August 16, 2011 – 7 Night Alaska Sailing

[Mrs. Gumdrop]

Hi Everyone! We are sailing aboard the beautiful Disney Wonder to Alaska and would love to meet other avid Disney Cruisers! We are a large group, my hubby & I, my dad & stepmom and two other families, best friend, BFhubby, BFD (19), BFmom, other best friend, BFhubby & their daughter (19).

Welcome! That is a large group. You are going to have to have a trip to remember for sure!

 

[mellers]

In the interest of sharing, here's us!

VINC.E.N.T. and Mrs. Gumdrop
As you can see we are gumdrop-shaped 30 somethings. I have shorter hair these days, but this photo is pretty accurate.

Melissa my DSIL is a prettier, female version of my husband. With redder hair! In order to protect her privacy, I won't include a photo!

That's a great picture!

 

[mellers]

Hi Everyone! We are sailing aboard the beautiful Disney Wonder to Alaska and would love to meet other avid Disney Cruisers! We are a large group, my hubby & I, my dad & stepmom and two other families, best friend, BFhubby, BFD (19), BFmom, other best friend, BFhubby & their daughter (19).

Happy to have you here! Please let me know if your cabin (or friends' cabin(s)) wants to be added to the Fish Extender, or if you plan to attend the day-before cruise meet in Richmond, BC.

 

[ALawley]

We would definitely like to come to the precruise event! That sounds like alot of fun and we'd love to meet everyone. There are 11 of us in all. I will get back with you about the FEs. Thanks!

 

[mellers]

New Day-Before Meet List

Fish Extender List

Mickey group

Mellers, stateroom 7631, Mellers (41), DH (44), DD (15)
Mrs. Gumdrop (Happy Birthday and Anniversary!) & (DH) V.I.N.CENT, 6102, Lauren (32) & (DH) Rich (34)
DumboFan, Stateroom 6090, Debbie, Kenny, Kate (13)
BishopFamily, Stateroom 5524, Nancy, Richard, DS(13), DD(8)
msnoble, Stateroom 6034, Maureen, Brian, Erica (age 12 (2 weeks from 13 ) and Russell (age 10)
MonicaW, Stateroom 2629, Mike and Monica (adults), Kimberly (14)
CubCatsK&D (Happy Birthday!), Stateroom 7134, Kim and Deb (adults), Cameron (12)
Aby, Stateroom 7126, Kim and Chuck (30-somethings)

Pluto Group

Godalejr (Happy Birthday!), Stateroom????, Jenn (40), Jeff (39), DS (9)
Wisegal (Happy Birthday to the little guys!), Stateroom 6111, Nicole (34), DH - Dave (40), DD - Brooklyn (5), DS - Michael (4)
Kgsmith (Happy Anniversary!), Stateroom 7092, Karen (40), Stuart (39), Bennett (9)
Mrs. Gumdrop's DSIL, 6100, Melissa (30-something)
AppleGuy, Stateroom 5138, Gary and Donna (adults)
AppleGuy's Friends, Stateroom 5136, Lee and Sharon (adults)
Dancing Mickey's (Happy Birthday!), Stateroom ????, Dancing Mickey's, DH, DD (4) DS (10)
Pops711, Stateroom ???, Jerry, Melanie, Faith (10.5 months), Bella (10.5 months)
MercoBear, Stateroom #5462, Gretchen, Dustin (30-Something)

No sticky, chewy candy for Erica, and no food, please, for Mellers family (all 3 have MAJOR dietary issues)

And here's the Day-Before Meet List:

Mellers (5 people)
Scothen (1 person)
ALawley (11 people)
Mrs. Gumdrop (2 people, maybe)

 

[ICollectBelle]

I just finished booking all my excursions & Palo! I was looking at some of the excursion times for Ketchikan and there are so many! I started going down the list and here are a few samples. Best of Ketchikan by land and sea, 1:45-5:45. City highlights, totems and creek street by trolley, 1:45-3:45, 3:45-5:45, 5:45-7:45. Classic Misty Fjords Flightseeing, 3:15-5:45, 5:00-7:30. Disney Exclusive: The great lumberjack enhanced show, 4:30-6:30. If you know of any that you want times for let me know and I'll try and check for you.

 

[Mrs. Gumdrop]

I just finished booking all my excursions & Palo! I was looking at some of the excursion times for Ketchikan and there are so many! I started going down the list and here are a few samples. Best of Ketchikan by land and sea, 1:45-5:45. City highlights, totems and creek street by trolley, 1:45-3:45, 3:45-5:45, 5:45-7:45. Classic Misty Fjords Flightseeing, 3:15-5:45, 5:00-7:30. Disney Exclusive: The great lumberjack enhanced show, 4:30-6:30. If you know of any that you want times for let me know and I'll try and check for you.

You hit the nail on the head for me. We are considering The Best of K excursion, and looking at the times I bet we would miss our dinner seating since we have main seating. I guess that's a conversation we will have to have. Thanks for looking.

Congrats on your ressies! I bet it feel great to have them squared away!

 

[poohj80]

I just finished booking all my excursions & Palo! I was looking at some of the excursion times for Ketchikan and there are so many! I started going down the list and here are a few samples. Best of Ketchikan by land and sea, 1:45-5:45. City highlights, totems and creek street by trolley, 1:45-3:45, 3:45-5:45, 5:45-7:45. Classic Misty Fjords Flightseeing, 3:15-5:45, 5:00-7:30. Disney Exclusive: The great lumberjack enhanced show, 4:30-6:30. If you know of any that you want times for let me know and I'll try and check for you.

If you have the time, might I suggest posting excursion times in the Alaskan Shore Excursion Times thread:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2666085

to help others in their planning. I have only seen earlier cruises posted so far.

Thanks!

 

[CubCatsK&D]

I just finished booking all my excursions & Palo! I was looking at some of the excursion times for Ketchikan and there are so many! I started going down the list and here are a few samples. Best of Ketchikan by land and sea, 1:45-5:45. City highlights, totems and creek street by trolley, 1:45-3:45, 3:45-5:45, 5:45-7:45. Classic Misty Fjords Flightseeing, 3:15-5:45, 5:00-7:30. Disney Exclusive: The great lumberjack enhanced show, 4:30-6:30. If you know of any that you want times for let me know and I'll try and check for you.

Congrats on the Palo! Brunch - Dinner or both??

If you have time, could you check the times on the "Saxman Native Village" and the "Bear Country & Wildlife Expedition" both in Ketchikan. For some reason Ketchikan is making me crazy - well I'm sure its the crazy docking time...

 

[ICollectBelle]

Congrats on the Palo! Brunch - Dinner or both??

If you have time, could you check the times on the "Saxman Native Village" and the "Bear Country & Wildlife Expedition" both in Ketchikan. For some reason Ketchikan is making me crazy - well I'm sure its the crazy docking time...

We are doing both! Brunch, Dinner, and I signed up for a high tea. I've never tried high tea or even know much about it but I figured I'd sign up, do some research and then decide if I really want to try it. I checked your time for the "Saxman Native Village" it's 2:15-5:15. Can't find the other, could it be called something else? Let me know and I'll be glad to check for you.

 

[mmouse37]

So I asked Milliepie (a very talented and generous dis-signer) to add the date of out trip to one of her designs. I liked her work so much that I borrowed a few of her other dis-signes and embellished them a bit. Feel free to use any and all as you like.

Find larger image here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishtosee/5529627700/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Find larger image here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishtosee/5529627622/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Find larger image here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishtosee/5529627314/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Find larger image here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wishtosee/5529039263/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Thank you so much for all these designs...they are truly wonderful!! I am going to start my door decorations and these will certainly come in handy.

Thanks again for sharing!!

MJ

 

[CubCatsK&D]

We are doing both! Brunch, Dinner, and I signed up for a high tea. I've never tried high tea or even know much about it but I figured I'd sign up, do some research and then decide if I really want to try it. I checked your time for the "Saxman Native Village" it's 2:15-5:15. Can't find the other, could it be called something else? Let me know and I'll be glad to check for you.

Thanks for checking the times for me. The second excursion I asked about said "seasonal" on the excursion menu - so I guess it won't be offered on our day.

Can't offer up any info on high tea, but we love brunch, dinner 2nd choice.

 

[Mrs. Gumdrop]

We are doing both! Brunch, Dinner, and I signed up for a high tea. I've never tried high tea or even know much about it but I figured I'd sign up, do some research and then decide if I really want to try it. I checked your time for the "Saxman Native Village" it's 2:15-5:15. Can't find the other, could it be called something else? Let me know and I'll be glad to check for you.

I have done all three meals in the past and I would say that High Tea is my least favorite of the Palo offerings. That said, it's still Palo, so we had a good time! Here is a link to more info on the Palo Brunch.

 

[Mrs. Gumdrop]

Thank you so much for all these designs...they are truly wonderful!! I am going to start my door decorations and these will certainly come in handy.

Thanks again for sharing!!

MJ

I am glad you enjoy them! You are very welcome!

 

[mellers]

For those who are coming into Seattle before the cruise, and who want to do a Native American cultural program, you might want to try this:

http://www.tillicumvillage.com/

Particularly if you can't go to the Saxman Native Village.

 

[mellers]

Thanks for checking the times for me. The second excursion I asked about said "seasonal" on the excursion menu - so I guess it won't be offered on our day.

Can't offer up any info on high tea, but we love brunch, dinner 2nd choice.

CubCatsK&D--if you want to do the Bear Country Excursion, you might want to check out these two posts:

#185 and #198

You might be able to get a tour if you book it directly yourself.

 

[Mrs. Gumdrop]

Check out this thread. No Pirate night AT ALL and a new Menu instead.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2703700

 

[mellers]

Check out this thread. No Pirate night AT ALL and a new Menu instead.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2703700

From what they say in the thread, it doesn't sound like we'll know for sure until the May cruisers get back home.

 

[mellers]

There's a Groupon for a one-night stay and a massage for two at the Nita Lake Lodge in Whistler:

http://click.e.groupon.com/?qs=7885...307cb31a2c4adbefe34cbba0475ca0dba156baccba948

 

[Mrs. Gumdrop]

From what they say in the thread, it doesn't sound like we'll know for sure until the May cruisers get back home.

It's true, but if you enjoy the speculation game, there is plenty of fodder.