Thought I'd detail our daily goings-on for our cruise tour incase anyone was interested (and if not I'll at least have a little travel diary of our trip).
Day 1 was yesterday we flew in to Anchorage from Vancouver and landed mid-afternoon. There was a bit if a delay (only about 15-20 mins) getting to the hotel (we stayed at the Hotel Captain Cook) as the company that picks up said there had been a shortage of coaches.
After getting settled quickly in our room we caught a cab to the Alaska Zoo. It was small but nice, they do a lot of rehabilitation and rescue there so we saw some adorable baby muscox, grizzly and black bears. My husband and I volunteer as wildlife rehabilitators so we wanted to fit something like this in. The zoo itself was fairly inexpensive but unfortunately we got in too late to take the free shuttle from downtown and had to pay for a cab there and back which was twice the cost of zoo.
After that it was dinner at 49th State Brewing. They had sent me a $25 off discount for my birthday so we wanted to try and get in. It was super busy, so make a reservation if you can. They had a waitlist for the upstairs and patio but it was seat yourself if you can find one on the main floor and we found a table pretty quickly. Food was great, we left stuffed. My husband had a beer flight and a pint of the Thundershuck, I tried the whiskey flight and a local gin.
Hote Captain Cook rooms are big, bed was comfy. You don't put your bags in the hall here for pickup, you leave them in the hotel room and someone just opens your door and takes them out in the morning around 6am. We're off to Mt McKinley this morning and hopefully I'll be able to update then.
If you have any questions ask away I'll do my best to answer.