Balcony or Add On DIY Land

Trying to decide if I just want to spring for a balcony instead of an inside cabin. The price will be double what we are paying now. Our cruise ends in Seward & we were originally going to stay in Seward a few days & take some additional tours but it’s really expensive! I know...everything in Alaska is but man!,

I’ve been to Alaska a couple times & never did more than a round trip cruise from Seattle & once from Vancouver. We also already have a float plane tour of Misty Fyords planned.

If I had to choose, I would choose land.

I would also choose the land portion. You can always go outside and see whet's going on. Plus you've already done it twice!

I would go with the land. Balcony is nice but I am on deck for any glacier viewing.

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Ditto. More value on land tour

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Choose the land and watch for price drops and you might be able to upgrade if the prices drops. We booked an inside and were able to upgrade to a balcony for only about $ 100 more pp about 2 months before the cruise.

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We made the decision to add on the land portion with the savings for booking an inside cabin. We sailed to AK in 2015 and could not wait to go back. We are actually spending less money by adding on a 5 day cruise tour than would would have if we had a balcony. On our last cruise, we spent almost all of our time on the ship up on an upper deck. We enjoyed the 360 degree views.

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Do the land.

IMHO the best views fro the ship will be from an open deck not from ones room so I would take the inside and use the money for more time on land and more tours.

Keith

Another vote for the land portion. The best views from the ship will be on one of the open decks, not from a balcony.

That’s why I originally booked a Northbound cruise:) no wife got to get planning the land. Thanks everyone for confirming my original thought!