I've seen several cruise ships from a distance but had never seen one as close as we were when we pulled up to board. It was massive!! Huge!! Pictures will never justify how incredibly enormous that ship was. It was fascinating to see a vessel of that size. Not sure I'll ever get over how big it was. Anyway. We boarded the Golden Princess for a seven day cruise to Alaska. We were told the Golden Princess is the largest cruise ship that sails to Alaska. Again think massive.
Luckily the first day and half were at sea so that I could continue to recoup from my injury. I was surprised that our room was as big as it was and that our balcony was almost as big as our room. What was even more surprising was that with a large balcony and room that our bathroom was so incredibly small. Little bitty. It was tiny. Think airplane bathroom small.
We enjoyed a variety of activities onboard the ship throughout the week including a few comedy shows, a magician, karaoke, a couple less than good attempts at stage production shows and a movie outside on the pool deck under the stars...and rain clouds. My favorite entertainment of the week was a piano player/singer named Billy Reid. He was fantastic!
This is in Skywalker's Lounge, which is a nightclub on the 17th deck of the ship and it's set to feel like it's hanging over the back of the boat.
Luckily the first day and half were at sea so that I could continue to recoup from my injury. I was surprised that our room was as big as it was and that our balcony was almost as big as our room. What was even more surprising was that with a large balcony and room that our bathroom was so incredibly small. Little bitty. It was tiny. Think airplane bathroom small.
We enjoyed a variety of activities onboard the ship throughout the week including a few comedy shows, a magician, karaoke, a couple less than good attempts at stage production shows and a movie outside on the pool deck under the stars...and rain clouds. My favorite entertainment of the week was a piano player/singer named Billy Reid. He was fantastic!
This was us boarding in Seattle.
This view was our send off from the Seattle Harbor Patrol.
Yes, we were prepared. Not knowing what to expect or how we were each going to respond to potential sea sickness, we boarded the ship with all of this. We ended up only having to use the patches and the sea bands for the first several days.
This picture is when we just went in for a visit but Ricky did take me there to dance on the last night. No, he didn't dance but I did!
Watching Divergent outside on the pool deck.
BBQ dinner night outside before the movie.
They held a food decoration demo with several of the chefs. These were just a couple of the masterpieces at the end of it.
Ricky and I also participated in an egg drop contest....and won! Yes, we are the champions!! It was the kind of contest where you have to wrap an egg up in some type of materials and then drop it down two stories onto a target and hope that it doesn't break. In this version, there was a bunch of rules and criteria you had to meet and they don't give you any materials, you have to come up with that all on your own. Luckily for us, Ricky had the brilliant idea to use his giant camera bag. We put the egg inside a couple of ziplock bags and Ricky arranged the padded dividers inside the bag to perfectly surround the egg. There were hundreds of people watching and everyone was sure we were going to lose because the bag was so big and heavy but guess what, it paid off to invest in nice equipment because apparently it can even protect a raw egg. We got a good kick out of that for a few days. Yes, we are the egg drop winners!
Overall, we had a great time on the trip. Food was hit and miss. Some was great and some could've and should've been better. I would definitely cruise again though. It was a fun time and a wonderful memory.
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