Transatlantic & Med 2007 BLOGs and TRIP REPORTs and other Important FAQ - Page 6 - The DIS Discussion Forums

marlower · 08-28-2009, 08:30 PM

I'm so excited! We just booked the 10 day Med. cruise! WooHoo! Thanks so much for all this great info. and a special thanks to the person who asked about Tunisia--I was wondering the same thing. Is there anywhere I can info on shore excursions for Tunisia, Malta and Corsica?

hadleyzoo · 08-29-2009, 08:14 PM

We just booked the 10-day, 26 May 2010 Med cruise today. We are so excited!

scrapycruiser · 08-31-2009, 09:22 PM

I was able to get alot of info on Tunisia, Malta, and Corsica form cruisecritic.com. Go to the ports of call/ Africa for Tunisia.

We are going to hire a taxi for a 1/2 day tour to the market, Bardo Museum and Sidi Bou Said. Prices for taxis are good at $25/hour, just confirm before getting in.

We are going to book a 1/2 day tour in Malta with Touring Malta. 210 E.

Corsica has a beach within walking distance of where we'll be docked. Also, they have a little train tour, 90 min, that takes you around town and along the coast.

We will be on the Sept 8,2010 Magic Med Cruise with our son & family.

Hope that helps !
Gina

travelbug24 · 09-01-2009, 06:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scrapycruiser

I was able to get alot of info on Tunisia, Malta, and Corsica form cruisecritic.com. Go to the ports of call/ Africa for Tunisia.

We will be on the Sept 8,2010 Magic Med Cruise with our son & family.

Hope that helps !
Gina

Thanks for the link. We will be on the same cruise.

scrapycruiser · 09-01-2009, 07:17 AM

travelbug24...hope to chat with you again about our cruise. It may be a long way off but planning is half the fun ! Also, with so many cruising before us, we'll have lots of trip reports to read and tips to gain from .

I started a roll-call on the cruise critic board, but no one has joined yet.

Happy planning !

Gina

travelbug24 · 09-01-2009, 07:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scrapycruiser

travelbug24...hope to chat with you again about our cruise. It may be a long way off but planning is half the fun ! Also, with so many cruising before us, we'll have lots of trip reports to read and tips to gain from .

I started a roll-call on the cruise critic board, but no one has joined yet.

Happy planning !

Gina

I'll check out the cruise critic board too.

mrosen · 09-26-2009, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lbgraves

There are lots of trip reports for these cruises. If you go to the trip report forum and scroll to the bottom of the page there is a place in the left corner under DISPLAY OPTIONS where you can change the option from "the last month" to "beginning" then click on display options. The trip reports currently start on page 13. when that comes up. I went through page 17 and here are the reports that stood out. I may have missed some if they didn't have the date or med in the title. There are some really good threads here with general information too.

Bringing home the "Magic" from the Med with pics- Completed

My rather long Westbound Transatlantic trip report

28th July 07- Med trip report & photo diary- Romancing the Mouse - an aliens report!

ROME-ancing the Mouse - July 28th Med cruise
[this one has a list of blogs in the first post too]

Transatlantic Aug 18 - Sept 1

July 28th Med Cruise-Romancing the Mouse-TRIP REPORT

Seaulater In The Med - Disney Magic July 18-28, 2007

July 18-28 Med Cruise

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Barcelona! 7/18/07**Two Updates Added**!!

May 07 Med Cruise

All in one place: Please Post info from your DCL Med excursions HERE

Barcelona Segway Tour

Just back from July 7/07 -have ???? - will try and answer

6/6/07 med report...long

Just back from the July 7th Med Cruise... (m)

Barcelona Hotel Reviews/Questions (all in one post):

Doing Med ports on Own questions

June 27, 2007 Med Cruise Report

Med Ports on our Own (long)

June 27th Mediterranean Trip Report Part 1

Blogging the June 16th Mediterranean Cruise (until we can't type anymore!)

Blogging the June 16th Mediterranean Cruise (until we can't type anymore!)

If You are flying back from the med on Iberia READ THIS!!

Magic to The Med Report VERY LONG

June 16th Med Cruise Report

my first cruise/ trip to the med**back home, pic on blog**

Back from June 16 Med Cruise

**LIVE** From the May 26, 2007 FIRST DCL Cruise in the MED! (5/26/07)

Hello from the Disney Magic in the Middle of the Med!

Almost Live: Naples Excursion - wow

LIVE from the Magic

Trip Report from the First Med Cruise

To the Mediterranean and Beyond! June 6 Med Cruise with 2 young boys

Photos from first Disney Med Cruise (5-26 to 6-6-07)

Pictures of Eze on Med cruise??

Med Cruise - 26 May/6 June

Tales of the Transatlantic (Photos too)

Video of Party Paradiso:new Mediterranean exclusive deck party

Tales of the Transatlantic (Photos too)

6/27 Med cruise- Sorrento/Pompeii Private tour?

6/27 Med Cruise-private tour in Florence

5.12.2007 - Live TransAtlantic Cruise Questions/Answers

Bloggers on 16 June MedHead Cruise

05.26.2007 - LIVE Mediterranean Questions/Answers

Disney Magic Arrives In Barcelona-fireworks May 24, 2007

Arrived in Barcelona for June 6 Med Sailing

Just back from EB Med cruise-happy to answer questions

Barcelona Port Information (telephones, Taxis, Shipping, Etc.)

Some thoughts on my med. excursions

May 12th 2007 Trans Atlantic Cruise
We can make this a sticky once more have added to it.

Looks like you did a Disney Mediterranean Cruise in 2007. Do you recall what the range of prices were for the Shore Excursions? We are considering booking in April 2010 an 11 night Mediterranean Cruise. None of the shore excursion packages are available and Disney doesn't have any price ranges to give me. We are a family of 4 (2 kids 11 and 9) and I don't know what we might end up spending in added costs doing things in port and what to assume so looking for any experience you had.

mkmommy · 09-26-2009, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrosen

Looks like you did a Disney Mediterranean Cruise in 2007. Do you recall what the range of prices were for the Shore Excursions? We are considering booking in April 2010 an 11 night Mediterranean Cruise. None of the shore excursion packages are available and Disney doesn't have any price ranges to give me. We are a family of 4 (2 kids 11 and 9) and I don't know what we might end up spending in added costs doing things in port and what to assume so looking for any experience you had.

Go to another cruise lines web site that does similar cruises and look at cost of their excursions to get a general idea. Royal Caribbean's web site is pretty easy to check out.

lbgraves · 09-26-2009, 08:40 PM

No, I have never been across the Atlantic but there are links to the DCL excursions that were offered in 2007 in the DIS DCL FAQ thread under EXCURSION REVIEWS. Some of the ports have been switched around for 2010 but if you look at both the TA & Med excursions you will be able to get most of what was offered back then and a good idea of what to expect this time.

mrosen · 09-27-2009, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lbgraves

No, I have never been across the Atlantic but there are links to the DCL excursions that were offered in 2007 in the DIS DCL FAQ thread under EXCURSION REVIEWS. Some of the ports have been switched around for 2010 but if you look at both the TA & Med excursions you will be able to get most of what was offered back then and a good idea of what to expect this time.

Thanks so much......

pixie08 · 10-26-2009, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scrapycruiser

I was able to get alot of info on Tunisia, Malta, and Corsica form cruisecritic.com. Go to the ports of call/ Africa for Tunisia.

We are going to hire a taxi for a 1/2 day tour to the market, Bardo Museum and Sidi Bou Said. Prices for taxis are good at $25/hour, just confirm before getting in.

We are going to book a 1/2 day tour in Malta with Touring Malta. 210 E.

Corsica has a beach within walking distance of where we'll be docked. Also, they have a little train tour, 90 min, that takes you around town and along the coast.

We will be on the Sept 8,2010 Magic Med Cruise with our son & family.

Hope that helps !
Gina

Very handy info...thanks for sharing. I am making my own port guides using the info.

kaseyC · 10-29-2009, 08:49 AM

FYI for those of you who are thinking about doing private excursions. Many of the private driver/guide companies offer a discounted rate if you book more than one port with them.

We are using Rome in Limo this summer for 3 of our ports (Pisa/Florence, Rome and Pompeii/Amalfi Coast) and they offered a discounted rate for booking all 3. Most of the other private groups do the same. Much less expensive for our party of 9 than the cruiseline excursions, we get to set our own itinerary and avoid the big bus experience.

shushh · 12-28-2009, 04:22 AM

Andrew's very useful list of links for the 2007 med cruise is fantastic!! But I thought that it might be time to update it a little so its a bit more relevant to the 2010 cruises and some of the 2011 cruise. In particular, I've got a few more links for Malta, Tunis and private transfers for Barcelona. We're on the first 2010 med cruise and our "research" might be handy for others down the line.

Here's the info.
Barcelona private transfers
http://www.barcelona-airport-transfers.com/
http://www.a2btransfers.com/

Malta
http://www.touringmalta.com/

La Spezia - specifically for cinque terre and for a guided walking tour. ie somone picks you up from port, train/ferry to the towns and taken back to ship. The first 2 are local companies based in 5T itself.
Agenzia Viaggi del Parco Nazionale delle 5 Terre– Official Tourist Office of Cinque Terre National Park-
http://www.parconazionale5terre.it/a...sp?id_lingue=2
http://www.arbaspaa.com/
www.bellavitaitalia.com

Tunis
www.experienceittours.com
http://www.tunisiadiscoveries.com/

marlower · 12-28-2009, 08:30 AM

shushh, thanks so much for this information!!! I'm getting so excited. I had to get through Christmas first before I could really focus on our Med. cruise in May!!

yorkshire disney fan · 03-10-2011, 07:18 AM

I cant wait for this years EBTA

08-28-2009, 08:30 PM	#76
marlower DIS Veteran Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 992	I'm so excited! We just booked the 10 day Med. cruise! WooHoo! Thanks so much for all this great info. and a special thanks to the person who asked about Tunisia--I was wondering the same thing. Is there anywhere I can info on shore excursions for Tunisia, Malta and Corsica? __________________ Heidi DH Me DD17 DD15 My Disney Blog To Barcelona and Beyond!! May 26th Disney Med Cruise Website and Blog: http://muchomagico.weebly.com/

08-31-2009, 09:22 PM	#78
scrapycruiser DIS Veteran Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Houston,TX Posts: 1,631	I was able to get alot of info on Tunisia, Malta, and Corsica form cruisecritic.com. Go to the ports of call/ Africa for Tunisia. We are going to hire a taxi for a 1/2 day tour to the market, Bardo Museum and Sidi Bou Said. Prices for taxis are good at $25/hour, just confirm before getting in. We are going to book a 1/2 day tour in Malta with Touring Malta. 210 E. Corsica has a beach within walking distance of where we'll be docked. Also, they have a little train tour, 90 min, that takes you around town and along the coast. We will be on the Sept 8,2010 Magic Med Cruise with our son & family. Hope that helps ! Gina __________________ [url=http://distickers.com/ticker/][url=http://distickers.com/ticker/]

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scrapycruiser DIS Veteran Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Houston,TX Posts: 1,631	travelbug24...hope to chat with you again about our cruise. It may be a long way off but planning is half the fun ! Also, with so many cruising before us, we'll have lots of trip reports to read and tips to gain from . I started a roll-call on the cruise critic board, but no one has joined yet. Happy planning ! Gina __________________ [url=http://distickers.com/ticker/][url=http://distickers.com/ticker/]

09-26-2009, 08:40 PM	#84
lbgraves Little Cinderella's Mommy The bad news is...they are driving me nuts!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 44,698	No, I have never been across the Atlantic but there are links to the DCL excursions that were offered in 2007 in the DIS DCL FAQ thread under EXCURSION REVIEWS. Some of the ports have been switched around for 2010 but if you look at both the TA & Med excursions you will be able to get most of what was offered back then and a good idea of what to expect this time. __________________ Lisa Magic: E 11/15/2003, W 12/4/2004, E 12/10/2005, W 12/9/2006, EBPC 8/2008, W 1/8/2011 Wonder: 3N 1/11/2010, Alaska 7/26/11 Fantasy: MV 3/31/2012, E 3/23/2013

10-29-2009, 08:49 AM	#87
kaseyC Mother of Three Lovely Princesses DVC Owner - BWV Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Lake Villa, IL Posts: 3,831	FYI for those of you who are thinking about doing private excursions. Many of the private driver/guide companies offer a discounted rate if you book more than one port with them. We are using Rome in Limo this summer for 3 of our ports (Pisa/Florence, Rome and Pompeii/Amalfi Coast) and they offered a discounted rate for booking all 3. Most of the other private groups do the same. Much less expensive for our party of 9 than the cruiseline excursions, we get to set our own itinerary and avoid the big bus experience. __________________ BC/ Disney Wonder 2000 ~ Poly Concierge 2002 ~ BC Concierge 2003 ~ SSR 2004 ~ BWV 2005 ~ WL Concierge 2006 ~ Disney Wonder/BWV 2006 ~ BWV 2007 ~ Disney Magic Trans-Atlantic Repo 2007 ~ Disney Magic W. Caribbean 2007 ~ AKV 2008 ~ BWV F&WF 2008 ~ Poly CL 2008/2009 ~ BCV/ Disney Magic E. Caribbean 2009 ~ BWV 2010 ~ AKV/ Disney Dream B2B 2011~ BW Flower & Garden Weekend 2011 ~ BLT 2012 ~ Disney Fantasy E. Caribbean 2012

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08-29-2009, 08:14 PM	#77
hadleyzoo Earning My Ears Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 34	We just booked the 10-day, 26 May 2010 Med cruise today. We are so excited!

12-28-2009, 04:22 AM	#88
shushh DIS Veteran Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 2,137	Andrew's very useful list of links for the 2007 med cruise is fantastic!! But I thought that it might be time to update it a little so its a bit more relevant to the 2010 cruises and some of the 2011 cruise. In particular, I've got a few more links for Malta, Tunis and private transfers for Barcelona. We're on the first 2010 med cruise and our "research" might be handy for others down the line. Here's the info. Barcelona private transfers http://www.barcelona-airport-transfers.com/ http://www.a2btransfers.com/ Malta http://www.touringmalta.com/ La Spezia - specifically for cinque terre and for a guided walking tour. ie somone picks you up from port, train/ferry to the towns and taken back to ship. The first 2 are local companies based in 5T itself. Agenzia Viaggi del Parco Nazionale delle 5 Terre– Official Tourist Office of Cinque Terre National Park- http://www.parconazionale5terre.it/a...sp?id_lingue=2 http://www.arbaspaa.com/ www.bellavitaitalia.com Tunis www.experienceittours.com http://www.tunisiadiscoveries.com/ __________________ April 2010 Mediterranean Cruise Disney Magic TR Dec 2010 WDW, NY, Washington DC TR Jan 2011 Panama Canal Cruise Disney Wonder TR May 2011 Hong Kong Disneyland TR Sep 2011 Salt Lake City, Disneyland TR Dec 2012 France, Disneyland Paris, Italy, Cruise to the Holy Land May 2013 Tokyo Disney Sea Dec 2013 WDW, Caribbean Cruise Disney Fantasy, Caribbean Cruise Allure of the Seas, Disneyland

12-28-2009, 08:30 AM	#89
marlower DIS Veteran Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 992	shushh, thanks so much for this information!!! I'm getting so excited. I had to get through Christmas first before I could really focus on our Med. cruise in May!! __________________ Heidi DH Me DD17 DD15 My Disney Blog To Barcelona and Beyond!! May 26th Disney Med Cruise Website and Blog: http://muchomagico.weebly.com/

03-10-2011, 07:18 AM	#90
yorkshire disney fan Earning My Ears Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 17	I cant wait for this years EBTA

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