Alaska 7 day Northbound highlights
We’re on the second to last night of a 7 day Vancouver to Whittier sailing on the Nieuw Amsterdam and have gotten incredibly lucky with weather: warm sunny days every day and didn’t see a drop of rain. First obstruction to the view at all was some fog that rolled in tonight after a few hours in the Gulf of Alaska. Our only disappointment (though we came in with back up plans for our backup plans)was encountering closed trails at Mendenhall glacier due to anticipated flooding. Anyway, just wanted to share some cruise inspo pics for anyone who is on the fence about splurging for this voyage. You absolutely CANNOT count on this kind of weather, but even one of our three port days would be a trip highlight on its own and the ship experience has been an ideal introduction to HAL. We (39f, 41m, 16f, 9m) had a wonderful experience in our obstructed ocean view cabins as first time cruisers and would recommend it, for sure!