I remember that morning, meeting you for the first time while you were taking the video of the Royal Princess arriving. If you recall I'm the guy whose last name is the same as that of the chef on your ship. My wife and I sailed on the Noordam the next day on our first cruise ever. Thanks to all your VLOG tips, it worked out quite well. It was a pleasure meeting such a fine gentleman!
Hi Don, I have never commented on your videos before, even though I have thoroughly enjoyed each and every one. Just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your wonderful posts and am looking forward to seeing each and every one!
Living in Seattle and having recently completed an Alaska Cruise I can say it is hundreds USD cheaper to leave from Vancouver than Seattle. Vancouver is a very expensive city to visit but it is a very cosmopolitan city. 30% of the citizens are Chinese.
I always love a sail away from Vancouver. Passing by Stanley Park and under the Lions gate Bridge is very scenic. You are right on how convenient Canada Place is!
I love suitcase! 🤣😂🤣😂 I also love seeing you on a ship I’ve been on.... “Ohh! I was right there... ohh! I was right there too! Ahh! I remember being in the pool right there”... LOL!
WOW. Spectacular video. Spectacular Hotel. What a place to be. Worth every penny in my book. I'm going to add Vancouver and that hotel to my bucket list. Great music, too bad my Shazam app couldn't identify it. I look forward to your continuing Cruise to Adventure! Thanks Don!
Beautiful video Don thanks for sharing. I leave on the Ruby Princess in a little over a week for my Alaska cruise. Can't wait my first cruise and I don't think it will be my last. Fun to think of you going to Alaska just ahead of me. Have fun.
This is a great video! Thanks for showing the port of Vancouver through your eyes, even though this is my home port I'll look at it differently now and not take it so much for granted. Watching this two years on makes me nostalgic for our last Alaskan cruise in August 2019. I am so grateful we did it since there has been no cruise season out of Vancouver since. Thanks again!
So sorry you lost the beginning footage. You had an awesome room. This is the first vlog I've watched about the port of Vancouver to go to Alaska. Ty for the hotel info. Looking forward to the rest of your trip. You do an excellent job of giving information and entertainment. Ty ty ty
Great video, how convenient to stay there. Sometimes it’s worth the expense for location & to start the vacation off right. The view was everything. Enjoy!!
Don- My family and I just got back from our Alaskan cruise and we took your advice and stayed at the Pan Pacific before the trip and the River Rock casino after we got back. Extent advice and wonderful places to stay. Thank you so much for the advice, you made our vacation that much better. I hope you are have a "vantastic" day.
This was great coverage of Canada Place and the cruise ship port. Also, bless you for being such an awesome example of remaining positive when things go wrong. I’m going to keep your video clips running in my head when I get frustrated with problems on a cruise as well as on any other trip. Bon Voyage!
What a lovely video of Canada Place & that fantastic looking hotel. That helps me have another excuse to fly in a day (or two) earlier so I can explore Vancouver before embarking on our cruise @
Hi Don, big fan here 🙂. Welcome to Vancouver! Just wanted to say thank you for sharing your great tips and advice, and share many of your ups and downs with us! What an awesome community you've built up!
Wow! Fantastic hotel/views/port. Shame about the misty weather but at least it fined up a bit for sailaway. This video is perfectly timed for us - we booked our May 2020 trip to Canada, with a cruise out of Vancouver to Alaska this week! I'm very impressed with Canada Place and the ability to see the ships from the concourse around the convention centre. That's great. I'm sorry you lost your footage from the prior day but I really enjoyed this video. Thanks so much Don.
I am from Vancouver, lived here all my life and never thought about cruising to Alaska, guess I took it for granted, well no more time to Cruise Alaska in August. Great Video Don.
The view from your room is awesome and that port looks very nice. We are looking forward to a cruise to Alaska in the future. Hope you have a wonderful time and a safe trip. Keep the video’s coming!
Gorgeous video. Loved the ship rolling in through the fog, the architecture, all of it, and the music was perfect. My niece accuses me of being a polar bear, but those girls are something else.
Love this video and the music. Going on the Royal end of August from Vancouver for my first Alaskan cruise. Looking forward to watching the videos from your cruise. We are staying at Pan Pacific before the cruise too, very excited about the whole adventure.
Just got back from a cruise from Alaska on the oasis it was beautiful there the weather was perfect I wasn’t really cold could see everything in our room oh my gosh we had a balcony it wasBeautiful I could do it all over again I love to cruise that was my first one and I want to go again thank you Dan for your videos they are one-of-a-kind
Wonderful! Taking our 1st cruise on Celebrity to Alaska from Vancouver very soon- beyond excited! Vancouver and Canada Place looks beautiful. Have been watching your videos on Alaska-thanks for all your tips & advise. Looking forward to seeing more. Have a great trip, ⚓️
My cruise is out of Vancouver in 7 days! Thanks for this video! And on the Nieuw Amsterdam. Going solo and SO Excited! First solo cruise and third cruise. So newbie still. And yes your music is awesome.
We took the Alaska cruise on Star Princess out of Vancouver last August. We stayed at the Fairmont Waterfront hotel. We had to cross the street to get to our ship at Canada Place. I didn't think it was possible to get any closer to the ship's dock, but you got us beat. Nice video. Cold rainy days kind of put a damper on the fun, but it was still worth every bit of it. Got to see a part of the US that I didn't really know existed. I knew Alaska had some nice scenery, but was taken aback by how beautiful it really was. We were very fortunate in the entire trip went without a hiccup, including air travel. Your video brings back good memories. Thanks for posting.
Looking forward to another cruise in January, with all the "tips" provided by you, which make it so much easier and fun! Thanks, Don. You are so upbeat!!! So fun watching your videos. My husband and I keep up and love watching them. We went on our first cruise in January to the Caribbean. Thanks to you, we had so many questions answered. Have fun!
Carol and I just got back from 2 weeks of Vancouver, Alaska Cruise and Denali train ride. It was the trip of a life time Don. We watched your videos for a couple of weeks beforehand and we appreciate your fun and informative segments. Since you’re in Vancouver today our best things to do in Vancouver were bicycling in Stanley Park, Gastown, and Granville Island. Funny story. While we were in Vancouver, the Raptors were playing Golden State in Toronto the night that the Raptors were beaten by one point. We heard a huge outcry from the whole city at the end of that game. Of course congratulations to Canada and the Raptors who went on to win the NBA title. Have fun in Alaska!
Hey don, we are going on alaska cruise this saturday. We always stay at pan pacific but first time for this cruise . Thank you so muvh telling us about the luggage being taken onto th3 cruise hoat by the people there, that was awesome to learn
I loved your attitude and stayed upbeat even after the corrupted video you worked so hard to create but this video is awesome and informative. I love the Port, the convenience of the hotel and the fact my husband had been to that city before. He loves watching your videos, keep up the good work. I have been on the Neu Amsterdam/Holland America nice ship!
Don - love this video, it just may be my favorite of yours. I used to live in Vancouver and watched the ships regularly so there’s some sentimental impact I guess. Also enjoyed the music and I’ve been fortunate enough to cruise on both those ships. Can’t wait to see more from this adventure.
We’ll be sailing into Vancouver next year when we take our Alaska cruise. It was nice getting a sneak peek of where we will be coming. Thanks for another great video!
Love this video. I'll be there is September on the Legend and I was wonde4ring what it was like at Canada place. This is awesome footage Don Thank you!!!!
Hi Don, I loved this video. What a beautiful port to leave from. The hotel being right there is really nice,very convenient. Have a wonderful cruise and I am looking forward to seeing you videos of Alaska. GOD BLESS!
Hi Don love what you do with suitcase it always makes me laugh. Your hotel looked lovely overlooking all the ships. Enjoyed your first alaska vlog look forward to the next one. Xx
Wow! Thanks for showing us this port n hotel! I never knew about this Canada Place! It is totally the best port we've ever seen!! We have never sailed from Canada..thanks for telling us these interesting facts about more than just the ships. Luv ya from Don n Patty
Don - Great timing once again! Wife and I will be taking the Radiance of the Seas from Vancouver to Hawaii on September 10 of this year. I have been looking for good video of Canada Place and the cruise terminal. It is almost non-existent until now. Keep up the great work. Thank you!
Yaay Suitcase!!! Glad he enjoys the cool weather! Love,Love,Love reports like this, Thank you Don!! Rookies like me need the info! 😁 That sucks you lost so much footage! So sorry to hear that! The Royal is beautiful! So glad I got to be up close and personal with her last weekend! LOVE you filmed under the bridge and the horn!! Thanks!!💗
Just when we thought you vids couldn't get any better, and here you go! Bravo. Music& Editing we're perfect.
I agree! So awesome! The music was perfect.
That was awesome and the ship horn playing the love boat was amazing
I remember that morning, meeting you for the first time while you were taking the video of the Royal Princess arriving. If you recall I'm the guy whose last name is the same as that of the chef on your ship. My wife and I sailed on the Noordam the next day on our first cruise ever. Thanks to all your VLOG tips, it worked out quite well. It was a pleasure meeting such a fine gentleman!
Hi Don, I have never commented on your videos before, even though I have thoroughly enjoyed each and every one. Just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your wonderful posts and am looking forward to seeing each and every one!
Wish I could like it multiple times. Great video Don. As always. Great music. Enjoy your trip.
I felt the same way!
You have convinced me to book my next cruise out of Vancouver instead of Seattle. Love your sense of humor with Mr. Suitcase.
I agree. I would like to cruise Alaska again. I think Vancouver would be a great starting place
Living in Seattle and having recently completed an Alaska Cruise I can say it is hundreds USD cheaper to leave from Vancouver than Seattle. Vancouver is a very expensive city to visit but it is a very cosmopolitan city. 30% of the citizens are Chinese.
Very cool horn.... Love Canada place, it has been placed on the bucket list...
I have that Horn as my phone ringtone lol
I always love a sail away from Vancouver. Passing by Stanley Park and under the Lions gate Bridge is very scenic. You are right on how convenient Canada Place is!
Thanks for the info and tour! I’m going on a cruise next August and leaving from Vancouver. Can’t wait for more Alaska videos
I love suitcase! 🤣😂🤣😂 I also love seeing you on a ship I’ve been on.... “Ohh! I was right there... ohh! I was right there too! Ahh! I remember being in the pool right there”... LOL!
WOW. Spectacular video. Spectacular Hotel. What a place to be. Worth every penny in my book. I'm going to add Vancouver and that hotel to my bucket list. Great music, too bad my Shazam app couldn't identify it. I look forward to your continuing Cruise to Adventure! Thanks Don!
Beautiful video Don thanks for sharing. I leave on the Ruby Princess in a little over a week for my Alaska cruise. Can't wait my first cruise and I don't think it will be my last. Fun to think of you going to Alaska just ahead of me. Have fun.
This is a great video! Thanks for showing the port of Vancouver through your eyes, even though this is my home port I'll look at it differently now and not take it so much for granted. Watching this two years on makes me nostalgic for our last Alaskan cruise in August 2019. I am so grateful we did it since there has been no cruise season out of Vancouver since. Thanks again!
"Hi Don... It's everyone, and we hope you're having a vantastic week!"
So sorry you lost the beginning footage. You had an awesome room. This is the first vlog I've watched about the port of Vancouver to go to Alaska. Ty for the hotel info. Looking forward to the rest of your trip. You do an excellent job of giving information and entertainment. Ty ty ty
Great video, how convenient to stay there. Sometimes it’s worth the expense for location & to start the vacation off right. The view was everything. Enjoy!!
Don-
My family and I just got back from our Alaskan cruise and we took your advice and stayed at the Pan Pacific before the trip and the River Rock casino after we got back. Extent advice and wonderful places to stay. Thank you so much for the advice, you made our vacation that much better. I hope you are have a "vantastic" day.
Really beautiful port - cool to watch the Royal come in - thanks!
So beautiful! The video and the music go together so perfectly. PS I envious.
This was great coverage of Canada Place and the cruise ship port. Also, bless you for being such an awesome example of remaining positive when things go wrong. I’m going to keep your video clips running in my head when I get frustrated with problems on a cruise as well as on any other trip. Bon Voyage!
Loved the video of you leaving port and the sound of the horn!
We love your videos. Thanks so much for everything you do for the cruising community.
What a lovely video of Canada Place & that fantastic looking hotel. That helps me have another excuse to fly in a day (or two) earlier so I can explore Vancouver before embarking on our cruise @
Hi Don, big fan here 🙂. Welcome to Vancouver! Just wanted to say thank you for sharing your great tips and advice, and share many of your ups and downs with us! What an awesome community you've built up!
Thank you for showing the port and hotel. We’re staying at Pan Pacific next week for our Alaskan cruise. It’s fun to see where we’re going to be.
Dynamite Port - Love the great view from your hotel room. Looks like fun!!
That was awesome, how the huge horns played a tune!!!
Fabulous!!! You make me want to cruise from Vancouver. Have a Wonderful Voyage.
Such a beautiful song ❤️ just the song makes me want to cry lol
Very nice! I always love your choice for background music. This makes me want to visit Vancouver for sure! Thanks for sharing!!
Beautiful hotel room and great view, in spite of the fog!
I just got to say I watch or listen to you in the car and you are great. Great information for my 1st cruise. Just really wanted to say HELLO
Wow! Fantastic hotel/views/port. Shame about the misty weather but at least it fined up a bit for sailaway. This video is perfectly timed for us - we booked our May 2020 trip to Canada, with a cruise out of Vancouver to Alaska this week! I'm very impressed with Canada Place and the ability to see the ships from the concourse around the convention centre. That's great. I'm sorry you lost your footage from the prior day but I really enjoyed this video. Thanks so much Don.
Great to hear you’re planning to come to Australia, Don. You’re welcome to drop into Glenwood to say hello!
I am from Vancouver, lived here all my life and never thought about cruising to Alaska, guess I took it for granted, well no more time to Cruise Alaska in August. Great Video Don.
Just got back from Alaska. The Ruby princess. Awesome cruise and weather.
The view from your room is awesome and that port looks very nice. We are looking forward to a cruise to Alaska in the future. Hope you have a wonderful time and a safe trip. Keep the video’s coming!
Looking forward even more to the Alaska trip
Thanks for the great video. I can't wait until I can visit the port on my Alaska cruise.
I just got chills. Beautiful port - thanks for sharing all of this Don. Wish I were heading out on that cruise. Have a wonderful time!
Maybe we’ll see you in Alaska. We leave Friday. July 5, out of San Francisco on the Grand Princess. Thanks for all the cruise tips. Enjoy your trip.
I was just there a month and a half ago! It was raining the day we set sail too. Love the song!
Gorgeous video. Loved the ship rolling in through the fog, the architecture, all of it, and the music was perfect. My niece accuses me of being a polar bear, but those girls are something else.
Love this video and the music. Going on the Royal end of August from Vancouver for my first Alaskan cruise. Looking forward to watching the videos from your cruise. We are staying at Pan Pacific before the cruise too, very excited about the whole adventure.
What a great design for the port, hope you had a great Canada day
Just got back from a cruise from Alaska on the oasis it was beautiful there the weather was perfect I wasn’t really cold could see everything in our room oh my gosh we had a balcony it wasBeautiful I could do it all over again I love to cruise that was my first one and I want to go again thank you Dan for your videos they are one-of-a-kind
Hi Don, Looks like suit case is ready to go. Wish I could join you someday. I would love to go to Alaska. Have fun!
Great video, Don. I’ve stayed at that hotel many times. We swam outside in February there. I’m from Vancouver and it’s my favourite cruise port.
Great video & music! The port and hotel aren't so bad either! Enjoy!
Been waiting to book excursions for August cruise until I see your videos. Keep them coming! Thanks for everything you do.
What a great excuse to go back to Vancouver!
Have a great trip! Love the music! I’ve only been home a couple of weeks, but I’m ready to head out on another adventure.
Looking forward to the group cruise next year
What is the music? I really like it.
He always picks the best music! Great Vlog again, Don- really cheers up my day to watch one of your Vlogs at lunch time.
@@lauriegrube007 Laurie, this is exactly what I am doing now.
Bob Tuskey I ve asked also
just posted it under the credits :)
@@Donsfamilyvacations Nice, thank you! :D
Love that it is not crowded.
Wonderful! Taking our 1st cruise on Celebrity to Alaska from Vancouver very soon- beyond excited! Vancouver and Canada Place looks beautiful. Have been watching your videos on Alaska-thanks for all your tips & advise. Looking forward to seeing more.
Have a great trip, ⚓️
My cruise is out of Vancouver in 7 days! Thanks for this video! And on the Nieuw Amsterdam. Going solo and SO Excited! First solo cruise and third cruise. So newbie still. And yes your music is awesome.
Very nice! Can't wait to see more.
So jealous of all these great Alaska videos I’m seeing. Looks like so much fun. :)
Love the farewell horn on the Royal Princess
We took the Alaska cruise on Star Princess out of Vancouver last August. We stayed at the Fairmont Waterfront hotel. We had to cross the street to get to our ship at Canada Place. I didn't think it was possible to get any closer to the ship's dock, but you got us beat. Nice video. Cold rainy days kind of put a damper on the fun, but it was still worth every bit of it. Got to see a part of the US that I didn't really know existed. I knew Alaska had some nice scenery, but was taken aback by how beautiful it really was. We were very fortunate in the entire trip went without a hiccup, including air travel. Your video brings back good memories. Thanks for posting.
What a view!! Wow! Sorry it was foggy for you but still spectacular!!! 💖
Great video. Was fun to see where i will be in about 2½ months time. Also nice to know where to go so i dont get lost somewhere in the city.
Very nice hotel, well you can't get any closer than that. Enjoy your cruise.
Looking forward to another cruise in January, with all the "tips" provided by you, which make it so much easier and fun! Thanks, Don. You are so upbeat!!! So fun watching your videos. My husband and I keep up and love watching them. We went on our first cruise in January to the Caribbean. Thanks to you, we had so many questions answered. Have fun!
Cool video. All you need is a Sens toque to go with your winter coat. Would love to see Vancouver and maybe catch a Canucks game.
Carol and I just got back from 2 weeks of Vancouver, Alaska Cruise and Denali train ride. It was the trip of a life time Don. We watched your videos for a couple of weeks beforehand and we appreciate your fun and informative segments. Since you’re in Vancouver today our best things to do in Vancouver were bicycling in Stanley Park, Gastown, and Granville Island. Funny story. While we were in Vancouver, the Raptors were playing Golden State in Toronto the night that the Raptors were beaten by one point. We heard a huge outcry from the whole city at the end of that game. Of course congratulations to Canada and the Raptors who went on to win the NBA title. Have fun in Alaska!
Hey don, we are going on alaska cruise this saturday. We always stay at pan pacific but first time for this cruise . Thank you so muvh telling us about the luggage being taken onto th3 cruise hoat by the people there, that was awesome to learn
I loved your attitude and stayed upbeat even after the corrupted video you worked so hard to create but this video is awesome and informative. I love the Port, the convenience of the hotel and the fact my husband had been to that city before. He loves watching your videos, keep up the good work. I have been on the Neu Amsterdam/Holland America nice ship!
Love the musical farewell horn on the Majestic Pricess
Don - love this video, it just may be my favorite of yours. I used to live in Vancouver and watched the ships regularly so there’s some sentimental impact I guess. Also enjoyed the music and I’ve been fortunate enough to cruise on both those ships. Can’t wait to see more from this adventure.
We’ll be sailing into Vancouver next year when we take our Alaska cruise. It was nice getting a sneak peek of where we will be coming. Thanks for another great video!
Love your content!!! Keep up the great work!
Amazing view fron the hotel room!
Very nice Don. You make me want to go on another cruise for sure.
That is just beautiful. I just love watching cruise ships comming in to port.
Great video! Thanks for sharing about the Port. May have to try it for one of our many cruises to Alaska.
Hi Don, such a cute opening with suitcase. Love your videos. Enjoy your trip. Take care. Love you. 🤗
Love this video. I'll be there is September on the Legend and I was wonde4ring what it was like at Canada place. This is awesome footage Don Thank you!!!!
Hi Don, I loved this video. What a beautiful port to leave from. The hotel being right there is really nice,very convenient. Have a wonderful cruise and I am looking forward to seeing you videos of Alaska. GOD BLESS!
Great port for sure. We stayed at the Pan Pacific before our DCL Alaska cruise. So cool to look down on the ship during breakfast!
Liked the Love Boat theme ship horns as the ship goes under the bridge.
Thanks for showing us around. We really want to sail out of there after watching your video.
Your hotel was wonderful.... so close to the ships and a fantastic view....
Definitely want to try a cruise out of Vancouver! Great video!
Beautiful port ...and super clean!
Hi Don love what you do with suitcase it always makes me laugh. Your hotel looked lovely overlooking all the ships. Enjoyed your first alaska vlog look forward to the next one. Xx
Wow! Thanks for showing us this port n hotel! I never knew about this Canada Place! It is totally the best port we've ever seen!! We have never sailed from Canada..thanks for telling us these interesting facts about more than just the ships. Luv ya from Don n Patty
Watching a little Blazing Saddles eh Don...... Great movie
I was all time great movie :)
Great video again Don. Enjoy your cruise
Don - Great timing once again! Wife and I will be taking the Radiance of the Seas from Vancouver to Hawaii on September 10 of this year. I have been looking for good video of Canada Place and the cruise terminal. It is almost non-existent until now. Keep up the great work. Thank you!
Yaay Suitcase!!! Glad he enjoys the cool weather! Love,Love,Love reports like this, Thank you Don!! Rookies like me need the info! 😁 That sucks you lost so much footage! So sorry to hear that! The Royal is beautiful! So glad I got to be up close and personal with her last weekend! LOVE you filmed under the bridge and the horn!! Thanks!!💗
Have sailed out of Port of Vancouver. It is a great place to sail from. We loved sailing under the Lions Bridge.
Sorry you lost VANCOUVER footage, love the hotel and its proximity to the ships
Vancouver is one of my favorite cities! Great video Don!
Great tip on the hotel and the ease of handling/getting your luggage to the ship. Relaxful way to the start of a great trip.
Don, this is where I want to stay next summer on your group Alaska cruise. The view was spectacular. Thank you for the great vlog.
Thank you for All of your Awesome Videos Don!!So Informative.
We are So Excited to go on our First Alaska Cruise in June 2020. @Don
Awesome video! Thank you! We leave from Vancouver on the royal princess in September ❤
Just came off a cruise and the weather was great but we went to Bahamas and I just love the ocean. Have a wonderful cruise