friends cannot get that time off. We are hoping to get on one of the late June or Mid July cruises. I look forward to hearing all about your ventures...you guys know how to do it up good!
Take care
Jill and family/friends from the 7/2/05 cruise
Jill, great to hear from you! :yay: I wish you could join us... we had fun on that cruise, :banana: didn't we! I hope you are able to make one of the Med cruises... we'll miss you on this one! :guilty:

[LegalBriefs]

Ron -

What happened/where is Barb (Barb & Tony)? I don't see her name listed on the moderator list either. I was just wondering if she booked one of the the repo cruises or one of the med. cruises.
Anna, I am not sure about that... :confused3 I'll ask around and see what I can find out...

[LegalBriefs]

Sue :welcome:
Deb :welcome:
Kim :welcome:
Jeanne/John :welcome:
The "Pocono Crew" :welcome:
Ken/Shari :welcome:
Sandy :welcome:
Marie :welcome:
"milestogo" :welcome:

Did I miss Anyone??? :confused3 I hope not! Wow, I had a busy day at work and the board has truly grown!! :thumbsup2 It is GREAT to see quite a few familiar faces!! :woohoo: Now, I must ask, if any of you are ORGANIZED please take control of keeping the lists, as I am not really skilled in that area... :badpc: We should also plan some fun events... The obvious ones are a DIS meet on Embarkation Day :grouphug: , a gathering in our Roy Disney Suite party: , and a Pirate Get-Together... but, we could also think about a wine mixer (where everyone brings a wine native to their state :drinking1 , though, I'm not sure a Las Vegas wine would taste very good... lol) and I generally like to plan 3 nights of meetings where we get out and dance, the typical ones are 70's night, 80's night, and Kareoke night.... :dancer: please share your ideas...

[sweetsue]

I made it! :banana: :Pinkbounc :cheer2:

I didn't quite get that fancy suite. Someone else seems to be booked in the Roy - now who could that be? Hmmm, guess I'll just have to dress up as a DIS'r and crash the party. :rotfl2:

It'll be me, DM and DD5 (6 by then). I got my rebooking credit and discount too! :cool1:

I love the idea of any kind of wine party. But let me tell you - you do NOT want wine from the state of Florida. :sick: :headache: :crazy: However, I might be persuaded to bring a bottle out of my Florida version of a wine cellar.

Sounds like we'll have lots of things to do and lots of fun. I'd love to help out howeer I can.

Sweet Sue

[littleowensmommy]

Sign us up for all of it, Ron. Since we'll be in the process of moving from Virginia back to California during the cruise, we'll bring a bottle from each state to the wine mixer.

[Disneynut1955]

Ron,

I am coming to visit you tomorrow (Wed.). I will save a case (or two) of champagne for this cruise and smuggle it aboard during the repo. I have six bottles of Cristal for us...Do we need one each night? Remember buying them in port while in Mexico? I am planning ahead this time!!

[LegalBriefs]

Ron,

I am coming to visit you tomorrow (Wed.). I will save a case (or two) of champagne for this cruise and smuggle it aboard during the repo. I have six bottles of Cristal for us...Do we need one each night? Remember buying them in port while in Mexico? I am planning ahead this time!!

Hey buddy, I recall that... For those of you not privy to the story, we heard that you could get good deal on alcohol in one of the ports we visited in mexico, so, with this in mind, and at the behest of a Disney server (who asked us to get a fancy bottle of Champagne that he could share with his fiance' :love2: ala Dom Perignon) we set out in a taxi :crazy: to find a few bottles, and well, long story short, after $50 in taxi fare and 4 liquor shops we came back empty handed :confused3 ... the prices were ridiculous! But, that does make for some funny stories! :rotfl2:

Sue :love: , know what would be a BIG help? Could you keep a list of everyone who comes on, their travelling party, cabin #, ages of children (so kids of like ages can play together), and dining rotation? I am horrible with that stuff and if you could post it periodically, that would be great! :hug:

I'll start the info off...
Ron with Monica (gf), 8530, Late, LAP

[littleowensmommy]

I'll go next:

Kathy and Ted, DS8 Owen and DD5 Amy, 6054, Early, LAP

Ron, I decided to do APL on the repo and LAP on the Med. Do you think we'll be able to find out about special theming and formal nights ahead of time?

[Disneynut1955]

I'll start the info off...
Ron with Monica (gf), 8530, Late, LAP[/SIZE][/B]

Ron,

You are dating my wife???


David and Monica (wife), 8530, Second, LAP (I assume).

[jeanneg]

Count us in for the wine exchange! I don't think NC is a premiere state for wine production but the Biltmore Estate produces a line that is fairly decent.

Question: Does anyone recall what the port taxes are per person? I just got the combined total and I'm trying to figure out if I got Tier 1 pricing. I know the insurance was $338. Will the insurance cover the airfare also? It seems a little high and I'm wondering if I could get similar coverage on my own. Any thoughts or suggestions?

[poconoboatniks]

We're:

Ellen, Bob, Kate 12 (missing 13 th birthday by 4 days) & Brett 9 Cabin 2030
Bob, Helen, Linda & Colleen (all adults) Cabin 2032

We have main dining

Count us in for the wine tasting.

I'm going to start a thread for the teens and tweens on this cruise. Kate and Brett will be looking to get a head start on meeting friends for this trip.

Poconoboatniks

[NancyIL]

Question: Does anyone recall what the port taxes are per person? I just got the combined total and I'm trying to figure out if I got Tier 1 pricing. I know the insurance was $338. Will the insurance cover the airfare also? It seems a little high and I'm wondering if I could get similar coverage on my own. Any thoughts or suggestions?

Go to www.insuremytrip.com to compare insurance prices. DCL insurance won't cover your airfare unless you buy it from them.

Taxes for 2 adults are $118 (total) - at least in a category 11. Category 11 cabins were still selling at the lowest price when I checked this a.m.

Oh - as of right now (subject to change) - my DH and I will be on this cruise in #7119, with late dining. How do you find out your dining rotation?

[meb51]

We're:

Ellen, Bob, Kate 12 (missing 13 th birthday by 4 days) & Brett 9 Cabin 2030
Bob, Helen, Linda & Colleen (all adults) Cabin 2032

We have main dining

Count us in for the wine tasting.

I'm going to start a thread for the teens and tweens on this cruise. Kate and Brett will be looking to get a head start on meeting friends for this trip.

Poconoboatniks

Hi Poconoboatnics,

I'm an East Stroudsburg State Univ alumnus. :) Love that part of the country.

My DS (age 10) is chomping at the bit to post on the Disney boards so he will be really interested in a teens and tweens thread.

Marie

[LegalBriefs]

I'll go next:

Kathy and Ted, DS8 Owen and DD5 Amy, 6054, Early, LAP

Ron, I decided to do APL on the repo and LAP on the Med. Do you think we'll be able to find out about special theming and formal nights ahead of time?
We should be able to get that in advance, I had pretty good luck finding that out in the past, but it will likely only be a month in advance... Ron

[littleowensmommy]

Oh - as of right now (subject to change) - my DH and I will be on this cruise in #7119, with late dining. How do you find out your dining rotation?

cat 1-3 can select their dining rotation. We'll be in a cat 3 on the repo so I'm planning to select my dining rotation for both cruises at the same time.

[NancyIL]

cat 1-3 can select their dining rotation. We'll be in a cat 3 on the repo so I'm planning to select my dining rotation for both cruises at the same time.

Thanks!

[figment52]

Add us to the List

Sandy and Sharon (7619 I think - it was 7119 but we changed to the other side of the ship) - both adults - late seating hopefully LAP

Michigan has some great wineries - how many bottles can we take out of the country? take into Spain?

[milestogo]

Add us to the list:
Kelly, Jonathan & Zoe (4)

We run a drug education program in CA... hence the name Miles To Go Drug Education. DH is a recovering alcoholic, so we'll bring some of the best non-alcoholic wines & sparkling ciders from CA. Also, will pick up some of our famous CA wines as we travel past many of the best vineyards on our lecture tours. Don't worry everyone we're not anti-alcohol... our program doesn't scare off mom & dad from drinking alcohol (or coffee for that matter), we teach kids about parents who demonstrate moderate and healthy drinking patterns. Unfortunately, it just so happens that with our family history there is no healthy drinking - bummer! Too bad we won't get to enjoy the Italian & French wines.

Can't believe it's 13 months away,
Kelly

[first timers]

I am really looking forward to it! If you were to hit just one or two of the "must sees" on the Rome list, what would you recommend? I'm not sure my DD6 will be up to visiting everything in one day. Instead, I'd rather spend more in-depth time getting the flavor - and having an excuse to return on another trip to see the rest!

Sweet Sue

Sweet Sue

The Vatican/St. Peters would be first choice. A mix of paintings, statues, tapistries, and history the basis for modern day religions. Alex

[jeanneg]

If we plan to bring wine from the US are there any Customs regulations we should know about?

[wrabitdad]

Hi All,

Count us in (Bob and Dale (wife)). We're doing the repo and 1st Med. to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. :banana: :banana:

Anybody else having trouble sleeping from excitment like those kids (& parents) in the Disney World tv commercial? :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

Bob

[sweetsue]

Sue :love: , know what would be a BIG help? Could you keep a list of everyone who comes on, their travelling party, cabin #, ages of children (so kids of like ages can play together), and dining rotation? I am horrible with that stuff and if you could post it periodically, that would be great! :hug: [/COLOR]

I'll start the info off...
Ron with Monica (gf), 8530, Late, LAP[/SIZE][/B]

Consider it done! I'm great at Excel spreadsheets. I'll get one started and post the info a bit later. DD5 just doesn't seem to understand that there isn't any Mommy time at the moment because we're going on a Disney cruise to the Med!

Sweet Sue

[NancyIL]

Hi All,

Count us in (Bob and Dale (wife)). We're doing the repo and 1st Med. to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. :banana: :banana:

Anybody else having trouble sleeping from excitment like those kids (& parents) in the Disney World tv commercial? :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

Bob

I think that would be a wonderful way to celebrate your 20th anniversary! I wish we could do both the Transatlantic and the Mediterranean, but my DH doesn't have that much vacation time, and it would interfere with paying for college! ;)

[littleowensmommy]

We're heading for Florida tomorrow for the kids' Spring Break. I'll catch up with you all next weekend.

[sweetsue]

Okay all - I have made my first crack at the Inaugural Mediterranean cruise spreadsheet. We need a name that is a lot easier to type! I have columns for names in party with screen names, category booked, stateroom, dining seating, rotation, hometown and hometown state. As I post on here I will blank out stateroom numbers and hometowns. If you see a ? in the category or hometown state number it means I don't have the detailed hidden info. This'll keep it more secure if there are people concerned about posting their stateroom number on the DIS (this concern exists on another cruise I am on). I'll be happy to email anyone that is booked on the cruise with the detailed info.

Here goes (hope this cuts and pastes well): EWWW - It didn't.... Will work on cut and paste tactics...

Sweet Sue

Traveling Cabin Category Seating Rotation Home State
"Ron (LegalBriefs)
Monica - GF" Cat 1 Late LAP NV
"Alex (first timers)
Carolyn" FL
"Kathy (littleowensmommy)
Ted - DH
Owen - DD8
Amy - DD5" Late VA
"David (Disneynut1955)
Monica - DW (not the same as Ron's GF)" Cat 1 Late LAP
"Kim (bettemom)
Bette - DM" Cat 9 - ? ? NH
"Deb (DebWills)
Linda" Cat 7 - ?
"Jeanne ? (jeanneg)
John - DH" NC
"(Hygiene99)
Peter"
"Ellen (poconoboatniks)
Bob
Kate DD12
Brett DS9
Bob
Helen
Linda
Colleen" ? Cat ?
"Ken (kpros)
Shari (spros) - DW" Cat 11 - ? Main CA
"Sandy (figment52)
Sharon - Cousin" ? Cat Late MI
"Marie (meb51)
DH
MIL
StepD (Adult)
DD15
DS11" 3 Cat 11 - ?
"Kelly (milestogo)
Jonathan
Zoe - DD4"
"Sue (sweetsue)
Barbara - DM
Christina - DD6" Cat 6 Late FL
"Nancy (NancyIL)
DH" Cat 11 Late IL
"Bob (wrabitdad)
Dale - DW" MA

[DebWills]

Hi Ron, Deb & Linda,

As of now, all 8 of us from the Calif trip are booked on this trip. We'll be celebrating Mom's birthday again!

Poconoboatniks

PS Deb, Are you going to the Dis Meet in Allentown this year? We're planning on attending the event. We had a good time last year.


Hey! It sure looks like old home week on the Med Cruise now doesn't it!! Several Inaug West Coast Cruisers. Maybe this time we can actually get together on board and yack.

And yes, I'll be at Allentown again this year. Look forward to seeing you all again!!!

Deb

[DebWills]

Add us to the List

Michigan has some great wineries - how many bottles can we take out of the country? take into Spain?

I'd like to know how many bottles we can bring BACK to the US from Italy! hehe

Deb

[bettemom]

bump !!!!!

[kpros]

Hi Everyone

I was just mentioning of the May repo thread that we should come up with a great name (theme) for the cruise. For example, our theme for the May 2005 repo was "Kingdom to Kingdom". The first thing that came to me for this cruise is "Magic in the Med".

Anyone have any great ideas?

Ken

[figment52]

I'd like to know how many bottles we can bring BACK to the US from Italy! hehe

Deb

Way to go Deb - get right to the point -

but I do remember you trying to transport wine once before ....... did you save the carrying case? Don't forget to bring it to Italy with you.


Here's we go - cruising the Med - looking for the good wine


:moped: :drinking1

[figment52]

Hi Everyone

I was just mentioning of the May repo thread that we should come up with a great name (theme) for the cruise. For example, our theme for the May 2005 repo was "Kingdom to Kingdom". The first thing that came to me for this cruise is "Magic in the Med".

Anyone have any great ideas?

Ken

thinking out loud -

Mediterranean "Magic"

or

"Magic"al Mediterranean

[inkkognito]

Ron -

What happened/where is Barb (Barb & Tony)? I don't see her name listed on the moderator list either. I was just wondering if she booked one of the the repo cruises or one of the med. cruises.
Still alive and kicking, and booked on the repo home (I want to get the flight out of the way before the cruise and then have time to slowly adjust to the time change...I am a wimp girl!).
Barb

[sweetsue]

:banana: :Pinkbounc :cool1: DCL called and they had a suite available! So - I'm now booked in a Cat 3! :thumbsup2 Not nearly as nice as the Roy suite - but at least I'll be on the same floor now! I've been dancing :woohoo: all night. Went and ran a 5K right after that and did great. Finished in 31:52 for my very first time. That's faster than I ever did on the treadmill (35 minutes for 3 miles on the treadmill). Guess all that excitement from booking the suite went right into adrenaline.

Have a great night!

Sweet Sue (who also got into a teensy, little car accident this afternoon but could care less after getting the suite!)

[AnnaS]

Hi Barb :wave2:

Glad to see you - have not seen you on boards for a while - I remember you were orginially booked on the same July West Coast cruise last year - and then had to cancel - I knew you would be on one of these sailings.

We also can't wait when air prices are out to compare with DCL's price. We will hear about them here first for sure. One day we will be on the same cruise :goodvibes

[bettemom]

Hi Everyone

I was just mentioning of the May repo thread that we should come up with a great name (theme) for the cruise. For example, our theme for the May 2005 repo was "Kingdom to Kingdom". The first thing that came to me for this cruise is "Magic in the Med".

Anyone have any great ideas?

Ken


Hi Ken,

Love the name. Say hi to Shari & Staci please.

Bye, Kim

[inkkognito]

We are anxiously awaiting the air prices too. I might even spring for business class since it is only one way. My main priority is a shorter flight, even if it costs a little more. I'm sad that we can't fly direct, but it looks like we can probably get by with just one stop.
Barb

[LegalBriefs]

Hey all! and Welcome to our new additions...

Sandy & Sharon :welcome:
Kelly & Jonathan :welcome:
Bob & Dale :welcome:

Sue, THANK YOU for handling the list... :worship: I would not worry about omitting the cabin #'s that were posted publicly, just the ones that are sent to you in PM's... We will print a list of all the people and locations to be handed out at our first mixer... I was so excited to hear you got a Cat. 3!! That is awesome! You'll be at the Concierge mixer now, how cool! :drinking: Are you ok though, after your accident, do you need a good attorney? :cool2: LOL...

Themes - I like some of the ideas so far... :thumbsup2 here are a couple more suggestions: "First MAGICal Med Cruise" or "Magic Pizza Pioneers" LEts get a few more ideas and then put it up to a vote, the winning one will be added to the thread name, and if we come up with T-shirts we can "LOGO IT" lol... (for examples of this, check out the thread for the first "double scoop cruise." :3dglasses

Is anyone else planning of going anywhere else in the area after or before the cruise? :moped: I was going to hit Toledo or Malaga (two of my favorite cities in Spain) and then hop up to DL Paris :cool1: ... Anyone else up for that? :grouphug:

This is a fun group.... I am really looking forward to this! :banana:

PS- sorry I have not been on in a bit, but, there were issues, long story short, the building I am in was on fire yesterday... :firefight

[spros]

Hi Ken,

Love the name. Say hi to Shari & Staci please.

Bye, Kim

Hi Kim:

How's it going with the job search? How's Bette? I'm so excited to know that we'll all be cruising together again. I can't believe I'm going to get Ken to Europe - thank you Disney.

[spros]

Not only am I going to get my husband to Europe, but my DB is going to be coming along to. He says he wants to join the Boards so I thought I would introduce my BIG brother, Mark. (OK Mark, you can post any time now!)

[sweetsue]

Sue, THANK YOU for handling the list... :worship: I would not worry about omitting the cabin #'s that were posted publicly, just the ones that are sent to you in PM's... We will print a list of all the people and locations to be handed out at our first mixer... I was so excited to hear you got a Cat. 3!! That is awesome! You'll be at the Concierge mixer now, how cool! :drinking: Are you ok though, after your accident, do you need a good attorney? :cool2: LOL...

PS- sorry I have not been on in a bit, but, there were issues, long story short, the building I am in was on fire yesterday... :firefight

Well, if you need a firefighter - I'll trade one for the attorney advice! :banana: My Dad's a fire inspector in Colorado. :cool1: Seriously though - I was going about 5 mph. Tried to get around a car and kind of scraped a little bit against a part of their very broken bumper that was hanging out. All I have is a bit of paint transfer that'll disappear as soon as I wash the car. The other car was already so banged up I couldn't even tell where I hit the thing! I had to walk back to my car to make sure the whole thing wasn't a figment of my imagination.

I'm happy to do the list. :goodvibes Gives me the chance to "meet" all the great people on the cruise and stay involved - and excited all the way from now to the cruise!

Sweet Sue

[UncaTigger]

Not only am I going to get my husband to Europe, but my DB is going to be coming along to. He says he wants to join the Boards so I thought I would introduce my BIG brother, Mark. (OK Mark, you can post any time now!)
Hi all - I'm Shari's BIG brother. She, Ken and Staci took me on my first-ever cruise, not to mention first DCL cruise for my 50th Birthday: Magic to the Carribean. I've met some of you at various times - and always enjoyed myself. Since I am signed up for the first 11-day in Europe :bounce: , I figured I'd like to wave hello to everyone.

So - HI! :wave:
MARK

[figment52]

Themes - I like some of the ideas so far... :thumbsup2 here are a couple more suggestions: "First MAGICal Med Cruise" or "Magic Pizza Pioneers" LEts get a few more ideas and then put it up to a vote, the winning one will be added to the thread name, and if we come up with T-shirts we can "LOGO IT" lol... (for examples of this, check out the thread for the first "double scoop cruise."[/COLOR] :3dglasses




5/12/07 Bringing MAGIC to the MED

5/26/07 "Premearing MAGIC in the Med" or if premearing is copyrighted by DCL

Showing the MED our "MAGIC"
Presenting - MAGIC in the MED
Introducing MAGIC to the Med

8/18/07 MAGIC- leaving the MED in its wake


I'll admit it's been a long week - but at least the building didn't catch on fire :firefight


Welcome aboard Mark - :welcome:

[kpros]

Hi all - I'm Shari's BIG brother. She, Ken and Staci took me on my first-ever cruise, not to mention first DCL cruise for my 50th Birthday: Magic to the Carribean. I've met some of you at various times - and always enjoyed myself. Since I am signed up for the first 11-day in Europe :bounce: , I figured I'd like to wave hello to everyone.

So - HI! :wave:
MARK


OH - NO - I didn't know that Mark was coming too! That changes everything! :rotfl:

Ken (BIL of Mark)

[jeanneg]

Welcome to all the new people and a big thank-you to Sue for putting together the list! There are so many people signed on that I'm already confused! I have no problem with my cabin # being published....I'd like everyone to know so they can stop by and visit! Speaking of which, we've just changed ours to a Cat 7 (#7626) which is a Navigator's veranda. This gives us another $600 to put aside for excursions so it's all good. We've also selected Late dining.
I look forward to meeting everyone in this wild and crazy group!

I think our name should highlight the fact that we will be the inaugural cruise....how 'bout "1st Magical Med" or something similar?

[sweetsue]

Welcome to all the new people and a big thank-you to Sue for putting together the list! There are so many people signed on that I'm already confused! I have no problem with my cabin # being published....I'd like everyone to know so they can stop by and visit! Speaking of which, we've just changed ours to a Cat 7 (#7626) which is a Navigator's veranda. This gives us another $600 to put aside for excursions so it's all good. We've also selected Late dining.
I look forward to meeting everyone in this wild and crazy group!

I think our name should highlight the fact that we will be the inaugural cruise....how 'bout "1st Magical Med" or something similar?

Not to worry Jeanne - everyone on this thread will receive a printout at our first meet with all the cabin numbers listed! Some people are concerned about posting information of that nature on the web. It's easier for me to block all the cabin numbers rather than remember who said it was okay to post on the web and who said it wasn't. I think it has to do with losing-the-mind because I had a child syndrome. :teeth:

Sweet Sue

[sweetsue]

As the un-official keeper of anything list-like, here's the current list of names. This group is so creative!

Magic in the Med
Mediterranean "Magic"
"Magic"al Mediterranean
First Magical Med Cruise
Magic Pizza Pioneers
Premearing MAGIC in the Med
Showing the MED our "MAGIC"
Presenting - MAGIC in the MED
Introducing MAGIC to the Med

Here's a few that DD helped with:

Magical Adventures in the Med
Magic and the Med - The M&Ms

Any more creative thoughts? It's quite a good list!

Sweet Sue

[spros]

Just wanted to say hi to everyone and move the thread up to the first page. I hope everyone has a great week. It's Spring Break for DD so I have a minimal work schedule. Yeah!!

[kpros]

I would be happy to do lanyards and name badges again for the 1st Med cruise if no one else wants to do them. But if someone else really wants to do them, that would be great also.

Ken

[Hygiene99]

I would be happy to do lanyards and name badges again for the repo if no one else wants to do them. But if someone else really wants to do them, that would be great also.

Ken


Some of Kens prior lanyards :thumbsup2 Awesome work. :sunny: ::yes:: ::yes:: ::yes:: ::yes:: ::yes:: ::yes::
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid180/p731df171ecfeb85fccc87edbc41462f1/f2ed307c.jpg :rolleyes1 :rolleyes1
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid180/p0cb67e2e5b4be59d8c415b84511c177d/f2ed314e.jpg

[figment52]

Some of Kens prior lanyards :thumbsup2 Awesome work. :sunny: ::yes:: ::yes:: ::yes:: ::yes:: ::yes:: ::yes::
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid180/p731df171ecfeb85fccc87edbc41462f1/f2ed307c.jpg :rolleyes1 :rolleyes1
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid180/p0cb67e2e5b4be59d8c415b84511c177d/f2ed314e.jpg


Very nice lanyards and name badges - you have my vote :cheer2:

I know I couldn't do anything as nice as that.

[jeanneg]

Wow, those ARE very nice nametags and lanyards! I'm not good at all with crafty type things but happy to offer my services in other ways.

[LegalBriefs]

I would be happy to do lanyards and name badges again for the 1st Med cruise if no one else wants to do them. But if someone else really wants to do them, that would be great also.

Ken

First off...

Mark :welcome:

Ken, That would be AWESOME! :thumbsup2 Your Lanyards look great! Do you do T-Shirts as well? :teeth:

I have Two more suggestions for names...

"1st to SEA the Med"

"Taking the Magic to SEA its Birthplace"

I'd suggest we keep accepting ideas this week and then open it up to voting for one week starting Saturday....

Supposedly people are booking hotel rooms already for this cruise, but I am not sure how that is possible since it is too far in advance, has anyone heard anything? :confused3

[LegalBriefs]

Wow, those ARE very nice nametags and lanyards! I'm not good at all with crafty type things but happy to offer my services in other ways.

Volunteers are always appreciated!! If you have any ideas on enhancing the experience, please share.... :thumbsup2

[milestogo]

Those lanyards are fantastic.

I love Kingdom to Kingdom.

We came up with another name last night:

The Mouse Takes The Med!

[jeanneg]

Ron,
I like both those new names...very clever! The first one is probably a little more practical in that it has fewer words and will be easier to use when printing things.

[kpros]

[SIZE=3][B]First off...

Mark :welcome:

Ken, That would be AWESOME! :thumbsup2 Your Lanyards look great! Do you do T-Shirts as well? :teeth:



Sorry Ron, I'm ready to do the lanyards and name badges, but not T-shirts. I have a basic name badge already done for this cruise, just waiting for a general theme. I will preview the name badge when I figure out how to post it to a web page I'm working on.

Ken

[LegalBriefs]

Sorry Ron, I'm ready to do the lanyards and name badges, but not T-shirts. I have a basic name badge already done for this cruise, just waiting for a general theme. I will preview the name badge when I figure out how to post it to a web page I'm working on.

Ken

Not a problem at all, I am sure someone here must have or know someone who has a T-Shirt Shop... :thumbsup2

[meb51]

Sorry Ron, I'm ready to do the lanyards and name badges, but not T-shirts. I have a basic name badge already done for this cruise, just waiting for a general theme. I will preview the name badge when I figure out how to post it to a web page I'm working on.

Ken

As a recipient of one of the Panama Canal cruise lanyards, I can only echo that they were really awesome!! :banana: :banana: They were also really handy for carrying KTW cards, money, etc. In fact, I never once lost my KTW card during the whole 14 days. :teeth:

Marie

[milestogo]

Ken, Where did you have your lanyards made? I'm doing the Lance Armstrong ride/walk and we have a big group that I'd like to have them made. thanks, Kelly

[kpros]

Ken, Where did you have your lanyards made? I'm doing the Lance Armstrong ride/walk and we have a big group that I'd like to have them made. thanks, Kelly

Hi Kelly

http://www.kennyproducts.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=KPI&Category_Code=Custom-Lanyards

I used the "lan-101" for the May Panama Repo. You have to order 100 minimum for the custom printing. I ordered about 450 for the repo. Did the whole thing via E-mail. Good quality, fast turn around.

I ordered the badge holders from another place. Let me know if you need that info as well.

Ken

[milestogo]

thanks, I've already looked at it and it's exactly what I want!
Kelly

[sweetsue]

I just love the lanyards. They'll be perfect on our cruise. I can't wait to see what design we come up with. There are a lot of creative people on this group judging by the list of cruise names. Here's the list so far:

Magic in the Med
Mediterranean "Magic"
"Magic"al Mediterranean
First Magical Med Cruise
Magic Pizza Pioneers
Premearing MAGIC in the Med
Showing the MED our "MAGIC"
Presenting - MAGIC in the MED
Introducing MAGIC to the Med
Magical Adventures in the Med
Magic and the Med - The M&Ms
1st to SEA the Med
Taking the Magic to SEA its Birthplace
The Mouse Takes The Med

Keep those ideas coming!

Ron - I'll be cruising the Bahamas this weekend so I'll need someone to take over the un-official name list to post it on Saturday. Just don't close the voting until I get back on Monday!

Sweet Sue

[milestogo]

That's a fun and difficult list to choose from!

[kpros]

I just love the lanyards. They'll be perfect on our cruise. I can't wait to see what design we come up with. There are a lot of creative people on this group judging by the list of cruise names. Here's the list so far:

Magic in the Med
Mediterranean "Magic"
"Magic"al Mediterranean
First Magical Med Cruise
Magic Pizza Pioneers
Premearing MAGIC in the Med
Showing the MED our "MAGIC"
Presenting - MAGIC in the MED
Introducing MAGIC to the Med
Magical Adventures in the Med
Magic and the Med - The M&Ms
1st to SEA the Med
Taking the Magic to SEA its Birthplace
The Mouse Takes The Med

Keep those ideas coming!

Ron - I'll be cruising the Bahamas this weekend so I'll need someone to take over the un-official name list to post it on Saturday. Just don't close the voting until I get back on Monday!

Sweet Sue

Hi Everyone

Before we make a final choice, I just wanted to give you some background on the May 2005 repo and the theme for that. The Kingdom to Kingdom theme just kind of happened because we were taking the Magic from the "Magic Kingdom" in Florida to the "Magic Kingdom" in California. One person was working on door signs and came up with it. The term Magic Kingdom was used at Disneyland long before Walt Disney World was developed. So it was an easy choice for us.

Now, from the name tag point of view, a short general theme works great because the space is somewhat limited. You can always expand on the theme in other places - for example, the name badges for the May 2005 repo had the "Kingdom to Kingdom" main theme with small graphics and then I went on to describe the 1st Panama crossing in text on other lines.

We had T-shirts that used the Kingdom to Kingdom theme, but we also had T-shirts that said "Reposition This" with a picture of the Magic. So just because we have a theme on some things, doesn't mean you have to stay with it for everything.

Anyway, this was probably more info then you really wanted.

Ken

[Hygiene99]

Not a problem at all, I am sure someone here must have or know someone who has a T-Shirt Shop... :thumbsup2



Yip once We come up with a design, We can open a store at zazzle or cafepress online. and people can buy what they would like. :teeth:

Here are some of them from the May Repo. to give you an idea. :wizard:

Jeff, Jen & TDC Nala = T Shirt Design's
The t shirt designs, you can order them off cafe press And Zazzle at your convience. There are 3 designs, the Second one was made by TDC Nala.


Design #1 Kingdom To Kingdom, @ Zazzle (http://www.zazzle.com/contributors/products/gallery/browse_results.asp?cid=238533387740711046)
Design #2, Repo This, @ Cafe Press (www.cafepress.com/repocruise/)
Design #3, PIN DESIGN ON A T shirt @ Zazzle.. (http://www.zazzle.com/products/product/product.asp?caching=on&product%5Fid=235217312005218054&index=1)
Design # 4, Pin Design on a T shirt POLO @ Zazzle. (http://www.zazzle.com/products/product/product.asp?caching=on&product%5Fid=235890739122935283&index=1)
TikiGirl = Cafe Press Discount Code. = GARDENSCRIPT

Also every so often there is a discount code to save you some money !! :wizard:

[LegalBriefs]

Ron - I'll be cruising the Bahamas this weekend so I'll need someone to take over the un-official name list to post it on Saturday. Just don't close the voting until I get back on Monday!

Sweet Sue


Ehem... trying to make us all jealous!? :scratchin

[LegalBriefs]

Yip once We come up with a design, We can open a store at zazzle or cafepress online. and people can buy what they would like. :teeth:

Also every so often there is a discount code to save you some money !! :wizard:

That is a Great Idea... :idea: and those are outstanding designs! :worship: Do we have an Artist among us to create the design? That would be a big help... :thumbsup2

[LegalBriefs]

:banana: :banana: :banana: Wooo hooooo! :banana: :banana: :banana:

pixiedust: POST # 100! pixiedust:

Can you imagine what it will be like here in a year!? :rotfl2:

[corinnak]

I'm doing the last Med cruise in 2007, but hope it is okay if I watch this thread as well - you guys have a lot of action going on! Very cool. :thumbsup2

[Hygiene99]

I'm doing the last Med cruise in 2007, but hope it is okay if I watch this thread as well - you guys have a lot of action going on! Very cool. :thumbsup2

Thanks for stopping bye. Welcome :wizard:

[milestogo]

Big Welcome!

[first timers]

Now, from the name tag point of view, a short general theme works great because the space is somewhat limited. You can always expand on the theme in other places - for example, the name badges for the May 2005 repo had the "Kingdom to Kingdom" main theme with small graphics and then I went on to describe the 1st Panama crossing in text on other lines.Ken

Ken has a good point. Short and to the point works for name tags as well as T-shirts, visors, mugs, etc.. It leaves more room for pictures and gives the cruise a catchy name like "kingdom to kingdom" did. I like "Med. Magic" "Magic'al Med.", but should it include "first" in the name? Having the date with it will indicate it is the first, but should say it too. Just some thoughts. Alex

[kpros]

Down on the second page again - can't have that.

As far as a theme goes, I kind of like using "Mediterranean Magic" as the over all theme. Then in a graphic or on a pin, you could add something like "1st Med Cruise" and the date - or you could add any of funny sayings people are coming up with relating to pizza or a mouse roaming around the med. It gives you lots of options.

Ken

[sweetsue]

So Ken - something like:

Mediterranean Magic
The PREMEAR Cruise
May 26th - June ? (hmmm, what's the date?)

Or

Mediterranean Magic
Crazy enough to be First! :crazy:
:rotfl: :rotfl2: :rotfl:
OR

The Mouse takes the Med...
May 26th - June ?
reruns to follow

[kpros]

So Ken - something like:

Mediterranean Magic
The PREMEAR Cruise
May 26th - June ? (hmmm, what's the date?)

Or

Mediterranean Magic
Crazy enough to be First! :crazy:
:rotfl: :rotfl2: :rotfl:
OR

The Mouse takes the Med...
May 26th - June ?
reruns to follow

Exactly - I think you've got it! I especially like the second one.

Ken

[figment52]

So Ken - something like:

Mediterranean Magic
The PREMEAR Cruise
May 26th - June ? (hmmm, what's the date?)

Or

Mediterranean Magic
Crazy enough to be First! :crazy:
:rotfl: :rotfl2: :rotfl:
OR

The Mouse takes the Med...
May 26th - June ?
reruns to follow

these look good to me but a couple questions --

are we "crazy" enough to be first OR "LUCKY' enough to be first?

Since that dates are May 26 - June ? is that your way of telling the rest of us that DCL was so happy to have us on the first cruise that we don't have to leave after 11 days but can stay as long as we want as long as we get off sometime in June? Same price as an 11 day of course :lmao: :lmao:

I know I have it somewhere but doesn't DCL spell it Prem"earing" when a movie debuts on land and DCL on the same day. Is that spelling maybe trademarked or copyrighted? I'll keep looking but I moved since that cruise so it is probably still in a box somewhere. :confused3

Great job so far folks. Good Efforts :thumbsup2

[sweetsue]

And from my Mother (DM)...

Mediterranean Madness
Dare to be First

[Bareacuda]

Hi Ron,
Been reading thru this thread....Great job from all of you.

We are booked for the 26 May 07... room 5124(for the 8th time).
We are from Lake Havasu City AZ about 150 miles from you...our nearest neighbor?
We've met a few if the Dis'er on the last cruise... Bringing Magic home from California... We had a great time with them. Hope to meet a few(?) more!

Ann and Howard

[LegalBriefs]

Hi Ron,
Been reading thru this thread....Great job from all of you.

We are booked for the 26 May 07... room 5124(for the 8th time).
We are from Lake Havasu City AZ about 150 miles from you...our nearest neighbor?
We've met a few if the Dis'er on the last cruise... Bringing Magic home from California... We had a great time with them. Hope to meet a few(?) more!

Ann and Howard

Ann and Howard :welcome:

Great to have you with us! I guess cabin 5124 should have your name on it by now, huh? :thumbsup2 LOL... Its good to have fellow Desert Folk on the ocean with us... I love Havasu, although I have not been there in a couple years, there is a neat English restaurant at the bottom of the bridge on one side that has AWESOME Scotch Eggs... :woohoo: its near the store with the great jerky!

As to themes, we have some AWESOME ideas going here... :disrocks: I am going to suggest we keep the ideas flowing through Sunday and then we open up voting for 1 week following that... :cool1: goodness knows we are not in a rush here, but it would be nice to nail down a good theme before some other group takes one of ours! :furious: LOL...

[figment52]

Does anyone have the actual cabin count that have report here? I was just curious how many cabins/people this thread represents.

[alicecr]

BUMP :cool1:

[kpros]

It's so quite on this thread, you would think that the cruise is a long way off. Oh wait, it is a long way off. darn

Ken

[kpros]

Does anyone have the actual cabin count that have report here? I was just curious how many cabins/people this thread represents.


Hi Sandy

See post #57 for the list.

Ken

[bettemom]

I would be willing to take on the task of designing some t-shirt options if no one else is interested.

Once the official "name" of the trip is agreed upon then I can start the design process.

Bye, Kim

[jeanneg]

I like the titles that highlight the fact that we are the first group in the Med, e.g. Med Magic: Crazy Enough to be the FIRST
or
Magic in the Med: Dare To Be FIRST

Anyway you look at it, I think "Med" is probably going to have to stand in for the full word, because it's just so darn long (and hard to spell!)

I like "crazy" over "lucky" because you gotta be a little crazy to do anything the first time. If someone gave me this trip for free, then I might be more willing to call myself lucky, but as it stands right now, we're going to be doing a lot of penny-pinching over the next year to accomplish this and that's more hard work than luck!

Thanks, Kim, for agreeing to help design our shirts....what a gal!

[milestogo]

Hi Ken, I'm still on the thread. Busy week with birthday DD turns 3, broken fridge, Easter bunny coming. We're trying to go to disneyland and Goofy's kitchen for birthday and of course, its the only day of the week that we're having a rain storm. Every time we visit D-land we have to stroll past the miniture Magic/Wonder on display in the Grand Californian. Have a nice holiday everone! Kelly

[Bareacuda]

Thanks for the Welcome.
We travel alone... grown kids and too many grandkids to take! So it will be nice knowing some people before we go.

At least someone knows where we live:) The Pub has been closed for a while now.. But the London Bridge is still there :) (We race thru the channel 3 times a week.)
Las Vegas is just a day trip for us.. we go at least once a month to buy clay and glazes... and of course great shopping and food

Our gold name plate goes on our door very soon. :)

Thanks again for the welcome
Ann

[bettemom]

bump !!!

[figment52]

:welcome: to the new additions.


Just out of curiousity I went back to the beginning and here is where we are all coming from:



Arizona
California
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Mississippi
Nevada
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Wisconsin

I hope I didn't miss anyone.

and I think I counted 19-20 cabins and right around 50 cruisers. Nice start with 13 months to go. There must be more out there.

Looking forward to having our name for the cruise this time next week. :banana:

Have a nice Easter everyone.

[Hygiene99]

:welcome: to the new additions.


Just out of curiousity I went back to the beginning and here is where we are all coming from:

Nevada

Arizona
California
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Mississippi
Nevada
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Wisconsin


I hope I didn't miss anyone.

and I think I counted 19-20 cabins and right around 50 cruisers. Nice start with 13 months to go. There must be more out there.

Looking forward to having our name for the cruise this time next week. :banana:

Have a nice Easter everyone.

Thanks you also..

[Bareacuda]

Hi !
Im really new at this board thing.. Ive been reading and trying to solve the "code" words... I just forud out that DVC was Disney Vacation Club.. So Im not sure BUMP means
Ann

[figment52]

Hi !
Im really new at this board thing.. Ive been reading and trying to solve the "code" words... I just forud out that DVC was Disney Vacation Club.. So Im not sure BUMP means
Ann

Bump means nothing but you want the thread to appear at the top of the thread list again so you post to 'Bump" it back to the top.

Here is the link for the abbreviations used on these boards ;

http://www.wdwinfo.com/abbreviations.htm

:welcome: to the boards and to this cruise group. If you have any other question , just ask - we were all new once. :thumbsup2

[kpros]

Happy Bunny Day everyone!

Ken

[milestogo]

Is anyone else celebrating anything special during the cruise? We will be celebrating our 8th anniversary on May 27th.

[sweetsue]

So - I decide to take a vacation - and everyone else does too????? :confused3

I hope all have had a happy Easter and great weekend. My little 3-night de-stressor Wonder was loads of fun. DD5 had a very special moment onboard. A cast member on Castaway Cay asked us to meet her at Studio Sea at 9:50pm. Since DD5 was actually awake we went! They had ALL of the characters from their farewell party just for us and two other families. Four kids altogether had a private audience with Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald, Snow White, Cinderella, Mulan, Princess Aurora, Peter Pan, Wendy, Hades, Hermes, the Muses, just to name a few. :wizard: was definitely there for this cruise!

DCL did some fun stuff for Easter. We had Easter egg decorating with a very surprise visit from "spring" Donald, Daisy (YES - DAISY!) and the White Rabbit. There was a castaway Cay egg hunt. Tons of fun.

Got to "test drive" the new navigators. Definitely the good, the bad and the ugly. Ended up using a combination of both the old and the new to figure out what was happening. Loved the TV guide but really missed the pictures and detail in the old ones.

Saw the preMEAR of The Wild. It was quite funny! Even some adult humor in the mix.

Oh well - best go feed DD. Where is that serving team when you need them? :teeth:

Sweet Sue

[jeanneg]

Is anyone else celebrating anything special during the cruise? We will be celebrating our 8th anniversary on May 27th.

I'll be celebrating my birthday on June 5th, which will be the last night of the cruise. And since I'm over 50, I don't have to reveal the exact age!

[figment52]

Sue - the private audience with the characters sounds absolutley wonderful. I'm sure your daughter will still be talking about it next year at this time.

[sweetsue]

Sandy - :worship: thank you for holding the torch while I was away enjoying the sun! :thumbsup2

Thanks to Sandy's idea, I've added room and person counts so we have a running total. Right now I have 18 cabins with 47 people. Whew!

alicer - :wave2: I've seen you post a few times but I'm missing you from the list. I'm collecting name, cabinmates, cabin #/category, seating assignment/rotation, hometown and state. I'm hiding cabin number from the internet but will provide in printed form to everyone that cruises.

Does anyone know how to make tables work on the DIS? It'd be really nice if I could post the cruise list using tables since that would make it look a lot more like the Excel spreadsheet I have. And it would make it readable!

Sweet Sue (not yet ready to be home from vacation - so I took DD to a restaurant for dinner!)

[poconoboatniks]

Happy Easter to all,

We're back from our 7 night on the Magic. I can concentrate on this thread now. Danielle (booking manager) was telling us on Thursday that this cruise is over 70 % booked. People were booking Med cruises like crazy. I'm sure that we're going to be getting busy on this thread soon.


Pocono

[LegalBriefs]

Hey all... I'm still alive... :thumbsup2 lol... I have been flying cross country... I will write more tomorrow... :surfweb: need sleep.... goodnight all.... :cloud9:

[littleowensmommy]

We got back from VB/WDW on Friday evening. It was a great trip although very windy at VB. We beat the crowds by getting to the parks at opening and leaving in the early afternoon. We managed to get to AK on Friday morning and rode EE before our flight home. We had a great DIS reunion with folks that we cruised with last summer. They are all cruising together again in the Med on 28 July 07. We would have loved to sail with them again but that date just didn't work for us.

[figment52]

Sandy - :worship: thank you for holding the torch while I was away enjoying the sun! :thumbsup2

Thanks to Sandy's idea, I've added room and person counts so we have a running total. Right now I have 18 cabins with 47 people. Whew!




Not a problem Sue. Actually I didn't want to just "bump" but didn't like us hidden on page two so had to come up with a reason to post - lol.

[Bareacuda]

Thanks Sandy...
Sometimes old brains don't work that fast! I'll check out that thread soon.
Ann

[jeanneg]

What a quiet bunch we've been.........bumping us up to Page 1!

[disneyfamilyforever]

Hey everyone!
We are now booked on the May 26, 2007 cruise on the Magic in the Mediterranean! We are so excited! We got a catagory 4 room for all 5 of us. We have been on a Disney 4 day cruise out of Florida and then last year we did the 7 day out of California. We have loved all of our Disney cruise and can't wait to visit these ports!
DH Mike :cool1:
DD11 Kelly :cheer2:
DD16 Allison :cheer2:
DD16 Megan :cheer2:
DW Cathy :cool1:

[milestogo]

SweetSue, That private audience with the characters sounds so incredible! What a great vacation. Once when my neice was at CA Adv. Snow White took her hand and walked her all the way across the park to where she had to meet the prince for lunch. She walked really slow talking to her as her eyes were big as saucers glued to Snow White. Meanwhile, SIL & I had tears running down our cheeks - it was so cute!

[milestogo]

Welcome DisneyFamilyForever! :banana:

Which cruise were you on? Mine are listed below my name.

[disneyfamilyforever]

DisFam4ever was on the July 23rd cruise out of California. It was awesome!
:cool1: :cool1: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

[sweetsue]

Hey everyone!
We are now booked on the May 26, 2007 cruise on the Magic in the Mediterranean! We are so excited! We got a catagory 4 room for all 5 of us. We have been on a Disney 4 day cruise out of Florida and then last year we did the 7 day out of California. We have loved all of our Disney cruise and can't wait to visit these ports!
DH Mike :cool1:
DD11 Kelly :cheer2:
DD16 Allison :cheer2:
DD16 Megan :cheer2:
DW Cathy :cool1:

:welcome: Glad to have you aboard our board! It's a pretty fun crew if a bit quiet at the moment. All that egg hunting must have made everyone tired. That or the crash after the chocolate sugar buzz! :rotfl2:

I'm keeping a list of everyone cruising. We're keeping track of names, cabin numbers, seating and hometown/state. We'll be printing this out for everyone for the trip. You can post or PM the info if you'd like to be on the list.

Jump on in anytime!

Sweet Sue

[sweetsue]

Yes - it's time to think about those ports already! The travel channel has a series of episodes on the ports we will be visiting. Here's a quick rundown of some upcoming shows (times are Eastern):

4/25 Noon - Provence, France
4/26 3pm - Cannes and Nice, France
4/27 3pm - Cote D'Azur, France
4/28 Noon - Marseilles, France
4/28 3pm - Naples, Italy

I haven't seen any of these yet so I have no idea how helpful they will be. I've got to remember to set my Tivo!

Sweet Sue

[milestogo]

Yes - it's time to think about those ports already! The travel channel has a series of episodes on the ports we will be visiting. Here's a quick rundown of some upcoming shows (times are Eastern):

4/25 Noon - Provence, France
4/26 3pm - Cannes and Nice, France
4/27 3pm - Cote D'Azur, France
4/28 Noon - Marseilles, France
4/28 3pm - Naples, Italy

I haven't seen any of these yet so I have no idea how helpful they will be. I've got to remember to set my Tivo!

Sweet Sue

Thanks, Sweet Sue - setting tivo now!

[meb51]

There is a discussion on the cruise board about the hotels for the night before the cruise. One of the posts suggests that the five hotels recommended by Disney are all booked for the cruises next June. For those of you who are coming in the night before, have you already made your reservations? Have you made them through a travel agency or have you made them on your own? If on your own, did you just call a toll free number for the hotel chain? I'm going to try to post a link to the discussion for the hotels. Yikes? I hope I can still get hotel reservations. :hourglass

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1088156

Ok - I just looked at travel sites such as Expedia as well as some of the hotel web sites and they are not even taking reservations for May 2007 yet! :rolleyes1

Marie

[littleowensmommy]

HI there!

We are fortunate enough to be sailing this summer 7-29-06 Western with kiddos and DD's BF. Then we are sailing Eastern as a couple in September!!! I know that we are getting to sail with a couple of other MedHeads!

Pixie Dust dreams!!!!

tomspixie

A bunch of DIS friends are cruising on 28 July 07 so I'm also following their thread. I think Med Heads would be a great name for our group as we're the first Med cruise. (I'm also an old Dead Head/Parrot Head so I can just picture the tye dye and tropical theming now)

[first timers]

A bunch of DIS friends are cruising on 28 July 07 so I'm also following their thread. I think Med Heads would be a great name for our group as we're the first Med cruise. (I'm also an old Dead Head/Parrot Head so I can just picture the tye dye and tropical theming now)

There is a disboard group with the name "June 16th MedHeads". What if we were the "Original Med Heads"?
:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
Alex

[milestogo]

I think Medheads is funny!

[figment52]

[double post - deleted the shorter one :)

[figment52]

There is a disboard group with the name "June 16th MedHeads". What if we were the "Original Med Heads"?
:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
Alex

Happy to see the discussion for our theme/name revived.

I LOVE the Med heads

or since its the Mouse should we be Med Ears - lol we could make them slant a bit to show homage to the Italian city of Pisa - lol

[littleowensmommy]

There is a disboard group with the name "June 16th MedHeads". What if we were the "Original Med Heads"?
:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
Alex

I hadn't seen it on the 16 June thread. I saw it as a passing reference on the 28 July board. I still really like it though.

[sweetsue]

There is a discussion on the cruise board about the hotels for the night before the cruise. One of the posts suggests that the five hotels recommended by Disney are all booked for the cruises next June. For those of you who are coming in the night before, have you already made your reservations? Have you made them through a travel agency or have you made them on your own? If on your own, did you just call a toll free number for the hotel chain? I'm going to try to post a link to the discussion for the hotels. Yikes? I hope I can still get hotel reservations. :hourglass

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1088156

Ok - I just looked at travel sites such as Expedia as well as some of the hotel web sites and they are not even taking reservations for May 2007 yet! :rolleyes1

Marie

They are attached to your cruise reservation so you will need to book them the same way that you booked your cruise. If you used a TA for the cruise, then you will need to use that TA. If you booked them by yourself, you will need to call DCL directly.

HTH!

Sweet Sue

[meb51]

I'm curious as to how many of the people on this thread have already booked a hotel for the night before the cruise?

Marie

[jeanneg]

As of now, we don't intend to. The ship sails so late at night (10pm, I think) that we're taking our chances with a red eye that gets us in early that morning. Also, we've been to Barcelona before so seeing the city isn't much of an issue for us. DH has his own business and it's very difficult to take too many days off.

[Hygiene99]

I'm curious as to how many of the people on this thread have already booked a hotel for the night before the cruise?

Marie



We Have the room booked ...

Had Sueellen add it to our reservation Yesterday..

This resort..http://www.grandmarinahotel.com/

however DCL has Jacked up the price about $100.00
over what we can find, for going rate

DCl Just has a block of rooms at this resort , there regular reservations will open up in September or October.

This is according to the Hotel :teeth: Via email.. :woohoo:
No Worries

Found $285.00 -$310.00 DCL $410.00

and we will not be stayying there for that kind of money ..
Just waiting For JeanneG to give us the name of the New place we will be stayying For Alot less...

[figment52]

WOW!! I didn't feel the need to book a hotel this early but I guess I should start looking into it.

Some of my group were plannign on DLP and I was hoping to spend s day or two with business associates but I guess we better start making some plans.

[sweetsue]

We Have the room booked ...

Had Sueellen add it to our reservation Yesterday..

This resort..http://www.grandmarinahotel.com/

however DCL has Jacked up the price about $100.00
over what we can find, for going rate

DCl Just has a block of rooms at this resort , there regular reservations will open up in September or October.

This is according to the Hotel :teeth: Via email.. :woohoo:
No Worries

Found $285.00 -$310.00 DCL $410.00

and we will not be stayying there for that kind of money ..
Just waiting For JeanneG to give us the name of the New place we will be stayying For Alot less...

5-star hotel - SWEET!

Anyone have the name of the local Motel 6 budget hotel since I spent all of my $ on the cruise! :teeth:

Sweet Sue

[jeanneg]

Peter,

I PM'ed some info to your partner in crime!

Hope it helps!

[Hygiene99]

Peter,

I PM'ed some info to your partner in crime!

Hope it helps!
Thanks
Will have to speak to IT.. :teeth:

[poconoboatniks]

Hi Everyone,

I spoke with DCL rep yesterday. They still have rooms available at all 5 hotels which they have blocks of rooms reserved. We're a family of 4 and will need 2 rooms because the room capacity is 3 people. The max capacity was the same for all 5 hotels. If we stay at the Marina, the 2 rooms will cost us $910 US. OUCH! :sad2: The same DCL rep told me that if we book a room through DCL that they would transport us from the airport to the hotel, the hotel to the port and then back again after the cruise. I assume they will transport you to the port if you fly in the sameday. I forgot to ask about the cost associated with either option.

Pocono

[sweetsue]

Roundtrip airport transfers through DCL are $50 per person. I don't know if the hotel rates include transfers or not. I never looked into the hotel transfers since my TA knows of other more reasonable options. Here is the detailed info including rates that I got from my TA.

AC Barcelona www.ac-hotels.com/main.asp
$270/night (for 2), $395/night (for 3)

Grand Marina Hotel www.grandmarinahotel.com
$455/night (for 2), $535/night (for 3)

Hesperia Presidente www.hesperia-presidente.com
$335/night (for 2), $455/night (for 3)

Hilton Diagonal Mar www.diagonalmarbarcelona.hilton.com
$295/night (for 2), $335/night (for 3)

Hotel Atenea Mar www.bchoteles.com/atenea_in.htm
$230/night (for 2), $270/night (for 3)

Sweet Sue

[poconoboatniks]

Bumping us back to page one

[sweetsue]

I have a question for those of you that have been to Europe. My DD5 and I usually share one bed and my DM takes another. Are the beds in the hotels large enough to share? Are they the size of a double bed or the size of a twin? Does it vary by hotel? Do I have to pay for a triple because we are 3 people or can I save the $ and only get a double? :confused3 DD doesn't take up much room and some of the rates for a triple increase by almost $100/night!

Thanks for any help!

Sweet Sue

[DebWills]

I'm here reading..but have been pretty quiet. I am sailing on the Celebrity Infinity the end of June in Alaska and that has my priority right now.

At this point we are planning to spend 2-3 nights at DLP on DVC points.. to acclimate to Europe and the time difference. Then head to Barcelona the day before we sail. Haven't decided on a hotel yet.

Deb

[Bareacuda]

After reading some of the posts... I did make hotel reservations.. for $455.oo per night(ouch) at the Grand Marina. I went thru DCL, all taxes and transfers are with that price, and hopefully I get a brick of gold to go with that :yay:

Ann

[Hygiene99]

After reading some of the posts... I did make hotel reservations.. for $455.oo per night(ouch) at the Grand Marina. I went thru DCL, all taxes and transfers are with that price, and hopefully I get a brick of gold to go with that :yay:

Ann

Sorry no gold !!

But I did not realize transfers go with it thanks.. :wizard:

[jeanneg]

I'm curious about the transfers also. Maybe it just covers the "extra" leg (hotel to ship). And if, in fact, it does cover all three legs, will you be refunded the extra $100 charged for transfers if you stay in the Grand Marina Hotel? I seriously doubt we will arrive a day earlier, but it's just good to know these things. I'm starting to get antsy about arriving the same day.

And another question: Ya know how people who book the DCL transfers from WDW to the port always complain that the bus leaves so late and they are always among the last guests to board the ship.........well, what time do you think Disney will bring the hotel guests to the Magic in Barcelona? Since the ship departs so late, they might not bring you there until 3 or 4 pm. Heck, I want to start partying as soon as possible!

[Bareacuda]

Talked to DCL this afternoon...

The time isn't set in stone yet as for the pick-ups at the hotels... but we will be on ship no later then 3pm... ship leaves at night around 9 or 10.Plenty of time to party :banana:

And as long as Im not getting any gold... Im not going! :rotfl2:

[sweetsue]

I'm thinking of coming in a day or two early, visiting the Aquarium and park areas near the port, and then checking in as early as possible. I figure check-in will be a royal pain this first time and I want us to board as early as possible! At the moment I have DCL transfers but in PC it's so much easier if you arrive by yourself that I'm tempted to drop it all and just book on my own. Now I just need to find that Motel Seis!

Sweet Sue

[sweetsue]

*** Posted on wrong thread. Sorry ***

Sweet Sue (DIS-challenged tonight...)

[Hygiene99]

:cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

[DebWills]

I figure check-in will be a royal pain this first time and I want us to board as early as possible!
Sweet Sue

Good point. That reminded me that when we arrived at the LA port for the 1st West Coast Cruise (May 05) around 10am, folks were STILL getting off the ship that had been on the repo cruise. I can't recall now if it was a luggage issue or customs or what..but at one point it seemed like as many folks were still getting off the ship as were arriving to get on.

And, that was in the US.. no telling what the process will be in Spain. Anyone disembarked in Europe before that can share the experience?

Deb

[poconoboatniks]

Does anyone know what time DCL has scheduled us for boarding? Deb is right. We waited a long time to board in Calif. I think we had boarding pass # 4 or 5 and we were early getting to the port. Several dissers arrived after us and got an earlier boarding pass. I hope DCL learned from their Calif. mistakes.

Poconoboatniks

[milestogo]

For the first West Coast Cruise, we arrived at 10:45am and didn't get on the boat until after 3pm. All the computers crashed and the employees were not used to the west coast systems. But 7 weeks later when we took the next cruise it was a breeze.

I'm wondering how it will work for those of us who are on the repo then returning for the 11 night. Did anyone do the back to back Panama, mexico? How did it work for you and your luggage? Did you have to leave the boat? where did your luggage go?

[littleowensmommy]

Kelly, Are you staying in the same stateroom for both cruises? If so, I would assume that you will unpack on 12 May and be good to go until 6 June. We are moving from 8032 to 6056 and my TA told me that the cabin steward would take care moving us. As far as I know, we won't have to take our luggage off the ship on 26 May. We can get off the ship and tour Barcelona for the day but we won't be able to reboard until DCL starts boarding the 26 May passengers.

[kpros]

We are also doing the repo and 1st Med cruise. We have the same room booked for both - unless we get an upgrade (fat chance for that). I'm hoping the change over process with go well.

The first timers were on the May Panama repo and the 1st west coast cruise, so Alex should be able to provide some insight into the process when he visits this thread.

Ken

[meb51]

I was wondering about the boarding times and procedures as well. I seem to remember that there were separate lines for non US citizens when we went on the Panama Canal cruise. I wonder what happens now? I assume most people boarding will either be from the states or from European countries other than Spain. Has anyone cruised in Europe before? Since the ship leaves late, we're hoping to take a tour of Barcelona before we board. I certainly don't want to cut it too close. :boat:

[milestogo]

We have two different rooms as of now for each cruise. We are counting on an upgrade for the repo, which looks like it might happen due to the time of year and school being in session. I seriously doubt we will get the upgrade for the 11 night, but you never know. I'll be very impressed if we don't have to worry about moving our stuff. I'd hate to be sitting at the port with all our stuff for 6 hours!

I'm including a post I put on the repo cruise thread this morning:

I'm officially putting out my list of goals to accomplish in our remaining 55 weeks. Anyone else have any goals before the trip? Anyone else have goals they want the rest of us to help push them to accomplish?

Goals before trip:

1: Increase our business income to pay for DVC & cruise! Benefit: increase stays each year!
2: Finish my Doctorate - or be within 4 classes by the start of the cruise - must bring one book/class with me on cruise. Benefit: obvious!
3: Choose my dissertation. Benefit: peace of mind, excitement of beginning research.
4: Finish all sewing projects in the house! Benefit: clean the sewing area & have complete rooms!
5: Sell all books and junk on Ebay: Benefit: downsize the junk in our house!

[figment52]

I just peaked at the weekend schedule for The Travel Channel and there are shows on Marsaille, France and Napels, Italy on this Saturday (4/29/06).

Just a little something to peak our interest for next summer - like we need any encouragement.

[Bareacuda]

Hi Milestogo...

We did a back to back 2 years ago.. it was wonderful. We had the same room and stayed on the ship. No change in anything but a quick trip to Guest Services to get a new KTTW card with the new dates on it! Keep your old cards... they have all your transfers on it !!!

[jeanneg]

I'm officially putting out my list of goals to accomplish in our remaining 55 weeks. Anyone else have any goals before the trip? Anyone else have goals they want the rest of us to help push them to accomplish?



Yep, here are mine:
1) Win the lottery so I can easily pay off this cruise and still have lots of money to spend onboard and share with my friends (that means you guys!)

2) Lose at least 30 pounds

3) Get selected for an extreme make-over so I will look MARVelous when I cruise

4) Somehow manage to get my house cleaned from top to bottom so I won't have to return to a mess

That should just about do it......I don't require much to be happy :rotfl2:

[milestogo]

Yep, here are mine:
1) Win the lottery so I can easily pay off this cruise and still have lots of money to spend onboard and share with my friends (that means you guys!)

2) Lose at least 30 pounds

3) Get selected for an extreme make-over so I will look MARVelous when I cruise

4) Somehow manage to get my house cleaned from top to bottom so I won't have to return to a mess

That should just about do it......I don't require much to be happy :rotfl2:

I am so with you on Number 4 - I'm making my list of all the details now. We are coming home to company coming for two weeks so, I don't want to worry about it.

[milestogo]

Hi Milestogo...

We did a back to back 2 years ago.. it was wonderful. We had the same room and stayed on the ship. No change in anything but a quick trip to Guest Services to get a new KTTW card with the new dates on it! Keep your old cards... they have all your transfers on it !!!

Thanks, great to hear! Esp. the KTTW card tip.

[LegalBriefs]

Hey all!
Sorry I have been absent, but, I had some personal and business issues to deal with that were, shal we say, um... DISTRACTING to say the least... lol... :furious:

So, did we decide on a "Theme/motto?" or do we still need to vote on that? Does anyone have a listing of the possibilities? :confused3

I am glad to see all the great info you guys have found... this is really going to be fun! :banana:

[littleowensmommy]

I was beginning to think you ran out on us. I personally like the name "Medheads" but it is also being used for the 16 June sailing.

Kelly, I have a long list of goals to accomplish before the trip next year. Here is a partial list:

1. Sell my house in Virginia for top dollar to close NLT 11 May 07.
2. Buy a house in California to close NET 7 Jun 07.
3. 90 minutes of cardio/day.
4. Run Disney's Race for the Taste 10K during our October WDW trip.
5. Start a weight-training program.
6. Read more for pleasure.
7. Learn to speak a little Spanish.
8. Organize our move.
9. Finish the knitting project I started on our July 04 Disney cruise.
10. Organize my kids' rooms and get rid of 1/2 of the toys.

I'm tired just thinking about it!

[poconoboatniks]

Here's my list of goals for the next year:

1. Start subbing in the local school district
2. Lose some lbs.
3. Clean house from roof to basement
4. Pack less for Med cruise


I'll add to/remove from the list as we get closer the trip.

For those of you who having been reading Cruisecritic, has anyone read the most interesting things that have happened on your cruise. Some of the stories had me laughing out loud so loudly that dh wanted to know what the heck I was reading.

Poconoboatniks

[milestogo]

excellent list of goals guys!

Welcome back Ron, I was wondering where you were?

[sweetsue]

Hey all!
Sorry I have been absent, but, I had some personal and business issues to deal with that were, shal we say, um... DISTRACTING to say the least... lol... :furious:

So, did we decide on a "Theme/motto?" or do we still need to vote on that? Does anyone have a listing of the possibilities? :confused3

I am glad to see all the great info you guys have found... this is really going to be fun! :banana:

Hey Ron - great to see you back! :goodvibes

No vote on the theme/motto. Here's the current list:

Magic in the Med
Mediterranean "Magic"
"Magic"al Mediterranean
First Magical Med Cruise
Magic Pizza Pioneers
Premearing MAGIC in the Med
Showing the MED our "MAGIC"
Presenting - MAGIC in the MED
Introducing MAGIC to the Med
Magical Adventures in the Med
Magic and the Med - The M&Ms
1st to SEA the Med
Taking the Magic to SEA its Birthplace
The Mouse Takes The Med
Mediterranean Magic The PREMEAR Cruise
Mediterranean Magic Crazy enough to be First!
The Mouse takes the Med...reruns to follow
Mediterranean Madness Dare to be First
Med Heads (* note: already used by June 16th cruise)



Sweet Sue

[LegalBriefs]

Hey Ron - great to see you back! :goodvibes

No vote on the theme/motto. Here's the current list:

Magic in the Med
Mediterranean "Magic"
"Magic"al Mediterranean
First Magical Med Cruise
Magic Pizza Pioneers
Premearing MAGIC in the Med
Showing the MED our "MAGIC"
Presenting - MAGIC in the MED
Introducing MAGIC to the Med
Magical Adventures in the Med
Magic and the Med - The M&Ms
1st to SEA the Med
Taking the Magic to SEA its Birthplace
The Mouse Takes The Med
Mediterranean Magic The PREMEAR Cruise
Mediterranean Magic Crazy enough to be First!
The Mouse takes the Med...reruns to follow
Mediterranean Madness Dare to be First
Med Heads (* note: already used by June 16th cruise)



Sweet Sue

Wow, some great choices... what about...

"Mediterranean Magic: 1st to SEA the Med!" (MM1 for short)

Everyone share your favorites and we'll see if we can come to a concensus...

[kpros]

I like the simplicity of "1st Magical Med Cruise". I'm leaning toward that for use on the name badge. That doesn't mean other forms can't be used for other items. We can have lots of fun with the different variations on door signs, t-shirts, etc.

Ken

[Hygiene99]

I like the simplicity of "1st Magical Med Cruise". I'm leaning toward that for use on the name badge. That doesn't mean other forms can't be used for other items. We can lots of fun with the different variations on door signs, t-shirts, etc.

Ken
Im with Ken... :teeth: :teeth: :thumbsup2 :sunny:

[Bareacuda]

Your welcome Miles...

Goals till cruise...
Win at least one race this week end. :boat:
Win a couple more races this summer
Learn French and Italian(for the cruise)
Build patio in front yard and shower in back yard for the pool.
I gave up cleaning the house... now I just use the control burn method :goodvibes
And all have a great day :yay:

[figment52]

Your welcome Miles...

Goals till cruise...

Learn French and Italian(for the cruise)


I've added spanish to my list as well.


I go to sleep right now listening to the Italian hoping I'll learn while I sleep :rotfl2: :rotfl2:

I like 1st Magical Med Cruise too. It says it all and can be shortened to 1MM and until the cruise thats my limit - 1 M&M per day :rotfl:


Only 13 months until we cruise :banana: :banana: :banana:

[milestogo]

Your welcome Miles...

Goals till cruise...
Win at least one race this week end. :boat:
Win a couple more races this summer
Learn French and Italian(for the cruise)
Build patio in front yard and shower in back yard for the pool.
I gave up cleaning the house... now I just use the control burn method :goodvibes
And all have a great day :yay:

What kind of racing????

I love the languages to be able to read signs, shopping, MENUS! etc.

[figment52]

I love the languages to be able to read signs, shopping, MENUS! etc.


Yes, shopping and eating in native languages - very good priorities. :lmao:

[Bareacuda]

Hubby and I are in an Outrigger canoe racing team. Ya know the 45' canoes from Hawaii.... our club has 4 and we're racing in Phoenix(this week end) and all over California this summer. Here's our web site for the team... we're a new team so the web site is small. Go to team pictures...Im on the far left(in red) and DH is next to me, just a small group shot ... the other boats we out training.

[milestogo]

Now, that sounds cool. I'd love to see your racing if you come to Southern CA. You must have great upper body strength!

[meb51]

Just wanted to say I like "M&M's" in our thread title!! :thumbsup2 Will that be our theme/motto?

If it is, I'll be the first to offer to bring Magical Med M&Ms to the sail-a-way party! party:

Marie

[LegalBriefs]

Just wanted to say I like "M&M's" in our thread title!! :thumbsup2 Will that be our theme/motto?

If it is, I'll be the first to offer to bring Magical Med M&Ms to the sail-a-way party! party:

Marie

All I have to say to that is..... YUM!! :thumbsup2 :woohoo:

[figment52]

Just wanted to say I like "M&M's" in our thread title!! :thumbsup2 Will that be our theme/motto?

If it is, I'll be the first to offer to bring Magical Med M&Ms to the sail-a-way party! party:

Marie

isn't there a web site where you can special order M&M in your color choices - we could order them in Mickey/Magic Colors - black (or very very dark blue), yellow and red :rotfl:

It's nice to see a "name" for our cruise.

[Hygiene99]

isn't there a web site where you can special order M&M in your color choices - we could order them in Mickey/Magic Colors - black (or very very dark blue), yellow and red :rotfl:

It's nice to see a "name" for our cruise.

Yes there is.

However I dont know it off the top of my head. will Get the info.

Had some peope do this for the May Repo. :thumbsup2

[kpros]

isn't there a web site where you can special order M&M in your color choices - we could order them in Mickey/Magic Colors - black (or very very dark blue), yellow and red :rotfl:

It's nice to see a "name" for our cruise.


here is the first one that came up on a yahoo search:

http://tedspromotions.com/M&Ms.htm

Ken

[LegalBriefs]

isn't there a web site where you can special order M&M in your color choices - we could order them in Mickey/Magic Colors - black (or very very dark blue), yellow and red :rotfl:

It's nice to see a "name" for our cruise.

Here is the website: http://us.mms.com/us/about/products/mymms/

we can get the M&M's there... in case the link gets nixed, just do a search for "M&M" they have t-shirts and stuff too.... we could customize those for our cruise.... lol...

[figment52]

Yes there is.

However I dont know it off the top of my head. will Get the info.

Had some peope do this for the May Repo. :thumbsup2



Darn - I was hoping for an original idea - lol

[meb51]

isn't there a web site where you can special order M&M in your color choices - we could order them in Mickey/Magic Colors - black (or very very dark blue), yellow and red :rotfl:

It's nice to see a "name" for our cruise.

Yep! I looked up the M & M web site right away when I saw the name for our cruise. I was planning to have the M&Ms made up with "Magical Med" on them. (Mediterranean won't fit and I'd probably misspell it anyway). I'm open to a discussion about "magical colors".

Marie

[Bareacuda]

Im hoping to race in San Diego around Mother's Day week end. I also think there another race later in July. I can't be in too many.. I still have art shows to be at. Work Work Work! :)

[LegalBriefs]

Yep! I looked up the M & M web site right away when I saw the name for our cruise. I was planning to have the M&Ms made up with "Magical Med" on them. (Mediterranean won't fit and I'd probably misspell it anyway). I'm open to a discussion about "magical colors".

Marie

Gotta have some in DIS lime green!

[figment52]

Yep! I looked up the M & M web site right away when I saw the name for our cruise. I was planning to have the M&Ms made up with "Magical Med" on them. (Mediterranean won't fit and I'd probably misspell it anyway). I'm open to a discussion about "magical colors".

Marie

Besides Mickey's colors (red, yellow and black) we have to have "Mediterranean" Blue :goodvibes

[milestogo]

Being a chocoholic, this thread is making me dip into the chocolate jar!

[Hygiene99]

Hubby and I are in an Outrigger canoe racing team. Ya know the 45' canoes from Hawaii.... our club has 4 and we're racing in Phoenix(this week end) and all over California this summer. Here's our web site for the team... we're a new team so the web site is small. Go to team pictures...Im on the far left(in red) and DH is next to me, just a small group shot ... the other boats we out training.


Here is the website From Bareacuda :teeth: http://www.lhcocc.com/index_old_files/group2.jpg Click here (http://www.lhcocc.com/)

[milestogo]

Great pic, that looks really fun. Thanks for posting it Hygiene99!

[figment52]

Great pic, that looks really fun. Thanks for posting it Hygiene99!

Cool Pic. I like how the shadow of the the person taking the picture shows up too. That way everyone gets in the picture.

[poconoboatniks]

We're on page 2! Bumping us back to page1

Can we order those M & M's in peanut? I never knew you could special order your own colors of M & M's! YUM!

Pocono

[meb51]

We're on page 2! Bumping us back to page1

Can we order those M & M's in peanut? I never knew you could special order your own colors of M & M's! YUM!

Pocono

Didn't see any peanut M & Ms. I guess we'll have to make do with the chocolate. :teeth:

Marie

[milestogo]

We're on page 2! Bumping us back to page1


Pocono

What does this mean?

[milestogo]

It's official we are DVC OKW members - yeah! :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

[Hygiene99]

It's official we are DVC OKW members - yeah! :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

Welcome Home.. :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2 :thumbsup2
the banner below can be added to your signature if you like.. :teeth:
http://members.cox.net/disneyvacationclub/images/dvc_sigs/okw3.jpg

[milestogo]

How do add the OKW banner below my signature? and cool pictures?

[Bareacuda]

Thanks a million for the pic and web site. Im not so quick on this computer box thingy!
We had a GREAT time in Phoenix. Our team of 18(this race) took home a total of 35 ribbons! Yeah team... and we're not a year old yet!
Im not sure how much upper body strength I have, but I did rip off the truck door last night ! :)

As far as the M&M's ..... get lots !

[milestogo]

Thanks a million for the pic and web site. Im not so quick on this computer box thingy!
We had a GREAT time in Phoenix. Our team of 18(this race) took home a total of 35 ribbons! Yeah team... and we're not a year old yet!
Im not sure how much upper body strength I have, but I did rip off the truck door last night ! :)

As far as the M&M's ..... get lots !

Congratulations - that sounds like so much fun! :banana: :banana: :banana:

[Bareacuda]

Thanks ! We did have a great time ... can't wait till 20 May...Santa Barbara here we come !:)

[kpros]

Hi everyone

Well, we slipped on down to page 2 again. So, instead of just bumping us up - I will actually say something meaningful (well, at least I think it is meaningful).

I'm already working on an official lanyard and name badge for this cruise. Why is this so important you may ask - well, the lanyard and name badge will be available to everyone on the cruise list for free! But you must be on the cruise list. So make sure you get signed up!

Ken

[figment52]

Just in case anyone is interested in learning some of the language

The BBC has a nice little primer on Italian for tourists.
Anyway, here are the lessons:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/italian/lj/menu.shtml

[bettemom]

one more time.....

BUMP !!!!!!!!!

Bette

[jeanneg]

Figment: Thanks for the link to learn Italian. I just saved it to my favorites so I'll be able to find it when I have a little more time. Grazie!

[NejTheLion]

Hello, everyone!

We finally booked the cruise! Unfortunately, it's probably going to cause me to miss a volunteer experience I really love that happens annually at the end of May, but it works better for my mom's work schedule. And we might be bringing some friends along from her work on this one. I don't know that they've actually booked yet, but they're planning on it.

Can't wait to return to Italy and France, although the only place we've visited before is Florence and Pisa. Our Europe trip didn't make it any farther south.

It'll be an early birthday present for me (July 21 is the date), and it's also the year of my parents' 30th anniversary (though that's in October). I've already asked for Rosetta Stone Italian language software for my birthday this year :)

We were on the first Panama Canal cruise last May, and we'll also be on this year's Christmas cruise.

[milestogo]

Welcome, NejTheLion :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:


Thank you, Ken! I can't wait to see them!! :cool1: :cool1: :cool1:

[figment52]

Figment: Thanks for the link to learn Italian. I just saved it to my favorites so I'll be able to find it when I have a little more time. Grazie!


Prego.

I always like to be able to say a few words or phrases in the native tongue.

[figment52]

Welcome to Nej the Lion. Glad to have you aboard.

[Hygiene99]

Hi everyone

I'm already working on an official lanyard and name badge for this cruise. Why is this so important you may ask - well, the lanyard and name badge will be available to everyone on the cruise list for free! But you must be on the cruise list. So make sure you get signed up!

Ken

Ok who was doing the list ? :sunny:

Have not seen it for a while. ?

Welcome, NejTheLion :thumbsup2

[LegalBriefs]

Ok who was doing the list ? :sunny:

Have not seen it for a while. ?

Welcome, NejTheLion :thumbsup2

Sue? Sue?? Paging Sue... this is your cue.... LOL... :thumbsup2 :rotfl2:

[sweetsue]

Did someone call???? :rotfl2:

Just logged on for the first time after the wedding with Bridezilla. :crazy: :furious: :crazy: I'm still recovering from the weekend!

Welcome Nejthelion! :wave: I'm keeping a list with names, cabin numbers, seating, hometown, etc. You can post here or PM me with the info if you want to keep it only to those on the list. I'll soon be creating a website with all of the info - that is if I ever stop running long enough to get help from a very helpful person! :teeth:

Glad to see we're M&Ms! I always loved that one. Hmmm, I think my DD liked it too! Funny how she doesn't like candy but knows exactly what an M&M is.

Lime green M&Ms... Wasn't there something funny about green M&Ms????

Sweet Sue

[Hygiene99]

I'll soon be creating a website with all of the info - that is if I ever stop running long enough to get help from a very helpful person! :teeth:

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

[kpros]

Quite group for the last few days. But I guess we still have over a year to go, so there's really no rush on anything.

Busy day today for Shari and I. We are participating in a Relay for Life event here in Ventura. Shari is walking for 3 hours right now (4pm to 7pm Sat.) and I get to walk from 2am to 3am Sunday Morning. But it's for a good cause and our team raised $4600 for the American Cancer Society, so it's all good.

Have a great weekend!
Ken

P.S. - just keep walking, walking, walking - just keep walking....

[Bareacuda]

Way to go Ken !
What a good cause for all of us to be involved with. My daughter and I are walking next year, I missed the deadline for this year... OOOPS:(

Ann

[Hygiene99]

Hi everyone..

just a loverly day here in the Boston area. :sunny: :cool1:

rain is on its way !! ;)

We have 2 other cruises before this one ! :sunny:

So we get to do 3 cruises in a 9 month span . :thumbsup2

One is just 4 months away :cheer2:

[figment52]

Did anyone else see the rumor about the med cruises (see the cruise line forum)? I don't know how to post a link so I'll try a cut and paste


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Interesting rumor I heard...

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I forgot to mention on my trip report, but during dinner one night, we were discussing the Med. cruises with our head server. He said DCL is only filling the ships to 65% capacity on the 10 and 11 day cruises. They are not selling out all rooms. He said that they are doing this because they don't want it too crowded for the guests.
I don't really believe this, but has anyone else heard this???

He was very insistant about it...hmmmmmm

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I think this will be interesting to watch unfold.

[milestogo]

Man, as a business owner I can't imagine any business wanting anything to be 65%.... very odd indeed.

[poconoboatniks]

Danielle (booking mgr. onboard the Magic) had told us last month that our cruise was more than 70 % full already. I can't believe that moving the Magic to the Med and then only filling the ship to 65% is cost effective for Disney. I wonder if they are having trouble selling out the ship because the cruises are so expensive and the Europeans are flocking to DCL to book a cruise? Does anyone know how quickly the west coast cruises sold out?

Pocono

[littleowensmommy]

We were deep on Page 2. Not good! One year from today the Magic heads for the Med!!!

[Hygiene99]

:thumbsup2 We were deep on Page 2. Not good! One year from today the Magic heads for the Med!!!
:banana: :banana: :banana: :cool1:

[milestogo]

OK, my countdown calendar is in full swing!

[figment52]

OK, my countdown calendar is in full swing!


And less than a year to go - its getting exciting now - lol.

[bettemom]

Bump de Bumpbump !!!!!!

[poconoboatniks]

Hi everyone,

I'm just checking in and had to search for our thread. Page 2 Yikes :confused3 Hope everyone had a nice Mother's Day

Pocono

[meb51]

ok - my turn to rescue us from page 2. I saw on another thread that there are some really cool "dead men's chest" pirate: Pirates of the Carribean M & Ms but I can't figure out how to link to the picture (as opposed to linking to the entire thread). Definitely need a few bags of those to take along!

Marie

[figment52]

ok - my turn to rescue us from page 2. I saw on another thread that there are some really cool "dead men's chest" pirate: Pirates of the Carribean M & Ms but I can't figure out how to link to the picture (as opposed to linking to the entire thread). Definitely need a few bags of those to take along!

Marie

I bought some last night at Target, but i haven't opened them yet. I don't know if I can keep them until next summer though - lol.

They are white chocolate (isn't the ship the Black Pearl - so I guess these are 'pearls' too) I'm thinking that they are a very limited edition for this summer's Pirate's of the Caribbean movie.

[Bareacuda]

The new M&M's are very good... Ive gone thru the first bag last week :)

[Bareacuda]

Just to add another post to our thread...
Im off to the races.... Santa Barbara Rig Run on Saturday morning.
First time for us to race in the ocean... boy that's going to be different!
I'll let everyone how we do when we come back on Monday!

Seat 4 the ama watcher Ann

[poconoboatniks]

Good luck Bareacuda. Post some photos when you get back.

Pocono

[milestogo]

Well, I've searched the entire new pirate store looking for some fun pirate stuff for pirate night - which I guess will be the pirates in the mediterranean! They are overhauling New Orleans Square at DL. The new pirate store is where the old Christmas store was located by club 33. Found a few fun items, but when the Pirates ride reopens there will be all kinds of new stuff... of course, it may all be with Johnny Depp's face pirate: pirate: pirate: pirate: on it! ARRRGGG