7-night Alaska southbound cruise on Norwegian Sun, Day 2: Morning at sea, Hubbard Glacier, La Cucina - June 7, 2016

Trip Index

• Cruise planning, pre-cruise stay in Anchorage, Grandview Train to Seward, embarkation
• Morning at sea, Hubbard Glacier, La Cucina
• Icy Strait Point, Seven Seas main dining room
• Skagway, Cagney's Steakhouse, Juneau, Tracy Arm/Sawyer Glacier, Le Bistro
• Ketchikan, day at sea, Moderno Churrascaria
• Norwegian Sun Disembarkation, post-cruise stay in Vancouver

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Day 2 Freestyle Daily and inserts:

tonight was dress-up night

On Tuesday morning, we enjoyed breakfast at the buffet before exploring the ship. Thankfully the rainy weather ended!

mmm...breakfast

brave souls in the pool

basketball and shuffleboard

port shopping talk in the theater

bingo

large library

passengers playing mahjong

pretty stairwells

Mandara Spa menu

deals for the spa

fitness center

The Four Seasons restaurant is one of two complimentary main dining rooms; the other is Seven Seas. The same menu is served at both venues, just different decor.

one of two main dining rooms

today's lunch menu

tonight's dinner menu

tonight's dessert menu

We grabbed lunch at the Great Outdoors Cafe, an extension of the buffet where you can sit al-fresco. This turned out to be our favorite buffet spot for breakfast and lunch. There are soft serve ice cream machines hidden out here as well.

doesn't look good but was fine

lots of cruise ships following each other

We then arrived at Hubbard Glacier. What a sight, with perfect weather! Kaleb and I enjoyed the view from our balcony. Our side (starboard) got to face the glacier first; the captain spun the ship around so the port side could also get a good look. We were able to witness some thunderous calving.

approaching Hubbard

fragments of glacier in the water

beautiful blue ice

calving in progress!

360 video of glacier calving (bad image quality but you can hear the sounds):

Hubbard Glacier thunderous calving #theta360 - Spherical Image - RICOH THETA

After the ship turned to port, we went up top to view the glacier some more.

360 spherical picture of the glacier:

#360Photo of Hubbard Glacier (drag mouse or move phone around to view) #theta360 - Spherical Image - RICOH THETA

360 spherical picture of the Great Outdoors Cafe, sailing away from Hubbard:

At the Great Outdoors Cafe, sailing away from Hubbard Glacier #theta360 - Spherical Image - RICOH THETA

Dinner tonight was at La Cucina, an Italian specialty restaurant. It wasn't too crowded. The meal didn't blow my mind but it was good, and dessert was yummy. Since we were using our specialty restaurant package, there was no extra charge besides optional beverages and additional gratuity you may wish to leave for exceptional service. Note that if you come here without the package, you pay the a-la-carte price on the menu.

La Cucina menu

wine list

more people showed up later

crusty bread with EVOO and balsamic

fried calamari

beef carpaccio

hand-poured minestrone

bruschetta

ossobuco

lobster fra diavolo

torta

tiramisu

After dinner, we roamed around the ship and listened to some live music before turning in.

pretty good band

elephant towel animal

Tomorrow, we arrive in Icy Strait Point...stay tuned!

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