CruisinTurnips

Thanks for the great information! Do you remember which days you were able to pick up cell phone service without using the ship's resources? Were you able to get it in all of the ports? We're a little concerned about some things at home and are hoping that we'd be able to at least get text messages or have contact at least at some point during most of the days.

 

Thanks for any insight you can provide, we sail on July 19th!

We have cruised to Alaska twice now and can confirm AT&T should work in Seattle and all ports. My husband has Straight Talk and did not have service. We were planning to move to Juneau last September and were told AT&T is generally the only service provider in the area.

We loved the whale watching excursion in Juneau. You see a lot of whales on the cruise itself, but the excursion gets you up close and allows you to see various pods (if they are in the area).

I haven't done the seaplane excursion, but the helicopter tour to Mendenhall was breathtaking. If you can do both excursions with your time/money, then go for it. Otherwise, I could recommend seeing the whales in Juneau and postponing the seaplane for a future cruise.