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We did the Alaskan Cruise out of Seattle in the first week of September.. It was a long trek for us to get to Seattle but we arrived the day before and our hotel room was right across from NCL pier and we watch the ship come in the morning.. Plenty to do in Seattle too.

We didn't need hats or mitts... We even snorkeled and white river rafted in Alaska and the weather was beautiful. No rain so we didn't need any rain gear. Just a tshirt and hoodie was fine..

Next cruise in May is the Pacific Coast back to back with Alaskan cruise again.

We don't want to do too many excursions this time as we want to explore the ports but we do plan to take a whale watching excursion.

We did plan to take the train excursion in September but it was foggy and we ended up shopping.

We saw plenty of whales and the scenery was beautiful.

We are really looking forward to our 13 day cruise and I totally love Alaska.

Yup, Cagneys was the place I was referring to in my post also. I will say again that place was worth the additional cost.

 

What was your take on he rest of the food on the Jewel?

We loved the food on the Jewel .. We ate at the Garden Café lots and also the main dining room a few times. We had no complaints at all on our cruise.. hence the back to back cruises in May 2014 ...

We ate at Cagneys on NCL Jewel and the food was totally worth the cover charge. It was the only restaurant we went to that had a cover charge that cruise but then it was my 50th and we celebrated with a bottle of champagne that the casino gave to me free ;) Hubby arranged for a rose and a piece of birthday cake for me. We lucked out as the ships photographer came by and we got a beautiful picture. Hubby also told me to splurge and get my hair and make up done at the spa and arranged for a portrait session and we ended up with beautiful pictures!

I use a Panasonic lumix DMC-TS3 for all my water sports. I am an avid kayaker and it has produced awesome shots ... We used it snorkeling in Alaska a couple months ago and we love the quality of pictures..