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This is the one we have booked for end of July, instead of the one through Princess. I didnt like the idea of only having an hour at mendenhall glacier, and this one said you can take any shuttle back to the pier. I think it was cheaper also.

Did you book your air through a cruise line? Just wondering if Princess will transport us that time of the night. We have airport transfers as part of our cruisetour package already. Good to know about things being closed that time of day, thanks. Guess it makes sense.

The hotel that night is actually part of the cruise tour. It's the 4th night on land. Just wondering about not actually staying all night in the room and leaving late evening to go to the airport

We are doing a Princess cruise tour, cruise first then land which ends up with a night at the Captain cook hotel in anchorage. We already have flights booked but they were changed to much later in the day than origianally booked ( airline changed the flight). My question is, has anyone ever taken a REALLY EARLY flight out 12:55 am? I know we wouldnt even really get that last night at the hotel, but timewise getting home it may work out better for us if we just take a short nap after dinner and head out. Does Princess actually do transfers that time of day? I assume we would have to leave the hotel by 10 PM ish.

WE have Juneau whale watching booked for the end of June. They do a combo tour and you can catch their shuttle back to the pier from the glacier every half hour it says.

We go in June and decided on booking through Juneau Whale watch on our own for this very reason. I have read good reviews about them and they do the combo tour, whale watch first then Mendenhall glacier. Decided on them because it says they have a shuttle that runs every half hour back to the pier, so we will have time to walk to nugget falls and not have to be rushed. Price was very comparable to Princess also, maybe a little cheaper.

Thank you for this. This is one port we aren't going to do a big excursion. We just want to explore on our own but wanted to see the lumberjack show. Only one available through Princess was 6:30 am so I just went to their website and bought tickets myself for show a little later in the morning, then we will just walk around on our own. It looks like such an interesting little town to explore

We are on a cruisetour end of June, first week of July. I've been able to book cruise excursions right on the princess website, but can't book anything yet for the land portion. Have had a couple booked for about 6 weeks now. Still trying to decide what to do in Skagway.

We have an 11 day northbound cruise tour scheduled for the end of June next year on the Sapphire. I really didnt want one of the really big ships and this one looks like a good size. I booked a balcony room and was going to upgrade to a mini but then discovered they were all on the 9th deck and the balconies are open with no overhang in case of rain, and people on decks 10 and 11 ( which we are on 11 ) can look right down on you while you're out on the balcony. I wasnt a fan of that so kept my regular balcony room. So excited and already starting to book excursions.

We have a balcony room on sapphire booked for Alaska cruisetour next june. Just booked it Thursday and sunday it was $224 a person cheaper. We had decided to add an additional night in the hotel in Vancouver before the cruise to called my agent. The lower price paid for the extra night and still got a $170 discount off the final payment. I will be watching it to see if there is any more drops... have a year to wait so maybe I'll get lucky again.

I did look at it and decided against it. We will be at the Princess wilderness lodge 2 nights and McKinley 1 night next June. It had a break down of typical prices for breakfast , lunch, appetizer and dinner and a few other things. We're really not big breakfast eaters normally and usually don't get appetizers anyway. Grabbing a small meal somewhere just works better for us with a bigger dinner. We are thinking about a covered wagon excursion one of the days that includes a meal already.

Remember these are most likely Canadian prices. We booked a pre night at the Westin in vancouver through princess and were told over $450 and it was actually more like $370 US added to our itinerary.