2010 news from the Magic

[tripodjw]

I would do it online.

Does DCL let non US/Canadians book on the website? I'm in the UK.

The reason i ask is i tried to register to watch the videos online and it would only let me enter US or Canada as my country.

 

[lyn9856]

This might be a silly question, but I'm unsure.
If there is to be a Northern Europe cruise, am I right in presuming it will start from PC and price include the crossing? I would love to do the cruise, but not pay the transatlantic airfare when I can get a quick Easyjet to the first Port. Is it possible to join in Europe?
It would be an expensive trip to CC if not
Or is it that you can do a one way...fly to PC, cruise, then disembark and fly home from Europe?
How does it work?

Edit: have tried to catch up on all posts phew...I realise now its seems that the Magic may be staying in Europe for a while....so for us in UK, it could come down to the comparison between DCL and the NCL and the dollar exchange versus the euro exchange!!! Very tempting....!!
I have friend who did that itinery last year and they had a great time. They chose it because they didnt want a holiday with too much sun...and ended up in a heatwave in St Petersberg!

 

[granmaz]

Does DCL let non US/Canadians book on the website? I'm in the UK.

The reason i ask is i tried to register to watch the videos online and it would only let me enter US or Canada as my country.

Yes, you should be able to access all of the DCL website and book there. I guess there might be a problem - there often is, especially during the night Florida time as they seem to do work on the site then and strange things do happen!!! Try again later.

This might be a silly question, but I'm unsure.
If there is to be a Northern Europe cruise, am I right in presuming it will start from PC and price include the crossing? I would love to do the cruise, but not pay the transatlantic airfare when I can get a quick Easyjet to the first Port. Is it possible to join in Europe?
It would be an expensive trip to CC if not
Or is it that you can do a one way...fly to PC, cruise, then disembark and fly home from Europe?
How does it work?

There will be one cruise over from PC - a Transatlantic Repositioning cruise for which you would need an flight over the Atlantic first and this is not included in the fare un fortunately. Once the Magic is over at a base port here, to be found out yet, but theories include Southampton, Dover or Harwich or an other European port, then regular cruises will set off from there for a season.

Once the season is over, there will be a Transatlantic 'Repositioning' cruise back to Florida, and for that you would need to find a flight back!

One way fares can be expensive.

 

[granmaz]

Ah, you found all that out while I was posting!!!

 

[orlandothebeagle]

weve booked no probs but as someone said they maintain sites at our times ie now when FL is asleep

 

[DMMarla07860]

so, I'm not sure if I want to spend money to cruise with Disney, when another line might be cheaper. I know I want to see Copenhagen, and that is really all, so I'll pick to cruise with DCL if this is where they are going

 

[tripodjw]

Thanks granmaz and orlandothebeagle on the non US booking info

 

[scottishwee35]

Hello

QUOTE=NancyIL;27425164]Kids in the UK go to school into July? Poor kids![/QUOTE]

Scotland and England have different times in Summer period so our kids school normal finish end of June. I think England school finish middle of July ?

OMG its taken me an hour to go through the posts since yeaterday!! We have been busy DIS-ers!!

I just screamed out loud when I saw the Copenhagen port lists. DH and I have been planning a Baltic cruise for several months now, and I have been doing TONS of research to see which cruise we should do, what ship, etc. Each line seems to do their own variation of the Baltic, Baltic capitals, etc. But we weren't sure which cruise line to do since we have only done Disney or HAL.

We are planning the Baltic for our 10th anniversary cruise, but we were going to go in 2009. Now we just ahve to wait until 2010, so we can do the cruise we have dreamed of, on the boat we did our honeymoon on! I think its Karma!!!

This is a perfect marriage (no pun intended) for us: Baltic Disney Cruise.

Give me a whooo hooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aye, I know, I am hoping for Baltic for a while. As we had been at Med and my family told me that they don't want go back same place. They want different place so Batlic seem great.

Well, if my notes are correct that I got out, we had a variation in the number of passengers between Port Canaveral and Barcelona, Spain, with varying numbers from 1,902 and 1,908 when I checked them. We picked up some passengers in Castaway Cay because they missed the ship in Port Canaveral. Then we had some getting off and on throughout the rest of the voyage (including entertainment).

The approximate maximum kids is somewhere around the 1,300 mark. We have cruised with 1,300 kids for Thanksgiving and Christmas and believe me, it is quite different than the 300 you will experience on the May crossings! You hardly even notice the kids. On the 5 night Magic I just got off yesterday there were only about 500 kids. It was great!

The six days at sea were wonderful. The rocking and rolling wasn't that bad. (I get motion sickness really easy) and I just took a bonine each morning and I never felt sick.

Once we left Castaway Cay the weather did get cooler, but we expected that, having talked about it on the disboards for months before the cruise.

I would love to do the crossing again, but I am sure the date will fall right in with her high school graduation. I just now mentioned to her that for her graduation present it looks like we will be cruising in Copenhagen, Oslo and whereever else the Magic will take us. We might even try to add an Adventures by Disney on at the tail end of the cruise before she comes home and gets ready for college. This would be our last big hurrah before she leaves the nest, goes to college (and hopefully gets an internship at WDW in the entertainment end and can hopefully be in one of the stage shows!) Well, that's my dream anyway.

Can't wait till October 7th!

Hi Linda

Good to hear from you as I have not heard from you for a while.

Thank you Lynn

Did you have a good cruise this year -Dave and I have really bad Disney blue

I do hope they stay around in Europe until we get out of school

Hi Lynn

Ian asked if you are giggling about Kevin Keegan. Oh poor him, I feel sorry for him. Ian laughed

Marilyn

We do have one way flight to Florida as it is flyglobespan but unfortunately not in England, have to be in Scotland

We don't want EB as we would be happy if 12 days around in Batlic

Scottishwee35

 

[misseulalie]

Once the season is over, there will be a Transatlantic 'Repositioning' cruise back to Florida, and for that you would need to find a flight back!

One way fares can be expensive.

I've heard the cheapest way is to book round trip and just don't fly back...

 

[granmaz]

I've heard the cheapest way is to book round trip and just don't fly back...

Yes, I will look at that if we do the Transatlantic.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

I've heard the cheapest way is to book round trip and just don't fly back...

Wouldn't that raise a few eyebrows? esp. with international flights?

 

[lwilliam]

I really hope you are right Andrew and that there are further itineries after the 21st July otherwise that puts us UK teachers and parents right out of the picture with the UK Holidays


Helen my house is 35mins away if you'd like a bed for the night!

what about us? Your OLD July 30 2005 DISer friends....we are seriously considering this one, if it gets us to England.....tell Keith to be ready!

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

to anyone who's done the TA:
how rough were the seas? I've always wanted to cruise to Bermuda but my dad always talks us out of it. He says seas in the Atlantic are much rougher than in the Caribbean. He's an avid boater so I usually trust his opinion about anything nautical.

I'd love to do the TA but a cruiser-neighbor mentioned rough seas too.
Any experienced opinions out there?

 

[granmaz]

Wouldn't that raise a few eyebrows? esp. with international flights?

I'm thinking the same with visitor visas etc. Would have to look into it.

 

[gydell]

to anyone who's done the TA:
how rough were the seas? I've always wanted to cruise to Bermuda but my dad always talks us out of it. He says seas in the Atlantic are much rougher than in the Caribbean. He's an avid boater so I usually trust his opinion about anything nautical.

I'd love to do the TA but a cruiser-neighbor mentioned rough seas too.
Any experienced opinions out there?

Much rougher! And colder! Don't get in the front of the ship. My grandson said it was better than being on a roller coaster! All the pools were closed and some outside activities were canceled. But I will do it again.

 

[granmaz]

Much rougher! And colder! Don't get in the front of the ship. My grandson said it was better than being on a roller coaster! All the pools were closed and some outside activities were cannceled. But I will do it again.

The Westbound was better though wasn't it?

 

[kaseyC]

to anyone who's done the TA:
how rough were the seas? I've always wanted to cruise to Bermuda but my dad always talks us out of it. He says seas in the Atlantic are much rougher than in the Caribbean. He's an avid boater so I usually trust his opinion about anything nautical.

I'd love to do the TA but a cruiser-neighbor mentioned rough seas too.
Any experienced opinions out there?

On our August 2007 TA, we had perfect weather and very calm seas. Literally, on our crossing the seas looked like glass. I was very surprised, I expected rough seas. Years before, we cruised from Baltimore to Bermuda and the seas were so rough- the only time I have ever been sea sick.

 

[gydell]

I'm thinking the same with visitor visas etc. Would have to look into it.

Just call and cancel the return flight after landing and there's no problem.

 

[ruadisneyfan2]

Much rougher! And colder! Don't get in the front of the ship. My grandson said it was better than being on a roller coaster! All the pools were closed and some outside activities were cannceled. But I will do it again.

did you do EB or WB?
I'm thinking WB may be warmer and my kids would be out of school if it's in Aug.
Is WB longer as in flying (against the jet stream) or does that not apply with ships?
not a big deal really, just curious...

 

[kaseyC]

did you do EB or WB?
I'm thinking WB may be warmer and my kids would be out of school if it's in Aug.
Is WB longer as in flying (against the jet stream) or does that not apply with ships?
not a big deal really, just curious...

The WB was 14 nights like the EB. With the time changes we gained hours instead losing them like the EB.