ALWAYS FIND TIME FOR THE THINGS THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY TO BE ALIVE
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Cruise Inside Passage, Alaska
Icy Strait Point, Alaska
Cruise Hubbard Glacier, Alaska
Juneau, Alaska
Ketchikan, Alaska
As of this writing, Lady and The Pirate have only sailed on two cruise ships that are no longer in a fleet's service. Celebrity Century was the first and no longer serves Celebrity Cruises, but sails for TUI in the U.K. She is now called the Marella Explorer 2. Celebrity Century also serves as Lady and The Pirate's first Celebrity cruise, first visit to the great state of Alaska, and first employer reimbursed certified medical education (CME) cruise for Lady. On sea days, Lady sat in educational classes in the medical field. The Pirate had to tough it out with drinks in the hot tubs. Hey...Somebody's gotta do it. Celebrity Cruise Line is the sister line of Royal Caribbean and generally is a step up in quality. That being said, of all Lady and The Pirate's cruises, Celebrity Century showed her age and was the worst Celebrity ship they have had to date. The weather was rather disappointing as well. But you know what they say. The worst day on a cruise still beats the best day at work.
Lady and The Pirate flew into Seattle the day before the cruise and spent some time around the city visiting the Museum of Pop Culture, some Seattle totems, and dining atop the Space Needle.
Notes on this cruise:
Lady and The Pirate flew into Seattle and took an Amtrak train to Vancouver. The Pirate loves trains almost as much as he loves ships. Do trains have pirates?
The last time Lady and The Pirate saw the sun on this cruise was in Vancouver just before sail away. It wouldn't be until they got home before the sun showed its face again.
This cruise gave The Pirate one of his favorite and most talked about excursions, a whale watching excursion out of Icy Strait Point, Alaska. From the pictures he posted below, it's obvious how much The Pirate loved Icy Strait Point.
Lady said, after this cruise, she never wanted to return to Alaska again. She thought the weather was miserable. Fortunately, she would return again on another cruise and the weather was magnificent. The Pirate was able to look past the weather and has fond memories of his first time in Alaska.
