August 30th, 2011- 7 Night Alaska Cruise

[Pinky166]

Roll call for this final venture through Alaska!

I will keep an updated list in the first post as people join, please PM me your names, ages at time of cruise, stateroom number, what dining seating you are on, if you want to take part in the Fish extender exchange & anything you may be celebrating.

Anyway I will introduce myself. I am Claire & will be travelling with my husband Lee, we booked whilst on the Wonder last week which was our first ever cruise! We had a fab time & have always wanted to do an Alaskan cruise so it was too good for us to miss out on combining Disney, Alaska & the onboard booking discount.

I am looking forward to getting to know you all over the next two years.....boy that is so far away!

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Information on the Port of Vancouver



Roll call so far: (Age at time of cruise)


Pinky166, #7070, FE, 2nd Dining
Claire, 36
Lee (DH), 37
Celebrating belated 10th Anniversary - 7/4/11


CustardTart, #6144, FE, 2nd Dining
Karen, 48
Richard (DH), 48
Celebrating early 29th anniversary - 9/23/11


Acourtwdw, #5024, FE, 2nd Dining
Annette, 41
Amanda (DSIS), 43


AlohaBob, #6134, 1st Dining
Bob, 46
Barbara (DW), 41


Disney Sweetie, #7574 + 7576, FE, 2nd Dining
Pam, 47 - #7574
Leissa (DD), 21 - Celebrating 2nd anniversary 9/5/11 - #7576
Charlie (DSIL), 24


Nutty4Disney, #7563, 2nd Dining - FE?
Terri
Brett (DH)


Sunshine1259, FE, 1st dining - Room # to follow
Brenda
Eric (DH)
Celebrating Eric's 51st Birthday 8/30/11
Celebrating early 4th Anniversary 9/15/11


Sumeto, #6636, 2nd dining - Fe?
Suzan, 54 - Celebrating 54th birthday 9/5/11
Bonnie, 79 (DM)
Tony, 30 - (DS) Celebrating 30th birthday 8/29/11


Geffric, #7065, FE, 2nd dining
Susan
Scott (DH)

[CustardTart]

I leave the DIS alone for five minutes and look what happens!!!

Nice one, Claire - I can't wait to set sail with you and Lee!!! And thank goodness you started the Meet & Greet thread for our cruise - I was getting worried I might have to take on the responsibility myself...

DH (Richard) and I (Karen) booked this cruise last week. We'd made a couple of dummy bookings whilst on the Magic 2 weeks ago and promptly transferred one to this cruise on September 21st... Richard has always wanted to do an Alaskan cruise so I knew this was a done deal as soon as DCL announced it! So here we are. We opted for the last sailing (or LAST CRUISADE...?!!) as I thought it might be less busy and it certainly seems to be at the moment...

[Pinky166]

I can't believe we are on the same cruise! How fun!

I thought the same thing that it may be less busy plus we like to travel in September as most kids are heading back to school.

[CustardTart]

Originally Posted by Pinky166

I can't believe we are on the same cruise! How fun!

It's an awesome coincidence, Claire!!! I'm really looking forward to it as we had such an amazing time on the Magic - don't tell anyone but I think I love cruising more that WDW...

Originally Posted by Pinky166

..I thought the same thing that it may be less busy plus we like to travel in September as most kids are heading back to school.

Yes, I think so... September as a great time for us too - Uni hasn't returned for me and work's a little slower than usual for Richard...

BTW have you sorted list of the Pandora stores in Vancouver yet..?

[Pinky166]

Originally Posted by CustardTart

It's an awesome coincidence, Claire!!! I'm really looking forward to it as we had such an amazing time on the Magic - don't tell anyone but I think I love cruising more that WDW...

I am so excited that we will be cruising together.

LOL - I can see how it could become addictive. We had a fab time onboard the Wonder & didn't really touch the surface of all the things that had going on onboard, 4 nights was not long enough.

Originally Posted by CustardTart

Yes, I think so... September as a great time for us too - Uni hasn't returned for me and work's a little slower than usual for Richard...

BTW have you sorted list of the Pandora stores in Vancouver yet..?

That is so funny, I have only been booked on the cruise an hour & already we are talking about finding Pandora stores. Lee was not amused with how many I bought in Orlando (along with everything else) so it will be our little secret.

[CustardTart]

PM sent, Claire!!! I even included our ages, even tho' I wept as I typed them...

[CustardTart]

Originally Posted by Pinky166

...I have only been booked on the cruise an hour & already we are talking about finding Pandora stores. Lee was not amused with how many I bought in Orlando (along with everything else) so it will be our little secret.

Well, we have to get our priorities right, Claire!!! Actually I was very good. Just bought the one charm in St. Thomas and that's completed my main bracelet - which is a bit of a relief. I had honestly thought I could wear two at a time but they're so flippin' heavy, I can't manage it!!! So I think I'll just alternate... Anyway, I have the list already cut and pasted into my Alaska file so your secret's safe with me...

I know it's a bit early but any pre/post cruise thoughts???

As the Wonder departs on the Tuesday, we're initially thinking of flying into Seattle the preceding Saturday and spending 2 nights there before heading to Vancouver. There's a cool-looking train journey (Amtrak Cascades) between the two cities that takes 4 hours, so that's a thought... Once the cruise is finished, we'll probably spend a couple of nights in Vancouver then Richard wants to see more of British Colombia. So I guess we'll take a trip on the Rocky Mountaineer to Banff!!! We hope to stay here overnight and I think we'll fly out of Calgary on the Saturday... Depends on the cost of the flights and whether it all fits but at least it's a start...

[CustardTart]

Just giving us a little *bump* back to page 1... Anyone else out there wanna join us???

Maybe this will be the 'Claire & Kaz' cruise!!!

Bizarrely, I'm on another cruise thread (Med: August 28 2010) and that's pretty much a 2-woman show too - maybe it's something to do with this time of year...?

[Pinky166]

Originally Posted by CustardTart

PM sent, Claire!!! I even included our ages, even tho' I wept as I typed them...

LOL....I know what you mean - I cried when I typed mine too.

Originally Posted by CustardTart

Well, we have to get our priorities right, Claire!!! Actually I was very good. Just bought the one charm in St. Thomas and that's completed my main bracelet - which is a bit of a relief. I had honestly thought I could wear two at a time but they're so flippin' heavy, I can't manage it!!! So I think I'll just alternate... Anyway, I have the list already cut and pasted into my Alaska file so your secret's safe with me...

I know it's a bit early but any pre/post cruise thoughts???

As the Wonder departs on the Tuesday, we're initially thinking of flying into Seattle the preceding Saturday and spending 2 nights there before heading to Vancouver. There's a cool-looking train journey (Amtrak Cascades) between the two cities that takes 4 hours, so that's a thought... Once the cruise is finished, we'll probably spend a couple of nights in Vancouver then Richard wants to see more of British Colombia. So I guess we'll take a trip on the Rocky Mountaineer to Banff!!! We hope to stay here overnight and I think we'll fly out of Calgary on the Saturday... Depends on the cost of the flights and whether it all fits but at least it's a start...

Ooooo please share the list. I have taken some photos of the charms I bought & will post a pic when I get round to uploading some. We took over 4000 photos & muggings here is the one that needs to sort them out!

We haven't really talked about it yet but we both want to extend our stay either after or before. I have always wanted to do the train through the Rockies so I would imagine we will probably do that.

Originally Posted by CustardTart

Just giving us a little *bump* back to page 1... Anyone else out there wanna join us???

Maybe this will be the 'Claire & Kaz' cruise!!!

Bizarrely, I'm on another cruise thread (Med: August 28 2010) and that's pretty much a 2-woman show too - maybe it's something to do with this time of year...?

Well if we don't get any others join then 'Claire & Kaz's Alaskan Adventure' could be our name.

The cruise I have just been on was mainly a 2-woman show, until she came along I was talking to myself a lot.

[acourtwdw]

HI My dsis (Amanda) and I (Annette) booked this cruise this week. This will be our 9th DCL vacation, unless we squeeze another short one in between the WBTA and this one. I told my dsis a long time ago the only way I would do Alaskan cruise is if Disney did it


Our last DCL trip was Sept 10 and all the crew members were very excited about taking the Wonder to Alaska.

Can't wait to get to know all of you

[Pinky166]

Hi Annette.

to our cruise thread. I am looking forward to getting to know you, I have added you & Amanda to the first post. How fab that you have another cruise booked too.

Have a great weekend.

[alohabob]

Helo All, permission to come aboard?

My name is Bob my wife is Barbara and we are also booked on this cruise to Alaska

Claire I will PM you with our info.

We are both big fans of DCL and the parks and are planning a trip WDW some time next year to fill our Disney fix between now and the cruise in 2011.......boy that sounds so long away!!!!

Take care all
Bob

[Pinky166]

Originally Posted by alohabob

Helo All, permission to come aboard?

My name is Bob my wife is Barbara and we are also booked on this cruise to Alaska

Claire I will PM you with our info.

We are both big fans of DCL and the parks and are planning a trip WDW some time next year to fill our Disney fix between now and the cruise in 2011.......boy that sounds so long away!!!!

Take care all
Bob

to Bob & Barbara!!!

Thanks for your message, I have updated the list in the first post.

Having just returned from our first cruise, I can certainly understand the addiction to DCL!

[Disney Sweetie]

Hi everyone!!! I just returned home from the 7 night Eastern Caribbean and booked this cruise while onboard. This will be my 6th Disney Cruise unless I work something in for 2010.

I will be happy to help with any DIS activity planning if needed. On last weeks cruise I organized a cabin tour, PJ Breakfast, Fish Extenders and a Secret Mickey. I also created a group page for the cruise on Facebook. It was a great way to get to know everyone a little better before the cruise.

It will be myself, Pam....my daughter and her husband.....Leissa and Charlie (they also went on last weeks cruise for their honeymoon and will be celebrating 2 years on this Alaska cruise).....not sure who will be traveling with me, but I will let you know when I know!!

Looking forward to getting to know all of you over the next 2 years!! It will be here before we know it tho!

[Nutty4Disney]

Our TA booked this for us while we were at WDW last week. It will be me, Terri, and my DH, Brett. I will PM the details. Our last cruise was the Panama Canal Cruise on the Magic. This will be our 4th cruise. Last week was an exciting week for use. We were at WDW (always exciting), booked this cruise and bought Disney Vacation Club...all in one week. We like to travel outside of the summer months when things seem a little calmer. Look forward to getting to know all of you.