June 28, 2011 Disney Wonder 7-day Alaska

[Pocahantas]

Made all our excursion reservations as well as Palo reservations. We got everything we wanted. Just an FYI - Brunch is being offered on Tracy Arm day. Good luck to everyone when you are able to reserve your excursions and Palo.

Congrats and thanks for sharing the info about the brunch. I was hoping it would be offered that day.

 

[disdel]

Made all our excursion reservations as well as Palo reservations. We got everything we wanted. Just an FYI - Brunch is being offered on Tracy Arm day. Good luck to everyone when you are able to reserve your excursions and Palo.

Thanks, Donna. Count us among those hoping for Brunch in Tracy Arm. Soon . . .

 

[nordkin]

I had to make Palo changes last night and everything is till wide open. Still plenty of Brunch, High Tea, and Dinner reservations available.

Excursions are added to your on board account so you pay for them on the ship.

 

[Maribell]

Hi everyone,
Just checking in....I think it is 102 days until we set sail I am looking forward to meeting all of you! We finally have our arrival plans and hotel before the cruise set. We are arriving in Vancouver on Sunday and staying at the Pacific Rim. Now we need to decide what we are doing in Vancouver (thinking Stanley Park and Capilano Bridge) and trying to narrow down our excursions. We have been to all of these ports once before and are still having a hard time narrowing it down...so much to do...so little time. I will keep you posted. Donna, I will get our room numbers to you soon.

Have a great weekend.

Mari

 

[Mermaid422]

There will be three of us this time. 2 parents, 1 17 year old. We've been on a number of Disney cruises. I just joined the boards.
Love the tips from previous cruisers. Looking forward to seeing this crowd!

 

[nordkin]

Welcome. I maintain the list of cruisers on page 1. If you would like to be included, I will be happy to add you. Names of adults, room number, and whether you want to participate in the fish extender gift exchnage.

Donna

 

[Pocahantas]

98 days until we set sail!!!

 

[cozit]

98 days until we set sail!!!

Eep! Guess we'd better finish narrowing down our first and second picks of what we want (and can afford) to do for Port Adventures, with just over a week to go!

Getting a bit excited and wishing our spring was closer to an end..both for the trip time and end of allergies


-Liz

 

[disdel]

Eep! Guess we'd better finish narrowing down our first and second picks of what we want (and can afford) to do for Port Adventures, with just over a week to go!

Getting a bit excited and wishing our spring was closer to an end..both for the trip time and end of allergies


-Liz

OK, 96 days to sailing, and down to 6 days for bookings - still refining our Port Adventures picks, too.
Spring? You have Spring? I'm watching ANOTHER 3-5 inches of wet snow still coming down for the second time this week - While we're super excited for this trip, all I see in my mind's eye right now is a mojito being delivered at Serenity Bay. Or at the very least at SIGNALS.

 

[cozit]

OK, 96 days to sailing, and down to 6 days for bookings - still refining our Port Adventures picks, too.
Spring? You have Spring? I'm watching ANOTHER 3-5 inches of wet snow still coming down for the second time this week - While we're super excited for this trip, all I see in my mind's eye right now is a mojito being delivered at Serenity Bay. Or at the very least at SIGNALS.

The trees decided Spring was here over a month ago... Daffodils *just* started blooming on Sunday (appropriately enough). Odd part is that down here in MD, we're usually a week ahead of friends and family in PA... not this year. My sis has had blooming daffodils since the end of February (they got snowed on a bit once or twice, but...), *way* ahead of us.

I'm not in a hurry for the flowers to be over, just the trees and the hyacinth... both of which are causing me serious headaches. Then again of course, if spring was over, we'd be just a few days from sailing

 

[thej]

So we just added my mother to our cabin and noticed that most categories are now sold out. It seems main dining is also full, so she currently has 2nd dining while the rest of us have main. Our travel agent (Missy with Small World, she's great!) has put in a request to get us all seated together, but we are not too hopeful given that the ship is filling up so much. We may just all switch to 2nd dining given the extended daylight and some of the late port departures.

Really looking forward to booking our excursions next week... if we can decide!

So the cabin is now me (Mark), DW (Jean), Mom/Grandma(Rebecca), and DS (9) for whoever is updating the list.

 

[nordkin]

We are boarding the Disney Dream today and we are so excited. We don't usuaslly do 3 or 4 day cruises, but my mother wanted to check out the new ship so we said why not. As we have gotten closer to the trip we have gotten more excited, not by the itinerary, but by the new ship. This trip we also brought my brother along who has never cruised before and has just gone through some very tough times in his life. Maybe this will help cheer him up, even if just for the week we are on the cruise and at WDW.

I will update any changes when I get home since the spreadsheet is on my main computer and not my netbook.

Donna

 

[Pocahantas]

We are boarding the Disney Dream today and we are so excited. We don't usuaslly do 3 or 4 day cruises, but my mother wanted to check out the new ship so we said why not. As we have gotten closer to the trip we have gotten more excited, not by the itinerary, but by the new ship. This trip we also brought my brother along who has never cruised before and has just gone through some very tough times in his life. Maybe this will help cheer him up, even if just for the week we are on the cruise and at WDW.

I will update any changes when I get home since the spreadsheet is on my main computer and not my netbook.

Donna

Hope you are having a great time Donna! We hope to book a cruise on the Dream for next year while we are on the Wonder.

 

[cozit]

Just finished reserving Port Adventures and an evening at Palo's (sigh... hoping I can change that time, since we've the later seating... but 8:30 was too late, so we went early).

Kids will be more excited in the morning, because all their first choices fit, though one isn't an ideal time. Musher's Camp/Sled Dog, Skagway Triple Adventure, and Chilkoot Horseback Adventure in Skagway (yeah, we're splitting up somewhat). Whales and the glacier in Juneau. And I get volunteered to take the kids on the zipline in Ketchikan (did I mention I have a fear of falling? going to be "interesting", but I know I managed to do rappelling in high school (one reason I know it's falling, not heights really)... so I'll be keeping my fingers crossed and trying to go through with it).


Hope the rest of you able to sign up today get what you're hoping for! And that goes for anyone who still has to wait a couple weeks to get to your date, as well!


-Liz (now to *sleep*!)

 

[booger73]

See.. I'm glad I'm not the only one awake booking excursions also...

Still booking in the other window..
Surprised all the Palo brunches are almost all gone
Palo dinners are wide open pretty much (except d2@830p)


Currently: Railroad+Liarsville trail camp, Best of Juneau, and Totem/Village/Lumberjack for the kids

Brunch d2
Dinner d7

 

[daisy112878]

At 630am (atlanta time) there were no more palo brunch or high teas available. We got dinner on day 2 at 830pm through

We also booked the Skagway whitepass railroad and trail camp for everyone in my family. We had to do the 715am trip b/c of my boys go for naps at 1pm. Anyone else doing this early morning one?

Dh and I also splurged and booked the Extended Glacier Trek for Juneau. This should be interesting!!!

I also booked a hot stone massage for myself But now the website keeps not working. I'm guessing everyone else is up

 

[parrothead365]

Had a small amount of trouble booking at about 6:15 AM But I was able to book the following:

Eagle Preserve Wildlife river adventure for my DW and I as well as Mammoth Falls zip line for the DS in Skagway.

We all will be doing the Mendenhall Glacier/Mt Rtoberts tramway in Juneau.

DS will be doing the Bear Creek zipline while DW and I take the Lighthouse,Totem and Eagle tour in Ketchikan.

Time to start packing Yet?????

 

[Jen24]

Was able to get Palo brunch and dinner No tea was avaiable at 12:02AM. Also booked Best of Skagway. We plan to do Mendenhall and Tramway on our own. Also will explore Ketchikan on our won.

On line check in is complete and we got the 10:30 port time.

We leave tomorrow for LA and the 4/3 Mexican riviera cruise on the Wonder

 

[Pocahantas]

We were able to get Palo Brunch on the Tracy Arm day but I had to do it as 2 ressies since only 1 or 2 party ressies were available. I plan to ask them to put us together at 1 table or seat us side by side once we get on the ship. That was all I wanted to book since we have already booked our excursions on our own. Haven't decided on spa treatments yet but there still seems to be alot of time slots available for the ones we looked at. I did our online check in and chose the 12 - 12:30 time slot since we will be walking down from the Pan Pacific. We normally arrive as soon as the port opens but this time I think we will wait until closer to boarding time.

 

[adorelc]

I was able to check in and get a 10:30 port time. A friend that is on the Magic now was told Saturday that the boarding numbers are assigned by online check in...who knows, I did my best! We are renting a car in Skagway driving to Emerald Lake and hiking in Juneau, but we plan on doing Bering Sea Tour in Ketchikan. Anyone else doing it? I have heard great things about it. My kids wanted to go ziplining, but they are not old enough.