Hello to all!
Are there any other groups that are out there? Groups like Champagne tasting or Mixology??? Or any other fun activities on days at sea?
Looking forward to this group and what seems to be a great bunch of people!
Thank you for all the great feedback.
Levy - Victoria,Howard, Francine (21), Griffin (24) cabin 8036Fish Extender - Family - Who is in
1. WDWEPCOT - DH & Myself - Room - 6138
2. So Cal Crew - DM, DS, DN (18) - Room 8000
3. So Cal Crew - DH, DD (21) , DD (20) & Myself - Room 8004
4. Southerngirl528 - DH & Myself - Room - ??
5. SpaceCanada - DH & Myself - Room - 5639
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Fish Extender - Adult - Who is in
1. Ahain - DH, DD (22) & Myself - Room 5648
2. Diznymom - DH & Myself - Room 8256
3. Kelsanna - Best Friend & Myself - Room ??
4. NonnaJoa - DH, DD (28) & Myself - Room ??
5.Scrapycruiser = DH & Myself - Room - ??
6. Howard & Victoria Levy, Francine (21), Griffin (24) cabin 8036Fish Extender - Family - Who is in
1. WDWEPCOT - DH & Myself - Room - 6138
2. So Cal Crew - DM, DS, DN (18) - Room 8000
3. So Cal Crew - DH, DD (21) , DD (20) & Myself - Room 8004
4. Southerngirl528 - DH & Myself - Room - ??
5. SpaceCanada - DH & Myself - Room - 5639
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Fish Extender - Adult - Who is in
1. Ahain - DH, DD (22) & Myself - Room 5648
2. Diznymom - DH & Myself - Room 8256
3. Kelsanna - Best Friend & Myself - Room ??
4. NonnaJoa - DH, DD (28) & Myself - Room ??
5.Scrapycruiser = DH & Myself - Room - ??
I booked my post hotel stay tonight! Prices dropped in half!! I hope they go down a whole lot more but at least I have a room booked - I asked for the same room I had when we went to Alaska!! She also found a special and gave me another 10% in addition to member price discount - every little bit helps!! I will be watching it for the next price drop!! The room I have can be cancelled up to the day before check-in. I ordered 6 more gift cards tonight so should have enough to cover the hotel and some food.
Diznymom
So glad you have your flights booked! Doesn't it feel so good to have that done?? Where are you thinking of staying pre-cruise??
How is everyone's plans coming along? I really haven't gotten anything else done - yearly audit at work so have been busy.
We also booked the Hilton Hawaiian Village pre-cruise. Yesterday, I also booked our Pearls Harbor/ships of WWII excursion for May 6; and our Circle Island Super Ambassador Luau Package through Polynesian Cultural center tour for May 7. I had to call them directly to book because I wanted the VIP PCC show/Luau package, but also wanted to include the circle tour, and that combo didn't show up on their website. When I called and explained what I wanted, the nice man said, no problem....and took just a few minutes to put the "right" package together for us.We have booked Hilton Hawaiian Village for our days in Honolulu before our cruise.
We are flying home right after the cruise. We have a 1pm flight out of Vancouver.
I have to wait for next year to book other things. We will be going to Pearl Harbor and the Polynesian Cultural Center.
That is scary....we have to pay an exchange rate too. My husband hasn’t had much time to work on ours. I knew it as going to be expensive but seeing your number ...eekI keep a spreadsheet of all costs related to our vacation, and it is amazing to me how quickly everything has added up!! For the 3 of us, including 3 days pre-cruise, we are already over $18k, including cruise, airfare, pre-cruise hotel, excursions & port adventures, transfers, gratuities, airport parking, trip insurance & misc food, as well as the OBC offsets. This doesn't yet include the money we might spend on Souvenirs. Wowser!! Glad I've got a year to spread the $$$ over! On the plus side...by the time the cruise rolls around, I will no longer be thinking about the $$$ I spent, and will have absolutely no hesitation in plunking down more $$ for additional placeholder.
We could have saved about $600 if we went with Comfort+ instead of Delta One, but here's how it breaks down for us:That's crazy money! It's just my wife and I and we're using saved up miles for flights from Phoenix to Hawaii and Vancouver to Phoenix (Avios and AAdvantage) so no money spent there. 2 night Aulani DVC rental was $558 (with 5% CB using Discover/Paypal), cruise was $5168 ($380 back Costco cash card), add port adventures / other misc and we're planning on being right around 7K for everything.
I like the way you think!I love how organized you are
You know, I said to my wife before starting this, "it's just money...there will be more....but these kinds of trips can be once in a lifetime". Is it a strain on our budget? Yes, but nothing we can't easily recover from. This is our first time to Hawaii, it will be our 1st time cruising as Gold Castaway members and our biggest Disney adventure yet. Let's go!