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My information is from July 2019, so may not be relevant now, but here is what I recall. We did a B2B and Yokohama was our start/end/changeover day port. There were no excursions offered for those staying on the Diamond that I can recall. We did not really look at excursions thru Princess though. We got off and did our own thing/walked around a lot. Customs will depend on the port before you stop in Yokohama. In our case we stopped in Taiwan before Yokohama, so we did have customs, but it was nothing that took long. I am not sure if I am recalling this correctly, but I think we went to a room on the Diamond to go through customs separately with others who were on a B2B and staying on board. We received a little piece of paper that said "In Transit" and a letter with instructions the day before the change over/turnaround day that explained everything and their process. I do remember that the piece of paper that said In Transit was so we could by pass the check-in lines, so you do not have to go through that whole process again. We got off and came back when ever we wanted before the sail away time as far as I can recall- we did not have a plan, so we came back whenever we were finished walking around. Obviously a lot has changed since 2019, but we really enjoyed our 16 days on the Diamond. We had a great cruise director at the time and there was no dine my way, we picked a time and ate in the MDR at the same time everyday. We became great friends with the people we were sitting next to as well, which made it better. I will say we rarely came across anyone from the US or Canada (or North America in general really). The majority on the cruise were from Japan (of course), Australia, and New Zeeland. A lot of the trivia activities/entertainment shows, etc. were repeated the second half of the cruise as well as some of the MDR menus (we did not mind, gave a chance to try multiple things). The buffet had a ramen bar everyday where you could make your own and there were a variety of dishes. Not sure if those things would be the same now for you or not.

The 14 nights is actually two 7 nights B2B, first 7 nights is Vancouver to Whittier, second 7 nights is Whittier back to Vancouver, so we will be round trip from Vancouver.

I do not know if they are a big agency or not, but we received a great deal from our phone/internet provider. It was pretty specific in that the deal is only good for Alaska and an interior cabin. Must be sailing this year though as well. Funny enough we already had booked an interior cabin for an Alaska cruise through princess for September 2023. We checked and saved about $800 on the cruise fare by booking through that provider instead of Princess. We were lucky that we were still before final payment, so we could cancel the booking through princess and get a full refund. The cruise fare for a 14 night Alaska cruise through Princess was $875 pp and the deal through our provider for the same 14 nights ended up being $420 pp.

A) B2B 16 night Japan cruise out of Tokyo in 2019 B) B2B 14 night Alaska cruise in 2023 C) Walt Disney World 2012 D) Only 2 so far