Hello Friends,
Yup, we're doing it again! We are a day away from flying off to Vancouver, BC (assuming that they still welcome Americans into Canada
) and doing our third Disney Alaska Cruise on the Wonder. The last time we did this was back in 2022 when they just re-started this itinerary after being shut down due to the pandemic. In fact, we were on the second cruise since they re-started. While we did enjoy it tremendously, it was clear that they were not fully back yet. There were hardly any merchandise, Palo was rather disappointing, and the stresses of having to get tested before entering Canada, before getting onto the ship and before flying back into the US did not make it into as amazing as it could have been.
For this trip, we're mostly taking it easy. We will arrive in Vancouver mid afternoon on Wednesday, spend a few days there as we normally would (we love Vancouver), and then on Monday, we board the Wonder for the 7-night cruise. We only planned for 2 excursions, and yes, we do have reservation for Palo. I hope the lamb chops are back to the standard before the pandemic.
As usual, I'll try to blog live on whatever we will be up to, leading up to the cruise. Once on the cruise itself, I'll only be able to blog something if I have cell connection (no, not paying for the onboard wi-fi). This promises to be a relaxing, chilled cruise, because that is what we intend it to be. Doing nothing is exactly what I want to do ... well, maybe a bit of shopping.
It is interesting how our Disney trips has evolved. We used to go to WDW 2 to 3 times a year, and then it tapered off to once a year (ignoring the shutdown during the pandemic, of course), and now, we haven't been back to WDW since 2022. We went to Disneyland in 2023, and in 2024, we went to Japan and did Tokyo Disney Resort. As of now, we still do not have any plans of going back to WDW.
I still have quite a bit of packing to do, and we must not forget Donald or I'll never hear the end of it. We get picked up very early tomorrow for the airport, so I'll be turning in early today.
Zz.
Yup, we're doing it again! We are a day away from flying off to Vancouver, BC (assuming that they still welcome Americans into Canada
) and doing our third Disney Alaska Cruise on the Wonder. The last time we did this was back in 2022 when they just re-started this itinerary after being shut down due to the pandemic. In fact, we were on the second cruise since they re-started. While we did enjoy it tremendously, it was clear that they were not fully back yet. There were hardly any merchandise, Palo was rather disappointing, and the stresses of having to get tested before entering Canada, before getting onto the ship and before flying back into the US did not make it into as amazing as it could have been.For this trip, we're mostly taking it easy. We will arrive in Vancouver mid afternoon on Wednesday, spend a few days there as we normally would (we love Vancouver), and then on Monday, we board the Wonder for the 7-night cruise. We only planned for 2 excursions, and yes, we do have reservation for Palo. I hope the lamb chops are back to the standard before the pandemic.
As usual, I'll try to blog live on whatever we will be up to, leading up to the cruise. Once on the cruise itself, I'll only be able to blog something if I have cell connection (no, not paying for the onboard wi-fi). This promises to be a relaxing, chilled cruise, because that is what we intend it to be. Doing nothing is exactly what I want to do ... well, maybe a bit of shopping.
It is interesting how our Disney trips has evolved. We used to go to WDW 2 to 3 times a year, and then it tapered off to once a year (ignoring the shutdown during the pandemic, of course), and now, we haven't been back to WDW since 2022. We went to Disneyland in 2023, and in 2024, we went to Japan and did Tokyo Disney Resort. As of now, we still do not have any plans of going back to WDW.
I still have quite a bit of packing to do, and we must not forget Donald or I'll never hear the end of it. We get picked up very early tomorrow for the airport, so I'll be turning in early today.
Zz.
