Sunday, June 16, 2024

Alaska Cruise Photo Highlights

Between our own pics and those others shared (thanks!), I have a whole bunch of great photos! I'll try not to go totally overboard, but here are a few dozen of my favorites, very roughly organized. :-)

Around the Disney Wonder 

me with Ariel statue in the main atrium

our stateroom, with Mark waving
from the verandah

on the verandah with Mark

me on the top deck with the 
Mickey/DCL smokestack

my favorite towel animal 
from the trip: an elephant

a group photo at Tiana's

map on the stateroom tv

weather forecast on the stateroom tv

watching the water with Kaden 
through a big, round window

me & Kaden in our matching
Mickey sunglasses (I brought from home)

Kaden meeting Mickey
(he took advantage of lots
of character meet & greets!)

Nana, Kaden, and Mickey

Grandpa, Nana, and Kaden

Uncle Jeremy, Aunt Heidi, and Kaden

me and Mark

Heidi and Jeremy
(with the fantastic mosaic at Triton's in the background)

our beverage server (in a parade at Tiana's)

me taking Kaden through the same parade

Mark, carefully avoiding the parade ;-)

our main server dancing in the parade

Kaden with Tiana herself!

Nana, Goofy, and Kaden

me and Mark

Katie and Kaden

Jeremy and Heidi

Mom and Dad

Kaden being silly with Uncle Mark 
(and me in the middle)

the waterslide on the top deck

me with a towel elephant stuffed animal
for sale in one of the shops

me with a melting chunk of iceberg

Mark with the iceberg
(Jeremy told us he saw them bring this aboard on 
glacier viewing day, but we never saw it till the last
day! Apparently, it had melted a lot by then :-).

Mark with binoculars on the verandah

group selfie at the magic show
another cruise ship passing us 
(on the last night, just before bed, from our verandah)

Palo Brunch & Dinner

group photo at brunch (see the nice view!)

seafood antipasto (excellent!)

meat and cheese antipasto (also excellent!)

Katie with pizza and calzone
(for the table)

tomato soup (so good!)

Mickey waffle

our server, pouring the apple cinnamon
topping onto Katie's waffle

Mark and me with some chocolate art for our anniversary

Mark with the Palo sign

Mark and me at Palo for our anniversary

calamari

our server and another fileting our fish tableside

Mark with our fish dinners
(one of his favorite meals of all time)

Mark with our super fun server
(and the signature dessert: chocolate soufflé)

Vancouver

Mark walking along the marina at Stanley Park

the Vancouver Aquarium

one of my favorite exhibits:
really tiny orange frogs!

selfie with Kaden on the ship

Uncle Mark and Kaden at sail away

selfie with the bridge just out of Vancouver

see how close the ship gets to the bridge?

Uncle Mark and Kaden waving at
people up on the bridge as we pass

the bridge again,
from our verandah on the last day


Sea Days & Glacier Viewing

Jeremy and Heidi on the top deck
Kaden and Aunt Heidi

hard to see, but there are two eagles on the island

a picture of our ship taken by Mom and Dad
on their glacier viewing excursion

Jeremy and Heidi with the glacier
way in the background

Jeremy's glacier pic through binoculars

Jeremy on the top deck with binoculars

selfie with Mark: lunch with a view

Katie, Kaden, and Mark on our verandah

a blue iceberg with beautiful scenery

Uncle Mark teaches Kaden to
use binoculars on our verandah

Uncle Mark and Kaden with binoculars

Kaden checks out the glacier
from Uncle Mark's shoulders

scenic selfie with Mark on the verandah


Skagway

me with the Welcome to Skagway sign

me with the statue of a disappointed
gold rush man and his sled dog

Mark on the verandah in port

the Klondike Doughboy,
an internet must-do in Skagway

watching the doughboys
getting made fresh to order

yum: deep fried, topped in cinnamon sugar

historic buildings

selfie with Mark at Yakutania Point on our hike

Mark climbing out further on the rocks

cruise ships in port from the point

Mark on the rocks with water and mountains

selfie with Mark and the ship in port

more historic Skagway buildings
(I bought some great earrings in the tiny shop)

the national park gift shop

a homestead on our walking tour
(we were also able to go inside the turquoise house)

another statue

the White Pass and Yukon Railroad
(we rode on our last trip; Mom, Dad,
Katie, and Kaden went this trip)

from our verandah, I'm pointing at 
Yakutania Point, where we hiked earlier

Dad and Katie on the verandah next door


Juneau

one of a series of sculptures
all along the waterfront 

Mark reading about
one of many totem poles

me with a statue of a famous dog

with Mark and the Welcome to Juneau sign

more artwork: a map of the US made with
nails in the boardwalk--it was huge!

selfie with Mark and Katie
on our bus to the dog excursion

our view of the sled dogs all ready to run!

selfie of our group with the musher
(the others were on another sled)

dogs with the sled way in the background

a closeup taken by the musher

and a way-close-up!

Kaden petting a sled dog

Mark LOVED meeting the sled dogs

a selfie with a couple of the dogs

Mom (and Mark and me) petting the dogs

Dad (taking a picture of me) and Mom
on a suspension bridge

me on the bridge with the creek below

Jeremy and Heidi on the bridge

Katie and Kaden walking across the bridge

Uncle Mark walking with Kaden

Kaden with a little puppy

Mark with a puppy

me and Katie with puppies

Mom with a puppy

me with scenery along the trail at the top of the tram

a view of the cruise ships down below

me at the lookout with the tram in the background

me with a totem pole on the trail

Mark with a great view the
opposite direction from the port

selfie of the two of us
and some snow on the trail

plants on the trail

Mark with a totem pole

Mark at the lookout with binoculars


Ketchikan

the Totem Heritage Center

Mark looking down at the creek

the Ketchikan museum

me with a statue on the waterfront

me with an eagle sculpture

looking down at the museum we'd
toured from Married Men's Trail

Creek Street

a totem pole near the museum

the bridge at the end of Creek Street

a view of our ship across a marina
(our stateroom is there somewhere!)

Mark with the eagle sculpture

What a great trip! Thanks for reading along. If you've never been to Alaska, we'd highly recommend visiting! And we expect to go back someday...Anchorage is on the top of my list (we were there in 2015, but not this time). 

selfie with Mark on the top deck



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