Thoughts, impressions, and observations for the World Cruise.

[ocean sounds]

I also love all the photos!  
 

Thank you all for sharing your trip with us!

 

 

[cruiselover04]

18 hours ago, frosty52 said:

That night photo is AMAZING!!!  I know right where you were when you took it - I live on the other side of the river. I never seemed to be near the river when they came thru but saw many photos after the fact.  None of the photos were as good as yours.

 

Thank you. I took it with my iPhone 12, I think it may have been just luck as my photos don’t usually turn out as good as that one. 
I always check on the Marine traffic app to see when the ships are coming through. We had 7 different cruise ships come through last year several times. 
Will have to keep an eye our for you @island lady and try and get a photo of Viking Octantis. 🙂 
 

Jenni
 

 

[cruiselover04]

11 hours ago, island lady said:

 

Oh wow....thank you soooo much for posting those pictures!!  We are so much looking forward to the trip.  Will be from Milwaukee to Nuuk for 5 weeks.  Such a pretty ship!  Love their "Hangar" barn door on the aft to launch their "toys".  🥰

What a fabulous trip that will be too. I’ve loved following along with all the others on this thread, hearing all the news and seeing your amazing photos. Hopefully you’ll do another “live” when you get on for the fourth quester of the WC in July. 🙂 🤞🤞

 

Jenni

[Luckynana]

8 hours ago, pstone1 said:

We were going to go to the talk in the Theatre at 11 this morning, but there are so many whales out there as we are going by, we couldn’t tear ourselves away!  Just amazing!
 

As beautiful as it was yesterday, listening to the whales as they went by was my favorite thing!  They were very vocal and I think the sounds were amplified inside the Bay!

WOW!!!!  How awesome!!!!!!

[cruiselover04]

1 hour ago, lovesthebeach2 said:

Wow! Thank you to @island lady, @CSHS1979 and everyone else that’s posting all the amazing pictures of this beautiful earth. We almost feel like we’re there…..not quite, but almost!

thanks!!!!

Agree! 

[Gardener5b]

Stunning photos from both @CSHS1979 and @island lady

 

Thank you both for taking the time to share.   I'd love to do a cruise that goes to that area of the world!

[CSHS1979]

2 hours ago, Mike07 said:

 

 

This is not to insult anybody or humble brag... but if you ever get an opportunity to do an Antarctica expedition cruise (beyond scenic... like go on the peninsula and/or continent), it's like all of these photos almost every day.

 

We get to see a lot more 'stuff' coming up😉

[Luckynana]

25 minutes ago, CSHS1979 said:

 

We get to see a lot more 'stuff' coming up😉

Laura,your pictures, along with Patricia's @island lady are so incredibly stunning!  Thank you!  The close-ups are unbelievable!

[jmh2006]

18 minutes ago, Luckynana said:

Laura,your pictures, along with Patricia's @island lady are so incredibly stunning!  Thank you!  The close-ups are unbelievable!

totally agree!!!!!!

[dbancroft]

8 minutes ago, jmh2006 said:

totally agree!!!!!!

+1

[Merion_Mom]

On 1/12/2024 at 5:55 PM, island lady said:

 

Once again...you are the king of photos.  😉   Me...I have only just learned to even post photos...and not doing a good job of it.  Sigh....  

 

You are doing an EXCELLENT job, Pat!

[island lady]

11 hours ago, cruiselover04 said:

What a fabulous trip that will be too. I’ve loved following along with all the others on this thread, hearing all the news and seeing your amazing photos. Hopefully you’ll do another “live” when you get on for the fourth quester of the WC in July. 🙂 🤞🤞

 

Jenni

 

Thanks!  Yes, I will rejoin the posts once again in Barcelona.  Though for some reason if this thread has gone "poof" by then (which I don't think it will).... I will restart.  😉 

[island lady]

4 hours ago, Merion_Mom said:

 

You are doing an EXCELLENT job, Pat!

 

Very kind of you to say so...thanks!  

[island lady]

Current position....pretty much in the middle of nowhere.  😉  And a balmy 39 degrees, but full sunshine!  🌞

 

The big difference, is though we have a rockin rollin situation again....it's a mild swell.  Not the crazy seas we had on the way down.  So, at this time, we should make the Falklands on a 2nd try.....perhaps.   Weather showing 28 mile an hour winds tomorrow, however.  Not sure at what point they can't tender, or how protected our tender area is.  

 

In the meantime...welcome to yet another "day at sea".  

 

 

[island lady]

Remember when I posted the picture of the little life/speed boat collecting a net full of floating ice slushies in Paradise Bay Antarctica?  Apparently this is where it ended up...on the stage...on the pool deck.  

 

And is the closest thing Bucky got to stepping foot on an iceberg...actual foot...brrrr...

 

Yes Dave, barefoot...no flip flop.  😆

 

 

[Jimbo]

36 minutes ago, island lady said:

Remember when I posted the picture of the little life/speed boat collecting a net full of floating ice slushies in Paradise Bay Antarctica?  Apparently this is where it ended up...on the stage...on the pool deck.  

 

And is the closest thing Bucky got to stepping foot on an iceberg...actual foot...brrrr...

 

Yes Dave, barefoot...no flip flop.  😆

 

 

 

3 hours ago, island lady said:

Current position....pretty much in the middle of nowhere.  😉  And a balmy 39 degrees, but full sunshine!  🌞

 

The big difference, is though we have a rockin rollin situation again....it's a mild swell.  Not the crazy seas we had on the way down.  So, at this time, we should make the Falklands on a 2nd try.....perhaps.   Weather showing 28 mile an hour winds tomorrow, however.  Not sure at what point they can't tender, or how protected our tender area is.  

 

In the meantime...welcome to yet another "day at sea".  

 

 

I think as long as the waves/swells aren't to bad you should be able to tender at Falkland Island as long as you get a little teamwork from  larger ship  Celebrity Eclipse blocking some of the wind for the smaller Serenade.

 

The wind is coming from the island side, so if Eclipse pulls parallel with island and Serenade pulls parallel with Eclipse and you guys tender on the opposite side of Eclipse  where there now should be pretty much no wind on your side of Serenade where you can get into the tenders.

 

Probably tender in from North of the Airport Strip. Both ships are to large to go into the docking area.

 

Still Going to come down to the waves/swells if you can get in the tenders safely or not though.

Edited January 14 by Jimbo

[mo&fran]

When you were in Alaska, didn't you go on any of the glaciers?

When we did an Alaska cruise, we did a helicopter excursion to one, so we were standing on an unborn iceberg.   

[doghog]

1 hour ago, island lady said:

Remember when I posted the picture of the little life/speed boat collecting a net full of floating ice slushies in Paradise Bay Antarctica?  Apparently this is where it ended up...on the stage...on the pool deck.  

 

And is the closest thing Bucky got to stepping foot on an iceberg...actual foot...brrrr...

 

Yes Dave, barefoot...no flip flop.  😆

Next he'll be doing the Polar Plunge. 👣😁

[island lady]

33 minutes ago, mo&fran said:

When you were in Alaska, didn't you go on any of the glaciers?

When we did an Alaska cruise, we did a helicopter excursion to one, so we were standing on an unborn iceberg.   

 

Have done Alaska 5 times.  This last time our usual B2B on Radiance was cancelled (Covid) but we still went there, simply replacing the 2 week cruise with a stay in a cabin in Homer, owned by the "Alaska the Last Frontier" gang.  We are booked again on Radiance B2B for next year.  

 

Indeed, they put the little speed boat in the water and actually chopped the chunk from the Glacier.  They did an ice carving with it.  

 

Have done the Taku Glacier float plane tour to the Salmon bake several times, and want to do it again.  They fly over 5 different glaciers.  The Salmon bake is at the foot of the glacier.  Beautiful.  

[island lady]

Just now, doghog said:

Next he'll be doing the Polar Plunge. 👣😁

 

He was looking for it...but never saw them list it.  😄  Which is probably a good thing.  🥶

[Ocean Boy]

56 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

 

I think as long as the waves/swells aren't to bad you should be able to tender at Falkland Island as long as you get a little teamwork from  larger ship  Celebrity Eclipse blocking some of the wind for the smaller Serenade.

 

The wind is coming from the island side, so if Eclipse pulls parallel with island and Serenade pulls parallel with Eclipse and you guys tender on the opposite side of Eclipse  where there now should be pretty much no wind on your side of Serenade where you can get into the tenders.

 

Probably tender in from North of the Airport Strip. Both ships are to large to go into the docking area.

 

Still Going to come down to the waves/swells if you can get in the tenders safely or not though.

@island ladyplease forward the above instructions to Capt Stig.😁

[cruise1957]

4 hours ago, island lady said:

 

Thanks!  Yes, I will rejoin the posts once again in Barcelona.  Though for some reason if this thread has gone "poof" by then (which I don't think it will).... I will restart.  😉 

I hope it won't go poof.

[lovesthebeach2]

1 hour ago, island lady said:

Remember when I posted the picture of the little life/speed boat collecting a net full of floating ice slushies in Paradise Bay Antarctica?  Apparently this is where it ended up...on the stage...on the pool deck.  

 

And is the closest thing Bucky got to stepping foot on an iceberg...actual foot...brrrr...

 

Yes Dave, barefoot...no flip flop.  😆

 

 

While I’ve never stood on an iceberg , back in the 70s I did a trip from the East Coast (NY) to the West Coast (Oregon to California) and I have a photo somewhere of me laying on a glacier in Oregon. We did the 3 week trip in August and I had no idea how cold it would be in Wyoming and Oregon. It was snowing in Yellowstone and as we drove I had to change from my summer crop top to winter clothes. 

[ONECRUISER]

4 hours ago, island lady said:

Current position....pretty much in the middle of nowhere.  😉  And a balmy 39 degrees, but full sunshine!  🌞

 

The big difference, is though we have a rockin rollin situation again....it's a mild swell.  Not the crazy seas we had on the way down.  So, at this time, we should make the Falklands on a 2nd try.....perhaps.   Weather showing 28 mile an hour winds tomorrow, however.  Not sure at what point they can't tender, or how protected our tender area is.  

 

In the meantime...welcome to yet another "day at sea".  

 

 

Wish they'd show wind speed(Brilliance OTS use to) and more info like maybe Waves, etc.

[island lady]

47 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

@island ladyplease forward the above instructions to Capt Stig.😁

 

LOL...I have that poster on "ignore" and only see his posts when someone quotes him....so I guess the captain is on his own.  😁😆

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 14 by island lady