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

[mm126]

Decided to book our airfare for July now...the price was more than I anticipated but this is a once in a lifetime trip. Can't wait to see what excursions Disney offers. We will be flying into Vancouver 3 days prior and taking the Rocky Mountaineer train to Whistler. It is a day trip and we are looking forward to riding Peak to Peak!

 

[adnil530]

Hi Everyone!

I am going to start making some plans, lol.

I came across a Vancouver FAQ thread awhile back. I may have gotten from this thread. Anyway, I thought I would share it in case someone can use the info: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2283011

Linda

 

[wdw1014]

Our plans this far are to fly out of Chicago into LAX. I will be able to book rooms at Disneyland tomorrow using DVC points. We will be staying 4 nights. After our Disney stay we will fly into Vancouver the morning before we cruise. I hope we have a little time to do an afternoon of sightseeing. We are staying at one of the hotels on the pier. I can't remember the name right now, just that it was pricey and convient. After the cruise we fly back to Chicago. Believe it or not it was cheaper to fly from Chicago to LAX then to Vancouver rather than fly from Chicago directly to Vancouver. Who'd a guessed it? I can't wait to be able to book the excursions. Oh, and how do you guys get all of your FE stuff to the ship with you? Do you just pack it and take it on the plane? I have been on 3 other Disney cruises, but this is the first with FE's. Thanks

Angie

 

[adnil530]

Our plans this far are to fly out of Chicago into LAX. I will be able to book rooms at Disneyland tomorrow using DVC points. We will be staying 4 nights. After our Disney stay we will fly into Vancouver the morning before we cruise. I hope we have a little time to do an afternoon of sightseeing. We are staying at one of the hotels on the pier. I can't remember the name right now, just that it was pricey and convient. After the cruise we fly back to Chicago. Believe it or not it was cheaper to fly from Chicago to LAX then to Vancouver rather than fly from Chicago directly to Vancouver. Who'd a guessed it? I can't wait to be able to book the excursions. Oh, and how do you guys get all of your FE stuff to the ship with you? Do you just pack it and take it on the plane? I have been on 3 other Disney cruises, but this is the first with FE's. Thanks

Angie

We've always just brought ours with us but we usually fly SW so the extra baggage doesn't cost anything. Last trip, it was 4 paper boxes full of stuff, including our door magnets and FE. It was a very large FE list, over 30 cabins and we brought for each person, not just one per cabin. I was able to tape 2 of them together and still be under weight and dimension requirements and it only counted as 2 pieces of luggage. TSA did want a peek into the boxes! They retaped them somewhat, but not as well as I had them taped. Some people mail them to the ship. I'm sure there will be an address, if there is not one already, posted somewhere on the boards. If you decide to mail your stuff, post a message on the main cruise thread and see if anyone has an address yet.

Linda

 

[wdw1014]

Linda,
Thanks for the quick reply. I am wondering if I could come up with something cloth and use space saver bags? That way I could just pop them into the luggage. As long as I stay under the weight limit. I am not flying SW, so every bag counts!

 

[crzy4dals]

Hello --

Well due to a change of events (the unemployment line) we will not be going on this cruise - anyone want to take over the facebook page?

I will upload the FE group list here this week...

 

[adnil530]

Hello --

Well due to a change of events (the unemployment line) we will not be going on this cruise - anyone want to take over the facebook page?

I will upload the FE group list here this week...

Oh Erin! How sad for all of us that you won't be going :-( . I know the feeling. I just closed my business 11/8/2010. I don't know how we are going to afford this trip, let alone the other cruises I have deposits on. I will wait until the very last minute and cancel if I have to. Not a fun economy out there. Even the most carefully laid out plans can go awry. I wish you a speedy recovery from this economic downfall

I'm not a good FB person though so I won't be able to pick up the slack there, I'm sorry.

I hope things turn around swiftly for you and hopefully we'll meet another time on another ship.

Best of luck.

Linda

 

[crzy4dals]

Linda - Thanks -- I am more bummed about canceling this trip than the job. I literally cried when sending the email to Dreams Unlim.


Here are the FE participants: ( I removed room numbers here )
kiddisney
dejnosluvmickey
adnil530
Bullseyebaby
SusanC
FirstTimeCruiser
njdisneyfans
DisneyJan
LBollingier

Have fun everyone! Cant wait to see the trip reports!

 

[wdw1014]

Just wanted to wish everyone a Safe and Happy Holiday Season.

Angie

 

[princess81499]

Excursions are posted online - time to start some major planning

 

[adnil530]

Excursions are posted online - time to start some major planning

 

[FirstTimeCruiser]

Well we also will no longer be on this cruise... DH lost his job at the end of the year. Breaking the news to our son about no cruise was the worst! Please remove us from the FE list and happy sailings to all!

 

[StephsCrop]

Linda - Thanks -- I am more bummed about canceling this trip than the job. I literally cried when sending the email to Dreams Unlim.


Here are the FE participants: ( I removed room numbers here )
kiddisney
dejnosluvmickey
adnil530
Bullseyebaby
SusanC
FirstTimeCruiser
njdisneyfans
DisneyJan
LBollingier

Have fun everyone! Cant wait to see the trip reports!

I hate that we aren't going on the cruise now, too, but we are going to have a great time at WDW instead!

I can't wait to hear all about the cruise!

 

[adnil530]

Well we also will no longer be on this cruise... DH lost his job at the end of the year. Breaking the news to our son about no cruise was the worst! Please remove us from the FE list and happy sailings to all!

I hate that we aren't going on the cruise now, too, but we are going to have a great time at WDW instead!

I can't wait to hear all about the cruise!

Sorry you guys aren't able to go :-(

I'm still waiting to see if we are going to be able to pull it off. My paperwork says final payment is March 14, so we will see real soon.

Linda

 

[JimmyJackJunior]

Booked a Skagway tour for a 2 mile hike in Gold Rush national park and then a float tour back down the river.

And by the way, Skagway Float tours age limit is five years old, If you book through Disney cruise lines you have to be 10 so if you have kids in the middle best to go directly through them

 

[slg]

Hey JimmyJackJunior:

We're from Victoria too!

 

[adnil530]

Hi everyone.

We were really up in the air about whether or not we were going to be able to make final payment date on this cruise and we were really thinking we were going to have to cancel altogether.

Disney announced today KSF on selected Alaska Cruises through 6/7/2011. Our kids get out of school on 5/26 so we switched over to the 5/31 Alaska cruise. So we will be able to go to Alaska after all, just not with this group.

I am sure you all will have a great time sailing together.

Thanks for the chat.

Linda

 

[Bullseyebaby]

Time for me to focus on the Alaska cruise now. We just finished our trip on the Dream. Oh my is she a beauty! Hope everyone gets a chance to go.

 

[hawaiian mickey]

aloha,
Just booked our car for the 3 day stay in Vancouver. We got a great deal at Dollar. A mini van for $307.00 tax and fees included. I'm going to drop everyone at the port and return the car to the airport. They have a shuttle to the port for $15.
It's only 30 minutes from the port.

aloha,
hawaiian mickey

 

[Fivepin]

Time for me to focus on the Alaska cruise now. We just finished our trip on the Dream. Oh my is she a beauty! Hope everyone gets a chance to go.

Same here-I feel like I have done nothing for this cruise!!
How do we get in on the FE exchange?