First Cruise Ship of the Year

Ron Niebrugge Alaska, Chugach, Photos, Travel 3 Comments

The Fred Olsen Cruise Lines ship Balmoral leaving Seward, Alaska last Thrusday.

The Fred Olsen Cruise Lines ship Balmoral leaving Seward, Alaska last Thursday.

April 16th seems early for our first ship of the summer.  The passengers aboard this ship are taking part in a 104 day around the world cruise.  This ship, and these same passengers were in the news in early March when it was reported that pirates attacked the  ship off the coast of Somalia.  I remember seeing an interview on the Today show where passengers or crew talked about having to take cover as shots were being fired.  The cruse line came out recently and said not only were there no shots fired, but that there was never attacked.  Who knows.  Unfortunately, I didn’t realize it was this ship until after it departed, or I would have asked one of the many passengers who passed by the house that day about what happened.

Thanks for the responses to the Ask Ron post – I will follow up with answers soon.

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  2. Ron,
    Nice photo of the cruise ship. We had such wonderful weather for this early arrival! We offered cruises on our schooner, the Alaskan Rover, but worried for weeks prior that the weather wouldn’t be condusive to a sail in mid-April. We had 10 passengers from the cruise ship who all had a wonderful sail with us.
    The ship’s port of call was a great boon to our local economy, which is grappling with the current economy and the immediate road closure and shut down of Seward this weekend of April 25th. But we are looking forward to a wonderful summer and seeing more of your fab photos!
    Indeed, some of our Alaskan Rover passengers from the cruise ship mentioned that one of the most exciting parts of their voyage was being chased by Somalian pirates. Not a lot of details, but they did verify the event.
    Nice blog! Thanks.
    Deborah Altermatt

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