May 18, 2013 Magic EBTA Part Two - From Tejas to España

[p17blo]

I was just editting up some photos and this came into my workflow - Thought I'd post it here.

Not long now....

Castaway Cay Post by P17blo, on Flickr

 

[geffric]

well this is really bazaar but ..

has anyone done a tour in Barcelona with runnerbean?? I am looking at a few tours in Barcelona..remember I have done the HOHO last time..so what is your opinion??

I am thinking 2 days in Barcelona proper, 1 day Girona and Figues and 1 day Wine and Cava tour.. what do you think?? any recommendations??

 

[NancyIL]

well this is really bazaar but ..

has anyone done a tour in Barcelona with runnerbean?? I am looking at a few tours in Barcelona..remember I have done the HOHO last time..so what is your opinion??

I am thinking 2 days in Barcelona proper, 1 day Girona and Figues and 1 day Wine and Cava tour.. what do you think?? any recommendations??

We will be in Barcelona 4 days post cruise. We plan to spend 3 days seeing Barcelona, and the last day going to Montserrat on our own. We considered a day tour to Girona and Figueras, but decided there was more than enough for 3 full days in Barcelona.

I booked the Gaudi walking tour with Runnerbean for our 3rd day. as it was highly recommended on Trip Advisor as well as by Rick Steves. However, after doing a half-day city tour with Barcelona Day Tours, plus the HOHO commentary and stops at Gaudi sites - I think the Gaudi walking tour will be redundant. I'll probably cancel it.

 

[gramfrog]

well this is really bazaar but ..

has anyone done a tour in Barcelona with runnerbean?? I am looking at a few tours in Barcelona..remember I have done the HOHO last time..so what is your opinion??

I am thinking 2 days in Barcelona proper, 1 day Girona and Figues and 1 day Wine and Cava tour.. what do you think?? any recommendations??

I'm thinking I want to go with you

 

[woody73]

I booked the Gaudi walking tour with Runnerbean for our 3rd day. as it was highly recommended on Trip Advisor as well as by Rick Steves. However, after doing a half-day city tour with Barcelona Day Tours, plus the HOHO commentary and stops at Gaudi sites - I think the Gaudi walking tour will be redundant. I'll probably cancel it.

After your half-day tour of Barcelona and the HOHO bus, you will be quite familiar with the Gaudi sites.

I recommend skipping the additional Gaudi walking tour, and instead touring the inside of one or both Casa Milà and Casa Batllo. When we visited them, Casa Milà had audio wands, and Casa Batllo had live guides. Make sure you get tours in english.

Woody

 

[padalyn]

I was just editting up some photos and this came into my workflow - Thought I'd post it here.

Not long now....

Castaway Cay Post by P17blo, on Flickr

too funny - I just edited that same image!!! We must have taken the same photo...look for ours on our cabin door!

 

[MandyGirl]

Bunco

May 20 (after that we can decide if we want to play on other days)
tentative 1:00 PM

If you are interested in participating please send me a PM.

GONECRUSIN 2 - Susan/Emily
MandyGirl 1 - Mandy
WVURunner 3 - Emily/Sally/Jamie
ThePedersonFamily 1 - Melissa
Cabinfever2013 3 or 4 -
Kirbo 1 - Kirsten
Binkytell 1 - Sarah
Ladyshopper 1 - Jody
hmhaase 1 -
BigHugsForEeyore 1 -
Kris3kid 2 - Kris/Jackie
LySand 1 - Lynn
gramfrog 1 - Jacjuie
1stDC2013 1 - Shakeria
MSAXON 1 - Meredith
Geffric 1 - Susan
Bobbiwoz 1 - Bobbi

Just have to share --- I just returned from monthly Bunco tonight in our neighborhood. Laughed so hard, I am just thankful I didn't pee my pants! Looking forward to meeting all of you, throwing some dice, and getting to mingle!!

 

[twopeasonepod]

I checked, TwoPeasInOnePod, and we DO NOT have any 5A or any ocean view porthole cabins yet--- we would love to include yours! LMK what DH says.... it helps tremendously to see cabins if one might think of booking another Disney cruise sometime... THanks!

Okay, I convinced him to do it! We are in.

 

[heatherb819]

One month countdown!!!!

 

[NancyIL]

After your half-day tour of Barcelona and the HOHO bus, you will be quite familiar with the Gaudi sites.

I recommend skipping the additional Gaudi walking tour, and instead touring the inside of one or both Casa Milà and Casa Batllo. When we visited them, Casa Milà had audio wands, and Casa Batllo had live guides. Make sure you get tours in english.

Woody

Thanks for the advice, Woody. Had we planned to do the Gaudi walking tour earlier in our stay, it would've been more useful.

I am at WDW now, but I'll book our timed tickets for La Sagrada Familia when I return home.

 

[gramfrog]

Okay, I convinced him to do it! We are in.

Great, Lauren!!! Please PM me with your cabin number. Thanks!

 

[Kirbo]

One month!

 

[WVURunner]

Any word on this??? I would like to get our cards soon and figure out how many we need!

 

[bobbiwoz]

Any word on this??? I would like to get our cards soon and figure out how many we need!

I bought mine already.

 

[wickesy]

You should be able to make it no problem! Only possible umph might be Houston rush hour traffic so just breeze through customs/immigration and hit the road!

Great, thanks Mandy.

 

[kaseyC]

Just got a call from the Shoreside Concierge team. Both of our requested Palo Private Room Brunch dates have been confirmed! Both Brunches will be at 10:00 am.

 

[MandyGirl]

Just got a call from the Shoreside Concierge team. Both of our requested Palo Private Room Brunch dates have been confirmed! Both Brunches will be at 10:00 am.

WooHoo!! Post # 1 updated

 

[MandyGirl]

Any word on this??? I would like to get our cards soon and figure out how many we need!

Hopefully Lysand will see your question and can respond. Here's the most current info I believe

 

[MandyGirl]

Event Organizers -- Thank you so much for all you have been doing with all of the events! With us in the one-month countdown, and me putting together a DIS Navigator (hopefully after the first weekend of May to capture most current info) -- can you please check your posts on page 1 to make sure everything is updated? I know several deadlines have passed with some coming up. Please feel free to put out any "last call" posts for signing up!

My brain is entering "oh my goodness!!" mode as we enter the one-month countdown!!!

Some of our Popular DIS activities
(linked to organizer's post on first page of this thread they will keep updated)

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  [*]All Aboard Meet and Greet mandygirl
  [*]Book Exchange kaseyc
  [*]Bunco Group gonecrusin
  [*]Champagne Girls birkner must sign up by April 18
  [*]Candy Swap tubbsteruk
  [*]Favorite Drink Recipe Book disneymousehouse
  [*]Fish Extender Exchange binkytell
  [*]Lanyard Team mandygirl
  [*]Linked Dining binkytell
  [*]Palo Group Brunch kaseyc
  [*]Palo Group Dinner Is anyone interested in this?
  [*]Personal Navigator mandygirl
  [*]Photo Walk EjeG
  [*]Pin Trading no organizer
  [*]PJ Breakfast Ladyshopper
  [*]Postcard Exchange lysand
  [*]Private Chocolate (Alcoholic) Tasting Class disneymousehouse
  [*]Private Gibraltar Tour wvuRunner
  [*]Private Martini Class binkytell
  [*]Private Mixology Class disneymousehouse
  [*]Private Mojito Class binkytell
  [*]Recipe Exchange mboekhoff
  [*]Rent A Princess queenbee99
  [*]Running Club wvuRunner
  [*]Scavenger Hunt gonecrusin
  [*]Scrap Booking Is anyone interested in this?
  [*]Secret Mickey yvet
  [*]Stateroom Tours lysand and gramfrog
  [*]Toddler Meet n Greet mandygirl
  [*]Transatlantic Pub Crawl disneymousehouse
  [*]Whiteboard padalyn
  [*]Until we meet again lunch twopeasonepod
  

 

[birkner]

Champagne Girls Update

Just a reminder that today is the last day to sign up for Champagne Girls as I will be sending DCL a list later today.