7/18/2010 Mickey's Baltic Ballyhoo!! Part 5

[bellelinus]

Welcome to Mickey's Baltic Ballyhoo!! Part 5

For the Kids Thread, see here:

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2320115

Meet your fellow Ballyhoo'ers

(New Ballyhoo'ers, PM jilljill with info to be added to the roster!)


1. Disname:Caropooh-Carolyn
Disname:Alanapapa-Andrew
DD14(16 on cruise)-Alana
DD9(11 on cruise)-Kathryn
This will be DH and my 5th cruise, DD's 4th
Cat 9 stateroom 2606 Aft starboard
We live just south of Seattle, WA
I work for Boeing
Andrew works for REI(Recreational Equipment Incorporated)

Sadly, Mike and family have had to cancel.
2. Disname: cruisin'Mike
Real name: Mike
Pharmacy school student, graduating in May 2009!!
DW: Linda (on the DIS as cruisin'Linda, but but usually just posts under my ID or makes me post for her.) Nurse who is putting her husband (me!) through pharmacy school, and for doing so, deserves whatever vacation she wants!
DS11: Zack (will be 12 on the cruise) - Likes Star Wars, soccer, swimming
DS9: Nick (will be 10 on the cruise) - Likes Pokemon, swimming, soccer
DD9: Hailey (will be 10 on the cruise) - Likes Hannah Montana, High School musical, dancing, basketball
We're in a Cat 4 GTY.
This will be our 7th DCL cruise.

3. We're in too! This will be our 5th Disney Cruise, and we were on the August 8 Med Cruise last year.
We are:
Disname:ladyvet-Beth
DH: Dan
DS: Caleb (14 at cruise time)
DD: Ivey (12 at cruise time)
We are veterinarians who hail from Lenoir, NC
We're Cat 5 room 7052

4. DisName: Flora Fan
First Name: Cindy - Crochet, photography
Family: DH/Joe - surfing the net, politics
Location: Chesapeake, Virginia
Cat #: 7570

5.Disname: Friend_of_piglet
First name ( of main poster) Sooz (Susie really)Hobbies Disney,Travel, Tv addicted. I'm a Disney Castmemeber. I have been for nearly 8 years.I don't work in the parks though. I'm really shy( hence the piglet name)
Family with you
DPARENTS-Carl (retired), Alicia (retired)
Location.We live in Los Angeles.
We wanted the same cabin we in on the eastern repo. which we got. Cat 6 6620

6.Disname: jilljill
First name (of main poster) Barb
Hobbies Disney Travel, & former CM of 8½ yrs
Family with you
DH Jay
DD Alexa, will be 16 when we cruise
English friends and kids (16,12,8)
Location.Where you live Newark, DE & Windermere, FL
Cat number if assigned. 7620, cat. 7 aft
We have done 8/9 DCL cruises. This will be my UK friends' first cruise.

7. Sadly JoAnn and family have had to cancel.
Disname:jlawall-- JoAnn - teacher (mostly me)
Ken - self-employed real estate
DD25 Tara Ad school graduate living in NYC
DD23 Tracy Grad school student
DD20 Jessica Junior in college
We are booked Cat. 6 6598 & Cat. 11 6599 (Also currently booked on July 30th REPO Cat. 6 6080.......we'll see ) We'll be celebrating our 30th anniversary on this trip

8. DIS name: Disney Fool
first name: Vera
booked: Cat 9, #2568
family: myself, and Arielle, my friend's 19-year-old daughter (will be 21 when we cruise) who is very excited to go
We're from New England, (Massachusetts--home of the bean and the cod)
interests: world travel, crocheting, piano, books AND FOOD!!!
I've been to Oslo, and Copenhagen before. Never been to St. Petersburg --and I'm dying to see the Hermitage Museum. Hello, All

9. Disname: hawaiian mickey (Henry)
hawaiian Minnie (Brenda)
We both love to travel and eat good food.
late seating
Cat 9 -2076
8th cruise

10. Disname: flower91882
First name ( of main poster): Danielle. Hobbies: dance, video games, crafts
DH: James. Hobbies: video games, martial arts, cooking
Location: Outside Washington, DC
Cat number if assigned: Cat 11. #7121

11. Disname: “Hanover"
First name of main poster: Danielle: Human Resources Director/ Hobbies: scrapbooking, photography
DH Derek:full time police officer in Maryland/part time wedding disc jockey
Keegan (DSthen 13--now 11): sports fanatic--especially football and baseball, loves to draw, listen to music, skateboard, video games
Brennan (DS then 9--now 7): loves to draw, loves all sports-- especially wrestling and baseball, video games, Star Wars and Pokemon)
MIL Joyce: MD financial investor
We are from Hanover, (surprise!) Pennsylvania--famous for Utz and Snyder's snack foods, Hanover Shoe Farms (race horse breeders) and located about 15 minutes from Gettysburg. This will be our 11th DCL cruise
Cat 6 and Cat 11

12. Disname: ANDREW DEREK UK
First name ( of main poster) ANDREW Hobbies Travel, Trains Sci Fi
Family with you
DW/ Susan Hobbies Movies Music
DD/ Alice 12 now Hobbies Art, Keyboard, music, homework!!!
DS, Stephen 10 Hobbies X Box 360 Trains Guitar
Location.Where you live London UK, to the East of the City in Essex
Cat number if assigned. Midship Cat 3. 8532
Kids also post as AL'N'STEVE

13. Sadly Izzi and family have had to cancel.
Disname: DISNEYNUTINLONDON
First name ( of main poster) Isabel (Izzi to my friends)Hobbies Disney, Travelling, my family & friends
Family with you
DH/ Paul Hobbies Football, food
DS/ Joshua will be 14 Hobbies PS3, speaking to his friends on his mobile !!!
DS/ Ethan will be 11 Hobbies PS3, football
Location.Where you live North London UK.
Cat number if assigned. Midship Cat 4. 8028 at the moment

14. Disname:MrsG
Main Poster: Maryann - biology teacher
DH: Tom - banker
We live in Malverne (Long Island), NY
Cabin Cat 6 #6580 - same one we had on the Med.
We are empty nesters who enjoy cruising just the two of us. Will be celebrating our 33 wedding anniversary in 2010. Both of us have always wanted to see the Baltics and can't wait!!!!

15. DIS name:Celestine
Names: Celestine, DH Paul, DD Lauren (10 when we cruise), DD Hermione (5 when we cruise)
Hobbies: arts/crafts, Disney!!
Lives: Reading, England
Cabin: 5513, cat11

16. Disname MEG'N'WALT
First name ( of main poster) Dagmar Hobbies Travel,movies, pirates, bellydance
Family with you
DH/ Jos Hobbies Movies, reserve officer
DS/ Walt age 7 on the cruise. Hobbies old cars (herbie), wall.e..
Location :Lede, Belgium (between Ghent and Brussels)
Cat number: Midship Cat 9. 2570
Med cruise : 08/08/07 - 18/08/07
Baltic cruise will be our 5th on the Magic

17. Sadly Richard and family have had to cancel
Disname: BishopFamily
First name (main poster): Richard
Family with you :
DW- Nancy
DS- Jordan 12 (time of cruise)
DD- Abby 7
Location: Near Portland, Oregon
Stateroom: 5522 (SPH)



18. Sadly Sallie and family have had to cancel.
Disname: salliep
First name ( of main poster): Sallie. Hobbies:scrap booking, home-keeping,crafts, reading tons of magazines, cooking, spending time with DH and DD
DH: Jimmy. Hobbies: spending time with family, reading, traveling
Location: Long Island, NY
DD: Carley will be almost 16 when we cruise
Cat number if assigned: Cat 5. #7072

Sadly Julie has had to cancel.
19. Bellelinus (Julie)
traveling with daughters Elizabeth, Katherine, and Meredith
New York City


20. Disname : BluegrassBelles
Donna - Computer Programmer
Joan - Pharmacist
Sandy - Interior Designer
Sarah - Law Student
This will be our eighth and ninth Disney Cruise (b2b 8 night to Barcelona)
Cat 4 Stateroom 8556
We are from Lexington, KY and did the Mexican Riviera the first time, 11 night June Med Cruise and WB PC May 08

21. Sadly, Tina has had to cancel.
Disname: Downrivermama- Tina
Hobbies: Reading, crafts, travel
DD- Kaitlin (will be 12)
Hobbies: Collects postcards, likes HSM, Hannah Montana, iCarly, choir and dance.
We are in Wyandotte, MI about 8 miles south of Detroit.
Celebrations:
My 50th birthday 7/20 and Kaitlin will be starting middle school

22. Sadly Laura and family have had to cancel
DIS Name: eeyorelvr10
REAL Name: Laura (main poster) turning my favorite number on the cruise - 44)
DH: Steve 44
DS: Andrew 25
DD: Megan (Turning 24 on the cruise)
DD: April - 18 possibly a graduation gift for her too.
DMIL: Janet - can't say her age - she'll kill me.
Celebrations:
Laura's Birthday: 7/23
Laura & Steve's anniversary: 7/21
Megan's Birthday: 7/20
Janet's anniversary: 7/21
Andrew's Birthday: 7/7
We are in connecting Cat 10's not sure what the other one is but one is 2607

23. DIS name: Kouris Family
traveling with Hawaiian Mickey and Tiny Bubbles
So we have 4, Kay, Mark, Christian 9 and Hannah 6
we will be celebrating our 15th Anniversary on this cruise.
Very much looking forward to this cruise.
This will be our 3rd Disney cruise. Med 7-7-07, Mexico 6-29-08
We are on floor 7 Cat. 11

24. The Drexel Family
Disname: Bullseye Baby~ Janie (47 at cruise time)
DH- Dave 47 at cruise time
DS- Riley 17 at cruise time
DD- Sierra 13 at cruise time

Sadly Harole Ann and her GS have had to cancel.
25. DisBoard Name: Pixie Dust II
Harole Ann Harper
Grandson Ryan
Live in northern West Virginia about 35 miles southwest of Pittsburgh, PA
retired excutive secretary county Board of Education
Hobbies - Travel and enjoying our family
Most recent Disney Cruises - Mediterranean, 2007
Eastern Caribbean -Family Cruise - 2008

26. DIS name: Marla Hellwig
this will be our 2nd dcl cruise and just me (Marla) and my daughter (Kara) who is currently a senior in high school and has no clue what she wants to do when she graduates next June
She is wrapping up her marching band high school career and her swim season (swims for 2 teams) has started I will try to check in when I can and more than likely won't be able to keep up
Late seating, cabin 6584

27. Tiny Bubbles
Traveling with Hawaiian Mickey and Kouris Family

28. Dis Name: 4KittyMagic
Real Name: DH: Jeff DW: Diane DD: Kylie
This is our 5th Disney Cruise
Cat 6: 6078
From Sunny Las Vegas, Nevada
Looking forward to seeing our Rome-ancing the Mouse
Friends Again!

29.Silver 7
Mark & Teresa
David DS 19 (21 on cruise) College Student, video games, computers
Stephen 16 (17 on cruise) (Foreign Exchange student in 2008/2009 in Kiel, Germany) Sports, music
We live in Houston and this is our 5th Disney Cruise. We were on the June 16th Med and the Transatlantic.
Cat 4 Stateroom ??? (its a MYSTERY )

30.Disname: MrsScooby - Laurie
Hobbies:Reading (scifi/fantasy/mystery novels), Dis Board, Disney Pin Collecting
Family with you:
DH Darren
DS Andrew, will be 16 when we cruise
DD Kelly, will be 13 when we cruise
Location(Where you live): Fairfax VA
Cat number if assigned: 5014 (cat 8)
Celebrations: our 18th wedding anniversary 7/19/2010

31.Disname RJAYL
Me- Robert, On the Dole anyone got a quarter for a cruise
DW-Denise Full time Home Agitator
DS-Allen will be 17 (Hockey Computer X-Box PS-3)
DD-Arielle will be 15 (Figure Skating Reading Annoying siblings & Parents Speaks French Fluently!)
DD-Karisa will be 9 (Figure Skating, Talking, Learning to Speak French Fluently?)
DD-Shaina age at time will be 6 (Hockey Bouncing general mischief & mayhem!)
We are just outside of Boston
We are doing Captains/early/main Dining
We are located some where on Deck 8 on the opposite side away from Andrew!
My first Trip to WDW was 1971 we stayed at the Poly

32. DisneyDoc1895, real name Ken
DW is AnitaDisneyVacation
DD#1 will be 8
DD#2 will be 10
We are from just north of Philly, but I already have my FL license and plan to move there someday
This will be our 3rd DCL cruise, we did the EB Repo this August

33. Karen aka Madisonznana
my DH Bob is Madisonzpapa even though he doesn't play here!
Madison (our DGD) will be 8 at the time of the cruise.
My BIL Randy
His DW Alina
Their girls, Rheanna who will be 11 and Shelby will be 8


34. Msec (Michelle)
DH, DD14 and DD12

35. Disname: jjsmith
Me: Rob
Wife: Toni
DD 12(on cruise)-Addie (dance, theatre, texting)
DS 10(on cruise)-Sam (video games, sports)
This will be our 2nd Disney cruise
Cat 6 stateroom GTY
We live just south of Cincinnati in N. Ky

36. Disname: disneycruising (Cindy)
DH
DD (16)
DS (14)
DS (12)
DD (10)
We live in Northern California.
We have 3 B2B cruise booked right now. This one... the July 30th --8 night & Aug 7th --11 night med. We will have to see as the time gets closer... what ones we can truly afford.

37. Disname: tfitz
from Hilton Head SC
Me and husband plus three kids:
DD(11 at time of cruise)
DD(6 at time of cruise)
DD(4 at time of cruise)
This will be our 7th cruise with Disney
Cat 4, starboard midship requested

38. Disname: ladyvet
Beth
Dan
Caleb (14 at sailing)
Ivey (12 at sailing)

39. Disname: Samanthasmom1- Monica
DH: Scott
DD: (will be 6 when we cruise)- Samantha
Cat. 9 room # 2632 (I think) right now
We live in Albuquerque, New Mexico
We will be celebrating our DD's 7th birthday. She turns 7 on the last day (7/30).
We have been to Disney World many times in the past couple of years but have never been on a DCL cruise.

40. DIS name: KathyInCitrus
Mundane name: Kathy (with Mary & Sandy)
I'll be in cabin 5012. Mary & Sandy are in cabin 7504.
I live in Florida full-time, Mary & Sandy live in Rhode Island in the summer, Key West in the winter. They visit me on the way down and back.
I am "between" positions at the moment and studying for a degree in communication; Mary & Sandy are retired Navy medical types.
[OK, so I'm not 20-something] Let's just keep it friendly and call me a baby boomer and leave it at that.

41. DIS name: Disney Pata (Joyce)
my husbands name is Rich
Dining First Seating
Cabin #6566 for both cruises - we are doing b2b 7/18 & 7/30
We live in the City of Orange, In OC, CA
This is our 5th cruise

42. Disname: mstinson14 Real name Sharon
DD - Megan turning 14 on July 25 2010.
mom - Joyce
dad - Carl
room 5522 will have fish extender
Early dinner seating

43. Disname:Doingitagain - Marie
DH -Tim
DD21 (on cruise) - Beth
DD18 (on cruise) - Michael
This will be our 8th cruise (9th for DD)
Cat 3
We live in Minnesota, close to the airport in the metro area

44. disname: caven 553 - Brent (36)
DW - Lisa (35)
DD - Larissa (6)
Father in law - Ken
Mother in law - Linda
Sister in law - Laura (25)
Brother in law - Leon (30)

45. JetsMets (Phil)
from New Jersey
traveling with wife (Kristen), in-laws (Art and Sharon) and DDs 10 (Kaitlin) and 8 (Allison)

46.scrapycruiser
Bruce&Gina
grandson Nick, 15
Newport News,VA
London,Renaissance Chancery Court pre-cruise
Cabin 5524, 2nd seating

47. cousinorville
Kevin&Kathleen
Gavin (5) & "baby" (6 mos)
Houston,TX
London,Renaissance Chancery Court pre-cruise
2nd seating

48. Disname: MI-MINI
First name: (of main poster) Leslie
Hobbies: Travel whether by air or road, reading
Family with you: I'm leaving the DH & DS home, and going with a DF & her sister.
Where you live: Pennsylvania
Cat number if assigned.- Pitifully I'm not sure- I think deck 7, near the 'back' and it is a handicapped room for my friend's sister.
This will be my 4th cruise, but 1st with Disney.

49. Poohmomof5
Nicole, 39 (turning 40 onboard)
Jay, 40
Andrew, 18
Sarah, 16
Casey, 15
Emily, 12
Jessica, 6

Late dining
Connecting cat 5 rooms

49. mca - Moe (44)
DW Nicky(44)
DS Eric(12) & DS Danny(10)
Location: Ontario Canada
Cabin Cat 10 Deck 7 fwd
First gold castaway cruise
Going to DLP after cruise

50. markmyboy - Bridget
DH - Phil
Kids: Mark (12) and Claire (8)
from New Jersey

51. Smilis - Sandy
DH - Gary
# of cruises: 4 with Disney, many more with other lines. Celebrated our 30th anniversary in the Mediterranean 07 with DCL
Celebrating 33 years this July 16th.
From: Livonia, MI
Hobbies: travel, DVC, grandkids
Stateroom: #6089 Cat. 11

52. Gtcarr1 - Greg (Sports and Entertainment)
DW: Lisa (4th Grade Teacher)
DD: Britany (Student/Lacrosse/Soccer) 18 yrs.
DS: Eric (Student/Lacrosse/Football) 13 yrs
Cat. 5 GTY, late dining

53. moneymombeth - Beth
DD - 16
DS - 13

54. Cptjackandcrew - Janice
DH - Hal
DD(15) - Taylor
DD(12) - Morgan
This is our 5th Disney cruise. Our last one was in May 2007, which was the EBTA. We live about 45 minutes from Walt Disney World and are DVC members.

55. hmrgang - Phyllis
DD - 21
DS - 17
From PA

56. Ivory - Sherry
DH - Bob
DD - Sydney (11)
From Ontario, Canada
7th DCL cruise





Links to Useful Information

General
http://cpbaltic08.blog.co.uk/
http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-europe.htm
http://www.oanda.com/ (foreign currency exchange rates)
http://www.xe.com/ (foreign currency exchange rates)
http://www2.absolut.com/customTempla...lut.com/icebar (See individual links for Absolut icebars in London and Stockhlom)
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT...81&z=14(Google map with links)
http://www.shoretrips.com/common/search2.asp?rcode=BAL
http://www.discoverthebaltic.com/
http://www.inyourpocket.com/ In Your Pocket city guides website. Download of the guides of each city are also available. I believe they may update the cities quarterly

Dover and London, England
http://www.doverport.co.uk/
http://www.londontoolkit.com/travel/heathrow_dover.htm
http://www.visitlondon.com/
http://www.itv.com/Lifestyle/Greates...FQO11AodWkRyzg
http://www.belowzerolondon.com/iceba...x.html(Absolut icebar)
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/default.aspx(London transport info)
http://www.touristguides.org.uk/index
http://www.enjoyengland.com/Attracti...nels.htm(Dover Castle and Secret Wartime Tunnels)
http://www.enjoyengland.com/destinat...Dover&MED=St
http://www.daysoutguide.co.uk/

London airport codes for those that need to know are:

Heathrow - LHR
Gatwick - LGW
Stansted - STN
Luton - LTN

Discount theatre suggestion from Celestine:

Try www.showpairs.co.uk

It is a bit of luck whether they have what you want & generally you can't book hugely far in advance. If anyone does this & needs them posted to UK address, happy to oblige & we can deliver or post them to your hotel to meet you there.


Oslo, Norway
http://www.visitoslo.com/en/advantages.52087.en.html
http://www.ohv.oslo.no/cgi-bin/ohv/i...id=3295(cruise ship port)
http://www.visitoslo.com/en/
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/travel/23hour.html


Copenhagen, Denmark
http://www.europeportreviews.com/Copenhagen.htm
http://www.visitcopenhagen.com/
http://www.tivoli.dk/composite-5023.htm Tivoli Gardens


Warnemunde, Germany
http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel...rnemuende.html
http://heinbloed-cruiseguides.blogspot.com/

This is borrowed this from cruisecritic. This guy lives in Germany and is full of so much info on the Warnemunde area and other areas in Germany. His pictures are very detailed with information and gives very specific instructions or walking, biking or going by train.
There are several links on the right hand side to click on for more info.

If anyone has any questions that can't be found on his site I'm sure you could go over to cruisecritic on the European boards and ask him directly

St. Petersburg, Russia
http://www.anastasiaworld.com/
http://www.europeportreviews.com/St.Petersburg.htm
http://folkshow.ru/en.htm

Tallinn, Estonia
http://www.europeportreviews.com/Tallin.htm
http://www.brentjes.com/tallinnwalk.html

Stockholm, Sweden
http://www.visit-stockholm.com/index.htm
http://www.sl.se/Templates/SubStart.aspx?id=1906
http://www.nordicseahotel.se/en/The-...kholm/(Absolut icebar)
http://www.vasamuseet.se/en/Visit/


From Barb (Jilljill): Train, coach or private transfers.

Easiest place to catch the train or coach is Victoria Station, but there are a couple of other connection options in the city. There are many private transfers available but can be outrageous due to the distance, about 2 hours.
Last summer we used the National Express Coach and it was around $60 for the 3 of us one way. Had I booked it sooner it would have been cheaper. Will definately book it at 12 weeks out for this cruise.

I've found some links for transfers:

http://www.acxtransfers.com/dover.htm
http://www.adlg.co.uk/dover.htm
http://portcullis-uk.com/11.html
http://www.nationalexpress.com/coach/index.cfm
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/
http://www.landflight.co.uk/ (Silverline are a private taxi service)


Baltic Ballyhoo Bus from your London hotel to Dover (Sunday July 18) and/or Dover to both Gatwick & Heathrow (Friday July 30)

Cost £15/head/each way max, payable on the bus in GB pounds notes.

For further info. or to request a place on the bus, PM Celestine


An offer only for 7/18/2010 cruisers:
Originally Posted by Celestine
London Tourist Info
I know I'll probably live to regret this, however....if anyone would like tourist info. on London, sites etc. I am happy to collate stuff & send on. Please PM me with your snail mail address & an ideas your thinking about, or particular interests, e.g. I'd hate to send an art philistine like myself a whole load of stuff on the numerous galleries in London! I will also include some maps & tube planners etc.
Please send a PM to Celestine if you want to take her up on her most gracious offer.


Fish Extender List PM Celestine to be included
OK, as it is November 1, here is the list of those taking part in the Fish Extender. Unless anyone has serious objections, I suggest it be 1 gift/stateroom. It is about taking part, not "outdoing" others, but i'm sure that caveat is unnecessary with this group. Last date for joining is: Wednesday June 30.

MrsG
Marla Hellwig
Celestine
Bluegrassbelles
KathyinCitrus
MrsScooby
samanthasmom1
scrapycruiser
madisonznana
poohmomof5
mstinson14
cptjackandcrew
Meg'n'Walt



Hometown Postcard Exchange (contact jilljill to be added)
Bring enough postcards from your hometown to pass out and share with other Ballyhoo'ers.

jilljill
Madisonznana
Andrew DEREK UK
RJAYL (?)
MI-MINI
Marla Hellwig
MrsG
BluegrassBelles
Kathy in Citrus
Samanthasmom1
caropooh
caven553
smilis


Official Pirate List
The first number is the thread number, the second is the pirate post number.
1-1000 - Bellelinus - "Pirate Czarina"
1-2000 - Disneynutinlondon - "Queen Chattylicious"
1-3000 - Bellelinus- "Pirate Czarina"

2-1000 - RJAYL - "Bloody Robert the Kidd'rrr"
2-2000 - Caropooh - "Countess Ballyhoo of the Baltic"
2-3000 - jlawall - "Captain Lucky"

3-1000 - cruisin'Mike - "Captain Bling (of the Gold-Coast Bling's)"
3-2000 - MrsScooby - "Pirate Scooby "
3-3000 - Bellelinus- "Pirate Czarina"
3-4000 - Bellelinus- "Pirate Czarina" (Yes, we did hit over 4000 posts on this thread!)

4-1000 - RJAYL - "Bloody Robert the Kidd'rrr"
4-2000 - MrsScooby - "Pirate Scooby "
4-3000 - RJAYL - "Bloody Robert the Kidd'rrr"

5-1000 - Bellelinus - "Pirate Czarina"
5-2000 - alanapapa
5-3000 - Andrew Derek UK


Link to Barb's photos from here 2008 Baltic cruise. The link takes you to the middle of the photo posts, so you will need to view back a few posts and forward a few posts to see them all.
http://www.disboards.com/showthread....06323&page=227


Links to previous threads

7/18/2010 Mickey's Baltic Ballyhoo!! Part 1 http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1974960

7/18/2010 Mickey's Baltic Ballyhoo!! Part 2 http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2006323

7/18/2010 Mickey's Baltic Ballyhoo!! Part 3 http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2057967

7/18/2010 Mickey's Baltic Ballyhoo!! Part 4 http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2107781

7/18/2010 Mickey's Baltic Ballyhoo!! Part 6 http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2453129

[RJAYL]

Good Morning New Thread!;)

[alanapapa]

Good Morning New Thread!;)

Good Morning Robert and the rest of the Ballyhooers

[jilljill]

Thought I'd find this thread for when it's needed. :grouphug:

[Andrew DEREK UK]

:wave2::wave2::wave2::wave2::wave2::wave2::wave2:: wave2::beach::beach::drive::clown::moped::artist:: rolleyes2:mic::joker::scratchin:crazy2::p:groom::c heer2:

[eeyorelvr10]

:flower3::upsidedow

[Madisonznana]

Wow, another new thread!!:banana:

[jlawall]

Sorry I couldn't resist, I had to subscribe!:confused3:littleangel:

[Madisonznana]

Sorry I couldn't resist, I had to subscribe!:confused3:littleangel:

You know you miss us!!!:hug:

[bellelinus]

Everyone come on board!:cool1::cool1::cool1: We'll just pretend they already shut down the other one:laughing:

[bellelinus]

I don't know how I did it, but I managed to post an insult to Robert after the other thread was closed:confused3:lmao:

I guess it was meant to be;)

[jilljill]

I don't know how I did it, but I managed to post an insult to Robert after the other thread was closed:confused3:lmao:

I guess it was meant to be;)

I noticed that. :rotfl: :lmao: :rotfl2: But seriously, wonder how that happened? :confused3 :confused:

[jilljill]

Sorry I couldn't resist, I had to subscribe!:confused3:littleangel:

Hi JoAnn....stop by more often, it's gets pretty quiet here some days. :rolleyes1

[Caropooh]

I don't know how I did it, but I managed to post an insult to Robert after the other thread was closed:confused3:lmao:

I guess it was meant to be;)
The planets must of been lined up just right! I did notice the time on both posts was the same. :thumbsup2

[Caropooh]

We sure are the chatty Baltic cruise!
June 12 Baltic- post 818 of their 2nd thread
June 24 Baltic- post 154 of their FIRST thread :lmao:
July 6 Baltic- post 1795 of their 1st thread

and he we are on our 5th thread!

[jilljill]

We sure are the chatty Baltic cruise!
June 12 Baltic- post 818 of their 2nd thread
June 24 Baltic- post 154 of their FIRST thread :lmao:
July 6 Baltic- post 1795 of their 1st thread

and he we are on our 5th thread!

Also, look how long it took us to finish our 4th thread. Wonder what we would be on if we had been as chatty on our first couple of threads? :confused3 :dance3:
I guess this just means we are a good bunch that gets along. :grouphug:

[bellelinus]

I guess this just means we are a good bunch that gets along. :grouphug:

Exactly:goodvibes:goodvibes:goodvibes

[Caropooh]

I guess this just means we are a good bunch that gets along. :grouphug:
I think so! :grouphug:

[RJAYL]

I don't know how I did it, but I managed to post an insult to Robert after the other thread was closed:confused3:lmao:

I guess it was meant to be;) I predict that someone will fall over board whilst on the Baltic or Repo cruise!:confused3

You had better stay away from the rails on the cruises or me or both!:rolleyes1:rolleyes:popcorn::

[bellelinus]

I predict that someone will fall over board whilst on the Baltic or Repo cruise!:confused3

You had better stay away from the rails on the cruises or me or both!:rolleyes1:rolleyes:popcorn::

Since you have your photo posted, I will know how to keep out of your way!:laughing:

[Marla Hellwig]

morning all

:)

a tad breezy here this morning - a brisk 48

[Andrew DEREK UK]

I predict that someone will fall over board whilst on the Baltic or Repo cruise!:confused3

You had better stay away from the rails on the cruises or me or both!:rolleyes1:rolleyes:popcorn::

That water is soooooo cold... I will get my video out!
Since you have your photo posted, I will know how to keep out of your way!:laughing:

But what about pirate night???pirate:

[bellelinus]

That water is soooooo cold... I will get my video out!


But what about pirate night???pirate:

I'll be sure to stay away from the railings on pirate night:rolleyes1

[Andrew DEREK UK]

I'll be sure to stay away from the railings on pirate night:rolleyes1

See he could be anyone, even dressed up as Mickey Mouse, I personally would apologise now for posting it on the last thread, then repeating it.

Robert and I will have a drink or three on the cruise! So dont go too near any planks,:laughing:

Now whens that $ going to fall, I want to PIF. You would have thought headlines like ''The US budget deficit hit a record $1.4 trillion'' would do it.

[bellelinus]

See he could be anyone, even dressed up as Mickey Mouse, I personally would apologise now for posting it on the last thread, then repeating it.

Robert and I will have a drink or three on the cruise! So dont go too near any planks,:laughing:

If I see an oversized Mickey Mouse, I will run away as quickly as I can!:lmao: Isn't he usually around 5 feet tall?:rotfl:

I will definitely steer clear of deck 8 . . .;)

[Andrew DEREK UK]

If I see an oversized Mickey Mouse, I will run away as quickly as I can!:lmao: Isn't he usually around 5 feet tall?:rotfl:

I will definitely steer clear of deck 8 . . .;)

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm yep, MM isnt that big, even in shoes.:confused3

Maybe Hook?

[RJAYL]

Since you have your photo posted, I will know how to keep out of your way!:laughing:

I'll be sure to stay away from the railings on pirate night:rolleyes1

If I see an oversized Mickey Mouse, I will run away as quickly as I can!:lmao: Isn't he usually around 5 feet tall?:rotfl:

I will definitely steer clear of deck 8 . . .;) If not I, one of my minions!:scared1:

Hiding down in stearage will not avert your fate! :confused3

I forsee a wet future for you Julie! :rolleyes1popcorn::

[RJAYL]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm yep, MM isnt that big, even in shoes.:confused3

Maybe Hook?

Maybe Eliot!:lmao:

[Andrew DEREK UK]

If not I, one of my minions!:scared1:

Hiding down in stearage will not avert your fate! :confused3

I forsee a wet future for you Julie! :rolleyes1popcorn::

Maybe Eliot!:lmao:

:lmao:

I feel gilty now, just give her a kiss!!:love:

That water will be to cold.

[jilljill]

If I see an oversized Mickey Mouse, I will run away as quickly as I can!:lmao: Isn't he usually around 5 feet tall?:rotfl:

I will definitely steer clear of deck 8 . . .;)

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm yep, MM isnt that big, even in shoes.:confused3

Maybe Hook?

I believe Goofy would be more appropriate..... :lmao: :rotfl2: :rotfl:

[RJAYL]

I believe Goofy would be more appropriate..... :lmao: :rotfl2: :rotfl:

That would make you Goofette!:lmao::rotfl2::rotfl:;):banana:

[jlawall]

You know you miss us!!!:hug:

I don't know how I did it, but I managed to post an insult to Robert after the other thread was closed:confused3:lmao:

I guess it was meant to be;)

Hi JoAnn....stop by more often, it's gets pretty quiet here some days. :rolleyes1

Also, look how long it took us to finish our 4th thread. Wonder what we would be on if we had been as chatty on our first couple of threads? :confused3 :dance3:
I guess this just means we are a good bunch that gets along. :grouphug:

:thumbsup2:thumbsup2:thumbsup2:thumbsup2

[jilljill]

That would make you Goofette!:lmao::rotfl2::rotfl:;):banana:

I've been called much worse than this, so I'll take it. :thumbsup2 :dance3: :lmao:

[RJAYL]

I've been called much worse than this, so I'll take it. :thumbsup2 :dance3: :lmao:

Okay that makes Julie a Dopette@;):rotfl2::lmao::):laughing::rolleyes1

[jilljill]

Wow Robert...you went there. :sad2: :scared1:

[RJAYL]

Wow Robert...you went there. :sad2: :scared1:

Hey when the tough get rough the rough get going & the others disapear!:cool2:

Where is Julie?;):laughing::dance3::idea:

[Marla Hellwig]

lol

Kara's one nickname is Dopey

[RJAYL]

Happy TGIF
Yes even you Julie!

[bellelinus]

Happy TGIF
Yes even you Julie!

Not only TGIF- but for many of us in the States, the beginning of a long weekend (who else has Monday off for Columbus day?) . . :cool1:

[RJAYL]

Not only TGIF- but for many of us in the States, the beginning of a long weekend (who else has Monday off for Columbus day?) . . :cool1:

Not only is Monday a Holiday but in our town it is a teacher profesional development day so there is NO SCHOOL today as well!:headache::grouphug::dance3:

That it created a 4 day weekend is just a coincidence!;)

[alanapapa]

Not only is Monday a Holiday but in our town it is a teacher profesional development day so there is NO SCHOOL today as well!:headache::grouphug::dance3:

That it created a 4 day weekend is just a coincidence!;)

Thank you for reminding me that my DD's had no school today, after I woke them up and got them out of bed.:rotfl:

Caro & I do not have the luxury of having Monday off. Columbus Day is one of the few holidays REI does not take. As for Boeing, they don't get too many since the factory is closed Christmas to New Years Day.

[bellelinus]

Not only is Monday a Holiday but in our town it is a teacher profesional development day so there is NO SCHOOL today as well!:headache::grouphug::dance3:

That it created a 4 day weekend is just a coincidence!;)

4 day weekend! So what are you doing in town?

Thank you for reminding me that my DD's had no school today, after I woke them up and got them out of bed.:rotfl:

Caro & I do not have the luxury of having Monday off. Columbus Day is one of the few holidays REI does not take. As for Boeing, they don't get too many since the factory is closed Christmas to New Years Day.

Too bad about that:sad2:

[jilljill]

Not only TGIF- but for many of us in the States, the beginning of a long weekend (who else has Monday off for Columbus day?) . . :cool1:

No long weekend around here, DD has school today & Monday and grocery stores don't close.

[bellelinus]

No long weekend around here, DD has school today & Monday and grocery stores don't close.

Wow, no love for Columbus!:laughing: You probably get some other day off that we don't, though . . .

[jilljill]

Wow, no love for Columbus!:laughing: You probably get some other day off that we don't, though . . .

Nope...Chris is not loved at her school. Wonder if they offered ship building as a course if they would get it off then:confused3 :rotfl2: . She goes to a technical high school, so I guess a general contracting course isn't good enough.
She did get it off the last 2 schools she went to. She will be one of the few schools in the state going to school. They are getting 3 extra days at Christmas they didn't have last year and there's not really too many other extra days off they get.

[Andrew DEREK UK]

dnekeew eht ot emoclew enoyreve iH

?sdrawkcab gniog draobyek ym si yhw woN


:eek:

[bellelinus]

dnekeew eht ot emoclew enoyreve iH

?sdrawkcab gniog draobyek ym si yhw woN


:eek:

I'm relieved to hear it's a keyboard glitch -- I was afraid you had gotten stupendously drunk a little early this evening:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

[Andrew DEREK UK]

I'm relieved to hear it's a keyboard glitch -- I was afraid you had gotten stupendously drunk a little early this evening:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

!taht tsop ot elba neeb evah tndluow I knud saw I fI

CIH CIH :woohoo:



noitseggus eht rof sknaht tuB



.nognilK si worromoT SP.

[bellelinus]

!taht tsop ot elba neeb evah tndluow I knud saw I fI

CIH CIH :woohoo:



noitseggus eht rof sknaht tuB



.nognilK si worromoT SP.

I didn't think you needed me suggesting this . . . isn't this par for the course on a Friday evening?;) I was just worried about the extent this time:rotfl:

[jilljill]

dnekeew eht ot emoclew enoyreve iH

?sdrawkcab gniog draobyek ym si yhw woN


:eek:

I'm relieved to hear it's a keyboard glitch -- I was afraid you had gotten stupendously drunk a little early this evening:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

!taht tsop ot elba neeb evah tndluow I knud saw I fI

CIH CIH :woohoo:



noitseggus eht rof sknaht tuB



.nognilK si worromoT SP.

This reminds me of the police asking you to recite the alphabet backwards to see if you are sober or not. I know I can't do it sober and definately know I couldn't do it drunk. :rotfl2:


So Andrew - what happened?!? :confused3 :confused:

[danfromca]

dnekeew eht ot emoclew enoyreve iH

?sdrawkcab gniog draobyek ym si yhw woN


:eek:

Hi Andrew:

Hmm... I don't recall reading that you were going on a South American cruise. How is it? :rolleyes1

[Andrew DEREK UK]

I didn't think you needed me suggesting this . . . isn't this par for the course on a Friday evening?;) I was just worried about the extent this time:rotfl:

This reminds me of the police asking you to recite the alphabet backwards to see if you are sober or not. I know I can't do it sober and definately know I couldn't do it drunk. :rotfl2:


So Andrew - what happened?!? :confused3 :confused:

Hi Andrew:

Hmm... I don't recall reading that you were going on a South American cruise. How is it? :rolleyes1

:rotfl::lmao::rotfl2:

Only having a luagh on a Friday night, now who had it in their signature line, on the 08 Panama cruise, was it Goofy on the high seas? some one had it saying, if you can read this backwards post the same? or something like that.

Now as said, you wouldnt be able to do that when drunk, hoowever my mistyping on another thread on 'over zealous ' looks like I was a bit drunk last night

[Celestine]

Just subscribing having found you all again! New job is keeping me ridiculously busy & to top it I competed in the department's swimming gala on Thursday. I only entered 3 events (50m back, 50m breast & 50m free) but ended up swimming 450m in various other relays etc. I wasn't expecting & as a result discovered long forgotten muscles!

Celestine

[jilljill]

Just subscribing having found you all again! New job is keeping me ridiculously busy & to top it I competed in the department's swimming gala on Thursday. I only entered 3 events (50m back, 50m breast & 50m free) but ended up swimming 450m in various other relays etc. I wasn't expecting & as a result discovered long forgotten muscles!

Celestine

So nice of you to find us over here.
Wow, impressive that you were able to compete and finish is the other events you weren't planning on doing. I'm sure those muscles won't 'yell' at you for too long. Just think of it as getting in shape for this cruise and all the walking you will be doing. :rotfl2:

[Madisonznana]

Hi everyone.
Haven't posted much but I have been lurking. Just wanted to drop in and say hi.
:woohoo:

[Doingitagain]

Finally went ahead and booked our airfare for July. We are going to Europe next week and the airfare was a third cheaper than the airfare to London next July. I am sure time of year is part of it, but wow! At least we are getting a two week trip with it.

[Caropooh]

We booked our air! We are flying British Airways nonstop from Seattle to Heathrow. Leaving July 14 at 6:50PM and arriving in London the next day at 11:50AM. Returning July 30 at 3:15pm and get back to Seattle at 4:45PM. Total price for the 4 of us is $5055.00.
Now to work on the hotel.

[jilljill]

Finally went ahead and booked our airfare for July. We are going to Europe next week and the airfare was a third cheaper than the airfare to London next July. I am sure time of year is part of it, but wow! At least we are getting a two week trip with it.

We booked our air! We are flying British Airways nonstop from Seattle to Heathrow. Leaving July 14 at 6:50PM and arriving in London the next day at 11:50AM. Returning July 30 at 3:15pm and get back to Seattle at 4:45PM. Total price for the 4 of us is $5055.00.
Now to work on the hotel.

Impressive, 2 more families with airfare booked. Wasn't Robert the only one that had previously booked airfare already? :confused3
I keep looking and wondering when we will get to book our's. DH has to talk to his idiot manager about his vacation and he might as well talk to a brick wall. DH has to go to court this week for a shoplifter that was caught at the store and the stupid manager schedules him to work the night before, so now he has to talk to him and get that changed. :headache: Can't get off at 7:30 in the morning, come home get showered and changed and check in at the courthouse by 8:15.

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Well done on everyone getting airfare booked,

Have a good Sunday all,

Now where are thoose shore trips from DCL, come on guys put them up

[Andrew DEREK UK]

So important question?

When will be ''Pirates in the Baltic / or North Sea?''

There will be little 'dark time' at night so that effects the fireworks and kids cant stay up late late,

A guess would be last two sea days /nights coming back to UK, as the closer to us, the more night time, maybe pirates or Vikings! in the North Sea.

Those two back to back sea days will need something on them.

As the ports will require a lot of sightseeing and long days, I presume thoose nights will be more relaxed and have a local theme and menu.

[Marla Hellwig]

Morning

A brisk 35 here at the moment, broke down and turned on the furance

Started looking at airfare, so far best deal is looking at flying out of Boston however, no direct flights from here to Boston so looking like will have to spend the night at a Boston hotel

have a good one

[RJAYL]

We booked our air! We are flying British Airways nonstop from Seattle to Heathrow. Leaving July 14 at 6:50PM and arriving in London the next day at 11:50AM. Returning July 30 at 3:15pm and get back to Seattle at 4:45PM. Total price for the 4 of us is $5055.00.
Now to work on the hotel.

Good Job!:thumbsup2 Non-stop is the way to go!

How long is the flight from Seattle?:confused:

[RJAYL]

Morning

A brisk 35 here at the moment, broke down and turned on the furance

Started looking at airfare, so far best deal is looking at flying out of Boston however, no direct flights from here to Boston so looking like will have to spend the night at a Boston hotel

have a good one:woohoo:

[Andrew DEREK UK]

I am so so pleased I do not have to book or undertake long haul for a while.

The 11 hours to LA, or 10 to LV, or 9 to Orlando.

I only have 4 hours to Rhodes next spring, thats our 'rest' holiday by the beach, on GMT, -That's Greek maybe time, to de-stress, as this cruise, will be anything other than a rest, with the intensive ports of call.

2011 will be a 90 min flight from London city airport to Barcelona and back, London city by car is most likely about 20 mins away.

Make a change from Heathrow and Gatwick which are the other side of town so 45>60 mins by car or train.

This cruise will be so night, get up Sunday morning say 7am drive 8am be at port 9am!-Nice Sunday drive. Dont even need to lock the bags!!!

[alanapapa]

Good Job!:thumbsup2 Non-stop is the way to go!

How long is the flight from Seattle?:confused:

BA quotes it at 9 hours 0 minutes.

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Dont know if you have looked at this thread:-

Category 4--whipping boy? ( 1 2 3 4)

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2304249

Set my PM and email box alight in the last few days!!!!

1900 Views, nice to have a lot of support!!!:)

[jilljill]

BA quotes it at 9 hours 0 minutes.

That's not much further than a flight from Philly to LHR, it's 6-6½ hours over and 7 coming back, depending on the head/tail winds. So I would say you are acutally looking at an 8-8½ hour flight going over and 9 coming back.

[Andrew DEREK UK]

That's not much further than a flight from Philly to LHR, it's 6-6½ hours over and 7 coming back, depending on the head/tail winds. So I would say you are actually looking at an 8-8½ hour flight going over and 9 coming back.

You are correct depending on the route the pilot wants to take and where the jet stream is, it can have a big effect on your flight.

In August for example going we went via Azores, around the belly of the Atlantic, to avoid strong headwinds, on the way back we went up East Coast USA, and Newfoundland and then across the top of the Atlantic. We surfed the jet stream. Now that makes a bumpy flight and lots of seat belts on ,but we departed 45 Min's late and arrived 15 Min's early.

Flight times out 9 hours, back 7 hours.

[RJAYL]

Dont know if you have looked at this thread:-

Category 4--whipping boy? ( 1 2 3 4)

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2304249

Set my PM and email box alight in the last few days!!!!

1900 Views, nice to have a lot of support!!!:)

You are treading dangerous water's again Andrew!

If DCL does have more family rooms that are not considered suites expect them to be bigger than the same cat room by 25% but cost 50% to 75% more!

As has been heard before DCL is King at giving less for more!:lmao::rotfl::scared1:

[Caropooh]

OK, passport question!
Alana's passport expires next year plus she also turns 16 in March. If we renew her passport now(or before her birthday) will it be renewed as a minor passport or would it be renewed as an adult one. So basically, do we weait until after her birthday to renew or what?

[RJAYL]

OK, passport question!
Alana's passport expires next year plus she also turns 16 in March. If we renew her passport now(or before her birthday) will it be renewed as a minor passport or would it be renewed as an adult one. So basically, do we weait until after her birthday to renew or what?

I thought all childrens passports were 5 year renewals untill they turned 18.

But hit the GOV website to see!:teacher:

http://travel.state.gov/passport/get/minors/minors_4313.html

[Andrew DEREK UK]

You are treading dangerous water's again Andrew!

If DCL does have more family rooms that are not considered suites expect them to be bigger than the same cat room by 25% but cost 50% to 75% more!

As has been heard before DCL is King at giving less for more!:lmao::rotfl::scared1:

:lmao::thumbsup2

Yes, and some of the PM's have said so, but a big 'well done' If I posted some of the PM's I would I am sure have to take a holiday,;)

Some are surprised I am still around.

What keeps me going and the power behind this, is and its sad to say, people feel scared to post their views. Disboarders have views, but feel they cannot any longer post these, as very quickly they will get a a few counter posts.

If I didn't get this support I would shut up. But I hope I am doing some service, speaking up like the OP on that thread, that the tide of posts is not balanced.

This weekend I have made a lot more friends, and also upset one or so, others, ( not intentionally.)

I know a few people who have had points/bans and they are very nice people just expressing their own view.

[Caropooh]

So important question?

When will be ''Pirates in the Baltic / or North Sea?''

There will be little 'dark time' at night so that effects the fireworks and kids cant stay up late late,

A guess would be last two sea days /nights coming back to UK, as the closer to us, the more night time, maybe pirates or Vikings! in the North Sea.

Those two back to back sea days will need something on them.

As the ports will require a lot of sightseeing and long days, I presume thoose nights will be more relaxed and have a local theme and menu.
My hope would be that they do something else besides a Pirate Night. I'm getting really pirated out.

[Madisonznana]

So important question?

When will be ''Pirates in the Baltic / or North Sea?''

There will be little 'dark time' at night so that effects the fireworks and kids cant stay up late late,

A guess would be last two sea days /nights coming back to UK, as the closer to us, the more night time, maybe pirates or Vikings! in the North Sea.

Those two back to back sea days will need something on them.

As the ports will require a lot of sightseeing and long days, I presume thoose nights will be more relaxed and have a local theme and menu.

I wrote to Disney asking if they were even going to have a Pirate night because I wanted to buy Madison and my nieces matching pirate outfits for Christmas. They answered they had not decided about a Pirate night for this cruise yet. I can't imagine them not having one, ye I hate to buy the outfits without knowing.

[Andrew DEREK UK]

My hope would be that they do something else besides a Pirate Night. I'm getting really pirated out.

I know what you mean but it will be there, and the reason, its a money spinner, they sell pirate gear in the shops, toys and light stuff on the decks, DCL Cruisers dont generally drink as much as other cruise lines and DCL have targets on drink for sales and each server has, so this night helps that. Photos from Shutters, the pirate kids drinks etc, it all brings in lots and lots of $$$$$$'s.

That's the reason we have a pirate night!!!

I think we will have at least two deck parties if not three, maybe a midnight sun one?? or a Viking night? All this adds to income, in addition to shore trips, spa etc. Basically a cruise should make 25% income on the ship, against 75% cruise price.

[Caropooh]

That's not much further than a flight from Philly to LHR, it's 6-6½ hours over and 7 coming back, depending on the head/tail winds. So I would say you are acutally looking at an 8-8½ hour flight going over and 9 coming back.
BA shows 9 1/2 hours coming back

I thought all childrens passports were 5 year renewals untill they turned 18.

But hit the GOV website to see!:teacher:

http://travel.state.gov/passport/get/minors/minors_4313.html
She will of had her passport for 5 years. We got it in 2005. Do we just wait until she is 16 and then go apply for an adult passport or are we renewing her one she has now and they will renew it as an adult one?

[Andrew DEREK UK]

I wrote to Disney asking if they were even going to have a Pirate night because I wanted to buy Madison and my nieces matching pirate outfits for Christmas. They answered they had not decided about a Pirate night for this cruise yet. I can't imagine them not having one, ye I hate to buy the outfits without knowing.

Again I understand, as its a money spinner it will be there, I think we have an announcement coming soon, shore trips, new entertainment, Med and Baltic, the Villains show, etc.

Say within this Month. Maybe early Nove.

[RJAYL]

BA shows 9 1/2 hours coming back


She will of had her passport for 5 years. We got it in 2005. Do we just wait until she is 16 and then go apply for an adult passport or are we renewing her one she has now and they will renew it as an adult one?

Okay after she is 16 it is valid for 10 years!

http://travel.state.gov/passport/fri/faq/faq_1741.html

[RJAYL]

Again I understand, as its a money spinner it will be there, I think we have an announcement coming soon, shore trips, new entertainment, Med and Baltic, the Villains show, etc.

Say within this Month. Maybe early Nove.

I think we should have a socialist revolution night & free the prolaterite!;)

[Andrew DEREK UK]

I think we should have a socialist revolution night & free the prolaterite!;)

:lmao: You make me laugh, thats something I would come out with, Now how-about our own 007 James Bond party in St Pete's, seeing if we can extend our stay, and visit Siberia at the same time?

[Madisonznana]

Again I understand, as its a money spinner it will be there, I think we have an announcement coming soon, shore trips, new entertainment, Med and Baltic, the Villains show, etc.

Say within this Month. Maybe early Nove.

Hopefully soon. I think you are right about it really being a money maker though. It would be difficult thinking of another big party that they could sell so much costumes, toys, etc.!:rolleyes1

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Hopefully soon. I think you are right about it really being a money maker though. It would be difficult thinking of another big party that they could sell so much costumes, toys, etc.!:rolleyes1

Yes, its win/ win, DCL cruisers like it, if not demand it, and its a fantastic money spinner all day and night for one deck party of an hour or two, it would be difficult to think of anything else on a Disney ship working so well.

[RJAYL]

:lmao: You make me laugh, thats something I would come out with, Now how-about our own 007 James Bond party in St Pete's, seeing if we can extend our stay, and visit Siberia at the same time?

What happens is Siberia stay's in Siberia!;)

Unfortunately that usually applies to people as well!:scared1:

[Andrew DEREK UK]

What happens is Siberia stay's in Siberia!;)

Unfortunately that usually applies to people as well!:scared1:

;)

Now, can I post this...

No better not......

Joke re (rearrange words and work it out)

Siberia.
Cold
Ice
Hard
goes
is everything
Benefit
Only
The

[Flora Fan]

http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx226/Igorsamore/NECapitalsTallin.jpg

Made another door magnet for the cruise and thought I'd post it for everyone.

[Madisonznana]

http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx226/Igorsamore/NECapitalsTallin.jpg

Made another door magnet for the cruise and thought I'd post it for everyone.

This is fantastic!!:banana:

[RJAYL]

http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx226/Igorsamore/NECapitalsTallin.jpg

Made another door magnet for the cruise and thought I'd post it for everyone.

Did you ever think about another hobby?:lmao::rotfl2::rotfl::laughing:;)

[Marla Hellwig]

awwww my flag collector dad would have loved it!

[jilljill]

OK, passport question!
Alana's passport expires next year plus she also turns 16 in March. If we renew her passport now(or before her birthday) will it be renewed as a minor passport or would it be renewed as an adult one. So basically, do we weait until after her birthday to renew or what?

I thought all childrens passports were 5 year renewals untill they turned 18.

But hit the GOV website to see!:teacher:

http://travel.state.gov/passport/get/minors/minors_4313.html

Definately wait until her b'day so she can get the adult passport for 10 years.

[jilljill]

My vote is to make the pirate: walk the plank....I'm sick of the pirate: . If they changed it up a bit from year to year it wouldn't be so bad, but it's the same old stuff and it gets old after a while. I only go to see the fireworks and don't really pay attention to what else is going on.

[jilljill]

:lmao: You make me laugh, thats something I would come out with, Now how-about our own 007 James Bond party in St Pete's, seeing if we can extend our stay, and visit Siberia at the same time?

On our cruise last summer they showed From Russia With Love on the outdoor movie screen the night we were docked in StP.

The evening we were in Warnemunde they brought on a band to play by the big screeen and had a German buffet. They were able to bring the band on since we were docked there until 10:30 and the band played until 10:00.

Those were our only 2 'special' things that were done since one was an overnight docking and the other a late night departure.

[Caropooh]

Definately wait until her b'day so she can get the adult passport for 10 years.
OK thanks, that's what I was thinking, but wasn't sure. We'll have no problems with not having the passport for 6 months previous to entering some countries? I read on the passport site some require that.

My vote is to make the pirate: walk the plank....I'm sick of the pirate: . If they changed it up a bit from year to year it wouldn't be so bad, but it's the same old stuff and it gets old after a while. I only go to see the fireworks and don't really pay attention to what else is going on.
I'm so with you on this. I'm done with pirates, it's time for something else. I'm sure Disney can come up with something that still brings in the money. Fireworks can still stay though. I like those!

[Madisonznana]

OK thanks, that's what I was thinking, but wasn't sure. We'll have no problems with not having the passport for 6 months previous to entering some countries? I read on the passport site some require that.


I'm so with you on this. I'm done with pirates, it's time for something else. I'm sure Disney can come up with something that still brings in the money. Fireworks can still stay though. I like those!

I wouldn't think it would be a problem because technically you are renewing.

I think with all the castles and things we could see, they should just due some sort or royal princess: dinner. They sure have a lot a princess items they could sell.

[RJAYL]

:goodvibesGood Morning All:goodvibes
:woohoo:Happy Colombus Day:woohoo:
How about replacing pirates night with a prolaterite parlay!party:

[jilljill]

OK thanks, that's what I was thinking, but wasn't sure. We'll have no problems with not having the passport for 6 months previous to entering some countries? I read on the passport site some require that.


I'm so with you on this. I'm done with pirates, it's time for something else. I'm sure Disney can come up with something that still brings in the money. Fireworks can still stay though. I like those!

Most countries want your passport to be valid for 6 months AFTER your visit not prior to your visit. I've never seen it needing to be valid that long before your visit.
When we went to Australia they recommend that your passport be valid for 6 months after your visit, but DH's expired 4 months after we were there and it was fine. I knew this ahead of time because I had to apply for the electronic visa and if they would have rejected it he still had time to renew his passport.

[Caropooh]

Most countries want your passport to be valid for 6 months AFTER your visit not prior to your visit. I've never seen it needing to be valid that long before your visit.
When we went to Australia they recommend that your passport be valid for 6 months after your visit, but DH's expired 4 months after we were there and it was fine. I knew this ahead of time because I had to apply for the electronic visa and if they would have rejected it he still had time to renew his passport.

That's what i was thinking also. I SWEAR I read it yesterday on the passport site and now can't find anything about 6 months before or after. :confused3 I think I'm just going nuts now! I'll look more when I get home tonight!

[Marla Hellwig]

Anyway - what do graduated band members do, they come back for alumni night and perform with current band

http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/medium/11_Sep_09_004.JPG

http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/11_Sep_09_194.JPG

For pregame the band performs a marching script Birds (just like Ohio State's script Ohio) this year alumnist Nancy Cartwright dotted the i (Bart Simpson's voice) - she declined playing this year - she is a former susa/tuba player

http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/medium/HomecomingGame_125.jpg

[Andrew DEREK UK]

On our cruise last summer they showed From Russia With Love on the outdoor movie screen the night we were docked in StP.

The evening we were in Warnemunde they brought on a band to play by the big screeen and had a German buffet. They were able to bring the band on since we were docked there until 10:30 and the band played until 10:00.

Those were our only 2 'special' things that were done since one was an overnight docking and the other a late night departure.:thumbsup2

I bet DCL will try to bring in local entertainment, but apart from St Petes its difficult, Germany we are there till 8.30pm but lots of people will have a long day out in Berlin and back late. Other ports we leave 4.30 ish.

:goodvibesGood Morning All:goodvibes
:woohoo:Happy Colombus Day:woohoo:
How about replacing pirates night with a prolaterite parlay!party:

Have a good one comrade!

[RJAYL]

:thumbsup2

I bet DCL will try to bring in local entertainment, but apart from St Petes its difficult, Germany we are there till 8.30pm but lots of people will have a long day out in Berlin and back late. Other ports we leave 4.30 ish.



Have a good one comrade!

I will vodka of course!:drinking:

[Andrew DEREK UK]

I will vodka of course!:drinking:

I should have said have a good one, or two, or three.:woohoo:

[MrsScooby]

Hi all:yay:

Just subscribing having found you all again! New job is keeping me ridiculously busy & to top it I competed in the department's swimming gala on Thursday. I only entered 3 events (50m back, 50m breast & 50m free) but ended up swimming 450m in various other relays etc. I wasn't expecting & as a result discovered long forgotten muscles!

Celestine
Good for you:thumbsup2 Wish I could swim like that. Never had the stamina:sad2:

Again I understand, as its a money spinner it will be there, I think we have an announcement coming soon, shore trips, new entertainment, Med and Baltic, the Villains show, etc.

Say within this Month. Maybe early Nove.
Sooo looking forward to that:woohoo:

http://i758.photobucket.com/albums/xx226/Igorsamore/NECapitalsTallin.jpg

Made another door magnet for the cruise and thought I'd post it for everyone.
WOW:thumbsup2 You're good:cheer2: Are you making these just for your door or are you going to make them as fish extender gifts? I loved:lovestruc getting tons of door magnets as fish extender gifts last year. Is it ok if we borrow your designs to make signs for our own doors?

My vote is to make the pirate: walk the plank....I'm sick of the pirate: . If they changed it up a bit from year to year it wouldn't be so bad, but it's the same old stuff and it gets old after a while. I only go to see the fireworks and don't really pay attention to what else is going on.


I'm so with you on this. I'm done with pirates, it's time for something else. I'm sure Disney can come up with something that still brings in the money. Fireworks can still stay though. I like those!

I think with all the castles and things we could see, they should just due some sort or royal princess: dinner. They sure have a lot a princess items they could sell.
I agree:thumbsup2 I'm ready for a change from pirates too.

[jilljill]

That's what i was thinking also. I SWEAR I read it yesterday on the passport site and now can't find anything about 6 months before or after. :confused3 I think I'm just going nuts now! I'll look more when I get home tonight!

You aren't going nuts, it's men plotting against you. :rotfl2: :headache:

[MrsScooby]

Anyway - what do graduated band members do, they come back for alumni night and perform with current band

http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/medium/11_Sep_09_004.JPG

http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/11_Sep_09_194.JPG

For pregame the band performs a marching script Birds (just like Ohio State's script Ohio) this year alumnist Nancy Cartwright dotted the i (Bart Simpson's voice) - she declined playing this year - she is a former susa/tuba player

http://photopost.wdwinfo.com/data/500/medium/HomecomingGame_125.jpg

Cool pics:thumbsup2 Homecoming, right?

My DS15 is also marching band. I signed him up for band day at University of Virginia next month. He'll get to march with the UVA marching band for one small performance and watch the football game with the band as well. He is less than thrilled that I signed him up, but it isn't like the kid has anything else planned that weekend anyway:rolleyes1

[MrsScooby]

After much waiting and aggravation:headache:, I finally have my first appointment for cochlear implant surgery:banana:
I'm sooo hoping to get scheduled before the end of the year:guilty:

I just had lunch today with a lady who had the surgery in June and she loves her new implant:goodvibes

Lucky for me the FDA just approved a new one this past Sept. that is suppose to be much improvedhttp://www.cochlearamericas.com/news/nucleus5.asp Better watch what you guys say in front of me as I just might hear it now:laughing:

[bellelinus]

After much waiting and aggravation:headache:, I finally have my first appointment for cochlear implant surgery:banana:
I'm sooo hoping to get scheduled before the end of the year:guilty:

I just had lunch today with a lady who had the surgery in June and she loves her new implant:goodvibes

Lucky for me the FDA just approved a new one this past Sept. that is suppose to be much improvedhttp://www.cochlearamericas.com/news/nucleus5.asp Better watch what you guys say in front of me as I just might hear it now:laughing:

So when I see you next month that will be my last night to turn my head and make snide comments, right Laurie?:lmao: I'm so glad you finally got the first appointment scheduled:love::love::love:

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Not sure if this is old or new news, been looking at the DCL website quite often to look for the release of Med and Baltic shore trips. Now I didnt notice this before but they have port maps up now and where the local sightseeing highlights are and disntace from the port.

To me the photos in each port have been updated, now maybe wrong, and not new, but thought I would mention it, as I havent seen that detail before.

[MrsScooby]

So when I see you next month that will be my last night to turn my head and make snide comments, right Laurie?:lmao: I'm so glad you finally got the first appointment scheduled:love::love::love:
:lmao:Yes, there are some advantages to being hard of hearing:rotfl:
I'm looking forward to seeing you too:thumbsup2 What is a good meeting place? We only have the empire state building planned for that day which is flexible:goodvibes

Not sure if this is old or new news, been looking at the DCL website quite often to look for the release of Med and Baltic shore trips. Now I didnt notice this before but they have port maps up now and where the local sightseeing highlights are and disntace from the port.

To me the photos in each port have been updated, now maybe wrong, and not new, but thought I would mention it, as I havent seen that detail before.

Thanks:thumbsup2 I'll have to get over there:cool1:

[Andrew DEREK UK]

:lmao:Yes, there are some advantages to being hard of hearing:rotfl:
I'm looking forward to seeing you too:thumbsup2 What is a good meeting place? We only have the empire state building planned for that day which is flexible:goodvibes



Thanks:thumbsup2 I'll have to get over there:cool1:

I am sure I haven't seen that before, looks like getting ready for shore trip release, however in Copenhagen looks like they encourage you to walk it!!

[bellelinus]

:lmao:Yes, there are some advantages to being hard of hearing:rotfl:
I'm looking forward to seeing you too:thumbsup2 What is a good meeting place? We only have the empire state building planned for that day which is flexible:goodvibes


Remind me where your hotel is, what your time constraints are, and if it just you and me -- or the whole crew . . . armed with that info I will give some suggestions for meeting . . . I'm looking forward to it!:goodvibes

[bellelinus]

I am sure I haven't seen that before, looks like getting ready for shore trip release, however in Copenhagen looks like they encourage you to walk it!!

I just had a look at this, too -- the port maps are new, I am sure of it . . .

[Madisonznana]

After much waiting and aggravation:headache:, I finally have my first appointment for cochlear implant surgery:banana:
I'm sooo hoping to get scheduled before the end of the year:guilty:

I just had lunch today with a lady who had the surgery in June and she loves her new implant:goodvibes

Lucky for me the FDA just approved a new one this past Sept. that is suppose to be much improvedhttp://www.cochlearamericas.com/news/nucleus5.asp Better watch what you guys say in front of me as I just might hear it now:laughing:

This is great Laurie!:woohoo:
Pretty brave, I have been trying to work up the nerve to visit a podiatrist for my bunion. You are a much braver woman then I!;)

[Flora Fan]

WOW:thumbsup2 You're good:cheer2: Are you making these just for your door or are you going to make them as fish extender gifts? I loved:lovestruc getting tons of door magnets as fish extender gifts last year. Is it ok if we borrow your designs to make signs for our own doors?

Sorry Mrs. Scooby, I don't know what a fish extender is. This is my first cruise. I have indeed made these for anyone who wishes to have them or anyone who wishes to change them.

I put them on the magnet thread also with the Helsinki flag.

[jilljill]

After much waiting and aggravation:headache:, I finally have my first appointment for cochlear implant surgery:banana:
I'm sooo hoping to get scheduled before the end of the year:guilty:

I just had lunch today with a lady who had the surgery in June and she loves her new implant:goodvibes

Lucky for me the FDA just approved a new one this past Sept. that is suppose to be much improvedhttp://www.cochlearamericas.com/news/nucleus5.asp Better watch what you guys say in front of me as I just might hear it now:laughing:

:yay: :woohoo:

I guess now we will have whisper when you are around. :rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl:

[jilljill]

Not sure if this is old or new news, been looking at the DCL website quite often to look for the release of Med and Baltic shore trips. Now I didnt notice this before but they have port maps up now and where the local sightseeing highlights are and disntace from the port.

To me the photos in each port have been updated, now maybe wrong, and not new, but thought I would mention it, as I havent seen that detail before.
Thanks Andrew, I'll have to take a look at this.
I've been on DCL's website several times the last week but haven't been poking around for this cruise. I found out last Monday that my TA for our Jan. cruise screwed things up and our ressie got cancelled by DCL. Got that all straightened out last week and then I go on there again today and find out they screwed it up again and once again DCL cancelled it. So I finally got it straight this afternoon. I'm just glad that my cabin wasn't taken by someone else both times it was cancelled. Of course, the TA wanted to blame DCL for the error. I'm glad that I know that I can look on DCL's website and see the booking or else we wouldn't have known about it until it was way too late and hadn't received our documents.


I am sure I haven't seen that before, looks like getting ready for shore trip release, however in Copenhagen looks like they encourage you to walk it!!

Copenhagen is very easy to walk. We did get lost but we wound up stumbling across the Russian embassy and right around the corner from it was the US embassy. We made a right turn and should have made a left turn, so it wasn't too bad. I'm actually glad we took a wrong turn because they gave us a really nice guide book with a map and it was all in English.
The walk from the ship to the center of the city was about 15-20 minutes.

[RJAYL]

:goodvibesGutten Morg:goodvibes

[alanapapa]

:goodvibesGutten Morg:goodvibes

Wie gehts?

[RJAYL]

Wie gehts?

Gut, und Sie

[jilljill]

:goodvibesGutten Morg:goodvibes

Wie gehts?

Gut, und Sie

If y'all are giving German lessons a translation would be nice to go along with it. :rotfl2: :confused3 :rolleyes1

[Andrew DEREK UK]

I just had a look at this, too -- the port maps are new, I am sure of it . . .

Thought it was new, saw the actual cruise map before but not the port maps, a little more detail on places to go. Think shore trips must be out soon. I am working on them releasing them all in one go, TA, Med and Baltic, so for the TA it must be by early Nove as you can book at 120 days. Give a chance to consider what to do.

Thanks Andrew, I'll have to take a look at this.
I've been on DCL's website several times the last week but haven't been poking around for this cruise. I found out last Monday that my TA for our Jan. cruise screwed things up and our ressie got cancelled by DCL. Got that all straightened out last week and then I go on there again today and find out they screwed it up again and once again DCL cancelled it. So I finally got it straight this afternoon. I'm just glad that my cabin wasn't taken by someone else both times it was cancelled. Of course, the TA wanted to blame DCL for the error. I'm glad that I know that I can look on DCL's website and see the booking or else we wouldn't have known about it until it was way too late and hadn't received our documents.




Copenhagen is very easy to walk. We did get lost but we wound up stumbling across the Russian embassy and right around the corner from it was the US embassy. We made a right turn and should have made a left turn, so it wasn't too bad. I'm actually glad we took a wrong turn because they gave us a really nice guide book with a map and it was all in English.
The walk from the ship to the center of the city was about 15-20 minutes.

Poor TA there, thanks on info re Copenhagen seems DCL are encouraging that as a walk or organsied walk. Awaiting all the shore trips to be released.

:goodvibesGutten Morg:goodvibes

Is that backwards, Klingon, or your drunk!!

[Caropooh]

:goodvibesGutten Morg:goodvibes good morning

Wie gehts?how are you?

Gut, und Sie good, and you?
your translation

[RJAYL]

your translation

So helpful!;)

[jilljill]

your translation

:woohoo: YES....a woman to the rescue!!!!! :thumbsup2 :rotfl2: :cool1: :banana: :dance3: :flower3: :littleangel: :upsidedow



Thank you very much!

[MrsG]

Just a quick hello! DH & I were away for the weekend, much needed R&R. Can't wait for the shore trips to be out! It will be here before you know it!

[MrsScooby]

Remind me where your hotel is, what your time constraints are, and if it just you and me -- or the whole crew . . . armed with that info I will give some suggestions for meeting . . . I'm looking forward to it!:goodvibes
Gotta look up the hotel name again and pm it to you. The two things I miss from NY are the bagels and the pizza:laughing: If it is for coffee and bagels in the morning-it will be just us, if you are up for a pizza excursion for lunch time, my kids and DH will tag along:goodvibes We will most likely be meeting up with my extended family for dinner and I'm reluctant to inflict them on anybody so anytime before 3pm is good for us for meeting up.

This is great Laurie!:woohoo:
Pretty brave, I have been trying to work up the nerve to visit a podiatrist for my bunion. You are a much braver woman then I!;)
:laughing:So funny you should say brave as it is fear that is finally moving me to do this. Fear of not being able to get the surgery later on if I don't do it now:eek: I am scared to death though:rolleyes1 of the surgery and the activation:guilty:
Just google and see what happens when you don't see the doc and that may help you bite the bullet and make that appointment:hug:

Sorry Mrs. Scooby, I don't know what a fish extender is. This is my first cruise. I have indeed made these for anyone who wishes to have them or anyone who wishes to change them.

I put them on the magnet thread also with the Helsinki flag.
I'm pretty sure we will have a fish extender exchange-kind of like a secret santa/trick or treat-umm hard to explain. We hang things that look like decorated shoe holders (long fabric with pockets) on the fish decoration outside our door and proceed to travel the ship putting little treats/presents in participant's "fish extender". On our cruise last year lots of people put small door magnets on people's doors that were participating-it was a wonderful gift:goodvibes

I'll be making a magnetic signs for my door, but loved the surprise of coming back to my cabin and seeing new ones:woohoo:

Since some folks don't want anyone borrowing their designs I try to remember to ask before saving the image. And I am not a designer so all my signs come from images I save from the internet.

Partcipation for the fish extender is by signing up in advance so folks have an idea of how many gifts to bring. It is fun, but totally optional:goodvibes

:yay: :woohoo:

I guess now we will have whisper when you are around. :rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl:

:laughing:Just call me Jamie Sommers:cool2:

Thanks Andrew, I'll have to take a look at this.
I've been on DCL's website several times the last week but haven't been poking around for this cruise. I found out last Monday that my TA for our Jan. cruise screwed things up and our ressie got cancelled by DCL. Got that all straightened out last week and then I go on there again today and find out they screwed it up again and once again DCL cancelled it. So I finally got it straight this afternoon. I'm just glad that my cabin wasn't taken by someone else both times it was cancelled. Of course, the TA wanted to blame DCL for the error. I'm glad that I know that I can look on DCL's website and see the booking or else we wouldn't have known about it until it was way too late and hadn't received our documents.


What a nightmare:scared1:
Oh, if it were me I would be transfering my reservation to Dreams Unlimited right now:sad2:

I actually just went and checked the DCL site to make sure my reservation was still there:rolleyes:

Glad you have everything covered:thumbsup2

[bellelinus]

Gotta look up the hotel name again and pm it to you. The two things I miss from NY are the bagels and the pizza:laughing: If it is for coffee and bagels in the morning-it will be just us, if you are up for a pizza excursion for lunch time, my kids and DH will tag along:goodvibes We will most likely be meeting up with my extended family for dinner and I'm reluctant to inflict them on anybody so anytime before 3pm is good for us for meeting up.


We could do Lombardi's for lunch -- Spring Street and Mott -- or I would say John's on W. 44th except that it would be crazy busy around there the day after Thanksgiving. There is also a John's pizzeria on E. 64th Street and First, less atmospheric than the Times Square location but the pizza is just as good. Just let me know what you think!

[jilljill]

:laughing:Just call me Jamie Sommers:cool2:



What a nightmare:scared1:
Oh, if it were me I would be transfering my reservation to Dreams Unlimited right now:sad2:

I actually just went and checked the DCL site to make sure my reservation was still there:rolleyes:

Glad you have everything covered:thumbsup2

Ok Jamie :rotfl2:

We have to use this TA since we are using our timeshare points for the cruise so no options to have it released and transfer to another TA. I'd rather use my regular TA, but we only have to put out a little bit of cash with this transaction. I'm just glad that I know what I'm doing and how DCL operates or we wouldn't have had a cruise booked.
But in the end it has worked out and the cruise is paid in full. I know this because I was able to book DH & DD on the jet ski excursion at CC.

[RJAYL]

Attention all DVC members that are interested, but have not heard, booking for the concierge hotel collection for 2010 has opened up!:teacher::thumbsup2

[alanapapa]

Attention all DVC members that are interested, but have not heard, booking for the concierge hotel collection for 2010 has opened up!:teacher::thumbsup2

FINALLY!

Thanks for the update.:thumbsup2

[RJAYL]

:lmao:So Happy It's Thusday!:lmao:

[alanapapa]

Attention all DVC members that are interested, but have not heard, booking for the concierge hotel collection for 2010 has opened up!:teacher::thumbsup2

FINALLY!

Thanks for the update.:thumbsup2

:mad:Got up early to talk to DVC MS and secure hotel at Royal Garden only to find out (I should have checked the Royal Garden website) that all rooms are DOUBLE OCCUPANCY only. So with the two DD's we would need 2 rooms.

Back to planning square one.

[RJAYL]

:mad:Got up early to talk to DVC MS and secure hotel at Royal Garden only to find out (I should have checked the Royal Garden website) that all rooms are DOUBLE OCCUPANCY only. So with the two DD's we would need 2 rooms.

Back to planning square one.

Yes no Quad occupancy we have booked 2 rooms for our party of 6 & they will not guarantee connecting!

Talked to them this morning (I love the internet they called me) to see about a third room for cash looking for a Guarantee of connecting!

Was told that this is their peak peak season & they could not guarantee connecting (It is just like Disney)!

We do have a King bed in one room & 2 twins in the other (This is there connecting configuration) so I have left it as a points only booking for 2 rooms!

Just FYI a regular superior room would be about $410 a night US :headache:if you paid cash!

We figure for 4 nights it is not worth the dough! We will rough it!:lmao:

[jilljill]

:lmao:So Happy It's Thusday!:lmao:

BUT.....I keep thinking it's Friday. :headache: :confused3 :sad2: :dance3:

[RJAYL]

BUT.....I keep thinking it's Friday. :headache: :confused3 :sad2: :dance3:

That is why I am So Happy It's Thursday;):lmao::rotfl2::rotfl::laughing::scared1:

[alanapapa]

Andrew or Celestine,
How is the area around Odessa Wharf in the Docklands? The website is www.odessawharf.com

Thanks for any info.

[jilljill]

That is why I am So Happy It's Thursday;):lmao::rotfl2::rotfl::laughing::scared1:

:headache: Now I get it. :upsidedow

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Andrew or Celestine,
How is the area around Odessa Wharf in the Docklands? The website is www.odessawharf.com

Thanks for any info.

Poor location for public transport, nearest tube is Canada water (Julibee line only, other line closed, maybe open by summer 2010), THey sell it well with the photo of Canary wharf but wrong side of the river. Yes you can get a water taxi to the City, but not my view of a good location, a lot wil lbe on bus taxi, etc.

Its safe and nice location apart from that.

UPDATE

Went past this on Friday, didnt like the location, its issolated as I expected

[RJAYL]

:goodvibesTGIF:goodvibes
Chirp Chirp

[jilljill]

:goodvibesTGIF:goodvibes
Chirp Chirp

Finally.....it took long to get here this week. :headache:

[bellelinus]

Happy Saturday everyone, and happy weekend! We are having December weather in October here in NYC . . .

[MrsScooby]

We could do Lombardi's for lunch -- Spring Street and Mott -- or I would say John's on W. 44th except that it would be crazy busy around there the day after Thanksgiving. There is also a John's pizzeria on E. 64th Street and First, less atmospheric than the Times Square location but the pizza is just as good. Just let me know what you think!

We managed to get a room at the Wyndham Garden in Times Square South (36 th street). Not easy to find a room kind of last minute that met with DH's approval. The trip advisor reviews were ok so hoping it turns out to be a good place to stay.

Quieter places are easier for me to hear, plus DH likes to avoid crowds when we can-so either the John's on 64th street or Lombardi's is fine. We will be driving home that night though (Friday) -as the place my sis picked for Thanksgiving dinner is pretty expensive:rolleyes1

The kids are excited about visiting the empire state building so we will probably go there after lunch. You and your DDs are welcome to join us if you want:goodvibes

[MrsScooby]

Ok Jamie :rotfl2:

We have to use this TA since we are using our timeshare points for the cruise so no options to have it released and transfer to another TA. I'd rather use my regular TA, but we only have to put out a little bit of cash with this transaction. I'm just glad that I know what I'm doing and how DCL operates or we wouldn't have had a cruise booked.
But in the end it has worked out and the cruise is paid in full. I know this because I was able to book DH & DD on the jet ski excursion at CC.

Ahhh, makes sense:thumbsup2
Not the kind of problem that a seasoned traveler like yourself often has:hug:
More like the stuff that happens to me :rolleyes:

We did that Eco tour back in 2006:laughing:
It is fun...although my DH and DD enjoyed it more than my DS and I did:laughing:
I had a hard time adjusting the speed of the jet ski-either too fast or too slow:headache: And I was worried about DD falling off the back when we hit the waves. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I wasn't worry about her flying off...oh and my shark phobia:rolleyes:

The Segway tour in nassau was more my speed:woohoo:

Don't they have a segway tour in Tallin:confused3
If we have any money left over after St. Petersburg-that's where it will go:rotfl:

[MrsScooby]

I finally have my first appointment scheduled for Johns Hopkins for a cochlear implant:woohoo:

They sent me a package of info and apparently I have to choose my implant from 3 different companies that make it based only on the advertising brochures they sent me:headache:

Soooo
I'm researching:surfweb:

One of the companies ia called Advanced Bionics- so my days of watching the tv show The Bionic Woman are making me laugh everytime I see this:laughing:

DH is so funny...With the package I got and the appointment this is suddenly a reality to him. He asks me this morning if I really want to do this. While I'm still wrestling with the fear a bit...talking to folks who have these implants has really helped me decide to get it done.

[Doingitagain]

We also had winter weather in October in Minnesota! Escaped for a short trip to southern France to visit DD who is studying abroad for four months.

DVC finally opened up 2010 point charts and we put in our request for the Royal Garden Hotel. We have three adults in one of our two rooms and they charged an extra 21 points for two nights...worked it out, but wished they would have quoted that to me when I first called. I think they assumed that our third person was a child.

[jilljill]

We did that Eco tour back in 2006:laughing:
It is fun...although my DH and DD enjoyed it more than my DS and I did:laughing:
I had a hard time adjusting the speed of the jet ski-either too fast or too slow:headache: And I was worried about DD falling off the back when we hit the waves. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I wasn't worry about her flying off...oh and my shark phobia:rolleyes:

The Segway tour in nassau was more my speed:woohoo:

Don't they have a segway tour in Tallin:confused3
If we have any money left over after St. Petersburg-that's where it will go:rotfl:
DH had a jetski for years so he's looking forward to going, but is worried they won't go fast enough for him. :rotfl2: He used to take DD a lot when she was little.

Too funny you mentioned Segways in Tallin. The day we were there the Segway place was having their press day as they were just about to open. From the brochure we were able to get from them it seemed they were going to start out selling them more than doing tours, but I'm sure by now they are doing tours.
I'll see if we can find the brochure, if we didn't give it to my brother, and see if they have a website. Keep in mind the town is mostly cobblestone streets, alleys, and hills so it will be a bit of a challenge on the Segway at first.
My brother has 2 or 3 Segways and the last one he just got has the bigger tires that are made for going off road and uneven surfaces and he said it takes a little bit to get used to it after using the regular ones on smooth surfaces. But if you've been on the one in Nassau, they probably use that kind so you would probably already know how to ride it.

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Hi, did a calculation am 98% Paid on this cruise, and intend to be PIF in early November, may also pay off TIPs then.

Good weekend all.

[bellelinus]

We managed to get a room at the Wyndham Garden in Times Square South (36 th street). Not easy to find a room kind of last minute that met with DH's approval. The trip advisor reviews were ok so hoping it turns out to be a good place to stay.

Quieter places are easier for me to hear, plus DH likes to avoid crowds when we can-so either the John's on 64th street or Lombardi's is fine. We will be driving home that night though (Friday) -as the place my sis picked for Thanksgiving dinner is pretty expensive:rolleyes1

The kids are excited about visiting the empire state building so we will probably go there after lunch. You and your DDs are welcome to join us if you want:goodvibes

If Darren likes quiet, the John's on 64th would be best -- it's in an entirely residential area and not touristy at all . . . Lombardi's is just too well known and often has lines. I will call closer to time to be sure they are open the day after Thanksgiving, but they probably will be, and we can finalize plans. I'll PM you my cell phone number as well.

I'll ask the girls about the Empire State building -- as native New Yorkers, of course they have never been:lmao::lmao::lmao:

[bellelinus]

I finally have my first appointment scheduled for Johns Hopkins for a cochlear implant:woohoo:

They sent me a package of info and apparently I have to choose my implant from 3 different companies that make it based only on the advertising brochures they sent me:headache:

Soooo
I'm researching:surfweb:

One of the companies ia called Advanced Bionics- so my days of watching the tv show The Bionic Woman are making me laugh everytime I see this:laughing:

DH is so funny...With the package I got and the appointment this is suddenly a reality to him. He asks me this morning if I really want to do this. While I'm still wrestling with the fear a bit...talking to folks who have these implants has really helped me decide to get it done.

Congrats, Laurie!!!!!!!!!

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[bellelinus]

Hi, did a calculation am 98% Paid on this cruise, and intend to be PIF in early November, may also pay off TIPs then.

Good weekend all.

Good for you, Andrew!:thumbsup2:thumbsup2:thumbsup2

[jilljill]

Hi, did a calculation am 98% Paid on this cruise, and intend to be PIF in early November, may also pay off TIPs then.

Good weekend all.

:thumbsup2
I've just started to think about calling me TA and having her pay off each cabin a little bit each month thru March. I'll probably give her an amount that I want to go towards them and a date to do it each month so I don't have to keep calling her. I'll just have her add on the tips closer to sailing.

[Caropooh]

Barb, what's the name of the hotel you're staying at in London?

[bellelinus]

Barb, what's the name of the hotel you're staying at in London?

I'm pretty sure she is staying at the Park Plaza Victoria -- I looked at it, but they don't have any regular rooms that sleep 4 . . .

[Andrew DEREK UK]

I'm pretty sure she is staying at the Park Plaza Victoria -- I looked at it, but they don't have any regular rooms that sleep 4 . . .

Good location.

[Andrew DEREK UK]

:thumbsup2
I've just started to think about calling me TA and having her pay off each cabin a little bit each month thru March. I'll probably give her an amount that I want to go towards them and a date to do it each month so I don't have to keep calling her. I'll just have her add on the tips closer to sailing.

Its coming up on us, I have a very early PIF date on this one, first week in February, so wanted to clear it well before that, the £/$ took a tumble this week, so only did a smaller than planned payment, looking to clear by early November now.

My actual Palo and shore trip booking window is in March.

I want to think in European currencies on this cruise so will pay tips off in advance, maybe a seven night wine package. to minimise use of $'s. Then I will swap my focus to other things I am doing in Europe in 2010, before this cruise.

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Does anyone know anything about the ''Molli train'' from Rostock in Germany.

Looking at the port, Berlin is at least three hours away, so a standard 12 hour trip there from port will include over 6 hours travel, and breaks en route.

So I was looking at alternatives and the Steam railway Molli train through the lime groves looks a good alternative. Goes through a lot of old German towns, regular service. When I say through I mean it, down the roads.;)

http://www.molli-bahn.de/Home.5.0.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1-9h4ajnTw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-c35HN_Gu0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSzEtYEVCLE&feature=related

Do you think they will get accross in time?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1XEZdPHwGI&feature=related

http://www.germany-tourism.co.uk/EGB/attractions_events/steam_railways_steam_railways_mecklenburg.htm

[Caropooh]

OK London friends....
what's a good area to stay in when we're in London? Since it's back to square one for us on hotel rooms, we have no idea even where to stay.

[jilljill]

Barb, what's the name of the hotel you're staying at in London?

I'm pretty sure she is staying at the Park Plaza Victoria -- I looked at it, but they don't have any regular rooms that sleep 4 . . .

Good location.

Yes we are at the Park Plaza London Victoria. We stayed there last year and loved the location and the hotel is nice too.
I see they have Executive Studio rooms that sleep 4 people. I booked us a king Executive room. I went thru the goldpointsplus.com website rather than the hotels website directly, but they may be the same rate.


Hotels rooms that sleep 4 people in London are hard to come by that don't cost an arm and a leg.

[jilljill]

OK London friends....
what's a good area to stay in when we're in London? Since it's back to square one for us on hotel rooms, we have no idea even where to stay.

Within close proximety of a tube station. I like to stay in the Marble Arch, Oxford Street area. I usually get a copy of the tube map and go from there when looking for a place to stay. When I found this hotel near Victoria Station I figured it would be good for getting around and it was. There's a lot of places to stay in that area. Actually this is where cruisecritic comes in handy on their British Isles cruise boards with lots of names of places to stay. I also did a search for 'hotels near London Victoria Station' and found some that way. The Comfort Inn London Victoria has family rooms that sleep 4 people available.

[jilljill]

Does anyone know anything about the ''Molli train'' from Rostock in Germany.

Looking at the port, Berlin is at least three hours away, so a standard 12 hour trip there from port will include over 6 hours travel, and breaks en route.

So I was looking at alternatives and the Steam railway Molli train through the lime groves looks a good alternative. Goes through a lot of old German towns, regular service. When I say through I mean it, down the roads.;)

http://www.molli-bahn.de/Home.5.0.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1-9h4ajnTw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-c35HN_Gu0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSzEtYEVCLE&feature=related

Do you think they will get accross in time?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1XEZdPHwGI&feature=related

http://www.germany-tourism.co.uk/EGB/attractions_events/steam_railways_steam_railways_mecklenburg.htm

There's tons of info on cruisecritic about the Molli Train and the towns near Warnemunde. The station is a 5 minute walk from the ship.

[Caropooh]

Yes we are at the Park Plaza London Victoria. We stayed there last year and loved the location and the hotel is nice too.
I see they have Executive Studio rooms that sleep 4 people. I booked us a king Executive room. I went thru the goldpointsplus.com website rather than the hotels website directly, but they may be the same rate.


Hotels rooms that sleep 4 people in London are hard to come by that don't cost an arm and a leg.
Just priced it out for 3 nights and got a quote of 652.05 GBP = 1064.31. :eek: Is that what we'll be looking at to get a decent room for 4 people? This is all so new to me!

[jilljill]

Just priced it out for 3 nights and got a quote of 652.05 GBP = 1064.31. :eek: Is that what we'll be looking at to get a decent room for 4 people? This is all so new to me!

You can find some cheaper, check the Comfort Inn London Victoria that's in my other post.
It's that 4th person in your party that's making rooms hard to find in the city. I don't think Andrew will want to stay home while you and the girls go on this cruise. :rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl: :grouphug:

[RJAYL]

:cold: Good Morning All :cold:
SNOW IN OCTOBER

[alanapapa]

:cold: Good Morning All :cold:
SNOW IN OCTOBER

Good Morning.
Keep your snow in Boston please. And any other type of precipitation.

[alanapapa]

You can find some cheaper, check the Comfort Inn London Victoria that's in my other post.
It's that 4th person in your party that's making rooms hard to find in the city. I don't think Andrew will want to stay home while you and the girls go on this cruise. :rotfl2: :lmao: :rotfl: :grouphug:

I definitely would not like to stay home, especially since this will be on MY Sabbatical. I don't know what I will be doing the other 4 weeks.

It is looking like we will be staying at the Comfort Inn London Victoria; this place looks good. Some of the other places we looked at online were scary :eek:

[jilljill]

I definitely would not like to stay home, especially since this will be on MY Sabbatical. I don't know what I will be doing the other 4 weeks.

It is looking like we will be staying at the Comfort Inn London Victoria; this place looks good. Some of the other places we looked at online were scary :eek:

I had a feeling you would like to go with them.

We'll be staying in the same area, it is a good one and easy for getting around. Hopefully we'll be able to meet up in London for a pint or 2. :drinking1

[jilljill]

:cold: Good Morning All :cold:
SNOW IN OCTOBER

Good Morning.
Keep your snow in Boston please. And any other type of precipitation.

'Morning...oops it's 'Afternoon now. :rolleyes1


I agree with Andrew, keep the snow up north even tho we shared the rain with you.

[MrsG]

I guess it's good it's just DH & I. We were able to book the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington. It looks like a good location. What do you think, Andrew?

[MrsScooby]

DH had a jetski for years so he's looking forward to going, but is worried they won't go fast enough for him. :rotfl2: He used to take DD a lot when she was little.

Too funny you mentioned Segways in Tallin. The day we were there the Segway place was having their press day as they were just about to open. From the brochure we were able to get from them it seemed they were going to start out selling them more than doing tours, but I'm sure by now they are doing tours.
I'll see if we can find the brochure, if we didn't give it to my brother, and see if they have a website. Keep in mind the town is mostly cobblestone streets, alleys, and hills so it will be a bit of a challenge on the Segway at first.
My brother has 2 or 3 Segways and the last one he just got has the bigger tires that are made for going off road and uneven surfaces and he said it takes a little bit to get used to it after using the regular ones on smooth surfaces. But if you've been on the one in Nassau, they probably use that kind so you would probably already know how to ride it.

Oh your DH and DD will have fun:thumbsup2 It may not be as fast as he is used to, but the waves can make for some interesting movement:laughing:

I've been on a segway twice actually-once at Epcot and the second time in Nassau. Yes, the ones in Nassau were the off-road type but seemed easier as I had more room to learn-not worried about plowing into a crowd of people:rolleyes1 Plus they had someone's grandma go first. Nothing like watching grandma master the segway to give you confidence that it is doable:goodvibes
I was thinking of getting the kids to try a segway tour of DC to get used to them maybe, next spring.

[MrsScooby]

If Darren likes quiet, the John's on 64th would be best -- it's in an entirely residential area and not touristy at all . . . Lombardi's is just too well known and often has lines. I will call closer to time to be sure they are open the day after Thanksgiving, but they probably will be, and we can finalize plans. I'll PM you my cell phone number as well.

I'll ask the girls about the Empire State building -- as native New Yorkers, of course they have never been:lmao::lmao::lmao:
So funny:laughing: I asked to go to the empire state building when I was a kid and yes my parents thought I was strange for wanting to go (mom-queens, dad-brooklyn, me-Long Island). The new percy jackson movie (Lightening Thief) comes out next year so the empire state building will probably get more visitors because of that.

Congrats, Laurie!!!!!!!!!

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Thanks:goodvibes

Does anyone know anything about the ''Molli train'' from Rostock in Germany.

Looking at the port, Berlin is at least three hours away, so a standard 12 hour trip there from port will include over 6 hours travel, and breaks en route.

So I was looking at alternatives and the Steam railway Molli train through the lime groves looks a good alternative. Goes through a lot of old German towns, regular service. When I say through I mean it, down the roads.;)

http://www.molli-bahn.de/Home.5.0.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1-9h4ajnTw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-c35HN_Gu0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSzEtYEVCLE&feature=related

Do you think they will get accross in time?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1XEZdPHwGI&feature=related

http://www.germany-tourism.co.uk/EGB/attractions_events/steam_railways_steam_railways_mecklenburg.htm
The big debate about Germany is whether or not to try for Berlin:confused3
My first thought was yes, but then losing 6 hours to travel just seemed so much given how short a time we are there. I found a good tour company for Berlin, but I'm just not sure if pushing my family to go is the right thing to do:confused3
Plus the big scare is somehow not making it back to port in time and the next port being St. Petersburg-how do you meet the ship if you can't enter without a visa?
Yes I tend to worry alot;)

Yes we are at the Park Plaza London Victoria. We stayed there last year and loved the location and the hotel is nice too.
I see they have Executive Studio rooms that sleep 4 people. I booked us a king Executive room. I went thru the goldpointsplus.com website rather than the hotels website directly, but they may be the same rate.


Hotels rooms that sleep 4 people in London are hard to come by that don't cost an arm and a leg.

Yes, I was having a time of it trying to find a hotel in London to sleep the 4 of us:sad2:
At a price that DH was willing to pay:headache:
He doesn't want to listen to reviews and thinks that since it is such a short stay for us that we should pay as little as possible:rolleyes:
Meanwhile I've been burned in the past bargain shopping for hotel rooms:headache:

We finally compromised with Parkwood at the Marble Arch.

http://www.parkwoodhotel.com/

No elevator, no air conditioning, but good location, fans in the rooms, breakfast, good reviews and a decent price.
We are on the 3rd floor so DH complains about the lack of elevator-remind me to remind him that he said that this was fine a year prior:rolleyes1

[jilljill]

The big debate about Germany is whether or not to try for Berlin:confused3
My first thought was yes, but then losing 6 hours to travel just seemed so much given how short a time we are there. I found a good tour company for Berlin, but I'm just not sure if pushing my family to go is the right thing to do:confused3
Plus the big scare is somehow not making it back to port in time and the next port being St. Petersburg-how do you meet the ship if you can't enter without a visa?
Yes I tend to worry alot;)
Not a worry, a very valid concern. We had a couple miss the ship in Warnemunde and they had to drive 5 hours to Munich, spend 2 nights in Germany and then fly to meet us at the next port which good for them was not StP. They didn't go to Berlin, they had a rental car and broke down on the way back and they were cutting it too close as it was. They broke down at 9:00pm about ½ hour from port and we were scheduled to leave at 10:30. They also almost missed the ship in Copenhagen, which was our first stop. Needless to say, their honeymoon was memorable for many bad reasons.


Yes, I was having a time of it trying to find a hotel in London to sleep the 4 of us:sad2:
At a price that DH was willing to pay:headache:
He doesn't want to listen to reviews and thinks that since it is such a short stay for us that we should pay as little as possible:rolleyes:
Meanwhile I've been burned in the past bargain shopping for hotel rooms:headache:

We finally compromised with Parkwood at the Marble Arch.

http://www.parkwoodhotel.com/

No elevator, no air conditioning, but good location, fans in the rooms, breakfast, good reviews and a decent price.
We are on the 3rd floor so DH complains about the lack of elevator-remind me to remind him that he said that this was fine a year prior:rolleyes1

We stayed in that area one time and also had a place that didn't have an elevator, but we were on the 5th floor. DH counted how many steep steps we had to go up and down each day but I've long forgotten. When the webstie descriptions says it's a small hotel just remember that the rooms will be even smaller than you think they will. At least it looks like you will have 2 connecting small rooms, which was better than our 1 tiny room for 3. The room was so small it made a cat. 5-10 on DCL look like a very spacious suite. :scared1: Our bathroom was so tiny, we barely had room to turn around and taking a shower was almost a joke. I'm just glad we were only there 3 or 4 days and were gone most of the time. Although I was sick in the room 1 day. It was winter so we didn't have to worry about lack of a/c, just glad the place had heat.

[Doingitagain]

I guess it's good it's just DH & I. We were able to book the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington. It looks like a good location. What do you think, Andrew?

We stayed at the Royal Garden Hotel after our 2007 Med cruise and loved it! It is a very, very nice hotel (love concierge service!). We walked to a lot of places, but there is also a stop across the street where you can catch the "hop on hop off" bus to tour the attractions. We did that and really enjoyed being able to see all of the sites. Especially when tired, we used it to just ride around, then the next day we got off more.

We are going to stay there for a couple of nights before our cruise this time as well, using our DVC points. It is the only DVC option in London, and it is a way to use our points since we won't have time to go to WDW because this cruise is a long vacation for us.

[RJAYL]

We stayed at the Royal Garden Hotel after our 2007 Med cruise and loved it! It is a very, very nice hotel (love concierge service!). We walked to a lot of places, but there is also a stop across the street where you can catch the "hop on hop off" bus to tour the attractions. We did that and really enjoyed being able to see all of the sites. Especially when tired, we used it to just ride around, then the next day we got off more.

We are going to stay there for a couple of nights before our cruise this time as well, using our DVC points. It is the only DVC option in London, and it is a way to use our points since we won't have time to go to WDW because this cruise is a long vacation for us.

Thanx for the feedback on the Hotel & the info that the Hop on Hop off bus stop.

Here is some feedback info for touring we received from the Blue Badge guide we used the last time in London!

Anyway, on to your tour. Saturday is the day on which you want to be doing Portabello Road. In the evening of that day, you might want to go to the theatre. Why not consider the Unicorn theatre, http://www.unicorntheatre.com/about_us, which runs shows for Kids or, the Polka dot Theatre http://www.polkatheatre.com/. That leaves 15th & 16th for touring. For the 15th, I would suggest 10:30hrs-12:15hrs, Changing of the guard, http://www.army.mod.uk/events/ceremonial/1068.aspx, 12:30hrs-13:15hrs, lunch from the self-service counter in St. James Park, http://www.innthepark.com/index.asp, 13: 45hrs-14:15hrs, the London eye, http://www.londoneye.com/, 14:30hrs-15:00hrs,Thames river cruise to the Tower of London, http://www.citycruises.com/, 15:00hrs-17:00hrs, Tower of London, http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon/, 17:00-17:30hrs Transfer to Leicester Square and buy tickets from The Half Price Theatre Ticket box office, http://www.tkts.co.uk/. 17:50-18:40hrs dinner then walk to theatre. If you wan to buy tickets in advance, I can get them from the box office before you get here at face value.

For the 16th you have an option of doing an out of town excursion or spending more time in central London. You might want to think about Windsor, Hampton Court, Stonehenge, Bath, Oxford & Stratford for out of town destinations, or we could put something together for central London, as I have said.

Any of you Brits have any feedback on his ideas?

[jilljill]

You didn't ask my opinion but I'll give it to you. :rotfl2:
You don't need that long for the Changing of the Guards, you will get bored and so will the kids. The Change is at noon so arriving about 20 minutes early is enough time and you will still get a good spot.
The only way you will be able to do the Eye in that time frame is if you book your tickets ahead of time and pay for a reserved spot. I prebooked last year and had a timed entrance but we still stood in line for about 30 minutes. The ride on the Eye is 30 minutes.
Never did a river cruise.
We spent way more than 2 hours at the Tower, DD loves it. If you do the Royal Jewels room there is a separate charge for that and there's usually a line and with that will take about 30-45 minutes to go thru there alone.
If I was buying tickets from the half price place I would get there earlier in the day especially when needing to get 6 tickets.
I would definately want more time than 50 minutes for dinner and walking time to the theater, especially if you are going somewhere that is not in the immediate area of the half price box office.


BTW, can you tell I'm not a fan of an organized tour. Really you have 2 days you can do all that on your own and save the expense of the tour guide and driver. Plus that doesn't build in shopping time which I know your DW & DD's will have to have. :headache:

[flower91882]

Haven't been on in a while, but here's an update.

We booked airfare awhile back. Virgin Atlantic Roundtrip Dulles-Heathrow (non-stop)
We also booked our hotel for one night before and two nights after the cruise in London. We're staying at the Grosvenor House Hotel. This is one of the hotels Disney is booking, but we booked on our own for Much cheaper. But, since it's one of Disney's hotels we were able to add on the transfers to and from the port. I know they may not be the Most cost effective, but it seems to be the least stressful which is what I need on vacation! :) I do have to find transportation to/from the airport since I didn't book directly through Disney, however I don't think this should be a problem.
We're also planning on pre-purchasing Oyster cards so we can easily navigate the city in our few days there.
Now if only Disney would announce the Shore Excursions!!!

[jilljill]

Danielle you can easily get into the city on your own by tube or coach. We take the tube into the city and then depending where our hotel is we will either walk to it or take a cab from the nearest tube station. There's a link in the first post so you look at a tube map ahead of time to get your bearrings on which lines you need to take from Heathrow. It's very easy to do.

[Celestine]

Thanx for the feedback on the Hotel & the info that the Hop on Hop off bus stop.

Here is some feedback info for touring we received from the Blue Badge guide we used the last time in London!

Anyway, on to your tour. Saturday is the day on which you want to be doing Portabello Road. In the evening of that day, you might want to go to the theatre. Why not consider the Unicorn theatre, http://www.unicorntheatre.com/about_us, which runs shows for Kids or, the Polka dot Theatre http://www.polkatheatre.com/. That leaves 15th & 16th for touring. For the 15th, I would suggest 10:30hrs-12:15hrs, Changing of the guard, http://www.army.mod.uk/events/ceremonial/1068.aspx, 12:30hrs-13:15hrs, lunch from the self-service counter in St. James Park, http://www.innthepark.com/index.asp, 13: 45hrs-14:15hrs, the London eye, http://www.londoneye.com/, 14:30hrs-15:00hrs,Thames river cruise to the Tower of London, http://www.citycruises.com/, 15:00hrs-17:00hrs, Tower of London, http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon/, 17:00-17:30hrs Transfer to Leicester Square and buy tickets from The Half Price Theatre Ticket box office, http://www.tkts.co.uk/. 17:50-18:40hrs dinner then walk to theatre. If you wan to buy tickets in advance, I can get them from the box office before you get here at face value.

For the 16th you have an option of doing an out of town excursion or spending more time in central London. You might want to think about Windsor, Hampton Court, Stonehenge, Bath, Oxford & Stratford for out of town destinations, or we could put something together for central London, as I have said.

Any of you Brits have any feedback on his ideas?

Wow!! After a day like that you would need some serious R&R on the cruise, especially with kids in tow. If you want cheap theatre tickets you need to be in the queue early & not all shows are available from the cheap ticket booths, e.g. for Hairspray they go on sale at the theatre only at 10am for that evening performance. The other alternative would be to check out the show pairs website closer to the time when you can usually pick up half price tickets with or without a meal. I've used them a couple of times and they are great, but it is a very limited selection of shows & usually is only booking 6-8 weeks in advance.

His lunch suggestion is not a cheap option. Usually when we're in London we grab sandwiches in the Tesco and eat a picnic in the park - same location but with more change in my pocket!

Changing of the guard is pretty cool and worth seeing, but I think it's a bit overkill on time unless you're planning on an early stake out of a spot!

You have kids so I would highly recommend the Natural History and/or the science museum - lots of hands on cool stuff which is free to enter (although some exhibits may have a charge)

Celestine

[jilljill]

Wow!! After a day like that you would need some serious R&R on the cruise, especially with kids in tow. If you want cheap theatre tickets you need to be in the queue early & not all shows are available from the cheap ticket booths, e.g. for Hairspray they go on sale at the theatre only at 10am for that evening performance. The other alternative would be to check out the show pairs website closer to the time when you can usually pick up half price tickets with or without a meal. I've used them a couple of times and they are great, but it is a very limited selection of shows & usually is only booking 6-8 weeks in advance.

His lunch suggestion is not a cheap option. Usually when we're in London we grab sandwiches in the Tesco and eat a picnic in the park - same location but with more change in my pocket!

Changing of the guard is pretty cool and worth seeing, but I think it's a bit overkill on time unless you're planning on an early stake out of a spot!

You have kids so I would highly recommend the Natural History and/or the science museum - lots of hands on cool stuff which is free to enter (although some exhibits may have a charge)

Celestine

Please tell me more about this website for show tickets. :worship: I've never heard of it and it sounds like a better option than standing in line at the half price ticket booth in July. :scared1:

Nice to see someone else that was thinking Robert's plan was a bit much in some places and not enough in others.

[Doingitagain]

Does anyone have an opinion between the DCL hotels Grosvenor House London and Renaissance Chancery Court for location? I presume we can book these hotels on our own and still use DCL transportation.

[Caropooh]

I just booked our room! We're staying at the Comfort Inn Victoria. http://www.comfortinnvictoria.co.uk/ Arriving July 15.
Thanks Barb!

[flower91882]

Does anyone have an opinion between the DCL hotels Grosvenor House London and Renaissance Chancery Court for location? I presume we can book these hotels on our own and still use DCL transportation.

I'm not an expert on London, but we chose the Grosvenor House. I liked the idea of the Hyde Park location. I also got a great rate (I think).

We booked on our own and were able to get DCL transportation hotel to port and port to hotel but NOT airport to hotel and hotel to airport. That's the easy bit though.

HTH

[flower91882]

I just booked our room! We're staying at the Comfort Inn Victoria. http://www.comfortinnvictoria.co.uk/ Arriving July 15.
Thanks Barb!

We really considered that location. I'm sure you'll love it. It seems like a great location and a great price. We stay at a similar comfort inn when we go up to NYC and it's just what you need.

[JetsMets]

Moved over here from the June 24th cruise, switched to this one, better fit for the end of school year.

Anyhow...

We are from New Jersey, 6 of us coming on the cruise (2 cabins on Deck 6):

My in-laws in one cabin and...

Me
My beautiful Wife
And my 2 daughters (10 and will-be 8)

My 10 year old is hoping to find an e-mail pal before the cruise, so if anyone is interested in writing to her please drop me a private message and I can give you her information.

We have been on 2 Disney cruises before (2001 and 2006 I believe), they were both out of Florida - - this will be the biggest adventure I've ever been on; I have never been across the pond.

[jilljill]

I just booked our room! We're staying at the Comfort Inn Victoria. http://www.comfortinnvictoria.co.uk/ Arriving July 15.
Thanks Barb!

You are welcome. :thumbsup2

[jilljill]

Moved over here from the June 24th cruise, switched to this one, better fit for the end of school year.

Anyhow...

We are from New Jersey, 6 of us coming on the cruise (2 cabins on Deck 6):

My in-laws in one cabin and...

Me
My beautiful Wife
And my 2 daughters (10 and will-be 8)

My 10 year old is hoping to find an e-mail pal before the cruise, so if anyone is interested in writing to her please drop me a private message and I can give you her information.

We have been on 2 Disney cruises before (2001 and 2006 I believe), they were both out of Florida - - this will be the biggest adventure I've ever been on; I have never been across the pond.

Welcome....
There are several of us from the area, 'the area' being VA-NY. Ok Robert, I'll include MA as well. :grouphug:

If you want your info posted in the first post let Julie know...bellelinus.
You can also look there for tons of info for London and the various ports. My family did a Baltic cruise summer 2008 and we are really looking forward to going there again with DCL.

[Madisonznana]

Moved over here from the June 24th cruise, switched to this one, better fit for the end of school year.

Anyhow...

We are from New Jersey, 6 of us coming on the cruise (2 cabins on Deck 6):

My in-laws in one cabin and...

Me
My beautiful Wife
And my 2 daughters (10 and will-be 8)

My 10 year old is hoping to find an e-mail pal before the cruise, so if anyone is interested in writing to her please drop me a private message and I can give you her information.

We have been on 2 Disney cruises before (2001 and 2006 I believe), they were both out of Florida - - this will be the biggest adventure I've ever been on; I have never been across the pond.

Hi, I'm Karen, formerly from NJ, now in CA. I will be travelling with my DH and DGD who will be 8. We are also travelling with my bil and sil and their two daughters who will be 8 and 10. I will email my sil and see if Rheanna would like to have a pen pal and get back to you soon. Welcome aboard!!

[JetsMets]

I appreciate you asking her...

[bellelinus]

Moved over here from the June 24th cruise, switched to this one, better fit for the end of school year.

Anyhow...

We are from New Jersey, 6 of us coming on the cruise (2 cabins on Deck 6):

My in-laws in one cabin and...

Me
My beautiful Wife
And my 2 daughters (10 and will-be 8)

My 10 year old is hoping to find an e-mail pal before the cruise, so if anyone is interested in writing to her please drop me a private message and I can give you her information.

We have been on 2 Disney cruises before (2001 and 2006 I believe), they were both out of Florida - - this will be the biggest adventure I've ever been on; I have never been across the pond.

Welcome aboard, JetsMets! :yay: I realize that you probably have too few posts to be able to PM me, so just let me know here if you want your family info put on the first post of this thread . . .

[MrsScooby]

Not a worry, a very valid concern. We had a couple miss the ship in Warnemunde and they had to drive 5 hours to Munich, spend 2 nights in Germany and then fly to meet us at the next port which good for them was not StP. They didn't go to Berlin, they had a rental car and broke down on the way back and they were cutting it too close as it was. They broke down at 9:00pm about ½ hour from port and we were scheduled to leave at 10:30. They also almost missed the ship in Copenhagen, which was our first stop. Needless to say, their honeymoon was memorable for many bad reasons.
Actually it was Julie that reminded me of the visa in St. P. issue-I wish I had that much forethought...
And your story makes me even more sure that we will probably stay near the port:sad2:
Sounds like that couple had quite the adventure...maybe they will go back in 10 years for a redo:confused3


We stayed in that area one time and also had a place that didn't have an elevator, but we were on the 5th floor. DH counted how many steep steps we had to go up and down each day but I've long forgotten. When the webstie descriptions says it's a small hotel just remember that the rooms will be even smaller than you think they will. At least it looks like you will have 2 connecting small rooms, which was better than our 1 tiny room for 3. The room was so small it made a cat. 5-10 on DCL look like a very spacious suite. :scared1: Our bathroom was so tiny, we barely had room to turn around and taking a shower was almost a joke. I'm just glad we were only there 3 or 4 days and were gone most of the time. Although I was sick in the room 1 day. It was winter so we didn't have to worry about lack of a/c, just glad the place had heat.
I would rather stay in a place with an elevator, but this way I'm hoping to save more money for fun stuff:woohoo: Plus we are only looking at 2 nights in London, so not long if it winds up being uncomfortable.

Haven't been on in a while, but here's an update.

We booked airfare awhile back. Virgin Atlantic Roundtrip Dulles-Heathrow (non-stop)
We also booked our hotel for one night before and two nights after the cruise in London. We're staying at the Grosvenor House Hotel. This is one of the hotels Disney is booking, but we booked on our own for Much cheaper. But, since it's one of Disney's hotels we were able to add on the transfers to and from the port. I know they may not be the Most cost effective, but it seems to be the least stressful which is what I need on vacation! :) I do have to find transportation to/from the airport since I didn't book directly through Disney, however I don't think this should be a problem.
We're also planning on pre-purchasing Oyster cards so we can easily navigate the city in our few days there.
Now if only Disney would announce the Shore Excursions!!!

Reminds me, what is the airfare lately? Has it dropped at all or gone up?

Moved over here from the June 24th cruise, switched to this one, better fit for the end of school year.

Anyhow...

We are from New Jersey, 6 of us coming on the cruise (2 cabins on Deck 6):

My in-laws in one cabin and...

Me
My beautiful Wife
And my 2 daughters (10 and will-be 8)

My 10 year old is hoping to find an e-mail pal before the cruise, so if anyone is interested in writing to her please drop me a private message and I can give you her information.

We have been on 2 Disney cruises before (2001 and 2006 I believe), they were both out of Florida - - this will be the biggest adventure I've ever been on; I have never been across the pond.

oh...my DH is going to like you:laughing:
A Jets and Mets fan:eek:

Both my DH (Darren) and DD12 (Kelly) are big Mets fans and DH roots for the Jets as well:thumbsup2

This is my first trip to Europe as well. My DH went to France when he was a teenager and my DS15 (Andrew) went to Italy this past summer with a friend, but Kelly and I are on our first trip across the pond:goodvibes

WELCOME ABOARD:cheer2::cheer2:

[flower91882]

Reminds me, what is the airfare lately? Has it dropped at all or gone up?


Actually I booked awhile ago, so I'm not sure how the movement has been more recently. I should go back and see if the price has changed. I think we paid around $2300 Total RT for 2. The exact number is in my desk at work.


++ Welcome JetsMets!

[jilljill]

Laurie I keep checking airfare and it's going to run us about $3400 for the 3 of us from PHL if I book now. The price has pretty much stayed the same since I started checking last month. Still trying to decide if we are going to use miles or our timeshare points for 1 or 2 of the tickets or even all 3. Plus we are still trying to decide which airline to go on, either USAir or BA. We've used BA every time, but once, that we've flown to London.
I've checked airports from NY to DC/VA and they've all been in the same ballpark for every airline I've checked. I haven't found a big enough savings for me to drive 2+ hours each way.

[jilljill]

Yeah....Phillies are going to the World Series!!!! :yay: :woohoo: :banana:


I know, I've lost my Phillies buddy on here...JoAnn. :sad1:

[MrsScooby]

Yeah....Phillies are going to the World Series!!!! :yay: :woohoo: :banana:


I know, I've lost my Phillies buddy on here...JoAnn. :sad1:

Isn't Mike a Phillies fan:confused3

I only root for the Phillies if they play the Yankees;)

That's exciting Barb-hope they do well:thumbsup2

[jilljill]

Isn't Mike a Phillies fan:confused3

I only root for the Phillies if they play the Yankees;)

That's exciting Barb-hope they do well:thumbsup2

Mike is as well, but he hasn't posted here in a while. But in his defense, he has started a new job and sickness has been running thru their house.

Looks like you might be rooting for them along with me. :upsidedow

[JetsMets]

front - thank you.

[bellelinus]

front - thank you.

You are there:goodvibes:goodvibes:goodvibes

[Madisonznana]

front - thank you.

Don't forget to share your names!!!


My sil got back to me and my niece Rheanna would love to have a pen-pal. At this point, my niece Shelby and granddaughter Madison are jealous:confused3 and are wondering if your younger daughter would be penpals with them. PM me and I will get you the info.

[jilljill]

front - thank you.

Don't forget to share your names!!!


Karen I'm glad that you've asked JetsMets to share their names.

[jilljill]

Robert....oh Robert.....where have you been? I've missed your daily 'Morning in big colorful letters. :sad1:
I hope we didn't scare you away by giving you our opinions when you asked for them. :confused3 But I know it will take a lot more than our opinions to scare you away. :rotfl2: :rotfl: :rolleyes1 :dance3: :grouphug:

[Flora Fan]

My cruise dropped in price by $164. :thumbsup2 Any ideas as to why? Has anyone else noticed a drop in price?

[jilljill]

My cruise dropped in price by $164. :thumbsup2 Any ideas as to why? Has anyone else noticed a drop in price?

:yay: Good for you. I think I'll have to look up mine and see if it's changed. Every little bit helps. :thumbsup2

[alanapapa]

Robert....oh Robert.....where have you been? I've missed your daily 'Morning in big colorful letters. :sad1:
I hope we didn't scare you away by giving you our opinions when you asked for them. :confused3 But I know it will take a lot more than our opinions to scare you away. :rotfl2: :rotfl: :rolleyes1 :dance3: :grouphug:

Since Robert seems to be away :confused3
GOOD MORNING
HAPPY FRIDAY:cool1:

[jilljill]

Since Robert seems to be away :confused3
GOOD MORNING
HAPPY FRIDAY:cool1:

He's abandonded his job this week. :confused3 :sad1:
Thanks for picking up the slack Andrew, I was coming to do that myself. :thumbsup2



I just read the boards will be going down tonight at 10:30 for maintenance, no clue how long they will be down. :surfweb:

[jilljill]

My cruise dropped in price by $164. :thumbsup2 Any ideas as to why? Has anyone else noticed a drop in price?

:yay: Good for you. I think I'll have to look up mine and see if it's changed. Every little bit helps. :thumbsup2

I just went to check our pricing and the only options it's giving me for our family, 2ad & 1(16yo), is cat. 10 or 11. :confused3 Wow, does this mean it's really filled up recently or just the teens have filled up? :confused3

Curiousity got the best of me and I checked for just 2 adults and got the same options. I guess it is filling it. But wonder how full it will stay as final pay't date approaches? :confused:

[JetsMets]

My in-laws are Art and Sharon

My wife is Kristen

My Daughters are...

10: Kaitlin
Will be 8 by the cruise: Allison

And I'm Phil

[Celestine]

Please tell me more about this website for show tickets. :worship: I've never heard of it and it sounds like a better option than standing in line at the half price ticket booth in July. :scared1:

Nice to see someone else that was thinking Robert's plan was a bit much in some places and not enough in others.

Jill

Try www.showpairs.co.uk

It is a bit of luck whether they have what you want & generally you can't book hugely far in advance. If anyone does this & needs them posted to UK address, happy to oblige & we can deliver or post them to your hotel to meet you there

Celestine

[jilljill]

Jill

Try www.showpairs.co.uk

It is a bit of luck whether they have what you want & generally you can't book hugely far in advance. If anyone does this & needs them posted to UK address, happy to oblige & we can deliver or post them to your hotel to meet you there

Celestine

Thanks so much for this. I will definately look at them before we go. I've seen shows there that I wouldn't have normally seen at full price, so I will go in with an open mind to find something.
We saw Starlight Express at the Apollo Victoria theater long ago and loved the show. It was the best one we've seen in London and we just happened to get half price tickets so we thought we would give it a shot and we were so glad we did.


Julie can you put this link in the first post? Thanks

[jilljill]

My in-laws are Art and Sharon

My wife is Kristen

My Daughters are...

10: Kaitlin
Will be 8 by the cruise: Allison

And I'm Phil

Thanks Phil

[jilljill]

Found this article link on the main boards and thought I would post it here: http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/disney%e2%80%99s-cultured-cruises-for-kids-in-europe/#more-20569

I haven't read it yet, but saw it generally mentions shore excursions for the Baltics and Med cruises geared towards kids.

[Madisonznana]

Found this article link on the main boards and thought I would post it here: http://www.consumertraveler.com/columns/disney%e2%80%99s-cultured-cruises-for-kids-in-europe/#more-20569

I haven't read it yet, but saw it generally mentions shore excursions for the Baltics and Med cruises geared towards kids.

Madison is quite excited about the idea of the ball. Hope it's not way way too expensive in the scheme of things. There is still so many other things I would like to do. The ballet school sounds fun too, my older niece is in ballet.

[jilljill]

Madison is quite excited about the idea of the ball. Hope it's not way way too expensive in the scheme of things. There is still so many other things I would like to do. The ballet school sounds fun too, my older niece is in ballet.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say it will be around $99/person for this and I think I'm being conservative. If I remember correctly on our Carnival Baltics cruise they offered a night time dinner excursion to Catherine's Palace and it was about $79/person.

[MrsG]

Hello all,

Been busy this week (what else is new) and realized I haven't got a email that there was a new posting, hmmmm. Anyway, all is good. DD got a delivery date of Nov 19th so we will hopefully have our first DGD on that day (unless she cooperates and goes head-down , then the date is up for grabs) :lmao:. DD is really slowing down although she is still working. I'm a little concerned with the flu showing up in her school. Her sub is in place so she can really stay home at any time, but she's not ready yet because she's not thrilled with the thought of being home 3 weeks before the baby is born with nothing to do. So, that's the latest on the home front.

Thanks for gathering all the info for the cruise and putting it on the first page.

Celestine,

We got our hotel and flight info so just let me know when you'd like me to send it to you to help with the bus schedule.



User error - I just noticed I wasn't subscribed. How did that happen? :confused3

[Samanthasmom1]

I just went to check our pricing and the only options it's giving me for our family, 2ad & 1(16yo), is cat. 10 or 11. :confused3 Wow, does this mean it's really filled up recently or just the teens have filled up? :confused3

Curiousity got the best of me and I checked for just 2 adults and got the same options. I guess it is filling it. But wonder how full it will stay as final pay't date approaches? :confused:

Hi All,

It has been a long time since I have posted anything but I try to read it everyday or two so that I can keep up!:)

I just looked up our cruise on the Disney web site and there appears to be a lot more availability than I have seen in the past. At first all I saw was cat. 10 or 11 as you did but then saw that there are tabs just underneath the picture that will show availability for Oceanview and Balcony rooms. Is this new to the site?

Monica

[jilljill]

Hi All,

It has been a long time since I have posted anything but I try to read it everyday or two so that I can keep up!:)

I just looked up our cruise on the Disney web site and there appears to be a lot more availability than I have seen in the past. At first all I saw was cat. 10 or 11 as you did but then saw that there are tabs just underneath the picture that will show availability for Oceanview and Balcony rooms. Is this new to the site?

Monica

Those tabs must be new and I didn't see them. Now I have to go back and look. Thanks :thumbsup2

[jilljill]

MaryAnn somehow I've missed you are having a grandchild, that's so exciting. At least the baby will be a bit older and DD will be healed so you will have a wonderful Christmas. Congrats ... :flower3:

[bellelinus]

My in-laws are Art and Sharon

My wife is Kristen

My Daughters are...

10: Kaitlin
Will be 8 by the cruise: Allison

And I'm Phil

Updated!

[Samanthasmom1]

Danielle you can easily get into the city on your own by tube or coach. We take the tube into the city and then depending where our hotel is we will either walk to it or take a cab from the nearest tube station. There's a link in the first post so you look at a tube map ahead of time to get your bearrings on which lines you need to take from Heathrow. It's very easy to do.

Hi again,

Do they have places to store your luggage on the tube or coach? We will probably have several pieces of luggage with us and although our DD is a good traveller, we can't always count on her pulling her own bags.

Also, does anyone know if we were to take a cab would we need a booster seat for her since she is only 6?

Thanks,
Monica

[bellelinus]

Jill

Try www.showpairs.co.uk

It is a bit of luck whether they have what you want & generally you can't book hugely far in advance. If anyone does this & needs them posted to UK address, happy to oblige & we can deliver or post them to your hotel to meet you there

Celestine

Thanks so much for this. I will definately look at them before we go. I've seen shows there that I wouldn't have normally seen at full price, so I will go in with an open mind to find something.
We saw Starlight Express at the Apollo Victoria theater long ago and loved the show. It was the best one we've seen in London and we just happened to get half price tickets so we thought we would give it a shot and we were so glad we did.


Julie can you put this link in the first post? Thanks

Updated -- thanks as always, Celestine, for all your invaluable help!:flower3:

[bellelinus]

Hello all,

Been busy this week (what else is new) and realized I haven't got a email that there was a new posting, hmmmm. Anyway, all is good. DD got a delivery date of Nov 19th so we will hopefully have our first DGD on that day (unless she cooperates and goes head-down , then the date is up for grabs) :lmao:. DD is really slowing down although she is still working. I'm a little concerned with the flu showing up in her school. Her sub is in place so she can really stay home at any time, but she's not ready yet because she's not thrilled with the thought of being home 3 weeks before the baby is born with nothing to do. So, that's the latest on the home front.

So happy that all is well, MaryAnn -- I know you must be almost unable to wait! I know all will go well and this will be a fantastic Thanksgiving for you this year . . .:love:

[jilljill]

Hi again,

Do they have places to store your luggage on the tube or coach? We will probably have several pieces of luggage with us and although our DD is a good traveller, we can't always count on her pulling her own bags.

Also, does anyone know if we were to take a cab would we need a booster seat for her since she is only 6?

Thanks,
Monica

On the tube you just sit with your luggage, there's no storage racks. Coach it would go underneath and there is a tiny bit of storage above your seat.

Can't answer about the booster seat in a cab, but DD never used one when she was little over there. I don't think it would be necessary to carry it with you 'just in case' you use a cab.

[bellelinus]

Hi All,

It has been a long time since I have posted anything but I try to read it everyday or two so that I can keep up!:)

I just looked up our cruise on the Disney web site and there appears to be a lot more availability than I have seen in the past. At first all I saw was cat. 10 or 11 as you did but then saw that there are tabs just underneath the picture that will show availability for Oceanview and Balcony rooms. Is this new to the site?

Monica

Those tabs must be new and I didn't see them. Now I have to go back and look. Thanks :thumbsup2

I just looked the other day and saw plenty of availability . . . it didn't even seem the price of the cruise had gone up much:confused3

[Samanthasmom1]

On the tube you just sit with your luggage, there's no storage racks. Coach it would go underneath and there is a tiny bit of storage above your seat.

Can't answer about the booster seat in a cab, but DD never used one when she was little over there. I don't think it would be necessary to carry it with you 'just in case' you use a cab.

Thanks!:thumbsup2

I really don't want to have to carry a booster seat anywhere on this trip but would like to be able to take a cab if we need to or would like to.

Thanks again,
Monica

[bellelinus]

Thanks!:thumbsup2

I really don't want to have to carry a booster seat anywhere on this trip but would like to be able to take a cab if we need to or would like to.

Thanks again,
Monica

Hi Monica;

Of course if I posted this on the main board I would get flamed:lmao: but all three of my girls came home from the hospital in a taxi with no car seat! (We live in Manhattan.) It's just not as though you go fast enough inside a major city like NYC or London to have a huge accident . . . of course I would encourage your daughter to use a seat belt but I wouldn't worry at all about a booster.

One more thing, if you are getting too stressed about the luggage and whether you would have to get a taxi from the tube, you could pre-book a car service from the airport to your hotel. Certainly it would be more than using the tube, but less (generally) than hailing a black cab at the airport, and you would get door-to-door service. I know Celestine has some she recommends. Even though I am extremely familiar with the tube I'm not sure I want to deal with the luggage for me and all three girls when we arrive a bit jet-lagged, and may pre-book a car service for that reason.

--Julie

[jilljill]

Hi Monica;

Of course if I posted this on the main board I would get flamed:lmao: but all three of my girls came home from the hospital in a taxi with no car seat! (We live in Manhattan.) It's just not as though you go fast enough inside a major city like NYC or London to have a huge accident . . . of course I would encourage your daughter to use a seat belt but I wouldn't worry at all about a booster.

One more thing, if you are getting too stressed about the luggage and whether you would have to get a taxi from the tube, you could pre-book a car service from the airport to your hotel. Certainly it would be more than using the tube, but less (generally) than hailing a black cab at the airport, and you would get door-to-door service. I know Celestine has some she recommends. Even though I am extremely familiar with the tube I'm not sure I want to deal with the luggage for me and all three girls when we arrive a bit jet-lagged, and may pre-book a car service for that reason.

--Julie

:scared1: Julie I can't believe you took them home in cabs. :rotfl: :lmao: :rotfl: Yes, you would cause huge flames on the main board.
The scariest part about riding in a cab over there is that you tend to forget they drive on the wrong side of the road. Can't tell you how many times I've looked away when I saw a car turning the wrong way....well at least I thought it was turning the wrong way.

[jilljill]

I just looked the other day and saw plenty of availability . . . it didn't even seem the price of the cruise had gone up much:confused3

Now that I saw the tabs I see there's plenty of availability. But I was checking to see if any cat. 4's had opened up and they are now available as a GTY again. They keep coming and going. But I did notice that it had gone up over $2000 from when I booked my friends cabin in March. Our cat. 7 has gone us as well from original booking, but I think it's about the same price as when I rebooked it onboard to get the discount and OBC.

[Marla Hellwig]

Welcome aboard one and all

Been a couple of crazy weeks and I am trying to keep up, but just not working at the moment

Can't believe Kara's first qtr in college is almost done - she is out 11/23 - she can register for next quarter next week

Real glad at the moment she isn't doing the marching band thing - last 3 weekends have been cold and rainy - never did like sitting in my stadium chair for hours outside in bad weather

She has been chatting with friends still in band and they are not having a good year with scoring and such - she feels bad for them - since they had great years the 4 yrs she was performing

Have a great weekend!

[RJAYL]

:goodvibesGood Morning All:goodvibes
No Barb I did not stay away due to your comments! I was looking for feedback as I am trying to come up with a game plan for my stay in Old London Town. Saturday is going to be the day for shopping!

[MrsG]

Welcome back, Robert!

Thanks to all for your good wishes. Just a few more weeks............ :cloud9:

[jilljill]

Hi Robert, nice to see you again. Not sure if I'm sending the rain up your way or not, but if I am I'm sorry but want to get rid of it here. :rotfl2: Sorry Maryann, I guess that means you might get it too.


Have to say I'm liking the speed of the boards now. :thumbsup2

[RJAYL]

Late Morning All!

[mstinson14]

Good Morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! :D

[mstinson14]

Okay, so I am like never on our cruise thread, but is there any meets already planned?
TIA
Meggo

[RJAYL]

Okay, so I am like never on our cruise thread, but is there any meets already planned?
TIA
Meggo

Not that I am aware of!:rolleyes:

But I may not have been invited as I dont play well with others!;):lmao:

[bellelinus]

Okay, so I am like never on our cruise thread, but is there any meets already planned?
TIA
Meggo

Not that I am aware of!:rolleyes:

But I may not have been invited as I dont play well with others!;):lmao:

Meggo, PM me for the secret instructions - just don't tell Robert . . .:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Seriously, I'm sure we will meet up somewhere at some point that first afternoon but we haven't planned an exact time and place yet . . . Hey Robert, what about in a cat 1 suite?;)

[RJAYL]

Meggo, PM me for the secret instructions - just don't tell Robert . . .:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Seriously, I'm sure we will meet up somewhere at some point that first afternoon but we haven't planned an exact time and place yet . . . Hey Robert, what about in a cat 1 suite?;)

Why are you staying on one?:hug:

[MrsG]

On our last cruise, we had a meet the next day ( sea day) in Studio Sea. It worked out great. Everyone got to meet and exchange a gift from their home town with another family. Maybe we can see about doing something like this?

[RJAYL]

On our last cruise, we had a meet the next day ( sea day) in Studio Sea. It worked out great. Everyone got to meet and exchange a gift from their home town with another family. Maybe we can see about doing something like this?

I say we have a Quiet Cove Sea Day Meet & Beverage Extravaganza!:drinking1:cool1: :drinking::banana:party:

[alanapapa]

Since Robert seems to be missing on this Monday:
Good Morning All

This is going to be a great week, all two days of it. Caro & I are taking the DDs to WDW, flying out Tuesday night and coming back Sunday.

[jilljill]

Not that I am aware of!:rolleyes:

But I may not have been invited as I dont play well with others!;):lmao:

Some times you do, but not always. :rotfl2: :grouphug: :upsidedow


But I like Julie's idea of the cat. 1 meet, with lots of Mickey bars. :woohoo: :yay: :worship:

[jilljill]

On our last cruise, we had a meet the next day ( sea day) in Studio Sea. It worked out great. Everyone got to meet and exchange a gift from their home town with another family. Maybe we can see about doing something like this?

How did you know what time Studio Sea would be empty in order to arrange this?

[jilljill]

I say we have a Quiet Cove Sea Day Meet & Beverage Extravaganza!:drinking1:cool1: :drinking::banana:party:

I thought this was a given, along with each evening too.

[Madisonznana]

Since Robert seems to be missing on this Monday:
Good Morning All

This is going to be a great week, all two days of it. Caro & I are taking the DDs to WDW, flying out Tuesday night and coming back Sunday.

How fun, have a great time.
I am going to DL on Wednesday with my girlfriend, no kids! We want to enjoy the Halloween decorations and hopefully I can talk her into going on Space Mountain to see what they did with that this season!

[Celestine]

Hi again,

Do they have places to store your luggage on the tube or coach? We will probably have several pieces of luggage with us and although our DD is a good traveller, we can't always count on her pulling her own bags.

Also, does anyone know if we were to take a cab would we need a booster seat for her since she is only 6?

Thanks,
Monica

Not sure if Andrew has answered so I'll answer anyway (I'm on a ketchup day...again!). No booster seat required in a black cab, although seatbelts are compulsory. Booster seats are required if you are shorter than 135cm. Public transport, including black cabs & coaches are excluded, however everyone, no matter where you sit must wear seatbelts.

Luggage storage on the tube is non existant, so keep it close & trip up a few commuters!

On mainline trains there is a luggage storage area at the ends of each carriage, but unsurprisingly these get very full. THere is usually overhead storage if you have small bags.

On a coach, they will put all your stuff in "trunks" under the coach so you just keep your hand luggage with you & are given your checked baggage back at your destination.

Black cabs have no "trunks" so if you have a large amount of luggage and 3 or 4 people you WILL need at least 2 cabs!

Celestine

[Samanthasmom1]

Not sure if Andrew has answered so I'll answer anyway (I'm on a ketchup day...again!). No booster seat required in a black cab, although seatbelts are compulsory. Booster seats are required if you are shorter than 135cm. Public transport, including black cabs & coaches are excluded, however everyone, no matter where you sit must wear seatbelts.

Luggage storage on the tube is non existant, so keep it close & trip up a few commuters!

On mainline trains there is a luggage storage area at the ends of each carriage, but unsurprisingly these get very full. THere is usually overhead storage if you have small bags.

On a coach, they will put all your stuff in "trunks" under the coach so you just keep your hand luggage with you & are given your checked baggage back at your destination.

Black cabs have no "trunks" so if you have a large amount of luggage and 3 or 4 people you WILL need at least 2 cabs!

Celestine

Are there any car hire services from the airport to hotel that you would recommend? I think that would be the better option for us for all of the reasons given by Julie in an earlier post.

Also, is there enough interest from others in a bus going back to London after the cruise instead of the airports? We were thinking about going to Paris post-cruise but after looking at London a little more and seeing all that there is to do we would like to go back to the city for a few more days before flying home.

Thanks,
Monica

[Celestine]

Are there any car hire services from the airport to hotel that you would recommend? I think that would be the better option for us for all of the reasons given by Julie in an earlier post.

Also, is there enough interest from others in a bus going back to London after the cruise instead of the airports? We were thinking about going to Paris post-cruise but after looking at London a little more and seeing all that there is to do we would like to go back to the city for a few more days before flying home.

Thanks,
Monica

Monica

PM me to remind me. Transport is DH's forte & he is en route from Germany. He is already tasked with this for Robert so getting an answer for you will not be difficult. In terms of a bus back, there is currently one from the port. Originally just dropping at airports, but dependent upon where in London you wanted to go we could probably get the coach company to accommodate. Until we have final numbers we don't know how many vehicles, it may be that 2 small coaches work better & would be easier to accommodate your request. Cost per head will be similar to port drop off which is expected to be £10-£15/person

Celestine

[Samanthasmom1]

Monica

PM me to remind me. Transport is DH's forte & he is en route from Germany. He is already tasked with this for Robert so getting an answer for you will not be difficult. In terms of a bus back, there is currently one from the port. Originally just dropping at airports, but dependent upon where in London you wanted to go we could probably get the coach company to accommodate. Until we have final numbers we don't know how many vehicles, it may be that 2 small coaches work better & would be easier to accommodate your request. Cost per head will be similar to port drop off which is expected to be £10-£15/person

Celestine

Hi Celestine,

Apparently I can't PM anyone until I have at least 10 posts. I can ask again in the future if that will help. Or, maybe I will actually get to 10 posts soon so that I can then PM you.;)

Thanks for all of the work on the coaches!

Monica

[RJAYL]

Hi Celestine,

Apparently I can't PM anyone until I have at least 10 posts. I can ask again in the future if that will help. Or, maybe I will actually get to 10 posts soon so that I can then PM you.;)

Thanks for all of the work on the coaches!

Monica

Well if you put in some effort you could do it in about 2 minutes!:lmao::rolleyes:

[jilljill]

Hi Celestine,

Apparently I can't PM anyone until I have at least 10 posts. I can ask again in the future if that will help. Or, maybe I will actually get to 10 posts soon so that I can then PM you.;)

Thanks for all of the work on the coaches!

Monica

Well if you put in some effort you could do it in about 2 minutes!:lmao::rolleyes:

Robert you beat me to it, I was going to tell Monica that it's pretty easy on here to get the posts you need to PM. This is especially true if you are making fun of Robert... :rotfl2: :rotfl: :lmao: :cool1: :thumbsup2 :woohoo: :dance3: :yay: :grouphug:

[Madisonznana]

Hi Celestine,

Apparently I can't PM anyone until I have at least 10 posts. I can ask again in the future if that will help. Or, maybe I will actually get to 10 posts soon so that I can then PM you.;)

Thanks for all of the work on the coaches!

Monica

This is where you learn to send "fluff" messages!! :thumbsup2

[RJAYL]

Robert you beat me to it, I was going to tell Monica that it's pretty easy on here to get the posts you need to PM. This is especially true if you are making fun of Robert... :rotfl2: :rotfl: :lmao: :cool1: :thumbsup2 :woohoo: :dance3: :yay: :grouphug:

This is where you learn to send "fluff" messages!! :thumbsup2

IE see Barb!:lmao::banana::laughing::cool1::lmao:

[MrsG]

How did you know what time Studio Sea would be empty in order to arrange this?


Hi Barb,

I think that someone called DCL to see when it was available and if we could have a Dis meet. It was definately arranged before the cruise. On our Med cruise, we just met in the bar area where the computers used to be (can't think of the name, someone help me here :confused3) That was OK, but Disney had a family activity scheduled there that really never materialized as we took the whole space over (there was over 100 of us). Anyway, maybe Studio Sea would be worth an ask. I think it was about 11AM on the first sea day.

[jilljill]

IE see Barb!:lmao::banana::laughing::cool1::lmao:

I'll take that as a compliment. :flower3: :rotfl2: :thumbsup2 :lmao: :rotfl:

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Caropooh 14
Madisonznana 13
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alanapapa 11
Marla Hellwig 6
MrsG 6
Celestine 5
Samanthasmom1 5
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Doingitagain 4
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Flora Fan 3
jlawall 2
mstinson14 2
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Besides we both like to use smilies so this gives us an excuse to use more of them. :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: