Guys, bout 16 yrs ago, went to Alaska in Sept, an booked a shore excursion with a company there on line, an without sayin names, cuz I can't remember the company's name, believed all the pictures & etc, that I read online, an thought that would be wonderful, took the tour, didn't see much cuz it was a cloudy day, saw a whale or two off in the distance, the owner of the boat, said, "the whales are all here in July & August, before they go down to mexico." Well it was Sept, an other than that, the tour turned out to be a bust. There were five other folks on the tour, from the ship, an ran into them, a couple of days later, an we compared notes, an we all thought the same thing, "the tour was lousy!!" After that, have learned not to believe the internet entirely.