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16 hours ago, Kingofcool1947 said:

Not new.  And yes, it is worth the money.

The boat goes right under the glacier.  And, if you are lucky, the glacier will calve right over your head.

Good luck.  And enjoy.

Are you being serious?      

Thanks for all the great pictures and information. If possible, please let us know if you hear anything about the Hubbard Glacier Wilderness Excursion boat. We booked that excursion for our similar Celebrity Eclipse cruise starting June 30, but no one has ever given any feedback reporting on that.     

On 5/19/2019 at 12:26 PM, Italy52 said:

The Hubbard excursion is a "go" this year and I have yet to find someone who has reported back how it went.

Indeed, same here, following....

Thanks!

Our upcoming cruise returns to Vancouver, BC, at 7 am and our flight home is 11 pm, so we are looking for a hotel for 8 am - 8 pm if such a thing exists, as a home base as we tour Vancouver. 

5 minutes ago, upwarduk said:

You don’t give your home area, but I just wonder if it is U.K. as return flights usually leave in the evening.

It's New York.

Our upcoming cruise returns to Vancouver, BC, at 7 am and our flight home is 11 pm, so we are looking for a hotel for 8 am - 8 pm if such a thing exists, as a home base as we tour Vancouver. 

16 hours ago, mrsgoggins said:

I’m really going to enjoy this as we got off the Eclipse as you got on yesterday!  We are currently marking time in our Vancouver hotel, Marriott’s Delta close to the port and a Sky Train station.  Flying home with BA tonight and came out with them to Calgary and then took a 9 day driving tour (arranged ourselves) to enjoy the Rockies and Vancouver before our 10 night cruise which began on 9th May.  We used Alamo and were delighted that the drop-off location for the car was under the Pan Pacific hotel, right at the cruise port.  I added those details for the other Brits who may be interested.

 

We very much enjoyed the nature guy, Milos - entertaining as well as smart - and you have my favourite CD, Alejandro, whose humour I love.  I even watch his morning ‘infomercials’ on channel 2 he’s that funny.

 

We did not get to see Hubbard glacier and had to turn back. The good weather had resulted in huge chunks of ice in the water and it was deemed too dangerous.  On the plus side, we had lots of good weather.

 

Enjoy.  I’ll be following your every word, so thanks for taking the time to do it.

mrsgoggins, thanks for your posting. I have 2 questions for you (or whoever else may know). First, are you saying that the ship did not go close to the Hubbard Glacier, or were you booked on the Hubbard Glacier Wilderness Excursion boat and that was cancelled? Second, did you get early check in at the Marriott's Delta? My cruise, June 30-July 7, returns to Vancouver at 7 am and my flight home is 11 pm, so looking for a hotel for 8 am - 8 pm if such a thing exists. 

Are you taking the Hubbard Glacier and Wilderness Excursion? Trying to decide whether it will be worthwhile for our upcoming June 30 Celebrity Eclipse cruise.

Following. Please post post-trip review of this excursion. I have it booked for June 30 Celebrity cruise. 

Do reservations to attend shows have to be made in advance or do you just show up? Is there ever an issue as to there not being enough seats available, or a recommended time to arrive in advance?

2 hours ago, Mike981 said:

Just show up.

Is there ever an issue as to there not being enough seats available, or a recommended time to arrive in advance?

Also, thanks capriccio, I'll post there going forward.