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Early arrival, never happened to us.

Jayleen's Alaska is our preferred vendor for whale watching in Juneau. We have gone out with her numerous times and have never been disappointed. Juneau offers many whale watching vendors. It is important to check them out and see if they fulfill your needs. Some vendors offer more time on the water than others. If interested, here is Jayleen's website: https://jayleensalaska.com/

We were on the Discovery Princess the week of April 20-27th. I always check our bill daily. I found that when we were in San Diego, we were charged for two drinks which we did not order. We went to Guest Services and explained the error. The representative told me the charge was for two glasses of red wine; I explained we do not drink. She told me she would report it and have the item removed. The next day I checked our bill and it still appeared. I went back to Guest Services and talked with another representative and she handled it as we were to depart the ship the next day and I knew that once we left the ship who knew how long it would take to rectify the situation. I think there needs to be better facial recognition and cabin number verification by crew members before they input the order.

I booked our 2025, 17-night cruise to Alaska August 3, 2023.

I book with a "big box" agency and they do not participate in the bidding process.

I am Elite and my app shows that. My app WiFi information shows the same as @pompeii.

Thank you all for your comments --- this post is no longer an issue.

We have a guarantee deluxe balcony booked for our May Alaska 2024 cruise. I know it has been a few years for you but do you remember when your cabin was assigned? Was it real close to embarkation or a few weeks out. Thanks in advance.

Has anyone ever had a Guaranteed DF cabin (Deluxe Balcony)? If so, where did you end up -- just curious.

So sorry to hear that GW is not available. What is your ISP date?

OMG, I received my email from stockperks informing me that I could redeem my perk. Within a matter of a few minutes, it showed up in my booking. I am very impressed with the whole process. Now, the next question is, do I need to submit my information for EVERY cruise I book? Assuming yes???

I sent in my proof on Friday, got the "Manual Brokerage Statement Submission Acknowledgement" right away and have not received a "next step" email. Anyone else waited more than 2 working days (as stated in the stockperks email) for a response? If so, how long did you wait? Thanks in advance. DISREGUARD this post, I just received my email from stockperks.

We do whale watching in both ports whenever we can --- just a personal preference. For ISP, we would recommend Glacier Wind. For Juneau, we would recommend Jayleen's Alaska. We have gone out with both companies many times and have always had an enjoyable experience.

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Where did you get the fancy wrist bands?

@drwbrt, I used to live in Downey many years ago. Thanks for the pictures -- what a change.

This will be my first time submitting something to Stock Perks. Can someone tell me where do I find the app, what is the exact name (so I don't download the wrong thing). Thank you in advance.

@Luvtennis6060, I think you misposted your comment as this thread is all about "Independent Flight Info."

Our flight out of Vancouver is 1:25 PM -- that should give us enough time to get to the airport, get through ticketing and processing. We will also be self disembarking.

Port recommendations: Juneau: Our favorite independent whale watching tour operator -- https://jayleensalaska.com/ Icy Strait: Our favorite independent whale watching tour operator -- https://www.g-wind.com/ Hubbard: Hubbard Glacier & Wilderness Exploration is a ship-sponsored tour that is offered by Allen Marine and is the only excursion that I am aware of. This tour is a couple of hours long and cost varies by cruise line. Not all ships will offer it and it is only available during certain months --- if interested, check your cruise line excursions for your itinerary to see if it is offered during your sailing. We have gotten lucky and have seen some amazing calving.

This is a first for me: I entered our independent flight information into my Cruise Personalizer and received the following information from Princess: "This flight departs too early to reliably make your fight after arrival.: How can that be, our flight departs 4 hours AFTER we are scheduled to disembark the ship -- we are not using transfers and we will be self-disembarking. We have flown many times out of YVR and never had a problem.

Does anyone have a direct number for the Players Club? I have a question for someone in that department.

When in Juneau, we always book with Jayleen's Alaska. So far, we have gone out with Jayleen 13 times. We have 4 whale watching tours booked for 2024 and 1 for 2025. We have never had a bad experience. Here is the link to her business: https://jayleensalaska.com/ There are a lot of good whale watching companies in Juneau. I have gone with quite a few, but my preference is Jayleen. I would suggest that if interested, check out the names of the companies mentioned and then do your homework on the companies to see which one matches your needs. Coral statement about "private whale watching tours" is correct and one of the reasons we choose them.

@Paula_MacFan. The big jump in pricing was a surprise. In the past, Princess had the cheaper pricing on this excursion compared to some of the other lines. We will be taking this excursion in May and in August of this year. All I can say is I am glad I booked early.

Shore excursion pricing has definitely gone up. I just checked my Princess Hubbard Glacier and Wilderness Explorer excursion that off loads from the ship and noticed the higher price. The excursion went from $299.95 to $409.95 p/p. So glad I booked the excursion many months ago. On the other side of the coin, my independent shore excursion vendors have also gone up.