KDilly

Good morning,

 

We are booked on Radiance of the Seas Cruisetour #13 Southbound. The "We" includes my husband, my 2 children and of course me!

 

Here is our planned itinerary:

 

Thurs 6/21 Arrive in Fairbanks, get rental car and check in at Pike's Waterfront Lodge (chosen because this is where our cruisetour starts and i didn't want to have to change hotels again!) drop off bags and proceed to North Pole to visit Santa Claus House, have dinner at Pagoda Restaurant and then off to the Midnight Sun Baseball Game

 

Fri 6/22 Riverboat Discovery followed by The El Dorado Gold Mine (currently operating at Gold Dredge No 8) followed by dinner at Silver Gulch Brewery

 

Sat 6/23 Off to the Arctic Circle via Air in the morning, followed by the Hot Springs and Ice Museum when we return, drop off the rental car and dinner at Pike's Landing, check in with cruisetour this evening

 

Sun 6/24 Cruisetour begins - early domed rail from Fairbanks to Denali followed by the Natural History Bus Tour, and dinner at the hotel or the Cabin Nite Dinner Treatre (still deciding), overnight at the McKinley Village Lodge

 

Mon 6/25 Neana White Water Rafting in the morning followed by the train to Talkeetna in the afternoon. Talkeetna Lake Hike in the evening followed by late night snacks at the hotel. Overnight at the Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge

 

Tues 6/26 Shuttle to Talkeetna to check out the town and have bkfst at the Talkeetna Roadhouse and perhaps an early afternoon hike on another trail. Late afternoon train from Talkeetna to Anchorage. Overnight at the Marriott.

 

Wed 6/27 morning at the Alaska Native Heritage Center, followed by the bus to Alyeska with a stop at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. Dinner with tram ride at Seven Glaciers Restaurant. Overnight at the Alyeska Resort.

 

Thur 6/28 early moring bus ride to Seward with an afternoon Resurrection Bay Wildlife Cruise. Dinner at Resurrection Bay Restaurant and overnight at the Seward Windsong Lodge

 

Fri 6/29 my husband and son will be doing an full day fishing excursion while my daughter and I do the Exit Glacier Hike in the morning followed by Horseback riding in the afternoon. We all board the boat late in the afternoon.

 

Sat 6/30 cruising day past Hubbard Glacier

 

Sun 7/1 Juneau - morning helicopter ride with Dog sledding on the Mendenhall Glacier, have lunch, change clothes and disembark again for the Mount Roberts Tramway and some sightseeing

 

Mon 7/2 Skagway - moring Yukon Jeep Adventure with a walking tour of Skagway upon our return

 

Tues 7/3 Icy Strait Point - ATV Adventure in the moring, and a walk over to Hoonah upon our return, a quick visit to the cannery and back aboard

 

Wed 7/4 Ketchikan - Bering Sea Crab Fisherman's Tour in the morning and a self guided walking tour upon our return to the Totem Heritage Center and fish hatchery, salmon ladder etc....

 

Thur 7/5 a relaxing Inside Passage Cruising Day

 

Fri 7/6 early disembarkation and cab to Fairmont Vancouver Airport to drop bags and grab car rental. Off to Capilano Suspension Bridge followed by Stanley Park (renting bikes for Seawall) and anything else of interest we decide to see

 

Sat 7/7 depart Vancouver for home.....

 

Sun 7/8 LAUNDRY!!!!

 

Mon 7/9 Back to reality and work!!!

Sounds like an amazing trip, have a blast!!!

-KD

Absolutely cancel them. You will be charged $14/pp one way which equals $70. Even if you have to take 2 taxis, it will only be $30 for both.

Ouch that kinda stinks

-KD

Ahhhhh, it's sort of like the Soup N azi. ;)

 

Order it wrong = NO SANDWICH FOR YOU!

It's like going to Pat's for a cheese steak lol if you don't know how to order right, you will stay hungry lol

-KD

Believe it or not, that is the exact table (the round one) my wife and I sat at on our previous Alaskan cruise!!! Awesome! (Hey, I'm excited by the upcoming cruise... so sue me. :p )

That room is beautiful!

-KD

WOW!! Those pictures are absolutely beautiful!! I am so very jealous!!

-KD

Wonderful read can't wait to go on my next cruise....

Ditto on that!!!! I'm starting my shopping now :)

-KD

Just want to say THANK YOU to everyone posting on here for keeping me busy these last couple of days! I have been home and in the hospital sick (nothing big though) and this has really kept me feeling better:) You all rock and I hope your future trips are as great as ours was!!!!

Glad it wasn't anything too bad. Get better and get back to SEA!!!! :)

-KD

The most relaxing and pampering thing to me is a good massage.

I love to get them until they get to the deep tissue massages.

I always tell the massuse not to do the deep tissue.

The one and only deep tissue massage I got it felt like they were breaking my ribcage!!!:eek:

 

I also like to get a pedicure and am with a lot of you--- IT TICKLES!!!!! But is so relaxing when they massage my feet and legs.

I am a big big man so I love the deep tissue massage but you can keep the pedicures lmao

-KD

Thank you for the info on the camera website. I will be looking into this for sure.

 

 

 

It is slow going. They have shown pics of what the new terminal will look like. Pretty impressive.

 

The only difference I noticed was that they had a better gangplank system that actually landed you on the level with the atrium. It was still a very fast check in time.

 

 

 

Thank you! :)

That's great, its weird that they haven't had that before ya know

-KD

A few years ago in St Peters in Rome we saw a sign saying "Beware of Pickpockets" actually inside the Church.

WOW now that's rough lol

-KD

WOW some of these pics are beautiful!!! You guys and gals have some talent(and/or a really good camera lol)

-KD

Thanks. The website link doesn't work for some reason. Anyone know of him?

Try using a different browser. Some sites are weird like that.

-KD

awesome review

Agreed!! This site is so informative!!

-KD

I am 32, single and am going on my First Cruise in 3 days on Carnival Glory, so it does happen, I am hoping to come across some single women also to spend a little time with.

 

never know who, what and where you can meet someone that can change your life, so hopefully it can happen on a Cruise.

A cruise is a better place than a bar as long as there are desirable women, you can always go to another bar though haha

-KD

nope, nope, nope - Not that kind of singles search - Mom is prior Army and would not want anyone to get hurt:D

 

Just thought if there were other guys and gals in that age group - I would help them find a thread here to start meeting and greeting with peeps. Travel planning is what I do - they don't even know about these boards yet - but again if a thread started with others going on the cruise - I would send them the link.

So basically ANY other girl on the ship then haha get em momma!! haha

-KD

We had the Premium non alcoholic package and drank loads of lattes in Cafe Bacio, we were in Blu and fresh orange juice, sparkling water and latte's were no problem, after day one the waiters served them without asking. We have found the packages excellent value for money.

 

Richard

Thanks for the input Richard, I like to sleep late but not on a cruise lol

-KD

Hi Everyone!

I saw a post somewhere on this website about a woman that made a honeymoon sign and attached a pen/marker to it and had people sign thier honeymoon door sign. I love the idea, but I can't find the thread. Has anyone else seen it or know where I might be able to find it? I can't relocate it.

 

Does anyone else have any ideas for honeymoon signs??? :D

 

Thanks everyone!

Would they let you cover the door w white butcher paper and put a Sharpie on a string so people could sign it as they walk by? That could be fun...

-KD

That was absolutely fantastic, Froufie -- especially one post which is specifically about Pride #1111. A CrCr member who was in that stateroom in 2007 is still active here, so we will attempt to contact him/her for more information. We cannot thank you enough. (We have run many searches in the past, but somehow forgot to run the search that you ran.)

It is impressive how you can ask about a specific room on a ship and get info!! Awesome thanks!

-KD

I was concerned about just using my iphone 4 for pics instead of bringing a better camera but those pics look good to me :)

-KD

I think we may do Alaska some day. It's fun to explore and try different things. Mike

I have heard such great things about cruises to Alaska!! It's hard to get away from warm sand beaches though haha

-KD

:D Hi! :D

I love this thread! I look forward to posting on here and getting to know some fellow CCL's! (Cruise Critic Lesbians.. not to be confused with Carnival Cruise Lines! :p )

 

My partner and I are booked on the April 13th sailing in 2013 on the new Carnival Breeze! I have sailed before but she has never been on a cruise. I hope that she loooooves it, because I absolutely enjoy cruising!! :D I just have to win the lotto or something so that we can do it more often! HA! :eek: :cool:

My best friend and her girlfriend are looking into "friendly" cruises and this thread has been GREAT!! Thanks

If you want a fun sucker bet, put it on the yo.

Dolla YO!!! Always a good time haha

-KD

I got free drinks but always tipped an extra buck and they were all over me i had the best service as other guests waited

T.I.P.S. To Insure Proper Service! Always tip, you will get better service.

I'm not sure if the reason US Citizens don't get a W-2 for more than $1200 in winnings is that in International Waters, it is not required? In US territorial waters, it is?

It's not because of Int waters. The same rules exist in Vegas for jackpots over $1200.