May 26, 2010--5/26/2010 10 Night Mediterranean

[wrennies]

Okay, so I can't think about much other than this cruise. What about ya'll!!!!

So, now that I have the rest of my family totally in the "cruise" mode, I have been trying to find out as much info as possible. We have looked at a lot of pics on line, but I am struggling to find pics of a cat. 4 stateroom. My boys do not get how the sleeping arrangement is going to work. Does anyone know of a website with pics of this.

Also, does anyone know when the 2010 Passporters guide come out. The book is wonderful, but it does not have the info on our cruise.

 

[wrennies]

This is a pretty general question for all of you world travelers.

How long should we expect to spend in customs at the BCN airport when we arrive? What is this like? I have been through airports in the US since 9-11 and know what to expect in the US.

Thanks to all of you for all your help so far!!!

 

[MKJEcruisers]

Okay, so I can't think about much other than this cruise. What about ya'll!!!!

So, now that I have the rest of my family totally in the "cruise" mode, I have been trying to find out as much info as possible. We have looked at a lot of pics on line, but I am struggling to find pics of a cat. 4 stateroom. My boys do not get how the sleeping arrangement is going to work. Does anyone know of a website with pics of this.

Also, does anyone know when the 2010 Passporters guide come out. The book is wonderful, but it does not have the info on our cruise.

I know what you mean about not being able to think about anything but the cruise. I've been cruise obsessed since we made our reservation. I've been driving myself crazy.

 

[sinnika]

Okay, so I can't think about much other than this cruise. What about ya'll!!!!

So, now that I have the rest of my family totally in the "cruise" mode, I have been trying to find out as much info as possible. We have looked at a lot of pics on line, but I am struggling to find pics of a cat. 4 stateroom. My boys do not get how the sleeping arrangement is going to work. Does anyone know of a website with pics of this.

Also, does anyone know when the 2010 Passporters guide come out. The book is wonderful, but it does not have the info on our cruise.

I believe the new passporters come out in April. I ordered the 2008 one for our June 2009 cruise since I didn't want to wait till the last minute to get ideas for our 7 nt western. There are pics in the passporter of the different staterooms including the cat 4. It is very similar to the layout of the other veranda categories, it just has a few extra feet beyond the couch where the murphy bed comes down. Access to the veranda is limited when the twin murphy bed is pulled down. The couch converts to a twin, and there is another twin that gets pulled down from the ceiling right above the couch. There's a privacy curtain between the couch and the queen bed if you choose. If you are trying to find out all you can about the ship itself, get the current passporter. Rick Steve's Italy 2010 is already out and is excellent!
I'm already dreaming about the trip! That's pretty bad when we still have 7 months to go!

 

[sinnika]

Good Morning,
Just found this link on another thread: http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/cruis...-repo-med.html
Its a good starting base to figure out what kind of excursions we could possibly expect from DCL for the 2010 Med since we'll be visiting several of the same ports.

 

[sinnika]

OK, lets try that again:

http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/cruise-new/cr-repo-med.html

 

[wrennies]

Has anyone ever been through customs at BCN? Or I guess anywhere in Europe. I am trying to decide about flights and whether it will be best to go straight in to BCN or if we should fly through another airport.

 

[KLS Georgia]

My DS will be 10 at the time of the cruise as well.

My oldest son will be 10 for the cruise as well (Birthday is next month; 4th grade) Maybe they all can email each other before the trip so they know someone once we are on our way.

 

[poohkinandpiglet]

My oldest son will be 10 for the cruise as well (Birthday is next month; 4th grade) Maybe they all can email each other before the trip so they know someone once we are on our way.

My daughter emailed with another girl before our last cruise and they were fast friends by the time we cruised. In fact, we still keep in touch with the family.

 

[wrennies]

Has anyone heard the date the excursions will be released. I know we can not sign up for a while, but I believe the first. med. cruise is in April. I had heard sometime ago that they would possibly be released in Mid-November. I am an OCD type planner and really want to get on with this!!!

 

[MKJEcruisers]

I know what you mean. I check the site a couple of times a week to see if they posted the excursions yet. It sure would help with planning.

 

[NicsMom1500]

Last time that I checked, they were due to be released in December or January.

My work with www.disneyworldmoms.com this year has been with DCL.

I'm anxious to see the excursions as well!!

 

[Eeyore77]

Hi all well my husband and I got a big surprise this past week from a family member and now we will be joining you on this cruise as well. I have never been overseas so I am really excited. So I need to catch up on everything on here but are there any onboard plans yet? Any Meets or FE's? Fill me in I would love to take part.

 

[threebritts]

It looks like we will be switching to this cruise too. We are now booked on a RCL Baltic for July but with the kids being free i'd rather do Disney
We are waiting on my adopted nieces teacher to say its ok to miss last 2 weeks of school but weve got as cat 3 secure until tomorrow. I love the ports for this cruise and the fact that yes, its DCL

Wea re threebritts, tom, heather and bethany with haley and joyce coming too!

Any FE groups or logos made?

Were also on the Wonder repo for 1-2011, saw some same names from here for there.

I work nights so will try to get on as much as possible for any planning I can help with.

 

[peterpanstout]

Hello all, I am new to the boards and just booked the Med cruise! My husband and I have a 7 year old and are so excited about this cruise!

 

[peterpanstout]

Is anyone doing fish extenders? Also does anyone make them?

We have never done them before but I think my son, 7, would really get into it.

 

[MKJEcruisers]

We want to do fish extenders too but have never done them before.

 

[Eeyore77]

FE's are a lot of fun... Do you think it would be hard to carry all that stuff overseas?

 

[speakupjc]

We will be joining you and would love to do the fish extenders as well. Please let me know where to order whatever you need to put on your door. It will be myself, my daughter age 6 and a first grader at Crosswinds Elementary in Collierville, TN, and my husband. I noticed that there is another mom on here from Collierville. What part of Collierville do you live in and would you like to meet for lunch one day? Also how many other children are in this age group? We are huge Disney fans and cruise every 6 months thru DVC but have never been to Europe. We are staying in a cat 3 and are very excited as we are usually in a cat 10. We figured that this is a cruise of a lifetime so we needed to go for it. We are flying British Airways. Our flights plans are: May 21 fly out of Memphis, May 22 arrive in London and stay for 3 nights, May 25 leave for Barcelona and stay at the Le Meridian (We will arrive in time for dinner), May 26 board the ship (What time can we board? It will be my daughter's 7th Birthday), June 5 tour Barcelona before departing at 6:30 for London and then June 6 leave for home We got the airline tickets for $994. Was this good? They are economy. We look forwarde to our trip and the opportunity to meet all of you!

 

[Eeyore77]

Is anyone having any luck with affordable flights? I am flying from Miami or Ft Lauderdale (I live near West Palm) ans nothing is coming up for less than 1000 a person.