~May 14, 2011~ Eastbound Transatlantic Cruise on the Magic!

[owensjro]

Hello all! Looks like we might be on this cruise. Just have to wait and see what the dance season schedule will look like for my daughter (she'll be 9 at time of sailing). If the end of year recital is in June again next year we should be good to go!

We booked two dummy dates while on board a week ago so we plan to move one of those over to the EBTA.

Hopefully we'll know in another week if I get up the nerve to bug the dance studio owner

Jim

 

[owensjro]

Ok, it's over to the TA to book us now. So here's our info:

Roll Call
DIS : owensjro and owensamo
First Name of Those Sailing : Jim, Amanda, Hannah (9)
Ages of children at time of sailing : DD 9
Stateroom(s) Not sure yet, we're going for 6015
Cruised Before? Yes. This will be our 8th
Celebrating anything special? End of school?

Also if you didn't see the navigators from the last EBTA are on someone's facebook account here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2061536&id=1139906413

Jim

 

[owensamo]

I'm just bummed we have to come back almost immediately because of DD's dance recital! Ah well.

It looks like this year's EBTA DIS group was *huge*! And did a *ton* of extra stuff! Looks like it was loads of fun - I'm so looking forward to this!

Amanda

 

[owensjro]

We didn't mean to kill the thread. I guess it is still a little ways away though.

Hope everyone from the US had a nice 4th of July. We spent the entire day at the fitness club pool where they had a wonderful view of the town's fireworks.

Oh, looks like flights from all airlines are available now coming back from Barcelona. We're talking about taking a short flight to London, spending two nights there, and then flying back on Memorial day. I just keep watching Orbitz and travelocity every day for the best price!

Jim

 

[armyferret]

Hey everyone - we are going to be booking this cruise in 1 month (gotta wait til we are onboard for our med cruise!)

ROLL CALL:
Dis: armyferret
First name of those sailing: Jenn, Dave, Ailsa and Kellan
Ages of children at sailing : DD8, DS1
Stateroom: 11A GTY
Cruised before: Wonder, SEP 2006 10night southern carib, Magic. SUG 2010 11night Med
Celebrating anything special? 10yr Anniv.

So excited to have something to look forward to for the next year - makes German winters go by much easier - with the thought of tropics in the spring!

 

[triplefigs]

Hi! I will update the roll call soon.

 

[owensjro]

Hey everyone - we are going to be booking this cruise in 1 month (gotta wait til we are onboard for our med cruise!)

ROLL CALL:
Dis: armyferret
First name of those sailing: Jenn, Dave, Ailsa and Kellan
Ages of children at sailing : DD8, DS1
Stateroom: 11A GTY
Cruised before: Wonder, SEP 2006 10night southern carib, Magic. SUG 2010 11night Med
Celebrating anything special? 10yr Anniv.

So excited to have something to look forward to for the next year - makes German winters go by much easier - with the thought of tropics in the spring!

Welcome to the cruise I'm still not sure just how tropics this cruise will be. Doesn't seem like the area will be all that warm but I guess it is still better than German winters

Flights are driving us crazy right now. I can book a non-stop, refundable ticket from London to Raleigh but it will cost us $3100. Or I can find a 1-stop refundable for $2770. Or I can piece together our own flights and get it down to $2000 but some of the legs are non-refundable and we're bouncing between airlines to get the cheapest.

I just hate that the airfare is going to cost more than the cruise!

Jim

 

[armyferret]

Yeah, um, anything is tropical compared to our winters here I really am looking forward to castaway cay, and madeira, both of which should be pretty warm by then - we were in northern italy around the same time of year this year, and it was just wonderful upper 70's and 80's - i imagine cadiz etc to be the same or a bit warmer!

Thankfully - we won't worry about airfare - we will take a hop to the states, hang around WDW for a bit before the cruise, and come on back - our only airfare should be from BCN, which is running us 600 r/t for this summer . .

who knows - but it is just nice to have something to look forward to!

 

[jettybean]

My family sailed on the 6/24/10 Magic cruise to the Baltic.
It was such a great trip. We booked the Med sailing 5/24/11 while onboard.
Hoping to join all of you on the TA 5/14/11. Any history of rates dropping for
this sailing as it gets closer? Someone told me it usually sails at half of its
capacity...any truth to this?

 

[owensamo]

My family sailed on the 6/24/10 Magic cruise to the Baltic.
It was such a great trip. We booked the Med sailing 5/24/11 while onboard.
Hoping to join all of you on the TA 5/14/11. Any history of rates dropping for
this sailing as it gets closer? Someone told me it usually sails at half of its
capacity...any truth to this?

I believe that the last EBTA sailed at ~1900 passengers, but all cabins were booked. They may have more discounting closer to the cruise, but it's already pretty cheap - we're finding that for the 3 of us, it's more expensive to fly home than to sail there! We figured it out at the current price for our Cat 11 it's ~ $69/person/night, which is less than the deluxe dining plan at WDW!

 

[jettybean]

I believe that the last EBTA sailed at ~1900 passengers, but all cabins were booked. They may have more discounting closer to the cruise, but it's already pretty cheap - we're finding that for the 3 of us, it's more expensive to fly home than to sail there! We figured it out at the current price for our Cat 11 it's ~ $69/person/night, which is less than the deluxe dining plan at WDW!

Thanks for the information. We were told by someone not to book our Cat 5 until 12/10, that rates should drop around then for the EBTA 5/11.
I am now wondering if I do wait, I will have a hard time getting what I want.
It is hard to convince my DH to spend more on a cruise right now since, we just returned from the Baltic and now have to pay for the Med 5/28, which we booked while onboard.
Not to mention that we leave 7/31/10 for a five night to Canada on Carnival.
Why, oh why, can life not be one big vacation? )

 

[MegaMouseHouse]

My husband and I are booked on this cruise. We will be celebrating our 6th anniversary. He has always wanted to go to Spain so he is quite excited. This will be my 6th cruise and my husband's 2nd with Disney. I am looking forward to the activities of the Dis group. Let me know if anything else is needed.

Here is the requested information:
DIS Name: MegaMouseHouse
First Name of Those Sailing: Tracy and Lester
Ages of children at time of sailing: none
Stateroom(s): 6019
Cruised Before?: yes
Celebrating anything special?: 6th anniversary

I will work on finding a photo and figuring how to upload that soon.

I look forward to meeting all of you!!

WELCOME!!!​

Anyone else booking this cruise? We are soooo excited to sail the Magic for 14 nights and to visit Castaway Cay (my kids' fave), Portugal, England, and Spain!​

Please post your info and join the party! If enough join we will do a FE, a meet, other fun stuff!​

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New Magic Deck Plans for 2011

May 2011 Eastbound Transatlantic Cruise Itinerary

May 2007 EBTA Navigators

April 2010 EBTA Cruise Meet and Info

May 2007 TA and Med Trip Reports, Blogs, and other info

Roll Call
DIS Name
First Name of Those Sailing
Ages of children at time of sailing
Stateroom(s)
Cruised Before?
Celebrating anything special?
A photo if you'd like​

1. DIS Name-Triplefigs
Age of children at time of sailing: DS10, DS10, DD10
Stateroom(s): 6112, 6114, and 6113
Cruised Before? This will be our 2nd cruise (did a 7 night Western in June 2009) and my parents 1st on DCL
Celebrating anything special? Our trio's 11th b'day and my mom's 66th b'day (all 2 weeks later)​

2. DIS Name - Cherylp3
First Name of Those Sailing - Cheryl and Todd
Ages of children at time of sailing - none
Stateroom(s) - 7067
Cruised Before? - yes
Celebrating anything special? 14th anniversary ​

3. Tammy Alphabet​

Tammy, Layla and maybe Chris
Age of children at time of sailing: DD13, DS 19
Stateroom(s): 7131
Cruised Before? This will be my seventh Disney Cruise!!!!!!
Celebrating anything special? My birthday is June 7th. Other than that we will be celebrating the end of the school year.

4. Dis name kcashner
Mom (Kathryn) and DD (20 at that time)
sailed before....um....once or twice, I think Actually, DCL's records and mine don't quite agree, but I'm well into platinum
cabin 11C gty
celebrating--end of sophomore year? back on the Magic?​

I'm also on the 2010 TA cruise without DD as she'll be in school then. ​

5. DIS Name kwork11
First Name of Those Sailing CLiff, Keri, Matthew and Abbey
Ages of children at time of sailing 16 and 8
Stateroom(s) Walt Suite
Cruised Before? Oh YES....
Celebrating anything special? Summer!! ​

6. DW2DH&DS​

Beth, Stacey, and Jack
Jack will be 9 at time of sailing
7074 with main dining
Celebrating anything special? my 40th (17th) and Stacey's 41st (28th)

7. DIS Name: runswithscissors
First Name of Those Sailing: Sarah, Josh & Hunter
Ages of children at time of sailing: 8
Stateroom(s): 8046
Cruised Before? 7-Nght Western Carribbean

8.DIS Name: surf2di4 & LeftCoastLady
First Name of Those Sailing KARL & ROBIN
Ages of children at time of sailing: Leaving them at home!
Age of us: Karl will be 53 at time of sailing (Robin isn't saying)
Stateroom(s) 8532
Cruised Before? WBPC '08
Celebrating anything special? Karl: first time to Europe
Robin (has been to Europe), but has one of those dreaded "zero" birthdays in 2011 to celebrate

9. DIS Name: mom2tcdx2
First names: Sherry, my boyfriend Dave and my mom Martha (for those who wish to know my children's initials are both tcd and I have 2)
Stateroom: We are booked currently in a category 11C I know on Deck 7 but at the moment I don't recall the cabin number.
Cruised before: I currently have done 5 cruises, Dave and my mother both have 2. We also have two other cruises booked (Carnival & Princess) between now and May 2011. We have been to Disney a few times this will be our first Disney cruise. (We are vacation club members)
Children: We will not have any children traveling with us and my daughter is not happy about that LOL!!!!

10. DIS Name Turk82
First Name of Those Sailing (my parents, brothers, their wives, kids, and my cousin) Steve, Eunice (parents), Melanie (cousin), Megan (me!), JoJo (my guide dog), Kevin, Linda,
Kids and Ages: Isobel (2.5yrs), Craig, Jenny, Jeremy (5), Skyla (1.5), Philip, Madelyn, Boone (7), and maybe Keith, Lisa, Keira (4), and William (2).
Stateroom(s) 7631, 7629, etc, etc
Cruised Before? 7night Western, 4 night Nassau
Celebrating anything special? Family Reunion!!!

11. Scrapycruiser
First Name of Those Sailing: Bruce & Gina
Stateroom 7514
Cruised Before? This will be our 10th Disney cruise


12. JewelMicky
1st Name of Those Sailing: Jewel, Kellie, and Kylie
Age of Children: Kylie will be 8 when we sail
Stateroom: We are on deck 7 aft, inside (can't remember #), but plan to upgrade at port
Cruised Before? Will be 4th Disney cruise....the longest so far a 4 nighter


13. sehandiph
1st Name of Those Sailing: Ian and Sharon
Stateroom: Deck 1
Sailed Before? we tried a 3 day cruise in May and loved it


14. ChicagoBarb
1st Name of Those Sailing: Barb and Bea (her mom)
Stateroom: Deck 7
Cruised Before? 1st DCL!


15. twokings
1st Name of Those Sailing: Kerri (DM) and Arianna (DD)
Cruised Before? This will be our 4th cruise.
Celebrations? Celebrating Arianna's 18th birthday. My birthday will be on the 9th night of our TA cruise May 22 1st land day after 6 days at sea

16. lilofan
1st Names: Jack and Chrisitne (DW)
Stateroom: 5626
Cruised Before? This is our 8th DCL- including and amazing Vow Renewal


17. linkandclover
Sailing: DH, DW, and 2 boys (currently 10 and 13)

18. Happycruisers
1st Names: David and Adele
We have cruised with Disney 4 times before (1 Wonder, 3 Magic) and will be celebrating our retirement from work during the cruise.

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CRUISE LOGO- 2 sizes for your signature​

 

[owensamo]

My husband and I are booked on this cruise. We will be celebrating our 6th anniversary. He has always wanted to go to Spain so he is quite excited. This will be my 6th cruise and my husband's 2nd with Disney. I am looking forward to the activities of the Dis group. Let me know if anything else is needed.

Here is the requested information:
DIS Name: MegaMouseHouse
First Name of Those Sailing: Tracy and Lester
Ages of children at time of sailing: none
Stateroom(s): 6019
Cruised Before?: yes
Celebrating anything special?: 6th anniversary

I will work on finding a photo and figuring how to upload that soon.

I look forward to meeting all of you!!

Welcome!!

We're just down the hall in 6015! We had 6003 on the Wonder for B2B 5-nights this June, and the sideways Cat 11s are awesome! Though we're hoping with staterooms on all sides of us, that we won't be awoken in the middle of the night by someone dropping a broom handle against our bedroom wall. Every night. Ugh.

 

[gerryspeirs]

Hello, I will be on this cruise with my wife and 5 year old daughter and 1 year old son, DD's birthday will be on the ship

Gerry
Maura
Miranda
Quinn

This will be our second cruise, first being Mexican Riviera, 7 nights

 

[DW2DH&DS]

OK now...we just got back from the Northern European Capitals cruise...which was absolutely amazing!!!! Now I have time to lurk here. We just booked our flights to Orlando and our return flight home after the cruise. We have decided to stay in Paris for a week post-cruise. Anybody else? Now we need to figure how to get from Barcelona to Paris...train of fly...time will tell. Other than that less than a year to go!!!!

 

[armyferret]

right now - i know air france is pretty darned cheap into barcelona - we are flying in two weeks, and booked from munch to barcelona, w/ layover @ CDG, for 200 euro pp, r/t.

keep an eye on it - - - travelocity was advertising a cheaper flight, but magically every time i would try to book it, it was never available. air frances' site was easy to navigate, and had a comparable cheap rate, too...

 

[DW2DH&DS]

right now - i know air france is pretty darned cheap into barcelona - we are flying in two weeks, and booked from munch to barcelona, w/ layover @ CDG, for 200 euro pp, r/t.

keep an eye on it - - - travelocity was advertising a cheaper flight, but magically every time i would try to book it, it was never available. air frances' site was easy to navigate, and had a comparable cheap rate, too...

thanks...i'll check it out. we are concerned mostly with the luggage restrictions we hear about flying between European countries. with all the baggage we will have from the transatlantic...ugh!!!

 

[owensamo]

Our plan is to fly to London for a few days, then fly home from there. I'm hoping to talk my husband into shipping some luggage home from Barcelona. I don't look forward to having to tote 2 weeks worth of baggage to London for 3 days!

FYI - at least for us in NC, it's cheaper to fly home from London than Paris. Even if you figure in getting to London.

 

[triplefigs]

Name.....Platinumcruzer
First Name of Those Sailing......Cindy
Ages of children at time of sailing....... DD-Cara(20)
Stateroom(s)-GTY
Cruised Before?....This will be my 25th Disney cruise and DD's 21st.
Celebrating anything special?......My 25th cruise on Disney!!!!!!!!!!


Looking forward to 14 days of fun and relaxation....especially the 6 days at sea.

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Hi everyone !

We just booked last week for this 14 day transatlantic cruise and can't wait ! We were onboard the Magic last year for a western caribean crz and I loved everything except that there wasn't enough days at sea !! This time, we are going just my DH and I. We are celebrating our 15th anniversary ! Our DD who is 6 is not too happy about it, but she will be fine at my parents !!!

Roll Call
DIS : Winstanik
First Name of Those Sailing : Anik (40) and Winston (36) From Montreal, Canada
Ages of children at time of sailing : NONE !!! ( DD is not very happy about this one !!!)
Stateroom(s) 6319
Cruised Before? Magic (Western Carribean May 2009)
Celebrating anything special? 15th anniversary

Looking foward to do the countdown with everyone !

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Ok, it's over to the TA to book us now. So here's our info:

Roll Call
DIS : owensjro and owensamo
First Name of Those Sailing : Jim, Amanda, Hannah (9)
Ages of children at time of sailing : DD 9
Stateroom(s) Not sure yet, we're going for 6015
Cruised Before? Yes. This will be our 8th
Celebrating anything special? End of school?

Also if you didn't see the navigators from the last EBTA are on someone's facebook account here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2061536&id=1139906413

Jim

Hey everyone - we are going to be booking this cruise in 1 month (gotta wait til we are onboard for our med cruise!)

ROLL CALL:
Dis: armyferret
First name of those sailing: Jenn, Dave, Ailsa and Kellan
Ages of children at sailing : DD8, DS1
Stateroom: 11A GTY
Cruised before: Wonder, SEP 2006 10night southern carib, Magic. SUG 2010 11night Med
Celebrating anything special? 10yr Anniv.

So excited to have something to look forward to for the next year - makes German winters go by much easier - with the thought of tropics in the spring!

My husband and I are booked on this cruise. We will be celebrating our 6th anniversary. He has always wanted to go to Spain so he is quite excited. This will be my 6th cruise and my husband's 2nd with Disney. I am looking forward to the activities of the Dis group. Let me know if anything else is needed.

Here is the requested information:
DIS Name: MegaMouseHouse
First Name of Those Sailing: Tracy and Lester
Ages of children at time of sailing: none
Stateroom(s): 6019
Cruised Before?: yes
Celebrating anything special?: 6th anniversary

I will work on finding a photo and figuring how to upload that soon.

I look forward to meeting all of you!!

Hello, I will be on this cruise with my wife and 5 year old daughter and 1 year old son, DD's birthday will be on the ship

Gerry
Maura
Miranda
Quinn

This will be our second cruise, first being Mexican Riviera, 7 nights

Updated the roll call, everyone!!! Please check it. I posted on the main DCL board and on the 2010 April EBTA about airfare (DCL vs Booking on own). Anyone know where they got deals on one way fares? They are VERY expensive (for what I've found). We got roundtrip (to MCO and home from Barcelona) via DCL for $750 adults/$600 child. I'm just worried about who we'll fly, how many transfers/layovers, will we all sit together. Anyone here ever use DCL for air fare before?

 

[Winstanik]

Welcome!!

We're just down the hall in 6015! We had 6003 on the Wonder for B2B 5-nights this June, and the sideways Cat 11s are awesome! Though we're hoping with staterooms on all sides of us, that we won't be awoken in the middle of the night by someone dropping a broom handle against our bedroom wall. Every night. Ugh.

We're in 6319 ! On the other side of you wall ! We'll try to be quiet !! It will be only the two of us since we are leaving our daughter at home ! And we are pretty quiet people !