Saint Greg's Jewels - Live - August 12, 2024

[mikayla73]

That looks good!

[Saint Greg]

Gangway opened at 7. CD made an announcement to check your tickets to see if a passport is required. 
 

My summit scenic drive is one of those

 

 

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That’s not the bus. It’s through that tunnel.

 

 

 

 

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Maybe there another shuttle to town.

 

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Yeah if you do the highway one or the combo you need a passport. Round trip on the train like I did last year you do not.

 

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That’s my ride

 

 

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original streetcar

 

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Steam engine

 

 

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Artic brotherhood built of driftwood
 

 

[Saint Greg]

Why does the town look like this? It never burned. Every new building has to be based on one from the gold rush era.

 

 

[dallasdan]

@Saint Greg a couple times you mentioned the internet was down and you were using AT&T.  Was that while you were in port, or does the ship sail close enough to shore to be connected to a tower?  I am doing Alaska next may and am curious.

[Saint Greg]

15 minutes ago, dallasdan said:

@Saint Greg a couple times you mentioned the internet was down and you were using AT&T.  Was that while you were in port, or does the ship sail close enough to shore to be connected to a tower?  I am doing Alaska next may and am curious.

In port. I lose ATT at night after sail away.

 

[Saint Greg]

We broke down on the mountain

 

 

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Just kidding it’s the scenic viewpoint.

 

 

bathroom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[ninjacat123]

12 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

We broke down on the mountain

 

 

I clutched my pearls!! 😲

[HxFx]

Question about pier locations. From my research, it seems that NCL does not get the best positions. Have you found that to be true? How did it compare to your Carnival Alaskan cruise (or just observation of the other cruise lines)? Do you think that impacts the port call much? Thanks!

[schmoopie17]

3 hours ago, Saint Greg said:

 

 

 

Those pancakes look awesome. I don't recall ever having pancakes that looked that good on NCL. Are you sure you're not on ICL...IHOP Cruise Lines)??

 

[Jamman54]

1 hour ago, Saint Greg said:

 

I see our ride to Hawaii next year! 😎

[Saint Greg]

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55 minutes ago, HxFx said:

Question about pier locations. From my research, it seems that NCL does not get the best positions. Have you found that to be true? How did it compare to your Carnival Alaskan cruise (or just observation of the other cruise lines)? Do you think that impacts the port call much? Thanks!

I think that’s right to some extent.

 

Here I think it’s interchangeable because the Carnival ship is where Jewel was last year and Sun is where Carnival was.

 

Icy strait it seems like the larger NCL ship is always on the back dock. My ships Jewel and Splendor have been the in the front spot all three times.

 

Juneau Carnival was right down town and we had that shuttle ride both years.

 

In Ketchikan NCL is in ward cove which is like a 15 minute shuttle to town. Now there’s something to be said about ward cove if you like nature. A lot of eagles there. That’s where my eagle tour was. Also near the totem pole museum thing. But I think most people would prefer downtown.

 

 

 

 

Edited August 16 by Saint Greg

[TxTeach79]

54 minutes ago, HxFx said:

Question about pier locations. From my research, it seems that NCL does not get the best positions. Have you found that to be true? How did it compare to your Carnival Alaskan cruise (or just observation of the other cruise lines)? Do you think that impacts the port call much? Thanks!

 

I'm curious about this too. When I was in Alaska a couple summers ago on Carnival Miracle, there was more than one port (I know Juneau was one, I think Ketchikan was the other) where we were docked with other ships in the middle of town and there was a NCL ship way out somewhere we couldn't see shuttling people in... and it wasn't just a NCL thing, because one port Encore was in the city center with us but Jewel was nowhere to be seen....

[Saint Greg]

 

26 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

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I think that’s right to some extent.

 

Here I think it’s interchangeable because the Carnival ship is where Jewel was last year and Sun is where Carnival was.

 

Icy strait it seems like the larger NCL ship is always on the back dock. My ships Jewel and Splendor have been the in the front spot all three times.

 

Juneau Carnival was right down town and we had that shuttle ride both years.

 

In Ketchikan NCL is in ward cove which is like a 15 minute shuttle to town. Now there’s something to be said about ward cove if you like nature. A lot of eagles there. That’s where my eagle tour was. Also near the totem pole museum thing. But I think most people would prefer downtown.

 

 

 

 

Wait no. I think spirit is in the same spot it was last year. We were on this other side where Princess is. Which I think is the best spot for boarding the train because it was right there. Everyone walked to it.

 

 

Spirit has the best spot for walking to town or back from the train

 

 

 

[Saint Greg]

But then if you’re doing the Seattle route, NCL is right downtown there and Carnival is way out.