Bringing Home the Magic - Part 2 - 8/18/07 - 9/01/07- list of cruisers on page 1

[slindamood]

Me too. Somewhere in Seville is a shawl and a fan with my name on it! It would be nice to know what the bus schedule is though, so I know how many opportunities I have to get back to port.

My thoughts exactly!

Found the schedule from Seville to Cadiz on a helpful site:

Cádiz2.5 hrs.7:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00, 18:00, 19:00, 20:00, 21:0010 €16 €

16E Roundtrip is not bad.

The site is Explore Seville. http://www.exploreseville.com/transport.htm
link to regional bus. It has lots else - perhaps where to find that shawl!

 

[slindamood]

And here is the train schedule. 9 Euro each way.

Cádiz2 hrs. 6:50, 7:55, 9:00, 10:00, 10:56, 11:55, 13:20, 13:58, 15:30, 17,00, 18:00, 19:55, 20:00, 21:359 €


So - there is a bus back every hour and a train often enough.

 

[DisCrazzy]

I'm trying to decide if an over-the-door shoe organizer would really come in handy for this two week cruise. Any opinions out there?

also, if you plan on doing laundry, will you buy on the ship or bring your own?

ellen

We are bringing the over the door shoe organizer. It always comes in useful. I pick one up at the dollar store and then throw it away when the cruise is over.
We are doing our laundry on board. (Actually, DH will be doing it.) We picked up laundry gel tabs at Bed Bath & Beyond. It was a box of 20 for $12.99.

Jennifer

 

[DenverVal]

Cádiz2.5 hrs.7:00, 9:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00, 18:00, 19:00, 20:00, 21:0010 €16 €
The site is Explore Seville. http://www.exploreseville.com/transport.htm
link to regional bus. It has lots else - perhaps where to find that shawl!

AWESOME, thank you! That link is a keeper! But am I alone in feeling paranoid and anxious every time I step off the ship that it will leave without me?? Maybe I just need to cruise more often to get over it

Ellen, I have found the over the door shoe hanger to be very useful in containing the clutter, and I will be bringing one. I will bring at least some detergent, but that stuff is so heavy!

 

[ejw]

We are bringing the over the door shoe organizer. It always comes in useful. I pick one up at the dollar store and then throw it away when the cruise is over.
We are doing our laundry on board. (Actually, DH will be doing it.) We picked up laundry gel tabs at Bed Bath & Beyond. It was a box of 20 for $12.99.

Jennifer

Hi Jennifer, It's quite a coincidence that you mentioned the laundry tabs. I was just in Bed BAth & Beyond a couple of days ago and saw the box. I was tempted to get it. looks so easy....just throw the whole tab into the laundry and the plastic case dissolves. My concern was that a few of the boxes had loose liquid in them. makes me wonder if the casing can hold up for traveling. It helps that the tabs can go in carry-on. Do you have any experience traveling and using these tabs?

BTW, my DH also does the laundry for the family.

ellen

 

[goingsouth]

I'm really glad to see so many girls ages 10 -12 going on this cruise. I would love for my DD to make friends on this cruise and have girls to hang out with. When we get closer to cruising time, it would be great to set up a meet and greet for them.

My DD loves hanging out at the Oceanneers Lab. Would that be a good place to meet. Does everyone else's DDs like the Lab?

ellen

If any of these 10-11 year old girls have access to email, pm me and maybe we could get the kids talking before the cruise. That would sure help melt the ice as well as add to the anticipation.

Joanne

 

[smores]

why are we falling so far back???--here's a little bump. . .

 

[DisCrazzy]

Hi Jennifer, It's quite a coincidence that you mentioned the laundry tabs. I was just in Bed BAth & Beyond a couple of days ago and saw the box. I was tempted to get it. looks so easy....just throw the whole tab into the laundry and the plastic case dissolves. My concern was that a few of the boxes had loose liquid in them. makes me wonder if the casing can hold up for traveling. It helps that the tabs can go in carry-on. Do you have any experience traveling and using these tabs?

BTW, my DH also does the laundry for the family.

ellen

We have never used the laundry gel tabs before. On our 1st cruise we used Tide laundry tablets, but they have since stopped making them. Since, I have just measured out powdered laundry soap in baggies. It always looked like drugs in the bag. I decided since we had to go through customs in another country, that may not be the best idea. My DH saw these and told me about them. So we picked up a box and a package of the dryer balls. I plan on keeping them in the box they came in, and then putting the box into a zip lock bag. Hopefully this will keep everything contained in case of a mishap.

Jennifer

 

[DenverVal]

One sniff will let any customs agent know it's soap!

 

[smores]

i put measured powder detergent in "seal-a-meal" bags (yes, i still have a seal-a-meal) and was never asked any questions thru customs--but had to also bring a small scizzors to open the bags. . .remember the washers (and probably your loads) will be a bit smaller than home--and you don't want powder residue on your clothes so better to go a little less than more in the bags. i also used a powder that wasn't pure white (had blue crystals--looked less suspicious in my mind!)

 

[Lorraine]

Got up really early to book the trips - 8am here in the UK!

Have booked palo brunch/dinner/high tea

Have mangaed to book one trip - Catamaran in Tenerife, but the trip in Cadiz that we wanted to the horse school doesnt seem to be listed anymore, and the City Under Seige in Gibralta is listed as not being available, I cant beleive it is fully booked already!!

We also tried to book for our DS13 to go on the Wild side at Castaway Cay but it said as there was no adult we couldnt book it. Will try and ring DCL later today and see what they can do.

Also booked the Rasul - have only booked once, I hope that covers both of us.

Seems real now - only 15 weeks to go.

Lorraine

 

[DisCrazzy]

Got up really early to book the trips - 8am here in the UK!

Have booked palo brunch/dinner/high tea

Have mangaed to book one trip - Catamaran in Tenerife, but the trip in Cadiz that we wanted to the horse school doesnt seem to be listed anymore, and the City Under Seige in Gibralta is listed as not being available, I cant beleive it is fully booked already!!

We also tried to book for our DS13 to go on the Wild side at Castaway Cay but it said as there was no adult we couldnt book it. Will try and ring DCL later today and see what they can do.

Also booked the Rasul - have only booked once, I hope that covers both of us.

Seems real now - only 15 weeks to go.

Lorraine

We really want to do the City under Seige also. Disney only puts so many "slots" available online to book. The rest you have to wait to book once onboard. Everyone does the "ressie rush" once they board. I think Disney should just put everything online so people can take care of their excursions and not have to worry about it once they get to the ship! JMHO

Jennifer

 

[DisCrazzy]

Giving us a bump to the 1st page!

Jennifer

 

[faireygod mother]

We must all be to busy to post and plan. I hope we all find time to cruise.

Congrats on your early booking. I hope they are just holding out on some of the excursions till the masses book. We had considered the horses as well in Cadiz, but I we are now tetering on Seville on our own or the flaminga. Sad to say we have not even sat down together in quite some time to discuss it. I guess we had better get on the ball. maybe I should go ahead and pay off the cruise as well.

Speaking of paying off the cruise. Did anyone else get a notice of double points till June on Disney CC? I did not, but my sister did. I am gonna pay off with that and rack up some points.

Well happy planning all.

 

[DenverVal]

I got some promotional that said that you got 4x(?) the points for qualifying purchases over $2000. Who spends that much on groceries and gas? Completely useless.

 

[ejw]

would love to hear from anyone else who booked excursions over the weekend. for those of us who are booking 90 days out, any info would be appreciated.

 

[Lorraine]

My DH rang DCL yesterday and was told that the city under seige tour was sold out and they could not see the Horse school one at all. I cannot believe the tour is sold out if only conceiage have been able to book at this stage. I mailed Dreams yesterday and they are looking into it. Hopefully it will just be an issue with the booking system - from reading other posts it does not seem uncommon!

Hope everyone else gets what they want - if trips are sold out already you need to be on line on the dot on the day it opens up.

Lorraine

 

[got2travel]

Oh wow.....the unlucky ones like me who can't book until 75 days are going to have to have a lot of back up ideas...


didn't get anything about double points either....would be really cool if it's true....guess I should go ahead and pay it off


wow, it's getting so close now

 

[ejw]

for those of us who have not booked excursions yet, is there a way to see what is still available?

 

[smores]

just lifting her back up to first page