LIVE from Jewel May 15, 2024 - 27 nights

[RobInMN]

1 hour ago, Hoopster95 said:

Blue Puffin is first class, it’s small group (15 people?) and they took Care of their customers.

 

I’m with them again tomorrow in Hommingsvag, so really looking forward to the North Cape!

We did the North Cape tour with Blue Puffin in 2022. Nothing but raving reviews all over the Roll Calls. They did an excellent job! I believe that for that tour, it's just a husband & wife team (plus drivers). We had the husband in our bus and at one point, passed his wife in another other bus going the other way 🙂 (did things in a different order). 

 

[Hoopster95]

Ok ok… I lied😈. I’m back

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Hoopster95]

About to overtake Ponant…

absolutely stunning sailaway

 

 

[Hoopster95]

A short clip for you all from deck 12 forward.

 

[Hoopster95]

“Don’t you dare call me a Cartman!”

(yes it’s that windy and cold up here)🥶

 

 

 

 

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[twangster]

Stunning tonight

 

 

[Hoopster95]

Must see tv

 

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[twangster]

Terrible virws around the ship tonight.  

 

Vintages

 

 

 

Schooner

 

[twangster]

Our piano man is a little distracted tonight

 

[shirazcruiser]

1 hour ago, Hoopster95 said:

Ok ok… I lied😈. I’m back

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is that the new crystal block?

[twangster]

4 minutes ago, shirazcruiser said:

Is that the new crystal block?

 

Yes.  New style is on board.  

[bobmacliberty]

Wow...just wow. Spectacular.

[Hoopster95]

What time is it? Twang and I are sitting at the Schooner Bar and it looks like It’s 2 o’clock in the afternoon out there…. It’s actually 9:55pm. So very strange yet awesome at the same time.

 

 

 

 

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[twangster]

As near as I can determine this was our route to the open sea.  

 

 

It makes the Alaskan Inside Passage seem pretty bland.  

 

Mere pictures can't convey the experience.

[Hoopster95]

Silent Disco…. CC’s very own  @maggieq is in da house!!!

 

 

[twangster]

Sitting in the warmth of the Schooner Bar I almost convinced @Hoopster95 to go outside to capture some photos.   He's smarter than I gave him credit for.  Instead he went to the VCL.   

 

So I took one for the team.  At 10:20pm.  

 

 

 

 

 

[twangster]

Meanwhile, on the sunny side of the ship...

 

 

 

[twangster]

 

Honest officer, it's a lot harder to hold a phone straight than I thought.  But I'm not driving so... 

 

I blame the SexyOcean beverage.  

 

[Hoopster95]

Awesome photos twangster!

This is sick!… look outside, what time is it? Almost 11pm north of the arctic circle

 

 

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[twangster]

Beautiful sunset tonight.   Forgot to close the drapes.  

 

Just in case you were wondering what nearly the top of Norway looks like in early June, at 11pm.  

 

 

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[Hoopster95]

9 hours ago, twangster said:

Beautiful sunset tonight. 

 
Must see short video…. Every cruisers dream from their balcony. We’re so blessed to have this weather.

[twangster]

 

 

Fun fact.  Everything I've posted today was captured on a phone.  I haven't even begun to look at my good camera's memory card.  

 

Exception being the time-lapse captured on a 360 camera.  

 

 

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[Hoopster95]

Bed time… nightie night all.

Final contributions for the evening.

I cannot get over it that it’s already 11:10pm. Incredible!

 

 

 

 

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[twangster]

So in summary, the Starlink is still working great!

 

Seriously, posting like this even a year ago would have been tough.  

 

/geek-off

[twangster]

Typically when a mountain can make its own clouds its a big one.