Where are we going…
Once onboard the Magic, this is the plan…
Day Port Arrival Departure
Saturday Barcelona, Spain — 4:00pm
Sunday At Sea — —
Monday Gibraltar, U.K. 7:30am 6:00pm
Tuesday At Sea — —
Wednesday Madeira, Portugal 8:30am 9:30pm
Thursday At Sea — —
Friday At Sea — —
Saturday At Sea — —
Sunday At Sea — —
Monday At Sea — —
Tuesday St. Maarten, NA 7:15am 5:30pm
Wednesday Tortola, BVI 7:30am 3:45pm
Thursday At Sea — —
Friday Castaway Cay 11:15am 4:30pm
Saturday Port Canaveral, FL 7:30am —
Here is our schedule for before we land on the Magic…
Tuesday, 9/14 4:00PM – vacation starts! Most of the packing should also be done by now, but we will be ordering out for dinner and finishing up the loose ends tonight.
Wednesday, 9/15 10AM – mom is due for a pedicure and manicure – complete with Mouse designs on the nails. Becca will have hers done over the weekend – and I am bringing polish to redo hers if needed. I am hoping that Daddy will also go for a pedicure as it is very relaxing!!
1:00PM – mom or dad will go and get the kiddos from school! First stop is Liberty Elementary to sign Becca out. Then it is on to next door to sign Stephen out of Freedom Middle. Grab and run as we have o drop book bags a home and get the kids into travel clothes.
2:00PM – Car arrives to take us to the airport. Off we go to Atlanta’s Hartsfield airport. We should be on the road by 2:15 – 2:30 and at the airport by 3:30
Wednesday, 9/15 depart Atlanta for Barcelona 5:55PM! We are on a flight with another family from Atlanta and a family from Texas that are on the first leg of the flight.
Thursday, 9/16 arrive Barcelona 8:55AM – plan to get through customs and head to hotel to check in and drop luggage. We are going to get 2 day passes for the HOHO bus, and spend the day sightseeing a bit. Not sure how long we will last, but home to see part of the city. We are also meeting up with our DIS family at 5PM local time at the Hard Rock Café.
Friday 9/17 Barcelona. We are planning on using the HOHO bus to see all sorts of stuff. Stephen is picking out what he wants to see, and so far it aligns very well with what I hope to see. For meals, I am hoping to find a grocery with prepared meals so we can do tapas in the park or something, and be surrounded by the culture. Also think that this will be good for the kids as there will be many many days of having to sit in a dining room. So, why not cop a sqat and people watch a bit? Also – it is my understanding that dinner time in Spain is very late. While we do have late seating on the magic, I am not sure I want to start dinner at 9pm or later where there may not be anything on the menu that both kids want… So, casual it is. Now, if it is raining, we are in trouble… I don’t have a contingency plan…
6.01.2010
5.31.2010
So, more on the planning, less on work…
Before I share... Happy Memorial to all my US friends. and thank you to all that have served, are serving, or that lost a loved one who was serving so that others could enjoy the freedom that we have become accustomed to. My heart goes out to those that have lost, please know that you are in my prayers.
And onto something very frivolous in comparison...
Last week I was able to book stuff for the cruise. I did some dining, and that was about it. Too many questions. So, I started to look at what all we wanted to do, what all I needed to do an I gave up and sent the list off to DCL Concierge! I didn’t hear back right away, but hey, I sent three pages of stuff, so I wasn’t really expecting much in the way of speed.
That said, on Wednesday I was a bit worried that I had heard nothing. By Thursday (with all the work stuff) I just wanted a yes, we have it, but instead I got a bunch of sure we can do that’s!! Needless to say Autumn is a wonder!!
So, I have my massage (when I wanted it – which wasn’t even a listed time), we got High Tea for 16 (Yep, me and the DIS ladies!!), we expanded brunch to 4 people, got an exception on the galley tour so that Stephen can come and see the galley, and the list goes on. We did not get a bridge tour, but the way they said no makes me think that they just don’t do these anymore… We may try again on the ship though…
We also found out that the requested servers are either not on board (Eva didn’t resign her contract) or are not in dining (Laura – where are you?). We also learned that Pascal will be on vacation – spending time with his 6 year old, versus ours – which is great! Although we will miss seeing him again! And we learned that Maricar will be on board. We have requested her as our stateroom hostess, and if that pixie dust hits us the kids will be in heaven!! (Me too, she is AWESOME!!)
So, I was waiting on the bad news – thinking it was coming, but it never did (well, for work it did, but we are not going there again!). We learned that if we send our magnets ahead of time that they will decorate the door for our arrival! This is very exciting as I was wondering how to get all the surprises to really be surprises…
Still need to figure out some of the ports, so more on those later!
And onto something very frivolous in comparison...
Last week I was able to book stuff for the cruise. I did some dining, and that was about it. Too many questions. So, I started to look at what all we wanted to do, what all I needed to do an I gave up and sent the list off to DCL Concierge! I didn’t hear back right away, but hey, I sent three pages of stuff, so I wasn’t really expecting much in the way of speed.
That said, on Wednesday I was a bit worried that I had heard nothing. By Thursday (with all the work stuff) I just wanted a yes, we have it, but instead I got a bunch of sure we can do that’s!! Needless to say Autumn is a wonder!!
So, I have my massage (when I wanted it – which wasn’t even a listed time), we got High Tea for 16 (Yep, me and the DIS ladies!!), we expanded brunch to 4 people, got an exception on the galley tour so that Stephen can come and see the galley, and the list goes on. We did not get a bridge tour, but the way they said no makes me think that they just don’t do these anymore… We may try again on the ship though…
We also found out that the requested servers are either not on board (Eva didn’t resign her contract) or are not in dining (Laura – where are you?). We also learned that Pascal will be on vacation – spending time with his 6 year old, versus ours – which is great! Although we will miss seeing him again! And we learned that Maricar will be on board. We have requested her as our stateroom hostess, and if that pixie dust hits us the kids will be in heaven!! (Me too, she is AWESOME!!)
So, I was waiting on the bad news – thinking it was coming, but it never did (well, for work it did, but we are not going there again!). We learned that if we send our magnets ahead of time that they will decorate the door for our arrival! This is very exciting as I was wondering how to get all the surprises to really be surprises…
Still need to figure out some of the ports, so more on those later!
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