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This is interesting - yes it can be cold. Though I have also been to Glacier Bay when we are in front of Marjorie Glacier and there are a ton of people in their bathing suits and in the pool. Expect anything.

This is who I used in Hoonah: http://geestahuntours.com He was very determined to find me bears in May (I was skeptical as I know we are off season). We found 3.

Nope. If one goes to Exit glacier in Seward - they have signs marking where the glacier was at specific years. It definitely is drastic where the signs are and where the glacier is now.

They do that with a glacier in Norway also. They use a 20 year old image also. It really is sad how much this glacier has retreated. I am glad I first went in 2002. It makes me so sad that past few times I have been.

I almost added that the Park Rangers are the ones on the Bridge the day of Glacier Bay but then stopped. The times are listed in the Daily Patter. The Naturalists are often on deck for their own enjoyment that day and are approachable. Though there are several Park Rangers on the ship (from the Bridge to the Table that they setup and they also do talks. Park Rangers are on every ship that sails to Glacier Bay (it is required).

Yes - Princess still has naturalists onboard. Yes - the times are listed often in the Patter or whatever they are calling it now.

It doesn't matter.

I actually like the North Bound. The scenery gets better as you go! You will have a blast -don't worry. Insides are fine. I would rather save the money for excursions. I have had everything from insides to suites and will take any of them in the future.

IMO - no.

Thanks for posting. I sort of have to laugh as I have no doubt this was planned before the Sun Princess debuted. I remember when MUTS came out, on the first week or maybe even the first day, they announced due to the huge success - it will be implemented through out the fleet. I doubt they had enough data that week on stats. Same with Sun Princess. Most of the reviews I have read have been negative though a lot has to do with a ship that was delayed and not all features available yet. I don't know what flexibility they have on the Sun Princess but I doubt passengers have had time to give it a full evaluation or deem that a change in dining across the fleet will be beneficial based on a new ship and an older fleet. Though I have to admit - the current situation of dining does not work well.

I have done B2B on cruises in the same cabin and really don't think one side sees more land.

Which glacier are you going to?

It doesn't matter IMO as it is best to be on deck for viewing. This allows you to move around. I think one side does get more viewing time usually but I am always on deck even when I have a balcony.

There were issues when they built the Caribbean, Crown, Emerald, Ruby, etc.... and had the same size dining room as Grand, Golden, Star, Diamond and Sapphire. There simply wasn't enough space in the dining room to accommodate extra passengers. Obviously after COVID, they had a difficult time with staffing.

They could easily have solved their "dining issues" by building larger dining rooms and having more alternative free dining venues that are desirable to pull people away from the dining rooms. Their dining rooms have never been large enough to handle people with reservations. If a table is reserved at 6:15 or 6:30, no one can eat at the table before hand. So it sits empty. Having "dined my way" several times, I have been extremely frustrated with the dining experience.