Alaska ~ 8/13/12 ~ Midnight Sun Mouseketeers!

tinkerbelltwins · Apr 13, 2011

Drawing from the lyrics of John Denver, the Disney Wonder will be

Going up to Alaska
Up to the land of the midnight sun
Where the whale and the polar bear run
Over the icy blue sea

My family is so looking forward to cruising up to the land of bears, eagles, and whales! Are there any other Midnight Sun Mouseketeers who will be joining us on this grand icy blue water adventure? If so, please join this 8/13/12 Alaska Wonder meet and greet thread!

**************************************************

Post #2 has our cruise itinerary.
Post #3 has some useful websites.
Post #4 has our roll call and list of volunteers.

**************************************************

tinkerbelltwins · Apr 13, 2011

Here is the itinerary listed on the DCL website.

Day 1 ~ Port ~~ Seattle ~ Onboard at 4:00pm

Day 2 ~ At sea ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Day 3 ~ Tracy Arm ~~ major cruising going on!

Day 4 ~ Port ~~ Skagway ~ Ashore at 7:15am ~ Onboard at 7:30pm

Day 5 ~ Port ~~ Juneau ~ Ashore at 6:30am ~ Onboard at 2:00pm

Day 6 ~ Port ~~ Ketchikan ~ Ashore at 7:15am ~ Onboard at 12.30pm

Day 7 ~ Port ~~ Victoria ~ Ashore at 6:15pm ~ Onboard at 10:30pm

Day 8 ~ Port ~~ Seattle ~~ Ashore at 9:00am

Dining Rotations, Menus, and Shows:
Based on some reports in various threads and what I saw in my quick read of some blurry navigators, it looks like the rotations (A=Animators Palate, P=Parrot Cay, T=Tritons) are:

APPTAPT(character breakfast on Day 2)
PTTAPTA (character breakfast on Day 3)
TAAPTAP (character breakfast on Day 7)

Day 1: Monday: Sailaway -- Cruise Casual -- Rotational Dinner Let the Magic Begin welcome aboard show
Day 2: Tuesday: At Sea -- Formal Night -- Golden Mickeys menu -- Golden Mickeys Show
Day 3: Wednesday: Tracy Arm -- Cruise Casual -- Rotational Dinner -- WDW Theatre has comedy hypnotist Wayne Hoffman
Day 4: Thursday: Skagway -- Cruise Casual -- Rotational Dinner -- Avengers Movie special
Day 5: Friday: Juneau -- Pirate or Cruise Casual -- Taste of Alaska Menu -- Toy Story Show and Pirate Night
Day 6: Saturday: Ketchikan -- Semi Formal -- Captain's Gala menu -- Dreams Show
Day 7: Sunday: Victoria -- Cruise Casual -- Till We Meet Again menu -- Remember the Magic Show
Day 8: Disembark

tinkerbelltwins · Apr 13, 2011

This list of links will surely grow! Do let me know if you discover good links to add to this list! :thumbsup2

tinkerbelltwins · Apr 13, 2011

Meet Your Fellow Midnight Sun Mouseketeers!

To add your family to our Roll Call, please post in the thread as much of the following information as you desire:

~~ your Disname

~~ names of people traveling in your party, plus age of children at the time we sail

~~ where you are from

~~ dining information (first or second seating),

~~ stateroom(s) number.

~~ if you are interested in participating in a Fish Extender (FE) exchange. See post 166 on page 12 for more information.

If you have any questions or wish to add information to your Roll Call submission, please contact Beth (tinkerbelltwins) via PM or by posting directly in this thread.

******ROLL CALL*****************************

1. tinkerbelltwins ~ (Beth), DH (Steve), DD (Hope age 8), DD (Skye also age 8). From Northern Virginia. First Seating. Stateroom 7522. *FE*.

2. Jack'sGirl5 ~ (Liz), and DD (Katie age 13). From Michigan. First Seating. Stateroom 8030.

3. OC_stacylace ~ (Stacy), DH (Dennis), DS (Dylan, age 13), DS (Gavin, age 7). From Southern California. Second Seating. Stateroom 6542.

4. Presley ~ (Jodi), DH (Bret), DS (Maverick, age 15). From Southern California. Second Seating. Stateroom 7122.

5. joegdvc ~ (Joe), DM (Gloria), DF (John). From Pennsylvania. Second Seating. Stateroom 2608.

6. BrennaM ~ (Brenna), DH (Dan), DD (Danielle, age 15), DD (Alyssa, age 13). Second Seating.

7. barbbarnes ~ (Barb), DH (Fran), DS (Joseph, age 9), DD (Carolyn, age 6), DS (Timothy, age 2) and also Barb's Mom (Frances), Barb's Sister (Mary Beth). From Pennsylvania. First Seating. Staterooms 6524 and 6526.

8. TiggerAllie ~ (Allison), DP and her parents. From Boston. First Seating. Staterooms 6552 and 6554. *FE*

9. ESFC ~ (Dan), DW Mary. From Central Illinois. Stateroom 7612. Second Seating. *FE*

10. lisaesings ~ (Lisa), DH, DS (age 9), DS (age 7), and her parents, and her sister, and her nieces (age 11) and (age 8). Second Seating. Stateroom 6008.

11. cindyla ~ (Cindyla), DH, DD (age 7). From China, but originally from Mexico City. Second Seating.

12. pekollie ~ (JaJa), DH (Shawn), DS (Kyle, age 5). From New Jersey. First Seating. Stateroom 6313. *FE*

13. Disnylvr77 ~ (Stephanie), DH (Alex), DD (Sidney, age 9). From Northern Virginia. Stateroom 8538. Second Seating. *FE*

14. Canadacruise ~ (Andrea), DH (Troy), DD (Bronte, almost 12). From Vancouver. Second Seating. Stateroom 6537. *FE*

15. Hallfamily2011 ~ (Carey), DH (Dave), DS (Zach, age 12). Stateroom 6084. First Seating. *FE*.

16. Davebuck ~ (Dave), DW (Adella). Stateroom 7565. First Seating. *FE*.

17. Robbo1 ~ (Rob), DW (Mary), DS (Tyler, age 14), DS (Alex, age 11), DS (Jack, age 8). From Fairfield County, CT. Stateroom 7040 and 7042. Also traveling with them will be Rob's brother, Eric, and his family who hail from Long Island, NY -- (Eric), DW (Shannon), and their daughters (Rebecca, age 12), and (Kaitlin, age 10) in Stateroom 7038. Second Seating for everyone. *FE*

18. Lindsey2065 ~ (Lindsey), DD (Reagan, age 6), DD (Riley, age 5). From Houston, Texas. Stateroom 2579. Second Seating. *FE*

19. cujochurch ~ (Leslie), DH (Keith). From Virginia. Stateroom 2572. Second Seating.

20. preedymtnwest ~ (Kristina), DH (Jeff), DS (Shaner, age 15), DS (Skylar, age 11). From Washington State. Stateroom 6610. Second Seating. Also traveling with them will be Kristina's sister (Susan), her DH (Mike) and their DD (Katie, age 13) and DS (Christopher, age 8). From Washington State too. Stateroom 6608. Second Seating.

21. Star_bright ~ (Sally), DH, DD (age 8), DS (age 10). From Seattle. Stateroom 8508. Second Seating.

Meet and Greet on Embarkation Day
We will be having a meet and greet for everyone on our Roll Call on embarkation day (August 13) in the Promenade Lounge at 3pm. Hope to see you there!

Fish Extender Exchange Participants:
Here is the FE list of participants so far. The cut off to join is July 1st to give people plenty of time to plan. Please let me (tinkerbelltwins) know if you'd like to join! I have added latecomers to the bottom of the list. If you have any extra FE gifts, please consider spreading some pixie dust on these families.

Tinkerbelltwins -- 2 adults, 2 girls (both age 8). 1st seating. Stateroom 7522.
TigerAllie -- 4 adults. 1st seating. Stateroom 6552 and 6554.
ESFC -- 2 adults. 2nd seating. Stateroom 7612.
pekollie -- 2 adults, 1 boy (age 5). 1st seating. Stateroom 6313.
Canadacruise -- 2 adults, 1 girl (almost age 12). 2nd seating. Stateroom 6537.
Hallfamily2011 -- 2 adults, 1 boy (age 12). 1st seating. Stateroom 6084.
Davebuck -- 2 adults. 1st seating. Stateroom 7565.
Disnylvr77 ~ 2 adults, 1 girl (age 9). 2nd seating. Stateroom 8538.
Robbo1 ~ 2 adults, 3 boys (ages 14, 11, 8). 2nd seating. Staterooms 7040 and 7042.
Robbo1's brother ~ 2 adults, 2 girls (ages 12 and 10). 2nd seating. Stateroom 7038.
lisaesings ~ 2 adults, 2 boys (ages, 9 and 7). 2nd seating. Stateroom 6008.
Lindsey2065 ~ 1 adult, 2 girls (ages 6 and 5). 2nd seating. Stateroom 2579.

News Flash: A couple of families added late to our roll call, so anyone participating in the FE, if you have any extra gifts (no pressure at all to do this!), feel free to drop them by ...
Star_bright ~ 2 adults, 1 boy (age 10), 1 girl (age). 2nd seating. Stateroom 8508.
preedymtnwest ~ 2 adults, 2 boys (age 15 and 11). 2nd seating. Stateroom 6610.
preedymtnwest's sister ~ 2 adults, 1 girl (age 13), 1 boy (age 8. 2nd seating. Stateroom 6608.

caitlinsdad · Apr 13, 2011

I wish you well, I'm the only one on the Aug 6th 2012 cruise so far
Still waiting for another family to join. I think the Hawaii and NY cruises are taking the luster off the Alaska cruises this year.

Ed

tinkerbelltwins · Apr 14, 2011

caitlinsdad said:
I wish you well, I'm the only one on the Aug 6th 2012 cruise so far
Still waiting for another family to join. I think the Hawaii and NY cruises are taking the luster off the Alaska cruises this year.

Ed

Hi Ed, I think you might be right! Thanks for stopping by. Let's keep checking in with each other until more people join our groups! :thumbsup2

Jack'sGirl5 · Apr 14, 2011

Hi Tinkerbelltwins!

Thanks for starting the thread. We are very excited to be joining you on the cruise to the midnight sun! We are a small family of two from Michigan -- Mom Liz (that's me) and DD Katie (13 at cruise time).

This is only our second cruise and our first time to Alaska so we can't wait. We had to decide between this and an ABD trip to Europe but we went with the cruise -- we will do Europe in 2013. I thought that the cruise would be more fun for DD at her age -- especially some of the port adventures. Also, we were super lucky enough to get the Walt suite and I couldn't say no to that! :yay:

We are hoping to add some time in Seattle up front or an ABD Alaska land package but are waiting to see what is available.

So glad that you created a space for everyone to share and get enthused together! Please add us to the roll call . . .

caitlinsdad · Apr 14, 2011

Congratulations you got you number 2, I'm still waiting on the aug 6,2012 thread.

OC_stacylace · Apr 14, 2011

Hi fellow cruisers!! Please add us to the list for the Aug 13th Alaska trip out of Seattle.

We are Dennis (DH), Stacy (me), Dylan (DS age 13 at cruise time) and Gavin (DS age 7 at cruise time). We are from southern California and this will be our first trip to Alaska. We lived in the Seattle area for almost 9 years when we were first married. We also had our honeymoon in Victoria at the Empress Hotel. I can't wait to see Alaska and look forward to doing some great port adventures. With the short hours in some ports, I'm wondering what excursions will be possible. Two things we would love to do is some kind of crab feast, and meeting huskies who are part of dog sled teams.

This will be our 2nd DCL cruise as well as our 2nd ever cruise. We just got off the Wonder on the Mexican Riviera April 3rd sailing. The ship is fantastic, and we fell in love with her.

Looking forward to our trip already!!

tinkerbelltwins · Apr 15, 2011

Jack'sGirl5 said:
Hi Tinkerbelltwins!

Thanks for starting the thread. We are very excited to be joining you on the cruise to the midnight sun! We are a small family of two from Michigan -- Mom Liz (that's me) and DD Katie (13 at cruise time).

This is only our second cruise and our first time to Alaska so we can't wait. We had to decide between this and an ABD trip to Europe but we went with the cruise -- we will do Europe in 2013. I thought that the cruise would be more fun for DD at her age -- especially some of the port adventures. Also, we were super lucky enough to get the Walt suite and I couldn't say no to that!

We are hoping to add some time in Seattle up front or an ABD Alaska land package but are waiting to see what is available.

So glad that you created a space for everyone to share and get enthused together! Please add us to the roll call . . .

Welcome Liz and Katie .... so glad you will be joining us! :yay:

tinkerbelltwins · Apr 15, 2011

OC_stacylace said:
Hi fellow cruisers!! Please add us to the list for the Aug 13th Alaska trip out of Seattle.

We are Dennis (DH), Stacy (me), Dylan (DS age 13 at cruise time) and Gavin (DS age 7 at cruise time). We are from southern California and this will be our first trip to Alaska. We lived in the Seattle area for almost 9 years when we were first married. We also had our honeymoon in Victoria at the Empress Hotel. I can't wait to see Alaska and look forward to doing some great port adventures. With the short hours in some ports, I'm wondering what excursions will be possible. Two things we would love to do is some kind of crab feast, and meeting huskies who are part of dog sled teams.

This will be our 2nd DCL cruise as well as our 2nd ever cruise. We just got off the Wonder on the Mexican Riviera April 3rd sailing. The ship is fantastic, and we fell in love with her.

Looking forward to our trip already!!

The third family to join the Midnight Sun Mouseketeers! Welcome Stacy, Dennis, Dylan and Gavin! :yay:

caitlinsdad · Apr 15, 2011

Beth,
Congratulations Now its 3 to 1 lol Beginning to look like I might have the whole ship to myself. Lol

tinkerbelltwins · Apr 18, 2011

caitlinsdad said:
Beth,
Congratulations Now its 3 to 1 lol Beginning to look like I might have the whole ship to myself. Lol

I have a feeling that more wil be joining you! Enjoying a beautiful day here at the beach for spring break.....

tinkerbelltwins · Apr 20, 2011

On the lookout for more cruisers headed to Alaska next year!

tinkerbelltwins · Apr 24, 2011

Happy Easter to everyone on this 2012 Alaska meet thread!

caitlinsdad · Apr 24, 2011

tinkerbelltwins said:
Happy Easter to everyone on this 2012 Alaska meet thread!

Happy Easter

tinkerbelltwins · Apr 26, 2011

Stacy -- What excursions did your family do on your April Mexican Riviera cruise. Did you enjoy all of the ports? I'm curious because our family almost went on the 10-day a few weeks ago b/c the KSF offer was hard to pass up when Disney released it. Something else came up, so we had to cancel our plans, otherwise we would have gone!

Beth

OC_stacylace · Apr 26, 2011

Hi Beth,

I hope you guys had a great Easter!

We really enjoyed our MR cruise. This was our first cruise ever, so we didn't sign up for any excursions. We were excited to spend time on the boat. A lot of people did not get off the ship though. I think the recent reports of violence in Mexico made many families content to stay onboard. Since you pull in right near dowtown Puerto Vallarta, it would have been nice to get off the ship. Most of the crew gets off in PV, as there is a Walmart and Costco right across the street. I hear it's a great place to stock up on alcohol, lol! We did not get off the ship in PV, but did get off in Cabo. Cabo is exactly what I expected a port to be like in Mexico. You take a tender into the harbor, and walk into a tourist town by the sea. There were mercados (markets) all around and little cantinas, as well as the big places like Cabo Wabo and Senor Frogs. Street performers were present, which my kids got a laugh over. One thing that was difficult for us was the age difference of our kids. Some excursions had an age requirement, which meant that we couldn't go as a family on some that we were interested in. So, we just decided we'd do the cruise again and do those when Gavin was 10. Some of those were the zip lining and Jeep 4x4 trips.

Got my room number for you btw, it's 6542!

tinkerbelltwins · Apr 26, 2011

Hi Stacy,
Your MR trip sounds wonderful! I think our family probably would have done the same thing had we gone on that cruise. No matter what is going on in ports, there are tons of things to do on the ship, especially when it is your first cruise. Our first cruise was in October and there were so many things to choose from that we barely scratched the surface on stuff we wanted to do -- which becomes a great rationale for needing to take another Mouse Cruise! Thanks for the room update -- I've added it to the roll call. :thumbsup2

Presley · Apr 26, 2011

I booked my cruise today!

Presley (Jodi), DH Bret, DS Maverick age 15 during cruise. We are also in southern California. Maybe we can fly up with the other family. :rotfl:

Just kidding.

Can we all wear matching outfits? JK again.

Forgot to put room # 2608

Alaska ~ 8/13/12 ~ Midnight Sun Mouseketeers!

DIS Veteran

DIS Veteran

DIS Veteran

DIS Veteran

DIS Veteran

DIS Veteran

Convinced that pirates still exist out there ...

DIS Veteran

Mouseketeer

DIS Veteran

DIS Veteran

DIS Veteran

DIS Veteran

DIS Veteran

DIS Veteran

DIS Veteran

DIS Veteran

Mouseketeer

DIS Veteran

Mouseketeer

GET UP TO A $1000 SHIPBOARD CREDIT AND AN EXCLUSIVE GIFT!