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I had a stronger signal in the towns you mentioned than I do at home. You will have no problems.

I understand that you can only take one bag each for the land portion of cruisetour. Does anyone know the number of bags you can send to the "Join Me Onboard" to be stored until our cruise. Thinking of each taking rolling carry on to help with packing space and possibly a medium suitcase if necessary. Thanks for any help!

CltCruzer, Cannot thank you enough for posting everything from your Island Princess Cruisetour!!!! Now I will be able to relax knowing all the information you have given us. We will be arriving late to the ship as we leave Talkeetna at 1:30 on the train to Whittier as part of the Cruisetour. Thanks again!!

Great travel report!!! Enjoying all the pics too!!!

I got Bushnell 10X50 from Amazon for about $40 and for a week's vacation they are fine

Thanks so much Jonyboy!

Wow!! Your review is amazing with great information! We are doing a 4 night cruisetour in August.

World Traveler, Great info. First time I've seen advice for the paddle wheel boat. We will be having lunch on the train. Are there only 4 items at lunch or were their any additional items on the next page. No worries if you don't have that info. :D

Hi! Still struggling with what binoculars to buy. Could you tell me the brand and strength you bought and were happy with? Thanks also for the update on what to bring clothing wise:)

First time cruiser and Alaska. What perks do you get for being a shareholder and what amount of shares are needed before a perk is received?

I don't have SB for the Island, but I have NB Island and SB Golden. Island and Golden are running similar port times so my Patters may be somewhat helpful. They can be found on my blog at http://www.debsdays.com/ in the May and June postings and also under the cruising tab. I don't have any menus, however.

Thanks for the info. I will look at your golden info and wait and see if anyone does a review on Island SB. Really appreciate your time :)

Going in August and getting excited. Wondering about what days are formal nights and time for Puppies in the Plaza. Any help would be so appreciated.

Us too, please..seaworthy@q.com

I would like to have your travel company info. Please send to

 

Patti0428 at msn dot com

 

Thanks so much!

 

Patti

Please send me your travel company too :). My email is skn133@yahoo.com. Thanks so much!! Doing Princess cruisetour this year but if we love it will try to plan different trip in two years.

We are arriving by train from McKinley Princess Lodge thru a Princess Cruisetour. We don't leave until 1:30 pm. How does dinner work this first night as we have th 5:15 TD. Doubt that we will even be there by then. Any information would be really appreciated. It looks like we may only have difficulty making this early seating once in Skagway when we do the combo of bus then train for the Bennett train excursion.

Budget Queen. We are with a Princess Cruisetour Southbound in August. We did cancel the NHT tour and received credit. We booked shuttle to Eilsen to do on our full day. We get to Denali around 4-5 pm the day before. Wondering what is the best way to get our food for lunch in Denali the next day as no food after WAC. Worried that if I plan to get food at WAC it may be pretty sparse by 8 am. Was thinking maybe the sandwich shop across the street to get something for the next day and keep it on ice after having dinner. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Unfortunately our cruise does not have the excursion for Hubbard glacier, only cruising. Can’t wait to hear about it!! Have a great time!!

Thanks so much!!

I am so confused. I went to my cruise personalizer on the Island Princess southbound, and there is no green (schedule an excursion area) it only states cruising only just like glacier bay. Do I need to call to see if it is available for our cruise? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!!

Thanks WJB. I think renting a car for the day will be the best idea, because the combination tours I found are not on weekends. We will be arriving on Friday afternoon and seeing sights on Saturday. Any help regarding car rentals would be greatly appreciated.

Looks like Cookie Jar a must!! Who would have thought with that name?Unfortunately Hubbie doesn't want to drive the Dalton. So looking like UAF seems to have a good number of things to check out. The Morris Culture Center also looks interesting. What are the important things to not miss at these two locations. Again, thanks for all the help.

Have been checking out all the great restaurant suggestions on the Internet. Thanks! While checking Trip Advisor I missed a lot of these!!

Northern Aurora thanks for going thru the trouble of finding the name of the restaurant. I will be hoping we are assigned to the property that has a shuttle or we may have to cab it vs. car rental. I will be checking the Internet for all the great suggestions from everyone!! This forum is awesome!!

Thanks for all the suggestions!!! We will be doing the riverboat combo included with the cruisetour first thing Sunday morning with the bus transfer to Denali early afternoon. We like to see wildlife and husband is interested in history. I was also looking on Trip Advisor about restaurants for dinner as we will be there two nights. We like Italian food as well as seafood. I was wondering if anyone has dined at The Pumphouse Restaurant and Saloon or LaVelles Bistro. Any feedback or other suggestions would be appreciated. I was trying to determine whether we needed to rent a car or if there are buses or shuttles available. So thanks for the feedback on those things. We don't know what hotel we are staying at this time. Princess lets us know about 30 days out. Thanks for being patient with me.

We are doing a Princess Cruisetour mid-August for our first time to Alaska. Arriving on Friday and tour starts first thing on Sunday morning. Would greatly appreciate suggestions on what we should do on our day before everything begins.

Thanks so much Arymay for this photojournal on Alaska. We are going for the first time to Alaska on a Princess cruisetour with land first Southbound in August on the Island Princess this year. I wish I would have found this earlier as I thought the starboard balcony would be the way to go when I booked much earlier this year. I am now looking into a camera to take as I have a dslr with a zoom lens which would be more cumbersome than yours. Can't wait to see your new review. So appreciate all the time you spent doing this review!!!