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I ended up booking a car thru them as well, my husband wasn't comfortable with Turo. There will be 4 of us in a Kia but we will make the best of it! I just hope they don't give our car away before we get there. Our ship arrives later in the day and our pick up is 4pm.

My daughter made us a really nice custom magnet, she actually made 3. When I asked her why 3 she said one was for inside and one was to keep at home in case someone decided to move it and we never found it again. I'll bring 2 with me & hope for the best!

Add me to the group that was cancelled by M&M as well. This was MY must do for this trip and I'm bummed. I hope to get a car from Turo to make it up there. Didn't want to have to pay the extra money but this is a trip of a lifetime for us.

In Juneau we will be going to Mendenhall Glacier with M&M tours, In Icy Strait we booked Wild Bear Safari, we plan to walk around Sitka, Skagway we booked a Ghosts & Goodtime girl tour with RC & in Seward an Exit Glacier hike with Adventure 60. We plan to stay in Anchorage a few days before heading home. Wish we could go further in the state but we just couldn't swing the time. My hubby is going on the Zip Line in ISP, I'm not going with him though!

I'm on this cruise too, it's our first trip to Alaska & I'm super excited.

No idea but we are on the same sailing & I have also been checking the app daily! I'm so excited this is our first cruise to Alaska.

Try Sunfari, I used them back in 2019 but they were amazing. Very active on Social Media, easy to find.

Same for our Alaska cruise so we switched to traditional. We used MTD for 2 of us back in 2019 and it worked great. Now it's too late and we have 6 people so we'd rather eat a little earlier than have to wait till 6:45 and perhaps wait on line to get in.

I booked Wild Bear Safari for ISP - I saw it recommended on CC & the Google reviews are excellent. The owner operator's name is Luke and he answered all of my questions (give him a day). We like smaller tours and his is only a dozen people, including him. My others cruisers are ziplining in the morning so we are doing this in the afternoon. We are on Radiance in July

Thank you so much, this is super helpful! I had no idea how to find other cruises. Since we are in July, I think once she actually starts sailing Alaska I'll be able to get an idea. We are only doing 1 specialty dining night so I'm sure it won't be too difficult to get something.

It's a 7 night cruise, I was told to look on the app for current sailings but I have no clue how to bring up anything else but the cruise I have booked.

I have no problem getting 2 apps or an app & a salad or whatnot, I'll make it work. Just for planning purposes, I don't want to go out for our specialty dining night and miss lobster night or whatever the one I really liked was. I like steak, but I don't want to eat the same thing over and over again.

I've been following them on Facebook, I can't wait to try their pizza, they have some interesting choices!

Sounds like they should just get rid of the "theme menus" because most of the items don't fit the theme at all. I like my steak medium rare, had a hard time getting it right last cruise but I may just send it back if I have to. We definitely won't starve LOL

Thanks for the reply, our last night is technically at sea so I thought that was Royal Night? I definitely won't go to the MDR for Italian, Mexican or Mediterranean nights which stinks because I love Mediterranean food but this menu is yuck. Maybe on Italian night we'll get apps and dessert only. It's just so hard to plan.

Jumping on this thread because I'm also trying to figure out the order. I am sailing on Radiance to Alaska in July. We have early seating and there are 2 port nights we won't be eating in the MDR & we want to plan 1 group specialty dinner. I think I've gathered that the 1st at sea will be French night & Royal night will be the 2nd sea day. How do I figure out the others? My app (for all 3 dining rooms) says Sorry unavailable.

I'm doing the Northbound for the first time and have many of the same questions. I used an MEI travel agent and booked Air2Sea, It's costing 2 adults traveling non stop from NJ to Vancouver, Anchorage back to NJ approx. $1300. Haven't used it yet so I can't offer any reviews but it was better than what we were finding on our own pricewise & I like not having to worry if we will make the ship or not. I booked through Wild Bear Safari in Icy Strait based on reviews from others. It's a small group type excursion, price was reasonable & Luke seems pretty chill. I also need to eat crab legs in Alaska so I'm curious too!

Yes, on the dining page it says it's at 5:30, but then on my reservations it now shows Day 3 Traditional Dining 5:15. I guess we will have to wait to see once the ship is back in Alaska!

Sorry if this is a silly question but I haven't cruised since the app was available. We are sailing to Alaska in July and have reserved the early seating time. My TA said it was 5:15 but the app says it's 5:30. There's nothing in my calendar. I know it's only 15 minutes and it doesn't really make a difference but I'm one of those crazy people that likes to have a pretty spreadsheet handy, lol. So when I look at the app, is the schedule I see on there for our trip or where the ship is currently located?

I booked through Expedia. We have a minivan for $750 for 3 days. It's through Budget. It's expensive but I wanted to reserve at least once vehicle for the 6 of us.

Too funny!

Well it seems we are doing the exact opposite, lol. We have the Northbound booked with a short stay based in Anchorage afterwards. With everyone's schedules that's what worked best for us. We also figured if anyone wanted to extent their stay on land they were able to do so. Would have loved to done a tour of Denali or go further into Alaska but we just couldn't get that much time off all at once. We solved that by booking an aft cabin. I've stayed in one before and loved it. The long walk to the cabin isn't something that bothers me at all. I can't wait to sit in my pj's wrapped up in a blanket viewing Hubbard Glacier! We are currently treating this as a once in a lifetime trip, but it sure would be nice to get back there again. As I'm researching there's just so many places I'd love to be able to visit but just can't this time around.

I currently have a car booked through Expedia, it's expensive but I wanted to reserve something just to have it until we figure things out. I have a confirmation from Budget in Anchorage for a minivan. 3 days is $790.

Thank you!

I have this booked for our upcoming Alaska cruise and was wondering if anyone has done this and could offer some insight. We are in Skagway from 7am - 2pm. This tour is booked at 11am & it's 2 hours long. Do these types of tours normally leave from the ship or a meeting point in town? Not sure how early we should be looking to head out in order to be back in time to make the tour. Also, it says "ends up at the Brothel" so does that mean we need to get back to the ship on our own afterwards?