Alaskan Rhapsody Aug 23rd-30th Photo Trip Report

[Sinppu]

Sinny......aren't y'all on the Dec. 7th Independence sailing? We are' date=' too!!!! Hope to see you there! Are you on the Dec. 1st sailing as well?[/size']

 

Oh Jane, we can't make it.

My situation at work changed drastically last week and now it seems we can't cruise until next spring :(:(:(

 

Bummed, but nothing we can do about it.

[read52]

Thanks for all the pictures. We took this cruise in June with our friends from high school. He was retiring from teaching. We were lucky to get a balcony because a few days before sailing RCCL upgraded us. We have pictures of the seals right below us in the Tracey Arm Fjord. It was warm to whole trip. We are from Maryland.

[Sinppu]

Thanks for all the pictures. We took this cruise in June with our friends from high school. He was retiring from teaching. We were lucky to get a balcony because a few days before sailing RCCL upgraded us. We have pictures of the seals right below us in the Tracey Arm Fjord. It was warm to whole trip. We are from Maryland.

 

 

Lucky you, WOW! Both on the upgrade and the seal part :)

Thanks for reading.

[Cookiecookie]

Love your pictures an review. Of to the TA today to get a price for this cruise, hoping to add a Rockies tour on the end fingers crossed.

[Thetrail]

Rhapsody has many commemorative plaques right around the corner of the Guest Services on deck 5.

 

 

 

The Dining Package was sold also on board.

 

 

Here you can see the R Bar. Our cabins were on deck 4 and very close by, so we came here quite often. We always got excellent service and gave some extra tips to the bartenders here as they remembered our favourite drinks by Day 3.

 

 

Due to the stress of the day, we were all pretty beat early. We went for a quick dinner in the Windjammer and hit the sack right after sunset.

 

 

Thanks everyone for reading. I will be back tomorrow for fun to come!

Hello! Love your reviews along with your wit and charm. Your group always brings a smile to my face and feel as if we know you just through your great reports and photos. We sail four times a year so if we ever see you guys on a ship we will be delighted to say hi and offer your crew a cocktail!...K.O.:)

[wildweston]

Thanks for your fantastic review. It looks like they have taken the staircases out of the centrum and also changed the beautiful curtain they had in the show room.

[maxs mom]

Oh Jane, we can't make it.

My situation at work changed drastically last week and now it seems we can't cruise until next spring :(:(:(

 

Bummed, but nothing we can do about it.

 

Oh no!! Sorry to hear that. Well.....Spring will be here before you know it!

[DJTexas]

Loved this Sinny! Thanks for posting! Can't wait to go again next year!!

[maritar]

Sinny - Another wonderful review and great pictures from you! :) Thank you!

[Bimmer09]

Sinny-I am enjoying your review immensely! Great photos and it looks like you travel with a fun group. Alaska is my favorite cruise destination so far-twice in the last two years, both with Princess. Your photos have reminded me that I need to go again...

 

Great review which moves along nicely...a "page-turner". Lots of good humor.

 

Thanks!

 

Norris

in Chicago

[SweetpeaOne]

Awesome review. Wonderful pictures. Thanks for sharing.

[Sinppu]

Love your pictures an review. Of to the TA today to get a price for this cruise, hoping to add a Rockies tour on the end fingers crossed.

 

I hope you have as much fun as we did. It was an awesome cruise.

Thanks for reading.

 

Hello! Love your reviews along with your wit and charm. Your group always brings a smile to my face and feel as if we know you just through your great reports and photos. We sail four times a year so if we ever see you guys on a ship we will be delighted to say hi and offer your crew a cocktail!...K.O.:)

 

Ha! Did everyone see that? Everyone?? I've been offered a drink. That's like getting paid to write a report, right? Can I now call myself a professional writer? :D:p

 

Thanks!!!

[Sinppu]

Thanks for your fantastic review. It looks like they have taken the staircases out of the centrum and also changed the beautiful curtain they had in the show room.

 

Loved this Sinny! Thanks for posting! Can't wait to go again next year!!

 

Thank you so much to you both.

More to come. Soonish.

[Sinppu]

Sinny-I am enjoying your review immensely! Great photos and it looks like you travel with a fun group. Alaska is my favorite cruise destination so far-twice in the last two years, both with Princess. Your photos have reminded me that I need to go again...

 

Great review which moves along nicely...a "page-turner". Lots of good humor.

 

Thanks!

 

Norris

in Chicago

 

Hey Norris. Chicago is a great city. Glad you like the review :)

 

Awesome review. Wonderful pictures. Thanks for sharing.

 

You are welcome. I'm very sharey. Sharedy. Or is it shareful?

Edited September 21, 2013 by Sinppu

[cctimmom]

I'm absolutely loving your trip report... looks like you all had an amazing time!

[Kesstral]

 

 

 

 

Wow, it's amazing the difference a few months make. I've been to the Tracy Arm Fjord twice now, both in May and the glacier looks so different!

 

May 2012:

 

 

 

May 2013:

 

 

(there was so much ice in the water that was as close as we could make it and other ships actually had to cancel the day before).

[Sinppu]

So back to the track everyone!

Sorry about the delay.

Where were we? Ahhhh yes.

Food porn.

 

 

Creamed Wild Mushroom. Mine and Thommo's. Not particularly tasty, but went down anyway.

 

 

Classic Caesar Salad. Lowry's and Ann's choice. The portion is small but they both said it tasted good.

 

 

Roasted Peach soup. Anouk liked this one, but then she liked all the fruity appetizers.

 

 

Today was lobster night. Ohhh yes.

The girls went for the seafood but the boys both stuck to the sliders.

The lobster was excellent and we all got a second tail (without asking!) so we were SO stuffed after dinner we had a hard time deciding what to have for dessert.

 

 

I went for the Ivory Chocolate Mousse. It was only coffee for Anouk and one scoop of ice cream for everyone else.

[Sinppu]

This evening the boys did a great job.

 

 

It was supposed to be the parade tonight but just as we saw the waiters starting to gather around the stairs there was an "Alfa, alfa, alfa, Edelweiss deck 4" announcement.

We then saw the maitre'd talk to the waiters and they quietly returned to work.

We were of course curious and Alejandro explained that Alfa is a medical emergency. We all felt a bit subdued, so our wonderful MDR team did their best to raise our spirits.

 

And this trick with the wine bottle, two toothpicks and a fork managed to make us all happy again. It was really cool.

 

 

 

Yes, it's the chef again. He greeted us every night.

 

 

It was a beautiful sunset tonight.

 

We went to see the CD Graham Seymour's Late Night Comedy today. We thought he was absolutely hilarious but as stated previously, some people found him insulting and rude. He was both. Yeah, our sense of humour is mean.

And a word of warning!! If you take wine glasses to the theatre, make sure they fit into the glass holders. I lost a good bit of red wine when I put down my glass and the rim was too wide for the bottom.

No harm done. I licked it from the carpet.

 

;)

 

Day 6 is another sea day with plenty to do on the CruiseCompass. Ann and Anouk managed to book themselves Salon Combos, one at 8.30am, the other at 10am.

They book up really fast as the girls called in as soon as we saw the offer and they only had two time slots left :rolleyes:

Edited September 21, 2013 by Sinppu

[Sinppu]

I'm absolutely loving your trip report... looks like you all had an amazing time!

 

We did! That was the best part. It was the first time we all traveled together and we had only one little 2-minute argument in Vancouver (well, Anouk and Lowry did).

It was wonderful.

 

The cruise, not the argument.

 

Wow, it's amazing the difference a few months make. I've been to the Tracy Arm Fjord twice now, both in May and the glacier looks so different!

 

May 2012:

 

 

 

May 2013:

 

 

(there was so much ice in the water that was as close as we could make it and other ships actually had to cancel the day before).

 

Wow. I'm glad we decided on a later cruise instead of an early one.

Thanks for reading and the pictures!

[Sinppu]

We anticipated a slow day today but ended up doing a lot!

 

Ann returned a book she had borrowed the first day but never opened.

 

 

We watched the towel folding demonstration.

 

 

We signed up all our 3 first-timers to C&A (wohooooo....mission accomplished. Now Royal, where's my commission??)

 

 

We watched the second Aerial performance and the Flash Mob right after it.

 

 

 

We rode all the elevators looking for the weekday signs -no luck.

 

[Sinppu]

We pre-bought...I mean, everyone else pre-bought their bingo cards and then we had lunch in the uncrowded Park Café.

 

 

 

We had a pre-bingo drink. I introduced the girls to my favourite, Key Lime Pie Martini. They first just wanted to try my drink.

 

 

And that's how they ended up on the dark side.

 

 

Then it was bingo time with Lucky Lee...

 

 

"Really, some people do take this whole bingo thing too far. I mean just look at those two in front of us... those two who look like Lowr....oh no. Oh no."

 

[Clarea]

...

We signed up all our 3 first-timers to C&A (wohooooo....mission accomplished. Now Royal, where's my commission??)...

Don't tell me you missed the fantastic $25 bring-a-friend OBC!;)

[Sinppu]

After bingo they had the 60 seconds or Less Game Show and we stayed on to watch. It's fun for the whole family and the tasks are surprising.

 

 

Relaxing.

 

 

We went to dinner straight from the theatre.

We hadn't booked anything tonight and when we came to the door, we were asked to wait a few minutes so that they could clear a table for us.

We saw free tables and wondered about it, but again the staff showed their worth: they wanted us to have Bras and Alejandro.

 

Awwwwwwwwww.

 

 

And next up....the infamous....food porn!

 

 

A green salad for Anouk and Ann, who had also developed a love for the Roast Beef sandwiches and now wished for something lighter.

 

 

Oh shoot. This is the Creamed Wild Mushroom which I already thought I posted...

I knew that. Just testing how well you readers know your dishes and your menus.

 

 

Rib-Eye. Boys had it but didn't become fans.

[Sinppu]

Don't tell me you missed the fantastic $25 bring-a-friend OBC!;)

 

We didn't :)

There's some nice OBC waiting for us :D

We'll splurge.

[Oma24boys]

Your review has made me even more excited about our Rhapsody cruise June, 2014! Thanks for posting!!! Awesome pics...:p