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2011-2-27 作者: Kitty111
很不舍得的进入了7日游的最后一天
大家都开始到5楼的免税商店选购烟酒及其他礼品。每个成人的免税额可以带一条烟，1升的烈酒或1.5升(2瓶750ml)的葡萄酒。老公在加拿大买过 Absolut Vodka, 750ml 24.99元。在船上1升的才14.99usd，瞧瞧这差距，怎么这么大!
朋友看到一种礼品盒，里面有一支手表，一个手链，配套的项链加耳环，标价99.99，实际19.99元!朋友暑假正好要回国，一下子买了好多盒，回去送人真的是不错的礼物!还打电话要欧赶快过去选购几样。
欧往免税店走的路上，经过Explorations Cafe，忽然发现落地窗前有三张高背躺椅，有两个客人舒服地躺在椅子上，脚放在椅子前的脚踏上，一个在看书，一个在望海。第三张椅子空着!欧哪里能经得住这种诱惑，赶快过去把包放在椅子旁，到书架上找到一本诗集，往高背躺椅上一躺，双脚一翘，读一首诗，看一会儿海，那种内心的平静和惬意，如同窗外风平浪静的大海，感觉人这一生，能有如此的心境和享受，足矣!
记住了两句诗句：I was created in you, and you were created for me ......知道这是献给谁的吗?
女儿看到精美的礼品盒，也想给自己要一套，到处找欧，经过欧读书的地方，因为只能看到椅子背，经过了几次，也没发现欧。最终找到刚刚品完酒的爸爸，让爸爸圆了她的心愿。
不知欧躺了多久，渐渐困意袭来，竟然睡着了。突然感觉有人在摸欧的头顶，睁眼一看，是老公!老公说，孩子们找你找的好苦，你竟躲在这儿享受。不过，躲得再隐蔽，他看一眼躺椅上方漏出的一点头顶，就知道是欧的头!哪怕是漏出一根头发，他也能发现是欧的头发!吼吼，看来一辈子别想躲起来了!
依依不舍的离开舒服的躺椅，跟老公又到免税商店选购了一些礼物，就到了晚餐时间。最后一顿游轮上的晚餐，船长专门安排了特殊的菜单，还有专门的餐厅表演。整个晚餐气氛，很热烈，也极具亲情。所有厨房工作人员，一边唱，一边饶场一周，向大家表示感谢。总之最后一顿，让你回味无穷，流连忘返。稍稍有点难过，因为明天一早，就要离开这种奢侈，像从梦中回到现实世界一般。
晚上回到房间，每个房间已收到第二天下船的时间表，我们是8：15-8：30。还不错，可以起来享受最后一顿早餐，再下船。赶快把我们的大件行李放到房间门外，好让服务员第二天一早帮我们送到码头行李领取处。自己只需要带着随身行李下船。
出关大约用了半个多小时，站在五帆外，孩子们用渴望的眼神望着欧，问到：“妈妈，我们下次什么时候可以再坐邮轮?”
都说坐邮轮会让人上瘾，看来小孩子们已经上瘾了!恨不得跟着邮轮再兜一圈回来!说实话，偶也有点上瘾!
园友热议：
Qingjiao ：依我的体验，乘员为1500人的邮轮，抗风浪起伏能力不大，稍起点风浪，很容易晕船，如果晕船，再豪华和奢侈都将是受罪。
答复：说得不错，不过阿拉斯加走的都是inside passage,大部分时间 都是在岛屿之间穿行，所以风浪并不大。欧是又晕车又晕船又晕飞机的那种，走之前先备好了晕船药。谁知船行的比欧想象的平稳的多。虽然偶尔感觉到船在晃，但并没有晕的现象。很是庆幸。
8341 ： LZ， 不知道去了那几天涨了多少斤啊?? lol
答复：呵呵，让您失望了!欧是那种吃多少都不长肉的类型，能把同行的朋友们气死!有位怕长肉的朋友，看到精美的甜点，掉头就跑，怕自己忍不住诱惑。欧就经常装上漂亮的一盘子，在他面前美美的吃完。哈哈，气死人不偿命!
CRA ：正想准备8月份阿拉斯加游呢，咋不说说如何订的船票?
答复：欧是1月份定的船票，主要是看到Holland America Line搞活动，3rd&4th passenger船费才99元，加上税206.19，两个孩子非常合算，就赶紧给全家人定了。大人内舱房每人1056，海景房1306，已含税。每个房间还有100元的On board credit船上用钱。3个人内舱房总共usd2318， 海景房usd2818。
petty ：可是我的朋友带父母去了之后，说到后面几天无聊死了，天天吃的东西都一样，恨不能立马下船呢。看来楼主英明，合着几家一起去玩。
答复：对老人确实是一种挑战。不过出门就是体验一种新的生活，开阔眼界的，要调整心态去尝试并享受新的环境。
karl21 ：那个正餐餐厅的小费包了多少?你没将餐厅的小费另外放信封???
答复：小费每人每天11元，不用现给，每天会记到你的船卡上，包含了所有服务。
最后的账单上每人每天11块，一天不少，会从你的信用卡上划走的。不用另外单付。不过对非常好的服务，愿意表示一下，当然受欢迎。
啤酒，饮料可以自己带上船吗?网络肯定是不能带的啦，想上网的只能任宰了。
酒类带上船要收开瓶费，估计跟买一瓶差不多了。饮料不必带了，早晨有各类果汁牛奶供应，各种袋茶，咖啡，冰水，冰茶全天候供应，真想喝饮料，房间里1.95元一罐，喝个一两罐解解馋算了。小孩子有冰水喝也就不想饮料了。
CRA ： 海上航行中，甲板上是不是很冷?需要穿什么衣服?
答复： 航行的时候，有点风，在甲板上需要一件带里子的外套即可。观景的时候，碰到出太阳，不穿外套都可以。况且甲板上都给客人预备了小薄毛毯，可以躺在躺椅上或坐在椅子上，盖上小毛毯，就不冷了。怕冷的朋友建议带一件带绒里子的外套即可。
wangff22:请问船上可不可以带水?船上的饮料都是另付费的还是免费的? spa是免费的吗?你的孩子多大可以和大人分开吃饭?是不是除了自助餐,其他餐厅免费的都需要定位子?船上可不可以带车子上船?
答复：船上不需要带水，饮用水，冰水，各种茶水，咖啡(Regular & Deca) 餐厅随时供应. 早餐还有各种果汁，牛奶供应。只有酒类和soft drink (可乐，雪碧等)不免费。spa另外收费。我家小孩一个12岁，一个7岁，都是和其他孩子一起吃饭的。免费餐厅有的需要定位子，主餐厅都是顶好就餐时间的。婴儿车可以带上船。
深圳老虎先生： 单程的，7天7夜，因为路上80%没信号，所以也算是真正的休息了
在沿途有二次上岸的一整天的机会，上岸后你可以参加岸上的短途旅行，如：479元的直升飞机带你上冰川，然后在北极一样的环境里坐狗拉雪橇，或者99元出海去看鲸鱼，或者水上飞机上天逛一圈，直升飞机99元飞15分钟，还是很不错的，就是在船上美食太多了，恰好我这次旅行又遇上7.1的加拿大国庆和7.4的美国独立纪念日，估计我在这7天体重增加了3-4公斤，风景嘛，绝对没有班芙好，本来想游轮到达阿拉斯加州后继续4天的深入游，但是觉得太无聊了，所以就没有参加
答复：好的风景都在里面的国家公园内呢，单程过去，掉头回来，还不如订个7日往返游了，老虎，还要搭上机票
yun555： lz一定是第一次坐游轮，Holland America Line的船都比较小的，吃的相对也差，那里自助餐厅提供的食物品种少，而且开放的时间也短如果大家有钱，还是坐那些大游轮，有的上面有10几个餐厅，自助餐24小时开放
答复：欧确实是第一次坐游轮，所以感觉就像刚登陆加拿大时一样，一切都很新鲜。 HAL的船相对来说是比较小，但很适合喜欢安静舒适的人士，所以上面老人居多。可能偶也老了，居然喜欢小船!上面吃的，欧觉得不差，所有朋友都感觉挺好。服务也是5星级的。自助餐从早晨6点到半夜12点，虽然不是24小时，也足够我们奢侈了。
大邮轮选择更多，尤其是对孩子们来讲，更有吸引力。这一点毋庸置疑。欧会慢慢从小坐到大的。 都要体验一下才行啊!下一个目标---夏威夷7日环4岛游
wangf22： 请问kitty; 关于礼服.我买了个黑白相间的吊带,但是短款,裙子长仅到膝盖。请教不知道是不是popular的应该是颜色鲜艳或是有闪烁的,长款的。没有经过那个场合,怕不相称.请指教.
答复：呵呵，没关系的，并不是每个人都那么重视衣着，关键看个人的感觉!颜色鲜艳的，闪光的，照出相片来比较好看一点而已，黑色白色是永远的时尚，长款，短款并不重要。自己感觉光彩照人就好了!
经过同意，分享一下一个11岁的小游客的阿拉斯加游记，9月4日刚下的船。
Cruise To Alaska
It was near the end of the summer when I went on my first cruise of my entire life. I was on the cruise for a week and that week might be the best week of my life yet.
I went to 3 cities called Icy Straight(might be a town), Juneau, and Ketchikan. The city were not that big, but still very cool. Icy Straight was one of the smallest city/town I have ever seen. They have to big houses and that is it. The main tourist attraction was the Zip-line. The line came down from the top of the mountain down to the city/town. We thought it would cost around 30$(since the longest roller coaster in the world at Las Vegas cost only 24$ per person), but it cost 120$!!!! Can you believe it! The ride is only 3 minutes long. Even thought there was a lot of people on the Zip line, we did not ride it.
Juneau was smaller than I expected. The population was not that big, but it was still pretty fun. There was a lot of shops, so we bought lots of clothing and souvenirs to remember that place. There really isn't anything to write about Juneau since I barely did anything there. I wished I followed my friend Eric's sister because they got lots of free jewelries and other stuff which would have made me stayed longer in Juneau.
Ketchikan=Downtown Vancouver, there are shops everywhere. This time I did follow Eric's sister and got a lot of cool things like the Moonlight Sapphire and the Blue Topaz. There is also this place that sells stuff that changes colour in the sun. The stores called Del Sol, I bought a shirt that had a totem pole and says Alaska on it. It changes to almost all the colour you can name of in the sun(I am exaggerating). I also bought a pair of flip flops that changes colour to, but not that much.
The cruise... Don't get me started! There is everything. The food you name it!(this time I am not exaggerating!!) There are so many shows and programs to go to. Then again the shops just sucked. They were all jewelries and other stuff that girls would spend their entire cruise staring at bought the men they rely on to buy things would not buy it(LOL just a joke, I meant not to offend rich women(LOL)). The biggest thing I regret the most doing on the cruise ship was trying to find the mysterious shop called Sony Wonder. I first thought it was a Sony shop so I was excited. I kept trying to find it, but no matter what I just keep ending up in the Fortune Casino(the name of the casino). It turns out that Sony Wonder was actually a bar...Spent 20 minutes of my life trying to find a bar...
The overall experience was great and I had a terrific time. Can't wait till I go on another cruise!!
是一位12岁的小姑娘J写的，很不错的文笔，请大家欣赏一下!
Aug 29, 2010-Sep 5, 2010
by Jenny Hui
This summer, my family and I took an amazing cruise on board the Celebrity Mercury to the 49th state of America: Alaska!
I think I should better write about it, while I still remember.
Our adventure started on August 29th, when we walked up the gangway into the cruise ship, the Celebrity Mercury, totally unprepared for the whirlwind of exciting events about to unfold.
Although the smallest of the Celebrity fleet, the Mercury was still big enough for us to get lost on, a fact we found out on that first day. That day, we spent exploring through the endless hallways, receiving warm greetings from the staff, and generally getting to know the ship that was to be our home for the next seven days.
On the second day, we discovered the best part of the cruise, and the worst. The best being the endless buffet, the worst being we were all too seasick to eat. Being seasick is the most horrible feeling you could ever have on a cruise ship; unable to walk around much for fear of throwing up, stomach churning too much to eat, unable to attend the events and seminars because then you can feel the rocking of the ship even more.
There were endless choices of food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner; everything from Pinacolada ice cream to a whole roasted pig on a platter.
Unfortunately, we didn’t eat any of that. Day Two was an Inside Passage day, which meant we would not be docking anywhere.
Everyone would have been content to spend the whole day eating, except there was the seasick factor and there was just so much to see and experience. Each day was packed full with activities for the guests; seminars, sports events, films, and the highlight of the day: evening Las Vegas-style shows in the Celebrity Theatre!
I’m sorry to say we spent the whole morning and part of the afternoon in our rooms just lying there, trying not to throw up. Ceci, Eric, and I finally got up after hours to head up to the twelfth floor for some DS time, but instead got caught up in scrapbooking and kid’s activities, because we’d stumbled upon a Fun Factory celebration. We became the “Hui-Yang” family and took part in Insanity (and won), played mini-golf, and entered a draw.
That night, we had our first formal dinner, a very exciting experience for everyone. We were served from a top-quality five-course menu: appetizers, soups and salads, entrees, and finally dessert. Our table manners were finally put to the test when we had to eat in beautiful dresses and tuxedos.
Day three was our first port call. This was the day we met the friendly lunch waiter, Sashi, and learned to make “birds-of-paradise” while drinking strawberry and mango cocktails. We arrived at Icy Strait Point, Alaska, in mid-afternoon. The sun had come out, and we all took a stroll around the breathtaking rock beach, a place where we saw jellyfish in the shallows and even a sea anemone washed up on shore.
A hike through the woods resulted in Michael and Ceci to fall flat on their backs after slipping on the mossy logs around the trail. We also discovered lichen!
Icy Strait Point is home to the world’s largest zipline, which unfortunately we did not go on because it cost a ridiculous $120.
When we got back for dinner, I received a call from the Fun Factory staff calling to say that we had won the draw! Everyone else had left for dinner already, so only my dad and I went to pick it up and were able to surprise the others at the dinner table with our gifts. Ceci chose the blue blow-up exercise ball, Eric obtained the blue Fun Factory cap, and I picked the mini-plush-pillow, used for long road trips and such.
On the first day of September, we caught our first glimpse of the largest tidewater glacier in North America, the Hubbard Glacier. It was nothing like the glaciers we had seen in Banff; bigger, wider, taller, and, if possible, bluer. That day, we were lucky enough to have the perfect weather, overcast with hints of sunshine and sprinkles of rain, to get within a mile of the glacier. We were close enough for the crew of the Mercury to send out a tender and haul aboard our cruise ship a piece of thousand year-old ice that had broken off the Hubbard Glacier itself.
That evening, there was an incredible magic show performance in the Celebrity Theatre—Haines Magic! The magician was David Haines, hence the name Haines Magic, and his partner in magic as well as life, Abby. They performed big illusions (sawing a person in half, making someone disappear) and small illusions (slight of hand tricks with rubber bands or small objects). But the most amazing of all was the illusion nicknamed “Simply Impossible”, where the magician was in a box, his assistant on the outside. A cloth was obscuring our view of them, and in that split second, they have somehow switched places, because the cloth has dropped and you can now see the magician free, while his assistant is in the box. The applause was just as incredible as the show that night.
September 2nd we stopped at the capitol of Alaska, Juneau. Here, our “trick-or-treating” for jewels began. You see, we—or should I say Ceci—had hoarded quite a number of coupons for obtaining free items from jewellery stores, and our first trick-or-treating stop was Juneau. We also rode a gondola up Mount Roberts and learned about the Tlingit people and culture, viewed a blind female eagle named Lady Baltimore, and bought a Poo-Poo Bear. There was a tour around the State Capitol Building, which we attended, and a mini-movie in the equally mini Alaska State Museum.
Today’s show was a comedy, the comedian being Louis Johnson. Michael found it VERY funny, which should’ve given you a heads-up that this was going to be something only a person like Michael could enjoy.
For once the highlight of the night was not the show; it was the ‘Designed For You’ Culinary Extravaganza! (In other words, a feast of chocolate, a chocoholic’s dream come true, a contest to see who can eat the most desserts and pastries, an event that guarantees the guests a ten-pound gain by the end of the night…)
Chocolate fountain, white chocolate fountain, intricately carved ice sculpture décor, music on the dance floor, chocolate dipped fruit kebabs, chocolate buffet… Do I need to say anything more?
The next day was Eric’s birthday, and at midnight I sang Happy Birthday to him:
Happy birthday to you,
You’re a hundred and two!
You look like a monkey,
And you smell like one too!
That day we docked in the first city established in Alaska, Ketchikan, also known as the salmon capitol of the world and the quaintest little seaside town ever.
Our group split up here, and half of us, specifically the kids and two mothers, continued our trick-or-treating expedition and gained many new free objects. It was here that the Great Mom Marathon happened… we were short on free coupons that day and my mother had to run back down to our cruise ship, which was unfortunately docked at the farthest port, and back with the coupons.
We made it back in time to change and get made-up for formal dinner, where there was a miniature cake for Eric.
Our adventure to Alaska concluded on September 5th. We docked in Vancouver just before noon, and we all stepped off in a daze, the thoughts in everyone’s head circling around Was… was that seven days? Was it really? Because it seemed like we had just got on and now we have to come off. Why didn’t we book the 32-day cruise!?
We all gained an experience on the Celebrity Mercury that will never be able to be put into words, or be written onto paper. This journal will have to suffice. It has made such an impression, we still dream about that wonderful cruise ship when we’re asleep in our own beds at home.
It’s something you’ll have to experience yourself.
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