5/31/11 -- Chilling on the Wonder

[poohj80]

What does ds and dd mean?

ds = Dear/Disney Son

dd = Dear/Disney Daughter

 

[colormedisney98]

Thank you my dad and stepmom might be taking me on the cruise, so yeah.... I was just wondering P.S. I'm 13 and your daughter looks cute

P.S. I'm a DD who has already been on 2 cruises with her mom and will be going on another in Oct. for sure

 

[adnil530]

Okay, I made a list of cruisers and Fish Extenders! Cruisers:

Adnil530 – Linda and Mike, dd Michelle 15, dd Laura 10, Second dining

FE List

Cabin 6618 – Adnil539 2 adults, dd 16 and dd 10

Thank you so much for organizing this The first entry is correct. On the FE list: Adnil530 2 adults, dd 15 and dd 10.

Thanks again for volunteering and doing an awesome job

Hi everyone.

I'm on this cruise also; I've actually been booked for a year now......

Looking at the list of fellow cruisers; I see a fair amount of you have 10 yr olds.... my dd is 10 and she will be in the kids club- I was just curious if most of you plan to keep your 10 yr olds in the kids club and not ask to put them in the new Edge?.... I've noticed a lot of folks in the cruise forum are planning to ask to move their 10 yr olds up to Edge and I'm hoping my dd will have other 10 yr olds to play with in the kids club......

Happy planning!

My dd10 will be staying in the kids club. I haven't thought about moving her up. She'll be old enough on our December cruise.

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I need to get back to going through the excursions. I've made notes on a few of them and will sort them out by price and desire.

Linda

 

[Disneyfalcon]

I'll fix that, Linda!

 

[famviramontes]

Just booked our first excursion in Ketchikan, Southwest Sea Kayaks. Looking to do the Mendenhall Glacier Float in Juneau but still totally confused about what to do in Skagway. I think we need to do something on land.

 

[Anjelica]

Just booked our first excursion in Ketchikan, Southwest Sea Kayaks. Looking to do the Mendenhall Glacier Float in Juneau but still totally confused about what to do in Skagway. I think we need to do something on land.

Did you do SouthEast or Southwest (I couldn't find Southwest just southeast)? Do you have a link?

 

[famviramontes]

It is Southeast. http://www.kayakketchikan.com/ I read good reviews on Trip Advisors.

 

[Anjelica]

It is Southeast. http://www.kayakketchikan.com/ I read good reviews on Trip Advisors.

Ahhhh - I've been looking at them as well as the reviews were really good. Hubby wanted to do canoeing but I've been trying to push him towards Kayaking. I think I've got him convinced to do the Kayaking - we were looking at doing the 100PM time on that day - which time will you guys be doing?

 

[famviramontes]

I just did the 1:00 Orca trip.

 

[Anjelica]

I just did the 1:00 Orca trip.

Ahhhh - well you may have some "familiar" company...

 

[auntlynne]

Here's some info that could interest a few people (especially if trying to decide which town for which activity); a list of cruise ships in port when we are

Thursday, June 2 - Tracy Arm

- CARNIVAL SPIRIT 11:00 - 18:00
- DISNEY WONDER 12:00 - 18:00

Friday, June 3 - Skagway

- SILVER SHADOW 07:00 - 19:00
- DISNEY WONDER 07:00 - 20:00
- SEA PRINCESS 07:00 - 20:00
- CARNIVAL SPIRIT 07:00 - 21:00

Saturday, June 4 - Juneau

- SEA LION 06:00 - 23:00
- CARNIVAL SPIRIT 07:00 - 15:00
- DISNEY WONDER 07:30 - 17:00
- SILVER SHADOW 08:00 - 20:00
- ISLAND PRINCESS 08:00 - 21:00
- SEVEN SEAS NAVIGATO 13:00 - 23:00

Sunday, June 5 - Ketchikan

- CARNIVAL SPIRIT 07:00 - 13:00
- MILLENNIUM 07:00 - 15:00
- INFINITY 07:00 - 16:00
- SEA PRINCESS 09:00 - 17:00
- DISNEY WONDER 12:00 - 20:00

These times are not exact with those on our itinerary; when planning on-your-own activities, I would use the DCL times for planning.

from Cruise Line Agencies of Alaska http://www.claalaska.com/pdf/2011/All_Ports_2011.pdf

 

[famviramontes]

It seems like it will be very busy when we are in port.

 

[DMKaren]

We just booked today. Family of 4 me, DH, DD Abby 17, DD Sydney 16. This will be our 4th cruise on Disney and our first to Alaska. Looking forward to meeting everyone!

 

[poohj80]

I just did the 1:00 Orca trip.

I'm not cruising until later in the summer, but wondering if the excursion times don't show up online until they can actually be booked? I've looked at them previously trying to coordinate if family does two different excursions at the same time, but couldn't find times yet.

 

[famviramontes]

I don't think you can see times until you are able to book. I believe there are some who able to book now so they might be able to get times for you.

 

[famviramontes]

On our last cruise someone started a kids thread. He did meet someone he hung out with a bit. He is on the older side now but was wondering if any other of the kids/teens wanted to get one going. Anyone think their kids would be interested?

 

[adnil530]

On our last cruise someone started a kids thread. He did meet someone he hung out with a bit. He is on the older side now but was wondering if any other of the kids/teens wanted to get one going. Anyone think their kids would be interested?

My daughters like to meet/chat prior to the cruising also. My dd14 (15 at cruise time) met friends on the kids/teen thread and then hooked up on facebook. Our dd10 chatted on the boards and was glad to be familiar with some of the kids at port and onboard. I went ahead and started a kids/teen thread and I will have my daughters post later today.

Kids/Teen thread: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=39839515#post39839515

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Yesterday, I was wondering how long the sun was going to be up while we cruised. These stats are for Juneau:


Date Sunrise Sunset Length of day this day

Jun 1, 2011 4:02 AM 9:50 PM 17h 47m 18s
Jun 2, 2011 4:01 AM 9:51 PM 17h 50m 02s
Jun 3, 2011 4:00 AM 9:53 PM 17h 52m 40s
Jun 4, 2011 3:59 AM 9:54 PM 17h 55m 10s
Jun 5, 2011 3:58 AM 9:55 PM 17h 57m 34s
Jun 6, 2011 3:57 AM 9:57 PM 17h 59m 50s
Jun 7, 2011 3:56 AM 9:58 PM 18h 01m 56s

17+ hours of sunlight! I'm gonna love it I'm glad I have late dining.

Linda

 

[famviramontes]

Thanks for starting the link because I would have no idea how to do it. I will have my son post when he gets up, could be a while because we don't usually see him until about noon on Saturdays.

 

[adnil530]

Thanks for starting the link because I would have no idea how to do it. I will have my son post when he gets up, could be a while because we don't usually see him until about noon on Saturdays.

That is so funny. That is why I said later in day, my daughter won't emerge until "later in the day" also..

I see we are both in CA.

 

[docbrown]

Jun 4, 2011 3:59 AM 9:54 PM 17h 55m 10s

17+ hours of sunlight! I'm gonna love it I'm glad I have late dining.

Linda

Silly question: How good are the shades in the cabins? i sure would hate to wake up at 4 am......