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We sailed last May with a group of eight. We chartered a private tour through this company: http://vancouvertours.com/private-charters/
Our driver picked us up at the pier, loaded our luggage, provided car seats for the littles, and took us where we wanted to go. We visited the fish ladder...
We did the DCL excursion to the George Inlet Lodge. It involved a bus ride through town to board a boat near the lodge. We took the boat past some eagle nests. Our guide brought frozen fish and called the eagles who flew quite close to the boat to catch their dinner. It was amazing. We then...
Are you able to get your work email on your smart phone? I too have to be accessible while on vacation. I call my wireless carrier before I leave and get the international calling plan which includes a set amount of data for $25. Additional increments get charged $25. I expense the data...
The CDC has a lot of information about their vessel sanitation program on their website. Here's a link to why Noro seems to happen frequently on cruise sips.
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/vsp/pub/norovirus/norovirus.htm
They note that health officials track outbreaks on cruise ships so they...
Our daughter is an epidemiologist and somewhat cautious about having her kids use things that had been previously used by countless other children. On our first cruise, she brought her own pack and play without an issue. I think she is now comfortable with the sanitation of the DCL pack and...
My second transportation question for the day. There are 8 of us travelling to Vancouver next year for a Disney Wonder cruise to Alaska. Four generations ages 14 months to 78. I think it will be easier if we all travel to the Pan Pacific together so I'm looking for a limousine service with...
I tried a few searches and couldn't find the answer to this question. We're taking Disney transportation back to WDW after our 3-night cruise on the Dream for a 1 night stay at the Grand Floridian. Does anyone know whether this is a direct trip or if the bus makes stops at other resorts before...
We did a different excursion on a Royal Caribbean cruise that included Dunns River Falls. While climbing the falls is challenging, on our tour at least, you didn't have to climb them. They are still pretty to see and I'm pretty sure there is a staircase along the falls that you can walk up to...
We tried to do zip lining. We got to the top and waited and waited. The tour operator was understaffed and eventually they decided to bring us back to the ship. We got our money back but it was a total bust and no one was particularly apologetic about it.
When Social Security started the life expectancy of someone who was 65 was just a few years shorter than life expectance for today's 65 year old. Many, many more people died young and that's what caused life expectancy to be so much lower than it is today. This increase in life expectancy is...
We took this cruise last September on Rhapsody of the Seas. It was one of our best vacations. We spent a full day in Vancouver before the cruise and toured Stanley Park, visited the aqaurium and had a fabulous farm-to-table dinner at Rain City Grill.
Boarding was an adventure with 4-5...
We were on the last sailing on a Rhapsody of the Seas in September 2010. The weather was okay--very drizzly our day in Juneau--and we got very close to Sawyer Glacier. Sales in the gift shops were good. I would do it again.
We're taking the second Alaskan cruise on the Wonder next year.
We were wait listed for early dining on our late October cruise on the Dream last year. It was me, my daughter and my 2 1/2 year old grandson on this trip. Every time I called to check on something or other, I asked about my wait list status. I reminded them of our tiny traveller. A few days...
I also had a placeholder cruise and moved it to the June 1, 2015 Alaska Cruise.
2A Cat. 5C with the 10% OBB & taxes (no transfers or insurance) $4495.74
Also $380 Costco cash card
We're taken my daughter's family with us...
2A2K (1 and 4) Cat 5C with 10% OBB & taxes (no transfers or...