**NCL Star 6-27-04 Alaska**

[Corky]

Hello to all of my Awsome Alaska Adventure cruisers...I hope you find your way over to this board. Lots of nice people over here and they are very helpful with any and all questions!!!! Please join me on this board as well if you can. As you can see there are a lot of Message boards and forums that you can gain all kinds of information from.

And, are there any C@'s going on this same trip? If so, join in our discussions. And if you're not going with us then just join in anyway!! LOL

Hope to talk to you soon!!

 

[LEtue]

Hi Corky!

I have been known to spend time on these boards but the discussions never get very "lively".

Hope others make their way over....

Linda

 

[TheDivineMsM]

Here I is!! We all almost moved over here last week..long story. I'll explain when l see you.

If you are thinking about a cruise to Alaska we are a group of 'very nice people' cruising the Star. Excellent itinerary, excellent company AND excellent rates!!!

 

[Corky]

Hello Ladies....guess what I've been doing this evening? Reading Fodors 2004 book on Alaska...checking out Victoria and Skagway...what to do, what to do. Have either of you been to Victoria? If so, or even if not, do you know how far of a trip it is from the cruise dock to downtown?

DvMsM...e-mail me : ) you have my curiosity up!!

I hope others join us over here, Julie said she'd look for us. What's been up with the two of you today?

Thanks and glad you are here!!!

 

[TheDivineMsM]

I'd rather go into it face to face.

I LOVE VICTORIA!! Go up there about 2x a year as l live directly across the strait.
I don't know if you can walk to the main drag from where the Star docks..you can easily from the ferry dock(s); but the cruise line pier is out a little ways. They have these neat little bycycle cabs..two wheelers with a little seat behind that will take you anywhere.
I took Kris (my granddaughter) up there a couple of years ago and we had a ball!



Post Edited (02-25-04 02:00)

 

[Corky]

DvMsM...so our best bet in Victoria will be to take a cab to the downtown area? We'd like to do our own Pub Crawl and visit Chinatown as well.

Also, in Skagway I think the four of us are still planning on just walking around town doing sightseeing stuff, and maybe doing the free ranger hike thing and down the road a bit. Or that is how it is now, that is the only thing they'll commit to.

Ketchikan the same-Except I really want to do the Salmon fising but none of my guys wants to do it. : ( And I won't do it without one of them.

Ok Awesome Alaska Adventure cruisers....I hope you find your way over here today and start posting away!!!



Post Edited (02-25-04 07:26)

 

[jandj]

Hi all!
I finally made it. I've been on jury duty and trying to do that along with being short at work.Not fun! Victoria pub crawl sounds very good to me. That is probably the one place I won't make serious plans for until we're about there. It's also the one place I haven't been to before.
Julie

 

[TheDivineMsM]

If l remember correctly, there is not much to see in Skagway..just a few old buildings. No stores or anything like that.

 

[Corky]

JandJ....glad you finally found us....I hope everyone does! Let's try to plan a Pub Crawl on our own in Victoria ....I think for the money we should be able to do more pubs...but I could be wrong. This weekend I'll try to find some more info. on Victoria and to get copies of maps showing pubs and restaurants.

DvMsM....I can't believe that I can't get my 3 knuckle heads to plan anything in Skagway. It is the longest time we have at any of our ports and they are digging their heels into the ground. Go figure!!! I will continue to work on them but I think all 3, and really myself included, we just want to stretch our legs. I know we can walk down the road a piece, and there is the free map from the rangers office for the hike, as boring as it may be. So, I think my game plan is to actually start listing what there really is/isn't to do there and see if I can talk them into some planned activity. But, if not, ....no biggy. : )

Best get back to work. I've just snuck on here for a second. Talk to you all later!!

 

[Corky]

Me again, Margaret.......I've just pulled a map off of Frommers. com of a lking tour in downtown Victoria and Chinatown.....and a listing of pubs. Tonight at home I'll try to get on the net and pull Frommers back up and then mark where the pubs are on the walking tour.

See ya!

 

[LEtue]

Hey everyone!

I'm will to hang out here with all of you Have you entered your names in the cruise tracker section?

The pub crawl sounds interesting in Victoria but I may have to try another whale watch if NCL offers it.... Still considering the fast ferry and float trip from Skagway. I like the idea of jetting off to Haines and getting into nature. Dolly Varden has a combo trip that includes a nature side trip and a chance to see bear and moose along a river. It is a little early in the season for bear but they do have sightings in June

L

 

[TheDivineMsM]

I much prefer the other board and suggest we stay there.

Remember, l check whale watching tours in Victoria last summer...and there aren't any tours in the evening hours.

 

[LEtue]

Hey Janet,

Yes, I remember that but Princess lists multiple whale watching in the shore excursions list and they dock 1 hour after us. So, I'm holding out hope that the reason that the companies didn't offer any trips is because they fill them with cruise passengers...

Linda

 

[Corky]

DvMsM - No problem. I only suggested it because at least 3 times since I've started chatting on CC with this group I have not been able to get in....and....it takes 3 to 4 minutes for me to bring up our pages.....that is a bit boring. But I'll persevere.

LEtue...thanks for trying to stick it out over here but it will get too confusing (for me) hanging out on two different chat boards and discussing the same things on both. I don't really have the mind energy for that, especially at the end of the day, and I'm afraid I would get myself confused.

jandj...see you back over there.

Have a great day everyone!!

 

[Corky]

Dear all....CC is down....if you want, we can chat here!!

Hope to see you soon!!

 

[Anitapoint]

Hey Guys
I found my way here. My this board is soooooo much faster. I think we want to do the train also but need to get more info about it. Also count us in for the pub crawl.

 

[Corky]

Anitapoint...glad you found this site....now if only the others would come on over!! I know that jandj and LEtue wouldn't mind hanging out.

Did you get my listing of the walking tour and pub crawl that I posted on CC? If not, here it is:

I think this is what we will be doing in Victoria, B.C. We won’t have time to actually go into all of the places on the walking tour section and some could be closed by the time we get there, but it will be nice to see some of the buildings.

Walking Tour: The Old Town and Chinatown Walking Tour with Pubs thrown in for fun!

1 The Empress
2 Windsor Hotel Building
3 Fort Victoria
4 Trounce Alley
5 Starfish Glassworks
6 Bastion Square
7 Maritime Museum
8 Market Square
9 Chinatown
10 Fan Tan Alley
11 Gate of Harmonious Interest
12 Chinese Settlement House
13 Chinese Imperial School
14 McPherson Playhouse
15 Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue
16 St. Andrews Roman Catholic Cathedral
17 Greater Victoria Public Library

The above comes from www.frommers.com the below does too by I only am posting the pubs that are within the walking tour area. And there could be more in that area these are just the ones that frommers has on their website.


And along the way we can stop in and visit some of the Pubs listed below. I think #’s 1, 5 & 6 should be the highest on the list. All of these are in the same Downtown & Chinatown area:

1 Bengal Lounge Ice Cold Martinis & Jazz Government St
2 Big Bad John’s Hillbilly Bar 919 Douglas St
3 Suze Lounge & Rest. Good beer selection 515 Yates St
4 Steamers Blues Bar 570 Yates St Cover Fee US $3.25
5 Swans Brewpub Beer brewed on site and utterly delicious
6 The Sticky Wicket
This is yet another pub in the Strathcona Hotel--but the Wicket is a standout. Originally installed on an ocean liner, the beautiful wood interior--including dividers, glass, and a long teak bar--was later taken to a new home in Dublin. Only very recently--as part of a C$4-million renovation--was the whole package packed up and shipped here to Victoria, making it about as original an Irish bar as you're likely to find. Elevators can whip you from deepest Dublin up three floors to the mini-Malibu on the outdoor patio balcony. Faster than you can say Sinn Fein, that Guinness in your paw has been replaced with a fuzzy navel, and you're spiking and diving on the beach volleyball courts

 

[jandj]

Corky,
Your pub crawl list sounds great. I don't seem to have alot of time to hang out on-line. I must not manage my time well! This place is WAY faster. I don't have a problem here at all. When CC is too slow for my patience I will be here.

 

[Corky]

Hey jandj...I agree.....it is creepy, crawly over there....it seems so much slower after it was down this past weekend. I don't understand it.

What's funny about the Pub Crawl is: I don't drink beer...in fact, I hate beer...nasty....but my DH loves beer and I want him to have some good home brew, he's made his own a couple of times and others have said it is great and Victoria is supposed to be known for their beer so I'll tough it out for him and have some drinks along the way, especially an ice cold martini at # 1. Quite the martyr....aren't I? LOL

Ok....back to the old salt mine!!

 

[jandj]

Hey! I also hate beer. But Kerry and dad love it. I'm a margarita girl personally. I figure any place that has beer will also have something else, at least a glass of wine! If not time to move on.
jandj