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

[bigbootee]

Well, tell Mr. Lurker and no Poster to find the link for us!!

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2453592&highlight=euro+port+fees

I do post!

 

[pixie08]

he does post but I think he feels wierd because we don't have a lot of guys on our trip board.

My husband too....he posts around but leaves this thread to me because we are all women

 

[mindelmouse]

My husband too....he posts around but leaves this thread to me because we are all women

Mary,

Could you also change his disboard name on your website...I forgot that I gave you his descriptive not his board name as you can see above...it's bigbootee.

 

[bigbootee]

Well, tell Mr. Lurker and no Poster to find the link for us!!

Besides, I don't have much to add re your discussion on nylons. Other than the cast of La Cage, I don't know of too many men who wear them (at least not to formal night).

On another note: Where are the Rochester people? I understand we have some new people from the land of Wegman's and Country Sweet.

 

[jel0511]

Besides, I don't have much to add re your discussion on nylons. Other than the cast of La Cage, I don't know of too many men who wear them (at least not to formal night).

On another note: Where are the Rochester people? I understand we have some new people from the land of Wegman's and Country Sweet.

I'm not from Rochester, but I'm heading to the mecca of grocery stores in a few minutes, WEGMANS!!!!!!!!!

 

[SettinSail]

Hi all, we have booked all DCL excursions but are considering hiring a driver for some private tours. This driver picks you up at the ship and takes you around to the sights in an air-conditioned mini-van. For just the 3 of us in our family, it is only slightly higher than the cost of a DCL excusion.
But, if we can split it with another family, it becomes cheaper than the cost of the DCL excursion not to mention a lot quicker to get around to everything since you are not with a large group on a tour bus. We are looking for a family like ours **2 adults with an older child** or a **couple only**.

Please PM me if interested and I can give you all the details, we are looking at this driver for all the Italian ports. If we can't find just the right family to split this with, we are thinking of splurging and hiring him just for us!

 

[pixie08]

Mary,

Could you also change his disboard name on your website...I forgot that I gave you his descriptive not his board name as you can see above...it's bigbootee.

oops...yep will do when I get home!

Lori you are going to Wegmans...yum! have fun! Next weekend I want to take a trip up to Stew Leonards if I can. I love that place too.

PS- GTY people-Has anyone recieved room assignments? I am thinking we won't hear until after the 45 day mark....but fingers crossed maybe we will at the 60?

 

[MinnieDiva]

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2453592&highlight=euro+port+fees

So, I wonder when we'd see it? After the cruise? After the point of no refund?

 

[MinnieDiva]

Besides, I don't have much to add re your discussion on nylons. Other than the cast of La Cage, I don't know of too many men who wear them (at least not to formal night).

What about spanx?

 

[mindelmouse]

What about spanx?

he calls them my "plastic" underwear....

 

[Adsmama]

Hi all, we have booked all DCL excursions but are considering hiring a driver for some private tours. This driver picks you up at the ship and takes you around to the sights in an air-conditioned mini-van. For just the 3 of us in our family, it is only slightly higher than the cost of a DCL excusion.
But, if we can split it with another family, it becomes cheaper than the cost of the DCL excursion not to mention a lot quicker to get around to everything since you are not with a large group on a tour bus. We are looking for a family like ours **2 adults with an older child** or a **couple only**.

Please PM me if interested and I can give you all the details, we are looking at this driver for all the Italian ports. If we can't find just the right family to split this with, we are thinking of splurging and hiring him just for us!

we are interested but we have a 6 month old. So not sure we are who you are looking for-- but she travels all the time-- we are headed to venice this weekend, in fact!!


If you are interested in the private guide in Rome we were thinking of using (no car though, they take you all over via the metra, train, walking) it's 87 euro pp including all tickets/admissions. It's 300 divided by the number of people we get plus 27 for admissions. or 118 euro pp if we want an AC minivan for the day.

 

[jel0511]

oops...yep will do when I get home!

Lori you are going to Wegmans...yum! have fun! Next weekend I want to take a trip up to Stew Leonards if I can. I love that place too.

PS- GTY people-Has anyone recieved room assignments? I am thinking we won't hear until after the 45 day mark....but fingers crossed maybe we will at the 60?

Wegmans was awesome as always!!! No room assignment here!!!

 

[Vicky29]

No room assignment here either

 

[ejw]

we are also GTY but no cabin assignment yet. it's still too early.

we are probably bringing about 500 euros with us and using ATMs as we need. our big expense is a private tour in rome and vatican tickets. the rest will probably be on souveniers and lots of gelato (it's going to be hot there).

we'll probably buy our euros either the end of july or beginnng of august. even though the rate spiked a little lately it probably won't climb too much higher any time soon. we'll probably even see it dip a little. seeing lots of articles like this one:

Euro May Fall to 2003 Low on Austerity, Drossos Says: Tom Keene
2010-06-16 14:55:48.316 GMT


By Mary Childs and Tom Keene
June 16 (Bloomberg) -- The euro may extend its decline to a level last reached in 2003 on Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis, according to Sophia Drossos, co-head of global currency strategy at Morgan Stanley.
The shared currency will fall as much as 9 percent to $1.12 as the market forces the 16 member nations to rein in spending on programs such as welfare and retirement benefits, Drossos said in a radio interview today with Tom Keene on “Bloomberg Surveillance.”
“There are structural problems in Europe that aren’t going away any time soon,” said Drossos. “The euro still has further to decline.”
The euro fell today from a two-week high against the greenback after the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and the U.S. Treasury denied a report in the newspaper El Economista that they are putting together a credit line of as much as 250 billion euros ($307 billion) for Spain. The Iberian nation’s government also dismissed the claim.
The drop in the euro may slow in a year or two when investors turn their attention to America’s budget deficit, Drossos said. While the market is forcing euro members to address structural issues now, the U.S.’s balance sheet will come under focus when its growth momentum wanes, she said.
“At some point, at some price, investors will say a lot of the bad news with regard to the euro is in the price,” said Drossos, based in New York. “Then they’ll start to focus on the other side of the equation. The fiscal issues that we do face here are going to prevent the U.S. dollar from getting even stronger against the euro.”

Deficit Cuts

Reductions in budget deficits will put Europe on a path to growth in three to five years with improved productivity and efficiency, Drossos said. So far, no one has made the “tough decisions” on the budget in the U.S., she said.
The euro slid 0.2 percent to $1.2312, from $1.2332 yesterday, after rising to $1.2353, the highest since June 1.
The French government’s announcement today that it will raise the retirement age and increase taxes is a preemptive move to “get out ahead” of issues roiling debt markets, according to Drossos.
The retirement age in France will rise to 62 by 2018 from 60, Labor Minister Eric Woerth said today. The government will increase taxes on stock options, dividends and capital gains, and will raise the top income-tax rate by a percentage point to
41 percent.

ellen

 

[mindelmouse]

we are also GTY but no cabin assignment yet. it's still too early.

we are probably bringing about 500 euros with us and using ATMs as we need. our big expense is a private tour in rome and vatican tickets. the rest will probably be on souveniers and lots of gelato (it's going to be hot there).

we'll probably buy our euros either the end of july or beginnng of august. even though the rate spiked a little lately it probably won't climb too much higher any time soon. we'll probably even see it dip a little. seeing lots of articles like this one:

Euro May Fall to 2003 Low on Austerity, Drossos Says: Tom Keene
2010-06-16 14:55:48.316 GMT


By Mary Childs and Tom Keene
June 16 (Bloomberg) -- The euro may extend its decline to a level last reached in 2003 on Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis, according to Sophia Drossos, co-head of global currency strategy at Morgan Stanley.
The shared currency will fall as much as 9 percent to $1.12 as the market forces the 16 member nations to rein in spending on programs such as welfare and retirement benefits, Drossos said in a radio interview today with Tom Keene on “Bloomberg Surveillance.”
“There are structural problems in Europe that aren’t going away any time soon,” said Drossos. “The euro still has further to decline.”
The euro fell today from a two-week high against the greenback after the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and the U.S. Treasury denied a report in the newspaper El Economista that they are putting together a credit line of as much as 250 billion euros ($307 billion) for Spain. The Iberian nation’s government also dismissed the claim.
The drop in the euro may slow in a year or two when investors turn their attention to America’s budget deficit, Drossos said. While the market is forcing euro members to address structural issues now, the U.S.’s balance sheet will come under focus when its growth momentum wanes, she said.
“At some point, at some price, investors will say a lot of the bad news with regard to the euro is in the price,” said Drossos, based in New York. “Then they’ll start to focus on the other side of the equation. The fiscal issues that we do face here are going to prevent the U.S. dollar from getting even stronger against the euro.”

Deficit Cuts

Reductions in budget deficits will put Europe on a path to growth in three to five years with improved productivity and efficiency, Drossos said. So far, no one has made the “tough decisions” on the budget in the U.S., she said.
The euro slid 0.2 percent to $1.2312, from $1.2332 yesterday, after rising to $1.2353, the highest since June 1.
The French government’s announcement today that it will raise the retirement age and increase taxes is a preemptive move to “get out ahead” of issues roiling debt markets, according to Drossos.
The retirement age in France will rise to 62 by 2018 from 60, Labor Minister Eric Woerth said today. The government will increase taxes on stock options, dividends and capital gains, and will raise the top income-tax rate by a percentage point to
41 percent.

ellen

thanks Ellen - i was just talking to the treasury person here in my office that does all the hedging and she said the exact same thing!!!

 

[SettinSail]

we are interested but we have a 6 month old. So not sure we are who you are looking for-- but she travels all the time-- we are headed to venice this weekend, in fact!!


If you are interested in the private guide in Rome we were thinking of using (no car though, they take you all over via the metra, train, walking) it's 87 euro pp including all tickets/admissions. It's 300 divided by the number of people we get plus 27 for admissions. or 118 euro pp if we want an AC minivan for the day.

oooh, Venice, I want to go there sometime! Have a great trip!

If this does not work out for us, perhaps we will consider joining you on the walking tour if you still have space left...my first thought is that it will be hot and we will want the a/c car

 

[SettinSail]

we are also GTY but no cabin assignment yet. it's still too early.

we are probably bringing about 500 euros with us and using ATMs as we need. our big expense is a private tour in rome and vatican tickets. the rest will probably be on souveniers and lots of gelato (it's going to be hot there).

we'll probably buy our euros either the end of july or beginnng of august. even though the rate spiked a little lately it probably won't climb too much higher any time soon. we'll probably even see it dip a little. seeing lots of articles like this one:

Euro May Fall to 2003 Low on Austerity, Drossos Says: Tom Keene
2010-06-16 14:55:48.316 GMT

By Mary Childs and Tom Keene
June 16 (Bloomberg) -- The euro may extend its decline to a level last reached in 2003 on Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis, according to Sophia Drossos, co-head of global currency strategy at Morgan Stanley.
The shared currency will fall as much as 9 percent to $1.12 as the market forces the 16 member nations to rein in spending on programs such as welfare and retirement benefits, Drossos said in a radio interview today with Tom Keene on “Bloomberg Surveillance.”
“There are structural problems in Europe that aren’t going away any time soon,” said Drossos. “The euro still has further to decline.”
The euro fell today from a two-week high against the greenback after the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and the U.S. Treasury denied a report in the newspaper El Economista that they are putting together a credit line of as much as 250 billion euros ($307 billion) for Spain. The Iberian nation’s government also dismissed the claim.
The drop in the euro may slow in a year or two when investors turn their attention to America’s budget deficit, Drossos said. While the market is forcing euro members to address structural issues now, the U.S.’s balance sheet will come under focus when its growth momentum wanes, she said.
“At some point, at some price, investors will say a lot of the bad news with regard to the euro is in the price,” said Drossos, based in New York. “Then they’ll start to focus on the other side of the equation. The fiscal issues that we do face here are going to prevent the U.S. dollar from getting even stronger against the euro.”

Deficit Cuts

Reductions in budget deficits will put Europe on a path to growth in three to five years with improved productivity and efficiency, Drossos said. So far, no one has made the “tough decisions” on the budget in the U.S., she said.
The euro slid 0.2 percent to $1.2312, from $1.2332 yesterday, after rising to $1.2353, the highest since June 1.
The French government’s announcement today that it will raise the retirement age and increase taxes is a preemptive move to “get out ahead” of issues roiling debt markets, according to Drossos.
The retirement age in France will rise to 62 by 2018 from 60, Labor Minister Eric Woerth said today. The government will increase taxes on stock options, dividends and capital gains, and will raise the top income-tax rate by a percentage point to
41 percent.

ellen

This is bad for us - hubby is paid in Euros

 

[pixie08]

This is bad for us - hubby is paid in Euros

Sorry

but think of it this way...you get a better deal on the DCL onboard stuff like excursions through dcl, drinks, souvenirs oh and the cost of the cruise because while the euro is not doing well in euro terms, it's still slightly stronger than the dollar!

 

[SettinSail]

Sorry

but think of it this way...you get a better deal on the DCL onboard stuff like excursions through dcl, drinks, souvenirs oh and the cost of the cruise because while the euro is not doing well in euro terms, it's still slightly stronger than the dollar!

Well, that is a happy thought When we first moved here the Euro was almost $1.50. It's about $1.20 now so that's still a little bit of a discount for us when we have to pay in dollars...but way down from what it was...

After you all go back home, pray for the Euro to go back up, ha ha !

Almost midnight here now, so I'm signing off- Goodnight!

 

[Adsmama]

oooh, Venice, I want to go there sometime! Have a great trip!

If this does not work out for us, perhaps we will consider joining you on the walking tour if you still have space left...my first thought is that it will be hot and we will want the a/c car

Thanks! If you can't find others and want us to join you, let us know! I agree about the AC!! haha