HAL's Alaska season is starting!

[Scrapnana]

It is time for the HAL ships to be returning to the Last Frontier.  This year we will see six ships in a normal week, usually on weekdays.  Unlike the sail-aways in Port Everglades, most of us watch the sail-ins instead.  There are one or two of us who watch the sailaways which usually occur between 6 and 11 pm Alaska time.

 

Here is a map of the Juneau docks.

 

 

Zuiderdam will be the first HAL ship to arrive in Juneau on Friday, 29 April.  I will be posting a reminder closer to then.

 

The Juneau PTZtv webcam can be found here.

[atexsix]

Can't wait!  Had a lot of fun watching the Juneau cam on CC last year.

[aliaschief]

Seems like season gets earlier every year and a later end to season. 

[OlsSalt]

Just sent the Zuiderdam off to you yesterday from Santa Barbara - sunny and 75 degrees.

[bellebaby]

Thanks for the reminder.

 

B

[neeuqdrazil]

And I'll (hopefully, pending negative COVID test) be on Zuidy when she docks! 

[Brentt_M]

I am so excited for the Alaska season! It is absolutely my favorite destination. Not sure I am going to be able wait until my July sailing...

[westcoastsue]

We leave on the Eurodam on 5/21 - having fun getting things ready. I’m traveling with a friend who has never been to Alaska. She’s in for a treat.

[CruiserBruce]

16 hours ago, aliaschief said:

Seems like season gets earlier every year and a later end to season. 

HAL only seems to be adding a week or so at each end. Other cruise lines are adding more, most notably NCL.

[puppycanducruise]

Thanks for the info!

[RedneckBob]

19 hours ago, Scrapnana said:

It is time for the HAL ships to be returning to the Last Frontier.  This year we will see six ships in a normal week, usually on weekdays.  Unlike the sail-aways in Port Everglades, most of us watch the sail-ins instead.  There are one or two of us who watch the sailaways which usually occur between 6 and 11 pm Alaska time.

 

Here is a map of the Juneau docks.

 

 

Zuiderdam will be the first HAL ship to arrive in Juneau on Friday, 29 April.  I will be posting a reminder closer to then.

 

The Juneau PTZtv webcam can be found here.

Though I live in Florida, I will be watching the sailaways in June because I will be on the ship 😀

[rafinmd]

FWIW, it looks like the first ship of the season is NCL Bliss and she's just outside the channel.

 

Roy

[Cruise Suzy]

Looks as if the Juneau camera has stopped panning and is focused on where we can first see the Bliss. Guess they don't want us to miss seeing her first come into view.

[Cruise Suzy]

Just coming into view!

[oaktreerb]

Just got home and checked the. webcam.  Bliss is docked.  41 degrees and raining in Juneau.  I hope everybody brought their rain gear so they can be out and about!

[rkacruiser]

14 minutes ago, oaktreerb said:

Just got home and checked the. webcam.  Bliss is docked.  41 degrees and raining in Juneau.  I hope everybody brought their rain gear so they can be out and about!

 

I just checked the web cam as well.  It's good to see a cruise ship at dock in Juneau.  

[BobbiSox]

I'll be on Zuiderdam on this Wednesday, April 27th. Can't wait! Third time there, I love it so much. I think it's the first HAL ship there this season. 

[bluesplayer]

Hope to see the Alaska menus if you have time..

[Btimmer]

We're looking forward to the Noordam on 7/3/22 in Whittier, AK.

[TheLizardHouse]

I can’t get the webcam to work in NZ. Must be too far away. 😆

[rafinmd]

2 hours ago, TheLizardHouse said:

I can’t get the webcam to work in NZ. Must be too far away. 😆

I suspect you have an ad blocker in place.  PTZ pays it's bills from a combination of subscription fees and advertising revenue.  If you use an ad blocker you must subscribe to get the service.  If not, try refreshing a few times until ads pop up to the right and left on the screen.

 

Roy

[TheLizardHouse]

Thanks Roy!

[vlbradley21]

14 hours ago, bluesplayer said:

Hope to see the Alaska menus if you have time..

It looks like they update the MDR menu daily on the Navigator App so should be able to see them next week when the first Alaska cruise starts.

[Crew News]

1 hour ago, vlbradley21 said:

It looks like they update the MDR menu daily on the Navigator App so should be able to see them next week when the first Alaska cruise starts.

With the exception of breakfast and MDR lunches, the Lido Market Buffet and MDR menus change every cruise day.  A new MDR Sunday Brunch menu is now available.  It must be noted that the 7-Day Alaska menus are the same for all HAL ships in Alaska this season.

 

I am currently onboard the Zuiderdam and will be posting the daily, both MDR and Lido Market Buffet, menus each day while in Alaska.  See the link at the bottom of this post for the new menus so far this season.

[canadarocks]

6 minutes ago, Crew News said:

 A new MDR Sunday Brunch menu is now available. 

Will this Sunday Brunch menu be available on longer cruises as well? Obviously on those cruises with "Sunday Sea Days" I mean.