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

[taramoz]

Yep. I'm really looking forward to it!!!!

My husband did the Disney College program and has such great memories from it! Best of luck

 

[caitlinsdad]

GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
BOYS AND GIRLS!
WE SET SAIL IN
38 WEEKS! ​

For our August 9 th, 2011 Alaska Cruise ​

Let the party begin

​

 

[geffric]

OOO good post.. DS#2 and I were justing talking about this cruise.... i am looking forward to it..

 

[jilljill]

Thanks for the update Ed, look forward to it every week even if I do check in late sometimes.

 

[caitlinsdad]

GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
BOYS AND GIRLS!
WE SET SAIL IN
37 WEEKS! ​

For our August 9 th, 2011 Alaska Cruise ​

Let the party begin

​

 

[JLSE50]

Happy thanksgiving

 

[Caropooh]

Happy Thanksgiving from the snowy, chill Pacific Northwest!

This was taken on Tuesday. Pretty much the same, but we did get a little rain this morning so the snow has melted some.

 

[bzzelady]

Brrrrr!

I spent the weekend researching the Seattle options and we made a final decision and booked air into Sea-Tac (Delta from Philadelphia for $370 round trip with only 1 stop each way....short layovers in Minneapolis). I will Priceline for a downtown Seattle hotel closer to departure time.

Next morning (August 6th), we will take Amtrak Cascades to Vancouver (booked business class seats for only $9 more per person with AAA discount-just over $200 for the five of us). Pan Pacific is already booked for the three pre cruise nights. I still may play around with Priceline closer to departure but I got a city view rate of $226/night with AAA discount....which I thought was pretty good.
This will give us part of the day on Saturday, all day Sunday, and all day Monday for touring Vancouver. We may drive the Sea to Sky highway to Whistler on Monday but will decide that closer to the trip. If we do that, we will do a one day car rental from National at the Pan Pacific.

Post cruise we will not be flying back until Friday so we have a couple more days to tour when we return to Seattle-returning via the Quick Coach. We booked a city tour with Tours Northwest, a Pike Place Market tour with Savor Seattle Tours, and a pub crawl tour for the boys in the evening with Seattle By Foot. The tours were reasonably priced and I think will help us get the most out of the downtown area in a short amount of time.

So far, I am really happy with how our plans are unfolding

Hey, for anyone who might be arriving August 6th, the last night of Celebration of Light will be that night. This is one of the most prestigious fireworks competitions in the world and we are really looking forward to seeing it!

 

[taramoz]

So I booked our hotel today, we are going down Saturday and staying at the Hyatt Regency in downtown before the cruise! No flight yet, trying to decide how to use my miles between this trip and our trip to Florida in Oct, would use miles for this trip hands down except for the fact that I need to trasnfer some points from my hubby to me (at a cost) to book the whole thing and so I need to work the numbers some more.

 

[caitlinsdad]

GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
BOYS AND GIRLS!
WE SET SAIL IN
36 WEEKS! ​

For our August 9 th, 2011 Alaska Cruise ​

Let the party begin

​

 

[TheDisneyGirl02]

Wow...only 36 weeks away!!!

 

[jilljill]

Booked our flights last night. Flying from Philly into Seattle the morning of the 6th, and then on the morning of the 7th we'll Amtrak up to Vancouver for 2 nights. Flying back to Philly from Vancouver the afternoon they kick us off the ship. We had flight vouchers from USAir and the only thing we had to pay was the international tax portion of each ticket, about $41 each. So now to make a hotel ressie in Seattle for the 1 night and to book Amtrak for the trip up.

 

[bzzelady]

Sounds like a lot of us have our plans starting to pull together!

 

[starwood]

Next week I will be at Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party. Then the Podcast Cruise on 12/12. We have our flight booked and hotel in Vancouver.

 

[taramoz]

Next week I will be at Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party.

A little over 2 weeks until I am at MVMCP! Enjoy!

 

[caitlinsdad]

GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
BOYS AND GIRLS!
WE SET SAIL IN
35 WEEKS! ​

For our August 9 th, 2011 Alaska Cruise ​

Let the party begin

​

 

[caitlinsdad]

GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
BOYS AND GIRLS!
WE SET SAIL IN
34 WEEKS! ​

For our August 9 th, 2011 Alaska Cruise ​

Let the party begin

​

 

[geffric]

Looking at ABD vancouver trip pre cruise.. DH thinks we can do it for a lot less on our own.. but he did check airfare and we are flying directly to Vancouver.. so we can site see there for a few days..

 

[starwood]

Back from podcast cruise 2.0 and rebooked for podcast cruise 3.0. So I still have 2 cruises booked. Now to focus on Alaska.

 

[jilljill]

We're looking at the ABD add-on for the cruise. I was pricing out excursions on other cruiseline's websites and the ABD add-on isn't that out of line in price. Just trying to think things over and hoping DCL puts on their excursions in the next few days.