AndiamoDee

Juneau and Skagway definitely had tour operators near the port to book with. Not too sure about Ketchikan.

Thanks! September will be here before we know it and I need to start planning. Thanks again for your review :D

Thank you for your review. We're on Zaandam in September for the cruise/land trip and really looking forward to it. Can I ask if there were independent excursion tours that you can book once you get to the ports? We've only cruised the Caribbean before and know that when we get off the ship at the port we can always find an excursion without pre-booking through the ship.

Thank you so much for posing your review. Hubby and I are taking the land/sea trip on the Zaandam in September and I've been wondering what to expect.

On our cruise the Jewel arrived at "7am" in Cabo on 12/21/16. We booked a private whale watch at 8:30. Early tendering tickets were offered at the Saphire pool that morning. The ship docks very close to the tendering pier so it only was a 10 minute ride. I don't see a problem with a two hour difference, but you may want to line up to get one of the earlier tenders if you can't get in with someone who has priority or latitudes tendering. We had a short port day so there were people lining up early for the first non-priority tender tickets.

Thank you, that eases my mind a lot! Maybe it was a language barrier with the lady on the phone...

Hi all,

Please forgive me if this has been asked before, I did a search but wasn't able to find an answer. How long does it take to get from the ship to land on the tender? Because I procrastinated and didn't book our excursion in advance I had to book our whale watching with an outside tour company. The lady who placed our reservation wasn't very reassuring that we'd get there on time. She said it takes just over an hour to get to there? But she wanted our credit card number anyway. We dock at 10:00 and the tour is at 12:00. I would just hate to miss the tour and still be charged for it. Thanks

My hubby and I and our friends are also on the Jewel on 2/5. This is some of the info I needed too :) so thanks for posting.

29 days until Panama Canal!!!

I also want to thank you for posting this. Hubby and I are on the same cruise, but in reverse in February. It's great to know what to expect.