BON VOYAGE Golden Princess ; 75 day Circle the Pacific Cruise

Just watched them dock in Nagasaki, via the port webcam

Nice one,

It looks like a car-carrier.

I think it looks too small for that, maybe one of the smaller cruise ships. Perhaps 300-500 or so pax.

Nagasaki:

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They are arriving in Osaka as I post, the last stop in Japan and their last stop in Asia. They then have a week at sea before cruising Alaska.

Wed 14/06/17 Osaka / Japan 07:00 20:00

Thu 15/06/17 At Sea

Fri 16/06/17 At Sea

Fri 16/06/17 Date Line 12:00 13:00

Sat 17/06/17 At Sea

Sun 18/06/17 At Sea

Mon 19/06/17 At Sea

Tue 20/06/17 At Sea

Wed 21/06/17 At Sea

Thu 22/06/17 Seward (AK) / USA 06:00 20:00

Fri 23/06/17 Hubbard Glacier (cruising) / USA 13:00 18:00

Sat 24/06/17 Glacier Bay/AK (Passage) / USA 09:15 19:30

Sun 25/06/17 Skagway (AK) / USA 06:00 20:45

Mon 26/06/17 Icy Strait Point (AK) / USA 07:00 18:00

Tue 27/06/17 Ketchikan (AK) / USA 10:00 18:00

Wed 28/06/17 At Sea

Thu 29/06/17 Seattle (WA) / USA 08:00 21:00

Fri 30/06/17 Victoria B.C. / Canada 09:00 18:00

Sat 01/07/17 Vancouver / Canada 08:00

Sun 02/07/17 Vancouver / Canada 13:00

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They are arriving in Osaka as I post, the last stop in Japan and their last stop in Asia. They then have a week at sea before cruising Alaska.

Cruising the Berring Sea between Japan and Alaska was amazing. We awoke one morning to the ship blowing it's horn every minute or 30 seconds, and looking out side we could not see a thing through the fog!!

It lasted all day, the fog and horn blowing, just eerie.

We also had a medical emergency out there, a patient had to be transferred by tender to an island where another boat was taking them to Russia for medical treatment.

A memorable cruise that used to happen when the Diamond came across that way after the Alaska season.

Cruising the Berring Sea between Japan and Alaska was amazing. .......

A memorable cruise that used to happen when the Diamond came across that way after the Alaska season.

You were lucky with the Bering Sea . It has a wicked reputation. We joined Regents Seven Seas Mariner for a small segment around NZ a few years ago when she was doing the "Ring of Fire " cruise where she circled the Pacific. All we heard were the stories from when they crossed the Bering Sea. It was so rough the Captain did not leave the bridge for 4 days solid as he battled to keep the ship going. At Vladivostok he was taken off the ship and admitted to hospital for exhaustion. He caught up a few days later in China.

They have already had a time with low visibility and fog horns between Beijing and Nagasaki. My Mum & sister said it was an interesting experience and not one we are used to cruising the South Pacific...

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Thanks Stu and David.

Cruising the Berring Sea between Japan and Alaska was amazing. We awoke one morning to the ship blowing it's horn every minute or 30 seconds, and looking out side we could not see a thing through the fog!!

It lasted all day, the fog and horn blowing, just eerie.

We also had a medical emergency out there, a patient had to be transferred by tender to an island where another boat was taking them to Russia for medical treatment.

A memorable cruise that used to happen when the Diamond came across that way after the Alaska season.

You were lucky with the Bering Sea . It has a wicked reputation. We joined Regents Seven Seas Mariner for a small segment around NZ a few years ago when she was doing the "Ring of Fire " cruise where she circled the Pacific. All we heard were the stories from when they crossed the Bering Sea. It was so rough the Captain did not leave the bridge for 4 days solid as he battled to keep the ship going. At Vladivostok he was taken off the ship and admitted to hospital for exhaustion. He caught up a few days later in China.

We got caught in Whittier for an extra 14 hours waiting for the wind to drop. Then used the Aleutian Islands to avoid most of the rough weather/seas before surfing down to Japan at a speed (25.7 knots/h) faster than the Ship's normal top speed (23 knots/h). the captain made a special announcement. Very exciting and memorable.

They are in Seward, Alaska today:

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Oh, look baby Golden's are out today ;p

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Are any blogs being done on this cruise please? Asked this about the world cruise yesterday and got a prompt reply with three blogs which was great and appreciated.

Thanks Stu, lol about the babies.

Are any blogs being done on this cruise please? Asked this about the world cruise yesterday and got a prompt reply with three blogs which was great and appreciated.

I have not heard of any been done for this cruise :(

I have not heard of any been done for this cruise :(

I am sure someone I doing one but may not sharing with the wider public,:D

They are cruising Yakutat Bay today....hopefully getting a good view of the Hubbard Glacier.

What an experience...

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I hope they do.

Ice...

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Lots of chunks breaking off the glacier.

In Glacier Bay today.

Glacier bay can be magnificent if the sun pops out a little.