silverangel879
Never let your wings be stolen from you!
- Joined
- Apr 21, 2005
Hi Guys!
It's been a while since I have written a report here. But Ive decide that since this trip is going to be legend-(wait for it ...) dary! It deserve a report! So here is the clan:
ME (Sharma): 35 (36 on the cruise) geek, Photographer, Fan Girl, Bookworm, Coffee lover, CM - This is my birthday gift
DH (Obi - yes like the Jedi): 33 geek, engineer, video gamer, best friend
DBFF (Laura) - PhD student, geek, bookworm, whovian.
DF (Eric) - Laura's hubby. Geek, video gamer and the other birthday at the cruise!
We have done multiple vacations together(mostly driving through FL or Atlanta), but this will be the first one this big. Hopefully we will still like each other at the end...
When:
We depart Tampa, FL via Alaska Airlines to Seattle on Friday, August 28th. Get into the Disney Wonder on Monday, August 31st - Sept 7th
Plans:
Friday August 28th - We plan to arrived at Seattle. Get Car. Check In Days Inn Seatac Airport.
Saturday August 29th - visit Pike Market and the needle and head driving to Vancouver. Maybe, stop at the duty free and get some bottles of wine for the cruise. Check In at YWCA Vancouver.
Sunday August 30th - Visit Vancouver. We want to visit Capilano Suspension Bridge Park and the Winter Olympics site. Also, we want to take the ferry to Victoria Island.
Monday August 31st - Return Car. Get into the Ship. Make sure to go and check if we can add people to the Palo Brunch reservation and Mixology. Enjoy the Cruise!!!
Monday Sept 7th - Get car and drive back to Seattle. Check In at Red Roof near airport.
Tues Sept 8th - Return Car and fly home
We got private tour companies for 2 out of the 4 tours we are doing. In Skagway, we got the Glacier by Helicopter with Temsco for $65pp cheaper than with port Adventures. We are doing the Mush Camp same day in the afternoon but with Port Adventures. I found the difference in Price for this one was like $10 so we kept it with DCL.
In Juneau, we book a private Whale Watching Tour with rumrunners. This is in the morning so maybe we will tour the port in the afternoon.
In Ketchickan, there was nothing that got our attention (like the glacier and Whale Watching) so we got the DCL Lumberjack Show. It is $5 difference that doing directly to them so we kept it with DCL for now.
Palo Brunch, Mixology and long hours with coffee and blankets are planned. And tons of pics...And Laura and Obi plan on eating as many crab legs they can!
Laura and Eric have been in the Wonder before. Us only the Fantasy, but non of us as been in Alaska...so we are very excited! Let's see how it goes...
53 days!!!
It's been a while since I have written a report here. But Ive decide that since this trip is going to be legend-(wait for it ...) dary! It deserve a report! So here is the clan:
ME (Sharma): 35 (36 on the cruise) geek, Photographer, Fan Girl, Bookworm, Coffee lover, CM - This is my birthday gift
DH (Obi - yes like the Jedi): 33 geek, engineer, video gamer, best friend
DBFF (Laura) - PhD student, geek, bookworm, whovian.
DF (Eric) - Laura's hubby. Geek, video gamer and the other birthday at the cruise!
We have done multiple vacations together(mostly driving through FL or Atlanta), but this will be the first one this big. Hopefully we will still like each other at the end...
When:
We depart Tampa, FL via Alaska Airlines to Seattle on Friday, August 28th. Get into the Disney Wonder on Monday, August 31st - Sept 7th
Plans:
Friday August 28th - We plan to arrived at Seattle. Get Car. Check In Days Inn Seatac Airport.
Saturday August 29th - visit Pike Market and the needle and head driving to Vancouver. Maybe, stop at the duty free and get some bottles of wine for the cruise. Check In at YWCA Vancouver.
Sunday August 30th - Visit Vancouver. We want to visit Capilano Suspension Bridge Park and the Winter Olympics site. Also, we want to take the ferry to Victoria Island.
Monday August 31st - Return Car. Get into the Ship. Make sure to go and check if we can add people to the Palo Brunch reservation and Mixology. Enjoy the Cruise!!!
Monday Sept 7th - Get car and drive back to Seattle. Check In at Red Roof near airport.
Tues Sept 8th - Return Car and fly home
We got private tour companies for 2 out of the 4 tours we are doing. In Skagway, we got the Glacier by Helicopter with Temsco for $65pp cheaper than with port Adventures. We are doing the Mush Camp same day in the afternoon but with Port Adventures. I found the difference in Price for this one was like $10 so we kept it with DCL.
In Juneau, we book a private Whale Watching Tour with rumrunners. This is in the morning so maybe we will tour the port in the afternoon.
In Ketchickan, there was nothing that got our attention (like the glacier and Whale Watching) so we got the DCL Lumberjack Show. It is $5 difference that doing directly to them so we kept it with DCL for now.
Palo Brunch, Mixology and long hours with coffee and blankets are planned. And tons of pics...And Laura and Obi plan on eating as many crab legs they can!
Laura and Eric have been in the Wonder before. Us only the Fantasy, but non of us as been in Alaska...so we are very excited! Let's see how it goes...
53 days!!!