04/27/11 DCL's WONDERful LA-VANCOUVER REPO ON THE WAY TO ALAKSA

[ibouncetoo]

Sorry we won't be crusing together again, Connie! But you sure don't want to miss that proud Mom moment! Congrats to Michael.

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[Lynn G]

Good Morning Cruisers!

As Scott said, we are back from the Baltic - great trip! It looks like several of you that we cruised with on the Barcelona to Dover leg will be joining us here!

Hello All,
DW booked us on this cruise B2B while we were on the BCN to Dover.
First all I can say about the repo is....what a trip.
We now need a vacation from our vacation!!!
5 nights is BCN...7 night cruise...5 nights in southeastern England. Real introduction to World Cup. Brits really take football seriously!!!!
Lost of driving (wrong side)... lots of castles lots of pubs,and Brighton WOW, what a ride!!!
Anyhow, back to the topic,
Sent PM to Bonzie1 for roster listing, thanks Georgie!
It will be great to see all of our old friends... and meet all of our new ones!

Most of the time, I will be lurking around, but you never know where we might post.

Shall we pack the long johns?

Ken R
not to be confused with Ken (KPROS)

Ken - it will be great to be cruising with you again! Yes, pack the long johns!

Bad news and good news. We have cancelled our Repo and inaugural Alaskan cruise for 2011.

But we are going to try for the Mexican Riviera instead.

Our son, Michael, is graduating from Duke Law School the same time we'd be cruising!

Everyone have fun! We'll see you on another cruise!

Connie and Chuck

Connie and Chuck - congrats to Michael, and I am sure we will see you on another cruise soon!

We are flying in the day before sailaway, and staying at the Clarion in San Pedro (the port). We stayed at the same hotel before when it was a Holiday Inn and really enjoyed it. We will spend an extra day in Vancouver after the Alaskan cruise, at this point at a Holiday Inn, but we have friends there, so may end up staying with them.

Have a great day all!

 

[Mickey&JoshNut]

Booked our flights tonight....arriving in LA on April 22 - going to enjoy 5 days at Disneyland before boarding the Wonder.

Welcome aboard Ken & Christie

Connie & Chuck....we'll miss you...but I know you'll have a great time celebrating your son's graduation onboard!!!!

 

[Dopeylover54]

Booked our flights tonight....arriving in LA on April 22 - going to enjoy 5 days at Disneyland before boarding the Wonder.

Welcome aboard Ken & Christie

Connie & Chuck....we'll miss you...but I know you'll have a great time celebrating your son's graduation onboard!!!!

Thanks Elaine!!!! It will be so nice to see you and Margaret!!!! Been too long since we cruised with you ladies.

 

[sabrecmc]

Booked our flights tonight....arriving in LA on April 22 - going to enjoy 5 days at Disneyland before boarding the Wonder.

We're arriving the 22nd as well! Plan to stay at the Disneyland Hotel, but it doesn't seem like 2011 bookings are open yet. August, maybe? Like the World? Since that's right around Easter, I'd like to get things booked asap. Plus, I'm an anal planner who already has a spreadsheet for these cruises, lol.

 

[MouseFaninQueue]

Congrats to Michael connie. Sorry we won't be seeing you on this cruise. But I "guess" that's a valid reason to ditch your fellow "Thieves"!!

We haven't decided yet when we are arriving in Anaheim, but the 22nd looks good to me.

We are heading to Jasper and Banff then across to Calgary and up to Edmonton this Canada Day weekend (ok it's not really a long weekend this year but we are making it one). Once that trip is over then we will sit down and start to look seriously at getting to LA for the cruise.

 

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Cruisers!

Beautiful day here in Cheyenne, hope anyone in the hurricane path in Texas stays safe!

Have a great day all!

 

[Mickey&JoshNut]

We're arriving the 22nd as well! Plan to stay at the Disneyland Hotel, but it doesn't seem like 2011 bookings are open yet. August, maybe? Like the World? Since that's right around Easter, I'd like to get things booked asap. Plus, I'm an anal planner who already has a spreadsheet for these cruises, lol.

We are so alike....we are planning on staying at the Disneyland Hotel too!!!! Hoping for Easter brunch at Goofy's Kitchen....been doing tons of research on Disneyland....I will feel so much better when we actually book our room....I'm also considering upgrading our WDW annual passes to the Disney Premier Pass (WDW & DL)....

 

[YenSid1222]

Just checking in and saying Howdy from Texas (where it has been raining so much, I am beginning to wonder if I should go to Home Depot to get materials for building an Ark). I see that Disneymom7851 already posted that we are on board. It will be great seeing some of our Barcelona to Dover cruisemates again!

 

[Lynn G]

Good Morning All!

Yes, it will be great to see our friends that cruised with us from Barcelona to Dover, and then on the Baltic!

Have a great day all!

 

[sabrecmc]

We are so alike....we are planning on staying at the Disneyland Hotel too!!!! Hoping for Easter brunch at Goofy's Kitchen....been doing tons of research on Disneyland....I will feel so much better when we actually book our room....I'm also considering upgrading our WDW annual passes to the Disney Premier Pass (WDW & DL)....

I'm wondering about upgrading to the Premier Pass as well. If it would be worth it for one of us to do it to get the room discount, but then I wonder if those dates will be blacked-out, since its Easter...I'm thinking about using my cruise TA, Tracy at DU, so maybe she can figure all of that out for me, lol.

 

[MJGirl]

Hi everyone ...it's been awhile. Planning for the Baltic took all my time. My dinner mates on the Baltic cruise are from the San Fran area and they recommended seeing the Beach Blanket Babylon show. I checked into it, but you must be 21 to go to an evening show and Kirstyn will be 3 months shy of her 21st birthday. Oh well. They said they would meet us at the port and take us on a private San Francisco tour. That will be nice!!!!

 

[MJGirl]

Bad news and good news. We have cancelled our Repo and inaugural Alaskan cruise for 2011.

But we are going to try for the Mexican Riviera instead.

Our son, Michael, is graduating from Duke Law School the same time we'd be cruising!

Everyone have fun! We'll see you on another cruise!

Connie and Chuck

So sorry you won't be joining us Connie ... Congratulations to Michael though!

 

[Hillaryone]

I checked today to see if Disney put anything up about shore excursions yet for the Repo cruise. Nothing yet. We are 300 days out.

I can't believe how booked up the cruise is! There is not much left for inside or oceanview staterooms.

I noticed our GTY stateroom has been given a stateroom assignment. I am wondering if this is normal so far out, or if our room might change still? Does anybody have any experience with this?

I have not yet booked flights, but I'm looking into it. I suppose I should do it soon!

 

[mickeyfan1]

I checked today to see if Disney put anything up about shore excursions yet for the Repo cruise. Nothing yet. We are 300 days out.

I can't believe how booked up the cruise is! There is not much left for inside or oceanview staterooms.

I noticed our GTY stateroom has been given a stateroom assignment. I am wondering if this is normal so far out, or if our room might change still? Does anybody have any experience with this?

I have not yet booked flights, but I'm looking into it. I suppose I should do it soon!

DCL probably assigned the GTYs because everything is pretty much sold out. There probably isn't much room to upgrade people, so they might as well assign the cabins. Of course at PIF things could change, and yes, you could be reassigned, but it is not very common.

If you want to see what might be offered for shore excursions in San Francisco, check this link for Princess http://www.princess.com/learn/shorex/shorexdisplay.jsp most cruise lines offer pretty much the same thing. One thing that I am hoping is that DCL offers the Disney Family Museum as an excursion. But if they don't, I am sure I will do it with a lot of my friends. (group of about 16 cabins)

I haven't booked flights as I need to know if DCL is providing transport from Vancouver to Seattle, if not I will have to arrange that and SWA has not released their schedule pat early January yet.

 

[MJGirl]

DCL probably assigned the GTYs because everything is pretty much sold out. There probably isn't much room to upgrade people, so they might as well assign the cabins. Of course at PIF things could change, and yes, you could be reassigned, but it is not very common.

If you want to see what might be offered for shore excursions in San Francisco, check this link for Princess http://www.princess.com/learn/shorex/shorexdisplay.jsp most cruise lines offer pretty much the same thing. One thing that I am hoping is that DCL offers the Disney Family Museum as an excursion. But if they don't, I am sure I will do it with a lot of my friends. (group of about 16 cabins)

I haven't booked flights as I need to know if DCL is providing transport from Vancouver to Seattle, if not I will have to arrange that and SWA has not released their schedule pat early January yet.

I asked DCL this very question yesterday ... and the guy said he believed they would not due to the logistics of crossing the border. There is a car service that provides transfers to Seattle that isn't too expensive. I checked out Quick Coach mentioned below:

ARRIVING FROM SEATTLE

Quick Shuttle offers bus service between Seattle Tacoma Airport, Downtown Seattle, Bellingham Airport and Vancouver. Call 1-800-665-2122 or book online at www.quickcoach.com.

The train between Seattle and Vancouver makes a very scenic run, and avoids long waits at the border. It leaves Seattle in the morning and arrives before noon in Vancouver. (It returns to Seattle from Vancouver in the evening.) Both Canada Place and Ballantyne Pier are about a 15-minute taxi ride from the station. Check www.amtrak.com for rates and times.

Cruise Lines often fly passengers to Seattle and bring them by coach to Vancouver. The coach ride is 3 hours which, on top of a long flight can make for a very tiring start to your vacation. It may be possible to request an air deviation, for specific flights of your choice. If the Cruise Line is able to comply with your request, there is a service charge, normally around $75.00 per passenger. Discuss this with your agent when booking your cruise.

 

[mickeyfan1]

Yeah, I have that info, but I am hoping that DCL will have something arranged. Other cruise lines do it, because flights out of Vancouver can be way way way more than Seattle. We still have time, for sure.

 

[MJGirl]

I hear you about flights out of Vancouver! That's why I always fly out of Buffalo when I go to Florida! My concern about flying out of Seattle is that I don't know what would happen to my customs allotment. Although I've been away for 2 weeks, I will only have been in the states for 1 day if I cross into Seattle for the flight home. Will this cause me to have to pay duty on my gifts??? Any other Canadians out there have an answer? (Hope this makes sense)

 

[Lynn G]

Good Morning Cruisers!

Yesterday I tried to change my dining assignment from late to early, and was told that because the cruise was sold out I was put on a waiting list - guess I will try again after final payment is due, it usually seems that some rooms free up at that point. It will be strange to be on a full ship after the last 2 cruises of fairly empty ships!

Have a great day all!

 

[winotracy]

Good Morning Cruisers!

Yesterday I tried to change my dining assignment from late to early, and was told that because the cruise was sold out I was put on a waiting list - guess I will try again after final payment is due, it usually seems that some rooms free up at that point. It will be strange to be on a full ship after the last 2 cruises of fairly empty ships!

Have a great day all!

The cruise is not full, early dining is full. I've been booking this cruise as recently as a couple days ago without a problem finding a room. I agree though that early dining should open up as we get closer.