I think our family has decided to pass on the DCL west coast cruise next summer cause it's just too dang expensive. I priced a 7-day Meditteranean cruise on RCCL for 3K less than the DCL cruise, yikes! Now I'm motivated to come up with a real doozy of a vacation to make up for our disappointment so we're thinking Europe or Hawaii using our II exchange. Tell me where you have experience with exchanges, what's a real knockout location? We love the beach & water, but have never been to Europe so that would be cool too.