hjmlmiller

Hi there. A few questions from a newbie to HAL, Alaska and cruising in general. We are doing the Westerdam Landand Sea trip arriving in Fairbanks on Wednesday. There are 6 of us on a multi-generational family trip, my mom and her SO, me and my husband and our 2 daughters, 18 and15 (kind of a graduation trip for the 18yo).

So the questions:

• Will the welcome package that we get in Fairbanks have everything for our whole trip, or just the land portion?
  
• I've already determined that there is a Wal-Mart 7 minutes from the hotel to stock up on some snacks and drinks for the Denali portion of our trip. Am I going to want to take an Uber or a taxi to get there - are Ubers easy to get?
  
• We are booked at the Grande Denali Lodge not the McKinley Chalet. Are we going to be further removed from everything in Denali? It sounds like everything is really "happening" by the chalet and there are more restaurants to choose from for dinner near the chalet. Should I be concerned?
  
• How far is the railroad depot from the hotel when we arrive in Anchorage? Trying to figure out dinner reservations - any recommendations?
  
• We booked the Kenai Fjords Cruise in Seward prior to embarkation. How does our luggage and how do we get to the ship for embarkation later that day? Will we be boarding on the late side?
  
• How is the temperature on the ship? Will we want to wear shorts? Is the MDR cold during dinner?
  
• We have 2 days in Vancouver/Victoria at the end of our cruise. The package includes a stop at Butchart gardens, but it looks like its limited to 2hrs. Does anyone know our entry tickets will permit us to go back if we wanted to?
  

Thank you in advance for your input everyone. I'm sure I'll have more questions as we start packing, but this board has been a plethora of info!

Roy,

We paid $139.99 for the 'highest level' unlimited 7 day plan on Westerdam - Alaska in June.

 

If I recall correctly, they had three levels of use (+/- social media, +/- video, etc) for daily and 7 day, unlimited.

 

I didn't bring the info sheet home. Hope this is helpful.

 

Richard

Hi there, thanks for the info. Did the internet work well? Was the $139.99 for one login per person or could you use multiple devices/per cabin?

Thanks!