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We had a mini suite on our first AK cruise on the Sapphire. No regrets at all.

So who gets the couch? You or the cousins 😉?

We used Harv and Marv's Whale watching last year and have booked them again this year. https://www.harvandmarvs-juneau-whale-watching.com/ Prices are reasonable and they pick you up and deliver back to the dock. I'm not sure how late they run afternoon tours but I'm sure they could answer if you contact them directly .

I think it really depends on how late you want to stay up. We tend to have dinner earlier and take in the 1st show in the theatre or some trivia and then call it a night.

We browsed the "BOGO 50% off sale" and saw zero savings over excursions we had previously booked.

We did a cancel and rebook on two cruises. TA was able to do the rebook on a hold until we could cancel through Princess.

Thank you for the very informative review. We are on the Enchanted in March 2025.

That is correct.

Looks like Princess is looking for or needing a cash injection and have chose to market the plus/premier package as the injection method. Using OBC's to purchase a package onboard nets no money for Princess but convincing people to pay an additional $840.00 on average for a 7 day cruise($120.00 x 7) adds up quickly and literally cost Princess zero dollars to implement.

This is interesting. We have two qualifying 7 day cruises coming up, 1 in August and 1 in September. These will be our second and third cruise with Princess. If my princess math is correct these will be counted twice and we will be getting on the August cruise as Ruby and getting off the September cruise as Platinum?

We are doing an Northbound from Vancouver later this year disembarking in Whittier followed by 11 nights DIY land portion. Picking up a car rental in Anchorage. Planning has not been difficult but is has been time consuming. Don't let the research overwhelm you.

The Woodlands in Ketchikan is locally owned. https://woodlandsclothing.com/

Looks like West jet mechanics are going on strike and the airlines has begun cancelling flights. https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2024/06/19/westjet-cancelled-flights-strike-update/74151426007/

We also take in to consideration, the OBC if booked as a single cruise and the OBC if booked B2B or B2B2B. We were interested in a 53 day Los Angeles to Buenos Aires for next year. Our OBC when booked as a single cruise was $1550.00 for the 53 days. When booked as a B2B2B the OBC was $1550.00 per leg or $4650.00. The fare difference was about $700.00 more as a B2B2B but the OBC was $3100.00 more for the 53 days.

We have the same issues with a Panama Canal cruise on the Coral LA to FLL. Then board the Enchanted one day later in FLL. Cruise personalizer on the computer shows them correctly as separate cruises. Princess app on the phone shows as one cruise. I'm not going to lose sleep over this one.

Compared to when we booked.

Our Nov 2026 LA to Santiago Chili shows an increase of $530.00. OBC stayed the same. Our B2B leg, Santiago to BA went up $416.00. OBC the same. Our B2B2B leg BA round trip went up $398.00. OBC stayed the same. That is a total increase of $1344.00. Heck of a sale. 😲

Just and FYI, there is a parking garage next to the BH but I have no idea what the parking rates are.

We also debated between B2B in a balcony and realized we could do B2B2B, from LA for 53 nights (Nov16, 24 to Jan 8, 25) in an ocean view for about the same money. The OBC for each leg isn't bad either.

We stayed at the Blue Horizon last year. Excellent room and walking distance to most things. They have a restaurant which is open for breakfast although we did not eat there, guests we talked to said it was good. There is an excellent breakfast/lunch place a few blocks away called CORA'S. https://www.chezcora.com/en/breakfast-lunch-restaurants/cora-robson-street/?utm_source=googlemaps&utm_medium=vancouver-robson&utm_content=website We are staying there again in August.

Thanks, we will check the avis alaska site. Wow, just checked and they want $2400.00 plus for an 11 day August/Sept 2024 rental. I think we'll stay with Enterprise.

Just and FYI, I was checking car rentals last night and we ended up changing our booking to Enterprise which saved us about $600.00 over AVIS on our 11 night rental.

I can't answer your question directly in the Princess transfer however, the ACT bus would also be an option. We are renting from AVIS at their downtown location and the ACT bus drops us off at the downtown AVIS location as well as other locations. YMMV

Both letters came directly from Princess.