Costa Fortuna - Transatlantic - March 2009 - Page 5

**Ally** · 07-14-2008, 04:55 AM

Pre-booking system is now working, so have organised the 3 shorex that I want to do.

Catalina - Santo Domingo, La Romana back to Catalina - 9 hours, inc lunch & 72 euro
Guadeloupe - Discover Guadeloupe - 4 hours, inc refreshments & 54 euro
Barcelona - Monserrat - 4 hours & 39 euro (Its somewhere I went as a child and have always wanted to go back).

All done and dusted and will be added to the final account on board ship

**Norman** · 07-14-2008, 09:34 AM

Ally

Catalina will probably do the same trip as yourself.

The rest of the Caribbean we will look at shore taxi excursions.

We visited Monserret and it is quite nice, fer too many tourists there for my liking. We called on the way back from Andorra.

Fortuna excursion booking can wait a bit. Just had the minor hic cup of paying for two cruises back to back. Fortuna even though we got it cheap, the organisation we use, we have to pay the full amount on booking. At least its paid for.

Norman

**Ally** · 07-14-2008, 09:37 AM

I like the Costa pre-booking for shorex as they are not paid for there and then. They add all costs for shorex etc onto your shipboard account and its paid for at the end of the cruise.....perfect for those like me who don't have credit cards

**Ally** · 07-22-2008, 07:30 AM

After what seemed to have been a fair few problems in getting the flights organised, Costa have just this minute put them onto my booking reference onsite

Outbound to Miami via Paris CDG with Air France, leaving Manchester at 0640 and arriving in Miami at 1540.

Return from Milan via Amsterdam with KLM, leaving Milan at 1740 and arriving in Manchester at 2135.

My two favourite airlines and transfer airports

Earlier today the routes had changed around a bit, so I knew that things were being organised

**Ally** · 07-29-2008, 11:01 AM

Flight locators now loaded onto Amadeus & KLM 'manage my booking' website

(Thanks Phil for getting them for me

)

Nice to actually see the flights in full detail, I can now sort seating choices out and check-in online the day before departure

**Norman** · 08-10-2008, 04:44 AM

Whilst cruising on Boudicca, failed to find Richard, as Ally is on this cruise, perhaps this shirt which I have just purchased might help.

Norman

**Ally** · 08-10-2008, 05:29 AM

Hey Norman...that looks great....I should be able to find you quite easily

**Norman** · 10-07-2008, 01:32 PM

Just booked flights from Nice on April 4th to Birmingham (UK). Just got to get to the States plenty of flights from Dublin. Leaving till later.

We will now be having two nights in Dublin
5nights in Orlando
3 nights in Daytona Beach
17 Night cruise
3 nights Nice

A coach leaves Daytona to the cruise ship at 6:30 in the morning, day of cruise.

One way of cutting fuel bills.

Norman

**Ally** · 10-07-2008, 01:35 PM

Looks like it will be a lovely way to spend a month away from home, Norman