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Wish they had started earlier. Was on the Ruby June 29 to July 9 and no pub lunch at that time.

Interesting to hear. I am 68 and had very mild covid. I do have a few mild health issues too. I was given Paxlovid by Kaiser right away. And there was no co-pay or cost involved. But - I did have covid rebound from the Paxlovid so I had covid twice in 3 weeks. Tons of fun.

Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Sprite Zero, orange soda, tonic water, club soda, and Barq's Root Beer.

As far as weather goes it would be good to look on a weather app. I use "The Weather Channel" here in the US to check the average weather at any time of year for any US city. Check your ports and you will see what to expect.

On my last cruise the app said I was in my room for hours yet I was probably in Explorers on Deck 7. My daughter had to look for me the old fashioned way.

If you look at the information on their webpage you will see they count days not hours. We tested on a Wednesday for a Saturday departure. That would be the 3 day max. Day of departure doesn't count in the 3 days.

Thanks for the info. And personally, I need one set of clean clothes every day. That's how much stuff I need.

New question (have so many!) We booked the jet boat in Wrangell. It's also available in Petersburg. Is there a reason to book one over the other? They both seem to go to the same place.

I have to ask the dreaded question. Are there guest use washing and drying machines on board? I know, I know. If you're going to pay this much for a cruise then pay to have your wash done too. Ok then - what are the prices to have laundry done? Does it come back quickly and done nicely? I paid on the American Queen to have laundry done. They said it would be back the next day. Took 2 more days to get it back. They stuffed our clean laundry into bags so it was all wrinkled and crammed in. Needless to say I did NOT pay for it. I had to take the time to go to the dryer and toss it all before I folded it. Overall we will be gone almost 2 weeks and will be flying so I can't bring my whole wardrobe (I am one of those who think "but what if I need this?") Thanks for any info.

EZair emergency number to call for in route flight issues (USA) 1-800-545-0008

Does anyone know what hotel is the host hotel for the Ocean Victory cruises starting in Vancouver? We get in late in the afternoon (3:15 arrival at airport) and I need to research how to get to the hotel the quickest. I'm presuming we need to do a COVID test that afternoon at the hotel so trying to get there asap. Thanks. (Sailing on the August 20 Vancouver to Sitka)

Thanks for the info about Sitka taxis. We disembark there and have a plane to catch at 11:55 am. I had hoped to be able to get a taxi for the short ride to the airport but I guess I will be taking the expensive short ride by using the cruise line shuttle. Already booked but was hoping to cancel.

I was going to wait till early August to make those phone calls. Thought they would have a better idea of their availability by then. Might change by then or might not.

In the past the hours have been something like 8 am to 10 pm. They are also closed when in ecologically sensitive waters such as Glacier Bay. No grey water discharge allowed there.

The weather and temperature can be quite changeable. Early mornings could be cold. That said I have been to Denali twice. I would suggest a good sweatshirt and a windbreaker that has been sprayed with water repellent. We are heading to Alaska soon for our 7th trip there and that is what I always bring. Have an umbrella in your backpack as it could rain briefly at any point. If you tend to get cold easily then stick a knit hat in your backpack too. I always check the weather forecast for my destinations a few days before I leave home.

Our flight is 11:55 am. As the airport (small) is only about 4 or 5 miles away I figured I would pre order a taxi and walk off as early as possible. I had signed up for AQV transfer but I will cancel that. As we are going Sitka to Seattle to Santa Rosa we don't need to test.

Not necessarily. Booking number is not the same as ticket number. As I said in my previous post I had to scroll down pretty far on the travel summary to find the ticket numbers for my daughter's flights. The first part showed the flights with the booking numbers. Further down the page is where I found the flights listed with ticket numbers next to them.

Thank you for this info. I had to scroll down pretty far to find the ticket numbers on her travel summary. They are there for both flights. Big relief!

I can't even find this cruise on their website. No way to find out more info.

My daughter used EZAir to book United for our cruise June 29. How do you know if it has been "ticketed" so I can have her check? TIA

Please make sure you are looking in the right place for your on board shareholders credit. I was mad they hadn't given it to me for my April cruise until I accidentally found it. Go to Princess.com. Log in then click on My Account, then Upcoming Cruises. Find your cruise and click Manage this Cruise. Click on Payments on the far right. Scroll all the way down to credits. Any shareholders credit or military credit will show there. We also have Travel Agent Group Promotion credit too. Hope yours is there too!

Please update us tomorrow. Would love to know that they actually do the testing. We get off in Sitka. No place to test nearby and the airport itself is very small. I am really hoping they will test us on the ship before we get off.

We are getting off in Sitka. Absolutely no opportunity for testing there.

Have been to Alaska many times and had virtually no problems with coverage. We were Verizon customers at that time. Verizon has a lot of cell towers in Alaska. That said we are now Xfinity Mobile customers and had no problems last time we were there either as they use Verizon towers for coverage. However, I did find that Verizon charged an extra fee (maybe $5) for coverage while in Canada. You have to call them and tell them exactly what day(s) you will be there. While on the ship you do want to be in airplane mode so you don't connect to the ship's cell tower (very expensive to use). You want to use their intranet (turn off wifi, turn on airplane mode, then turn on wifi again). When you get on land just turn off airplane mode and you will be good to go.

Thanks but that doesn't answer the question. Princess says one thing and CLAA says different. Who do you believe?