Alaskan Fr-amily Cruise

02/09/2024

29 days to go guys!!! Shirts have been ordered. I will give everyone their totals by text when I get them. I've been checking the weather daily for Alaska and it's been in the 60's and rainy lately. Let's hope that the rain goes away and the 60's stay!! Where is everyone staying the night before? We are going to be at the Hyatt in Downtown Seattle. Our flight gets in pretty early on Monday so we are gonna take the kids to Pike Place Market and the Space Needle. What do y'all have planned? So I'm thinking that we should meet somewhere to have drinks and meet and greet and pics with our shirts. Thoughts??

24/06/2024

Don't forget to pack a pair of binoculars!!! Maybe two if you're not good at sharing!!!

11/06/2024

112 days to go!!!

If you are wondering if you should buy some cruise luggage tags, the answer is YES. Before the cruise you will print off your luggage tags. You will not need to attach these luggage tags to your bags before dropping them off at the port. Before we had these we were scrambling at the hotel trying to find a stapler to attach our tags. Here are some on Amazon. Does anyone else have any cruise essentials???

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30/05/2024

Alaskan Photo Dump-this is from our cruise in 2015.

30/05/2024

YOU GUYS!!!! 124 days left. I have important info so please read!!!

I have contacted Norwegian and requested a party for all of us to meet and hang out. I requested 3:30 on boarding day so that we will still have time to get to the sail away party at 5 and get ready for dinner that day. I requested drinks and hor d'oeuvres and anything else we can get.

I'm trying to plan a few really fun things for our group. Please do not feel obligated to participate in anything you do not want to do!! It's all for fun!

I thought it would be fun to have a funny sunglasses exchange during our meet and greet. So if you would like to participate in this please bring a super crazy pair of sunglasses to exchange and we could wear them at the sail away party on the LIDO deck.

The slot pull is scheduled for 10AM on OCT 2, the first sea day. This is a really fun event and I have opened it up to those on the other facebook group so we should have a great turnout.

I am working with a company for our tee shirts. We thought it would be fun to have matching shirts while we boarded so we could recognize each other. I will have more details on that soon. If we could just wear them to board and then for our group party to get some pictures that would be awesome!!

Roxann and I thought it would also be fun to have a group dinner at Teppanyaki-the hibachi grill-on the night of the 2nd. I THINK we can start making reservations on the 3rd so I can send a group text that morning to remind everyone and to set a time. We have found that early dinner usually works well so that you still have the whole evening to enjoy the activities around the ship. Maybe all of us can wear a Hawiian shirt that night??

I want to do a door decoration contest. We will find a non-bias person to judge and I'll have a fun prize for the winner. Remember the doors or walls around the doors are magnetic so you can bring things to hang that are on magnets.

While talking to Norwegian I asked about theme nights, they only have 1 formal during this week. Also, they have a glow party or white night. So no 80's night or pirate night or anything like that. Our family is probably gonna dress up 2 nights-just cause....why not?!?!?!

That's all for now. If anyone has any other suggestions of fun events we can do as a group please let me know!!! And if there are any questions that we can help with we will do our best!! Or if you have a question for Norwegian call 1-866-234-7350. They were very helpful.

Y'all I'm soooo excited to be on this journey with all of you. We are gonna have a crazy good time and make lifelong friendships and memories!!! Love you all HUGE!!!

29/04/2024

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15/04/2024

Hey Guys-Only 169 days until CRUISE DAY!!!
I would like to be more active on this page and really get all of us talking about our upcoming cruise. I will be organizing a few events for us during the cruise, AND if anyone has any suggestions of something they would like to do please let me know OR organize it if you would like to. Here is a list of some things I'm going to start working on.

1. Slot Pull-these are really fun. Basically everyone puts in $20, we pick a $5 machine in the casino. Everyone gets 4 turns on the machine and we split the pot. Or sometimes we let it ride if the group decides to.

2. Door Decorating Contest. We will have a friendly competition for who can create the best looking door at sea. I will have a prize for the winner. If you need some inspiration, there are a ton of ideas online!!

3. Gift exchange. We have done this several times and it's a lot of fun. You just grab a few little gifts for each cabin involved (usually in groups of 5) and then you receive gifts in return. We have received items such as shot glasses, koozies, candy, hats etc. Alot of people like to bring something from their hometown or state.

4. Hawiian shirt night. Norwegian does hold some theme nights, which I will try to post more on that in the days to come. Roxann suggested we do a Hawiian shirt night for dinner which is a great idea!!

Let me know your thoughts-Also, there is another Facebook group that is specific to our cruise. If you haven't already joined that, you should check it out. I will probably open up our slot pull to that group as well-the more people we have the more fun it is-and better chance we have to hit big.

Picture is from one of our previous Alaskan Cruises. We did a whale watching excursion in Juneau.