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From advice here on CC, we rented cars in Portland, Halifax and Saint John and I had planned out our itinerary in each Port.

I thought about doing this but I worry about parking and how it is? I was worried there would be a lot of parrallel parking and I will be honest I don’t know how to bringing from Houston we dont have to parrallel Park.

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For docking, there is only one pier for cruise ships in Boston, the Raymond L. Flynn Black Falcon Cruise Terminal, to give it its official title. It is on Google Maps.

 

For HOHO maps, try:

 

https://www.trolleytours.com/boston/hop-on-hop-off for the Old Town Trolley

 

https://www.hop-on-hop-off-bus.com/boston-bus-tours for the Boston Bus HOHO tours

 

https://bostonsupertours.com/upper-deck-trolley-tours/ for the Boston Supertours

thank you so much for the info this helps a lot.

Tina :)

Boston...HOHO Bus....such a great driver no one wanted to hop off.

Do you know how far the HOHO bus goes? I was wanting to go to Little Italy but didn't know if the bus would got that far or if I would have to catch a cab or uber. Also does anyone know where Carnival would dock when in port. I am having a hard time find this info to see where I can walk and when I should take a cab.

Loving your review!

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The moment I’m done with work the day before. My vacation starts on that drive home.

 

 

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I agree.

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I was wondering what they were going to do as well. I am booked for Oct. 2019 I just hope they add a steakhouse so I can have a couple of really good meals.

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I got it this morning for Oct 2019 on Triumph out of New York.

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Hey y’all, I was curious to know what everyone’s opinion is on cabin 9264 on the Triumph. The good and the bad.

Thanks in advanced

Tina

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Does anyone on the Carnival Legend which decks the laundry room is on. My cabin is on deck 7 and I was hoping there is a laundry room on that deck hopefully not far from my room.

Thanks in advance.

How do I find out which dock we will dock? Are the ships at the same dock each "week" or does the dock vary from week to week?

 

TIA!

I am not sure if you found it yet but here is the link I found on here and saved after someone posted it a while back. It will also show how many ships will be in at the same time and your assigned dock.

http://claalaska.com/?page_id=1250

Booked on the Aug 1 Alaska carnival cruise from Seattle. Flying in the night before. Does anyone know if a hotel that offers shuttle service from hotel to cruise? The hotels I found were $300+. Don't really want to spend that much $, but want a clean place to rest my head.

I am cruising Sept. 5 and flying in the night before I have booked The Moore Hotel the prices weren't too bad considering it is a holiday and in the Pike Place Market area but beware they do not have A/C. I wasn't able to find any free shuttles from the airport to the hotels in downtown I am looking at maybe using a car service to get from airport to hotel.

I have only been to Alaska once in May 2014 and I went with Carnival so I cant speak for the cruise line you are going with.

In Juneau: Carnival had an excursion called best of Juneau which took you to Mendenhall Glacier, whale watching, and then a boat ride to an island for a salmon bake. We loved it!

Skagway: We rented a car and did a self driving tour with Murry's guide.

For Tracy Arm: Carnival offers for you get off the ship on a small boat and takes you pretty close to the Glacier it is booked before you get on the ship and sells out very fast but it was so worth it you might want to see if your cruise lines offers it.

Victoria, BC: we walked the whole area it was a lot they had a map with all of the points of interest.

I am going back to Alaska in Sept of this year so I am pretty much done with my planning already and again in Skagway I am renting the car again and going to get an updated version of the guide not that I think much has changed but we enjoyed it a lot. We are also now renting a car in Juneau.

Enjoy your vacation.

I cant speak for HAL but when I did this excursion on Carnival it was very much worth it. We were able to see a bear walking on the land and got pretty close to the Glacier and they brought a chunk of ice on the boat so you could see. When we were close to the Glacier we were lucky enough to see it calving. We went on the first boat out so I am not sure what the people from the ship saw but when we got back on board it had already turned around and was slowly heading back out while the second group made the trip out to see. As far as time limit it was longer than 30 mins for us but again different cruise line hopefully someone who has done this excursion with HAL will be able to help with their opinion.

When I went to Juneau in May of 2014 I booked the excursion through Carnival called best of Juneau I enjoyed it. It gives you Mendenhall Glacier, Whale watching and then a trip by boat to a lodge to eat lunch and then back to the ship. I am actually in the process of planning my second trip for Sept of this year and I am renting a car and planning on going back to Mendenhall so I have more time to do a hike and then driving around the hwy to see some of the scenic views and Eagle beach. I hope you and your family enjoy your cruise. :)

September tends to be one of the nicest months of the year here and will often have some of the warmer days too. But even on the rare really warm day things cool off really quickly at night. The only way to get the Puget Sound area warm is to have a down slope east wind coming over the Cascades which also means very dry air that cools rapidly after sunset. If they do not have A/C then very likely there will be a fan and a window that opens.

Thank you for the info. :)

Another thumbs up for the Moore - stayed there last September pre-cruise and had no issues - will be booking it again for my Fall 2017 cruise.

 

Cheers!

 

Dennis

How was the weather? I have been to Seattle one other time in May and stayed at the Maxwell but I was looking at the Moore for my upcoming September cruise but saw they do not have AC so I was a little worried if it would be a little warm or stuffy in the room not that I plan on being in the room much other than just to sleep. TYA

We are renting a car again this year...Juneau car rental is very close to where our ship docks...$50-$60 for rental and we would have freedom to go and do what we want too.

If you don't mind me asking where all do y'all stop and see or is there like a driving tour page that I can download or buy? The first time I went to Alaska we did a excursion through Carnival and this year I decided to rent a car and I know for sure we are going to MG and possibly Glacier Garden but I was wondering what else is interesting to see.

thanks

I checked out the Avis company close to the port and there were not any cars left on the day we will be there. Is there another place besides Avis that is within walking distance from the port?

I booked a car rental through Tour in Alaska (https://www.toursinalaska.com/juneau/ ) . I have not used them before but I have been emailing them back and forth and seem really nice maybe someone else has used them and can give their input.

That information will be posted on the same web site come about January or February, so check back on http://claalaska.com/?page_id=1250 early next year.

Thank you I will check back on it. [emoji4]

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Is there a way to find out which Berth # you will be in?

278 days to go until I am enjoying my Alaska Cruise!!!

510 days but at least I am booked. :)

Been reading these boards to help plan our upcoming cruise in May. We'll be cruising from Seattle on May 15th and was wondering what the chances are that Emerald Lake will still be frozen if we take the ride up there. Right now we have a tour booked with Chilkoot but not going into the Yukon. May change it though if the Lake will not be frozen early in the season. Also, we're taking the bus up and train back. What side do we sit on to get the best views.

 

Thanks!

When I went in 2014 for Memorial day week (May 27) we rented a car and drove up there and it wasn't frozen at all but I am sure other people will know better than I.

We had 7299 and 7301. Large balconies anyway but combined was really nice. Ask your room steward as soon as you can. It used to be that they would only open up so many on the ship, for whatever reason. I don't know if this is still the case. Hope this helps. Bill.

Billfrompa, do you have any pictures of cabin 7301? Also did you find the lifeboats below bother your view at all?