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  1. wow, really enjoyed your travel diary and pictures. We are on the Sep 2nd sailing, getting super excited, I just booked the dining package reservations and excursions.

     

    We booked:

    Juneau - Bush plane 5 glacier flight because its on the bucket list.

    Skagway - Dyea Dave tour to Emerald lake then back on the train because I hate to drive and try to take in all the sites.

    Ketchikan - Rainforest nature walk.

    Victoria - Butchart Gardens.

     

    Thank You for taking the time to blog this!

     

     

    Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

     

     

     

    Dyea Dave was awesome and emerald lake beautiful!

     

     

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  2. Well it’s just about that time. I’ll be heading soon for my first flight to LAX on good old Southwest, hanging in the One World Lounge for a few hours, and then leaving in the evening for Gatwick on board Norwegian Air. I’ll be hopping on the train to Southampton and staying at The Grapes in a single room for two nights before boarding the brand-new BLISS!

     

     

     

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    I booked a Studio very shortly after the sailing first became available and joined up on the Roll Call. We’ve had a really good core group on the Roll Call and associated page on FB with The Dougout and Sue keeping things moving with countdown videos and a separate web page so people could register for our on-board events hosted by people on the cruise who stepped up to help. And what a list of events! A pre-cruise dinner, a CC Meet & Greet(of course), slot pull, Pub Crawl, chocolate tasting, mystery gift exchange, cabin crawl, games & dinners, and even a CC sponsored scavenger hunt. We’ll have no time to be bored on this sailing.

     

     

    I helped out with designing and getting lapel pins made for the sailing:

     

     

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    I’m quite proud of how they turned out. I also used the flag background to create T-shirts for the group and set them up for people to buy on a separate site to have the shirts shipped directly to them.

     

     

    I’ll be trying out the unlimited package on the ship for wifi since I really didn’t want to have to mess around with upgrading the social package if it turned out not to allow posting from Tapatalk. If you’ve read one of my reviews before then you know there will be food and booze pictures galore.

     

     

     

    Speaking of pictures, I do ask that you not use the quote function for the pictures. Reposting them just clogs up the thread and makes it harder for me and others to see what you may have said and see new posts. If you want to comment or ask a question on something that is in a picture, then please delete the other pictures if you use the quote function for that picture. If you just want to make a general comment, PLEASE do not quote the whole picture post!

     

     

     

    TLDR: Please do not quote pictures!

     

     

     

    I have my Samsung 7 and a knock-off faux-pro for pictures& video so nothing fancy. I’m not sure how good the internet will be but if it’s good enough I’ll post video to YouTube during the cruise, otherwise I’ll have to wait until I get home. I’ll also be posting to Instagram as @goddessocoffee with pictures and short videos.

     

     

    I’ll be happy to answer questions as I find the answers and post pics of the dailies but I’m not going to go out of my way to track down something I’m not interested in or scour the casino for your favorite slot machine. I’m out to do two things:discover the new ship and enjoy my vacation. And drink much booze; okay three things.

     

     

    Yes, I will be doing the go-carts but I probably won’t be doing the Laser Tag.

     

    Yes, I will be going to the spa (I have the pass) so will post pics of that and the spa menu.

     

    Yes, I will be posting pics of the drink and food menus as I visit the bars and restaurants.

     

     

     

    Now to finish that last-minute packing, give my kitties love, then wait on my Lyft.

     

     

     

    Looking forward to following along!

     

     

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  3. We will be arriving in Vancouver on May 1 via Amtrak. Both my husband and I will be using mobility scooters. I am looking for recommendations of where to stay that we can find plenty to do just using the scooters for transportation. Looking for under $200 USD. Also, does public transportation allow easy access for 2 scooters? How about HOHO is it accessible?

    We leave May 5 on NCL Jewel, so we have several days to explore. Any suggestions of easily accessible sights. We are late 50's, not into nightlife, but love good original restaurants.

    Any help is much appreciated.

  4. We will be arriving in Vancouver on May 1 via Amtrak. Both my husband and I will be using mobility scooters. I am looking for recommendations of where to stay that we can find plenty to do just using the scooters for transportation. Looking for under $200 USD. Also, does public transportation allow easy access for 2 scooters? How about HOHO is it accessible?

    We leave May 5 on NCL Jewel, so we have several days to explore. Any suggestions of easily accessible sights. We are late 50's, not into nightlife, but love good original restaurants.

    Any help is much appreciated.

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