EBTA 2014...Across the Atlantic we go!!!

[TotallyAngelic]

We leave 6 weeks on Wednesday. Still have car hire and a couple of one night hotels to book.

WOW Marilyn - so close

 

[granmaz]

Dare I say too close? This is the time I lie awake worrying myself. Lasts till I get onboard the plane or cruise ship.

 

[ladyelizabeth]

Hi all!

My DM and I are thinking about taking this cruise (just trying to finalize some scheduling for the upcoming months). We have cruised a lot in the past, but never on DCL and are interested in taking part in a FE group. Have those groups already been finalized or would we still be able to join/how late could we join?

Thanks, y'all! We think it would be a great cruise to go on!!

 

[StephenKay]

We leave 6 weeks on Wednesday. Still have car hire and a couple of one night hotels to book.

For Car hire try rental car.com and for holes I have been using trivago.com, the .com bit is important it makes a much better deal for us in the UK.

I just counted and I am down to 58 days can't wait for some sunshine and siting by the pool pre cruise with a good book. I won't be long until the tickets arrive!


Is anyone waiting to book the EBTA in 2015, that's going to be an interesting route! It could go southern via the Azores region or it could go eastern sea board then Canada, Iceland and then Copehagen (which is a beautiful city)

 

[granmaz]

For Car hire try rental car.com and for holes I have been using trivago.com, the .com bit is important it makes a much better deal for us in the UK.

Thanks for that Steve. We will have a look. How do you find booking with all the different taxes? If we book with a UK site it is all included and sometimes the Companies abroad try to get you to add all kinds of things you don't need?

 

[StephenKay]

Thanks for that Steve. We will have a look. How do you find booking with all the different taxes? If we book with a UK site it is all included and sometimes the Companies abroad try to get you to add all kinds of things you don't need?

For the hotels on trivago.com what you see is what you pay, except in dollars. I use my Halifax Clarity Credit Card and get a perfect exchange rate about 1.66 today.

As for car rental, I use rental cars.com they include good rates and I generally get good one way hire from PC with them, no additional charge or taxes, simply the tax paid where the car is being rented from.

 

[granmaz]

Thanks Stephen.

 

[tinkertaylor05]

Roll up ... Roll up! Who's in for the alcohol tastings?

Originally the possible sessions proposed were Martini, Mixology and Tequila/Margarita. I am awaiting information on actual cost/options from DCL, previous prices have been approx $15 per person.

As I understand it we need at least 20 participants to make each session possible, times/dates will be finalised within the 30 day window when DCL will confirm the possibilities for us.

Everyone needs to resubmit their information! Please register interest by private message either here or on Facebook stating which session you would be interest in, providing the names of participants, stateroom numbers and Dis name.

Bumping for anyone that cares to join, please pm me here or on Facebook.

We need a couple more people to make the Martini and Tequila Tasting happen

 

[krashmor]

Good afternoon.
I am starting to get pretty excited about this cruise. I am travelling with my husband and my 4yo daughter. We will be taking this cruise and then completing the 7night Med immediately following.
I have cruised twice before with DCL, but am now wondering about the Fish Extenders, as my daughter is getting old enough to be interested. How does one go about becoming involved with those? HELP!
Thanks, looking forward to seeing you all on board. I can't wait! I'm finishing classes in a few weeks and then will be in full vacation mode!

Kim

 

[tinkertaylor05]

Good afternoon.
I am starting to get pretty excited about this cruise. I am travelling with my husband and my 4yo daughter. We will be taking this cruise and then completing the 7night Med immediately following.
I have cruised twice before with DCL, but am now wondering about the Fish Extenders, as my daughter is getting old enough to be interested. How does one go about becoming involved with those? HELP!
Thanks, looking forward to seeing you all on board. I can't wait! I'm finishing classes in a few weeks and then will be in full vacation mode!

Kim

Welcome aboard Kim have a look at the first post there should be links to everything including fish extender I'm sure we've not cut off yet?! I can't link as on my phone. We did the 1st med sailing last year it was fantastic and exhausting!

 

[Disney mam]

Good afternoon.
I am starting to get pretty excited about this cruise. I am travelling with my husband and my 4yo daughter. We will be taking this cruise and then completing the 7night Med immediately following.
I have cruised twice before with DCL, but am now wondering about the Fish Extenders, as my daughter is getting old enough to be interested. How does one go about becoming involved with those? HELP!
Thanks, looking forward to seeing you all on board. I can't wait! I'm finishing classes in a few weeks and then will be in full vacation mode!

Kim

 

[Viking_53]

Thought I would let everyone know that I was on the DCL cruise activities site today, and noticed they have added two additional port adventures in Madeira.

We thought the options in Madeira were pretty limited so, seeing these lifted our spirits.

I signed us up for the "Discover East Madeira" tour. It's the one that's family friendly (for kids and adults). Right now it only seems to appear on the "Cruise Activities" booking part of the DCL website. It's not yet showing up in the overall "Port Adventures" part of the DCL website.

They have also added "Referta Levada Nature Walk". I actually did the levada walk on last years EBTA. I think this is a different tour, however, as the distance is a bit shorter than last years. It was great fun, though, if you want to really get out and stretch your legs after 6 days at sea! Information about this tour is located on the DCL Port Adventures website.

 

[ladyelizabeth]

My mom and I just made the booking for this cruise!

We are very excited. This will be our first Disney Cruise and our first Transatlantic cruise. We've been on Holland America, Princess, RCL, Norwegian, Celebrity, and Carnival and we are excited to be trying something new!

Can't believe how close the trip is! Looking forward to meeting everyone!

 

[granmaz]

Welcome. You will thoroughly enjoy the Disney cruise experience.

 

[kitkat2704]

Hi everyone! I am planning a open bar event and wanted to invite everyone who isn't on facebook! Please message me with any questions!

*****EVENT SIGN-UP WILL CLOSE ON 4/22/14*****

*****PAYMENT MUST BE RECEIVED BY 4/22/14*****

*****PLEASE READ ENTIRE DESCRIPTION*****

ORGANIZER: Kat Almon

DATE AND LOCATION: TBD (Tentative May 28 @ 1PM *its formal night*). Will be assigned by DCL on a Sea Day. Will not conflict with scheduled mixology, tastings or dinner times. Date and time will be finalized once payment is received.

COST: Drinkers $13.25 including gratuity. Non-Alcolholic (Soda or Juice and I belive frozen drinks such as smoothies) Drinkers $10.75.
If you don't want to pay, you can bring your own drink from the top deck but will not be able to order anything from the bar and pay for it while the party is happening.

PAYMENT: Pre-payment is necessary. Unfortunately, DCL will not charge on board accounts. DCL requires that the organizer collects the payment and then pays DCL via credit card.
Submit your payment via PayPal at k_almon@hotmail.com If paying by PayPal please be sure to mark as Sending Gift to family or friends and include your name or names of who the money goes towards in the message for tracking purposes along with a room number and your disboard name!

Please make payment by April 22, 2014. After this date, no one will be able to sign up for the event.
Payment can not be made on the ship.
I will be delivering stickers to each room for the people that pay, so Disney knows who has paid.


PAYMENT TRACKING: I will send a private message when payment is received!

MINIMUM GUESTS: We are required to have a minimum of 25 participants.

BAR PACKAGE OVERVIEW: The following is the information from the flyer outlining the premium bar package.

Premium Bar: $13.25 (per person / per hour ~ 25 guest minimum)

Vodka: Absolut, Smirnoff ~ Rum: Bacardi, Captain Morgan, ParrotBay ~ Gin: Beefeater, Tangueray ~ Whiskey/Bourbon: Canadian Club, Seagrams VO,Jack Daniel ~ Tequila: Cuervo Gold ~ Cognac: Courvoisier VS, Hennessy VS ~Wines: White/Santa Carolina Chardonnay Red/Santa Carolina Merlot & Brancott Pinot Noir; Blush/Beringer White Zinfandel ~ Beer: Budweiser, Bud Light, Corona, Heineken, Michelob Ultra, Samuel Adams, Newcastle Brown
She also said, frozen drinks can also be made such as pina coladas and daiquiris.

Non-Alcoholic Beverage: $10.75 (per person / per hour ~ 25 guest minimum)

Coke, Diet Coke, Orange, Apple, Cranberry, Pineapple Juice, Evian Water



Private message me with any questions you may have.

 

[warwomn]

So excited for our 2nd cruise, and 1st EBTA! It will be me, my husband, and our little bun in the oven (14 weeks the day we leave). And my in-laws will be joining us as well in their own cabin. Look forward to meeting you all!

 

[warwomn]

Sorry, but facebook is NOT an option for us. We have had Internet privacy issues in the past, so we don't do any social networking.

If that's our only option to communicate, then we aren't going to know about any activities. We are signed up for FE, but have not heard word one about them ever since.

We also do not do facebook. Will we miss any communications by not having FB? Or will with their be an email sent out to the group or anything?

 

[tinkertaylor05]

We also do not do facebook. Will we miss any communications by not having FB? Or will with their be an email sent out to the group or anything?

don't worry most info is on here.

Facebook is much more active as it's convenient for most, I know someone is working on a navigator for everything that's going on but I'll try to post some info or encourage event organisers over to repost

I'm organising some alcohol tasting sessions if anyone cares to join.

Mixology on 22nd May still has a few spaces in both groups 2-3pm & 4-5pm

Tequila/Margarita on 24th May at 2-3pm

Martini on 25th May at 2-3pm

There is a post a few back about an open bar event also I know there is a Pub Crawl being organised for 21st May at 1pm, the organisers are still sorting details and will post soon. WVUrunner is organising a workout/running club planned for 8:30am some days. Gramfrog is organising the meet n greet on 19th May at 3pm. sasmmb is organising a scavenger hun on 22nd May at 1:15pm.

Hope that helps, I'm sure there will be more information soon enough. Really looking forward to meeting everyone

 

[mrs stevenson]

Hi everyone-a few of us on the fb group have organised a pub crawl so we can get to know each other over a tipple or several!

Wednesday 21st, 1pm in O'Gills

Please come along and join us and get to know your fellow cruisers! If you would like to pm me your names and stateroom numbers we plan to deliver invites the day before.

Really looking forward to getting to know you all!

 

[TammyAlphabet]

I am OGT. I haven't gotten my cabin number yet. When do you guys think I will get it?