Comments on: Amazing Cruise: back, and a wee bit tired

By: KaiYeves

KaiYeves — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:11:08 +0000

He’s the OTHER Dr. Phil.
(Like the OTHER white meat.)

By: KaiYeves

KaiYeves — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:10:31 +0000

He’s the OTHER Dr. Phil.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 01:43:18 +0000

Because there’s no need for formality on a blog…

Sure, we could call him Dr Plait all day long, but why? We all understand and respect his level of education as well as his mind – why do we need to use cumbersome, excessively formal titles in an inherently informal setting?

By: mschoppe

mschoppe — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:29:55 +0000

Why are you so tired? Did you do something foolish like get up before noon during the cruise? Silly, silly B.A.

By: Selina Morse

Selina Morse — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:08:59 +0000

Why does no-one use Dr. Phil’s proper title? It has been earned – not conferred.

Just curious.

By: Curtboy

Curtboy — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:50:52 +0000

One more Bad Astronomy siting. Our planetarium in Edmonton, AB is putting on a UFO conference. Bad World of Science! Help us Phil… you’re our only hope!

By: Miranda

Miranda — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:57:09 +0000

Great trip! I went on this same cruise back in 2001. The ship left Vancouver at 5pm Monday, Sept 10… and you know what happened next. On Tuesday morning there were signs up all over the ship announcing that internet access was free “due to the terrorist activity in New York”. Unfortunately, without any news (no stops for at least another day), nobody knew what terrorist activity they were talking about. It was really weird, we were trapped on the ship and news trickled in slowly (1 plane down, 3 planes down, 1 plane missing, one tower hit, both towers collapsed).

Every time we docked there was a mad rush for phones and news, of course. And yet, when on the ship, we were still taken aback by the beauty and peace of the inside passage, the whale sightings, and, of course, glacier bay. It was breath-taking, scary, peaceful and panicked. All a bit surreal.

By the time we got back a week later, some planes were flying again in Canada and cruise ships were permitted to dock (some earlier arrivals were not so lucky, and were held at sea for a few days).

And kudos to my cruiseline (Norwegian) who ultimately made internet access AND phone free for the duration of the trip, so people could find out news and make alternate travel arrangements for getting home.

That and the glaciers are things I’ll never forget.