Baked Alaska

Remember the support peacock at the airport??

@KJ1231 So just a few minutes ago I reserved our train seats on the Goldstar service from ANC to Seward (Yes, July 2019 rezis, already!) and reserved our room at the Lakefront Anchorage. We are taking the Goldstar service the morning of embarkation (yawwwwnnnnnn 6:45AM) and arriving in Seward for ROTS embarkation around 1130/1200. My question to you and @twangster, is there any sort of Royal Caribbean check-in for ROTS in ANC? I could have sworn, reading a liveblog, that they were able to check in for the Radiance cruise in ANC.

When you say "exploring" do you follow the crowd or do you have specific places/areas in mind to scope out first?

We are scheduled for July 2019 Southbound Alaska on ROTS. We have the following shore excursions booked and would be interested in your experiences. DS will be 14 1/2 on this trip. In ANC two days before embarkation Rust's Fly-out Fly fishing. Day 3 Juneau Fly-Out Fly Fishing (DH and DS), Mount Roberts Tramway (will buy tickets on shore) whole family, and Tracy's King Crab Shack (late lunch/early dinner) whole family Day 4 Skagway On our own: Klondike Gold Rush/National Historic Park whole family @twangster: Many thanks for the recommendation Day 5 Icy Strait Point In Alaska's Wildest Kitchen (me), Icy Strait Point Stream Fishing (DH and DS) Day 6 Ketchikan Knudson Cove Salmon Fishing whole family, hopefully will have Mystery Dinner theater this evening. Day 7 Cruising Hello Chops!

I am thinking about our upcoming cruises and wondering what our embarkation day will be, once on the ship. Will definitely fill the rest of the dining package rezis, but after that. . . So, what are your traditional tasks/rounds that you make once on board?

Ugh. And then the breakfast. The airport food is full of carbs. As a result, mid-flight the sugar crash happens. You all should sleep very well tonight. . . on the Mariner. . . no, I'm not jealous! ?

What a great way to start off the school year! Can't wait to see and hear all about your cruise on the Mariner! Have a great time!

Try using Chrome's incognito mode.

@WAAAYTOOO That would be a sale on the 3 day booze cruises!

@spiralqueen HEY!! That is a great idea! Since I use on my Galaxy Note 8, I will download to MyFiles and go that route. I still can't access all of them on any podcast player, but downloading from the website is the next best thing. I appreciate everyone's help.

@Lovetocruise2002 and @twangsterI'd like to go by the "bottom line", but when it's not presented until the very end, it's time wasted (fill in passenger names, etc). HOWEVER! When I was mocking up some cruises this morning around 1AM (it's what I do when I can't sleep), the refundable/non refundable fare was again offered at the beginning of the stateroom selection. Wonder if it wasn't a glitch (either way). Haven't check lately.

@Matt Thanks, that's what I'm doing on my computer. It's just a long process on my mobile. But, I will continue on "in the name of research". ?

So, I wonder (since I book through my TA). . . is the price that we are seeing the non-refundable fare?

Hey all! Mocking up some cruises this morning and not once was I given the option of refundable or non-refundable (in suites or otherwise)! I've used chrome in both regular and incognito mode. Anyone else seeing this? @Matt heard anything about this?

@JLMoran Oh NO! PLease don't feel bad!!! I like the interface and will be using it now! Much better than the others I had been using! Thank you also for checking on this. I thought it was a karma/vibe sorta thing! ?

We are booked on the Dec 2019 Eastern Caribbean Holiday Cruise. Christmas day will be in St. Thomas. What will be the difference between this Eastern Caribbean 7 nighter and other, non-holiday cruises? Just listened to the podcast episode on the New Years Eve sailing out of Galveston on LOS.

@JLMoran I downloaded pocketcast, but it only loads to episode 163. It doesn't show anything older than that. That's the problem I'm having with any of the podcast players that I've downloaded. For $3.99, it's a bummer, but on the other hand I do like the interface for other podcasts. So it's not a loss. If anyone else has some ideas, I would appreciate it. It seems the only place I can listen to older episodes, at least older than episode 163 is right here on though podcast website.

Hello. Perhaps not the right venue for this question, but don't know where else to ask. I use Google Play Music and Anypod to play Matt's podcasts. However, they drop podcast episodes as new ones are added. I can still download and play (or just stream) right from this website, however. My question, then: is there a list of @Matt podcast episodes (without the description, just the title)?

That's strange (Cruisetour Itinerary and Sailing Itinerary headings). I don't see those on any of my cruise calendars. I wonder if any other members see the same with their calendars? Ha! Now I see why I wouldn't see that on my calendar! You've got a pre-cruise tour tacked on to your cruise, don't you? I wonder if THAT'S where the issue lies!!!!!!!

The other strange thing about your screen print, @masterdrago is that your navigation options are not there, namely Home > My Calendar (just to the lower left of "Your _________ Sailing ON ________ From ______" AND Your calendar says two things mine doesn't: a heading that says "Cruise Tour Itinerary" and another, below it, that says "Sailing Itinerary". To get to your cruise planner calendar, are you logging in, clicking on Cruise Planner, then going over to the right (see below) and clicking on My Calendar? Your image makes me think you're navigating a different route to get to the Calendar (which is not the one you want to look at, obviously).

There was a Seinfeld episode where the take home phrase was "It's not you, it's me." Haven't asked the obvious question, yet, but here goes.... have you restarted your computer?

Try Google Chrome. I'm 560+ days out on one of my booked cruises and can see shore excursions I've bought, arival and departure times, etc.

Voting for July!

@CGTLH Perfect. Thank you so much for your thoughts. For me, it IS all about the sunsets... wherever I am.

@CGTLHWe have starboard and was starting to get an itch to change it. Thanks!