Cruise Journal

Day 1 — San Francisco, California Day 2 — At Sea Day 3 — At Sea Day 4 — Ketchikan, Alaska Day 5 — Haines, Alaska Day 6 — Juneau, Alaska Day 7 — Glacier Bay National Park Day 8 — At Sea Day 9 — Victoria, Canada Day 10 — At Sea Day 11 — At Sea Day 12 — San Francisco, California

Day 11 — At Sea

07/30/2025 07:37 AM

The world famous luxurious Princess Cruises robe. My wife said they smelled like old laundry. Here's a picture showing the quality of the damn thing. Copyright © 2025 Tim under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License.

07/30/2025 09:17 AM

Our last cruise day. In less than 24 hours we'll be back in San Francisco. Our name has already been removed from the phone! Copyright © 2025 Tim under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License.

07/30/2025 09:23 AM

The International Cafe. Before the trip I figured I'd spend a lot of time here. That was not the case. It usually looked like the orcs storming Helm's Deep. Assholes and elbows just isn't worth it for a mediocre cup of coffee from disinterested staff. Copyright © 2025 Tim under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License.

07/30/2025 09:32 AM

The Piazza. Another place we spent very little time. We did have a nice conversation with a mother and daughter here. Copyright © 2025 Tim under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License.

07/30/2025 09:35 AM

07/30/2025 10:03 AM

Princess Cruises uses a medallion system. It automatically opens the door to your room (sometimes there is significant lag) and must be tapped to spend money and every time you board and disembark the ship. It's also used at your final exit with customs in San Francisco along with face recognition. Aside from initial check-in on day one, we were never asked to show our passports again. Copyright © 2025 Tim under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License.

07/30/2025 10:23 AM

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07/30/2025 11:14 AM

A letter that we received from medical. It contained a credit of $750 that can be used towards a future cruise in the next 12 months. They told us that Tammy was the only person out of 3,000+ passengers to self-report. After the cruise we would see on Facebook that COVID was actually prevalent, but other people didn't report because they didn't want to be quarantined. Copyright © 2025 Tim under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License.

07/30/2025 01:10 PM

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07/30/2025 05:46 PM

After catching COVID, we never went to the Michelangelo room again. So for our last night we went to the Di Vinci room without a reservation. It was a long wait, so we went back to Crooners Bar one more time. Copyright © 2025 Tim under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License.

07/30/2025 07:02 PM

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07/30/2025 08:25 PM

And, without further ado, here it is! The finally culinary experience of my journey. Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to present the Princess Sunday. They don't offer hot fudge, so it's chocolate sauce. Just about the lamest dessert I've seen. Bleh. Copyright © 2025 Tim under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License.

07/30/2025 09:34 PM