WWI CONVENTION ALASKA 2025


September 05 – 12, 2025
CONVENTION SCHEDULE
PRE-CRUISE: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 03
CRUISE REGISTRATION 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
WWI EVENT: Cruise Registration
LOCATION: Renaissance Hotel
TIME: 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm
If you cannot pick up your cruise registration materials yourself, please have someone pick them up for you.
REGISTRATION ABOARD THE SHIP WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE
PRE-CRUISE: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 04
CRUISE REGISTRATION 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
PAN AM MUSEUM GALA 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM
WWI EVENT: Cruise Registration
LOCATION: Renaissance Hotel
TIME: 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
If you cannot pick up your cruise registration materials yourself, please have someone pick them up for you.
REGISTRATION ABOARD THE SHIP WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE

PA MUSEUM EVENT: Pan Am Museum Gala
LOCATION: Renaissance Hotel
TIME: 5:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Cocktails, Sit-down Dinner, Online Auction, Guest Speakers, Music & Dancing
Join the festivities as we wine, dine, and celebrate with the Pan Am Museum!

DAY 1: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 05
CRUISE CHECK-IN, BOARDING
DEPARTURE FROM SEATTLE 4:00 PM
SHIP STATUS: SHIP CHECK-IN
LOCATION: Smith Cove Cruise Terminal, Pier 91, Port of Seattle
TIME: 11:00 am
Plan to arrive at the Smith Cove Cruise Terminal, Pier 91 beginning about 11:00 for Celebrity check-in and embarkation. Embarkation will conclude about 14:30. DON’T BE LATE!

SHIP STATUS: SHIP DEPARTURE
TIME: 4:00 Pm

WWI EVENT: World Wings Welcome Cocktail Party
LOCATION: Eden, Deck 5, Aft
TIME: 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Watch the sun set as we sail away from Seattle. Meet your friends, make new ones, and celebrate being together!
Enjoy the open bar, live music, and hors d’oeuvres

DAY 2: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 06
SHIP STATUS: Cruising the Salish Sea to the Pacific
TIME: All day

WWI EVENT: Annual meeting
LOCATION: The Theatre, Deck 4, Forward
TIME: 8:30 AM – Noon

DAY 3: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 07
SHIP STATUS: Docked in Ketchikan
TIME: 7:00 am – 4:00 pm
Known as the ‘Salmon Capital of the World’, Ketchikan’s salmon is the freshest you will ever taste. It is also the ancestral home of the Tlingit people, who have carved the world’s largest collection of totem poles. Book an excursion to tour the town or environs or, if feeling adventurous, there are canoeing and nature excursions available.

EVENT: President’s Forum
LOCATION: Sky A & B, Deck 14
TIME: 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Delegates, Alternates with International Board of Directors

DAY 4: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 08
SHIP STATUS: Cruising Endicott Arm Fjord
TIME: 05:30 – 10:00
Alaska’s Endicott Arm Fjord offers the beauty of the untamed wilderness, with natural granite mountains, verdant valleys, and sparkling waterfalls. Take in the floating icebergs, deep blue waters, and the creatures who occupy its waters and shores. The grand finale is the spectacular Dawes Glacier, over 600 feet tall and a half-mile wide.

SHIP STATUS: Docked in Juneau
TIME: 1:30 PM – 10:00 PM
In the capital city of Juneau, there are excursions to delight everyone, including tram rides, fishing, biking, kayaking, rafting, dog sledding, aerial tours by seaplane or helicopter, or a visit to Mendenhall glacier.

DAY 5: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 09
SHIP STATUS: Docked in Skagway
TIME: 7:00 am – 6:00 pm
Take advantage of excursions offering street car tours, car rides into the mountains, horseback riding, jet boats, canoeing, railway tours, kayaking, dog sledding, canoeing, nature hikes, and panning for gold.

SHIP STATUS: Crusing Alaska’s Inside Passage
TIME: 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm
The ship sails into the more protected Alaska Inside Passage, a complex labyrinth of fjords and bays where whales and sea lions find refuge during the summer months.

DAY 6: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
SHIP STATUS: Cruising at Sea
TIME: All Day

WWI EVENT: Farewell Cocktail Party
LOCATION: Eden, Deck 5, Aft
TIME: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Open Bar, Live Music, Hors d’oeuvres

DAY 7: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
SHIP STATUS: Docked in Victoria, British Columbia
TIME: 5:50 pm – 11:59 pm
Delight in this lovely city, the oldest in the Pacific Northwest. Enjoy excursions such as walking tours, biking tours, wine and distillery tours, whale watching, and driving tours, and stroll through the iconic Empress Hotel—one of Canada’s grand Canadian-Pacific hotels.
DAY 8: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
ARRIVAL IN SEATTLE 6:00 AM
CONVENTION SCHEDULE
 
Wednesday, September 03
TBA Seattle City Tours (details TBA)
1:00 pm – 6:00 pm WWI Cruise Registration
Renaissance Hotel,
East Room
Thursday, September 04
TBA Seattle City Tours (details TBA)
9:00 am – 6:00 pm WWI Cruise Registration
Renaissance Hotel,
East Room
5:30 pm – 10:00 pm Pan Am Museum Gala
Renaissance Hotel,
Courtyard Ballroom
Friday, September 05
Time TBA Bus Departure for Cruise Terminal
Renaissance Hotel
11:00 am Ship Check-In
Smith Cove Cruise Terminal,
Pier 91, Port of Seattle
4:00 pm Ship Departure
7:00 pm WWI Cocktail Party
Eden, Deck 5, Aft
 
Saturday, September 06
All Day Ship Cruising the Salish Sea
to the Pacific
8:30 am WWI Annual Meeting
The Theatre, Deck 4, Forward
 
Sunday, September 07
7:00 am – 4:00 pm Ship Docked in Ketchikan
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm WWI President’s Forum
Sky A & B, Deck 14
 
Monday, September 08
5:30 am – 10:00 am Ship Cruising Endicott Arms
Fjord
1:30 pm – 10:00 pm Ship Docked in Juneau
 
Tuesday, September 09
7:00 am – 6:00 pm Ship Docked in Skagway
6:30 pm – 10:00 pm Ship Cruising Alaska’s Inside Passage
Wednesday, September 10
All Day Cruising At Sea
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm WWI Farewell Cocktail Party
Eden, Deck 5, Aft
Thursday, September 11
5:30 pm – 11:59 pm Ship Docked at Victoria
Friday, September 12
6:00 am Ship Docked in Seattle
Departure from Ship
Photograph Courtesy of US Bureau of Land Management [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons