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

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Front page links now working.

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Good Night....good Luck....

 

[benspock]

I know I saw this on the thread some time ago, but cannot remember the ports where we have to tender I'm sure most of you know this but I have senior moments form time to time. To much job stress Could someone list them please.

 

[benspock]

My son, Daniel, will turn 18 on August 3rd!!

Is your son off to school when you return to the states? We have only a couple of days to get Daniel off to VA Tech!!

Yes Blake is off to school but is staying local here on Long Island. Maybe your son and ours can start emailing each other before the cruise.

 

[benspock]

Good luck all and if you need private tours detail's added to the front of the thread.

Andrew, my wife wants to know if live anywhere near Paul McCartney

 

[benspock]

OK SORRY GUYS and GIRLS go away to watch Doctor Who and a page moves on with errors, thats just to test you all, copied and pasted in, do these work?

Andrew, my wife is freaking out define formal and semi-formal

 

[MrsJobba1]

I know I saw this on the thread some time ago, but cannot remember the ports where we have to tender I'm sure most of you know this but I have senior moments form time to time. To much job stress Could someone list them please.

Hi we tender in Villefranche France and La Spezia

 

[MrsJobba1]

Right guys, Im going to restart my machine, then go to bed.

Night all, and see you in the morning when we will have booked the excursions.

Night night

 

[jlawall]

Buttons sound good Sallie! Almost time................

 

[MV_Photon]

Long time no post! Yup, we’re still around….

Recall that long ago we reserved premiere private guides for most of our ports-of-call.

At this time, we invite interested DISers (1 – 4 per day) to share those tours with us (DH, DW, DS-11, & DS-9), especially if you fail to get your excursion of choice tonight. (…or, if you just don’t want to be a part of the herd) Because I am an Oncologist (cancer doctor), I would prefer non-smokers, please.

Our scheduled guides and proposed itineraries include:


Barcelona (Friday – 7/27 & Saturday – 7/28)

Jose Soler / Pepito Tours http://www.pepitotours.com/private-tours-barcelona.html

Barcelona

• Barcelona Harbour Cable Car (Transborador Aeri del Port) http://www.trenscat.com/funis/aeriport_ct.html
• Parc Guell http://www.gaudiallgaudi.com/AA010.htm
• Sagrada Familia www.sagradafamilia.org
• Barri Gotic (Gothic Quarter)
• Gardens of Montjuic http://www.bcn.es/turisme/english/turisme/llocs/17_0.htm

Montserrat

• Shrine of La Moreneta http://www.sacred-destinations.com/spain/montserrat-shrine.htm
• Hermitage of Sant Joan via funicular http://www.funimag.com/funimag14/montserrat04.htm

Palermo, Sicily (Monday – 7/30)

Jacqueline Alio www.sicilytravel.net/Palermo_tours.htm

Palermo -- Walking Tour

• Il Duomo
• Palace dei Normanni / Capella Palatina
• Palazzo Mirto
• San Cataldo
• San Francesco d’Assisi
• San Giovanni degli Eremiti

Bagheria

• Villa Palagonia www.villapalagonia.it/palagonia_eng/storia/storia.html

Pompeii / Naples (Tuesday – 7/31)

Salvatore Licibello www.driveamalfi.com

Pompeii (w/ private archaeological guide) http://www2.pompeiisites.org/database/pompei/pompei2.nsf/

• Ufficio Scavi di Pompeii http://www.destination360.com/europe/italy/ruins-of-pompeii.php
• Casa Vettii
• Villa dei Misteri

Sorrento
Naples​

Rome (Thursday – 8/2)

http://www.romecity.it/EnglishVersion.htm
Claudio Caponera www.limoinrome.com

• Roman Forum
• Colosseo (Coliseum) http://www.the-colosseum.net/idx-en.htm
• Mouth of Truth http://www.italyguides.it/us/roma/r...din/the_mouth_of_truth/bocca_della_verita.htm
• Pantheon http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer.../Lazio/Roma/Rome/_Texts/PLATOP*/Pantheon.html
• Trevi Fountain
• Sistine Chapel
• San Pietro in Vincoli (Basilica of St. Peter in Chains) http://www.cptryon.org/hoagland/travels/stpeterchains/index.html
• Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano (Basilica of St. Peter) http://www.saintpetersbasilica.org/

Pisa / Florence (Saturday – 8/4)

Paola Migliorni www.florencetour.com

Pisa

• La Torre di Pisa http://torre.duomo.pisa.it/index_eng.html
  
  [*]Climb at 10:30 AM
  [*]Purchase tickets 45 days in advance (06/21/07) at www.opapisa.it/boxoffice/first.jsp​

Florence

• Galleria dell’ Accademia www.polomuseale.firenze.it/accademia
• Ponte Vecchio (“Old Bridge”) http://www.thais.it/citta_italiane/firenze/index/pontevecchio/pag_01.htm
• Cathedral of Santa Maria dei Fiori (“Duomo”) www.operaduomo.firenze.it
• Battistero di San Giovanni http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battistero_di_San_Giovanni_(Florence)

Provence (Sunday – 8/5)

Catherine D’Antuono www.provence-travel.com

Marseilles
Chateau des Baux www.chateau-baux-provence.com/en/baux/330-/
Arles http://www.tourisme.ville-arles.fr/us/index_us.php

• Roman Theater + Ampitheater
• Thermae of Constantine
• Cryptoporticus
• Church of St. Trophime

Villefranche (Monday – 8/6)

Michel Legrand www.revelation-tours.com

Nice

• Candy factory

Sightseeing road

• corniches
• Mont Boron
• Fort Saint Alban

Eze Village http://www.eze-riviera.com/village/ang/welcome_village.html
Monaco / Monte Carlo

• Formula1 course
• Jardin Exotique http://www.jardin-exotique.mc/index_eng.htm
• Collection des Voitures Anciennes de S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco http://www.mtcc.mc/
• Museum of Oceanography + Aquarium http://www.oceano.mc/anglais/sommaire_anglais.htm
• Grimaldi Palace
• Hotel de Paris

Send us a PM if you're interested!

 

[eeyorelvr10]

Ok all - narrowed down the choices on the 2 cabins - DD has agreed to go on some that I was interested in thereby helping out her dear old mom !

Now, one ? for you that have booked before - once midnight comes around for us here on the West Coast - how does one go about booking the excursions on the wait list? I know that I need to:

1. Retrieve "My Cruise Plans"
2. Retrieve reservations
3. Input in Confirmation #

But then what? I lost the instructions from DCL and was wondering how to book the actual excursions. Will they magically appear next to a book now button? Right now I'm panicking - DH is gone and I'm along with 2 stir crazy dogs and I should probably get outside for a while so as not to go but we shall see -have spent the last 4 1/2 hours juggling and am done with everything but scared as I've mentioned numerous times before - I'm a newbie to online reservations. If anyone can help between now and then - would greatly appreciate it!

Thank you all and ixiedust: to all!

Hopefully this will be a piece of and we can later on tonight for those of us still in the night!

 

[jlawall]

I'm not sure, Laura, I'm actually in the same boat, I made my final decisions and now I'll probably sleep right thru.............

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

90 DAYS NOW!!!!!!!!

Andrew, my wife is freaking out define formal and semi-formal

Best look at the DCL packet, but its as it says, for men Semi is a jacket and nice shirt, no jeans, tie optional, can use a business suit.
Formal tux.
Ladies formal is thoose long dresses, really gonig to town, or cocktail dresses,

Cruise casual is anything goes, so semi between.

Right guys, Im going to restart my machine, then go to bed.

Night all, and see you in the morning when we will have booked the excursions.

Night night

Good luck

Buttons sound good Sallie! Almost time................

good luck

Ok all - narrowed down the choices on the 2 cabins - DD has agreed to go on some that I was interested in thereby helping out her dear old mom !

Now, one ? for you that have booked before - once midnight comes around for us here on the West Coast - how does one go about booking the excursions on the wait list? I know that I need to:

1. Retrieve "My Cruise Plans"
2. Retrieve reservations
3. Input in Confirmation #

But then what? I lost the instructions from DCL and was wondering how to book the actual excursions. Will they magically appear next to a book now button? Right now I'm panicking - DH is gone and I'm along with 2 stir crazy dogs and I should probably get outside for a while so as not to go but we shall see -have spent the last 4 1/2 hours juggling and am done with everything but scared as I've mentioned numerous times before - I'm a newbie to online reservations. If anyone can help between now and then - would greatly appreciate it!

Thank you all and ixiedust: to all!

Hopefully this will be a piece of and we can later on tonight for those of us still in the night!

Good

Long in asap.
Go to cruise plans.
And you should have four sections.
Shore/palo's/spa/kids.
Click on thoose.
And click on time/port/treatment/meal you want.

 

[MrsJobba1]

Good morning all,

I dreamt last night that the Sagrada Familia was a big pile of rubble when we got to Barcelona. It was a really strange dream. I think it must have been the excursions on my mind and the unexpected earthquake that we had in the UK.

Less than 60 minutes

Boy am I nervous !

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

I know I saw this on the thread some time ago, but cannot remember the ports where we have to tender I'm sure most of you know this but I have senior moments form time to time. To much job stress Could someone list them please.

Answered on the front page La spezia Villefrance

Andrew, my wife wants to know if live anywhere near Paul McCartney

He is the other end of the country, wish I had a bit of his or Bill gates cash.

 

[MrsJobba1]

Where does Paul live? Is he still near Liverpool? Might pop round for coffee, I need some now. Even though I drink decaf it has the illusion of caffiene

 

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Where does Paul live? Is he still near Liverpool? Might pop round for coffee, I need some now. Even though I drink decaf it has the illusion of caffiene

Scotland, I think, ( he owns it) well and Island and the odd Castle?????

40 mins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[eeyorelvr10]

Ok - anybody up for killing time? How's this? At what time do you log on? Right at appt time (i.e. for me 12:01) or can you log on just before?

Is anyone out there?

 

[caven553]

I have been logged in for the past 5 hours

 

[eeyorelvr10]

Funny wonder when most will wander in just before or just after

LOL - on any given Saturday - I'm totally alone with the girl dogs but today when I need the comptuers/laptops - all 3 of the kids are home and I'm having to remind everyone that I need them come 12:01 -

I think they think I've gone over the edge already! I haven't really I haven't!

I myself just got back from the mouse house - visited the Disney Vault store for the first time and walked right back out although they did have the neatest chesshire cat statues. I might have to get me one - along with the bad mickeys - I REALLY liked those!

Yeah - 16 minutes to go