Magic - May 29, 2016 - 7 Night Norwegian Fjord

[lelalittlelegs]

Lynn... I feel faint, did you say....EXERCISING?

So glad you found the jacket you wanted and I definitely need to go through everyone's clothes too and make sure we all have what we need. We went to Norway 3 years ago but with several colder holidays since then we are in need of new stuff too and I don't want to leave it all until the last minute!!!

That sucks if it's just a UK thing with the tax. We first had it in 2012 and panicked thinking something was wrong. Turns out its the predicted taxes or something that are charged at the time of booking/versus the taxes due when final payment is made. Or something like that. Either way it makes me do a happy dance. More money for BINGO!

Be safe out there....the weather sounds YUCKY!

Daniela

Howdy Cruise Peeps!
Wardrobe Update - I did return the jacket - Found the one I wanted in the color I wanted online! yeah! Just need to get DH and DD some socks. I am going to make my home peeps go through their clothing this week-end and make sure they have what they need and it all fits! We did just get past all those eating holidays if you know what I mean! May have to go on a Fish and Chicken Diet in my house! I do hope we don't have to get to extreme and have to start (don't say it...) exercising!!!!!!!!!!! UGHHHHH!! Actually I do plan to start walking again once the snow is all gone and it doesn't feel like the Artic Tundra outside. The weather people are calling for temps close to 60 by this week-end so we should be good to go! No snow and the flooding is gone. Just mud! I will take the mud over the ice!
Happy Hump Day!!!
Lynn

 

[lelalittlelegs]

I'm glad I helped clear that up. I can't imagine the panic!!!!! It's always nice to get a little something unexpected back

Hi lelalittlelegs I'm glad you wrote that I was just coming on here to ask the same thing I got very confused as to why we were being refunded £52. I had a brief moment of panic when I thought the whole lot was being refunded and that was a cancellation fee!!!!! I didn't realise it was a tax rebate! Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Howdy Cruise Peeps!
Thought I would mention as I know several of you are on the Transatlantic cruise prior to this Norway cruise - The TA Cruise is closing THEIR FE Feb 15th - Team Norway FE is NOT Closing our FE sign up until April 30th - PLENTY of time to sign up! Come Join the FE Fun!!!!
Thanks!
Team Norway FE
(Daniela & Lynn)


Updated 02/14/16

If you would like to join the FE - Please see below. We WELCOME anyone who would like to join!

We have :
11 Confirmed FE Members
4 Unconfirmed FE Members from original FE Listing (Would like to know if you all are still interested in doing the DIS FE).
1 Undecided


Norway Cruise May 29th - If you would like to join our DIS FE - Please send a Private message to WDWEPCOT or LELALITTLELEGS - or Post to this Thread the following information and we (Team Norway FE) will add you to the listing.
We will close out the listing APRIL 30TH.
We are limiting Cabins to 10 per Group.

Your DIS Name
Names
Allergies
Cabin #
Child Age
Favorite Characters


DIS Norway FE Listing:
WDWEPCOT - Confirmed
LELALITTLELEGS -Confirmed
MRFERRET - Confirmed
MRFERRET PARENTS - Confirmed
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE - Confirmed
BECKYD85 - Confirmed - Cabin # GTY = Will let us know
PAMELALOUISE - Confirmed
Jacky Blackmore - Confirmed
FRANKIE_E - Confirmed
TIDEFAN - Confirmed
SWAY1925 - Confirmed

Unconfirmed / Undecided:
VON86
PLUTONUMBER1
JJEN
CARMIE3377 - Undecided
UKMOUSEKETEER

 

[lelalittlelegs]

Good morning fellow cruisers...

I've just re-downloaded the DCL app (I delete it when we aren't onboard because it depresses me to look at it) and the countdown tells me it's 114 days until until we embark. Just 14 more days and we are into double digits. If you haven't got it and you own a smartphone, download it ahead of your cruise because it has an abundance of info available on it when you're onboard

 

[Sonja99]

Hi everybody!

Just found this thread
This cruise is gonna be our fourth cruise with Disney and the third on the Magic.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Sonja99
Welcome!
There is still plenty of time to join our Fish Extender Group is you would like. For your planning - please see the first page of this thread for helpful links. Our cruise will be here soon!
Lynn

 

[carmie3377]

Howdy Cruise Peeps!
Thought I would mention as I know several of you are on the Transatlantic cruise prior to this Norway cruise - The TA Cruise is closing THEIR FE Feb 15th - Team Norway FE is NOT Closing our FE sign up until April 30th - PLENTY of time to sign up! Come Join the FE Fun!!!!
Thanks!
Team Norway FE
(Daniela & Lynn)


Unconfirmed / Undecided:
VON86
PLUTONUMBER1
JJEN
CARMIE3377 - Undecided
UKMOUSEKETEER

Since this doesn't close out till 4/30, I'm still going to hold off on deciding till right before then. Since we're on the TA cruise too, I have 2 FE groups AND 2 ornament groups and really just need to see where I stand. I'm getting quite a bit done ahead of time but will also be out of pocket for 2 weeks between now and then with WDW and a long girls' weekend on the Magic

I have set a reminder on my phone to check back in and let you know by 4/29. But if for some reason I do forget, I understand I will be deleted.
THANKS!!!

 

[Frankie_E]

Hello all!

As we are nearly in double digits days to sailing date my husband and I are trying to get a little more organised (this is our first ever cruise and we are therefore trying not to miss anything too obvious). We are planning on paying gratuities in advance but were wondering about what to do should we decide to tip a little extra once on board. As we are UK based we will have pounds and krone with us (and a credit card). Does anyone know if we need to get some dollars for tips or are the crew members happy to accept other currency?

Frances

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Frankie_E
I believe you can exchange money on the ship if you want US Dollars to add to your Tip envelopes.
Lynn

 

[Sway1925]

Hi Everyone!
I am so excited to be on this cruise! It will be me (Lynn) DH (David) and DD (Jennifer - 22 at sailing). We have a room on Deck 6 Aft with a Verandah. We had one for our Alaskan cruise and loved it! I just bundle up and watch the beautiful mountains and water! I saw all kinds of animals from my verandah when we went to Alaska! Whales, Sea Lions - tons of things! I just love going out there after dinner with the late night sun. This will be our 4th cruise - We (DH and myself) are doing a Member's Cruise in Aug. I told DH after this cruise we will have done 3 of the 4 ships - So now we need to do a cruise on the Fantasy!
I have already started looking at Port Adventures / researching Norway.
If you have not seen it - there is a thread on Norway - if you can't find it let me know and I will post it - it has tons of helpful information. I believe it was started last year for the Norway cruises.
I am thinking we will do a couple of days pre cruise in England. I have never been and have always wanted to go. DH wants to go to Abbey Road - of all the things to do in England - Abby Road ? Really? I think I could pass on that - I would rather see more historic sites and I want to see a real castle. Has anyone thought about what they are going to do or where they are going to stay pre cruise?
I am happy to chat with you all.
Lynn

A message from Team Norway FE Updated 01/18/16

If you would like to join the FE - Please see below. We WELCOME anyone who would like to join!

We have :
10 Confirmed FE Members
4 Unconfirmed FE Members from original FE Listing (Would like to know if you all are still interested in doing the DIS FE).
1 Undecided
Thanks!
Team Norway FE
TO Join the DIS Fish Extender for Norway Cruise May 29th - FROM TEAM NORWAY FE
If you would like to join our DIS FE - Please send a Private message to WDWEPCOT or LELALITTLELEGS - or Post to this Thread the following information and we (Team Norway FE) will add you to the listing.
We will close out the listing APRIL 30TH.
We are limiting Cabins to 10 per Group.
Thanks!
Team Norway FE
(Daniela & Lynn)
Your DIS Name
Names
Allergies
Cabin #
Child Age
Favorite Characters
DIS Norway FE Listing:
WDWEPCOT - Confirmed
LELALITTLELEGS -Confirmed
MRFERRET - Confirmed
MRFERRET PARENTS - Confirmed
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE - Confirmed
BECKYD85 - Confirmed - Cabin # GTY = Will let us know
PAMELALOUISE - Confirmed
Jacky Blackmore - Confirmed
FRANKIE_E - Confirmed
TIDEFAN - Confirmed
VON86
PLUTONUMBER1
JJEN
CARMIE3377 - Undecided
UKMOUSEKETEER

Hi Everyone!
I apologize if I not doing this correctly. While we are not a novice to Disney cruises, this is our first time using the DIS discussion forum. We would like to participate in the FEs. Our info is below:
Sway1925
Christina, DH Michael, and DS Kasen
No Allergies
Cabin # 7626
Kasen is 8
Favorite characters: Stitch, Olaf, Sven, Lightning McQueen
If you need anything else, let me know. We are super excited for this cruise!!!

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Sway1925
Thanks for joining! I will add you to our FE listing! Please see the first page of this thread for helpful links with your cruise planning.
Team Norway FE.

 

[Mr Ferret 88]

@WDWEPCOT or @lelalittlelegs Is there a link or spreadsheet with the relevant information so as we are already gathering things for our gift bags.
Thanks
Matt

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Howdy Matt
We are not allowed to post the spreadsheet or a link per DIS rules. If you require information - please send me a message and I will gather the information and reply to you. I have done this for another cruise FE member on the number of kiddos we have so far / boys / girls / etc.
Several people requested privacy of their info and don't want it posted on the DIS so I can't just list everything out for all to see. So in trying to keep everyone happy - Please let me know what info you need and I will be happy to send you the information. We are up to 11 confirmed cabins!!!
Thanks
Lynn

 

[tidefan]

Hey guys, a quick question. Do you know when we will be able to check in at the port in Dover? We want to arrive early, drop our bags at the terminal (and perhaps even check in), then get back off the ship to visit Dover Castle for a couple of hours, then head back to the ship. Normally, we'd know the Port Arrival Time from check-in, however, we are now Platinum (Yay!), so it doesn't show PAT's on the check in screens anymore.

Does anyone know?

 

[lelalittlelegs]

H Frances - I'm UK based too and this is our 3rd time on the Magic. You can exchange pounds/krone for dollars onboard but the exchange rate isn't good - nothing like you'd get at The Post Office for example. We always pay all of our gratuities in cash (only because we own a cash based business and I personally like the idea of the staff getting their tips straight away and not waiting for Disney to process it into their wages) but you will need dollars on board, as you say, for extra stuff. Tips for room service or bar service etc I always order a bunch of 1 dollar bills from the bank to take with me as they're easy to hand out when you're using a service (a couple for room service for example, this is just what we do and I am not suggesting that this is what everyone should do) and then maybe some bigger notes for anything else you might want to tip on. I would recommend taking dollars WITH you and then at the end of the cruise, if you have any left, you can go to guest services and use them to reduce your on board bill before settling it with your credit card. You can do the same with any left over krone.

Crew would be happy to accept other currency but it's worth remembering that they too might incur a charge to exchange currency.

Hope this helps.
Daniela

Hello all!

As we are nearly in double digits days to sailing date my husband and I are trying to get a little more organised (this is our first ever cruise and we are therefore trying not to miss anything too obvious). We are planning on paying gratuities in advance but were wondering about what to do should we decide to tip a little extra once on board. As we are UK based we will have pounds and krone with us (and a credit card). Does anyone know if we need to get some dollars for tips or are the crew members happy to accept other currency?

Frances

 

[Frankie_E]

H Frances - I'm UK based too and this is our 3rd time on the Magic. You can exchange pounds/krone for dollars onboard but the exchange rate isn't good - nothing like you'd get at The Post Office for example. We always pay all of our gratuities in cash (only because we own a cash based business and I personally like the idea of the staff getting their tips straight away and not waiting for Disney to process it into their wages) but you will need dollars on board, as you say, for extra stuff. Tips for room service or bar service etc I always order a bunch of 1 dollar bills from the bank to take with me as they're easy to hand out when you're using a service (a couple for room service for example, this is just what we do and I am not suggesting that this is what everyone should do) and then maybe some bigger notes for anything else you might want to tip on. I would recommend taking dollars WITH you and then at the end of the cruise, if you have any left, you can go to guest services and use them to reduce your on board bill before settling it with your credit card. You can do the same with any left over krone.

Crew would be happy to accept other currency but it's worth remembering that they too might incur a charge to exchange currency.

Hope this helps.
Daniela

Hello,

That is really helpful thank you very much. I hadn't thought about using left overs to reduce our onboard bill, great idea!!

Frances

 

[lelalittlelegs]

Glad to help

Hello,

That is really helpful thank you very much. I hadn't thought about using left overs to reduce our onboard bill, great idea!!

Frances

 

[lelalittlelegs]

WooooooHoooooo.... I have been waiting for a year for today!!!!!

I've checked in (and got the time I wanted) and Palo and excursions are booked. 3 months today

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I got my one excursion for my Hike - but no luck for Palo Brunch - Will try once I get on the ship. I do hope everyone is getting what they want!

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Howdy Cruise Peeps!
Just popping in to see how everyone is doing?? Anyone interested in joining the Fish Extender??? We are still accepting... You don't want to miss out on all the FE Fun...
Team Norway FE