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I've never won, but I saw someone win on my last cruise on the Panorama.

17 hours ago, Saint Greg said:

Bliss

 

 

I'll be on her starting Christmas Eve... Can't wait.

 

Not the celebrationk but I recently saw these in the gift shop on panorama. I'd be surprised if they aren't in all the ships.

Glad you're enjoying Anchorage, but you're making me a little homesick 😉

4 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

Yeah that one I mentioned that had all good reviews and was $900/night…Captain Cook.

I would’ve expected better reviews from Sheraton and Hilton. They’re very mixed. Too mixed for me to want to pay their price tag.

 

I guess that makes sense. Captain cook is an exceptional hotel and its still prime tourist season for a few more days.

The sheraton and hilton are fine, but not outstadning. They were both old when I lived there 10 years ago. Not bad, just older properties. Kind of like going on an older carnival ship before its refurbed 🙂

BTW - I'm looking forward to reading about your trip. We're carni9val cruisers taking our first NCL cruise this december.

On 8/19/2023 at 9:30 AM, Saint Greg said:

I struggled to find a hotel in Anchorage. Everything near downtown was $350 and up with extremely mixed reviews. There wasn’t much savings away from downtown. I was still going to pay $300/night and have to find transportation.

Even the Sheraton and Hilton hotels had bad reviews. Every hotel had these “old and dirty” reviews. The one I found that didn’t have those reviews was $900/night. If I were looking to start a business I would buy a hotel in Anchorage. It seems like you could make a fortune with just a  simple modern, clean hotel.

I grew up in Anchorage but haven't lived there for 10 years or so, so take this with a grain of salt, but my goto hotels in town (either for a staycation, or for visiting guests are the Captain Cook (I've never had a bad experience here) and the Millenium on Lake Hood.

Sheraton and hilton are both pretty meh.

They have an 80's night. We went on a recent panorama cruise, and it was the best deck party I've ever seen. i dont want to spoil anything but Deon really went above and beyond. It was amazing (and hilarious)

Thanks for the review. We're leaving on the Panorama saturday so the timing has been great.

Not on my platinum 😞