It has been two years 2017 since our last cruise on a Cunard ship Queen Victoria thru the Panama Canal and two years prior that 2015 on the QM2 for its TA 175 Anniversary voyage.
So must be a pattern now we are on the Queen Elizabeth 2019 for one of its four 10 day cruises in Alaska Vancouver – Vancouver
Cunard after 20 years has returned to Alaska and for 2020 will be operating a full May – September Alaska cruise season out of Vancouver with the QE such the demand exceeded their expectations.
Liz and I were surprised when one of our daughters and her family ( 2 granddaughters) plus her mother-in-law decided to join us
Cunard has a wonderful kids club so that helped plus I learned to sample a lot of Gins from the Gin Bar
Our first cruise was Vancouver return on Celebrity Infinity August 2001 to Alaska
It included us visiting Hubbard Glacier again
And visiting Skagway again 🚢😊
Course the town has grown a lot and with four ships in very crowded.
We decided this time to take a return ride on the WhitePass railway which is about 3 hours long. Not for the faint hearted if heights bother you looking down from the side of the carriage
I had to add a mascot to my collection of Cunard bears so this time bought Mr Bobby or should I say “Constable 👮♀️ Rob ”
We only had two Formal nights of the ten nights
First night was Black/White and second Formal was Roaring Twenties
Here is my daughter and granddaughter dressed. We were unable due to ships cough , will explain later on
icey Straits is a private island opened up to cruise companies and offers all thing Alaska. A days tender port
Here are some pics around the ship
Easy to walk and find
Our favourite spot was Garden Lounge and to enjoy a midday Hot Chocolate with Cognac and such
Not to forget the Library with its two decks and drop off a book and take one in return
I had forgotten I get a few free hours internet being now Gold but I used my $8 CDN daily mobile roaming plan instead when in port
That way I could easily post pictures
Finally the Fanzine members got a picture together at the World Club drinks event
Mr CC Paul Cunane, myself , Liz and Gillian Heard
Cunard just informed us we only have 31 more nights to move to Platinum status
We have cruised on the three Cunard ships in the last four years for a total of 39 nights. 😊🚢🎉🍷🇧🇧
Our family and granddaughter did get to the Commodore Club early in evening after a show and being Alaska one could enjoy late sunsets
Of course we enjoyed leaving Vancouver and the Inside Passage day
At one point early in the day I saw a mast outside our Cabin Window 1105
Turns out it was the Canadian Pilot boat come to collect the pilots and the waves were choppy
on about the last few days Liz came down with a dreadful cough and fever such she missed the Roaring Twenties Ball and had even bought a special gown which is now gathering dust.
I thought I had escaped but on the day of disembarkation I was now with such plus a fever
When we got here home I slept from mid afternoon till following day and it took 2 weeks to get back to normal, still cough stacks at times
Our final port visit before Vancouver was Victoria and due to Marine shore rules we could not leave the ship. QE is deemed leaving and arriving a Canadian port for the 10 days
Who says kids do not enjoy Cunard. Here is my granddaughter waiting for desert, outside on deck
To close our cruise
The dreaded luggage in the corridor
The only issue I had was changing our meal times to 5:30 pm especially as tour times did not close earlier
They say it was done to satisfy a group but that group had left three cruises prior to us
Of course we had a great family time together
Now I just have to work out how not to get the dreaded Cunard cough in the future
Did I mention we had just returned from my Nieces wedding in Barbados 🇧🇧 month prior 🇧🇧😊🎉🍷
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