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Yes I think it's money well spent. Be forewarned, sometimes you can't get to Nugget Falls, the bears and there cubs have the right away. 3 years ago the park service closed the Nugget Falls trail due to bear activity, same with the trails across the street from the visitor center, they were closed last year when we were there. We cruise to Alaska every summer, living in the Seattle area makes it a little to handy

We have done this tour a few times. You take a bus from the pier to the Gardens and then continue on to the Glacier by bus. The bus will drop you off at the bus stop which is near the visitor center. If you have a senior citizens National park pass bring it with you, it'll get you into the visitor center. I can guarantee that there will be a lot people at the glacier.

The blue bus is run by M & M tours https://www.mmtoursofjuneau.com/land-tours The cost this year is $45 per adult, you can haggle it down to $40 if you show them a NPS Senior pass when you buy your ticket. The bus leaves from the Tram parking lot, it doesn’t go down the AJ pier, it’s pretty good hike from AJ pier to the Tram area, in years past there has been s shuttle bus that runs down back and forth from AJ pier. Were taken the Blue bus and the white bus numerous times without any problems. A word of caution if you decide to walk from the city bus stop at the entrance of the park, there have been known to be bears in the area along the sidewalk in the past. Last year when we went to Mendenhall Glacier the trail to Nugget falls was closed due to bear activity.

There’s the Flix bus that leaves from Sea-tac https://www.flixbus.com Or there’s the Quick Shuttle https://quickcoach.com/

We’ve often thought about working at Pier 91 or Sea-tac. It might be a rewarding experience. I think the best one I ever saw was a guy who dropped off his wife and 3 kids in front of the terminal and then drove North up towards Ballard to a mini storage facility that he had made a reservation at to park his car because it was half the cost of parking by the Armory. He then walked and ran back down to Pier 91 while his wife and kids stood out front of the terminal. We had dinner with these people on the second night he explained to me about how much money they had saved by having an inside cabin and how much they were going to save by taking the city bus at all the ports. I felt sorry for his poor wife and kids, he was king of cheapness.

I’d be making my travel plans now to get home. The last time I took a flight out of Sea-tac it was a mess. The mode of transportation to Sea-tac would hinge on what time my flight leaves Sea-tac. If I had a early flight around 11:30 or Noon I’d take Uber or a taxi, if I had a later flight I’d probably take Seattle or Scuttle Express or the transfer bus to Sea-tac. It all pretty much depends on what flight time you can get out of Sea-tac. But be prepared for an absolute mess. 3 loads of cruise ships passengers leaving and 3 coming it always a mess.

We are going to Alaska on the Westerman in June. My husband doesn’t like to wear a suit jacket, he wears a nice shirt and tie. Will this be acceptable attire on Formal night? We've cruised on Princess many times and this has always been acceptable.

Do you mean from Skagway? It might be kind of hard to drive from Juneau since there is no roads out of Juneau.

The Railroad dock at Skagway is still being repaired from last year’s landslide. My source told me that ships that berth at the forward end of Railroad dock will be able to disembark the ship directly onto the pier. The ships that dock at the far end of railroad pier will have to take a tender to the ferry dock at the marina. I don’t remember what he said about the train leaving from on the pier like in the years past. The slide last year did a lot of damage to the pier.

We’ve been to Southeast Alaska 17 times and we wear the same shoes and clothes we wear in winter here in the Pacific Northwest. Are our shoes waterproof I doubt it, have my feet ever gotten wet, No. If you plan on hiking up in the woods then you should bring a pair of waterproof hiking boots. But for just playing tourist in town, on the train, whale watching, walking/hiking out to Nugget falls at Mendenhall Glacier all you need is a comfortable pair of shoes.

Take the bus tour out to Totem Bright State park it's a very interesting tour. When get back do a walk about town. Go over to Creek street and hike up married man trail to the fish ladder.

I just checked Affordable car rental web site and this is what I found “Our rental rate of $179.99 per day does not include the 5% Skagway Municipality tax or the 10% Alaska Vehicle Rental tax .Mileage: 200 miles included - additional mileage charged at $0.50/mile. Roadside service is included as far as Emerald Lake”

Who are you renting the car from? If you’re renting from Avis there could be a mileage restriction. Last time I rented a car from Avis is Skagway there was a mileage restriction that only allowed you to go just passed Emerald Lake. Call whoever your renting the car from in Skagway and ask them if they have unlimited mileage. Whoever you rent the car from be one of the first ones there and then get on the road to beat all the tour buses. Stop at the scenic pull outs on the way back to stay in front of the buses. I’d also skip the Yukon Suspension Bridge not really worth stopping at least not in my opinion, been there and done that and wasn’t impressed. When get pass Emerald Lake on Hwy 2 and turn onto Hwy 1 at Carcross cutoff there is a whole lot of nothing until you get to Whitehorse. The Yukon Wildlife Preserve is another 30 minutes each way out of Whitehorse. According to google maps it’s 2.5 hours each way, I think you might be cutting it pretty close. They do a lot of road construction on Hwy 2 Klondike Hwy in the summer time. Avis in Skagway is a independent agent and doesn't take any of the normal discounts.They are only open during the tourist season.

That’s a smart move taking Seattle Express and not taking the metro bus, those stairs can be treacherous at times especially when they are wet and you’re trying to navigate them with luggage. Seattle Express drops off towards the end of the covered walkway, it’s about 50 – 75 yards to the front of the terminal building.

NO! Don’t even think about walking outside of the airport area after dark, I wouldn’t walk outside of the airport during the day much less at night. International Boulevard is not really a safe area. The Hilton Seattle Airport as an airport shuttle, I’d call them or take a cab or a Uber. But please don’t walk.

I don’t understand why this is so hard. You’re going to have to put your bags out in the hallway even if you don’t use the Port Valet program. Unless you want the hassle and trouble of taking your bags off the ship and wheeling them out to whatever transportation you have arranged just to keep your bags in your room overnight so you have everything in the morning. I go to Dollar Tree and buy the small size toothpaste, deodorant, and whatever else we need for the trip. At the end of the trip we toss everything that left into the garbage can before we leave the room and it’s done. The kids all have their little backpack for their overnight things and we have ours. I think you’re making a big deal out of something that is so simple.

No worries, I think it's about 2.5 - 3 miles from West lake center to Pier 91. We cruise out of Pier 91 every summer so we kind of have gotten to know the route. We live about 40 miles from Pier 91.

Take the light rail to West lake center and then take the metro bus to Magnolia Bridge, I believe its route 24. I had a table mate one year and they walked to Pier 91 from West lake center pulling their bags.

Thanks for the heads up on Seattle Express, I forgot about them. I'll have to look into them.

Thanks for that information. I checked with the Seattle Cruise ship parking and all they have is valet parking now, we've parked with them before. I have a real hard spot with leaving my keys with someone I don’t and letting them drive my car. I mentioned to my wife about taking the light rail from SeaTac or from Angle Lake and she came unglued. I know I won’t ever do what we did last and that’s take the Princess shuttle to Pier 91 from SeaTac.

We took the shuttle from Sea-tac to Pier 91 and back last year and never again will we do that. It was an absolute mess! Maybe it was just a bad day. Holland America and Princess share the same shuttle. It leaves from the North end of the lower level of the parking garage, I believe its level 1 and it drops you off at the same place. I think there was a Delta check in desk there. It drops off and picks up along the covered walkway on Pier 91. I would absolutely use the Port Valet, it doesn’t cost anything. We live 40 miles from Pier 91 and traffic is so bad none of our family members will take us to the pier, I talked my brother into taking us to Pier 91 once and he called me shortly after he dropped us off and said we could find our way home. Last year out daughter in law had to go to SeaTac airport so she gave us a ride. We got to SeaTac around 9am got in line to drop off our bags, got a ticket to get another colored ticket down under the parking garage, there are no services down at where you wait for the bus to go out to the Pier. We spent probably 3 hours waiting for our color bus. Once we got to the pier about 1pm it was another mess, 2 long lines of people waiting to get into the terminal, we got on the ship about 2:45 or so.

No, I bring my own night light for the bathroom

My TA didn’t know that veterans got a $100 OBC from Holland, she does mostly Princess. I found out last year by reading the cruise critic forums I filled out the SheerID information and got approved in minutes. It was posted on my account within an hour.

It's to bad they don't do those tours anymore. I went on a behind the scenes tour the year before COVID. It was a very interesting tour, didn't get into the engine room. If I remember correctly there was a age restriction. I think it was $250 and lasted 3 hours. The tour wasn't listed anywhere, it was a word of mouth. Check with the front desk when you board the ship, in my case they had a sign up sheet and then a drawing as to who got to go.

If you read the very fine print it says something about 1 $100 OBC per cabin. I'm a retired educator, a veteran and my wife is a veteran. We can only claim 1 of those credits per cabin. The Shareholders OBC we get to claim that credit.