August 18, 2010...Can't wait for the MAGICal Mediterranean!!!

[Cliffside]

has anyone listened to Pete Werner's Tunis podcast...yikes! It is making me rethink my Tunis n your own excursion.


You can find it here under the audio reports:

http://www.wdwinfo.com/disney-cruise-line/

First of all thank you Mary for creating the website for our cruise. That is awesome.
How should I foward you my info?

Yes after listening to the podcast it also made me a little concerned about going shopping in Medina. We are planning on doing the bardo museum for families which still looks like a good plan...hopefully they get feedback from current cruisers and are more careful about how and where they take the big groups when they are in Medina shopping.

Hi Mindy- just a question about our Palo's reservation? Did you use our reservation numbers to make the arrangements so that we are all taken care of and if we get the private room we will find out closer in.

It's hard to believe that soon we will be in the double digit countdown.

After hearing all your praises on your computers DH and I bought a macbook yesterday.

Susan

 

[mindelmouse]

First of all thank you Mary for creating the website for our cruise. That is awesome.
How should I foward you my info?

Yes after listening to the podcast it also made me a little concerned about going shopping in Medina. We are planning on doing the bardo museum for families which still looks like a good plan...hopefully they get feedback from current cruisers and are more careful about how and where they take the big groups when they are in Medina shopping.

Hi Mindy- just a question about our Palo's reservation? Did you use our reservation numbers to make the arrangements so that we are all taken care of and if we get the private room we will find out closer in.

It's hard to believe that soon we will be in the double digit countdown.

After hearing all your praises on your computers DH and I bought a macbook yesterday.

Susan

Susan,

We're in the main dining room at Palo - we have 3 tables all together. I used my ressie #, Lori's ressie # and Kim's ressie #. All others are unused. I signed up for the Bardo Museum with the kids activity. If we decide not to do that, we may not go ashore at all, but as of now we're keeping that one.

 

[pixie08]

Susan you have a PM! Oh and watch out Apple is an addiction. It starts with an ipod, goes to an iphone, to an imac, macbook and then ipad


yeah Tunis looks a bit intimidating. We were going to do Tunis on your own, but no way. We are thinking of the Bardo, the beach resort or the 4x4 excursion (but I am wondering if it is even a good idea to go so far from the boat?).

In a more positive light all the naples videos and podcast are up on wdwinfo! They loved their tour and hopefully we can get on that same one! Now if May 20 th would just roll around

Mindy you are so lucky you are all booked!

 

[Cliffside]

Susan you have a PM! Oh and watch out Apple is an addiction. It starts with an ipod, goes to an iphone, to an imac, macbook and then ipad


yeah Tunis looks a bit intimidating. We were going to do Tunis on your own, but no way. We are thinking of the Bardo, the beach resort or the 4x4 excursion (but I am wondering if it is even a good idea to go so far from the boat?).

In a more positive light all the naples videos and podcast are up on wdwinfo! They loved their tour and hopefully we can get on that same one! Now if May 20 th would just roll around

Mindy you are so lucky you are all booked!

Thanks Mary, I got your pm.....and yes the Naples podcast was amazing. They convinced me to try and take that tour. I will be up tonight till midnight trying to make all my reservations. DH is traveling so he won't think I am nuts for sitting at the computer at midnight to try and make all the excursion, spa and Palo brunch plans.

 

[jel0511]

Thanks Mary, I got your pm.....and yes the Naples podcast was amazing. They convinced me to try and take that tour. I will be up tonight till midnight trying to make all my reservations. DH is traveling so he won't think I am nuts for sitting at the computer at midnight to try and make all the excursion, spa and Palo brunch plans.

JEALOUS!!!!!!! We won't be gold until after this cruise.......

 

[pixie08]

Good luck Susan! Let us know how it goes with getting the excursion and palo....if you have issues getting certain excursions then us silver members are doomed

JEALOUS!!!!!!! We won't be gold until after this cruise.......

haha we are only on our second DCL....we have Dream booked for next year so that will be three....how many do you need for gold? Five?

 

[Cliffside]

JEALOUS!!!!!!! We won't be gold until after this cruise.......

We just turned gold after our last cruise. I told dh that I am working on platinum now.... LOL WE are booked on the Dream for next August. I keep telling DH that we will try another cruise line but we keep coming back to Disney.

 

[Cliffside]

Good luck Susan! Let us know how it goes with getting the excursion and palo....if you have issues getting certain excursions then us silver members are doomed



haha we are only on our second DCL....we have Dream booked for next year so that will be three....how many do you need for gold? Five?

I will let you know how it goes. You would think I would know what I want at this point but I am still up in the air regarding Villefrance. Can't decide if we want to try to go to Nice or Eze with Monaco. I guess I should see what is available first.

 

[jel0511]

Susan, you're interested in a few of the excursions we're interested in. We also want to do Timeless Pompeii and the Flavors of Sorrento, as well as the Eze and Monaco excursion. Hopefully you get everything you want, that gives this lowly silver member hope she'll get them as well!! We're booked on the Dream for Spring Break next year, my first cruise as GOLD, we can't wait!!!!!

 

[Cliffside]

Susan, you're interested in a few of the excursions we're interested in. We also want to do Timeless Pompeii and the Flavors of Sorrento, as well as the Eze and Monaco excursion. Hopefully you get everything you want, that gives this lowly silver member hope she'll get them as well!! We're booked on the Dream for Spring Break next year, my first cruise as GOLD, we can't wait!!!!!

From what I have read, people seem to think that they only book a certain percentage at each booking date allowing everyone a chance to get the activities they are interested in.

After that review and podcast on disboards that timeless pompeii excursion will get very popular I think. Although on our sailing there doesn't seem to have that many disboard members( based on our meet thread). So most people won't know how well recieved it was.

Can't wait for the rest of the reports from the dis. The cruise critic ones are nice but not that informative. Have you entered to win the 4 day cruise?

 

[mindelmouse]

Thanks Mary, I got your pm.....and yes the Naples podcast was amazing. They convinced me to try and take that tour. I will be up tonight till midnight trying to make all my reservations. DH is traveling so he won't think I am nuts for sitting at the computer at midnight to try and make all the excursion, spa and Palo brunch plans.

Good luck tonight...I hope the system isn't down - that's what happened to use, we couldn't book until the next morning, but we got everything. It happened to us on our last cruise too.

 

[MinnieDiva]

From what I have read, people seem to think that they only book a certain percentage at each booking date allowing everyone a chance to get the activities they are interested in.

That would be nice...

Looking forward to hearing how it goes!
kim

 

[Cliffside]

Good luck tonight...I hope the system isn't down - that's what happened to use, we couldn't book until the next morning, but we got everything. It happened to us on our last cruise too.

Thanks-

Hopefully the system is working tonight.

 

[Cliffside]

That would be nice...

Looking forward to hearing how it goes!
kim

I will let you know. Hope all is well.

Susan

 

[Cliffside]

Good luck tonight...I hope the system isn't down - that's what happened to use, we couldn't book until the next morning, but we got everything. It happened to us on our last cruise too.

It is 10 after 12 and the webiste blocked me out. It was working and then just stopped. I don't think anything I put in got saved.

It says my reservation will be available in 20 minutes. Can't decide if I will keep trying tonight.

 

[ejw]

Hey guys,

i was able to make excursion reservations. didn't have any problems with the website. here is what i booked:

malta: valletta historical hunt
tunis: bardo museum and medina for families
naples: timeless pompeii and flavor of sorrento (DIS podcast)
rome: private tour with Rome In Limo doing their kid friendly excursion of rome and vatican.
la spezia: cinque terre scenic boat tour but will probably do this on our own
corsica: will do beach on our own
villefranche: will do villefranche on our own.

good luck to susan and everyone else who hasn't booked yet. the website is showing only two excursions unavailable: corsica beach break and villefranche convertible vintage car rental.

ellen

 

[Cliffside]

Hey guys,

i was able to make excursion reservations. didn't have any problems with the website. here is what i booked:

malta: valletta historical hunt
tunis: bardo museum and medina for families
naples: timeless pompeii and flavor of sorrento (DIS podcast)
rome: private tour with Rome In Limo doing their kid friendly excursion of rome and vatican.
la spezia: cinque terre scenic boat tour but will probably do this on our own
corsica: will do beach on our own
villefranche: will do villefranche on our own.

good luck to susan and everyone else who hasn't booked yet. the website is showing only two excursions unavailable: corsica beach break and villefranche convertible vintage car rental.

ellen

I'm glad you did not have problems.
I must have been unlucky. I got booted out twice. Well it took me an hour and half but I got it all done. The only things that I saw that were unavailable was tea at Palo (which is weird) and spa times for masssages on sea days which are never easy to come buy.

I booked the following:

Malta: Valletta for kids
Tunis: bardo museum/medina for families
Naples: Timeless Pompeii and taste of Sorrento
Florence: Florence and Pisa(was not going to go to Pisa But DD really wants to -was going to book florence and Michelangelo but they keep raising the price it was $239 when I was booking it is $279
Corsica: Beach Break(it was availble when I was on)
Villefrance: Monaco,Monte CArlo and Eze

Was able to get brunch for the second sea day...there was a lot of availbility and a couple massage for the day we are in Corsica

 

[jel0511]

Glad to hear you guys got everything you wanted booked. Hopefully things on the 20th go as smooth.......

 

[mindelmouse]

Hey guys,

i was able to make excursion reservations. didn't have any problems with the website. here is what i booked:

malta: valletta historical hunt
tunis: bardo museum and medina for families
naples: timeless pompeii and flavor of sorrento (DIS podcast)
rome: private tour with Rome In Limo doing their kid friendly excursion of rome and vatican.
la spezia: cinque terre scenic boat tour but will probably do this on our own
corsica: will do beach on our own
villefranche: will do villefranche on our own.

good luck to susan and everyone else who hasn't booked yet. the website is showing only two excursions unavailable: corsica beach break and villefranche convertible vintage car rental.

ellen

Hi Ellen,

We'll be with you on the Tunis tour. Congrats on getting all your bookings done.

 

[mindelmouse]

I'm glad you did not have problems.
I must have been unlucky. I got booted out twice. Well it took me an hour and half but I got it all done. The only things that I saw that were unavailable was tea at Palo (which is weird) and spa times for masssages on sea days which are never easy to come buy.

I booked the following:

Malta: Valletta for kids
Tunis: bardo museum/medina for families
Naples: Timeless Pompeii and taste of Sorrento
Florence: Florence and Pisa(was not going to go to Pisa But DD really wants to -was going to book florence and Michelangelo but they keep raising the price it was $239 when I was booking it is $279
Corsica: Beach Break(it was availble when I was on)
Villefrance: Monaco,Monte CArlo and Eze

Was able to get brunch for the second sea day...there was a lot of availbility and a couple massage for the day we are in Corsica

Hi Susan,

We'll be with you on Malta and Tunis tours. I'm glad you finally got it to work,