Baked Alaska Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 Or, will they move it back another week? Hoping for new itineraries, even just slightly. North, to Alaska! Go North, the rush is on! Kathleen and CFL 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jticarruthers Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 Click ... nothing .... click ... nothing ... JasonL and Kathleen 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 2 minutes ago, jticarruthers said: Click ... nothing .... click ... nothing ... Same. I keep telling myself "they said week of", but it isn't offering any consolation!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mworkman Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 Kathleen and JLMoran 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auto Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 Dying for them to be released! I tried (and failed) to talk my wife into a cruise for next Thanksgiving over the weekend, but we are definitely going to Alaska for our 20th anniversary in 2021. I need something to plan!!! Baked Alaska 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jticarruthers Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 Click ... nothing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baked Alaska Posted November 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 I'm wAiting PATIENTLY! reAlLy i AM! ARGH!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baked Alaska Posted November 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 1 hour ago, mworkman said: And then, the day after tomorrow and the day after that. . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 My expectation is perhaps new sailings hit the site at some point this evening, and then announced tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 @Baked Alaska I saw on another posting you use Sharla from MEI for your travel needs. Need to find a new TA and wanted to see how I could contact her for my travel needs. TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baked Alaska Posted November 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 6 minutes ago, Kathleen said: @Baked Alaska I saw on another posting you use Sharla from MEI for your travel needs. Need to find a new TA and wanted to see how I could contact her for my travel needs. TIA sharlam at mei-travel.com Hi Kathleen. I sent you a PM. Here is her info for others! Replace _at_ with @. Wanting to avoid those bots! In addition to knowing what she's doing, she is SUPER nice! Kathleen and Fairlynew 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baked Alaska Posted November 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 And from the Viking Crown Lounge: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mworkman Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 Baked Alaska 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jticarruthers Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 Click ... nothing... Baked Alaska 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 Uggghhhh.....Still crickets! I suppose half the fun is the anticipation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baked Alaska Posted November 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 6 minutes ago, Kathleen said: Uggghhhh.....Still crickets! I suppose half the fun is the anticipation Since it's mostly Alaska, instead of crickets, let's say calving at Hubbard! Kathleen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baked Alaska Posted November 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 43 minutes ago, jticarruthers said: Click ... nothing... Yeh, there is something wrong with my mouse, too. I click and all I get is 2020 sailings. Maybe if I change mice. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baked Alaska Posted November 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 Watch party perks! Here's an interlude for you: Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Baked Alaska Posted November 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 3 minutes ago, mworkman said: WOOT!!! OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING!! OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY! I'VE GOT A WONDERFUL FEEEEEELING, EVERYTHING'S GOING MY WAAAYYY! mworkman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mworkman Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 @Baked Alaska I take it that y'all have secure an Alaskan cruise for 2021? July 9th or 23rd i'm assuming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auto Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 Arrrg! Every time I try to look at Ovation prices, it kicks me back to the main search page! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mworkman Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 @Auto I know right! Glad its not only me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyDillo Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 Yeah the Ovation cruises aren't showing up on the other travel sites I use either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollercoaster Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 I am finding the same click on the sailing, but it bounces back to the select a cruise page! Arggghhhh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auto Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 I've tried 3 browsers on 4 devices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baked Alaska Posted November 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 2 hours ago, mworkman said: @Baked Alaska I take it that y'all have secure an Alaskan cruise for 2021? July 9th or 23rd i'm assuming. Well, slight change of course. Instead of open-jaw, we are going to round trip it, out of Vancouver on Serenade on July 18th, 2021 (sooooo longggg awayyyyy).Looking forward to Sitka! Suite and Balcony have holds on them. Now, looking at fishing guides/outfitters for BC fishing and hoping now to catch an MLS game either at the beginning OR the end of the vacation. Since our last Alaska was southbound, we had just the one weekend to try and fit a game in. So STINK'N excited!! Thank you @Sharla at MEI!! mworkman and Auto 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollercoaster Posted November 5, 2019 Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 My travel agent got back to me and I am booked for June Ovation 2021! So excited!!! Auto and Baked Alaska 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baked Alaska Posted November 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Rollercoaster said: My travel agent got back to me and I am booked for June Ovation 2021! So excited!!! Sounds like agents are able to book Ovation even though the website is not allowing it (at the moment)! Congrats!! Rollercoaster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted November 6, 2019 Report Share Posted November 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Baked Alaska said: Sounds like agents are able to book Ovation even though the website is not allowing it (at the moment)! Congrats!! They are available now for me to book. Baked Alaska 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auto Posted November 6, 2019 Report Share Posted November 6, 2019 Ovation, Radiance, or Serenade? That is the questions...just my wife and I on our 20th anniversary. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyDillo Posted November 6, 2019 Report Share Posted November 6, 2019 13 minutes ago, Auto said: Ovation, Radiance, or Serenade? That is the questions...just my wife and I on our 20th anniversary. Thoughts? First trip? Once in a lifetime trip? Starter trip to explore with the intent to come back? Serenade is a smaller ship that does the RT from Vancouver. RT tends to make flight logistics easier. As it is smaller it can visit smaller ports such at Sitka that you won't see on the Ovation itineraries. Radiance does the one-way trips. Same smaller ship, but being one-way it can visit more ports in a 7-day span than the RT cruises. These are also the cruises that link with the optional land tour components (which I highly recommend if you have the time/$ and it's the bucket list/once in a lifetime trip). Ovation is the newer ship with much more to do onboard (bumper cars, flowrider, iFly, NorthStar). It does the RT itineraries from Seattle, so it's only a couple of Alaska port stops plus Victoria to comply with the necessity for a foreign port stop. Again being RT from Seattle, that means flights are usually easier to figure out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jticarruthers Posted November 6, 2019 Report Share Posted November 6, 2019 Just got the exclusive invite for C&A Members to book Alaska before the general public ..... Baked Alaska, AshleyDillo and WAAAYTOOO 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auto Posted November 6, 2019 Report Share Posted November 6, 2019 @AshleyDillo I’ve been to Alaska, but wife hasn’t. We’ve been on Rhapsody before, so smaller ship isn’t a big deal. Pricing is pretty similar for them all (around $300-400 difference one way or another). Just can’t decide, but anxious to get one on the books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshleyDillo Posted November 6, 2019 Report Share Posted November 6, 2019 2 minutes ago, Auto said: @AshleyDillo I’ve been to Alaska, but wife hasn’t. We’ve been on Rhapsody before, so smaller ship isn’t a big deal. Pricing is pretty similar for them all (around $300-400 difference one way or another). Just can’t decide, but anxious to get one on the books! I really enjoyed Icy Strait Point which you are only going to get on the one-way North/Southbound Radiance sailings or the single 9-day RT Radiance sailing out of Vancouver. I also liked taking the Alaskan Railroad Anchorage to Seward the morning of embarkation for the southbound sailing. The views from the train are very scenic and it's an enjoyable way to be able to spend the night in Anchorage (which is easier to find hotel accommodations) and then transfer to the cruise in the morning. I'm also trying to make a decision with a group who have never been before. If it was just me going then it's a toss-up between that 9-night Radiance sailing or the 7-night Serenade sailing that visits Sitka (since that's one Alaska cruiseport I haven't visited). Baked Alaska 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baked Alaska Posted November 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2019 18 minutes ago, AshleyDillo said: I really enjoyed Icy Strait Point which you are only going to get on the one-way North/Southbound Radiance sailings or the single 9-day RT Radiance sailing out of Vancouver. I also liked taking the Alaskan Railroad Anchorage to Seward the morning of embarkation for the southbound sailing. The views from the train are very scenic and it's an enjoyable way to be able to spend the night in Anchorage (which is easier to find hotel accommodations) and then transfer to the cruise in the morning. I'm also trying to make a decision with a group who have never been before. If it was just me going then it's a toss-up between that 9-night Radiance sailing or the 7-night Serenade sailing that visits Sitka (since that's one Alaska cruiseport I haven't visited). I have to echo everything you've said here! Loved our southbound with Goldstar service from Anchorage to Seward. Icy Strait was my favorite stop, maybe because the fly-fishing was wonderful. I wish the 9-nighter on Radiance was during the summer, though and not during the school year (at least here in Missouri). Two ports we've not visited before on their offered itineraries are Sitka and Victoria. We will visit Sitka, now, as we are booked on the round trip out of Vancouver on Serenade. We will hire a fishing guide so we will have a fair comparison between Sitka and Icy Strait/Hoonah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wstephensi Posted November 6, 2019 Report Share Posted November 6, 2019 54 minutes ago, AshleyDillo said: First trip? Once in a lifetime trip? Starter trip to explore with the intent to come back? Serenade is a smaller ship that does the RT from Vancouver. RT tends to make flight logistics easier. As it is smaller it can visit smaller ports such at Sitka that you won't see on the Ovation itineraries. Radiance does the one-way trips. Same smaller ship, but being one-way it can visit more ports in a 7-day span than the RT cruises. These are also the cruises that link with the optional land tour components (which I highly recommend if you have the time/$ and it's the bucket list/once in a lifetime trip). Ovation is the newer ship with much more to do onboard (bumper cars, flowrider, iFly, NorthStar). It does the RT itineraries from Seattle, so it's only a couple of Alaska port stops plus Victoria to comply with the necessity for a foreign port stop. Again being RT from Seattle, that means flights are usually easier to figure out. Took Radiance in 2017 plus 3 day land tour. I agree with the above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auto Posted November 7, 2019 Report Share Posted November 7, 2019 Made our decision and now I can add Ovation in June '21 to my signature block! WAAAYTOOO, Baked Alaska and mworkman 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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