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They begun setting up in the Hollywood Conservatory and posted a schedule for the day. On other Alaskan cruises, including Princess, they had specialty coffee and hot chocolate so people could sip and watch the views. For some reason they didn’t do that on this cruise.
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Glacier Bay Day. Our third Alaska cruise and our third time to Glacier Bay. My opinion is to take a cruise to Glacier Bay if you can. First Breakfast and Coffee.
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It was formal night and they had delivered some canapés to the room. My husband didn’t feel like going to dinner. He had room service and I watched the champagne waterfall, then had dinner in the dining room before walking around for a few minutes before going to bed.
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We are elite, so I got free entry to the grapevine wine tasting. If I had not, I would have paid the $12. It was interesting an a nice way to spend an hour. I went back to the room and my husband and I went to the Hollywood Conservatory to see the Hubbard Glacier. After awhile they announced the weather was too bad and we would not be able to see the glacier. I was still hopeful we would be able to see Glacier Bay the next day.
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We were only supposed to have one sea day. Today late afternoon we were supposed to see Hubbard Glacier, which would have been new for us. It rained almost nonstop. Being the beginning of football season, we watched football in the room. My husband ordered room service and I walked around, had the champagne Cosmo at the Crown Bar before lunch. Fried calamari is one of my favorite dishes. The lunch was very good.
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I did not get up in time for yoga. We went to breakfast. Afterwards I did Zumba in the piazza. It was a good time and a great workout.
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I don’t remember. I had booked all three of the MDRs. I got notifications a few times that they moved my reservation to another dining room. We never had an issue getting a table for 2.
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I don’t remember. I had booked all three of the MDRs. I got notifications a few times that they moved my reservation to another dining room. We never had an issue getting a table for 2.
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Yes, we prebooked all of the excursions, for land and cruise. I would book as soon as you are able as they fill up quickly. Sometimes there are cancellations. That is how I was able to get my Juneau excursion as it had been sold out, but about two weeks before the cruise there were a few cancellations. They also have excursions at the lodges as well, but that is subject to them being sold out.
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I think they could have improved the communication pre-cruise. There was a comprehensive video our last night in Denali, but by then it was a little late.
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We arrived at the port around 6. I had made reservations in the app for the Specialty dining and main dining room for the week. I made the MDR reservation for 7:20 and we still didn’t make it. It was almost 90 minutes to get on the ship. We then did our muster drill and went to dinner around 8:30. We didn’t have an issue getting a table after missing the reservation. Dinner was very good and included versus the cruise tour. The only issue was my husband telling me he was sick. Ugh! After dinner, we went to the room to unpack. One of the best parts was having a Milky Way martini delivered by Ocean Now while unpacking.
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I guess the idea is that the hotel in Anchorage is not a Princess property and if the suitcases are left out any person could grab it, whereas, the other properties are strictly for Princess. Quite honestly I would have rather brought my own luggage to the bus. We were asked to put it out quite early no matter what time we were leaving. Everything we needed had to be put in our backpacks.
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Yes, that is exactly what happens. I thought it was crazy too. They open your hotel door. In all of the other places, you place the luggage outside the door.
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Thank you. We have been to 2 Alaska cruises in September and this CruiseTour. We always had great weather in September. Hope you have a great time.
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I don’t mind being strict on Keto, but go completely off during vacation. I go back on my first day back home. I will gain between 8-12 pounds. I normally lose all except 2 pounds within 10 days.
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Train continued
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Day 5 Glass Domed Train to Whittier/Majestic Princess It was a 10 hour train ride. It was a nice way to travel, but still 10 hours.
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After our excursions, my husband and I had cocktails at the pizza place and had dinner at Fannie Q’s. They only had about half the menu. The couple next to us ordered dessert and they had 3 choices. We had 2 choices, then they came back and said it was just the one option.
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Denali Park. Dog Kennels. I went to the dog kennel presentation. We got to play with the puppies. We heard about how the rangers were able to use the dogs to help where people could not. It was different than the prior Iditarod excursion.
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Denali Park. Dog Kennels. I went to the dog kennel presentation. We got to play with the puppies. We heard about how the rangers were able to use the dogs to help where people could not. It was different than the prior Iditarod excursion.
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What a great picture. We use most of the Premier features. We have stayed in rooms from an inside to Suite and since the CruiseTour was so much more expensive than just the cruise and we had to put a new roof on the house we decided to do the inside room. We stayed on the Lido deck so the outside was quite close by.
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Day 4 Denali. I did an early morning walk around the property and ended up in the line to get coffee. A lot of people were doing the bus tour and getting food to take with them. I got my husband and we went to breakfast. We were the last group they were having so when they ran out of something they were not being replenished. The only juice available was cranberry. It was a nice breakfast. Afterwards, I walked around for a little while. I had to do some work, the internet was not the best, but it allowed me to do the work I needed to get done and I was able to do some laundry as well before leaving for Denali Park in the afternoon.
