Danube River Cruise Meets Thread

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When did you get it? Which cruise are you on? We are on the July 21, but we leave on July 4 and I want to make sure we get it before we go. Has anyone on July 21 received their box yet? And if so, when did you get it?

 

[calypso726]

When did you get it? Which cruise are you on? We are on the July 21, but we leave on July 4 and I want to make sure we get it before we go. Has anyone on July 21 received their box yet? And if so, when did you get it?

I received it on June 7th. Our cruise is the first one on July 7th.

 

[slg]

Okay, so I have a few days. Where do you live? I live on the west coast of Canada.

 

[sayhello]

Okay, so I have a few days. Where do you live? I live on the west coast of Canada.

A lot of folks in Canada have reported having issues receiving the box due to customs issues, I believe. Your really should check with ABD or your TA to see what the status is on it.

I'm on the July 21st River cruise, and I haven't received my box yet. (East-ish coast of the US).

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Will do. Thank you.

 

[calypso726]

Okay, so I have a few days. Where do you live? I live on the west coast of Canada.

I am in South Florida.

 

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I am really excited for this trip!

 

[bruinspin]

Great posting, thanks! FYI, I use my ABD document holder as an iPad case, and it works perfectly! Glad to get this backpack!
Creeping up on ONE MONTH!!!!!! Can't wait!

 

[sayhello]

I just booked 2 tours of Prague with Naked Tours for my post-day in Prague. Explore Prague Historical Tour and Prague Castle at Night Tour.

Is anyone else booked on the Prague post-cruise add-on? Anyone booked for the June 28th one?

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[calypso726]

I just booked 2 tours of Prague with Naked Tours for my post-day in Prague. Explore Prague Historical Tour and Prague Castle at Night Tour.

Is anyone else booked on the Prague post-cruise add-on? Anyone booked for the June 28th one?

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We are doing the post Prague with ABD. I didn't want to take the time to plan it out and figured since ABD already has a tour that goes there it I could trust it would be fine for us. Planning our pre-river cruise trip to Ireland for a week was more than enough to deal with. Likely it's more expensive doing Prague that way with ABD, I didn't even try pricing it out. But then again I also didn't have to plan anything. I'm happy to not have the added stress.

 

[Raya]

Does anyone know what the process/restrictions are for switching cruise dates? DH has a job interview coming up. A new job would probably mean not enough vacation time to go on our planned cruise. But it would make him happier and be better for us in the long run... but I'm still worried about the cruise. :: If it matters we're on a December cruise and have not yet PIF, we booked directly with ABD.

 

[sayhello]

Does anyone know what the process/restrictions are for switching cruise dates? DH has a job interview coming up. A new job would probably mean not enough vacation time to go on our planned cruise. But it would make him happier and be better for us in the long run... but I'm still worried about the cruise. :: If it matters we're on a December cruise and have not yet PIF, we booked directly with ABD.

ABD is really good about moving deposits to new dates prior to PIF dates. You can even switch adventures (I did). I don't know how flexible they are after PIF date, I've never had to do that. The only thing is, you will be paying the current pricing for the date you switch to. You don't get to keep the pricing from when you originally booked.

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[bruinspin]

So I called ABD to put in a couple of requests, and while I was on the phone, I asked the Vacationista how many folks were on the July 21st cruise.

Here's the current breakdown:
Adults: 108
13-17 yo: 14
Under 12: 10 (youngest is 6 yo)

So mostly adults, with a few children.

I also asked if they knew which Guides we'd have, and was given this list (I'm guessing about some of the spellings):

Jennae, Birte, Henriette, Katarina, Veronica, Stephanie, Dean & Daniel.

I've only heard of Jennae, Stephanie & Dean, and haven't traveled with any of them. Very much looking forward to getting to know so many new guides, and finally getting to meet Jennae!

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Great info! Thanks for thinking of asking and then, thanks for sharing! I believe we met Stephanie at the 60th b'day celebration at DL! She was amazing! I haven't heard of any of the other guides, but after "only" 2 trips, I am under the impression, they're ALL pretty magical, and fantastic! It's a very special group of people, these ABD Tour guides!

So how do you get the count down thing on the bottom of your posts?

 

[bruinspin]

I just booked 2 tours of Prague with Naked Tours for my post-day in Prague. Explore Prague Historical Tour and Prague Castle at Night Tour.

Is anyone else booked on the Prague post-cruise add-on? Anyone booked for the June 28th one?

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We (and the 2 couples we're traveling with) are doing the add-on 3 days in Prague. Came highly recommended.

 

[bruinspin]

Are people bringing magnets/decorations for their cabin doors?

 

[calypso726]

Are people bringing magnets/decorations for their cabin doors?

What a great idea! I will now that you mention it. I had not really though of it as a DIsney cruise but technically, it is, so yeah, why not

 

[sayhello]

Great info! Thanks for thinking of asking and then, thanks for sharing! I believe we met Stephanie at the 60th b'day celebration at DL! She was amazing! I haven't heard of any of the other guides, but after "only" 2 trips, I am under the impression, they're ALL pretty magical, and fantastic! It's a very special group of people, these ABD Tour guides!

So how do you get the count down thing on the bottom of your posts?

I agree! The Adventure Guides are 99.9% the cream of the crop!! They really do make ABD's magical!

Go to this link to create a ticker, and then insert the link in your signature:

http://www.distickers.com/ticker/main.php

If you hover over your name in the upper right-hand corner of this DISBoards page, you'll see a menu with a selection for Signature.

We (and the 2 couples we're traveling with) are doing the add-on 3 days in Prague. Came highly recommended.

I'm assuming you mean Prague is highly recommended, since no-one has actually done the add-on yet. I've had many people tell me Prague is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe! I'm really looking forward to it!

Are people bringing magnets/decorations for their cabin doors?

I had not intended to. We don't know if their doors are metal or not, nor do we know if AMAWaterways is OK with putting magnets on doors. I suppose there's one way to find out...

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[carpenta]

Sailing with Tauck on one of their river boat ships the interior was really classy more so than a cruise ship interior. The doors were metal on that ship but I did not see anything placed on the doors. Prague is an amazing city and one of Europe's "saved" metro areas for it survived intact during the World Wars in Europe. I can't read this post any more for I am so jealous of all you travelers (lol) going on this wonderful adventure.

 

[2PrincesseInTow]

Salt Mines-

Just peaking in on your thread as I am on this trip next summer and looking forward to hearing how it goes. My family and I went on a salt mine tour three years ago while in Salzburg and I would highly recommend it. It was a lot of fun and very interesting.

Have a wonderful trip!

 

[sayhello]

Salt Mines-

Just peaking in on your thread as I am on this trip next summer and looking forward to hearing how it goes. My family and I went on a salt mine tour three years ago while in Salzburg and I would highly recommend it. It was a lot of fun and very interesting.

Have a wonderful trip!

I was definitely leaning towards doing the salt mine based on things I'd read on reports from the Central Europe ABD. Thanks for the recommendation!

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