Cruise Number 5

Our 5 cruise was in 2018 and where did we go? Somewhere new? Well, let us find out.

The basic questions

We need to ask are

Will be on a new Cruise line?

Will we be going out of LA area?
Will we be on the West Coast?
Well we venture into new terriories?
Well we try a new cruise line?

Well

We didn’t leave the west coast at all. We sailed out of one of Seattle, Washington’s cruise ports. We were headed towards Alaska. We did the following:

Juneau, Alaska
Skagway, Alaska
Cruise Glacier Bay
Ketchikan, Alaska
Victoria, British Columbia
Seattle, Washington

We changed this up by going to Glacier Bay this time.

What ship

We went on the Ruby Princess, this is a sister ship to the Crown Princess. The layout was the same. This time we got a Suite. Thank goodness we did. It was on deck 8 at the rear of the ship. It was a bunch of money. Yea, but it was worth it.

Story

My youngest was graduating from High School and so we thought we would go on a cruise before the summer where the kids go their separate ways and on with their lives. My son went to a graduation party that night and well by the time we left for the airport. Everything changed, it was a living hell. He broke his foot that night. This is what Friday looked like.

Took him to the doctor
Found it was broken
Was put in a boot
Got crutches
Had to pack him
- He didn’t pack anything. What the hell?
- So I was trying to find things
Went to a medical supply place to rent a scooter, and they didn’t have any. We had to buy one. WTH!!
- That was $250 I didn’t have
Went to Ross to get some shoes, couldn’t find some of his shoes
Got to the airport
- The same time as my sisters and they were flying out 2 hours after we were
Took forever through security
- They had to scan him
They weren’t going to allow me to board since I had more than one carry on
- No kidding, I had
  - My carry on
  - My son’s carry on
  - My backpack
  - His crutches
I had to explain that the kid on the scooter couldn’t carry his carry on.

Got on the flight very last. Again. I hate arriving late.

Juneau, Alaska

We got into Juneau and we needed to go shopping. My wife wanted a new piece of luggage. I couldn’t afford a new one. What the heck. But dealing with her and my son. It was a stressful time.

Yep, we brought a new 28″ check-in baggage. That just means more for me to tow around.

Second Time

This is the second time a foot was broken within 2 years. Not one foot, he broke both of them. One his Jr. year during football. One after he graduated. I could go on and on.

This was the second time I have been to Alaska, I could go again. We had a suite that was nice to hold all of the crap we had. The scooter and other things. I would do a suite again. But for the price of it well let’s just say it was about $7,500 for 4. Below is the balcony.