An Alaskan Adventure on the Sun - Pictorial Review with Menus, Dailies, and Puppies.

[oilman300]

Your pictures are amazing! What kind of camera did you use?

[shadowmeboy]

 

Those look fabulous!

 

 

Alderwood fire

 

 

The fish on the grill.

 

 

 

[shadowmeboy]

Your pictures are amazing! What kind of camera did you use?

 

Canon EOS Rebel T5 - look at post 200 and you can see the camera in that picture.

[shadowmeboy]

 

Here is the cooked fish!

 

 

After the excursion completed, we walked along the Cannery area.

 

 

Explored the shops...

 

 

 

 

We enjoyed some of their Halibut Fish and Chips. If you go to ISP, get these. They are so good.

[shadowmeboy]

 

Here we are, it was getting hot.

 

 

Linda and Laura - we met them at the Cruise Critic Meet & Greet.

 

 

 

killing time before our second excursion

 

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

We went and watched people coming down the ziprider.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once again, I would not be going down this.

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

 

Joyce and Neenah were at the Meet & Greet and on our afternoon excursion.

 

 

Here is the welcome center.

[oilman300]

Canon EOS Rebel T5 - look at post 200 and you can see the camera in that picture.

 

Cool! I just bought the same camera for my cruise in September. I hope my pictures come out as nice as yours did.:)

[shadowmeboy]

Time for our afterrnoon excursion. Time to learn about the Tlingit culture.

 

 

 

here we go...

 

 

through the forest...

 

 

 

[shadowmeboy]

Cool! I just bought the same camera for my cruise in September. I hope my pictures come out as nice as yours did.:)

 

Practice before you go. Look at my Norwegian Jewel review in my signature line, that was my practice run with this camera.

 

I like the sports setting, for its quick focus and shutter speed.

Edited July 12, 2016 by shadowmeboy

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is Glacier Bay National Park - I want to cruise Glacier Bay next time we cruise Alaska.

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

 

One of many Eagle's we saw on the tram.

 

 

 

Look the Sun!

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

 

 

 

I had to go wading, it was warm. The water is no colder than the Ocean on the Washington Coast.

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

 

See the Eagle's nest? Can you see the eaglets head?

 

 

The Alaska State ferry leaving Hoonah.

 

 

A sea lion

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

We were handed cards with tribe names on it. This was our souvenir and ticket into the Tribal Dance. You were either an Eagle or Raven, and in one of 12 clans. Tlingit culture is matriarchal - kids follow the mom. If mom is an eagle all the kids are eagles. Eagles marry Ravens and vice-versa to keep balance.

 

 

headed back for the tribal dance

 

 

Our narrator and Tlingit elder.

 

 

 

 

The audience could participate in the final dance.

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

 

 

 

Susan got her picture with several of the dancers.

 

[Jojo27]

Great review and pictures thanks for taking the time to post.

 

Question how did you get the VIP status without being in a suite, a random thing NCL does?

[shadowmeboy]

We headed back to the ship. Susan had her "free" Hot Stone Therapy Massage, with her spa credit she won, once we got back. So we couldn't take our time.

 

 

 

 

 

boarding the Sun

 

 

[shadowmeboy]

 

A final look at Icy Strait Point as we sailed to Sitka.

 

I had to leave the camera while I went swiiming. The deep pool is not heated and freezing. The shallow pool is actually warm but can be too warm.

 

Susan and I met up and got ready for dinner. Her dress tonight was a christmas present for the cruise.

 

 

Funny picture time!

 

 

We always get a stairwell photo on longer cruises. they didn't have the light set up on deck 7, so they had to go get a mobile flash to take this photo. Meeting the Photo manager helped, becuase we asked to have him called and dealed directly with him. He found a mobile flash to have our picture taken.

 

 

We went to Le Bistro for Dinner tonight.

 

 

Coquilles St. Jacques Provencial - Seared Scallops

 

 

Moules Poulette Au Pernod - Mussels in a cream sauce.

[shadowmeboy]

 

Salade Gourmande - Duck and Walnut Salad

 

 

Here we are at Dinner.

 

 

Carre d' Agneau Roti - Rack of Lamb

 

 

Duo de Canard - 2 types of Duck, Duck Breast and Duck Confit.

 

 

 

 

Creme Brulee

[shadowmeboy]

 

Napoleon A La Noisette

 

 

Profiteroles

 

We felt that the food at Le Bristro was just ok. Its lost some of its ambiance, when they undomed the plates at the table. The entrees were tasty, but we felt La Cucina had better flavor.

 

 

We fould this creature upon returning to the room. Let me take a moment and say our stateroom steward was awesome. Hannah was the bomb. Friendly and always smiling, she went above and beyond.

 

We changed and headed to the 9pm show.

 

 

Cruise Director Iain wearing a Pacman suit, introducing tonights entertainer.

 

 

George Solomon - doing a variety show, He would have these crazy stories lead into different songs.

 

[Love my butler]

Great review and pictures thanks for taking the time to post.

 

Question how did you get the VIP status without being in a suite, a random thing NCL does?

 

Sometimes the HD will grant VIP status to the room that sets up the meet & greet.

[shadowmeboy]

 

 

George pulled a young lady from the audience to come dance with him

 

 

After the show, we went and played in the Casino. Susan and I love the token machines, pushing tokens off. She dropped two bill bundles that night and between the two of us 3 bottles of Champagne.

 

 

We shared a bottle before bed, since we were now up to 4 bottles in the Staterrom!

 

Icy Strait Point was awesome and if you can get a itinerary going here, book it. It was so much fun.

 

End of day 3

 

-- I am going to answer a few questions I miised, then head to bed. We will explore Sitka together tomorrow! Till then!

Edited July 12, 2016 by shadowmeboy

[shadowmeboy]

Great review and pictures thanks for taking the time to post.

 

Question how did you get the VIP status without being in a suite, a random thing NCL does?

 

Sometimes the HD will grant VIP status to the room that sets up the meet & greet.

 

Like Love my butler said, it was probably because of the Cruise Critic Meet & Greet, and setting it up. I can't think of any other reason.

 

We had no indication prior to getting to Seward. It was a nice surprise.

 

our ship only had 1700 passengers (full is 1950ish), and it was a lot of first-time cruisers. I can only speculate.

[shadowmeboy]

Do they have anyone outside speaking about the glacier ?

 

No, there was no interpreter/Guide. I felt it was amazing without someone babbling on and on. A little history was shared by Cruise Director Iain but it was limited.