See what you have to look forward to - photos

[Twinkd]

Hi there - my husband and I went on a cruise to Alaska in August followed by a 12 day drive around. Have finally made slideshows with my photos and hopefully the links will work.

 

Cruise - 7 days on Radiance of the Seas (ship photos)

http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-00d9-3b88-fe94?ln

 

Ketchikan - Bear Watching at Traitors Cove with Island Wings.

http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-00db-2664-e37a?ln

 

Juneau - Whale Watching with Orca Enterprises.

http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-00db-293e-ec20?ln

 

Skagway - White Pass Railway Trip

http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-00db-2f4c-ea52?ln

 

Icy Strait Point - Hoonah - Zip Line and Whale Watch with F.I.S.H.E.S.

http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-00db-33ca-f6d4?ln

 

Disembarked and stayed in Seward - Exit Glacier

http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-00db-3884-fd9a?ln

 

Drove to Anchorage and stayed a night.

http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-00db-c326-0638?ln

 

Drove to Denali National Park - White Water Rafting with Denali Outdoor Centre.

http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-00db-c894-0d8a?ln

 

To Fairbanks - out to Chena Springs and stayed then returned and did Riverboat Discovery Trip.

http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-00dc-a39a-6683?ln

 

Then to Valdez via beautiful Richardson Highway with stop at North Pole to visit the Santa House and Prince Willams Sounds Boat Trip with Stan Stephens once in Valdez.

http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-00dc-afca-6ad3?ln

 

Left Alaska and flew back to the most gorgeous city in the World - VANCOUVER!!

http://tripwow.tripadvisor.com/tripwow/ta-00dc-b196-748f?ln

 

Hope you enjoy the photos and for those of you planning to go to Alaska - a truely beautiful country awaits you - it will take your breathe away!!:)

[cantwait2cruize]

Thank you! Love your slide show:D

[ruespal]

Great job- loved it! Thanks for taking the time to put it together......:)

[woolbug]

:)Your photos are priceless! What type of camera did you use?

[wonlife64]

The slide shows are great! Brought back some great memories from our Alaskan cruise.

Thanks for posting your pictures.

[Sun 4-ever]

Enjoyed your slide showes. They were great, now I'm even more excited to go. June can't come soon enough.

[Twinkd]

:)Your photos are priceless! What type of camera did you use?

 

My camera is a Sony Alpha 200 with two lenses - one is an 18-70 and the other a 75-300.

 

Thanks everyone for your kind words. Was fun making the slide shows and reliving our holiday again.:)

[boltarella]

WOW! we are going on an Alaskan Cruise 5/29. Your pics gave us a great preview. Thanks!

[aubandit]

Enjoyed your slide shows. Did you book your excursions with the cruise ship?

[Twinkd]

Enjoyed your slide shows. Did you book your excursions with the cruise ship?

 

 

All but the Train Trip in Skagway were booked independently. The only reason this was booked through the ship was that I got all excited one day when I was looking at our booking on the Royal Carribean website and saw this excursion and clicked BOOK!!!!:rolleyes: This was done very early on in the piece before I had really researched a lot and realised how easy it is to book things independently. Would certainly book everything independently next time - pain free and very reliable. Have fun planning.:)

[jnic]

Great pictures! I'm looking at doing whale watching in either Juneau or Icy Strait Point. Which would you receommend?

 

Thanks!

[Twinkd]

Great pictures! I'm looking at doing whale watching in either Juneau or Icy Strait Point. Which would you receommend?

 

Thanks!

 

Hey there - I loved the trip we did in Juneau with Orca but I was blown away by our trip in Icy Strait Point with F.I.S.H.E.S.

 

Originally I booked our trip in Juneau but then read about the Bubble Net feeding in ISP so booked there as well as this is what I wanted to see. As it worked out - the Bubble Net feeding we saw in Juneau and not in ISP. We were in a smaller boat in ISP and the water was like a lake - I just felt closer to the whales in the smaller boat.

 

I guess we had a really calm day and the whales were out and about - also saw loads in Juneau on that trip but water not so flat but perhaps if we had been in a smaller boat it would have felt better. Having siad that - we went on the Juneau trip first and thought it was absolutely amazing and unbelievable and were talking about it constantly and did not imagine that it could be any better - but it was!!! So I guess if you have nothing to compare it to either place would be awesome.

 

But to answer your question - if we were booking again I would go ISP!! I am sure which ever you decide you will have an awesome trip.:)

[Wannaknow]

Really enjoyed your photos - thanks! Noticed on the Seward photos that they have a trolley car. Was it a trolley car tour (hop-on - hop-off) or just transportation? If it was a tour - would appreciate any info on it.

[Twinkd]

Really enjoyed your photos - thanks! Noticed on the Seward photos that they have a trolley car. Was it a trolley car tour (hop-on - hop-off) or just transportation? If it was a tour - would appreciate any info on it.

 

Sorry this was just a random photo we took while walking around Seward but I just did a bit of a Google search and it looks like they are tours - it stated that the Trolley Tours are run by the Hertz Rental people. Hope this helps.:)

[Wannaknow]

Thank you Twinkd - it was very kind of you to check it out. I will follow up and find out more about it.