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Amazing photos and thanks for sharing your experience! We went out with Marv and Harv on June 11th and the whales were sleeping / slowly swimming and didn't breach. Probably because they breached so much here!!!

We did both in 1 day but we were in port from 7 am to 7pm. Mt Roberts Tramway, depending on how busy the port is and the weather like others say, may not be worth it and I would buy ticket the day of. We hiked around and it was a nice hike with decent view and some wild life to take pictures of. Mendenhall was nice and we took the blue bus. Bought the ticket the day of as well. We hiked to Nugget Falls and took another smaller trail. The family liked Mendenhall more.

For Sapphire Princess, it was done as a lunch during our sailing.

They offered crab shack during lunch time (12 to 1:30) at Sabatini's on Sapphire for the 2 sea days we had going southbound from Whittier. One of the initial first 2 scenic cruising days... I forgot which one... and the other right after Ketchikan before Vancouver. Maybe @sirclean can confirm which of the 2 scenic cruising days they did crab shack.

The popcorn shrimp and hush puppies was more hush puppies and not a lot of shrimp. We got the Alaskan seafood chowder. And most of us paid extra and got our own buckets instead of sharing. I didn't take pictures of the desserts nor the Alaskan seafood pot.

Menu on the sapphire princess.

Ohhh I'm so jealous. We are on Sapphire princess and were also in Ketchikan with Ruby and Majestic yesterday. By the time we got back from excursions the jellyfish donut shop already sold out for the day! DH is definitely sad about missing the salmon donuts. He said he read about them in a book in his childhood.

It was 7pm for us. The piazza was filled with people everywhere on all levels and on the stairs as well. We caught a quick look and then went to our dinner.

Thank for for sharing the beautiful photos @AKStafford! I told the DH about Spencer Glacier and float and he said he only wants to take one train this trip and we already met the quota with the skagway train to lake bennett! I'm a train person and would love to be on all trains. Maybe I can try to sneak another train in. I heard the drive from whittier to anchorage is one of the most scenic drives in the world!

Seems like there are just more and more things we should do! Thanks for all the recommendation I heard the seafood chowder on Philips glacier is pretty delicious as well. Thank you for sharing your experience!

Thank you @Glaciers! We are eyeing the Spencer iceberg float. That seems very fun. The hike is definitely an option. Do you recommend one over the other? We are in port for so long I think we may have time to do all!!!

Thanks!!! I'll keep 26 glacier cruise on my list then. Quick search shows no car rental avail on that day (7th). I'll look harder. Driving on unfamiliar roads and accounting for the one way tunnel is semi stressful 🫠

Hi fellow cruisers, We are heading to Alaska for B2B on Sapphire Princess May 31 - June 14. Currently the only avail cruise excursion from Princess on turnaround day is the 26 Glacier Cruise. We are hoping with 2 days of scenic cruising before and 2 days of scenic cruising right after Whittier, we can go out and stretch our legs a bit. Any recommendation for other tours / things to do in Whittier / Anchorage without a rental car? Would be great if we can do a Glacier Hike but I believe Matanuska is too far. We are also interested in other hikes / wildlife conservation centre. All the tour companies I've seen offer one way transfers with tours. The cruise gets to Whittier around 12:30 AM and leaves at 8:30 PM. Thanks in advance!

Following your journey as well! We will be on the Sapphire in June for Alaska and can't wait. First time on grand class ships.

Yup this. We got gluttony and ordered 2 entries each. 😉