quick wrap up of our cruise experience.
- Dawes Glacier. the excursions on the boat got to the glacier earlier and according to someone that took it that I had a chat w they also past the closer to the coast to see wildlife. But in the end because of a lot of broken of glacier debris the smaller boats didn't really get much closer to the glacier than the Wonder. Not sure is different due to current climate or more seasonal but the gentlemen I talked to would have rather saved the money if he had known.
- Whale watching according to that same gentlemen was amazing and they had several sightings w breach
- Paolo Brunch wasn't quite the same though food was still great. The only slight disappointment we had was that the famous melt in your mouth lasagna we had so many times had what I believed to be the same flavour but unfortunately the pasta was closer to al dente, possibly thicker. I was sad as I usually prefer al dente pasta but ever since Paolo got me eating that soft melting in my mouth lasagna out of their palm it has been a driving factor for us to go back every time. :'(
- Skagway White Pass Scenic Railway ride was amazing. The information I was able to extract about it from
Disney Cruise and directly was a bit confusing. Disney claims it being a 4hr excursion vs the direct website claims it to be more like 2.5hr as they don't cross into Canada due to Covid regulation. It ended up being almost 4hrs after all and amazing experience
- Tiana's lunch burgers aren't the greatest according to my fellow traveller
- Juneau Mendenhall Glacier we chose the excursion that took us only to that site and go too spend 2.5hrs there if I remember correctly and it was plenty of time to go to the nugget Falls and photo point w plenty of time to spend at both location. was colder at the falls due to the added wind and moisture in the air but so worth going. if you pick one of the other combo excursions you stay there for shorter time but can still manage to go to nugget falls but need to put in high gear
- We stayed at Pinnacle hotel Habourfront and it was manageable in terms of walking w all the luggage to the port
- also looks like our travelling companion have now tested covid positive upon return
. Looking back looks like they got it last day or two of the cruise.... mostly asymptomatic
Vancouver notes:
- picked up discounted tickets for Capilano Suspension Bridge Park and Sea to Sky Gondola through Vancouver Attractions Dotcom and more discount w more visiting sites eg Stanley park nike rental etc but we weren't sure weather would hold up. I just ordered tickets for the sea to sky gondola shuttle directly.
- need to email Capilano directly to book a time slot ahead of time
- need to get actual tickets at both sites at guest services/ticket counter
- both sights definitely worth a visit
Can't think of anything else to add, oh forward cabins are so much less noisy and "vibratingy" and Aaron our server was amazing and Axel was just really funny running trivia games.
