July 6, 2010 - 7/6/2010 ~ Pounds to Rubles ~ Mickey invades the Baltic Sea

[Deb T.]

Posting now to report that I just finished reserving our DCL excursions and Palo brunch. Everything went smoothly - I didn't have any "time-out" issues, there were plenty of brunch options each sea day to chose from, and I was able to get all of our first choices on excursions.

Flights are booked, hotel is booked, transportation is booked, excursions are booked, Palo's brunch is booked, and our Cat4 GTY cabin has been assigned. NOW I can finally sit back, fine tune our plans, and count down the days until our trip!

 

[CarolAnnC]

Just a quick note - just finished booking all our excursions and Palo's! Got everything we wanted! Off to bed now, will report more later.

 

[drewmisha]

CarolAnnC: For us lowly Silvers, can you tell us that there is still availability for the Palo brunches/dinners? Are the excursions still in good supply?

Nzdisneymom: I've been lurking forever! Please add us to the roster. Our roster consists of me(41), dw(40), & dd's (11 & 13). Cat4.

Thanks!

Just a quick note - just finished booking all our excursions and Palo's! Got everything we wanted! Off to bed now, will report more later.

 

[marlaymike]

Hi, I would like to have a pedicure on board.... What are the suggestions if any?? or If anyone knows the difference between the both they are offering?


gracias!!

 

[denise]

Well...booked my stuff but just today. Tried last night and my internet was down. Thought it was just my slow computer so tried my laptop and nothing. Gave up and went to bed. This morning all was ok.
Booked:

Berlin on Your Own, 715am to 8pm
Palo Dinner (Stokholm night)
Have private tour for St.P
Rest we are doing HOHO on our own...
might book spa treatment, have to decide.

There were no Hi Teas at Palo's listed. Didn't look at the brunch since doing a group brunch.

 

[CarolAnnC]

CarolAnnC: For us lowly Silvers, can you tell us that there is still availability for the Palo brunches/dinners? Are the excursions still in good supply?

Nzdisneymom: I've been lurking forever! Please add us to the roster. Our roster consists of me(41), dw(40), & dd's (11 & 13). Cat4.

Thanks!

Will be able to post more details here tonite after work. But last night, there were brunches, dinners and high teas at Palo. We have never tried the high tea so we will be trying that one. All excursions we wanted were available. Will list them here later.

Hi, I would like to have a pedicure on board.... What are the suggestions if any?? or If anyone knows the difference between the both they are offering?


gracias!!

I did book a pedicure mid trip and there were many times available to choose from last night. I only saw one pedicure listed though, as I recall it was $60. Will put more detail on that here too, later on.

 

[marlaymike]

Hi!! Just finished booking at work. This morning I woke up earlier and start booking, but suddenly it said that I was in another computer...

Norway - Norwegian Adventure
Denmark - City and Harbor Tour
Germany - Berlin Past and Present
Russia day 1 - Majestic Spilled Blood Cathedral and Boat Ride
Russia day 2 - Walking tour of St. Petersburg and St. Petersburg Shopping Experience
Finland - Helsinki from Land and Sea
Sweden - Viking Walk

Tonight will see both pedicures...

Will be able to post more details here tonite after work. But last night, there were brunches, dinners and high teas at Palo. We have never tried the high tea so we will be trying that one. All excursions we wanted were available. Will list them here later.



I did book a pedicure mid trip and there were many times available to choose from last night. I only saw one pedicure listed though, as I recall it was $60. Will put more detail on that here too, later on.

There are different sections one is in the SPA (SPA Pedicure) and the other is in the Salon (Elemis Sole Delight Foot Treatment with Pedicure).

 

[djpate]

Hi, I would like to have a pedicure on board.... What are the suggestions if any?? or If anyone knows the difference between the both they are offering?


gracias!!

I did the sole delight and it was very relaxing!

 

[CarolAnnC]

In no particular order, here are our excursions:

Copenhagen - Tivoli Gardens and Harbour tour
Helsinki - Porvoo and Helsinki Highlights
Stockholm - Historical Stockholm and Sigtuna
Warnemunde - Rostocks Regional Highlights
St Pete Day 1 - St Petersburg Shopping Experience and
Evening Canal Boat Tour
St Pete Day 2 - Majestic Spilled Blood Cathedral and Boat Ride

 

[LisaTex]

Well...booked my stuff but just today. Tried last night and my internet was down. Thought it was just my slow computer so tried my laptop and nothing. Gave up and went to bed. This morning all was ok.
Booked:

Berlin on Your Own, 715am to 8pm
Palo Dinner (Stokholm night)
Have private tour for St.P
Rest we are doing HOHO on our own...
might book spa treatment, have to decide.

There were no Hi Teas at Palo's listed. Didn't look at the brunch since doing a group brunch.

I booked high tea for 2, but my mother may not go (hates tea). There was a ton of availability the other day but if not you're welcome to have tea with me

 

[LisaTex]

ok - almost done:

London 7/3- Milestone Hotel - Kensington Gardens and Palace until we crash and burn
7/4 -stonehenge, bath and oxford with evanevans tours
7/5 museums - then Lion King

Oslo - Norwegian Adventure and then DIY
Copenhagen - Tivoli Gardens all Inclusive and then DIY boat tour
Berlin - train, private car and guide
St P 1 - SPilled blood and boat ride/Royal Ball
St P 2 - private car and guide/poss. Russian ballet
Helsinki - Porvoo and steam train
Stokholm - royal palace and waterways and then DIY
Leed's,Canterbury, Dover on the way back to London
Home

Of course all subject to change at any given time

 

[sshaw10060]

ok - almost done:

London 7/3- Milestone Hotel - Kensington Gardens and Palace until we crash and burn
7/4 -stonehenge, bath and oxford with evanevans tours
7/5 museums - then Lion King

Oslo - Norwegian Adventure and then DIY
Copenhagen - Tivoli Gardens all Inclusive and then DIY boat tour
Berlin - train, private car and guide
St P 1 - SPilled blood and boat ride/Royal Ball
St P 2 - private car and guide/poss. Russian ballet
Helsinki - Porvoo and steam train
Stokholm - royal palace and waterways and then DIY
Leed's,Canterbury, Dover on the way back to London
Home

Of course all subject to change at any given time

Lisa,

We'll be at Stonehenge on 7/4 as well. We are touring on our own and are stopping by Stonehenge and Windsor on our way to Portsmouth to visit friends for a night before heading to Dover.

 

[wintergreen]

Lisa,

We'll be at Stonehenge on 7/4 as well. We are touring on our own and are stopping by Stonehenge and Windsor on our way to Portsmouth to visit friends for a night before heading to Dover.

We'll be in Stonehenge on the 4th as well! We are staying a few nights in Bath, and doing Mad Max Tours out of there.

 

[babybear42]

Hi everyone.

Just counting down the days until I can book my excursions...pretty excited. A super way to get the kids (and yourselves) excited and prepped for the ports is get some travel videos from the library! Rick Steves is great! We just watched two on London tonight, and even my eight year old is super excited to go to the Victoria and Albert Museum and the National Gallery! It gives you great visual ideas about what to see, and is better and faster and more family fun than reading books or online research. I also got a great video for cruising the baltics! Hits the top ports and gives a history of each port.

I highly recommend this as a prep tool for families with kids. We also do this before we travel and it really really helps! It makes the trips seem less daunting and helps to decide what you really want to see. Plus you learn a lot about each place.

Kind of like watching the disneyland/wdw world travel dvd's with more culture

I have 3 boys: 14, 11 and 8. There ARE a lot of kids in this range on this cruise. How great is that? How many are going to the precruise dinner in Dover now? And where will we find a place to accommodate all of us in such a small place?

Hi
I once visited the Victoria and Albert museum and found it very confusing. There was no real lay out to the floors, it was just like a lot of interconnecting little rooms. I much prefer the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum which are just across the road from the V&A. That's just my opinion, each to their own

 

[Scoobydoo76]

Hi everyone,

I know people have post some info about the locations that the ship is docking at. Sorry if this is a repeat. I just received the following from DCL and thought I'd share the information. I hope it helps in your planning.

3/24/10

Dear Kim,

Thank you for your patience while we researched your request.

Here are the locations where we will be docking for the following ports
of call:

Oslo, Norway: Akershus Kaia
Copenhagen, Denmark: Langelinie
Helsinki, Finland: Munkki Saari Quay, West Harbour
Stockholm, Sweden: Frihamnen

I hope this information has been helpful. If you require further
assistance in planning your visit, please feel free to contact us.

We look forward to sailing with you!

Have a Magical Day!

 

[denise]

bump

 

[carolmb]

Hi everyone,

I know people have post some info about the locations that the ship is docking at. Sorry if this is a repeat. I just received the following from DCL and thought I'd share the information. I hope it helps in your planning.

3/24/10

Dear Kim,

Thank you for your patience while we researched your request.

Here are the locations where we will be docking for the following ports
of call:

Oslo, Norway: Akershus Kaia
Copenhagen, Denmark: Langelinie
Helsinki, Finland: Munkki Saari Quay, West Harbour
Stockholm, Sweden: Frihamnen

I hope this information has been helpful. If you require further
assistance in planning your visit, please feel free to contact us.

We look forward to sailing with you!

Have a Magical Day!

Thanks for posting the ports. I copied and posted on the June 12th thread.
Carol

 

[stealthdisney]

Hello there,

Would you mind adding us to your list?

Stealthdisney - Cabin 5520

 

[babybear42]

Hello

For those of you are thinking of visiting the Natural History Museum whilst your in London, the BBC has been showing a series of programmes about it. I don't know if you'll be able to do this in the US, but they are available on line through BBC iplayer, it's free for us here in the UK, don't know how it would work over there, but it might be of interest to you, should you be able to view it. Here's the link.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00rq35p/Museum_of_Life_Digging_up_the_Past/

Hope you enjoy it if it works.

 

[Deb T.]

Hello there,

Would you mind adding us to your list?

Stealthdisney - Cabin 5520

Welcome aboard, Stealthdisney! We're glad you joined us! Should be an amazing cruise!