May 28, 2011 - 11 Night Mediterranean Sailing from Barcelona

[jettybean]

We just booked this cruise while sailing the baltic.
It will be me, my husband and 10 year old daughter.
She loved the Oceaneer Lab!!!

Please add us to the list:
Billy
Jeanne
Daughter/Jagger, 10
Cabin 7138

 

[lawelch]

We just booked while on the 6/24 Baltic cruise too! This will only be our second trip to Europe so we are excited to see southern Europe and having less currencies to keep track of will be nice!

We are currently booked in 7001, but would like to move to one of the cat 10's with the "secret" portholes.

We will be celebrating our 24th wedding anniversary.

Please add us to the list too.

Doug
Laurie
Alexander DS, 17 on this cruise
Catherine, DD, 14 on this cruise

 

[DopeyFan1966]

Ssssssooooooooooooooo jealous that you did the Baltic. I wanted to do it so bad, but booked the Med trip before I saw the Baltic. Hopefully Disney will do the Baltic again in a couple years.

Welcome to the thread.

You can click on the link in my signature to get more information about our cruise. There are also many links to things to do in our ports and private tour companies.

cindy

We just booked while on the 6/24 Baltic cruise too! This will only be our second trip to Europe so we are excited to see southern Europe and having less currencies to keep track of will be nice!

We are currently booked in 7001, but would like to move to one of the cat 10's with the "secret" portholes.

We will be celebrating our 24th wedding anniversary.

Please add us to the list too.

Doug
Laurie
Alexander DS, 17 on this cruise
Catherine, DD, 14 on this cruise

 

[wrennies]

We did this cruise in May (May 26 10 night) this year. Just started planning for next year. Hoping to do this one, but waiting a little longer to book....hoping for deals like last year. After last year I feel good waiting as late as March to book, but will keep an eye on sites like Travelocity to see what is avaiable.
This was such a great trip and we feel like there was so much we did not get to do that we wanted to do it again.

 

[DopeyFan1966]

We did this cruise in May (May 26 10 night) this year. Just started planning for next year. Hoping to do this one, but waiting a little longer to book....hoping for deals like last year. After last year I feel good waiting as late as March to book, but will keep an eye on sites like Travelocity to see what is avaiable.
This was such a great trip and we feel like there was so much we did not get to do that we wanted to do it again.

You got on the cruise ship the day we got off, my boss was also on the same cruise with you and they really enjoyed it. The 11 day cruise was really nice. I was sooo thankful for the sea day after Rome. I don't know if I could've kept up that pace without the sea day in there. I went ahead and booked it while on the cruise and now I'm waiting for the deals they had this year. I can always get a refund if the price goes down (which it already has since I book and I called Disney and they changed the price on my reservation by $1,719.00).

We got the cruise this year for 65% off with the military discount and hoping that they offer the same discount again next year.

There was so much to do that and didn't get to do that I want to go do next year. The trip was incredible, a chance of a lifetime that I'm excited to be able to do again.

Welcome to the thread and if you can check out the website I created and give me let me know if I left anything out. It is still a work in progress that I will be adding to as much as possible.

Cindy

 

[kaceyisme]

Hello everyone!!

We just booked this cruise!! Please add us to the list:

Karen and Ken and my DS Bryan who will be 18 then, along with my MIL Theresa. We have two of the "secret" veranda staterooms on Deck 7. I am a little dazed that we booked this. It was completly out of the blue! I can't wait to start the planning, but I have two cruises to do prior to this!! My DH and I are going on a Princess Repo cruise from NY to Puerto Rico this October to celebrate our 25th Anniversary, any my family is sailing to Hawaii in December for Christmas and New Years. All of this won't stop me though! I am in full fledged planning mode already!!

We definitely will want to take private tours because the DCL ones look way too strenuous for my dear MIL. We would love to share tours with other families.

I can't wait to get to know everyone!!

Karen

 

[DopeyFan1966]

WELCOME, I've added you to the list

What are the "secret" veranda rooms?

WOW you are going to be busy. Have fun planning those cruises.

I'm sure you will be able to find others to share private tours with, we had no troubles this year when we did it. We booked one and tagged along on two others and it was a lot of fun meeting others with things in common.

Cindy

Hello everyone!!

We just booked this cruise!! Please add us to the list:

Karen and Ken and my DS Bryan who will be 18 then, along with my MIL Theresa. We have two of the "secret" veranda staterooms on Deck 7. I am a little dazed that we booked this. It was completly out of the blue! I can't wait to start the planning, but I have two cruises to do prior to this!! My DH and I are going on a Princess Repo cruise from NY to Puerto Rico this October to celebrate our 25th Anniversary, any my family is sailing to Hawaii in December for Christmas and New Years. All of this won't stop me though! I am in full fledged planning mode already!!

We definitely will want to take private tours because the DCL ones look way too strenuous for my dear MIL. We would love to share tours with other families.

I can't wait to get to know everyone!!

Karen

 

[kaceyisme]

What are the "secret" veranda rooms?

Cindy

Hi Cindy! Thanks for the welcome! The secret verandah rooms are former Cat. 5 that were re-classified to Cat. 7 due to a slightly obstructed view on one side. We have sailed in these cabins twice previously, and they are great!

 

[annichan]

Hello everyone!

We haven't booked yet, but are definitely looking at booking this cruise onboard during our first cruise in October (if there is still availability then ... But I am hopeful that we will find something still available).

By the way: That's a great website you have started, Dopeyfan!

So anyway, if we manage to book this onboard, I will be back on this thread in November with more info about us.

 

[kaceyisme]

I will list a number of private tour companies on the cruise website when a I get a chance to get it completed. You can find the link to the website in my first post. I'm going to add it to my signature so it will be in all my posts so everyone won't have to keep going back to the first post.

Thanks so much for doing this!! This is a tremendous help! I am so busy looking at private tours now!

 

[kaceyisme]

We haven't booked yet, but are definitely looking at booking this cruise onboard during our first cruise in October (if there is still availability then ... But I am hopeful that we will find something still available).

I don't think you'll have a problem with availability. There seems to be a lot of cabins available. I wouldn't even be surprised if the price drops even more (I hope so!!)

 

[DopeyFan1966]

Hello everyone!

We haven't booked yet, but are definitely looking at booking this cruise onboard during our first cruise in October (if there is still availability then ... But I am hopeful that we will find something still available).

By the way: That's a great website you have started, Dopeyfan!

So anyway, if we manage to book this onboard, I will be back on this thread in November with more info about us.

Thanks so much for doing this!! This is a tremendous help! I am so busy looking at private tours now!

I'm sure you will NOT have any problems booking this in October. We booked this trip for this past May in March. Then we booked this cruise while we were on the trip, it has already gone down in price since we booked it. I called Disney and they made a $1,719.00 adjustment to my price.

I still have to update the site periodically, but will do my best. When we get closer to the date and we start booking private tours I will post the openings on the website.

 

[BigHugsForEeyore]

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[Marymom]

Well, I finally was able to take the plunge! My family is officially booked for this sailing! We are the Conrad family in staterooms 2107 and 2109. Our family at the time of cruise is:
David-42
Mary-44
Andrew-17
Kirsten-15
Rebekah-13
Will-11

I hope to get to know you and share some info, tips and meets! One question I did not ask the travel agent, Do we need to get visas for any of the countries? Thanks!

 

[DopeyFan1966]

Well, I finally was able to take the plunge! My family is officially booked for this sailing! We are the Conrad family in staterooms 2107 and 2109. Our family at the time of cruise is:
David-42
Mary-44
Andrew-17
Kirsten-15
Rebekah-13
Will-11

I hope to get to know you and share some info, tips and meets! One question I did not ask the travel agent, Do we need to get visas for any of the countries? Thanks!

Welcome to our thread

No VISAs needed. I will start working on an "official meet" around February or March. You can check out the website in my signature to find out more information regarding the cruise and to check out private tour sites. The private tours are cheaper than the Disney Excursions (especially with the size of your family). We took Disney excursions in Malta, Tunisia and La Spezia this year, next year we won't take any (we aren't taking an excursion in Tunisia, we are staying on the boat) all of our excursions will be booked with private companies.

Cindy

 

[kaceyisme]

Welcome to our thread

No VISAs needed. I will start working on an "official meet" around February or March. You can check out the website in my signature to find out more information regarding the cruise and to check out private tour sites. The private tours are cheaper than the Disney Excursions (especially with the size of your family). We took Disney excursions in Malta, Tunisia and La Spezia this year, next year we won't take any (we aren't taking an excursion in Tunisia, we are staying on the boat) all of our excursions will be booked with private companies.

Cindy

I'm so grateful that you have all of the helpful information in your website! We are definitely taking private tours because we feel it will be so much easier for my MIL.

 

[scrapycruiser]

Just returned from a wonderful Baltic cruise. We booked this cruise so are focused now on the Med ! We feel so blessed to have this opportunity, and especially so since it looks like my son and his family will be sailing with us again !! But I'll let him make that announcement.

Bruce & Gina will be in Stateroom # 5132 , Navigators veranndah
1st Seating
Barcelona, 2 days pre-cruise

Looking forward to chatting with everyone !!

 

[disneymom13176]

I have been chatting with a few of the private tour operators to get a sense of price and availability. I have learned that there is a huge festival near the Colosseum, Piazza Venezia, and Roman Forum on the day we are in Rome. This means that the area will be restricted for traffic. This particular tour operator said that in order to see the Vatican that you will have to do it early because the crowds will get heavy as it gets closer to the festival time in the evening. I am doing some additional research to learn more about the festival and if it is something that would fun.

Also, in case you were like me and not sure if you could afford a private tour or not. I have discovered for my family of 5 a private tour is less expensive than a tour through Disney. Plus, we get to see what we want to see. Something to think about and consider if you are traveling in a larger group.

Amy

 

[kaceyisme]

Thanks for the info and the heads up Amy. That is one of the downsides of being in port for one day. Hopefully if we are able to get to Rome early enough, we will have enougth time to see the Vatican. It is especially important to my mother in law, as she will be 81, and would dearly love to see the Vatican.

 

[Marymom]

We are interested in getting a private tour for Rome and Pompeii. When should we book? It seems so early right now. On another note, I think I have my brother and his family ready to change cruises from the Alaskan to the Med! It wouldl be fun for my kids to have their cousins with them! Hope everyone is having a good week. School starts here this week.

Mary