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This has now changed. Thanks to our friend Uncle Ted, we now have a federally subsidized shuttle bus that runs a loop through Girdwood from the Seward Highway to the resort and points in between. The cost is $1 per trip and includes the restaurants on Crow Creek Road like the Double Musky and Maxine's. The Hotel Alyeska still maintains a van service, but no longer runs a shuttle around the village because of the new public transportation system.
This shuttle bus will get me from the train to the resort? I'm planning on taking the early train to Girdwood then hopping the 11:30 to Whittier. As long as there's a reliable shuttle I should be able to make it up in the tram and get back to the RR in plenty of time (I'll have over 3 hours). I was worried when in an earlier thread someone told me my only way there was to arrange for the hotel to get me, since I'm not staying there.
And yes, I know this is an expensive side trip, but I really wanted to check out the resort and go up in the tram. The girl I talked to from the RR thought I was a little crazy too, but she priced it for me.
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JerseyJaguar I would love to hear more about the things you did in Seattle pre and post cruise last year, as we have 3 1/2 days to explorer,
I would like to know what you liked, what you would skip or a do not miss thing you did.
I don't want to take up this thread with that info, if you could e-mail me that would be great. autumnsam@aol.com
Thanks
I sent you an email (from aprile) with all the links I think are most important. Seattle's a great city and there's plenty to do there. Just make sure you get to the Market and try the free samples they give out there.
I recommend spending time in Seattle to everyone, I've always been lucky with weather when I've been there, but even if I wasn't, there's lots to do inside if it's raining.
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May 15th - fly from Jersey to Seattle, Underground Tour, Columbia Tower
May 16th - Seattle Aquarium, Music Experience/Sci Fi Museum
May 17th - Pike Place Breakfast Tour, leave on cruise
May 18th - at Sea
May 19th - Juneau: Helicopter trip - 4 Glaciers and a Landing, Mt. Roberts Tram, Evening Whale Watch, Shopping
May 20th - Hubbard Glacier
May 21st - Sitka: Sea Otter Boat Ride and Raptor Center, Shopping
May 22nd - Ketchikan: Misty Fjords Floatplane, Shopping
May 23rd - Victoria: Bus Tour and Craigdarroch Castle
May 24th - Seattle: Woodland Park Zoo, Shopping
May 25th - fly to Jersey
I did the above trip last year, and it teased me for a more inclusive trip this year. So this time I'm doing a land tour and a SB cruise:
May 26: Leave Jersey, stop in Minneapolis, go to a ballgame (baseball parks are one of my things and I need to get to the Metrodome before it's replaced)
May 27: Minnesota Zoo; Fly to Seattle, then on to Anchorage
May 28: Fly to Barrow; Tour out to Pt. Barrow, the northernmost point of the USA; see Midnight Sun
May 29: Bird Watching Tour; Artic Swim?; Fly to Fairbanks
May 30: Chena Hot Springs for the Ice Museum and Hot Springs
May 31: Tour to Goldmine and Pipeline, UAF Museum & Botanical Gardens
June 1: Train to Denali; Visit Huskies; Horseback Riding?
June 2nd: 6:30am Shuttle to Eielson
June 3rd: Train to Anchorage
June 4th: Train to Girdwood, Alyeska Tram; Train to Whittier, Prince William Sound Cruise; Train back to Anchorage
June 5th: Alaska Zoo; Rent a bike
June 6th: Train to Seward, Kenai Fjords 7 1/2 hr Cruise
June 7th: Exit Glacier; Sealife Center; Depart on HAL Cruise
June 8th: College Fjords
June 9th: Glacier Bay
June 10th: Haines: Wildlife Experience (Photo Tour)
June 11th: Juneau: Photo tour
June 12th: Ketchikan: Rainforest Hike
June 14th: Vancouver: Aquarium; Rent Bike
June 15th: Bus to Seattle, flight back to Jersey
June 16th: Sleep
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To sell out Open Seating means substantially more than half the passengers preferred Open Seating, far more than could reasonably be accommodated, even with the ability to turn some of those tables three times in an evening.
This is the third time in the past year that this sort of thing has been reported on this board.
This is what confuses me, I was looking at a December cruise and the only thing available is Open Seating, the fixed dining is closed (although they still list both upper and lower even though they list Open separately). So if so many want Open, why isn't fixed available to the rest of us on cruises six months away?
I had late fixed seating on my recent cruise and it looked like all the tables were filled. We also had a few small groups on the ship (80 Aussies, some work-related group, etc) but I don't know if they commandeered any section of either dining area, I think the work group had a dinner together in the Queens Lounge or one of those meeting rooms. Maybe that's the solution for groups that want to all eat at the same time.
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I was in fixed late seating for my recent Oosterdam cruise and the room always seemed full, even on Master Chef's night.
I don't know what open seating was like since I didn't pay much attention to it at dinner time. I didn't hear anyone complaining about their dining arrangements though, no matter what they had.
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May 15th - fly from Jersey to Seattle, Underground Tour, Columbia Tower
May 16th - Seattle Aquarium, Music Experience/Sci Fi Museum
May 17th - Pike Place Breakfast Tour, leave on cruise
May 18th - at Sea
May 19th - Juneau: Helicopter trip - 4 Glaciers and a Landing, Mt. Roberts Tram, Evening Whale Watch, Shopping
May 20th - Hubbard Glacier
May 21st - Sitka: Sea Otter Boat Ride and Raptor Center, Shopping
May 22nd - Ketchikan: Misty Fjords Floatplane, Shopping
May 23rd - Victoria: Bus Tour and Craigdarroch Castle
May 24th - Seattle: Woodland Park Zoo, Shopping
May 25th - fly to Jersey
Staying in Girdwood night before Whittier cruise.. Bad idea?
in Alaska
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Really? Last year they said their summer tram hours began at 9:30. They don't have the summer schedule posted yet, I just assumed it would be the same.