Bus or shuttle in Juneau

[morriscats]

I think I read about a bus or shuttle to Mendenhall. Is it less expensive than the Princess tour? What about seeing the City - is there some kind of tour for that? Thanks for any help.

[Krazy Kruizers]

The city is easy to walk.

We take the Blue Bus to Mendenhal Glacier -- it is $8 per person each way. You can stay as long as you want. It drops you off and picks you up right near the Visitors Center.

[mapleleaves]

the city bus drop off point is almost a mile away from Mendenhall.

The Glacier Express shuttle is $16RT. The company is Might Great Trips which also has other tours:

http://mightygreattrips.com/tours/

 

The Juneau Visitor Information web site provides other tour options. http://www.traveljuneau.com/

[kackeroo]

We took the $30 Juneau City Tour/Mendenhall glacier bus. Wasn't worth it. We should have just used the $8 bus to the glacier. Unless seeing an empty Governor's mansion (not lived in since 1997), a big sandbar?, and a creek is worth $22 bucks, I wouldn't do it. Our bus didn't have any suspension system either (ouch!!). Doing that tour again would be the LAST thing I would do if I had the CHANCE to go back and re-do our TOURS (hint, hint).

 

On a side note, if the weather is nice, do a walkup ticket to the Mount Roberts tram. And the Alaskan Brewery tour wasn't exactly a "walking tour", but they were generous with the taps!

[Budget Queen]

The "blue" bus, ALSO has a TOUR bus that includes an informative narrative, goes to Douglas Island for a photo stop of your ship, and a Mendenhall stop. This is operated by MGT. Their tour is about half the cost of a ship tour, and very well done. There is limited time at Mendenhall however, but you could leave the tour at that point- depending on the order, and take a shuttle bus back. The "shuttle" bus , is transportation only.

 

The city is certainly very walkable, if you choose to do some prior homework and get familiar with a walking tour. Heading to your library could find Alaska travel books perhaps with walking tours listed.

[trackies]

Hello , there is a blue bus and a white bus that offer shuttle service to Mendenhall. We did this last week and enjoyed the flexibility it gave us regarding how much time we wanted to spend at the glacier. We enjoyed the Nugget Falls trail and spectacular views. As others have pointed out, Juneau is easy to walk around. We headed straight up Franklin Street, to 4th Street and visited St. Nicholas church - wonderful Russian icons and a delightful small chapel. We then climbed a few of those steep stairs, until we reached 7th Street and the "House of Wickersham" - fantastic views of the town and harbour. The house can be toured for a donation and it is very interesting. We then headed over to Main street via 6th avenue and enjoyed the Juneau-Douglas Museum and eventually poked our way in and out of galleries until we reached the ship. It was a most enjoyable day in port!

[AkSusan]

We took the $30 Juneau City Tour/Mendenhall glacier bus. Wasn't worth it. We should have just used the $8 bus to the glacier. Unless seeing an empty Governor's mansion (not lived in since 1997), a big sandbar?, and a creek is worth $22 bucks, I wouldn't do it. Our bus didn't have any suspension system either (ouch!!). Doing that tour again would be the LAST thing I would do if I had the CHANCE to go back and re-do our TOURS (hint, hint).

 

On a side note, if the weather is nice, do a walkup ticket to the Mount Roberts tram. And the Alaskan Brewery tour wasn't exactly a "walking tour", but they were generous with the taps!

Not sure why you said the Governor's mansion is not lived in, as the Governors have lived there, especially when the Legislature is in session (January through April), because it is, and has been for years.

 

Susan in Anchorage :)

[coiran]

You can rent a car for $57 and tour all day!

[Busman723]

rjandy1936

Where can you rent a car for $57/day in Juneau? And how close to the cruise dock is the rental place?

Thanks

[Budget Queen]

rjandy1936

Where can you rent a car for $57/day in Juneau? And how close to the cruise dock is the rental place?

Thanks

 

Avis and Juneau Car Rental are both in the downtown area. Walkable, with mobility limitations.

[coiran]

Avis and Juneau Car Rental are both in the downtown area. Walkable, with mobility limitations.

 

Juneau car rental has a website - they said is about a 1/4 mile to their location - got a midsize (Malibu) for $57.50 total, and they sent along an itinerary of places to visit.

[Busman723]

Thanks for the info. I will give them a call.

[Keith1010]

Governor's do live in the mansion. You can see the outside of the mansion but cannot tour it.

 

Keith

[lovesublime]

Not sure why you said the Governor's mansion is not lived in, as the Governors have lived there, especially when the Legislature is in session (January through April), because it is, and has been for years.

 

Susan in Anchorage :)

 

 

 

Our driver took us by the governor's mansion. He told us that Palin and her family did indeed live there part of the year. (this was back when she was governor). There was children's play equipment out on the lawn.

[DougH]

Our driver took us by the governor's mansion. He told us that Palin and her family did indeed live there part of the year. (this was back when she was governor). There was children's play equipment out on the lawn.

 

When I was in port a couple of years ago I didn't go by but heard later that Palins daughter had set up a lemonade stand out in front of the mansion. It would have been a fantastic photo op and chance for a "caption this picture" contest :)