June 16, 2007 MedHead Cruisers

[silver7]

You all are very welcome!

So far we have :

jmcdonnell, carolmb, dvc4us,skallywag, matty204 and silver7.

We are going to WDW in late May/early June for DS graduation--when are yall going?

 

[jmcdonnell04]

We will be staying at OKW arriving on Sunday, June 4th and departing on Saturday, June 10th. Our daughters finish school on Thursday, June 1st. We will start the 16 hour drive on Saturday. This will be the first time that it is just the four of us. Normally, we have a family or friends with us so it will be good to have time together. We purchased the AP this year and have already booked a long weekend trip in early December. WDW is amazing when decorated for the Holidays.

 

[silver7]

We are leaving the day before you get there--Darn!

DS is almost through with setting up the website--a work in progress i am sure.

It will be unveiled tomorrow, nothing fancy, but fun.

 

[Skallywag]

Have just received a reply from Disney and they quote the following hotels:-

Disney Cruise Line offers pre- and/or post-nights the following hotels in Barcelona:

AC Barcelona
Grand Marina Hotel
Hesperia Presidente
Hilton Diagonal Mar
Hotel Atenea Mar


Dont know what this will come out like. Because we booked through Dreams Unlimited we have to contact them direct for assistance in booking.
No prices quoted.

 

[carolmb]

I was wondering if you took the overnight train which leaves around 9:30pm where would you store your luggage?

 

[Skallywag]

Just wonder if anyone has spoken to Disney and found out the prices for the hotels they are arranging in Barcelona. Would love to ask but feel with all the hanging on to get to customer services it might cost more than the hotel price just in telephone calls.

Wish they would give us a toll free number as DVC do I do not think it would be abused but would be so helpful.

 

[DVC4US]

Brenda - thanks for the hotel information. I have to call DCL tomorrow about some other things so I will see if I can find out about hotel pricing. My guess would be that they do not have pricing yet, because even the hotels do not have prices up for next June. A quick search on Hotels . com would only let me look one year out. I will let you know what DCL has to say tomorrow.

 

[matty204]

matty204 - when you first posted I thought to myself we should try to meet up before we cruise next June. We tend to go to MOA a couple times a year so maybe we can work something out.

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THat sounds great. We are right on the way

 

[silver7]

Here you go!

http://www.freewebs.com/2007medheadcruise/

still adding the last few that have contacted us

 

[DVC4US]

Here you go!

http://www.freewebs.com/2007medheadcruise/

still adding the last few that have contacted us

Please tell your son he did an excellent job on the website. I can't wait to see it progress as the time goes by. If he wants suggestions as to content please let us know. One thing we did for the website on our Christmas cruise was a write up on each port. We would have a different port each month. If he wants to do this and needs help with the research for the ports please let us know. I would be more than willing to help out.

I sent you a PM with some additional information for our family.

 

[silver7]

Hi Yall

He will surely take suggestions

Teresa

 

[LisaTex]

on the website! I wish I cold do "computer stuff" like that I'll be happy to help out on port research. I've been to a few of them so maybe that will help a little. Give a big thanks to your son

 

[Skallywag]

Hi Silver 7, please thank your son for the excellent web site. Have already cast my first vote.

 

[DVC4US]

Good Thursday Morning Everyone!!!!!

Hope everyone has a great day!

 

[silver7]

Good Morning everyone!

I tried to file an air deviation for our trip and was told it was too early--BLAH

I cannot do it until 330 days out. I was bummed to think that we have that many days! I wonder if we could put a countdown timer on the website?

 

[DVC4US]

Brenda (and anyone else who wants the information)

I finally got a chance to call DCL and the CM(Paul) gave me the same hotels that you have. He said they are on the website but we couldn't find them. His suggestion was to do some research on each hotel then call for pricing. He said they did have pricing(which surprises me unless they probably made a deal with the hotels and blocked off rooms) but you would need to call with the dates you want and the hotel to determine pricing. I have listed the hotels below with the websites that he gave me. I put in spaces just in case so take them out.


2 hotels equivalent to a US 5 star hotel

Hilton Diagonal Mar www. diagonalmarbarcelona. hilton.com
Grand Marina Hotel www. grandmarinahotel. com

3 hotels equivalent to a US 4 star hotel

AC Barcelona www. ac-hotels. com(This website takes you to a main page for these hotels. I had to change the language first(lower left hand corner) and then I chose hotel search.

Hesperia Presidente www. hesperia-presidente. com
Hotel Atenea Mar www. bchoteles. com/atenea_in. htm

Hope this information helps everyone.

 

[matty204]

Silver7, please tell your son he did an excellent job on the website. It is a great way to get to know everyone. Thank you from all of us

 

[Skallywag]

Phoned Hilton - we do have a free number for that here in England and they quoted me a price for a double room for the Diagonal Mar of Euro 380 plus 7% tax.

Hope Disney can beat these prices and perhaps offer half board or at least bed and breakfast deals.

We have also been to Italy quite a few times as we love the country and also am awaiting information from the Italian Tourist Board.

Have also been to France and quite a time ago actually got a parking ticket in Monte Carlo.

Can also probably help with a bit of information on the areas especially when I get the literature from the tourist board.

 

[DVC4US]

HAPPY GOOD FRIDAY EVERYONE!!!

 

[DVC4US]

Boy, we had some rough weather around here last night. Had tornadoes hit in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City which are only about an hour southeast of us. But we are all okay, and it looks like it's going to be another nice day. I am hoping we get spring back next week though. We went from 40 degree weather to 80 degree weather in one week, so it was like we skipped spring.

Hope everyone has a great day!