Hi,
Anyone that is playing FE, please make sure I have your info correct on post 2. If I do not, please let me know, so that I can make corrections.
Thanks,
Vicki
5 months from today we set sail!!!!!!!!!
our info is correct. As we are 4 in a 6A GTY it could be a long time before we get a cabin assignment.
Thanks for the info, I don't think either will get themselves into trouble on their own, and actually not too worried about DS. Probably will not give DD signout privileges as she may get herself lost, not as good of a navigator as DS, but DD is only 11.
Anyone else with older kids on the edge of either kids club? What will you do?
Not sure at all what we'll do on that score yet!
For those of you that live in Washington or Canada. How do you think the border crossing will be the morning of the cruise. We will be staying in Bellingham and are hoping to leave sometime in the morning for Vancouver.
Vicki
Tough to say. It's a weekday morning but there are commuters. With the new passes, those folks should fly through though. I don't think we are planning for anything worse than normal. Typically going IN to Canada is a breeze, it's coming back that takes forever.
We are debating parking near the cruise terminal versus perhaps doing a long term parking at the light rail, maybe in Richmond, and riding in from there. We will see. Lots of time to figure that part out. We did Amtrak last November so will probably drive this time, depending on the parking options.
On the cruise board that is the week before ours, people have priced out certain excursions directly vs going through Disney. Some look cheaper, other's don't. My sadness is that I was not able to find the comparable independent tours that we want to do. We have five of us and what really peeves me is that for Disney, I have to pay adult prices for my 11 and 13 year olds! Whatever, I've had to pay adult prices for the dining plan at Disney since they were 10, so I guess I'm used to "taking it"!
Anyhow, I would love to see if others have found better prices. We are specifically looking for cheaper than $176 for the klondike gold dredge/whitepass railway in Skagway; $199 for the best of Juneau; and $(ouch) 359 for the Misty Fjords and floatplane adventure in Ketchikan. (I did see a floatplane, but it did not include what Disney's did)
I'd love to see what folks find. I've not found anything comparable for what we are looking at for enough less for me to feel comfortable. I'd rather not prepay and be out entirely if there is some odd delay or whatever unless it's a rather substantial savings. We are still quite a ways away from excursion booking but it's a huge chunk of change for what we want to do so...we will see.
I have the same peeve. Both with the
DDP and the excursions! And then the kicker is depsite adult prices, neither way enough to zipline!
For those staying at cheap Seattle Airport Motels...be careful, there is some icky icky stuff out there. Some perfectly ok things too but...just sayin'
If the plan is to drive (versus Amtrak) people might be better off heading north and doing like an Embassy Suite or Hampton Inn, just north of the city for a decent rate and early start with no airport ick and nice and close to the highway (while missing that morning commute traffic!). For Amtrak folks, either downtown or Airport would be best.
Part of me is bummed about the Seattle departure but I don't want to wait another year and frankly, sailing between Seattle and Vancouver is of no interest, I've done that lots on a variety of boats so we feel our time is better spent out of Vancouver. Or at least I justify not waiting a year by telling myself that!
but I love vacationing so it's not as painful as say gas right now!!!!!
Let me know if you want to play FE on that cruise as I am keeping a list.
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too cold for me!!! This accountant can't take off before the 15th of any month!!! Just don't be surprised if you see us in December? Are there any big Christmas markets up your way?
