2015 sail dates?

[DISNEY FANTASY]

With the merger of a number of airlines transatlantic there most likely will be a trend now for the increase of fares as there is less competition but more code shares so the deals will be less.

Do look out for sales BA and Virgin have these quite regularly.

 

[luv2sleep]

I have discovered (I'm an American living in Germany) that the cheapest airfares come from using European TAs rather than American travel agents/airline websites. Fortunately, we are able to drive to the port for our Med cruise this summer, but our friends from Ohio are meeting us in Venice and sailing w/us, and they couldn't find a reasonable airfare until I gave them info from a German travel agency that had helped my mom get a ticket here at Christmas. The German travel agency price was about $2000 cheaper for my friends than the quotes they got in the US.

If love to find how to and who to contact for an oversees TA. Can you post a link?

 

[disneynme]

If the Iceland cruise does stop in Scotland and Ireland, DH wants to go for that one. That cruise would also mean a little less logistics with being able to skip a flight from Copenhagen to London and the need for less hotel rooms. I so hope the ship will stop in Scotland and Ireland.

 

[heatherbelle]

Great info. Is that for transfers both ways? To and from the ship?

Airfare is what's killing me on this.

Suntransfers will charge around €30 to €35 for a transfer one way based on 2013 prices. Airport to port. A normal taxi in 2011 was €17 from the top of Las Ramblas to the port

 

[lloydy]

Dover is about 80 miles from Central London, and the same from the nearest main hub airport of Gatwick, it's a 100 miles from our main London airport Heathrow.

DCL did as you see put on coaches and many people preferred these for connivence, they however were very expensive. (Posted by Disney Fantasy - I cut the quote down as it is earlier in the thread)

Hi
This is very informative - thank you!

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

Dover is about 80 miles from Central London, and the same from the nearest main hub airport of Gatwick, it's a 100 miles from our main London airport Heathrow.

DCL did as you see put on coaches and many people preferred these for connivence, they however were very expensive.

Hi
This is very informative - thank you!

Thank you

 

[DahliaRW]

DCL likes to keep it a secret with an embargo until release day but it seems, as DCL has confirmed there bookings a few ports have put it up, and then when DCL is aware they have gone down again or changed to a spoof name.

I was searching the ports in Norway last night. I can definitely find the magic's specs on the geiranger port page, but no where else in Norway. None of the ships were named where I was looking. There were some bookings at Bergen with nothing listed other than arrival and departure times, but the dates did not line up with the copenhagen dates we know.

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

I was searching the ports in Norway last night. I can definitely find the magic's specs on the Geiranger port page, but no where else in Norway. None of the ships were named where I was looking. There were some bookings at Bergen with nothing listed other than arrival and departure times, but the dates did not line up with the Copenhagen dates we know.

I think they have been hidden or taken down pending an announcement.

 

[DahliaRW]

I think they have been hidden or taken down pending an announcement.

Yes, just seems strange they left geiranger up. But maybe it's a teaser.

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

Yes, just seems strange they left Geiranger up. But maybe it's a teaser.

Some ports refuse to take them back down, there is a limit to DCL power and maybe that port thinks its booked and also they wont be back for five years.

To be honest, now there are more leaks than an old water can and DCL knows we all know, so pulling them down isn't going to fool anyone now.

 

[Garyjames220]

Hey

So we have a rough idea where the magic is going next year and a lot of people seem to be very excited

However if travelling from Dover and into uk is the bay a biscuit not very very rough ?

Also the places it goes eg Iceland, mybe Ireland, ferrio Islands etc, would people not rather go to places that are more warner

I am doing the magic this year and was going to next year but don't want the same places and the only other one I can do around Europe is the one from Copenhagen which seems to be going to colder places. Why is people so excited about the places it's going to


I am now more leaning towards ncl epic that's going around the canaries and Morocco wish disney would do one like that

Don't get me wrong if that's the cruise you fancy I hope you enjoy it but people's views I would like to hear

 

[NancyIL]

Hey

So we have a rough idea where the magic is going next year and a lot of people seem to be very excited

However if travelling from Dover and into uk is the bay a biscuit not very very rough ?

Also the places it goes eg Iceland, mybe Ireland, ferrio Islands etc, would people not rather go to places that are more warner

I am doing the magic this year and was going to next year but don't want the same places and the only other one I can do around Europe is the one from Copenhagen which seems to be going to colder places. Why is people so excited about the places it's going to


I am now more leaning towards ncl epic that's going around the canaries and Morocco wish disney would do one like that

Don't get me wrong if that's the cruise you fancy I hope you enjoy it but people's views I would like to hear

I LIKE getting out of the summer heat at home, and enjoy going to cooler places like northern Europe and Alaska. I would personally avoid the southern Med in the summer, as it's too hot for me.

 

[Garyjames220]

I LIKE getting out of the summer heat at home, and enjoy going to cooler places like northern Europe and Alaska. I would personally avoid the southern Med in the summer, as it's too hot for me.

Very nice hope u enjoy it

Is the sea rough at the bay of biscuit. Everyone tells me it is lol

 

[NancyIL]

Very nice hope u enjoy it

Is the sea rough at the bay of biscuit. Everyone tells me it is lol

The Bay of Biscay (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Biscay)? I don't think I have sailed through there. The North Sea can be rough.

 

[Garyjames220]

Does any of the cruises around Norway avoid that rough part or from what we know are they are going at that part of the sea

 

[NancyIL]

Does any of the cruises around Norway avoid that rough part or from what we know are they are going at that part of the sea

The Atlantic can be rough when crossing, as can the North Sea, Baltic Sea, Med, etc. I don't worry ahead of time about sea conditions, but I do take motion sickness meds daily to prevent getting sea sick.

 

[Garyjames220]

Alright I think I rather avoid the bay of biscuit as my family have been quite ill on it before

From what we no so far does all the cruises from Copenhagen come into the UK or are some just around Norway Iceland etc ?

 

[NancyIL]

Alright I think I rather avoid the bay of biscuit as my family have been quite ill on it before

From what we no so far does all the cruises from Copenhagen come into the UK or are some just around Norway Iceland etc ?

DCL doesn't appear to be sailing through the Bay of Biscay (between France and Spain). My guess is that Baltic and Norway cruises from Copenhagen probably won't sail to the UK at all. The cruises out of Dover are different.

 

[Garyjames220]

DCL doesn't appear to be sailing through the Bay of Biscay (between France and Spain). My guess is that Baltic and Norway cruises from Copenhagen probably won't sail to the UK at all. The cruises out of Dover are different.

Alright so would I be right in saying the cruises from Copenhagen not going to the uk the sea is normally quite good

Thanks for your help by the way, it's just I had family that went from the uk and they were holding on to there drinks at the dinner table lol so want to avoid that lol

I fancy doing a disney cruise again next year but can't afford flights to far out and don't want to do the same cruise to Rome etc as am doing this year. So sounds like the Copenhagen one or nothing

 

[MissDaisyofTexas]

Does anyone think that tomorrow will be the big day??!!??