Nobody EXPECTS the Spanish Reposition!!! Taking the Magic Back to the Med 4/10/10

[dee47]

Congratulation Brooklyn!!! VERY COOL!!

Am I the only one who is going to be Hiking Rabacal in Madeira? I have an urge to change that to the Unforgettable West Madeira just for the social aspect!

It looks like all the excursions I booked are in question now because there is do much other fun stuff to do! I have Barcelona and Gaudi booked, but would really love to go to Montserrat as well, and the train info makes it sound really easy...choices...choices...I do want to be back for the Magic Fountain group outing...

Any input from yarn people on how we want to set up yarnning (Ha! New Word!)? Should we just decide on a time and place? No obligation, of course...

 

[dee47]

WELCOME SUSANOWEN!

Steven, I like the "stacking the Deck" idea for Match Your Mate. We can all wave "DIS Rules!" signs...

 

[auntlynne]

That'll teach me to cruise when we're 90 days out for the next one!

The Wonder was fabulous, although Castaway Cay was a wash-out (literally) yesterday. Waves, wind, and a deluge of rain! It was COLD coming back, and Port Canaveral was a nice brisk 30-something this morning!

We're booked for Brunch on the 17th, and dinner the following night while at Madeira. I'm pleased as punch, I wanted a Saturday Brunch and Sunday Dinner. It'll give us a break mid-cruise from the rotational dining...

-Steve

Let's hope you got that bad weather out of your system.


Lynne

 

[dee47]

Lynn, if you're making the name tags, I want one like yours (except with my name on it ) with Donald chasing the ship...He's my absolute all-time favorite character! I'm even having a Donald-themed FE made...

 

[susanowen27]

We did the full day Montserrat with Disney last trip and it was great, but if you haven't seen Gaudi in Barcelona, there is so much more to see. We just rode around on the bus last time and never had time to get off & see Park Guell, Casa Batllo, Sagrada Familla, also Picasso's museum is probably a must. We would really like to join the group going to see the Magic fountain.

 

[Dishy24]

Hmmmm - 43 years? I'm thinking you will be nominated for COUPLE #3, DCL's MATCH YOU MATE, Rockin' Bar D! Will you be a willing participant? If we "stach the deck", we can have an all DISers show!?

So that would be:
COUPLE #1: Princess Monkey - to be married in WDW, just prior to the cruise
COUPLE #2: SDLong329 - 24 years and counting!
COUPLE #3: Happy Goofy - 43 years and counting!


--Steven Long

My parents would also be good candidates for couple #3... they have been married 57 years!

 

[Dishy24]

OK, all of your back-to-back talk has gotten me thinking... No, I can't do it on the TA/Med as DS's school would so NOT approve... but I am booked on the Dream in April 2011... How could I possibly go from a 14 night cruise to a 4 night cruise? So, I just got off the phone with DCL & added an additional 3 night cruise in April 2011 to make it a back-to-back on the Dream! I think I will wait about a year to tell DH this...

 

[sdlong329]

My parents would also be good candidates for couple #3... they have been married 57 years!

COMPETITION!
How many DISers have been married more than 40 years, plan to be at (and perhaps PARTICIPATE in) MATCH YOUR MATE? If you've never seen MATCH YOU MATE, you MUST attend ... you'll have a grrrreat time learning LOTS of interesting tid-bits about your fellow DISers! For the rest of the cruise, you will think of them as "COUPLE #x" when you see them walking down the hallways during the rest of the cruise!

 

[rbcheek]

COMPETITION! ... you'll have a grrrreat time learning LOTS of interesting tid-bits about your fellow DISers! For the rest of the cruise, you will think of them as "COUPLE #x" when you see them walking down the hallways during the rest of the cruise!

We won on the "Match Your Mate" on a Hawiian cruise, and the cruise line replayed the game on the tvs the rest of the cruise. At first it was imbarassing, but it became fun to be popular as fellow cruisers made some references to the game the rest of the week.
It is a great thing to see

 

[Brooklyn]

COMPETITION!
How many DISers have been married more than 40 years, plan to be at (and perhaps PARTICIPATE in) MATCH YOUR MATE? If you've never seen MATCH YOU MATE, you MUST attend ... you'll have a grrrreat time learning LOTS of interesting tid-bits about your fellow DISers! For the rest of the cruise, you will think of them as "COUPLE #x" when you see them walking down the hallways during the rest of the cruise!

On the EB TA in 2007 they did match your mate twice. So let's look for 6 couples!!! We will not be one of them. I could never get up there. I am so not like dd Brooklyn. She volunteers for EVERYTHING. I volunteer for nothing!

 

[sdlong329]

We won on the "Match Your Mate" on a Hawiian cruise, and the cruise line replayed the game on the tvs the rest of the cruise. At first it was imbarassing, but it became fun to be popular as fellow cruisers made some references to the game the rest of the week.
It is a great thing to see

Yes, I've seen that on a few cruise lines. DCL does not re-broadcast live performances into staterooms, or any other public areas.

 

[bound2travel]

Madeira Excursion

Unforgettable W. Madeira
pros - Cabo Girao, Encumeada and chance to swim at Porto Moniz
cons - all days trip with NO time otherwise (barely get back to ship before sailing off), would like to stop at Camera de Lobos

Views and Parks
pros - Cabo Girao, Camera de Lobos (with free time), might see parade
cons - no Encumeada, Funchal Park doesn't seem all that interesting

4x4
pros - Camara de Lobos, Encumeada and tasting of Poncha
cons - no Cabo Girao


Help me!!!! I'm so lost.

Kristi

 

[belle1627]

A question for those of you who booked the "Unforgettable West Madeira" excursion. The only time that is available for me to book has a departure time of 10:30 a.m.
Were there earlier departure times? I don't see how a 10:30 departure time would work with main dining as it is an 8-8.5 hour tour. Not only that but isn't it Pirate night, that seems to be cutting it really close. Can this port be done on your own?
Any thoughts???

Thanks,
Gina

 

[auntlynne]

A question for those of you who booked the "Unforgettable West Madeira" excursion. The only time that is available for me to book has a departure time of 10:30 a.m. Were there earlier departure times? I don't see how a 10:30 departure time would work with main dining as it is an 8-8.5 hour tour.
Any thoughts???

Thanks,
Gina

You'll be eating later.

 

[auntlynne]

I'm cleaning up papers in preparation for my impending vacation and found a Hanes catalog - Disney Cruise version. Some lucky models got to go on a cruise for this photo shoot.

 

[katypop]

A question for those of you who booked the "Unforgettable West Madeira" excursion. The only time that is available for me to book has a departure time of 10:30 a.m.
Were there earlier departure times? I don't see how a 10:30 departure time would work with main dining as it is an 8-8.5 hour tour.
Any thoughts???

Thanks,
Gina

We can't get off the ship until 10:30 in Madeira so this is the only time offered I believe. I've read that if you let your servers(or the head server) know ahead of time that they might be able to fit you in at the later dining time for one night. Hope this helps.

 

[ilovedale3]

We can't get off the ship until 10:30 in Madeira so this is the only time offered I believe. I've read that if you let your servers(or the head server) know ahead of time that they might be able to fit you in at the later dining time for one night. Hope this helps.

Really? My documentation says that ashore time in Madeira is 8:45?

 

[Mrs. Gumdrop]

Any input from yarn people on how we want to set up yarnning (Ha! New Word!)? Should we just decide on a time and place? No obligation, of course...

Have you heard from anyone who have kids who want to participate? If not would the Cove Cafe be a good option? If that is out, then the Promenade Lounge is probably good. Maybe we could run it back to back with the book swap? Thougths?

 

[auntlynne]

My documentation also says 8:45. The itinerary on DCL (maybe old) said 10:30.

 

[katypop]

Really? My documentation says that ashore time in Madeira is 8:45?

Oh, I hope yours is right! Mine was printed off some time ago off the DCL site. I'll have to go back and check!