Today we arrived in Seattle, the final destination of this cruise. After an early breakfast with the family, I went out to take a few photos. Seattle is a busy port, with lots of activity. The views of the city I saw were nice, including the "Space Needle", and also the Evil World Headquarters of Starbucks. These past 18 days flew by. For those of you considering a cruise, it’s a great way to travel, I highly recommend it.
A FEW MORE SHIP FACTS & INFO
While there are newer vessels in the Princess fleet, the Sun Princess is still a nice ship. I thought I’d mention a few more useless and fascinating facts about the Sun Princess ship that I have called home for the past 18 days.
* Built in Italy in 1998 at a cost of over $350 million* To my surprise, this ship carries a museum-class art collection valued at nearly $3 million, a portion of which has been profiled on this blog.
* Runs on 4 diesel engines with 44.5 megawatt capacity, 28 megawatt propulsion and cruises at a maximum speed of 21 knots
* The crew wash over 51,000 dishes and 17,000 glasses PER DAY
* Prepare over 6,000 pounds of beef, pork, lamb, veal, poultry, shellfish and seafood combined, PER DAY
* Utilize over 1,000 pounds of flour PER DAY
* Use 9,000 fresh eggs PER DAY
* Serve 5,000 pounds of fresh fruits PER DAY
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PARTING IS SUCH SWEET SORROW....
Although I'm happy to be back home in Palm Springs and see the dog and cat, I know I will miss being at sea this week (maybe the first night I need to cook dinner). Now that I have completed an 18 day cruise, I think I can easily handle a 30 day journey somewhere...it’s just that pesky job that gets in the way of my social life and vacation schedule!
Although I'm happy to be back home in Palm Springs and see the dog and cat, I know I will miss being at sea this week (maybe the first night I need to cook dinner). Now that I have completed an 18 day cruise, I think I can easily handle a 30 day journey somewhere...it’s just that pesky job that gets in the way of my social life and vacation schedule!
Photo above: left: One last look at the Atrium elevators in the Sun Princess & above right: Me waving goodbye from the ship.
Thanks for reading my travel blog. Tomorrow I'm planning a brief summary with a few highlights and family photos too!
Thanks for reading my travel blog. Tomorrow I'm planning a brief summary with a few highlights and family photos too!
-Rick Rockhill
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Welcome CruiseCritic.com members!
I love Cruises! I went on my first cruise last April/May in the Caribbean and we are going on another one this December! Nothing like it. I wish I could have taken the long cruise like you did. My partner has done that same cruise though the Panama Canal, I hope to one day go on that one.
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