August 9, 2011 (8/9/2011) Taking the Wonder to see the AMERICAN CHILD

caitlinsdad · Feb 22, 2011

With sadness in my heart, I must cancel our planned cruise. Due to unexpected expenses and a reduction in income has caused me to cancel our cruise.

I wish you all a great cruise. I look forward to reading the trip reports,

geffric · Feb 22, 2011

caitlinsdad said:
With sadness in my heart, I must cancel our planned cruise. Due to unexpected expenses and a reduction in income has caused me to cancel our cruise.

I wish you all a great cruise. I look forward to reading the trip reports,

oh I am so disappointed for you.. and sad to see you go.. :guilty:

geffric · Feb 22, 2011

MassDisLovers said:
Has anyone given any thought to excursions yet? I've been reading and researching everything I can get my hands on. From what I've read, just about all the authors/guidebooks say that if you're going to Alaska, an excursion not to miss is to the Misty Fijords at the end of the Sawyer Glaciers in Ketchikan. DCL seems to have a couple options for this.

Another hint I've read (AlaskaCruiseAdvisor.com) is to take the Mt. Roberts Tram (about $21pp) in Juneau. The entrance to the tram is next door to the cruise ship docks and they say it's an amazing view from the top - the city of Juneau, Channel Islands, fijords, glaciers and mountains. There's also a very good chance of seeing wildlife like marmots, eagles, wolves, bears, goats, deer, etc. Also in Juneau you can take an inexpensive bus (about $10.00pp) to the Mendenhall Glacier National Park.

Haven't figured out anything for Skagway yet - anyone have any ideas? I bought the Frommer's Alaska Cruises and Ports of Call book but I'm a little disappointed in it. It spends a lot of time talking about ships and itineraries, not so much about things to do in port.

Hope everyone is well. Once our "paid by" date comes around it will seem like the trip is just around the corner! :

Karen

i have looked at excursions.. but :confused:

i am looking to see what others have experienced before my final choices.. but i did look at the same Juneau ones you had mentioned..

starwood said:
They are doing the 6/24 Podcast cruise with us on the Dream. We are doing the Podcast events - they are not.

we looked at the 4 day DREAM podcast cruise.. but DH would rather do a 7 day.. plus who am I kidding.. i have lots of "friends" on the cruise and wanted to be with them..

TheDisneyGirl02 · Feb 23, 2011

caitlinsdad said:
With sadness in my heart, I must cancel our planned cruise. Due to unexpected expenses and a reduction in income has caused me to cancel our cruise.

I wish you all a great cruise. I look forward to reading the trip reports,

I will miss your weekly countdowns.

jilljill · Feb 23, 2011

Ed Sorry to see you cancel, but totally understand.

caitlinsdad · Feb 23, 2011

jilljill said:
Ed Sorry to see you cancel, but totally understand.

Thank you, I'm hoping that the 2012 summer schedule for the wonder is posted soon. I may be able to transfer my reservation's down payment to that cruise.

I'm still hopping for Alaska.

USUKMama · Feb 23, 2011

We will be on the August 9th Alaska Cruise. We are cruise newbies and are VERY excited. Could you add us to your list?

USUKMama - Sophia
DH - Rich
DS - Age 10 at time of cruise
DS - Age 7 at time of cruise
DD - Age 4 at time of cruise

Sophia

:yay:

jilljill · Feb 23, 2011

Perdita&Pongo said:
Heigh-ho party people!! Please add us to the list of cruisers:

Pongo&Perdita - Nancy 47
DH - David 48 (atoc)
DD - Megan 14
DD - Emma 8 (atoc)

This will be our 9th DCL cruise:
1,2,3,4 Bahamas
5 Panama Canal Eastbound Crossing
6 Western Carribean
7 Mediterranean
8 TransAtlantic Westbound
9 Alaska!!!

I have just started planning this trip, but I am already on cruise crack!!!

I haven't read this thread yet, but I will over the next week or so. I did catch up on the Vancouver FAQ thread.

A special "HI!" to Ed, caitlinsdad, who we have cruised with before!!

USUKMama said:
We will be on the August 9th Alaska Cruise. We are cruise newbies and are VERY excited. Could you add us to your list?

UKUSMama - Sophia
DH - Rich
DS - Age 10 at time of cruise
DS - Age 7 at time of cruise
DD - Age 4 at time of cruise

Sophia

Welcome - I'll get you both added to the first post shortly.

Elfinjojo · Feb 23, 2011

Hi all, haven't posted in a couple of weeks it has been a little busy here back home but am currently on a week off of work(school break) so am enjoying some down time with the family.

Welcome to the newbies that have joined since I last posted and sorry to see some of the original cruisers having cancelled.

Thanks Joe for the FE updates, I am so excited about taking part in this, just trying to work out the best things to bring as a taste of the UK. Any requests :lmao:

So we have looked at the ports of call excurscions and have more or less settled on one for each POC, just need to the booking day to open up now and see what we can do.

Have a good week everyone
:cheer2:

TheDisneyGirl02 · Feb 25, 2011

USUKMama said:
We will be on the August 9th Alaska Cruise. We are cruise newbies and are VERY excited. Could you add us to your list?

USUKMama - Sophia
DH - Rich
DS - Age 10 at time of cruise
DS - Age 7 at time of cruise
DD - Age 4 at time of cruise

Sophia

Welcome aboard!!!!

If you're interested in taking part in the Fish Extender Exchange, send a PM to JoeSchmieg...actually I think you need like 10 posts to send a PM so just post a couple of times on here and then you'll be at 10 really fast! :thumbsup2

We're trying to figure out our airfare this weekend...I was just wondering, if you've booked your flight home, what time are you leaving Vancouver?

geffric · Feb 25, 2011

TheDisneyGirl02 - we are on a 2pm flight..so plenty of time to get off the ship and to the airport.

USUKMama · Feb 25, 2011

TheDisneyGirl02 said:
We're trying to figure out our airfare this weekend...I was just wondering, if you've booked your flight home, what time are you leaving Vancouver?

We are on a 12:10 PM flight out of Vancouver. I'm a bit nervous about that (this is our first ever cruise so apart from avidly reading these boards I have NO idea how disembarkation works). They did say anything after 12PM should be fine........ :confused:

Sophia

Caropooh · Feb 26, 2011

Don't you all hate me, but I'm so happy we don't have to worry about flights this time! :cool1:

geffric · Feb 26, 2011

Caropooh said:
Don't you all hate me, but I'm so happy we don't have to worry about flights this time!

well all the times you did fly back and a long way back./. we can let you skate this once..

we stood in line to get off on the PC and i said never again.. all the worrying , and running to get a plane was not the way to end a wonderful vacation..

TheDisneyGirl02 · Feb 26, 2011

Caropooh said:
Don't you all hate me, but I'm so happy we don't have to worry about flights this time!

I hate flying so thinking about booking a flight freaks me out! Sadly, it will take too long to drive from PA to Vancouver and I'm hoping to have a full time job by that point.

WiscBill · Feb 27, 2011

We will be going on this cruise, #6 on Disney

DH- Bill
DW-Maureen
DD- Kay (9)

We plan to arrive the Sunday before the cruise and spend a few days in Vancouver. After, we will spend three days in Victoria before returning home.

Looking forward to drinking (irish?) coffee in order to keep warm during the cruise.

alanapapa · Feb 27, 2011

Caropooh said:
Don't you all hate me, but I'm so happy we don't have to worry about flights this time!

I don't hate you; I don't have to worry about flights either. :lmao:

alanapapa · Feb 27, 2011

WiscBill said:
We will be going on this cruise, #6 on Disney

DH- Bill
DW-Maureen
DD- Kay (9)

We plan to arrive the Sunday before the cruise and spend a few days in Vancouver. After, we will spend three days in Victoria before returning home.

Looking forward to drinking (irish?) coffee in order to keep warm during the cruise.