Royal Princess which swap for Skagway?

[sunsetme]

Looking at southbound for late August, where is the alternate port.

[FLcruiser2011]

We're wondering too.  We are scheduled for Skagway on the 16th and the 24th, and fear both are going to be Icy Strait Point.  Sure wish one was going to be Sitka.

Edited August 2, 2022 by FLcruiser2011
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[JT1962]

Someone in another thread posted that it looked like Sitka would be the replacement port for most northbound itineraries and Icy Strait Point would be the all alternate for southbound.

 

[harryfat1]

Here is the link to this topic that has been discussed the past few days:

 

But to answer OP's question here - the working theory is that if you are on the one way southbound Alaska cruise on either the Royal or Majestic, you will be stopping at Icy Strait Point (ISP) on any given Tuesday. For example, today being Tuesday and the Royal Princess is docked at ISP instead of Skagway.

 

If northbound, then any given Wednesday, either the Majestic or Royal will stop at Sitka.

 

Things are more complicated with Discovery as on alternating Thursdays (8/4 and 8/18 and so on), they can dock at Skagway as there is space for Discovery to "scoot over" to the dock space behind the rock slide and tender people in.  But that only happens on alternating Thursdays when there are only 3 ships in port.  Doesn't apply when the port is full at 4 ships. On the other Thursdays, Discovery will probably be going to Sitka.

 

I would suggest you check the Princess cruise planner web page daily under the "itinerary" tab to see when (if) Princess has revised your sailing info.  Also start looking at YouTube channels to see what available at the alternative ports.

 

We are sailing on the Majestic Princess this Saturday and I had to be educated on ISP really fast over the weekend and cancelling our private excursion to Skagway as we won't be there next week.