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I had set the alarm for 09:30 but was awake just before 09:00. I got up and had a quick shower. I said goodbye to Graham and then I headed out. I was not sure how busy the shuttle bus would be, and I figured it would be better to get to the shuttle bus…

This year has been a funny year in terms of travelling. For the most part, we had a trip planned every two months starting in February. We did not plan it like this on purpose. It just so happened that what we wanted to do, fell like this.  We did however have a four months…

I had originally planned to do a comparison for the cruise lines like I did when we jumped ship from Disney Cruise Line to Royal Caribbean (spoiler: we are not jumping ship). Then I thought that even though the cruise was a very important part of this trip, there was so much more to it.…

All good things always come to an end. This was not just the end of our cruise, but it was also the end of the holiday. When our alarm went off at 07:00, we were still moving. I was somewhat surprised by this as the first departure group was supposed to get off at 07:00. We were…

We had a day of scenic cruising through the inside passage ahead of us. We did not have any plans until 09:00 and decided that the time had come for a bit of a lie in. We had set the alarm for 08:30, but we were awake just before 08:00. We got up and ready…

We had reached the stage in the holiday where it seemed like time was passing at warp speed. This was our final port day. We had no plans for that day. We did look at booking a float plane trip at one point but decided to play this by ear in the end. We figured if…

That day was the day I had looked forward to the most. We were going to spend a big chunk of the day cruising in the Glacier Bay National Park. This was new to us as neither Disney Cruise Line nor Royal Caribbean have the permits to enter Glacier Bay. According to the daily programme,…

This was our second port day of the cruise and the destination that day was Skagway. We have been to this port on every visit to Alaska with one exception where the port was changed on short noticed. I had booked an excursion on relatively short notice, but that was not until later in the…

This was our first port day, but we were not due to arrive in Juneau until the afternoon. Later on in the season, the port day in Juneau is combined with scenic cruising down Tracy Arm Fjord. Unfortunately, this early in the season, there is usually too much ice in Tracy Arm Fjord. Instead, we…

We had slept well and woke up just after 07:00. We got up, took turns having a shower and then we headed out to get some breakfast. We went to the buffet. I was surprised how busy it was that early in the morning. There were no seats in the buffet itself, but they have tables…