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| On-board the floating hotel...looking from the top deck down to cruise terminal |
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Going on a cruise can boggle the mind...At first you might bristle at the thought of spending seven days on board a ship. Sooner or later, you might wonder why you only booked a seven day cruise. I'm here to tell you three things about cruising: It is an excellent way to cover a lot of ground in short period of time, it is a great way to bond with your traveling companions, and it is an excellent value as food and hotel costs seem to be a real bargain. With cruising you get great food all day long, tons of on-board activities, and a rolling panorama of scenery as your ship effortlessly glides from port to port. For this trip I was on the Princess Cruises' Island Princess, by no means a small ship, but the on-board logistics are so well thought out that the fully booked cruise never seemed crowded with its 2000 passengers and 1000 crew members. Join me as we walk around the ship and learn about it's amazing spaces...
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| View down the Promenade Deck...Life boat hanging by its rigging. Three laps equals a mile... |
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Imagine if you will a floating hotel that has fourteen floors, swimming pools, several restaurants, two theatres, a library, game rooms, shopping plazas, and an outdoor movie theatre. You travel with three thousand other people from around the world. They come from Hong Kong, Australia, England, New Jersey, California, South Carolina. Your world becomes incredibly small as everything you need is right there for you on your ship. However, this small ship world is the catalyst for great adventure as you are then able to go from place to place with no worries about how it all happens.
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| A theatre for musical performances and lectures...tons of seats... |
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| Vancouver sail away...heading out of the city to the wilderness...our journey awaits... |
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| Heading to the Inside Passage off the coast of British Columbia and Southeast Alaska... |
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| Thrilled to adjust to ship life and its simplicities... |
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| Serene twilight at sea...A Disney ship on pace with ours...how we look from a distance. |
I love the last picture above as it reminds you that a large cruise ship is swallowed up by the vast beauty and scale of nature. The first day's excitement is amazing, but I promise you that the best is yet to come...
See you tomorrow...Mr. K.
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Summit Educational Services
Ray Kinzie
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