Insomniacs

Thank you for the info. Do you remember the name of the bus company or the color of the bus? I am hoping that it is different than the two I mentioned.

Hi, we are first time cruisers and booked an Alaska cruise on Princess for September. We wanted to visit the Mendenhall Glacier and visitor center. Our plan was to take a shuttle from the Mt. Roberts Tramway to Mendenhall. I tried to book a shuttle online but both the Viator Blue bus and the White Glacier shuttle are sold out for our date. There are some excursion tickets left from Princess but the main reason I did not want to book with the ship is the entire excursion is limited to 3 hours and we thought we may like to walk around and stay longer. The other shuttle had 30 minute departure times so we can stay as long as we wanted. They are also about $15 cheaper per ticket too which is an additional bonus. I know there is an alternative of the city bus but I read the bus ride is about an hour as opposed to 20 minutes by shuttle and the walk to the center can take an additional 30 minutes. That adds about 3 hours of travel time which I am not sure is worth the savings. I read there are shuttles that leave from the tramway every 1/2 hour but are these the ones that I mentioned which are sold out or are they from a different company? I read taxis and ride shares are an option but was warned there can be long wait times of up to an hour when it is really busy.

Thank you. Looking forward to our first cruise.

Thanks for all of the replies. I have book the train excursion from the Skagway Rail website for the same time as the ship's excursion. Even saved a few dollars.

Thanks for the info. I was afraid of that. I was hoping they may create additional groups if excursions sell out. I will book the Skagway Rail trip online and see what other excursions have low spaces left.

Hi, we are first time cruisers and recently booked an Alaska cruise for September. We started looking through the excursions and noticed some like the Skagway White Pass Rail excursion is sold out. I did a quick search and found I can book the train directly on their website online. I was wondering if I should just book online or if sold out excursions ever get get additional groups and can become available again. The same applioes for other excursion too. I notice others are sold out or in low spaces but I can usually find similar tours online.