"DCL Klondike Kruisers" - August 23, 2011 PART 2

[JOANNEL]

You will be shocked to know it only sleeps 6. We are full to capacity!

Your right, I would have thought it should sleep more!! Some day!!!

 

[JOANNEL]

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2728567&page=4

Some gorgeous pictures here!!

 

[Shanny145]

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2728567&page=4

Some gorgeous pictures here!!

Fantastic thanks!

 

[mnra]

how is everyone doing this great friday

mark and sue

 

[goslingl]

how is everyone doing this great friday

mark and sue

Happy Friday!!! 10 more Fridays until the cruise. Looking at the pictures from other reports makes me realize how amazing it is going to be. I am excited about Vancover before the cruise too.

 

[seamour]

how is everyone doing this great friday

mark and sue

doing good here in MN, glad it's the weekend!

thought I would share a couple of interesting things I found about Vancouver

Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival
When: June 2 to September 24
Vancouver’s celebrated Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival launches its 22nd season this month, running through to September 24. Bard performances are staged at Kitsilano’s Vanier Park in open-ended tents set against a stunning backdrop of ocean, mountains and sky. Tickets for evening shows are $40 for adults and $30 for youth, while previews and matinees range from $21 to $33 http://www.bardonthebeach.org

Port Metro Vancouver anticipates a busy season, with 200 calls and more than 650,000 passengers expected to arrive and depart from the Port’s two cruise terminals, Canada Place and Ballantyne Pier.

This year, the Port also anticipates a reduced carbon footprint. In 2009, Port Metro Vancouver became the first port in Canada, and third in the world, to install shore power for cruise ships. The system enables ships to connect to the local electrical grid and shut off their diesel engines, significantly reducing carbon emissions. In 2010, 58 ships used shore power; this year, 80 ships are expected to sail into Vancouver with the ability to use the system (a 15% increase from 2010), thereby substantially reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Vancouver.

Vancouver Food Tours Showcases the City's Tastiest Neighbourhoods

Vancouver Food Tours Final(1)Taste the best of Vancouver’s food culture in style. Vancouver Food Tours offers guided culinary tours showcasing unique restaurant gems and local artisanal fare located throughout the city’s tastiest neighbourhoods. Led by passionate food writers, chefs and expert mixologists, each delectable and informative progressive dining tour includes five or more specially selected locales. http://vancouverfoodtour.com/

Vancouver International Airport (YVR) has been named Best Airport in North America for the second year in a row as part of the 2011 Skytrax World Airport Awards. More than 11 million passengers from 100 countries participated in the independent survey which ranks airports worldwide based on 39 criteria including cleanliness, design and layout, retail facilities, clarity of flight information and signs, luggage handling and transportation. YVR also won second place for Staff Service Excellence in North America.


Capilano Suspension Bridge Park—home to the eponymous suspension bridge that is one of B.C.’s top attractions—has just unveiled its newest, thrilling attraction: the 700-foot long (213 metres), 300-foot high (91 metres) Cliffwalk. http://www.insidevancouver.ca/2011/06/02/cliffwalk-at-capilano-suspension-bridge-opens-june-3-2011/


Be sure to check out the Chinatown Night Market (May 20 - September 11) - A shopping extravaganza featuring traditional Asian crafts, fashionable gifts & ethnic foods. The street market contains booths with different merchandises on sale including artistic crafts, creative gifts & decors, modern electronics, fashionable clothes, popular music CD's, VCD's, DVD's, delicious snacks & ethnic food.

So much to do, so little time!

 

[Elfinjojo]

You will be shocked to know it only sleeps 6. We are full to capacity!



Welcome. I will add you to the first page. If you want to share your cabin# and seating I can add that as well.

Thanks our Cabin number is 2134(home from home) we have stayed in this one on the B2B Magic Med cruise, and will be staying in it for this B2B albeit on the Wonder! I believe we have early dining.

I will have a little think about the FE and get back to you on that

 

[seamour]

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2728567&page=4

Some gorgeous pictures here!!

Thanks Joannel, this is a great thread altogether, lots of good details in here!

 

[seamour]

Each evening, watch as Canada Place’s sails light up in a dynamic display of imagery, light and animation during the Sails of Light.

Located on the Canada Place West Promenade, The Canadian Trail is a unique walk across Canada, using surface tiles and coloured glass to depict our vast and diverse country. As you travel along The Canadian Trail, search out familial roots or marvel at some of Canada’s uniquely named cities. The Canada Place West Promenade is divided into 13 equal sections to represent our 10 provinces and three territories. Do you know which province Joe Batt's Arm is located in? Can you find Old Crow along the trail? Visit The Canadian Trail at Canada Place and find out

O Canada! The Heritage Horns at Canada Place
ABOUT
It’s lunchtime in Vancouver and everyone knows it thanks to the Heritage Horns at Canada Place. A comforting sound for locals, and a novel one for visitors, the Heritage Horns have faithfully sounded the first four notes of O Canada everyday at noon at Canada Place for the past 15 years.
The history of the horns dates back much further. The Heritage Horns, as they are known at Canada Place, were built as a BC Hydro Canadian Centennial project in 1967 and were designed by engineer and sound specialist, Robert Swanson. For many years, they were positioned on the roof of the original BC Hydro Building where they sounded every high noon in the downtown core for more than 20 years. When BC Hydro vacated the building in the 1990s, the horns fell silent. Shortly thereafter, a permanent home was found. Canada Place Corporation acquired and refurbished the horns, and placed them on the roof of the Pan Pacific Hotel at Canada Place. And on November 8th of 1994, the familiar sounding of the horns returned to Vancouver at noon, just in time for lunch!
DID YOU KNOW?
• Previously operated on a mechanical timer, the horns would not always chime at exactly noon. As an obvious trigger for lunch, workers within earshot would take their leave when the horns sounded. Canada Place would field many a phone call from local businesses noting their employees would be leaving too early for lunch, attributed of course to an early miscue by the horns. And so it was decided to switch to an electrical timer to ensure a consistent sounding of the horns at 12 noon - sharp! The phone calls have since stopped
• It takes 10 cast aluminum horns to play the first 4 notes of the national anthem
• The horns blow at 115 decibels and can be heard throughout downtown, on the North Shore, and some days, well beyond those parameters
• The Heritage Horns are a local legacy and a proud part of our Canadian history
• The horns use 109 cubic feet of air at 150 PSI (pounds per square inch) for a 6.5 second blast (the first four notes )
(you can hear the horn here http://www.canadaplace.ca/The_Destination/Heritage_Horns

 

[JOANNEL]

Thanks Joannel, this is a great thread altogether, lots of good details in here!

I actually know Ellen, met her and her husband on a members cruise. Then saw her again in May 2009 with her boys on a magic cruise I took with my mom & sister. She takes fabulous pictures.

 

[JOANNEL]

Happy Friday!!! 10 more Fridays until the cruise. Looking at the pictures from other reports makes me realize how amazing it is going to be. I am excited about Vancover before the cruise too.

Yeah!!!! Next week we will be in single digits!!!!

 

[1DisneyQueen]

Thanks our Cabin number is 2134(home from home) we have stayed in this one on the B2B Magic Med cruise, and will be staying in it for this B2B albeit on the Wonder! I believe we have early dining.

I will have a little think about the FE and get back to you on that

When did you do the Med repo? We have done it twice, both the western.

 

[Elfinjojo]

When did you do the Med repo? We have done it twice, both the western.

We didn't actually do the main Med Repo(as in from the states to the med), we did the Repo Dover to Barcelona after the Baltic cruises had taken place, and then Barcelona 11 nighter B2B, as we are in the Uk,and Dover was a mere 1.5hr drive from home. It was a pleasant change NOT to have the 9hr flight before we got to sail, and then at the end of the cruise we had just a 1.5hr flight back home from Barcelona.

Dh & I are very tempted to do a Repo from the med back to the states one time.

 

[seamour]

Dh & I are very tempted to do a Repo from the med back to the states one time.

I just did the east bound transatlantic last month and it was WONDERFUL! Wish I could do the westbound too!

 

[seamour]

I THINK it was someone in our group looking for Chocolate in Vancouver to stock up for the cruise, found this reading the blog by the trolley company.

https://rockymountainchocolatefactory.com/rmcf/control/portalHome

it's on Robson Street in Vancouver.

 

[stsomewhere]

I just did the east bound transatlantic last month and it was WONDERFUL! Wish I could do the westbound too!

I wish I could go, too. EBTA was wonderful.

 

[GrumpyBelle]

10 weeks from today and we will be getting ready to board .

 

[1DisneyQueen]

I just booked another grandchild today. I think I am losing my mind. She is 11.

Have been busy with FE stuff.

Wow, not much of an update, but it is all I have. LOL

 

[JOANNEL]

I just booked another grandchild today. I think I am losing my mind. She is 11.

Have been busy with FE stuff.

Wow, not much of an update, but it is all I have. LOL

What a nice Grandma!!!

Not much going on here either. Very hot and humid!!

 

[goslingl]

I just booked another grandchild today. I think I am losing my mind. She is 11.

Have been busy with FE stuff.

Wow, not much of an update, but it is all I have. LOL

You are so nice. She will never forget this trip and the special memories.