We just booked this cruise and we are getting married on it! We had to move our wedding cruise from a February cruise because of a little souvenir we picked up on our Norway and Iceland cruise on the Magic this summer. Our little souvenir is due in February
We are cruising with a fairly large group of people. We are a blended family and have 9 of us (7 kids from infant to 18 years) spread across 3 cabins. We are also sailing with 4 sets of parents (divorced and remarried), my sister and her 4 girls, a friend and her family, and another friend and her daughter.
We will be getting married one of the sea days. I'm so excited!
We will likely do a pre-stay in London as we can get daytime flights from Toronto to Heathrow, and all other European flights are red-eyes. With 7 kids there ain't no way I am going to risk little or no sleep! So we are planning on spending a few days in London with the crew and then flying to Barcelona the day before the cruise. That's the tentative plan anyhow!
My kids (will be 19, 17, 10 and the older baby will be almost two) have all sailed prior. My stepdaughters will be 11 and have not sailed before. And of course the new baby is a new sailor! My mom has cruised, and a couple of her daughters have sailed with us before, but my sister has not yet sailed. 2/4 of the parental groups have sailed, and one of my friends have also sailed with her family prior. So some newbies which will be fun, and some experienced sailors!
I am gold this cruise - my last cruise this summer was my 5th cruise and I was still Silver. I just got my gold notification in the mail *after* the sailing, so just be aware it's 5 completed cruises until one is gold.