DisneyDiva84
Fantasy is real and reality is fantastic!
- Joined
- Jan 18, 2010
We are back! And what an amazing adventure it was!
Our sailing party consisted of our two kids (4 and 18 months) and my in-laws. The trip was an early gift for Christmas last year. We are beyond grateful to them as we probably wouldn't have done Alaska anytime soon on our own. When my father in-law asked where we wanted to go I asked what ideas he had to better understand our options. His response? "Well how about renting a RV and traveling around Nevada/Arizona, or maybe Hawaii, Peru, or Alaska? Something like that?" It was very difficult to keep the smile off my face I assure you.
Since traveling in an RV with an 18 month old was not the ideal situation, we moved onto Hawaii. In all my research, folks said island hopping was the best way to experience it. All I could think of was all the transit time, planes and shuttle transfers with an 18-month-old and my head already hurt! So my husband and I suggested the Disney Wonder. We thought it would provide options for all the Mousketeers in our sailing party and the view didn't seem that bad either As luck would have it, we were sailing with them on the Magic in November. We had invited them to join us after the amazing time we had on our first sailing with DCL aboard the Fantasy in 2015. This seemed to provide the perfect opportunity to snag that onboard booking offer and a chance for them to see what we had been talking about before committing.
After researching, I suggested the September 4th sailing. It was by far the cheaper option (nearly 2K less!) and embarkation on Labor Day meant one less day for my GA-PRE K guy to miss. Lucky for us, my in-laws absolutely loved their time onboard the Magic so we booked the trip and the countdown officially began. As a side note, the onboard booking agent confirmed that the cheaper Alaskan prices will always be at the start and end of the season - similiar to Carribbean as kids are in school so it's seen as a non-peak period. Just in case anyone is looking at prices!
We were in rooms 5512 and 5514 with no adjoining door. I will do a post on the room later but we LOVED being so close to the Oceaneer Club!
I cannot believe we are back and I have a lot to share for anyone who is interested. First update will be on our travel to and time around Vancouver. Stay tuned!
Our sailing party consisted of our two kids (4 and 18 months) and my in-laws. The trip was an early gift for Christmas last year. We are beyond grateful to them as we probably wouldn't have done Alaska anytime soon on our own. When my father in-law asked where we wanted to go I asked what ideas he had to better understand our options. His response? "Well how about renting a RV and traveling around Nevada/Arizona, or maybe Hawaii, Peru, or Alaska? Something like that?" It was very difficult to keep the smile off my face I assure you.
Since traveling in an RV with an 18 month old was not the ideal situation, we moved onto Hawaii. In all my research, folks said island hopping was the best way to experience it. All I could think of was all the transit time, planes and shuttle transfers with an 18-month-old and my head already hurt! So my husband and I suggested the Disney Wonder. We thought it would provide options for all the Mousketeers in our sailing party and the view didn't seem that bad either As luck would have it, we were sailing with them on the Magic in November. We had invited them to join us after the amazing time we had on our first sailing with DCL aboard the Fantasy in 2015. This seemed to provide the perfect opportunity to snag that onboard booking offer and a chance for them to see what we had been talking about before committing.
After researching, I suggested the September 4th sailing. It was by far the cheaper option (nearly 2K less!) and embarkation on Labor Day meant one less day for my GA-PRE K guy to miss. Lucky for us, my in-laws absolutely loved their time onboard the Magic so we booked the trip and the countdown officially began. As a side note, the onboard booking agent confirmed that the cheaper Alaskan prices will always be at the start and end of the season - similiar to Carribbean as kids are in school so it's seen as a non-peak period. Just in case anyone is looking at prices!
We were in rooms 5512 and 5514 with no adjoining door. I will do a post on the room later but we LOVED being so close to the Oceaneer Club!
I cannot believe we are back and I have a lot to share for anyone who is interested. First update will be on our travel to and time around Vancouver. Stay tuned!
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