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Would you consider a cruise to Alaska the middle of September aboard the
Sun Princess?????? Would it be too cold for a balcony????? and how would you rate the Sun Princess????? Jeri Hurst |
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Sure. Take your bug repellent, jacket, and don't expect to see as much snow
or waterfalls. Pura Vida, G "Jeri Hurst" wrote in message ... Would you consider a cruise to Alaska the middle of September aboard the Sun Princess?????? Would it be too cold for a balcony????? and how would you rate the Sun Princess????? Jeri Hurst |
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Bring a good water proof windbreaker or such. It rains a lot. By
Mid-to-Late September many of the whales have already migrated to Hawaii. Still there might be some to spot. -- ________ To email me, Edit "blog" from my email address. Brian M. Kochera "Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once!" View My Web Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~brian1951 On 6/4/2007 6:28 PM G&G exclaimed: Sure. Take your bug repellent, jacket, and don't expect to see as much snow or waterfalls. Pura Vida, G "Jeri Hurst" wrote in message ... Would you consider a cruise to Alaska the middle of September aboard the Sun Princess?????? Would it be too cold for a balcony????? and how would you rate the Sun Princess????? Jeri Hurst |
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I have been on l3 Alaska cruises in May, June, July, August and
September and without a doubt the very BEST time to go is in late May or early June. September is the worst because there is a lot of over cast weather, clouds and rain. |
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Went to alaska the end of may,beginning of june,had beautiful weather
the entire cruise,neighbor went in september,and had a job fighting the bugs. fog,and rain cruise lover |
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I went on an adventure cruise in August 2005.. It was great. Yes, it
rained daily, but the whales were performing, and there were otters everywhere. Even saw a few bear. We kayaked daily. I had a blast. The downside was arriving back in Houston for KatrinaRita. I should have stayed in Alaska. Conrad |
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On Jun 8, 9:05 pm, (Surfer E2468) wrote:
Went to alaska the end of may,beginning of june,had beautiful weather the entire cruise,neighbor went in september,and had a job fighting the bugs. fog,and rain First CORRECT info I've seen posted by Surfer. The reason for what's good and not good during the May-September Alaskan cruising season is the beginning and end of the summer season in Alaska. I've been on the Alaskan cruises in September. It wasn't all that bad. The Princess is having DEEP discounts on the May/June Alaskan cruises now because they have trouble filling the ships in Alaska. For the June 9 Inside-passenge cruise (Glacier Bay, Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan, from Whittier to Vancouver) I was SURPRISED which is very rare these days that the breakdown of the cruise price was only $289 pp/do for the 7-day cruise (cabin and meals!) for the Princess!!! The average hotel room per night is over $100 now in the USA, and the food and entertainment alone would cost more than the cruise price for the week. The port charges are $210 pp, and $147.07 pp goes to TAXES. I can hardly see how the cruise line makes any money on that kind of fare. That's the only reason I am on this cruise since I've been on the identical itinerary before and bought a beautiful Alaskan wolf skin in Ketchikan that cost more than the cost of this cruise for two. :-) I get emails from various cruise lines EVERY DAY on their bargain-basement "special fares" for cruises everywhere. The cruise business is hurting for having TOO MANY SHIPS, too many fleets, and not enough cruisers to fill them day in and day out. Which is GOOD NEWS to those like me who can pick the "last-minute" bargains and go anytime I am not booked on some other cruises. -- Reef Fish Bob. |
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Reef Fish wrote:
The reason for what's good and not good during the May-September Alaskan cruising season is the beginning and end of the summer season in Alaska. I'm completely new to cruising (and this group - hi!), and am going on a cruise to Alaska on the Golden Princess in July (21st). What is the weather likely to be like then? I don't like lugging luggage, so anything I don't need to pack… -- Keera in Norway * Think big. Shrink to fit. http://home.online.no/~kafox/ |
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Joseph yourDROPTHIS2comcast.net wrote:
(Keera Ann Fox) wrote in news:1hzhqv9.q8vwpkifh1ctN%thinkbig.shrinktofit@on line.no: Reef Fish wrote: The reason for what's good and not good during the May-September Alaskan cruising season is the beginning and end of the summer season in Alaska. I'm completely new to cruising (and this group - hi!), and am going on a cruise to Alaska on the Golden Princess in July (21st). What is the weather likely to be like then? I don't like lugging luggage, so anything I don't need to pack╜ What is the weather in Oslo in July? Bergen? It should be in the high 20's Celsius and it should be sunny,, but I have been there in July with cool rains. That sounds like Bergen, where I live. Except... These last years the weather patterns have changed, bringing us more rain in winter and outright heat in the summer. Right now, southern Norway is experiencing what can only be described as a heatwave - our warmest June since 1887. Bergen's been having up to 80F in the shade, whereas we normally peak at 66F this time of year, and consider 75F hot (which it is in the shade here, today; Wednesday is predicted to have rain and 55F, which is far more like a normal Bergen summer). So one reason I ask about Alaskan weather is find out what the normal pattern is and whether or not it has changed the last couple of years. I would normally tell people to be prepared for degrees below 60F for Bergen (where I live) in the summer, but considering how our last 3-4 Julys have been, I also have to tell them to be prepared for 80F and no AC. And they can't even count on it to rain. It will defintely be cool if you are in Glacier Bay What's "cool" for Glacier Bay? -- Keera in Norway * Think big. Shrink to fit. http://home.online.no/~kafox/ |
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