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We have just booked our first cruise ever - Transatlantic from Europe to Florida in 2011. There are 8 days at sea - will there be enough to do on the ship for that long?
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We haven't done the Transatlantic, but we have done an 11 night cruise around the Med before. I was feeling the same as you - wondering if it was too much and the answer was : not at all. I'm sure that will be the feedback from those who've taken the Transatlantic cruise as well.
believe me Disney makes sure they will have enough activities, to keep everybody wanting to come back. I am DYING to do this one. In the 7 day cruise I never get to do everything and I want to do Everything and then having the extra time you can catch on more Rest and Relaxation, I say "GO FOR IT"
We didn't do the transatlantic cruise, but we did do the Panama crossing, 15 days....and ADORED every moment on that ship!!! I would love to do it again!!!
Sea days are actually my favorite, but then I'm all about a good book, a pool and a FAB.....
There will definitely be plenty to do! While I have never personally done a transatlantic I have had many clients do them and alot of them say it is their favorite cruise ever. Happy Planning!
I've done a 14-day Panama Canal cruise, and I didn't want it to end! There was always plenty to do. But you know, it's also nice to have plenty to not do. On shorter cruises I never find time to read, but on longer cruises that's less of a problem (still, I never manage to read as much as I hope to, so DCL must be doing something right. )
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I've done 2 TransAtlantics and Im doing my third with DCL in September. I can tell you now there is plenty to do on sea days!
I personally am a fidget and find it very hard to sit still even at home. I found there was a lot of activities each day to keep me busy and actually missed some due to the fact that I was busy doing something else!
DCL definately know how to keep you entertained and they did me, so much so I'm going again!
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I've done 15 nights on the Panama Canal relocation and the recent eastbound transatlantic back in April - there were TONS of things to do and we were never bored. My only caveat is that in April it was a bit too chilly (air temps averaged 65 the whole trip) to use the pools.
I have a "landmark" birthday in 2011, and I'm hoping to make this cruise my birthday present!
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Sea days are actually my favorite, but then I'm all about a good book, a pool and a FAB.....
I'm with Stephanie on this one! Our 4-day cruise was great, but not enough time for good books - although I did get in a fair amount of pool time. We won't mention the number of FAB's consumed, though!
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I'm with Stephanie on this one! Our 4-day cruise was great, but not enough time for good books - although I did get in a fair amount of pool time. We won't mention the number of FAB's consumed, though!
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My husband and I just did the EBTA in April. We were is so busy we never got bored nor did we get to do everything we wanted to do! guess we will just have to go again to get to the rest.
We did a 10 night Med a couple of years ago and I thought it was the right length of time. Since we are flying all that way I like to cram in as many places as possible. We had very little sea time so I think that helped. My dogs thought the trip was too long though. One went on a hunger strike at the kennel and lost a good bit of weight.
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On shorter cruises I never find time to read, but on longer cruises that's less of a problem (still, I never manage to read as much as I hope to, so DCL must be doing something right. 
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