Norway Magic 6/6/2015

[Linda67]

I'll have been on the ship for 30 days I plan to go home and see my other kids. They opted out of this cruise hoping for Hawaii

Sorry, just wanted to say wow - 30 days on board!!
Very cool

 

[peachygreen]

Waiting on my TA for confirmation of my booking.

I'm not 100% certain we will be able to go - airfare might make it cost prohibitive but we will see.

Is Copenhagen the best (read cheapest) airport to fly into from the US? I'll try several different airports within a 3-4 hour drive to find the best price if it will save some money.

 

[sweetlovin']

Waiting on my TA for confirmation of my booking.

I'm not 100% certain we will be able to go - airfare might make it cost prohibitive but we will see.

Is Copenhagen the best (read cheapest) airport to fly into from the US? I'll try several different airports within a 3-4 hour drive to find the best price if it will save some money.

There are a lot of ways to get decent airfare. One way is to fly from Houston to NYC round trip. NYC always seems to have amazing airfare to Europe. I did this when I went to Fiji. I flew to LAX first and then booked the flight to Fiji. From Atl the flight to Fiji was $2200 from Lax to fiji it was $750 roundtrip. So I booked the $300 to and from ATL to LAX and then from LAX to Fiji. Boston sometimes has decent airfare to London and Copenhagen as well, so watch sales from other East Coast cities

Also, get alerts from www.airfarewatchdog.com

I hope you are able to keep it :good vibes

 

[sweetlovin']

Sorry, just wanted to say wow - 30 days on board!!
Very cool

LOL! I think there are quite a few of us doing the B2B2B cruises. I hope I can keep myself entertained. I'll have to upload a lot of books.

 

[alagille]

There are a lot of ways to get decent airfare. One way is to fly from Houston to NYC round trip. NYC always seems to have amazing airfare to Europe. I did this when I went to Fiji. I flew to LAX first and then booked the flight to Fiji. From Atl the flight to Fiji was $2200 from Lax to fiji it was $750 roundtrip. So I booked the $300 to and from ATL to LAX and then from LAX to Fiji. Boston sometimes has decent airfare to London and Copenhagen as well, so watch sales from other East Coast cities Also, get alerts from www.airfarewatchdog.com I hope you are able to keep it :good vibes

Hi Sweetlovin- are you still in on the 4/4 and 4/9 B2B? I thought your name sounded familiar!

 

[Linda67]

LOL! I think there are quite a few of us doing the B2B2B cruises. I hope I can keep myself entertained. I'll have to upload a lot of books.

It sounds wonderful to me - I am pretty sure you will be well entertained
I was just thinking - that's 30 towel animals, 60 bed time chocolate on your pillow and heaven knows how many H2O products!!

 

[alagille]

Myself, DH and ds9,ds6 are booked! We are awaiting the ABD tie in trip details at the end of May 2014 to decide whether it works for this 7 night or the 9 night. Would love to be some of the B2B folks! The baltics sound fabulous too.

 

[PnkRockPrincess]

We just booked this as the second half of our B2B this morning! I'm so excited, it's my first trip to Europe, my first time on the Magic, my first B2B!

It's me, my husband and our son. We're in a 9c on deck 2 and couldn't be more thrilled!

We usually cruise concierge on the Dream or Fantasy (or on other lines). But for what we would have spent on 7 days on the Fantasy for concierge this summer, we get 14 days in Europe! So, so excited.

We're also lucky enough to live 2 hours (or an hour on amtrak's acela) from NYC, so I'm hopeful we'll be able to find decent airfare with all the lead time we have.

As a side note, there seem to be A LOT of b2b's and b2b2b's with this cruise, the TA and the 7 day baltics. Would it make sense to have a b2b/b2b2b specific meet thread?

 

[sweetlovin']

Hi Sweetlovin- are you still in on the 4/4 and 4/9 B2B? I thought your name sounded familiar!

HI!! No unfortunately I am not on that one. I should have been, but my 11yo decided that she wanted to go on the Aug 30th Fantasy instead. I still have my airfare to Miami though

2014 has been a weird year for me, but 2015 is falling into place perfectly

 

[sweetlovin']

We just booked this as the second half of our B2B this morning! I'm so excited, it's my first trip to Europe, my first time on the Magic, my first B2B!

It's me, my husband and our son. We're in a 9c on deck 2 and couldn't be more thrilled!

We usually cruise concierge on the Dream or Fantasy (or on other lines). But for what we would have spent on 7 days on the Fantasy for concierge this summer, we get 14 days in Europe! So, so excited.

We're also lucky enough to live 2 hours (or an hour on amtrak's acela) from NYC, so I'm hopeful we'll be able to find decent airfare with all the lead time we have.

AWESOME!! 14 days in Europe with your hotel room floating with you is going to be awesome!! And very cool that NYC is so close, you have the best airfares,

As a side note, there seem to be A LOT of b2b's and b2b2b's with this cruise, the TA and the 7 day baltics. Would it make sense to have a b2b/b2b2b specific meet thread?

Usually, it takes people time to get to know me before they kick me off a thread.

I'm ok with having a B2B thread, but I think some people are doing this and the one after and others are doing this and the previous one...

 

[sweetlovin']

Myself, DH and ds9,ds6 are booked! We are awaiting the ABD tie in trip details at the end of May 2014 to decide whether it works for this 7 night or the 9 night. Would love to be some of the B2B folks! The baltics sound fabulous too.

Did you book both 7 and 9 night? The 9 night was more pricy than the May Baltic..

I really really wanted to do the 11night and 12night B2B. But, it was 25k for those 25 nights so $1000 per day. I paid 15k for 29 nights in a 5A. So, I am paying $200 per night. With all my food, transportation, and a lot of entertainment, $200 per night is decent. $1000 per night, well I can't justify it but really, the 11 and 12 nights were my first choice.

My 11yo is holding out, so she won't be on this cruise either. She is waiting for Hawaii in Sept.

 

[DisneyPinDiva]

It sounds wonderful to me - I am pretty sure you will be well entertained
I was just thinking - that's 30 towel animals, 60 bed time chocolate on your pillow and heaven knows how many H2O products!!

: The one thing my husband said when I told him I booked the B2B2B.... "We're going to have a HUGE problem with you trying to bring home 30 days worth of H2O products...."

 

[alagille]

I booked both the seven and nine night Norway cruises, but can only keep one of them. I put the deposits down and will just turn one into a dummy OBB holding cruise on a different date in a few months. I will definitely move it off the popular Norway cruise though. I'm waiting until the Adventures by Disney pre- or post- cruise add ons (I'm being optimistic) in late May 2014. I'm hoping to turn the trip into about 12 nights total in Europe. Until Disney cooperates (another waiting game!), I won't know how things will shake out.

 

[sweetlovin']

: The one thing my husband said when I told him I booked the B2B2B.... "We're going to have a HUGE problem with you trying to bring home 30 days worth of H2O products...."

Forget the H2O I am going to have a huge problem trying to pack my stateroom host into my bag. I'm in the same room the whole time.

 

[sweetlovin']

I booked both the seven and nine night Norway cruises, but can only keep one of them. I put the deposits down and will just turn one into a dummy OBB holding cruise on a different date in a few months. I will definitely move it off the popular Norway cruise though. I'm waiting until the Adventures by Disney pre- or post- cruise add ons (I'm being optimistic) in late May 2014. I'm hoping to turn the trip into about 12 nights total in Europe. Until Disney cooperates (another waiting game!), I won't know how things will shake out.

That would be awesome!!

 

[DisneyPinDiva]

Forget the H2O I am going to have a huge problem trying to pack my stateroom host into my bag. I'm in the same room the whole time.

LOL So are we. That was my major concern in booking 3 in a row ... I didn't want to have to move all my crap!

 

[peachygreen]

I still haven't gotten confirmation that this cruise is booked. My TA said Disney was having problems. She gave me a quote earlier but didn't have my OBB discount in it. Now the 5c isn't showing up anymore. I'm going to be livid if the price went up and she didn't get me booked today

 

[sweetlovin']

I still haven't gotten confirmation that this cruise is booked. My TA said Disney was having problems. She gave me a quote earlier but didn't have my OBB discount in it. Now the 5c isn't showing up anymore. I'm going to be livid if the price went up and she didn't get me booked today

I do know Disney was having problems booking today, but I would be mad if my TA did that as well. I hope she was able to book and the price hasn't gone crazy high.

 

[dee47]

I still haven't gotten confirmation that this cruise is booked. My TA said Disney was having problems. She gave me a quote earlier but didn't have my OBB discount in it. Now the 5c isn't showing up anymore. I'm going to be livid if the price went up and she didn't get me booked today

I'm on the Disney Travel Agents site right now. 5C is available as of 7:25 PM Pacific, so I assume your TA got your stateroom. Breathe

 

[sweetlovin']

I'm on the Disney Travel Agents site right now. 5C is available as of 7:25 PM Pacific, so I assume your TA got your stateroom. Breathe

I see it too. At first I didn't and then realized I was looking at the EBTA, now that I am looking at the correct cruise it is still there.