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Corinna
Corinna
I've lost track.....who all is going on this cruise and the 1st AK cruise?
I know we are.
I looked into it, but the cost is twice as much as the repo cruise. And we will be missing some school already, so an additional week is out of the question. But it looks awesome so those of you that are going will have a blast!I've lost track.....who all is going on this cruise and the 1st AK cruise?
I know we are.
I've lost track.....who all is going on this cruise and the 1st AK cruise?
I know we are.
Up until yesterday I would have said "we are", but now all of a sudden it seems like I may have trouble getting time off work for this cruise, so we may end up only doing the first Alaska one after all . Nothing is certain yet though (and probably won't be for quite a while - I wish my boss would just let me know for sure!), so I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
I keep my fingers crossed for you that you get your leave approved.
Corinna
Thank you Corinna! Don't you all just hate it when you are really busy planning something, and all of a sudden something like this comes up? And you have to put all that planning on hold and just wait, wait, wait until you know whether it's all gonna happen at all? Arrrgh!
We are! I'm Penny "Lucky Penny" and my DH Bob "scottrob"I've lost track.....who all is going on this cruise and the 1st AK cruise?
I know we are.
Hi! My DH Barry and I (Janice) will be joining the cruise as well. This will be our 2nd DCL trip but our 1st without children. We're looking forward to exploring these west coast destinations!
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Hi Corinna, I don't think we have met before, but I'm looking forward to it! These will be our 6th and 7th Disney cruises. Hawaii was the 4th, and we booked a 3-day Valentine's Day 2013 on the Dream primarily to get to CC Gold level so we can prebook excursions on these
I am still pondering if I can get a sneaky little cruise in this year. At the moment those cruises are number 9 and 10, but I would love for the Alaska cruise to be our first Platinum cruise.
Corinna
I can relate to that! In my case, I wish we could do another cruise in between (which we definitely can't - one b2b cruise per year is almost more than enough for DH! ) so we would become Gold BEFORE the whole b2b, not inbetween the first and second legs.
As far as I see it, the earlier online booking window is one of the two main advantages - the other being the 10% shopping discount -, and since our 5th cruise won't be done until the day we start our 6th ... no 105 days booking window for us.
Were the extra gifts for gold/platinum still the luggage strap, note cards and a journal? I miss the little box of truffles we used to get in addition to the other stuff. One on has so many suitcases and we've run out of suitcases to use the luggage straps on.
There is also a rather nice gift for Gold and Platinum members this year. And you get to attend the Castaway Club reception that I quite enjoy. The earlier booking window is a nice perk, but I don't think that this will be as important on this cruise. On our Hawaii cruise, if you were not a Platinum Castaway, you were in trouble. Two excursions we really wanted to do were fully booked within hours of the Platinum booking window opening. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise though. For one of them of them we found something very similar through a local tour operator that was not only half the price, but also added some extras like a wine tasting. The other we lost out on what we wanted to do, but the second choice absolutely blew my mind. Best of all, this gives me an excuse to return.
As far as this cruise is concerned, we are going the DIY/ independent route for excursions and I think we will for the Alaska part as well. I am hoping to get Palo Brunch and Dinner on both cruises though.
Corinna
That's what it was for us (Gold) on PCC 3.0 on June 24th. No truffles.