June 28, 2011 Disney Wonder 7-day Alaska

[bonrea]

We= Andrew DH 46 - Kim DW 44 - & Callie DD 8
We will be in Stateroom 5639 Starboard side Aft.
We have the late seating for dinner.
Would love to meet up with someone on this cruise with DDs Callie's age for a playmate for her and some new friends for us all.

See you Tuesday morning!!! WOW we can't wait.
Flying out tomorrow morning at 6am to Vancouver for two nights. We are staying in the hotel RIGHT AT THE DOCKS!

 

[Pocahantas]

On our way out to door. Can't wait to meet everyone on the ship Tuesday! Safe travels to all...

 

[IndyStarGazer]

We are waiting to board our plane in Indy!

We also have a new mantra: "I don't care, I'm on vaction" (said in your best radio/announcer voice)

See you on board!

 

[buddywesley]

We= Andrew DH 46 - Kim DW 44 - & Callie DD 8
We will be in Stateroom 5639 Starboard side Aft.
We have the late seating for dinner.
Would love to meet up with someone on this cruise with DDs Callie's age for a playmate for her and some new friends for us all.

See you Tuesday morning!!! WOW we can't wait.
Flying out tomorrow morning at 6am to Vancouver for two nights. We are staying in the hotel RIGHT AT THE DOCKS!

we are all meeting at the Promenade Lounge at 3pm on Tuesday. Dont know if you saw that in this thread?

We are with our kids DD 4.5 and DS 8 (will be nine next month). Also traveling with us are friends who have a DD 8 (turning nine on SUNDAY) We are in 6540 & 6541.

Hope to see you there! Have a great trip

 

[elderfam]

Follow the link to see the cruise in time lapse photography.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2oPE2bcKOk&feature=player_embedded

Fantastic! Makes me feel like I'm doing a good job packing! Lots of rain gear, warm clothes and a bathing suit! LOL Just for the picture if nothing else.

I made lanyards for our family. We have enjoyed them so much in the past, so easy to keep our room key, that we broke them out again. We should be easy to spot. Feel free to say hello, my father in law would love it!

see you soon!
Cynthia

 

[cryssi]

I am still up doing laundry. The suitcases are not packed yet, but I have clothes laid out. Have to pack tomorrow. Going to work on Monday but hopefully I will be able to get out of there early. We have to get up at like 2 or 3 am on Tuesday. I think I will be very tired on the boat! I finally made DS's FE too. Whew!

Um...how cold is it when we go to Tracy Arm? I saw people in hats and mittens in that time lapse video...I don't think I'm going to be adequately prepared...

 

[thej]

We are here in Vancouver at the Fairmont across from Canada place. Got in last night and the weather is great!

Couple items: For those of you taking the sky train / Canada line. There is a tunnel that runs from the waterfront station to waterfront center, and then you can get from there to Canada place via another tunnel. We didn't realize this all connected so we dragged our bags the block and a half up the sidewalk. Second I did confirm that the waterfront will deliver your luggage to the ship for you... Yippee!

 

[rav4lcrv]

Do they have free WiFi There? At the Frairmont Waterfront Hotel?

 

[mybelle01]

I guess most people have already left for Canada.. Kids are packed, I am mostly packed. Of course DH hasn't even started. Do you think he is waiting for me to do it?? Three suitcases, one garment bag, one carry on and misc. bags with entertainment for the kids. I think I'm doing okay!! We'll see once I way all these bags and then try and load them into the car.

Took Monday off so I should have plenty of time for last minute things.

 

[thej]

Do they have free WiFi There? At the Frairmont Waterfront Hotel?

They do have free wifi if you are a member of the Fairmont president's club. They offered me a free membership when I booked our stays (before & after) the cruise, but I'm not sure if they normally charge for membership. Worth checking out though. There is however a Starbucks in the shopping center below the hotel and one across the street. I'd think at least one has wifi.

 

[buddywesley]

Leaving right now for airport

See you all in 2 days!!!! We'll be in vancouver by midnight

 

[rav4lcrv]

Leaving 4:30am, Milwaukee, Chicago-Vancouver

 

[buddywesley]

We just took a limo tour of Vancouver! Great driver. Got info from a DISer "disneypoor". Love these boards. we are at the Vancouver fairmont airport hotel in case anyone else is here. getting Disney transfers in the morning

 

[cryssi]

Can't believe we sail tomorrow! I kind of feel like going to bed right now so I get enough sleep! Lol. I still have to do some laundry and pack last minute stuff.

 

[booger73]

Cruising tomorrow!!!

Hanging out at the Marriott Pinnacle

Played a round of 18 holes at the Stanley Park Pitch-and-Putt today

Looks like weather might hold up overall

 

[cryssi]

have not gone to sleep! packing the final things...shuttle picks us up in :45!

 

[buddywesley]

Just wanted to thank everyone for the awesome FE gifts! My kids had such a great time checking everyday and I'm so glad we did it! Everyone was sooo creative!
We are staying in Vancouver till Friday at the Sheraton wall centre-club intrawest. It looks really nice so far. So I'll hop on here as much as as I can for post cruise chat it was a terrific cruise and glad we got to meet all of you(some more than others )

 

[thej]

Sigh.... It's over. Had a great week amd loved Alaska. The Wonder is at Canada Place now embarquing for the next trip we'll try to wander down and see her off. Now we have a few days in Seattle and then home.

I guess it is time to start planning derails for our next trip before the post trip depression sets in too deep. Hawaii in April! We should be about done sorting the 4000 pictures by then!

 

[cryssi]

Back to reality! I'm very depressed to be going back to work today. Had an amazing time! We had so much fun participating in the FE...thanks for all the awesome gifts! Sorry we didn't make the meet...we fell asleep! Will post a recap soon!

 

[ILuvJimny]

A long trip home for us...5 hours on Quick Shuttle, then wandering around Seattle until our 8pm flight. (It was our anniversary so we couldn't just sit in the airport!)

Thanks to all for the FE Gifts and the BSA Council patches. The trip, except for the weather, was totally amazing!

Looking forward to any Trip Reports. I may do up a basic one and will post a link here if I do.