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We just moved our med cruise to this Alaskan cruise on the Wonder. PIF date was 5/27/2013 so we are paid and ready to go. This is our first DCL cruise as Platinum so I booked Palo Brunch and tours in Skagway and Juneau, in Ketchikan we will do our own walking tour. We did this route of the inside passage with Princess and when our Disneyana friends changed to this cruise, we did too.
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I won't be on this cruise but we did Alaska on the wonder last year and it was gorgeous. Just wanted to say enjoy! I love the perks of being Platinum
I'm going to recommend ponchos but if you've already been to Alaska i'm sure you know that. When rain gets measured in feet instead of inches it's always a good idea to have some sort of rain gear on hand! Happy sailing!
P.S. Deck 4 had those little wooden lounge chairs and is a great spot to snuggle in for the Tracy Arm sailing. We also had a great view from our verandah.
[QUOTE=PixieMichele;4107008]I won't be on this cruise but we did Alaska on the wonder last year and it was gorgeous. Just wanted to say enjoy! I love the perks of being Platinum
I'm going to recommend ponchos but if you've already been to Alaska i'm sure you know that. When rain gets measured in feet instead of inches it's always a good idea to have some sort of rain gear on hand! Happy sailing!
P.S. Deck 4 had those little wooden lounge chairs and is a great spot to snuggle in for the Tracy Arm sailing. We also had a great view from our verandah.[/
Thanks. I am taking all weather gear. We did this route with Princess several years ago also the last week of May. Tracey Arm was freezing, but in ports it was hot, so we will be prepared for all types of weather. Surprisingly we had no rain the last week of May so who knows. I love this route. We are also flying to LAX after the cruise so I can go to Disneyland again. DH thinks that since we are on the west coast Disneyland is close. No hubby it is not. We are flying to lax from Vancouver before we fly back to New Jersey.
Michele
hahahahaha, love the Disneyland stop! Disneyland is always worth it, especially since Cars Land got there, it just blows me away everytime I see it.
We went out of Seattle and luckily my Aunt and Uncle Live there so we got to spend some time with them in Seattle before we went which was really, really nice. We got super super super lucky with our weather and it was really nice. Everyone was commenting on how lucky we were that we just missed huge rainstorms the previous week, etc. The cold wasn't too bad (but then again i'm from Michigan!) and we just packed ponchos in our camera bag and layered up. Lord knows every gift shop has something warm if you want to pay the price for it!
Tracy Arm was FREEZING. That day I layered up for sure but i was determined to stay out and see all I could see because I knew it was unlikely we'd be going back to Alaska. I'm more of a tropical vacation kind of gal They did have those blue blankets, the fleece one's that they leave by the pool, so we grabbed a few of those and wrapped up. I will say, It was much more enjoyable from our verandah. We asked our stateroom host for robes and threw those on over our clothes, called room service for some hot drinks and sat on the verandah. Easier to pop in and out when you wanted to warm up as well.
It only rained a little our day in Ketchikan, which is when we were doing our float plane but the minute we got above Misty Fjords the skies cleared and we saw a few rainbows it was AWESOME! have a great cruise!
Paid in full, airfare purchased, pre and post hotels booked and we are going to
Disneyland after this cruise and visiting family on the west coast before the cruise. We are retired and looking forward to this long adventure.
Booked a 5C GTY, and were assigned a 5C on deck 6 aft. We are eleven cabins
away from our other friends who booked a 5c with an assigned cabin. Happy to be cruising again.
Michele
I'm on the June 3rd cruise. Does anyone know if they're having the Pirates Party this year or is the Pixar Pals Party replacing that? Trying not to pack more than I need.
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