callred Posted April 28, 2004 #1 Share Posted April 28, 2004 Hi everyone... We'll be sailing on the Radiance this August -- I know this has been asked before but can anyone give me any insight into the helicopter glacier and dogsledding tours? My teenagers and husband would love to go on this but I am frankly pretty nervous about the safety of the helicopters... Any information or feedback would be tremendously appreciated! Thanks so much! Caroline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budget Queen Posted April 28, 2004 #2 Share Posted April 28, 2004 They are top picks. [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img] Safe as can be, I believe. [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img] (have gone 6 times) Haven't made the glacier dog sledding- canceled upon twice. But it always gets raves!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Posted April 28, 2004 #3 Share Posted April 28, 2004 You're safer in the helicopters than you are on the freeway to get to the airport to get to your ship. Murray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gloriashelton Posted April 29, 2004 #4 Share Posted April 29, 2004 Do you recommend helicopter or plane on a flightseeing trip to McKinley (not even sure there is a helicopter trip....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mscloyd Posted April 29, 2004 #5 Share Posted April 29, 2004 I asked this same question about a month or so ago and got some scary answers. But, when I actually looked up the crashes (I can't remember the site - maybe the FAA) they are very few and far between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budget Queen Posted April 29, 2004 #6 Share Posted April 29, 2004 I greatly prefer a summit flight of McKinley- nothing like looking "down" on that mountain. [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img] But depending on your flying experience the ski planes with a landing are thrilling too. [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gloriashelton Posted April 29, 2004 #7 Share Posted April 29, 2004 When you say summit flights, is that with a helicopter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Posted April 29, 2004 #8 Share Posted April 29, 2004 The summit flights can only be done with a pressurized aircraft (the top of Denali is well beyond the point where humans can breathe properly). I'm only aware of one company that does them, with twin-engine planes - [url="http://www.talkeetna-aero.com/"]http://www.talkeetna-aero.com/[/url] Murray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbt2 Posted April 29, 2004 #9 Share Posted April 29, 2004 We did both a seaplane and helicopter tours on our Alaska cruise and enjoyed both! I will say the heli did scare me more though, especially when he flew into a cloud above a mountain and you couldn't see anything. Whew..a bit scary, but as you can see we made out fine. [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img] Kim Dawn Princess Regal Princess Grand Princess Mercury - Celebrity Windward - NCL Monarch of the Seas - RCCL Voyager of the Seas - RCCL [img]http://escati.linkopp.net/cgi-bin/countdown.cgi?trgb=000000&srgb=00ff00&prgb=ff00ff&cdt=2004;5;7;17;00;00&timezone=GMT-0000[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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