Live From the Summit, 8/7 to 8/31, from an Aqua passenger viewpoint

[Ken the cruiser]

Woke up at 7:40 this morning to this!!! More awesome pictures to come!

  

 

 

 

 

Edited August 15, 2022 by Ken the cruiser

[vickykay]

Amazing photos!

[Ken the cruiser]

Here are some more pictures of our cruising through the Prins Christian Sund!

 

 

 

 

 
This was a small community in the fjords of maybe 100 people.

 

 

 

 

 

 
Wildlife!! 😁

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Just wanted to add that I uploaded these photos while still cruising through the fjords! 😁

 

Edited August 15, 2022 by Ken the cruiser

[venicecruiser]

Your photos are great!

[marydaveatsea]

Ken, Your pictures are outstanding. I'm reminded of a Mercury to Alaska cruise many years ago. Great screen saver material. Sounds like you are having a wonderful trip. May it continue throughout.

[TeeRick]

Thanks Ken.  Great photos!

[Ken the cruiser]

And here are the remaining pictures as we have now exited the other side! 😁

 

 

 

 

 

 
And in goes the MS Hamburg. It definitely would have been tight in certain places if we met her going through the fjords! 😂

 

 

Edited August 15, 2022 by Ken the cruiser

[Ken the cruiser]

Greenland was so cool!  I just had to take one more picture before we got too far away!!

 

[Ken the cruiser]

2 hours ago, TeeRick said:

Thanks Ken.  Great photos!

Rick, aren’t you heading this way either this month or next out of Southampton, or are you just going to Iceland?

[Ken the cruiser]

15 hours ago, BeeMinor said:

 

We visited there last summer during a two-week road trip around Iceland. Looks like we spent about 10000 ISK per person, or ~$75-$80, for the premium package, which was admission, a few extra amenities like flip flops, all the face masks, and a couple drink tickets if I remember correctly. I imagine the price is a bit higher now, but still! 

 

There are cheaper (and IMO better) pools in Iceland, but they'd be somewhat challenging to access without a car.

Were you able to stay all day? The way the Blue Lagoon booking process looked, it appeared you reserved a 1 hr time slot. Hopefully that’s not the case and you were able to lounge around in the thermal pools all day if you chose to. 

[sgmn]

On 8/13/2022 at 1:38 AM, Mary loves to travel said:

The Elton John tribute should be fun!    

 

I'm impressed with the number of daily lectures.   Very nice.

Me too, I don't remember seeing any advertised on our 9 night Beyond cruise a couple of months ago, though we did only have two sea days 

[Oceangoer2]

You've had a lovely voyage.  As you attended a number of lectures per day, what would you have done if not attending on a 6 day crossing??

[TeeRick]

30 minutes ago, Ken the cruiser said:

Rick, aren’t you heading this way either this month or next out of Southampton, or are you just going to Iceland?

Yes Ken.  On Silhouette out of Southampton to Iceland and back.  End of the month.

[Ken the cruiser]

3 hours ago, Oceangoer2 said:

You've had a lovely voyage.  As you attended a number of lectures per day, what would you have done if not attending on a 6 day crossing??

The only time I remember no lectures onboard was on 7 day or less cruises, and we don’t do those anymore. Well, I take that back. We were on an Edge B3B made up of three 7 day cruises back in August when cruising just started back up. But Celebrity was so happy to have us all back, they had a lecture on each of the sea days on those cruises. But, if you really want to know what we did, early in this thread I listed my Live From threads since cruising started back up and the first one was that Edge cruise. 😁

 

[Ken the cruiser]

This afternoon we went to the Karen Grainger & Craig Meyer Matinee Show and had a great time!

 

 

 

 

[Oceangoer2]

1 hour ago, Ken the cruiser said:

The only time I remember no lectures onboard was on 7 day or less cruises, and we don’t do those anymore. Well, I take that back. We were on an Edge B3B made up of three 7 day cruises back in August when cruising just started back up. But Celebrity was so happy to have us all back, they had a lecture on each of the sea days on those cruises. But, if you really want to know what we did, early in this thread I listed my Live From threads since cruising started back up and the first one was that Edge cruise. 😁

 

I guess I was wondering if I didn't do seminars, what are the other options to keep busy?  I see from your post above there are afternoon shows, and I suppose the casino is open...maybe movies in the theatre?  DH is leery of so many sea days and perhaps the deck weather won't be as comfortable to use the lounge chairs.  This is our first crossing so we're totally out of the loop as to what to do during the day.

Edited August 15, 2022 by Oceangoer2

[bama4cruisin]

Ken, thank you for sharing your wonderful photos!  They are stunning.

 

signed, your neighbor about 30 miles northeast 😊

[Jim_Iain]

On 8/13/2022 at 10:29 PM, Ken the cruiser said:

I know @Jim_Iainposted the numbers on his thread earlier which were quite significant. But I would think its to be expected with a longer more “boutique” cruise like this one. We’ll just follow the instructions in the letter and see what happens. But we’ll probably head over to the Cosmopolitan restaurant after 10 or so. 
 

Hopefully, a lot of them have booked excursions. One can hope anyway. 😂

I was concerned about the CC breakfast in Tuscan but have heard it hasn't been over crowded.

 

While the total CC membership may be high many also have priority in Suites, Aqua and Concierge which had different meeting areas.  

 

Reality -  I think almost everyone has a priority of some type or other.

[Ken the cruiser]

2 hours ago, Oceangoer2 said:

I guess I was wondering if I didn't do seminars, what are the other options to keep busy?  I see from your post above there are afternoon shows, and I suppose the casino is open...maybe movies in the theatre?  DH is leery of so many sea days and perhaps the deck weather won't be as comfortable to use the lounge chairs.  This is our first crossing so we're totally out of the loop as to what to do during the day.

Since we already have our “plan of attack”, you can check out the Today’s I post every day. They might help you figure out what else is going on, especially on sea days. I know that’s what my DW uses to plot out our next day activities. 

Edited August 15, 2022 by Ken the cruiser

[Jazzbo]

Thanks for the fabulous photos! Between you and @Jim_Iain, I’m convinced I need to add this to my bucket list. 😊

[Ken the cruiser]

This evening after dinner in Blu we headed to the theater to watch Joshua Jordan, a comedian and magician, who was quite funny!

 

 

 

 
Then it was off to the Rendezvous Lounge to watch Puzzle of Points, which was very engaging where everyone participated!

 

 

 

 

And then when we got back to the cabin, the dreaded notification that we had to test before transition day was lying on the bed. Oh well, this will be the sixth time this year to take the dreaded test to continue on to the leg of the cruise. What’s the new old say, “think positive, test negative!” 😁

 

 

Edited August 15, 2022 by Ken the cruiser

[wrk2cruise]

That meeting room is going to be crowded with 250+ B2B people in there.   It was very full when we had 60.   Maybe double mask.

[Ken the cruiser]

Just now, wrk2cruise said:

That meeting room is going to be crowded with 250+ B2B people in there.   It was very full when we had 60.   Maybe double mask.

Good point!

[Bill Miller]

Your doing a hell of a fine job Ken. Keep up the fabulous posts on your awesome cruise.

[Ken the cruiser]

Day 10 - Aug 16 - Sea day