Question : Inside Passage

"Brian K" wrote in message
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Nonny plucked Senior Frog's Magic Twanger and said On 2/16/2010 10:53 PM:

"Jeff Gersten" wrote in message
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What exactly is the inside passage for Alaskan cruises? And why is it
important, or not important? Can it only be done from Vancouver, or can
it also be done from Seattle?


Jeff, the hallways of a ship can be on the inside or the outside. In
Alaskan waters, waves and storms can be fierce, and an outside
passage(way) can be hideously dangerous. Only the inside passages are
safe during those transits. Poor Mrs. Nonny and I had an outside passage
cabin once during an Alaskan cruise. The poor thing was on her scooter
when a huge wave came crashing down the passage, sweeping her and the
bottle she was carrying for me out into the Gulf of Alaska.

Fortunately, a pod of killer whales was swimming by and spotted her.
They tossed her about for almost an hour before depositing her back onto
the cruise ship, unharmed. My bottle of booze was lost, but at least my
dear wife was saved. To this very day, whenever we go to Alaska, killer
whales follow us, hoping for a repeat performance and another bottle of
tequila.

My most sincere advice is to tell your travel agent that you want a cabin
with an INSIDE passage and not one with an outside passage.

Nonny you'll have to do better then that to be more believable. Had the
event happened for real, Mrs. Nonny would have suffered several broken
bones, internal injuries from being tossed about. Additionally, she
probably would have died from hypothermia before the whales ate her.

Brian, you don't know Mrs. Nonny! ;-) That woman is a survivor!

--Jean