We are cruising to AK from Vancouver to Seward on the Coral Princess on August 16th. The excursions we have planned are:
Ketchican -- just the Horse Drawn Trolley. To be honest, there was not much else that appealed to us. We are not big fish/fishing people. Not really into totem poles.
Juneau -- Whale Watching & Wildlife Quest and the 4 Glacier & Dog Sled Adventure
Skagway -- Glacier LakeKayak & Scenic Rail. We have heard conflicting opinions regarding the White Pass Yukon Railway. Most thought it was boring and some did not have good weather and could not see anything. Our train trip starts at 7:40AM. We have heard that it is very foggy at that time in the morning and we will not see anything. However, we are not going to let that distract us from doing it. My husband and I discussed not doing it, but we really want to do the kayaking at the top at the lake. I told him we are going to keep it the way it is. If all we see is fog, then fine (we do have the motorcoach trip back down and may see things that way). If we don't have any fog - Great!
The way I look at it is - we have picked our excursions. It's up to us to make it fun. I am not going to be spending my vacation worrying if I'm going to have fun. If I don't then the only person I can blame is myself. If it's boring - well at least we tried something new and have the experience and memories of it.
I went whale watching in Monterey, CA once. It was freezing on the water (35-40 degrees), the water was rough, I kept getting banged and flung all over the boat (had bumps & bruises from it too), got sea sick, "tossed my cookies". But you know what? I had the best time of my life!! I got to see 30 Humpback Whales - one of them even breached 7 times!! and tons of White Sided Pacific Dolphins that swam right next to the boat. They were even jumping out of the water . I would do it again in a heart beat and I am in Juneau!
Post Edited (07-05-03 08:37)
