On Millennium 6 Aug Alaska Sailing - Any Questions?

[dgoz]

On 8/11/2021 at 4:21 PM, trabeler said:

 

Entertainment has been pretty typical.  So far we've had two full production shows (Boogie Wonderland and Elysium).  There was a comedian/impressionist and magician/illusionist so far as well.  Tonight there is a singing group (The Company Men).  The aerialist/acrobat pair from the production shows did a dedicated show last night.  They planned to do a matinee production show today (primarily singers) but we had a fair bit of swell today so they just cancelled that show saying that the singers are seasick.

 

Other entertainment is the normal house band, string duo, guitar soloist, and guitar/singer couple.

 

Since this is Alaska we've had a naturalist on board who has done daily talks on bears, eagles, etc.

 

 

Nothing special the first sea day but Tuscan is open today for lunch on the second sea day.

 

 

Very few people are wearing masks onboard and only kids under 12 are not vaccinated.  Mask wearing is spotty with the smaller kids since it isn't mandatory.

 

I haven't seen lines for anything other than at Cafe al Bacio during early morning prime time on port days.  With passenger load at less than 50%, there has been no waiting in the dining rooms.

 

For social distancing they have blocked out some seats in the theater and also in the casino.  Everywhere else is pretty much normal spacing.  The martini bar is probably the most crowded place on the ship each evening.

 

 

Yes... they're doing the behind the scenes tour that is sold as an excursion.  I think it is around $90.  

Is that worth $90?

[dgoz]

On 9/6/2021 at 4:54 PM, Northern Aurora said:

 

 

dogz:  It has been years since I took a close look at the e-docs but there should be detailed directions to the cruise terminal and pier.  However, since I wanted to know the pier before the docs were emailed I just googled something like "Seattle 2021 cruise ship schedule."  The Port of Seattle website has the cruise ship schedule so I found that our September 17th sailing was using Pier 66 (Bell Street) and not Pier 91 (Smith  Cove).

 

But I also have a question for any one recently on the Millennium.  I haven't been on that ship since 2018.  At that time it still had a library.  Does it still exist?  If it does I'll take a couple of hardbacks to leave.

Thanks!

[Peteymil]

On 9/8/2021 at 3:12 PM, oskidunker said:

Anyone booked Mendenhall river raft trip in Juneau? It doesn't start until 5 pm. I have seen pictures of people wearing jeans. It is a pretty mild trip so I doubt you fall out. A bathing suit might be really cold. Any thoughts?  I think it will be dark before

We have done the raft trip twice. They give you raincoats and supposedly waterproof boots. I don’t think anyone would fall out but the water definitely gets in the boat and it is very cold. Each time water got in our boots and my feet got quite cold. Skip the swimsuit!! You could be lucky like we were in August, but it is usually quite cool and not sunny.