White pass train rides

[Sargam]

I see a few different types of excursions offered that includes a white pass train ride.  Looking for review on the one to Yucan with suspension bridge. I think 5.5 hrs is enough of a trip.  Has anyone take this?  How many stops did it do? Do you have to walk across the bridge to come back? My mom's 70and don't think will be comfortable walking across.  

[Host Kat]

6 hours ago, Sargam said:

I see a few different types of excursions offered that includes a white pass train ride.  Looking for review on the one to Yucan with suspension bridge. I think 5.5 hrs is enough of a trip.  Has anyone take this?  How many stops did it do? Do you have to walk across the bridge to come back? My mom's 70and don't think will be comfortable walking across.  

 

Hello @Sargam and thank you for your new thread! However, it was posted on an incorrect forum. It was off topic there. 

 

To help you out I have moved your new thread to the Ports of Call - Alaska forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have taken the White Pass train frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you.

 

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[Sargam]

i see it. thank you

[wolfie11]

I find the suspension bridge completely underwhelming and not really worth the stop, but to each their own.  It's a steel bridge over a small river that you walk across and then turn around and come back. It's a bit of a walk from the entrance to get to the bridge along a boardwalk with some stairs.

 

[Aquahound]

I second wolfie's opinion of the bridge.  I too found it underwhelming.