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

[adnil530]

We are from California also. What other cruises are you booked on?

Linda

 

[Bullseyebaby]

We are from California also. What other cruises are you booked on?

Linda

We are booked on that little 2 day cruise in January out of LA... the cruise to Neverland as I call it (no land, 2 sea days). Then 3 days later we are on the Maiden Voyage of the Dream! Woo hoo.... can't wait. We'll be broke by the time Alaska comes around!

 

[kiddisney]

hi - between here and facebook - do we know about how many people we'll have for FE's (or an estimate) and also families - have some ideas - want to be a surprise - but want to buy some things and then personalize them for our cruise - we're getting excited and want to do something for planning - thanks

 

[adnil530]

hi - between here and facebook - do we know about how many people we'll have for FE's (or an estimate) and also families - have some ideas - want to be a surprise - but want to buy some things and then personalize them for our cruise - we're getting excited and want to do something for planning - thanks

I don't think anything has been set down. Mark has traded this cruise for another cruise. He was looking for someone to be an administrator for the facebook page, but I don't know if some one has stepped up or not.

Maybe we should ask for volunteers as to who wants to head up certain things such as FE, personalized lanyards (if we want them), a group meet for a group pic, a group excursion (we have 2 group excursions on our Oct 30, 2010 cruise), a Palo brunch date, a PJ breakfast. There's a lot of things we can plan for. I know how the planning bug goes. This cruise is less than a year out and we don't have any plans!

Whose up for what? It's all open for suggestions and discussion.

Linda

 

[adnil530]

We are booked on that little 2 day cruise in January out of LA... the cruise to Neverland as I call it (no land, 2 sea days). Then 3 days later we are on the Maiden Voyage of the Dream! Woo hoo.... can't wait. We'll be broke by the time Alaska comes around!

Now I am really, really jealous! I didn't find out about the Neverland cruise until too late. My travel agent thought I knew. I would have been there with Tinker "bells" on! With family from Southern CA also. Oh well.

The Dream Maiden Voyage! How sweet is that? We are booked on the Dream's first New Year's cruise which is a double dip and we are excited about that. The Alaska trip should be a wonderful trip. I am so looking forward to it.

Linda

 

[crzy4dals]

Welcome to all of the new comers...

I will start a list for the FE group and have contacted Brian about the Facebook site......

I just got home last night from the 10 day Med cruise and I am trying to recover. Really excited now about this cruise next summer.....

Talk to you all soon.

 

[Fivepin]

We are booked on that little 2 day cruise in January out of LA... the cruise to Neverland as I call it (no land, 2 sea days). Then 3 days later we are on the Maiden Voyage of the Dream! Woo hoo.... can't wait. We'll be broke by the time Alaska comes around!

We will be on the MV of the Dream as well. We were on the Baltic cruise 7/6 and then I went to Taiwan to see family and bring my boys back home. Just got back a week ago!! They started school this past Tuesday.

 

[Fivepin]

I booked last week on Cathay Pacific (Asian airline that came highly recommended) direct flight out of JFK. We usually go out of Newark or Philly, but I saved almost $1300 by booking this flight. The total for 2 adults/2 kids was around $1700. I plan to leave my truck at my parent's house - we live in Ocean County, they are in Middlesex County), and take a car service in.

We have flown Cathay Pacific to Hong Kong and it was great. There was stopover in Vancouver to pick up passengers. I just flew China Airlines back, and to me, the Asian airlines have much customer service on board and the flight attendants were always cleaning the restrooms.

It looks like we will be flying to Seattle from Tampa($400 r/t pp) instead of Vancouver ($750 r/t pp). The Amtrak train to Vancouver for all 6 of us one way is $140 total. DH wants to look into renting a car. I need to make up my mind fast regarding flights since there are so many of us.
Looking into using Marriott points for the Renaissance Harbourside.

 

[susiemmfan]

Hello,

We just got off the 10 day-Med Cruise last week. We were on the same cruise as Erin. It was an amazing vacation, but still feeling the effects of jet lag.

We can't wait to start planning for this cruise.

Susie

 

[crzy4dals]

Hey everyone... I got the site started.....

please see the facebook page for sign on information.

If you have not yet joined our facebook group please come on by!
It is also a closed group so your information is safe.

Look for the Wildest Cruise in the West in groups.

 

[crzy4dals]

Hey Susie... will your mom be traveling with you again?

I am really missing the cruise this week....

 

[LBollengier]

We will be participating in the Fish Extender gift exchange as well.
We had a kids board for our last cruise - it was not too busy - all depends on the ages of the kids

One other thing we did on our last cruise was a Scavenger Hunt - It was a lot of fun. I still have the "hunt" list. It was for the Magic. I am sure I can make one for the Wonder. This was a family event. Just another "event" we can put on the options list.

Hey everyone!! Can we please get in on the fish extenders, scavenger hunts, etc??!! It all sounds like a lot of fun!! There will 4 of us in Cabin 7022...
Ages as of next July...
DH 53 (Gary)
Me OTD (Linda=Older than dirt)
DD 17(Elora)
DD11 (Faith)

We actually booked back in June but I have been totally obsessing about our trip to WDW this December, I fear I am now behind on planning for the Alaska cruise next year!! THis will be our 5th cruise on DCL, our first on the Wonder!!

When I found this thread I got so excited!! Looking forward to "talking" with all of you!!

 

[crzy4dals]

Hey everyone!! Can we please get in on the fish extenders, scavenger hunts, etc??!! It all sounds like a lot of fun!! There will 4 of us in Cabin 7022...
Ages as of next July...
DH 53 (Gary)
Me OTD (Linda=Older than dirt)
DD 17(Elora)
DD11 (Faith)

We actually booked back in June but I have been totally obsessing about our trip to WDW this December, I fear I am now behind on planning for the Alaska cruise next year!! THis will be our 5th cruise on DCL, our first on the Wonder!!

When I found this thread I got so excited!! Looking forward to "talking" with all of you!!

Welcome to the group!

 

[adnil530]

Hey everyone!! Can we please get in on the fish extenders, scavenger hunts, etc??!! It all sounds like a lot of fun!! There will 4 of us in Cabin 7022...
Ages as of next July...
DH 53 (Gary)
Me OTD (Linda=Older than dirt)
DD 17(Elora)
DD11 (Faith)

We actually booked back in June but I have been totally obsessing about our trip to WDW this December, I fear I am now behind on planning for the Alaska cruise next year!! THis will be our 5th cruise on DCL, our first on the Wonder!!

When I found this thread I got so excited!! Looking forward to "talking" with all of you!!

Welcome to you and your family!

I know what you mean about the planning. We are going next month and that is all I can concentrate on. We were GTY and just got our cabin assignments yesterday on our October cruise. We are GTY for this cruise also.

Still trying to decide if we will fly or drive to Vancouver for this cruise...

Talk soon,
Linda

 

[DisneyJan]

Hi Fellow Cruisers,

We are a group of ten going on this cruise. Requesting FB. Jan

 

[crzy4dals]

Welcome Jan!

The planning is just starting.....

 

[DisneyJan]

Welcome Jan!

The planning is just starting.....

Thank you! Sending you a PM.

 

[crzy4dals]

Hello Cruisers.....

290 days and counting......

I am compiling a list of everyone from this thread in an excel doc and will post a link on the website to a google doc.....

I will also send a group PM - in hopes to get the conversations started.

I have a quiet weekend because DH and DS are out camping with Boy Scouts - Food tv and Travel Channel for me!

 

[slg]

We're still going...thanks for the PM. I prefer to post on the boards rather than facebook. I'm not much of a facebook person.

There was so much planning for our baltic cruise, but this cruise is pretty easy for us, so not much planning happening. We sail out of Vancouver, where my parents live...so no hotel, no airfare.

The cruise is only 7 days long and only 3 ports to worry about. Waiting for the excursions to be posted. So far, nothing has excited me too much in the ones I'ved previewed. I'm excited to see the glaciers, that's our main priority. Since I'm from the west coast, totem poles, log shows and gold rush shows are nothing new to us.

I've taken the inside passage from Vancouver Island to Prince Rupert and it is gorgeous! Can't wait to see Alaska!

If there is going to be a disboard brunch, I'd love to be part of it. We missed out on our Baltic Cruise.

Otherwise, its a waiting game for us for the excursions.

(I'm also super excited for the 2012 itinerary to come out. Can't wait!)

 

[crzy4dals]

We're still going...thanks for the PM. I prefer to post on the boards rather than facebook. I'm not much of a facebook person.

There was so much planning for our baltic cruise, but this cruise is pretty easy for us, so not much planning happening. We sail out of Vancouver, where my parents live...so no hotel, no airfare.

The cruise is only 7 days long and only 3 ports to worry about. Waiting for the excursions to be posted. So far, nothing has excited me too much in the ones I'ved previewed. I'm excited to see the glaciers, that's our main priority. Since I'm from the west coast, totem poles, log shows and gold rush shows are nothing new to us.

I've taken the inside passage from Vancouver Island to Prince Rupert and it is gorgeous! Can't wait to see Alaska!

If there is going to be a disboard brunch, I'd love to be part of it. We missed out on our Baltic Cruise.

Otherwise, its a waiting game for us for the excursions.

(I'm also super excited for the 2012 itinerary to come out. Can't wait!)

I can understand your preference to post here -- kind of mine too... In te past we have always posted here and had a site to keep all the events organized.

This on is definitely easier to plan than the MED too!... I am really looking forward to RELAXING!!!