May 19 - 24, 2014 San Diego to Vancouver

[Himmin]

We are staying at the Dana on Mission bay as on the Sunday we are going to go to seaworld. We get into San Diego on the Saturday night, we are driving down from a day in Disney land.

 

[Calfan]

We are flying down from the Bay Area the morning of the cruise.

 

[kew423]

I would be a nervous wreck if I wasn't, but that's just me.

We had an 11 am boarding time last cruise. Hope it's that early this time.

 

[hamm1207]

Will everyone be on by then?

How about 3:30? I think everyone should be on by then.

 

[hamm1207]

Cruise is all paid off! We can start booking stuff on sunday!!

 

[RweTHEREyet]

Cruise is all paid off! We can start booking stuff on sunday!!

Woohoo, are you booking everything thru Disney?

 

[VowRenewal13]

Twenty more days till we can check in and book excursions on this cruise.

 

[kew423]

How about 3:30? I think everyone should be on by then.

The safety drill is usually at 3:45 so 3:30 might be pushing it. I still say we meet right after the drill or right after the sail away party.

 

[VowRenewal13]

Usually everyone is on board by 3:00, unless there is a problem with traffic. I am flexible and am willing to meet up at any time.

 

[hamm1207]

Woohoo, are you booking everything thru Disney?

Just Palo for this cruise. We have an uncle in San Francisco, so we're going to spend the day with him.

 

[hamm1207]

The safety drill is usually at 3:45 so 3:30 might be pushing it. I still say we meet right after the drill or right after the sail away party.

3:00 would probably be our best bet then. After sail away people tend to rush to get ready for dinner. Or we could do it the next day, at sea.

 

[markheardjr]

Great suggestions from markheardjr. I just have a couple of comments in response and put them in blue.

Oooo, I have a very different opinion on this one. I highly suggest doing San Francisco on your own. We are there for around 12 hours, which is plenty of time for anyone to figure out what they want to do and to get back to the ship. I don't recall seeing anything that Disney offered for an excursion that wouldn't be just as easy, and cheaper to book on your own

Well, our excursion experiences were in foreign countries. It was very easy going to follow the leader and just observe and soak it in.

SanFran is U.S. so you may be able to plan on your own. I'd definetly be more comfortable going it myself. They do have an option for a hop-on-hop-off bus that will take you to all the hot spots in SanFran. (ie Fishermans Wharf, Golden Gate, Ghiradelli Square, Lombard St, Japanese Tea Gardens, Painted Lady houses, China Town, etc...)

We're going to opt for Muir woods and Sausilito. Muir woods is where they filmed the forest scenes in the Star Wars movies (Ewoks!) I'm half tempted to get a wookie costume and a storm trooper outfit for my wife. haha. Also interested in the SanFran night light one. We'll have to see what kind of timing it ends up being.

I'm up for a meet n greet. On our Europe cruise our Facebook group met and one of the couples actually got married on the hidden deck! They were lucky to have the FB group there because the FB pictures turned out WAY better than the terrible cruise staff photorgrapher.
My wife is interested in doing the FE group this time. So we'll probably sign up for that. She's a pinterest nut so I'm sure you'll enjoy all the planning.

 

[RweTHEREyet]

OK, for those not doing the B2B with the May 24 Alaska sailing. There is a lot of discussion going on over on that Meets thread about which pier DCL is using in Vancouver.

This was posted by Peachygreen over there:

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I'm sure this has probably been discussed in here before but I was looking at the Vancouver Port Schedule and noticed that the May 24th Cruise departs from the Ballantyne Pier and not from Canada Place.

http://www.portmetrovancouver.com/en/about/cruiseandtourism/cruiselineschedules.aspx

I just wanted to share in case it wasn't known.

If this is true, that means that the San Diego sailing would be coming in to the Ballantyne Pier instead of Canada Place.

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The conversation starts with post #739 in this thread:

http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3064884 I think it is on Page 50.


As the original poster said, not meaning to stir things up since we don't know which information is correct, but I thought everyone here would be interested in following this.


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[kew423]

OK, for those not doing the B2B with the May 24 Alaska sailing. There is a lot of discussion going on over on that Meets thread about which pier DCL is using in Vancouver. This was posted by Peachygreen over there: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm sure this has probably been discussed in here before but I was looking at the Vancouver Port Schedule and noticed that the May 24th Cruise departs from the Ballantyne Pier and not from Canada Place. http://www.portmetrovancouver.com/en/about/cruiseandtourism/cruiselineschedules.aspx I just wanted to share in case it wasn't known. If this is true, that means that the San Diego sailing would be coming in to the Ballantyne Pier instead of Canada Place. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The conversation starts with post #739 in this thread: http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3064884 I think it is on Page 50. As the original poster said, not meaning to stir things up since we don't know which information is correct, but I thought everyone here would be interested in following this. __________________

What does that mean?

 

[RweTHEREyet]

What does that mean?

For this May 19 cruise it means that if the Port of Vancouver site is correct, that the ship is pulling into a different pier in Vancouver, not Canada Place, but Ballantyne. That may make a difference to anyone getting off the ship in Vancouver as far as any hotel reservations they have already booked or transportation plans they have made.

For those staying on the ship and doing the B2B with Alaska, it may make a difference in their plans for the day in Vancouver and how they get to where they were going--not sure how far away from Canada Place the Ballantyne pier is.

For anyone like me that has someone joining them in Vancouver, for the May 24 sailing, I booked my DHs hotel right there at the pier, at the Pan Pacific, so he would not have to deal with any transportation issues that morning to get to the ship. If that May 24 sailing leaves from Ballantyne, I may need to change his reservation.

I understand that Canada Place is usually nicer and preferred over Ballantyne.

Wherever the mistake was made, seems like a fairly big mistake to me.

 

[kew423]

For this May 19 cruise it means that if the Port of Vancouver site is correct, that the ship is pulling into a different pier in Vancouver, not Canada Place, but Ballantyne. That may make a difference to anyone getting off the ship in Vancouver as far as any hotel reservations they have already booked or transportation plans they have made. For those staying on the ship and doing the B2B with Alaska, it may make a difference in their plans for the day in Vancouver and how they get to where they were going--not sure how far away from Canada Place the Ballantyne pier is. For anyone like me that has someone joining them in Vancouver, for the May 24 sailing, I booked my DHs hotel right there at the pier, at the Pan Pacific, so he would not have to deal with any transportation issues that morning to get to the ship. If that May 24 sailing leaves from Ballantyne, I may need to change his reservation. I understand that Canada Place is usually nicer and preferred over Ballantyne. Wherever the mistake was made, seems like a fairly big mistake to me.

Looks like they are just a mile apart.

 

[kew423]

Does anyone have any idea what the temperatures are, historically, while we are out to sea on this cruise?

 

[markheardjr]

Does anyone have any idea what the temperatures are, historically, while we are out to sea on this cruise?

LA to SanFran May 20-24 averages 63° with a record high of 78° and record low of 46°. I'd say San Diego to SanFran to Vancouver might be a difference of 3° or 4° each stop unless some weather is rolling through the Pacific NW. I'd plan for a few jackets, one rain proof if you can fit them.

On the water it may be a few degrees cooler too. Depending on how far out we go and marine layer it may be a little nippy. Midwesterners won't notice a thing and wear shorts. SW'ers might need some fleece lined leggings and some Uggs. haha.

http://www.wunderground.com/history...ty=KSFO&req_state=CA&req_statename=California

 

[markheardjr]

Does anyone know of any excursions offered in Vancouver? I know on our Med cruise they had excursions offered in Bacelona pre/post cruise. I wondered if they have anything after our cruise we could do?

 

[kew423]

LA to SanFran May 20-24 averages 63° with a record high of 78° and record low of 46°. I'd say San Diego to SanFran to Vancouver might be a difference of 3° or 4° each stop unless some weather is rolling through the Pacific NW. I'd plan for a few jackets, one rain proof if you can fit them. On the water it may be a few degrees cooler too. Depending on how far out we go and marine layer it may be a little nippy. Midwesterners won't notice a thing and wear shorts. SW'ers might need some fleece lined leggings and some Uggs. haha. http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KSFO/1972/5/22/PlannerHistory.html?req_city=KSFO&req_state=CA&req_statename=California

Sounds like hot tub time!