tinkerbelltwins
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 12, 2010
good to know -- thanks!
Since you asked..... (sorry to hijack your thread!).... our Alaska cruise begins on 8/13 (I started the meet thread for that one too) and we're staying three nights beforehand in Seattle, which is a new place for me and the girls who are eight years old.
In terms of Alaska excursions, I'm a bit uncertain about what to do. One of my DH's obsessions is birding (yes, his face is always turned upwards) so in Juneau, I know he'd love to do the Glacier View Sea Kayaking. We've kayaked with the girls before but there is no way I'd do it with them up in the frigid waters of Alaska. Plus they aren't old enough anyway. So Steve might do that one by himself. But if he doesn't and joins us, I'm interested in the Taku Glacier Lodge Flight and Feast (though that is very pricey and with saving for the Med next year that might get scratched off). Or, there is an Orca Point Lodge salmon feast as a part of the Best of Juneau excursion (that has the whalewatching and the drive to Mendenhall Glacier too). And if we get a 3-port package through Disney it is also part of that bundle.
In Skagway, I think everyone would enjoy the White Pass railway ride with the girls getting to do the youth activity in the private car. But if we don't do that, we might do the Liarsville gold rush camp -- or is it too hokey? They can always pan for gold up near Idaho Springs when we visit my mom who lives in Colorado (where I'm originally from) so not sure that one in Alaska is worth it.
In Ketchikan, I'm looking at the lumberjack show and the potlatch park youth activity. The twins love to go around Epcot getting those masks on sticks colored, so am sure they'd really get into working on a totem pole. Over the MLK holiday we made it into the city to see the National Museum of the American Indian and the girls enjoyed getting to watch native american dancers perform in the atrium. The learned a good deal of history in the process and I'm hoping they'll learn a good bit of history and natural science on some of the excursions too. Was that your experience?
As for Victoria, we are there for such a short time in the evening that we'll probably just walk around, knowing we'll head back there someday to see Butchart Gardens.
That's what I'm thinking. Any advice? What did you do up there on your cruise? I've heard that the kids got to have part of the kids club up on the top deck during the Tracy Arm day. That sounds awesome. But cold, so I'll be doing a good bit of thinking about how to pack for the cruise!
I hope you have this TR done before my July 13th Med cruise. It'll be our first med cruise but not our first Disney Cruise.
Dee
I should! I plan on taking the iPad (the one that hasn't been bought yet...), and with additional sea days, I can't imagine that I can't get some typing in! Pictures might take a bit to be added on, but it'll get there!
I'm contemplating what to write about later...after I pick up DD and her friend from some testing at school. Don't have enough time to start it now, but I think Pompeii is on today's agenda!
We then got on a bus and drove down the Amalfi Coast. I have to say there is no more beautiful scenery in the world, but the drive on a bus is a bit scary. Very curvy thin roads. In some instances we had to have cars back up so we could fit through.
I tried putting in my photobucket pictures - and it didn't work...so after some consulting with my advisor - I will add them soon.
!
So, I was watching the Rick Steves video the other day and learned that the tour buses can only go one direction down the scenic highway! Makes sense with them being so very narrow! But as a result, nearly every tourist on a bus ride ends up with this amazing vista:
!
Kim and Mindy, I love all of your pictures! Thanks for your advice on Alaska. Looks like panning for gold won't be happening for us up there in the frigid north! We'll wait and pan for it when we visit Gram in Colorado.
BTW: if you go over to the July 13 Med thread check out post 1. A talented person over on the creative design thread named Dom13 made a super cool itinerary design for us. It could be easily modified by him for your trip as all he would need to do is change the July date to June (since we're headed to the same ports!). I'm sure he won't mind if you ask him nicely!
Beth
I'm enjoying your report. We're sailing June 15th 2013. Can't wait.
We're sailing on that cruise as well. Have you joined the cruise meet thread?
BTW: if you go over to the July 13 Med thread check out post 1. A talented person over on the creative design thread named Dom13 made a super cool itinerary design for us. It could be easily modified by him for your trip as all he would need to do is change the July date to June (since we're headed to the same ports!). I'm sure he won't mind if you ask him nicely!
Beth
No problem Beth...I'm actually getting more excited for this trip by reading what Kim's written and adding my stuff. I think she knew that would get me, that's why she started this
Following along and it is bringing back memories of our Med cruise in 2007. I'm gonna have a hard time deciding what to do again and what to try new for our 2013 cruise... Also, I took the exact same pictures... Isn't that weird...