Disney Magic Podcasts, Video Tours & The Horn

Click on the link below to see what the staterooms look like. Note: This was created by Disney so it plays a bit like an infomercial.
Disney Magic Staterooms Podcast

This one's not so hokey: Virtual Tour of Stateroom

This next link covers the arrival of the Disney Cruise Line in Barcelona for the 1st time. Again, this was created by the Disney folks.
Disney Magic Arrives in Europe Podcast

Mediterranean Itinerary July 2007

Well, it's almost time for our summer trip to Italy, France, Spain & a few other assorted locations. We are so very fortunate! Our itinerary is listed below.

Days 1-5 - Rome

Day 6 - Barcelona, Spain
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Ship: Disney Magic

Day 7 - At Sea
Sunday, July 8, 2007

Day 8 - Palermo, Sicily
Monday, July 9, 2007

Day 9 - Naples, Italy (Pompeii)
Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Day 10 - Olbia, Sardinia
Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Day 11 - Civitavecchia, Italy (Rome)
Thursday, July 12, 2007

Day 12 - At Sea
Friday, July 13, 2007

Day 13 - La Spezia, Italy (Florence, Pisa)
Saturday, July 14, 2007

Day 14 - Marseille, France
Sunday, July 15, 2007

Day 15 - Villefranche, France (Monte Carlo, Cannes, Nice)
Monday, July 16, 2007

Day 16 - At Sea
Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Day 17 - Barcelona, Spain
Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Future NCL Cruises - Here we go again! :)

When you are on a cruise, you have the opportunity to book future cruises at great prices (seriously). We booked 2 future cruises this time around. We are extremely fortunate to be able to do this!

14-Day Chilean Fjords Cruise
Winter Break 2007















Itinerary:

• Santiago (Valparaiso), Chile
• Puerto Montt, Chile
  
• Puerto Chacabuco, Chile
  
• Cruise Patagonic Channels
• Cruise The Chilean Fjords
• Cruise Straights Of Magellan
• Punta Arenas, Chile
  
• Cruise Beagle Channel (Glacier Cruising)
• Ushuaia, Argentina
  
• Cruise Cape Horn
• Stanley, Faulkland Islands
• Puerto Madryn, Argentina
  
• Montevideo, Uruguay
  
• Buenos Aires, Argentina
  

9 Day Southern Caribbean Cruise
Spring Break 2008















Itinerary:

• Miami, Florida
  
• Samana, Dominican Republic
  
• Tortola, British Virgin Islands
  
• St. John's, Antigua
• Bridgetown, Barbados
• Castries, St. Lucia
• Miami, Florida
  

Various Shipboard Winnings

Ok, we didn't win a free cruise, but did win a bit of goodies.

Lori = $141 from Bingo
Lynn = $161 + a keychain from Bingo
Megan = Satisfaction of being the superior gender from last night's competition.
Joel = $310 from various things

Belize, Part Two

Another lesson learned: Don't let the husband make any unsupervised posts to this blog!

Belize is a pretty amazing place. We took a tour around Belize City on the bus that time forgot that broke down once in-between a few heavily-armed police checkpoints. Yeah, THAT was fun. We later boarded an airboat to see Mantees, native birds, gators, etc.

The country is very young & still developing. from a US standard of living, the residents have nothing (the typical person earns about $80 a week). However, our guides and others we had the opportunity to talk to were extremely proud of their country & how it is much more developed than some of their neighboring counties.

However, everyone we talked to mentioned that pretty much all Belizians (sp?) who had electricity @ home had cable & were very in tune to all-things USA.

Pretty much any kind of meds that require a prescription in the US could be purchased in Belize w/o any needed doctor's note in many of the tourist shops & pharmacies.

Belize It or Not (part 1)

Handy travel tip... Never bring your husband on an airboat ride through the mangroves outside of Belize City. Why? Because he will spend the rest of the day holding his arms out, leaning to the left & making airboat noises (sounds like "Bpphbpphbpphbpph").

More to come tomorrow.

Free Range Iguanas

We're very fortunate. How many people get a chance to see and photograph free range iguanas? Today we spent the day in Tulum, which are ancient Mayan ruins by the sea near Playa del Carmen. Eventually, we'll get the pictures posted. Until then...

Here's an imaginary picture of "George, the Iguana of Great Importance" sunning himself (on 2nd thought, it could be "Georgette, the Iguana Wife of George") on the rocks of the Tulum ruins. A smile crosses George's mouth. He is watching tourists from all over the world (including two from Seattle) fawn over his great importance. George is posing. Posing for a spread in "Mode" (the magazine headed by Daniel Meade -- Betty ran out and picked up some crickets for George's mid-day snack). George rules!

Anyway. We heard over dinner that there was snow/ice in Seattle yesterday. Cool! We are suffering through 88 degree weather while you all are snow-shoeing.

Tomorrow's stop is Belize. We'll miss George.