RAVIs: July 2014

USA ALASKA CRUISE 2008

The Flt Plan was ;

17 May Dep Delhi at 2115, Flt EY 211, Arrival Abu Dhabi 1115

Flt Duration 3 hr 35min

Halt at Abu Dhabi 2 hrs 50 min

17 May Dep Abu 0200, Flt EY101, Arrival New York JFK 0830

Duration 14 hr 25 min

18 May Dep JFK 1335, Flt Delta 5545, Arrival Cincinnati 1547

Duration 2 hr 12 min

Halt Cincinatti 53 mins

18 May Dep Cincinatti 1640,Flt Delta 6341, Arrival Columbus 1730 Duration 0 hrs 55 min

Departure for Seattle to take the Cruise

5 Jun Dep Columbus 0645 Flt Delta 4059,Arrival Salt Lake City 1034 Duration 4hrs 40 min

Halt Salt Lake City 2 Hours 26 mins

Dep Salt Lake City 1115 Flt Delta1475, Arrival Seattle 1327, Duration 2 hrs12 min

Stay at Hotel Sea-Tac Airport North Travelodge

14845 Pacific Hwy South Seattle.

THE CRUISE

Tips; Book early

Cruise is from 15 may to 15 sept Only

Balcony Cabins are MUST to enjoy the cruise

Reach early for boarding and enjoy the Lunch

Must have Visa for CANADA, without this No Boarding of Ship permitted.

CRUISE PLAN on Ship INFINTY, Celebrity Cruise Line

DATE PORT ARRIVE DEPART COMMENTS

06JUN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 04.00PM
07JUN AT SEA
08JUN SITKA, ALASKA 1000AM 1800PM TENDERED
09JUN HUBBARD GLACIER (CRUISING) 1200AN 1600PM CRUISING
10JUN JUNEAU, ALASKA 0700AM 1500PM DOCKED
11JUN KETCHIKAN, ALASKA 0700AM 1000PM DOCKED
12JUN VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA 1900PM 1159PM DOCKED13JUN SEATTLE , WASHINGTON 0600AM DOCKED

BF at Salt Lake City Airport

Salt lake airport

06 Jun
Reached ship by 10.30 hours. Carried out boarding formalities of paper work. Got into ship after 30 mins. Went to our cabins.Rested and went to top deck and later had Lunch.
In the evening was a Rescue Drill, you go out at nominated place with you life jackets.You are briefed of rescue operations.

Sailing Out of Sitika

Ship sailed at 4 PM , most of the passengers were on two top decks to enjoy.

7 June

Inside passage

Day was cruising Inside Route. This is one of the most beautiful routes. You can enjoy the scenic beauty of Alaska and also enjoy the facilities of the ship. They organise various events on ship which can be seen on the ship's programme which is given to each cabin a day before.It is better to attend lectures on wild life in Alaska which is generally of one hour.

8 June
Arrived at Sitika. It was the first city and ship had tendered ie we had to take a boat to the shore.
We went and saw a local performance and went aronud the city.
The city is just walking distance from the boat point.

Sun Set

SITKA

Reaching Sitika

9 June
We were reaching Hubbard Glacier in the morning. There after we sailed past the Glacier.The Glacier Ice wall is blue in colour and is about 300 ft above the water.The ship cannot go next to the Glacier as big icebergs, the small are 10 story building, are around the Glacier.Having cruised twice near the Glacier the ship leaves for next destination.

Reaching Hubbard Glacier

300Ft Ice Wall

10 June
Today after the Hubbard Glacier sailing we docked at Juneau ie the Ship is at Port, you just walk off to City. We took the cable car for Mount Roberts. The cable car goes really steep to the top.You have Ariel view of city. Then we took a bus to see the Mendenhall Glacier and Nugget falls .You can feel the Glacier Ice and see ice bergs floating.

Cable car

View From Top

Glacier Ice

Sea Plane landing

Ice Bergs

Mendelhall Glacier

Leaving Juneau

11 Jun
Today we sailed and reached another city called Ketchikan. We strolled the city and took a tram ride to Totem Park. We also saw the Totem Heritage Center.