Shadowmeboy's "Bliss"ful 5 Night Pacific Coastal Cruise

drumming cruisers · Monday at 03:37 AM

Beautiful pictures. Butchart Gardens has changed quite a bit since we were there. Added some things it looks like. All the ships we go on now arrive late in the evening too dark for the gardens.

shadowmeboy · Monday at 12:21 PM

8 hours ago, drumming cruisers said:

Beautiful pictures. Butchart Gardens has changed quite a bit since we were there. Added some things it looks like. All the ships we go on now arrive late in the evening too dark for the gardens.

Thanks! Yeah, that is why we jumped on the opportunity to go on this cruise. I really wish Victoria wasn't short-changed like it always is.

shadowmeboy · Monday at 01:10 PM

Day 4 - April 4th, 2024

Port Day*

Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

*If you call arriving at 10pm a Port Day?

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shadowmeboy · Monday at 01:15 PM

It was a little quiet in the Atrium

I got my Starbucks then headed up to deck 8.

I stopped by La Cucina for pictures

Wine Bar

Sugarcane

shadowmeboy · Monday at 01:18 PM

So we were doing circles of the Washington Coast until it was time to sail to Vancouver.

Whale!

I didn't even have to go to Alaska to see whales!

shadowmeboy · Monday at 01:20 PM

Susan finally got up and came out. Once again she missed all the whales.

shadowmeboy · Tuesday at 01:42 AM

Time for Breakfast!

Spotted a ship out the window

Fruit Salad for Susan

Fruit Salad and Cottage cheese for me!

Waffle and sides for Susan

Since it was the final day of availability, I had to get the Eggs Benedict!

shadowmeboy · Tuesday at 01:50 AM

Balcony Shot, as we did some early packing.

Still circling off the coast, killing time!

Midnight Sun Tote Ship

Its carrying semitruck trailers, might be headed for Alaska

Can you tell I was bored going in circles?

shadowmeboy · Tuesday at 02:03 AM

Finally it was time to head to the VIP Art event

We liked this Peter Max, but it wasn't in our budget after we splurged on an original Kre8 at a VIP land event in Seattle back in February.

Here we are with Kre8 and the painting we bought after he signed it for us!

shadowmeboy · Tuesday at 02:09 AM

We stopped at Starbucks for another drink! The perk of the package!

Then we headed up to the Garden Cafe

We braved the Garden for a quick lunch.

After lunch, it was time for the Art Auction

We loved this Ashton Howard original, but we were good.

We got back to the room and found our laundry had returned and our picture package had arrived!

shadowmeboy · Tuesday at 02:11 AM

Time for the Wines around the World event!

I liked this format better than the Sun. It also went faster.

Edited Tuesday at 02:12 AM by shadowmeboy

shadowmeboy · Tuesday at 02:18 AM

We had proceeded into the Strait of Juan de Fuca and were close to Victoria. We picked up a pilot from Victoria to sail to Vancouver.

Victoria

The Ship with ships had unloaded all its ships.

We headed past Victoria and set sail for Vancouver.

shadowmeboy · Tuesday at 02:26 AM

This container ship sailed past

This is the Haro Strait Kelp Reefs light - I thought as we were sailing it might be an international border marker. Guess not.

BC Ferry going from Swartz Bay on Vancouver Island to the mainland.

shadowmeboy · Tuesday at 12:42 PM

We got the bags out in the hall.

We ended up purchasing this piece. We did it to fill a hole next to another by the same artist.

We then headed for dinner at Los Lobos.

Looking down on the Manhattan Room

Yippee! Guacamole!

Fish Tacos and plantains

Burrito Rojo

shadowmeboy · Tuesday at 12:50 PM

Arriving into the Vancouver area

We headed to the comedy show

The comedian was Jim McDonald. He was funny!

Then we headed up to deck 19 to stake a spot for passing under the Lions Gate Bridge. Due to the height of the Bliss, it can only enter/exit Vancouver on certain tides, allowing it to squeeze under the Lions Gate Bridge. We wanted to witness how close we get!

Ships at anchor waiting for the Port of Vancouver

shadowmeboy · Tuesday at 12:57 PM

There is the bridge!

We made it! With only a meter or two to spare (since we are in Canada).

Canada Place

Here is the video of sailing under the bridge!

shadowmeboy · Tuesday at 01:03 PM

We headed to the local for a bite.

Susan got the brownie - raspberry swirl cheesecake

I got carrot cake

Pulling into Canada Place

We have officially arrived in Vancouver. People could disembark as soon as 11pm if they wanted to.

It was time to head to bed.

shadowmeboy · 2024-09-18T22:43:26Z

We got up and hit Starbucks.

Seabus

We got a picture with john Paul. This was the third ship we have sailed with him. We sailed the Breakaway with him, then the Spirit, and then here on the Bliss! He is an excellent photographer.

The MDR was crazy busy and had too long of a line. So it was off to the buffet.

Same stuff I would have ordered in the MDR and I got it faster.

Plus they have squeeze bottles of mustard instead of a small cup of mustard for the potatoes.

We grabbed our bags and joined the line to leave the ship.

Goodbye Norwegian Bliss

This completed 19 nights on the Bliss for me. Susan has 12 nights on her. The Bliss is my second most sailed ship while the Star is Susan's second most sailed ship at 13 nights. We share the same number 1. We both have 36 nights sailed on the Sun (4 sailings!).