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If this is the Ketchikan fishing with beach cookout afterwards, I'm sure there will be fish to catch. May is a little bit early for good salmon, and although there are a few kings around targeting them would be a slow fishing. But there's plenty of rockfish and sea bass to catch. I'm on this trip in early June because I know they'll put us on the fish. We have to catch something for the dinner afterall!

New app has been working fine until I just opened it up out of boredom and my June 1 cruise is gone and when I search by booking number it says Booking Not Found. LOL!

We're doing the same cruise in 1/2025 for the same reason. The cruise visits 7 ports in 7 days with 8 to 10 hours in each port so all I can think about is what activities to do each day on the islands, plus pre and post cruise time in Puerto Rico. With no sea days the ship is just the vehicle to the destinations, and as my wife and I don't enjoy public pools or buffets those areas of concern aren't as important to us as they might be to others. People seem to think the MDR is great for dinner. We've never been to the Caribbean so hopping 7 islands in 7 days sounds pretty amazing! We're stoked for this cruise and wish we were going this year instead of next year.

Check out Princess's one-way southbound itineraries from Anchorage (Whittier) to Vancouver. You'll cruise Hubbard Glacier, then spend all day in Glacier Bay N.P. with park rangers onboard, then 8 to 10 hours in port at Skagway, Juneau, and Ketchikan. I did a lot of research and found this to be the ideal 7 day scenic AK cruise. We'll be on the Sapphire Princess in June. Whichever you choose, you’ll have a great trip!

I was looking into this and found there are charters out of Jolly Harbor. They have 4 and 6 hour trips. fishingantigua.com

I live in Camp Verde...we're practically neighbors! Wife and I will be on the Sapphire in Alaska June 1 2024 Whittier to Vancouver for our first ever cruise. We've heard good things about the ship layout for scenic cruising and the award winning Sapphire staff. Looking forward to your updates. Enjoy your cruise!

They have a website with some positive google reviews.

Our first Alaska cruise is in June 2024. After much research we went with a one way Whittier to Vancouver Southbound on Princess to get to see both Hubbard Glacier and Glacier Bay NP. We chose Princess over HAL because they had the longer times in each port, and went Southbound because most flights returning home from Anchorage are red-eye which we're not fans of. Plus we get any potential for rough seas in the Gulf of Alaska out of the way on Day1. We booked on the older but smaller Sapphire Princess because it has a wrap around covered promenade deck, and it sails inside Vancouver Island rather than outside like the bigger ships. Hope that helps.

I've been researching this for a future cruise as well. From what I can tell the beach just past Resorts World is now called Pablo's Bimini Tropical Experience. There's an IG page for it. It looks like they have a beach bar and loungers. I'm not sure if there's a cost if you just show up, however it's listed as a beach day excursion on Celebrity's website for $55.

I apologize for my poor choice of words in the heat of the moment. I meant no disrespect and certainly am not making light of impaired driving. I respect the Canadian rule of law, but I'm also a firm believer in redemption and second chances for those that have demonstrated they are worthy. To me, the passage of 20 plus years without infractions is a good indication of being low risk and I tend to think most judicious CBSA agents feel the same way or we'd be hearing a lot more stories of people being denied entry with one decades old DUI. But the law is what it is and I intend to apply and be approved for rehabilitation so that this isn't a worry for me moving forward. The forms and procedures are clearly spelled out on the Canadian immigration website. No need to hire an attorney. I don't drink anymore (14 years) and haven't had as much as a traffic ticket in over 20 years. I've flown to Vancouver BC twice in the past few years and CBSA didn't even bat an eye at me so this is probably a lot of fuss and worry over nothing. But I'm going to deal with it anyway just to be safe. Peace and Love

That's dumb too. But that's not the topic of this thread unless you're goal is to turn this into USA vs. Canada post, in which case I'm out.

After my erroneous comment yesterday I was curious about this myself and it appears the excursion is offered when Juneau port is the same day as Endicott Arm Scenic Cruising. It looks like for your Ruby Princess cruise Juneau is two days before Endicott Arm. However, if you look at the excursions offered out of Juneau on that trip there's an all day Tracy Arm Fjord and Glacier Explorer Cruise. The description is of a similar experience. Hope that helps more than my first comment 🙂

I stand corrected. I looked up a Princess itinerary that has the small boat trip to Endicott Arm. That's good to know! Thanks!

I don't have any experience on that itinerary, my statement is just based on my own researching the different itineraries. Thanks for clarifying for the OP. I know they offer that in Hubbard Glacier so it makes sense there would be companies offering it in in Endicott Arm. I just haven't seen it listed.

I don't think there's an off ship excursion in the fjord, it's sightseeing from the ship.