July 5, 2011 - Mickey's WONDERful Alaskan Adventure

[SoCalDCLfan]

one week from today and we'll be in Vancouver

I finished making our FE gifts yesterday and am 1/2 way through our door magnets. We're most of the way packed. Like many of you, we're going less fancy this cruise and will be wearing most of our clothes twice. Trying not to go over 1 bag per person. I'm going to send a box with our FE gifts and other miscellaneous items directly to the Pan Pacific. They said they'd hold it for us until we arrive. I can then stick a luggage tag on it and have them deliver it to the ship with all our bags.

 

[cruisenow01]

I did not know if there would be enough time to send the box by mail, so we are just packing ours. We tried to keep it to 1 bag, but it is impossible for us. My husband and I are sharing a larger bag in addition to our carry on suitcases while my son has his suitcase plus a rolling duffel (he may be 9, but he is almost as tall as me so his clothes take up as much room as ours does!). My daughter is still small enough that 1 suitcase is more than enough for her. I am trying not to over pack. I put everything in the suitcase then took it out and removed 1 item (probably needed to remove about 5), but I am sure that I will add something else. I ALWAYS over pack no matter how hard I try.

 

[nascar8820]

Anyone taking the train from Seattle to Vancover?

We are - on Monday the 4th.

 

[tksbaskets]

I'm hoping everyone confirmed that the information on the FE list was correct. As I was madly working on my exchange I had a few moments of panic about dropping unexpected goodies off at the wrong cabins.

Going to be addressing goodies this week.

TK

 

[SoCalDCLfan]

scratched my plan to mail the FE gifts to the hotel. It was going to cost $117 . the extra bag fee from Delta will be less than half that. now i'll have an extra bag to bring home everything I buy

 

[tksbaskets]

scratched my plan to mail the FE gifts to the hotel. It was going to cost $117 . the extra bag fee from Delta will be less than half that. now i'll have an extra bag to bring home everything I buy

That's the spirit. Must be a BIG FE gift

 

[belle26]

I can't wait to get on the ship - I haven't had a decent night's sleep since last Wednesday, but i know I always sleep well at sea. The bags under my eyes are almost as big as our carry-ons! Don't know what my problem is, but I know a Disney cruise will solve anything!

 

[PURTYPAT1]

We are - on Monday the 4th.

I'm leaving on the 4th too, what time are you leaving Seattle? I'm taking the 6:15 pm train

 

[MiceRNice]

I'm always running around like a slob at home, so I enjoy dressing up a bit when I travel. I have the time to gussy it up and nowhere else to wear the clothes (our small, northern town is very casual). Also, I hate to be too economical about my luggage when there's no air travel involved. If you're taking planes and trains, it doesn't make sense to lug a bunch of dress wear around.

The Wonder is reported to be passing our house at 5:00 PM tomorrow. I'll try to get some pics! That's good news. I thought it would always be midnight and I would be struggling to stay awake to see home. Hopefully, on our cruise, we'll pass by Campbell River early on, too.

One week tomorrow!!

 

[Doingitagain]

You've got plenty of time. I know a lot of people who don't pack until the day they leave. I'm just a worry wart and I like to take my time and make sure I don't miss anything so I always like to be packed the weekend before. I'm still finding a few little things I need to throw in so I'll be doing a little repacking later in the week.

I focus on packing lists. I do them on Excel, one sheet for each person. I update them a lot as I think of things for the weeks before we leave (and from suggestions from the boards) and then the day before I put everything in a suitcase. I start from the packing list from the previous year, so I have a good head start.

Boy, you should see the trouble my family gets in if they cross stuff off the list before they pack it, and then they are missing it on the trip...

 

[tksbaskets]

I'm always running around like a slob at home, so I enjoy dressing up a bit when I travel. I have the time to gussy it up and nowhere else to wear the clothes (our small, northern town is very casual). Also, I hate to be too economical about my luggage when there's no air travel involved. If you're taking planes and trains, it doesn't make sense to lug a bunch of dress wear around.

The Wonder is reported to be passing our house at 5:00 PM tomorrow. I'll try to get some pics! That's good news. I thought it would always be midnight and I would be struggling to stay awake to see home. Hopefully, on our cruise, we'll pass by Campbell River early on, too.

One week tomorrow!!

Wave for me too tomorrow~

I focus on packing lists. I do them on Excel, one sheet for each person. I update them a lot as I think of things for the weeks before we leave (and from suggestions from the boards) and then the day before I put everything in a suitcase. I start from the packing list from the previous year, so I have a good head start.

Boy, you should see the trouble my family gets in if they cross stuff off the list before they pack it, and then they are missing it on the trip...

I'd love to see your list I don't know how my men would react to being presented a list of things they should pack but I know I'd love it. I make a list on a big post-it, but mostly I pile stuff when I think of it. You sound most organized.

 

[WDWLVR]

Good morning my fellow Alaskan cruisers!​

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We sail in 1 week!

This is our last countdown!
Next week we board the Wonder for our Alaskan Adventure.

​

 

[WDWLVR]

I focus on packing lists. I do them on Excel, one sheet for each person. I update them a lot as I think of things for the weeks before we leave (and from suggestions from the boards) and then the day before I put everything in a suitcase. I start from the packing list from the previous year, so I have a good head start.

Boy, you should see the trouble my family gets in if they cross stuff off the list before they pack it, and then they are missing it on the trip...

I'm big into packing lists as well. The challenge this time was that we were doing so much different. Many of our cruises have been 4-5 nights (we did a lot of DVC Member Cruises) and we drove down to FL. This time we are on a longer cruise, flying international and had to replace our snorkels and masks with hiking boots, jeans and jackets. Everything fit with some room to spare to bring back some souvenirs.

 

[MiceRNice]

We are definitely going to see lots of snow! My packing list is including a little bit of everything, but I am going to try to stay warm. I hate being cold.

Packing is also a great way for me to get my son to clean up his room.

Here we go, guys! Less than a week now

 

[nascar8820]

I'm leaving on the 4th too, what time are you leaving Seattle? I'm taking the 6:15 pm train

We are leaving in the morning (7:40). We wanted time to check out Vancouver a little bit.

 

[belle26]

We are definitely going to see lots of snow!

:

Snow? Such a foreign idea in July! I know, it's Alaska!

I'm with you Mary, such a different cruise to pack for - any suggestions for my feet?

 

[tksbaskets]

Snow? Such a foreign idea in July! I know, it's Alaska!

I'm with you Mary, such a different cruise to pack for - any suggestions for my feet?

WOW did we pack a lot of stuff.....Never really packed jackets AND fleece sweat shirts for a cruise before. We may end up paying an over weight fee for our luggage on the way home As for my feet I have a pair of Birkies, Tevas, flip flops, and I'm wearing my tennis shoes. I'm no help am I belle26?

Walt and I are mostly packed. Still have to add some cruise casual items for dinner (that happen to also double as business casual for my last 3 days at work before vacation ) Guess what I'll be doing Friday night?

Will work on packing our carry-on which will have all our electronic devices and chargers.

Have loaded a few good movies on my new iPad2 for the flight. Toy Story 3 for one. I made the mistake of watching the last 10 minutes and then needed to find a tissue. I love that movie.

One son is packed. The other is not motivated.... It's like pushing a rope to get these guys to pack...

 

[WDWLVR]

Snow? Such a foreign idea in July! I know, it's Alaska!

I'm with you Mary, such a different cruise to pack for - any suggestions for my feet?

We are each wearing tennis shoes on the plane. We each have a pair of lightweight hiking boots packed that we'll be wearing in the ports, and each have one pair of black dress shoes (of which mine are a slip on closed toe crocs).

 

[belle26]

We are each wearing tennis shoes on the plane. We each have a pair of lightweight hiking boots packed that we'll be wearing in the ports, and each have one pair of black dress shoes (of which mine are a slip on closed toe crocs).

Thanks, I was going back and forth with the hiking shoes, I guess I"ll throw them in just to be safe!

 

[SoCalDCLfan]

Thanks, I was going back and forth with the hiking shoes, I guess I"ll throw them in just to be safe!

Shoes are always a tough decision. I usually pack too many, so I'm trying very hard to bring just what we need. Hiking boots for ports/hiking, running shoes (my plan is to exercise each morning - we'll see how long that lasts), black dress shoes for dinner, flip flops.