Live from the Encore to Seattle & Alaska with Cleveland and company!!

[Sand and Seas]

Loving your review!   Thanks for posting these great pictures. 

 

My DH has been hanging over my shoulder to check out your review too.  We are both getting VERY excited for our upcoming cruise☺️

[ClevelandCruisin]

24 minutes ago, Sand and Seas said:

Loving your review!   Thanks for posting these great pictures. 

 

My DH has been hanging over my shoulder to check out your review too.  We are both getting VERY excited for our upcoming cruise☺️

Thank you!

 

Just enjoying my time on the Encore and sharing it with everyone. 

[ClevelandCruisin]

Tonight we have dinner at Teppanyaki. My favorite! 

 

We are seeing the 18+ comedy in the social Tonight. 

 

Should be a great night! 

 

Tomorrow we are taking the 1-way harbor cruise to Ketchikan to enjoy the day. King crab legs, shopping, watch the salmon swim in the river!

[swmichigan cruiser]

Just now, ClevelandCruisin said:

Tonight we have dinner at Teppanyaki. My favorite! 

 

We are seeing the 18+ comedy in the social Tonight. 

 

Should be a great night! 

 

Tomorrow we are taking the 1-way harbor cruise to Ketchikan to enjoy the day. King crab legs, shopping, watch the salmon swim in the river!

We aren't on this cruise with you but the comedy show tonight should be a good one with Frank Townsend. We got to know him on a Bliss Panama Canal cruise in 2019. Glad you are enjoying the Encore we did two cruises on it in late 2019 and we were scheduled to do it again on this cruise and the next one but changed our plans. But do have the Encore booked next year for two 21 night cruises so you can tell we like the Encore.

[GALSews]

ClevelandCruisin,

Thanks for the post. Makes me eager to sail again. We'll be going back to Alaska next June. First an d only time was way back in 2002 when our sons were still kids. Now we'll be going with a grandchild.

 

[ClevelandCruisin]

Fun fact about Juneau..

 

For every bar, there has to be a church.

 

Now they have 66 churches.

[ClevelandCruisin]

Fishes!

[graphicguy]

45 minutes ago, ClevelandCruisin said:

Fishes!

Swimming forward to the front of the ship, walk against the way the swim, you’re headed aft.

[fastpitchdad]

If you go to the District and the Piano guy is playing (Jacob, he is quite good), please request Modern Love by David Bowie 🙂 . Back in August he said he would learn it before the next Cruise.

Edited October 14, 2021 by fastpitchdad

[ClevelandCruisin]

Teppanyaki was pretty good!

[ClevelandCruisin]

Chicken and shrimp for me tonight. 

 

My wife had scallops.

Mom had steak.

 

The rice is always a hit, this is the only place that makes it like they do.

 

The service was good, except they forgot my chicken at first. I guess they call that a Japanese mistake.

 

Overall B+

[ClevelandCruisin]

So my wife has won at least $150 or more each day on the slots. Me on the other hand, a little here, but mostly donating. 

 

Today I put $40 on roulette, first time I could get to the table. Spins a 0... I was done. That's the kiss of death for me.

[ClevelandCruisin]

Another gripe I have about the casino is they are all video style machines, no old school reels. You can find a few machines with reels, but that's it.

 

Also, these new Asian machines max bet is $8.80! I'm not rich here! Talk about taking your money quick.

 

They do have a nice room enclosed for smokers, which is a nice change from other ships. And they put all the winners in there!

[ClevelandCruisin]

Loving the cruise so far, but missing the warm weather. 

 

Also, I've been dealing with a flare-up from my crohn's disease most of the week. Fighting through the pain... barely.

[ClevelandCruisin]

In the Social tonight for comedy.

[ClevelandCruisin]

The comedy was great tonight. 

 

Opening the show was Larry Omaha, he was great.

 

Frank Townsend was the feature act, and was phenomenal! 

[ClevelandCruisin]

Day 6 dailies

[ClevelandCruisin]

We just placed an order for room service. Food photos to follow!

 

$9.95 charge + 20% gratuity added

[ClevelandCruisin]

Just an FYI when booking rooms, we're on deck 15 (aft), which is a spa room.

 

Every evening and morning you will hear these squeaky wheels coming from the waterfront. It's like nails on a chalkboard! 

 

They wake me up every day bright and early... ugh!

 

Oh the humanity!!!

[ClevelandCruisin]

Our room service order:

 

Mac n cheese

Greek salad

Cheese tray

Grilled cheese with chips

[luvcruzing]

6 hours ago, ClevelandCruisin said:

So my wife has won at least $150 or more each day on the slots. Me on the other hand, a little here, but mostly donating. 

Good for her.  Have to walk away when you’re ahead - seems like I never do.  🤷🏼‍♀️

[caneable]

Great review and thanks for taking the time to share. Our only big NCL ship experience to date was the Epic some while ago. In recent times the itineraries have had us on the smaller ships. However, next year we’re booked in for Norwegian Encore around this time of year so your posts are right on the nail! 

 

[caneable]

Just one request. I note that you don’t seem to have visited Onda as yet. We came across it on the Spirit and really enjoyed it.  Big improvement on La Cucina, although that wasn’t difficult. LC was an insult to Italian cuisine as far as we were concerned.  If you do get there we’d be grateful for a peek at the menu. Cheers!

[Topdog52]

11 hours ago, ClevelandCruisin said:

Fun fact about Juneau..

 

For every bar, there has to be a church.

 

Now they have 66 churches.

If I am not mistaken I think Ketchikan is the town with all the bars and churches.

[swmichigan cruiser]

7 hours ago, ClevelandCruisin said:

The comedy was great tonight. 

 

Opening the show was Larry Omaha, he was great.

 

Frank Townsend was the feature act, and was phenomenal! 

Glad you liked Frank Townsend. Really good comic and a really good family man. He treated our grandson really well on our Bliss cruise with him.