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North to Europe - EBTA 2015 Updated 04/26/2015
So, I’ve been quietly reading trip reports in the background, vicariously following along on cruises and trips ‘home’ and all that fun stuff! I have tried in the past to do a trip report, but always, something happens and it falls off the scope. That said, I decided if y’all are willing to give me a shot, I’d like to try one more time….
North to Europe!
Our Eastbound Transatlantic MAGICal Cruise PTR
Dates: 15 May – 30 May
Travelers: Me – NanaTink (aka Stephanie) 57 at cruise time…. Married for 36 years to --
DH – Sulley (aka Dave) also 57 at cruise time
Our adventure got its roots when they released the May 2015 cruise schedule for DCL. Immediately, our eyes were caught by the 11 night North Norwegian Fjords and Iceland Cruise due mostly to the two days in Iceland.(A little back history, my DH was in the Navy for 22 years and I too served.My duty station before my accident that led to my discharge was Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland.After marrying Dave, he took me to Iceland twice more during our military travels.Our youngest son was born on Kef.)I was so excited and we talked it over the night before the rates were released. As platinum Castaway Club members, we were one of the first to be able to book. But our dreams came CRASHING down when the price was revealed…AND we had to fly to and from the US to Europe, not a cheap proposition.  Back to the drawing board. Then I noticed the Transatlantic was less than HALF the price and had the added advantage of starting in the US so there was only a one-way flight from Europe…I quickly called Dave at work(shhhh…I was at work too…but it was my lunch hour)and we decided to grab it. If the numbers didn’t work, we could always cancel later. So we took the plunge and booked a 5 B stateroom. I tried for 7112, but it was not available, so I grabbed our second favorite, 7114. Our first cruise was on the Wonder in 7112 and we had bounced back and forth between 7112 and 7114 on the Wonder and Magic ever since. Boy, are we glad we decided to book it ‘in case’! The price jumped by the end of the week when Disney saw just how popular this cruise was becoming. It is now almost DOUBLE what we paid!  I was so excited! We were going back to Iceland, albeit not for the two days, but at least a couple of hours, enough time to get some Ysa and ice cream! We wouldn’t have time for any extended tours to the sites we remembered, but we were getting to also see some new countries and also get to sail on the new re-imagined Magic!
So, our itinerary looks like this:
May 15 Port Canaveral -- 4:00 pm
May 16 At Sea -- --
May 17 At Sea -- --
May 18 New York NY 8:00 am 4:45 pm
May 19 At Sea -- --
May 20 At Sea -- --
May 21 St. John’s Newfoundland 8:00 am 5:00 pm
May 22 At Sea -- --
May 23 At Sea -- --
May 24 At Sea -- --
May 25 Reykjavik, Iceland 7:30 am 1:45 pm
May 26 At Sea -- --
May 27 At Sea -- --
May 28 Oslo, Norway 10:30 am 4:15 pm
May 29 Copenhagen, Denmark 9:30 am --
May 30 Copenhagen Denmark 8:00 am
We are soooo excited!!
Up next: Flight arrangements and wondering about excursions.
Last edited by duck addict; 04-26-2015 at 06:03 PM..
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