Since we only had some very light snacks on the boat and no lunch, we were hungry. Once we were dropped off we headed straight to Tracy’s Crab Shack. It came highly recommended by Shane (our server) and I had read good things about it online. It wasn’t nearly the dive that had been described to us. There were permanent structures and a nice covered seating area with picnic benches to eat at. This came in handy as it was now raining.
But, most importantly, the food was just as good if not better than described. We ordered an order each of beer battered shrimp and crab cakes.
DNeighbors ordered The Crab Shack Combo which included (1) King Crab leg, (4) crab cakes and an 8 oz. cup of Bisque all for $32.95. The crab legs were humongous and served with melted butter. All the food was served with garlic rolls and cole slaw. We had the beer battered shrimp and crab cakes, which were both out of this world. So much so that DH went back and ordered seconds.
I went to take some pictures of the Wonder from the dock.
After the delicious snack, my goal was to find a mailbox so I could mail some postcards back home.
We walked down the main street and did some shopping and found the mailbox. Did I mention that it was raining now? On the way back towards the ship, DD went to the Del Sol store. Seems kind of oxymoronic in Alaska, right?
Anyway, they actually had a store in each port, kind of like Diamonds International. Anyway, DD found a really cute Disney Alaskan shirt with Mickey and Minnie and the Auriol Borealis on it that changes colors in the sunlight. It is really cool!
The shuttles were lining up across the parking lot from the Del Sol store. The last shuttle to the ship was at 4:00 so we went to stand in line and made it back to the ship before the 4:45 all aboard. We watched the ship leave port from our verandah before going to dinner.
While getting dressed, we checked the channel with all of the current weather info, route info, etc. This is what we saw. This showed the route we had taken so far to get to Juneau.
Tonight we would be heading back down Stephen’s Passage to Frederick Sound, then to Chatham Strait down to Clarence Strait, into Ketchikan.
It was semi-formal night and dinner was Triton’s with the Toy Story menu, complete with 3D glasses, which actually only makes the picture on the front of the menu 3D. We saw several people dressed as their favorite Pixar character. The table next to us dressed like the chefs from Ratatouille. Another family was dressed as Woody, Jessie and Ham. While I hadn’t ordered many drinks on this cruise, I did order the Deputy Mai Tai tonight, which was very good. I think it threw Steve for a loop as he assumed I didn’t drink. Everybody had a wonderful time on our excursion and was reliving seeing the orcas so close.
I took some pictures of DD at the Ariel statue. The girls went to see Maleficent
in the Buena Vista Theater at 8:15 PM. While it was my original intention to join them, my head still hurt from hitting it in the taxi so I opted to join the rest of the adults in the calm and quiet of the Outlook Café. We were pretty much the only ones there. While we were sitting, talking and enjoying our various drinks, Jerome (the whale whisperer) spotted a whale off the starboard side. Soon after, the Asst. Cruise Director made an announcement that whales were on both sides of the ship. It had stopped raining, but it is still very wet on deck and very cold. DNC and I went out to the railing and watched several humpback whales. One was the nearest I’d seen yet to the ship yet (no photo cropping). (Thanks DNC for the photos!)
We watched them until they had gone under and were too far away to see. Once we returned inside where it was warm, it started raining again.
The Pixar Party was scheduled again for 10:15 PM in the lobby atrium. The plan was to meet DD in the stateroom and then head down to the party. When she arrived, she had changed her mind. After 2 early morning excursions and 2 full days in port, we were exhausted, so we called it a night and went to bed.
Our towel animal tonight was:
Next: You can fly!