shark&minnow

Our cruise scheduled for the 27th is a rescheduling of a previously cancelled cruise. We have had to reschedule 2 cruises. On each of these rescheduled cruises we are getting $600 on board credit plus we are receiving a refund of $1000. So I would say it could be profitable to schedule one of these low priced cruises. If they cancel your cruise they will give you credit on your rescheduled cruise. 

I read that Carnival is transporting crew members who can't get flights to their homes.

We are booked for June 27 out of Galveston! 

We had a May back to back cancelled. We have rescheduled 2 weeks (not back to back). We are receiving $600 per cruise on board credit and we are getting about $1000 back. 

I am ready to not be cooking everyday!!

The Anchorage visitors center was so cute

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Alyeska Tram

Top of the mountain

We spent the next two nights in the Anchorage area. We stayed at the Alyeska Resort before flying home on 9/6.

49th State Brewing:

Reindeer Sausage and Elk pizza on the deck in the sunshine

Alyeska Resort

our room

Girdwood Brewing

9/4:

We took the evening train from Seward  to Anchorage. We got in at 10pm and stayed at a bed & breakfast called the Arctic Fox

A note on viewing the glaciers in glacier bay etc:  I read a lot of reviews before taking our trip and people talk about the best place to view certain things. I really enjoyed just being on our balcony. The captain turns the ship so everywhere gets a view. I found that if you go on the deck with the crowd then everyone crowds to the spot that seems best at that moment and it just seems far more pleasant to just enjoy the view from your room.

9/2 our trip cruise came to an end in Seward and we spent the night in Seward. It was a cool little town with a very tourist friendly free shuttle that makes a regular trip around the whole place. We stayed at The Harbor View Inn which has a tram stop at their property. This was also the first and only rain we encountered on or trip

The end of the rainbow!

We took a boat tour of Resurrection bay and enjoyed a salmon lunch at Fox Island

Resurrection Art Coffee house....super cool!

Dinner at Seward Brewing:

The next two days we cruised Glacier Bay and the Hubbard Glacier. This really was a beautiful and amazing experience, my pictures don't do it justice.

Listen to the ice...it sounds like Rice Krispies!

Hubbard Glacier:

not as warm here!

8/30 Skagway:

We strolled down the street and stopped at the museums. We also enjoyed the Klondike Brewing Company it was another beautiful day

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Back on the ship enjoying the sun, at least I was!

8/29 Juneau: It was another gorgeous sunny day!  We had an excursion that went to Mendenhal Glacier and then whale watching. The glacier was a nice place to walk around, but you will see much more beautiful glaciers on this trip so I would definitely skip it next time.  On the whale watch we watched a baby playing and breaching over and over. When we returned to port we ate at the "Hanger on the Wharf" where you are seated where you can see the sea planes etc. and the halibut was very good.

Hanger on the Wharf

8/26 was a sea day and I don't remember exactly what we did. I know on embarkation day and possible this sea day w actually had some warm sunshine and we enjoyed sitting pool side and at one point we saw some killer whales. They were a ways off so not like they were right by the ship. On 8/27 we stopped in Ketchikan. We had an excursion planned for a little later in the morning so first thing w walked to the salmon ladder and from there we took the "married mans" path down to Creek Street. It was a beautiful walk. This was the first time I had seen salmon jumping up stream, little did I know I would learn quite a lot about salmon on this trip! Our excursion was the George inlet wilderness exploration and crab feast. 

It was a beautiful day, but the boat ride was a bit long and there wasn't much to see

Everyone ate lots of crab! You are packed in very tightly in the dining room

8/26 Embarkation day!

We started the day at this Cool little cafe called Jam Cafe, it was very good, I read about it somewhere so I knew to get there first thing. We waited in line for a bit to get in. Then we returned to our hotel and got a taxi to take us to the ship.

Dutch Baby at Jam Cafe

Sitting on board the Jewel

Dinner in the Tsar's Palace

The Tsar's faberge egg 

We stayed at The Victorian Hotel on Homer St. It was very nice and walking distance to everywhere. We did not have a private bath at this hotel which I didn't realize when I booked it, but it was really nice. The rooms were lovely and the bathrooms were very nice. They had plush bathrobes in the rooms so running out to the bathroom was really no big deal.

On our second morning in Vancouver we walked all along the waterfront. We also went to "Fly Over Canada" If you are a fan of the "Fly Over" rides at Disney land, this is the same thing only it's Canada of course!

Tap Shack, Coal Harbour 8/25, warm and sunny!

OK it looks like that worked! 

This was our first Alaskan cruise. We chose NCL because of all the free perks they were offering.

We flew to Vancouver 2 days early so we could explore the city a bit before the cruise. When we arrived in Vancouver we had to stand in the pass port line for 2 hours

We finally got through all that and made our way on the public transportation to our hotel and then out to explore Gastown and Chinatown, where we had a delicious dinner at Sai Woo

Hi

I am sitting here bored like many people these days, my May cruise has been cancelled so I thought I would do a review of our last cruise. I always enjoy reading cruise reviews but then I get lazy about doing my own review. First I need to see if I can upload a photo:

The Cayman Turtle Centre^[1] is a conservation facility and tourist attraction located in the West Bay district of the Cayman Islands. First established in 1968 as the "Cayman Turtle Farm" by a group of American and British investors, the facility was initially used to breed the endangered green sea turtle for commercial purposes. By raising the turtles in a farming operation, the turtle meat could be produced for local consumption without depleting the wild population of the species.

Although still in operation as a farm for raising turtles in order to sell product, the Cayman Turtle Centre has been developed into an important research project and conservation facility. It is now also the largest land-based tourist attraction in the Cayman Islands and welcomes more than 500,000 visitors annually.^[2]

On 4/1/2020 at 6:41 PM, LuckyTheRooster said:

Easy Answer: Yes

I'm already booked for May 16th

45 days is a long time - things will be different - I'm counting on it💗

Us too! May 16 out of Galveston. I hope it goes!

We have a B2B in May. So if this is true (we have not received an email yet) we will get $400! 

I am glad that people are paying attention to not spreading germs but it does seem like there is a lot of panic over this virus that seems to be much like the flu. Lots more people have the flu and have died of the flu and we are not panicking about that. 

The cruise lines are always very careful about the spread of illness. We have been on 2 cruises where a bunch of people got sick, but we were fine. I am a paranoid hand washer and I stop at every sanitizing station.

We can't wait for our cruise!!

I'm pretty sure what you experienced was grain alcohol also known as everclear. It's tasteless and gets you drunk very fast. It is very common in cruise ports and is legal in some U.S. states as well. I had my education with it in Key West; and I've also encountered it in Texas. This is also usually what leads to the alcohol related problems you hear about at college parties etc. It is always good to know what you are dinking. We usually stick with beer or wine and just proceed with caution with mixed drinks when you are in these places. 

This is one of my weird bucket list goals! Thanks for the info.

We visited the turtle farm on an excursion that also included the sting rays and hell. I loved the turtle farm!! We got to hold baby turtles and they were so cute! I thought it was a very nice place.

We did the bamboo raft tour through the cruise line. it was one of our best ever. 

When you go yo Stingray City you don't actually snorkel. It is on a big sand bar so no worries about the snorkeling. The tour guide called it "The Stingray Wading Pool"

You see how deep the water is:

Thank you! This is exactly what we are planning to do.

Last time we went we did the stingrays, turtle farm and Hell. I did not think Hell was worth the stop.

The stingrays are worth doing once and I loved the baby turtles!

This is all there is in Hell, we couldn't even find a beer there so it truly is Hell!

the view of Hell

The stingray wading pool