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

[geffric]

Make new friends, but keep the old..... (sing it with me!)

some are silver, some are gold..

 

[Rat-a-too-ee]

A circle is round, it has no end.

 

[alanapapa]

A circle is round, it has no end.

That's how long I want to be your friend.

 

[Caropooh]

That's how long I want to be your friend.

I have a hand and you have another...

 

[jilljill]

I have to break the sing a long chain since I don't know the song.

 

[jilljill]

For those that are going back to the airport after the cruise, how are you getting there ? This is the one thing I hadn't thought about until yesterday.

 

[Dlandfan]

For those that are going back to the airport after the cruise, how are you getting there ? This is the one thing I hadn't thought about until yesterday.

I have been looking at that too. I was looking at the skytrain website. The stop looks to be 2 blocks from the port. Someone on another site said it was 3 blocks. Dose anyone have any info on this? Or should we just look into a van?

 

[MagicMe]

For those that are going back to the airport after the cruise, how are you getting there ? This is the one thing I hadn't thought about until yesterday.

Since we have an 11:20 flight, I figured on grabbing a cab once we clear. Are there other options?

 

[jilljill]

I'm sure DCL has a transfer option but I haven't priced it out yet.

 

[MassDisLovers]

We did the transfer and hotel package with DCL for before the cruise and back to the airport afterwards. I'm pretty sure it was the same for transportation as FL - around $35.00 pp each way. Expensive , but a no-brainer for us!

 

[rsjj]

i believe dcl transfer is $49pp round trip, but if you just want one way (from port to airport or vise versa?) it's $25pp. that's what they told me when i called. still trying to figure out that detail. i did come across aerocar service. not sure if it's been mentioned here or not. probably!! but the price seems reasonable, since there will be 4 of us. anyone have any info on this? pros...cons...?

 

[alanapapa]

some are silver, some are gold..

A circle is round, it has no end.

That's how long I want to be your friend.

I have a hand and you have another...

Put them together and we have each other.

 

[rsjj]

i love karaoke!!

 

[JoeSchmieg]

Good morning!!!

I have updated the FE roster with all the information that I have thus far. Here is the updated link.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc...WhiQklvSmxjOGNaQ0k0ZFE&hl=en&authkey=CPra8bYL

Happy Mother's Day to all the mom's out there!!!
Joe

 

[JLSE50]

The WONDER is in Juneau !!

http://www.webcambiglook.com/fullscreen/juneau2full.htm

.

 

[geffric]

getting from cruise to airport.. other thread said..


It's really up to the personality of the people in your group. I enjoyed a bit of adventure dragging my luggage a block through Vancouver to the Skytrain station entrance, and as we approached the airport a lot more people with luggage got on the train.

I don't know about going from the airport to the port, but onboard Disney was offering a ride to the airport for $25. Walking through the port terminal I saw people with signs advertising a ride for $14, and the Skytrain was $3.75 CAD per adult - $2.50 for the 9 year old.

You will save a lot of money pulling suitcases from the train station to the port, and you can stop in front of the port building to take a picture of the bow of the Wonder before boarding.

 

[JLSE50]

 

[JoeSchmieg]

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms that will be joining us on the August 9th cruise to Alaska!!!!

 

[JLSE50]

VANCOUVER NEWS ABOUT WONDER
http://www.portmetrovancouver.com/e...irst_time_beginning_Alaska_cruise_season.aspx



Could we can put the cam links in post one for friends to use to snag screen shots of us when we are there?


ALASKA WEB CAMS
VANCOUVER - August 9 and 16
http://www.northvancouver.com/webcams/cruisecam/
(I hope we can get a better one than this, but so far everything else I have found is out of service.)

SKAGWAY - August 12
http://www.wpyr.com/

JUNO - Aigust 13
http://www.webcambiglook.com/fullscreen/juneau2full.htm

KETCHIKAN - August 14
http://webcamketchikan.com/mega-view-cam-3/

 

[rsjj]

Our flight isn't till the evening...anyone have any idea/suggestion as to what we can do? We can always just head to yvr...but it seems like a long time to just hang out. We will have luggages...so that might b an issue...