lovecruzin Posted May 27, 2019 #26 Share Posted May 27, 2019 We are currently on Solstice, there is a similar excursion at Tracy Arm/Dawes Glacier. We have done it twice and wish we had done it today. Last year we got off Solstice closer in and the passengers who stayed onboard could see Dawes. Conditions are such that we are no where even close to being able to see the glacier from the ship, Brent Nixon just said 20 miles away! If Alaska is a once in a lifetime cruise for you. Do the excursion! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisingnewtoit Posted May 27, 2019 Author #27 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Just now, lovecruzin said: We are currently on Solstice, there is a similar excursion at Tracy Arm/Dawes Glacier. We have done it twice and wish we had done it today. Last year we got off Solstice closer in and the passengers who stayed onboard could see Dawes. Conditions are such that we are no where even close to being able to see the glacier from the ship, Brent Nixon just said 20 miles away! If Alaska is a once in a lifetime cruise for you. Do the excursion! Last year my DH & I regret on our HAL cruise not doing the Tracy Arm excursion. We are signed up for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkjretired Posted May 27, 2019 #28 Share Posted May 27, 2019 (edited) 41 minutes ago, lovecruzin said: We are currently on Solstice, there is a similar excursion at Tracy Arm/Dawes Glacier. We have done it twice and wish we had done it today. Last year we got off Solstice closer in and the passengers who stayed onboard could see Dawes. Conditions are such that we are no where even close to being able to see the glacier from the ship, Brent Nixon just said 20 miles away! If Alaska is a once in a lifetime cruise for you. Do the excursion! We went the third week in August and got about a quarter mile away due to lack of ice, on the boat we were real close. Just an FYI to those looking at these excursions they have to be done through the ship since they start from the ship. Edited May 27, 2019 by dkjretired 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italy52 Posted May 27, 2019 #29 Share Posted May 27, 2019 1 hour ago, cruisingnewtoit said: Last year my DH & I regret on our HAL cruise not doing the Tracy Arm excursion. We are signed up for this one. We have done the Tracy Arm excursion twice with HAL and another one coming up this June. LOVE this excursion; have never been disappointed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebInAntigua Posted May 28, 2019 #30 Share Posted May 28, 2019 (edited) Celebrity is offering these small boat glacier excursions on a few cruises. June 2020 on S-class cruise there is an "Endicott Arm Fjord and Glacier Explorer" one for $224 pp (price corrected, it went up a bit) We got the Hubbard one for $215 pp on sale last week, currently listed as $274 pp. Edited May 28, 2019 by DebInAntigua corrected price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovecruzin Posted May 28, 2019 #31 Share Posted May 28, 2019 On 5/27/2019 at 6:52 AM, lovecruzin said: We are currently on Solstice, there is a similar excursion at Tracy Arm/Dawes Glacier. We have done it twice and wish we had done it today. Last year we got off Solstice closer in and the passengers who stayed onboard could see Dawes. Conditions are such that we are no where even close to being able to see the glacier from the ship, Brent Nixon just said 20 miles away! If Alaska is a once in a lifetime cruise for you. Do the excursion! Following up on my previous post. We chatted with a couple last night who did the Tracy Arm excursion, they only made it about 1/2 mile further than where they got off of Solstice. They did not see the glacier. I just assumed based on our prior experience that the small vessel would get a lot closer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachluver9 Posted January 20, 2020 #32 Share Posted January 20, 2020 On 5/19/2019 at 7:56 PM, Huskydo said: Which ship is this offered? We are sailing next May to Alaska visiting Hubbard Glacier but this excursion isn’t showing. Thanks We are sailing on the Celebrity Eclipse on 5/17/20 and it is on the excursion option list for us. Booked it the first day it finally showed up! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter1956 Posted January 22, 2020 #33 Share Posted January 22, 2020 We are going there in May but which is the better excursion, Tracy Arm Fjord And Glacier Explorer or the Hubbard Glacier Wilderness Exploration? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4774Papa Posted January 22, 2020 #34 Share Posted January 22, 2020 We did Alaska on NCL since they visit Glacier Bay and Hubbard Glacier. Glacier Bay was amazing. Hubbard was great as well, but we were only there a short time compared to all day at Glacier Bay. Our ship went very close to both the main glacier in Glacier Bay and Hubbard that it was wonderful. I don't think that I would pay extra to get closer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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