*Sept 10th 2011 WB Transatlantic* - From Spain to Space Mountain - Part 5

[Beauty & the Best]

I had the reeses one, that is benefiting a charity... 6 of us split it. it was crazy delicious and still too much.

Yumm, I literally could not decide between anything on the menu. I knew i needed fried mac and cheese as an app... and from there, I had no idea.

Wow, 6 people split one piece? Now I am feeling a like a little oink-oink b/c we usually split it between 2!

wait a minute - the cheesecake factory does food.....

never been in there for anything other than cake. one slice fills me up, let alone having a full meal beforehand!

LOL. The food is really yummy but the menu is probably the biggest menu I've ever seen so it can be overwhelming.

I can't believe we failed to make a trip to the Cheesecake Factory on our visit to Orlando recently ... we didn't make it to Disney Quest and I couldn't remember where the other one was, so after eyeing up your cheesecake photos and drooling I still never managed to get there.

Next time then! St. Augustine is a very quaint place, there are probably lots of great restaurants there.

 

[giraffe104]

Wow, 6 people split one piece? Now I am feeling a like a little oink-oink b/c we usually split it between 2!

Don't be! We ordered apps, entrees and drinks... we almost couldn't fit the cake. Although, the factory has nothing on real New York Cheesecake... so lite and delicious.

I just booked my boston to london flight! Flying out the 7th on iceland air. landing in iceland at 630a. taking a tour/going to blue lagoon, finishing the flight at 430. London town days and nights til the 10th!

For those looking to get a good deal from the US, now is the time. the FAA is in a brief shut down and is not collecting FAA taxes on any flights, so prices are way down! bad for the US Government, great for me!

 

[sinnika]

Are you another nurse to add to our list? Or just traveled with them?

Yes, I was a nurse from 1978-1998. LPN to RN to BSN to MSN, most of my practice was emergency/trauma. Now my idea of a multiple trauma is a paper cut on 2 fingers! I'm in direct sales now selling jewelry. One day I may go back when the kids are off to college. Though I just want to work one day a week. And I want free trip bonuses. Like my jewelry job!

 

[sinnika]

For those looking to get a good deal from the US, now is the time. the FAA is in a brief shut down and is not collecting FAA taxes on any flights, so prices are way down! bad for the US Government, great for me!

Good to know! I'll take a look at airfare now!

 

[Chris&Jeremy]

I'm in direct sales now selling jewelry. One day I may go back when the kids are off to college. Though I just want to work one day a week. And I want free trip bonuses. Like my jewelry job!

Do you by chance sell Lia Sophia? Jeremy's aunt used to work at a bank and now sells jewelry full time and LOVES it!

 

[CaliPenna]

Just found this message board so thought we'd say hi. We are Larissa (30), Robert (35) and Liam, who will turn 3 while on the cruise. We live in the Philadelphia area now, having moved out here a few months back from California.

Looks like we have a lot of catching up to do!

 

[birkner]

Just found this message board so thought we'd say hi. We are Larissa (30), Robert (35) and Liam, who will turn 3 while on the cruise. We live in the Philadelphia area now, having moved out here a few months back from California.

Looks like we have a lot of catching up to do!

Welcome aboard !! We are Noel and John and this will be our 5th cruise on DCL. Our last cruise was the 2010 WBTA so if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask or PM me.

My DH John and I have created a website for you view other cruisers and sign in with your information. WBTA Website
If you want to add your picture to the website, you can send it to us at nbirkner@yahoo.com
Please check this first page of the thread to orient yourself about the cruise, DIS members on the cruise and all the activities planned.
To help you with all the activities that are planned, here is some information to help you decide if you want to participate:

01. If you are interested in participating in the Fish Extender Exchange (FE), please PM Pat (PFlamingo) with the following details:
Send her your stateroom number, Disboard name, first name of each person in the stateroom, realtionship to you (DH, DW, DD, DS, etc) ages and gender of children. You can cut and paste the format below.
Stateroom #:
Disname:
First name:
Age:
Disname:
First name:
Age:
Cutoff date for joining the FE is August 1, 2011.

02. If people are interested in being in the same area as other DIS'ers to send Dan (Cliffy97) a PM with Lead Passenger name, your booking number and if you are Early or Late seating. Dan was told by Disney today that this is all they need to put folks together. . Linked Dining
03. If you are interested in the Candy Swap, please PM Jacqueline (goofieslonglostsis).

04. If you are interested in Secret Mickey Exchange, please PM Karen (karentan).

05. If you are interest in getting a WBTA lanyard, please PM Noel (birkner). See this lanyard link for example of the previous 2010 WBTA lanyard. Hopefully, a group of DISers will volunteer to underwrite the lanyards as they did last year so they will be free to the rest of the DISers. We already have several people offering to be part of the lanyard underwriting group. If you wish to join, please send Noel (Birkner) a PM. If we get enough members, the cost should be $10 or less per member.

06. If you are interested in a WBTA lanyard pin,please PM Noel (birkner). See the lanyard link above for example of the previous 2010 WBTA pin. Cost will be 5 Euros per pin. Payment is to be made by June 30, 2011 to birkner@needinfo.com on PayPal. Contact Noel (birkner) if you have more questions about pins. * Just a quick note on Lanyard pins. I have ordered a couple extra pins so if you want a pin, pls PM me, first come, first served until the pins are all sold.

07. If you are interested in participating in a Mickey Mouse Club night, please check out this Mickey Mouse club post. Plans are to do this event on Monday September 19 at both early and late seating dinners. We will all wear our Mickey Mouse shirts and ears!!

08. I am organizing two tours in Madeira. West we did last year and also one for East Madeira. Here is the a PDF file that gives more information about the 2010 tour. If you are interested, please send Noel (birkner) a PM.

09. We are also going to do a Champagne Girls meet. The Champagne Girls event originated on the WBPC cruise in 2008. Women get together dressed in pink to drink champagne or non alcoholic bubbly and chat. Pictures of the first meet are in this post and pictures from the last WBTA are in this post. Please PM (Clare)Pinky166 to add you name to the list.

10. If you would like to join in the Scrapbooking Exchange, please PM Clare (Pinky166) with your name and room number. The idea is to give your fellow exchangers some scrapbooking embellishments for use in your scrapbooks after you return home! For more info check this post.

11 Join us for a Pajama breakfast on September 18 at 10:00 AM at Lumiere's. We will meet outside Lumiere's at 9:50 AM to take group pictures. If you are interested, please PM Mandy (MandyGirl) with the number in your party.
Here is the picture from the PJ breakfast on last years WBTA.

12. Mandy (MandyGirl) is organizing a Tortola Excursion of a group rate day sail on a power catamaran to Jost VanDyke with Tortola Charters. Please PM Mandy with the number in your party if you are interested in being added to the standby list of this full excursion.

13. Squitty (Michelle) is organizing private Mixology and Mojito tastings. If you are interested, send her a PM for details.

14. Karen (Pixie Dust For Me!)is organizing stateroom tours, but we can't do it without you! PM me with your stateroom assignment and room number and we will tour as many staterooms as possible. It would be great to get one in every category!
When: Definitely on a sea day....stay tuned for which day!
Time: TBD
Where: You will be given a list of participating stateroom numbers and categories the day after we embark (to account for all those upgrades, don't you know )
Refreshments: Optional per discretion of stateroom participant.

15. If you want a designed DIS tee shirt for this cruise, follow the instruction in this post. DIS Tee shirt

16. Cliffy 97 (Dan and Bruce) are organizing a typical English pub crawl on Friday, September 16 from 1:00PM until 5:00PM. We can then restart after dinner.
Those who were interested will in one of the bars for ( Traditionally a half pint pounded, I would suggest a drink of your choice) and then visit (Crawl) every other bar on the ship at least once.
As we do not have to worry about anything closing or how we are getting home, I would imagine we can spend 20-30 min at each location versus the 5-10 min you have on the monopoly pub crawl in London.

Tee Shirt Order Site
More details on the pub crawl here: Pub Crawl

If you are located outside of the USA and want a t-shirt, please PM Chris&Jeremy and he will send you the artwork so you can have your own shirt printed locally.

17. If anyone wants to organize a postcard exchange, please feel free to start one. What we did las year is bring a postcard from where we lived and left in each other's FE. It is best to limit the number of participants no more than 25 as cost and weight to bring become an issue.

18. If you are interested in joining us for a farewell lunch, contact Claire (Pinky166) to be added to the list.
Come & join us for a farewell DIS lunch on the last sea day. Thursday 22nd Sept at 12.15pm, we are not sure which of the three rotational restaurants will be open on that day, should there be more than one open I have put them in order of preference - 1st Lumiere's, 2nd Parrot Cay or 3rd Animator's Palate.
Please make sure you check your Navigator that morning to see which restaurant is open for lunch as I won't be able to tell you in advance.
Please PM me if you'd like to join us and I will add you to the list, then once onboard notify the restaurant so they can seat us together at some large tables.

19. Hard Rock Cafe Meet. Some of us are hoping to meet up for drinks/a meal the evening of Friday 9th September at 6:30 PM at the Hard Rock Cafe on Placa Catalunya and is being organized by Sarah (Totally Angelic). Please send her a PM if you want to join in the fun!

20. Jane (We'reAliens) is organizing a Book Exchange. The idea is that a large bag will be hung on handrail outside stateroom 7120 available for anyone to borrow and, of course, donate books.

21. Jill (TxMermaid1) is organizing a dive in Tortola. Here is the info on the dive trip for Tortola Group leader lead by Jill Bouska, PADI Master Scuba Diver Instructor. Tortola Dive
(http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=41602319&postcount=2002)

22. Nancy (Lionessa) wants to know if anyone interested or know about The Dolphin Royal Swim on Tortola? She is looking at booking it directly and would be very happy to share a taxi (minivan) with others who are interested. If you book ahead of time directly with the company you receive a discount. The Dolphin Royal Swim is for adults & children age 8+. ($149.00 adult) ($129.00 child) For the two, the total would be 278.00- discount= 208.00 US There are 4 shows as possibilities: 10am, noon, 2pm, 4pm. Since the ship leaves at 3:45, she doesn't think the last 2 are good possibilities. Please PM her for details and more information.

 

[fly4free2]

Just found this message board so thought we'd say hi. We are Larissa (30), Robert (35) and Liam, who will turn 3 while on the cruise. We live in the Philadelphia area now, having moved out here a few months back from California.

Looks like we have a lot of catching up to do!

I am Evelyn from the Chicago area. As far as catching up............you have no idea There is so much information on the board, take your time, there lots to read.

 

[DISNEYFAN_SD]

Wow been gone for afew days to see my mom and I come back with 30++ pages to catch up on.
Welcome to all the newbies..
Karen I love the FE, I really need to get started on this.

You worry even more about your kids being away when you hear about tragic events and atrocities like those unfolding in Norway just now .... our hearts go out to the parents of those young people, and all of those involved. The world is sometimes a very sad place

So sad

Well I better finish reading to get caught up..

 

[Seraphine]

Just found this message board so thought we'd say hi. We are Larissa (30), Robert (35) and Liam, who will turn 3 while on the cruise. We live in the Philadelphia area now, having moved out here a few months back from California.

Looks like we have a lot of catching up to do!

Welcome!

Our little girl is 2 years and a bit, so she'll be happy to have another young shipmate her age. Glad to have you along!

Dawn and Steve from Scotland, with our kids, Calum and Eilidh xx

 

[Chris&Jeremy]

Just found this message board so thought we'd say hi. We are Larissa (30), Robert (35) and Liam, who will turn 3 while on the cruise. We live in the Philadelphia area now, having moved out here a few months back from California.

Looks like we have a lot of catching up to do!

Welcome aboard!

 

[sinnika]

Do you by chance sell Lia Sophia? Jeremy's aunt used to work at a bank and now sells jewelry full time and LOVES it!

No, I'm with Jewels by Park Lane. They've been around for 56 years and are family owned, family run. DD and I spent St Patrick's Day in Dublin this year on a free earned trip! They just last night announced Venice as their trip for next March travel and we are so excited because we were trying to figure out how to get there before she goes off to college in 2013! Now we know how! She also wants to visit Verona so this should be a nice day trip.

 

[LindaBabe]

If anyone has any Gibraltar questions, I'll have a go at answering them. I used to live ther euntil August last year so I'm sure I could help with the touristy type questions and some do's and dont's of where to go, eat etc!

Disney has an expensive excursion to Europa Point with "tea" afterward. How hard would it be to go to Europa Point on the city bus, and find somewhere for "tea" after?> Much risk in not getting back in time for sailing?

We actually live about an hour and a half northwest of Yalta in a small town called Bachisarai. There is a couple of tourist sites here so maybe you came here on an "excursion". We have the Khan's Palace and Monastary in a rock hill and a cave city called Chufut Kalay. Ring any bells?

We love Yalta, it's our favourite place to go for a bit of a break. Actually I think we are going there next weekend with some American friends that live in Simferopol. Can't you tell I love this place? I could go on forever about here, but I won't.

You can go on and on if you like! It's probably as close as I'll ever get to there!

Don't be! We ordered apps, entrees and drinks... we almost couldn't fit the cake. Although, the factory has nothing on real New York Cheesecake... so lite and delicious.

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You should SEE the calorie counts on the Cheesecake factory menu Cheesecake is almost the least "expensive".

Just found this message board so thought we'd say hi. We are Larissa (30), Robert (35) and Liam, who will turn 3 while on the cruise. We live in the Philadelphia area now, having moved out here a few months back from California.

Looks like we have a lot of catching up to do!

Welcome aboard!

 

[RubyBlue]

Hey all!

A friend of mine told me about this forum when I told her that we just booked this cruise as our first disney cruise!

We're going without the kids (me and my wife, both 37) - my wife is the Disney nut of the family, so as we talked about doing a trans-atlantic cruise, and I came across this one, she told me to just stop looking and book it, so I did.

It will be our third cruise, but first trans-atlantic and first on Disney. We booked a guaranteed verandah for this cruise, and are spending 2 nights in Barcelona before the cruise.

Look forward to reading through the massive amount of posts about this cruise and get to know other Disney fans!

Welcome! DH and I are also on our first trans-atlantic (though have done Disney cruises, all short) and traveling sans kids! Also, I believe we may be staying at the same hotel in Barca; I can't recall seeing if anyone else is at Le Meridien.

Enjoy the prep with all the knowledgeable folks around here Glad to have you aboard.

 

[RubyBlue]

Has anyone else caught Disney's Winnie the Pooh movie? We just saw it and fell in love.

 

[*Flower*]

Now I just hope I can find a low milage Delta award in business class to Barcelona, we're currently booked in Economy using my miles, but would love to make it Business class instead! Erik

We're keeping our fingers crossed for something similar- we're also booked in Economy with miles (we'd love some pixie dust to get us upgraded but we're not holding our breath). I'm glad that we had them, because I really didn't want to pay full price for the tickets....

We're Kris and Larry and we're living in SC, originally from CA. This will be our 2nd cruise, and our 2nd Disney cruise! I had a heck of a time convincing my DH that commercial cruising was NOTHING like military cruising!!

We booked this cruise at the beginning of July- and have hit the ground at a run! We'll be looking forward to meeting everyone on the ship...

 

[*Flower*]

Just found this message board so thought we'd say hi. We are Larissa (30), Robert (35) and Liam, who will turn 3 while on the cruise. We live in the Philadelphia area now, having moved out here a few months back from California.

Looks like we have a lot of catching up to do!

Welcome aboard! We're Kris and Larry- originally from California and now living in South Carolina. This is our 2nd cruise, and our 2nd Disney cruise too! Feel free to ask questions, and join in any of the events going on shipboard!

 

[Donaldcp98]

We're keeping our fingers crossed for something similar- we're also booked in Economy with miles (we'd love some pixie dust to get us upgraded but we're not holding our breath). I'm glad that we had them, because I really didn't want to pay full price for the tickets....

We're Kris and Larry and we're living in SC, originally from CA. This will be our 2nd cruise, and our 2nd Disney cruise! I had a heck of a time convincing my DH that commercial cruising was NOTHING like military cruising!!

We booked this cruise at the beginning of July- and have hit the ground at a run! We'll be looking forward to meeting everyone on the ship...

I am sure you had a little help in convincing him. Glad we have sucked him in!!!

 

[Donaldcp98]

Hey all!

A friend of mine told me about this forum when I told her that we just booked this cruise as our first disney cruise!

We're going without the kids (me and my wife, both 37) - my wife is the Disney nut of the family, so as we talked about doing a trans-atlantic cruise, and I came across this one, she told me to just stop looking and book it, so I did.

It will be our third cruise, but first trans-atlantic and first on Disney. We booked a guaranteed verandah for this cruise, and are spending 2 nights in Barcelona before the cruise.

Look forward to reading through the massive amount of posts about this cruise and get to know other Disney fans!

Welcome aboard. We are Mike and Tabitha from Orlando. This is our third Disney cruise and second TA. We are dragging *Flower* and her husband along as well as another couple of other friends....kicking and screaming of course.

 

[Chirpee]

We are Heather and Erik, and we live in Minnesota. Our kids are 15,13 and 10, but won't be joining us for this trip. They will however join us in Disney World in December when we stay at the Bay Lake Tower for the first time, we just became DVC members last year after a stay at Saratoga springs using an RCI exchange.

Erik

Hello Heather and Erik. We're Lorraine and Paul. This is our first TA, but 4th Disney cruise. We're DVC members too

Just found this message board so thought we'd say hi. We are Larissa (30), Robert (35) and Liam, who will turn 3 while on the cruise. We live in the Philadelphia area now, having moved out here a few months back from California.

Looks like we have a lot of catching up to do!

Larissa, Robert and Liam. Yes, we do tend to chat a lot