Day 18 (trip) Day 15 (cruise) - We unfortunately had a medical emergency on the ship, according to the captain’s announcement. This led to us fortunately getting to Seattle at 7:00 AM instead of the scheduled 12:00 PM. I had booked an excursion to Snoqualmie Falls which was changed as well to the morning departure.
It was about an hour’s drive to Snoqualmie Falls. Our tour guide dropped us off at the bottom of the falls and it was a short hike to the top. Of course, I took a lot of pictures. It was very scenic for a forest hike, a river and 270-foot waterfall. After exploring the gift shop and the grounds, it was another one-hour bus ride back to the ship.
When the ship is in port, there is not a charge to go up in the North Star observation arm. I am not sure why people would pay extra to go up for an extended ride when we were out to sea, since all you would see is water. The North Star observation arm gave us the view of Seattle from the ship. I was talking to Camilla who was running the groups that go on the North Star. She also was the instructor of the pool exercise group. Camilla is originally from Italy and is on her first tour working for Royal Caribbean.
As I looked towards the west, I saw a plume of black smoke, which I know is the start of a fire coming from the marina. I called 911 and they asked where the fire was. I laughed and said “I don’t know the address. I’m on the cruise ship but it looks like the marina.” The fire was extinguished quickly once the fire department arrived.
Tonight was the night that Elenia and I were going to Izumi’s again so that she could embarrass me with the staff singing “Happy Birthday” to me with a big dessert platter. After that I had to get packed for the journey home tomorrow.
