saffy12

Me too! I've been actively watching the FB groups for this current 1/6 sailing, looking forward to this report for the 1/20 one, before I'm there myself for the next one!!!

Tracy's crab shack in Juneau was amazing! We have seriously talked about taking a trip to Juneau again just to eat there! Literally was a shack with paper plates but rhe crab was delicious!

My friend and I literally said the same thing when we were making the decision of which cruise to take!

I may be mistaken, but my understanding is that there are limits to the size of boats that can allow passengers off. I think a boat with more than 500 passengers is not allowed to have people step on land, which is why the large ships are drive by only. Its not a firect correlation, but in order for the cruise line to make money, if they are having people step on land, they need to have less people, and therefore it is more expensive per person to get that experience. There's more to it, bit the short version is that the trips that let you step off the boat are going to be $$$.

I thought I missed another accompanying thread with "Duck, Duck" as the title, and was hoping we were playing some sort of game!

Feb 3-17, 2024.

That's interesting- they sort of ignored it all together when I asked and just confirmed our booking! But, I think I'll be OK with giving it to them when we are there. There is just something about providing it in advance that makes it feel a bit unnecessary, although I guess they could do whatever shady thing just as easily once we finish our tour with them. I'd say I'll let you know how it goes, but sounds like we will be there at the same time

For something like that, you might be better off finding your own private tour to pick you up at the shop and bring you to the airport. That way, you can ensure you are dropped off at rhe time you want. Otherwise, you likely will be spending hours killing time at the airport

Yes, I booked with them for our trip in February also (Celebrity Eclipse), and they also requested our passport numbers. I just responded back with the rest of the information they requested, and advised that I was not comfortable sharing our passport numbers, and they didn't press it any further. They did confirm our reservation still. I've always traveled with operators other than the ship's and not had a problem with them returning on time, but that's a personal risk assessment. I don't have any more concerns with them than I would with any other company, but it's odd that they wouldn't guarantee that.

Does anyone know how much the whale tail costs? Or even the wave next to it - those both might be a good souvenir of our upcoming Antartica trip! I was on Equinox 10 years ago and was fascinated watching the shows. I'm disappointed to have to pay to do it now, but still thinking that will be my souvenir from the trip. By all the pics people have posted, I'm assuming they travel ok?

It's $26.99/day for my cruise. It has consistently shown that price is a 10% discount, while the other 2 drink packages have fluctuated and had up to 40% off at times.

Agree completely! The Classic package my friend is getting is $9 a day more than the NA one I want. I do drink alcohol, but maybe 1 drink every 4 days, so it isn't worth spending more $ on it, but it's annoying that unlimited alcohol is almost the same price as my NA package!

I think French onion soup as well?

I think that this is the worst part of the whole situation! It's bad enough that you have had to deal with a toilet not working on multiple occasions, but to then be yelled at about it is too much. And, am I understanding correctly, this all happened around 2am? Plus, I wonder about the advise for guests to clean their toilet in any case - on a cruise, I do not expect to be the one cleaning toilets! That should be something my housekeeping staff does, so why are they telling the guests to do that? It's just odd all around! Glad you are otherwise enjoying your trip!

I was going to ask as well! My cruise isn't until February, but want to make sure my toilet works!