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48 minutes ago, SSBrickNJ said:

Well that's great info.

I'm guessing that upon arrival, there is only one building to report to for check in? I couldn't get it wrong?

There are three cruise terminal buildings one for each of the cruise ship docks. If you leaving from C331, you check in at Terminal 1; if C332, then terminal 2; … The terminals are in a row and should have some indication which ship is at which dock. You may be be able to see which cruise ship is which terminal, as they tower over the low terminal building.

Almost all Holland America cruises that originate or end in Copenhagen dock at Oceankaj (Ocean Quay). The other cruise terminals do not have the facilities to handle embarkation or debarkation of large cruise ships.

Mendenhall Glacier is not closing. The visitor center is limiting the number of tour buses that can drop people off there. It will have no effect on any other tours, especially not the helicopter tours that go nowhere near the visitor center.

On our northbound cruise, we passed Point Atkinson Lighthouse about 5:30.on embarkation day and entered the Tongass Narrows early in the morning two days later.

Do you mean the Point Atkinson lighthouse near Vancouver?
The Tongass Narrows are just south of Ketchikan. It is about 550 miles straight line from Vancouver, even farther on a cruise ship traveling through the Inside Passage.

Stadsgarten is walking distance from Gamla Stan. Just after crossing the bridge onto Gamla Stan is the Slussen ferry which will take you to Djurgarten, the ferry dock a short walk to Vasa and the other museums on the island. You should be able to see Vasa and return by ferry to Gamla Stan easily within your abbreviated stop.

Check out Douglas Island. Interesting views of Mendenhall and Juneau. Not many tourists get over there.

HAL has a pair of meal packages for your tour. You can buy a full package or a breakfast only package. These packages are for eating in the HAL hotel. The hotels in Anchorage, Denali and Fairbanks all are near other restaurants, which give you a variety of cuisines and may be less expensive than the package meals. 

1 hour ago, Midwest Sunseeker said:

Does anyone have current construction information on how far the buses can go in Denali national park due to the landslide? Will any additional road be open as the summer progresses?  Is there even a possibility of ever seeing the mountain? Thank you for sharing.

If the mountain is not shrouded with clouds, you can see the mountain along the road well before Mile 43. We had excellent views of the mountain from the train from Anchorage to Denali. We were lucky that the mountain was out both days.

According to the ARN website, you should not arrive earlier than three hours before your flight.. You may be turned away from the terminal, due to crowding.

We saw flocks of eagles in several areas: Eagle Beach north of Juneau and along Turnagain Sound between Seward and Anchorage. We saw individual eagles everywhere.

Some White Pass/Yukon train/bus excursions include lunch in Carcross, Yukon. We did bus up, lunch in Carcross, train down.

3 hours ago, ecgz88 said:

They do discount for advanced reservations? I thought check online it's $142 same every day,

 

The only difference I can think of it's book through Cruise ship (Holland America) $149 avoid risk in case anything happens ship won't dock the port at that day, if book directly through railway office the money is gone.

On the booking web page, it says:

Fine Print:

* Pricing is for tickets purchased in advance of travel. Please book at least 24 hours in advance of travel to receive the price above.

The Southeast Alaska Discovery Center was n Ketchikan https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/tongass/recarea/?recid=78948

is good for kids to get away from the bustle.

26 minutes ago, RocketMan275 said:

 You should check with the port.  They may frown on bringing even unopened snacks ashore.  You don't want to run afould of that.

Agreed. NCL doesn’t care, but the ports may.

The railroad does sell excursion tickets at the railway office. Excursions leave about every hour. They do discount for advanced reservations. If you there on a heavy cruise ship day, individual times within your time in port may sell out. Lots of info, including the excursion schedule at https://wpyr.com/

I have found a YouTube video of the Dawn in Riga in September 2022. It docked in town. The Nieuw Statendam is only five meters (295 vs 290) longer than the Dawn, so it MAY dock in town. Cross your fingers.

There are two locations where cruise ships dock in Riga. The main port in on the river is in town walking distance to old town. However, only cruises ships up to a certain size can dock there. Larger cruise ships, such as the mega ships that have come up in this forum, have to dock in the iindustrial port, which is farther from town and requires shuttle buses to town. The Nieuw Statendam is not a mega ship, but it is a large ship. 
If the NS can port In town, you should have no problem. If not, there may be issues similar to those the mega ships had. 
I have the same question about the NCL Dawn, which is just a little smaller than the NS. I have not been able to find a definite answer for the Dawn.

We take unopened smacks on board to take with us on port days where we are touring on on own 

When we were in Juneau in May pre-pandemic, there were multiple gift shops open n the evening along the strip by the main cruise dock. 

The NPS page for this hasn’t been updated for 2023 yet. https://www.nps.gov/klgo/learn/kidsyouth/jrac.htm

Since the M4 was extended to the Orientkaj Metro station, there is now a free shuttle that runs between the Orientkaj station and the Oceankaj cruise terminals before 1 pm on cruise ship days. No need to get off the metro at Nordhavn.

14 minutes ago, kayehall said:

What is the meaning of the dock codes?  BRD, RRF, RRA, ORF?  

Those are the ship positions at the docks in Skagway. There are three docks:

Broadway - BRD

Ore - Two smaller ships - ORF (forward)

Railroad - Two larger ships - RRF (forward) RRA (aft)

11 hours ago, no1racefan1 said:

Oh! I got an AARP membership (I signed DH up because he's...more mature...) It was on sale for $12 for the year and it came with a free gift--a multi-USB port charger thingie. I was actually planning to buy something similar for our cruise that was $15 on Amazon, so basically the membership already paid for itself? Unless the multi-USB port thing is a piece of junk. Will update when I receive it!

I’ been using my AARP USB charger at home for some weeks. It seems to work. I would take a backup charger just in case.

46 minutes ago, no1racefan1 said:

Understood. We're comfortable with the driving conditions, it sounds very similar to what we're used to. The driving will be part of the adventure 🙂

As I read your plan, you may not be allowing enough buffer in your driving, especially on days you have an activity in the morning followed by a long drive, such as Denali to Glacer View and Manatuska Glacier to Seward.