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Slight correction: the Dive In is usually near the Lido interior pool.

In the visitor center.

According to https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/tongass/about-forest/offices/?cid=fseprd502109 , Visitors 16 years and older will need a pass to access the following areas: the Pavillion Photo Point Trail Steep Creek Restrooms Bus Shelter The visitor center

TND may mean tender

On the first sea day, you will be crossing the Queen Charlotte Sound, between the Queen Charlotte Islands and the British Columbia mainland. The ship will keep its distance from both the islands and the mainland.

Copenhagen detailed port schedule is at https://www.cmport.com/terminals/ships-in-port/

In addition to turning left at the traffic circle on Douglas Island, if you turn right, the is a scenic highway that runs northwest along the sound. There is a park at a boat ramp which gives you a distant view across water of Mendenhall Glacier.

Cons: Expensive, you have to order the most expensive meals to cover the cost. You are restricted to restaurants on Holland properties. There are numerous options nearby in Anchorage, Denali and Fairbanks. The plan only pays the bill. It does not give you priority for reservations. Pros: Everything is prepaid. You do not have to deal with credit cards or cash.

They haven’t been canvas for some years.

There are two gondolas. The free gondola runs between the two cruise docks. The gondola that runs from the cruise docks to the top of the mountain and the zip-line is a paid ticket. A map of the area showing the gondolas, the cruise docks, the cannery and the zip-line: https://icystraitpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/NEW-Map-9mb-version-002-2.pdf

Langelinie

This is true of almost all cruise ships at all turn around ports. The ship needs to be made ready for a new batch of passengers, so that the ship is ready to leave on its next cruise late afternoon.

The cruise docks in Juneau are mostly adjacent to town. There is a ton of shops, bars, restaurants and museums within walking distance. There is an aerial tram that takes you up to top of a mountain, which is nice if the weather is clear. There is one cruise dock, the AJ Dock, that is a twenty minute walk from the main dock area. The cruise line should have a shuttle in that case.

There are two separate cruise docks in Copenhagen: Oceankaj and Langelinie. Which one you are docked at makes all the difference. Langelinie Is used for smaller ships, usually for port visit. Larger ships and debarkation/embarkation cruises use Oceankaj. Each port has its issues with ground transportation. To get to public transit requires taking a city bus to a subway station. A taxi would be easier for those with mobility issues. Nyhavn is a relatively small canal with restaurants and bars along its docks. You can catch a canal tour there. It is near Amelienborg and Chrisrianborg, both of which have museums and historic sites. A good city tour book will help there.

There is thread about choosing cabins on the Volendam. It seems that room selection does not work for cruises on R-class ships, Volendam and Zaandam.

Douglas Island is great with a rental car. Eagle Beach at low tide for the Eagles.

No problem. Baggage checkin opens about 9.

You can take a taxi, which winds through Old Town to get to the bridge that goes to the museums. The ferry is more direct, scenic and cheaper, but it is a walk to the ferry terminals.A taxi may better for those with limited mobility.

There are kiosks on the docks that sell excursions (unrelated to the cruise ship ). You can see what’s available and what your risk of missing the ship is.

We probably spent 6-7 hours, including shopping, the visit to the Totem Center, lunch and photography.

Get the walking tour map from the visitor center. There are two walking tours, one loop around downtown and a linear walk south of downtown. We did both with a side diversion up to Cape Fox lodge overlooking town and a diversion along the Schoenbar trail through rainforest. The Totem Heritage Center is worth a visit to see historic Totem poles. Shopping along Creek Street is interesting. If the salmon are running, the salmon ladder is a good place to see salmon.

For scenic cruising, make sure the ship goes through the Inside Passage east of Vancouver Island. Some larger ships can’t sail the Narrows, so they go west of Vancouver Island, out at sea. Ships from Seattle all sail west of Vancouver Island. Cabin side doesn’t matter much, as there is land on both sides in the Inside Passage all the way to Alaska and from port to port in Alaska, except on the one way northbound cruises, where the ship crosses the Gulf of Alaska, where you can’t see land on either side. For best scenery while cruising, a round trip from Vancouver which sails east of Vancouver Island would be ideal.

When doing a mock booking for the 11-Day Canada & New England Circle: Acadia & Newfoundland on the Volendam, when We get to the choose a cabin, we get a mostly blank page that does not have the available cabin map or the pull down menu. A screenshot is attached. It happens no matter what I choose. I can do cabin selection on other cruises, just not this one. Holland Chat just blew me off. Could somebody duplicate the issue? If somebody finds a way to do the cabin selection, post how you did it. Thanks.

Find the roll call for your cruise. Post there to interact with others on your cruise.

Important points to consider: Do any of the cruises visit Glacier Bay? NCL now docks at Ward Cove which is some miles away from Ketchikan. Other cruise lines dock downtown in Ketchikan. One way cruises may have longer port times than round trips. Cruises from Seattle spend more time in open ocean than scenic cruising, are round trips (port times). Without looking at the actually itineraries, I would favor the HAL cruise, if it is one way.