I'm back from my Alaskan cruise! Ask me anything.

[Aristus]

B-)

[lost-in-nj]

1. Good thing it wasn't this week

Just read where a ship was grounded and listing in Alaska

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070514/D8P46QN0F.html



I bet it was beautiful!!!!


lost

[Aristus]

5. Yeah, it was gorgeous. As usual, though, there are always people

who are perfectly happy despoiling an unspoiled wilderness. Although the ship permitted smoking on board, passengers were asked not to throw cigarette butts overboard, to protect the environment.

Sure enough, my wife and I saw smokers standing at the rail, pitching their cigarette butts over the side. I wanted to grab them and throw them over as well, but then I'd be looked at as anti-social or something.

Oh well.

[hippywife]

31. I find it terribly ironic

that they are worried about the environment. :eyes:
http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/cruise_ships/

[kay1864]

11. The odds of being on *that* ship are pretty small

248-passenger paddleboat, vs the typical 2000-passenger Alaska cruise ship. The big ones don't run aground.

[Aristus]

20. I just saw the news item. My wife and I saw that ship when it was docked in Skagway.

This was just last Thursday. We were on the Sun Princess docked at the Skagway pier, and the Norwegian Sun was just across the way. In-between there was this little, tiny paddlewheeler tied up at the dock.

Weird that we should see it again so soon, in a news report no less.

[Scooter24]

2. I've thought about taking an Alaskan cruise

but it just doesn't excite me as much as the Caribbean or Mediterranean does. I do want to take a Panama Canal cruise, maybe in 2010. I have 5 planned through 2009, the first being a 7-day Western Caribbean this September, the last being the inaugural of RCCL's 220,000 ship due out in the fall 2009.

Hope you had a great time! :hi:

[Aristus]

7. Yeah, overall it was terrific.

I added a new state and state capital to my count. I've got about six or seven states to go to complete the set. B-)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. how was it?

[Aristus]

9. It was a wonderful getaway for me and Mrs. Aristus.

Great food, fun activities, and dancing every night. A little piece of Heaven right there. :D

[seemunkee]

4. Are there any glaciers left?

[Aristus]

10. Yeah, they're still there, but all the tour guides admit that they are receding

at a faster rate than ever. :(

[I Have A Dream]

6. When will you be posting pictures?!! n/t

[Aristus]

12. As soon as I get them developed.

Man, I could use a digital camera.

[Haole Girl]

8. Well, you know I onlly have 2 questions:

1. Was it cold?

2. Where are your pics?

:hi:

[Aristus]

16. 2 Answers:

1. Yes, it was pretty cold. It was about 40F in Skagway, our most northerly port of call. But on sailing days, out on deck with the wind-chill, it could get to 30F or so. :scared:

2. Pics are coming; I use old-fashioned film cameras, so I have to get them developed. I know, I know, how 20th Century...

[Haole Girl]

22. Thanks

Sorry it was so chilly.

Hey, there's nothing wrong with a good old-fashioned camera. If I wasn't so impatient, I'd still use my 35mm.

:hi:

[Patiod]

13. My parents made the mistake of taking an Alaska cruise

first, before they went to the Caribbean or the Bahamas.

Alaska ruined them -- the other cruises just didn't hold up, and they stopped going. I've never heard of anyone who didn't enjoy an Alaska cruise.

Did you buy any native crafts?

[NewWaveChick1981]

14. Do you feel more rested?

:hi: :loveya: :D

[Aristus]

17. NO!

We needed all day yesterday to unpack and rest up from our vacation. B-) I tell you, NWC, relaxation is very tiring! :+



BTW, I missed you. :loveya:

[NewWaveChick1981]

33. I missed you too, Aristus.

:loveya: :hi: Nice to have you back! And I know what you mean about so-called "vacations". They're never restful at all. :P

[nini]

15. what ship?

I absolutely loved Alaska. Glad to hear you did too.

[Aristus]

19. The Sun Princess.

One gi-normous ship!

[nini]

23. ahhhh.. my favorite cruise line

you chose well :D


the Coral Princess is my favorite, if you ever get a chance to take that one through the Panama Canal do it. It's a great trip.

[Frank Cannon]

18. Did you take the inside passage?

How far north did you go?

Was it unseasonably warm?

Were you among the younger people on the ship?

What activities did you do on land?

Did you gain 10 pounds on the voyage?

Did you find yourself staying up really late every night because the sun just wouldn't go down?

[Brigid]

21. Any pictures?

I'd love to go on a cruise like that some day.

[Broken_Hero]

24. Did you stop in Ketchikan?

I'm pretty sure it was more than likely your first stop in AK...and did you like it in Ketchikan?

[Aristus]

25. Yeah, Ketchikan was really cool. In more ways than one.

I liked the way they preserved the frontier feeling of the structures built along the pilings on Creek Street.

[Broken_Hero]

26. Did you get a pin from

Dolly's? Dolly's was part of our red light district.....I believe the pins say, "I did Dolly's" or something akin to that....:D

[Aristus]

28. I walked by Dolly's but didn't go in.

They had a local dressed as a "working girl" of the period taking pictures with the tourists.

[Frank Cannon]

29. You didn't answer my questions

Well, you answered the first two with some of your other responses. Don't be posting an "ask me anything" thread if you don't really mean it.

[UrbScotty]

27. Did you visit the Series of Tubes? (nt)

[u4ic]

30. Hey handsome!

:loveya:


Did you get icicles on your moustachio? :*

[Aristus]

34. Hey, sexy!

Nope, no icicles. I took some pictures, though. I'll post 'em for you when I get them developed.

:hi::loveya:

[Kajsa]

32. Welcome back, Aristus!

I'm glad you had a great time.
I bet the sun was up most of the time.

That's one of my goals in life-
to see the Inside Passage in late
Spring/ early Summer.

:hi: