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  1. Thank you for the feedback. We are cruising end of summer so hopefully the counselors will have their act together. 

    There will be 13 and 9 year olds in our group. 

    Do you recall if the kids were offered the go-carts or laser tag as an activity?

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  3. 1 hour ago, Snagler said:

    The fare was about $35 each way. That covered four of us riding in the cab. 

     

    The park only allows certain taxi companies actual access all the way into the park and up to the parking lot by the Visitor Center.  If you take one of those companies, the cab will collect a visitor fee per person on top of that (I can't remember exactly how much....around $12 I think).  If you take a cab company that does not go all the way into the park, you do not have to pay that visitor fee.  The park did not collect it themselves. The cab will drop you off about a 10 minute walk from the visitor center.

     

    We did not know this part when we pre arranged a cab ride with a company that did not take you all the way to the visitor center. (We have National Park passes so we would have not had to pay a fee if the park was collecting it but if you take a cab inside, the cab companies are required to collect the fee even if you have a pass). 

    While we were waiting at the dock for our taxi to show up, other taxi companies were there waiting at the dock for anyone to hire them.  One of the drivers explained how his company would be able to enter the park and pick us up at the Visitor Center after we finished our hike.  He gave me his card and said to just call him when we were done and he would be there within 20 min. 

     

    The company we prearranged a ride with to take us to Mendenhall was Glacier Taxi and Tours (907) 796-2300.  They were about 15 minutes late picking us up.  They do not have entrance privileges (apparently the taxi companies pay for this priviledge)  so she dropped us off at the top of the drive and we walked the 10 min to the Visitor Center. It was an easy walk and we felt it was worth it to save the per person entrance fee we would have had to pay otherwise. 

     

    We stayed about 2 1/2 to 3 hours then called the other company to pick us up at the Visitor Center. We only took a few of the trails and were tired of walking by then so we were glad to be able to have this company pick us up without the additional hike back up the drive and out of the park.  If you like to hike and have the time, you could easily stay there longer. 

     

    The company that picked us up in the park was Juneau Taxi and Tours (907) 723-6323. 

    It was about a 25-30 minute drive.

     

    One tip, if you take the path to the waterfall and glacier, there is a path that veers off to the left and you can walk along the "beach".  We took that path back to the Visitor Center after visiting the waterfall and glacier. It has spectacular views of the waterfall and glacier. We wish we had taken that path when walking TOWARDS the glacier instead of staying on the path that went through the dense trees.  The beach path was packed hard dirt and an easy walk. It had rained on our walk to the glacier and the beach was not any wetter/muddier than the gravel path through the trees. 

     

    Taxis were readily available at the pier. We had no problem using a cab. We would do it again. There is also a shuttle bus company that charges $40 per person to ride to and from the pier to Mendenhall Visitor Center. They had several buses running. You can get on and off at each end as you please. You may have to pay the additional entrance fee with that as well though.

     

  4. Taxi to and from Medenhall Glacier: how much was the fare?

    How long of a ride- I know it is 12 miles?

    Were taxies readily available at the pier and at the Glacier?

    How long should you plan to stay at the Glacier to go through the Visitor's center and hike to the Glacier?

     

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