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My wife requested that I ask this question. We are doing a Norway aurora cruise and I have not seen an answer to this question. Some of the aurora tours are quite long. What do you do if you have to go to the toilet on one of these long outside aurora tours. It is fairly easy for a male. It would be much harder for a female. DON

So what you are saying is that in order to get decent service on a ship you have to hand over a nice cash tip on top of the 18% tip that is built into the bill. How much do you consider a nice bribe (I meant tip) in order to get good service. DON

Totally agree with what you said but also not surprising in today's gimme world. DON

Don't assume - call them. Note that I said call and not email them. Once they give you an answer ask that they confirm it in writing. Businesses in the travel industry have been known to occasionally manipulate the truth. DON

You also have to be aware that there are 2 types of days. There is the Cruise Company "one day" and the rest of us "one day". You need to look at port and tour "one days". Check the itinerary very to carefully to see what your actual times will be at each place you visit. I suspect that you wlll be very surprised. DON

I am afraid that you are going to have to do your own research on that one. A more basic question is why you need to know. Why is a cheap large cabin so important. DON

Glacier Bay is a for sure glacier. I do not see a for sure glacier on either of your cruises. Neither Endicott/Dawes of Hubbard are for sure. Hubbard is spectacular but many cruises do not get in. DON

We did a cruise 2 summers ago on a ship that held 180 people. It was wonderful. We have even done one on a ship that held 50 people. They are expensive but one thing to consider when you compare costs is that really small ships tend to include all excursions. The excursions we did on our last ship were probably valued at maybe $700 or $800. Getting really close to several glaciers in a zodiac was priceless. When one glacier calved our zodiac rocked. In addition they are usually open bar. Those things help a bit. DON

I would consider that if you spend several thousand for a cruise paying $175 for a car is just round off error. I find it interesting that after spending a lot of money fir a cruise some people are ridiculously frugal about spending a bit more for something that would enhance their vacation experience. DON

We weren't on any of the 4 or so Kenai boat trips we have taken. On our most recent trip we got to watch a pod of 4 whales bubble feeding for about 40 minutes. Awesome. On another trip we saw a groups of maybe 40 or 50 orcas. DON

Lots of hits on Google - https://www.worldstandards.eu/electricity/plugs-and-sockets/ Just type EU sockets. DON

All of the ships in all of the lines you mentioned are oversized monstrosities and especially for AK. Have you considered any of the smaller <1000 passenger ships. Yes there are still some of them still out there. Then there are the really small 100 - 200 passenger ships. When I cruise AK my maximum passenger size ship is ~200 people. DON

But don't many women spend a lot of extra money to get fashion type pre-ripped jeans. I would also assume that the more ripped they are the more money the cost. DON

Are you sure about that? Don't forget that at 15x it will be harder to hold them still. Also your field of vision will probably be much more narrow. If you really feel that you must have 15x you might consider image stabilized binocs. I don't own them and I have never thought about buying a pair (maybe a little but my wife would kill me) and they are expensive and they are heavy. I did look through a pair of image stabilized binocs once on a cruise that image stabilization really works. DON

If god did not want us to eat a large rare steak, she would not have made it taste so good. The same comment applies to lost healthy diets. DON

You guys are way too polite to people who do not deserve that courtesy. DON

How do they keep everything from falling out of her? DON

To my knowledge no if you really mean that you want to be in a port for days. As others have suggested you can however find lots of cruises that give you an overnight in a city. What you are looking for is a land tour and not a cruise. DON

This is a link to a long article on eye-relief and how it relates to the fact that you wear glasses - https://www.bestbinocularsreviews.com/blog/eye-relief-eyeglasses-binoculars-11/ Yet another one - https://www.birdwatching.com/optics/education/eye_relief.html. Yes. The fact that you wear glasses does matter. DON

After we did our very long Australia driving trip I started telling people that because we were south of the equator the sun rose in the west and set in the east. Amazing that some people believed me. I never thought to add that in Australia clocks ran anti-clockwise. DON

I watched this video. I still have absolutely no idea what 360 is nor do I care. DON

Kindle on a Kindle is very different and much easier to read that Kindle on an IPad or an Android device.. Because everything I may want to read may not be on Kindle I carry 2 reading devices - the Kindle and an Android table for everything else such as Hula. Reading Hula and even Kindle on my phone is surprisingly easy but I prefer larger devices. DON

But only to mile 43. DON

It is also great fun for the grandparents. If anyone decides to emulate our policy just make sure that the parents know that they are not invited. They would ruin the trip experience. DON

We have taken every one of our grandkids on a trip to AK when they turn 10 w/o their parents. One of the reasons for this is so that they can see the parts of AK that will disappear because of global warming. DON