May 28, 2011 - 11 Night Mediterranean Sailing from Barcelona

[kaceyisme]

What is the name of the companies that you are using so others can research the trips and make a decision on if they would like to join you or not

For Rome we are using Stefano Rome Cabs www.romecabs.com

For Naples we are using www.pleasantravel.com

For Villefranche it is med-tour.com

My parents and their friends have used all of the above companies and they highly recommended them all.

If anyone is interested in sharing, please pm me.

 

[scrapycruiser]

Cindy
Thanks for all your hard work in organizing us !

Bruce & I vote for "First Spotted in the Med "

We are using RomeCabs, Stefano in Naples & Rome and Revelation Tours in Villefranche.

 

[DopeyFan1966]

Information received from Disney Cruise Lines today:

Thank you for choosing a sailing that visits Tunis. We appreciate your comments.

We continue to closely monitor information about the political climate in Tunisia, and more specifically Tunis, through our port contacts.

While we are always prepared to modify our itineraries if needed, at this time, the 2011 Mediterranean sailings are scheduled to take place
as planned.

We will continue to monitor available information as our Mediterranean voyages scheduled for this summer get closer.

I hope this information has been helpful. If you require further assistance in planning your visit, please feel free to contact us.

We look forward to sailing with you!

Have a Magical Day!

JD
Reservations Department
Disney Cruise Line

 

[scrapycruiser]

Also, I wanted to say that I called DCL yesterday and asked about Tunisia.

She was very nice and said that she had a form to fill out stating my opinions.
Frankly, I was very surprised by this. Anyway, Disney wants feedback from those sailing on this years Mediterranean Cruises concerning Tunis. Of the 8 cruises we've been on with Disney this is the 1st time someone has asked me for my thoughts prior to a cruise ! I'm impressed !

So I encourage everyone to phone DCL 1-800-951-3532 and voice your opinions. I said that I was not in favor of risking going to Tunisia. I am disappointed but feel the country is too unstable. My idea is to go to Sicily instead, like we did on the 2007 Disney Med cruise. We loved Sicily.

 

[scrapycruiser]

Information received from Disney Cruise Lines today:

Thank you for choosing a sailing that visits Tunis. We appreciate your comments.

We continue to closely monitor information about the political climate in Tunisia, and more specifically Tunis, through our port contacts.

While we are always prepared to modify our itineraries if needed, at this time, the 2011 Mediterranean sailings are scheduled to take place
as planned.

We will continue to monitor available information as our Mediterranean voyages scheduled for this summer get closer.

I hope this information has been helpful. If you require further assistance in planning your visit, please feel free to contact us.

We look forward to sailing with you!

Have a Magical Day!

JD
Reservations Department
Disney Cruise Line

Did you get this info in an email or ?

I'm afraid DCL will wait to the last minute to decide whether or not to go to Tunis. If they don't go , it'll be too late to arrange another port

Sea days are nice, and I'm glad we have one in the middle of our port intensive cruise. The relaxation on the ship will be needed, BUT we booked this cruise to see as much of Europe as we can, and we'll be unhappy if another port is not substituted.

 

[kaceyisme]

Did you get this info in an email or ?

I'm afraid DCL will wait to the last minute to decide whether or not to go to Tunis. If they don't go , it'll be too late to arrange another port

Sea days are nice, and I'm glad we have one in the middle of our port intensive cruise. The relaxation on the ship will be needed, BUT we booked this cruise to see as much of Europe as we can, and we'll be unhappy if another port is not substituted.

I totally agree! As much as I love sea days, this is not the cruise where I want another one, especially this day, as we won't need it yet!

 

[livelovelaugh06]

We vote for "first spotted on the med". Everyone had such great ideas.

Could you please add our family to the FE list? Is the list we are going off of the one on the weebly site?

Thanks for your help

 

[DopeyFan1966]

Did you get this info in an email or ?

I'm afraid DCL will wait to the last minute to decide whether or not to go to Tunis. If they don't go , it'll be too late to arrange another port

Sea days are nice, and I'm glad we have one in the middle of our port intensive cruise. The relaxation on the ship will be needed, BUT we booked this cruise to see as much of Europe as we can, and we'll be unhappy if another port is not substituted.

We vote for "first spotted on the med". Everyone had such great ideas.

Could you please add our family to the FE list? Is the list we are going off of the one on the weebly site?

Thanks for your help

Scrappycruiser,

Yes, I sent an email requesting information regarding our cruise and Tunis. What I posted was their response. I agree with you and hope that they make a decision early enough to book another port. Having a sea day that early is not needed and I would love to see as much as possible being this is my last year in Europe. I also hope that if they do not book another port, I would hope that we receive a refund. If they don't have to pay the port fees to dock in Tunis and we have a sea day, they should give us a refund. I don't know if this will happen though.

LiveLoveLaugh06,

Yes, the only FE list I have is on the Weebly site. We really don't have that many that are participating and I'm hoping that others will join in soon.

Hope this helps everyone, I'm looking forward to meeting you all.

 

[Cousin Orville]

another vote for - first spotted in the med

 

[scrapycruiser]

Scrappycruiser,

Yes, I sent an email requesting information regarding our cruise and Tunis. What I posted was their response. I agree with you and hope that they make a decision early enough to book another port. Having a sea day that early is not needed and I would love to see as much as possible being this is my last year in Europe. I also hope that if they do not book another port, I would hope that we receive a refund. If they don't have to pay the port fees to dock in Tunis and we have a sea day, they should give us a refund. I don't know if this will happen though.

LiveLoveLaugh06,

Yes, the only FE list I have is on the Weebly site. We really don't have that many that are participating and I'm hoping that others will join in soon.

Hope this helps everyone, I'm looking forward to meeting you all.

When is the cut-off date for the FE exchange ? Since I'm making mine I'd like to know.

I doubt DCL would give us some money back. It says in the contract that they can change or cancel part of the itinerary without refunds.
But, Disney usually will compensate in some small way . One time we couldn't go to Castaway Cay and they gave us 4 nice DCL glasses. Not that I wanted the glasses, but at least it was something. If we do go to Tunis, I doubt we'll get off the ship except to maybe ride the camel

Getting closer !!
GINA

 

[scrapycruiser]

another vote for - first spotted in the med

Kevin
Are you and Gavin doing the Fe exchange ? Mom

 

[DopeyFan1966]

When is the cut-off date for the FE exchange ? Since I'm making mine I'd like to know.

I doubt DCL would give us some money back. It says in the contract that they can change or cancel part of the itinerary without refunds.
But, Disney usually will compensate in some small way . One time we couldn't go to Castaway Cay and they gave us 4 nice DCL glasses. Not that I wanted the glasses, but at least it was something. If we do go to Tunis, I doubt we'll get off the ship except to maybe ride the camel

Getting closer !!
GINA

I'm going to say the cut-off will be 31 March.......I think that is a fair amount of time to allow others to join. And, also give others a chance to make, buy, or do whatever they need to do to get ready.

Cindy

 

[DopeyFan1966]

Is anyone interested in ordering T-Shirts?????

I can order a t-shirt in all sizes that will look like the attached, or we can change it with input from others. They would roughly cost 6.00 each, plus shipping from me to you. Which would be $10.00 or less depending on how many I send you. I can use the flat rate boxes that the post office has for those with large groups and then just an envelope for those with one or two T-shirt requests.

Please let me know if anyone is interested or not. I would have to order these by at least mid February to get them on time and back out to you.

http://cindyperrier.myphotoalbum.com/view_photo.php?set_albumName=album01&id=document

 

[scrapycruiser]

Cindy
I agree, March 31 cut-off sounds good. What does everyone else think ?

The T-Shirts are really cute ! I'll check with my family.

Bruce & I and his Mom & sister are going on the DREAM March 6- 13 for a B2B cruise. We've never done a B2B before. Just couldn't go on that new ship for 4 days! I'll let you know what I think when I return. Have some concerns about the pool areas. Doesn't seem big enough for the # of people !
And, yes, we do plan on riding the Aqua Duck !

 

[kcashner]

Don't know if this has been posted yet...but we contacted DCL regarding the schedule of special nights for out cruise. This is from the e-mail I got.


Night 2 - Formal Night
Night 7- Semi-Formal
Night 8- Pirate Night
Night 10 Semi-Formal

Hope this is useful!

 

[DopeyFan1966]

Don't know if this has been posted yet...but we contacted DCL regarding the schedule of special nights for out cruise. This is from the e-mail I got.


Night 2 - Formal Night
Night 7- Semi-Formal
Night 8- Pirate Night
Night 10 Semi-Formal

Hope this is useful!

Last year there were two semi-formal nights listed, but when we were on the cruise and received our Navigators, we only had one semi-formal night. I don't know about this time or not, but that schedule follows the same one we had last year.

 

[RaglanRoad]

Just off the Wonder today for a little 2 night trip to nowhere. The best thing is this trip put me up to Gold status for Castaway Club and now I can book excursions a little sooner for the Med cruise. I really wish the Magic had the Outlook Cafe like the Wonder, this was such a nice relaxing spot to have a drink see out to sea, the deck and the pool area. Our group had alot of fun there.
I am excited now for the Med trip and it couldnt come any sooner. I will be counting down the days!!!

 

[DopeyFan1966]

That's awesome. Speaking of counting down the days we only have 124 days until the cruise. I wish we could book early, we have to wait until 27 February . But, as soon as we get back to the states permanently we can start taking more cruises. I've only been on 1 Disney cruise and I don't think I want to take a cruise with anyone else.

Doing the happy dance thinking about the cruise.

Take care everyone. Let me know what your votes are for the name of our cruise and if you are interested in the t-shirt that I designed.

Cindy

 

[Marymom]

Hello Everyone!

I just made our final payment for the cruise. It is becoming more real and the excitement is building! I have been procrastinating getting the little things done. Small things like passports, tours, hotels... I will start on the list this week. But rest easy... my fish extenders are done!

I vote for the name "First spotted on the Med". Have a great week!

Mary

 

[annichan]

That's awesome. Speaking of counting down the days we only have 124 days until the cruise. I wish we could book early, we have to wait until 27 February . But, as soon as we get back to the states permanently we can start taking more cruises. I've only been on 1 Disney cruise and I don't think I want to take a cruise with anyone else.

Doing the happy dance thinking about the cruise.

Take care everyone. Let me know what your votes are for the name of our cruise and if you are interested in the t-shirt that I designed.

Cindy

I also vote for "First spotted in the Med"! (Or is it "On" the Med? I better leave that for you native speakers of English to decide ) I had been meaning to come up with some suggestions as well just to be contributing something, but my creative streak seems to have completely left me. Anyway, it could never have been better that the one mentioned above, so who cares

Thank you so much for offering the t-shirts DopeyFan, that is really nice of you but I think I shall pass, as I don't really wear t-shirts much. Sorry!

Another thing, could you possibly tell me what price range we have set for the per-stateroom FE gift? Still trying to decide whether I want to take part, I never have before and I am worried both that I might not come up with nice original gift ideas and that I might not have enough suitcase space

We have also only ever done one Disney cruise and couldn't imagine cruising with anybody else, so here's anxiously waiting for February 27 as well!