Hi everyone,
It has been a while since I've posted here, but just saying to let you all know I'm still around!!
We just are now starting to plan a bit more our trip next summer for the Med cruise. We hopefully will be getting our airline tickets in July. We are using British Airway miles to fly all 4 of us there, and we've called several times and the same answer we seem to get is they will open up the mileage seats for early July 2013 around mid-July this year! So, we're going to call daily once that time gets close to make sure we get mileage seats.
What we are thinking/hoping to do is to fly to Milan, Italy sometime around July 1 or 2 and then spend time in Italy (Milan, Venice, and other places... not going to plan too much until we get our tickets), and then head to Barcelona on July 10. Spend July 10 - 13 in Barcelona, then get on the ship!
And, depending on when we can get tickets home after the 25th will determine what we do in Europe (if anything) after the cruise.
So, it's been fun to start to think about!! But, we're not going to go full force in planning until we get our tickets. Since we are doing Mileage tickets, we have about 10 different options of airports we can fly into, so we'll just see where we flly into, and go from there!!
But, flying into Milan is our first choice.... we just LOOOOVE Itlay. DH and I have been all over Itally (DH was born in Italy!), but our kids have never been, so that is why we want to spend most of our time in Italy before the cruise. Plus, can't be REAL Italian food.
We are not doing any Disney Cruises this year (just no itineraries that really appealed to us, or that would work with our kid's school schedule), but we are going to Hawaii in August! So, that will be fun.
And, April next year, we're going on the Fantasy for our kid's spring break... and then off to the Med in July!!
I can't believe it's already June!! 13 months and we'll all be getting ready to get on the ship! Wow!
What's everybody been up to? We have been a quiet lot of late! My family is headed on the Wonder to Alaska in August so I've had my head wrapped around the excursion planning for that cruise. We fly into Seattle three days early and I'm excited about exploring there too as it will be a new place for me and the twins (my DH has been there numerous times).
Has anyone taken a cruise to Alaska with
DCL or with another cruise line? If so, how was it?
Beth
I grew up in Alaska, and my dad was a harbor pilot in Alaska, so in the summer, he piloted all the cruise ships, so we got to go with him all the time!! A fun perk!
You'll love Alaska... SOOOO beautiful and worth seeing! It's an amazing place! Just plan for both cooler weather, and possibly some rain, and warmer weather. But, it won't get "hot". Depends on what "hot" means to you. But, definitely bring clothes for cooler temps, because being out on the water will be chilly.
I live in Seattle now, so if you want any tips on things to do here in Seattle while you're here for the first 3 days, let me know! It's a great city!! We are hoping to go down to the port to see the Wonder a couple times while it's here.
Anyway, you'll love your AK cruise... it's a part of the world that is so worth seeing. If you ever have time, and another opportunity, you should go back, but go farther north up to Anchorage, and that whole area.... it's totally different than SE Alaska (where your cruise will be going), and even more beautiful!!!
But, Alaska is one of those places you need LOTS of time to see and do it all, so doing SE Alaska now is a great choice.
Have fun!
Kathy
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So as much as I would have liked to have gone , we are thrilled with the move !!!
And I'm with ya on the overwhelming planning. This will be my husband's first time ever to DL and might as well be mine (I was there once when I was 10), and we've never left the country before (minus a shore excursion on a Western Caribbean cruise) so flying into Barcelona and spending almost 2 weeks in countries where we don't speak the language is rather daunting. But exciting! 
Besides our personal crisis, the cruise was amazing! Wearing layers is key - it can be warm (like 75 degrees) during the day and be chilly, chilly at night and/or when it rains. You'll have an incredible time!
