Princess Cruise Lines is on my sh*t list. I forgot to mention that, once again, we had problems getting our luggage after boarding the ship. They managed to get one of the three bags to our assigned room. We had to track down the other two bags at the crew office. There were tags on the bags with the room number. Simple – deliver the bags to the room indicated on the tag. Don’t understand……..
Last night was the night from hell. It seems as though our cabin is over the loud speakers in the crew recreation/disco room. They had a BIG HUGE party last night and the music shook and vibrated the entire room, and including every organ in my body. It was so bad that I called down to the front desk and complained. When nothing happened, I got dressed and went to the front desk in person and complained. They said there was nothing they could do about it. Michael had fallen asleep before the music got going at 10,000 decibels; it eventually woke him up; and I always thought he could sleep through a nuclear blast. I met some of the singers out in the hallway and we had a nice conversation about the noise/music and their life at sea. Since they work at night and take part in the party, the music didn’t really bother them. The music finally stopped around 2 am. We talked to our contact with the cruise staff and said they would try to find us another room. Who knows what they are going to do – probably give us a worse room. Tonight as I write this (at 11 pm), it is pretty quiet. But fear not, they plan on another BIG HUGE disco party night after next!
Once again, I got a surprise shore excursion. Michael got up around 7:30am and found two envelopes under our door. Escort duty for both of us ---- except mine was scheduled to leave at 8:30am and his LEFT at 6:30am. When exactly did they slip it under our door???? I know it wasn’t before 2am! So I hurried up and got dressed and went on my tour. I really didn’t have any duties, just got to enjoy it. For those of you who haven’t seen “The Deadliest Catch” on the Discovery Channel, it is about the crab fishermen in the Bering Sea, one of the most dangerous jobs on earth. The tour was on one of the boats, Aleutian Ballad, which was in the series. It has been
converted into a tour boat because it is no longer seaworthy for crab fishing because of all the hits it has taken from rogue waves, rough water, and crashing on the rocks. They demonstrated how they catch the crab, including launching and the retrieving the pots, told us about life on the boat during crab season, and took us on a wildlife tour where we saw lots of eagles, an octopus, and an Orca. The guys who ran the boat tour were the original skipper and two of the deckhands. They also would throw bait fish out into the water and the eagles would swoop down and pick the fish up. The adult eagles would then bring the food up to the juveniles that were still in the nest. It was a magnificent sight.
Michael went to Wal-Mart.
We came back to the ship, had lunch, and Michael ran a bridge game. Had dinner and watched a comedy show and a musical. I hope we can sleep tonight.
Tomorrow is Juneau.
Last night was the night from hell. It seems as though our cabin is over the loud speakers in the crew recreation/disco room. They had a BIG HUGE party last night and the music shook and vibrated the entire room, and including every organ in my body. It was so bad that I called down to the front desk and complained. When nothing happened, I got dressed and went to the front desk in person and complained. They said there was nothing they could do about it. Michael had fallen asleep before the music got going at 10,000 decibels; it eventually woke him up; and I always thought he could sleep through a nuclear blast. I met some of the singers out in the hallway and we had a nice conversation about the noise/music and their life at sea. Since they work at night and take part in the party, the music didn’t really bother them. The music finally stopped around 2 am. We talked to our contact with the cruise staff and said they would try to find us another room. Who knows what they are going to do – probably give us a worse room. Tonight as I write this (at 11 pm), it is pretty quiet. But fear not, they plan on another BIG HUGE disco party night after next!
Once again, I got a surprise shore excursion. Michael got up around 7:30am and found two envelopes under our door. Escort duty for both of us ---- except mine was scheduled to leave at 8:30am and his LEFT at 6:30am. When exactly did they slip it under our door???? I know it wasn’t before 2am! So I hurried up and got dressed and went on my tour. I really didn’t have any duties, just got to enjoy it. For those of you who haven’t seen “The Deadliest Catch” on the Discovery Channel, it is about the crab fishermen in the Bering Sea, one of the most dangerous jobs on earth. The tour was on one of the boats, Aleutian Ballad, which was in the series. It has been
converted into a tour boat because it is no longer seaworthy for crab fishing because of all the hits it has taken from rogue waves, rough water, and crashing on the rocks. They demonstrated how they catch the crab, including launching and the retrieving the pots, told us about life on the boat during crab season, and took us on a wildlife tour where we saw lots of eagles, an octopus, and an Orca. The guys who ran the boat tour were the original skipper and two of the deckhands. They also would throw bait fish out into the water and the eagles would swoop down and pick the fish up. The adult eagles would then bring the food up to the juveniles that were still in the nest. It was a magnificent sight.Michael went to Wal-Mart.
We came back to the ship, had lunch, and Michael ran a bridge game. Had dinner and watched a comedy show and a musical. I hope we can sleep tonight.
Tomorrow is Juneau.
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