Trip Report with Kids on the Mariner(alaska Cruise) from last Summer

[bvlessing]

Trip Report with Kids on the Mariner(alaska Cruise) from last Summer

 

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Sorry it has taken me so long to post. We went with another family July 4th week.... Vancouver- Anchorage.. Vancouver is beautiful- go there a couple days early if possible..

 

Alot of kids on the ship-- the Club Mariner is awesom( kids were 4 and 6-boys)-- the biggest surprise was how good the program was. On other larger RCCL type ships--granted alot more facilities- but here there were a total of 20-30 kids from 4-14-- divided into 4-5 groups by ages-councelors were awesome College age nannies/students from Canada.. My kids could not wait to go- they loved the personal attention- kids games/arts and crafts-- Sea days were like 10-1, 4-6. 7:30-9:30. Port days-- usually 4-6 and 7:30-9:30.. They were very loving and fun..

 

Ports- Ketckhikan---took the plane trip to see bears- was awesome!! well worth it and kids liked it..also saw lumberjack show I believe- in any case see that somewhere-- well worth it..

 

Juneau was alot of rain-- we were supposed to go Dog Sledding on the glacier- never made it..

 

Skagaway- rained a bunch.. did go Gold Panning- kids loved that!!!

 

Sitka==-Best port-- we charted two small boats and went whale watching and toured some of the nearby places-- it was so well worth it..

 

Hubbard Glacier- too much ice in teh water so we could not get too too close to the glacier- but it was very nice...

 

 

Major delights--go up on deck at around 11-12 PM and see the sun set-- totally breathtaking...

 

if you have kids-- feed them at one of the restaurants-from 6:30-7:30- then drop them off at the kids program and go eat yourself....

 

The asian restaurant is great-- French place as well.. be sure to print out reservation confirmations...

 

After the cruise- we spent a week touring Alaska-- Homer and Seward--was very well worth it.. spent last day in Anchorage-- there is really nothing there.....

 

Feel free to write- bvlessing@aol.com or respond here-- ask away!!

[MamaQuack]

So happy to see someone other than me touting the youth program on Regent. It was not available on our first Regent (Radisson) cruise 8 years ago. However, they quickly realized kids would accompany their folks on certain cruises and made a point to establish a wonderful program for the kids. We have sailed HAL, Celebrity and Disney and our son says hands down that Regent does the best job. He is 15 now and still looking forward to our March 30 cruise. He meets great kids and has a great time on every Regent cruise.