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This may be the one stop on the trip that you’ve never heard of. Sandwiched between Naples and Rome, Olbia is a side trip to the island of Sardinia. It’s the closest you’ll get to a day in the country on this trip without renting your own car and driving off on your own for … Continue reading "Cruising the Med – Oblia by Chris"

Many of you have requested details on how we traveled on our own to Montserrat! The simple answer is we had Gary the Guide who had done extensive research. He was awesome! Gary has offered his notes for those of you who want to try it yourselves. Keep in mind, this is one person’s suggestion. … Continue reading "Cruising the Med – Montserrat Monastery (Barcelona) On Your Own"

Today we took a short tour to Pisa. to visit their famous School of Architecture. But first, in case you were afraid this was all business and no fun, let me introduce you to one of our dinner mates. We pulled into port early, as always, and with a little help from our friends Mark … Continue reading "Disney Med Cruise – Chris and Beci at Pisa! 6/3/07"

May 29, 2007 – Today we arrive in Naples Italy . As the 3rd largest city in Italy , its home to 1.5 million and one of the best, yet worse shore tours I have ever been on. I’ll get to that in a minute. We awoke just in time to see Mount Vesuvius on … Continue reading "Disney Med Cruise: Beci Mahnken – Naples -The Long & Winding Road"

We’ve just pulled into port at Palermo – it’s 8:00 here. I’ve handed off my new silk jacket to the Disney cleaning crew – it was collateral damage in a flying wine war last night! One of our table mates brought his cricket bat and used it to fling a full glass of wine onto … Continue reading "Chris Mahnken – Arriving in Palermo"

Guest Blogger Beci Mahnken, owner of MouseFanTravel.com begins her blog…. Beci’s husband Chris, has the earlier blog entry. Day 1 – May 23 Europe in 4 bags or less We are about to embark on 16 nights of city hopping starting in Seattle and visiting many places including London , Barcelona , Rome and Monaco … Continue reading "May 23- Part 1 – Europe in 4 bags or less"

Guest Blogger Beci Mahnken ….. We arrived at the airport in plenty of time to check in at the Alaska airlines desk for our first flight to Chicago . They tell us our bags have been checked thru but unfortunately we need to check ourselves in at the British desk in Chicago for the next … Continue reading "May 23 – Part 2 – Crossing the Pond"

Beci continues: We land in London May 24th – 10 am London time. The steward provides the landing card we need to fill out folks and a very coveted fast pass ticket that allows us to skip the regular queue and breeze right through the passport control station. What took us over an hour in … Continue reading "Disney Med Cruise: The British Connection 5/24/07"

Guest Blogger Chris Mahnken Friday morning, after a stout 3 hours of sleep, making six hours in the past two nights, I got up early and met our crew (Deb, Linda, Sandy, & Sharon) for breakfast. After that we went to the Lobby to hook up with our informal guides (and fellow travelers) Gary and … Continue reading "If this is Friday, it must be Montserrat"

Chris and Beci Mahnken, owners of MEI Travel and MouseFanTravel.com are traveling with Deb Wills and Linda Eckwerth on Disney’s First Mediterranean Cruise. Beci and Chris will be blogging along with Deb and Linda sharing their adventures. Here is Chris’s pre-trip entry: Pity me. I’m going on an 11 day Disney Mediterranean Cruise. The cruise … Continue reading "Guest Bloggers in the Mediterranean!"