Originally, today was our port stop for Nuuk, Greenland. Then Plan B was to go into a fjord/glacier situation and then another smaller town south. Then Plan C was to skip the fjord and just go into the smaller today today. Well, ummm… not. The vast drift ice and currents just weren’t on our side. The captain said that they looked back at charts for the last 10 years and this is the worst year they’ve seen. I was disappointed that we had to miss Nuuk as it’s the capital and we had a full day planned there including a whale watching tour, a local yarn shop, and a brewery. Ugh.
Since the failure of the original itinerary, Plan B, and Plan C we are at a count of 5/10 sea days on a cruise that was originally supposed to be 3/10 sea days. But some good news in the mix… the captain is going to head back to Reykjavik a day early for an added shore day, so instead of 6/10 sea days we will stay at 5/10 sea days. Yes, we should have paid for the thermal suite on day 1 (or when booking, honestly).
At this point our sea days are pretty monotonous… sleep in, eat 2-3 meals at O’Sheehan’s, have a drink or two at Proof Whiskey Bar, have a drink or two at Gatsby’s, spend a little money on the slot machines in the casino, do some reading/knitting/spreadsheet work.
But Scott’s a happy boy on a cruise ship, generally. It’s his favorite way to travel. He says, “you can do as much or as little as you want”. It’s not my favorite way to travel, but there are appealing things about it when it’s set up right. So I’m going to consider this trip a learning opportunity, and we’ve already started talking about how we will plan cruises for the future. And since my love enjoys them so much, I can’t exactly call it a burden to plan one a year into our vacation planning. I mean… boo hoo for me, right?
And since my partner is so loving and easy going he’s fine with the types of things we are talking about to make future cruise trips work for both of us. For example, I will investigate the ship we are considering booking in a little more detail and make sure it has plenty of space and quiet areas for me to do my introversion thing in. And I will likely book us thermal suite passes on future trips. I used to think I would need a balcony room to make me super happy, but after this cruise in an interior cabin I think I’m ok with trading the cost of a balcony cabin for the cost of the thermal suite. We also have NCL status racking up, so within a couple more cruises we will have the status that gets you priority boarding and tender boat access (this means less lines for me to wither in), not to mention a free bag of laundry.
I think the NCL Bliss has our name on it for next summer…
Kjar-ied Away 