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Alaska Inside Passage Example

A week-on-the-water template. Ports are the usual Inside Passage stops. Line, ship, and cabin stay TBD until we book something real.

Idea Cruise

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We’d stand on deck in Glacier Bay even if the rest of the week were rain.

Example recap line — not a real trip memory. Example

Overview

Dates: TBD — example week
Who’s going: Add names when we know
Status: Idea
Line: Line TBD
Ship: Ship TBD
Cabin: Type and number TBD
Departure port: Seattle or Vancouver — undecided
Confirmation: No reservation yet

Getting to the ship

How we reach the embarkation port, and an optional hotel next to it. Not a reservation.

To the port: Seattle or Vancouver — undecided
Home from the port
Hotel near port
Hotel dates

Ports & sea days

the water days

Sample Inside Passage shape. Swap days when a real sailing is booked. Scroll sideways on a phone.
Day	Date	Where	Arrive	Depart	Tender	Plan
1	TBD	Embark	—	Evening	No	Boarding window. See the cruise playbook.
2	TBD	Sea day	—	—	—	Muster, walk the ship, first dinner.
3	TBD	Juneau	TBD	TBD	No	Excursion TBD — whale watch vs. town.
4	TBD	Skagway	TBD	TBD	No	Train vs. hike vs. wander.
5	TBD	Glacier Bay	Scenic	Scenic	—	Warm layers on deck. Rangers on the PA.
6	TBD	Sea day	—	—	—	Rest, laundry, specialty dining if booked.
7	TBD	Disembark	Morning	—	—	Luggage tags the night before.

Dining / reservations

Placeholders only — not real restaurant bookings.
Night	Venue	Time	Party	Notes
Most nights	Main dining — TBD	Early / late / my time	—	Pick after we know the group.
One night	Specialty TBD	—	—	Only if the whole table wants it.
Anytime	Buffet / café	—	—	Sea-day lunch, late-night.

Note food allergies on the booking
Decide if we want one specialty night
Mention any birthday / anniversary to the line

Excursions

Not real tickets. Decide after we know the ship’s hours.
Port	Idea	Effort	Booked	Notes
Juneau	TBD — whale watch vs. tram vs. downtown	Medium	No	Example row
Skagway	TBD — train vs. hike vs. town	Medium	No	Check dock-to-town walk
Glacier Bay	Onboard scenic	Easy	—	No tender. Binoculars if we have them.

Activities

Check a card to put it on the itinerary. Categories sync when we add one. We do not invent recommendations here.

Ask Grok for ideas — text Curtis’s assistant. This page does not invent restaurants, trails, or prices as facts.

Packing Family

Cruise add-ons. Full lists live on Packing.

Checkboxes sync when you are signed in.
Item	Who	Notes
Warm layers + rain shell	Each	Deck and ports
Nicer outfit	Each	If the line still does a dressy night
Meds in carry-on	Each	Not in checked bags
Outlet / power strip	Cabin	Cabins are stingy
Lanyard for ship card	Each	—

Open questions Family

What we still need to do. Check off completed items. Notes stay with each item.

Seattle or Vancouver embark?
Balcony worth it for Glacier Bay?
Who wants a hard port day vs. a wander?

Notes for family Family

Share blurb: “Looking at an Alaska Inside Passage week — dates and ship still open. Ports would be Juneau, Skagway, and Glacier Bay. Tell us if you’d want in before we treat it as real.”

Not a real invitation. Example wording only.

Notes

Friends are seeing the itinerary and photos. Packing, documents, and the to-do list stay in the book.

Photo gallery

Plates below are illustrations — Example — not family snapshots. On iPhone or iPad, tap Add from iCloud Photos and pick from your library. A Shared Album link is what you both can open. A photo picked here stays on this device.

Ship in the passage (illustration)

Example

Glacier light (illustration)

Example

Port town at dusk (illustration)

Example

Add from iCloud Photos

On iPhone or iPad, tap Add from iCloud Photos and pick from your library. A Shared Album link is what you both can open. A photo picked here stays on this device.

Add from iCloud Photos

iCloud Shared Album

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iCloud Shared Album

How we share photos →

Open album stays off until the link is a real Shared Album public website.

How to make the iCloud link

Photos app → New Shared Album.
People → turn on Public Website.
Copy https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/… and paste it here. Do not iframe iCloud.

Draft a recap

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