Alaska (August 2025)

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Vacation - August 2025

USA - Alaska

Cruise vacation to Alaska (via Vancouver Canada) - ship Celebrity Solstice

Celebrity Suite 1619 (interior) Ship Celebrity Solstice (interior)

Vancouver (Canada) Icy Strait Point (Alaska) Hubbard Glacier (Alaska) Juneau (Alaska) Ketchikan (Alaska)

Evening show (on ship): Musicals with Acro Dancers

Meals (on ship): Luminae restaurant (suite guests only)
Fine dining (on ship):   Murano (cook by the table dinner)
                                    Murano (tasting menu with wine pairing)
Light lunch (on ship):   Sushi Five

Dinner in Vacouver (Canada): Kirin 麒麟

Celebrity Suite 1619 (ship Celebrity Solstice)

Remarks (September 2025):
My suite (Celebrity Suite 1619) on ship Celebrity Solstice. Celebrity Suite is the 3rd largest suite on this ship.
Alaska, icy enough to wear my mink fur coat.

Ship Celebrity Solstice
(Michael's Club Lounge & Luminae restaurant)

Remarks (September 2025):
On ship Celebrity Solstice, Luminae restaurant & Michael's Club lounge, both are for suite guests only.
For Luminae restaurant, the top 3 largest suites (including my Celebrity Suite) goes to one section (second photo), all other suites guests go to the other larger section (third photo).

Ship Celebrity Solstice (interior)

Remarks (September 2025):
Being suite guest, I was offered priority boarding. Good! I could go round the ship to take photos before the big crowd boarded the ship!
Of all the restaurants, Murano's food was best (first 4 photos), can be ranked as fine dining.

Vancouver (Canada)

Remarks (September 2025):
One overnight stay in Vancouver (Canada), then continue cruising towards Alaska (ship Celebrity Solstice).
View towards Stanley Park & West Vancouver.

Remarks (September 2025):
Below photos were taken from my ship Celebrity Solstice, when it started leaving Vancouver (Canada).

Remarks (September 2025):
Below video was taken from my ship Celebrity Solstice when it started leaving Vancouver.
First 100 seconds of this video is the view towards West Vancouver, next 20 seconds is Downtown Vancouver and Stanley Park. Last part of this video was taken when the ship just left Vancouver port.

https://www.facebook.com/cecilia.chow.714/videos/1828383064775834

Evening Show at the Theater (Ship Celebrity Solstice)

Remarks (September 2025):
There were shows every evening.
This one was one of the shows. Impressive performance of the acro dancers.

https://youtu.be/OdQxtO0P7wM

Icy Strait Point (Alaska, USA)

Remarks (September 2025):
Very nice sunny day, much warmer than I expected, can wear just a light sweater.
I tried the local crabs, very fresh indeed!

Remarks (September 2025):
Below video was taken on the way back, the other cruise ship has already left.

https://www.facebook.com/cecilia.chow.714/videos/1721457711889727

Hubbard Glacier (Alaska, USA)

Remarks (September 2025):
Hubbard Glacier in Alaska's St. Elias National Park (largest tidewater glacier in North America). The ice here is famous for its nice blue color.
It was cold (especially without sun), 50°F but feels like 43°F with the outdoor wind.
The ship arrived the area in early morning 8:30am & stayed till 12:30pm.
First photo, me on my suite's balcony.

Remarks (September 2025):
First 40 seconds of below video was taken from my suite on the ship, when it enters Alaska's St. Elias National Park.
The rest of the video was taken at front part of the ship, when it sailed slowly towards Hubbard Glacier.
Middle part of the video has closest view of the glacier.
Final 1 minute 40 seconds of the video shows the panoramic view of the Hubbard Glacier.

https://www.facebook.com/cecilia.chow.714/videos/1083354996886650

Juneau (Alaska, USA)

Remarks (September 2025):
Nice & sunny at Juneau (Alaska). That's was lucky! As this area rains frequently (over 220 days per year).
Very scenic & comfortable... nice relaxing, back to nature feel.
Good to see some big ice in the water at Twin Sawyer Glacier (Tracy Arm Fjord), also the waterfalls.
Most exciting was seeing the black bears & whales !

https://www.facebook.com/cecilia.chow.714/videos/1112238764350400

https://www.facebook.com/cecilia.chow.714/videos/1341367607394298

https://www.facebook.com/cecilia.chow.714/videos/1307287474283287

Ketchikan (Alaska, USA)

Remarks (September 2025):
Very happy that it's sunny day, as Ketchikan rains frequently.
Ketchikan port can dock up to 6 large cruise ships, ie tourists can be 3 times the local population!
Other than the nice scenery (mountains & islands), most interesting was seeing the bald eagles (symbol of USA) !