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We were happy to adopt him for a day and a half!

Pure guess. I suspect ADB is either scrapping shorts or putting them on hold for now and the ones you see are the remaining Escapes for 2023.

Hope you are still having a Disney blast!

You will get it in your photos from ABD! I had a guest snap this one of all of us. Definitely one of my highlights.

Sorry for the long absence. Real life between my adventures occurred. Just back from my last adventure Back Stage Magic and hope to continue this trip report slowly. As far as the elevators are concerned, I honestly never took them I don't think. The ship is a fraction of the size of the...

Hi @mikeishere and @Lmillette! Amazing trip and a new tradition.

Not yet. Just notification of hotel change

I don’t view this as unfortunate. Please don’t get me wrong, no one was unfriendly and we did talk daily with our stateroom attendant but it was always brief. He also seemed to have a lot of rooms to do; more than what a DCL attendant is responsible. We also saw him doing a few rooms on another...

Looks like all us March 12 ABD are going to be moved to the Grand Californian for the entire trip instead of the Loews due to the academy awards. @mikeishere you will probably get notification soon.

Certainly. Outside of the differences ship sizing allows, the biggest difference we noted as a family was the passing of time on DCL revolves around walking around a lot such as following my kids around for mid ship detective, browsing shops, and going between activities. On a smaller ship, we...

I don’t think you could lose with either. Our family hasn’t done either but on adventures people always discuss their favorites and the Vietnam, Cambodia Laos is frequently mentioned as a favorite. That being said, New Zealand hasn’t been around enough to earn the same following. However two of...

Ponant vs DCL In fairness, this isn’t a competition because L’Austral is designed for a completely different purpose than any of the DCL ships. Staterooms: Ponant really is a bed with minimal sitting area. We had a chair and small round table but that ended up serving as a drying rack for our...

Day Two We had to wake up really early for a 5:00 am breakfast and then off to the airport. We loaded up in four charter buses to EZE to fly out of their domestic terminal. ABD had terminals reserved for us for our own check in. They didn’t seem to strict on bag limits. Some people with...

Official first day of the adventure, our first full day in Buenos Aires, is outlined well previously in the thread. We passed our COVID test and finally could fully relax. We ended up not being able to do our planned tours because the city essentially shut down. However it was worth it for the...

I forgot to mention, the Argentina government passed in November a new exchange rate for credit cards. The rate is closer to the true street value. However when we left I didn’t get confirmation Argentina had gotten the word out to the appropriate authorities, banks, credit cards etc. We read...

We decided to arrive one day early and luckily for us we did. Those arriving on day 1 of the adventure ran into terrible traffic due to the World Cup champions returning home that morning. The Argentina Football Association’s headquarters are just a few miles down the road from the airport...

Here are some teasers of the Ponant photos! Sadly some of them are so high quality the file size may limit me posting them unless someone has suggestions of sharing through a source like photo bucket.

I think the thing we all love about ABD is not just the destination but it is the guides who truly make the trip special. Antarctica is pretty amazing itself but the guides are still the cherry on top. As usual, amazing people! I tried to find a picture of them together but they are always busy...

Starting to get some pictures back from ABd and downloaded some from Ponant onto my computer now that we are starting to settle back into regular life. Got two more adventures coming up within the next seven months I have to make a few arrangements for as well, Back Stage Magic in March and...

Usually they tell you to place orange luggage bands around your luggage after you pick up your bags. Then a representative for ABD is usually waiting for you there as close to that point they can be holding an orange ABD sign. They know your flight info and when to expect you.