August 3, 2015 ~ 7-Night Alaskan Cruise on Disney Wonder

Names, gender and ages of each person in the cabin:
The Mead Family!
Pat, male, 56, favorite character Mickey
Margo, female, 50, favorite character Merida
Cody, male, 29, favorite character Wall-E
Kelley, female, 27 (Cody's wife), favorite character Nemo
Blake, male, 21, favorite characters are from Big Hero 6. Blake has autism but is very smart and high-functioning.
Duncan, male, 17, same favorites as Blake. Duncan also has autism, also very smart and high-functioning.

Any Allergies--Cody is allergic to peanuts. Margo will be recovering from a vertical sleeve gastrectomy and will need to be very careful about what she eats.

Special Celebrations during the cruise--none

Hi Margo,

I wanted to ask about the peanut allergy...
A. Do we need to avoid "may contain traces of nuts" things for Cody?
B. If yes to A, do we also need to avoid "may contain traces of nuts" for other people in your group?
C. Or is it more like nothing with peanuts (or traces of nuts) for Cody but nuts are OK for other people?

Just want to make sure I get it right!

Thanks,
Lindy
 
It just says GTY. Do you know what that means?

GTY is short for Guarantee status stateroom. It means you are guaranteed whatever specific category (i.e. 9C, 7A, 4B) you booked – or better. Unfortunately, it means we won't know the room number until much closer to the cruise. I will bring a dry erase board for my door so we can make notes about room changes in case it gets so close that some people leave before they get their room assignment (or other people move around... I will be staying put hopefully since I am near my parents and my brother's family!)

I am really looking forward to this cruise and love to organize so I have enjoyed this! And I will continue to update if things change around at all!

Heather
 
Hi Margo,

I wanted to ask about the peanut allergy...
A. Do we need to avoid "may contain traces of nuts" things for Cody?
B. If yes to A, do we also need to avoid "may contain traces of nuts" for other people in your group?
C. Or is it more like nothing with peanuts (or traces of nuts) for Cody but nuts are OK for other people?

Just want to make sure I get it right!

Thanks,
Lindy

Nuts are ok with everyone else. Cody does ok with traces of nuts as far as I know. He's never gone into anaphylactic shock, just asthma and vomiting when he eats peanuts, peas, etc. He recently discovered that when you heat peanut oil for frying, it destroys the thing about peanuts that most people have an issue with, so he was able to successfully eat Five Guys fries (but he did have to dine outside because of all the peanuts they keep in there). Thanks for asking.
 
Here is our information:
Cabin # (I will have to get you that info later--neither one of us wants to get up to retrieve the info)--We have two adjoining rooms so we will probably just give you one of the numbers

Names, gender and ages of each person in the cabin:
The Mead Family!
Pat, male, 56, favorite character Mickey
Margo, female, 50, favorite character Merida
Cody, male, 29, favorite character Wall-E
Kelley, female, 27 (Cody's wife), favorite character Goofy
Blake, male, 21, favorite characters are from Big Hero 6. Blake has autism but is very smart and high-functioning.
Duncan, male, 17, same favorites as Blake. Duncan also has autism, also very smart and high-functioning.

Any Allergies--Cody is allergic to peanuts.

Special Celebrations during the cruise--none

I made a couple of changes to our information. I found out that Kelley's favorite character is actually Goofy, and my weight loss surgery has been postponed until December.
 

Thanks so much for including us in the list and organizing this FE!! I have color/shirt size info for our friends in cabin 7505:
Kai - blue, XXXL
Jen - red, medium
Marisa - turquoise or purple, child large
Ashlyn - rainbow, child medium
 
More info for BobSmith! :)
Jen is F. (cabin 7505)
Carter's fave characters - Mickey, anything Marvel (5142)
Liane's faves - Mickey, Winnie the Pooh, all! (5142)

We are counting the days.....
 
Just in case some of you are not on the other page, we are planning on a group meeting on the day we embark. We are planning on meeting on the promenade lounge at 3 pm. This lounge is located on deck 3 between Tritons and Parrot Cay. Hope you can make it!
 
For those in the Mickey/Minnie group: There is a person change in our room. I don't have all the details, but Ian can't make it and my cousin is taking his place. I am updating what I know now and will update with her favorite character asap. Sorry for the change.
 
This is our first time participating in a FE group. Just to be clear, do I make or purchase just one item for each person in our FE group (30)? Also, do we have assigned days to hand out our item or is it left up to us?

Mickey/Minnie Group: 30 people - 8 Cabins

Cabin # 7039;

Heather F - Belle
Leigh Anne F -Mickey
Della F 9 - Anna
Emma F 23 months - Minnie

no allergies
It is our first Disney cruise

Cabin # 2142

Pat M 56 - Mickey
Margo F 50 - Merida
Cody M 29 - Wall-E
Kelley F 27 (Cody's wife) - Goofy
Blake M 21 - characters from Big Hero 6. Blake has autism but is very smart and high-functioning.
Duncan M 17 same favorites as Blake. Duncan also has autism, also very smart and high-functioning.

Any Allergies--Cody is allergic to peanuts.
This is our 4th cruise, first Alaska cruise.

Cabin # 2612

Geoffrey M - Any, Yellow or green
Lindy F - Tinkerbell, Green or purple
Cameron M 11 - Stitch, Blue
Emily F 9 - Baymax, White

Geoffrey will be celebrating his 40th birthday
It is our first cruise.
We don't have any allergies.

Cabin #5624

Cate F 7
Elle F 6
Spencer M 4

No allergies
No favorite characters in particular

Cabin #5509

Mariah-23- Belle- fav color green
Dagan- 21- Pascal (the chameleon from Tangled)
Esther- 19- Pocahontas- fav color green

First Cruise
No Allergies


Cabin #6558

Ken M 75 - Color-Red, Character-Woody. 75th Birthday!
Linda F 68 - Color-Green, Character-Minnie Mouse

No Allergies

Cabin #6045

Dave M will be 46 on 8/4/15 - Red - Jack-Jack - 1st Disney Cruise, 2nd cruise overall! Adult Xlarge shirt size
Reneé F 43 - Purple, Green, Chocolate Brown - Boo, Baymax, Winnie the Pooh, and Tinkerbell - 1st Disney Cruise, 4th cruise overall! Adult Large shirt size
AJ M 10 - Orange - Baymax & Jack Sparrow - 1st Cruise!! Youth Medium shirt size
Tyler M 7 - Blue - Mater, Baymax - 1st Cruise!! Youth Medium shirt size

No allergies

Cabin #7505
Kai M 42 - Gaston from Beauty and the Beast, Blue, XXXL
Jen F 41 - Mickey, Red, Medium
Marisa F 10 - Tsum tsums or Baymax, Turquoise or purple, Child Large
Ashlyn F 7 - Tsum Tsums or Baymax, Rainbow, Child Medium

No allergies

Donald/Daisy Group: 30 people - 9 Cabins

Cabin # 2085 & 2083 (probably put FE on just 1 of the rooms)

Joe M - Mickey Mouse and Gaston
Louella F - Lilo & Stitch and Minnie Mouse
Derek M 13 - Mickey Mouse
Joshua M 12 - Mickey Mouse
Dylan M 7 - Mickey Mouse & Buzz
Dominic M 4 - Mickey Mouse and & Woody

No allergies

Cabin #: GTY

James M - Grumpy
Bridget F - Mickey
Emily F 11 - Eeyore
Alice F 8 - Duffy

Any Allergies: no allergies
Special Celebrations during the cruise: no celebrations

Wife's 40th birthday
Cruise #3, first time to Alaska for most of us, and our kids love dogs

Cabin #5006

Brett M - Mickey & Rafiki- fav. color blue
Carla F - Minnie & Nala & Elsa ('cause it is Alaska!)- fav. color- all of them

First Cruise
No Allergies

Cabin #5505

Jon- 28- Wall-E- fav color neon orange
Marissa- 26- Baymax (Big Hero 6)- fav color blue

Marissa is allergic to Dairy

Cabin #1074

Chris M 46 Mickey
April F 39 Minnie
Jordan M 6 Any of the Marvel Characters

No Allergies
First Cruise

Cabin #5010

Spencer M 25 Color-Blue, Character-Crush from Finding Nemo
Zac M 21 - Color-Green, Character-Mike Wazowski from Monsters, Inc.
Makenzie F 18 - Color-Teal, Character-Rapunzel from Tangled
Julia F 15 - Color-Blue, Character-Anything Aristocats

No Allergies

Cabin #6556

Boyd M 46 - Color-Blue, Character-Kronk from Emperor's New Groove
Gabby F 46 - Color-Purple, Izma from Emperor's New Groove

Allergic to pistachios


Cabin #6634

Chris M 44 - Blue - Kronk - 3rd Disney Cruise, 5th cruise overall!! Adult 2x shirt size
Beverly F 44 - Blue - Rapunzel - 3rd Disney Cruise, 5th cruise overall!! Adult 2x shirt size
Natalie F - 11 - Turquoise - Pocahontas and Stitch - 4th Cruise!! 3rd Disney Cruise, 7th cruise overall! Youth Large shirt size

No allergies

Cabin #5142
Carter M 40 - Mickey, Any marvel, Blue, XL 41st Birthday on the cruise!
Liane F 40 - Mickey, Winnie the Pooh, pink, L
Kelia F 9 - Olaf, Gogo Tomago (Big Hero 6), Tsum Tsum, red and pink, child L
Kanoelani F 6 - Dumbo, Jasmine, Tsum Tsum, turquoise and pink, child M

No allergies
 
Please NOTE I added the genders to room 5509

Cabin #5509

Mariah-F-23- Belle- fav color green
Dagan-M- 21- Pascal (the chameleon from Tangled)
Esther- F-19- Pocahontas- fav color green

Mickey/Minnie Group: 30 people - 8 Cabins

Cabin # 7039;

Heather F - Belle
Leigh Anne F -Mickey
Della F 9 - Anna
Emma F 23 months - Minnie

no allergies
It is our first Disney cruise

Cabin # 2142

Pat M 56 - Mickey
Margo F 50 - Merida
Cody M 29 - Wall-E
Kelley F 27 (Cody's wife) - Goofy
Blake M 21 - characters from Big Hero 6. Blake has autism but is very smart and high-functioning.
Duncan M 17 same favorites as Blake. Duncan also has autism, also very smart and high-functioning.

Any Allergies--Cody is allergic to peanuts.
This is our 4th cruise, first Alaska cruise.

Cabin # 2612

Geoffrey M - Any, Yellow or green
Lindy F - Tinkerbell, Green or purple
Cameron M 11 - Stitch, Blue
Emily F 9 - Baymax, White

Geoffrey will be celebrating his 40th birthday
It is our first cruise.
We don't have any allergies.

Cabin #5624

Cate F 7
Elle F 6
Spencer M 4

No allergies
No favorite characters in particular

Cabin #5509

Mariah-F-23- Belle- fav color green
Dagan-M- 21- Pascal (the chameleon from Tangled)
Esther- F-19- Pocahontas- fav color green

First Cruise
No Allergies


Cabin #6558

Ken M 75 - Color-Red, Character-Woody. 75th Birthday!
Linda F 68 - Color-Green, Character-Minnie Mouse

No Allergies

Cabin #6045

Dave M will be 46 on 8/4/15 - Red - Jack-Jack - 1st Disney Cruise, 2nd cruise overall! Adult Xlarge shirt size
Reneé F 43 - Purple, Green, Chocolate Brown - Boo, Baymax, Winnie the Pooh, and Tinkerbell - 1st Disney Cruise, 4th cruise overall! Adult Large shirt size
AJ M 10 - Orange - Baymax & Jack Sparrow - 1st Cruise!! Youth Medium shirt size
Tyler M 7 - Blue - Mater, Baymax - 1st Cruise!! Youth Medium shirt size

No allergies

Cabin #7505
Kai M 42 - Gaston from Beauty and the Beast, Blue, XXXL
Jen F 41 - Mickey, Red, Medium
Marisa F 10 - Tsum tsums or Baymax, Turquoise or purple, Child Large
Ashlyn F 7 - Tsum Tsums or Baymax, Rainbow, Child Medium

No allergies

Donald/Daisy Group: 30 people - 9 Cabins

Cabin # 2085 & 2083 (probably put FE on just 1 of the rooms)

Joe M - Mickey Mouse and Gaston
Louella F - Lilo & Stitch and Minnie Mouse
Derek M 13 - Mickey Mouse
Joshua M 12 - Mickey Mouse
Dylan M 7 - Mickey Mouse & Buzz
Dominic M 4 - Mickey Mouse and & Woody

No allergies

Cabin #: GTY

James M - Grumpy
Bridget F - Mickey
Emily F 11 - Eeyore
Alice F 8 - Duffy

Any Allergies: no allergies
Special Celebrations during the cruise: no celebrations

Wife's 40th birthday
Cruise #3, first time to Alaska for most of us, and our kids love dogs

Cabin #5006

Brett M - Mickey & Rafiki- fav. color blue
Carla F - Minnie & Nala & Elsa ('cause it is Alaska!)- fav. color- all of them

First Cruise
No Allergies

Cabin #5505

Jon- 28- Wall-E- fav color neon orange
Marissa- 26- Baymax (Big Hero 6)- fav color blue

Marissa is allergic to Dairy

Cabin #1074

Chris M 46 Mickey
April F 39 Minnie
Jordan M 6 Any of the Marvel Characters

No Allergies
First Cruise

Cabin #5010

Spencer M 25 Color-Blue, Character-Crush from Finding Nemo
Zac M 21 - Color-Green, Character-Mike Wazowski from Monsters, Inc.
Makenzie F 18 - Color-Teal, Character-Rapunzel from Tangled
Julia F 15 - Color-Blue, Character-Anything Aristocats

No Allergies

Cabin #6556

Boyd M 46 - Color-Blue, Character-Kronk from Emperor's New Groove
Gabby F 46 - Color-Purple, Izma from Emperor's New Groove

Allergic to pistachios


Cabin #6634

Chris M 44 - Blue - Kronk - 3rd Disney Cruise, 5th cruise overall!! Adult 2x shirt size
Beverly F 44 - Blue - Rapunzel - 3rd Disney Cruise, 5th cruise overall!! Adult 2x shirt size
Natalie F - 11 - Turquoise - Pocahontas and Stitch - 4th Cruise!! 3rd Disney Cruise, 7th cruise overall! Youth Large shirt size

No allergies

Cabin #5142
Carter M 40 - Mickey, Any marvel, Blue, XL 41st Birthday on the cruise!
Liane F 40 - Mickey, Winnie the Pooh, pink, L
Kelia F 9 - Olaf, Gogo Tomago (Big Hero 6), Tsum Tsum, red and pink, child L
Kanoelani F 6 - Dumbo, Jasmine, Tsum Tsum, turquoise and pink, child M

No allergies
 
This is our first time participating in a FE group. Just to be clear, do I make or purchase just one item for each person in our FE group (30)? Also, do we have assigned days to hand out our item or is it left up to us?

It is up to you and how you want to handle it. The only thing required is either : A) one gift per cabin in your assigned group once during the cruise OR B) one gift per person in your assigned group once during the cruise. If you want to do more (both a cabin gift and an individual gift, give something to both groups, multiple gifts during the cruise) that is up to you. There is no price limit, high or low. No requirement of store bought or handmade. It is just whatever you feel you want to do. No assigned days, this is just for fun!

48.5 days! Can't wait!
 
How is everyone doing? How are you getting from the airport to your hotel the day before? I'm debating on whether I should rent a car or cab it to my hotel.
 
How is everyone doing? How are you getting from the airport to your hotel the day before? I'm debating on whether I should rent a car or cab it to my hotel.

we are arriving late Friday night and taking a cab to the Hyatt. Where are you staying? Unless you are staying outside of town quite a ways, I wouldn't suggest renting a car. Parking downtown is not easy to find and quite expensive. There are great options for the skytrain or the bus system that will be a lot easier and less expensive. That is just my opinion though from the research I have done :)
 
How is everyone doing? How are you getting from the airport to your hotel the day before? I'm debating on whether I should rent a car or cab it to my hotel.
Another vote for $35 cab carload that will have you downtown in 30 minutes with door to door luggage service.
  • no downtown parking $30 a day?
  • no 17.5% non-resident surcharge
  • do we want to talk about those confusing bike lanes and turn restrictions?
  • arriving the day before? did we hear about the Pride Parade road closures that has a few hop on services shutting own for the day for all the road congestion and closures?
    http://vancouverpride.ca/events/pride-parade/
  • If you are arriving before 6pm on Sunday... forget the rental and you might want to skip the cab... the subway may be the most reliable way to downtown for $4.
 
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we are arriving late Friday night and taking a cab to the Hyatt. Where are you staying? Unless you are staying outside of town quite a ways, I wouldn't suggest renting a car. Parking downtown is not easy to find and quite expensive. There are great options for the skytrain or the bus system that will be a lot easier and less expensive. That is just my opinion though from the research I have done :)

Thanks! We are staying at the Delta Suites in Vancouver so it's in the city. It's just that there are 6 of us and usually a cab will only fit 4 additional max so it will be 2 cabs. But yes, parking and driving would be bad.
 
Another vote for $35 cab carload that will have you downtown in 30 minutes with door to door luggage service.
  • no downtown parking $30 a day?
  • no 17.5% non-resident surcharge
  • do we want to talk about those confusing bike lanes and turn restrictions?

Thanks! I think you're right!
 

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