If dealers aren't selling tickets this time, don't panic. The official WDW website launched a page about ticket buying a couple of days ago: http://www.ducatiuk.com/world_ducati_week/2014_tickets/index.do
Every WDW so far has been 50% discount on tickets if you buy through a club - last time was €40 per ticket instead of €80 and this year it is €45 instead of €90. As was mentioned above, it's worth joining a club to get discounted tickets as it still works out cheaper even if you pay to join one.
Eg: This year: http://www.ducatisportingclub.com/showthread.php?p=861234 Last WDW: http://www.ducatisportingclub.com/showthread.php?t=100456
My plans are approximately as follows: 11 July: Tunnel a.m., SE across France to Poligny. 12 July: SE to Jura, Switz, midday arrive at Gliddofglood's near Lausanne. 13 July: Swiss passes and S into Italy near Milan. 14 - 15 July: S down Italy to Naples. 16-17 July: stay at Pompeii & Vesuvius. 18 July: N over Appenines to San Marino for Misano. 19 - 20 July: stay at Misano WDW. 21 July: N through the Dolomites, ? Stelvio, into Austria, Landeck. 22 July: NW into Germany, Black Forest, Strasbourg, into France, Metz. 23 July: NW across France, Calais, Tunnel p.m. and home. I have booked the tunnel plus hotels at Pompeii 3 days and San Marino 3 days. Otherwise will wing it as I go.
Hey Pete - nice to see you at Bury the other day. Our route is not quite as adventurous..... but still 13 days of awesome envisaged for the three of us!! Mostly through the vineyards and via cheese and ham!! Three days around Faenza, too. Maybe catch you there. P.M. me if you would like my mobile number.
Flying over to Vienna on Sat 12th July to collect a bike and then riding through Austria into Italy and down to WDW for the weekend, then back to Bologna on the monday to drop the bike off. Excited much?
Fine, Matt, that sounds like a plan. In that case on the assumption that you may want to go down one way and come back a different way (so as to see the maximum variety of landscapes and countries), if we are coming back on an Eastern route via Austria and Germany you may wish to travel down on a more Western route.
I have just ordered a WDW ticket from Kevin Baker, the Membership Secretary of the DOCGB. To get the discount you have to be a member, obviously. Here's his email: [email protected]
Same here, he will email you an application. Don't forget you not only need to be an owners club member, but also registered with Ducati.
Tickets ordered via Kevin, plan of attack is: Chunnel then Calais to Macon 11th Macon to Alessandria 12th Alessandria to Cattollica 13th WDW and Beach Return is Cattollica to Rivoli 24th Rivoli to Troyes 25th Troyes to Calais onto the Chunnel 26th Work 28th :Sour:
There's a group of us whose route will be channel tunnel, with an overnight near Lucerne, then Rimimi the next day. We leave the Wednesday am and aim to make the train the following Tuesday pm. We're leaving Rimini Monday morning and will book an overnight online from Italy.
That's 500 miles per day for two days in succession, then the same again three days later. Rather too tiring a schedule for me these days, Nick.
