May 10, 2011 (5/10/2011) Cruisin' to Alaska on the Wonder - Who's with me!

[Scoobydoo76]

Booked Excursions this morning Doing the Exclusive Whale watching and Mendenhall Glacier, the Takshanuk Mountain Trail 4x4, and Rainforest Wildlife Sanctuary, Raptor Center and Totems.

Wanted to do the Disney Exclusive Lumberjack show, but it is showing no availability :-(

I'm booked

I’m just visiting your thread. Our family is Cruising in Alaska on the July 5th sailing. You noted that the Exclusive Lumberjack Show is sold out by Disney. Have you considered booking it on your own? We did. You can go directly to their website and buy tickets for the 4:45 show (you can walk back to the ship just like the Disney tour). We are skipping the Disney tours and hiring a private driver.

The driver plus the show (4 adult tickets) is costing us about $385. He is going to take us to Totem Bight State Park, try to show us some bears, salmon spawning, an active eagle’s nest, some nice photo spots and a tour of Ketchikan.

 

[MysticDDA]

I will be celebrating my birthday on the sail away day as well. This will be our 4th Disney Cruise and the second time we will be sailing away on my birthday. The first was on the 2008 Panama Canal westbound repo.

 

[trekkie518]

I’m just visiting your thread. Our family is Cruising in Alaska on the July 5th sailing. You noted that the Exclusive Lumberjack Show is sold out by Disney. Have you considered booking it on your own? We did. You can go directly to their website and buy tickets for the 4:45 show (you can walk back to the ship just like the Disney tour). We are skipping the Disney tours and hiring a private driver.

The driver plus the show (4 adult tickets) is costing us about $385. He is going to take us to Totem Bight State Park, try to show us some bears, salmon spawning, an active eagle’s nest, some nice photo spots and a tour of Ketchikan.

Yeah, we considered booking it on our own, we were hoping the exclusive would have characters LOL Like we won't see enough on the ship, but I'm a disney geek. We aren't sure what will fit in with the schedule, so we are just going to play it by ear, It isn't one that is a must for us, it's one we'd like to see, but not a deal killer.

 

[JamesF408]

I will be celebrating my birthday on the sail away day as well. This will be our 4th Disney Cruise and the second time we will be sailing away on my birthday. The first was on the 2008 Panama Canal westbound repo.

MysticDDA I'll be celebrating my birthday on the sail away too! Good to know someone else also celebrates around mothers day.

 

[MysticDDA]

We were given Alaska 2011 scarves when DCL announced they were going to Alaska at the D23 Expo in September, 2009. I almost can't believe we are getting close to actually using them over a year and a half later! Can hardly wait!

 

[JamesF408]

I think I have everything on the main post updated! Sorry for delay.

See you soon.

 

[SanDiegoSteph]

Booked Excursions this morning Doing the Exclusive Whale watching and Mendenhall Glacier, the Takshanuk Mountain Trail 4x4, and Rainforest Wildlife Sanctuary, Raptor Center and Totems.

Wanted to do the Disney Exclusive Lumberjack show, but it is showing no availability :-(

I'm booked

Hello May 10 cruisers - We're cruising later in the summer, but I was hoping you could share your excursion times, so that we can advance plan our days a little bit better...

Can you tell me for what time your excursions are scheduled??

 

[SanDiegoSteph]

MUCH appreciated!!

 

[MukilteoSailor]

Well with the new Kids sail free promotion they just announced for the Alaska cruise, we have switched from the West Coast REPO cruise in April to this one.

This thread is a lot lighter than that one but I am excited to be on this cruise and get to know some of you before we sail.

We are just down the road from Vancouver a little north of Seattle so this is really going to help for logistics.

It will be me, my wife, son (10), and daughter (4).

 

[JamesF408]

It will be me, my wife, son (10), and daughter (4).

Welcome! Hopefully this board will pick up.

 

[ytsyts]

Just made excursion and Palo reservations... 90 days away!

 

[JamesF408]

Just made excursion and Palo reservations... 90 days away!

ytsyts, US TOO!
We booked all our excursions just a couple minutes ago! So excited...almost here!

 

[ytsyts]

Yay! I am glad we didn't have much problem... looking at the inaugural cruise thread, seems like a frustrating experience for them.

 

[JamesF408]

Yay! I am glad we didn't have much problem... looking at the inaugural cruise thread, seems like a frustrating experience for them.

I read that too! Glad I didn't sail on that cruise. I'll wait till all the kinks are worked out. We're hoping to go in December 2011. We'll see what happens.

 

[MysticDDA]

Ours are made too! Got all our first choices on excursions and brunch at Palo! Online check-in done as well. Whoo hoo, now it's feeling real!
And for more icing on this lovely cake, my DH is taking me to Disneyland this weekend for Valentine's Day!

 

[ClaireinTN]

Hi all, and sorry to crash your thread. But I am stressing about one excursion and I am hoping there is someone here who might be willing to provide some information for me. The excursion is Glacier View Sea Kayaking in Juneau, and I would be ever so grateful to know two things:

1. Is this excursion sold out on your cruise yet?

2. Are there multiple times offered? (And if so, what are those times?) (Oops, I guess that might be three things.)

Thank you and happy planning!

Claire

 

[ytsyts]

Hi all, and sorry to crash your thread. But I am stressing about one excursion and I am hoping there is someone here who might be willing to provide some information for me. The excursion is Glacier View Sea Kayaking in Juneau, and I would be ever so grateful to know two things:

1. Is this excursion sold out on your cruise yet?

2. Are there multiple times offered? (And if so, what are those times?) (Oops, I guess that might be three things.)

Thank you and happy planning!

Claire

Hi,

I just took a quick look and the excursion not offered on this cruise.

 

[ClaireinTN]

Hi,

I just took a quick look and the excursion not offered on this cruise.

Thank you very much for checking. It is puzzling that this excursion would not be available on your cruise--when I read about it on the DCL website it didn't say "seasonal" so I can't imagine why it wouldn't be offered on your cruise. Unless they are not offering it at all?

 

[Carrol]

I am lucky enought to be going to a conference the beginning of May. An Alaska Cruise is on my bucket list. Just booked my very first cruise. It's perfect timing as my conference ends of the 5th so it will give us some time to take in Vancouver. We have an Oceanview Stateroom with Verandah. Since this is our first we can't book anything until Feb. 24th. I hope they are not full.

Any help is appreciated. This is such a reverse. Usually friends come to me when they are planning their first WDW trips since I go there so often.

 

[Nerbiepie]

Just made excursion and Palo reservations... 90 days away!

Did you reserve dinner?.. I looked at trying to do a brunch but it was not available....
However we are book on the whitepass trail and Whale watching/Mendihall glacier tour

I am soooo needing this trip... going to spend 3 days in Vancouver before the cruise to vist family aswell