May 19 - 24, 2014 San Diego to Vancouver

[RweTHEREyet]

OK people, here is the word I got from DCL about which pier in Vancouver. I am assuming that if the ship is sailing out of Balantyne pieron May 24, that means our May 19 sailing arriving in Vancouver on May 24 will arrive at Ballantyne pier.

Magana, Connie H. Connie.H.Magana@disney.com

5:33 PM (16 hours ago)

to me

Good afternoon Mrs. Miller,

Thank you for taking the time to send an email to the Port of Vancouver in regards to your cruise with Disney Cruise Line May 24, 2014. Our partners in Vancouver sent your email to me. I apologize for the confusion and thank you again for bringing this information to our attention. Our Communications Department is correcting the information on our website as I write this email. Let me confirm that the Disney Wonder will sail from Ballantyne Cruise Terminal Saturday May 24, 2014. Upon its return on Monday June 2, 2014 the ship will dock at Canada Place. I have added directions to Ballantyne below. Please let me know if I can provide further information or assistance. My contact information is listed below.

Thank you for sailing with Disney Cruise Line and I look forward to seeing you in Vancouver!

Connie


Connie Magana
Outport Operations Guest Services Manager | Disney Cruise Line

210 Celebration Place | Celebration, FL 34747 | USA

Office: 407-566-8163 | Mobile:407-579-1349

Email: Connie.H.Magana@Disney.com



Directions to Ballantyne Cruise Ship Terminal:

From the Vancouver International Airport head West on Grant McConachie Way E. Keep left at the fork and follow signs for Marine Drive East and merge onto SW Marine Drive. Turn left onto Cambie St. Take the Pacific Boulevard East Exit. Continue straight onto Pacific BLVD. Turn Left onto Carrall St. Turn right onto East Hastings St. Turn Left onto Clark Drive. Turn Right onto Stewart St. Continue onto Centennial Road.

Guest Should Park at Canada Place, as parking is not available at the Ballyantyne Cruise Terminal. Complimentary Shuttle service to and from Canada Place will be readily available.



Ballantyne Cruise Ship Terminal Address:

851 Centennial Rd.
Vancouver, BC V6A1A3, Canada

 

[IleneF]

Hi everyone! Just joining the discussion here but very excited. Just made my last payment today A few questions:

1. Is the FE list final yet?
2. What excursions are worth it in either port?
3. How are ppl returning home, through Seattle or Vancouver?
4. If Seattle how do you get there? Ferry?
5. If staying longer in Vancouver where is recommended?

Thanks for any help you can provide

 

[RweTHEREyet]

Hi everyone! Just joining the discussion here but very excited. Just made my last payment today A few questions:

1. Is the FE list final yet? No, it is not
2. What excursions are worth it in either port?
3. How are ppl returning home, through Seattle or Vancouver? me and my DH are returning from Vancouver
4. If Seattle how do you get there? Ferry?
5. If staying longer in Vancouver where is recommended?we are only staying one night, but have not decided on the hotel yet.

Thanks for any help you can provide

Hello, IleneF, and welcome to the thread. Please let me know who you are traveling with, and I will get the information added to the front page roster.

 

[IleneF]

Hello, IleneF, and welcome to the thread. Please let me know who you are traveling with, and I will get the information added to the front page roster.

Here are the travelers in our group:
Room 1: Ilene (me) and husband Murt
Room 2: Susan and Alan

We are both over 55 couples enjoying Disney cruise life and wanting to be part of the FE group please!

 

[RweTHEREyet]

Here are the travelers in our group:
Room 1: Ilene (me) and husband Murt
Room 2: Susan and Alan

We are both over 55 couples enjoying Disney cruise life and wanting to be part of the FE group please!

Thanks for the info, I will get you added. To join the FE group, check out the first page and there is a link that will take you to the FE sign up.

Again, welcome to the group.

 

[kew423]

Hi everyone! Just joining the discussion here but very excited. Just made my last payment today A few questions:

1. Is the FE list final yet?I got your email and added you to the list.
2. What excursions are worth it in either port? I don't know
3. How are ppl returning home, through Seattle or Vancouver?We are flying home from Vancouver

4. If staying longer in Vancouver where is recommended? We have a time share so we will be at the Vancouver Intrawest.

 

[RweTHEREyet]

I have been looking at the excursions that Disney has listed for San Francisco, and I see that they added the Hop On/Hop Off bus options. I wonder what would be the benefit/disadvantage to booking this thru Disney rather than doing it on your own?

I may be wrong, but I am thinking that someone that had the one-day pass for the Cable Cars and also booked the Hop On/Hop Off could get to pretty much anything they wanted to see.

I just didn't see an option to book directly a Hop On/Hop Off for the night time Chinatown tour, and it looks like their daytime tours stop running at 5:00. There is a lot of information to digest and I may have just missed it.

 

[Cmnbwdw1971]

Just joined my family DH, DD 10,& DS8; along with my parents. Question what is the fish extender? Looking forward to San Francisco. After cruise we're off to Disneyland.

 

[RweTHEREyet]

Just joined my family DH, DD 10,& DS8; along with my parents. Question what is the fish extender? Looking forward to San Francisco. After cruise we're off to Disneyland.

Hi, I have added you to the roster on the first page. Welcome to the Cruise and the DIS boards.

What is FE - Fish Extender. Very brief explanation: You hang something (that has pockets or puches) from the fish outside your cabin door, and the other people in your exchange put small gifts/items in there for you and your family- some are handcrafted and some are store bought. There are much more lengthy explanations, just search the boards. A Google search should give you more information than you wish to read.

 

[RayOfRedondo]

Hi, I have added you to the roster on the first page. Welcome to the Cruise and the DIS boards.

What is FE - Fish Extender. Very brief explanation: You hang something (that has pockets or puches) from the fish outside your cabin door, and the other people in your exchange put small gifts/items in there for you and your family- some are handcrafted and some are store bought. There are much more lengthy explanations, just search the boards. A Google search should give you more information than you wish to read.

For more information on Fish Extenders, there are three Facebook Groups dedicated to them. Here are their URLs:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/480534535350220/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/167311023398247/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/512087638849143/

Lots of FE ideas here. See you on the cruise.

 

[RweTHEREyet]

Just joined my family DH, DD 10,& DS8; along with my parents. Question what is the fish extender? Looking forward to San Francisco. After cruise we're off to Disneyland.

I found this link for you:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3221387&highlight=participate

 

[Skfields]

This is our first disney cruise
Coming with my husband (38/40) & son age 6 (also missing last week of school)
And my in-laws. (65 & 60)

We are getting to Orange County on the 16 th and going to disneyland for a few days and taking amtrack to San Diego. Staying at Marriott that provides travel from amtrack and to cruise.

We are staying 3 nights after in vancouver at a fairmont (there are 4 there and all nice; one across the street from Canada pier) we stayed there last year and loved vancouver and wanted to spend more time. We loved Granville island.

This is our 4th cruise together; our 6th total
3 royal carribean (in carribean)
1 princess ( in Europe)
1 celebrity (2013 alaska)

We are super excited to try Disney!

 

[RweTHEREyet]

In looking at the Port of San Diego calendar, it seems we are the only ship in port that day, so our boarding should be a fairly easy one, at least as far as no other passengers in the terminal except for the Disney Wonder.

 

[IleneF]

Can you send me the link for making the mickey head with all the words in it. I made one for our last cruise but can't seem to find the link..THanks!

 

[kew423]

Can you send me the link for making the mickey head with all the words in it. I made one for our last cruise but can't seem to find the link..THanks!

Me too!

 

[RweTHEREyet]

Can you send me the link for making the mickey head with all the words in it. I made one for our last cruise but can't seem to find the link..THanks!

www.tagxedo.com is what I used when I made this many months ago.

 

[spacecanada]

We booked our San Diego hotel last night. The trip is starting to feel real.

My husband has fantastic FE gift ideas and him and my brother are geeking out to take the best FE gift idea to a higher level. I'll try to keep them attached to reality, but if their idea works you'll have some really cool FE gifts. Oh, boys and their toys! Even if their idea doesn't work, the original idea on its own is pretty neat too.

Now, to finalise what we're doing in San Diego the morning of the cruise - doing some more sightseeing or heading straight to the ship? We're spending time with my parents in Southern California before the cruise and we may opt for a later boarding time to have a few more hours with them.

 

[nicolecook]

My sister and I along with a daughter each (ages 5 and 6) will be onboard. This is our first Disney cruise with our kids. We went on The Big Red Boat when we were little in the 90s. I already emailed to joined the FE. Are you sure there isn't a Pirate's Night? We were really looking forward to it.... We live down the street from Disneyland.

 

[hamm1207]

Welcome to the cruise everyone who has joined us this week!

We have an uncle who lives in the San Francisco area, so we're probably just going to hang out with him for the day. If he's not in town, we're probably just going to wander San Francisco for the day (unless I can convince husband to do the Lasseter Family Winery tour).

 

[sandyam76]

Yay!! The hubby and I will be joining you all on this cruise too!! Our daughter is away at college so she won't be joining us. This is our 7th cruise, 3rd Disney Cruise. Wish we were doing back to back like some of you, but I guess I can't complain, we are going back to Alaska for a cruise in August. Cant wait to meet everyone!!

Sandy & Matt