7/18/2010 Mickey's Baltic Ballyhoo!! Part 4

[jilljill]

Welcome to Mickey's Baltic Ballyhoo!! Part 4



Meet your fellow Ballyhoo'ers

(New Ballyhoo'ers, PM jilljill with info to be added to the roster!)

1. Disname:Caropooh-Carolyn
Disname:Alanapapa-Andrew
DD14(16 on cruise)-Alana
DD9(11 on cruise)-Kathryn
This will be DH and my 5th cruise, DD's 4th
Cat 9 stateroom 2606 Aft starboard
We live just south of Seattle, WA
I work for Boeing
Andrew works for REI(Recreational Equipment Incorporated)

2. Disname: cruisin'Mike
Real name: Mike
Pharmacy school student, graduating in May 2009!!
DW: Linda (on the DIS as cruisin'Linda, but but usually just posts under my ID or makes me post for her.) Nurse who is putting her husband (me!) through pharmacy school, and for doing so, deserves whatever vacation she wants!
DS11: Zack (will be 12 on the cruise) - Likes Star Wars, soccer, swimming
DS9: Nick (will be 10 on the cruise) - Likes Pokemon, swimming, soccer
DD9: Hailey (will be 10 on the cruise) - Likes Hannah Montana, High School musical, dancing, basketball
We're in a Cat 4 GTY.
This will be our 7th DCL cruise.

3. We're in too! This will be our 5th Disney Cruise, and we were on the August 8 Med Cruise last year.
We are:
Disname:ladyvet-Beth
DH: Dan
DS: Caleb (14 at cruise time)
DD: Ivey (12 at cruise time)
We are veterinarians who hail from Lenoir, NC
We're Cat 5 room 7052

4. DisName: Flora Fan
First Name: Cindy - Crochet, photography
Family: DH/Joe - surfing the net, politics
Location: Chesapeake, Virginia
Cat #: 7570

5.Disname: Friend_of_piglet
First name ( of main poster) Sooz (Susie really)Hobbies Disney,Travel, Tv addicted. I'm a Disney Castmemeber. I have been for nearly 8 years.I don't work in the parks though. I'm really shy( hence the piglet name)
Family with you
DPARENTS-Carl (retired), Alicia (retired)
Location.We live in Los Angeles.
We wanted the same cabin we in on the eastern repo. which we got. Cat 6 6620

6.Disname: jilljill
First name (of main poster) Barb
Hobbies Disney Travel, & former CM of 8½ yrs
Family with you
DH Jay
DD Alexa, will be 16 when we cruise
My brother, sis in law, and nephew (who will turn 15 on the cruise)
English friends and kids (16,12,8)
Location.Where you live Newark, DE & Windermere, FL
Cat number if assigned. 7620, cat. 7 aft
We have done 8 DCL cruises. This will be my brother and family's first DCL cruise, as well as my UK friend's first cruise.

7. Sadly JoAnn and family have had to cancel.
Disname:jlawall-- JoAnn - teacher (mostly me)
Ken - self-employed real estate
DD25 Tara Ad school graduate living in NYC
DD23 Tracy Grad school student
DD20 Jessica Junior in college
We are booked Cat. 6 6598 & Cat. 11 6599 (Also currently booked on July 30th REPO Cat. 6 6080.......we'll see ) We'll be celebrating our 30th anniversary on this trip

8. DIS name: Disney Fool
first name: Vera
booked: Cat 9, #2568
family: myself, and Arielle, my friend's 19-year-old daughter (will be 21 when we cruise) who is very excited to go
We're from New England, (Massachusetts--home of the bean and the cod)
interests: world travel, crocheting, piano, books AND FOOD!!!
I've been to Oslo, and Copenhagen before. Never been to St. Petersburg --and I'm dying to see the Hermitage Museum. Hello, All

9. Disname: hawaiian mickey (Henry)
hawaiian Minnie (Brenda)
We both love to travel and eat good food.
late seating
Cat 9 -2076
8th cruise

10. Disname: flower91882
First name ( of main poster): Danielle. Hobbies: dance, video games, crafts
DH: James. Hobbies: video games, martial arts, cooking
Location: Outside Washington, DC
Cat number if assigned: Cat 11. #7121

11. Disname: “Hanover"
First name of main poster: Danielle: Human Resources Director/ Hobbies: scrapbooking, photography
DH Derek:full time police officer in Maryland/part time wedding disc jockey
Keegan (DSthen 13--now 11): sports fanatic--especially football and baseball, loves to draw, listen to music, skateboard, video games
Brennan (DS then 9--now 7): loves to draw, loves all sports-- especially wrestling and baseball, video games, Star Wars and Pokemon)
MIL Joyce: MD financial investor
We are from Hanover, (surprise!) Pennsylvania--famous for Utz and Snyder's snack foods, Hanover Shoe Farms (race horse breeders) and located about 15 minutes from Gettysburg. This will be our 11th DCL cruise
Cat 6 and Cat 11

12. Disname: ANDREW DEREK UK
First name ( of main poster) ANDREW Hobbies Travel, Trains Sci Fi
Family with you
DW/ Susan Hobbies Movies Music
DD/ Alice 12 now Hobbies Art, Keyboard, music, homework!!!
DS, Stephen 10 Hobbies X Box 360 Trains Guitar
Location.Where you live London UK, to the East of the City in Essex
Cat number if assigned. Midship Cat 3. 8532
Kids also post as AL'N'STEVE

13. Sadly Izzi and family have had to cancel.
Disname: DISNEYNUTINLONDON
First name ( of main poster) Isabel (Izzi to my friends)Hobbies Disney, Travelling, my family & friends
Family with you
DH/ Paul Hobbies Football, food
DS/ Joshua will be 14 Hobbies PS3, speaking to his friends on his mobile !!!
DS/ Ethan will be 11 Hobbies PS3, football
Location.Where you live North London UK.
Cat number if assigned. Midship Cat 4. 8028 at the moment

14. Disname:MrsG
Main Poster: Maryann - biology teacher
DH: Tom - banker
We live in Malverne (Long Island), NY
Cabin Cat 6 #6580 - same one we had on the Med.
We are empty nesters who enjoy cruising just the two of us. Will be celebrating our 33 wedding anniversary in 2010. Both of us have always wanted to see the Baltics and can't wait!!!!

15. DIS name:Celestine
Names: Celestine, DH Paul, DD Lauren (10 when we cruise), DD Hermione (5 when we cruise)
Hobbies: arts/crafts, Disney!!
Lives: Reading, England
Cabin: 7535, cat11

16. Disname MEG'N'WALT
First name ( of main poster) Dagmar Hobbies Travel,movies, pirates, bellydance
Family with you
DH/ Jos Hobbies Movies, reserve officer
DS/ Walt age 7 on the cruise. Hobbies old cars (herbie), wall.e..
Location :Lede, Belgium (between Ghent and Brussels)
Cat number: Midship Cat 9. 2570
Med cruise : 08/08/07 - 18/08/07
Baltic cruise will be our 5th on the Magic

17. Disname: BishopFamily
First name (main poster): Richard
Family with you :
DW- Nancy
DS- Jordan 12 (time of cruise)
DD- Abby 7
Location: Near Portland, Oregon
Stateroom: 5522 (SPH)
We also have the 8-night Dover-To-Barcelona cruise (b2b)


18. Disname: salliep
First name ( of main poster): Sallie. Hobbies:scrap booking, home-keeping,crafts, reading tons of magazines, cooking, spending time with DH and DD
DH: Jimmy. Hobbies: spending time with family, reading, traveling
Location: Long Island, NY
DD: Carley will be almost 16 when we cruise
Cat number if assigned: Cat 5. #7072

19. Bellelinus (Julie)
traveling with daughters Elizabeth, Katherine, and Meredith
New York City
5520

20. Disname : BluegrassBelles
Donna - Computer Programmer
Joan - Pharmacist
Sandy - Interior Designer
Sarah - Law Student
This will be our eighth and ninth Disney Cruise (b2b 8 night to Barcelona)
Cat 4 Stateroom 8556
We are from Lexington, KY and did the Mexican Riviera the first time, 11 night June Med Cruise and WB PC May 08

21. Disname: Downrivermama- Tina
Hobbies: Reading, crafts, travel
DD- Kaitlin (will be 12)
Hobbies: Collects postcards, likes HSM, Hannah Montana, iCarly, choir and dance.
We are in Wyandotte, MI about 8 miles south of Detroit.
Celebrations:
My 50th birthday 7/20 and Kaitlin will be starting middle school

22. DIS Name: eeyorelvr10
REAL Name: Laura (main poster) turning my favorite number on the cruise - 44)
DH: Steve 44
DS: Andrew 25
DD: Megan (Turning 24 on the cruise)
DD: April - 18 possibly a graduation gift for her too.
DMIL: Janet - can't say her age - she'll kill me.
Celebrations:
Laura's Birthday: 7/23
Laura & Steve's anniversary: 7/21
Megan's Birthday: 7/20
Janet's anniversary: 7/21
Andrew's Birthday: 7/7
We are in connecting Cat 10's not sure what the other one is but one is 2607

23. DIS name: Kouris Family
traveling with Hawaiian Mickey and Tiny Bubbles
So we have 4, Kay, Mark, Christian 9 and Hannah 6
we will be celebrating our 15th Anniversary on this cruise.
Very much looking forward to this cruise.
This will be our 3rd Disney cruise. Med 7-7-07, Mexico 6-29-08
We are on floor 7 Cat. 11

24. The Drexel Family
Disname: Bullseye Baby~ Janie (47 at cruise time)
DH- Dave 47 at cruise time
DS- Riley 17 at cruise time
DD- Sierra 13 at cruise time

25. DisBoard Name: Pixie Dust II
Harole Ann & Garry Harper
Grandson Ryan
Live in northern West Virginia about 35 miles southwest of Pittsburgh, PA
dh - Garry - retired high school band director
me - retired excutive secretary county Board of Education
Hobbies - Travel and enjoying our family
Most recent Disney Cruises - Mediterranean, 2007
Eastern Caribbean -Family Cruise - 2008

26. DIS name: Marla Hellwig
this will be our 2nd dcl cruise and just me (Marla) and my daughter (Kara) who is currently a senior in high school and has no clue what she wants to do when she graduates next June
She is wrapping up her marching band high school career and her swim season (swims for 2 teams) has started I will try to check in when I can and more than likely won't be able to keep up

27. Tiny Bubbles
Traveling with Hawaiian Mickey and Kouris Family

28. Dis Name: 4KittyMagic
Real Name: DH: Jeff DW: Diane DD: Kylie
This is our 5th Disney Cruise
Cat 6: 6078
From Sunny Las Vegas, Nevada
Looking forward to seeing our Rome-ancing the Mouse
Friends Again!

29.Silver 7
Mark & Teresa
David DS 19 (21 on cruise) College Student, video games, computers
Stephen 16 (17 on cruise) (Foreign Exchange student in 2008/2009 in Kiel, Germany) Sports, music
We live in Houston and this is our 5th Disney Cruise. We were on the June 16th Med and the Transatlantic.
Cat 4 Stateroom ??? (its a MYSTERY )

30.Disname: MrsScooby
First name ( of main poster): Laurie
Hobbies:Reading (scifi/fantasy/mystery novels), Dis Board, Disney Pin Collecting, Biotech patent examiner
Family with you:
DH Darren
DS Andrew, will be 16 when we cruise
DD Kelly, will be 13 when we cruise
Location(Where you live): Fairfax VA
Cat number if assigned: 5014 (cat 8)
Celebrations: our 18th wedding anniversary 7/19/2010

31.Disname RJAYL
Me- Robert, On the Dole anyone got a quarter for a cruise
DW-Denise Full time Home Agitator
DS-Allen will be 17 (Hockey Computer X-Box PS-3)
DD-Arielle will be 15 (Figure Skating Reading Annoying siblings & Parents Speaks French Fluently!)
DD-Karisa will be 9 (Figure Skating, Talking, Learning to Speak French Fluently?)
DD-Shaina age at time will be 6 (Hockey Bouncing general mischief & mayhem!)
We are just outside of Boston
We are doing Captains/early/main Dining
We are located some where on Deck 8 on the opposite side away from Andrew!
My first Trip to WDW was 1971 we stayed at the Poly

32. DisneyDoc1895, real name Ken
DW is AnitaDisneyVacation
DD#1 will be 8
DD#2 will be 10
We are from just north of Philly, but I already have my FL license and plan to move there someday
This will be our 3rd DCL cruise, we did the EB Repo this August

33. Karen aka Madisonznana
my DH Bob is Madisonzpapa even though he doesn't play here!
Madison (our DGD) will be 8 at the time of the cruise.
My BIL Randy
His DW Alina
Their girls, Rheanna who will be 10 and Shelby who also will be 10


34. Msec (Michelle)
DH, DD14 and DD12

35. Disname: jjsmith
Me: Rob
Wife: Toni
DD 12(on cruise)-Addie (dance, theatre, texting)
DS 10(on cruise)-Sam (video games, sports)
This will be our 2nd Disney cruise
Cat 6 stateroom GTY
We live just south of Cincinnati in N. Ky

36. Disname: disneycruising (Cindy)
DH
DD (16)
DS (14)
DS (12)
DD (10)
We live in Northern California.
We have 3 B2B cruise booked right now. This one... the July 30th --8 night & Aug 7th --11 night med. We will have to see as the time gets closer... what ones we can truly afford.

37. Disname: tfitz
from Hilton Head SC
Me and husband plus three kids:
DD(11 at time of cruise)
DD(6 at time of cruise)
DD(4 at time of cruise)
This will be our 7th cruise with Disney
Cat 4, starboard midship requested

38. Disname: ladyvet
Beth
Dan
Caleb (14 at sailing)
Ivey (12 at sailing)

39. Disname: Samanthasmom1- Monica
DH: Scott
DD: (will be 6 when we cruise)- Samantha
Cat. 9 room # 2632 (I think) right now
We live in Albuquerque, New Mexico
We will be celebrating our DD's 7th birthday. She turns 7 on the last day (7/30).
We have been to Disney World many times in the past couple of years but have never been on a DCL cruise.

40. DIS name: KathyInCitrus
Mundane name: Kathy (with Mary & Sandy)
I'll be in cabin 5012. I don't know the other cabin number yet.
I live in Florida full-time, Mary & Sandy live in Rhode Island in the summer, Key West in the winter. They visit me on the way down and back.
I am "between" positions at the moment and studying for a degree in communication; Mary & Sandy are retired Navy medical types.
[OK, so I'm not 20-something] Let's just keep it friendly and call me a baby boomer and leave it at that.

41. DIS name: Disney Pata (Joyce)
my husbands name is Rich
Dining First Seating
Cabin #6566 for both cruises - we are doing b2b 7/18 & 7/30
We live in the City of Orange, In OC, CA
This is our 5th cruise

42. Disname: mstinson14 Real name Sharon
Daughter turning 14 on July 25 2010.
mom
dad
category 11 room 7035 will have fish extender

43. Disname:Doingitagain - Marie
DH -Tim
DD21 (on cruise) - Beth
DD18 (on cruise) - Michael
This will be our 8th cruise (9th for DD)
Cat 3
We live in Minnesota, close to the airport in the metro area

44. disname: caven 553 - Brent (36)
DW - Lisa (35)
DD - Larissa (6)
Father in law - Ken
Mother in law - Linda
Sister in law - Laura (25)
Brother in law - Leon (30)




Links to Useful Information

General
http://cpbaltic08.blog.co.uk/
http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-europe.htm
http://www.oanda.com/ (foreign currency exchange rates)
http://www.xe.com/ (foreign currency exchange rates)
http://www2.absolut.com/customTempla...lut.com/icebar (See individual links for Absolut icebars in London and Stockhlom)
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT...81&z=14(Google map with links)
http://www.shoretrips.com/common/search2.asp?rcode=BAL
http://www.discoverthebaltic.com/
http://www.inyourpocket.com/ In Your Pocket city guides website. Download of the guides of each city are also available. I believe they may update the cities quarterly

Dover and London, England
http://www.doverport.co.uk/
http://www.londontoolkit.com/travel/heathrow_dover.htm
http://www.visitlondon.com/
http://www.itv.com/Lifestyle/Greates...FQO11AodWkRyzg
http://www.belowzerolondon.com/iceba...x.html(Absolut icebar)
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/default.aspx(London transport info)
http://www.touristguides.org.uk/index
http://www.enjoyengland.com/Attracti...nels.htm(Dover Castle and Secret Wartime Tunnels)
http://www.enjoyengland.com/destinat...Dover&MED=St
http://www.daysoutguide.co.uk/

London airport codes for those that need to know are:

Heathrow - LHR
Gatwick - LGW
Stansted - STN
Luton - LTN


Oslo, Norway
http://www.visitoslo.com/en/advantages.52087.en.html
http://www.ohv.oslo.no/cgi-bin/ohv/i...id=3295(cruise ship port)
http://www.visitoslo.com/en/
http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/travel/23hour.html


Copenhagen, Denmark
http://www.europeportreviews.com/Copenhagen.htm
http://www.visitcopenhagen.com/
http://www.tivoli.dk/composite-5023.htm Tivoli Gardens


Warnemunde, Germany
http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel...rnemuende.html
http://heinbloed-cruiseguides.blogspot.com/

This is borrowed this from cruisecritic. This guy lives in Germany and is full of so much info on the Warnemunde area and other areas in Germany. His pictures are very detailed with information and gives very specific instructions or walking, biking or going by train.
There are several links on the right hand side to click on for more info.

If anyone has any questions that can't be found on his site I'm sure you could go over to cruisecritic on the European boards and ask him directly

St. Petersburg, Russia
http://www.anastasiaworld.com/enghtml/index.html
http://www.europeportreviews.com/St.Petersburg.htm
http://folkshow.ru/en.htm

Tallinn, Estonia
http://www.europeportreviews.com/Tallin.htm
http://www.brentjes.com/tallinnwalk.html

Stockholm, Sweden
http://www.visit-stockholm.com/index.htm
http://www.sl.se/Templates/SubStart.aspx?id=1906
http://www.nordicseahotel.se/en/The-...kholm/(Absolut icebar)

From Barb (Jilljill): Train, coach or private transfers.

Easiest place to catch the train or coach is Victoria Station, but there are a couple of other connection options in the city. There are many private transfers available but can be outrageous due to the distance, about 2 hours.
Last summer we used the National Express Coach and it was around $60 for the 3 of us one way. Had I booked it sooner it would have been cheaper. Will definately book it at 12 weeks out for this cruise.

I've found some links for transfers:

http://www.acxtransfers.com/dover.htm
http://www.adlg.co.uk/dover.htm
http://portcullis-uk.com/11.html
http://www.nationalexpress.com/coach/index.cfm
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/
http://www.landflight.co.uk/ (Silverline are a private taxi service)



An offer only for 7/18/2010 cruisers:
Originally Posted by Celestine
London Tourist Info
I know I'll probably live to regret this, however....if anyone would like tourist info. on London, sites etc. I am happy to collate stuff & send on. Please PM me with your snail mail address & an ideas your thinking about, or particular interests, e.g. I'd hate to send an art philistine like myself a whole load of stuff on the numerous galleries in London! I will also include some maps & tube planners etc.
Please send a PM to Celestine if you want to take her up on her most gracious offer.


Official Pirate List
The first number is the thread number, the second is the pirate post number.

1-1000 - Bellelinus - "Pirate Czarina"
1-2000 - Disneynutinlondon - "Queen Chattylicious"
1-3000 - Bellelinus- "Pirate Czarina"

2-1000 - RJAYL - "Bloody Robert the Kidd'rrr"
2-2000 - Caropooh - "Countess Ballyhoo of the Baltic"
2-3000 - jlawall - "Captain Lucky"

3-1000 - cruisin'Mike - "Captain Bling (of the Gold-Coast Bling's)"
3-2000 - MrsScooby - "Pirate Scooby "
3-3000 - Bellelinus- "Pirate Czarina"
3-4000 - Bellelinus- "Pirate Czarina" (Yes, we did hit over 4000 posts on this thread!)

4-1000 - RJAYL - "Bloody Robert the Kidd'rrr"
4-2000 - MrsScooby - "Pirate Scooby "
4-3000 - RJAYL - "Bloody Robert the Kidd'rrr"


Link to Barbs photos from here 2008 Baltic cruise. The link takes you to the middle of the photo posts, so you will need to view back a few posts and forward a few posts to see them all.
http://www.disboards.com/showthread....06323&page=227


Links to previous threads

7/18/2010 Mickey's Baltic Ballyhoo!! Part 1 http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1974960

7/18/2010 Mickey's Baltic Ballyhoo!! Part 2 http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2006323

7/18/2010 Mickey's Baltic Ballyhoo!! Part 3 http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2057967

[Disneynutinlondon]

I'm in and 'm the first I wonder who'll be next ???

[RJAYL]

Originally Posted by Disneynutinlondon

I'm in and 'm the first I wonder who'll be next ???

[jlawall]

Originally Posted by RJAYL

I'm not sure what this means........are you mad that Izzie beat you to it?

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Boo!

[alanapapa]

I might need to post a few here too, before my Caro does, I might have a higher post count for just a little while.

[bellelinus]

Originally Posted by Andrew DEREK UK

Boo!

You frightened me! Go post on the other thread and let's finish it up!

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Originally Posted by bellelinus

You frightened me! Go post on the other thread and let's finish it up!

I do not believe that, I do that to the people on the 'wonder' thread.


Now funny thing,

New thread started up saying DCL considering San Diego as a home port, for West cost cruises.

I posted that at least TWICE on different threads, in the last two months!!!! (and was told it wouldn't happen! why will people not listen to me?)

http://www.disboards.com/showthread....1#post30610777
http://www.disboards.com/showthread....ight=San+Diego

[Madisonznana]

Originally Posted by Andrew DEREK UK

I do not believe that, I do that to the people on the 'wonder' thread.


Now funny thing,

New thread started up saying DCL considering San Diego as a home port, for West cost cruises.

I posted that at least TWICE on different threads, in the last two months!!!! (and was told it wouldn't happen! why will people not listen to me?)

http://www.disboards.com/showthread....1#post30610777
http://www.disboards.com/showthread....ight=San+Diego

I live only a bit over an hour from San Diego!

[Andrew DEREK UK]

Originally Posted by Madisonznana

I live only a bit over an hour from San Diego!

You might be lucky then........




But............

Whilst I have posted about this since early January it could be a 'ploy' to knock down costs at LA, the same was done with Tampa and PC to get a good deal at PC.

[Caropooh]

Originally Posted by alanapapa

I might need to post a few here too, before my Caro does, I might have a higher post count for just a little while.

You were ahead of me for awhile, but now we are even!

[bellelinus]

Hey Barb, I noticed that the first post still says to PM Izzy for additions or changes . . . that should be you as long as you are in charge of the first post . . .

[MrsG]

Just thought I'd subscribe to the new thread!

[alanapapa]

Originally Posted by Caropooh

You were ahead of me for awhile, but now we are even!

We will have to see about that.

[alanapapa]

Originally Posted by alanapapa

We will have to see about that.

See I am ahead of you again.