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We’ve done the bus up to Emerald lake, the train up to town of Bennett and on to Carcross. We’ve rented a car a few times and drove up to Whitehorse. Last year we rented a car and drove to the village of Tagish. I’d highly recommend that you download “Murray’s Guide” lots of really good information for a Yukon road trip out of Skagway.

It all depends on what ship your going to be on. What ship are you going to be on? If your docked at Ore dock it's a very short walk, Broadway dock 15 minutes, if your over on Railroad dock it's a long 30 minute walk.

How's the boarding process going this year at Pier 91? We cruise out of Pier 91 every year. In the last couple of years it's gotten horrible and I'm being polite.It's like Princess keeps trying to reinvent the wheel.

We use our enhanced drivers license now for most cruises.

I like the Noodle bar, I wish they'd keep it. Slice has the WORSE! pizza on any cruise ship I've ever been on, it's total garbage. The pizza on Holland America is a 100 times better.

Mrs. Eagle always prints a couple of extra luggage tags and puts one in each of our bags just in case the tag gets ripped off.

We park at the Seattle Cruise ship parking lot by the Armory every year and we always get a confirmation e-mail with a receipt that shows the date and the cruise ship we will be on. A word to the wise when parking anywhere in Seattle don't leave anything in your car.

In the summer we like to drive up to Mt. Rainier and have a picnic dinner. It's only 60 miles from our house to the gate so it's an easy drive. I can't imagine what a mess it's going to be when people drive up the the gate with out a ticket and be told they can't get in, I know I wouldn't be happy.

Be forewarned that Mt. Rainier National Park is implementing a reservation system this summer from May 24-Sept 2, 2024, to enter the Paradise and Sunrise Corridors between 7:00 am-3:00 pm. Read all about https://www.nps.gov/mora/index.htm

Which MDR entrance is open on embarkation day lunch, deck 2 or deck 3? We hate going to the Lido on embarkation day.

We are going on the Westerdam on Sunday and have the HIA package, and we are staying in a Neptune suite. I’ll check it out the Neptune lounge and try to report back. I personally think it's BS.

What time does the Pinnacle Grill open and close for breakfast on the Westerdam? We just got upgraded to a Neptune suite on the Westerdam. How does the dinning work now that we are in a suite? Do we go to Club Orange or is there a special dinning area for those in suites?

If you arrive at 11am you shouldn't have any problems. We live 45 miles away and leave the house at 9am and arrive about 10:45 - 11am

How sweet

Are drinks still covered at the bars and in the dining room with the "Have it all" drink package? What is HMC?

What if your in a Neptune Suite and have a "Have it all" drink package do you still have to pay for your drinks out of the fridge or in the Neptune lounge?

Heck I can't even log in anymore. Last week I could log in. The APP and the web are a joke. They should hire a group of 5th graders to fix the web site. What a joke!!

Thanks Haljo1935 we only cruise out of Seattle.we normally cruise with Princess but this year we decided to try Holland America.

Lets say I have a boarding time of 1:30 and my plane lands at 8am and we show up at say 11:30am what are they going to do?

We like to walk over to Creek Street and then up Married man’s trail to Park street, stopping to look at the fish ladder. Then up the hill on Park St. to the old fish hatchery, over to the Totem Pole Heritage center then down Deermount St. past the now closed Tatsuda’s IGA, turn right and over to the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center by the fire Department. Sometimes we’ll walk through the Tongass Trading Post and watch the tourist’s buying all the made in China souvenirs. This walk is a lot better I think than walking to Safeway.

NEVER AGAIN!!!! Last year we took the Princess/Holland America shuttle from Sea-Tac airport to Pier 91. We got in line to drop off our bags at 9:15 at Sea-Tac airport. After we dropped off our bags we got a ticket and directions to the lower level parking garage where we would catch the shuttle to Pier 91. When we got down the lower level of the parking garage we got another colored ticket with a number on it. It was a very hot morning, nowhere to sit, no water, no bathrooms and very crowded. Every once and awhile a bus would come drop off their passengers and leave, I found it rather odd that they weren’t taking any one to Pier 91. After standing around for hour’s people were going around the barrier and urinating in the parking garage. At around 12:30 we got on the bus to Pier 91. When we got to Pier 91 it was a total mess, more like out of control. The line of people stretched down one side of the covered walk way and halfway down the other side. We got on the ship at about 2pm. Upon disembarkation it wasn’t as bad but it wasn’t the best. You think it was the first time a cruise ship had ever left from Pier 91. So for those of you who a taking the Princess/Holland America shuttle I wish you the best.

It's a huge NO, NO! Last year there was a couple with a couple of small children who had packed a nice lunch and got caught stopped at the gangway going off the ship with there sandwiches, cookies and fruit from the buffet, it didn't go well. They tell you numerous times that you can't bring food off the ship.

Why would you want a Cabana up in Alaska? It's pretty cold while the ship is moving. It can be very uncomfortable even sitting out on your balcony when the ship is moving.

It’s been sometime since we last cruised on HAL. Does HAL have a “Gathering of Veterans” at some time during the cruise like they do on Princess? It’s a nice gesture for the cruise line to honor the veterans and for veterans to swap a few stories etc.

It took me about 5 minutes to find and fill out the form when I booked our upcoming cruise back in February. SheerID already had all of my information on file. There was an expiration date on the form I got back, it think it was December 31st of this year. Here's a link to those of you who can't find it. https://www.hollandamerica.com/en_US/deals/military-appreciation-offer.html So far I've gotten $1900 OBC in veteran appreciation from Carnival Corp. My TA didn't know anything about it.