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Cruising to Alaska from Vancouver B.C. Canada
Norwegian Sun in Vancouver BC Several years back, I decided I’d like to go to Alaska and see some glaciers before they all melt away. Having been to Alaska quite a few times on fishing trips, my...
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Discovering Shipboard Activities while Cruising on the Norwegian Sun
Norwegian Sun docked in Vancouver BC On my previous cruises at this point, I hadn’t really made use of all the ship had to offer. Sure we had attended some shows, but that was about it as far as...
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A Rainy Rainforest Hike in Ketchikan, Alaska
Bald Eagles in Ketchikan, Alaska On the first page of the first book of the Twilight series, it states “In the Olympic Peninsula of northwest Washington State, a small town named Forks exists under a...
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Rogue Child on a Cruise Ship
Cruises make a great family vacation. Bringing children along provides many entertaining, interesting, and sometimes exasperating moments. The cruise lines all have children’s programs with different...
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Juneau River Rafting Shore Excursion
Norwegian Sun in Juneau Juneau offered more shore excursions that we wanted to do than any other port, and our ship spent the least time there. We wanted to see a glacier up close. Our first choice...
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Mount Roberts Tramway in Juneau, Alaska
Norwegian Sun in Juneau viewed from Mount Roberts The bus from our scenic river raft tour dropped us off at the base of the Mount Roberts Tramway in Juneau, Alaska. Glad we had purchased our tickets...
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Nothing to Eat at the Chocolate Buffet
Norwegian Sun We had good meals on the Norwegian Sun. On the one-week cruise I took with my son and grandson, they served lobster twice. The ship had all sorts of different eateries, but since a...
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White Pass and Yukon Railroad in Skagway Alaska
White Pass and Yukon Railroad in Skagway Skagway History Skagway began as a gold rush boom town during the late 1800′s. Miners poured through town on their way to the gold fields of the Yukon. White...
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Swine Flu and the Voyage Home
Sunset in Alaska My son Chris, grandson Justin, and I took our cruise on the Norwegian Sun early in the Alaska cruising season in 2009, the year of the big swine flu epidemic. At that time many of the...
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Is a Cruise Ship Cabin Crowded With More Than 2 People?
Sun. Westerdam, and Splendor in Christmas Tree Ornaments For the most part, cruise ship cabins are designed to hold two people, and usually they do. Sometimes though people cruise in larger groups...
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