7/13/2016 Magic Copenhagen to Dover Geothermal Cruise

[DISNEY FANTASY]

If there is an FE group and we can't track it down perhaps we could just do it through this DIS page??

If you wish, but it's very easy to track it down many have.

 

[momma4v3]

Hi Everyone!
We have booked this exciting cruise. Only 284 days until this cruise leaves! Iceland has always been on our to do list and doubly excited to see it on the Magic! We are: myself, hubby, 3 daughters Vanessa,18,Victoria,19 and Veronica 20. Also friends of ours are cruising as well. They are a family of 3. We (the 5 of us) will be starting our vacation in Paris and driving up to Copenhagen, visiting places we missed on earlier travels. And then we are staying in England for a few days after the cruise. Hubby is going to brave driving on the left side while in England!

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

Hi Everyone!
We have booked this exciting cruise. Only 284 days until this cruise leaves! Iceland has always been on our to do list and doubly excited to see it on the Magic! We are: myself, hubby, 3 daughters Vanessa,18,Victoria,19 and Veronica 20. Also friends of ours are cruising as well. They are a family of 3. We (the 5 of us) will be starting our vacation in Paris and driving up to Copenhagen, visiting places we missed on earlier travels. And then we are staying in England for a few days after the cruise. Hubby is going to brave driving on the left side while in England!

Warm welcome to you.

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

The Blue Lagoon Geothermal baths are now accepting bookings for the time of our cruise, if you want to book direct, and you can add transport.

http://www.bluelagoon.com/

 

[fitnessmouse]

The Blue Lagoon Geothermal baths are now accepting bookings for the time of our cruise, if you want to book direct, and you can add transport.

http://www.bluelagoon.com/

Thanks. Can't decide yet which day we want to go there.

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

Thanks. Can't decide yet which day we want to go there.

We have it booked for the 20th, the last day in Iceland, as part of a tour.

I think popular time slots do sell out at peak times.

 

[dakridge]

Welcome to the cruise meets thread for the



Cruise map by ANDREW PORTER, on Flickr

7/13/2016 Disney Magic cruise 12 nights from Copenhagen to Dover via
Norway, Iceland and Scotland, Geothermal Cruise.



Cruise ports of call by ANDREW PORTER, on Flickr

View attachment 85913

A great planning thread. http://www.disboards.com/threads/norway-cruise-iceland-copenhagen-dover-tips-consolidated.3254799/

On post 5 there are extracts from the above thread and with thanks to them.

DCL Destination guide0002 by ANDREW PORTER, on Flickr

If everyone can post the following I will cut and past in in this first post as a roll call.

Name Disboards name and first name.
Family first names and ages for children.
Home town city.
Something about you.
How many DCL cruises.


ROLL CALL.

Name Disboards name and first name. DISNEY FANTASY ANDREW
Family first names and ages for children. With wife Susan and Stephen 17
Home town city. London England
Something about you. We are a family of four but our daughter is at Uni and not coming, we are on the Magic 7/22 this year to the Baltic for 12 nights.
How many DCL cruises. This will be 13.

Name Disboards name and first name. DISGRL13 - Jill
Family first names and ages for children. Chaz, Jill and Nick(16)
Home town city. Virginia USA
Something about you. We love Disney Cruises did the 12 day Med cruise in 2014 and loved it. (We were with you DISNEY FANTASY )
How many DCL cruises. This will be our 8th Disney Cruise.

Name michele3572, Michele
Family Ariel (17), Thomas (14), Esther (11), Zachary (9), Isleigh (6), Scarlett (4)
Home town Toronto, ON
Something wanted to book this for 2015 but it sold out, stomaching the sticker shock of this year's opening day prices
How many DCL cruises This will be cruise #4 for us. We've done the Bahamas on the Wonder (2013), Alaska on the Wonder (2014) and Fantasy Eastern Caribbean in November of this year


Thanks so much for starting this thread!!
Name Disboards name: MrsG and first name:Maryann
Family: Travelling with DH Tom
Home town : Long Island, NY
Something about you: I'm a teacher who loves to travel!
How many DCL cruises: This will be #9

Name: Bravecub, Kim
Family: DH Ron, DD Sophia(12 at emb.)
Hometown: Saranac Lake NY
Something: Five time WDW visitors...but never cruised before!
So, we might as well start with the best


The Stewart's

OK, we'll we add to the party. We are booked and set to sail. We're from Sunny (lol) Scotland so it'll be a little strange to have two ports in our own country. If anyone is looking for information on Kirkwall or Invergordon let us know and we'll see what we can find out.

DISBOARD Name: RRBB Name: Robin
Family: David (DH), Ian (DS-11), Sophia (DD-9)
Home town city: Dallas, TX, USA
Something about you: I love to scrapbook, DH is a computer geek, DS has been our Relay for Life team captain since he was 6 years old - raising money and awareness for the American Cancer Society, DD started walking on the Disney Wonder when we did a 15-day through the Panama Canal
How many DCL cruises: This will be #12 - kids don't know about it yet, we're waiting until after this summer is over to tell them


TeamBalaton,We are Team Balaton from California, MD. I am Eileen and my husband Ed. We have a 15 year old son Michael and a 13 year old daughter Christina. Michael will turn 16 on the cruise. This will be our 4th Disney Cruise. We just came off the Magic in April cruising the Caribbean. Looking forward to this exciting adventure.

Hi all! We are confirmed since booking opened and just decided to look for a cruise meet! So excited!
Name Disboards name: NYKaren and first name:Karen
Family: Traveling with DH Greg and DS Tyler (15 at cruise time)
Home town : Staten Island, NY
Something about you: New Yorkers and this is our first trip to Europe!
How many DCL cruises: This will be #3 (NYC to Halifax, Alaska were previous cruises)

Booked!!!!
Name: sherry66,sherry
Family: travelling with my DH Jim
Hometown: CBS,Newfoundland,Canada
Something: This will be our first trip to Europe! We will be celebrating our 25th anniversary.
How many DCL cruises: This will be our 4th cruise. We've done the Fantasy western Caribbean(2012) Alaska on the Wonder(2013)Bahamas on the Dream(2014)

Name: Mom of a *Princess*, Barbara
Family: Brent (DH), Matthew (10) and Alicia (8)
Hometown: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Something: I was Disney deprived as a child. My first visit to a Disney park was when I was 22. Making up for it now with all things Disney!
How many DCL cruises: This will be our 4th cruise. We've done the Fantasy Eastern Caribbean (2014), Magic Western Caribbean (2015) and doing Alaska on the Wonder at the end of July 2015.

Name mfams, Michelle
Family Joey(DH), Cooper(DS, 12) and Gabbi (DD, 10)
Home town Nashville, NC (east of Raleigh, NC)
Something Our family loves to travel. We've done Alaska, Mediterranean w/Greek Isles & Northern European Baltic!!!
How many DCL cruises. This will be #4 in 4 years!!

Just booked while on the Baltic cruise this week and as an Andrew (DISNEY FANTASY) stalker I just do the cruises he signs up for so that I don't need to do my own research.

Name 3bubs, Shareen
Family Nick(DH), Emily (DD10) Hugo(DS8) and Harry (DS, 2)
Home town Me New Zealand, DH Australia but we live in Hong Kong
Something Alaska 2013 Mediterranean 2014, Northern Europe 2015. We usually book really late (at extortionate rates and guaranty staterooms several decks apart!) so booking onboard and this early is a nice change for us!
How many DCL cruises. This will be #4.

DISGRL13 - I remember meeting you on the Med. We were in the same FE and I think your son was celebrating his birthday?

MFAMS we were in the same FE group for the Baltic cruise!

I see I haven't replied yet. We're also booked.
Name fitnessmouse (Ilja)
family DH (Eelco), DS Twan (13), DD Demi (10)
Hometown Schiedam Netherlands
Dcl #6 (did our first non dcl this year ~ NCL to Hawaii)


Name: ladybugmom, Becky
Family: Ally (11) & Claire (8)
Hometown: Greenwood, Indiana
Something: My hubby is unable to travel with us this time so my parents are traveling with us. This will be their 1st Disney Cruise and will be celebrating their 45th anniversary!
How many DCL cruises: This will be cruise #7 for us. We've sailed on the Fantasy 3 times (will be 4 for Spring Break--Star Wars cruise), once on the Dream, and once on the Magic last Spring Break.


Name lynandandy/ Linda
Family DH Andy/ My parents Robert and Frances are traveling with us on this cruise
Home town Totowa, NJ
Something Love to travel and this is our first time in Europe
How many DCL cruises. This is our 6th Disney Cruise

momma4v3, Hi Everyone!
We have booked this exciting cruise. Only 284 days until this cruise leaves! Iceland has always been on our to do list and doubly excited to see it on the Magic! We are: myself, hubby, 3 daughters Vanessa,18,Victoria,19 and Veronica 20. Also friends of ours are cruising as well. They are a family of 3. We (the 5 of us) will be starting our vacation in Paris and driving up to Copenhagen, visiting places we missed on earlier travels. And then we are staying in England for a few days after the cruise. Hubby is going to brave driving on the left side while in England!

Name dakridge/David
Family We're a family of three including me, my husband Eric and our son Max (12)
Home town Washington, DC
Something We're huge Disney fans, DVC members, etc. Max loves pin trading and will have his collection on board.
This will be our fourth DCL cruise, all on the Magic! One 7-day in Caribbean (2008), 12-day Med/Italy (2013 pre-refurb), and 12-day Greece (2014).

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

Name dakridge/David
Family We're a family of three including me, my husband Eric and our son Max (12)
Home town Washington, DC
Something We're huge Disney fans, DVC members, etc. Max loves pin trading and will have his collection on board.
This will be our fourth DCL cruise, all on the Magic! One 7-day in Caribbean (2008), 12-day Med/Italy (2013 pre-refurb), and 12-day Greece (2014).

Hello and welcome.

 

[Deb in IA]

Sorry, I'm crashing this thread.

DISNEY FANTASY, would you mind if I asked you some questions about London? We are planing 6 days there next year, and I wanted some advice. Thanks!

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

Sorry, I'm crashing this thread.

DISNEY FANTASY, would you mind if I asked you some questions about London? We are planing 6 days there next year, and I wanted some advice. Thanks!

Yes- no problem, ask away.

 

[Deb in IA]

Somehow, I can't send this to you as a private conversation, and I don't want to hijack this thread, so I'll just ask a few quick questions:

1. We are Gordon Ramsey fans, mostly from watching Master Chef. Would you recommend going to his flagship restaurant in Chelsea, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, or one of his other places?
2. We are choristers in our Episcopal church, so we wanted to go to Evensong at Westminster and St. Paul's. How long, in general, are the services?
3. We are staying at the London House Hotel in Bayswater. Our tube stop is on the Circle line. How do we tell what direction the trains are going, since they don't have a terminus?

OK, that's it for now. Thanks!

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

Deb

1. We are Gordon Ramsey fans, mostly from watching Master Chef. Would you recommend going to his flagship restaurant in Chelsea, Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, or one of his other places?

Well rule one is book early, they are all popular, book a table as in advance as you can online https://www.gordonramsayrestaurants.com/restaurants-and-bars/
The Chelsea one is very popular, it's hard to get to by train, Sloane Square and a bus or taxi. As the Flagship it's the place to be seen, and you have to book early. They on the website will direct you to alternatives in his portfolio. So book early. If you can get in, it's worth it.
2. We are choristers in our Episcopal church, so we wanted to go to Evensong at Westminster and St. Paul's. How long, in general, are the services?

Go to their website, there are different lengths from 30/45/60 minutes at different times if the day. The sixty minutes services on Sunday's are best.

https://www.stpauls.co.uk/

Times vary, St Pauls has a good coral eveningsong at 3.15 but summer and winter services may vary.

Westminster http://www.westminster-abbey.org/wo...CALENDAR_VIEW=day&SQ_CALENDAR_DATE=2015-10-18 for example on a Sunday has a 3 pm one, but get the early it's very popular.

3. We are staying at the London House Hotel in Bayswater. Our tube stop is on the Circle line. How do we tell what direction the trains are going, since they don't have a terminus?

OK, that's it for now.



The circle line, the yellow line, or as we call it the lasso line now, starts in Hammersmith and loops through Paddington, Edgware Road, kings cross, Liverpool Street, Victoria to Edgware Road. When it gets there, it terminates then goes back anti clockwise from Edgware Road, > Victoria, Kings cross Edgware Road again then to Hammersmith.

I use Bayswater a lot but you can't get to far from it, , going East all trains terminate two stops up at Edgware Road where you have to walk over to other trains. It's ok for Paddington, that's it. Going South/West trains go to Notting Hill Gate, Kensington, Victoria or Wimbledon.

The good news is you are not just limited to Bayswater, as Queensway tube is on the same street just one block away, there you have the Central line to Marble Arch, Oxford Circus, Bank, and connections to every other line. Going West to Shepherd's Bush you have a massive Mall at Westfield outside the station.

They are a stones throw apart, Queensway is dependent tube so you have elevators to go down to the tube , not escalators down.

If using Bayswater it's easy to know which way the trains are going, from the ticket office if you go down the right side stairs, all trains go to Edgware Road only via Paddington, if you go down the left hand stairs, indicator boards on the platform and on the front and sides of all train cars show the destinations. Either District line to Wimbledon, or it will say circle line via Victoria, as the train goes around the circle it updates, so the circle line via Tower Hill and Liverpool Street, then circle line via Kings cross, then on the last bit, it will say circle line to Hammersmith.

But to get to city and west end fast, use the central line at Queensway or the buses there. At Quuensway.

 

[Deb in IA]

Thanks! I'm sure I will have more ?'s later!

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

Thanks! I'm sure I will have more ?'s later!

Enjoy, you know where to find me,

Rule one, like Disney, book in advance, west end shows, attractions, meals, Oyster cards, London is busy with tourists 365 days a year. Saw many today!

 

[Deb in IA]

No kidding! The kids' choirmaster, who is originally from England, told us to book the Ceremony of the Keys at the Tower early. Good thing - it is completed booked through April, and many dates in June, 2016 are already full!

We will be there for 6 full days, and plan to use the Tube pretty much every day. How much money should we put into it? I understand that we can always top it off with more if needed.

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

No kidding! The kids' choirmaster, who is originally from England, told us to book the Ceremony of the Keys at the Tower early. Good thing - it is completed booked through April, and many dates in June, 2016 are already full!

We will be there for 6 full days, and plan to use the Tube pretty much every day. How much money should we put into it? I understand that we can always top it off with more if needed.

Work on £10/£12 PD for each adult , if you travel each day and will start before 9.30am. There is a " cap" at £12 PD, so you can't go over that, based on Zone1 central London. If going out of town, like Heathrow by Piccadilly line, or Hampton Court, it would be more.

Weekends would be off peak all day so slightly less.
Kids below 10 are free.

Do book as early as you can on the popular attractions.

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

Disney's Aladdin tickets on sale in London on a special promotional discount,

https://tickets.delfontmackintosh.co.uk/index.asp?ShoID=1841&profile=IN5&Promo=P82

 

[Aussiecruiser2107]

Please add us to the list we will be arriving from Australia and had lots of fun with fish extenders this year on the wonder to Hawaii
Name Erin dis board name aussiecruiser
Number of people 3
Email em_rooke@tpg.com.au
Number of disney cruises 5
Hometown Sydney Australia

 

[DISNEY FANTASY]

Please add us to the list we will be arriving from Australia and had lots of fun with fish extenders this year on the wonder to Hawaii
Name Erin dis board name aussiecruiser
Number of people 3
Email em_rooke@tpg.com.au
Number of disney cruises 5
Hometown Sydney Australia

Welcome, welcome.

 

[Aussiecruiser2107]

Thanks I know you can't post links to fish extender groups however if you knew one I would be happy for you to pass me email along to them, if you are allowed to do that.