You will love Alaska! Our family went last summer; it was something of a "bucket list" item for DH and I. For excursions we chose the boat/hike/kayak to Davidson glacier, which was fun and off the beaten path; ziplining in Ketchikan, which was our favorite; and Butchart Gardens. In Juneau we booked our own whale-watching excursion with Weather Permitting Alaska, which we would highly recommend. There were only 7 of us plus the captain on a boat he had designed himself just for this. Amazing. We took layers and a decent raincoat for everyone, plus gloves, and were pretty comfortable most of the time. The first and last days were even shorts weather. Sitting in the hot tubs looking up at snow and glaciers was great. The view sailing in Tracy Arm was stunning; I couldn't believe I was seeing seals floating on icebergs! It was chilly and a bit damp but worth every minute, and the crew kept the coffee, hot chocolate and warm cookies handy.Ohhh, how did you like Alaska? We have it booked for 2014 and I'm getting really excited about that one. If all works out well, we will be flying into Vancouver, cruising for 7 days, taking the Quick Shuttle back to Seattle for 2 nights and then taking the Amtrak Coast Starlight home.
I just have to figure out how I'm going to pay for it and then make sure I can be gone from work for 2 weeks (small details)
What excursions did you do?
The whole week was truly magical!
You will love Alaska! Our family went last summer; it was something of a "bucket list" item for DH and I. For excursions we chose the boat/hike/kayak to Davidson glacier, which was fun and off the beaten path; ziplining in Ketchikan, which was our favorite; and Butchart Gardens. In Juneau we booked our own whale-watching excursion with Weather Permitting Alaska, which we would highly recommend. There were only 7 of us plus the captain on a boat he had designed himself just for this. Amazing. We took layers and a decent raincoat for everyone, plus gloves, and were pretty comfortable most of the time. The first and last days were even shorts weather. Sitting in the hot tubs looking up at snow and glaciers was great. The view sailing in Tracy Arm was stunning; I couldn't believe I was seeing seals floating on icebergs! It was chilly and a bit damp but worth every minute, and the crew kept the coffee, hot chocolate and warm cookies handy.
I'm trying not to think too much about it until I get the OK from my work to be gone that long and until after our awesome Eastern on the Fantasy next month (OMG....it is NEXT MONTH)!!! We will do the cruise for sure, but may end up having to fly in and out if my work won't let me be gone that whole time. But the kids are really excited about adding the extra day in Seattle to explore. And of course the overnight on the train. They love the idea of a vacation that includes a car (to the airport), a plane, a ship, a bus and a train. Hum, maybe i need to book one of the helicopter tours so we can add that mode of transportation to the list 
Usually there are a ton of character greetings on that night (with multiple time slots). And no Jack Sparrow 
He does show up on the CC day for pictures though but we have a tradition of getting pictures with him on pirate night and I'm going to be bummed if he isn't there 
Thanks for posting these!!! I was looking over them last night.
One thing that really surprised me was the lack of character greetings on Pirate night. Mickey doesn't come out until 10:00 pm
I looked at the navigators posted from April (Western) and Capt Jack wasn't on there either, but he was on the ones from March. Could Capt. Jack be on vacation?
