Sayhello, Please keep us posted on your thought process as you go through the next two weeks. I too am interested in your change of heart. We've also calmed down over our initial dismay, but are now looking at Yosemite or Southwest Splendors.
You know, I'm going to be *really* happy after the 14-day period is over, and the final decision is made. I 95% know I want to take this trip. It's actually a really nice itinerary. I've looked at some other tour companies like Tauck, and their "similar" trips are way more expensive, and don't seem to "do" as much. But right now I have 2 issues running through my head.
1) I read that the reason they canceled the original Canadian Rockies trip after the first year was because Canada wouldn't let them run the tour with Disney trained Guides, and they had to rely on contractors who just weren't as good. Someone speculated if that was why the tour now starts in Montana, which would make sense. But I really need to call ABD and verify that. The Guides are DEFINITELY a HUGE part of why I'm booking this tour with ABD. If we're not going to have Disney Guides, I'm not doing this tour.
2) The first hotel we're in is "rustic", because it's an historic hotel. No A/C, teeny, tiny bathrooms, etc. But, from what I've read, that's pretty much true of all of the hotels in Glacier National Park. So I can live with that. Plus, the location is supposed to be to die for. But what bothers me is that the other hotel we're staying in, in Banff, is apparently not what I'd call a great hotel. I know there are nicer hotels in Banff, although I really don't know how much they cost, or how convenient they are. The hotel we'd be staying at is walking distance to downtown & the shops & restaurants, but off the street, so it's quiet. It just seems to me that if we're "roughing it" for the first 3 days, they could give us a little luxury in Banff. But that's definitely not as big an issue as the Guides issue.
I think I'm just enjoying driving myself insane...
I've always wanted to go to Glacier, and to the Banff area. And this seems like a good trip. In some ways, having to make a decision "so quick" is both a blessing and a curse. It has to be decided one way or another soon, but if I had longer, I could just let it sit for a while, and not feel like I'm so "pressured" to decide... Comes with the territory, I guess!
ACK!
Sayhello
I haven't been to Yellowstone since I was a kid myself. I really didn't look *too* closely at Alaska, as I did the most fabulous cruisetour there 2 years ago. If it had been a significantly different itinerary, I still might have considered it, but a lot of it was similar. I still might, in a few years. Alaska is very, very cool.
