jerseygirl629

Thanks for the updates. Sorry to hear all of these tours have been getting canceled. I hope if they cancel ours they at least give us some notice. :-/

Did they say if it was due to snow melt? or, was it too cloudy? Were you given another option?

Hi All, Curious if anyone has gone on this excursion lately? We have it booked in Juneau through RCL. I read in the past they cancel tours based on weather and/or snow melt. Has anyone gone on this lately and can provide any experiences? We are double booked with a whale watching / mendenhall glacier tour just in case (which I would need to cancel a few days ahead to avoid a fee) this gets canceled.

Our cruise is August 12th and I am now very anxious about what will happen. I hope they keep both the vaccine and pre-cruise testing requirements as it is a sense of security. At least if I catch it on board, I know everyone was as careful as possible. It's mind-blowing to me how many selfish people there are on here who say will get on a cruise with Covid just because they don't want to miss out on a vacation they have been planning for months. If I test positive, I will do everything I can to prevent spreading it to others. Just crazy others aren't willing to do the same.

I guess you have never eaten dinner next to the same people? Or go to any of the shows where you’re packed in like sardines for at least 30 minutes? Or at the indoor spa? At the casino? Etc…

There is a major difference between cruising and the other activities you listed. On a cruise, you’re confined to a ship in the middle of the ocean for 3-8+ Days with the same people. All of the other activities you listed are places where people should still be wearing masks and even if they aren’t, you can control who you are standing next to and for how long. I doubt you’re standing next to the same person at the grocery store for your entire trip. Same with airports, amusement parks, or other hotels. They are very smart to keep the testing and vaccine mandate. What they should be doing is requiring PCR tests, not rapids, to board. Broadway in NYC is still testing their actors every other day and it has worked for them in the sense that they have been successfully preventing major outbreaks, with the exception of Winter 2021-2022 where Omicron was rampant.

Okay so - I should or shouldn’t wait to upload? 🤣 will I need to re-upload the updated cards?

Hi. I check in tomorrow for my cruise. If I upload a copy of my vaccine card tomorrow with 2 shots + 1 booster, but then get my second booster in July, will they give me any issues upon boarding? Since the card I uploaded will not match the one I bring in person? Or should I wait until I get my second booster to upload the card? I read it takes a long time (days to weeks?) to process the vaccine records in their system so I don’t want to put it off if I don’t have to.

I’m sorry this happened to you but saying it was a horrid experience with the tour group - after you got on the wrong bus, and they refunded you for the mishap - doesn’t seem fair.

I'm absolutely livid over these prices. We finally booked our return flight home after waiting and waiting, hoping prices would go down. Instead, they went up. The flight home came out to $637 a person (We are flying home August 19, so, in 66 days). $917 ROUND TRIP. I have flown to Europe and back for cheaper. Absurd on every level.

Sorry, I didn't mean 24 hours even at night I just meant - if we are in port from 5pm-10pm, are those the only hours considered as a "port day" for free? Or, if ifly happens to be open from 8am-5pm, would 2pm be free since it is on a port day, even though we technically are not in port yet.

Question about "port days" - Does this include all 24 hours of the day when the ship is set to be in a port? ie: We will be in Victoria from 5pm-10pm; does that mean the free hours for ifly/north star would be between 5-10, or, would it be free all day from opening time to closing time since it is a port DAY?

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We have Alaska Air booked for the flight there and still do not have a return flight booked as prices just are not on our side. Very nervous about Alaska Air canceling on us due to the potential strike. Ackkk...

Thanks for the replies! Hopefully ours open as that would be nice but I will definitely ask our cabin steward 🙂

I wanted to re-book with Chilkoot after our excursion with them (Train and bus combo) got canceled but, the 7 hour tour they have with lunch doesn’t leave any later than 9:30. I asked if there was any possibility of them adding additional times for the ships that get into port later (we get in at 11am) and they said unfortunately their food stop closes at a certain time and therefore they wouldn’t be able to offer meals to those on the excursion. So, we are now just doing a RT train. Sigh.

Hi, We have two connecting balcony rooms booked for an August cruise on Ovation. I am wondering if the balconies can connect as well? If so, does anyone have any photos? Can't find them anywhere. Thanks

Hi, If we are carrying our luggage off the ship (Ovation in August), does anyone know if a 6am dock time at Smith Cove Terminal (Pier 91) would allow us to make an 11:55am flight at SEA-TAC? It says it is 16 miles from the airport (Approx 30 minutes, excluding any traffic). Our only options to fly home direct are 11:55am or a red-eye later that night which we want to avoid if possible. Additionally, is there an airport shuttle we can book? or, should we book a private car? or are there taxi's / ubers / lyft's actively waiting to take people somewhere? Thanks in advance.