IUBryan

7 hours ago, Walkthedesert said:

I was on this cruise.  Combination of weather, a rare tide called a King Tide, and the fact that the regular pier is undergoing some maintenance.   The captain felt that we could get into Skagway okay, but maynot be able to get back out.  The next day was our Glacier Bay day and he didn't want to risk missing GB. We were all in agreement.   Come to find out a Royal ship did go into Skagway and was not able to make it out until the next day.

Thank you very much for the information! I agree with the captain’s priorities as well. I hope you enjoyed the trip; we will be on Crown in June.

44 minutes ago, CalLuvsCrusingToo said:

Skagway:

My first thought was weather, says 40 degrees, FOG, rain, wind 25mph to continue to 4pm today.

 

Yeah, that kind of weather would not make it easy for a cruise ship heading up the narrow passage to Skagway. The weather must have closed in a few hours after sunrise; it looks like two other ships made it in before 7 AM.

Has anyone heard why/how the Crown Princess ended up in Haines today? It was due to visit Skagway. I noticed it left Juneau almost 3 hours late last night.

Thanks for the info! Officer or higher ranking staff cabins make sense for that area. I’m sure the officers have the cabins with the forward facing windows there too.

We booked cabin C101 on Deck 10 of Crown Princess for an upcoming cruise. According to all the pictures I have found there are a few windows around the front edge of the white semicircle forward of our cabin, but I can't figure out what would actually be in this area (circled in red on attached map). Does anyone know or have any ideas?

Thanks!

So I am back from my Eurodam Alaska Cruise (6/24 - 7/1). The Behind the Scenes Tour was not offered. I talked to guest services and they said it was stopped during COVID and has not started up again.

The "City on the Sea" show on the last full day of the cruise is closest you can get, and it is better than nothing. That being said, if you know any thing basic about how a cruise ship works, you aren't going to learn anything new.

19 hours ago, Haljo1935 said:

@IUBryan please update us if you find one - I'd love to do it!

I will definitely report back after our trip if something is offered. We will ask guest services when we get on just to be sure.

Thanks for all the responses! We will definitely go to the Ask the Captain session and will probably check out the City at Sea presentation too.

That is too bad the real tours haven't resumed since COVID. Perhaps those are becoming a thing of the past, at least on large ships.

Yes, sorry I wasn't clear. The boarding pass clearly says 11:00 AM is my check in time. It says nothing about boarding time.

I just got my boarding pass for Eurodam on June 24th and we are in Boarding Group A, which has a time of 11:00 listed.

My wife and I are travelling on Eurodam on June 24th to Alaska. I have had the hardest time finding information about Holland America's offering of a behind the scenes tour on the ship. We are luckily in the first boarding group and are planning on going to the guest services desk as soon as we board to inquire. Has anyone been on a Holland America ship this year and do you know if a behind the scenes tour was available?

Thanks!