Hi! Welcome to the group. It is pretty quiet here. A lot of us are doing the 7-day Dover to Barcelona also and there seems to be more chatter on that one. My daughter will be going into her senior year so we decided it would be easier this year rather than next to take a long trip. I am impressed that you are keeping this as a surprise - I could not do that.
My daughter's best friend and her family are doing Paris before the 5-day. They are taking the train down from Paris to Barcelona. We are doing London before we get on the ship in Dover and then a couple days in Barcelona at the end. I am getting very excited as we booked these cruises opening day almost a year ago so it finally seems like it is getting closer