May 14, 2011 - Eastbound TransAtlantic

[owensjro]

Welcome to the Magic on the Atlantic Eastbound TransAtlantic cruise thread!

This first post will be updated with all of the information you need to join your fellow DISers in having fun throughout the cruise (and even before!).

If you are on the cruise please add your information to our roll call spreadsheet:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc...ENTSUlEUUVjVFl3MXlGLXc&hl=en&authkey=CJvH6MoK

There are columns on the spreadsheet for the following activities:

FE/Fish Extenders: A fun gift-giving activity. Search for Fish Extenders on the main forum if you need more info

Shots Around the Ship: We'll try to hit all of the open bars one night (and hope the ship isn't rocking too much!)

Photo Scavenger Hunt: Teams will have lists of items to find and photograph all over the ship

***Update Whiteboard and Book Exchange will be located at stateroom #6092***

If you have ideas for more group activities suggest them in the thread and we can add them on in.

We have a FACEBOOK page here:
http://www.facebook.com/?sk=lf#!/home.php?sk=group_177251978979903&ap=1

Navigators and other info from 2010 EBTA: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2061536&id=1139906413&l=1bdcf464f3

Suggested tipping per person for 14 days:
$168 (Server $56, Assistant Server $42, Head Server $14, Stateroom $56)

Average Temps:
Madeira : http://www.climatetemp.info/portugal/madeira.html
Cadiz : http://www.climatetemp.info/spain/cadiz.html
Barcelona : http://www.climatetemp.info/spain/barcelona.html
Nassau/Castaway Cay : http://www.climatetemp.info/bahamas/

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Jim and Amanda

 

[heatherb819]

Great job! Thank you for doing that, I had to keep going back to page 15 or whatever it was to look at the spreadsheet and it was driving me crazy.

 

[surf2di4]

Thanks for taking on this responsibility.

Karl

 

[DW2DH&DS]

Thanks!!

 

[sehandiph]

Thanks from the UK too

 

[owensjro]

Ok, added the cruise itinerary along with the dinner menus from the 2010 EBTA. Not sure if it will be the same for ours but for initial planning purposes it should help.

Also added the tipping info and a link to the facebook page of someone who was on this year's EBTA and scanned in the navigators. Figured everyone might want to poke around at those

Let me know if there are other things you'd like on the first post.

Jim

 

[surf2di4]

Ok, added the cruise itinerary along with the dinner menus from the 2010 EBTA. Not sure if it will be the same for ours but for initial planning purposes it should help.

Also added the tipping info and a link to the facebook page of someone who was on this year's EBTA and scanned in the navigators. Figured everyone might want to poke around at those

Let me know if there are other things you'd like on the first post.

Jim

a place for people to donate $$$ to my cruise fund, with a paypal #

Karl

 

[surf2di4]

Ok, added the cruise itinerary along with the dinner menus from the 2010 EBTA. Not sure if it will be the same for ours but for initial planning purposes it should help.

Jim

Robin & i sailed with Krisann on the '08WBPC.

Karl

 

[IrishCowboy]

I have added your thread to the cruise meet list

 

[heatherb819]

Good thinking Karl wish I would have beat ya to that thought!

 

[Happy Wanderers]

from David and Adele in Scotland

 

[runswithscissors]

Just booked our return flight today. Found an incredibly reasonable price for one-way ticket and jumped on it. Still have to book our flight from DC to Orlando but won't do that until February.

Swiss Airlines
Barcelona (BCN) to Washington, DC (IAD)
2 Adults 1 Child
$1,547.57 total

Boards have been quite busy lately. Have to remember to check 'em every once-in-a-while.

Less than 8 months to go!

 

[heatherb819]

Wow! Congratulations on your airline bargain! I checked for us again as I do about every other day and it's still cheaper to stick with Disney for air. It's alot of work to keep checking that, I have to pull up my currency exchange calculator. LOL Have a great weekend everyone.

 

[owensjro]

That is great airfare. We've booked one of our tickets back from London so far...it had gone up a lot since I started watching so I finally booked it. So stupid...I should have done it a long time ago. The other two we'll be using miles for once we have them saved up.

Jim

 

[surf2di4]

Air with Disney was ONLY $980. pp from LAX. but we booked it way back when this cruise first became available.

Karl

 

[Winstanik]

We booked our air portion through Disney also and it was $1050 pp. (from Montreal to Orlando and Barcelona to Montreal). It's seems like a bargain because I checked lately online with a few websites and I got quotes at $2000 pp !

 

[owensamo]

We would have probably booked through Disney, but we plan to fly to London for a few nights before coming home. I doubt Disney would be keen on booking that for us.

 

[surf2di4]

We would have probably booked through Disney, but we plan to fly to London for a few nights before coming home. I doubt Disney would be keen on booking that for us.

its called a deviation and Disney does them all the time. we checked about going out of Madrid a few days after we get off the ship and it would be $300 total more for coach and Only $1200 total for Business class.

Karl

 

[heatherb819]

Well, I saw that the Magic was back across the Atlantic, they were docked in St. Marteen. It's ready for us to board and take her back This has been a quite board lately I guess everyone if off working hard on those FE

 

[heatherb819]

Jim/Amanda
I called Disney today and linked our dining reservationsI kept forgetting to look our resv# so I called and had them look up my number, it was just as easy. Keri if you still want to join us, we'd love to have you it was very easy to do. All you have to do now is call them and give them one of our resv numbers and our names and we will be one big happy table of 10!