2022 DVC Member Cruise - Alaska (August 29 - Sept 5)

[indyannamom]

Crickets from DVC /DCL

Guess I’m glad to know I’m not the only one!!

 

[indyannamom]

I also find it ironic…the only communication I’ve had from DVC in the last couple of months…my guide has called twice to let me know about the promotional offers for adding points, including the extra bonus for members on the cruise.

They might get farther with that if it seemed like they cared about the members on the cruise and building excitement…or at least managing expectations!

 

[erionm]

I'm not sailing on this MC, but I found this on the Disney Parks Blog:

Guests will be seeing blues on this cruise! During the Aug. 29-Sept. 5 Disney Vacation Club Member Cruise, members aboard the Disney Wonder will be treated to special gifts from Disney+ and 9 exclusive shows and experiences supporting current and upcoming Disney+ programming.

https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/b...ake-it-blue-in-celebration-of-disneyplus-day/

 

[bobbiwoz]

Have a great cruise!

 

[Kidguile]

Been checking the weather - looks like 60% chance of rain for the week

 

[emelle24]

Been checking the weather - looks like 60% chance of rain for the week

Yup- our dogsledding port adventure already got cancelled because of the weather/soft snow conditions making it unsafe for the dogs.

 

[emelle24]

Yay!!! We did too! So excited!!

Cancelled the tour (

 

[Jeannie]

Booked our first member cruise for next year. Curious what the 'swag' was on this cruise. Thanks!

 

[Kidguile]

Booked our first member cruise for next year. Curious what the 'swag' was on this cruise. Thanks!

Hope you get some better swag! This DVC cruise swag was very bland imo. Lip balm, luggage tag, resin bear, postcards, a big pin. The only decent items were the cap, mug, hooded blanket, travel tech wallet with a slim power bank, and a duffel bag. The only “Disney” swag was a signed cookbook, nuiMOs (Mickey & Minnie), and the sketchbook prints. Apparently they’re trying to incorporate some future matching custom designed pieces on future cruises - the duffel bag and the travel tech wallet were the same colors and had the same member cruise label / tag. We didn’t catch the first DVC Alaskan cruise in 2015 but they had way better swag and wished they had some similar items on this cruise.

 

[indyannamom]

Booked our first member cruise for next year. Curious what the 'swag' was on this cruise. Thanks!

I know kidguile replied… but here’s a bit better explanation…

Everyday there was a new gift in the stateroom, one each (of the same gift of the day) for every member of your stateroom.
Those were:
A printed cotton drawstring bag with a member cruise Alaska hat, a member cruise corkcycle mug, a National Geographic magazine with an offer for a month or two subscription (need to look up details, I don’t remember off the top of my head), a lanyard with a **printed** pocket sized booklet of the DVC Member Cruise special activities and a button that was co-branded for Disney+ Day.
A bear resin statue on a base
A hooded blanket
A cookbook with a member cruise customized dust jacket
A tech wallet with a charging brick
A Nuimos draw string bag with a Mickey and a Minnie Nuimo and a custom Alaska outfit for each of the
A member cruise commemorative pin (it’s a substantial double post pin)
A set of beautiful 10x17 art screen prints and a letter hand signed by the artist (and voice of Mickey Mouse) Bret Iwin
and A large duffel bag

Every night on a port night, at turn down, there was a postcard version of the art poster that Bret Iwin did for that port. It also had some background info on his design.

Then there were little giveaways at the membership table that you could pick up everyday…those were of varying degrees of value…but those were on the honor system of one person from your party stopping by and honestly saying how many were in your room. They weren’t checking and if there had been more value, based on what I saw, they would have run out…even if it was just because two different members of the same party unintentionally stopped by and picked up the items for everyone.

Those were:
A spiral sketchbook
Luggage tag
A lip balm
A zipper pull
A patch
Extra postcards of the Katchikan poster…not sure why they did those at the table
I think I might be forgetting one

Yes, this was our first member cruise, but I read up on previous years (including gifts) before we went, and I thought the gifts were lovely. Do I love every single one? No, but as a whole I think they did a nice job. Single biggest retail value comparable item was probably the screen printed posters. If you watch similar Disney Fine Art produced items and their prices, these collectively are pricey! But they might not be everyone’s taste, and if you want to put them up you’ll have to frame them…if they had framed them, we all would have spent a small fortune on excessive baggage!

 

[Kidguile]

I know kidguile replied… but here’s a bit better explanation…

Everyday there was a new gift in the stateroom, one each (of the same gift of the day) for every member of your stateroom.
Those were:
A printed cotton drawstring bag with a member cruise Alaska hat, a member cruise corkcycle mug, a National Geographic magazine with an offer for a month or two subscription (need to look up details, I don’t remember off the top of my head), a lanyard with a **printed** pocket sized booklet of the DVC Member Cruise special activities and a button that was co-branded for Disney+ Day.
A bear resin statue on a base
A hooded blanket
A cookbook with a member cruise customized dust jacket
A tech wallet with a charging brick
A Nuimos draw string bag with a Mickey and a Minnie Nuimo and a custom Alaska outfit for each of the
A member cruise commemorative pin (it’s a substantial double post pin)
A set of beautiful 10x17 art screen prints and a letter hand signed by the artist (and voice of Mickey Mouse) Bret Iwin
and A large duffel bag

Every night on a port night, at turn down, there was a postcard version of the art poster that Bret Iwin did for that port. It also had some background info on his design.

Then there were little giveaways at the membership table that you could pick up everyday…those were of varying degrees of value…but those were on the honor system of one person from your party stopping by and honestly saying how many were in your room. They weren’t checking and if there had been more value, based on what I saw, they would have run out…even if it was just because two different members of the same party unintentionally stopped by and picked up the items for everyone.

Those were:
A spiral sketchbook
Luggage tag
A lip balm
A zipper pull
A patch
Extra postcards of the Katchikan poster…not sure why they did those at the table
I think I might be forgetting one

Yes, this was our first member cruise, but I read up on previous years (including gifts) before we went, and I thought the gifts were lovely. Do I love every single one? No, but as a whole I think they did a nice job. Single biggest retail value comparable item was probably the screen printed posters. If you watch similar Disney Fine Art produced items and their prices, these collectively are pricey! But they might not be everyone’s taste, and if you want to put them up you’ll have to frame them…if they had framed them, we all would have spent a small fortune on excessive baggage!

Nicely put! I guess I missed the zipper pull day