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08/03/10 09:16 AM
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ok Kristin, you are officially in charge of keeping the rest of us updated on how many weeks, days, hours etc. :banana:
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/03/10 12:11 PM
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My pleasure, ladies......can't wait to see both of you again, as well as Frank and Jerel!
Kristin
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/04/10 06:12 PM
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SOOOOOOOO......recouped my Delta biz trip on return flight Oct 17th exhausting- sometimes you get a good rep - an hr and 5 minutes on phone - 6:35 AM out of VCE Alitalia to Rome Delta to Atlanta (YEAH) and home at 8PM ...biz!!!! Coach was taking me thru JFK (ugh)and getting home at midnight - so anyone interested in letting us follow them or share trip to airport crack of dawn let us know!!! OMG Tony plans to stay up all night the 16-17th - ha ha ha ha he thinks he's 25!!! Promise he won't knock on your doors at 4 am
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/04/10 06:18 PM
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All I can say is :banana: :app:  :3smile: :ch: :woh: :chicken:
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/04/10 06:47 PM
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Joanna,
Ditto jhp! I know it's been an arduous task; congrats on being persistent!
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/04/10 07:05 PM
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VICTORY!!!! :banana: :3smile: Good for you, Joanna - and honestly, we're with Tony on the idea of staying up all night on the 16th. Seriously. Our flight leaves not much later than yours (7:05am). We've got Regent air booked so I think our ride back to the airport is included. Otherwise we'd have been glad to share a ride back to the airport with you two!
I do love how it's all coming together!!!!
Kristin
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/04/10 07:45 PM
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I guess persistence pays off. I'm dealing with Delta trying to get upgraded fare with points for ROAR. Maybe, maybe, I will get something. Website showing all biz seats available, and no seats available for upgrade. Crazy.
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/05/10 02:48 AM
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Glad you finally got it all worked out Joanna and especially that you feel good about it.
I was glad to be able to just get on the 12:45 flight to Madrid instead of waiting for the 3:30, gets us to Madrid a few hours earlier. We are staying two nights in Madrid.
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/05/10 04:05 AM
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Good going Joanna! After all the time and effort you put into it it is great that you prevailed.
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/05/10 05:02 AM
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Joanna - we're on the 6:55 Air France flight to Paris then directly home to Cincinnati on Delta.
Olivia - have you bought your M fare coach ticket yet, if you have you should be able to waitlist for Z business seat. Or give me your dates & flights and I can periodically check expertflyer.com for you to see when it opens up.
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/05/10 05:24 AM
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Peter how are you getting from port to airport??? You're the best helping Olivia :hug:
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/05/10 10:51 AM
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Anyone sleeping in and taking the 0950 Air France flight to CDG? If so, would love to share a taxi.
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/05/10 01:39 PM
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Kudos to you, Joanna! It's been a rough road, but you got it done, finally. We leave Venice at 7:45 a.m., so we'll be looking for companions for early transportation also.
Can you believe that two months from today we will have been onboard a couple of days already? Yea!
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/05/10 02:11 PM
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Oh my Priscilla how right you are - 2 days already onboard.
We have a 12:45 flight so we too are getting a chance to sleep in a bit and disembark later. Love to share transportation to airport with anyone. Marcie? do you guys want to share a cab? I know you are on the same flight right?
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/05/10 02:25 PM
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JoAnn,yes same flight. We will have transportation provided to airport by Regent. If the vehicle is large enough for the 4 of us we'd LOVE to have you and Frank come with us. There will be lots of taxi's if worse comes to worse.
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/05/10 03:53 PM
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"Anyone sleeping in and taking the 0950 Air France flight to CDG?"
Marc don't answer your doorbell at 4 am it'll just me letting you know I'm thinking about you as we get off in the pitch black darkness after a night of sad farewells :mecry: :D :D
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/05/10 04:43 PM
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I might be up with Tony in the bar at 4am!
When VOF ended, we had a fast run to Rome airport. Ngaire, Ken, Sheri, Arlene, and I all shared a taxi. If I remember correctly, Sheri had the earliest flight. That cab driver sure made good time. At least the trip to Venice airport is much easier and the airport is not as large.
I am so ready for this trip.
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/05/10 05:22 PM
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DITTO ready Marc! Not telling Tony about 4 am bar he needs no encouragement - it seems like forever since last cruise and being with great friends. You and Tony, two peas in a pod, can Heidi your hearts out on TUT - Ho Down took edge off but you were missing!! :hug: :hug: :hug:
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/06/10 02:55 AM
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Marcie - thats right forgot about you having Regent transportation, and thanks for the invitation, guess we can figure it out onboard, and if it works we'd love to join you and Tom.
Well I don't think we will be staying up till 4am, but who knows, Frank gets a little nutsy sometimes and may just decide to join you'all in the bar.
Agree Marc, soooooo ready for this trip and seeing everyone again, HoDown did take the edge of as Joanna said, but you were missing as she also said. Soooo everyone soon, very soon, Kristin and Priscilla our cheerleaders will keep the excitemenht building. :ch: :ch:
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/06/10 05:52 AM
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Joanna - we're just planning on cabbing it from port to Venice Airport.
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/06/10 02:04 PM
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Thanks Peter - I called Regent they want $299 for car service :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/06/10 04:05 PM
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Originally posted by joannapv:
Thanks Peter - I called Regent they want $299 for car service :rolleyes: :rolleyes: WOAH! Seriously??? :eek: :eek:
Kristin
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/06/10 04:12 PM
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Yes but you know when you get a rep (Regent or air FF) that seems DUMB??? I think I got one but that's what he quoted me he seemed confused about VCE port - we'll cab it and try and make cab reservations on our own prior....
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/07/10 05:11 AM
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I think we just need to check with the "desk" on board so that they arrange to have cabs that early for us.
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/07/10 05:27 AM
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Great idea Peter - I was getting little stressed as Regent Rep had no suggestions other than private car - it'll all work out fine
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/07/10 06:15 AM
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I'm sure that Regent "desk" will be able to assist, there are probably lots of people who have very early flights, even ones booked by Regent, so I'm sure they can help arrange a cab or something. Maybe you can even purchase their transfer onboard, it seems they offer that option if I remember right.
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/07/10 11:56 AM
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I was thinking about using some of our onboard credit for an early-morning transfer to the airport through Regent. Don't know if that makes sense. (Not if it's $299!) If not, taxi here we come. It may be more fun to use onboard credit for somethng else anyway.
EIGHT WEEKS from this evening is the pre-cruise dinner in Athens! :woh: :woh: :woh:
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/08/10 05:05 AM
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/08/10 06:14 AM
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If eight weeks from last night was pre-cruise dinner, that makes eight weeks from today .... embarkation day. :ch: :ch: :ch: :ch: :ch:
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/08/10 09:49 AM
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Originally posted by pkd:
I was thinking about using some of our onboard credit for an early-morning transfer to the airport through Regent. Don't know if that makes sense. (Not if it's $299!) If not, taxi here we come. It may be more fun to use onboard credit for somethng else anyway. Yeah - possibly for us too - not sure what we're going to use all that onboard credit now that excursions are either free or pre-paid.
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08/08/10 10:16 AM
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Peter, you can book spa treatments like we did or there's always premium wine! Can you use SBC towards Bingo cards ? Also, found this site showing what other ships will be in Venice on Oct 17th, the day we disembark. I'm wondering if Berth 027 is a good location since we overnight there ? http://www.vtp.it/calendario/ricerc...&Giorno=17&Mese=10&Anno=2010
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/08/10 12:47 PM
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My Italian is limited (to say the least), but if you click on "crociere" at the top on the left side of the page on your link, there's a map of the port area. I'm not sure how to interpret the map, but the location looks like it's kind of out of the way. The terminal for berth 27 is terminal 21/22 (the little green rectangle to the left of the berth). It does look like an airport shuttle goes down in that area. Also it looks like there's six other ships there on the 17th --including the Westerdam and the Costa Serena. Does anyone else know more about that area or does anyone read Italian?
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08/08/10 01:56 PM
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08/08/10 02:20 PM
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you can click English in the upper right hand corner YOU SWEET LADY !!
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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I think the berth location is pretty good for the overnight stay. It looks to be about the same spot the ship was in when we embarked on our cruise back in 2007. Pretty easy water taxi ride to St. Mark's square or Rialto bridge area. Could even walk from the terminal area to Grand Canal (about 1/2 mile). I do remember that the spot where the water taxis dropped us off to go thru the terminal was pretty congested - pretty high bank and limited pier area with lots of stairs, so we like had to que up among many other taxis to wait our turn. Here's a Venice Map with the "*" showing where the cruise ship (berth 27) is in relation to the other sites, anfd the "+" shows where the water taxis dropped us off. Here's the terminal map with the "*" showing where the water taxis pick you up and drop you off. Since you will be disembarking there, probably easier to take a land taxi to the airport, as it's much easier to get your luggage loaded and unloaded. But as I understand it, budget a little more time for land taxi.
Cindy TravelingTexasDuo.com"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/09/10 06:59 AM
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Well, duh! It makes a lot more sense in English, although Italian is a lovely language ;) Thanks for the maps, Cindy. When we've docked in Venice before, it's always been in the Maritimma Basin, but it's been a few years since we've been there. We'll be staying on the ship this time and sailing back to Athens before we disembark, so I'm mostly interested in how easy it is to get out and about from this location. We usually prefer taking the water ferries to get around in Venice rather than a water taxi--they're a lot less expensive.
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Peggy, I hadn't realized you were doing a B2B and cruising back to Athens. That will be fun! We're sort of doing a B2B as well but on the front end w/ different cruise line.
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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There's a Vaporetto stop right there at the same place I showed on the map where the Taxi dropped us off (it's the San Basilio stop - this route will take you all the way around and down the Grand Canal). Or you can walk about 1/2 mile from the ship docking area to the Grand Canal and hop on one that just does the canal. I love the Vaporetto! Here are a couple of maps - they are about 3 years old, but maybe will help a little in pre-planning. ![[Linked Image]](http://lh6.ggpht.com/_qRAcZFE6LFI/TGA2V9PWMtI/AAAAAAAAGvk/GjP5pmm-H0w/s800/Vaporetto.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://lh3.ggpht.com/_qRAcZFE6LFI/TGA2SRrhIXI/AAAAAAAAGvs/6DftlSseCnw/s800/Vaporetto1.jpg)
Cindy TravelingTexasDuo.com"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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Re: TUT - 10/03/10 Athens to Venice Roll Call
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08/12/10 09:39 AM
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For those involved in the pre dinner and the Sunday transfer, I have started a new thread with the details. Any questions, let me know.
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