Today we gained another hour to be on Alaska time. I was up super early but Lucas slept until almost 6 local time. I had ordered coffee, tea, and apple juice the night before so that was fun to have on our balcony.

Then we met up with my parents and Estelle for breakfast in the buffet. Lucas ate 3 hard hard-boiled egg whites, along with other things. After breakfast we walked around. Lucas and I looked at the mini golf. It was a very small area. We also tried to find whales.

Around 9 am Lucas decided to try the kids club. He went right in. They gave me a pager to contact me if needed. While he was there, Don and I sat at the back of the ship for a bit. Then we met up with the family. We saw an orca pod. Then it started to rain so we went back to our room to get rain jackets.

Next, we went up to deck 17, everyone was there except Estelle. Right when I got up there, we could see a humpback whale.

I picked up Lucas around 11. He said he had fun. They did some crafts and had a dance party. He also mentioned he saw some whales. We got some pizza for lunch. It was really good. Princess does have great pizza!

After lunch Lucas and I went to the pool. It was about 60 degrees outside, but the pools were heated. It felt ok, but the hot tubs were better. Once Don came, I met my dad and sister in one of the hot tubs. Eventually Lucas and Don joined us also.

After the pool I got cleaned up and met my mom and sister for high tea. It was nice to hang out with just them. We had some good conversations and good tea.

We had dinner in the dining room again. Lucas had a cheeseburger, fries, and veggies. He also ordered the Baked Alaska for dessert even though it wasn’t on the menu. I had a Caesar salad and halibut, Don had beef. After dinner the chef came over and talked to us because somehow he found out he is from the same village in the Philippines as Estelle. He told us to meet here at 10 am Friday for a tour of the kitchen. He is also making us Filipino dishes to go with our dinners every night. He also asked if we were celebrating anything on this cruise and it looks like he wants to make a celebration for us on Friday. We told him it was just a family trip but he kept asking, so we mentioned there are a lot of summer birthdays in the family and our wedding anniversary is coming up.

After dinner we went to the rock opera show. Kelsey asked if I wanted to have some wine after Adeline was asleep, so I skipped out on the show and met her down at my room. Shortly after Don and Lucas were back. He said he was tired. My parents and Estelle watched the rest of the show.

Today we woke up around 6:45 and we packed to get ready to leave on the Princess Discovery.

We had breakfast again downstairs at the market. We also had some cherries that Don and his mom had brought back from when they visited with family yesterday. They also brought back some cheesecake, so we all worked on finishing that.

Then we made our way to the port. We had to take 3 different ubers. Getting through security was not too bad. Once inside we went to deck 5 to get some sandwiches. Then we went up to deck 17 so Lucas could check out the kid’s club. After that we met up with Estelle and found our muster stations.

Finally, around 2 we made it to the pool. The pool was nice and warm. It wasn’t crowded at all. My parents met up with us and then Kelsey for a bit. Then we came back to our balcony to see the ship take off. Lucas put on a movie and relaxed.

Before dinner Don met with his mom and Lucas and I hung out. We got ice cream cones and put magnets on our doors. We wanted to surprise our family with the Alaska themed magnets I got for everyone.

We ate dinner in the Juneau Dining Room. Lucas had chicken noodle soup, Mac and cheese and fries. Don had French onion soup and salmon. I had potato soup and cod. For dessert, most of us had cheesecake. Lucas had Baked Alaska.

After dinner we went with Estelle to the comedy/magic show. It was OK. After the show we got in an elevator with just one other man and Lucas said “this elevator is nice, it’s not busy at all, usually I am just stuck in the corner” 😂

Then we came back to the room, and we saw at least one whale /orca from our balcony! It was so beautiful outside. The views are already incredible on this cruise.