Rare PandaBear62 Posted June 15, 2019 #1 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Day 1 Whittier to Mt. McKinley Princess Beverage menu for our domed train car i enjoyed the mimosa...it was good snd dh had the hot cocoa with peppermint schnaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PandaBear62 Posted June 15, 2019 Author #2 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Dining car menu “bistro car” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PandaBear62 Posted June 15, 2019 Author #3 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Princess patter day 1 Saturday Direct to the Wilderness Rail Service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PandaBear62 Posted June 15, 2019 Author #4 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Princess Patter day 1 (Saturday) Mt. McKinley Lodge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PandaBear62 Posted June 15, 2019 Author #5 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Talkeetna Shuttle Service $10 ticket from lodge to Talkeenta its free from Talkeetna to the lodge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voljeep Posted June 15, 2019 #6 Share Posted June 15, 2019 can you pre-book any lodge excursions or do you have to wait and do that after you arrive ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land lover Posted June 15, 2019 #7 Share Posted June 15, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, voljeep said: can you pre-book any lodge excursions or do you have to wait and do that after you arrive ? Just back May 26...yes you can pre-book on line..as well as on the train we picked up reps who were booking tours in each coach the last hour or so of our ride. When they arrived a high-lited list of what is available for your arrival time is handed out to everyone. We did the 4 night land package and after our cruise found that we just wanted to walk around the lodges areas..we did upgrade to the "Tundra" tour once at the lodge in Denali and did travel to the park by ourselves..but other wise took no additional tours. Find it interesting that so many people say take the land tour first....and then cruise...to relax We did so many excursions from the ship, we needed the land trip for down time.... enjoy Edited June 15, 2019 by land lover 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise crazy64 Posted June 16, 2019 #8 Share Posted June 16, 2019 I am doing the land and sea tour in 8 days from Anchorage with 3 other friends. We are going to McKinley Lodge by Motor Coach then will be going to Whittier from Denali lodge via train. Do you know if the menu is the same for either way? We decided to do the land portion first so we didn't have to worry as much about getting to Alaska in time for the cruise. We are so excited as this is the first time for 3 of us. Can't wait. thanks, Karen 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PandaBear62 Posted June 16, 2019 Author #9 Share Posted June 16, 2019 2 hours ago, cruise crazy64 said: I am doing the land and sea tour in 8 days from Anchorage with 3 other friends. We are going to McKinley Lodge by Motor Coach then will be going to Whittier from Denali lodge via train. Do you know if the menu is the same for either way? We decided to do the land portion first so we didn't have to worry as much about getting to Alaska in time for the cruise. We are so excited as this is the first time for 3 of us. Can't wait. thanks, Karen 😎 I’m guessing the menu is the same. Its not like its personalized with a date. They were collected at the end of the trip so I’m sure the same ones are used. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PandaBear62 Posted June 16, 2019 Author #10 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Daily activities at McKinley Wilderness Lodge. We were told the schedule stays essentially the same, but the topics change for the naturalist talks and different climbers do the talks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PandaBear62 Posted June 16, 2019 Author #11 Share Posted June 16, 2019 These are tours and times for Princess Wilderness Lodge (McKinley) sometimes easier to see on one page than looking at all individually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voljeep Posted June 16, 2019 #12 Share Posted June 16, 2019 couple of things if you don't mind ... how hard is the walk up to the treehouse - level path or rocky / uneven ? when is/was the above excursions listing made available to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gremlinbangles Posted June 16, 2019 #13 Share Posted June 16, 2019 On 6/15/2019 at 1:43 PM, PandaBear62 said: Day 1 Whittier to Mt. McKinley Princess Beverage menu for our domed train car i enjoyed the mimosa...it was good snd dh had the hot cocoa with peppermint schnaps. thank you for sharing counting the days to our trip.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phabric Posted June 16, 2019 #14 Share Posted June 16, 2019 I enjoyed see all the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PandaBear62 Posted June 16, 2019 Author #15 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Coffee bar menu plus Starbucks bear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PandaBear62 Posted June 16, 2019 Author #16 Share Posted June 16, 2019 There is a vending machine in each building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PandaBear62 Posted June 16, 2019 Author #17 Share Posted June 16, 2019 If you want to play a board game you can check one out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voljeep Posted June 16, 2019 #18 Share Posted June 16, 2019 LAWN DARTS !!! - MOST EXCELLENT !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PandaBear62 Posted June 16, 2019 Author #19 Share Posted June 16, 2019 2 hours ago, voljeep said: couple of things if you don't mind ... how hard is the walk up to the treehouse - level path or rocky / uneven ? when is/was the above excursions listing made available to you The excursion list was available at least a few months ahead of time. I don’t remember when. There are two paths to the treehouse. One is steeper with steps and one is from the road. There is a shuttle at the lodge that runs every 15 minutes. We took the shuttle to the stop and its a 100 yards or so to the gravel path. Then it’s maybe a few hundred yards on a pretty level gravel path. You can take each path both ways or go one way on each. However I think many excursions are available just before. My friend I’m traveling with ended up with a job interview tomorrow via Skype. We changed out 9am Tundra tour to 3pm yesterday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PandaBear62 Posted June 16, 2019 Author #20 Share Posted June 16, 2019 20320 Grill menus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PandaBear62 Posted June 17, 2019 Author #21 Share Posted June 17, 2019 North Fork Restaurant and Bar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzrbachoua Posted June 17, 2019 #22 Share Posted June 17, 2019 did you do a connoisseur tour where the meals were included? if you did were you able to go to whichever restaurant you wanted on the property or switch the vouchers for another restaurant. Our itinerary lists which restaurant we are to eat at and looking at the menus we would prefer going to one of the other...so wasn't sure if you were stuck with what it said or it was more just a voucher with no restaurant name on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PandaBear62 Posted June 19, 2019 Author #23 Share Posted June 19, 2019 On 6/17/2019 at 1:06 PM, cruzrbachoua said: did you do a connoisseur tour where the meals were included? if you did were you able to go to whichever restaurant you wanted on the property or switch the vouchers for another restaurant. Our itinerary lists which restaurant we are to eat at and looking at the menus we would prefer going to one of the other...so wasn't sure if you were stuck with what it said or it was more just a voucher with no restaurant name on it. No we were not on the connoisseur tour. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PandaBear62 Posted June 19, 2019 Author #24 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Denali Princess Wilderness Lodge this is what you can order to take on Denali tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzrbachoua Posted June 19, 2019 #25 Share Posted June 19, 2019 13 minutes ago, PandaBear62 said: No we were not on the connoisseur tour. Sorry. OK thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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