BadPinkTink, I want to thank you for looking in and offering assistance with Dublin. My mother's family is in Donegal and we hope to visit the week before the cruise, have not been there since our visit almost 10 years ago. Then we stayed in Dublin for a few days prior to heading up, really enjoyed every minute. On our day in port this go round we plan to get to the Trinity College area, visit the campus library, temple bar, Dublin castle, city hall, the river, St Stephens Green (love it there), if time permits St Patrick's Cathedral and of course lots of little shops and pubs along the way. WE know this is fairly aggressive but you have to have a plan so that when you find a nice little pub with good music you can sit and look over the plan to see what you are cutting off. Really excited about getting back to your beautiful city.
I already put mine in and am constantly reminded how fortunate I am that my workplace lets me make plans this far in advance.
aww its no problem,in fact I first heard about the ship coming to Dublin in the local media. Its actually a very big deal for the Irish Economy and the Irish Tourist Board that the ship is docking in Dublin and they are promoting it widely. Our little country has been through a very bad few years and the fact that Disney including Dublin as a port is a huge and seen as a sign that the country is recovering from the recession. 
