Noon arrival in Juneau with rental car. Eagle Beach first or Mendenhall Glacier?

We're arriving in Juneau at noon and have a rental car. We would like to do Eagle Beach and Mendenhall Glacier. I've read the glacier can get pretty crowded, so I'm wondering if there is any advantage to the order we see these two places, i.e. should we do the beach first or the glacier? We're there in late June if that makes a difference.

Thanks for any thoughts you have!

Altho the Mendenhall Visitor Center closes at 7:30pm, the trails are open until midnight, so if you want to avoid crowds go later. https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/tongass/about-forest/offices/?cid=stelprdb5400800.

What time does the rental office close? or are you ok with returning the car after hours?

Good point about the car return. The reservation says we can return the car at 10 PM, but we leave at 9, so we'll definitely be back before then. Are there ships that leave port earlier in the day? At this point I'm leaning toward heading to the beach first and hitting the glacier on the way back. Maybe some of the crowds from the morning ships will have departed by late afternoon.

In the HELPFUL RESOURCES thread,( probably on pg 3 by now) I included a web site that provides a calendar and info on the cruiseships in each port each day... the ships name, # pax and time in port.

here's that link: http://claalaska.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Juneau-–-JNU-2018.pdf

In the HELPFUL RESOURCES thread,( probably on pg 3 by now) I included a web site that provides a calendar and info on the cruiseships in each port each day... the ships name, # pax and time in port.

 

here's that link: http://claalaska.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Juneau-–-JNU-2018.pdf

Thanks!

I liked this site but only saw ship name and times, no number of people.

Thanks!

I liked this site but only saw ship name and times, no number of people.

If you know the ship's name, just go to the cruiseline web site to find it's capacity.

Or, you're safe to use an average of 2500 per ship.

Or, google to find other sites, such as this one: http://www.cruiseportinsider.com/juneauschedule2018.html

If you know the ship's name, just go to the cruiseline web site to find it's capacity.

Or, you're safe to use an average of 2500 per ship.

Or, google to find other sites, such as this one: http://www.cruiseportinsider.com/juneauschedule2018.html

Thanks