Alaska Cruise - Milky Way Visible?

[MUcrick]

Hello! I was wondering if the ship’s deck is dark enough in the evening to see the Milky Way on the Alaskan Cruise (July 17th departure).

Thank you!

 

[Marc D]

Light pollution from the ship prevents seeing anything noteworthy in the night sky.

 

[dad of 3 addicted to DCL]

Sadly, true. On our first cruise I was really excited about taking my kids to sea. The night sky on a darkened ship well over the horizon from 'the world' is truly a thing of beauty. I retired from the Navy before my kids were old enough to go with me to sea, so I excitedly bustled everyone up topside on our first night of the first cruise to see...the moon. I nearly cried.

 

[Geomom]

You're also going to have a lot of daylight in July. Sunrise around 4:20AM, sunset at 9:50PM...add in dusk/dawn and you're only looking at about 4 hrs of 'complete' darkness.

Looks like your cruise starts just after the full moon as well...cutting down on the number of stars you could possibly see.

 

[MUcrick]

Thanks for everyone’s response. I assumed that I would be out of luck. But hey, we’re on a cruise!! We’ll make do and find some other activities to enjoy!