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Thanks for the definitive answer! Was hoping they might get some Freestyle in there while drydocked, but no such luck.

For anyone that has been on Radiance since it's recent drydock. Did they install Coca-Cola Freestyle machines, or is Radiance still without? Thanks!

Good to know! I'll probably shoot for returning the car early afternoon and go from there. Thanks!

Thanks for all that info! I've already seen that website, looked at the excursions and the videos, etc. Much more informative than anything I've seen so far. Are you saying that you meet the land tour at the hotel, and not at the airport? I was under the impression that there was at least a transfer provided from the airport to the tour hotel. No big deal if not; I can always return the car to the airport and uber/lyft from there to the hotel.

I'll be picking it up 8:30 on Saturday night and will return it sometime on Monday, whenever we need to meet someone at the airport for the land tour pickup.I'll definitely stay within the 24 hour window you mention...thanks!

Some tours start (or end) in Fairbanks, ours starts in Anchorage. I'm planning on returning the car to the airport. I'm just trying to get an idea for when to setup the return time. Maybe I'll make it late afternoon and return early if necessary...we did go with Air2Sea as the fares, for us anyway, were much less than going thru the airlines. We're also doing an overnight in Vancouver post cruise as that's a fun city to explore.

For those of you that have done the RC land tour starting in Anchorage: we're flying in a couple days early and renting a car. Presumably we're to meet our tour guide or RC rep at ANC airport for the first night of the tour. Since I haven't seen any info from RCCL yet, about what time of day should I plan on returning the rental car to ANC, since we won't be coming in on a flight that day? Thanks!

Yeah, I've been hoping for that as well. Had some indication they might have released that the week of Feb. 12 and then last week when LAX cruises were released, but nothing yet. Keeping fingers crossed...

We're doing Radiance in Alaska in May. I was going to ask if they had added Coke Freestyle machines yet, but from everything I've seen so far, it sounds like it does not. I've signed us up for the soda package, but might cancel it as my wife likes some flavors in the machine that they certainly won't have cans for at the bar. Might revisit this topic after the drydock in March so see if they get installed.

Well, thanks for that, and there was a lot released this week, but not eastbound Panama Canal. I see Los Angeles is on the list for deployment next week (Feb 19 week), so maybe it'll be then, since some of the Panama Canal cruises have started or ended from there. Any other guesses?

Good to know! Thanks for the info. I thought it might be earlier than that, but we'll see.

Good to know! I'll be sure to keep looking, especially that week.

Does anyone have any insight on when (or if) RCCL west to east Panama Canal cruises for the fall of 2025 will be released? It looks like Radiance, Anthem, Quantum and Serenade will be in Alaska for the summer of 2025, so I would think some of them would be candidates. I know the canal has been expanded, but I'm guessing the larger ships might not be able to go thru the canal (?) Thanks for any insight!

On my previous RCCL cruises, I've been able to get a Soda + VOOM package at a discounted rate. We're going on Symphony in Europe in September and get Emails from RC just about every day. They've been discounting the Deluxe Beverage + VOOM, but I haven't seen the Soda + VOOM this time. Is that something I might see closer to the cruise, or maybe not at all since its Europe or have they dropped that promotion on all cruises?

No substitute. There was an overnight in Hilo.