June 29, 2011-10 "MAGICAL" nights in the Mediterranean

Marci, I totally forgot you are in Switzerland! :blush: I am glad you don't have to stay up until midnight. ;) I looked at ABD about 6 months ago and just could not believe the cost. :eek: In a way, it is a good thing you know now about your FIL, since so many of the excursions have steps or a couple miles of walking. I'm glad the DCL excursion descriptions let you know that information ahead of time.
 
Ok Marci, I'm gonna try to get up with you at 6am to make my reservations. So, formal night is day 2, and semi formal in Corsica. When's pirate night?

BTW...I think spring has arrived a full month earlier than it did last year in Switzerland. It's been so nice!

Did you get your plane tickets to Barcelona yet?
 
Pirate Night is Tuesday July 5.

I haven't gotten the tickets to Barcelona yet. We were figuring out the inlaw situation before I booked flights. I think we will go down a couple days early and fly Iberia. What did you do?
 
Ok Marci, I'm gonna try to get up with you at 6am to make my reservations. So, formal night is day 2, and semi formal in Corsica. When's pirate night?

BTW...I think spring has arrived a full month earlier than it did last year in Switzerland. It's been so nice!

Did you get your plane tickets to Barcelona yet?

Check out Post #41 of this thread. I posted a day-by-day list for past 10-night cruises. Pirate Night in the past has been Night 7. Semi-formal on Night 8 (Corsica).
 

Check out Post #41 of this thread. I posted a day-by-day list for past 10-night cruises. Pirate Night in the past has been Night 7. Semi-formal on Night 8 (Corsica).

Thanks, Shelley - I just added that to the index on the first page.
 
Pirate Night is Tuesday July 5.

I haven't gotten the tickets to Barcelona yet. We were figuring out the inlaw situation before I booked flights. I think we will go down a couple days early and fly Iberia. What did you do?

Haven't purchased mine either. Was looking at Swiss Air.

Thanks all for the info on Pirate's Night!

Guess I'd better get to sleep so I can wake up early. :)

-Jen
 
I found this list on another thread and thought I would share. Its our trip "at a glance." Obviously, the Tunisia stop has been replace but the other items should still be the same.

Day 1. Barcelona
Cruise Casual. Welcome Aboard Deck Party. Theatre - 'Let the Magic Begin'. Dinner 'Let the Magic Begin'.

Day 2 At Sea
Formal. Theatre - Twice Charmed. Dinner - Prince and Princess

Day 3 La Valletta, Malta
Cruise Casual. Theatre - Showtime (magic and illusion). Dinner AP - Show Dinner. PC - Island Dinner. Lum - French Dinner

Day 4. Tunisia
Cruise Casual. Theatre - Villians Tonight. Dinner AP - Show Dinner PC - Island Dinner. Lum - French Dinner

Day 5. Naples
Cruise Casual. Theatre - Movie Special (Sorcerers Apprentice). Dinner, as previous

Day 6. Civitavecchia
Cruise Casual. Theatre - Once Upon a Song. Dinner - Master Chef

Day 7. La Spezia
Cruise Casual/Pirate. Theatre - Showtime (Alfred & Seymour) Evening on Deck Pirates in the Caribbean Party. Dinner - Pirates in the Caribbean.

Day 8. Ajaccio, Corsica
Semi Formal. Theatre - Disney Dreams. Dinner - Captains Gala

Day 9. Villefranche, France
Cruise Casual. Theatre - The Dream Goes On. Dinner - Flavours of the Mediterranean.

Day 10. At Sea
Cruise Casual. Theatre - Remember the Magic. Dinner - Till We Meet Again.

are there fireworks one night -- maybe the night of the pirate party? or does that not happen on the Med cruise? it would be great if they did them on july 4th.
 
i can't book anything til 4/15... or i guess, 4/14 at 9:01pm pacific time!

what's the deal with online check-in? should i do that too?
 
Phew! Got up before 6am so that I'd be ready to log-in. I had to reboot the network for the house as I had no internet! In the end, I managed to get everything I wanted. I can't wait!
 
Wha-ho - Macassi - I see you got your bookings. I am a toad at midnight - no can do.

It's 4 am in New Jersey - Paolo is booked. Got some spa activities booked, but I wanted to do everything on the same day and couldn't get the right time. I guess you can't reserve hair do's etc in the Salon. Want to get a 1940's do. Andrew Sisters WATCH OUT! Maybe they can't even figure it out....who knows.

I thought you could do the online check in to? Guess we have to wait.
 
Dorothy,

Glad you are having problems with online check in as well, as I was beginning to think it was just me. Will try again in a few days.

Spent the rest of the morning looking at hotels. Think I have selected one and now trying to figure out best rate.

6am would not be hard for me if I wasn't up until past midnight and then not sleeping due to worrying about missing the alarm!
 
are there fireworks one night -- maybe the night of the pirate party? or does that not happen on the Med cruise? it would be great if they did them on july 4th.

Fireworks SHOULD be on Pirate Night. However, with our cruise being over the 4th of July, I'm not sure what they will do. We'll be in Civitavecchia that day, not leaving port until after 9:00pm. Guess we'll just have to wait and be surprised!
 
Wha-ho - Macassi - I see you got your bookings. I am a toad at midnight - no can do.

It's 4 am in New Jersey - Paolo is booked. Got some spa activities booked, but I wanted to do everything on the same day and couldn't get the right time. I guess you can't reserve hair do's etc in the Salon. Want to get a 1940's do. Andrew Sisters WATCH OUT! Maybe they can't even figure it out....who knows.

I thought you could do the online check in to? Guess we have to wait.

Dorothy-

I was just on the DCL site and Palo was still open for Brunch & Dinner for two people. There weren't alot of times but there were a few spots. Also, DCL usually holds back some reservations to book when you get onboard. Ask as soon as you get onboard on the 29th.
 
Cam - I got 2 reversible dresses 2!!!
Wouldnt it be funny if we got the same one??!!

How fun!! Where did you find them? I bought mine at soma.com and am sad that I only saw one there. Would love to know where to look for another one.

Here is the one I got:
Reversible dress

i can't book anything til 4/15... or i guess, 4/14 at 9:01pm pacific time!

what's the deal with online check-in? should i do that too?

I have done our on-line checkin already but whenever I go in to check it it keeps reverting to an address in the US at the EPCOTS resorts for Howard and Andrew. That is so weird!

Phew! Got up before 6am so that I'd be ready to log-in. I had to reboot the network for the house as I had no internet! In the end, I managed to get everything I wanted. I can't wait!

So glad you figured out the network issue early and that you got everything you want. I am so happy for you!

Wha-ho - Macassi - I see you got your bookings. I am a toad at midnight - no can do.

It's 4 am in New Jersey - Paolo is booked. Got some spa activities booked, but I wanted to do everything on the same day and couldn't get the right time. I guess you can't reserve hair do's etc in the Salon. Want to get a 1940's do. Andrew Sisters WATCH OUT! Maybe they can't even figure it out....who knows.

I thought you could do the online check in to? Guess we have to wait.

Woohoo! on getting Palo booked and some spa stuff. Will Paul do anything at the spa?

Dorothy,

Glad you are having problems with online check in as well, as I was beginning to think it was just me. Will try again in a few days.

Spent the rest of the morning looking at hotels. Think I have selected one and now trying to figure out best rate.

6am would not be hard for me if I wasn't up until past midnight and then not sleeping due to worrying about missing the alarm!

Marci - Are you looking for pre-cruise or post-cruise? Pre-cruise we are staying at the Hotel Catedral de Barcelona (The Barcelona Cathedral Hotel). It was one of the few with pretty large rooms, a swimming pool, restaurant on premises, etc. It is literally across the street from the Barcelona Cathedral (not La Sagrada Familia), and it is less than a block to Las Ramblas.

Here is what their website says:

Located right in the city centre, The Barcelona Catedral Hotel is exclusive, modern and comfortable. It offers guests excellent quality rooms and an efficient service. Our Hotel is your best option to discover Barcelona and being part of it. Just 5’ walk to the Rambles, the Cathedral and the Plaça Catalunya. The Barcelona Catedral Hotel offers services such as swimming-pool, gym, personal trainer, patio-chill out, restaurant with outdoors terrace and smoking area, parking, free internet computers, wireless internet connection throughout the hotel, free guided cultural walks, cooking lessons, cooking team building.

For post-cruise, we are booking private transport from the port to La Ciutat del Prat which is near the airport. I chose it because I was able to get the rooms for less than $100/night each, they have a free airport shuttle for our flight home the next day, it has free beverages in the mini-bars, a pool and is walking distance to places for food, including a highly rated pizzeria. LOL!

Shelley - You are a font of useful information! I don't know what any of us would do without the help/information/ideas that everyone has shared here.
 
So sad to see all those little blue buttons instead of green. None of you are on the DIS right now and I was hoping for lots more posts here. LOL! :grouphug:
 
Cam,

I'm looking for pre-cruise. I'll check out your hotel! We are thinking of going down on the 26th to give us a couple days to see Barcelona before boarding the ship. I figured the family would be done with sightseeing by the time the cruise was over. :) Right now, I'm leaning towards a 2 bedroom apartment that is near La Sagrada. I know it isn't the most convenient, but it gets good reviews, has plenty of space for our family without our having to do the two hotel room juggle, and is close to public transportation. I emailed the hotel to give them a chance to match the online booking prices that I can get. I don't know how hotels work in Spain, but in Switzerland you get much better rates when you go directly through the hotel. It's been an odd system for me to learn.

I think we will go straight from the terminal to the airport to catch a flight home after the cruise. Since it is a short flight for us, we probably have a lot more flight options than people heading back to the US.
 
Marci - The apartment sounds like a great idea. I started looking into that and then decided to go for the hotel, especially once I read the reviews. Have you looked at the reviews on tripadvisor.com? There is a wealth of information there.

The only non-stop flight back to PHL is 10 a.m. and I decided that rather than stressing about getting to the airport, through security, etc., we'd stay the extra night. I figure the kids will probably sleep all day and all night, waking only for meals. They could even sleep by the pool and we could do a take-out pizza to eat in one of our rooms or near the pool and we'll arrive home partly recovered mid-day Sunday.
 
Cam - that dress is too cute! A woman must have "invented" the reversible dress after trying to pack for 2 weeks for a family of 4! :rotfl:

PS - thank you for the nice compliment~:flower3: I'm glad I can contribute.
 
Marci - The apartment sounds like a great idea. I started looking into that and then decided to go for the hotel, especially once I read the reviews. Have you looked at the reviews on tripadvisor.com? There is a wealth of information there.

Yes! I'm a big Trip Advisor fan. It's part of the reason I'm willing to take the apartment slightly out of the way -- many reviewers said they loved the location and public transportation was super easy. You've got to trust a 100 other people, right?
 

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