July 18, 2007 07-18-07 Med Cruise

[Barbie3-4]

Barbie - we're SSR owners twice-over (ok, we bought and then added on, both at SSR) and have enjoyed our stays there. We're going in October for a long weekend.

If you haven't already checked out the DVC boards here on DIS, be sure to go over there. Carol is one of the moderators. There is a lot of great information and also tips for making DVC work for you and loads of trip reports / resort reviews.

Thanks, Cindy, for all the great info and Iwill definately check out the DVC boards. Glad to hear people enjoy SSR....looking forward to our trip there in December with all the beautiful Christmas decorations.

 

[shortkathleen]

We are thinking about using our points for the first time at SSR too. We are thinking either Feb or March. Has anyone been during that time of the year? I kinda of check out the dvc board and was a little overwhelmed by it. We finally got all our bags! YEA!!!!

My fil emailed disney travel about all our issues coming home and you know what they told him, they said he should have paid the $50 change fee and taken a later flight out of BCN. I could not believe that. They are the ones who booked our flights. He just bought two DVC contracts so needless to say he was not happy with their response.

Kathleen

 

[nzdisneymom]

We are thinking about using our points for the first time at SSR too. We are thinking either Feb or March. Has anyone been during that time of the year? I kinda of check out the dvc board and was a little overwhelmed by it. We finally got all our bags! YEA!!!!

My fil emailed disney travel about all our issues coming home and you know what they told him, they said he should have paid the $50 change fee and taken a later flight out of BCN. I could not believe that. They are the ones who booked our flights. He just bought two DVC contracts so needless to say he was not happy with their response.

Kathleen

Kathleen - first of all, remind your dad that DVC is separate from Disney travel. That stinks they had that sort of attitude - I don't know why they booked early flights like they did. Ugh. Glad you got your bags.

The DVC boards take a little getting used to - figuring out which one to post on - planning or mousellaneous - but after you read for a bit, it sorts itself out for you.

We've been to WDW in mid-March the last couple of years and found it to be a great time to go -- warm enough for some pool time but not HOT. In fact, I was comfortable in light-weight pants all week while my DH and kids were fine in shorts. Easter is early in 2008 so that will affect the number of points per night necessary for part of March, so you might want to make your decision based on how many points you'd have to spend. And of course what type of accomodations you're needing (studio, 1BR, 2BR, 3BR).

We love SSR and find it to be convenient to most things (downtown disney, epcot and magic kingdom, especially). To be fair, we actually stayed at Old Key West the last two spring breaks, but we've stayed at SSR a few times as well. I'd suggest requesting a top floor (better view and also you'd have a balcony rather than a patio). I personally don't care for the patios as we won't use them but we do use the balconies.

Feel free to PM me if you have any more questions... talking about DVC and WDW, etc. are my favorite topics (along with our recent DCL experience!).

 

[Barbie3-4]

We are thinking about using our points for the first time at SSR too. We are thinking either Feb or March. Has anyone been during that time of the year? I kinda of check out the dvc board and was a little overwhelmed by it. We finally got all our bags! YEA!!!!

My fil emailed disney travel about all our issues coming home and you know what they told him, they said he should have paid the $50 change fee and taken a later flight out of BCN. I could not believe that. They are the ones who booked our flights. He just bought two DVC contracts so needless to say he was not happy with their response.

Kathleen

Unbelievable!!! I wouldn't take that answer especially if THEY booked the flight!! Take it to a higher authority at Disney and make sure that "uncalled for" response to your first inquiry is brought to their attention. I just can't believe that a quality company like Disney would put up with that kind of customer service. Say it "ain't" so Disney! Keep us posted.

 

[colleenlg]

So what was everyone's favorite port or call or memory from the trip & why?

Least favorite?

Our favorite was La Spezia. We signed up for Lerici Dinosaur & Castle tour but went off on our to explore the town. Got a couple of cappuccinnos (sp?), did a little shopping & bought a small original painting by a local artist of their beautiful port with the castle in the distance. DD loved riding their little merry-go-round too. Then we took a boat to La Spezia, where we had a HUGE pasta lunch while DD napped in her stroller. After her nap, we all had delicious gelato (in front of a grafiti-strewn wall that said, "No USA" - kinda funny. Then we took DD to the park to run & around & play with Italian kids. That night we had Palo while DD was in Flounders. We were so stuffed from all our eating, but we managed to cram more in somehow! We refer to it as "The Day of Food!"

Least favorite was Naples. We had a private tour of Sorrento & Pompeii. Loved Sorrento but had only one hour to shop & wound up not getting a couple of things I really wanted. Our tour guide kept rushing us so we could get to our afternoon private Pompeii tour on time (even though I specifically requested we do Pompeii in the AM so it wouldn't be too hot & so we could have lunch in Sorrento & not feel rushed). He kept telling us how we really should've scheduled a tour of the Amalfi Coast & told us all day long what we were missing out on. He told us he had a special lunch set up for us in Pompeii at a family-run restaurant. He pulled up to the snack bar across the street from the ruins & we were like, "This is it?!" We told him to drive us into town so we could eat at a real restaurant. We wound up having a good lunch at least. We loved seeing the Pompeii ruins but it was so blazing hot we had to cut the tour a little short. I want to go back to Sorrento some day & be able to really explore the town & maybe find those souvenirs I should've bought the first time!

 

[nzdisneymom]

Colleen - what a great idea!

Our most fun excursion was our VIP Pisa - we so loved climbing the Leaning Tower of Pisa and I bought the new Harry Potter book (although I didn't get a small souvenir leaning tower which my family will never let me live down).

Our least favorite excursion was the Costa Smeralda - actually, it was pretty good but the kids and DH were a bit "bored" as it was on Sunday and there was nothing to do in Porta Cervo that morning once we got there - and our time at Baia Sardinia was too short - but we did get to put our feet into the Sea so that was way cool.

We were most disappointed in our lunch in Rome but you need the "back story" to know why -- apparently our group had one more person than it was supposed to have - a DCL person came on the trip but not as an official escort and because of that, when we boarded the Roma Express, we could not all four sit together and there weren't even spots of two and two (because there were weird groups of 13 or 3 or whatever and our fellow passengers wouldn't shift around a bit to accomodate us so we could at least sit one parent / child together. We were going to be in a different car than the rest of our group and I was not happy about that, but finally we were able to figure it out so that three of us were together and DH sat by himself. So when we got to lunch because we were one extra person and our group just scattered themselves willy-nilly, we could sit one person here, one person there, etc -- well, that just doesn't work when you have children -- so they ended up putting us at a whole other table by ourselves (after lots of loud exchanges in Italian from the restaurant owner and our tour escort, etc.) and we pretty much were ignored even though there were other groups in the restaurant with us. Nathan ended up eating potato chips and fruit loops that I brought from the ship, and Zachary managed to finally get some plain penne pasta which he enjoyed. I guess because I'm usually attuned to the needs of my fellow-travelers in terms of sitting in groups / together, that I was really disappointed that the others in our group didn't do anything but stare at us like we had six heads. I was determined to not be the family that held everyone else up. When we left the Vatican and got back to St. Peter's station, we got off and made sure we were up front by our escort so we could get on the train in time to sit together -- as it turned out, they had been holding the train for our group and the train manager told him we had 2 minutes to get us all boarded, so the escort told us to run and follow the manager so we did - and we were first to board our car and we took a 4-seat in the middle of the train and figured everyone else could just sort themselves out. Generally on buses, etc., we always just kept the same seat for the entire trip because you know how people can be, but I figured to heck with it for the train because we had paid "good money" for the excursion, too, and at that point I felt like we should be able to enjoy it as a family. Turned out that in review, the group of 13 had sat 4, 3, 3 and 3 and that's what made things weird. Because then others were groups of two or three and another family of 4, but because the 3, 3, and 3, that left three "single" seats... they could've done 4, 4, 3 and 2 and that would've had a two and a single which would've been better.

Ok, gosh, I guess I was a bit more upset about that experience than I realized

Anyway, overall I would say meeting and getting acquainted with our fellow DISers was definitely a HIGH POINT (Colleen, Angie said y'all were tablemates - we so enjoyed meeting them and Zachary and Grant got to be good buddies in the Lab) as well as getting to see so much in such a short period of time.

As for the ship activities, we went to see the new shows (Art of the Story and When Mickey Dreams) and I wasn't "wow'ed" by either -- I was actually a bit disturbed by When Mickey Dreams ( ). We loved that we could watch the shows on the t.v. in the room, so we'd often have cookies and milk and watch the show in our jammies!

 

[sharper_fin]

...We loved that we could watch the shows on the t.v. in the room, so we'd often have cookies and milk and watch the show in our jammies!

Cindy, I didn't know we could have done this! Was it just the 'live' show or were there recorded repeats? I must admit that being on the early dinner sometimes meant that we had to be a little quicker with dessert than we would have liked, rushing so that we could catch the late show.

Shaun

 

[nzdisneymom]

Cindy, I didn't know we could have done this! Was it just the 'live' show or were there recorded repeats? I must admit that being on the early dinner sometimes meant that we had to be a little quicker with dessert than we would have liked, rushing so that we could catch the late show.

Shaun

Shaun - they were recorded repeats of the shows - 6:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:30 and 10:30 on channel 24 shown only on the night of the performance. So for the variety shows, you couldn't catch those, but the others like Twice Charmed and the Golden Mickeys, you could see them. Not the same as seeing them in the theater, but if you've seen them once, then it's a great way to experience other things during show time. The boys wanted to go to the Lab or Ocean Quest so they could do that instead of going to the shows - in fact, I don't think that Nathan went to any of the shows, but Zachary and I did, and Gary saw one of them. Nathan did watch some on the t.v.

I had heard they were on when we sailed in 2005 but I never was able to find them, so I was pleasantly surprised to find them this time. Of course I didn't find the t.v. and movie schedule in 2005 until some time after we had returned home and I was looking through our navigators.

 

[tinkerbell_29]

Our favorite port of call was Villefranche. We did the Monoco, monte Carlo, and Eze tour. Our tour guide was fantastic telling all the little things about the places we were seeing. For lunch we ate at The Cafe De Paris while the meal was fantastic it had alot of significance for my family as this was a place our dad was at alot. The highlight of the trip was Eze. You had to climb alot of stairs to get to the top but the views were absolutely amazing. We are already talking about returning to this particular area as we only got an hour to spend there. Our least favorite was Rome. We throughly enjoyed seeing what we saw and were thrilled to be there as it was another place our dad was in alot but our local tour guide made the experience miserable. She gave us no information on what we were seeing and well lunch was miserable very little I could eat and had a hard time getting water once the bottle was gone. We also were unable to sit on the train together coming or going. While this wasn't to big of a deal as we are all adults it would have been nice to experience that together. If we could do the whole trip over we would in a heart beat. We had an amazing time and even with the bad things wouldn't have changed a minute. We also saw all the shows on the ship and loved all of them. The only one that bothered me was the French magician in the farewell show. He didn't seem to be appropriate for families. We loved everything on the ship.

Lissa

 

[nzdisneymom]

LIssa - I had the same thought about the magician in the end not being quite so "family appropriate" as other acts have been. And I did want to point out that my whole thing about us not being able to sit together on the train and it being a problem at our lunch in Rome was purely the result of us having our children with us -- if we had been four adults, it would've been fine and I'm sure we all would've enjoyed a chance to become acquainted with our fellow travelers - but as a mom, I needed to be able to attend to my children and I also know that our fellow-travelers would not have enjoyed having a single child sitting with them, especially ones that needed attention (even though they are 11 and 9, they still need supervision). There were not even two seats together at the lunch. And it's not like we lingered behind to be last ones seated - it's just the luck (or unluck) of how we got off the bus -- we've always been of the mind go all the way to the back and leave room for other passengers and because of that, we were last off the bus from the back, even with both doors unloading passengers. We did learn from that experience and on both of our excursions in France, we chose the seats by the rear doors so we could be first off the bus at each stop (and no, we were not first ones on the bus at the beginning so it's not like we pushed and shoved our way for the seats).

Anyway, lessons learned The nice thing was that we were able to stay close to our tour guide for most of the time in Rome so we didn't miss out on her explanations and information - we felt like she was excellent. Our guide in Capri/Sorrento/Pompeii was ok - she was better in Sorrento and Pompeii than in Capri - the boat ride we took made it very difficult to hear because of the wind on her microphone - so we pretty much just listened to the explanations of the other tour guide who happened to be standing near us. Our guide seemed much more comfortable in Pompeii than the other stops, but then Pompeii is really a better place for a guided tour than the other two stops. I must say a highlight of our trip was the lunch we had in Sorrento - the pasta just melted in our mouths and the pizza crust was so light -- I think I'll never eat Pizza Hut again!

 

[shortkathleen]

My favorite port was Naples. We went on a private tour of Sorrento, Almafi Coast, Posiatono, and Pompeii. We had a great guide, Carmine, who was young and full of passion. He told us what life was really like in his hometown of Sorrento. It was just me, my dh, my sil, my bil and my nephew. We left the little ones in the oceaners lab for the entire day. We were in a Mercedes mini van that was very nice. We got to spend a lot of time in Sorrento and do some great shopping. I bought a beautiful purse there and some yummy olive oil. We then drove along the almafi coast which was gorgeous then we got to explore Positano. We had an amazing lunch at the top of a cliff overlooking the med. sea. After we stuffed ourselves we made our way to Pompeii where Carmine had arranged a private tour guide who was phenomenal! Eventhough it was hot he always found shade for us and he made pompeii come alive to us. We can't wait to go back to Sorrento some day.

My dh's favorite port was Villefranche, it was a close second for me. We did the convertible car tour through Disney. They drove us and 3 other couples to Monaco then let us loose to drive around in an Alfa Roemo (not sure how to spell) convertible, they provide some maps and itineraries. We got to explore Monte Carlo, Monaco, Eze, Nice and Villefranche. We drove along the beautiful upper grand corniche. We stopped and toured Eze, ate bread in Villefranche and just relaxed as we cruised around. It was a great day! I am ready to go back.

Our least favorite port: Palermo!! Hands down! That place is crazy scary and I will just leave it at that. We did it on our own and we should have done a disney tour.
Rome was a close second, it was just too much to see in one day with small kids plus it was hot. I am glad we saw it but I could care less about ever going back. We had a private tour there as well but our guide wasn't as good as our one in Sorrento.

We loved the shows on the ship except that last magician. He was wierd. The grandparents loved watching the kids faces during the shows, they said that is what made the trip worth it for them.

Kathleen
www.mammacakes.blogspot.com (my complete trip report)

 

[Crissup]

My least favorite port was Marseille. It was just boring! In fact, after getting off the shuttle and wandering around for close to an hour looking for something interesting (like anything other than a cafe), we finally gave up and headed back for the shuttle and turned it into a pool day on board.

For me, my two favorite ports were Villafranche and Le Spezia. We all agreed that Monaco was among our very favorite tours (if not *the* favorite). Unfortunately, Carol and the girls just didn't feel they could handle the walk up to Eze, so I went alone. I was really beat, but I just turn my ankle sideways behind me and headed up the hill. It took a lot out of me, but I made it and headed all the way back and then found a path with no one else on it that headed all the way around the outer edge of Eze and back to the hill. For quite some time, I was convinced that I was going to end up at a dead end. But, I really enjoyed getting to see Eze without anyone else around. It was great!

My other favorite, La Spezia, was kind of a surprise. I love boating, so before the cruise, we had briefly considered the boat tour of the Cinque Terre. While we didn't know what that was, I felt the boat tour would be enjoyable. Eventually, I was outvoted and we ended up signing up for some wine tasting thing. Well, the night before Rome, as we're heading to bed, we get a message on our phone that our La Spezia tour was cancelled due to insufficient numbers. So, we had to quickly scramble to find another excursion, since we would be out the entire next day in Rome. We finally ended up back at the boat tour. It did warn that it could be switched to bus during inclement weather.

Sure enough, the morning of the excursion, we get the message that it's now a bus tour. We weren't too happy since we didn't really know what the Cinque Terre was anyway and we really only wanted the boat tour. Plus, when they switched to bus, that also meant (another surprise) that instead of seeing all 5 villages, you now only see two of them. But, off we went.

Well, I ended up *loving* the Cinque Terre villages we saw. It was a *lot* of walking (not as bad as Rome, but being the next day, we were still beat). Poor Carol was really having to push herself. But, the villages were very quaint and the scenery as we walked the lover's lane along the mountain cliff was awesome!! This is definitely a place I'd love to see again some day when we've got more time. As I did a tiny bit of research on them after my return, I found that they are considered one of the most popular tourist destinations in Italy. Imagine that. I just always figured that would be Rome and the other well known places.

Rome just kinda felt like a huge museum to me. It was cool to be there, so I can tell people I saw it, but it's not a big deal to me if I ever return there. We've got lots of big museums here in Chicago that I can go see fascinating stuff.

 

[jslpotz]

reading everyone's 'reviews' etc has been really interesting to me....at times I wondered if we were all on the same trip?? at any rate....perhaps because of my age? or because I had spent several weeks in Italy before, I had a different perspective....my least favorite port was Monaco, even though I have sort of a fondness for Grace Kelly...I was born and raised in Phila; my grandfather and her father had some sort of business dealings...so goes the family lore. But I didn't really like Monaco...too glitzy for me...however, unlike everyone else evidently, I LOVED Marseilles....we took the shuttle, then the little train and got off in the old section, where we wandered up and down the tiny little streets...it had a grittiness that appealed to me....stopped in some neat cafes, met some interesting folks....

I am a potter.....and totally by accident we wandered into an area with a bunch of itsy bitsy artist studios....many potters....and I was absolutely thrilled!

the cruise was seamless....I must admit...Disney does it right. We have been on at least 6-8 cruises over the years...Princess, HAL, etc....but this was the most organized and most attentive....

Our 12 year old grandson loved hanging out with the teens....food was perfect....My only thought would be if it had only been possible to spend 2 shorter days in Rome instead of one long one! SO much to see!!!

Also....as an old fogey...I do think perhaps Disney could consider closing down the Stack earlier on the nights before the really long excursions....so the kids might get a little more sleep.....as long as it was opened, they stayed!

We stayed pre and post at Grand Marina, and it was superb!!! I would love to return, stay there, and really get to explore Barcelona

We've been recommending Disney Cruises to our friends with children and/or younger grandchildren...although it is doubtful we'll do another,,,,our next 'cruise' will be a river boat down the Seine....grownups only!

thanks for reading......


judy....in hot muggy rainy mid-michigan

 

[colleenlg]

It's too bad that so many of us are leaving with a bad impression of Rome - I think it is due to trying to see it all in one very hot day. I've been to Rome before - I spent 3 or 4 days I believe and I LOVED it that time. If this had been my only trip to Rome (had a private tour with my DH, who'd never been & my DD who is 2) - I would probably feel like so many others- that it is not worth a return visit. However, if you were able to stroll the streets at night perusing restaurant menus before choosing where to have a splendid meal and then could mosey over to the Trevi Fountain and have a gelato, I bet you'd like it! I definitely agree that Disney should've given us 2 days in Rome rather than 1!

I definitely want to go on another Disney cruise someday - I just hope they will be planning a cruise somewhere other than the Caribbean or Mexico & for longer than 7 days!

 

[nzdisneymom]

We were overwhelmed by Rome but in a good way - this was the port we had the most difficulty in deciding on an excursion because there was so much we wanted to see and I wanted to fit all of it in. We did the Jumping Back into Eternal Rome tour, and as I mentioned before, except for the logistics of getting there and the weird lunch, our time in the city was great. We had an inside-tour of the Colosseum - it was phenomenal to see and one of my favorite things about the day - our tour guide really made it come to life and she also talked about the every-day sort of things. I'm a "voyeur" by nature so I love getting those glimpses into every-day life -- which is what I loved about Pompeii, too. We picked this tour over others because we would get to tour inside the colosseum rather than just walk around it - much like we did VIP Pisa so we could climb the tower rather than just take pictures of it.

But what I was most fascinated with in Rome was the link between everything. Like the dome in the Pantheon and the dome in St. Peter's Basillica. I was less than interested in going to the Vatican, but being there and thinking of the history of Christianity that occurred in Rome and are represented there was fascinating. Thinking about things like the obelisk that was brought to rome in AD37 and knowing that Peter and Paul were there in Rome around that time or later and knowing that they HAD to have seen it themselves just as we saw it -- well, it was so cool. We laughed at "Michelangelo's Mistake" - the uniforms worn by the Swiss Guard at the Vatican -- our guide said that is what they call the uniforms - because Michelangelo designed them. We decided that he should've just stuck to buildings, paintings and sculptures And it was cool to see where the Pope comes out and to see the chimney that was focused on so much during the selection of the last Pope - I remember watching the news in the cafeteria at lunch every day as my workmates were highly interested in whether the smoke was black or white each day. And we'd see how crowded St. Peter's Square was but you really don't get a feel for it until you see it. Here's a photo DH took that I still am awed by.

 

[tinkerbell_29]

We were also amazed by Rome. Even with a crappy tour guide I was completely amazed by the city. We are actually looking at doing a Adventures by Disney trip next year where you get to spend 3 nights in Rome. I would love to spend some more time exploring that city. I didn't mind sitting by myself on the train on the way. It would have been better if the people in our tour group had been friendly enough to talk but oh well. Cindy the people in your section should have be courtese enough to allow ya'll to sit together. You have to be with your kids it's just not safe to let them be on their own even if you are just a few feet away. sorry that happened to ya'll.
Delta found our other bag. Hooray the rest of our souvenirs. It is supposed to be here by 3:30.

Lissa

 

[CarolAnnC]

As my husband posted, Monaco, Monte Carlo and Eze truly was my favorite tour. I just adored the scenery, the history and touring the royal palace. Cafe de Paris (our lunch) and the Grand Casino were superb as well.

In spite of our Rome day being hot beyond belief, I was in awe of the sights we saw. Things came to life that had only been viewed in pictures before - the Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, Colissuem and of course Vatican City. I was so moved standing in front of St Peter's tomb, I cannot put it into words.

Cinque Terre was a nice choice for us after our hectic day in Rome. Yes, there was a lot of walking, and I was hurting after twisting my knee on the Vatican steps the day before, lol. So much for any miracle cures, lol. But that day with a fine mist of rain, and cloudy skies, it was just refreshing. I think I would have much preferred this tour had it stayed a boat excursion, however. Too many buses over too many days for me.

 

[nzdisneymom]

Lissa - hooray for finding your missing bag! Let us know when it arrives!!!

 

[scottishwee35]

Hi Everybody

I am back now

I am still waiting for my case

I cannot believe it and it is my first times happen as I travelled all the times and never had that happened.

Also several bad news too, never had that before when come home from holiday!!

My husband best friend collapse and died last week. We devasted to heard that news.

The kids club will be closing down on this Friday but otherwise my father in law retired so he will take kids home from school only two days a week (as kids are going back to school next week) already blimey!!

My friend's mum got cancer stomach and I felt that all that in one week so horrible week (last week).

Hopeful no more bad news as we went away to Amsterdam for friend's 40th and it was good weekend and we had a lovely times and good weather and glad went away as switch off mind about best friend.

Today, my husband and his dad went to funeral in Sunderland in England and it was so sad day.

Scottishwee35

 

[scottishwee35]

hi

My favourite is Sorrento and Amifia Drive at Naples.

It was a beautiful day and we went with Disney also two interpreters (no kids). We had so much fun with interpreters. What a beautiful place at Amifia Drive - I would love to stay there. We stopped at Sorrento and took picture/photos then drive to Sorrento and had 45 mins break. We went for a walk and some shopping. Then back to bus was travelling to Amifia Drive and stop half way for lunch. We had a lovely lunch and what a beautiful view. We couldn't stop laugh about Chinese people who take lot lot of photos of everything even a flower with vase on the table After that back to bus and travelling down at Amifia Drive, what a beautiful beach and see all the houses high. Stop for 45 mins break, another shopping but we end up having Mars Bar Ice Cream, yum yum.

It was our favourite.

Second favourite was Villefranche.

Villefranche is a beautiful place.

We went with Sandy and her husband, our mil, fil and my daughter. My son didn't want to come so we leave him at the Club. Just 7 of us went along with private driver. We went along to Nice and stop over for 45 mins at market. That was good. Then went along to St Paul as it was so beautiful place. We managed to have some quick lunch then went to |Monto Carlo to see Caisno. Unfortunately we didn't get in as there were some private. Then went to see Prince Rainer palace, then Prefume shop called Fragonaro after that went to Eze - thought it is beautiful place. Ian and I went to walk up to see beautiful place but very deep and cobble path.

It was 9 hours but private driver charged us for 8 hours and it was absolutely great day.

Didn't think much of Palmero as went to Palemro for Kids with disney as it was okay apart from Gelato ice cream was best!!

I asked my father in law today what he think best he said all of it!!

I find that Rome was a bit disappointed due to rush rush with disney as I saw one beautiful picture as I want to buy but all people walked away and I ran after them. Never got the picture Lunch was good but I felt too much for one day and wish never bring the kids!! Kids didn't realised that it was a long day and VERY HOT HOT. Kids start grumpy after first visited Gladitors! We had two interpreters came with us and that was very useful and helpful but I think it was far too much for one day.

At theatre/show, at last night, I don't like the magic and I didn't think it was good for our kids apart some fun like one interpreter signed fast with man with guitar. I thought it was so funny and wish video Brian (interpreter).

Anyway, we glad to had two interpreters and they were sitting with us for meals every night and we find it was good laugh too also my daughter loved them.

Scottishwee35

Sorry about my english, I hope you understand it.