BTE Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 I'm thinking about booking my next cruise to Alaska. Should I wait until I'm on my Allure cruise 1/27 & go to the next cruise desk or do you experienced cruisers use a TA to just handle it. If so any recommendations on a TA. I used my daughters friend who is a TA in Oklahoma City but he's more into Mexico exclusives so I'd rather use a TA who's all about cruises. Appreciate any insight. Also was looking at going in Aug 2019. Is this a good time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 42 minutes ago, BTE said: Should I wait until I'm on my Allure cruise 1/27 & go to the next cruise desk or do you experienced cruisers use a TA to just handle it These days I recommend booking it as soon as you know you want to go. The risk of waiting and price going up could offset any onboard booking benefits. Not saying it would happen, but you never know. BTE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTE Posted January 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 Thanks Can you recommend any TA's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 1 hour ago, BTE said: Thanks Can you recommend any TA's? The sponsor TA for Royal Caribbean Blog is MEI Travel https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/mei BTE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTE Posted January 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 Thanks Matt much appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonL Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 3 hours ago, BTE said: Also was looking at going in Aug 2019. Is this a good time? Aug is cheaper than June and July usually, but still should have good weather(relatively speaking, it is Alaska). I say YOLO book it BTE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTE Posted January 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 Thanks That's the plan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTE Posted January 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 So for an Alaska cruise should you book a balcony room or just book an interior (have extra money toward excursions maybe) & do all your viewing from various decks. Appreciate any thoughts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGTLH Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 Very big toss up on having a balcony. One good thing is being able to have a view all the time. When viewing the glacier I'm sure it is more impressive being out on deck with a more expansive view. On the flip side it is nice having your own private viewing space. When I did Alaska we had a balcony. Now one good thing about an inside is complete darkness when trying to sleep. Balcony you'll have some light leak at night. Personally I think the major decision is round trip(7) or north(7)/south(7)/both(14). Baked Alaska, JLMoran and BTE 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTE Posted January 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 For this cruise I'm doing the round trip(7). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzywuzzy Posted January 9, 2019 Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 Balcony. Usually not mandatory but an Alaska cruise is an exception. I took this off my balcony right after a calving at Sawyer Glacier. SpeedNoodles, BTE and Baked Alaska 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTE Posted January 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 Appreciate everyone's input. Got a cabin held currently for August 2019 on Ovation SpeedNoodles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted January 9, 2019 Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 15 hours ago, BTE said: So for an Alaska cruise should you book a balcony room or just book an interior (have extra money toward excursions maybe) & do all your viewing from various decks. Appreciate any thoughts After my first Alaska cruise, I felt getting a balcony was not as critical as others said it was. Sure, it was nice. But there were plenty of viewing opportunities from public areas even during glacier viewing. I shared my experience in this blog post: 6 mistakes & 3 things we did right on our Royal Caribbean cruise to Alaska BTE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTE Posted January 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 Thanks Matt. Just read your insight & am sure I will again before I go in August Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTE Posted January 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 13 hours ago, BTE said: Appreciate everyone's input. Got a cabin held currently for August 2019 on Ovation Just got off the phone with Michelle at mei-travel & put down a deposit on my August 2019 Ovation cruise. So pumped as I've always wanted to go but my wife taught school so always had a narrow window but she retired. Yeah for me! Fuzzywuzzy, WAAAYTOOO, Lovetocruise2002 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovetocruise2002 Posted January 9, 2019 Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 4 hours ago, BTE said: my wife taught school so always had a narrow window but she retired. Yeah for me! ^^^Cannot wait for this! JLMoran, BTE and Baked Alaska 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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