July 28, 2007 - "Rome-ancing the Mouse Cruisers" -11 days! Part 2

[jlawall]

Oh NO!!! I have a new tag from the tag fairy (thank you TF) How am I going to 'splain that to DH? He already thinks I've lost it on the DIS.

toooo funnyeeeee!!

 

[jlawall]

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We just got home from Barcelona - what a long day...a word of warning to those when traveling home. be prepared for LONG airport walks!!! At BCN it was easily a mile and almost that far at Madrid - the excursions were easier!!

Ok - on to answers and comments:


Quote:
Originally Posted by vegs1
Padalyn - Thanks for the great info. We are booked to do the Marseille Soap Tour also. Would you kindly answer a couple of more questions on that for me?
First off - I was in Marseille last year and bought wonderfully scented soaps at the market for I think it was 10 bars for 12 Euros. Was the cost about the same? Also...what was the rest of the tour like? We have a 9 year old with us and were wondering if she'd be bored with it. Thanks for the help!!!

you are very welcome - I am hoping my soap appears when my lost luggage appears. I found that the cost is similar to what you list - I found the soaps at the factory were a bit less than at the market (1.5 Euro for a large bar - a pack of 6 mini soaps was 3 Euro at the factory and 8 Euro at the market). There is also a small market set up at the ship - be careful those prices are high! I found the same table cloth in 3 places - at the old port market it was 15 Euro (I bought it there!) at the ship market it was 40 Euro and in Nice it was 35 Euro. Same material and pattern...go figure...

The "tour" I use the term in quotes because the factory is a small place and the owner opened on a Sunday to show us around. He has 7 workers that make 1200 bars of soap a day. He showed each step and allowed the kids to play with the soap a bit as well. I found him charming, informative, and generally very nice. The rest of the tour was a driving trip around the city. Amazingly enough we saw things that were not on our toup (The large water fountain whose name escapes me) and the tour that was supposed to see it never got there due to traffic.

The driving part was only about 2 hours total - we were off the bus in the factory for over an hour. Split in 2 groups to allow easy viewing and shopping for the other half - worked very well.

Then an hour at the market -great for a kid since there are mimes, and the waterfront is an eyefull of interesting and exciting stuff! old ships, restaurants and vendors, fish mongers and others...no un-kid like things that I noticed. I will put a disclaimer that I am NOT a parent and tend to miss those things...but no obvious things.


Quote:
Originally Posted by MJGirl
Anyone have any comments about the Mysterious Palermo tour?? Thanks.

Loved it, loved it, loved it!!! I was wowed by the fact that we saw actual catacombs that are still in use!!! Yes, there were bodies - be warned if that is upsetting to you.

The rest of the tour covered a palace where we weren't allowed pictures, and a really neat old church that is been build and destroyed numerous times.


Quote:
Originally Posted by calif disney 1
Has anybody heard about the Olbia Jeep Safari....

I did the full day tour of Mt Teide with 2 other stops (weak brain after 18 hours up and the flight home). Some of my table mates did the jeep tour and were VERY disappointed with it. The drive to the top is about 2 hours - they made no more stops than the bus did - they did not drive themselves, and only had 30 minutes more than we did on teh bus at the top. They said they wished they had done our tour, since we saw the botanica and some of the town. we had a great lunch at a private resort in downtown. The pool was amazing - easily 1000 people could swim at once...


Quote:
Originally Posted by AnnaS
I forgot to ask -

If I want to do a different excursion - don't I have to cancel first? We have two cabins, five people. How will I know first if there are spots available in a different excursion?

Has anyone done this?

Not sure if I should keep it and hope for improvements. Has anyone done the VIP Pisa one?

Thank you all so much.

you are given a cancel by date at the top of the navigator each day - you have 48 hours before teh excursion to decided go or change. I would wait until on board - this way you can ask excursion desk your questions specifically.


Quote:
Originally Posted by vegs1
For the Pisa trip...you climbed the tour. How did that go? We are wondering what the difficulty would be as we have one person quite out of shape and also a 9 year old that we thought it may be too difficult for if you must keep up to a guide. Any thoughts?

Be ready - the wait is hours I heard. The line was really long. I had only 30 minutes in Pisa total - took me 15 just to get to the tower.


Quote:
Originally Posted by vegs1
Ltl Mermaid - Just a couple of questions on your Nice and Monaco excursion. Did you actually go to the Oceanographic Museum and if so, what is it and is it worth it? Also...where did you eat in Eze and was there a varied menu to choose from (I can't eat fish). Was there free time in Eze to look around?

We're trying to decide whether to do the excursion or just take the train from Villefranche to these places. Seems easy enough but I've never been there so don't know. Thanks for the help.

I did Nice & Monaco - we stopped for lunch in Eze we did NOT see the church or go up the mountain. We had time in Nice. My girlfriend and her mom did the Monaco tour and were much happier with theirs than I was with mine. The lunch was good as someone else noted. I wish I had known the alternate food choice - I hate chicken, but ate it since that is what I was given.

Quote:
Originally Posted by seema
I have booked tours for the 3 mainland Italian stops - Naples/Pompeii, Rome, and Florence/Pisa.

For the moment, I am holding off booking for the French Riviera, Marseilles, Sicily, and Sardinia. I am wondering if the ports of call are within easy walking distance of the main cities (Monte Carlo for the French Riviera). Can these areas be walked easily and/or can one take a taxi (perhaps to take one around on a timed basis, for a few hours?) to see the sights. For the French Riviera, I am thinking of taking a taxi to go from Monte Carlo to Nice and Cannes, and then back. For Marseilles, I am interested in taking the free half-hourly shuttle from the ship to the harbour.

Do any of the 7 cities have a on-off tourist type bus (I believe that Barcelona has that type of bus).

whew -
Palermo - walking distance from the ship didn't try it myself tho
Sardinia - most of the bigger towns are a drive away - I did Magdellena and loved it!!! never saw Olbia itself.
Rome - do the Train into town if you are picking a DCL excrusion - the busses were hell according to others. The port city (can't spell that one!!) is a nice town, and a short taxi ride away. Don't try to walk it -it was over a mile of industrial shipping port.
Naples: don't recall
La Specia: I again didn't get into town because of the distance to Florence
Marsielle: bus to the old port - very easy and frequent.
Villefranche: tender ran often, but we had other cruise ships in port with us - so the delays were caused by the tenders switching between the ships. When leaving the tender area - there is a short very steep paved hill to climb to the bus.

Vegs1: We did not have time to go to the Oceanographic Museum, we only saw it from the outside. it did look very cool but wasn't part of our scheduled excursion. our guide pretty much stuck to the schedule. We did not see the inside of the Prince's Palace either, but we did get to see the isnide of the Catherdral. It was the location where Princess Grace got married.

QUOTE] and her tomb is there as well.. I agree with these comments. I preferred this part of the tour.


Quote:
Originally Posted by lzj21428
I've seen alot of conflicting info on weather or not to carry your passport w/ you while off the ship. I'm wondering what more people have done. Did DCL give any advice on this topic?

Just curious what the consensus on this might be. Thanks

get a waist money belt. You will need photo id for most credit card purchases (over 10 Euro I found it sped the process up). Carry a canceled drivers license if you have one - I did and that was fine. I did carry my passport with me in hopes of getting it stamped -seems most countries don't stamp them any longer - the electronice age is really here. blip and you are in, blip and you are out.


Genreal comments:
I climbed Mt Veseuvius on that same day -I was ready for the weather with a gortex coat and I was fine. I do suggest that you be ready for crowds - Pompeii is a very busy set of ruins - I had words with another tour operator - she cut us off from our guide and then yelled at me for breaking her line - I hip checked her <not very nice - but I didn't want to loose our guide>

Be ready to walk - the guides walk fast and furious.

take small Euro bills -I had trouble breaking 50s on occosion and that is what the ATM's spit out at me.

Carry a change purse - 5 Euro is the smallest bill, 2 Euro is a coin as is 1 Euro.

On & Off busses - I read of a couple -but Barcelona is set up for it. However, the loops take over 2 hours for 2 of them and the busses only run one way (counter clockwise around their circut) if you need to be one stop before where you are - you have to ride the whole loop or walk back!

Cayla
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Some great tips!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[jlawall]

Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 16 They will not allow you in with cameras or larger things like backpacks. They did allow a fanny pack for a lady with us. They force you to check all your larger items and cameras.

I would strongly recommend that you travel on your excursions with ONLY copies of your passports. The ship only requires that you have your KTTW card and a photo id to re-board the ship. We used our driver's license however others used the copies of their passports with no problem whatsoever.

 

[MrsG]

Dh ordered euros in 100 euro increments. He thinks we can just break them into smaller euros at the Barcelona airport. Any idea where we can do this? I doubt a small store would be able to do it - it's like buying gum with a $100 bill!

He says I'm over analyzing this. (I probably am) We need to do it at the airport so we can take a cab to the hotel.

Thanks,
Maryann

 

[Sandaneli]

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We just got home from Barcelona - what a long day...a word of warning to those when traveling home. be prepared for LONG airport walks!!! At BCN it was easily a mile and almost that far at Madrid - the excursions were easier!!

Ok - on to answers and comments:


Quote:
Originally Posted by vegs1
Padalyn - Thanks for the great info. We are booked to do the Marseille Soap Tour also. Would you kindly answer a couple of more questions on that for me?
First off - I was in Marseille last year and bought wonderfully scented soaps at the market for I think it was 10 bars for 12 Euros. Was the cost about the same? Also...what was the rest of the tour like? We have a 9 year old with us and were wondering if she'd be bored with it. Thanks for the help!!!

you are very welcome - I am hoping my soap appears when my lost luggage appears. I found that the cost is similar to what you list - I found the soaps at the factory were a bit less than at the market (1.5 Euro for a large bar - a pack of 6 mini soaps was 3 Euro at the factory and 8 Euro at the market). There is also a small market set up at the ship - be careful those prices are high! I found the same table cloth in 3 places - at the old port market it was 15 Euro (I bought it there!) at the ship market it was 40 Euro and in Nice it was 35 Euro. Same material and pattern...go figure...

The "tour" I use the term in quotes because the factory is a small place and the owner opened on a Sunday to show us around. He has 7 workers that make 1200 bars of soap a day. He showed each step and allowed the kids to play with the soap a bit as well. I found him charming, informative, and generally very nice. The rest of the tour was a driving trip around the city. Amazingly enough we saw things that were not on our toup (The large water fountain whose name escapes me) and the tour that was supposed to see it never got there due to traffic.

The driving part was only about 2 hours total - we were off the bus in the factory for over an hour. Split in 2 groups to allow easy viewing and shopping for the other half - worked very well.

Then an hour at the market -great for a kid since there are mimes, and the waterfront is an eyefull of interesting and exciting stuff! old ships, restaurants and vendors, fish mongers and others...no un-kid like things that I noticed. I will put a disclaimer that I am NOT a parent and tend to miss those things...but no obvious things.


Quote:
Originally Posted by MJGirl
Anyone have any comments about the Mysterious Palermo tour?? Thanks.

Loved it, loved it, loved it!!! I was wowed by the fact that we saw actual catacombs that are still in use!!! Yes, there were bodies - be warned if that is upsetting to you.

The rest of the tour covered a palace where we weren't allowed pictures, and a really neat old church that is been build and destroyed numerous times.


Quote:
Originally Posted by calif disney 1
Has anybody heard about the Olbia Jeep Safari....

I did the full day tour of Mt Teide with 2 other stops (weak brain after 18 hours up and the flight home). Some of my table mates did the jeep tour and were VERY disappointed with it. The drive to the top is about 2 hours - they made no more stops than the bus did - they did not drive themselves, and only had 30 minutes more than we did on teh bus at the top. They said they wished they had done our tour, since we saw the botanica and some of the town. we had a great lunch at a private resort in downtown. The pool was amazing - easily 1000 people could swim at once...


Quote:
Originally Posted by AnnaS
I forgot to ask -

If I want to do a different excursion - don't I have to cancel first? We have two cabins, five people. How will I know first if there are spots available in a different excursion?

Has anyone done this?

Not sure if I should keep it and hope for improvements. Has anyone done the VIP Pisa one?

Thank you all so much.

you are given a cancel by date at the top of the navigator each day - you have 48 hours before teh excursion to decided go or change. I would wait until on board - this way you can ask excursion desk your questions specifically.


Quote:
Originally Posted by vegs1
For the Pisa trip...you climbed the tour. How did that go? We are wondering what the difficulty would be as we have one person quite out of shape and also a 9 year old that we thought it may be too difficult for if you must keep up to a guide. Any thoughts?

Be ready - the wait is hours I heard. The line was really long. I had only 30 minutes in Pisa total - took me 15 just to get to the tower.


Quote:
Originally Posted by vegs1
Ltl Mermaid - Just a couple of questions on your Nice and Monaco excursion. Did you actually go to the Oceanographic Museum and if so, what is it and is it worth it? Also...where did you eat in Eze and was there a varied menu to choose from (I can't eat fish). Was there free time in Eze to look around?

We're trying to decide whether to do the excursion or just take the train from Villefranche to these places. Seems easy enough but I've never been there so don't know. Thanks for the help.

I did Nice & Monaco - we stopped for lunch in Eze we did NOT see the church or go up the mountain. We had time in Nice. My girlfriend and her mom did the Monaco tour and were much happier with theirs than I was with mine. The lunch was good as someone else noted. I wish I had known the alternate food choice - I hate chicken, but ate it since that is what I was given.

Quote:
Originally Posted by seema
I have booked tours for the 3 mainland Italian stops - Naples/Pompeii, Rome, and Florence/Pisa.

For the moment, I am holding off booking for the French Riviera, Marseilles, Sicily, and Sardinia. I am wondering if the ports of call are within easy walking distance of the main cities (Monte Carlo for the French Riviera). Can these areas be walked easily and/or can one take a taxi (perhaps to take one around on a timed basis, for a few hours?) to see the sights. For the French Riviera, I am thinking of taking a taxi to go from Monte Carlo to Nice and Cannes, and then back. For Marseilles, I am interested in taking the free half-hourly shuttle from the ship to the harbour.

Do any of the 7 cities have a on-off tourist type bus (I believe that Barcelona has that type of bus).

whew -
Palermo - walking distance from the ship didn't try it myself tho
Sardinia - most of the bigger towns are a drive away - I did Magdellena and loved it!!! never saw Olbia itself.
Rome - do the Train into town if you are picking a DCL excrusion - the busses were hell according to others. The port city (can't spell that one!!) is a nice town, and a short taxi ride away. Don't try to walk it -it was over a mile of industrial shipping port.
Naples: don't recall
La Specia: I again didn't get into town because of the distance to Florence
Marsielle: bus to the old port - very easy and frequent.
Villefranche: tender ran often, but we had other cruise ships in port with us - so the delays were caused by the tenders switching between the ships. When leaving the tender area - there is a short very steep paved hill to climb to the bus.

Vegs1: We did not have time to go to the Oceanographic Museum, we only saw it from the outside. it did look very cool but wasn't part of our scheduled excursion. our guide pretty much stuck to the schedule. We did not see the inside of the Prince's Palace either, but we did get to see the isnide of the Catherdral. It was the location where Princess Grace got married.

QUOTE] and her tomb is there as well.. I agree with these comments. I preferred this part of the tour.


Quote:
Originally Posted by lzj21428
I've seen alot of conflicting info on weather or not to carry your passport w/ you while off the ship. I'm wondering what more people have done. Did DCL give any advice on this topic?

Just curious what the consensus on this might be. Thanks

get a waist money belt. You will need photo id for most credit card purchases (over 10 Euro I found it sped the process up). Carry a canceled drivers license if you have one - I did and that was fine. I did carry my passport with me in hopes of getting it stamped -seems most countries don't stamp them any longer - the electronice age is really here. blip and you are in, blip and you are out.


Genreal comments:
I climbed Mt Veseuvius on that same day -I was ready for the weather with a gortex coat and I was fine. I do suggest that you be ready for crowds - Pompeii is a very busy set of ruins - I had words with another tour operator - she cut us off from our guide and then yelled at me for breaking her line - I hip checked her <not very nice - but I didn't want to loose our guide>

Be ready to walk - the guides walk fast and furious.

take small Euro bills -I had trouble breaking 50s on occosion and that is what the ATM's spit out at me.

Carry a change purse - 5 Euro is the smallest bill, 2 Euro is a coin as is 1 Euro.

On & Off busses - I read of a couple -but Barcelona is set up for it. However, the loops take over 2 hours for 2 of them and the busses only run one way (counter clockwise around their circut) if you need to be one stop before where you are - you have to ride the whole loop or walk back!

Cayla
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Some great tips!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JoAnne, thanks for posting this, some great information!!

 

[jlawall]

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1474234

Mrs. G's thread is really giving a lot of great info....

Check it out!!

 

[jlawall]

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JoAnne, thanks for posting this, some great information!!

My pleasure!!

 

[jlawall]

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?p=19127650#post19127650

Hoping to hear from present cruisers soon!!!!!!!

 

[Sandaneli]

Goodnight All,

It's been a long weekend and tomorrow starts our last week of School

I am ready for summer. And so are the kids and teachers. And another step closer to our cruise.

Sandra

 

[MrsG]

Goodnight All,

It's been a long weekend and tomorrow starts our last week of School

I am ready for summer. And so are the kids and teachers. And another step closer to our cruise.

Sandra

We have a week and one half left. Tomorrow is the last day of classes and locker cleanout (ugh) and then exams. I can't wait to be concentrating more on Barcelona and the little details of our cruise.

Maryann

 

[jlawall]

Goodnight All,

It's been a long weekend and tomorrow starts our last week of School

I am ready for summer. And so are the kids and teachers. And another step closer to our cruise.

Sandra

Yes, this is our last weekend before summer begins, too.....

 

[jlawall]

We have a week and one half left. Tomorrow is the last day of classes and locker cleanout (ugh) and then exams. I can't wait to be concentrating more on Barcelona and the little details of our cruise.

Maryann

Agreed!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

Congrats on a MAJOR I think I have seen that technique before somewhere.

Yes, I was inspired by the best in our thread

Good Morning Andrew and Everyone else

Will try and catch up, today, but tomorrrow I leave for a week in the New Forest with my year 6 pupils no internet access so I guess I'll come back to a great deal of catching up... so I'm not going to be around much in the next couple of weeks.

Have fun Play nice and I'll see you all on my return

Have a wonderful time! You WILL be ready for the cruise by the time you return.

So everyone... get back to the buses first!!!

Good to keep in mind.

Don't give up - I think it might help having you dd there. Have fun with it.

Thank you. We were sore today. Lol, but she & I are ready to go back tomorrow, and continue. I have a long way to go, and should have started months ago, but I'm glad I'm at least starting now.

 

[kidcoos3]

Well, gone for a weekend and I have 22 pages to read. I've gotten through 12 of them. I know I better finish tonite or there will be a zillion more tomorrow morning. Between the kids being home and destroying the house, DD and I being gone every weekend and my brother and his wife coming for a week at the beginning of July, I don't think I'll ever be ready for this trip. I spend all my "free time" on the disboards. The house has gone to heck in a handbasket and I still have tons of reading to do about Europe. I have an uncountable number of articles to read that I have saved in my favorites - oh well.

When we got home dd had sent Father's Day gift early and phoned to be sure that dh opened it upon arrival. I had to take a picture to send all of you as it could not have come on a better day.

I love those!!

Pirates Won! Pirates Won!

Congrats and what great pictures. I love going to my kids' sporting events. It is so good for them (and me!)

Hi all,

I just wondered what your family , partners, significant others think about the dis - I'll share what Dave and I talked about last night.

I was reading an online article about cruises and they referred to cruisecritic and dis. We've been going to Disney properties for so many years and I had never heard of it - unbelieveable!! We tend to also stay kind of quiet and to ourselves. I am really looking forward to the cruise because now we'll be able to do both. I know there will be lots of great people that I already "know". We hope to make it to the fountain - but will definitely do the dismeet - will everyone bring their kids to that one too?
I have gotten DH somewhat interested in the boards. He leaves this one to me - he has been working on the DVC ones - finding info that in the past has taken us forever to learn/understand etc. These boards are great!!

Wow- 4 days in France-!! That is fantastic-!! Our students usually dont do overnighters like that until high school. Some schools do an overnighter in Washington DC, or Philadelphia- places of historical value, but but not at Alice's age as far as I know- We have cut down drastically on school trips since 9-11 also- We used to take the kids to Manhattan all the time , but my district no longer allows us to go there- so sad!

2 years ago my kids went to a one room schoolhouse for a year - K-12 24 kids. 26 of us (kids and parents) went to Boston for a field trip. It was a ton of fun. While in CA, my daughter went to science camp in the Santa Cruz mountains - that was in 6th grade. It was for a few nights. While in MT, both of my boys have gone camping with the 6th grade class - just one night. All of these experiences are so good for the kids.

I thought this was informative on Las Ramblas
Guide to Barcelona Las Ramblas
disappear. Click here for the Barcelona Las Ramblas safety guide.

Great!! Thank you!

Here is another link to a good interactive Barcelona map- Im trying to get a grasp where we are compared to the fountain, las r. and other DISers hotels

http://travel.yahoo.com/p-map-191501797-map_of_barcelona-i

Thanks again!!

Helen and Anna,
This sounds like us. DH asks everyday, "so what's new on the Boards?" But he doesn't go on at all. Then he can say, "You spend too much time on that computer!" He's very pleased to be meeting people on the cruise. We had hoped to meet people this time and because of this board we have a jumpstart. We have always taken the kids and stayed pretty much to ourselves but this time it's just the 2 of us and we are more interested in socializing. THis has been such a blessing. We are looking forward to meeting everyone.

Sandra

I didn't realize you weren't taking your kids - maybe you told us and I forgot?

How do you do that??

Darn that 40 second rule!

So close - it's always the 40 sec rule!!

Such great info from you Sallie! Thanks!!

Morning everyone!

Well, I finally broken down & joined a gym yesterday. Actually, all three of us have joined the gym, and I think it will help that Kelly & I will be working together. It is way past time that I get back into shape, and even though I KNOW I won't be at my ideal weight at the cruise... at least I'll be on the path to being healthier.

I'm trying on my own - but I am using a trainer. I definitely need to be accountable or I always find something else to do - good luck to you and DD!

Hello Everyone! I am back from my exile at least for a few minutes.

Later all -

My daughter was the same way - looked older. It's why we go gray!!

I have always told Gretchen and Annie they will not start dating until after they are married!!

Great answer!!

Ok another look at a rare family photo - well not so rare anymore - DS ALWAYS refused to take photos. Now - that's no longer a problem!

Great pictures Laura - you and your girls are so adorable!

OK, off to read the last 10 pages - by now, probably 11. oy veh!

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

Oh, on a completely different note,

I've been obsessing over the toilet paper issue.

I found individual travel rolls of Charmin toilet tissue for about $1 a piece. Then DH had a brainstorm, why not roll your own. So, (yes I have lost it) I took a roll of toilet paper (Scott tissue because it's not so fluffy), took a pencil, and rolled the toilet paper around the pencil nice and tight, thereby making mini rolls. I removed the pencil easily and was able to fit two little rolls inside a ziplock snack sized bag. I figure each little roll is good for about 5-6 "normal" uses rotfl: ) Not sure if the hotels in Barcelona have toilet tissues or bidets so I'll pack a few from home and then I can roll more on the ship to take.

I must get a life.

Maryann

Great idea! I must live in one of the few American rooms that has a bidet. My nephews call it the foot washer.

I remember awhile back someone saying they were waiting to see a navagator posted for the first sea day to check for conflicts with our dis-meet in Pomanade Lounge at 9:30am. Here is page 1

These Navigators are GREAT! Thank you for posting them.

\\

I just realized that the "two tour guides" I emailed are one and the same.

While most of you know our sad tale of missing the boat on May 26th, Our friends returned with lots of great booty for us! 2 Ducky Williams lithos, Pirates dinner menu, Port shopping guides, The Castaway Club Challenge Quiz from the Castaway Clubhouse get-together, Leather CC Visa wallet (CC gift), 2 Inaugural Voyage T-Shirts, Pirate buttons for the at sea premier of Pirates 3 movie, cool fish extender gifts from DIS members ie: DIS Pen, I (heart) DIS spiral journal book, cool home made magnets, necklace, umbrella straw, Dreams Unlimited pins, magnets, & luggage tags.

Wow, even though you missed your original cruise & had such a tough time of it, that is so nice that your friends remembered you & brought you back gifts from the group (and the Pirates button - very cool).

I'm in an internet cafe in Bermuda and of course had to stop into the Dis and say hi . . . we were at Horseshoe beach this morning and it was lovely -- the weather is a little windy and overcast but Bermuda is still a fabulous place to see . . .

Have a wonderful visit!

Should I mention the Magic fountains are an alternative, some might like to Flash there anyway.

Good thing I'll have my digi camera with me (oh, it's the one that has video clips, too.)

 

[kidcoos3]

Ok - someone tell me that this does not look like a typical Sister (as in nun)

That is such a great story!!

Yes?

Great picture/animation!

Yes - after reading one of the reviews, I changed a Marseille city tour to the one with the soap factory.

The site was... well, not to speak ill of their software developers.. well, a bit strange.
Dan

I have been very disappointed in their website -difficult to navigate, freezes up at very inopportune times!!

Oh, on a completely different note,

I've been obsessing over the toilet paper issue.

Maryann

I wonder how many moms have been obsessing over the whole toilet paper/bathroom issue - count me in!!

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I can't believe Mary Jo passed me - maybe I can catch up while she's working out!!

Yes you could LOO's your freedom! but for evidence the police wouldnt have much 'to go on', if you do not have paper.

Sorry thats bad!!!

That's worse than bad!!

I am so not rolling TP on this trip.......why can't we just bring a roll or two with us?

Do you think we'll look like tourists if we stuff our pockets with TP - or better yet, we can put a few rolls on a string and wear it as a necklace. If we do that, we can unrole enough to cover our shoulders and knees when we are in Rome.

To Roll or not to Roll that is the question???

Hey.......I'm really about the Margarita tasting........however, I can be convinced.......actually, I also saw the WINE TASTING... ....and the BEER tasting (not for me, despite my family heritage....ask me sometime about that!!)


New DIS list...........

Martini tasting

Wine tasting
jlawall
Pixie Dust II
Sandaneli

Beer tasting

Sign me and DH up for all 3

Ok - gotta sign off as I have to take the recent grad to church at 5 and then to sign up for summer softball classes with her CCD program. They are starting something new for this year. They are trying to gather enough students to make games and to help keep from getting bored. I'm so glad they're trying this. Maybe it'll help curb some impulses!

Later - all - be good.

I travel to summer softball tournaments to help curb teenage impulses!

Oh NO!!! I have a new tag from the tag fairy (thank you TF) How am I going to 'splain that to DH? He already thinks I've lost it on the DIS.

That's awesome! Congrats!

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?p=19127650#post19127650
Hoping to hear from present cruisers soon!!!!!!!

Thanks for starting this - I've only found 1 blog from them so far.

Well, that's it. I'm definitely taking my laptop next weekend. I didn't like being this far behind! Glad to be caught up!!

Tomorrow starts our first full week of summer vacation - how many more weeks still they start school again?

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

THERE IS DEFINITELY NO FLUFF POSTING ON THIS THREAD!!

hahahahahah.........................Congrats!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you!

Hi,
I think I must have missed something. Why are we rolling our own toilet paper? I know there have been problems with service on the cruise but it can't be that bad

Sandra

Omgosh - this was funny! No wonder you got that tag.

We're not!! Let's take a new poll.....

TP rollers....
Mrs. G
Pixie Dust II

TP bringers....
jlawall
Sandaneli

Anyone else??

Too funny! We actually have a few mini rolls in plastic that I got for our camping trip, so we'll be taking those. We may roll once we're on the ship if we run out. So I guess I'll be in both of those lists. I'm also taking wipes with me. I usually put them in sealable sandwich bags - they're good for sooo many things.

Hey.......I'm really about the Margarita tasting........however, I can be convinced.......actually, I also saw the WINE TASTING... ....and the BEER tasting (not for me, despite my family heritage....ask me sometime about that!!)


New DIS list...........

Martini tasting

Wine tasting
jlawall
Pixie Dust II
Sandaneli

Beer tasting

Oooh, I'd love to be a part of the wine tasting. Hopefully the rascals can find something else to do during this time.

Ok - gotta sign off as I have to take the recent grad to church at 5 and then to sign up for summer softball classes with her CCD program. They are starting something new for this year. They are trying to gather enough students to make games and to help keep from getting bored. I'm so glad they're trying this. Maybe it'll help curb some impulses!

Later - all - be good.

What a great idea.

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We just got home from Barcelona - what a long day...a word of warning to those when traveling home. be prepared for LONG airport walks!!! At BCN it was easily a mile and almost that far at Madrid - the excursions were easier!!

Ok - on to answers and comments:
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Some great tips!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree - these were great tips. Thank you for including them in our thread.

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1474234

Mrs. G's thread is really giving a lot of great info....

Check it out!!

I usually do - there are some great comments on it. I have been looking through all of the tips and trip reports, and it seems to me that most of the questions are coming from our own cruise . Either we are an inquisitive bunch, or your names just jump out at me on these threads.

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?p=19127650#post19127650

Hoping to hear from present cruisers soon!!!!!!!

Hope they post soon!

Well, gone for a weekend and I have 22 pages to read. I've gotten through 12 of them. I know I better finish tonite or there will be a zillion more tomorrow morning....The house has gone to heck in a handbasket and I still have tons of reading to do about Europe. I have an uncountable number of articles to read that I have saved in my favorites - oh well.

I know the feeling well.

I was reading an online article about cruises and they referred to cruisecritic and dis. We've been going to Disney properties for so many years and I had never heard of it - unbelieveable!! We tend to also stay kind of quiet and to ourselves. I am really looking forward to the cruise because now we'll be able to do both. I know there will be lots of great people that I already "know". We hope to make it to the fountain - but will definitely do the dismeet - will everyone bring their kids to that one too? I have gotten DH somewhat interested in the boards. He leaves this one to me - he has been working on the DVC ones - finding info that in the past has taken us forever to learn/understand etc. These boards are great!!

Have to agree.

I'm trying on my own - but I am using a trainer. I definitely need to be accountable or I always find something else to do - good luck to you and DD!

Thank you. I did get a trainer for us to share. My ds said he can do it on his own. I really want to make a commitment. Good luck to you, too.

OK, off to read the last 10 pages - by now, probably 11. oy veh!

Happy Reading!

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

I can't believe Mary Jo passed me - maybe I can catch up while she's working out!!

hmmm ... I wonder if I can take my laptop to the gym?

Do you think we'll look like tourists if we stuff our pockets with TP - or better yet, we can put a few rolls on a string and wear it as a necklace. If we do that, we can unrole enough to cover our shoulders and knees when we are in Rome.

OMGosh - I love the way you think! It's not like Americans stand out anyway whenever we travel. (Don't know about the Brits. )

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

Hey everyone, I was wondering if everyone would be interested in taking a group picture? I see a lot done on Pirate Night -- Should we set something up ahead of time? Who all is interested?

I haven't heard about Gift Bags lately - I think the plan is to bring something $15-$20 that reflects your corner of the world - are we still planning this?

Fish Extenders -- It looks like this is something that more people are interested in doing, and not leaving it to just the kids -- do I have that right? I've gone to two dollar stores, two Rite Aids, and a CVS market - and haven't found one yet. I think I'm looking in the right section at these stores, so I do not have anything - yet.

 

[eeyorelvr10]

And we are having great fun being a flashing, flushing, crazy bunch!!!!!

Sandra - you got tagged!

NOW - that I'm sorry to say is priceless!