08/08/07 Well, Olbia Monkey's Uncle! We're cruisin' on the 10nt Med Cruise!

[Vailcruiser]

Welcome!

Jet lag, been told to drink lots of water on the plane. So far, I have not found a remedy to help going overseas or to Cali or Las Vegas. Our plan is crash real hard the first day and then we are fine. We have a 10pm flight, so that may help, generally I can not sleep on the plane.

CatJammies, on a normal trip I'd love to walk with you, however, think I will be sticking to the port walking. If I change my mind I'll let you know.

We are also attempting to buy our water in Barcelona as well. Right now we should have one empty suitcase when we leave my aunts.

The count down is really on!!!

 

[nordkin]

As promised, here is the gift exchange distribution dates for everyone. I tried to honor all the requests for specific dates. We had a volunteer for the Rome day and since it will be such a long day for most people I left that day to one person. Except for the specific requests, everyone else was picked at random. If your day does not work for you, please let me know so we can work it out.

Thanks to jillnan, who took the time to put everything into a spreadsheet and send it to me. It saved a lot of time when figuring out the distribution schedule.

I have also put this information on the list of cruisers and information post.

Aug 9 Sea Day
nordkin
JeanieP
Perdita&Pongo
Aug 10 Palermo
giggles_32181
MVAN
Aug 11 Naples
scrapycruiser
CluelessSanFran
Aug 12 Olbia
sharonrs50
momma4v3
TeamHamer
Aug 13 Rome
miclen
Aug 14 LaSpezia
Vailcruiser
jillnan
Aug 15 Marseille
2Tinks
dlgrn3
Aug 16 Villefranche
pclare
CruisinParkers
Aug 17 Sea Day
Meg'n'Walt
Corinnak/astroth

 

[scrapycruiser]

Donna, THANKS ! Sure do appreciate your time and dedication to our group !! Gina

 

[zeets1]

Has anyone received there materials in the mail yet?

 

[scrapycruiser]

Has anyone received there materials in the mail yet?

Not yet, but we booked through DVC so we might get ours later than other folks GINA

 

[nordkin]

Has anyone received there materials in the mail yet?

Not yet, but when I talked to DCL on Thursday they said they have been processed and I should receive them any day now.

 

[dukenukkem]

Is anyone in a suite for this cruise to the Med? Or know anyone that is?
I'm completely envious of you or them!

First, congratulations on your Wedding!

There is no reason to be envious, but the suites are very nice. To me, the real blessing is just to be able to spend a wonderful vacation away with our families. The suites do allow you more room to relax or keep a larger family together, or, if you are a married man like me, more room to store the treasures your wife found while shopping on a shore excursion.

I hope in the future, you and your family enjoy these cabins as much as my family has on our trips together.

Dennis, Debbie and Daniel (9)

Cabin 8530 - Late Seating.

 

[nordkin]

I thought I would copy what the July 28th thread is doing and post how many times peope have posted to this thread. Looks like quite a few people posted very early after bookings opened up and then disappeared. I know I have seen several of them posting on other threads , so I assume they switched dates and others have cancelled.

scrapycruiser 158
nordkin 129
UMTerp 102
arica480 75
bellelinus 66
Vailcruiser 55
JamesF408 44
JeanieP 43
J&B_Disney 40
giggles_32181 40
sharonrs50 36
d3boyz 33
Perdita&Pongo 33
kugalbelle 26
momma4v3 25
2Tinks 24
jrabbit 22
catjammies 21
corinnak 21
CluelessSanFran 21
dlgrn3 18
Meg'n'walt 18
jillnan 16
miclen 16
4fosterkids 11
ladyvet 7
CruisnParkers 7
dukenukkem 6
MVAN 6
Belle2002 6
pclare 5
DisneyPata 5
zeets1 5
astroth 5
TeamHamer 4
Rat-a-too-ee 3
Cinderella1001 3
simonbg 3
WendyO 3
Kissimmee 3
Disney Ak Cup 3
DisneyAnn&Dan 2
Gupsmom 2
Wishes n Dreams 2
mickg7dyd 2
dan and scott 1
jhzj77hv 1
Pluto 1
DJayFitz 1
Gupsdad 1
Dalt Wisney 1
Seaurchinzz 1
tchan03 1
pharmacy01 1
profdsny 1
AnnB 1
contemp_mj 1

 

[scrapycruiser]

Don't tell my husband I have the most posts...he'll have me commited

We're getting very excited !! I'm teaching VBS this week, so that will keep me busy . I've packed all the non-clothes items...won't pack those until next week. Hope we get our DOCS tomorrow or the next day !! GINA

 

[Vailcruiser]

Don't tell my husband I have the most posts...he'll have me commited

We're getting very excited !! I'm teaching VBS this week, so that will keep me busy . I've packed all the non-clothes items...won't pack those until next week. Hope we get our DOCS tomorrow or the next day !! GINA

You get the award at our Dis meet!!!

What a great way to spend the week before you leave!

 

[catjammies]

That's about like me, Gina.
Non-Clothes stuff - starting to get into place@
I figure the Clothes Packing/Ironing will be the last to go! Gathering Handfans! =
- as will, of course, the litterbox dipping, consulting w/the neighbors, ETC !?

 

[Vailcruiser]

Someone on the currrent cruise just posted this regarding water.


Water is on sale for $36 + gratutity & vat for 24 500 ml bottles delivered to your cabin.

Soft drinks are free 24 hours a day at meals and as long as you get them from the 24 hour soda fountains located deck 9 aft. All can sodas are charged for so room service softdrinks are 1.75 per can + gratutity and vat.

Have a great night - Jocelyne

 

[CluelessSanFran]

Someone on the currrent cruise just posted this regarding water.


Water is on sale for $36 + gratutity & vat for 24 500 ml bottles delivered to your cabin.

Soft drinks are free 24 hours a day at meals and as long as you get them from the 24 hour soda fountains located deck 9 aft. All can sodas are charged for so room service softdrinks are 1.75 per can + gratutity and vat.

Have a great night - Jocelyne

If there's extra room in the luggage, I would take with me a couple of Nalgene/sport bottles on this trip. The gym always has cold water and so does the soda fountains on deck 9. Fill the sportbottles with ice cold water and you are good to go. Just my two cents worth. My friend is flying to Italy next week and she just exchanged for some Euros at 1:1.44 in San Francisco at a bank.

 

[UMTerp]

If there's extra room in the luggage, I would take with me a couple of Nalgene/sport bottles on this trip. The gym always has cold water and so does the soda fountains on deck 9. Fill the sportbottles with ice cold water and you are good to go. Just my two cents worth. My friend is flying to Italy next week and she just exchanged for some Euros at 1:1.44 in San Francisco at a bank.

That is what we are planning to do. We will take them to the airport empty and fill them at the water fountain after security. We will also fill with ice and water before our excursions each day. The water on the ship is fine. I have read that the tap water in Europe is safe but tastes bad. We will buy bottled water at the ports when we run out. We may also take a small cooler on excursions where we will be returning to the same bus.

I was planning to pack some this weekend but didn't get it done. I have pulled out most of the kids clothes that we are planning to take.

We leave two weeks from today!!!

UMTerp

 

[nordkin]

Don't tell my husband I have the most posts...he'll have me commited

If he says anything, just tell him you are on the boards to get as much information as possible to save you money and make your trip more enjoyable. You are learning something new everyday.

 

[catjammies]

ANYONE GETTING THEIR DOCS - LET US KNOW!

ALSO -
PLANE REGULATIONS -
What is it - can someone clarify - re: onboard substances?

ie - Is it toothpastes & any deods, gels, etc - that have to be in a big ziploc when going thru security ???????? Any other particular items to be handled in a funny way? thanks.

All this mess came out just after our last summer's cruise on The Magic!!!!!

Anyone ever get any reading on Reducing Jet Lag?

 

[Meg'n'walt]

ANYONE GETTING THEIR DOCS - LET US KNOW!

ALSO -
PLANE REGULATIONS -
What is it - can someone clarify - re: onboard substances?

ie - Is it toothpastes & any deods, gels, etc - that have to be in a big ziploc when going thru security ???????? Any other particular items to be handled in a funny way? thanks.

All this mess came out just after our last summer's cruise on The Magic!!!!!

Anyone ever get any reading on Reducing Jet Lag?

We received our documents today through UPS !!!!
It was send to us on 07/19.
Basically, the package contains not much more than the luggagelabels.

You can find the plane regulations on the following website:

http://www.brusselsairport.be/en/

 

[catjammies]

MON.Aftn by UPS!

 

[UMTerp]

A
PLANE REGULATIONS -
What is it - can someone clarify - re: onboard substances?

ie - Is it toothpastes & any deods, gels, etc - that have to be in a big ziploc when going thru security ???????? Any other particular items to be handled in a funny way? thanks.

From what I've read...each person gets ONE Quart-size zip-lock bag. All liquids and gels must be in the bag except for required meds (which need a doctor's note, I think). Each item can not be more than 3.5oz. Each bag must be removed from your carry-on bag to go through security separately. This is for carry-on luggage only. You can check whatever liquids/gels you want in your checked luggage.


Anyone know about aerosols in checked luggage? I would like to take some Sandal Saver spray for my DS's sandals so he don't smell up the whole stateroom!


UMTerp

Edited to add: Hooray on your docs!!!!

 

[Vailcruiser]

Yeah! Just curious what they did with the European address we gave them seeing we thought we wouldn't receive them until the end of this week??? Promise, not complaining!!!