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We have the opportunity to upgrade our group booking of 10 cabins from inside to Obstructed Oceanview cabins for only $50/person more for the 7 nights, for midship location on Deck 8, right above the shops on Deck 7. Worth it? Still a good deal, to get some sunshine, even though it's obstructed oceanview? BTW, regular oceanviews are even $400 more pp, almost as much as balcony...

Just made 6 reservations right before midnight last night...

What's the price/cost for Daily & Weekly pass...? Per person, or both in cabin must purchase? Thanks,

We have friends who flew out to Greece for a cruise last year. After arriving Greece, 4 out of 20 tested positive, thus 16 went on the cruise, the 4 stay at Greece hotel for 10 days. So for our cruise out of Vancouver 2 weeks ago, had all 30 of us take the free non-proctored test at home first, to make sure we're all Negative before flying out, then did the proctored test in Vancouver 2 days before embarkation. Fortunately, everyone was Negative. However, it caused alot of stress for most of us. Hopefully, all of this testing goes away for our Sept HAL sailing...

https://www.vikingrivercruises.com/why-viking/health-and-safety/health-and-safety-program.html?_ga=2.254377419.259112913.1654881556-290090106.1654881556&_gl=1*10rty20*_ga*MjkwMDkwMTA2LjE2NTQ4ODE1NTY.*_ga_24KNYDH1S6*MTY1NDk3NTUxMi4zLjEuMTY1NDk3NTUzNy4w "...Viking highly recommends, but no longer requires, a pre-departure COVID-19 test—unless one is required by the destination...." RCCL soon too...?

Since this will be our first cruise to Alaska, after 35+ Carrib & Med cruises, looking forward to great NW / Pacific seafood. Are we assuming too much that cruise lines will use local vendors to feature great northern Pacific seafood onboard, much different than the normal seafood we normally get on Carrib cruises? If not, suggest that we spend extra $$$ & try some of the locally sourced seafood in the Alaskan port towns...? Thanks,

Our cruise ship's "ALASKA RAPTOR CENTER AND NATURE WALK" excursion in Sitka cost $60. For our group of 40, 15 is doing another ship's excursion, but for the rest of 25 younger adults, all in good shape & don't mind doing a nice leisurely walking tour of Sitka. Thinking of taking the ship's 5 mile bus transport into Sitka town. Can someone pls confirm cost, & where they drop you off in town? Then taking a self guided walking tour from town, visiting sites such as: St Michael's Orthodox Catheral, through town/marina, to Sitka National Historical Park & Tlingit Totem Pole, to Alaska Raptor Center (cost?), then back to Russian Bishop's House in town. A 3 mile / 1 hour loop, which probably hits most of the ship's tour stops also. https://www.google.com/maps/dir/St.+Michael's+Orthodox+Cathedral/Tlingit+Totem+Pole,+Sitka,+AK+99835/Alaska+Raptor+Rehabilitation+Center,+Raptor+Way,+Sitka,+AK/Russian+Bishop's+House/@57.0501355,-135.3299608,1557m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m26!4m25!1m5!1m1!1s0x540467bcb2f1fa93:0x628436b3112f734a!2m2!1d-135.3352778!2d57.05!1m5!1m1!1s0x540467915bd112b9:0xafe59de1e7a675f8!2m2!1d-135.3128006!2d57.0461244!1m5!1m1!1s0x5404662ceefe9fc9:0x207687e2fc86b395!2m2!1d-135.3160504!2d57.052333!1m5!1m1!1s0x540467be05d98113:0x9206089612866a72!2m2!1d-135.3309777!2d57.0514467!3e2 Since we have 8 hours in Sitka port, good idea? Any other suggs...? Thanks,

We are a group of 40+ traveling to Alaska next month. Been communicating via email, texts, & WhatsApp. But once on board, what's the best way to communicate with group, assuming not everyone will buy the wifi package? Heard that RCCL app has a $2/day chat feature. So $14/person for the 7 night cruise seems reasonable. Will that suffice to replace WhatsApp once on board...? Thanks,

With another round of 8 free testing kits from USPS: https://special.usps.com/testkits A few in our group of 30 traveling to Alaska next month, out of Vancouver, has booked from this proctor company, for $20 each proctored test: https://rapidtestandtrace.com/product/observed-test-for-travel/ https://rapidtestandtrace.com/covid19-rapid-tests-devices/?fbclid=IwAR1UW-08JrAFOYjGoe7MHUU5k1rEojVn2zCeChBuS8TOuUlbt3rd-MbsgAY However, we're still bringing our RCCL/Celebrity approved Emed proctored kits, as backup. But does anyone has any good or bad experiences with the above RapidTestandTrace proctored test company...? Thanks,