Skagway - Train

[camtran]

My husband and I are going on Royal Caribbean's land / cruise tour August of 2024.  We will be off and on a train, for 6 days, during the land portion before we get on the ship.  I have always wanted to take the train ride in Skagway.  (In October of 2022 we took the Rocky Mountaineer through the Canadian Rockies).  My question is would it be redundant to go on the train in Skagway after going on 2 trains in the last 2 years?  We have never been to Skagway before, what excursion would you recommend taking if we didn't take the train excursion?

 

Thank you!

Brenda

[Kathscof]

29 minutes ago, camtran said:

My husband and I are going on Royal Caribbean's land / cruise tour August of 2024.  We will be off and on a train, for 6 days, during the land portion before we get on the ship.  I have always wanted to take the train ride in Skagway.  (In October of 2022 we took the Rocky Mountaineer through the Canadian Rockies).  My question is would it be redundant to go on the train in Skagway after going on 2 trains in the last 2 years?  We have never been to Skagway before, what excursion would you recommend taking if we didn't take the train excursion?

 

Thank you!

Brenda

No idea on what else to suggest (though I heard a water wildlife safari was neat?) because we took the train from Anchorage to Seward and also did the Skagway one too.  We are doing 3 legs of the Alaska Railroad this time AND the Skagway train, so we are in your boat....the Skagway one is more historical and I believe the gauge of the tracks is different should that interest you.  

[wolfie11]

Comparing a trip on the Canadian or Alaska railroad to the train in Skagway is like comparing a flight on a jet to a biplane ride.  One gets you from Point A to Point B, and the other is living history.