Cruise Facts

Sorry I didn't get around to writing this until now. Every time I sat down during lunch to write the "Fun Facts" post, I realized I had forgotten the pamphlet with all of the facts on it. Silly me. But now I'm at home and the pamphlet is sitting right in front of me, so here it is...


Spec's Honeymoon Cruise Fact-tacular!!!

Ship name: MS Zandaam
Engines: 5 Sulzer Wartsila ZA 40S 12 cylinder diesel engines generating 61,000 hp
2 Cegelec Alstom electric propulsion motors generating 45,200 hp
Fuel consumption: 85 gal/mile (that's right, gallons per mile not miles per gallon)
Top speed: 23 knots/hour (or about 27 miles/hour)
Water production: 370,000 gallons per day
Water consumption: 174,000 gallons per day
Ship weight: 63,000 tons
Ship length: 780 ft.
Ship width: 106 ft.
Number of passengers: 1,440
Number of crew: 647
Total occupancy: 2,087 persons

Distances traveled:
Seattle to Juneau: 900 nautical miles (1,035 land miles)
Juneau to Glacier Bay: 87 (100)
Glacier Bay to Sitka: 139 (160)
Sitka to Ketchikan: 214 (246)
Ketchikan to Victoria: 575 (661)
Victoria to Seattle: 84 (97)
Total: 1982 nautical miles (2,279 land miles)


There you have it. 2000 some odd miles, 2000 some odd people, and a whopping 168,470 gallons of diesel fuel used.
Thanks for your patience. I hope it was interesting. If not, here are a couple videos that I took while on the cruise that might provide some entertainment.

Click here to watch a brief video of our dog-sledding adventure.
Click here to watch our encounter with the superpod of killer whales.