EmptyNester88

We were on the Emerald last fall. Cabin door was metal. We used magnets to decorate our door.

Thank you so much!

I’ve been on most all the Grand Class ships, most recently on Crown where I did use magnets on the door. I plan on doing the same on Emerald next month.

Thank you, Gotta Cruise Again!

Since you all have cruise on Emerald before, do you happen to know if the stateroom doors are metal? I would like to decorate my door but didn't know if magnets would stick. Thanks in advance.

Others may have more current information, but I believe your travel agent gave you questionable information. The cruise ships rarely, if ever, make it all the way to the North and South Sawyer glaciers in Tracy Arm. This is due not only to potential ice, but the distance up the Fjord to the glaciers (approx 30 miles) and the narrowing of the Fjord as you get closer to the end. The small boat excursions are your best bet for getting close to the glaciers there. The travel agent may be thinking of Glacier Bay or Hubbard Glacier.

 

 

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It’s my understanding that the Emerald Princess will enter Tracy Arm Fjord, cruise a certain distance, actually turn around and slowly go back out. And during that time, people on the ship are able to see the glaciers.

Welcome to Cruise Critic. This is an old thread. From what I have researched, there is no way to tell at this point what the ice will be like in the fjord. You are sailing early in the season, and that is a disadvantage to you. If the ship can't make it up Tracy Arm, there is Endicott Arm. The other alternative, is to book a excursion from Juneau if you arrive there early and are there long enough.

Thank you. Sorry, I wouldn't have thought that last summer would be considered an old thread. Plus, I would imagine that summer after summer it would be the same view from the balcony of the cruise ship going through the fjord. I was just worried I had misunderstood from reading a review about the Small Boat Excursion when your cruise ship in cruising the fjord. I was confused that we HAD to take the excursion to see. But my travel agent has assured me that we will be able to see the glacier just fine from the ship. Hopefully we will be lucky and will have no problems entering the fjord and not be at a disadvantage. Fingers crossed.

If you don’t book this small boat excursion, can you still see the glacier from the ship? I will be on Emerald Princess in June 2018. We will be in a balcony room on the Aloha deck. Can we see everything from there? Thank you for sharing your experience!!