We found our stateroom and started to unpack when the Emergency Lifeboat Drill alert sounded at 4:15pm. All are expected to attend. I know that so many of you say "oh I'll just hide in my room" well let me tell you something Buster you better hope you are not on my ship trying to out run the crew because they check you in as you come to your Muster Station and they wait, and wait and WAIT until all are present before they start. I will not hesitate to listen for your name "Mr. and Mrs. Selfish does not seem to be present!" And I will hunt you down and drag you back to that Muster Station by the hair for frittering away my Cruise-Time.
I had my mimosa in one hand and my Celebrity Today in the other. Determined not to waste a minute. Celebrity Today is called different things on different ships, the most noted term for those in the know is simply "Daily" it is a nice booklet of all the things they have scheduled for you to experience, with a pull out for shore excursions and other little tidbits. I will talk more on this later. Your stateroom steward puts one on your bed every night when he so lovingly turns down your covers, fluffs your pillows and gently places a tiny piece of chocolate on that freshly fluffed pillow. Ok, I'm not sure about the rest of the crew but our Steward "Enuncio" did just that he was a joy every day, always a smile, always a cheery "good morning".
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Back to our stateroom, we had 1007 which was on Deck 10, Sky Deck, Concierge Stateroom, Port side (left) and from our balcony we could see the bridge.
They had even put a pair of binoculars, a large and small umbrella in our stateroom for our use while onboard. As well as two big fluffy white robes. Flat screen tv (complete with the first NFL game) ample closet and over the bed storage, in closet safe also. Another suggestion = pack some hangers, there are quite a few but not enough. Our luggage (one large and two carry on sized) fit nicely under the bed. Yeah our luggage lived with a few pair of Dan's socks we found on the last day. You can see on our bed is a tote bag and the first "Daily"
The bathroom was very well appointed and ladies, yes there was a foot bar in the shower for shaving your legs. A must on all cruise ships as far as I'm concerned. I enjoyed having a shower door too, some lines only have curtains, but being in a Concierge Stateroom this was a little upgrade. The "amenities" were great. Shampoo and conditioner in larger than normal hotel size bottles. Plus body wash and body lotion, all smelled great and worked wonderfully. Towels had a luxury feel to them also. There was an outlet in the ceiling area by the light which worked well for my phone. As you know outlets in staterooms are few and far between, I suggest you pack a power strip to help with all of your devices.
Another really cool thing we had in this category stateroom was a bottle of champagne waiting for us when we arrived - complete with two champagne glasses. There were also fresh apples in the room every day and each afternoon a little treat was left, olives, hummus, chips, cheese, all was delicious.
And here I am on our balcony reading my Daily. I told you I was obsessed with planning and information. Dan had opened the champagne, we had unpacked and we watched in comfort as we sailed from Seattle, Washington.
Our itinerary was as follows:
August 29th depart Seattle, Washington.
August 30th all day at Sea.
August 31st Ketchikan, Alaska.
September 1st Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska (cruising thru) Juneau, Alaska.
September 2nd Skagway, Alaska.
September 3rd all day at Sea.
September 4th Victoria, B.C. Canada.
September 5th Seattle, Washington.
Good Bye Seattle..........Hello Alaska !
To be continued.......................
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