Day 1: Ship departs Seattle at 4:00pm PSTDay 2: At seaDay 3: Juneau, 11:00am - 10:00pmDay 4: Skagway, 6:00am - 8:15pmDay 5: Tracy Arm Fjord - 8:00am - 1:00pm (no port stops)Day 6: Ketchikan, 6:00am - 12:30pmDay 7: Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada, 7:00pm - 11:00pmDay 8: Ship arrives in Seattle at 7:00am
We plan to do some kayaking, biking, and a lot of walking while in port at Juneau, Skagway, and Ketchikan. There are no stops (as far as we know) in Tracy Arm Fjord, and we probably won't have much time to explore Victoria due to the late arrival and departure time. That said, we very much look forward to this trip, and hope to come home with a lot of memories from our time up North!
Until then, ha det bra! ;)
Ok. So I'll get in trouble for that one... but I'm still thousands of miles away.
Here in Norway, at this time of year, it is absolutely dark outside until about 9:30 am. I have to be down at the train station around 5:30 am though, which means I'll be bringing some nasty caffeine drink along or I just won't make it to Trondheim, where I have to switch trains.
Waking up the morning of Nov. 23rd, I'll have breakfast, checkout, and then head down to
The ship is a part of the Royal Caribbean fleet, and is called Independence of the Seas. It has room for some 4000 passengers, and is said to be 3 times the size of the Titanic. For those of you that don't know, Titanic also left out of Southampton port before making a stop in Ireland and moving on to its fatal end shortly thereafter. It's probably a good thing that RC's Independence is taking us on a more southerly journey... ;)
I will be aboard the ship for 13 nights, and this will truly be my first real cruise experience. I hear there are alot of silly rules like dressing up in fine formal attire a few nights for dinner, while other nights there's an
There's certainly other things to do, such as rock climbing, boxing, ice skating, kareoke, attending art auctions, swimming (bit chilly, though...), dancing, attending a murder mystery dinner theatre, painting, jewelry making, and I'm sure an infinite number more that. Eventually, though, after 13 nights of fantastical fun, the Independence should arrive in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on the 6th of December, at 6:00am. Ft. Lauderdale is the end stop for the Independence, and as such, everyone disembarks here. The boat journey has ended, and this will begin the last and final segments of my journey to St. Louis... via AMTRAK!! (Yes, all those of you in shock, you have EVERY reason to be. I hear about the delays, and I'm scared too.)