purplemusik

That's happened to me on some of my reviews. I hate that!

I know! I was surprised since I follow you on here I obviously immediately recognized the name. Where is that photo review? I don't see it linked in your sig. I'd love to see it!

So GET THIS.... We are booked on the Legend Alaska cruise and I was looking up our cabin # specifically to see what anyone has said about it and GUESS WHAT?!

http://www.cruisecritic.com/memberreviews/memberreview.cfm?EntryID=94469

How funny is that?!

We are booked for Alaska in May and I'm thrilled to be leaving the boys at home and bringing my 9 year old daughter. When I was researching other cruiselines, I noticed they did different things around going to Alaska in the kids programs ( as far as activities or forrest rangers coming in,etc ) and I was wondering if Carnival did anything like this. Does anyone have the Camp Carnival schedule example of an Alaskan cruise?

Do we know if he'll also be on the next week's cruise? I'm booked for the 26th of May

I know they have a list print out when you register. My son was 7 months and they were curious if he was the youngest on the ship so they just pulled it out and it showed every kid on the ship ( even ones not registed with them as my son was not ) by their age/birthdate.

Not all of these have dates but some of the ones that do are old news. So if you're looking at deaths per year relative to number of cruise passengers embarking on all ships. I think you'll find cruising a lot safer than air travel, which is a lot safer than walking in the street in any given city.

 

But maybe some morbid story ideas for wannabe Stephen Kings or HH Munro (Sake).;)

LOL- I wasn't actually looking for this site. I was looking for the history of my next Carnival ship and it showed the facts of one person on that committed suicide by jumping off ship in front of his kids so looked it up and BAM!

http://www.cruiseshipdeaths.com/

Kind of interesting.

We bought waterproofing spray in the camping section at Walmart and used that on our sneakers (we brought 2 pairs each just to be safe). Didn't have any problems at all with wet feet, even when we hiked to Nugget Falls in Juneau on a rainy day! That was $10 well spent. Definitely recommend waterproofing your sneakers. Bring some sunscreen, too. It may sound like an odd thing to pack, but we've cruised to Alaska twice now (May 2013 & again just last week) and on both trips, we got sun-kissed enough on water excursions (whale watching the first time & Zodiac boating the second time) that we peeled a little bit later in the week! Sunshine reflecting off the water can give you a nice little burn - only takes you a few seconds to spray or rub in some lotion before heading out!

NIIIICE ideas, thanks!

** Sorry, I had no idea someone just posted my same question **

This will be my first time going on NCL and I was wondering if they had a behind the scenes tour. I see it listed on the website but I wasn't sure if every ship did it and the cost. Was it worth it? We are going on the Sun next year. Thank y

A lot depends on what you are looking to do while in Alaska and what part of the country you might be from.

 

the latter means if you are from a warm weather climate, you might feel the chill a bit more than others from a cooler climate and need to dress more appropriately for that Alaskan climate.

 

You definitely need to waterproof stuff. Personally, I forgo the expensive brand name jackets unless you will use them at home, go with a normal windbreaker and substitute a $1 plastic poncho you can simply throw away after you use it.

 

If your planned excursions include anything glacier, you will need warmer clothes, like gloves and a hat (and maybe those thermals), but if you are going wandering about in town, gloves and hat will be useless. We brought them our first time, never used them, and didn't miss them the second time.

 

As we have said so many times, dress in light weight layers. I would add a nice hoodie though. Can be worn while cruising or in town if the weather does get cool. (buy one in Alaska and you have a great souvenir)

 

Cheers

 

Len

I'm from Florida so I might get a little more chilled then the normal person :)

I love the idea of the thermal underwear. Especially for my daughter who doesn't like to feel that many layers. lol

Layer your clothing so you can adjust according to the temps.

Waterproofed jacket with hood

Waterproofed shoes

Smart Wool socks to keep your feet warm (include liners if necessary)

Gloves to keep your hands warm during water excursions/glacier viewing

Sunscreen for wind burn and sun

Sun glasses

 

Layers don't have to be bulky; there are a lot of nice thin base layers available.

Don't over pack; you can wear something a couple of times during your trip no one will notice.

That's what we normally do- might wear the same jeans twice or something but I wasn't sure if the weather would be rainy , if they'd get muddy or dirty?

If you told me today to pack for a Caribbean cruise and to be ready within 5 minutes, I'd be able to without forgetting a single thing.

Now, packing for Alaska is on a totally different page then what I'm used to so I just thought I'd throw this out there for things I might not think to pack. I know the obvious - jeans, socks, shoes but any details I might not think of?

We decided on ours out of Vancouver instead of Seattle because everyone told us Glacier Bay was a MUST. A lot of the ones from Seattle didn't go there ( during the dates we needed to go ) so that made it simple for us!

you book the AKRR separately. it leaves at 6:00 but they want you on board around 5:30. you'll arrive in Anchorage around 10:15pm. Our flight left at 12:55 and we made it with an ok margin. once the train arrives in Anchorage, the best way to get to the airport is a taxi. there are shuttles but they go to hotels and the airport so it's not a direct route. the taxi cost $20 plus tip so quite reasonable, especially if you can split it with another couple. Most everyone will tell you the Goldstar Class is worth paying double for - so I did but I'm not sure it was worth all that extra money.

Thanks so much! So there really isn't a reason I should wait to book it. No cheaper fairs or different times/etc. It is what it is with price and I can book whenever, right?

Omg!!!!!! I love you for posting this! :d

Thank you so much for your info!! I was so confused when reading about the different info but now it's clear that they were talking about two different trains! No wonder!! thanks!

We are doing the same thing next May for our cruise. Did you book your post-cruise excursion through the ship? If you did not then I do not believe they will drop your luggage off anywhere and it will be up to you to lug it around.

 

The train ride is about 4 hours. I would suggest booking your flight late in the evening. We are flying back to Florida and are looking at a 2am flight (that is if, we decide not to stay in Anchorage for the night). After the train ride, you will need to get in a taxi to the airport, from what I understand it's about 15 minutes and $25. fare.

Thank you so much for your reply! I'm so glad I got this information because I wasn't sure when to get the flight back to Florida for myself ( I was a bit freaked out when it said 12+ hour flight but then I realized that was with layovers and time change ). I didn't like that a lot of the flights were like an hour flight then like a 6+ hour layover- yikes!

I also posted this in the Alaska thread but I thought I'd check here incase any of you wonderful NCL people knew the answers :)

We are booked on NCL in June and we will disembark in Seward. We have the Seavey's tour planned that day and it says it will drop us off at the train station at about 5:30pm after the tour. So here are my quetions:

1) Will the cruise line drop our luggage off at the train station to be held for our later train ride ( Seavey's said each cruise line is different )

2) How long is the train to Anchorage? We aren't sure what time we should book our plane.

3) Do we book the train through the cruise line or seperate?

4) What transportation do we need from the train to the airport?

Thanks for writing this! I'm looking forward to going on her!

We are booked on NCL in June and we will disembark in Seward. We have the Seavey's tour planned that day and it says it will drop us off at the train station at about 5:30pm after the tour. So here are my quetions:

1) Will the cruise line drop our luggage off at the train station to be held for our later train ride ( Seavey's said each cruise line is different )

2) How long is the train to Anchorage? We aren't sure what time we should book our plane.

3) Do we book the train through the cruise line or seperate?

4) What transportation do we need from the train to the airport?

NICE! Thanks for the tips! I'm beyond excited!

Hi there :) As you can tell by my sig, I'm not new to cruising but I only know the ropes to Carnival and Disney. Just throwing this out there incase there are any tips you all can tell me about NCL. We are booked on the Sun ( ALASKA! ) for June and I can't WAIT! It will be me, my grandmother, and my 9 year old daughter. With Carnival there is the FTTF program where you can get on board ( and a few other perks ) early. You can also bring a case of soda/water. I was curious if this was the same. Please include anything else you can think of!

EEEEEEEE! So excited!

I would say it would be how he feels more then anything. When a family member of mine had their week off...it was like they couldn't move- didn't want to move- wanted to just lay down to recover from the radiation/chemo during the on weeks. I guess it depends on his body reacts to the treatments.