NYC here we come! WBTA Sept 2016 - Roll Call, Ports, Excursions, Meets & General Chat

[Florida Mel]

NYC here we come! WBTA 17th September 2016

If you're new to cruising check out this sticky full of useful info thanks to fellow shipmate Joa (Bats)

Proposed dining rotation etc here

Payment in full day: 20th May 2016

Roll Call

Mel (Florida Mel) & Leigh
Joa (Bats) & Mick
Tina (Mrs Potts), Nigel & Elle (18)
Michelle (Michelle) & Neil
jlbf06 - Joy and Gareth plus 2 kids
Sue (Susie) & Jon
John & Jean (Jet)
Carey (cdz), Richard and Orla (7)
Claire (cc71) & Andy
Jackie (jackiec) & Steven
Suzanne (Tinkers) & Jere
Jen (Disney Dancer) & Mike plus family
Sue (mouse wife) & Chris
Penny crayon
David & Moira (Pootle)
Monica (fortytwo), DH Alan, DS (8) and DD (3)
Nikki (NikNak) and DH Andrew
Sarah (sarahewoods), DH Nick, DD (12) and DS (10)
ilovedisney25, Dh, DS (8) and DS (5)
Sarah (Rockette) and Sophie
Minijaffacaje
Charlotte (charlie_fame) and DH Lee
Ron (dclcruise2012) and Marieke
Marcy (Canadian Marcy) and DH
Maria and Phil (FairyMagic)
Howard (Hooked On DCL), Sarah, DD(8) and DS (3)

Cocktail Tasting Meet - details here

Mel (Florida Mel) & Leigh
Sarah (Rockette) & Sophie
John & Jean (Jet}
Suzanne (Tinkers) & Jere
Jenny, Emma, Kerry, Christine, Matthew, Jon, Kay & Mick
Carey (CDZ) & Richard

Celebrations

17th Sept - ilovedisney25 will be celebrating her 30th birthday
19th Sept - Michelle & Neil will be celebrating their 29th wedding anniversary
Jean will be celebrating her 60th birthday and her 42nd wedding anniversary with John
Carey & Richard will be celebrating their 20th Wedding anniversary
Jackie & Steven will be celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary
21st Sept - Sue & Chris will be celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary

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Itinerary - 17th September 2016

Day 1 (17th) Barcelona, Spain (Onboard 5pm)
Day 2 (18th) At Sea
Day 3 (19th) At Sea
Day 4 (20th) At Sea
Day 5 (21st) Ponta Delgada, Portugal (Ashore 9:30am - Onboard 4:45pm)
Day 6 (22nd) At Sea
Day 7 (23rd) At Sea
Day 8 (24th) At Sea,
Day 9 (25th) Sydney, Nova Scotia (Ashore 8:30am - Onboard 4:45pm)
Day 10 (26th) Halifax, Nova Scotia (Ashore 9:30am - 4:30pm)
Day 11 (27th) At Sea
Day 12 (28th) New York, New York (Ashore 7:30am)

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BEFORE YOU GO - USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW

Personal Navigators

Personal Navigators from the WBTA 2014 can be found here

ESTA

A printed copy of your ESTA will be required to board the ship in Barcelona. It will delay your check-in process at the cruise terminal if you do not have a printed copy with you.

A guide to Drinking on a Disney Cruise - from Manny (MRAven)

Prices, what's available can be found here

Although you can bring your own alcohol onboard DCL, remember that you can't bring the bottles/cans into public areas. Go back to your room, pour the drink then take the plastic/paper cup to the public area. Or, if it's wine for dinner, pour it in your room and take the glass to dinner (you can get a glass from any bar or ask your stateroom host). If you take a bottle to dinner or a bar, you will be charged $25 corkage fee (I think that's right anyway).

NOTE: Please see DCL's new policy on taking alcohol onboard here

[Florida Mel]

Cocktail Tasting - organised by Mel (names will be taken around March time)

Details found here

Role Call

Mel (Florida Mel) & Leigh
Sarah (Rockette) & Sophie
John & Jean (Jet}
Suzanne (Tinkers) & Jere
Jenny, Emma, Kerry, Christine, Matthew, Jon, Kay & Mick
Carey (CDZ) & Richard

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Barcelona, Spain

Click HERE for a Overview, Departure Port and Port Adventures Information

Hotels in Barcelona

Novotel Barcelona City

Transfers in Barcelona

Dibb recommended providers include:

DCL Transfer
Suntransfers
Resorthoppa

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Ponta Delgada, Portugal

Click HERE for an Overview, Places to Explore, Port Adventures and Travel Infomation

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Halifax, Nova Scotia

Click HERE for an Overview and details of Port Adventures

Sydney, Nova Scotia

Click HERE for an Overview, Places to Explore, Port Adventures and Travel Information

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Arriving at the Manhattan Port Terminal

Click HERE for an overview and details of Port Adventures

[Florida Mel]

Couldn't resist this one. Not bothered about sunbathing and Novia Scotia looks so different to places we've visited before so it would be rude not too!

This page should help us keep any info in one place, maybe plan a drink onboard or 2 and stop us boring everyone else with oodles of seperate threads lol

[jlbf06]

Us too, we have booked, family of four, kids aged 11 and 4 by then.

Mostly sold on the prospect of that sail into NYC