oldplayer532

yes to facial recognition! Super fast!

First thing when you board go to the place and book what you need. Works every time for us!

Google knows everything! Not the real thing on NCL, butI am glad I had it on X Solstice.

I hope there is still The Baked Alaska in MDR!

Do they provide bath robs for lowly balcony cabins or its suits and heavens?

Thank you for your response . Also , you didn't mention how you and your family spend time in Juneau and Skagway. We are a party of 8 and about to board Encore in less then 3 weeks. It wasn't my pick on NCL, we did Celebrity on Alaska before and many Royal Carribean.

Did you have a coffee maker in your room? Also how long is The Choir of Men show? And thank you for your informative review!

Thank you very much! I always read your super informative reviews. BTW how long is The Choir of men show? I want to know how to plan that day.

Encore is also on the " ill fated" RRA dock and someone mentioned they used bus shuttles.

the smaller ships get docks without tender. Thank you for your picture.

how common is sharing a taxi at midnight from airport to downtown hotel?

RRA dock as of now. According to previous sailing on Bliss, looks like we will be taking a shuttle. Our 8:30am combo( bus first) excursion is with Chilkoot .

we booked with Chilkoot as well, but w/o lake Bennet. Our tour is bus to Fraser and train back, around 4 hours. With Bennett it is around 6-7 hours.

We've booked an independent white pass combo bus/train excursion for 8:30 am. Will see soon enough!

This is a first week with 4 ships in port according to port schedule. Any comments or live experiences? just wondering how it works with timing of train and excursions (ships or independent)? We are about to board Encore next month and would like to know what to expect.