August 16, 2011 – 7 Night Alaska Sailing

[wisegal]

Thanks for the FE gifts. It was so much fun. My kids had a blast running to the room to see if there was anything there. . I am not not sure what they enjoyed more delivering them or getting them. I do know they we not that happy when I told them that there were no more to give out

Sorry we were not able to make any of the meets but I could not get the kids away from the pool last Tues.

I did not even notice the Vancouver magnet coving the Boston one. My husband likes both teams, my son is a Boston fan and my daughter is for Vancouver.

Hope everyone gets home safely

Nicole

 

[Mrs. Gumdrop]

Hi everyone! We are holed up in Seattle one more night and flying home tomorrow. Thanks for all the wonderful FE gifts and it was great getting to know many of you better! We will have lots of photos to share. Whales! Eagles! Rainbows! Bear! Even with all that rain it was a terrific trip.

Also reporting back for future cruisers, there was PLENTY of Alaska mech left in the stores. I will post photos when I get home tomorrow. There were plushes, postcards, shirts and sweats, Totem poles, russian dolls, scrap books, vinylmation, book marks and plenty more, so don't worry.

And to everyone trickling home - I hope you had safe travels and as much fun as we had!

 

[mellers]

Hi All,

Mellers, Mellers Kidlet and DH (the origami guy) are all back at home, and we hope you all had a wonderful cruise.

We really appreciate all the people who participated in the FE, and we loved all of our wonderful FE gifts. Thank you so much! You are all so sweet! It was a wonderful first cruise, but it won't be our last--we signed up for another day.

 

[godalejunior]

Thank you for all the FE gifts...we really enjoyed them. We had a great cruise! Only one issue with service and food quality for about a day and a half but after we brought it to the attention to our head server it was fixed and all was good!

 

[msnoble]

Big thanks go out from us to everyone in the Mickey group for the great FE gifts! Everyone was so thoughtful

We are home safely in SE Michigan, and of course my internal clock is all screwed up so I am up way too late Missing Mickey and the gang something fierce--not sure when we'll get back to the Wonder since she is now on the West coast. Luckily we'll be able to cruise on the Magic for the first time in February, plus I now have a dummy date that I ay try to book when 2013 dates come out

What are some of your favorite memories from our Wonderful week in Alaska?!

 

[Inkmahm]

We stayed at the PanPacific again last night and did a trip to Granville Island yesterday as well as Gastown. Had dinner at the revolving restaurant on top of the lookout. I am excited to be going home today though, we miss our critters!

I posted reviews of our excursions on the alaska excursion thread on the cruise forum. Other than whale watching in Juneau, they were great!

 

[MercoBear]

Just got home this morning at 7am. Flying back was the worst part of the entire trip. Thank you all for the FE gifts. We loved them all! And I absolutely adored running into people on the ship. I was so much more enjoyable knowing you all!

 

[mellers]

Are all of the East Coasters (and their property) okay after the earthquake? I've lived on the West Coast all of my life, and therefore, I've been through a few, and they can be unsettling.

Thanks,

Mellers

 

[dkmjgal]

Mellers-

Everything is ok here in New Jersey. We were in Vancouver Airport when my daughter started seeing on facebook that there was an earthquake. I logged on to make sure it wasn't the teenagers just joking. Sure enough all of my friends were posting about it also. Crazy! A lot of people in my hometown felt it.
Funny story...last year we took a red eye home from California and arrived in NJ on Easter Sunday. On Easter Sunday near San Diego there was an earthquake that we would have felt where we had been just the day before in Newport Beach. So weird that we have missed 2 earthquakes!

 

[G'sMaman]

We are back in San Francisco now and I wanted to give a heartfelt thanks to everyone for the terrific FE gifts!! The wonderful gifts made a wonderful trip even more special. When we travel we pick up ornaments for our Christmas tree and so I will be turning many of the gifts into something we can hang from our tree. That way we can continue to enjoy the great memories for many years to come. So sorry we missed meeting everyone at Diversions on the first day, but it was difficult tearing my DD away from the pool and then she literally slept for 2 1/2 hours until dinner time. However, we did run into Mellers’ parents and DH on the ship and it was a pleasure meeting them! You may have spotted my DD on the ship – she was the 3 year old running around with a big flower hair clip and a heart shaped necklace on (all FE gifts) almost the entire trip – yes it was a challenge getting her to take them off even for bath time! Anyway, we truly appreciated every gift that we received and I hope our paths cross again sometime!

 

[Mrs. Gumdrop]

We are back home in Maryland and our cat was VERY happy to see us! Seriously though the earthquake was very upsetting for those who experienced it here, but I am happy to report that everyone and their stuff is safe.

I am glad everyone is getting home safely and enjoyed their trip!

P.S. Oh No! My computer is having issues. DH is going to fix it tomorrow, but it will take a few days before I can process my photos. Darn! <Insert sulking face here>

 

[mellers]

I figured, given the time difference, that the East Coasters would have just missed the earthquake (although I bet it was NO FUN flying home), but I'm glad to hear that, so far, everyone is okay.

 

[msnoble]

In case anyone has any interest, here is a link to a subset of the photos I took (both cameras combined I took over 1700 photos! )

most are pretty specific to my family, but there are a few more general ones as well. I have lots more of the shows, but haven't been able to get them off my camera yet...

http://flic.kr/s/aHsjvN97ZX

and now I really have to try to get some sleep--have to be at work in less than 8 hours!! Re-entry is such a pain

 

[Mrs. Gumdrop]

In case anyone has any interest, here is a link to a subset of the photos I took (both cameras combined I took over 1700 photos! )

most are pretty specific to my family, but there are a few more general ones as well. I have lots more of the shows, but haven't been able to get them off my camera yet...

http://flic.kr/s/aHsjvN97ZX

and now I really have to try to get some sleep--have to be at work in less than 8 hours!! Re-entry is such a pain

Thank you for sharing your terrific photos! I am very jealous of your camera.

 

[mmouse37]

In case anyone has any interest, here is a link to a subset of the photos I took (both cameras combined I took over 1700 photos! )

most are pretty specific to my family, but there are a few more general ones as well. I have lots more of the shows, but haven't been able to get them off my camera yet...

http://flic.kr/s/aHsjvN97ZX

and now I really have to try to get some sleep--have to be at work in less than 8 hours!! Re-entry is such a pain

So nice bumping into you outside the shops!! Nice to put faces to screen names. We had an awesome time!! I will check out your pics later and I agree re-entry is a bummer!

To everyone.....hope your experiences were as WONDERful as ours. It really was a fantastic trip...so different from our other warm weather DCL cruises. Loved all the scenery...made me feel very small in our great big world!

We got home 7 am yesterday (took the red eye from Vancouver). Went to the Aquarium for a few hours, had lunch at Steamworks rest. and then went over to Londsdale Quay for a bit. Took the Skytrain to YVR and hung around the airport until our 10:50 pm flight on Cathay Pacific.

We spent 4 wonderful days precruise in Vancouver as well. Loved how getting around was so easy....we purchased the $9 pass each day and it got our use out of it.

I even purchased a new bathing suit in downtown Vancouver! What a difference when you have someone picking out proper sizes and styles for you!!!

We had a total group of 18 on this trip and had APT rotation late dining.

Will try to put a trip report together soon. Just uploaded our pic from the camera to computer and now have to upload to Webshots for sharing.

Bracing for the hurricane...looks like NY will have a very wet weekend!!

MJ

 

[wisegal]

In case anyone has any interest, here is a link to a subset of the photos I took (both cameras combined I took over 1700 photos! )

most are pretty specific to my family, but there are a few more general ones as well. I have lots more of the shows, but haven't been able to get them off my camera yet...

http://flic.kr/s/aHsjvN97ZX

and now I really have to try to get some sleep--have to be at work in less than 8 hours!! Re-entry is such a pain

I took almost 1600 and my friends and family think that I am crazy. I was talking to a guy at the Enchanted Dreams show who had about 600 on his camera and could not understand what I took 1600 of while there. Glad to see that I am not alone.

Nicole

 

[wisegal]

We are back in San Francisco now and I wanted to give a heartfelt thanks to everyone for the terrific FE gifts!! The wonderful gifts made a wonderful trip even more special. When we travel we pick up ornaments for our Christmas tree and so I will be turning many of the gifts into something we can hang from our tree. That way we can continue to enjoy the great memories for many years to come. So sorry we missed meeting everyone at Diversions on the first day, but it was difficult tearing my DD away from the pool and then she literally slept for 2 1/2 hours until dinner time. However, we did run into Mellers’ parents and DH on the ship and it was a pleasure meeting them! You may have spotted my DD on the ship – she was the 3 year old running around with a big flower hair clip and a heart shaped necklace on (all FE gifts) almost the entire trip – yes it was a challenge getting her to take them off even for bath time! Anyway, we truly appreciated every gift that we received and I hope our paths cross again sometime!

I missed the meet at Diversions for the same reason. I am glad to hear your daughter liked the hair clip. My 5 year old loves them so I figured most little girls would.

Nicole

 

[pops711]

HI all

We made it home (kinda). The person that picked us from the air port forgot the car seats. Daddy and the girls had to take BART (subway) home.

The DW, the girls and I would like to thank all of you for the gifts. also the person who gave us the sleepers thank you because the came in handy on the last night.

It was great to meet you all and I hope we can cruise together again!!!

 

[pops711]

I would like to take a poll:

on a scale of 1 to 10 rate your cruise.

 

[mellers]

i would like to take a poll:

On a scale of 1 to 10 rate your cruise.

11!