DyanaT Posted March 26, 2023 #1 Share Posted March 26, 2023 Heading to Alaska but kids are obsessed with Flowrider from previous WARM cruises… have any Alaska cruisers actually seen people using it? I peeked at the Daily Activities and it’s open… but geez it must be cold. Maybe a wetsuit? 🤷♀️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadaRob Posted March 27, 2023 #2 Share Posted March 27, 2023 22 minutes ago, DyanaT said: Heading to Alaska but kids are obsessed with Flowrider from previous WARM cruises… have any Alaska cruisers actually seen people using it? I peeked at the Daily Activities and it’s open… but geez it must be cold. Maybe a wetsuit? 🤷♀️ Yup, Alaska last August, friends kids 10 and 12 used it everyday, no wetsuits. Temps were in the teens in Celsius 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taglovestocruise Posted March 27, 2023 #3 Share Posted March 27, 2023 (edited) End of Sep. and flowrider was up and running. Be sure to book the free Northstar as soon as you board, it books quick for the whole week. Edited March 27, 2023 by taglovestocruise 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted March 27, 2023 #4 Share Posted March 27, 2023 36 minutes ago, DyanaT said: have any Alaska cruisers actually seen people using it? The Flowrider is typically open above 50F - it gets much colder than Alaska on Anthem while she's sailing from Cape Liberty in winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted March 27, 2023 #5 Share Posted March 27, 2023 51 minutes ago, DyanaT said: Heading to Alaska but kids are obsessed with Flowrider from previous WARM cruises… have any Alaska cruisers actually seen people using it? I peeked at the Daily Activities and it’s open… but geez it must be cold. Maybe a wetsuit? 🤷♀️ My wife and son took wetsuits. A few days they had to wait a couple of hours for the temp to get aboe 50 for them to open it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare xpcdoojk Posted March 27, 2023 #6 Share Posted March 27, 2023 50F is the magic number for it to operate, has to be above that. At 50F it is really cold. A wetsuit is an absolute necessity. PITA. I have participated when it was 52 and the wind blowing at 40 knots. I am not quite right. It was very cold. Bring the kids towels regularly they help when they are fresh. JC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare moposh Posted March 27, 2023 #7 Share Posted March 27, 2023 15 hours ago, taglovestocruise said: Be sure to book the free Northstar What is this? @taglovestocruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted March 27, 2023 #8 Share Posted March 27, 2023 (edited) This picture was taken as we left Hubbard Glacier on the first trip for this class to Alaska in 2019. On subsequent trips on both Ovation and Quantum I've always seen someone using the Flowrider when it was running in Alaska. This wasn't staged. Edited March 27, 2023 by twangster 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taglovestocruise Posted March 27, 2023 #9 Share Posted March 27, 2023 49 minutes ago, moposh said: What is this? @taglovestocruise IMG_6124.MOV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taglovestocruise Posted March 27, 2023 #10 Share Posted March 27, 2023 IMG_6124.MOV 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare moposh Posted March 27, 2023 #11 Share Posted March 27, 2023 I went to Alaska on Radiance and I don't think we had Flowrider. I didn't see too many people in the outdoor pools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted March 27, 2023 #12 Share Posted March 27, 2023 2 hours ago, moposh said: I went to Alaska on Radiance and I don't think we had Flowrider. Only Voyager class and up ships have a Flowrider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mil76 Posted March 27, 2023 #13 Share Posted March 27, 2023 I went on Ovation at the end of August last summer, and got lots of time on the wave. They had the heat cranked on it, to the point that steam was coming off, as shown below. Wetsuit is a must, especially for this non-Canadian desert dweller. On the first day I was the only one there and had it to myself for 4 hours straight. I was so exhausted that I had to take breaks and sit and look at an empty Flowrider until I got my strength back up. A couple of mornings it was below 50, so I always went up to see if they were running it before I went to the effort of putting on a still-damp wetsuit. There was never more than 3-4 people using it, and it was mixed wave (boogie boarding and stand-up) for almost all of the sessions. Going again this year, but 2 weeks later in mid-September. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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