Inside Passage cruising - May 10

After entering Discovery Passage and then Johnson Strait during the night, we arrived off the northern tip of Vancouver Island about 6:30 in the morning May 10th.
This was what was behind us, a fog bank

This is what was ahead of us, clear skies.

We quietly cruised on until about noon when we hit a heavy bank of fog that we stayed in till about 4 Pmm, then the fog cleared and we had increasingly clearing skies as we travelled on through the night.

I spent the day wondering round the ship, taking a few pictures, sitting in the sun and doing some crosswords.

A few pictures from the ships interior.  It is all done in glass, lucite, chrome, silvery metals, soft filmy fabric drapings, and predominantly white color scheme.  There is a lot of glass used through out the ship, so you get great sight lines, vistas wherever you look and the whole place feels lite and airy.  So here are a few interior pictures
the Sky Lounge at the very front of the ship an the 14th floor - a great to sit or lounge of chaises ans you watch the scenery go by
  

 then there is the Grand Foyer - running from the 3rd floor to the 15th floor - flanked by banks of elevators, also all glassed in AND there is a living tree suspended in a ball at about the 5th floor level. 

Looking through the elevator doors into and through the back wall of the elevator cabins 
 down to the Grand staircase in the Foyer
 The pool, the library below
 the library and games room
   Martini bar and lounge
 setting up for archery practise
Down one hallway to the specialty restaurants
  
 Casino area 
 Theater 






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