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Hi Kevin’s Girl

I am really enjoying your review. I will be spending 4 days in Seattle after my Alaska cruise. So looking forward to seeing the sites. 

On 1/23/2019 at 3:49 AM, Ombud said:

Thank you for bumping this!!  I'm doing this cruise on the GOLDEN in November 2019 and have not begun planning for it yet. Love the ship pics & port print review

Hi Ombud. You will love this cruise and the Golden. I’m glad you liked my review. You can do so much planning but It’s so much fun. 

On 1/23/2019 at 3:18 AM, Mombosombo said:

 

I can't wait to read your Alaska review. You should also post in C R U I S E L I N E . C O M... their site is a little easier to use (not so archaic). Just an FYI for the glacier. When we went on our cruise we booked helicopter/dog mushing excursion through ERA. They go to a different glacier from Juneau (I GUESS THERE ARE MANY). We later found out that the same type of excursion through Princess to the Mendenhall Glacier was cancelled due to fog. They also said that they frequently have to cancel due to fog and the glacier they go to (NORRIS GLACIER) is rarely cancelled. We got a significant discount with AAA membership in 2014. HAVE A GREAT TRIP AND HOPE THE HUBBY IS CHIPPER!

Hi Monbosombo. Thanks for your tip on booking with Era. I will check them out. My Alaska cruise country just got to double figures. So exciting. I’m leaving the hubby behind on this Cruise. I’m going to have so much fun doing all the things I love and not having to worry about hubby wanting to go back to the ship to rest 😱🤪🤪 the poor old dear...lol

thank you for a wonderful review and your photos were stunning. I am planning a trip almost like yours for next May along with a tour of the Rockie Mountains.

I have been tossing up between both the cruises out of Whittier and Seward and was glad to read what you have said about the difference between each.

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saw this cute chipmunk and started our trek towards home.

The end… (for now)

Wow I didn’t realise these guys are so small. I’m Australian and have never seen a chipmunk they r so cute.

Smaller ship, 2,000 passengers, but really enjoyable. Nice lounges including the Universe Show Lounge. Generally lots of public space, indoor pool, full Wheelhouse Bar with dance floor, Nice Explorer's Lounge also with dance floor. Sabatini's, Bayou Cafe & Steakhouse which may have piano entertainment. Balconies are not Hobbit sized like on the Royal class ships. Forward looking buffet area. Lots of upper deck viewing areas. Full 360 degree covered promenade. Small International Cafe. Great card & game room. Nice library with nice views. Personally I like the design of the Coral much better than the Royal Class ships. Being on the Coral is what cruising is supposed to be. On this ship I would suggest Traditional Dining.

Hello Sknight, could you please tell me why you suggest Traditional Dining on the Coral. We are sailing on her to Alaska in May 2019

Thanks Maureen

HI internet Traveller. Love reading your report. Just a question re your time at Tagish Lake Kennels, operated by Michelle Phillips - was it easy to find? I havent decided yet about hiring a car as its only me and I'm Australian so driving on the other side of the road scares me but I would love to visit those kennels.

thanks

Rowse,

Thank you for a wonderful review. WOW!! your iPhone sure takes great photos...I love your pictures especially the ones of Glacier Bay. I go to Alaska May next year on the Coral. My first time to Alaska so am very excited reading your review. Thanks once again.

Thanks. I’ll ring them again today. Last time I rang Princess the operator didn’t know if it would be offered.

Hi all.

I am off to Alaska 8th May 2019. Busy organising excursions. I want to do Taku Lodge Feast and 5 Glacier float plane with Princess but it hasn't appeared on their shore excursions.

I got in touch with the company they use and they said they have a vacancy for that afternoon at 3pm. We are in Juneau 12 to 10pm.

My question is: Should I book with this company who by the way doesn't offer a quarantee to get u back to the ship in time or get u to the next port? Is this a risk. Someone said that the flight after them was held up two hours due to fog and had to remain at the lodge until they could take to the air again.

I also found Shoretrips which offers the same excursion which leaves at 12.30 and they do offer a return to the ship guarantee. This sounds a better time with more time to get back if fog and weather is an issue.

What should I do? Its so confusing.

Thank you

Maureen

Hi Crain

Loving your review so far. Wow three cruises 😵😃 I’m sure you will love them all. Cant wait to hear more.

Thank you for bringing this review back to page one of CC. Thanks too to hopestotravelmore for posting it. It’s fantastic. Great narrative and pictures. One of the best review threads I have read on CC. I’m taking lots of notes on tours etc. as will be doing a similar cruise on the Majestic in March 2019.

 

 

Fingers crossed for a hopestotravelmore Alaska review next year :D

Hi Geoffa

Sorry have taken so long to thank you for your kind words. It’s been awhile since I have checked on here as I have been very busy planning our Alaskan cruise ;p:D 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻oh boy! I’m sure am having a wonderful time 😂😂

I hope my review has been a help for your coming cruise to New Zealand.

You will love New Zealand and I hope you have lovely weather and don’t miss any ports.

And I promise there will be another cruise review next year!

Hello Tracie.

Just finished reading your wonderful review. U r such a brave girl to travel on your own. I hope I can do it one day real soon. Being all by myself doesn’t scare me. I think it’s getting around airports.

Wow!! Girl I’m so proud of you. Posting your very first picture. See it’s not hard is it😜👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Hello Maureen

Very glad to read that you and hubby plan to cruise Alaska in 2019 !

I hope you both enjoy that cruise and trip “up North”.

As I recall writing to you in a previous post,Alaska is a beautiful place and your hubby may enjoy some fishing while on your trip.

My DH and I are thinking about a return cruise to Alaska in May or June of 2019.

We are considering a round trip cruise from Seattle,visiting Glacier Bay on the Ruby Princess.

We are mindful of a travel budget,and while DH likes to spend some of the winter in Florida,we may have to curtail our time there in 2019 so that we can enjoy a vacation on the other side of the US.

It is always good to have something to look forward to and enjoy the planning of it as well as the actual event !

Hoping that all goes well for you and hubby and that we will be reading a review written by you after the cruise !

Hi MJSailors.

I know! Can you believe it that I am finally going on another cruise and to Alaska..Its only taken 3 years.;p:eek: James keeps telling every one that he is not going on another cruise...but when the time comes he will go as Canada is a place he has wanted to visit and Alaska and the great outdoors is his 'cup of tea.'

We have booked the Coral Princess for May 29th 2019. So at the moment I have been spending every waking moment researching Alaska and Canada. I am in heaven!! The only thing is that I am doing so much reading about what we hope to do that I am finding it hard to go to sleep at night. My mind is so active...just thinking about Alaska.

I am planning one or two fishing trips for James...Seward and Talkeetna..We plan on doing a land tour ourselves after the cruise...just a little scared of competing to hiring a car - what with the left hand driving side thing ;) Before the cruise we will spend at least a week in Canada. So exciting.

I hope you do get to Alaska again next year. I think we will be eating rice and baked beans for the next year...:o;p The amount of money this holiday is going to cost us. But then again I want to do a sled ride in the snow, fly in a float plane, visit beautiful Seward and spend a couple of days there, explore Denali NP and its funny but one of the things I want to do most is sit outside a cafe in Talkeetna and watch the world go by. Don't know why that small town has torn at the heart strings. I just like the pictures of it.

Take care

Maureen

What a wonderful travel review. Your pictures were amazing and I love the fact that you didn't have hoards of people in every photo. I keep trying to get my husband to look through the lens at what he is shooting and if there are too many people in the frame, wait it out! We are about to embark on a cruise to Tasmania and New Zealand, with many of the same port stops in New Zealand as what you visited and it was fun to read your reviews and see the photos before we set off. This will be our first time venturing so far from home (Canada) and to this gorgeous area of the world and after reading about your adventures, we absolutely can't wait to get started. Thanks for taking the time to post all of this!

 

Barb

Hi Barb

Thankyou for your kind remarks. New Zealand is a beautiful country. I hope you enjoy your cruise.

We are going to spend at least 2 weeks in Canada before our cruise to Alaska next year. I am so excited and busy researching...researching...researching...:D;p I love reading everything I can on Alaska and Canada. Having so much fun.

Maureen

We were picked up about 7:45 AM and back to Skagway around 4:30 PM, I think. It wasn't grueling at all... Basically about 8-1/2 hours. We stopped about an 90 minutes for lunch, I think.

Hi Super Crew. With your tour Can you stop at Carcross Crossing where the dogs are and the museum?

I have read so many great reviews also and plan to book the one with the float plane to Taku Glacier Lodge while in Juneau.

Hi All.

Just need some help with cabin selection.

I have booked a cruise to Alaska May 29th 2019 on the Coral Princess. I have taken B734 Deck 11.

I have noticed by looking at pictures of the Coral that I think my balcony may be uncovered. Will this be a problem on a Alaskan Cruise? Does anyone know if there is a partial roof on Cabin B734?

I find it very hard to work out by the deck plans on the Princess site if your balcony is covered.

Thanks

Maureen

Hi Maureen, just found your review and found it to be one of the most comprehensive, informative and enjoyable reviews I have ever read. My wife and I will be doing this cruise in a few weeks and you have given me so many ideas of what to do.

 

We did the reverse of this cruise last year (from Auckland to Sydney) and we were absolutely amazed at what a beautiful country NZ is, it reminds me of my home in Scotland. Australia is also amazing as we stayed in Sydney, Cairns and Brisbane post cruise. This time we have time booked in Melbourne and Sydney.

 

Like your husband I would love to drive round Oz in a camper for a couple of months. Thanks again for all your time and effort in your reports.

 

Graham

Hello Graham

Thank you so much for your kind comments. I loved our cruise to New Zealand and can finally say that we are off again in May 2019 to Alaska on the Coral Princess. Looking forward to this cruise so much.

Yes New Zealand is a wonderful country and would love to go back and hire a camper and spend a couple of months travelling around. Graham I hope you enjoy your trip to NZ.

I would love to visit the UK one day, especially Scotland. Just a beautiful country.

Maureen

Oh my goodness! Sorry! I don’t check CC very often. I will send out our planning spreadsheets to everyone who requested tonight or tomorrow. I also did a trip report when we got home that’s linked in the 2017 folder of both our Land & Cruise trips.

~Katie

 

 

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maureenfritsch@bigpond.com

Hi SnowBird! We are DIY-ing our 6 day pre-cruise land tour this July. I've received so much planning help both here on these boards and on TripAdvisor (a wealth of info for the Alaska interior, especially). If you send me back your email, I'd be happy to pass along our spreadsheets and research. We are sailing on Celebrity, and are saving around $2700 doing the land tour ourselves. Even more importantly to us, we are able to structure our time to our interests!

 

 

Hi there, I would love your our spreadsheets and research for your Alaska holiday.

My email address is maureenfritsch@bigpond.com

thanks

ABSOLUTELY <3 YOUR POST! YOU ARE TOO FUNNY!!!

 

I just booked this cruise for Feb 2019! I had to cancel the cruise with the Majestic Princess because of soooo many bad reviews.

I did not want to take a chance on the Sun Princess because the battle with the Norovirus:eek:

I am now trying to figure out what the best way is to get to Sydney from Melbourne..... we really want to visit the Great Barrier Reef (I'm planning on making my husband take scuba lessons with me and I have a funny feeling he will not be happy :halo:)

Our first cruise was the Alaskan cruise out of San Francisco and it was so much fun. I loved the salmon fishing excursion, my only regret was not doing it with the cruise ship where the fabulous chefs would have prepared the FRESH salmon for us (The staff was sad too, because they said they get to enjoy the yummy leftovers) Oops, I forgot you don't like fish, smiles.

Again, thank you so much for posting a wonderfully funny post. With all the time you spent, you should really think about starting a BLOG. Most of the blogs I read are so dry (winky face).

Hello Mombosombo

Thankyou for your kind words. I am sure you will enjoy your cruise to NZ in February. It is a wonderful cruise. Its so hard choosing a cruise line and ship. Sometimes I think that having too much information does not help. In deciding what cruise line to choose, I decided to forget everything I had learnt and read about each cruise line and just pick which one felt right for us. There is never going to be a perfect cruise line or cruise. I went with an open mind I loved our cruise, the Golden Princess and Princess Cruises. After all its your holiday and its what you make of it.

I went to the Barrier Reef about 30 years ago and loved it. Good luck with getting your hubby to take those lessons. Mine would never do it. Now if you oftered him a ride on a new tractor he would be there in a heart beat.:mad:

Alaska - Now there is a place I want to go to. I have just found out that Alaskan Cruises on Princess are opening up here in Australia in December for 2019 cruise season. :D<3 I have it all worked out which month we wish to go and where we want to visit and what excurisions to do...LOL

Hubby will love the fishing in Alaska. Decided to book a fishing trip for him at Mt McKinley as we are going to do a cruise tour stopping at Denali and McKinley. I then a few days in Seward as well.

Once again thanks for your kind comments.

Maureen,

 

You made me laugh:D. We have a very small country (8 hours drive from North to South :cool:). In the South, may be you'll see camels....:D:D

 

Enjoy Alaska with Glacier Bay. And Canada is very beautiful. Emerald Lake was astounding.

Hi Danni

WOW!! you have done so many cruises. Lucky You!

I have decided to either go on my own or take one of my children or go with friends when I wish to cruise. I LOVE CRUISING :hearteyes:Hubby just wants to travel around our great country in a caravan. Nothing wrong with that but there is so much of this wonderful world I wish to see too.

I notice you are from Israel. Your country is on my bucket wish to visit one day along with Jordan and Egypt.

Well Australia is certainly BIG!!! you would never see the whole country in your life time. The distances is so great but that's the beauty of it I guess.

Hi Luckie

I am planing a cruise to South Pacific next year and came here to check your review but your photos dont show any more.. Would love to see the pictures if that is ok

maureen

Thank you for your great review. I took a look at your blog and loved all your photos and what you had to say about each port.

How did you find P& O? I wish to go on a cruise next year in July for a week to 9 days, leaving from Sydney for my birthday and P& O is the only cruise line leaving from Australia at that time of year.

Thanks for your review

Maureen