Our Alaskan cruise ends tomorrow when we pull into Seward around 6:00 a.m.  As a way to have an orderly dispersal of 1,900 passengers with their luggage when the cruise ends in Seward, the cruise line assigns passengers to different and staggered departure schedules.  We received our disembarkation schedule for Sunday morning and we are in a group scheduled to get off at 8:30 a.m.  Our last full day on the M.S. Noordam finds the four of us more than ready to get off and continue our trip on solid ground.  There are a lot of people on board this ship.  The numbers of people this week have certainly provided me with a test of patience trying to maneuver around and through all the cruisers to get from one place to another.  That’s why I’m ready to get this ship.  On a more positive note, from our verandah today we spotted and watched three whales just off the side of the ship.  This has been fun, but I’m ready to turn the page!