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We had 3 pair for 4 of us on our trip and absolutely. We even had a pair of the inexpensive Amazon ones and they worked for our needs. Agreed that you need to spot something before trying to locate it with zooming in! We were able to scan trees for eagles and got great close-ups of the spotted seals swimming around and near our docked ship. RCCL does not seem to provide them for suites (we had a JS on Quantum).

We did DIY Jeep Tours on July 21 and honestly, it was a little rough for us. It is a pretty long walk to the shed that they do share with Avis and it was taking no less than 15 minutes for each family to check in, so we waited in line for an hour to get our vehicle (and as others have said, we did not get a wrangler, but a Compass - which we knew about ahead of time). We didn't get on the drive until maybe after 10:30 or so? It's been a couple of weeks now so the time details are a little fuzzy looking back. Our car was about $350-400 for the day, which is pretty insane if you think about a car rental for a few hours! But we paid that ahead of time, so no big deal. But when you lose an hour standing in line, it does sting a little. Plus, not their fault at all, but we all know Quantum has been shortening days in Skagway this summer....originally we were supposed to come in at 7am. The car wasn't all that clean inside, but it was fine enough. The provided cooler and lunch they had originally advertised on their site is now a voucher for a place in Carcross.....which we had no time to get to because of all of the time delays, heavy fog slowing down our driving, plus another 45 minutes waiting at the Fraser land border (again, totally not their fault). Although, I don't see that advertised on their site anymore, so they must have updated it after changing their process. Wish I had known ahead of time, I would have packed more for us to snack on during the day! So, I don't know that I'd do it again - I'd probably choose a tour, but it was nice having the flexibility to do the pull-offs on our own, and we did have a great time (and the weather cleared nicely) at the suspension bridge!

After learning our upcoming stateroom would probably have a kettle in it (Quantum, JS), we decided to bring loose white tea with us. It's what DH drinks and will be nice to be able to have it available in our room. But that said, I just bought a 100 pack of the disposable teabags on Amazon so it isn't a trash problem. We'll give it a test run at home and make sure it works well first. I never figured we'd get set aside for contraband, but also figured I'd bring it in the original package...... 🙂