Sept 20,2011 Wonder Repositioning Cruise

[MamaSue]

Holy cow, I have so many posts to catch up on!!
We are flying up to Seattle this weekend and then taking the morning train from Seattle to Vancouver on Monday (9/19) and staying at the Blue Horizon hotel in Vancouver. We hope to go to the Aquarium on Monday afternoon.
In addition to the items listed above (great list by the way), I bring a little nightlight (it gets really dark in the rooms at night) or some extra glow sticks to hang in the room (kinda fun to look at in the dark- LOL!) Also, a stick-up/sachet to hang in the bathroom (for some reason it was a little musty in our bathroom). They don't sell gum on the ship, so bring it with you. They have washer/dryers on the ship so I tend to pack lite and do a load of laundry halfway through. It get's cool and windy up on deck at night (at least it was on our Feb. MR cruise) so bring a light jacket. Ziploc bags come in handy when you want to pack some snacks for the excursions. I guess I'd better start on my packing!! See y'all soon

 

[FergusBC]

Plus we have FE gifts to pack, the odd things like glow sticks and ds's light up mickey spinner that we got on clearance at walmart a few years ago, lol. Probably some bandaids for blisters and ****oos.

And because I'm sooooooooooo mature, I just had to sit and work out what was being censored in that deceptively innocent sentence! Silly auto-censor!

 

[FergusBC]

And our boarding time is at 12:30. Can we get there earlier and stand in line, or is 12:30 the hard time? Never boarded a cruise boat before, not sure of the process. Just seven days and a wake up!

Hey, we have a 12:30 check in time too! See you there
I picked that time thinking we'd be arriving that morning so didn't want an early check in. Now that we're coming over the night before I wish I had picked earlier! I looked to see if we could change it but nothing earlier shows as available. Ah well, at least we can let the kids sleep in a bit on Tuesday. If they're not awake at 5 am bouncing off the walls with excitement!

 

[auntyjenn]

Now we're planning to drive up in to Surrey on Monday night. It's only 5 1/2 hours and it will get us across the border and, what, 45 minutes to the port? My dad and DH like this idea a lot better. They want to be across that border just in case!

My FE turned out so cute! My gifts are pretty small, I am thinking I will have to pack an extra bag to take home all the crazy stuff you guys are giving out!

 

[auntyjenn]

I can't find my FE list with all the room corrections on it!!!! Is the one on the first page all current?

 

[rosiep]

10 day forecast says rain for Vancouver and about 65 degrees. I'm hoping it changes but if it doesn't I'll be prepared.

Never been on a ship in the rain...do they cancel the sail away parties? Are the pools still open?

 

[FergusBC]

I can't find my FE list with all the room corrections on it!!!! Is the one on the first page all current?

No...our room got changed to 8036 (that's for Doug & Norah)...Not sure about the rest of the info...

 

[CADZNYCHC]

I am pretty sure this has everyone's "correct" info...

kdlam 1043 Kelvin Bonnie 1 DS 9 mos / 1 DD 3
Camonkey girl & Grumpygoat 2560 John Heather Heather's BD 9/21
MamaSue 2580 James Susan Jameson (4)
Makayna & Nate 4761 2646 Nate Pam
Katiezmom 5020 Steve Michelle/ Gr Robbie Kate (7)
AuntyJenn 5134 Will Jen Ellise 17/Jacob16/Peter14/Dan10
CynthiaC925 5520 Cynthia/Sharon
Taaren (6003 or 6037??) 6037 Alex Taaren Sam (5)
Disneydiane61 6047 Diane/Donna
Chisafam 6048 Rick Holly Angela (9) Maggie (5) (for all those who were able to add them in)
???? Crystals family 6049 Darcy Nick (young adult)
Crystals 6069 Aaron Crystal Jacob (4) / Ella (1)
Missj1975 6128 Bob Jennifer
Jtiggerb 6313 Justin Joy Holly (10 mos)
johngar & lauragar 6500 John Laura
Yukongirl 6503 Janice Trevor (young adult)
??? Cynthia's friends 7052 Wendell Hilde
?? 7076 Tim Pam
Margo12 7088 Pat Margo Duncan (13)
SanJuan60 7541 Susan / Deb
Cadznychc 7568 Brenda/Teresa/Dianne
?? 7620 Steve Denise
FergusBC 8036 Doug Norah 2 daughters (10 & 6)

 

[CADZNYCHC]

10 day forecast says rain for Vancouver and about 65 degrees. I'm hoping it changes but if it doesn't I'll be prepared.

Never been on a ship in the rain...do they cancel the sail away parties? Are the pools still open?

the one time i was in a huge rain storm - you wouldn't WANT to be in the pools - you'd get pummeled by the rain or sloshed out it was crazy...good day to hit the spa...i HOPE we don't have rain during the sailaway....

 

[GrumpyGoat]

Holy cow, I have so many posts to catch up on!!
We are flying up to Seattle this weekend and then taking the morning train from Seattle to Vancouver on Monday (9/19) and staying at the Blue Horizon hotel in Vancouver. We hope to go to the Aquarium on Monday afternoon.
In addition to the items listed above (great list by the way), I bring a little nightlight (it gets really dark in the rooms at night) or some extra glow sticks to hang in the room (kinda fun to look at in the dark- LOL!) Also, a stick-up/sachet to hang in the bathroom (for some reason it was a little musty in our bathroom). They don't sell gum on the ship, so bring it with you. They have washer/dryers on the ship so I tend to pack lite and do a load of laundry halfway through. It get's cool and windy up on deck at night (at least it was on our Feb. MR cruise) so bring a light jacket. Ziploc bags come in handy when you want to pack some snacks for the excursions. I guess I'd better start on my packing!! See y'all soon

Did you see the post about track work between Seattle and Vancouver? You might want to check with Amtrak and see what the status is...

 

[chisafam]

Hey, we have a 12:30 check in time too! See you there
I picked that time thinking we'd be arriving that morning so didn't want an early check in. Now that we're coming over the night before I wish I had picked earlier! I looked to see if we could change it but nothing earlier shows as available. Ah well, at least we can let the kids sleep in a bit on Tuesday. If they're not awake at 5 am bouncing off the walls with excitement!

We're in the exact same box - it was the earliest time we could get. I'm going to wander over earlier and see if they'll let us in line. Probably not before about 11:30, though - I don't want to make people cranky. I wonder if I can hide sedatives in the kids' orange juice at breakfast just to get them to calm down. 'Course, I'm gonna need one, too, as soon as I see the boat!!!

 

[chisafam]

I am pretty sure this has everyone's "correct" info...

kdlam 1043 Kelvin Bonnie 1 DS 9 mos / 1 DD 3
Camonkey girl & Grumpygoat 2560 John Heather Heather's BD 9/21
MamaSue 2580 James Susan Jameson (4)
Makayna & Nate 4761 2646 Nate Pam
Katiezmom 5020 Steve Michelle/ Gr Robbie Kate (7)
AuntyJenn 5134 Will Jen Ellise 17/Jacob16/Peter14/Dan10
CynthiaC925 5520 Cynthia/Sharon
Taaren (6003 or 6037??) 6037 Alex Taaren Sam (5)
Disneydiane61 6047 Diane/Donna
Chisafam 6048 Rick Holly Angela (9) Maggie (5) (for all those who were able to add them in)
???? Crystals family 6049 Darcy Nick (young adult)
Crystals 6069 Aaron Crystal Jacob (4) / Ella (1)
Missj1975 6128 Bob Jennifer
Jtiggerb 6313 Justin Joy Holly (10 mos)
johngar & lauragar 6500 John Laura
Yukongirl 6503 Janice Trevor (young adult)
??? Cynthia's friends 7052 Wendell Hilde
?? 7076 Tim Pam
Margo12 7088 Pat Margo Duncan (13)
SanJuan60 7541 Susan / Deb
Cadznychc 7568 Brenda/Teresa/Dianne
?? 7620 Steve Denise
FergusBC 8036 Doug Norah 2 daughters (10 & 6)

Thank you for this - my list was old!

 

[auntyjenn]

Thanks! Just wanted to be sure.

 

[CADZNYCHC]

YIKES....NOT looking forward to all the gloomy rainy days forecasted for Vancouver & Victoria
hope that changes just a bit

 

[sunshine1259]

YIKES....NOT looking forward to all the gloomy rainy days forecasted for Vancouver & Victoria
hope that changes just a bit

Hey, Strawberry Brenda. Looks like you have about a week to go!! Don't mind the rain too much. Vancouver looked very nice from what little I saw of it. I am sure that you will have a great time, rain or shine.

Look forward to chatting with you when you return.

 

[CADZNYCHC]

Hey, Strawberry Brenda. Looks like you have about a week to go!! Don't mind the rain too much. Vancouver looked very nice from what little I saw of it. I am sure that you will have a great time, rain or shine.

Look forward to chatting with you when you return.

You are definitely right - a little rain will not ruin our fUN - Just had hoped for a little sun
Yes we will definitely chat when I get back!!

 

[Capn Jack Savvy]

Well it turns out since we are staying overnight at the Vancouver Piedmont Hotel which is on Disney's list of hotels for transportation, we can board the Wonder anytime before 3:00pm. No boarding time for us......and I was beginning to get worried.

 

[tanyaewa]

Bummer about the change in the weather! We have just had an amazing 2 weeks of 80-90 (27-32 for us Cdns!) degree sunshine!

It won't be too cold or wet though. I promise

Question:

How are the Disneyland trip people getting to their hotels after the cruise?

 

[CrystalS]

How are the Disneyland trip people getting to their hotels after the cruise?

We are using Socalimo.com
Oddly enough a limo was abou the same price for the 6 of us as a shuttle van, lol.



I JUST noticed the censor on my last post, haha!
They censored out boo boos because of "boo.b"



On another note; just learned how to do HDR (high dynamic range) photos with my camera
(oh wait someone here doesn't like the bananas do they?? opps

 

[roseburghughes]

10 day forecast says rain for Vancouver and about 65 degrees. I'm hoping it changes but if it doesn't I'll be prepared.

Never been on a ship in the rain...do they cancel the sail away parties? Are the pools still open?

30% chance of rain means 70% chance of "no" rain We will be prepared too, welcome to the Pacific Northwest and bring an umbrella.

Did you see the post about track work between Seattle and Vancouver? You might want to check with Amtrak and see what the status is...

We are on the Amtrak Cascades #510 from Seattle to Vancouver on
Sept 19th. I called Amtrak and they advised the track repair delays do not effect that train.