WONDERful Alaska for Gold! 8/11/25-8/18/25

[Geomom]

Wednesday 8/13/25: Glacier Viewing, part 2:

We all met up for lunch at Tiana’s at 12:20PM.

21 had the Parrot Song (non-alcoholic drink of day) and I had the Sunken Treasure (drink of day)

I had the Portobello Mushroom Carpaccio

DH had the Thai Fish Cakes

21 had the Roasted Olives with Rosemary and Feta/Sliced Cacciatore/Roasted Bell Peppers

21 and I had the Mild Chicken Breast Curry

25 had the Pan Roasted Salmon

DH had the Southwest Black Bean Burger

21 and I had the Warm Cherry Crepes

25 had the Chocolate Crème Choux Buns

DH had the Gold Rush Sundae

 

[Geomom]

Wednesday 8/13/25: Glacier Viewing, part 3:

They had announced that we would definitely be going down Endicott Arm and seeing Dawes Glacier. Tracy Arm had recently had a landslide, preventing boat traffic there.

We met Koda while walking on deck 4 promenade at 1:30PM as we sailed down Endicott Arm.

There was a free hot cocoa cart on deck 4 promenade that we enjoyed as well!

It's getting colder!

Pics from Endicott Arm (glacier pics in next post!)

On our August 2016 cruise, we saw tons of seals/seal pups on the ice bergs. We saw NO seals here this year.

 

[Geomom]

Wednesday 8/13/25: Glacier Viewing, part 4:

DH and I met Minnie on deck 10 at 3:45PM (the app said character would be out for 10 minutes—they were out for an hour each on deck 10 by the glacier.)

Then DH, 25, and I met Mickey on deck 10 at 5PM. Okay...so yes, we actually waited 1 hr for each character, but the weather and views were awesome! We got lots of great pics of the glacier while waiting.

The Wonder got really close to the sides of the fjord as we turned. Cast members said it's the closest they've gotten to Dawes Glacier this season.




Glacier!

 

[Geomom]

Wednesday 8/13/25: Glacier Viewing, part 5:

Dinner tonight was in Triton’s again with the “Freezing the Night Away” (Frozen) Menu

21 had the Ice Palace and I had the Pearfection

21 and I had the Andersen Baby Field Greens

DH and I had the Oaken’s Red and Yellow Beetroot Salad

25 had the Sven’s Carrot Soup

I had Hans’ Juniper Marinated Pork Tenderloin

DH had Pabbi’s Stuffed Cabbage Roulades

25 had the Herb Roasted Chicken

21 had Bulda’s Vegetable Turnover

 

[Geomom]

Wednesday 8/13/25: Glacier Viewing, part 6:

21 and I had the Pannekaken

I had the Frozen Yogurt Romanoff Sundae

25 had Olaf’s White Chocolate Floro Dome

DH had Oaken’s Warm Apple Pudding Cake

We shared Elsa’s Chocolate and Raspberry Tart

And the Sitron Mousse

We went to the 8:30PM Walt Disney Theater show, Jon Armstrong, magician/comedian. He was fantastic!

While walking on deck 9, we discovered that there were chunks of glacier ice near both the family pool and adult pool. I love that you can see the striations in this block!

 

[Geomom]

Wednesday 8/13/25: Glacier Viewing, part 7:
Today’s special ice cream flavors were strawberry and blueberry.

While up on deck 10, I took pics of the sunset.


And of the moonlight (I discovered my camera phone could do night mode) from deck 4.

Towel Animal: Bear!