June 28, 2011 Disney Wonder 7-day Alaska

[disdel]

We would really have liked to go to the 2013 Jamboree but our boys are going to be a couple months short of the minimum age...so we will be shooting for the 2017 ( I think that's the next one) Our cubmaster's family went to the last one and had a great time.. Would love to meet you Ken!!
Michelle

Well, being that you are in Cali, I guess a day or so trip ( it's being moved to West Virginia from Virginia) to visit a Jambo as a family is not an option in 2013
But glad to see you're supporting your boys in Scouting.

Hope to meet all the DIS'ers as well - if not at the first day meetup, surely during the cruise - I haven't been as active in this chat due to circumstances here, but we've always met up with most if not all the people that were on our Disboard Cruise Meet, chatted with most, partied with some. We're not doing the FE this time because of the flying involved, but that's always been fun as well(for me, anyway - DW thinks I'm nuts, but she's always had fun with the Disboard folks we've met). So, even though no group lanyards, and no unified group name tags, I'm sure we'll meet up. I'll POSSIBLY have some sort of Disboard tag .

 

[cozit]

Will you be staying in Portland, or will you be in Vancouver before boarding? We're getting in to Vancouver Saturday, and will do two days touring with our group of 9 altogether.

Portland through early afternoon Sunday (if I'm remembering the schedule right), then train up to Vancouver so we can spend a day there... probably spend the day up around the bridge/Treetops/Cliffwalk. Wish we could spend a few more days on the trip, but between DH's work/vacation time and DD stressing about how much gymnastics time she's missing for the trip already, we'll just be hoping to manage another trip to the NW sometime in another 4 years or so.

-Liz

 

[buddywesley]

I get to start packing today now that my BFF's Bridal Shower is finished (hosted it yesterday and all that stuff is out of my guest room to make room for suitcases) I was upset just thinking about the cost of our bags but feel a little bit better thinking of how much we'll save on movie costs with being able to see Cars 2 and Pirates while on board ;-) (Hey I need to somehow justify it! )
Still unsure about WHAT to pack for everyone. With so many necessities, seems like we'll have TOO many bags!!!!! (we'll be in Vancouver 5 days total pre/post so want to pack a little more summery for there. Also someone told me when they were in Alaska LAST summer it was hot there too- so just to make sure we'll have to pack for EVERYTHING )


PS- HAPPY FATHER's DAY to all the Dis Dad's

 

[mybelle01]

I get to start packing today now that my BFF's Bridal Shower is finished (hosted it yesterday and all that stuff is out of my guest room to make room for suitcases) I was upset just thinking about the cost of our bags but feel a little bit better thinking of how much we'll save on movie costs with being able to see Cars 2 and Pirates while on board ;-) (Hey I need to somehow justify it! )
Still unsure about WHAT to pack for everyone. With so many necessities, seems like we'll have TOO many bags!!!!! (we'll be in Vancouver 5 days total pre/post so want to pack a little more summery for there. Also someone told me when they were in Alaska LAST summer it was hot there too- so just to make sure we'll have to pack for EVERYTHING )


PS- HAPPY FATHER's DAY to all the Dis Dad's

Glad the Bridal shower went well and now you can relax. You should go see Bridesmaids if you haven't already really funny

I am only bringing a couple of short sleeve things just in case. We won't be doing extra days before or after. I think I have all the kids clothes out and ready to go.. It doesn't look like too much but of course I haven't tried to put it into a suitcase yet. You will have to tell us about Vancouver. I would love to hear what you think of it. Well I guess back to more

 

[cryssi]

In one week we will be getting on a plane! I can't believe it is time already!

 

[parrothead365]

Packing, packing,packing

 

[nordkin]

Hectic at our house this week. We are having our hardwood floors redone while we are gone so we are busy packing up everything in the bottoms of the closets, in dressers, in cabinets in the living and dining rooms, and trying to find time to pack for the trip. I feel like we are packing to move, but the good news is we are getting rid of a lot of stuff we thought we needed to keep and in reality haven't touched in years. I can't wait for Saturday to get here because we fly to Vancouver Saturday.

 

[crazydayz]

I am in major packing and cleaning mode! So much so that I was tossing and turning all night and at about 3am I was wide awake with all these thoughts keeping me from going to back to sleep. I had a list a mile long of stuff I still needed to do and trying to figure out if I had everything we needed. I was trying so hard to turn my brain off to fall back to sleep but I kept thinking of more and more stuff I needed to get done. So needless to say I am exhausted today. We leave on Monday and it can not come soon enough.

 

[buddywesley]

Attempting to pack! Trying not to bring all of our closets
I'm usually a pretty good and quick packer, but this trip has me stumped. Just want to make sure we are going to be bringing what we need. I've been hearing it's not as cold in Alaska in the summer. Some reports of recent cruisers said it wasn't too cold on some days and a few were wearing shorts. I'm also thinking (and I had heard no mention of it) Isn't it humid there?
OK...back to attempting to pack...

 

[disdel]

Hectic at our house this week. We are having our hardwood floors redone while we are gone so we are busy packing up everything in the bottoms of the closets, in dressers, in cabinets in the living and dining rooms, and trying to find time to pack for the trip. I feel like we are packing to move, but the good news is we are getting rid of a lot of stuff we thought we needed to keep and in reality haven't touched in years. I can't wait for Saturday to get here because we fly to Vancouver Saturday.

That is SO true - I think we have things that have been "put away" since we moved in here - 20years ago !!!
So, now I'm back to packing, we're flying into Vancouver Saturday as well, will be at Coast Coal Harbour. See you around town, or aboard!

 

[ILuvJimny]

We should be boarding the ship in 1 week!!! Can't wait!

 

[mybelle01]

In one week we will be getting on a plane! I can't believe it is time already!

Yes the shuttle at 4 am should be fun.. haven't decided if I'm going to bother going to sleep.

 

[mybelle01]

I have the kids stuff in piles in their room. The packing just seemed a little too easy for them... now I'm worried. Am I just getting better at this whole packing thing or have I made some grave errors. Well I have a few more days to check packing lists.

Safe travels to everyone leaving early enjoy your time before

 

[cryssi]

Yes the shuttle at 4 am should be fun.. haven't decided if I'm going to bother going to sleep.

I'm planning to but seriously doubt I'll get more than 2 hours!

I really need to finish my FE gifts and actually make DS's FE...

 

[Pocahantas]

I am stressing over the packing even though ours is 99% done. I feel like we are bringing too much stuff. Accuweather forecasts don't look too warm for us southerners. We fly out on Saturday and I am already having trouble sleeping because I can't stop thinking about the trip and making sure we only have what we need. This is so different from our normal Disneyworld or Disney Cruise trips to very warm weather.

Can't wait to meet everyone and hope everyone has a safe trip up to Vancouver!

 

[thej]

We are trying to pack, but it seems tons of last minute stuff is coming up. Tree in our yard came down in a storm on Sat, a sick dog, and then some. Since we leave on Sat to have a couple days in Vancouver, we are down to the last couple of days. Hopefully it is just laundy and load the suitcases from the lists after today! Sure do hope we can unwind once we leave.

Interestingly, DS is most concerned that we are limiting the number of books he can bring to 3 (they get heavy fast). He's a serious reader, but That's not what we expected him to be worried about!

 

[nordkin]

We are trying to pack, but it seems tons of last minute stuff is coming up. Tree in our yard came down in a storm on Sat, a sick dog, and then some. Since we leave on Sat to have a couple days in Vancouver, we are down to the last couple of days. Hopefully it is just laundy and load the suitcases from the lists after today! Sure do hope we can unwind once we leave.

Interestingly, DS is most concerned that we are limiting the number of books he can bring to 3 (they get heavy fast). He's a serious reader, but That's not what we expected him to be worried about!

I used to worry about the number of books, but buying the Kindle was the best thing I ever did. I no longer worry about the weight.

 

[parrothead365]

Got my swim suit, flips, sun screen, what else you need????

 

[cozit]

School is out... and it's time to start laundry, so we can pack tomorrow... as we're on our way at something like 4am for a 6:15 flight... or rather two 6:15 flights. Good thing I was going over all the details, as I'd completely forgotten we'd ended up having to book us in two groups of two - one through Chicago, one through Las Vegas to Portland. There were no more than 3 seats available on either of the flights to use the flight points/credits on. Guess we won't have to worry about the kids getting bored and annoying each other on the 8 hours of flight time

Packing - trying not to panic... until maybe around dinner time tomorrow. "Only" taking 5 days worth of layered clothes... and 2 pairs of shorts each, and a few dinner outfits (nice one for Palos that can be used in the regular dining room as well, and 3 tops and 1-2 pairs of slacks that go with them). I'm planning to do laundry the day we board, and one other day on the ship, so that should do... and we might actually get it into both the luggage we have and the trunk of the car that way!

Packing for "Fall weather"... and hoping that with the couple days in Portland, and the one in Vancouver, we get re-used to the cooler weather by the time we get to our first port (if not before). It's been rather warm in Maryland this year... a number of 90+ days already, and today through Friday we'll be pushing that again... which means that I'm looking forward to the cooler weather, and will be dreading getting back here into full summer again.... and guessing that I'll never be able to believe that a few months ago we were putting on shorts to do work outside because we were getting too warm when it hit 66.

-Liz (can you tell I'm bouncing around, trying not to panic this afternoon?)

 

[mybelle01]

I used to worry about the number of books, but buying the Kindle was the best thing I ever did. I no longer worry about the weight.

My husband the tech guy bought me a kindle three years ago and I love it!! Still like bookstores but my kindle.