July 12, 2011 - Sailing to Alaska is WONDERful style!!!

[alikat99]

I didn't see another thread (unless I missed it), so I figured that I would start one.

I just booked last night, sailing in one of the SPH rooms (the last one said the DCL rep).

My cast of characters will be:
Amy - myself - celebrating my 42nd birthday on 7/18
Chris - DH (44)
Emily - DD (9)
Madison - DD (7)
(ages at time of cruise)

We've never been to Alaska, so I'm looking forward to this cruise as a first experience. I'm sure that we'll want to go back in the future!! This will be DCL cruise #9 for us. We have sailed 4 times on the Magic and 3 times on the Wonder, and we're scheduled to sail again on the Wonder on 3/28/10 over Spring Break (we couldn't pass up kids sail free offer).

We're FL residents, so Alaska will be QUITE a change for us (not so much for me, since I'm a Chicago native), but definitely for the rest of my family, as they're definitely Florida natives (DH moved there when he was 2).

And, I'm hoping that a bunch of my DISfriends will be joining us for this cruise!!

 

[fireplug]

This was going to be our 2nd choice cruise. I wish I had known you were going on it. The 12th is Coleens birthday! I hope you have a great time. We go about 5 weeks before you so I will do some reporting.

SQuid

 

[alikat99]

Oh no Steve - are you sure you don't wanna switch?? Julie, Erin, Diana and Stacy are all considering this cruise. Not sure if everyone will be sailing, but there's talk.

 

[mrsmoore]

I am going to join you here, and hope on 9/28 I can officially join!! This is our first choice, also looking at August 30, but over Labor Day so I think it might be more. We will likely be:
ME (will turn 34 shortly after cruise)
DH (36)
DD (will turn 6, 7/17)

And possibly FIL and his wife. We hope my parents will think about joining us too.

We are hoping for a Category 11B, hopefully a sideways. FIL is getting a Cat 5 and T quote, we shall see.

This will be our first DCL. We live in Seattle, so the lack of need for airfare made this too easy!! We plan to take Amtrak up to Vancouver the day before and stay one night. Amtrak back is a late departing time, so should catch it the day we return.

Fingers crossed. A higher deposit might be the deciding factor for us, we shall see!

 

[alikat99]

Hi Marsha - since we're coming from FL, we looked into airfare, and I think that we're going to end up going up a few days early and flying into Seattle. Then, we were also considering Amtrak up to Vancouver. I was laughing with my kids that we'd be doing "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" + a ship, but since they're so young, they didn't appreciate my "humor".

 

[mrsmoore]

Amy,
You guys will have a great time checking out Seattle!! DH and I did a short overnight trip to Vancouver on Amtrak, and ride is absolutely awesome!! You gotta sit on the West side of the train, you will have the best view. Much of it runs along the water.

I really hope we can get on this sailing, to spend DD's birthday with Disney would be awesome!! We took her to Disneyland in February and had thought about a return trip for her 5th or 6th birthday, but this is too perfect!

I will be happy to provide any feedback and ideas on things to do in Seattle!

 

[hawaiian mickey]

aloha,
We booked the alaska cruise and we can't wait for 2011.
We are going to be a party of 6.
Henry
Brenda DW
Carmen DM
Marie DM-in law
Alison DF
Liz DF
2 SPH rooms
1 cat 9

aloha,
hawaiian mickey

 

[alikat99]

Hey hawaiian mickey - which SPHs did you get? We have sailed in 5024 several times, but this time we're on the other side of the ship in 5520.

I LOVE the SPH rooms!!!

 

[hawaiian mickey]

aloha,
We'll be neighbors. We are in SPH 5522-5524. We also love SPH.

aloha,
hawaiian mickey

 

[Melrosgirl]

We just booked!

 

[kiddisney]

hi - just confirmed our cruise - we've got two rooms

5013 & 5014

it's me, dh, dd (21 at that time), ds (19 at that time), & ds (6 at that time)

we can't wait -

it looks like the dis cruisers know that deck 5 is great - all the spr's were booked by the tiime we called - but we got 5013 - the first room that we had when we did the inaugural magic & wonder cruises - so it'll be like 'home' in our special room on this inaugural cruise to alaska

but we can't wait - it's going to be great -

 

[mrsmoore]

We are hoping for Deck 5 too! Hopefully one of those sideways 11B rooms, which looks like 5013 is? Is that room roomy??!! It will just be DH, me, and DD (6), so figure that will be perfect!

 

[kiddisney]

5013 is the sideways room - it's on the front end of the ship - so it's not so crowded - we were going to get two i/s staterooms but thought that the porthole would be good to look out as we cruise since we'll be closer to shore than on a full open ocean cruise - hope to see other dis'ers on this special trip

 

[jship210]

We're booked! Jack~Patty~ DS Ben & Jason. Now I gotta get a new trip counter

 

[vpalmer]

Add three more to the July 12th sailing.

We are in Cat 7a #7620 (Secret Verandah cabin)

Our cast includes:
Myself: Veronica - 35 at the time
DH: Also 35 at the time
DD: 8 at the time of sailing


I would be more than happy to set up a logo for our sailing. I see the 7-26 folks are using Donald. There is a cute Mickey picture on a floatplane. What do you guys think about using that?

 

[jship210]

Add three more to the July 12th sailing.

We are in Cat 7a #7620 (Secret Verandah cabin)

Our cast includes:
Myself: Veronica - 35 at the time
DH: Also 35 at the time
DD: 8 at the time of sailing


I would be more than happy to set up a logo for our sailing. I see the 7-26 folks are using Donald. There is a cute Mickey picture on a floatplane. What do you guys think about using that?

 

[vpalmer]

Thanks. Here is my first attempt. I can make any changes needed. If anyone has a catchier name, that's great too.

ETA: Sorry, way too huge - resizing...

ETA again - Let's try this:

 

[mrsmoore]

We are waiting on DU to get our official notice of a quote, but we plan to be on board, have deposit ready!!

Can I make a cheesy suggestion for a name?

One of my favorite rides at Disneyland is Big Thunder Mountain. When you are waiting they say, "hold on to your hats, this is the wildest ride in the west".

What about a name like that, "Wildest Cruise in the West".

Okay, that probably sounds totally cheesy, but just an idea!

I do not know how I am going ot make it until July of 2011!!

 

[vpalmer]

We are waiting on DU to get our official notice of a quote, but we plan to be on board, have deposit ready!!

Can I make a cheesy suggestion for a name?

One of my favorite rides at Disneyland is Big Thunder Mountain. When you are waiting they say, "hold on to your hats, this is the wildest ride in the west".

What about a name like that, "Wildest Cruise in the West".

Okay, that probably sounds totally cheesy, but just an idea!

I do not know how I am going ot make it until July of 2011!!

I love that! My DD calls BTMR "The Wildest Ride in the West" ride.

 

[wdw1014]

Hi,
Count us in for the July 12th, Alaskan Cruise. My cast includes
Me: Angie
DH: Greg
DS: Brock
DDIL:Betzy

This is my forth cruise, DH second cruise, DS forth cruise, and DDIL first cruise. All with DCL. I have no idea how I will wait until 2011, but talking with others on the same cruise will sure help!