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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…

Although we definitely had covered a lot of ground, it felt like the land-based part of the trip had passed in the blink of an eye. I was awake a few minutes before our alarm went off at 07:30. I found a webcam that showed our ship and then I got up and had a…

Day 5 I was very surprised when I woke up and it was just before 07:00. We had been in bed quite early, and we had gained another three hours the day before. Better still, I had slept through the night only waking up briefly to use the bathroom. I checked what was happening online and…

It felt like we had blinked and our stay in Toronto was over. We got up just before 06:00 and got ready. I packed the last odds and ends. Then we went downstairs to check out. Our transfer was due at 06:30, but our instructions stated to be there 15 minutes earlier. We had just sat down near reception when…

Although I had slept in stops and starts and had spent a short while reading around 4:00 AM, I managed to sleep until 07:00 AM. Graham had managed to sleep through the night, but was awake at that stage as well. We got up and ready. Then we headed down to breakfast. Graham started with fruit…