Cruisefanatic71

Woohoo....hopefully all goes well over the next 2 weeks as I board her on the 17th!!! Can't wait!

I am sure that this has been discussed somewhere on CC before but I was not able to find it. I am cruising out of Vancouver in 2 weeks for the 1st time and was wondering if it's better to have cash on hand or just use my card? I have a couple 100 CAD on hand already but was wondering about it since I'll be in Vancouver long enough to possibly use my card also. If it's better to have more cash on hand I can get more this week versus using my card in Canada and having my bank do the exchange on the purchases I make there.

That's great news!!! I board in 2 weeks so have been watching this issue very closely. Hope you enjoy your cruise.

If this is true about a month before next sailing, one would hope that Royal would let those passengers know ahead of time instead of letting them travel to the port to tel them there isn't a cruise they knew about a month ago was not going to sail.

Oh man that sux...I was hoping they would be able to fix the issue and at least have somewhat of a cruise. Well now to see what happens over the next few weeks as I will be in Vancouver on May 16th for hopefully a cruise.

I am hoping that this gets sorted out before the May 17th sailing we are going to be on for our 1st Alaska cruise.

We are cruising this May and will arrive in Seward. We are using Alaska Tour & Travel to go from Seward to Anchorage via bus as part of our after cruise plans. Good Luck.

So we were thinking if we went up for a couple hours it could be just a daytrip on one day.

So we are thinking about taking the train up to Talkeetna and spending some time there and then grabbing the train back down to Anchorage. The question is is a same day train to and from the best or should we stay the evening in Talkeetna? We just don't want to really lug around our luggage if we were to stay over night. Is there much to do there? Thanks for all info. John

I am currently looking at different options for some tours in Alaska once we arrive in Seward by cruise. I was wondering if anyone has used Gray Line Rail Tours in the past and would like your input on what your experience was like. Thanks for everyone's input.

Does anyone have any good suggestions on getting from Port in Seward to Anchorage? I am looking at all options to get from the cruise port to our hotel in Anchorage. Thank you for all your suggestions.

Am following as our family of 4 will be in Alaska in May also buy our daughter is handicapped so we have more than the usual 1 piece of luggage per since we have her medical supplies in a luggage bag when we travel. I had looked at taking the train to Anchorage but am still looking at other options.

We were on the Adventure of the Seas in December and did not see anything that would detract from our vacation. For as old as the ship is, its in pretty good shape.

We like to arrive the day before to ensure that there are no issues that would delay us from our cruise. I may look at flying into Seattle 2 days before the cruise then go up to Vancouver the next day and enjoy a day in Vancouver prior to heading out on our cruise. Thank you for the info.

This what we were looking at doing at first and then we thought about spending the day in Seward and then catching the train up to either Girdwood or Anchorage that evening and spending a day in one of these areas and then possibly a round trip to Denali with a night in Denali. Still working logistics of it though.