HUGE Cruise Ship DWARFS Man Pulling on it!

Enjoy a peaceful July morning drift into the heart of Ketchikan, Alaska - perhaps the most beautiful state in the USA.

Alaska is often very quiet, especially in the early morning. Very serene. Cruise ships are quiet too. Yes, they are majestic creatures - huge, with several thousand onboard, and with powerful engines, but as the many guests bustle around inside, preparing for the day, being fed, entertained - - still, with me onboard the beautiful Celebrity Solstice, we float easily and quietly into the harbor, slipping right alongside the beautiful good ship Carnival Legend. As we pass by the Legend, let me give you a few of its fun statistics.
Just before I do – and just for fun – why don’t you try to guess these four answers? Afterwards, you can see how close you were! Here are the questions.
1) How LONG do you think the Legend is?
2) How much do you think the Legend WEIGHS?
3) How many PASSENGERS do you think it holds?
4) How many CREW do you think the ship needs?

Now, let’s see how good your guesses were.
The Carnival Legend is 963 feet long (294 meters). It weighs 88,500 tonnes. The Legend has capacity for 2,124 guests and there are usually 930 crew on board.

So how did you do??
Many people feel that cruising is a wonderful – and VERY comfortable – way to see the gorgeous, rugged, spectacular, breathtaking lands and waters of Alaska.

And by the way, the men on shore working the mooring lines are not part of the ship’s crew, but rather, they are local dock workers. When a ship arrives, its crew toss them a very small, light line. That line is attached to a larger line. The dock workers can handle the large lines because they first pull in the smaller, easier ones and go from there. It’s quite fun to watch!
Our little video ends with a fishing boat – one of thousands – heading off for a day’s wide-open adventure in wonderful Ketchikan, Alaska!