Quantum & Ovation Plus - 30 Day Live (hopefully)

[bobmacliberty]

2 hours ago, TravelGirlinDallas said:

We LOVED that excursion, especially the eagles. Hope you enjoy!!

The Bering Sea Crab Fisherman’s Tour was excellent.  I highly recommend it to anyone interested. We did see an Bald Eagle pick a hearing from the water. Beautiful. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bobmacliberty]

More pictures from around Ketchikan. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And of course…sigh…

[LATTELOVE]

6 minutes ago, bobmacliberty said:

The Bering Sea Crab Fisherman’s Tour was excellent.  I highly recommend it to anyone interested. We did see an Bald Eagle pick a hearing from the water. Beautiful. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holy smokes,  what are they feeding these

sea creatures??

 

[Ozark_Kid]

18 minutes ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

 

 

 

 

Looks like they are advertising Kraken!

 

How's the internet so far.  Have you been able to use 5g while at port and pulling away from port for awhile?

[bobmacliberty]

26 minutes ago, LATTELOVE said:

Holy smokes,  what are they feeding these

sea creatures??

Crab. Seriously. The octopuses (octopi??) get into the traps trying to eat the crab. They said they pull up an octopus every few days. 

[bobmacliberty]

14 minutes ago, Ozark_Kid said:

Looks like they are advertising Kraken!

 

How's the internet so far.  Have you been able to use 5g while at port and pulling away from port for awhile?

 

The ship’s internet has been slow but has worked. We’ll see if that continues as we go further north. 5g at port works well. 

[bobmacliberty]

Happy hour has started. Kraken Painkiller in the Two70 Lounge with an amazing view.

[bobmacliberty]

A few more Ketchikan pics before I lose 5g. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

[Lorey2007]

Great live review can't wait for more.

[jmh2006]

What a beautiful day you had in Ketchikan!

[bobmacliberty]

Good morning from somewhere near Hoonah, Alaska. We expect to dock at Icy Strait Point around 10:00 and the gangway should be open to passengers around 10:30. Weather forecast for today is low 50s with off and on light room. Not as nice as the great weather that we’ve been having, but better than the continuous rain that had previously been forecasted.

 

Since this was a last minute port addition, we have no plans. We previously had booked a ship’s excursion called In Alaska’s Wildest Kitchen, but decided not to rebook. We’ll wander around the port area and enjoy the ship. 
 

More to come…

 

[bobmacliberty]

As we pulled up to the pier, we passed the newer NCL pier and the gondola. We may take a round trip on the gondola to check out the view

from the top. 
 

 

Views to the north look pretty good. 
 

 

Not so much with views to the south. 
 

 

Floriders are on the wave, no matter the temperature. I thought the first guy was crazy but at least he had on a wet suit. Another guy showed up just wearing board shorts. Brrrrrr

 

 

 

 

 

[h20skibum]

1 hour ago, bobmacliberty said:

I thought the first guy was crazy but at least he had on a wet suit.

The wet suit is a great idea.  I am surprised they have the flow rider open for the Alaska sailings.

 

Susan actually took a wetsuit along for one of our Caribbean winter trips, when we were doing a helmet dive.  It made it easier to take, since we drove instead of flew.  After spending that much time underwater, everyone was envious. 
 

Making a note of this. 

 

 

[Biker19]

1 hour ago, h20skibum said:

The wet suit is a great idea.  I am surprised they have the flow rider open for the Alaska sailings.

The Flowrider is generally open any time the ambient temperature is above 50F (10C). 
 

Biker, who enjoyed it alone sailing out of Juneau. 

[bobmacliberty]

34 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

The Flowrider is generally open any time the ambient temperature is above 50F (10C). 
 

Biker, who enjoyed it alone sailing out of Juneau. 

One of the kids there said it was cold while waiting, but was warm when riding. I’m guessing the water is heated?

[helen haywood]

1 hour ago, h20skibum said:

Susan actually took a wetsuit along for one of our Caribbean winter trips,

I took a full body wetsuit every time we snorkeled in the Caribbean.  The water is never warm enough for me! 🥶

[Biker19]

18 minutes ago, bobmacliberty said:

One of the kids there said it was cold while waiting, but was warm when riding. I’m guessing the water is heated?

Yes, though the heaters on some ships work better than others. 

[bobmacliberty]

Good morning from rainy Juneau, Alaska. It appears that our weather luck may have run out. Forecast calls for weather all day. Yuck. Our plan was to take a taxi to the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center and hike a trail or 2 while there. We’re reevaluating. We need more coffee before making a final decision. I’ve got pictures from our day at ISP yesterday that I will post shortly. 
 

 

 

[Tulsacoker]

Nothing like an Alaska town with Diamonds International and Tanzanite stores 😄 

Edited September 23, 2022 by Tulsacoker

[bobmacliberty]

Ugh. 

 

 

 

[sgmn]

On 9/19/2022 at 4:23 AM, bobmacliberty said:

 

Crystal - We’re stopping back here for one day (8:00-5:00) on our Ovation cruise to Hawaii. Any suggestions for other things to do during that time?

Not Crystal, but we did the Boeing Aviation museum when we were in Seattle.  If you like aviation its worth a visit.

Happy Anniversary to you both ❤ 

[Lionesss]

9 hours ago, sgmn said:

Not Crystal, but we did the Boeing Aviation museum when we were in Seattle.  If you like aviation its worth a visit.

Happy Anniversary to you both ❤ 

 

That place is awesome

 

When we did our Alaskan cruise on the Explorer a few years back, one of our fellow thread members volunteers there.  He sent us 4 free tickets to go.

Now we only used 2 and gave 2 away.

It is an awesome experience.

The moon landing recreation was there when we went.

 

I also Highly recommend.

 

Take care

[bobmacliberty]

Internet has been pretty bad and there’s little cell service for the last couple of days. I’ll post pics from ISP and Juneau when I can. Juneau started out miserably with rain and strong winds. Everyone was soaked. We made it to the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center and the rain miraculously let up for a couple of hours. By the time we caught the bus back to the port area, it was pouring rain again. We had lunch and a duck fart at the Red Dog Saloon. Pics to follow, eventually. 

[bobmacliberty]

Icy Strait Point was just a so so port for us. We walked around the port area and decided to pay $50pp to ride the gondola to the top of the mountain. Nothing up there but a couple of view points, so it was a quick round trip. It started to rain just as we started down. 
 

The ferry passing the ship just before we disembarked. Must be very strange living in a place where you need a ferry or seaplane to get anywhere. 

 

Pics from the port area. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bobmacliberty]

Pics from the gondola. It’s a 2 part system. The first part is free and goes to the NCL dock. Kinda like a sky ride at an amusement park that takes you from one part of the park to another. The second part goes to the top of the mountain. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bears are the real deal here. 

 

So is fishing.