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Alaska Cruise Tips. 6 Need To Knows Before You Go
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มิ.ย. 2018
- Discover the 6 top Alaska cruise tips that you need to know to make the most of your Alaskan cruise. I explore topics like when is the best time to go to Alaska, which Alaska cruise itinerary is best for you and why, which cruise line to cruise to Alaska with, which cabin should you book for an Alaskan cruise vacation, what should you pack for Alaska cruising and what are your options on excursions and things to do in the main ports you will call on.
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This man is very calm and soothing. I want him to be my personal tour guide.
he is,,I'm nervous as a bed bug,,30days to Alaska..
The Bob Ross of cruising.
Oh no you dont I want him as my guide 1st lol... I agree Gary knows it all is so relaxing. He makes me feel like I've already cruised everywhere and I've never gone lol
All it takes is $$$
I watch several cruise vloggers but I love how thorough you are and how calm and collected. You are always my go to info person when I’m interested in a particular cruise line, ship or itinerary. Thanks!
After being asked for many years, I am coming around to the idea that yes I do want to take an Alaskan cruise.I have been watching many different cruise videos and I have to say that this is one of the very best. Very informative! Thank you!
My son and I took an inside passage cruise of Alaska with Holland America. Everything Gary said is true. The weather is very changeable. Definitely pack layers and hope for sunny weather. It rained just a few days on our eight day cruise. I was reluctant to take a reserved float plane excursion because the rain but we were assured by our very experienced pilot that by the time we got to the other side of the mountain (which would be in a matter of seconds) the weather would be completely the opposite. The pilot was right! We immediately experienced sunny, beautiful weather on the opposite side of the mountain in Juneau. Our float plane excursion viewing the ice fields was an astounding experience and made us very proud to be Americans.
A great very cheap excursion is in Juneau. It is around $30 to take a bus to the Mendenhaul glacier right next to a beautiful waterfall. Is a short bus ride. Well worth it.
Good tip! Thanks!
What company was did the excursion with
Richard2003
I’ve been a few times, we always rent a car for the day. Much cheaper and they pick you up and drop off right at the pier. Also, great to stop at Costco and pick up booze.
The public bus is even cheaper
Can you touch the glacier from going this way?
We liked it so much that we're planning a 3rd trip next summer. If you haven't been there, you need to make the trip because it is going to change you. Such Beauty.......
Thank for being so honest. I starred watching you a few months ago & had learned so much from your vedios. I will be going on a cruise in the future for the first time & feel prepared & confident! I hope you remain healthy & I thikj that it's great that you decided to take time to cruise around the world after being diagnosed with cancer. I pray that you remain healthy & strong.
Excellent video Gary. On point, relatively short and crisp, no waffling and just what I wanted to know. You should offer training to the millions of out there who have no idea how to produce a great online video. Thanks.
I agree about the people who have no idea how to do a video.
Thank you so much for the estimated costs of some of the shore excursions. This information is good to get.
im so glad i found this video randomly.....im leaving for alaska next week and this video surely helped get an insight into many things.
Happinessity Hope you enjoy our beautiful state!
Gary, great job! Just got back from a week on the silver shadow and you just about nailed it. Will look forward to watching more from you. Thanks
I just booked a cruise for August. We will be spending some extra time in Anchorage and will take the Alaska Railroad north to see Denali. If the weather cooperates, the scenery is spectacular. I did that excursion when I spent two summers in Alaska as a college student.
Thank you for your video! Looking forward to planning our trip!
It is important to be more precise on the season............May 15 to September 15 is the travel season in Alaska. When all the shops and businesses are open.
I have a tip for people who plan to do some landscape photography on their cruise: Book the first cruise in May. This is because there is still a significant amount of snow on the mountains and hillsides (above 1000'), and (in my opinion), the snow makes the scenery more dramatic and vivid, as it provides more color contrast to the landscapes. Later in summer, the only colors are green forest, grey rock, and whatever color the sky is that day (blue if clear, grey if cloudy/raining). Those first cruises in May are less expensive, and less crowded. If you take the White Pass and Yukon train excursion out of Skagway, the snow in White Pass can be 10 feet deep in mid-May, and it is a much more dramatic scenic train ride than it will be later in summer when the snow is gone.
Great tips. Thanks for posting
What an interesting and informative video . It will come in handy on our trip to Alaska next year ~ 2019. Thank you!
Great to hear! Have. Great trip next year !
Thanks Gary! One of the best videos regarding cruising to Alaska. To the point and no filler. Great job!
Best and most useful video on Alaska cruises yet! Thanks.
Some great info, thanks very much for putting this together
Took the inside passage an yes it was grand. Your suggestions are once again right on the money. It’s a trip of a lifetime an worth the money. Went with the Princess line but believe most lines are just as good. Great video an review as all yours are, even the correct cloths to bring.
Princess are the line that’s been operating the second longest in Alaska and many like you were very happy with them. Thanks as always for watching and great to hear you found the tips spot on !
In Skagway we took the excursion offered to go by ferry to Haines and the Chilcoot River boat rides (we took the river raft float which we enjoyed one year and the jet boat ride two years). All were safe and fun (my 84 year old mother went on the raft float as it was calmer than it sounded but do ask first if in doubt). Also if looking for Bald Eagles, look at the tree tops for something that may resemble a golf ball - will be an eagle.
I've done this cruise 3 times, once on the Washington State Ferries leaving from Bellingham - that's a blast! Some other comments:
1. I think this is one of the best 'cruising' cruises. In that, unlike say the Caribbean, the days that you're cruising there is lots of spectacular scenery to see; not just open ocean.
2. Unfortunately, IMO, the most dramatic parts of the Inside Passage, (northern half of the coast off of Vancouver Island) are navigated in the night. This is where it gets very narrow and very dramatic. Most ships leave in the late afternoon and head north, so they get to this area in the early morning hours.
3. Don't think about using the pool, the weather isn't that warm...
4. My favorite time to go is as close to the summer solstice as possible. You get to experience super long days. Twilight at 11 pm... that's cool.
5. Excursions: a) You have to see a tide water glacier. They won't be around in 50 years (or less) so see them now. b) flying over a glacier is fantastic - you just can't do that in too many other places and all from the comfort of a cruise ship. c) logging show is hilarious and fun and worth seeing - and yes, they are showing skills people used d) a super cheap excursion is to hike up Mt. Roberts (Juneau) and then take the tram down; good rewarding fun e) White pass railway has some spectacular views, especially as the train snakes along its tracks...but expensive...is it worth it? - How much did you spend on the cruise?
6. Likely need not mention, but it wasn't in the video, Seattle and Vancouver are wonderful cities to spend a couple days exploring. Especially Vancouver, the dramatic setting of a city overshadowed by mountains.
Great tips! We are going on late July so we will take these into account. Thanks!!
Just watched your video. We just returned from our land & cruise 10 day trip to Akaska. Left on May 19th. We got lucky and didn't have any rainy days. 2 were overcast but the rest beautiful! 70 degrees average daytime and mid 40's at night. Very true that we didn't see whales but loved the glaciers and saw lots of seals floating on the icebergs. While on land, we saw lots if moose, caribou, grizzly bear, eagles, etc at Denali National Park. Because we went early in the season, there were next to no mosquitoes anywhere. It is Heaven on earth and I would recommend anyone to get there at least once!
These are great tips. I had no idea what to expect. I have booked a cruise for 2020. I'm very excited and this will help me to plan. Made sure to go with a line that sees Glacier Bay so I am going with Norwegian. Never sailed with them so everything will be new to me.
Thanks. Great to hear you found it interesting. Really appreciate you watching. Hope you love and have a great cruise as much as I did!
Thank you for this! It was extremely helpful. I'm glad I watched because I've been concerned about the high cost of the excursions. But you're absolutely right about the importance of once in a lifetime experiences. Our trip is in September. I'll keep saving my pennies until then!
An excellent and informative video - thank you. We have just added another tick to our bucket list and booked an Alaska Cruise with Cunard on Queen Elizabeth in August, 2021.
Thank you for this video! It was so informative! I’m going on an Alaskan cruise in June and I’m starting to prepare now so that I’m not scrambling when it comes time to get on the boat haha
thanks Gary! So complete this video! Hope to go to Alaska by cruise one day! It seems gorgeous (specially the panoramic navigation)
Thanks ! Great to hear! Alaska is awesome. You must have it on your list to do one day !
HermyTP It is gorgeous. I lived there for three years and it was always beautiful. And plus it has some of the most freshest air !
Thanks for the tips! I will def save this video for when I get closer to my planning.
Thanks. Great to hear you found it helpful. 😀
When we took this cruise, we found a sled dog camp in Juneau that was very interesting. It didn't go onto the glaciers but was very informative regarding sled dogs, there was a chance to interact with the dogs and there was a ride aound the camp in carts pulled by the dogs. Transport was provided to and from the ship and it was much more affordable than the on-glacier excursions. Very much worth considering especially as the day we were in Juneau the weather shutdown the helicopter tours and closed in the view from the top of the tramway.
What was the name of the camp please?
@@leoniedrew5643 sorry this was over 10 years ago. Google?
@@leoniedrew5643 on our NCL cruise is was called sled dog summer camp.it was great.
Sounds like something my son would love to do! Thank you, I’ll add it to my excursion check list.
Alaska is my dream vacation but I know I will never be able to afford it. But I love watching videos about Alaska so I enjoyed watching this video.
Thank you for these tips, Gary, especially the Glacier Bay one. We booked an HAL Gulf trip for late August, guided by this video. I'll report back.
Thank you so much! One of my favorite travel tip channels- actually planning Holland America Whitter to Vancouver 1st trip to Alaska this June, going to take all of your advice from the dog sledding to the balcony! Much appreciated!
Gary , this Vid. maybe 3 years but its tips
never grow old and are very true..
Holland and Princess seem to be Our
go to Cruises...
Another great and informative video. Thank you for this very helpful channel.
I’ve done Alaska 3 times now and my favourite excursion was taking the White Pass train up then riding a bike back down, It was safe and I only had to pedal for about 600 yards (it was hell) and there were better photo opportunities.
Very grateful to have found this channel. New subscriber here. My husband and I have started following you and your videos. We are very interested in this one so far ❤ Would definitely be on our bucket list for the near future (hopefully)
Incredibly good tips. Thanks for sharing
Another option is a land and sea cruise. You cruise to Alaska. Then go inland and spend time. And then fly home. One I was looking at is 14 days. 7 day cruise to Alaska then 7 days in Alaska. Spending time in Denali. Fairbanks. And out Anchorage.
Thanks for the tips and I very much enjoyed the entire video
Very nice video and helpful. Thank you!
Great tips and video - thank you Gary!
Cheers from Montréal.
Great video. To the point and quite complete!
Thanks for the excellent insight you provided. Cheers.
Gary, I took HAL to Alaska for mine and my husband's 25th anniversary in 2003 and again in 2007. You're right, they were fantastic! However, we have gone 2 more times but on Princess, and they were fantastic too! Even going again next year and using our favorite San Francisco port so no need to fly. Excellent video, BTW, thank you! :-)
Thank you so much for all of your videos. I feel like you are a friend by now!
Thanks so much for this video. My lovely lady and I will be on the Seven Seas Mariner next year to Alaska, southbound. I’ll check to be sure we are on left side of ship
Thanks for the tips. Planning to go in mid 2022.
We just got back from visiting Vancouver and Vancouver Island. Superb scenery as well. An Alaskan cruise is on our wihs list.
Vancouver and Vancouver Island are gorgeous, I agree. Great to hear the Alaska cruise is on your wish list. It is awesome.
Just back from an Alaska inside passage cruise and pretty well selected it and some of the various options along the way after watching this video. Had a totally wonderful time so thank you for the spot-on advice.
Thank you!! This was great and so helpful
Great video! Thank you so much.
Very good information will cruise to Alaska July 2020, thanks
Alaska is our next destination to visit! Great video, thank you!
If you are an independent traveler, you can do virtually all,of these must- see things much more cheaply, using Alaska Marine Highway ships as point-to-point water taxis. My wife and I spent two weeks in 2012 for less than a one week cruise cost.
Probably the only cruise I'd ever go on. Thanks for the tips
thank you for your overview. very helpful
Great video - will follow the tips!
been on the Alaska cruise 3 times and already have the 4th scheduled in Sept.2021...aft facing balcony in the Haven is amazing (NCL Bliss)..helo to glacier was our most expensive excursion...there are a lot of excursions with reasonable costs, if you have unlimited budget, go for the big ones, you wont be disappointed...almost all excursions are fun...the white pass rail is fun going up and a sleeper car, lol, going back, in Skagway...zipline, even for old folks like us, was really fun in Ketchikan...the best most relaxing cruise ever....we always go in September and the weather has cooperated almost every time, only 1 cancelled port in 3 cruises...so pretty good...September also means fewer kiddies running around, which is good
found your channel while looking for cruise tips. what a pleasure to watch with really helpful info. thank you so much and keep up the great work!!!
Thanks !! Great to hear. Hope you subscribe and keep watching 😀
@@tipsfortravellers yes! I've subscribed and also watched many of your videos already. Looking forward to more content. Thanks so much!!
This was very helpful. Thank you!
Thanks Gary. Enjoyed listening to your tips. Simple and precise, no waffling on. Exactly what I needed to know. Great job. 👋
Excellent video. Concise and well-produced.
Thanks. Great to hear !!
Repetitive! Cruising the inside passage through British Columbia you will see the most beautiful scenery in the world! Never get tired of that.
Im going this year cant wait
One thing to keep in mind with helicopter tours: If they do cancel for weather, they will wait until the last minute to actually cancel. You will be tied to the port until you can confirm cancellation. We had a glacier tour scheduled in the afternoon, but because of fog it was very unlikely it would fly. Unfortunately, if it had and we did something else, the money paid would have been lost. Instead of risking it, we stayed around Juneau all day waiting. A really disappointing day in Alaska.
Inside passage is terrific. Don't need a balcony room because of the cold in Spring and Fall. Pools useless at those times as well. Glacier Bay and Juneau glacier with helo ride and dogs sleds were high points.
Thank you for the wonderful tips.
It showed the wood chopping show!! I went to that in fourth grade! We see like five ships a day it's crazy!!
Good of travellers who have been on trip to give us tips. Thank you and do let us have more videos n comments
Excellent advise. Thank you.
Going to Alaska next summer! Thanks for the tips!
Nice! Great to hear these helped. Hope you have a fabulous trip
Amazing video Gary.This is deferently on the list of places my partner and i want to go.It looks like a ur standing in a painting,beautiful.Enjoy ur weekend.😊
Thanks for watching as always, and good to hear you enjoyed the video. I can really recommend adding it high on the list of places to go!
Fantastic information! Thank you!
As an alternative to the big cruise ships and escape the crowds, we used the Alaskan Marine ferries to go between ports in the inside passage. This gave us the opportunity to call into and stay in Haines and Wagnell, however you may have to stay a few days until the next ferry comes. The side trips from these towns were wonderful. For example from Wagnell we went to AnAn Bear observatory and also Le Conte glacier. The ferries are pretty basic, have seen better days and come into a bit of abuse by people sleeping on the lounges rather than paying for a cabin.
Wrangell?
@@garysampson6161 look up Windstar cruises. Their ships stop in Wrangell. It is too small for the big cruise ships.
It's laughable that so many people absolutely can not do anything unless there's a huge crowd around them or there's a 2 hour line to stand in or a 5 hour traffic jam to sit in! I'll take the smaller ships anytime!
Wow! Tons of information, thanks very much!
Thanks! Much appreciate you watching
The locals told us over and over again that we got lucky with the weather during our July trip. If you can take a last-minute cruise to Alaska, I suggest watching the weather forecast and jump at the last minute. If not, then a little research shows that weather is usually best in June and July.
Good tip! July can be very wet !
Very helpful!!! Thank you!!!!
Favorite cruise line; recommend everyone who wants a relaxing enjoyable cruise to take Holland America
Well done and on-point video. Thanks!
Great to hear. Thanks for letting me know
Good presentation [at least for the SEastern part of AK]. Nice! Hats off to you me good Sir.
Vancouver is a Beautiful place definitely recommend going there such an amazing place
Excellent 👏👏 you seemed to have checked all the boxes.
This is very helpful!
Great review, I'd love to do a Alaskan cruise one day.
The crab boat tour in Ketchikan was a great tour.
Thanks ! Good to know for next time
Excellent video Gary, as always. You have mastered the art of giving detailed information and tips in a concise manner. Much appreciated. Looking forward to our Inside passage Cruise on Silver Nova in June 2024. Fortunately for us we have been able to make good choices from the included excursions. Have booked the lowest level suite with a balcony. Planning to take a paid for excursion in Seward which includes dog sledding. A 6 hour tour with lunch for about £150 per person. Keep up the great work Gary.
this is on my bucket list
One of the most informative and to the point tips. I believe he covered it all and very well done
Glad it was helpful!
Great tips. I hope to go on cruise there someday...
Hello friend good morning
Thanks for this information
Very important guide before go to Alaska beautiful place
Thanks for great sharing
Full watched and enjoyed watching❤️💕💕💕
Excellent tips! Thank you.
Great to hear! Thanks for letting me know you found them helpful 😀
Very helpful!
We’re booked on Celebrity in September and are Texans. Pray for us-my husband and I hate the cold. But we will bundle up and enjoy the marvelous scenery then retire to an inside cabin.
The White Pass & Yukon Route RR also has 2 steam locomotives that they run seasonally, the Fraser Meadows excursion is about $170 for an adult if you love steam locomotives like me, I've ridden the railroad, but not behind a steam locomotive unfortunately, but still a great ride. I think it runs during the summer if I'm correct.
Big help, thank you!!
Thanks for the tips.
Looks like it's lots of fun! (Great video!!)
It was! Thanks as great to hear you enjoyed the video
Thanks for sharing!!!!
Thank you for sharing! Going North to AK May/'22!