BoopTheSnoot

We loved our Lido cabana during our July 2022 Alaska cruise n the NA. Spending free time with those big windows netted us some great whale sightings.

We had two sightings from the ship on our recent Alaska cruise… one in Glacier Bay, and an entire pod lounging around and spouting at Robson Bight in the inside passage. Breathtaking experience!

Update to my earlier post above: I also tested positive for Covid this week. Both my DW and I are doing well and taking Paxlovid so should be bouncing back quickly. We are enjoying our outdoor room and catching up on our reading backlog. I think it’s fair to say that Covid-19 is indeed still just as prevalent in Alaska as most other places these days. Stay safe everyone.

Yes, it seems to be. We disembarked from an HA Whittier- Vancouver on Sunday and observed many, many coughing people all over the ship and on shore. Despite mandatory masking on ship and shore excursions, it was not 100% and I never noticed it being enforced. Alaska state health data shows they are still in a wave and their dashboard has the entire state in red. My DW tested positive the day after we returned home and we are isolating. We were fully faxed and double boosted, wore n95s virtually all of the times we could and even skipped some meals and shows to try and lower exposure risks but it still found us anyway for the first time ever. We enjoyed the amazing sights and experiences of Alaska, and we’re hoping for a quick recovery, but I’m not sure when we’ll commit to a another cruise at this point.

Very helpful thread! We are cruising out of Whittier next month. Had decided to use the Switch proctored tests pre-cruise but have our green box freebies on hand and use Azova as a backup.