July 5, 2011 - Mickey's WONDERful Alaskan Adventure

[WDWLVR]

Greetings from Vancouver as well. Teresa what time did you get in? We got in a little after noon and the line to get through immigration was an hour long. Found out some planes from Asia were delayed and got in the same as a bunch of others.

We had a great ride over to the hotel, have a great view (we have a Hal ship right out our window) and now we are just relaxing in the room.

Teresa we went right past your hotel on our ride over.

Tomorrow is Victoria for us and then on Monday we are doing the hop on hop off bus.

 

[MiceRNice]

Welcome to Canada!

We're taking the ferry over Monday afternoon. Work, clean, pack until then.

Have fun in Vancouver and Victoria!! Three more sleeps to the best cruise ever!

 

[BLTOH]

ok wdw and tks ....what airport did you do customs thru? we are watching for severe thunderstorms here in ohio so as long as those go thru tonite and move along we should be clear for monday morning.

 

[tksbaskets]

Greetings from Vancouver as well. Teresa what time did you get in? We got in a little after noon and the line to get through immigration was an hour long. Found out some planes from Asia were delayed and got in the same as a bunch of others.

We had a great ride over to the hotel, have a great view (we have a Hal ship right out our window) and now we are just relaxing in the room.

Teresa we went right past your hotel on our ride over.

Tomorrow is Victoria for us and then on Monday we are doing the hop on hop off bus.

Hi Mary,
We got in around 10:30 am and also had an hour waiting through immigration. We took a town car (actually a Chevy Tahoe) from the airport.

Walked to Gastown. Went past a yummy looking Spaghetti Factory ended up eating at an Irish pub, Blarney Stone, which was just OK. We were too tired to shop (the shops on the cobblestone street looked intriguing). Walked back through Chinatown. We all decided we didn't need to return there.

How are you getting to Victoria? Hop on and off bus for us tomorrow.

ok wdw and tks ....what airport did you do customs thru? we are watching for severe thunderstorms here in ohio so as long as those go thru tonite and move along we should be clear for monday morning.

 

[tksbaskets]

ok wdw and tks ....what airport did you do customs thru? we are watching for severe thunderstorms here in ohio so as long as those go thru tonite and move along we should be clear for monday morning.

Hi, double quoted but couldn't figure how to scroll in my new iPad
We flew into Vancouver International Airport.

Little rain tonight after a beautiful day. It was fun seeing a Princess cruise ship in port.

Our hotel is very nice and a ten minute walk to the port.

Safe travels BLOH!

 

[WDWLVR]

ok wdw and tks ....what airport did you do customs thru? we are watching for severe thunderstorms here in ohio so as long as those go thru tonite and move along we should be clear for monday morning.

We flew into Vancouver International. Tracy let me tell you Black Gloves Transportation was wonderful. I was so afraid that with us being in line so long that they might have left but once we exited baggage claim and went into the meet and greet area there was a sign with our name on it! The gentleman introduced himself and escorted us out to our car. Our driver was very nice and we got to have a nice quiet ride to the hotel. When we were first met I apologized for being so long but he said they are used to it.

Even though we waited a long time the line was very fast and efficient. In fact I mean to say this yesterday but my brain was friend. So far we feel we've been at Disney. First we had one of the dreaded Brazilian tour groups on our flight. They weren't as bad as some we've encountered at Disney through. Second was the wait through all the zig zag lines. A couple of people mentioned they thought they were in lines at Disneyland.

Hi Mary,
We got in around 10:30 am and also had an hour waiting through immigration. We took a town car (actually a Chevy Tahoe) from the airport.

Walked to Gastown. Went past a yummy looking Spaghetti Factory ended up eating at an Irish pub, Blarney Stone, which was just OK. We were too tired to shop (the shops on the cobblestone street looked intriguing). Walked back through Chinatown. We all decided we didn't need to return there.

How are you getting to Victoria? Hop on and off bus for us tomorrow.

You are more ambitious than us. We just chilled last night. Of course there was a Nascar race so we got to enjoy that and watch the two cruise ships sail away and under the Lions Gate bridge. Tuesday that will be us!

We booked a tour through Landsea tours. It is a 13 hour tour but includes a ferry ride there and back, a couple of hours in Victoria itself, tickets to one of the local museums (you have 5 to choose from and you get one set of tickets), a couple of hours at the Butchart Gardens and touring around Victoria.

We got our tickets for the Hop On Hop Off bus to use Monday.

 

[WDWLVR]

Tracy - since we are doing Victoria today we should be around the hotel tomorrow evening if you guys want to get together. I'll pm you my cell phone number.

 

[BLTOH]

Mary= ok got it in my cell phone. we are suposed to be landing at vancouver at 11am monday so we will see how things go. daughter is driving us nuts today. keeps asking how much time left before we leave.

I have a stateroom number change for the fe as well..i will pm you and Teresa the changes.

 

[tksbaskets]

Mary= ok got it in my cell phone. we are suposed to be landing at vancouver at 11am monday so we will see how things go. daughter is driving us nuts today. keeps asking how much time left before we leave.

I have a stateroom number change for the fe as well..i will pm you and Teresa the changes.

Thanks for getting us the change. Now I have to remember to update all my labels .

It's cold in Vancouver this morning, 59 now with a predicted high of 66. Bringing our fleece jackets today! We got hop on hop off trolley tickets for today and tomorrow. Today we head to the aquarium.

Tell your daughter inly one more night sleeping at home and then it's vacation!,

 

[BLTOH]

Thanks for getting us the change. Now I have to remember to update all my labels .

It's cold in Vancouver this morning, 59 now with a predicted high of 66. Bringing our fleece jackets today! We got hop on hop off trolley tickets for today and tomorrow. Today we head to the aquarium.

Tell your daughter inly one more night sleeping at home and then it's vacation!,

we wont even be sleeping tonite here. we leave about 2 hours after the local fireworks. have a roughly 2-3 hr drive to the airport and then a 2 hour kill time at the airport for checkin and all.. we may end up leaving earlier and stopping for coffee along the way (dad is a big coffee drinker). i stayed up later last nite and slept later today so i could make it to drive. should be no problem as i am a midnight shift worker anyways so falls into my normal time frames of being awake on sunday nites.

 

[tksbaskets]

we wont even be sleeping tonite here. we leave about 2 hours after the local fireworks. have a roughly 2-3 hr drive to the airport and then a 2 hour kill time at the airport for checkin and all.. we may end up leaving earlier and stopping for coffee along the way (dad is a big coffee drinker). i stayed up later last nite and slept later today so i could make it to drive. should be no problem as i am a midnight shift worker anyways so falls into my normal time frames of being awake on sunday nites.

You've got a long flight for sleeping! I was so busy getting ready the night before our flight I slept about two hours and then fell asleep waiting at the gate. A first for me. have fun at the fireworks.

 

[WDWLVR]

Looks to be a beautiful day in Vancouver today. Yesterday was amazing. We were picked up at 8 am in a small 24 passenger bus. Drove south almost to the US boarder to get on a ferry. Then had a 1.5 hour ride over to Victoria. We went outside for much of the ride and the scenery was breathtaking. We saw seals on a small bouy island and an otter in the water. Once we got off it was another great ride around with our guide giving all kinds of great info. He was amazing and very very personable. In Victoria we were dropped off, given tickets that would let us into one of 5 museums and told our pick up time. We had about 3 hours to explore. We stopped at an Irish Pub for lunch, did some shopping, and spent about 2 hours at the Royal BC Museum. After that it was a half hour drive to Buchart Gardens. Words can not do it justice. Those of you who have eaten at LeCellier have walked through gardens inspired by Buchart. We had two hours in this paradise. Back to the ferry and then back to the hotel about 9:30 pm. A long day but an amazing one. Today is the hop on hop off bus. Looking forward to seeing more of Vancouver.

 

[tksbaskets]

Sounds like a great day Mary! We are off to the Capilano suspension bridge this morning and then to Granville island.

 

[WDWLVR]

Good morning my fellow Alaskan cruisers!​

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We sail today!

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[tksbaskets]

We can't believe it's finally the day we start our cruise! Walt and I are up and excited, I'm sure our sons are excited and will show it by sleeping in.

 

[WDWLVR]

Welcome home everyone! Hope everyone enjoyed the cruise as much as we did. Sorry I never made it to the DIS meet, we still didn't have any luggage and I was waiting for it.

Thanks for all the great FE gifts and I was excited to meet those I could!

Special thanks to Teresa and her family for being great table mates!

 

[PURTYPAT1]

Hi everyone,

We spent alot time in secret deck 7 Veranda Mary we passed your room along the way. Sorry we never met.

We made it home late last night. What a great trip.

 

[SoCalDCLfan]

What a magnificent cruise!! WOW - we loved every minute. We got home very late last night (2am), so we're a bit wiped out today. Lots of laundry and cleaning to do - reality sets in

Thank you everyone for your wonderful FE gifts!

 

[PURTYPAT1]

What a magnificent cruise!! WOW - we loved every minute. We got home very late last night (2am), so we're a bit wiped out today. Lots of laundry and cleaning to do - reality sets in

Thank you everyone for your wonderful FE gifts!

I'm still rocking every now & then. LOL

Yes, what wonderful gifts. I hope I got everyone, there was a few on list that changed cabins, and couldn't find out which room they were in.

 

[WDWLVR]

I'm still rocking every now & then. LOL

Yes, what wonderful gifts. I hope I got everyone, there was a few on list that changed cabins, and couldn't find out which room they were in.

Are you talking about two of the rooms on 8? I'm thinking they weren't on the cruise. I gave those two packets away to Karen (Micernice) and Denise who was my next door neighbor.