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Thanks for the review! Their new boat is supposed to hold up to 24 it seems.

Thanks for the confirmation! I talked to one of the owners and she was very nice and sounds like a nice operation.

Our group of friends and all our children have Icy Strait for one of our ports this summer and while I have heard great things about Glacial Winds and others, we are going to be a group of 23 total. I wondered if anyone has gone with Captain Duane on Icy Straight What Adventures? Looks like a solid operation and I nice boat. I searched and didn't see any reviews. Thanks

Thanks for the reply. I'm sure you know what your talking about, but just trying to help out. I had been watching the official alaskarailroad.com site for a some time and they didn't open up tickets until last week. Are you sure you didn't book with Alaskatrain.com, alaskatravel.com or one of the other sites? There are many sites that have obviously replicated the look and feel of the official site to make it harder for people to tell the difference. It seems that they are legit, but often third party travel offices that are charging more. No worries if you aren't worried, just thought I would try to help out. I'm all booked for my group as of last week.

Just an update for anyone waiting. The official Alaska Railroad site (https://www.alaskarailroad.com/) opened up their bookings for next Summer (2023) yesterday.

You booked this through the Alaska Railroad site (alaskarailroad.com)? I don't see tickets available for next summer yet.

WOW what responses and GTJ you could write a wiki for the forum on that! I guess a follow on would be is it a big deal to walk from the AA platform to the ship vs the intermodal platform to the ship? Thanks so much!

Getting into some planning for our RCCL Cruise out of Seward next Spring/Summer and starting with the travel from Anchorage to Seward. I have done some searching here and looked around the Alaska RR site, but still have some questions I hope some here can give me as I'll probably be passing on the recommendation to my larger family/friend group going with us (about 15 of us)... - I think we are sold on the Coastal train from Anchorage to Seward, but trying to figure out the Adventure vs Gold Star. It would seem that Goldstar equals Adventure plus: Exclusive upper dome car, exclusive upper outside platform, a meal and a couple of adult drinks included, other beverages included. Am I missing something? I have looked at a lot of videos etc and I guess AC can go to the back to go outside, they have another dining car, and they have a "sort of" domed car? I'm just trying to zero in on the value proposition for our extended group to do the GS over the AC - Is Alaska RR the best place to buy tickets? During my search on the above I have seen tour companies offering the tickets for seemingly less money. Do both Alaska RR and those companies both offer transfers from the hotel and all that is included in the GS ticket (beverages, meal, etc). Would there be a reason to try to book through the cruise line instead of independently? I am fuzzy if it is allowed here, but if it is, does anyone have a recommendation on a tour company to purchase the tickets from? - I saw a reference to early/late meal and a recommendation to select the early meal when in the city so you are free to be upstairs during the rural part of the ride. Is this accurate? Any other recommendations re the train I appreciate the help.