ThePicketts
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- Feb 17, 2011
Help! I am trying to get my extended family to go on an Alaskan cruise in 2015 and some need a little persuading.
1. Is it almost a definite that DCL will be in Alaska 2015?
2. How cold is it in August?
3. Give me any testimonials that will sell the trip.
Thank you Obi Wan, you're my only hope.
I just saw the Panama Canal site and it is now to June. I have a feeling they will complete in August close to the 100 yr aniv. So that is iffy for Alaska 2015. Going on the Wonder next month will ask the capt at the gold and above get together and see what the answer is
CruznLexi said:I just saw the Panama Canal site and it is now to June. I have a feeling they will complete in August close to the 100 yr aniv. So that is iffy for Alaska 2015. Going on the Wonder next month will ask the capt at the gold and above get together and see what the answer is
So is the canal being expanded for modern shipping?
Spwhoney said:They better have Alaska in 2015. That's when we are planning on going!
If you want to go to Alaska on DCL I think you better go next year. I say as of now zero chance of them there in 2015. I know that USA bold statement but I will explain why i say that. First off there is no reason to think they will not do the same stuff to the Wonder as they are doing to the Magic. They are trying to make the old ships more in line with the new ones. That being said, the Wonder will be getting her 20 extra feet in length. Also since by law the Wonder must go to dry dock next year,l it will be somewhere on the east cost or maybe even Europe because the Wonder is heading back to PC next Sept. then disappears from the schedule in Oct. Second the expansion project is not months but years behind schedule. It was already supposed to be done. I talked to the retired canal pilot that DCL brought on in the Outlook Cafe the night we were anchored outside the canal on this years WBPC. I asked him if he had heard through his connections at the canal the status of the project. He said it looks like 15-17 months after the Oct 2014 date as of now. I asked cause I was really hoping to do another Hawaii cruise with DCL in 2015. Even that looks like its not going to happen. I will end with this. I hope this post is wrong and it is done by 2014 , but I am not holding my breath.
NO, NO, NO, NO It wont be true, it wont be true. My heart is breaking say it aint so.