July 30, 2010 Mickey's Adventures England to Espana Cruise

[mkmommy]

Good Morning:

Stores in North Florida are already changing their inventory over to Spring. I received a few gift cards for Christmas and would like to pick up a few items for the cruise. I am with you on the dress shopping, wait until the cruise date gets closer.

ScubaMickey

Spring clothes arriving here in the stores too. Try and find a pair of mits and you are in for a huge search, but flip flops you have your choice of colour and sizes.

Lisa

 

[scottishwee35]

Spring clothes arriving here in the stores too. Try and find a pair of mits and you are in for a huge search, but flip flops you have your choice of colour and sizes.

Lisa

Oh my god spring clothes arrived, I wonder about my work as I am working in foods hall...

My work boss told me that my holiday is fine for this Cruise

More snowing here, road is very bad, no salt...

Scottishwee35

 

[scottishwee35]

well...person to be exact!
on our last cruise i did a 'taste of Scotland ' gift bags as our FE gifts
Little bottles of Malt, shortbread fingers, tablet and McCowans toffee.
Might try that again.., but replace the Malt with Irn Bru
My mum and brother were with us then, so we had upped the Scottish quota...but hey, why have a heritage and not milk it...

Did you enjoyed the cruise and did people like the shortbread fingers, etc... wow I never thought that, you got good idea about that... I give scottish badge, magnet which I made myself...

My husband love Vokda with Irn Bru!!!

Scottishwee35

 

[mkmommy]

Scottishwee- did you get more snow?

This year my husband got cross country skis and passes for us all, and of course we do not have enough snow. My husband went out yesterday and said it is getting better, but last year we had so much snow, so you just never know.

I noticed on my ticker it is at 202 days, not sure if that is till we leave or cruise day, but I remember being excited when it was at 365, time is going so fast.

 

[Piggy and Bear]

Oh my god spring clothes arrived, I wonder about my work as I am working in foods hall...

My work boss told me that my holiday is fine for this Cruise

More snowing here, road is very bad, no salt...

Scottishwee35

Have managed to get into work all week! DH got grit and rock salt today at £9 a bag!!!!!! The local authority hasn't got any though My car seems to cope better than DH's in the snow......or may be its my driving???????? They've been talking about 1981 winter and I do remember that one. I remember walking to school to find out it was shut! Thesnow is definately as deep if not deeper. That snow fall was in early December about 4th or 5th.... I don't remember it lasting this long though.

DD school has been closed for 3 days. On Friday there weren't any school buses but she caught the local bus and made it in. Her french teacher said that in the next lesson he had 1 pupil!!!!!!

We live on a private road and we are the bottom house on that road! Its very bad here and more snow today. Made it to the supermarket. It was worse than Christmas.

Soooo looking forward to this cruise now! However the BBC reported snow on the beaches of Spain... so i investigated and found :-

Snow and ice affect four Catalan provinces of Barcelona, Lleida and Tarragona

this is above 400-500 m though!!!!!

So its noit just us in the Uk and Canada suffering!

Hope everyone is keeping themselves safe!

Viccie

 

[Melcatfish]

Hi All,

Well we have snow and it is cold but nowhere near as bad as in other parts of the country! To warm myself up I was doing a little port research for the cruise.

We are planning doing most of the ports on our own, partly to save money, partly because they look quite easy to do on your own but mainly because with two small children it means we can be flexible and do what will suit us for the exact amount of time we want to rather than sticking to someone elses schedule. Being from the UK this cruise is in our backyard so to speak so for us this is not a "must see everything the ports have to offer as we might never come back" type trip. Just some nice relaxed family time with Captain Mickey and co

So far these are my plans, they may change, they may not and a bit more research will firm them up a bit!

Dover - Get on the ship! That's it, I live about 2 and a half hours away I won't be combining the day with a trip anywhere, just get onboard!

Cherbourg - Probably treat it as an extra sea day. We may get off and have a wander if there looks to be anything much in the vicinity we want to see. I am hoping that a lot of people will take day trips to the sites of the Normandy landings etc and leave us with a nice empty ship!

Vigo - We are planning to head to Samil Sands beach, according to cruise critic it is approx 20 mins in a cab and around 5-6 euros - even at double that it will be way way less than DCL will charge for a beach day. This way we can go when we like and get back when we like.

Lisbon - I think we might try to be up early, head to the Oceanarium in the morning and come back around lunch time. I will probably check Olivia into Flounders and Izzy at the club and get off for a little wander around Belem which is very close to the cruise ship doc and very olde worlde cobbled streets and monasteries type place!

Cadiz - someone here on the Dis posted about going to La Caleta beach which is where the beach scenes set in Cuba were filmed for James Bond - Die Another Day... Halle Berry doing an Ursula Andress impression! Then on the way back is apparently a lovely park called Parque Genoves which looks beautiful. We really aren't that beachy people but our girls will love to play in the sand and a stroll through the park and feeding the ducks on the way back will be nice.

Gibralter - One of my good friends is married to a man who has a lot of family living in Gibralter so she is going to give me the lowdown on touring Gibralter. Of course we will visit the Rock and see the apes but aside from that we will probably just have a wander round and take in the sights.

Barcelona - well my DH was so keen to fly into our nearest airport after a disasterous journey home from Gatwick after our Florida trip last summer, that we have a really early flight home. So we won't see any of Barcelona on this trip as we will be aiming to be first off the ship and on the first transfer back to the airport.

Phew, well that is our plans at the moment. Anyone else care to share their thoughts on what to do in each of the ports?

Mel
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[mkmommy]

Hi All,

Well we have snow and it is cold but nowhere near as bad as in other parts of the country! To warm myself up I was doing a little port research for the cruise.

We are planning doing most of the ports on our own, partly to save money, partly because they look quite easy to do on your own but mainly because with two small children it means we can be flexible and do what will suit us for the exact amount of time we want to rather than sticking to someone elses schedule. Being from the UK this cruise is in our backyard so to speak so for us this is not a "must see everything the ports have to offer as we might never come back" type trip. Just some nice relaxed family time with Captain Mickey and co

So far these are my plans, they may change, they may not and a bit more research will firm them up a bit!

Dover - Get on the ship! That's it, I live about 2 and a half hours away I won't be combining the day with a trip anywhere, just get onboard!

Cherbourg - Probably treat it as an extra sea day. We may get off and have a wander if there looks to be anything much in the vicinity we want to see. I am hoping that a lot of people will take day trips to the sites of the Normandy landings etc and leave us with a nice empty ship!

Vigo - We are planning to head to Samil Sands beach, according to cruise critic it is approx 20 mins in a cab and around 5-6 euros - even at double that it will be way way less than DCL will charge for a beach day. This way we can go when we like and get back when we like.

Lisbon - I think we might try to be up early, head to the Oceanarium in the morning and come back around lunch time. I will probably check Olivia into Flounders and Izzy at the club and get off for a little wander around Belem which is very close to the cruise ship doc and very olde worlde cobbled streets and monasteries type place!

Cadiz - someone here on the Dis posted about going to La Caleta beach which is where the beach scenes set in Cuba were filmed for James Bond - Die Another Day... Halle Berry doing an Ursula Andress impression! Then on the way back is apparently a lovely park called Parque Genoves which looks beautiful. We really aren't that beachy people but our girls will love to play in the sand and a stroll through the park and feeding the ducks on the way back will be nice.

Gibralter - One of my good friends is married to a man who has a lot of family living in Gibralter so she is going to give me the lowdown on touring Gibralter. Of course we will visit the Rock and see the apes but aside from that we will probably just have a wander round and take in the sights.

Barcelona - well my DH was so keen to fly into our nearest airport after a disasterous journey home from Gatwick after our Florida trip last summer, that we have a really early flight home. So we won't see any of Barcelona on this trip as we will be aiming to be first off the ship and on the first transfer back to the airport.

Phew, well that is our plans at the moment. Anyone else care to share their thoughts on what to do in each of the ports?

Mel
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Wow you have been busy, it looks like a good plan. I am waiting for DCL excursions. I only plan on doing 1 excursion I think and then lots of wandering around. I like your plan of putting the kids in the CLubs for Lisbon, that has been in the back of my mind, put I will wait and see how the girls do on touring around.

I have not found a lot of information or Cherbourg or Vigo, so those I have no ideas on, so I have some work to do.

Lisa

 

[KatieG73]

Hi All,

We were planning to book our second Disney Cruise for October 2010 (first was October 2008) however having seen a fabulous deal for the 30th July Med Cruise hubby has booked that instead.

Can't tell you how excited I am

We've just got back (literally) from 2 weeks a WDW and with our journey home from Orlando taking over 24 hours due to weather problems at Gatwick it will be good to get our Disney fix without travelling too far.

I've not read all the posts but see there is at least 1 other Scottish family going .

Was so depressed coming back to this horrible weather and what is likely to be a horrendous few months at work so the timing is perfect - my hubby is amazing sometimes

Hope to catch up with you all soon.

Katie ( and Donald and Niamh 8)

 

[Maza]

Hi Katie ...welcome aboard!
must have been a bit of a shock coming from Florida to 'this'......although i hear it hasnt exactly been as warm as usual over there too...some fears for the orange crop etc etc. mind you, we went in October once and he locals were all in jumpers and coats...

as far as i can gather ther is one 'wholy' scottish family, and then me, who is a loan scot amongst a family of english!
where abouts in Scotland are you?

 

[KatieG73]

Hi Maza,

I can't believe that the snow has stayed so long! We're not too bad here but my mum in Hampshire has been snowed in for over a week.

The weather in Florida wasn't great - it was very cold towards the end of the holiday, even we needed coats and gloves! As we were leavng though it got a bit warmer and Niamh was in swimming much to the horror of the locals who were bundled up like eskimo's

I managed to read through most of the posts last night - it's great to see so many other families from the UK going, on our last cruise there was one other family from the UK (that we know about) but we only bumped into them on the last day.

We're in Renfrewshire in Scotland in a small village called Houston- it's not far from Glasgow where we both work and Niamh is at school. What about you?

Am so glad we booked this cruise- am back at work tomorrow after getting back home last night and am dreading it, at least I've got something to look forward to and plan!!!

Katie

 

[Piggy and Bear]

Hi All,

Well we have snow and it is cold but nowhere near as bad as in other parts of the country! To warm myself up I was doing a little port research for the cruise.

We are planning doing most of the ports on our own, partly to save money, partly because they look quite easy to do on your own but mainly because with two small children it means we can be flexible and do what will suit us for the exact amount of time we want to rather than sticking to someone elses schedule. Being from the UK this cruise is in our backyard so to speak so for us this is not a "must see everything the ports have to offer as we might never come back" type trip. Just some nice relaxed family time with Captain Mickey and co

So far these are my plans, they may change, they may not and a bit more research will firm them up a bit!

Dover - Get on the ship! That's it, I live about 2 and a half hours away I won't be combining the day with a trip anywhere, just get onboard!We are arriving the day before, hopefully early afternoon. Plan on dropping lugage and a quick tour of Dover Castle. Morning of cruise will probably breakfast and then straight on board. TOO excited for anything else at that point!

Cherbourg - Probably treat it as an extra sea day. We may get off and have a wander if there looks to be anything much in the vicinity we want to see. I am hoping that a lot of people will take day trips to the sites of the Normandy landings etc and leave us with a nice empty ship! Definaely a trip to the Gold Beach and Arromanches to fill up on family history.

Vigo - We are planning to head to Samil Sands beach, according to cruise critic it is approx 20 mins in a cab and around 5-6 euros - even at double that it will be way way less than DCL will charge for a beach day. This way we can go when we like and get back when we like. Hoping Disney will do a trip to Santiago de compostella to see the way of St James. We are not very religious but I did medieval history at uni- hence Dover Castle and this was a major pilgrimage site thrid after Jerusalem and Rome.

Lisbon - I think we might try to be up early, head to the Oceanarium in the morning and come back around lunch time. I will probably check Olivia into Flounders and Izzy at the club and get off for a little wander around Belem which is very close to the cruise ship doc and very olde worlde cobbled streets and monasteries type place! Exploring on our own.

Cadiz - someone here on the Dis posted about going to La Caleta beach which is where the beach scenes set in Cuba were filmed for James Bond - Die Another Day... Halle Berry doing an Ursula Andress impression! Then on the way back is apparently a lovely park called Parque Genoves which looks beautiful. We really aren't that beachy people but our girls will love to play in the sand and a stroll through the park and feeding the ducks on the way back will be nice. Exploring on our own again

Gibralter - One of my good friends is married to a man who has a lot of family living in Gibralter so she is going to give me the lowdown on touring Gibralter. Of course we will visit the Rock and see the apes but aside from that we will probably just have a wander round and take in the sights. Exploring on our own and trip to military graves as mentioned before

Barcelona - well my DH was so keen to fly into our nearest airport after a disasterous journey home from Gatwick after our Florida trip last summer, that we have a really early flight home. So we won't see any of Barcelona on this trip as we will be aiming to be first off the ship and on the first transfer back to the airport. A couple of days in Barcelona just to supplement what we saw in 2007 and then flight home

Phew, well that is our plans at the moment. Anyone else care to share their thoughts on what to do in each of the ports?

Mel
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Our current plan have been added in red. These may change if DD and DH see anything they fancy on the disney excursion list!

We liked this cruise because it gave us the flexibilty to visit lots of ports on our own. Having done the last med cruises with Disney the 3 different ports weren't enough to lure us back for a second visit. This one had all new ports for DD and DH so won. If I could have thrown 4 days sickie we'd have been on the Baltic!

Viccie

 

[mkmommy]

More new cruisers.

It finally dawned on me why excursions for only Lisbon were released this week. DCL appears to be releasing by cruise date and they are up to the Barcelona-Dover June Cruise, and Lisbon is the only new port on that cruise.

If they keep doing that they still need to release excursions for the Baltic-Helsinki cruise, then the Baltic-Talin cruise and then Dover to Barcelona, so it will be a couple of more weeks before we see the rest of the excursions.

 

[scottishwee35]

Hello Everyone

snowing finally melt now but still plenty there..... hope no more snowing??

Now my family and I had been booking the hotel and flight...

Barcelona: We'll be spending 4 nights at the brand new Novotel City hotel (opening 1st March) I hope it will be ready for us

Flights: Wednesday 11th August from Barcelona to Newcastle then train to Scotland

Scottishwee35

 

[scottishwee35]

More new cruisers.

It finally dawned on me why excursions for only Lisbon were released this week. DCL appears to be releasing by cruise date and they are up to the Barcelona-Dover June Cruise, and Lisbon is the only new port on that cruise.

If they keep doing that they still need to release excursions for the Baltic-Helsinki cruise, then the Baltic-Talin cruise and then Dover to Barcelona, so it will be a couple of more weeks before we see the rest of the excursions.

Hi Lisa

I must search the excursions soon...

I have been in Helsinki as it was beautiful place and I would love to visit it... Never mind I am looking forward this cruise....

Scottishwee35

 

[ScubaMickey]

We are only about 30 minutes away from the Capitol. It was nice to have a "white" Christmas for a change. I grew up in Massachussetts and it was always snowing there -- of course I didn't have to shovel then!!

I am with you on the gift cards -- in fact that was all I received -- maybe I am hard to buy for.

Sheryl

Good Morning:

The weekend weather did not produce any snow in St. Augustine, but south of us near Daytona had a few flurries. We have had ice every morning on the cars and bird bath. We are planning a ski trip to Colorado in February, so I guess that will be my chance to play in the real snow. Being a Floridian, I am not much of a skier.

I am sad to admit that I have only been to the Capitol for a visit one time. We have a return visit on our list of places to visit, but there is never enough vacation time.

Linda

 

[Melcatfish]

Well we are under the 200 days mark now, hopefully the time will pass quickly and it will feel like no time at all til 90 days when I can make my Palo ressies.

Just out of interest how many of you are new entirely to DCL and will be using the 75 day booking window and how many of you are platinum or suite guests and using the 105 day window? We are probably booking no excursions but it will be interesting to see how easy or hard it is to get the Palo reservations we want.

Mel
x

 

[scottishwee35]

Hi

I am going to organising the Lanyard... it will be lime green with black logo with mickey head...

I will give out the information later when I get the details for the lanyard...

Scottishwee35

 

[mkmommy]

Well we are under the 200 days mark now, hopefully the time will pass quickly and it will feel like no time at all til 90 days when I can make my Palo ressies.

Just out of interest how many of you are new entirely to DCL and will be using the 75 day booking window and how many of you are platinum or suite guests and using the 105 day window? We are probably booking no excursions but it will be interesting to see how easy or hard it is to get the Palo reservations we want.

Mel
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We can book at 90 days ,but I will not be doing Palo, I am even thinking that we may skip the dining room some nights, as I have a feeling this cruise is going to be really hectic, and I hate spending so much time eating.

Hi

I am going to organising the Lanyard... it will be lime green with black logo with mickey head...

I will give out the information later when I get the details for the lanyard...

Scottishwee35

Thank you for organising that.

Things have been crazy busy at work and at home, January and February are so busy for us, it is like all of a sudden it is less than 60 days till spring break, and I am starting to panic about getting everything ready for then.

 

[caslass]

Hi, I would like to add my little family to the list, Myself, My husband and a 4 year old son.

We just booked yesterday at a great deal! We are very excited as this is our first cruise and DS LOVES Disney!

We are from West Yorkshire.... well I am American married to a Yorkshire Lad and that is where we live...

I have loads of questions and hope to meet some of you lovely people.

Any good tips for me and a Cruise Virgin????

 

[bats]

Hi, I would like to add my little family to the list, Myself, My husband and a 4 year old son.

Welcome onboard!