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We went 3 years ago and got off the ship on Memorial day. It was cold but not freezing. The highs were 55-60 and it even reached 75 the day we were in anchorage. The lows were like 35. The only place it is really freezing is when your ship is in the glaciers. There is a constant strong windy mist so it feels very cold.Bring a waterproof jacket and plenty of swaethers. Forget the heavy coat just LAYER in the glaciers. Have your winter scarf,gloves etc. I had a walking suit made of that parachute type material that was water proof that I wore in the glaciers. Jeans are fine for excursions in ports so bring them but I would not want to be wearing a pair of wet jeans in the glaciers. And the way that mist hits you-believe me-they will be wet and COLD. I also bought some of those 88 cents disaposable rain ponchos at Walmarts. They are small- fit in your pocket and much easier to keep up with then an umbrella. They sale them in the ports everywhere but there you pay $3.50 instead of 88 cents. For dinner you can wear even summer wear if you want-the ships have heat or bring your nice winter clothes for dinner wear and certainly velvet will be acceptable you see it all over on formal night.
Carnival Tropicale 10/15/98 Western Caribbean
RCCL Sovereign of the Seas 11/22/99 Bahamas
Carnival Fascination 09/23/00 Southern caribbean
HAL Statendam 05/20/01 Alaska
RCCL Sovereign of the Seas 11/08/01 Bahamas
Pacific Princess 09/29/02 Bermuda
Carnival Inspiration 12/14/03 Western caribbean
Carnival Miracle 04/09/04 Bahamas
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When we took RCCL out of Miami we took their bus. This was 5 years ago and it was $30 a person round-trip. Sounds like taxi is more affordable from the above post.
Carnival Tropicale 10/15/98 Western Caribbean
RCCL Sovereign of the Seas 11/22/99 Bahamas
Carnival Fascination 09/23/00 Southern caribbean
HAL Statendam 05/20/01 Alaska
RCCL Sovereign of the Seas 11/08/01 Bahamas
Pacific Princess 09/29/02 Bermuda
Carnival Inspiration 12/14/03 Western caribbean
Carnival Miracle 04/09/04 Bahamas
Fiction books set on cruise ships?
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I read a book by Leona blair called Fascination that about one -fourth of the book was an ocean crossing and the rest of book was about the lives of these people who had met on the crossing. It was a decent read. Set in 1900 so the turn of the LAST century.