Sorry, I mis-spoke, it was the *Adventure Guides*, James & Tomomi, that she asked to join them for dinner. Although the rest of us would *happily* have joined them, also, if asked! She and her father were sweet and adorable and just a joy to be around!
Oh, I would have also enjoyed that at 15! Regardless, I love that the Adventure Guides are so fluid with the Junior Adventurers. They were awesome with the boy on our trip (I think he was 12) and he really just wanted to be part of the group most of the time. We also had Kira in Norway, who is apparently an ABD legend. We adored her, and our Norwegian guide Oline.
Kira was one of the Guides on my New Zealand ABD, and she was wonderful! She is going to be one of the Guides on this Summer's one and only Arctic Expedition cruise!
She's on it now! She's been posting pictures on her Instagram.
I actually think they're doing the dry run now. The ABD doesn't start until July 10th.
I *just* found Kira on social media and they saw a polar bear today!! I so hope we get as lucky on the July 10th one!
Tiffany posted a seriously cool video of the polar bear!I *just* found Kira on social media and they saw a polar bear today!! I so hope we get as lucky on the July 10th one!
We only have 13 under 17's on our cruise, but I hope they still have a Junior night for them..!
There have been 2 or 3 Junior Adventurer activities thus far on this AbD June Arctic expedition.I *just* found Kira on social media and they saw a polar bear today!! I so hope we get as lucky on the July 10th one!
We only have 13 under 17's on our cruise, but I hope they still have a Junior night for them..!
Well now I will have to look up Tiffany too! When I asked last week they said 136 passengers with 13 of them being 17 or under.
They killed a trip to Walt Disney World (similar to the Disneyland trip) before it ever even ran!
Can I just say bravo and ditto!
My dd LOVED the bowling in Japan (she was 18 at the time). All the kids and young adults went and all had an absolute blast. I think this is something they may have removed from the new itinerary, and if it is, what a shame. That hotel was really nice! How cool to have a bowling alley in the hotel and even cooler that ABD used it for their JA night! Brings back very fond memories of our ABD Japan trip in 2019.
How odd that they cancelled the Arctic ABD so quickly. Dd and I had a trip to the Arctic booked for 2020 and we all know how that ended
. I did look at the ABD Arctic trip but the dates didn't work for us (dd works all summer) and the price was more than I would've spent anyways. Maybe one day I'll get there....
I can only assume they didn't sell well. Which seems odd, because it is turning into a popular place to go. There are no Antarctica Expedition cruises for 2024, either, so maybe something happened with Ponant? (Although the Adriatic Expedition cruises still appear to be "on" with Ponant for 2024). Who knows?How odd that they cancelled the Arctic ABD so quickly. Dd and I had a trip to the Arctic booked for 2020 and we all know how that ended
On the Arctic with AbD & Ponant now, and not seeing any signs of potential “relationship” issues. Disney/Ponant interactions are great! It feels more likely it is low numbers, we have just 115 and someone posted 136 on the next one. I’d expect Disney has lots of data on signup trends, and if the numbers are lagging behind/too low now, the data might say not enough more will likely sign up to make it viable from a cost perspective.
In the past, ABD would reserve space in the hotel or a local restaurant for one or both of the guides to watch the children and do something fun while the adults did something else. Most European trips had an activity like this until recently.
