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They do indeed. I tried to get photos of the space but there were actually people in there today.

And a little dessert. We had an early all board time today so we are on the ship or the day. Gonna hit the gym to work off my cake and see where the afternoon takes me.

Back onboard we headed to chopsticks for lunch.

Another absolutely amazing tour. I will share more pictures than you could ever possibly want to see. We had a great day and many many whale sightings.

Heading into Juneau.

I was warm yesterday so I considered wearing my shorts (told you I run hot 😆) but it is chilly today. Brr. Pants it is.

Come join me 😁. I'm not too worried about the am service, like I said I'm pretty low maintenance I just don't care for the idea of offering one thing and delivering another. Especially since it seems to be every ship post covid it almost has to be a corporate directive. Add in using Covid as an excuse and it rubs me the wrong way. The steak- meh, cold wasn't the right word maybe room temperature. The food has been very good overall so I can overlook the occasional hiccup. Plus now I know what to skip next week so I can order that salmon dish my mom got 😋.

Good morning everyone. Didn't sleep well I guess i just wasn't tired enough to sleep as early as I did lol. Gonna get ready for my day in Juneau a.d to start it off - more frozen yogurt 😋.

Gonna go ahead and lay down for the night. We have a whale watching excursion at 1045 and my mom wants time to do some shopping before we head out so gonna go ahead and get some rest. Good night everyone

Thy sounds yummy I'll be on the lookout for it.

For my starters I got the fried mozzarella which is a recent addition to the menu and the baked meatballs. Making up for skipping lunch I ordered two dinners. I got the linguine with Italian sausage and beef tenderloin. I tried a bite of my mom's dinner which is another new item and it was delicious and I'll be getting it next week. Salmon coulibiac For dessert I had the double roasted pineapple.

Dinner was very good again tonight. The only thing I didn't love was the beef tenderloin. It was cold and a little tough. Tonight's menu.

I'm about ready to give up on the duck hunting. I've found 2 and my mom has found 6. Hard to catch up and at this point we are at 2 ducks a day. After 33 days that will be an obscene number of ducks 😆

You're very welcome 😁 I agree with your breakfast strategy 🤣. When I cruise solo I do typically sleep till lunch or very close to lunch 😀. The other day I slept till 10 and had to hear about how I slept the whole day away 😒

Back from our tour. I'll post pics later once I get some downtime to do a pic dump 🤪. I've got the same problem as st.greg with stewards giving push back on PM service. My mom left the snoozing sign on the second night (which is the first night they service your room) so she came yesterday am which is fine since we didn't get service the night before. Well when we came back today our room was already done so I guess once again I will not be getting the PM service I requested. Not an isolated incident and I know everyone says to cut them some slack they have too many rooms to service, but I never see these folks in the halls at night anymore. Royal Caribbean stewards are out just as late in the early afternoon and again all night. BTW it was only 830 when we discovered we had left the sign on the door, what time did she decide to quit for the night? I thought their hours were till 9 when they worked a full evening shift. Not a huge deal I'm pretty low maintenance but I do feel like I'm overpaying for cabin service compared to the level of service I receive on other lines. </rant> Skipped lunch today which is fine but I'm hungry so it will be dinner time soon.

Scale is working now that we are docked. Says I gained 1.2 lbs this cruise so far. I liked it better yesterday when I had lost 16 😆. Was a little lost at breakfast. Almost everything for breakfast has an obscenely high calorie count. I used to get plain oatmeal but it tastes terrible with no sugar. My new go to is a small 0late of scrambled eggs but after yesterday I wasn't excited to try those eggs again. So I landed on some frozen yogurt 😋. Doesn't seem healthy but it comes in at just 100 calories. Heading into town now my mom wants to get some shopping in but looking from the ship I don't really see anything close by. We will see.

We've arrived I'm Skagway. We've got an excursion planned at 12.10, White Pass Rail, Klondike Highway and Gold Camp. Not sure if I'm gonna grab some breakfast or wait amd buy something in port gonna play it by ear (or stomach) this morning.

Falling asleep here so gonna turn in for the night. Tomorrow is Skagway. Night all.

Dinner tonight was very good and so was the service. Now I'm back in the room taking it easy. I was going to watch getaway island in the theater as it is one of my favorite shows carnival does but it is the concert version so I decided to skip it.

For starters I ordered the bbq pulled pork slider and spring rolls. Both were very good. For my main I ordered something new to the menu - wienersnitzel. Very delicious addition to the menu. Dessert was cheesecake which I also enjoyed.

Back onboard I grabbed my mom who did not join me and we headed to dinner. Wait time was less than 10 minutes. Lido menu.

My excursion was from 430-730 and again I will post photos later. It was a wonderful experience though and even though it was quite expensive I would still definitely recommend it. The experience is so much more personal in the smaller boat.

I didn't care for the rigatoni but the rest was good. It was dead in there we were about the only ones enjoying a sit down lunch in there. I spend the rest of the afternoon getting some exercise in and enjoying the scenery. I will post some pictures later of Tracy Arm Fjord from the ship.

Rewinding back to this afternoon there were two options for lunch I've not seen before. One was a brunch from 10-1 in the steakhouse. This was an upcharge but I forgot the price. If it is available I plan to try it at least once on another leg of this cruise. The other was a sit down lunch in the MDR and that is where I dined for lunch. I ordered the rigatoni and baked fish. Between us we ordered all three desserts. Vacation sundae. Pineapple upside down cake. Passionfruit mousse.

The gym is one of the smallest I've ever seen on a ship. But it has been almost complete empty each time I've gone. I will look for sweat towels next time I head that way.