Conorama
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 18, 2012
Well, this is embarrassing.
Having inadvertently achieved a Grand Slam, and then having accidentally Star Wars-ed our way to gaining Gold status as we debarked the Fantasy last February, we now must admit to booking yet another trip.
Sigh.
Well, it’s go big or go home, I figure, so we’ll go all in (I’m sure I can fit more clichés in one sentence if I try harder), and I’ll do a pre-trip report, since this particular jaunt requires a LOT more planning than the last (oh dear) 5 cruises.
So yes. We’re going back. To the Magic this time, on a longest-cruise-ever-for-us 10-night cruise to the Norwegian Fjords and Iceland Cruise - August 16 to 26, 2018.
Let’s see what DCL says:
10-Night Norwegian Fjords and Iceland Cruise from Copenhagen to Dover
Drop anchor in picture-perfect ports of call and enjoy 3 fun-filled days at sea. Visit Norway—the land that inspired the magic of Frozen—with sensational Scandinavian stops in Kristiansand, Stavanger and Alesund! Experience the geothermal wonders of Iceland in Reykjavik and explore Scotland’s iconic ruins via Invergordon before debarking in England on the windswept shores of Dover.
The itinerary is:
Before I delve into how this happened, AGAIN, let’s catch everyone up on the family/introduce ourselves to those who don’t know us, shall we?
We are a family of 3. DH, turning (cough, cough) 50 on this ship, and on whose shoulders I lay blame for this mess we’re in, loves travel, and is honestly frustrated by how he keeps getting “sucked in” (his words) to Big Mouse’s Big Ships. Then we have me, who is not (ha!) turning 50 on the cruise, and who is still often irritated by Big Mouse, but who loves well-done logistics, and who marvels at how DCL does that part of things. We’ll be just shy of 15 years of marriage when we are on board.
And we have Conor, who is now 10. He loathes Disney princesses and Frozen, loves the ships, loves food and is turning into a Kid Chef, loves the kid’s clubs (so far), and is a raging extrovert child of 2 rampant introverts. He’s also a figure skater, karate aficionado, piano player, and generally (we think), cool kid and great friend.
Oh, and DCL Queen, from trip 2, and her 2 sons (ages 13 and 17) are also with us this time. They’re Platinum now. We refrain from bowing. They don’t require it.
That seems like enough for the first post. In the next thrilling instalments, I’ll explain the “Really? Really? Really? You want to book another cruise????” thinking, and get into some of the rather complex, but actually kind of up my alley planning, which is the main reason I'm writing this pre-trip report.
Having inadvertently achieved a Grand Slam, and then having accidentally Star Wars-ed our way to gaining Gold status as we debarked the Fantasy last February, we now must admit to booking yet another trip.
Sigh.
Well, it’s go big or go home, I figure, so we’ll go all in (I’m sure I can fit more clichés in one sentence if I try harder), and I’ll do a pre-trip report, since this particular jaunt requires a LOT more planning than the last (oh dear) 5 cruises.
So yes. We’re going back. To the Magic this time, on a longest-cruise-ever-for-us 10-night cruise to the Norwegian Fjords and Iceland Cruise - August 16 to 26, 2018.
Let’s see what DCL says:
10-Night Norwegian Fjords and Iceland Cruise from Copenhagen to Dover
Drop anchor in picture-perfect ports of call and enjoy 3 fun-filled days at sea. Visit Norway—the land that inspired the magic of Frozen—with sensational Scandinavian stops in Kristiansand, Stavanger and Alesund! Experience the geothermal wonders of Iceland in Reykjavik and explore Scotland’s iconic ruins via Invergordon before debarking in England on the windswept shores of Dover.
The itinerary is:
Before I delve into how this happened, AGAIN, let’s catch everyone up on the family/introduce ourselves to those who don’t know us, shall we?
We are a family of 3. DH, turning (cough, cough) 50 on this ship, and on whose shoulders I lay blame for this mess we’re in, loves travel, and is honestly frustrated by how he keeps getting “sucked in” (his words) to Big Mouse’s Big Ships. Then we have me, who is not (ha!) turning 50 on the cruise, and who is still often irritated by Big Mouse, but who loves well-done logistics, and who marvels at how DCL does that part of things. We’ll be just shy of 15 years of marriage when we are on board.
And we have Conor, who is now 10. He loathes Disney princesses and Frozen, loves the ships, loves food and is turning into a Kid Chef, loves the kid’s clubs (so far), and is a raging extrovert child of 2 rampant introverts. He’s also a figure skater, karate aficionado, piano player, and generally (we think), cool kid and great friend.
Oh, and DCL Queen, from trip 2, and her 2 sons (ages 13 and 17) are also with us this time. They’re Platinum now. We refrain from bowing. They don’t require it.
That seems like enough for the first post. In the next thrilling instalments, I’ll explain the “Really? Really? Really? You want to book another cruise????” thinking, and get into some of the rather complex, but actually kind of up my alley planning, which is the main reason I'm writing this pre-trip report.