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Is that one that you booked through NCL? I think they also offer one of these for Hubbard Glacier, and I've been eye-balling it as well.

A couple of screenshots I grabbed from her bridge cam back on April 29th while sitting in drydock...

Realizing that Norwegian Jade will be the NCL guinea pig for this port in 2025, stumbled across the fact that there's apparently a 2-1/2 mile one-way tunnel in and out, and it's the the longest (2.5 miles) highway tunnel in North America. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?id=100044584939798&story_fbid=1865960627184285 https://www.whittieralaska.gov/tunnel/ https://dot.alaska.gov/creg/whittiertunnel/schedule.shtml

Nice! I've got an inside solo down on Deck 5 for next year.

She goes through the new locks.

"When the ship is at sea or anchored, nudity is generally allowed. However, when the ship is docked, all passengers must be fully clothed on all parts of the vessel, including private balconies, until an announcement is made that it is acceptable to be nude again. Clothing is also required in all dining areas, not including bathrobes or lingerie, the latter of which is forbidden as general attire, along with fetish wear. Specific rules regarding appropriate conduct in public areas will also be enforced. Additional precautions, such as mandatory towel use on shared seating and strict non-photo zones throughout the ship, will also ensure privacy and comfort for all passengers." - Cruise Hive Still not my cup of tea. 😳

THANKS! I do a little planning every day, little things like researching some of the new ports and what there is to do, watching youtube travel videos on how to pack lightly, checking the shore excursions on my bookings to see what new things pop up - I already have 9 booked - and checking what time sunrise and sunset is for each port against what time we arrive and depart. Loved watching the NCL bridge cams as the ships moved up the West Coast and made note of where they docked. It's a lot of fun!

I'm hoping that maybe Norwegian Jade will be a little bit more relaxed and casual, especially since this is a longer repositioning cruise? I had mentioned in another thread that I was going to pack a light sports jacket, but was told that wasn't necessary.

I had planned on using Los Angeles as my laundry day, but now that I'm trying to pack fewer clothes I'll definitely take advantage of the $34 laundry bag deal.

That's one aspect of this cruise I was looking at, since the first two weeks are basically hot and humid climates while going from Florida down through the Panama Canal up the coast through El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Mexico. I think from San Francisco up to Whittier and then back down to Vancouver it'll be cold.

I'll probably pack three pair of wrinkle-free long khakis for dinner. That should be more than enough. Plus a half dozen shorts of different colors. And some shoes that are flexible as casual dinner-wear and day-wear. One pair of sneakers in addition to the ones I'll be wearing on the plane. And a few pair of blue jeans for Alaska. Trying to keep everything under one standard check-in suitcase and one carry-on.

Was hoping to be able to do breakfast and lunch in Grand Pacific and get away with shorts? The ones I have border on semi-dress shorts, sort of like Oxford cotton twill or classic khaki chino shorts.

EDITED to add posted at the same time as yours.. So, for Norwegian Jade that would be Grand Pacific?

What's Ocean Blue? Guess I should've specified that I'm on the Norwegian Jade. So the long pants requirement is for MDR dinner only?

Not to start 'that thread', but other than on formal nights can I wear shorts in the MDR? Maybe more so for breakfast and lunch for the MDR? And for the complementary restaurants like Jasmines or the Sushi Bar at dinner? Still working on a packing list for this 32-nights and trying to slim down my day-wear options. 😁

Did you guys leave early today? Everything I have with a schedule shows a departure at 530pm. When I looked at the webcam at 5pm she was already gone. ☹️

Just noticed that the highway sign has the ship name! That must've been exciting. 😁 Great timing getting on board! What kind of cabin did you book?

I'm not sure if this will be of interest to you, but directly in front of the ship on the other side of that basin there's a platform barge with one of the SpaceX rocket modules sitting on it, plus a couple of other SpaceX vessels.

Oops, my bad. The growlers are in the water. Not a lot of them, but they are there. "There are smaller pieces of ice known as “bergy bits” and “growlers.” Bergy bits and growlers can originate from glaciers or shelf ice, and may also be the result of a large iceberg that has broken up. A bergy bit is a medium to large fragment of ice. Its height is generally greater than three feetbut less than 16 feet above sea level and its area is normally about 1,076-3,229 square feet. Growlers are smaller fragments of ice and are roughly the size of a truck or grand piano. They extend less than three feet above the sea surface and occupy an area of about 215 square feet." - NOAA

And, in case you were wondering, you're at Terminal 10...😁

Sneaking in at 5am this morning...😁

I'm sure that Perspective Studio portrait isn't cheap! Looking at those screen grabs In my post I now see some sort of traffic cone looking thing in the middle of the medivac dot, so that explains that. 👍

Nice! 👍🏻

Watched the Norwegian Bliss bridge cam as she neared the turnaround point of Endicott Arm, looks amazing! What's the Red Carpet for?

This may be a crazy ask, but do you remember if there is cell phone service here? Thought maybe it would be a good place to post cruise updates without using the ships Wi-Fi.