Awesome. We did Alaska pre-Covid on the Wonder. Miss that ship! We have the Magic booked for next August. Double Dip!! Canada had a lot of hoops to jump through along with plane/travel issues, that we are postponing Alaska to 2024. Hope things are smoother then.
I was going to look into flying in to Seatle and traveling to Vancouver. Any input from anyone?? I could rent a car or hop on a plane, but was wondering about trains, etc?
TIA
If Amtrak gets back to normal, that can be a cool option.
In 2013, we flew into Seattle, stayed in Renton, took a town car the next morning to the downtown Seattle Amtrak station for an early morning train. The station is beautiful - lots of marble. It was so well maintained.
We paralleled the shoreline for a long way, passing by the town which was the setting for Santa Barbara CA in the TV show, “Psych.” (That’s a niche comment, isn’t it?) The Vancouver train station is 5-10 minutes from Canada Place (cruise terminal). I think there is a Skytrain station (urban train) nearby. We just took a taxi.
Adding an additional airport experience these days (and for the next several years) seems like asking for trouble / delays / risk of cancellation.
I would rather rent a car or take a bus than mess with an airport for a short flight.
(If you have time and interest, fly into Seattle, the next morning take the hydrofoil from Seattle to Victoria. spend the day, including Butchart Gardensm Orca watching, tea at the Empress… overnight in Victoria and take a bus + ferry to Vancouver for your cruise. We did it in reverse after disembarkation in Vancouver. Started the cruise after landing in Anchorage. Sometimes great adventures come from thinking outside the box. It‘s helpful when you don’t have restraints to return to work.)