Shadowmeboy's "Spirit"ed Return to Alaska

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So with the delay, they were scrambling to get activities to fill the day. Comedian Jon was able to put together another Family Friendly Show.

 

Note: Here is the first Family Friendly Show he did

 

 

 

Cruise director introducing Jon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We talked with Comedian Al Park after Jon's show. He said he didn't have enough material to throw together another show last minute, and he applauded Jon for his ability to throw it together. He said that it takes a lot of time to put together a quality show. This is why I love supporting comics onboard, and appreciate NCL bringing them aboard.

 

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Chilling outside Windows for Trace and Maria. After the comedy show, we had gone up and played some more card games. On our way from Trace & Maria's we ran into their butler. We talked with him a few minutes and mentioned we were going to play some more games after dinner. He said he would bring some desserts and we asked him to bring some milk to go with it.

 

 

 

There they are!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shrimp Louie 

 

 

Bruschetta

 

 

Roasted Butternut Squash Soup

 

 

Boston and Red Leaf Lettuce Salad

 

 

Citrus Glazed Seared Salmon

 

 

3-Cheese Baked Ziti

 

 

Roasted Prime Rib

 

 

Dessert Menu 

 

We all looked at it but politely refused. We weren't in the mood! 😉

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Walking back to Trace & Maria's 

 

 

 

From the Balcony as we were in the strait of Juan de Fuca

 

 

Beautiful Sunset

 

 

Getting closer to Victoria

 

 

Panorama

 

 

 

 

 

The Moon a short time later

 

 

 

BTW, the Butler did bring dessert complete with Milk. Trace is like I knew you all were up to something when you all refused Dessert. We got a good chuckle over that. 

 

We called it a night and headed back to our cabin for our final night aboard the Spirit.

 

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[shadowmeboy]

Wednesday, July 13th, 2022 - Disembarkation Day - Seattle, WA

 

 

We head down to Windows for a final time. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the curtailed menu for the final morning.

 

 

 

 

 

Seattle out the window at Windows

 

 

Half Grapefruit with a small portion of Cottage Cheese

 

 

Seasonal Fruit Salad

 

 

Eggs made to Order with all the fixins!

 

 

Susan had French Toast

 

 

Waiting in the atrium for our color to be called.

 

 

 

It was finally time to disembark the ship.

 

 

Scanning out for the final time

 

 

Off we go

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The hustle of turnaround day in Seattle

 

 

 

Outside Pier 66 waiting for the Seattle Cruise Parking shuttle

 

 

oh look, a train!

 

 

finally back at the car

 

 

Driving in Interbay, we see a Tesla pulling a food cart. Unique

 

 

 

Must be a Sausage cart

 

 

Heading through Downtown Seattle

 

 

2nd avenue

 

 

 

WA Highway 509 as we head back to the Best Western Seattle Airport Hotel

 

 

 

 

We get checked in and then head out for more adventure!

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Waiting for the shuttle to take us to the light rail station

 

 

front lobby of the hotel

 

 

riding the escalator up to the light rail platform at Angle Lake station

 

 

Mt Rainier - As the people in the Puget Sound area say "The Mountain is out today."

 

 

 

 

 

on the light rail!

 

 

N and C Concourses of SeaTac International as we pass by on the light rail.

 

 

 

getting a little bit fuller

 

 

back in Downtown Seattle

 

 

 

Colman Dock ferry terminal construction - it needed it

 

 

Waterfront Fire Station

 

 

Ivar's

 

The last few pictures were a little blurry as I was walking and shooting.

 

 

 

Time for some lunch! Fish & Chips for Maria, Susan, and I. Clam strips for Trace.

 

 

 

The local fry inspectors

 

 

 

Mine

 

 

 

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Norwegian Sun tender boat shuttling crew to one of the piers so they could go shopping.

 

 

The attention...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is my favorite picture of this batch. All the Seagulls lined up waiting for french fries.

 

 

Washington State Ferry from Bainbridge arriving at Colman Dock

 

 

The Tacoma - Interesting Note: Susan and I got engaged on this ferry. I asked her in the rain as we were coming back into Seattle back when we were in College.

 

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After Ivar's, we headed to the Seattle Aquarium to use another part of our Seattle Citypass. 

 

 

Note: The construction across the street is building a plaza that will extend down from Pike Place Market and go down to the waterfront. This will make traversing between the two easier. Not sure what the timeline is, but this will be a good option for cruisers in Seattle.

 

 

Huge fish tank

 

 

 

 

 

This fish doesn't look too thrilled with me taking its picture! He isn't even smiling!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Giant Pacific Octopus

 

 

Jellies!

 

 

 

 

This photo made me laugh!

 

 

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Another fish, not happy I took its picture!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The detail on the Coral.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I found Nemo! Well I'll stop clowning around with this one!

 

 

 

 

 

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Scallops

 

 

 

 

Sea Cucumbers

 

 

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With the Avian Flu going around, they kept visitors further back for the birds protection.

 

 

 

 

Let me fry up some salmon. No literally, they are salmon fry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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eye see you!

 

 

 

 

 

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We all enjoyed the Aquarium!

 

 

This is where the NCL Sun tender boats were dropping and picking up crew members from.

 

 

The Spirit is in the background.

 

 

Washington State Ferry from Bainbridge Island

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seattle's Great Wheel

 

 

 

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After the Seattle Aquarium, it was time for the final CityPass attraction. A cruise with Argosy in Elliot Bay.

 

 

 

Got some M action!

 

 

Even after a 7 day cruise we can still have fun!

 

 

 

 

 

Heading to the boat - the Spirit of Seattle

 

 

 

Enjoying some Ice Cream treats!

 

 

Here we go!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mount Rainier was out this day!

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There is the NCL Spirit. We were surprised it hadn't departed yet.

 

 

 

NCL Sun and Mt Rainier

 

 

Spirit and Sun with Mt Rainier

 

 

 

 

Space Needle & the artwork is part of the Olympic Sculpture Park

 

 

 

 

The old Seattle Post-Intelligencer Globe - the globe says "It's in the PI"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Pier 91 - Seattle's other cruise ship dock

 

 

 

 

 

As you can tell, I like Mt. Rainier shots!

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Inside of the boat

 

 

 

 

Here is the whole Seattle Skyline!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The red boat is Salish Sea Tours. They are a newer competitor to Argosy.

 

 

 

 

Washington State Ferry from Bremerton arriving into Seattle

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SenatorsFan]

Great pictures, Matthew. It looks like such a beautiful day. 😊

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10 hours ago, SenatorsFan said:

Great pictures, Matthew. It looks like such a beautiful day. 😊

 

It was a fabulous day! It was nice showing a different side of Seattle and our friends learned more about Seattle on this trip because of it.

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Lumen Field and T-Mobile Park

 

 

It almost looks like Mt Rainier is being lifted by the cranes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This ship was unloading sand from the ship to the barge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The boat nearest to us, is the fast passenger ferry operated by Kitsap Transit between Bremerton and Seattle. It's half the time of the Washington State Ferry.

 

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Vigor Shipyards is building a new Washington State Ferry. This is the Ferry Kennewick. 

 

 

 

 

Vigor Shipyards also has Navy contracts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This green barge is headed to Alaska. There are containers and other items on the top, and rail cars destined for the Alaska Railroad are loaded on the bottom. This barge will head to Whittier, where the rail dock is.

 

 

 

 

Love this shot!

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Don't park the Sun at a dock and not expect me to take a ton of photos.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Spirit is finally pulling out of Seattle.

 

 

 

 

P627 is a former US Coast Guard Cutter, that had been sold to the Government of Sri Lanka.

 

 

 

Bunkering barge

 

 

 

The red ship is a USCG Icebreaker

 

 

 

 

 

Goodbye NCL Spirit!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bainbridge Island boat unloading at Colman Dock

 

 

 

The Tacoma! Good memories!

 

 

 

We had a blast on the Argosy Harbor Tour!

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Catching Light Rail to head back to the hotel

 

 

 

Some cool cats there!

 

 

Still lots of mask wearing on the light rail. I respect their choice to wear one if they so choose. I was glad to finally get away from them.

 

 

We went to the Rock Pizzeria. Cinnamon cheesy bread appetizer

 

 

 

 

Maria got a salad.

 

 

We all enjoyed our choices.

 

 

Heading back to the hotel for the night.

 

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[NJLVW]

What a fantastic review. Your pictures are all amazing. Thank you so much for sharing. Alaska is on my bucket list of places to go.