The Alaskan Jewel! Welcome Aboard….You don’t Exist! updated 12/13/2015 - Page 20 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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I wanted some icecream so I went in search of it…And the machine wasn’t working right, basically just spitting out a little bit, so I assumed it needed a refill so I went for something else instead.
I found a table and there were a bunch of people who spoke mainly Spanish, but mixed with English too, were saying how there were whales. I kept looking and looking and then someone would point….I would look and then they would say, oh no that’s not one.
If course while I stood there a mother caught up with her teen daughter there and the daughter was going on and on about all the whales she saw a little earlier. I was jealous!
At some point it was time to get ready for the evening and I showered. I also went to the task of trying to dry our tennis shoes out. I stuffed them with tissue to get some moisture out and then I took a hair dryer to the inside of each pair. Let’s just say, blowing warm air in tennis shoes does not produce the loveliest of smells…..but it did help them dry up and by the next day there were all comfy again.
At some point Skip and Claire returned and we all got cleaned up.
I think I must’ve taken a little walk while they were getting ready.
And then we headed to the early show for the evening. Tonight was Jean Pierre, though they called him JP. He was advertised as a magician but also was noted there was comedy with it.
It was already pretty crowded when we arrived. We sat in the balcony and those stupid glass dividers really make it hard to get a good look at the stage. You either have to kind of duck down and look through the glass or get taller to look over it.
JP was funny. He did some tricks along with jokes and we really enjoyed him. We were laughing pretty hard at times. He is rated PG13 and there was some adult humor, but nothing too bad.
At the end he was selling little magic kits of some sort, which we did not buy, but I did catch a picture before we left.
I love your shirt for this evening, so cruise perfect! Once again reading your report and seeing all your lovely pictures has me eyeing an Alaskan cruise in the spring... I just got a great offer in the mail for one too!
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You sound just like me with the whales! Beautiful photos of the scenery you passed and, just like you, that's one of the things I really love about cruising, especially in Alaska, which has some of the most beautiful scenery in the world.
I love your shirt for this evening, so cruise perfect! Once again reading your report and seeing all your lovely pictures has me eyeing an Alaskan cruise in the spring... I just got a great offer in the mail for one too!
You should do it!!!
I love that shirt. I got it at cracker barrel
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Sounds like it was an enjoyable show! Sometimes magician/comedians are pretty hit or miss.
He was pretty funny and we really enjoyed it.
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Originally Posted by Cam22
Too bad you kept just missing the whales!
I know!
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You sound just like me with the whales! Beautiful photos of the scenery you passed and, just like you, that's one of the things I really love about cruising, especially in Alaska, which has some of the most beautiful scenery in the world.
I swear they were hiding from me.
It is just absolutely gorgeous there.
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Great pictures of the scenery!
Thanks
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Sorry that you missed the whale sighting The magician/comedian show sounded great!
Me too. I was getting disappointed and worried.
He was pretty good.
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Sorry about the whales
I know.
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Your photos are great, especially the ones of the Deadliest Catch excursion and the crabs
Claire and I got the filet mignon. Claire thought it was way too small. She likes her steak. They did butterfly hers so it looked a bit bigger, but she still wished she had more. She also got the truffle fries, which were the same they had been serving in Moderno and she was in heaven.
I thought the meal was very good. It was all cooked well and tasted great. The service was slow, but our waitress was very nice. We could see the Moderno staff coming in to get meats to take next door (they share a kitchen). We found it odd but it seemed like they would stand around chatting more than taking their meats off to the other room. I had heard Moderno service can be slow and seeing this made me realize why.
Time for dessert, and we were all pretty full at this point, but we still ordered.
Skip got the some sort of warm brownie with ice-cream and caramel brittle.
We all got ready for bed and went out fairly early…though I think Claire watched TV later than us. The TV had a timer which I would set to go off each night…otherwise Claire might be up half the night channel surfing.
Was this one of the restaurants that you had to pay for? It looks pretty tasty. Trying to decide if we want to do the cruise you're doing or go with Princess. I think at almost twice the price Disney is out of our league.
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