LIVE from Fairbanks to Vancouver cruisetour 9/6/09

[Pia1913]

Happy cold and foggy Wednesday morning, where we’ve just picked up the National Park Rangers who will be giving a live presentation as we cruise through Glacier Bay all day. Most daytime activities will suspended; casino will be closed until tonight. There was an early morning trivia; we lost by one.

Last night’s comic Scott Wyler was OK. I know we’ve seen him before, but he did have some new material. Some good, some bad, some awful. We survived. Tonight will be a repeat of Wyler and Motor City, which means we will need to find something else to do. Or nothing, which is fine too. Crooners has Roger Carr, the Bayou Café has the Georgetown Trio and the Rick Kilburn Quartet is in the Wheelhouse.

The scenery currently floating by our balcony is absolutely spectacular. I will therefore leave you now and do some visual concentration.

[prg2101]

Sounds like your having a great time(despite the sniffles).....I love

reading your live froms, you have great attention to detail....;):D

[Starshine95123]

Just finished reading it and can hardly wait for the next installment. Hope all you "snifflers" are feeling better soon.

[regnig]

There was an early morning trivia; we lost by one.

 

Two times in a row! :eek: Sounds like you all need to report to the sick bay right now to get meds to fix that situation! ;):D;) You certainly can not go home without a case full of luggage tags.

 

In all seriousness we all are hoping you feel better fast.

 

Barb

Edited September 17, 2009 by larsen

[Julia’s Journey’s]

The early and staggered dinner times are due to muster/late departure/people arriving at different times.

 

On neither of our weeks in Alaska did we eat dinner in the middle of the afternoon - Anytime dining is a wonderful thing LOL.:D

[Julia’s Journey’s]

BTW, just lost our first trivia. ;)

 

yikes - does that mean NO luggage tags :eek::p;)

[Julia’s Journey’s]

Pia' date='

 

I am following your thread.

 

Just booked an Asia TA Alaska cruise for 2011 on the Diamond Princess. The Alaskan part is identical to the cruise you are doing now, so am very interested in what you think of it.

 

Please get better, maybe you need a good cup of coffee and a "tim tam slam" :D[/quote']

 

If you are talking 'bout Arnolds Tim Tam - yummy - I have one more packet left in the cupboard which I am hoarding:D:D

[Toto2Kansas]

Pia, thanks for the live reports. Hope those sniffles are not keeping you down and you feel better very soon. ;)

[paul929207]

Hopefully, as your health improves, your rivia performance will improve.

[Pia1913]

It's 10:30 PM here and we need to sleep fast. Early day tomorrow. We meet our Dyea Dave tour at 7:30 and will be gone all day.

 

Thank you all for your wishes; happy to say we all feel better. Not perfect, but all on our way to full recovery.

 

And yes, another loss by one. This time it was 50's musical trivia.

 

Did I mention how the ship wiggled all last night and rocked all this morning? If not, you didn't miss a thing because now it's smooth as glass. I also forgot to mention that we have new mattresses and shower curtains. Pillow top thick mattress. Toto.........you would love it! :D

 

Goodnite and/or good morning.

[coo359a2]

Good Morning all. Glad ya'll are amost back to 100%. Looking forward to hearing all about your tour with D. Dave. We're hoping to be able to book him for next May. Is the weather still pretty good? Trivia sounds like it is tough.

 

Got my ASUS yesterday - boy is it blue. Will get it all set up tonight.

[chamima]

It's 10:30 PM here and we need to sleep fast. Early day tomorrow. We meet our Dyea Dave tour at 7:30 and will be gone all day.

 

Thank you all for your wishes; happy to say we all feel better. Not perfect, but all on our way to full recovery.

 

And yes, another loss by one. This time it was 50's musical trivia.

 

Did I mention how the ship wiggled all last night and rocked all this morning? If not, you didn't miss a thing because now it's smooth as glass. I also forgot to mention that we have new mattresses and shower curtains. Pillow top thick mattress. Toto.........you would love it! :D

 

Goodnite and/or good morning.

 

Pia

Are you teasing us? This would be HUGE news! Are you sure you're on a Princess ship? :eek::D:eek:

[Sea Fan]

Date Port Arrive Depart

Mon...14/09/09..... Whittier (Anchorage)/Alaska / USA 21:30

Tue...15/09/09...... College Fjord (Passage) / USA 06:00 09:00

Wed..16/09/09.......Glacier Bay/Alaska (Passage) / USA 10:30 20:30

Thu...17/09/09...... Skagway (Alaska) / USA 05:30 20:15

Fri....18/09/09.......Juneau (Alaska) / USA 06:30 16:00

Sat...19/09/09........Ketchikan (Alaska) / USA 10:00 18:00

Sun..20/09/09........At Sea

Mon.21/09/09........Vancouver / Canada 07:30

 

 

Dave thanks for this I was away a few days so now I can catch up and see where they are at! I love when you post the Web Cam Pics!

 

Pia

Are you teasing us? This would be HUGE news! Are you sure you're on a Princess ship? :eek::D:eek:

 

Karen LOL, no kidding :D

 

Dianne

[High C's]

Pia - you are the Queen of Live threads! Thanks so much for allowing us all to "come along" with you! We are leaving on the Sapphire on Saturday for 14 nights. This thread has increased my excitement ten-fold!

[Toto2Kansas]

Pillow top thick mattress. Toto.........you would love it! :D

 

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Pia, so glad to hear you two are feeling better. Keep up the good work (and live posts), it is appreciated.

 

Ah haaaaaaa, pillow top thick mattresses? Now you have my hopes up, maybe I won't need to purchase that topper in Hawaii after all? I will keep my fingers crossed, and at least now I know you are getting some rest to get over those sniffles. ;) Enjoy your all day tour and can't wait for a full report on what you saw along the way!

[DonahCBrown]

I would expect all the bedding to be replaced at the drydock - evidently Pia and Mike got a new one already - I will be speaking with the Purser's Desk today about ours - it has troughs in the middles a ridge between the beds and feels pretty much like sleeping on the rocks left by the glaciers...

 

Raining today - we're hoping for some clearing as the day goes on, but we're off anyway to Emerald Lake and so on with Dyea Dave.

[Sea Fan]

I would expect all the bedding to be replaced at the drydock - evidently Pia and Mike got a new one already - I will be speaking with the Purser's Desk today about ours - it has troughs in the middles a ridge between the beds and feels pretty much like sleeping on the rocks left by the glaciers...

 

LOL Donna, Now there's the Princess we know and Love!

Seriously I have had pretty good luck with the beds in the past...now I have probably jinxed it by saying that!:D

 

Dianne

[judynorth]

I love Princess but their beds :eek: make me dream of HAL. :p

[ggprincess2004]

Pia,

Glad you are feeling better - hope you get some trivia wins in - more luggage tags! Actually, they have started to vary prizes again, needlepoint kits, passport wallets, playing cards, baseball caps......and I only need 736 more luggage tags until that free cruise!:p

 

Pillow tops - nice! Hope they are on the Sapphire when we sail her together.

 

I think the 7:30 to 8:15 Captain's Welcome Aboard is fleet wide - lousy champagne.....but we actually made a champagne waterfall!

 

Keep enjoying!

 

Ginger

[Kiwi Kruzer]

They are in the best position today for a shot from the portcam

 

 

From the bridge looking to the cam

 

 

From the shore, but a bit blurry with the light rain

 

[Rockymountainsparky]

I sure miss Skagway.:(

[Pia1913]

The weather finally got us. What a yucky day to start a 7:30 AM excursion. It was dark, it was cold, it was pouring. And to make matters worse, it was major foggy. I am going to let Donna give you the full report on Dyea Dave, the tour operator that lots of CC folks have been raving about.

We got back at 3:00; full day. Grabbed something at the Horizon and will now relax before 6:00 PM dinner. Tonight’s entertainment is the production show DANCE, and something called Concert at Sea which is a trio of a flute, guitar and accordion. Right now I’d like a nap, but have no time.

BTW, won the morning show trivia question 2 days in a row. Got something I really needed; a passport wallet. ;)

[paul929207]

The weather finally got us. What a yucky day to start a 7:30 AM excursion. It was dark, it was cold, it was pouring. And to make matters worse, it was major foggy. I am going to let Donna give you the full report on Dyea Dave, the tour operator that lots of CC folks have been raving about.

We got back at 3:00; full day. Grabbed something at the Horizon and will now relax before 6:00 PM dinner. Tonight’s entertainment is the production show DANCE, and something called Concert at Sea which is a trio of a flute, guitar and accordion. Right now I’d like a nap, but have no time.

BTW, won the morning show trivia question 2 days in a row. Got something I really needed; a passport wallet. ;)

Glad you are getting your holiday shopping done. :)

[bigjer]

Weather can be a little iffy in Alaska in September.

[lv2cruiseanywhere]

Pia,

 

I have been enjoying your live posts; great work! We will be joining your cruise from LA to Ft. Lauderdale on September 24th; it's our second time on the Coral (and we have been through the Panama Canal several times) but we are anxious to get on board. Hope you and yours are feeling wonderful by then.

 

I was concerned about the cruise when I heard it was the last one before the "dreaded drydock" in Florida. I was very happy to hear about the new mattresses; I hope that includes Baja Deck. We will have fun even if we still have the old ones. Does this mean you didn't have to request an eggcrate topper?

 

I think we may also be on your Ft. Lauderdale to Barcelona cruise on the Ruby. We sail on April 19, 2010. We are very excited since this will be our first trans-atlantic cruise.

 

Thanks again for all of the information.

 

Mary

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