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[@JSHIPLIFE]

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[@vvee6248]

Your mom is absolutely beautiful and looks like your sister (much younger than your mom) 😃, so happy you brought her on this cruise! 💐😌

[@arlenemaxwellcopeland1644]

Good Morning to J's Mom. Loving the Mother Son vibe.

[@BubbaDWilliams]

Different from other videos on the Alaska trip you constantly said on the video there's been a change of plans. It actually been a funny theme

[@carlagat1075]

Hi Jay! Hi Jay's mom!! Hi Chris!! Great seeing all of you.

[@justm88]

Love seeing you with Chris Wong! Looking forward to your future collaborations! 😊🌟

[@teresah5318]

Utoh! January would be a great time to cruise because that's when the sales are!! Hey Chris!! Double trouble!!

[@stevec9669]

Very happy to see you had good time with crew friends.

[@adrianwu492]

SUPER excited with some collab videos between you and Chris !

[@juliemitchell6561]

Super, super interesting! I have been on many cruises and have never seen this part of it! Your mother looks like she is having a ball! Love all you’re blogs!

[@edwardlees4585]

That tendering operation is very common here in France in the smaller Mediterranean ports such as Cannes and Villefranche sur Mer. It's also used in Guernsey in the Channel Islands and they end up shuttling back and forth most of the day.

[@norberteng9496]

It is certainly weird watching your ship pulling away for the dock. Love to see you team up with Chris Wong next year. Can’t wait. Sounds very exciting. Wish you the best on the Valiant Lady, Jay.

[@4kboodle]

Great last port video--love seeing your mom enjoying her first cruise. And to have a brief visit with Chris Wong be a teaser for next year. 💙 As usual, I love your laid-back, classy style of vlogging.

[@ShelleyAR4487]

I don't know Chris, be careful the next thing you know Jay will be entering you and a breakdance contest! Look forward to seeing the two of you working together should be fun!

[@ChristopherWongVLOGS]

WE'RE MAKING MOVES!

[@pattyinla]

I just found you while researching vlogs for my upcoming Alaska cruise and I'm very impressed. No BS just a pleasant informative visit. I look forward to yout future vlogs and good luck on your journey with Virgin!!!

[@dangerzone24]

thanks for the video J! Love that you and Chris got to meet up!

[@donnasham9344]

It’s because the cruise was damaged by Radiance of the Seas when it struck into it on May 9th. So now only one ship can dock the cruise terminal at a time.

[@jacquelineprimack1543]

How strange is that? I would freak out seeing my ship sail away!!

[@lesliecalvert3458]

It was cool to see you and chris together..I love y'alls energy ...

[@arlenemaxwellcopeland1644]

Hey, they played the theme song! I heard it Sweet Georgia Brown. Globe trotter I love Chris' positivity, and you both have youth, energy... Waiting to see your collabo cruises.

[@JSHIPLIFE]

Yep! He worked with the Globetrotters for a short time just like me. We got to talk for a bit

[@amybrock2592]

Hello, Chris (and J, of course)! Can't wait to see what you guys come up with together!

[@testingspirits7446]

Good to see Jay and Chris together at last!

[@DearVichelle]

I love Sitka~!!! They have a new port, but loved the old port. Glad you enjoyed it. I love history and I really enjoyed walking around the city and was able to get amazing photos. Sitka is a great place to go out and a boat and see the seals and sea otters, as well as whales. It is alot of fun!

[@TravelingStageManager]

The best excursion there is the ESTHER G....Dave is an amazing Captain and guide

[@vonbradley5920]

Great video. I can't wait to see you and Chris Wong do videos and travel together. Chris is very shy so it will be interesting to see the collaboration.

[@JSHIPLIFE]

Don’t worry. He few videos with me he’ll open up

[@yolandarivera546]

Hi guys love yeah! Both so nice you have plans to work together!!!👌

[@juanitafurtado8805]

new subscriber here but longtime fan of Chris. I think the two of you will be great doing some kvlogs together. looking forwatd to seeing what you two come up with. also looking forward to your vlogs from Virgin

[@daninisantosmoreno-emeric1598]

It was fun seeing you two together!

[@tegurl64]

I was literally on the Celebrity Eclipse at that port wondering if you were there! :D

[@captainmauricee1694]

That is a fantastic experience. To see your ship pulling away out to sea and you are not onboard. Hopefully everyone onboard Ovation of the Seas was notified of this maneuver.

[@kamelhaj6850]

Yes!! J and Chris together!! I love the chemistry!

[@amyrivers4093]

Your Mum is so beautiful and I love her independence. She must be so proud of you with all your achievements. ❤

[@mariareyes-ku6194]

Hi Jay. I agree with you that in Alaska you need to take a tour. Most ports just have roads with gifts shops and nothing else to see.

[@pamlaminsky9898]

So glad your mom enjoyed the cruise. I loved your interaction with Chris and your friends. I look forward to your joint venture.

[@bettyegilliam]

It was so interesting to watch the ships trade places. The operation of these large ships must be amazing.

[@chandrapowell6723]

Oh man, I would have loved to see you do a pier run as the ship took a backseat! Looking forward to what you have planned with Chris.

[@ilikesalt7245]

Good to see you J.

[@ilikesalt7245]

Chris Wong too, good to see you!

[@JSHIPLIFE]

Always good to see Chris Wong!

[@ddd9322]

Awesome seeing you and Chris together!

[@CryMeARiver63]

Thank you for sharing another great video . Your mom looked beautiful as always .

[@shawniam2000]

Hi, Jay another great video. That was really nice of you to treat your friends out to dinner. Great seeing Chris Wong, I watch his videos also. I'm looking forward to what the two of you will do together should be really interesting!

[@janetsumali276]

Hi J….I came off the ovation just as you came on! Came across Chris on the ship too and had a picture taken with him. I have watched your Alaska series and can relate to all the scenes you showed. Magnificent scenery, indeed. I have also been on the ECLIPSE on a transatlantic cruise back in 2015. Happy sailing and I wish you luck on your future cruise assignment.

[@mariareyes-ku6194]

I also met Chris onboard and tried posting my picture on your website, but couldn’t find the link. He is such a humble and super nice guy. We missed him when he came to Orlando with his girlfriend. Hopefully in the future, we can meet and treat him in Florida.

[@karenlamontagne3616]

You can walk down to the state park!! On the way, there is a college on the left with a fantastic museum…they had a seal hunting suit made out of salmon skin. So cool!!

[@pattyolson3842]

Great video, as usual! Too bad the port wasn't more interesting for your Mom. I'm glad she enjoys the shows on board. "Hi Chris!" I can't wait to see what the the two do after your contact Jay. I hope it's not all talk.

[@smokeandquills]

Sailed on Celebrity Infinity pre-pandemic and it was pretty great! Awesome entertainment. The food on Celebrity is top notch too!

[@debd3980]

It's great to see you two gentlemen together. Please tell each of your girlfriends hello from your fans.

[@krispressler1005]

When we went to Alaska, Sitka was entirely a tender port but we tendered right into downtown. We went on a biking excursion with Holland America and our tour group was literally on the last tender to the ship and we were late. They had that tender boat back onboard and were hauling the anchor up before we even made it back to our room. That is the only time I have ever been one of the last people back on board.

[@annetteharvey4299]

Love seeing Chris! Enjoying the videos.

[@LWalks64]

In all of my cruises (50+) I’ve never heard of a partial docked at pier/ partial tender port🤔🤔🤔

[@pamelabarber1033]

Next month will be my first time on Royal Caribbean quantum of the Sea to Alaska boy I’ve have to learned a lot of things about booking excursions and watching your videos have helped me a lot so when I go I’ll know what to expect

[@desire2travel]

I had the same itinerary on Ovation last August. Sitka was actually my favorite port because it was the least commercial of the three and I love to immerse in the culture of the ports. Granted we did take a shore excursion, which probably made the difference. We visited a salmon hatchery and saw the salmon running and spawning and learned about their lifecycle. Next was the Sitka National Historical Park which was part history and part nature. It had a totem park on the trails and more in the museum. We saw lots of bald eagles and their nests. One trail was closed due to bear activity. We also went to a local restaurant for a beer and salmon tasting. The salmon was both sushi-style and cooked and the local beer was flowing. I think they had 4 different brews and we were able to try three 10 oz glasses of choice and then they came around to see if you wanted more so I ended up trying all four. Anyway, if you get a chance to go back, you might try a shore excursion.

[@VickieCarla]

always do the excursion in Alaska because what are the chances you will go back again

[@115AL]

We were on the same excursion last September!….. Totally agree the forest, which is a rain forest, was so beautiful as was the stream with salmon. In the forest…. So beautiful…. Like a hug from Mother Nature!

[@kathleencraig3804]

Oh my lord Chris Wong and Jay wow two awesome guys who works on a cruiseship if you both are going to cruise 2023 let me know I want to see this live maybe we can be on same ship omg that would be crazy if the band finds out I'm onboard and they find out who I am, they may force me to play keyboards and sing few tunes that keeps happening everytime I get onboard a cruiseship. well love Alaska your excursions so far. It makes me want to do Alaska cruise on my bucketlist.

[@cherylmoschan5760]

Love you two guys!

[@whale5646]

Hi Jay..The Alaska Raptor Center is awesome. Cant wait to meet Chris in Sept. when I cruise to AK

[@allen8458]

Can't wait I love you two guys looking forward 😍 ❤️ 💕

[@jasonr5951]

The propellers in the front are bow thrusters, the ones in the rear are the isopods...

[@mitchellbelinda50]

Oh Jay, thanks for sharing!!! It’s nothing like I thought on a tinder boat, looks wayyyyy better then I thought! Not a little row boat at all!!!

[@JSHIPLIFE]

Nope! It’s really not that bad at all!

[@debbybrigham7095]

I took a tender in Hell, Grand Cayman and it really was nothing like this one. It was my one and only tender and I didn't like it.

[@andy70d35]

Jay another great video, Hi to Jay's Mum, Maybe the reason for the tender boats is the port can only have one cruise ship docked at one time. Noticed some comments referring to them as Tinder boats, guys that's a totally DIFFERENT boat😉also Jay you called the propulsion at the back of the ship issopods they are called azipods They were developed in Finland jointly by the shipbuilding company Masa-Yards and the ABB Group, which produces them. They are a pretty amazing system, along with the Bow thrusters a ship can turn in its own Physical footprint. Keep the great content coming.👍

[@monykalynf3604]

I've not felt a ship move as much as did on Panorama couple months ago-didn't bother any of us at all-but did take a good week until I felt like I was walking "normal" back on land lol! the rocking made us all sleep so well though! Love the mom content!!

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

Ooh I'll bet it does feel nice being rocked to sleep by the sea :D

[@mitchellbelinda50]

That’s a weird feeling to see your ship pulling off 😳 I may have been one of the cruisers that got back onboard and just enjoyed activities offered. The one thing I try to avoid is the tinder boats, but I’m glad I’ll see how it goes watching this video

[@tammymunzert7434]

Sure did look scary watching the ship back away. I bet the Celebrity was booked first there and can only dock 1 ship at a time. Some ports in Europe uses the ships tenders also. Love the video!

[@JacqulineSmith-u3v]

I went to the part of the cruise ship I was on and watch the ship leave the port as it left the island it one of the excursion.😊

[@dianejohnson6867]

Hi Chris! Nice to see you again!. Great Vlog, J.

[@carlajackson3261]

Great information. It's my first time experiencing from a far, the ship exchange. Nice add-on!

[@karenmccullers130]

Idk if I can get past the cold for 7 days! When I think cruise, I think tropical/warm. My favorite rolls, dynamite & philly, they looked really tasty.

[@NovejSpeed3]

Just a little technical correction the Isopods are the "propellors at the back" and your animation showed can be turned to help steer the stern (aft). There are thrusters in the bow (front) of the ship (think giant fans on the side) which help move that end. This was great. I agree definitely do an excursion in Alaska and great idea saying to go with the locals.

[@Cloud7Travel]

It sounds like you and Chris will change cruise vlogging forever! 😍😍😍

[@VickieCarla]

I saw video of someone showing Mariner of the Seas damage due to another ship, not a cruise ship, hitting it. I had that same "the ship left me behind" feeling when I got off while our ship turned around and went back through the Panama canal. When you first panned on Chris Wong I was like "I know him" (from Elf). But actually, I don't know him. I just follow him, lol. Going on my first Alaska cruise in August - excited to be back in the Last Frontier!

[@Milla2cute23]

🤣Like where did the bumper cars go??? 👋Hey Chris! #SaveSoil

[@ZiggyZ820]

Hi Jay,,,, just love your videos…… been to Alaska maybe 30 years ago!

[@Saphirah22]

Thank you as always for another great vlog! Can't wait to see what you and Chris Wong have planned for us!

[@trishkeller920]

The whole shift ships thing is bizarre. And you know there are people that didn’t know this was going to happen! Terrifying

[@JacqulineSmith-u3v]

Love your tour on Alaska beautiful 😍

[@mateodc8]

I can’t wait for my Quantum Cruise in September to Alaska. All the tips have been super valuable! Looking forward to the summary video at the end on what to do/not do at each port. Days just fly by while cruising.

[@corpusbiker2991]

For Sitka... Fortress of the Bear and the Raptor Center for starters....

[@michaelturton357]

What's up J, hello from Barbados just keeping you on point "azipods. Was a harbour pilot before taking up a shore job.

[@boblahr67]

Chris Wong is awesome.

[@yamatiba]

Hola....., My two favorite Vloggers together !!!!

[@joeo7693]

Hey Jay & Chris. Hopefully you remember me from being a frequent commenter. 😎

[@WhatsTheT]

Thanks for sharing your Alaska experience. It’s still a NO for me for an Alaska excursion. Lol

[@papergenius94127]

I really enjoyed your video . Hello Mom, hello Chris

[@kingzolo4734]

@The Shiplife it is called Azipod, located aft. And forward those are bow thrusters. Engine officer watching 👀 enjoy these vlogs!

[@shonnie089]

On our cruise to Alaska, my cousin was napping while we went ashore and missed the announcement about the ship repositioning. When she woke up to a moving ship she thought the ship was leaving with three of her family members on shore. She asked a crew member and they set her mind as ease. We thought is was funny since we weren't that far from home. Hello to Chris! Can't wait for the two of you to cruise together.

[@debbybrigham7095]

Thank You!!!! Great Video,

[@melissasiegel9682]

From the Wrangell Sentinel, published 5/18/22: The cruise ship Radiance of the Seas struck a Sitka Sound Cruise Terminal mooring dolphin on May 9 as it was preparing to dock, limiting the facility to one berth instead of two until repairs are completed in a few weeks, terminal manager Chris McGraw said. There was no apparent damage to the 961-foot ship and no reported injuries in the mishap. A dolphin is a collection of steel pilings driven into the ocean floor and used for mooring a ship at a dock. The Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment is investigating the accident, McGraw said. He has hired Turnagain Marine Construction of Juneau t...

[@mariebrooks7341]

You are right on, you shouldn't wing it in ALASKA. Do an excursion. You can walk around Skagway and Ketichikan, Juneau no go to the glaciers on an excursion. ijs

[@suerosenfeld4612]

Hi Chris! How tall is Chris? I watch you both. You are great!

[@jackiefenton2290]

Hope you take your mum on another cruise, to a hot place maybe ❤️

[@JSHIPLIFE]

She loves the Cold. We’re from Chicago original and this was literally one of her dream vacations. She wants to make to Seattle or Alaska one day

[@jackiefenton2290]

Sorry I’m in Scotland so what’s the weather like in Chicago?

[@scottthigpen6230]

Love Chris Wong Blogs

[@JacqulineSmith-u3v]

Hello Mom👋❤❤❤

[@Shamoomusic]

Chris Wong collab EPIC!

[@jeffraines414]

Love your mom 😃

[@TravelingStageManager]

Just a hunch....but as you said, guests in wheelchairs, etc can't enjoy the port if it's a tender only port. Switching ships at the dock allows ALL guests to have at least a few hours to enjoy the port. Until recently Sitka didn't even have a dock.

[@kathleenyan2854]

Other than scenery Alaskan cruises are quite boring. Have done one and would not bother returning. 😎

[@lindaperryman2888]

No pier running! LOL

[@JacqulineSmith-u3v]

Hi Chris👋

[@jimward1614]

I think you are wrong about Royal having the best entertainment. Maybe right now, but Virgin Voyages is about to have the best entertainment ever! Good luck Jay!

[@donnawood271]

Hey Jay my door adore adore your mom she was always smiling always Plaza I know who you get your personality from all I feel like she did pretty doggone awesome for not liking to be videoed or that she’s like kind of private! But she was extremely polite and just very bubbly she’s just a bubbly spirit she has the type of spirit that draws you in you are extremely blessed and I know that I don’t have to tell you that

[@cydneystephen2814]

J. Why did your ship have to move and now tender passengers back n forth? You guys were there already. Why didn’t the Celebrity Eclipse stay out and tender back and forth?

[@AnonyMous-nl7ig]

Possibly for resupplying purposes, cant think of anything else to warrant the move.

[@in2cruising]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 it is a weird feeling .. don't you feel like a peer runner ?? Thats is a unique experience lol